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till the meeting <»1 the General Assein-
|>|y, with resistance to the execution of
the act, only to the extent necessary to
protect the State government against
dissolution, ami her people against the
massacre and horrors which might
have attended negroe insurrections in
particular localities, had the m litia
been disbanded, by compelling the
militia officers to leave the State, which
would have left no legal vacancies
that could have beon.fji.ed by the Ex-
eccutive.
While the first conscription act made
a heavy draft upon the Militia of the
State, it left all between thirty-five and
forty-five, subject to the command of
her constituted authorities, in case of
emergency ; and with these and her of
ficers, she still retained a military or
ganization. I did not at that time, an
ticipate an extension of the act, which
would embrace the whole militia of the
State, before your meeting. The late
act of Congress extends the conscrip
tion act to embrace all between thirty -
five and forty-five ; and if executed,
disbands and destroys all military organi
zation in the State. Not. only so, but it
denies to those between thirty-five and
forty-five, the right guaranteed by the
Constitution of the Confederacy and
laws of this Stale, to every Georgian to
elect the officers by whom fie is to be
commanded while in Confederate ser
vice, and have them commissioned by
the proper authority in his own State.
This privilege has been allowed tooth
er troops when called to the field.
Even those embraced in the first cons
cription act, were allowed thirty days
to volunteer and select their own offi
cers from among those who, at the time
the act was passed, had commissions
from the Secretary of War to raise reg
iments. But even this limited privi
lege, which fell far short of their full
constitutional rights, is denied those
now called for; and they are to he
compelled to enter organizations in the
choice of whose officers they have had
no part, till all the old organizations,
with most of their officers appointed bv
the President, are filled to their maxi
mum number. This act, therefore, not
only does gross injustice to the class of
our fellow citizens now called to the
field, and denies them the exercise of
sacred constitutional rights which other
citizens when they entered the service
were permitted to enjoy, but if execu
ted, it takes the Major Generals and all
other militia officers of the State, by
force, and puts them under the com
mand of third Lieutenants appointed
by the President, and leaves the State
without a military organization to exe
cute her laws, repel invasion, protect
her public property, or suppress servile
insurrection which the enemy now
threatens to incite for the indiscriminate
massacre of our wives and our chil
dren.
We entered into this revolution in de
fence of the rights and sovereignty of
the States, and sundered our connec
tion with the old Government, because
State rights were invaded and State
sovereignty denied. The conscription
act, at one fell swoop, strikes down the
sovereignty of the Stales, tramples upon
the constitutional rights and peisoual
liberty of the citizen, and arms the
President with imperial powers under
which his subaltern iu this State has al
ready published his orders to drag citi
zens of Georgia, who are not in military
service, from their homes, “in chains,”
for disobedience to his behests; while
invalids unfit for duty have too often
been forced into camp and victimized
by exposure which they were unable
to endure. This action of the Govern
ment not only violates the most sacred
constitutional rights o! the citizen, but
tends to crush out the spirit of freedom
and resistance to tyranny which was
hequeadied to us hv our ancestors oft be
Revolution of 177b. When the first
conscription act was passed w e had just
gone through a series of reverses which
saddened the hearts of our people, and
the public mind acquiesced in the usur
pation on account of the supposed ne
cessity. 'I’lie Government, presuming
upon the advantage gained by the pre
cedent with the acquiescence, fastens
upon the country a second conscription
act which not only detaches part from
the .Slate militia but disbands the whole.
No pica of necessity can lie set up for
this last act. Instead of reverses, all
was success at the time of its passage.
Our glorious armies had driven the en
emy, at the p**int of the bayonet, from
every battle field, during the most
brilliant summer and fall campaigns to
be found upon the pages of history*
These successes had been achieved by
men who entered the service as volun
teers, and were not dragged from their
homes as conscripts. The term of ser
vice of the troops was not about to ex
pire at the time of the passage. of the
last conscription act, lor they were then,
every one, in tor three years or ihe war.
The additional number needed to rein
force the armies, if we may judge from
the past, could be furnished by the
States under requisitions, in half the
time, and with much less iliau half the
expense which it wiUcost the President
to get them into service as consciints.
Under these circumstances, solemn
ly impressed with a sense ifthc injus
tice about to be done to a large class of
our fellow citizens, under im act which,
in rny opinion, plainly violates the
Constitution of the Confederacy, and
strikes down the sovereignty of the
States, I. felt, that I should justly forfeit
the confidence reposed in me by a peo
ple who, ever jealous of their rights,
had opposed stern resistance to Fede
ral encroachments, under my picdeces-
sors, Jackson, Troup and Gilmer, were
1 to permit the injustice, and allow the
Government of the .State i<< be virtually
disbanded, and the right arm of her
power severed from her, withot lirsi
submitting the question pi the surrender
to the representatives of the |R*opIe. 1
therefore informed tne President of tlie
Confederate Stales, in a letter dated
the lbih of last month—a copy ol which
js hereto appended—that I would till
promptly with volunteers legally orga
nized, a inquisition, (which 1 invited.)
for her qnoia of the new levy ol troops
tieedtd by the Goverimu nl, but that 1
would not pern ill the enrollment ofcon-
sci ipts under the late copscriplior. act,
liil vou should have lime to mo t, de
liberate and act. You have the power
to adopt the proper measures, and gi*c
proper direction to this question.
During the approaching winter, the
enemy will make every effort in his
power with large fleets and armies, to
take our seaport city, over run a large
portion of our State, plunder our people
aud carry off our slaves, ormduce them- suspemt the writ of habeas corpus, which
to murder the innocent and helpless
portion of our population. At so crit
ical a moment, the portion of our militia
who remain in the State, should he en
couraged to volunteer and form them
selves into efficient organizations, and
should be kept within the limits of the
State to strike for their wives and their
children, their homes and their altars.
If all our population able to bear arms
are to be forced by Conscription to
leave the State in the greatest crisis of
the war, to protect more favored points,
and our own cities are to he left an ea
sy prey toJ.be enemy, and our homes
to be plundered by his marauding
bands without resistance, I will not be
privy to the deed. You are the repre
sentatives of the people, and must make
the decision. I therefore conjure you
to stand by the rights and the honor ol
die State, and provide for the protec
tion of the property, the liberties and
the lives of her people-
lion. Thomas W. Thomas, a judicial
officer of the State of great ability and
integrity, in a case brought regularly
before him in his judicial capacity, has
pronounced the Conscription Act un
constitutional, in an argument which
lias not been, and will not be answered.
Since the decision was made, Congress,
as the newspapers report, has passed
an additional aci, authorizing the Pres
ident to suspend the privileges of the
writ of habeas corpus, in all cases of ar
rest made under the authority of the
Government, which was doubtless in
tended to deny to the Judiciary the ex
ercise of its Constitutional functions, in
this very case, aid which places the
liberty of every citizen of the Confede
racy at the mercy of the President, who
may imprison any citizen under his or
der without legal warrant or authority,
and no court dare interfere to liberate
the captive when the imprisonment is
illegal. I now submit the question for
the consideration and decision of the
Representatives of the people ol the
State, w hether the Constitutional rights
of her citizens shall be respected, and
her sovereignty maintained, or whether
the citizen shall be told that he has no
rights, and his State no sovereignly.
The question is not whether Georgia
shall furnish her just quota of men and
means for the common defence. This
she has more thaadone up to the pres
ent time, and this she is ever ready to
do, so long as she lias a man or a dollar
at her command. But it is, shall she
lie permitted to furnish troops as vol
unteers, organized in accordance with
her reserved rights, or shall her volun
teers be rejected and her citizens be
drugged to the field as Conscripts in
violation of tliei? rights and her sov
ereignty ? Shall the pompous preten
sions of imperial power, made by a gov
ernment constituted by the Stales as
their common agent, be acquiesced in,
or shall the government be compelled
to return to the exercise of the powers
delegated to it by the Constitution ?
I am aware that It lias been said by
the advocates of conscription, that it is
no time now to correct errors. If so,
it follows that there is no responsibility
for, and no restraint upon their com
mission. Again, it is said we should
first decide whether we are to “have
Slates,” before we undertake to define
the rights ol the Stales. Wo had Stales
when we entered into this revolution.
We had States before the passage of the
Conscription Acts. We still have States,
but if Conscription is to be executed to
the extent of the^power claimed lor
Congress by its advocates, we cease to
have Slates, or to have constitutional
liberty or personal rights. The solemn
question now presented lor your con
sideration is, shall we continue to have
Stales, or shall we in lieu thereof have
a consolidated military despotism ?
Martial Lair and. Habeas Corpus.
We were recently informed by the
newspapers, that a military command*
er holding a commission under the gov
ernment of the Confederate States, had
issued an order declaring I he city of
Atlanta iu this Slate, to be under mar
tial law, and had appointed a Governor
and his aids to assume the government
of the city. At the time this order was
published, the head quarters of die
General by whom it was passed mid
most ol his command were, 1 believe,
iu another State,mer 130 miles from
the city of Atlanta; The order was is
sued without any conference w ith the
Executive of this State upon the subject,
and the Governor appointed by the
General, assumed the government and
control of the city. As you were soon
to assemble, I thought it best to avoid
all conflict upon this question till the
facts should be placed before you, and
youi pleasure, as the representatives of
the sovereign people of this State,
should be known in the premises. 1
consider this and all like proceedings,
on the part of Corftederale officers not
unly high handed usurpations, depend
ing for their authority upon military
power without the shadow of constitu
tional right, but dangerous precedents,
which if acquiesced in by the people
of this State, tend to the subversion ol
the government and sovereignty of tin
State, and of the individual rights of
die citizen. This order of the com
manding General was, alter some de
lay, annulled by the War Depart
meut.
Tiie oili ami Gib paragraphs of the
4th Article of the Constitution of the
Confederate Slates, are in these words:
5. “The enumeration iu the Consti
tution of certain rights, shall not he con
strued to deny or disparage others le-
taiued by the people of die several
Slates.”
G. “The powers not delegated to the
Confederate Slates by tlie Constitution
nor prohibited by it to the States; are
reserved to the States respectively, or
to the people thereof.”
Under Uiesepfoviiioys of tfie Consti
tution, no DlepSnifrcnCnfrolficgr of the
Confederate gove|hmeut-, lias the right
toassutrie or exercise* tiny power not
delegated by the States, -‘each State
acting in its sovereign and independent
character.” It follows, therefore, that
no Department nor officer of the Con*
federate Government, has the right to
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
is the highest safeguard of personal lib
erty, nor to exercise the high perogative
of sovereignty, by the representative of
which alone, martial luiv may be de
clared, unless the grant of power from
the States to do so can be found in the
Constitution. That instrument de
clares :
“The privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus shall not be suspended, unless
when, in eases of rebellion or inva
sion, the public safety may require
it.
This clause contains a grant, by plain
implication, of the power to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus when the pub
lic safety requires it, in the two cases
of rebellion or invasion, but in no other
case; and no further in these cases
than may be required by the public safe
ty. But we look to the Constitution in
vain for any grant of power by the
States to the Confederate government
or any Department or officer thereof, to
declare martial laic and suspend the
laws and civil process ol the States,
(other than the writ of habeas corpusf
in any case or under any emergency
whatever. If a Confederate officer
may, by a declaration of martial laic,
set aside the laws and civil process of
a State in a particular city or other lo
cality, at his pleasure, he may extend
hisordcr to embrace the whole territory
of the Stale, and set aside the Govern
ment of the State, and may himself
enact the laws and appoint the Govern
ors by which the people of the State
shall in future be controlled. Not only
so, but if the precedent in this case is
to be tolerated, this may be done by
anv military commander in any part of
the Confederacy, who chooses to send
his edict to ibis SLate, and appoint his
Executive officers to carry it into ef
fect.
Impressment of Private Propcrtij.
It is also my duty to cal! your atten
tion to another matter considered by
the people of this State a subject of
grievance. The power is now claimed
by almost every military commander,
to impress the pi ivate properly of the
citizen at his pleasure, without any ex
press order from the Secretary of War
for that purpose ; and in many cases,
without the payment of any compensa
tion—the officer, who is in some cases,
only a Captain or Lieutenant, giving a
certificate that the property has been
taken for public use ; which seizure
after long delay, may, or may not, be
recognized by the government; as it
may determine that the officer had, or
had not competent authority"* to make
it.
T am aware that the Constitution
confers the power upon the Confederate
Government, to Lake private property
for public use, paying theiefur just com
pensation; and I have no doubt, that
every true and loyal citizen, would
cheerfully acquiesce in th<^ exercise of
tins power, by the properly authorized
and responsible agents of the govern
ment, at ail times when the public ne
cessities might require it. But l deny
that every subaltern in uniform who
passes through the country, has the
right to appropriate what he pleases of
the property of the citizen without be
ing able to snow the.authority ol the
Government for the exercise of this
high prerogative, - As our people are
not aware of their proper remedies for
the redress of the grievances hereinbe
fore mentioned, 1 respectfully suggest,
that the General Assembly, after con
sideration of these questions, declare
by Resolution or otherwise, their opin
ion as to the power of the Confederate
Government and its officers, in these
particulars. I also respectfully request
that the General Assembly declare the
♦-xtent to which the Executive of this
State will be sustained by the repre
sentatives of the people. iri protecting
their rights, and the integrity of the
Government, and sovereignty of the
State, against the usurpations and
abuses to which I have invited your at
tention. JOSEPH E. BROWN.
MARCHING TO DEATH.
The National Quarterly thus depicts a
remarkable scene that occurred some years
since on one of the British transport ships.
The commander of the troops on board,
seeing that the vessel must soon sink, and
there was no hope of saving his men, drew
them up in order of battle, and as in the
presence of a human enemy, bravfelv fac
ed the doom that was before them. We
know of no more impressive illustration of
the power of military discipline in the pres
euce of death.
“Look at that noble vessel in yon high
sea ! She has sprung a leak ; all the re
sources ou board have been called into
play for her release from the deep, hut to
no avail! The waters are gaining fast on
her—beyond hainan control. She must
sink ! A regiment of brave, perfectly dis
ciplined soldiers are mustered on deck by
a quick roll <4 the drum ; otlicers aud sol
diers promptly fill their rank and file, and
shim ldur,arms ! See them stand iu ser
ried ranks, and completely accoutred for
a long, long march. Not a mournful dirge,
but tbe national anthem, is played by tlie
band. The regimental colors flutter in the
air—the stall that supports then) is as firm
as the stout heart of the ensign that holds
it. The array of battle is reflected iu tiie
mournful appearance of the lowering
clouds, which seem anxious to veil tiie wa
ters, rippled by t-fce breath of death. In
sidiously does the water leap at last over
the bulwarks of the gallant and doomed
ship, and down she goes. The martial
voice of the commandant orders ‘Tresent
arms!” A rapid succession of orders is
calmly given and ejlmly executed; the
drum beats quicker and quicker : the inns
kets thump on the. deck atthc last word of
command ; a splash at their fall, a surge of
the invading waters, th.e drum is silenced,
ati army of bubbles swarms on tbe surface,
aud calm, silent, aud steady, tbe last glare
of the polished steel reflects a dying ray
of iirfttiriifnl light.”
SENATE.
Thursday, Nov. Ct|i 1862.
The Senate was called to order by it*
President Hon. John A. Billups of Clark.
The roll was called aud a quorum was
found to be present. Hou. B. Benson,
Senator elect from tbe 31st Senatorial dis
trict was qualified.
The usual formalities of aunouuciug to
the House and the Governor, the orgauiza
tion of tbe Senate were gone through with,
when Mr. Gordou of Chatham introduced
Resolutions in reference to the defence of
the city of Savannah and the removal of
the helpless women aud children from tbe
city to a place of security. The resolu
tions were adopted and ordered to be
transmitted forthwith to tbe House.
The Goveruor’s Messages were received
aud the Annual Message was read.
The Senate adjourned to 3 o’clock.
3 o’clock P. M.
The Special Message of the Governor
was taken up and read.
Mr. Yason of Dougherty, by consent,
reported a bill to incorporate the Empire
State Iron and Coal Mining Company,
and to confer certain privileges on the
same.
Mr. Gordon, by consent, reported a bill
to prescribe the terms of citizenship and
residence in certain cases.
Also, Mr. Echols reported a bill to car-
S ry into effect so much of the 6tb section of
2d article of the State Constitution, as
provides that the General Assembly shell
by law prescribe the manner in which the
power to grant corporate powers and priv
ileges to private companies, other than
Banking, Ac., Ac.,
Mr. Hilliard, a bill to exempt physi
cians now enlisted as privates in an army,
from poll tax.
A committee was appointed by tbe
Senate to act with tbe House committee ou
the salt supply question.
Friday. Nov. 7, 1862.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A. M..
according to adjournment. The Presi
dent called ou the Rev. William Moseley
from the 26th Senatorial District, to offer
prayer.
Col. James S. Pinkard, Senator elect
from the 22d Senatorial District, in the
place of the lion. A. J. Wynn, deceased,
came forward and took the oath of office.
Mr. Mosely introduced a bill to prevent
the distillation of ardent spit its.
He also introduced the following ;
1. llcsulved, That the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia has seen with
heartfelt thankfulness the practical de
monstration of the presence of Almighty
God and His protecting providence iu the
many hard fought battles and tbe glorious
victories over our common enemies since
the commencement ol the present war with
the United States.
2. Resolved, That the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia feei to unite at the
throne of Grace for the the continuation of
the divine presence and providence of God,
until the council of our enemies’ counsel
lors be turned into foolishness, aud the
angel of the Lord persecute and chase
them until our independence is acknowl
edged, aud the stars and bars wave iu tri
umph over the Southern Confederacy.
Mr. James Hilliard : A bill to abolish
tbe office of County Treasurer iu tbe
county cf Stewart.
Mr. Mitchell: A bill authorizing and
requiring the several chartered banks of
this State to issue an additional number of
change bills.
Also, a bill authorizing the Justices of
the Inferior courts of the several counties
of the State to levy an extra tax for the
benefit of soldiers’ families.
A1 so, a bill to .alter the road laws of the
State.
Also, a bill to alter and amend sections
4351 and 1362 of the Code of Georgia.
Also, a bill to affirm and declare in full
force the Conscript Law.
Mr. Boyd : hill to exempt from poll tax
all persons in the army ot tiie State aud
Confederate States.
A1 so, the following which was unani
mously adopted :
Resolved btj the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia. That we cordially ap
prove ami endorse the action of His Ex
cellency, the Govenor, in issuing his proc
lamation for suppressing tlse distillation of
spiritous liquors iu the early part of the
present year, thereby preveutiug much
evil, and saving bread to our army, and es
pecially to helpless poor families of our own
State. This prompt and timely official ac
tion of our present Chief Magistrate gives
evidence of his integrity and wisdom as a
ruler, and entitles him to the gratitude of
the whole people of Georgia.
Mr. Lewis introduced a hill altering the
law in regard to authorizing Executors,
Guardians, Ac., of M iuors, to invest in
Confederate Bonds.
Also, a bill to prevent persons in cer
tain cases from becoming citizens.
Mr. Shumake : A bill te extend tbe time
for the payment of taxes of the year 1SG2,
so far as relates to the county of Burke
Also, a bill for the benefit of Executors,
Ac., of rniuors, so far as relates to Burke
county. ^
On the motion of Mr. Furlow, tbe com
mittee on the State of the Republic was
changed to that of Confederate Relations.
Mr. Gordon introduced a bill to relieve
from pains and penalty incurred, the
Banks in suspending specie payment.
After the announcement by the Presi
dent of the Standing Committees, the Sen
ate adjourned till to morrow morning.
Saturday. Nov. 8, 1862.
The Hon. Jas. R, Brown, Senator elect
from the 39th District was introduced to
tite Senate by Mr. Hansel!. Mr. Browu
came forward and took the oath of office.
Mr, Gordon rose to a question of priv
ilege lor himself aud the Seuatorsfrom tbe
11 tli and 43d District.
Mr. Gordon read the following, which on
motion of Mr. Yason, was ordered to be
spread on the Journals :
The undesigned, Senators from the 1st,
11th, and 43d Districts, aud officers in the
Provisional Army of tlie Confederate
States, having observed in the public prints
a statement to the effect that they are
Constitutionally ineligible, and being uu-
willing to occupy for a moment a positiou
unauthorized by the Constitution, deem
it their duty to place on re.cord a short
summary of the reasons which have indu
ced them to take their seats.
They believe that there is a clear dis
tinction between officers of the Regular,and
officers of the Provisioual Army. The for
mer embrace that class who, in times both
of peace and war, are appointed by tbe
President witli the concurrence of tbe
Senate, ami arc assigned to tbe command
of the standing army of the Confederate
Slates. These, the Constitution express
ly excludes from a seat iu either branch of
tiie General Assembly. The latter com
prise all tiie militia who, in time of inva
sion, may be summoned into the Provisou-
nl Army to fight for their country's freedom.
These" the Constitution expressly exempts
from its disqualifying clause.
The reason of tbe law agrees with this
coustriictiou of the Constitution. It is
natural aud proper that officers of the Reg
ular army, holding their commissions from
tbs President, with nil their hopes, sympa
thies and affections clustered around the
Ceutrat Government, should be excluded
from a participation in tho deliberation of
the State legislature. But it does not seem
reasonable that the uiau who enjoys tbe
confidence of bis people sufficiently to ral
ly around him a body of volunteer patriots
to defeud their hearthstones, should be de
barred from representing that people in the
deliberative councils ot tbe State.
The undersigned are officers in tbe Pro
visional army, and are, therefore, in their
judgment, officers of the militia, eligible
by Constitutional provision to the seats
which they bold. In this opinion they
are sustained by the judgment of eminent
lawyers from various portions of the State,
who have been consulted prior and subse
quent to the election of this General Assem
bly, by the Attorney General of tbe State
of South Carolina in an elaborate opinion
upon a similar clause in the Constitution
of that State, by tbe Governor of this State
in bis recent messages aud correspondence,
and indirectly by tbe President of tbe
Confedrato States, who by special ol
der, has granted a furlough of sixty days
to all officers of the Provisional army who
are members of this Gcueral Assembly.
These are, in few words, tbe reasons
which have induced tbe undersigned to
occupy tbe seals with which they have been
honored and they request that this stafo-
meut be entered upon the journals of the
Senate, whose action in the premises will,
in any event be satisfactory to them.
Geo. A Gordon, 1st Diet.
0. 11. Anthony, 11th Dist.
JohnM. Jackson, 43d Dist.
A resolution that the Joint Committee
on Finance be instructed to report a bill
to appropriate a sum for the manufacture
of cotton cards.
On the call of tho districts, the follow
ing bills were read tbe first time.
Mr. Gordon : A bill to provide for tbe
collection of taxes on free persons of color.
Mr. Jackson : A bill to amend the char
ter of the Planters’ Insurance and Trust
Company—confers banking privileges.—
Also, a bill to change the time of holding
6ons engaged, iu Ljwt.manufacture of cotton i
and woolen gof^-Js. aud in tanning or tin-
sale of leather anff distilling, Ac., for tht
support of indigent widows and orphans o!
deceased foldier^iAcjj
Mr.-:Ci|biness al^p ^reported a bill to
amend an act. to prevent tbe unnecessary
consumption of grain by distilleries, Ac.
Mr, Dever of Polk, a bill to impose a
tax on incomes for the support of widows
and orphans of deceased soldiers. 200
copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Led of Muscogee,'a bill to ap-propri-
ate 845,000 towards obstructing tbe Apa-
lac’nacola, Chattahoochee and Fli t Riv
ers.
Or. Owen of Me Intosh, a resolution to
appoint a committee to unite with a sim
ilar one from the Senate, to examine tbe
Governor's Message upon tho subject of
Militia and report, Ac.
Mr. Cabines8, a resolution tendering tbe
thanks of the people of the State, and the
General Assembly to our brave soldiers.
VKMY OFFICERS IN THE LEGISLATE
From a sense of duty, and with i, 0 ,j fc
sire to interfere with the claims of gentle
men of the. army holding seats i n t | ie
House, Mr. Washington of Bibb offered &
resolution instructing tbe Committee 0 »
the Judiciary to report on the constitution
al question, whether officers in tbe milk*
service of the Confederate States could ]& w *
fully retain their sent9. Mr. Findlay 0 f
Lumpkin, tbe Lieut. Colonel of Boyd’* ft e _
giment, wished the matter settled at once'
and so did Messrs. Raiford, Hargrove
and Trammell who likewise held commL
sions in tbe army. A brief discussio
arose in which these gentlemen, and al 30
Messrs. Cabaniss. Thomas, Lee, "Whittle
Norwood, Smith of Brooks, and Cochran'
of Glynn, took part. The latter g ent ] e .
man, to relieve members whose position
and expressive of regret at the death ot wa s equivocal, contended that th*;- .
our brave officers and men. , * , . , , ,, . ue,r v otes
it r c n . , ... c .1 ; ‘ind acts w ould be held, judicially
Mr. Lawson of Putnam, a bill for the; , ... J legal
relief of Executors, Administrators aud aac * va la * untl t " e “ onse had expressed
Guardians. j a contrary judgment, and that there w as
Also a bill imposing additional tax on j no necessity for a report from the O'
the income and profits of property invested ; mittee until the close of the session v
iu certain Manufactures. x - , .... u ‘ -ar.
Also a bill to authorize the Governor to ... 3 ' tr J record,
raise and equip three independent battal- ( ini P ea ched the validity of their seats,
ions of Infantry of five companies each for would vacate the laws passed bv thei
heine defence. votes, as the Journal might exhibit n
Mr. Dumas of Monroe, a resolution lim-j.i* • , ‘ " a
iting the legislation of the present session \ " SU ^ ec ’ f le Commi*t ee
ta certain business Ac. ; j were instructed to report the next morning
Mr. Schley of Richmond, a bill for tax- at 10 o’clock.
ID xr d0 n“‘ ...... tl , J MISSION TO EUROPE
Sir. Barnes, a bill to increase the fees of 1 r - i -
certain county officers. lue House adopted tbe resolution offer-
Also a bill for the relief of the wife and ed by Mr. Cochran, of Glynn, on Friday
children of II. G. Slirival . requesting the Governor to furnish tU
Mr. Whitehead of Walton, a hill to House such information as he may po 8sess
make a tree woman ot a certain slave. • . . . „ • ■ 3M - 58
Mr. Culberson of Walker, a bill to exempt re S ar 0 )e mission ot the Hon. T.
certaiu persons from taxation. Butler King to Europe, under tiie act of
Mr. Thomas of Whitfield, for the benefit 1S60, for the purpose of establishing a Jj.
of the families of absent soldiers from i rect trade between European ports and the
W M>. fi Underwood of Whitfield, a bill to ! P° rts of Georgia, also what action he
supply tbe people with salt. j ma F deem nece8 »*ry on the subject.
Mr. Gross ofScriven, a resolution requi- ; SUPREME COURT—C0NSCRIP
ring Peter btotesbury and James Hum- - x *
resolution recommending the call of a bunal by W. McKinley, E«q., for the
National Convention to consider the differ- plaintiff’in error, and by the Hon. \ }}
i Kenan and M. H. Blanford, Esq., for the
euces between the Confederate Govern
ment, and the Northern States.
elections for members of Congress to the pbreys to report to tho present legislature,.;
same day with the gubernatorial election, j ^ ie Quantity of salt they have made, and
Mr. Mitchell : A bill to protect the prop- 1 th® *^ey 6e ^ l a |'-
erty of married women, also, a bill to pre * 1 M "
vent extortion, and to put into effect tbe
laws of England in reference to forestalling,
engrossing, Ac. It provides that prices
shall not exceed the following standard :
Spun yarns, $2.50; osnaburgs, Ac., 25 cents;
iron. 10 ceuts; nails, 12i cents; corn, rye.
and oats. S1.00; wheat, $1.50; pork, 10 cts.;
bacon, 15 cents; beef and mutton, 5 cents;
potatoes, Irish, $1.50 per bushel; sweet,
$1.00; leather, upper, 55 cents; sole do.,
35 cents; dry hides, 12^ cents; coarse shoes,
$2.50; flour, $10 per bbl: corn aud rye meal,
81.25; fodder and hay, 81.00, salt, $5 per
bushel; lard, 124 cents., and all otber ar
tides iu proportion.
The bill to incoiporate the Empire State
Iron and Coal Manufactory was taken up,
and after some ineffectual attempts to in
sert the personal liability clause, passed.
COURT-
TION.
We publish to-day the decision of J c .I e
Harris, sustaining the constitutionality
^outljcvn Jitcarter.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, Nov. Glh, 1S92.
In the absense of .speaker Akin, Hou.
P. E. Love, speaker pro tern, took the
chair. Prayer was offered by Dr. Tal-1 AI I L L El
malge. The roll was called and a quo- i
rum ws6 found to be present.
The following new members produced
their credentials and were sworn in ;
From the county of White, Isaac Oaks.
“ “ “ Gordon. E. S. Mann.
“ “ “ Jones, K. H. Hutchings.
“ “ “ Miller, J. V. Heard.
“ “ “ Dooly, O. P. Swearingen.
“ ” “ Glascock, Richard Walden.
The House passed a resolution to inform
tho Senate that it was organized, and
ready for business.
Mr. Cabiness of Monroe offered a reso
lution, which was adopted, that a commit
tee of five be appointed to tako into consul
enrolling officer. The opinion of the Court
j was delivered by Judge Jenkins, affirming
the judgment below.
Lap 3 A writer in the lnlelUgeneer states
: that he could name twenty men in Atlanta
I who had made 8100,000 each, by the war,
iand that he was almost tempted to give
their names 011 an appeal to clothe the
j Army. We think it quite probableth.it
the time is not very distant when public
opinion will demand the list of all such
1 speculates to rcu-ard patriotism.
L> Gh E V ILLE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1862.
A CARD.
PROFITS OF DISTILLERIES.
While the bill to prohibit the distillation
of grain was before the House, Mr. Black,
of Floyd, stated that from two and a halt
to three gallons of whiskey could be made
from one bushel of corn, and that the price
\\ e would respectfully announce to the c , . , , . r
, r , 1 ,, T ,, . of whiskey was now ten dollars a gallon.
Members of tiie Legislature, that we are , , , , ...
1-1 . e c* * x> • . t> j by the barrel, At this rate, one bushel of
caudidates for State Printer. Residing at ,,
, L , ,, 1 i corn would be worth $30 in the form of
the seat of government, and well prepared ,
. ", 1 , i * 1 (whiskey. I he slop at the distillery would
to execute the work to advantage, we have J . , ,
, .. . . - , • *111 j fatten hogs enough to pay for all the labor
no hesitation in saying that it will be dpne .. . , r \ .
, r - , r ,, i,i 1 in the manufacture of whiskey. Thus corn
promptly and falthlullv, should we be . , ,, ...
j * at even three dollars per bushel is made to
yield ten times the amount in a few days
With feelings of perfect kindness to our
ttaehed to the Journal of! neighbors «;f the Confederate Umov, we do i
by the process of converting food iuto
cration a paper
the House of the session 1 SO 1, and pub-; not think it improper to state that they
lit-bed as an appendix, and repoit sucb J, ave been enjoying the State Printing,
action aa ruav vindicate the independence, I , , T . . . , „ ,
dignity and privilege of the House. The | hoth Le S'sl*t.ve and Executive, for the
Committee under this resolution are ! eight or ten years, and they certainly ed the bill offered by Mr. Gordon of the
Messrs. Cabiness, -Cochran ol" Glyun, do not ask or expect a life estate in the pub- first District, declarin 'that after the first
poison !
HANGING THE YANKEES.
The Senate, by a large majority, pass-
Smith of Brooks, Law-son and Hester.
Mr. Bigliam offered a resolution that a
committee of three be appointed from the
House and two from the Senate, to consid
er and report upon the salt supply, which
was adopted. Committee are Messrs.
Bigliam, Cochran of Wilkinson, and Neal.
Mr. Bigliam also offered a resolution
contemplating the raising of a joint com
mittee to examine, revise and report upon
the code prepared under act of 1$5S.
A Resolution from the Senate with ref
erence to the defense of the city of Savan
nah and for the removal of {he helpless
families, was, on motion of Mr. Gibson ta
ken up aud adopted.
The special Message of the Governor
was then read. The Message was referred
to the committee on the State of the Re
public, and 500 coj ies ordered to be print
ed.
The House then adjourned to 9 o’clock,
A. M. Friday.
Friday, Nov. 7tli.
The call of counties for new matter was
proceeded with, and the following bills and
• ♦■solutions were reported and read the first
time.
Mr. Smith of Brooks, a bill to empower
Owen Smith ami Augus Morrison to make
good anti sufficient titles to a certain tract
or parcel or land in Brooks county.
Mr. Adams of Clark, a bill to confer cer
tain privileges upon Henry Durham of the
county of Clark : aud give him authority
to transact business as though he was of
age.
Also a resolution to appoint a committee
to investigate the unlawful issue of shiu-
plasters, Ac.
Mr. Hawkins of Forsyth a bill to pre
vent the distillation of grain into ardent
spirits until one year after the war.
Mr. Thrasher of Fulton to prohibit the re
tail of spiritous liquors in this State, and to
repeal all laws granting licenses to sell and
retail intoxicating liquors aud to punish
for a violation of the same.
Also, a bill to amend the several acts in
corporating the city of Atlanta.
Mr. Pitts, a bill to pardon Janies R. Wil
son of the county of Fulton.
Mr. Smith of Hall, to change the 2d sec
tiou of ou act to alter and amend the Road
Laws.
Also a hill to organize the Home Guard
Militia.
Mr. Jones of Harris, a bill to prevent .a 1
uulawfnl issue of change bills.
Mr. Blake of Hall a bill to amend an aci
approved Jan. 12th, 1852.
Mr. Speight of Haralson, a bill for the
relief of the minor children of Sophia and
Wm McBride.
Mr. Cabiuess, a bill to levy and collect
a lax ou the uet income or profits of all per
sous and corporate bodies of the ffitate, ar
ising from the sale of goods, wares, mer
chandize, provisions, groceries, Ac, aud.on
the incomes and profits of all per
lie work. day of January next, all prisoners taken
Living as above stated, at the. Capital, from the enemy on Georgia soil, sliali be
we feel that the Public Printing relatively 'forthwith hung, as attempting to excite in-
belongs, and is incidental to oar position, surrection. among the slaves, under the
With this brief announcement, we submit i proclamation of the Abolition President,
our claims, and ask your kind support, pro- : We have a State law already to that effect,
vided, the Legislature iu its wisdom sees in regard to all classes who may offend in
proper to elect. such mode. The resolution offered in ConJ
R. M. Orme A Son. gross, by Senator Hill, proposed the same
^ ; object. This fierce extremity seems to be
STATE PURCHASING SALT. - , J , . . .. . . •
1 demanded by tiie crisis, and is ampiv jus.i-
Iu the discussion on the bill appropriate ; .. , , ,, . , , , ,.... ,
I , tied by the insane conduct of the Aooatie:.
ing $500,000 for tbe purchase of salt, un- ^,
13 r 1 invaders,
der the direction of the Governor, so as to
afford if possible an adequate supply to GF* Mr. Stephens, of Hancock, from tL
the people of Georgia, at mere cosi aud (Judiciary Committee, to whom the inquiry,
charges, Mr. Bighain, of Troup, in answer ! was referred, reported that no members ol
to the question of Mr. Smith, of Brooks, as the House, so far as the committee bad a--
to wbeic the salt was to come fra in, inform- | certained, held offices in the Confederat
ed the House that the Governor, as shown J army, but that several held offices in tbe
in his message, had made a contract with • State Militia, which did not render them
Messrs. Graves A Goldsmith, to take al! 1 ineligible to seats. Soon thereafter Mr.
that they could deliver from Louisiana by Raiford, of Chattahoochee, offered a res-j-
a certain time, which he *(Mr. B.) estimated 1 lution, which was adopted, authorising the
at 290,000 bushels. The Georgia coni- committee to send for persons and pape:-
panies in Virginia were making about to further investigate the subject, so as t
1400 bushels daily, besides what was relieve members from embarrassment,
yielded to the labor of two companies ope- j ^ ()n Satnrday^moming. the Hon
rating in Clarke county, Alabama. These Warren Akin> wLo La j beeu detained at -
and other sources of supply would produce home the j llne8S of Lia farni ly, appeared
salt enough, it was hoped, to answer the j and occnp ; ed the Speak . r - s Chair, as pre
purpose. siding officer of the House.
Mr. Burke, of Carroll, moved to strike
out 8500,000, and insert 81,000,000, to se
cure a still larger quantity, through State
accommodation, as it could make no dif- > ns t-» a Senator to Congress
cancy of Gen. Toombs, resigned.
Tbe Senate passed a bill on Friday
to authorize the Governor to porch** 13
U# 3 By joint vote, the Genera! Asse®
bly has resolved to elect, on Tuesday 1 - a
fill tbe in
ference to the -Treasury, as the sum ad
vanced was to be refunded by tbe consum
ers of the salt. 'The House refused the
motion, and passed the bill by a unanimous
vote.
The steps thus taken by legislative sanc
tion will, we trust, prove successful iu re
lieving the wants of the people in regard
to an article of prime necessity. In the
uieautime, however, there should be no
abatement of exertions by individuals and
associations to manufacture on the coast,
and from salt wells, wherever they can be
found, so that there shall be no suffering
hi any quarter. A salt famine which the
Abolitiouists are trying to produce in the
South, would be a calamity iadeed to our
people. Tbe prospect is fair that it may
be avoided by legislative interpoSitfon.
LIP" The Charleston Merrunj notices the
death **f Gen, John B. Yillepigue of the
Y'estern Atmv.
clothing, shoes, Ac., for our army. ru Cd -
tain fixed prices, and if unable to dc so, t
seize factories, tanneries, and raw materia
if necessary.
Rp The Special Message ot the Gover
nor occupies so much of our paper .<■ -A
that the general proceedings of the Lef
lature, though in type, are crowded 0
this week. Hereafter they will *??*
more regularly.
The debate on the bill to auto ^
the Governor to call out tho militia
noticed next week, as we have cot room
the present issue.
EF 1 The Senate has passed a resolut.on
authorizing the Governor to caJ
militia of Camden county to repel in'*** 0
in that county,