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.-uIt- Hint around llif cuv, i'fttie event
that the Mavor aii'.l Council persisted
in thru iv!h> ti t.» allow the loids lube
united withm the city limit*?.
'I’he passage of the act hail the de
sired eili’cl. and the roads were con?
necit <1 within the city in >h<? latter
pari of Hoi, after eight years'effort
on the [i in ol tiie companies, and as
many years of steady refusal on tbe
j>rirt (*i the city. The connection was
permitted on two principal conditions,
lo-wit : first, that the companies
^Kgg-1 JWW m. M..n-».»».r~-CTn—wfn-.
into tie city, a penalty' of’$3,000 per
annum was imposed upon the Mu*co
gee company, alter uniting its road
with the Montgomery and West Point
road, until it shoeld also establish a
connection with the Mobile and Girard
road* This penally was to cease as
soon as the la-t named connection was
established.
The tracks of the several roads ter
minating at Atlanta were all united be
fore there was any fhy there.
Bill little freight passes from the
Central to the Atlantic and Gulf rail
road, or from the latter to the former,
yet the roads were connected through
the city of Savannah during the war.
This connection has since been discon-
in-
formed, nor does lie know what the
feeling in Savannah is in regard to the
connection. It is manifest, however
should i>a\ tin* city annually $5,000 for
toe privilege, and second, that the
roles ot freight between Griffin and
Sivaiinah ami between Oglethorpe and
Savannah shall he, and remain always, |
nt least one tilth more in the respective linued; for reason the ^writer is not i
cases than trie rates of freight between
■Macon and Savannah !*’ In addition
to the proviso regarding Griffin and .
Oglethorpe, and the payment by the J dial the public interest would be sub
companies of $5,000, annually, the j served by die connection,
citv also reserved toilsolf the right to extension
tax “the depot buildings and other '-™ l au « Atlantic and Gulf roads to the
proper'v "t said companies and of each ! r ' ver ’ alld > it possible, by an elevated
of them.” ' ! railway above and along River street,
I'm- crossing of the Savannah river Idial be the name of the street hu
nt \ngu>tH, and the connection ol the j mediately on the water.
Such has been the action of our
principal cities touching the connection
and by the
of the Cen-
Sutilh C r oiiuu and Georgia Railroads
through that city was not accomplish
ed without gieru delay, vexation and
expense. I n o not informed as ill the .
year when ibe South Carolina road I 3 ‘8nted and
'was finished, it was the first consul*
( raid r<»ad constructed in the United
Stales, an ! at the time of its comple
tion it was the largest railway in the
world. |i whs p'ohably finished as
early is 193-SorlSIO. The Georgia
railroad was chartered asearly as 1833
And v*-t the city of Augusta never
gave ns consent that these roads might
Ire connected until 1857! Ail freights
sent bom Charleston by rail, and from
Savannah hv river,
in the i itenor
Sr***, ;||) l
of railway lines terminating within
their limits. This action was short-
illiberal. Short-sighted,
in that the cities, instead ol allowing
the stream of trade ami travel to have
a natural and easy ebb and flow, they
sought to dam it up, to the great inju
ry of the country upon whose prosper
ity they* depended. Had the roads at
Macon and Augusta been united three
miles below tbe former,and three miles
above the latter, what would be the
present condition of these cities? The
not tlie Stale, tie- question is not cfos- ; admission of said State by law to rep-
ed then. A question will then arise I resentation in Cong ess, and f»r this j
whether the Legislature shall be pro-j purpose the State of Georgia shall eon- ;
longed or not, then the contest will ! slilute the l itiro Military District. I
come up between three or four aspi-' Sec. 2 Andbe it far (her enacted, That;
rants* for scats fur.*, and the whole | in accordance with the provisions of|
matter will be gone over again. (and under the powers and limitations!
I think this is best, in view of the j provided in said act an election shall j
complications of the ease and in view , hy held in said State, commencing oirp
of the irregularities we have seen. 1 j the loth day of November, 1870. for;
will t or sav that there have been j «H members of the General Assembly j
power to perpetuate - itself, or it voir crimes '-committed ; I will not sat that j of said Stale, provided for in the con-i
legislate part of them out ofdflice, and ; the people have intentionally done j stilulion of said State, adopted by its :
compel an election this fall, you send wron^, but there are great irregulari- i Convention of the 14th day ol March, j
down there an apple ot discern!, to be ties, so great that 1 think the people of j 186S, at which election all persons who j
quarreled over, that will cause division Georgia should pass upon this matter by said constitution are electors shall j
among our own friends, and you send again. I have consulted in this regard j be entitled to vote ; and said General
down a contest there which may lead several** Senators from the South, my : Assembly so elected^ shall assemble at
even to bloodshed. 1 do not think we fried from North Carolina, CM r. Poo 1 ] the capital of said State, on Tuesday,
ought lo do it. Let everything be held and others, in whose judgment 1 have the 13lh day of December, 1870, and
in afiey* a nee for a tew months, uut.l great confidence, and they concur in ! organize preparatory to the admission
tfiev can .have an election. I under- the opinion that it is better lo recom- j of said fctate to representation in Con-
mony arid union among ih<‘ Union peo
ple ot" Georgia ; and l do believe licit
if they can ya\e another election, well
protected and carried on regularly, us
it can be done now under the laws of
Congress, they will find harmony among
themselves at the ballot box. and it will
promote.harmony in the Slate. It iis a
peace offering to Georgia: But if von
send them down there with their Leg
islature as now organized with the
^u'corkr.
i n loch il n;.|^p. rs ,j .
1 $300 000 for t! e y P ^ r 1Vo * P * 3 mei,t of
lor,,,,-
1S-.0 Vo nun 1,1 Sl0 * 000in
J™; 4 ' A0 °" 1,1 l8M - 5138,000 i„
The l;l.l ew , „ f , b
Road is SC.507,087 tin i • 8
*3' 60. and _,*•« payment
J««r was
Tfc
Tuesday, April 26 1870.
ifp QTFPHFV’^ nv % TT |r
it this question again lo tlie people ! gress; and the powers and functions; ’ ,
Georgia. I do not intend to arcue I of the members of the existing Gener- ’ The Richmond Dispatch, of ‘-atari.ay,
imt
of Georgia. 1 do*001 intend to argue j of the members of the existing Gener
it; l only say tiiat that is my judge- ; al Assembly shall cease end determine j from a letter written by Mr. Stephen’s
men!, and I want a
into the State Treasury for U fct
4- l ,er ,l lis Bmonilt ,
for I860 ... , bo „, , p „ *
lliMretim.I.d '"«■ *”•' Ik. lo..l
tor the nine years given, average very
nearly 4 per cent. per annum on tho eoft
of the Road.
restriction'"on commerce.
We publish another communicatien f rcm
“Historieus" to the Macon Telegraph Sc
Messenger. 'J he writer is «minently COr .
rect in his idtn and suggestion that tiers
should be in cities a general railroad dipot,
and no delay iu anything in (rantitu.J.
Business and commerce demands rapid
vole of the Senate j on the said i3’th day of December, - and dated April 12th, to a gentleman in bUr - and sa ^ e transport. 1 he old idea of
think it is a measure of hardship, but is lo strike out what is known fumiffary j oleuce prevail* in atiy city, county or tbe controllers of newspapers mean
of friendship to the loyal people of : as the Biughnm amendment. If that J municipal organization in such State, ^
• V. , K *«? K .K 7, r ,T of the press that 1 was so much improved long . The growing prosperity of the citv
authont.es, it shall be the duty of the in bea f tb , ete fl wa8 actually, and iu fact ^ 6 S ars the rL,h* 7
President to suppress such domestic j worse 0 ff than i b „a been for months. I d 4 ,1 S , * • P ?
violence, and for that purpose he is au- am now a little better than I was then, , 9 ' ’ ° istoncus, which ap-
thorizrd lo employ the military force of but am barely able to sit up and scribble P cars ou * e irst P h S® 0 1 19 P a p«r, is di-
I _« . . 1 •* J .. i ^ . . * vi rtiplpf tn ttm rpfttr irtiniiH n lead r.t,
policy ot the cities was illiberal, in
lestined io poinl’s I lhat somc oi ' ,hern i,n P° 5ed iieav y P e ‘
„• of Georgia and Tenues i uultliir .V penalties upon the roads lor
freights from the latter di- ! eoiiuecting their tracks, when such con-
. () ! neciions beiiefttted those cities quite as
much as they did the roads. And
reciiori de-tined to the sea, lia<
11 insliioped at Augusta at heavy ex ,
•pen*', and hauled in drays from one : lhe8e P enall,e3 l arc “° l paid by the
rlcpot to the other, or to the liver i roat,s ’ but *?>’. lh ? Pfople who patron
wharves, a distance of nearly a mile.
Tne dehtv a id tix on through pas-en-
g-rs, t!i• hieh itiil so great, was vexa
tions enough, as ;t!l travelers to points
north of' Gigusia well letiKmiber.
It 1851. the South Carolina Rail
road Company purchased from Augus-
ize them. The harder the terms im
posed upon the roads, the higher must
they* make their tariff of charges to en
able litem lo meet those terms. It is
the consumer who pays the duty on
imported goods, just as it is the patrons
of the railroads who pay the tax exac-
i I iho right to cross the river into the i le<1 ol ’ lhein ll,r coinieclil, g ll,eir lracks -
city .a Ml erect a depot tor one hundred ! T 7_$5 ; 00U annually paid to the city
and ffitv tii'Hi-sand diillars ! In 1S-57
the South Carolina and the Georgia
Rail road' Companies purchased .1 he
privilege of i-o.uneciing their tracks
Through the city at a further cost ot
ye veil ihousun I dollars [ter annum, oi
o mimd sum <tOn
urs ra
of Macon hy the three roads named
above, anil the $17,500 interest per
annum on tbe sum exacted by the city
of Augusta from the South Carolina
and the Georgia Roads, is neither more
r.or less than a special tax levied upon
h.iudiedThousand ! lhe P ublic f,,r ,!,v ! P ,ivile ge »»’ passing
; through those cities with their luggage
uditions were exacted ! an<i ff ro,luce ! Til<? terms ex icted by
Yielded by lhe toads. | lhe ton " er cU y. re e ar<J lo lbn rates
ioulaticjiM, there was upon freight shipped lr«m» Griffin and
South Carolina road Oglethorpe, while not beneHlting Ma
il! times, Sundays excepted i cuu > ar,i a " '"jury to Griffin and Ogle-
idv from Augusta al iegsl ! diorpe.
Inins of cotton, if so much i Tl,e singular prosperity of Atlanta
offered lor transportation. : depends iu no small degree upon the
laeilitv w it!i which the people cun
stand lhat our Iriends, it I may be al
lowed to speak ol our party friends,
have no hesitancy, il they can have
protection, to having and election this «■>... l »».*,»*. u \*»t*- *u u»c ocuaic . ...v. ... , , r . - - 0 . f . , ,
fall. What they fear is au election | on the subject. ; 1570- ! that city, extracts the following : ;»°PP a g «n passengers, that a few
without protection, an election not un- Mi. Sumner, 1 should like to ask j Sec. 3. And, be it further enacted, That , accounts you see iu the papers ‘ lr9 J e ‘ omw uses and hotel keepers might
der the laws of Congress, but undei my friend ij he has anv objection to a j whenever it shall appear to the Presi about the improved condition of roy health g>'"w neb, has been exploded, and th 0
the laws ot the Slate of Georgia which direct vote on the proposition of the : dent from an application by the Legis- ; are utterly uutrue. They are just as much cities that still cling to such an idea, will
a great portion of the people of the Senator irom Nevada It seeins to me j lature ol an> State, or by the Govern- ; without fouudation as all the other reports find that trada, travel aud commerce will
Slate dispute. I want an election tin- (h:\t naturally and logically that stands i or of such State, when the Legislature jl have lately seen in the same quarter g U arouu j insicad of through them. The
der the laws of Congress. 1 do not i in order first. Lei us vote upon it. It j cannot be convened, that domestic vi-1 *bout my »ayingt.^ I cannot imagine wlmt foIlowiDg flom lte Savannah Republics
concocting such “itorief." At the very * 8 *° point, and we hope to see a gen-
. . . . . .. *?ig<iiiiMiii»i 111 »uuiI o*uic, j t j jne the statements were going the rounds ' eral depot iu Savauuah inaugurated era
Georgia. I ask qhe Secretary to read • is not stricken out then the proposition | that cannot be suppressed by the local j of tha nieM fliat { was 80 much i mDroV ed 'n.„ .u, ..
my amendment. * | oj.the Senator from Kansas will be
Mr. Pomeroy. I desire to modify ; perfectly jn order m a substitute. If
my amendment so far as those dates' it is stricken out then it will be also in
are concerned. I propose to stirke out i order as an amendment. j^ ... ........... — - , . . • .
iu the fourth line of the second section i Mr. Pomeroy. Il is iu order now. i the United Stales, and any portion ol ; a letter. I cau neither stand nor walk ™ . . . . j nromniln^l. C °, a '
the words “first Tuesday of Septem - i Mr. Sumner. 1 know it is in order ; i the militia of any State lie may deem 1 without aesiatauce of some sort ; writing in ' tercsls The gu L ect ig * l “
be/” and insert “I5ih <lay of Novem- but the question is whether it would j necessary, and to exercise all such : “ t y^d1 8 "now^eneral* • do^e bv^he ta,lt oue ’ Hud cannot earneatly eug.gs
her.” I find that November is the : not be better iu the disposition of’ this I power an«i inflict such punishment as ^ 0 i\ t J^g W ® en * ra ' " the lUtentiou of businasa meu everywheie.
best month in which to have an elec- subject to vote first <m what is known i may, by the laws or other rules and ar- j ,.j ueTer a ’ et t0 i eave i, ome aga in.— ‘ il is n fa!se P ol ‘cy to delay anything *»
lion in the State of Georgia as well as as the Bingham amendment. j deles of war be exercised or inflicted j7^ heavy ^ (>rk on whic }, £ i, av B e teen lra » sit *; a,ltl die world is last finding it
Mr. Pomeroy. 1 sunmit to the Sen- in case of insurrection or invasion. , 1 ®ng«ged so long, being now completely off “"*7 .,1^® w ^. \W ttr
ator from Massachusetts lhat 111 that 4th. And he it further enacted, j my bands, the visits of congenial friends to think t at ti e whole trade and travel
amendment is. the question whether fbat so much of the Act entitled an i are the more welcome ” j of a dt >; 6hould be made t0 bead
the Legislature shall be prolonged or j Act. making appropriations for the sup- j We extend to Mr. Stephens our sincere ^rl^ud s°uch bas beta the vi^ws^of °mo«
not. jin this; amendment which I sub- j P°ft of the army for the year ending sympathies, and would it were in our 0 { our Southern cities in years past. We
nut :s the. question whether we are to , January 30th, 186S, and other purpo- : power to relieve him. It is the desire of ate gratified to know that the time is «•
have the old Legislature at all. I sub- j ses, approved March 2d, 186S, as pro- . onr heart to see him In the United States A'viug when such false notions will be
mil to the Senator from Massachusetts : mbits the organization, arming or call- i g enat8f w i, ere his voice would be heard atno,, 8 die things of the past. The com*
thiit the question is to decide whether I in g into service of the militia forces in , ’ . petition among cities ia proviug an effect-
we will have that Legislature at all, . fhe State of Georgia, be and the same ! 7 . ‘ ? . tve cure tor the evil, aud those which in
' ' er of his logic, reasoning aud erudition , H i st on retaining it must make up their
as he exposed tbe outrages,tyrannical aud minds to give way to those who pursue a
[Fiona tho Charleston Courier.]
OT7B. CTASHXtfCtTOXr C08.B.S 7-
rONDBNOB.
Washcvgton, April IG.
<\> !
O' her hard
hy tht* *• iiy a
Among *nbet-
one tfi.at tie
should at nil
fofw;i!
one ihosan
sltouhI !ie _
Th.*re was another still more singular : la!; il' l y «idt which the people
provision : Having charged, the com- i reach die city and pass through it. In-
pt.-nes $250,000 for the 0 privilege ol ! stea<i ol laying a sort of embargo up-
i-ros-ing tlii 1 river and connecting their i 0,1 P r(, duce and travel, the city has the
tracks, ii was further covenanted that ! sa §. a . l *7 to exert itself to increase the
t‘ e South Carolina Railroad Company
in the South. The crops arc then gath
ered, the people have more leisure, and
you will gel a better and larger elec
tion by It tvir,g it in November rather
! than September. Then, alter “lSf>8,”
inline eight, 1 propose lo iu«crl the
i words “at which election all persons
j w! o by said constitution arc electms
j shall be entitled lo vote.” 1 make, the
; qualification for voting the same as. m
; liieir Slate Consiilulioii. Then, in tlie
tenth line, 1 propose to strike out tin*
words, “23d day ot November” and
to insert “I3fii day of December.” I
also make tiie same mollification in the
fourteenth and fifteenth lines. Under
tlie amendments as thus modified l,In*
j election will be in November, the Leg
islature will meet in December, aud
j the terms of tlie present members of
; the legislature will expire at the meet
ing of the Legislature iu December
| Then the Legislature will lie a new
j Legislature, the Governor continuing,
j On ihellilh, the presiding officer an
nounced that the pending question was
ion the motion of the Senator from Ne-
j vada, to strike out the Bingham A-
whetiier we will admit the Slate under isTiergby repealed
it. Afterward the question will come
whether we. shall prolong it. But that
is a subsequent question ; the first
question is on the admission.
Mr. Sumner. It seems to me the first
question is 01 the Bingham amend
ment. That is logically first in order,
! unconstifutfim*! enactments of Congress ,Hore enlighteued policy. People will not
‘ . , , ,, much longer consent wtieu they cet to a
for the pa*tfive years. Aimed as l>e would . 0 . . *> .
! r 1 town, pay as much to reach a hotel as they
i be in a more impenetrable armor than ev- t0 travel from twenty-five to fifty milei
er was Achilles when around the trails of , ou the railroad ; nor will cotton bags and
.-V second and very animated ce!e- Troy—he would, by the power of truth. 1 merchandise eoutiuue to pay tribute to
brat inn ot tbe Fifteenth Amendment i fact aud practice, annihilate radical dn- draymen in one city when at another
and if that is voted on and kept in, the j t(K ,k place here last night, to which the j p li c Uy and logic, aud show up iu most neenrMtree°S cos* ^ ^ tbC ' h ' F ’
way will then be clear for action on j President and Vice-President gave | glaring color a its panic faith. I The'spim of ‘the age°de«n»ud8 there-
the; proposition ol the Senator; il the . countenance. Hie struggle for the; The power of Mr. Stephens as a states moval of every unnecessary restriction
Belgium amendment is voted out, the ; city government for the next two year. ; manf bu th h . cquaiat a nee with the commerce, and the railroads and
way will also be clear tor the senator divdes the citizens into two parties, .... , ,. 1 *. . . cities that conform their practice to this
l*i make his proposition. I think we each of which counts the negro vote.— i 1*° 1 . ,ca ,B or ^ 0 8 coun 7 r ° ,n ,! * * n doctriue will be the first to rise and fiour-
had belter vote on the Bingham :t-I Each party claims the support of the j ee P t,on * ■ n “ thorongh nadurstanding o» j isb. The good people of Savannah—raer-
menduit’iil .done and without anv sub colotcd moil on some ground or other, j * b ® t'uooty arid intentions ot the fathers, chants anil railroad meu — have yet lo
Tk... land the actual workings of the Confed- learn the full measure ot their dutr a
facilities of the same. And yet hard-
onld no!, “ibr all ti ne 10 coine during I a passenger or pound of freight pas-
tlieir existence as a corporation, with- j * es ,lirou g 1 ' l | ,e C,, J ' v ' l, ' oul ,cuv 'i*g
out th*- previously obtained consent ol i something behind,
the city of Augusta, establish on,the'
Georgia side ol the river anv depot,
other than that provided tor within tlie;
citv limits, not anv where in the State Becomes a .Substitute for the Original Bill
ol Georgia, make, nor under any pre
text whatever permit the making ot
any actual or virtual junction of their
road with anv ndi-r railroad, or with
HISTORICUS.
THE POMEROY AflEYD.flEJT
si it Die. Hence the two celebrations. Thus il i »ud the actual workings of the Confed-| .earn the full measure ot their duty and
Mr. Sherman. Mr. President, my wdl happen at future elections in Slates j ©rata system. Recognising tho fundamen- “ aer f3t on tins P«> nt * a nd the aooner they
j mendmeut. 1 he fcenalor Irom Kan- ; own opinion is that now, alter the long : and lowns where the negro vole is con- , tai law upon which tbe government rests, 1 cerU gj We should set au exam 1 to the
, sas (Mr. Pomeroy) moved to amend donate on the Georgia bill, we ought to j siderable. That vote will be divided i h« never indulged in any “higher law” wor ld, and not wait until we «t« forced to
i that amendment hy stinking out th 1 ’ 1 ' ‘ l 1 '
! proviso and inserting the following:
i That the existing government in the j made by the
I State of Georgia is hereby declared to The prcliiniuui'*
ibe provisional; aud the same shall j or not we shall admit Georgia
j continue subject to the provisions ol
I the acts ot Congress ol March 2, 1.867,
and March 23, 1867, and of July 18,
j 1607, until the admission of said Slate,
; by law, to representation in Congress;
' and for tkis purpose the State of Geor
gia shall constitute llnT third military
; district.
, (ICllHl
di fide the preliminary <[ues. uin, which , between the conteiuling parlies. ; theories,or infamous “out si-le” legislatiou. toliow ia its traiu. T here may be danger
j in my judguieiit is the proposition now The delay of practical bucine«S i sincere lover of the Federal Govern-, | in delay.”
d* tutor tio.ii Kansas, j measures by Congtess. ha.- had some , men t ta wafl organised nnd intended, lie i . 7 ..
queslton is whether j effect,and lias be*ter promoted the pub- j WQuld ugfl |h# t r8 ol bifl mim } t0 j ^ T he Georgia LeguUture adjourned
It tiiat. lie w-elfare than would prompt action.;, . , , „ . . . „ , ,, over until Monday tbe 25th. VVe tiavo
is determined'in the affirmative, then , R has given lime for the public lo eon-i r,D ® 1 prmcip es. e ro.i c no vrl,at they will do, for in Congress
will come up as subsequent questions • sjder aud decide upon some measures ; btve * an,ty ofgood fee l ,us between all tfae R econ8tructioa Committee of tbe
the terms and coudilious and qualifi- | that were about to pass, and to ra i$e . 8ectl0n " bllsed U P 0U punciple, and a o- House haa Pomeroy’* Amendment undar
cations of admission. j such a protest against them ns will j mogemty of interest., opoujuet laws. consili e ra tion, and there is no telling at
1 have made up my mind, l confess j probably secure their defeat. His incorruptible integrity ol character b
with $ good deal of hesitation, with Thus the Funding Bill passed the and innate honesty, would blaze out amid ^ . 7. 86 on WI e “ a y 1# "
, mure doubt than i nave had about any- j Senate by a large majority, and was i the political corruptions that disgrace the °.’ as ,t; WI coaie a P 10 1 ie ou4 ®
tiling connected with the whole fabric 1 exoected to pass the House, and might : nresent Oonsress with a hriehtness that , COnsi . erat '7 ° n the oth of May ’ and
Sec. 2. And be it further euaeted, I reconstruction
with the whole fabric 1 expected to pass the House, and might preseut Congress with a brightness 1
), that Georgia is not have done so, had it beon brought ; wnu id ma ke the corruntiou mor« bid«
the
anv |?iauk r>»a.i, within twenty miles
t-'s ol the Augusta
F*»r the breach ol this cove
* city authorities exacted
he Fouih Carolina Railroad
for the Adnisiisn of Georgia.
DISCCSSIO.V OVER IT.
Ju tlie. United .States Senate on
15th Mr. Pomeroy said :
Mr. POMEROY . It is in order now
I lake it, to submit an amendment as
a substitute lor the proviso known as
tlie Bingham amendment, and also t< r
the bid. 1 am aware, however, that
| Thai iu accordance with the provisions i 111 a lil comlitiou to be represented in promptly to a vote. But it Is now con- ’ b comparison. We are gratified to know
Congress and to be armed with the full j sideted as dead, though it has never j thtt he comp i eted his second volume
‘War between the States’’ and tiiat
of and under the
tions provided in
o! the proposed
depots.”
runt', it tii
tiit* same, !
Company was to pay the sum of two j the amendment which 1 am going to ol
hundred thousand dollars by way ol i fer is not strictly in onder as a substi-
iiquiduted dannees ! In oilier vvtirtls, I ( U ie tor the Bingham amendment, but
having made tiie roads pay S2-50,000 ; j t j s a5 a substitute tor the whole bill,
f*>r the privilege of connecting their j a hd l want the sense of the Senate on
1 rnci<s through tlie ciiy, the latter then tffm (]i»eslion. I hardly know how to
refused to permit them to make any vole on any of these amendments until
teller connections- under a penalty of. [ know the sense of the Senate on the
an additional $200,000. One would ; single proposition to continue Georgia
suppose that the connection at the city with its present Legislature under the
was an injury to the latter, since it j reconstruction laws of Congjess.
'charged such an enormous price for j That is the real point that I want
tie* privib-gr ; and ye , having provided ! the sense of the Senate upon. Witli-
<nr that connection, the city refused to j out saying about the btw of the case,
allow the mads to make any other | for that has been discussed by others,
junctions, .even with a plank road, | knowing Ahe condition of Georgia,
within twenty miles of tlie city with- j knowing its people, knowing the ttivis
■out p lying tor that privilege, if requir-j ions and the irregularities there, I
ed ueu■!v a (juart*?r of a million of dol- think it is better that they have a new
• * 110 US fil b> lax the property j election this fall under the reconslrue-
ot the eoiineeiiiig roads was reserved ! tion acts, with a good military comman-
to 1 he cuv. | der, under the supervision of Congress,
Tiie city of Columbus displayed ! and come here al the next session un-
more foresight and liberality in the l tier a new organization so far as4.be
matter of the connection of the railways Legislature is concerned, and then, if
terminating at that point than either • it is found to be regulur, how easy will
Macon or August;!. The City council be the question of admission,
of Columbus, in 1S53, authorized the There is no way of making this
M uscogee railroad company, and the 1 question of Georgia clear, in iny opin-
Motitg<itner\ ami West Point company ion, by admitting them in their pres
to imU a bridge across the C halt a j cat state. 1 do not think, if we coin-
hoochce river and unite their tracks j pell an election there this fall, under
within The corporate limits, upon con- this constitution, with this State gov-
dition that the .Muscogee company pay ; eiumeut, that we can hope Ibr any
to the city “the sum of $2,000 for tlie ; peace, or order, ora lair election. I
first year alter the connection is made, j do not believe that; bull do believe
ami the sum of $3,000 per annum ev- ! lhat ii we can have an election in Gcor
erp -year thereafter. The said pay- i gu, under the law of Congress, with
iilents to cease a; the time when the ! our military commander controlling,
conneciiqn between die said Muscogee j with the forces of the United Stales to
railroad and the Mobile and Girard ] pieserve order, and lo protect the bal-
raiiroud shall be made and completed.! lot-box—not to control the way men
J 1 plain terms,' tlie city sought to en-! shall vote—lhat is not what I mean—
courage the companies whose roads i but to give every one a fair expression
terminate at or within its limit# to j of his semiiuptits at the polls, we can
cross the Chattahoochee and unite j lutve an election in Georgia that will be
their track*; and alter the Muscogee j creditable to the Stale and satisfactory
company should connect its road with to Congress.
the Montgomery and West Point toad j 1 do not think il is a hardship fur us
it requited the former to pay int(%4he j to declare now, as we have a light to
njpiii j do, that tlieir present government shall
tMbat' he considered provisional still longer
It until they have had a fair election this
full. It will not delay them, because
it is only a question as between April
KrnnnKt ! ,, , , . ... there will doubtless be a long discussiun
orougni ; WO uld make the corruption mor# btaeous I . b
' over it, ana amendments or qualification*
powers aud limita-. Congress and to be armed with the full j sideted as dead, though it has never! / . r . , . , ,, , will be added.
Id acts, an election j power?* .<>t a 8tute government. I do j come out of the hands of the Committee ( ^ ^
i shallbe held in said Stale on Tuesday, j not.believe that the piesent Legislature j to which il was referred, and ha# noli? !* , , ( .
! tlie 15th day of November, 1870, | ( , r j hi* b-e'i •■?<> ('levied and is so organi-j even been acted upon there. Abetter; 1 800,1 8 6 ° r8 8
zed that it ought 10 be intrusted with j Bill might have shared the s^me fate, j TOMEROY’S AMENDMENT
ti.e powers of a % State government in j if the National Banks resisted it. New | Knocks Gov. Bullock’s plans in the head,
Georgia. lam m hopes that our lte- j York and New England opposes the l d wiH put a cbec k upon hia tbcivisb , .
jjublie.au Iriends here—1 siicak ol them Bill, and those Ssates have, ill Viola- . , , . ,. .• . , pressed and concentrated representstiva of
, , 1 • , . ,1 - . ’ , _ C) . , i bands and villaiuous machinations to plan | r ... . ... .
witliou!. anv desire lo make tins a par- mm of law. as Senator Sherman has j ^ ,1 * j t hi. n«.n nml 16 - fYieri !s 1 ie a!1,tjaa ‘ kingdom; his brain partaking
of the peculiar characteristics of different
1 *■ ;■_■ ' — w,, y ; cuiaiiou m miivoouuainv. r a __ animals in its stage to full perfection; anil
i all the members of the General Assem
bly of said State provided for in tiie
constitution of said Stale adopted by
its convention on the 11 th of March,
j 1S6S; at which election all persons who j
j by said constitution are electors shall j ,v *j’lustion will concur in the proposi- shown, the profits of the banking cir- ;
! be entitled to vote. And said General 1 math? by the Senator from Kansas, ; culation to un unreasonable and un- i • avj w ,t *6 e -
Let the Legislature pasa the appropria
tion bill and come home.
THE HUMAN BRAIN.
It is tbe theory of some physiologist*,
that man is tbe grand sum total, the com-
present Legis-1 r.jititable extent. They have a b«.,- |*boot tb. .readme,,, a, "> '«j««'« "'| , h . t , i>t and
re ii. power unlil November next as .Ire.I and fifty-seven million, oi' ,he | ~..t.tM....ltty i .. do no. look fir »ch , . f „ of , nl
ov.isionul legislature, and provide j whole amount ot cu r rencj T . Their j things from the present Congress, but nave
hicli will continue lb
hitur
| Assembly go elected sfiaM assemixl*’ at
ithe capital of said State on the 13.ii of
I December, 1870, and organize prepar- t a Pf'-u-o"- «..» r ».. uc j wni , ie amoui.i u, cuucucy. x.ic.« 1 p—* — ™ “y . and gpiritaality, as contra-distinguished
I nlrtrv to the admission ot the State t 0 ( then for a new election and a new or-I profits will be reduced by an exchatige I made up our minds to submit to that tylueli } , r . J . 0
I representation m Congress; and the i gfiuzaliotp U e can men admit Geor- 0 f six per cent, for tour or four and a ; we cannot avoid, and make the best use of .. . .
| powers and functions ot the members j 8‘ :l u 'dl> some kind ot show of a fair halt per cent, bonds. , the means offered us. A man in falling. 8 P lrltua 7 e * n S aa ,mmor ^ 0
j of the existing Genera! Assembly shall j '‘lection before her admission. No j It is also believed lhal circumstances | m a kes unit nice of what he catches hold of sou irr “ eal , tnere y creating man not
id 13th
senator can
t here
contend that to this time have arisen of late which will render j f0 BtHy himself.and we feel pretty mucti , a sim P le ' bat a •■•mpnun*! beinj
! cense and determine on the . .
j day of December, 1870. 'bero has been a lair election in the | the funding of the new bouds at n re , tbe “ iB ^ e '" a “_ politically, and as we have lt h 8tated as a Physiological truth, that
| Mr. Pomeroy. I have submitted this ' j’, r<,ct ‘ ss °* ^construction m the Stale of, duced rate of interest, impracticable to j to fal , We r Pome * 8 Amend , i the fish, the average proportion of tho
amendment for the sake of getting a ( J t ' ot 8 ia r I no statements made yester- ■ any great extent. The demand for j tQ tw0 vear9 6Ct8 i 0 u of the pres- brain to tbe s P inal cord is onl ^ * *° h
I vote, to ascertain the deliberate jndg- !> .V ll " i Senator inan Indiana, (Mr.; American securities abroad is falling ; G 0 5a So we get rid Iu tbe ,e ^ tile - tbe rati <> is 2} to J. In the
merit of the Senate whether they pro- Morion) rlear > '7 even . l,ie ! off, and the threatened reversal of the : «ot legislature of Geo.gia. bo we get . bhd k 3 tQ L i„ tbe mammalia, it i«
pose to admit Georgia will, iu, preset l"'**™? tegldalure. allbough we tmghl; legal lender decision by the Supreme of the preseel »ng.e crew tbe. «»»«.• 4 ^ ^ , |o m>n „ u ^ „ L No less
Constitution or not, becanse tins qnes- ^ l»'l,tmnl reasons be wiling to trust; Court » well calculated to shake con-; tot. tbe .o-e.lled leg,,'.,or. of oor bur. „ , fc , fnJ „, sof , be ko .
' " ‘ “I tlie government, i fidence at home and abroad m our n- we feel that a point has been gamed at . . r “ , .
man braiu. It first becomes a braiu re-
, sembliug that of a fish ; then that of a rep
tile. then that of & bird, then growing into
that of a mammiferons quadruped, and fin*
tion of whether we shall prolong this I v r ol ih.
Legislature, or whether anv aSend- have not Iwt. elected m
irtvc not tieen electro m such a way ; uaneial stability. T'hat reversal may : least. We only regret, that we could not
nutl mode ..ii,l iiiannei, aud are not ; l»g followed uj), not at till*, but at the j ba \*e an election tor Governor also.
eomjiosett of such material as entitle next session, or by the next Congress, !
them , ruder tiie reconstruction acts, with further issues of legal tenders, for
to the powers of a Stale government.— j the obstacle presented by the decision i
ioent shall he made to the biii as it
pafesed the House, iu that respect can
not properly be considered until we
settle the question whether or not vve ”
vote for the proposition o! the Senator j reversal of that decision.
Iipiji Kansas, and icl the matter of the j There was danger loo of the conlin- I
admission of Georgia go over until the uauce of the odious income fax. Both
next session oi Congress. Houses were for it—the Senate only
What ad vantage shall we have in proposing its reduction to three per
this? If there is not a lair election cent. But the voice of the country has
r .*" r next fall, we then have the power to now reached the capital, and the mem*
1 1 furl her exclude Georgia. We con- hers will not venture again to enforce
are to admit the Estate ; and a vole (U1 1 ‘ ^n, therefore, with a clear co.iscie.ice | of tiie Court will^ be removed hy ihe | of the We . t ern & Atlantic Rail Road,
this amendment of mine I think will
settle lhat question. My deliberate
judgment is that there have been such
irregularities in Georgia, so that there
are several claimants lo: seats in this
Senate from that State under the va
rious organizations, that it is belter
STATE ROAD.
W« have received the Annual Report * s8nm « 8 tbe form o{ a bu,D * n
or brain, “thus comprising in its foetal pro-
j State Road, made to his Excellency, Gov. j aa e P itome of g eol °? lcal hi . stor ^’ a *
die a natural death. The law expires
by limitation, and a new law is requi
site to revive it.
^H32 a^ORSZA BILL.
City Tn asur' 83,000 per annutii
it should also imite
its track wit
Girard riilrotf
.of the Mobile ;
«iid not even reserve the right to lax
the properly of die connecting roads.
Instead of exacting (he payment »»f a
laig • sun for the [irivilege of coming
i t he people of Georgia and for the! , . i .. . . , . - . , ,
! . i' .u l , ,t ,• Inn, m a manner t ie election there—^ this iniquity. It is now believed that
! cause of tlie country lhat tins question , . . , . . . _ « - _ ,
; | ,, 1 , , not the result ot the election, but Inc ; Congress will suffer the income tax to
be again rucoipmitteii to the people of i , ... ,
Georgia utiller tbe existing l«L ..I motle nl bolt tng w lltal we on t»
Congress, ami liavo tall nn.l atnjtle ’’ ,u 1 ' <-t-'tion.
ptrrtecfion lo all tlie citizens there dur
ing this next election, to occur, as 1
propose, on the 15th day ot Novem- nnd 2 ext as Passed by the Sen
J ber. a * e
I nm strengthened in this conviction
| by consultation with member from ill
| section of the country. I have no lios
tile or hard words to pronounce against Whereas, Great irregulari
this Legislature, or against the Gov- • been practiced in ihe org
ernor, or against anybody. It is c . — - c - - - , . . .
question with me what is lust, w hat 1 gi*» both in its first organization and in s-em 'o be intended to make some
ought Congress to do; and my delib-' die expuKiou of certain members, as i «mends for the'exclusion ol Southern
crate conviction is, that they’should well, also, as in its organization since ; «» ei1 fro( n the United btates Supreme
again require the question to be pass-' the act ot December last: Court. L
ed on by the people of Georgia under Therefore be U enacted &V., That the _ _ “,7 'TT., . , , ■
full and anrqile protection, and that. existing government in tlie State of| Gen. Bbaqg. T m '• 1
should be done under the established • Georgia is hereby declared to be pro | Kew Orleans Jacobin m.thorities frnm th^
Bullock, for the fiical year ending Sep- 1 * ma » wa8 iB himsM * con »i» ndiu * of #11
tember 80. 1869. It is the report of Col* animated nature, and of kin to every ere-
Hulbert while be wa& Superintendent.— ture ‘^ at i'ves. ^
The following is a condensed statement. Ti ' e bnman bra{n is a wonderful P iert
The gToss receipts lor the year ending theosophic work, and is destined to ae-
September 30th. 1869. arc reported at $1,- eomplish in the course of ages, a progre-
138.300 63 ; tbe working expenses *6S8,« » ivene ^ tbat ,b « mind of thl8 c J c! * Uitl °
180 43, and tbe exlraordinary expenses im a g'D*s.
$134,015 32—making a total of expense* Mac „ n & Knoxville Raileoad.—Tb«
i $822,195 75, and leaving a net income of projectors of this road informs us that tbeir
! $316,105 08. Of the receipts, §>S01,S05 55 geueral route lies through Indian Spriug
Judge Humphries, of Alabama, who (rom j-bt, and $313,364 37 from and Lawrenceville, with a choice of ap-
was appointed a Justice ol the Supreme j *r. . , „ proaches to Knoxville and the great line*
; Court for the District of Columbia, in J _ ^ e _ eX r , of lailway communication now opening
and November, and the object lo be
attained is to create, if possible, liar-
in , Washinoto,, An lil 20 -The text of H»e place of Judge Fisher, promoted to I « 8 - *«- 250 wer8 for t,ack ’ an(1 S from Louisville, Nashville and Cincinnati
,.. n the* Georgia bill as it j»a«cd the Sen- ihe more lucrauve office of District ! *S8 71 for new car*. Tb# report says that They propose to open a region af con.lry
He u ms follows • “ Attorney, was very strongly urged for ! tha ratio of working expenses, deducting tbe most valuable in Georgia, and. at
"*• w,'u; al ^ ^«, ~
bee., practiced iu ihe organization of Males Supreme Court, to which Mr. j 5S-100 per cent, of the cress income, VVest bv 2 50 miles. They will make «p*
Ihe Legislature of ihe Style of Geor Bradley was appointed. This would ; against 70 per cent, the iatio of ihe j«re- p | icat ; 0 ' u to t h e Legislatures of Tmuessf 8
and well-defined legislation of Con- 1 visional, and the same shall continue
grass, and should he done this very ! suliject to the provisions of ihe Acis of
autumn, as l have provided, on the j Congress of March 2, 1867, March 23,
15ih of November, because it you ad- 1S67, and of July U>, 1867, until the
office of control of the water works cf that
city, and a few days ago he turned over to
his successor, a mulatto, pubtie pioporty
to the value of $3,000,000.
vious year. : and Georgia for such legislation as
Tb. report .bouoft. in
relation to eoal and iron, and strongly re-
ture,
under sufficient guarantees for tbs
commends tbe development of the wealth eI1< }orsement ot their bonds to ibe amount
of Georgia iu these minerals, and the oh- 1 of 815,000 per mile.
ol. polio, th.t Will cheapen .heir Je,d.n .k.»
cost all over the btate. i doned fh ^ Cuban cause, and was sbontjo
A table of yearly paymeuts into the i egcaf)e from tbe j 6 Und are e>M.tradictsd.
State Treasury for tho last fifteen yesrs j j t j 8 stated lhat he is still at the b ** d °
' (omitting 1$62 to 1867) is given ; from I tbe Cuban army, and is tasking n«.
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