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The following is 11 »o protest of tfcotL
ami t»ltiers :
Wheieas, Hot .Joshua Hili has been
duly elected United Slates Senator to
till the unexpired term " hich ends on
the 4th ol March, 1873, and the Hon.
H. M. Miller has been duly elected | gross, it is not not
United Stales Senator to lilt the- tltlCX-
pnvd term winch ends the 4lh ol
March, 1871, by she General Assembly
of the State ol Georgia ; and whereas, j es of the General
this General Assembly, “so called,”
lias obtained its present organization by
force, violence and fraud ; and whereas,
the Constitution and the laws are disre
garded in its proceedings, protesting
against the legality of all its acts; be
lieving them to be illegal, unauthorised
and void, we decline to vole.
Dunlap Scott, Flo v11,
Frank Welchar, Taylor,
Louise Nash, Gwinnett,
<J. C. Clegiiokn, Chattooga.
prom«* Court of the United Stales, that to reconsider the resolution filling
those contracted before 1862 are paya
ble in gold.
As, however, in thy judgement, un-
td your action to complete the recon- ...
structionofthe State is accepted by Con- i substitute offered by Mr. () Neal. \ e>- ‘Yes, and there is not one 1
proper lor you to i terdsy, to Belhune s resolution slaving give five hundred dollars to
lo reconsider the resolution
canctes was out of order.
THE STAY RESOLUTION.
The debate was then resumed on
undertake general legislation, 1 would • proceedings in the State eomi-,
ggesi tiial you adopt i ^ Neal’a^ubslitute wa.-» the same is
respectfully su
some resolution expressive of the wish
Assembly on this
the resolution udopted by the Senatt
Mr. Lane took lhe floor and argued
subject, with the hope that the Gener- favor of adopting the substitute, o:i
at commanding may, bv his order, i ‘^e ground that it was couched in stron -
i ger language than the original rcsolu-
ing
cause the same to be enforced
When the last step in the reconstruc- ;
non work shall have been taken by the j
The previous question was culled
vn- ! fashionable with American women.” !
“They have their teeth tilled be
cause they have decayed, and not for
the purpose of being fashionable.”
l * ie “Is that so ?”
but would
have as
beautiful teeth as you hare got.’
‘Then if that is the case, I guess I
will not have mine interfered with.*
Had she not been disaoused of the
error that plugged teeth ate worn as an j
article of fashion, and not as a necessi
ty she would imperatively have de
manded the destruction of her beauti
ful incisors, in order to be ‘“the thing’”
in society.
JSmitjicrn Jircorkr.
oi
sustaining it, and gives to President Gran 1 into tlie county—generally to Southwest-
the power of enforcing the law by send
ing an array to Utah.
eru Georgia. This total amonnt of six
teen million pounds does not, of course, m.
declaration of the result of the Senato- j “"ied.on the main question by
rial election, 1 would respectfully j following vote ; ~ ? T
lecommend that a recess betaken for. css.-* - * A Singular Occurrence.—A short
®. ,.. e elude that of local manufacture and that
1 lie full also makes provision for the j cotn j n g f ron , other points. The receipts
support of the Utah women who may find are now averaging 900.000 pounds p er
themselves husbandless,
money lor that purpose.
Wears opposed to any
It appropriates i day, which will continue without diminu.
lion until the I5th of March, after which it
j will more or less fall off. There are uq«
such proceed- 500 car loads ot-Savannah to come for-
: lugs, from the fact that Congress has no «« id, all of which lias already found a
j right to interfere with the religious notions
• of the Mormons, for one ot the amendments
of the Constitution expressly declares
that “ Congress shall make no law respect
ing an establishment of religion, or pro
hibiting the free exercise thereof.” The
market, or at least has a prospect of ready
sale a- fast as received.
So says the Telegraph & Messenger,
and it is a most hopeful sign of the mat*-
rial prosperity of our State. Our old lands
will be brought into active cultivation
Morpion religion lecoguizes a plurality of And those that have been thrown oot,
such a time aa may to you seem best, • ^ a y®- * *
i pending the action of Congress for tM,r
j admission.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Provisional Governor.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb., 16, *70.
7'o the Snwtr timl House of Rcpresettia
th ex of f hr Provisional legislature :
Mr. O’Neal’s substitute was adopted,
: as follows i
Resolved, That all proceedings in
. the several courts <>t ibis Slate, is
i founded on any debt or contract
| made or entered into before the first of c ., tl
: June, 1S65, and all levies and sales, by
48 j time since, the city journals related the
tiprrwt Cef., ojf th*. Ckrvu. & Stiff.
Atlanta, Feb. 17, P. M.
The Rump Legislature did to day : virtue of any execution, so founded,
Some misapprehension having arisen j tbe best thing that it has done since the j shall be and are hereby stayed, until
t of the act of Congress j session commenced—adjourned for! twenty days alter the recess taken by
sixty days. The “stay” resolution j this General Assembly shall have ex
am! the debate upon the same, were j pired.
the features of interest iti today’s |>ri>-; Resolcetl, That the General Assem-
ceeding*. ”* i bly, in compliance with the just de-
afxatb j mands of the people, earnestly appeal
,. , . , . . ; to Major General A. H. Terry insane-'
The Scale met al ten o ckk ibu tioo a J |H , , nforoe , lle abov< . .’esolulion,
nmni.ng, aud was called to order by i after il9 ,,, nro , a | , )V lllc Provisional
the President. The journal of the i
7 an>i July 19th, 1867, m express proceedings of yesterday was read and
- d.-clart-d that "ou legal baate |
tact of a man’s arrest, having two
wives. He had lived here up to some
thing over a year ago, and, leaving sud- j
deftly, returned some months since
with no explanation and assigning no
for his absenct
MILLEDGEVILLE:
Tuesday, February Z2, 1870.
The Hour. Charles Sumner, of Massa-
; chusetts, and G. W. Morgan, of Ohio, will
wives, and is interwoven into their reli
gious system.
So long as tbe Mormons behave them
selves as citizens of the United States,
and do not set at defiance any of the laws,
worthless, will in a few years be the most
valuable. Lands that could have been
bought a year or two ago for S3 and So
will command from 510 to $20 per acre.
The reason is plain and sensible. Our
« accept our thanks for the documents sent. we can aeo no reason in Congress violent- J l*uds are free from stumps, roots, &c.,
* ' end i.oi n ir oeo<* i i i 11 ^ _ 111 L _ _ •
their social and do-
He resumed Mr. Sumner’s argument is before tbe Su- j ly interfering with
ins lamilv relations, and his wife, glad j preme Conrt of Massachusetts. “Equality j mestie status. Tlie same spirit that actu
ot his return, forbore any reproaches j before the Law ; Unconstitutionality of ' ates the present Congress to thrust its uu»
regarding his long and unaccountable I separata Colored Schools in Massaebn-1 constitutional hand into the domestic af-
as io ili«- e
of December 22d, 1869, upon the ordi
nary bgislaiive acts of the Legislatures
of 1868—’6y, l deem it proper to say
that in my judgment, the aclof Con
gress referred io does not render inva
lid nnv of the ordinary Jaws passed by
those bodies.
'I’he Reroust ruction Act of March 3d,
186
■ absence. Bui a few weeks after his
return, another actor appeared on the
scene—this time a young and beauii-
j tul woman. She claimed to he the
i wanderer’s wife.
setts” A Cui ,ed child was denied ads j fairs of Utah, is akin to the spirit that war
mission to the common schools attended j ed upon slavery as a social and domestic
by the whites, and was forced to attend an j institution.
Congress lias nothing to do with the
‘But
tn married alteady
mis” existed in the Stales j
., m <-d : yet the Ordinances of;
etiiion of 1S65, and the acts
•gislature of 1865, 1S66 have
thrmly, by the military author-
b v our own Courts, held legal
ling. The ‘Scaling ordinance’
Ion vent ion o! 1SG-3, the Kvi-
w of 1806, both acts of un
importance, were during the
iliinnisiraiions of General Pope
•neral Meade, inforced by
ADJOURNMENT.
I’he balance of I fie session of the
. House was consumed in fixing the pay
I he first thing in order was Brock a : 0 f t j, e Q| er ks, and in transacting other ! has come
wlutiou, which read as follows : | unimportant business.
Resolved by the General. Assembly, j A similar resolution for a recess to
Tnat all proceedings in the several j that passed by tlie Senate was adopted Now for the explanation,
courts of this Stale, founded on any j by the House, and the House adjourn- 1 derer at last—by extraneo
] ed until the 18th of April next.
AfricHU school, and to go the distance of
2100 feet from home, when the nearest j views of the women of Utah, and if they
Common school was only 900 feet. feel disposed to marry a man when he has
Mr. Sumner is for equality, aud pleads alrea(} y 0,!e wiie * aud become his second
for equality before the law, but even the j or bis twentieth wife, it is their business
aid in reply, and maintained his de- j negro philanthropists of Massachusetts do 1 not »nrs. Brigham Young has as much
If ration so earnestly that everybody j nat 8ee puc h equality through their home j r ‘ght to a regiment of wives.
“You have married me !”
“You are mistaken. 1 never saw
you before—know nothing of you !” he
as the peo-
and being easy of tillage will be sought
and brought again into cultivation. Eve
ry year with the appilcation of guano, they
| will grow richer and richer, and in a few
years will be invaluable. Common seuge
declares that fact, and our planters are
1 awake to their interest; for they well
know that the land manured this year,
will retain some of its fertilizing qualities
next. But fertilizing every year, soon the
l land with proper plowing will produce
from one to two bags of cotton sure, if not
i three, with extra exertion. Forty bushels
of corn per acre, will be looked for and
Til E “STAT HESOLUTlfTS.
belifved him. The lid, was regarded j g| ,,, M . bol ,b’i„k,'it . go* thing for dm j fh of the Sood, had to rb.ir negroes, and j “f” 1 *? °° J™’*" P" st c »» ld
as an impostor. She went away, but I |„„, k wfc .„ , h „ „„„ diem , t ! “ nleM tlier « *»» «i") P en outrage upon tbe ““p' d °" “*" 10 bDsbel8 - » »
back again, armed with a
marriage certificate and proof ot her
husband’s identity.
South, when they peep througt
ua. Mr. S. is honest in his views, aud we
only regret, that b
women of-Utah, and they were forced to ! reall ' V CUC0Qra g iD S to ^ith what rapid
strides we are progressing as an agricul-
debt or contract made or entered into
before the 1st of June, 1865, and ail!
levies and sales by viriua of any exe- j
cution so founded, shall be, and are t Interestlu
hereby stayed, until twenty days after'
is valid and binding laws ; yet j the recess taken by this General As- j
s were passed by bodies which j sembly shall have expired.
The wan- i not * I >ra ctic»d
extraneous evidence, j ne fc' ro wil ’e a»'i mulatto children
is great idea of equality j become the wives of the Mormon men. we j
ctical illustration in a j can fie0 5,,) argument that authorizes Con- \ y ‘ *
the
10HSMBBD.
Biographical Sketch of the
Prophet.
Mohammed was a little above the
«<«;«,/ turtlur. Tlml the General ™t liu ' n . , sl f ,Ur ': ? ,n ?? l - v bul . s '’Tl- V
>.< declared to be Legislature*
|< g d Stale Government.” j Assembly, in compliance with the just i
r-d Pope and Gen. Meade were j demands of the people, earnestly ap-}
•ommand in this State toentorce peal to Major General A. II. Terry lo J
The Courts ot Georgia sit- sanction and enforce the alaive resolu
der the administration of the ! lion, after its approval bv the
authorities of the United Stales ! ional Governor.
hitiit, with broad shoulders and a slight
stoop ; bis hair was black, and in his
prime clustered over his ears ; his
beard and mustache ol the same color
Provis- 5 *^ ,e luxuriant, reaching half way
1 down bis chest; his forehead large ;
however, admits the soft impeachment. : *"<l advice sounds beautiful, but example
When he went away he was suffering I and a practical application eavors of firm
| eonvictious and earnestness of belief,
i We agree with Mr. Calhoun and Lord
; Brougham as quoted by Mr. S.,that equai
ity Jis impossible and absurd; all of
tbe fancy and theoretical idess of Mr. S
' to the contrary notwithstanding, to refute
their pogition. Mr. S quotes from a num-
j her of authorities, but uufortunately lie
wus related by one' of i ho family. Sin- j does not. go to the fountain head of all an
gular as it may appear, both wives ap- j thority
from temporary insanity. While un
der this mental hallucination he wooed
and won his second wife. But when
his reason returned, or rather when the
cloud was removed from his mind, he
came buck to his first love and his law
ful wife. This is the case in a nut
shell. None of the circumstances are
exaggerated, and the tale is told as it
Precept i g ress take tbe women from their bus
bands. It is a voluntary thing ou their
part, and if they are satisfied with their
mode of living, 'we certainly, axe. It is
not tbe business of Cougiess to legislate for
Let our farmers raise thoir own core
and meat, and we are iudepeudant of
the world. God speed tbe day.
SENIORS OF THE GEORGIA PRESS.
, , . , . , We are under many obligations to brotherClisbr
the morals of this btate or that territory, of the Telegraph &. Messenger, for correcting ibe
and it was the intermeddling spirit of tbe ;
North that deluged this land in blood
stupid blunder of the Recorder iu classing m
among the Seniors of the Georgia press. Mr.
Orme must have been looking throngh a very old
We are opposed to tbe bill reported, of spectacles when he made that blunder—
ourselves, we have never had any use for
• mp.y unconstitutional, and spectacles, nor don’t expect to have tor the next
, tw enty years. Mr. Orme, we believe, has been
using them for about that time ; and men at that
because it i
that is enough. This way of overleaping
n moment seem lo
have |
Mr. Hi nten offered ft substitute to
ihm the Acts of the Legisla- j the resolution, upon which there ensued
a long debate.
Mr. Wellborn ooposed both the res-
1865 and 1S66 were not laws,
Congress had in express terms
I that no lea«l State Govern- j oJution and the substitute, nud contend-
i-led in liie Stale.
ed that neither one of them could be
aid seem from this action that j acted upon by the Senate. He said
the declaration oi Congress that no j that the President had previously rul-
legal Slate Governments exist in the j ed that the Senate, not having been;
late rebel Slates, must be understood ! recognized by the proper authority,;
in a qualified sense, to wit : no legal could not do any acts of legislative :
State, competent to take partin tbe! character,
government of the Union and proper P> ;
be recognized as Slate Governments, j
under the Constitution of th
States. iton.
The President decided that the i
point of order was not well taken, thus j
f t • | ‘ ; i i i • • % • I IHMC llll CGI
e Untied . going back on firs own previous decis-i ...
:. _ 1 ! tiling, will
: with a prominent vein, which swelled
j when angry ; his complexion fur, eyes
j large, black, piercing, bloodshot, and
j restless ; his teeth, while and weli form
ed, stood apart; his walk so rapid that
others needed to run to keep pace with
hnu ; and his gail like that of a man
striding down hill.
He was simple in ail his apparel ;
never wore silk but once, and then
threw it aside in disgust, s tying it was
1 no fit dress tor a tnan. His common
attire was cotton, striped with white
and red. Like all Arabs, he had no
I taste for comfort. A low hut of burnt
ear to be satisfied with the explana
tion, an 1 all parties a re making ar
rangements to go to Utah.—.V. O Pico-
'J l,nc -
THE Sff’oRl) Xliuiifi.
the Bible, auu tbe great founder
of tbe slave institution. God himself,
wherein be authorized and commanded
Abraham to buy alares of the beatlieu
around about him, aud at a later date, ;*ut
tbe negro iu the same class with the ox
constitutional barriers with a “higher time of life, are frequently envious aud j^aloa* o
law” dogma should be stopped, aud that
at once.
TRUE DOCTRINE.
In a recent speech at Philadelphia, the
those who are younger.— Ftd. Union.
We take it nil buck : have not another word to
say. Bro. Boughton is as “frisky as a eoit.”—
Young,handsome, rich and entertaining, aud L*
i s “ fancy free."
This sword was forget! bv Weland. in aud the ass as property. It is nil stuff to
talk about equality ; and the law that at-
palm-tree rod,
It \v;is not the intent of Cotigress, by j
any of its reconstruction legislation, to t-cision of the President and made a
render m valid any ot tbe laws passed speech in favor of the ground be had j
won l«l
*« ti- 111 iir ii 'have been preferred to a palace. Stilt,
Mr. W ellborn appealed from the de-!, ' . 1 . , .’
- 11 ; he was in some tilings of extreme.v ucf-
by ttie Legislatures it. subsequently j tuken, sustaining himself bv extracts
declaied illegal, except so far as those ! from Bullock’s message and the Presi-
laws were obnoxious to the Constitution j dent’s former ruling,
and laws of the United State;
it is true, it has not been the policy J declaring him to be out of order, as h<
to permit legislative assemblies, as j decided that ihe question must he de-
Tlie President interrupted him by
such, to convence and legislate, except} cided at once without debate,
for specific purposes during the milita-j Mr. Hinton’s substitute whs put to
rv regime, but the whole practice of the | tlm rote declared lost. , . . . , .
A ° , , ,* j ; • t i . Arab* in general, passionately fond of
Government has been lo recognize ns \ I he original resolution was then i 7 1 , . ,
° j 1 l °! » t i ! mu'trlo on/I rrnmac and to oil tlimno
/aiid laws actually passed and not re- j pul and declared edopted bv the fdlow-
icate and sensitive taste, as in the use
«of perfumes, and distaste for unpleas-
| ant odors. At Medina lie once sent
j back a dish of mutton flavored with
onion*, saying it was not ugreeabie to
bis angel. He never travelled without
tooth picks, and antimony for his eyes.
He listened well in conversation, and
in shaking hands was never the first to
withdraw his own. He was not, like
a trial of skill with another celebrated
vvoapnnsmith, Arnilias by name. We-
land first made a .sword with which he
cut a l bread of wool lvingon the wa
ter. But, not content with tftis, he re.
forged the blade, which then cut
llirough the whole ball ol floating wool.
Still dissatisfied, he again passed it
through the fire, and
so keen a weapon tlia — a . .. ■ ,
whoifi bundle of wool floating in water, ’juices in long heels and prognathous jaws, • r * ls an ai> H iH an al once ■
Amilias, on his part, forged a suit of ar- wiii lie be denied tbe privilege of slipping ; *
fiior so much to Ins own satisfaction, i ti )t3 former under the social board, or bis ,
WOftD 4 UNIFORMITY OF TEXT BOOKS IS
OUR. LITERARY SCHOOLS IKCRE1SB THE
INTEREST IS EDCCAT10S *
Tbe above question has received soma
Hon. lticbard Vanx urged the Democra
cy to sUnl by State Rights. State Sov-
reignty. os tbe States were when they
made the Constitution. This is nf-vv the
, i i • , ... , , great battle to t-e fongfjt, States Rights,
! tempts tuefa an absurd idea wwi be rejected ; *g a ;,, s , thft Usurpations nm f monarchical j »ttention in the family circle, at tbe pub-
i ami repudiated by the white man. When teadences of tne Radical party iu Con- j lie meeting, in the school room, and in tho
I the lion forgets his nature, and the sheep j greso. It tin* is to be given up ; if the ; public gazette; but the masses are not as
.'bite I Democratic party is to leave this princi-
pie, and to go out to seek issues which the
Radical loyalists are making by violatiu
becomes carniverous, then will th
| ntan recognize the negro as an equal aud
j a brother ; an equal before the law, nnd
deeply interested iu it an the esubject just
ly tnandg. You will please pardon me, Mr.
ilmi, silting down on a stool, he bade
W eland try bis weapon upon him.
\\ eland obeyed, and there being no
apparent effect, asked Amilias if he
felt any particular sensation. Amilias
said he felt as though cold water had
passed through his bowels. Weland
the Constitution ; and it’ Democrats are Editor, for attempting to write upon this
at length produced j * n e q ual in the domestic sud social rela- ■ to accept these heresies, then, the mission ; subject, my only reason being the great
da; it divided a j tions of life. But so long as the negro re> | of Jeffersonian Democracy is ended. Let desire I have for the education of the ris-
i fiishanu as a party, disband at once !—;. .
ever let ns see iis essential principles j ,n ^ generation, aud the prosperity of the
surrendered ; let the party die before it be country. For these reasons yoa will
so dishonored.— Constitutionalist. please hear seine of my arguments in fa-.
That is the idea. Give us living prin- ; vor of a uniformity of text books in all
) table. We speak as a general rule or eus ciples to fight upon and fight for. W<
are for fighting Radicalism upon the prin
ciples of States Rights, State Sovreignty, cause a great sacing 0 f money.
Before the cruel war from which
molars masticate bread at the white man’s
tom.
Says Mr. S.
“Human bodies may be unequal in | and the spirit, and intentions of our fathers
beauty or strength ; these mortal cloaks framed tho Federal Constitution.
our schools.
1st. A uniformity of text books would
we
1^..^..-,.,. ixi'-rug,, hit wwvtqid. -. ..... . , in — j have just emerged, laid waste our once
then bade him shake himself. On do- ® J^'eUe'ctua, faculties may | ^ here b V D “. P ° rUnt side i8SUe8 ’ but beautiful and happy country, devastated
pudiaied by lire United Stale?. j mg vote
The simple fact that from March, j For the resolution
1S67, to July, 13b3, the Courts of this j Against *•
Slate, during the administration of
General Pope and Meade, and before
the Convention of 1868 had ratified
those laws, administered without ques
tilings
Arabic
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MOJIK STAVING REQUIRED.
The negro Senator, T. G. Campbell
introduced a resolution lo the effect
. , .. .. , „ . , that all proreeilmgs in the courts of the
lion the Ordinances ol the Cor.vent.on j Slalef eillier civi ; or cnmilia i he
Legi?la
of 1S6-3. and the acts of the
tures of 1865. 1366, is a judical deter
mi nation of t he higtiest tribunals)
known to our law that the ordinary j
laws of said Ixulics. were valid and j
biruling“as the acts of a Legislature de i j H
facto, however illegal the Iwrdies might
irnmal, Be aus-
| pended until the emits of the Stale I
a|>oris and games, ami in at
i most unlike the heroic ideal of
j character.
| Mohammed was born at the city of
Mecca, A- D. 571, from which place
! he fled to Medina, July 16, 622. Tois
flight gave rise to the epoch in chronol
ogy called the Hegira, which in Arab
ic denotes to flee, or quit one’s country
or friends.
The creed »f Mohammed was plan
ing so the effect of the blow was appar
cut ; he fell dead in two pieces—He
iv/tts Ancient Armor.
;annents ; these intellectual faculties may
vary, as do opportunities of action aud ad
the stability of this government rests upon ! many a hom0i robbed ug <)f Qar propertJi
vantages of positions ; but amid all unes-; the broad, bold an unequivocal rights °U and filled tLe land with orphans and wid-
i l:iv •! r.I .t._ ^ , c?»^ . 1
The Utah T'rouble,—The bill report- I
ted to Congress by the House Commit- i
tec on Territories, concerning Utah, I
looks like “business.” It abolishes |"
polygamy ami nullifies all ilte Mormon
i senrial differences there is essential agree
i mem and equality.”
tbe States, as States. Tbe usurpations of
Congiesseau be, aud should be met upon
As bodies differ in beauty and strength, j f be a* slir n e( ] authority to regulate the in
•nd flesh differ in color, intellectual facul
ties vary ; so nature has drawn the line of
i inequality, and there can bo no essential
tonml polity of States.
ordinances sustaining it. The Pres- I *S reenient a,ltl equality. Study the his-
dent is directed to sustain the courts in i to, 7 world from the beginning, and
enforcing the provisions of the bill and ; human nature more closely, Mr. Sumner,
6* litis cud be is empowered to send to \ aud give up your foolish ideas.
; shall have been rrorganized and civil j ned in a cave near Mecca. A Persian U'ali such portions ot the Federal army ;
Jew, well versed in history
UNIVERSAL AMNESTY.
The New York Tribune says :
Let us us celebrate the next anniversary
of our National Independence a reunited
and completely' free people—no master
j law re-establised. Bullock is request
J ed to ask General Terry to give the
resolution the full force and effect of a
xv.
that
in sub-
| stance with the substitute offered by
I IJiniou to Brock’s resolution, and
During tin* existence of the military j which had been put to the vote and
supervision, meeting of legislative bod- j lost.
... The Radicals raised the point
themselves have been as fetate Lcgis- , hia resolution was the same
latures in view ol the ret o istruction
acts.
and the
laws, and two Christains, were his as
sistants. One of the la'ler was of the
Jacobite and the other of the Nestorian
sect. With this help he framed the
Koran, which he pretended to receive
from the angel Gabriel, written in die
Koreish Arabic, which he declared was
the language ot Paradise. In this lan
guage there are one thousand terms lor
Tbe lion. G. W. Morgan’s speech is
own the saving of money was not of so much
importance. But now the moan of tbe
pauper, tbe cry of tbe widow and orphan,
and tbe vast amount of labor the white
population are necessitated to undergo, de
mand the saving of money. How, inqui
res an objector, can & uniformity of text
books cause a saving of money ? We an
swer : First, Tbe great demand for tbe
books adopted would induce dirdv pnb-
a-< shall be deemed requisite ; mid in j upon the reconstruction ot Georgia, deiiv
case;. sufficie.U portion uf the army < j Decemb e r sOtb. 1869.' It is full r.f
and no slave—no degraded caste, and no
disfanebised aud sullen minority whose j listers to print and sell those books, which
, with safety, be detached from I , . ,- ^ ,
, • r , , statesmanship #ia common seroe.
i other portions of the country the . , ,
•ays, copying from bis speech :
ies, except tor specific purposes, have j The resolution was laid upon the t»- ! sword, five hundred for lion, two
A RECESS FOR SIXTY DAYS-
Mr. Harris offered a resolution
j dred forser|>eni, nnd eighty for honey.
j It is supposed to be written about the
[year 6IU, and its object was to unite
been deemed incompatible with the j file,
actual slate of affairs; but in all the i
States, laws passed by bodies meeting .. lT . , . .
. , 1 i 0 1 Mr. Harris ottered a resolution that,
a3 such, when the military power was ■ . r , . . . . . , Jews and Chrisifona with ih,-
- ... , | j' * , r the General Assembly take a recess for J i. a * ^ nri3,| ans, wun tuo omereut
in fact withdrawn, have been uniform- . , . J ,, , nrofessora of dol-iirv ,i,p
sixty days, and lo re-assemble on the { PJ oie88U ^ “* looidtry, m tnc^ woistnp
eighteenth day of next April—subject
to be called together before that time
’! by a pVoclamation, from the Governor.
valid
ly recognized and acted U{w>n as
and binding.
It is, therefore, 1 thiukl apparent
from the uniform action of the courts j 0 uril ',g llie re ces8lhe members, officers
andot the United btates authorities, ^ co(ialitutiona i derks arc to be al-
tbat the laws ot the Legislature of 1868 j , owed no piiy except for mileage.
Mr. Nuunally offered an aineadment
and 1869, ami its acts which were not
•lilical character,
valid, notwithstanding the Uniietl
of a_ political.characler, aro P<t1«h1, |, () reso | ullon cd]1|ng U|Wn th , Gw .
Slates, l,y the act ol December 33 lb6h j '" ,or *° * T ,0 *“
haa, in effect, dedareti that no legal ™pre«tnt.t,o„
State Government eiialetl it. this Stfte\°. “' rla "’ c , ou ‘"‘?f !' c ?"*•, an,,
cannot
duty ir, other portions ot the country
President is authorized to receive into;
the military service volunteers to a i
number not exceeding twenty five thou- | J
sand, and for such term of service as I
he may deem proper, not exceeding)
oik; year, it would seem from this;
limitation of the term ofservn'e of the
volunteers, that the Committee contem- !
plate making short work of the rebell- J
ton, should the Mormons prove” reirae- :
u>r y- . ' ;•
The bill also makes provision for Lbe j
support o! Mormon women who may '
be separated from their so-called bus-1
He
rights have been forfeited for rebellion.— 0 f course, would reduce tbe price, and
? Let us bold out the hand of reconciliation, 1 . . . ,
, . . . - , . thereby make a great saving of money,
aud entreat those who were misled into r ° J
“Wlmt should we do now ! The war
was a family one. and we were uot free
odi blame. Wa furnished the rebels
great generals to organizo their armies
and to meet us in battle array. We
fought them like men, as they fought ua.
We conquered; they surrendered, and
like brave meu they have kept their faith ;
like brave inen we should keep ours. J
would make friends with (hem. I would
once more drnw them to our hearts. I
would ask them to rally around tbe brave
’ rebellion to share with us iu full measure
tbe rights vindicated iu our Union tri
umph, not for a party or for a class, but
for our country and for all mankind,”
To all of which we say, Amen. But
where is the hope of such'a consnmation l
It certainly is not to be found iu the bill
recently ordered to be reported by the Re
construction Committee, which excludes
all officers of the army and navy and all
Congressmen. If the North wants peace,
why make an exception ? If but one man
is shot out trom the amnesty, the heart of
and where the attributes of God are ) u appears, remarks the Columbus En-1 b J onr »««*« in th . B next war in fi ghting « ugf and tbe ir exemption is both senseless
described il is sublime and magnificent, quirer, that we are likely to have other | « ommo » enemy in defense of our common | Rn(1 un j ust j t j 8 more than this ; it is little
It admius the divine mission of boih i wards of the nation, for the support of | “"8* 1 Applause]
Moses and Christ. The leading article ' w 'hotn the people of the.cou.ttry are to I warsikg to new snound.
of faith is compounded of an eternal he taxed. It is to be hoped that thev
truth and a necessary fiction namely : "ill not
thut there is only one God, and Mo- sive as ..... .......... ........ ,.„ llJO , .u, ,, , , ,
.... j then providing that the Legislature j hammerIts his apostle. hose advance ment so much has been
at that ume. and tlini the impression 8 j )ou j ( j a ,|j ourn to meet on the first of! Mohammed died in 63I-, of the of- done and attempted since our late un-
Second, according to our present sys
tem, (if it deserves the name of system)
every teacher uses his choice of publicav
tions, consequently every school is requi
red to have as many different authors up
on the various 'sciences taught there,
as the number of teachers they have had
to instruct their children. A uniformity
of text books would save money by doing
away with the necessity Jof purchasing
new books for every new teacher we have.
Third, It we had a uniformity of text
books, our children would learn more for
the same amount of tuition money than
they do. The teacher we have this year,
starts his classes iu certain text books ;
about the time they become acquainted
. . with those authors, the school closes, and
and malignant, developing a larking spirit . . . , .
, & f . i next year new authors are to be learned,
of revenge uuworthy «ri a groat people and '
Aud in this connection, sir, one word of ! iu direct antagonism with the harmony an “ the student becoms discouraged be-
prove so troublesome or experi-I w * ,n ’ n 6‘ not t0 ^'® w England.! that they profess to be anxious to bring fore he can make any proficiency in any
liie darker liued wards fo ! Bid Xew I£IngI a ud Ue-ware lest her eurses, about. And does it not require something
. 9 I lil*a nKinlrana at liA lifll* nmia tnora *
the whole South will cliug around Iiil.
old flag which represented them and us; an<] make hig catlS0 tbeir 0H . U . There
! of one God, undr r certain laws am
ceremonies, exacting obedience to Mo
b a ruined as Prophet. The style of the fomds by the act of Congress. It ap- j Albert Sidney Johnston, if he were alive, cTogTellwenZidoffieera^t the wmy and
volume ifl ffuenl, concise, and beautiful |>ropttales money for this purpose. 8o | snd their late comrades in ai-ms.^ to stand nav ® are nn more guilty thau tbe rest of
alike; aud when tho next war came I
should ask Joe Johnston, Robert Lee, and
can be no peace with such a reservation,
ud cordial reunion is simply impossible.
created that con
iliAt State bonds
hat corporations,
is is of the late
ut legal lounda-
iless, and such
a ted for the pur-
te public mind,
effect and true
the reconstruc-
ut u|>on this poin
-is, in the face of
l our bonds are
ue than those of
Stale : aud that
which have been
J thority of legis-
ilfog at their full
sted to me from
k would be wise
some action for
°f the fasople
sure for the pay*
s contracted he-
doubly burden*
;i»i(4i of the Su-
iljoui
next July.
homo to roost.
Does it no hold out the appear-
i anco to the world that Radical Congress-
, . . . - ■ . . What does the Constitution provide ? men are afraid to confront in the legislative
! of a slow poison, given to him by P casaotuess* But there IS certain | That two or more States or parts of States, conned the strong men of the SouJh l Will
The Amendment was put to the vote j :l three years before, in a piece of reason to fear that to the extern ol their , with the consent of tbeir Legislatures and not public opinion charge them with cow
j million, in order, to discover whether numbers, the Mormon women will ; the consent of Congress, may be joined to : nrdicc iu making such an exception? it
and declared u» have been lost.
The oiiginal resolution was then pul \ he wa '’ a ,n,e P lo P t,e, » an, l immortal, prove as unprofitable a white ‘‘elc-1 form one
upon its passage and declared to have
been adopted by the following vole t
Teas
Nava.
; ns he declared hirnself to be.
have visited 1
i from every quarter
lei
The terrible hold with which fashion,
; so called, seizes upon many persons of .. ^ ..
The House met at tet^ o’clock this)good sense otherwise, is illustrated by cugee Court on a note for 810,000 giv
State. Suppose that at some will, aud for their own reputation’s sake
manly course of '
pen to
THH HOUSE.
g, and was called to order b y! an anecdote told of a Mexican lady cn by defendant’s testator, it was plea- j less than that of New York, with a pop
^ ] “ >r now residing in San Francisco. This I ded that sufficient property in slaves j
superb and faultless set of : had been reserved to pay the debt, and I
morniu
the Speaker.
The Journal of yesterday’s proceed-
mg were read and approved.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, gave notice and said s
that he intended to make a motion to
y h«s a
lad
i teeth, but nevertheless went to a demist therefore that the Executor was not lia !
b!e in his itidivjdua
., -- , “l want gold put into this one, and eiiv inslav.es having beet) destroyed
reconsider the action of the House j this, an d this {” and she pointed out, by operation of law. A statutes puss-!
yesterday, in laying his protest against j several of her front teeth. ed since the war was quoted relieving)
the election of United States Senators ”Why, they are perfectly sound and him. The Court, held, ir substance, I
given scieuce ; having beeu compelled to
make such frequent changes in text bocKs.
If we had a nuifoimity in text books, our
children would advance more rapidly, re
ceiving fresh encouragement every day.—
There would thereby be a great saving of
money.
Fourth, A uniformity of text books
utry- saves a great deal of labor in the school
room, and tbe saving of labor is tbe saving
So says the Savannah Republican. Our of money. If we have uniform books in
sentiments exactly ; and so long as there a school, one teacher can attend success-
States, “You six States, with a population ii any discrimination, it will be set down fully to as many pupils as three or four
to cowardice or personal malignity to the teachers could instruct without uniform
ulation far less than Pennsylvania, and
Ohio,
with twelve Senators while New York h— . , „ , , ... ,
j but two. while Pennsylvania has but two, j men iu whom the South has confidence, thereby be saved.
aud pride. Representative men in tbe
broadest sense of tbe word.
id hirnself to be. Millions pkant” as liie black one already on I d * 8tant t,,e aiH * West should 1 they should adopt the manly cour
lis shrine since that day. hand.—Sav. Sews. " j grow weary of New England YJomination throwing the doors of office wide op
uarter of the globe. ' 1 ! and-New England dictation ; of the rob* | every American citizen whom his co
® si ., 7*7. _ j bery by Ntw England of the products of i meu may consider worthy,
i. trie e.ioc ot the Executor ot .Seat- tbe ^ 0 jj an( j energy aud sweat of the a
Grantland, \ersus the Executor of ! ricultural sections of the country ; suppo
,. try; suppose
ll^i) Bethunc, which was n suit in Mus-| they should say to the New England
proscribed. If we are to be represented books. Consequently our rates of tnitioa
wrih a p^ u lationmot greater ^a^j^/uio, j Q ougress we wa „ t }o be re p regen ted by i would be lower, and much money would
i capacny, the prop- , and wbj]e 0bi() ha8 but twu ,
const!uct yoq
will
as follows : That where an executor I
THE MORMON QUESTION.
The bill reported to Oougress by the
From these reasons, we see that a uni
formity of text books canses a great sav
ing of money, and as a matter of course,
RECEIPTS OF GUANO A I’ MACON, would increase the interest in the cause of
We learn from a clerk in tbe Central education.
on the table-. A iso, a motion to recon*: do not require nlusaine!" „ , lv . IW „„ CACCUlor . . . , , ,,
to oyder an election to fill vacancies
existing in f.he representation of several)
counties of the State.
The Speaker rpled that t^a wivdion
and have them ; good faith,” and had t-n discharged his
filled with gold.” obligations that he would have acted
But it is a pity to spoil them,’ re- likewise if acting for himself, he was j
plied the demist.
“Never wind, t want it den*
emitted to relief under the statute. The
it’s jury found for the executor.
ing Utah and its peculiar institutions j loss than eight mi/han pounds of^ guano often save time and unnecessary trouble.
looks M if Brigham Young and his proph , bave , be ^" ^, ' c « ,ve,1 aD,i ^‘^red into the Country merchants are afraid to boy
ets were abont to receive particular | aIuce the 15th day of last November.—j books t0 ,e1, fr0 “ th f«t that they do
tenlion. The bill abolishes polygamy, j Eight million pounds more have pasaed ®®t know what kinds of books will b* aaaa
and ntilfifies al! the Mormon ordinances , over the load to other railway* and goaa j in tha peijhberhsod school^ **t*d if they