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lOMAS RAGLAND, Proprietor.
LyME "XXXVI.
f ;v EtK LY EMIUREH JS ISeargia IiCglointure.
tl,hr.I every TuAday Morning. % Friday, llfA, j>. .«•*— 1 Th#tfc^ftl
A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OR THE CONSTITUTION—-AN HONEST ANI> ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OR THE GOVERNMENT.
COhnilU'S, CA., TI) KiS 1),\^MOIIX i X G, DECEMBER ,22, 1883. ■ -
Meade’s Army to be sent to Charles- |
tou.
p
- Yanlrtf© Acrounts trom Knoxville.
... t . w v .„ —■*-- -0 pMSiset
[_J4 i r six mouth*. payable 15,0 bill to pfescribe the persons liable to
Dolmb i*r : r"** 1 "*- ® f ‘l» ftallroad and j AlaUm., whirl, .dJourn.J lust vrook ,
firr! insertion, and Onk Dr liu* . Banking Compnny; the bill to appro- An Act to amend tAs Revenue Lawn o/| that tho apfault was’madtj on^Fort San-I employed against"Charleston or some
, Mutaiinsertion. A square in the j I'riate $150,000 to the Lunatic A»ylum ; this State. , ders about daylight on Monday morning, | other Southern city, instead of lying in
■ 'eleven liu«s in small type, or one , and the Tax bill for 1364 TUo Senate Prom and nfter the 1st of March noxt, U»o 16th mid 17th Georgia, and 18th Mis- I winter-quarter* in tnn Olil Dominion
^ A.r«d. ft. Wll prohibit..* pmoppun- " ' '
j der 45 yetr. of age and abla vo do rblft. ! OonfMmus »• d Slat, bond., iixc«|a I “ Uln |j
OFFICE—RANDOLPH STREET.
NUMBER 51.
CHidont Davis’ Message.
The Into 1 Mas-, ago of President Davis is
A^ts of the Alabama Legist atu.e.
\i^e copy from the Montgomery Ad- ; (ion. Burnside annobnoos in an official
------ rtiser the following synopses of tm- j dtspfttol^ dated at Knoxville, November, , vn%u .„ >H „«#i«.» ihsi
conscription; also the bill to renew tlio ! portnnt acts passed by the Legislature of 1 ^ t * ,u e nan\y attacked him that j has tho following very I m porta 1 .
nriviloiros of tin* Onnrmt* » ,..1 - j» 1 1 . . . ir !1, ,r V° u,:< * wn * repuised with con - j which seems to justify it* c«*nc.u*ioi/tl)at
fidorublo loss. A presrj telegram «.iy* ; tho Fodnral army of Virginia is t<> bo j argued and most oonqlusU-e btate papers
that has ever chnrftctecixpd American
The HHrbtnond Sentinel of last Frida*! KonorR n y pronomiced tho ablest that 1ms
ilrfcbht i ^l° n lr,,m his P tn » and ono of tho bost-
und a half cents is ; l ' i<#| IT i lading the assailants, who were j "Lute nows from Alexandria, concurs !»•<*« us,
d upon each hundred dollars c f groaiiy impeded by wirfe tied around ; with tho report Hint Meade’s army i* ‘ otir v. oi
- , . - v/iMiuHscTRie 11 u mure doimi*. except 1 — 1 ■
** S“*'2* 1 ,: l»or duly from Loldiiijf tli. otfleoi fif | boMrof tlm CorMontto Rim... which I " ••••>:••.: »h» F .
Shwltt. Ooroaers, O.n.uWro, „ml Or- I "''T pnrcha.ed fro,,, tho 0,.v.r„.„j„,,.r | • **«•*<;»< «SQJ'rcaunlod M | nm.i «l\ur tlmm. Tb.
1di.-rlo. Th. ,* i Urn Uonledarate btatos and bonds of tho »‘<.spmate. h“t ^/*v’V.t by
- :irilielr side fal- j making for tho i’otomne, tearing up - ti e
e gallant stormera j track of the Orange & Alexandria U»il-
"rs-lay, December 17. 1863.
ih« uiiRi* juii.
emontof the provisions of ibis
fu ropy citewbere from the
r • I'jrttfk, is not suffioiontly clear
to Urn claniflcatioa assigned
n irricd niea and widowars with
SV o understand that they go
I r’f.sses. eoeoidine to age, but
I rrfjuiwtion that tn»j bo made is
J .4 the unmnmod moti of their
I .... they ero railed out. If, how-
- WJ *j vjKvitvtl by the M ilitary
v.c-v.-Wfcderauj States Kon-
. a 'aw, Lb0State Militia
r , Lad very few porsons to enrol;
l would ber-onscribed for the
mvfefi.
. Income Tax Act.
j|,;iri.al!y uiforiutd of the pro-
»Uhi‘ a''t, p'srod by tile Logisla-
id* t>f our Septeaen-
I: i.*-d fro m \f i 11 mlgov ii 1 o, \V C
i »t a sliding scalo of
jt,.cehgiO£ fr<»»2J to*R> per cent.,
8 per cent. Profits
Is jwif f ni. are not tnx«d. It is not
1 m’u ’ .eiiirj opeiationt, but tho
i ta\ <! ura specifically named.
fufyrt^d pr f.U of fartnr’es, rail-
[ insurancy und express
*m, hotel); a.id eating homes, dis-
ta^flcrleaaud rnai.ufactdres gen-
[fepiftoine mechanical business;
:»«•<. ssirs of merchandize of all
nn- - , wholesale and retail sales of
fcv. It doe* hot tax professions
or salaries. According to the
,„.i of the gentleman giving us
imalion, prottts un<Wr $3,000 are
p*r cent, and higher prof.’<
mud they amount to $100,000
a’’-., wbcu the maximum tsx ot
tn i-) r< ached. Tne penalty tor
» give in, or for frauds, is very
Exemption Eraude.
idersUnd that in llm vicinity of
fi^rgod furloughs and all manner
thrift naners are fur sale at r»jru-
d pricer A firm has been dis-
therr, doing x driving business
. i brod ragu nud factor -
r.Krit is that Atlanta has become
be resort of so manj’ skulkers
*«• *»y. Thoao whoi go there now,
-•111 bevory apt to find “Jordan
■•ad to trHvel/’ for wo know of
■ i i the i.ur,f«Jvr«ts service who
.,ul; r.jt liand phpvjjs navo to
b .■ jet ' Af^i any
' p.tidier ; -t fu-
. dtl Ifeir ahJurM^nt attbe
at ■cnuxlly fijrhi anii^decisire.
: vi-ry mueb Whetluji another
*.! r, ,i(«doracy cou!d4>e : found
J*erfaiii.ir.gthe arduous duties
,-offu p< i» hi» office with lh*> nl-
• iiaffplJity be does. Wowouid
ea^noniih skulkers to shun At-
$ftf«a4.pgtt» r u<»t even attempt
•allying vi*it thc.e, for the Cap-
• dew I s i uit o n the win jp ♦
", *Xi»du» o| plantation negroes,
-. •inn of Northein Uoorgia in
viiniitv n tho Yankee linos, has
flste lately. The owners have
'<*-1 them toother “fields of duty."
»ct convoys a warning which the
fthe safer regions must not dis-
ifthey value tho cause in which
8 M.pagod or the righ's and in-
»rhing Is to n«iio next year tito
r#wi possible amount of provis-
kf VenkcMhold^ud '.fill prolm-
1 long enough to prevent next
trops, a cousidcrahlo portion of
l productive l srn’.ory, ami tbn
ich must f«ed tho afiny and the
't home is to that extent reduced,
tikees are’now trying the expori-
"starvingoultho rebellion,'' and
ho cannot or will not fight to
«•;-* »“ •• M|. )■■ elro„ro.
crated.
The Vote fog C<
the
Mil
'jllo tip to Tuesday
‘■I, cast.«ttt U»e “ipicinl election for
>r««ntative tu (Jongro*s tor this
„ ontbv Uh tnrt. W<1 Imri, thmt
L ‘“0n was hold in Talbot county, on
•tof * misUrttlerstandipg u» to the
' voting; and it is quite probable
•is was the case in vther counties
L is presumed that but few com-
1 i» lUo army voted. Thera is
' room for a reasonable doubt of
^don of Porter Ingram, Esq.
Raid'd. It oh’i,i. 1‘arker,
*ee
i art
■m
dliirtrlc* Tli* «.ron .. .j . .. . 1 r ‘° Eon la 1 ©r*to Stales and bonds of the •
, ' “ , n n } u . against it Statu purchusod prior to the parage of 1 ]lurns>duolle
ns that it was unconstitutional. ‘ this act which were sold under any act 1(1M - ’ 5
The llyule passed u bill to compel per- j cxem; ting them from taxation. I *h., h
at Alt
runrisu. Don. J dria was white with transports. ......
tico fhonv | things Would indicnlo that Washington
» who refuse to talre Confederate notes I
payment of claims; to pay their tuxch ! pn flu r
| to
the nett
d. ,1. afit
J them .
I 1 H- to bury their dead, | is to be
The Yankees state i ible, and that Meade'
t,« i,,?s nt’ 1,0LX> killed and i part of it is to take
in gwld or silver; also tho bill to cancel : diver, sterling
tin? purchase und sale of gold, j Their “J’ji 1;
and 3 (Ltgi.
a portion of the Georgia Treasury notes ! d >okoftho Confederate States and ,,f j -C'ol
by tlierftftir co«i,i, t ro, of ‘
; J Their own loss is put at 80. JL’.-il. Gll'arde and bo ready when sprint; comet, or
I °* the 1 ..til Mississippi, wall killed, and Charleston. ‘WWonjoeturo the latter,
f 0 Brian, brort rr of Mrs. Brown- Ai*lmore La* cracked the chocks n| l
hangp, bank notes,
,. t prisoner. Tim KJy. Tribunq
the Treaiuky of the State, in Btlnis not I cth<-r evidences of debt. ' “A l v: rs from (’nmhcriiKt 1 (lap to
lust than $3,000; and a bill to authorise I There is also to ho ofloeled a fax 0 p | the 3d i «••!. #ay that Urn. J'\>»trr had
live Tier cent on the nett profits from the *v[! v ^!' ll . ie r ’'“’ * under L.ngitroit from
, ] purchase and »*l« of the same thing* for i y ;ni ' 1,1 r f J, V0 ” un,i w '•* :i lux pur»q»t of
ri ‘1 tho year ending with lart day of ^obru- | l ' u,l,u , 1 ,l '; ro ' T * lhlle hope
tho Govornur to grant linccnsys f.»c lho
manufacture of splrituftua liquors; a
appointed a committee of oonferenco to ! ary,'l^tn, in cases whore there has Tn’cn 'V«v, iha. ’.Iiocm-my woi.ld' f.i! to make
unite with it ftsnrfto com.nittoo in at*run-- ! nn • "ivM.m to a«s«9* and collect the amo 1 , i-n y.it, *»-* our f uv v.. We :
ing Urn dWbrwmes be’ the i u, I . 1 ha tax on gold and xilrer kbffsic? ling I V" >' »>.!n**-tl-ty and *i wide distmuw
llLrin .t! i 5-to *• 53a in com and Out I ^^qarmit.... The column
i punk notos to bn paid in lmfik notes,
Money deposited within this Stale is
Houses in i*ogafa to tlib prof isions of the j t
Military bill.
Saturday, \2th.~ The Senate ro-Consid- i laxed like ruohey deposited out
,* .•*>!• .‘*5. V Ew "
cred i's vole of yesterday, rejecting the } frv\
bill prohibiting persons under 16 years of I -.Tho
age and able to do military duty r-L— >6TCd. c
holding the offices of Ordlnari
Tbo objnet in mor,n K U,o ron.mid. I T™«x „f Bliroi, pir
oration was stated to bp the introduction oliungo bill* issued by individual
of a declaratory resolution Instead of tho ! l ,0IHlu ' n ' 4 without authoiity of law
half of ono p
.. ail cotton raised mid gath-
. - ed, over and above 11,600 pivunds of seed
Nhcp if. ( f oiion \o the hand, is changed from ten
- , i-«rue per pound to fifty cents per pound.
and
those punios who
efusdd to redeem some of tin
A utjuit 20,18'JU.
It is provided in this act that whonovor
tho militia is called into active service,
I he (itivernor may organize those so-
mpanies, batuli»)n« regi-
ail laws operative from the time of their
passage, unless othorwiso ox pressed, I #u
In the House, on motion of Mr. Burls, i - l
the vote on the bill to deflno the linn b.
tween Chattahoochee mid Muscogoo
counties was reconsidered. Mr. Burts
also moved to ro-cons : der tho >oto on the
•joctod yestorduy to iaorense the p?.y
of soldiers from Georgia, and mpp..r(p l
the motion in an able and. eloquent
speech; but tho motion was lost. Thu
considered its resoju ion Jo nd
journ uine die nl 12 m. to-day. Tho )R| ^
House passed tho following bills from tho I ri *'*y norcHl’tor to .made upon tho .Slnto
Sonate: • for troops by tho Confoc'.orato Govern-
A bill to nuthoriro KxMntor., A.lrnin- I m “ y ’"• -uppli-d by droflor otl.ur-
isiretors, Gunrdiftn*. A**., t.. inv.-^t in i
mfedarate bones, lauds and nogroos i 10 relative rank of officers of the same
‘ substitute from tho Ju.lmi try Kit'l’’ f » wn i'° , # | WI, ?.‘ ,a * v ? u
n> Nutufifnin j i.:n . i^l dei iduil by lotiiiidor the dirucliou of tlm
Governor. The rank of offic is appoint*
by Uio
d divisions. The geiv
1 ‘ visions nro to bo
•vurnor, and the
nmmis.'i'inudofficers of companies, 1 at-
h und regiments to bo aluclod by the
ompo*ing thorn.
Any requisition that may have bean
with
uupKon li>«HI**
tho militia, who shall maku
t**n bushels of anlt per day,
tli** mi mo to tho Governor l
people of tile State, m
per bushel for.
i prico not
ling tifteon dollar
ifudoratti or State Treasury notos,
• ‘<1* f that ono porsnn mnking tnlt for
Pnpanyur partnership in which lie is
■jUl mpt.
is 1 whore
.riz.d t.. exempt
jso tiuouifit d, bv
, ‘•Imil bo f
i-u. ;1 « words, 41
ny cut po made
c nurttuta,'’ and by iusnriing j
<• IjiinkvUiH public g<*ml will bv
! bv such exemptions.’ of Hattirdi
• igon maker’ in each boat is I Th" ••
■i: ‘•‘ .l* "tauir • provided that itlran*. at
ebe«n engaged • dsivelv tn rt*at ; ijhe ^-»**ti
for three your* ii* xt prrcemng
nano, nientof the wsr, and .wifi
ihvr f.»r more than lUJ por
tit on the cost of the raw mate-
A bilfto »«ond 1 'tbo 18i»;U ,ll nl«*i»ph ! , 1 y." k W.-fllc-i. uppSJnu
Of Code. r nr,l >» rnpu , l3 y be deoidna by tho order «-l their
A bill 10 .raond th. lsaoib »i»u»a of “OOP'wt'jiont.
the (."do. j .I/i Aft t» amend *An Jet diet Art no who
A bill to authorize the Ordinaries to onr ennj.t from militia duty in thin
pay over to tho Inferior Court* any *ur- i Sl *
plus ftir oduoa’ioiial purposes of indigent This nmendod gcfc exainpts from mlli-
aoldlore’/amilio*. Curried. I l!a dutv ' 4
m Bill to authorize tho Governor to I the mill
purchase military supplies, and supplie-
mr indigent soldiers’ families. BUI and
amendments passed.
• Saturday Nig hi, 12M,~ In tho Senate,
Mr. Chambers, (Chairniun of the Inter
nal Improvement Committee,) repotnc]
a bill and amendmentto amend the char
ter o' tho Macon und Western Uallrond. I
The bill provides that this road bo put on ( l u '|,',
the same footing as tho Central in ' -?r»:
■relaUtm to Ilia prico of transportation, j ti, ‘"
The bill was passed and transmitted at I ?. .,
ooue-tavAho Houtrtr. ,' v (
A bill to abolish the Sd and 12lh scr- ! ' o
tions of l\evix«d Code. Read third tin-. , ^
and passed. This bill created ironside*a- 1 , f
tie discussion. • j .j,,
The tienato also pissed the following , <■
bills; In relation to tbo burial of pimpors; '
to increase the pay of common school
totebtrs; ■DprivmtinMoOV.VOOforU.. | J.w/.%
support of soldiers’ families. * ' 1 ’ *..j. • *>• ji / , >< •.
Tbo House agreed l<* protract the ses
sion until 1*2 m. on Monday; and pn^ed
a bill to authorize person* to settle ofi’en-
ces committed by slaves of another pm.
son, provided the offences nro not capital.
The bill authorizing tho Comptroller ! ^
and Treasurer, under authority of tbo !
Governor, to issuo $1,000,000 in change
bills, was passed by tho Sonnto.
Monday, 14th.—Tim Semite pn.-sud tho
Income Tux bill, with an nmcn.lnu-ul io j
tlx a tax upon the sliding so ilc, i?i«tpi.d I
of 10 por cent.; also the hill io rc-organ- 1
izo the militia of t’.ic State, with tin? j
niiiftiKlmcnlt of the connuitti o ».f c »nfcr-
nmv; also the General Apjiropria'l-u, :
bill.
Mach time wn< spent in the Hour, in I
tho consideration of a motion to ro con- 1
aider the voto by which trio Ilo-nn bad
rejected the bill authorizing the Governor i
to mako impressment*. TUs moiion win. !
lost. Tha House adopted resolutions ui- :
ftred by Mr. Hardcmnn, n-que-,;mg ('on- I
gross t-> pass n law to allow nil troop* ! .
elect their own officers.
The liogi*latur<j adjoin nud sine, die r, : . I
Monday, but we have n*»t a report of j
•iroceoumgs doan to the hour of ndj-jurn- j
merit.
scut to tho relief of Gent Burnaido
dor the command of Gen. Shornmn,whose
** n i« protty certain by this lime to have
reached lv
Hie retri al -f Mosd-* across tho ltapi-
dun c-.?.Ucd great di«-.aisfacii-m at Wash
ington. Hi* dofemiors c.mtand that ii
would have bean impound,- for him tc
have moved Leo from his position, which
prog
Io safe by being maduinncccss-
army or a largo
voyage. Whither?
Kithor tu tho rtouth of James, t-« winter,
big4-r
Sumter and dcstro
"'blow
Ghnrleeti
- r, i>uj»ont and
Piihlgran have boon teoollcd from driv
ing ihoir lro®o)adsnmong tho toil* and
toipcdfins with which Beauregard Im
planted tlio hay of ('iiarlu-li)ii. .V iargu
army that sbmli turq tlm city and mv.-u
r*c Istfi’T^Irli*. I- the only’ ^'innco
Irli. Peril ftps M ml«fs ti.» >pi nro to he
sent thorn Cur operations in that mild cli-
.winter quarters
politics. Wo rogret that iH, longth for-
tlio prosont engagements of
orking forte; from copying it cn-al
tire, without giving it in nuch small ii
h'ldlmontH as \yhuld requirethioe or foj
days to uotnpielo its publication
have, however, already publUUod a g
oral tclcgraphiq synopsis of its ~ A
mondntions, nud wo dcaign making
iruc’lH or fullc" synopsot of its
tdfcsljug topics.
Wo copy fiom tho Richmond Dispatch
the following outline of tho.l’residont’K
statement of tbo Cuitlse of Great Britain
towards our Gonf -deracy:
Our foreign' relations are handled l>;
lather than
ton that if lu< i
day h ? would 1;
of his
- th*
here.
All the accounts represent the deser
tions trom .Meade's army a* enormous.
I.nteNt i ruin Tex a.*.
The Now Orleans True Delta givos tis
the following additional news of Bunks’
movemqni* in Texas. The extract 1* from
ir, of the 1 »i ii:*t., for
t C-.
Joiriis
bo courl-martinlod.
wlnppod I.
n-l'*r* (probably the
Iivision whipped' is
Special tnthu Atlanta rntulligciiccr.
Nothing reliable
from Longifroet has boon received
the light oa Sunday, Hie UOtii. On that
dnv our loss was 100 killuJ, and 600 woun
ded.
The reinforcements by Hansom, report*
'•d by Me Laws’ courier, bail .arrived an
Kt ld*y previous to tho battle, ebrtsaquont-
•pieslioti but Lopgstrcct has
othin
There i
rcti cm ted
The offi
tuuooga j. .
and E.O'Xj miisiug, I,not) of win
probably come up. Tho actual loss is
about d.000. 200
Datlon, D-*c. 11.--The onomy have
fallon back from ChicanJailga to (Jhaitn*
noogri. leaving n picket force on Mission-
11 Tw
rlvor t<» Bridgeport,
The u.i k from Whitesides’ to Shall
Mound hn* been torn up, nud tlio rail-
nail i
old
running up the
river to (’hiv.unnogn.
From these iinlu utinns it is appaiont
lloit Hoi inlet »«-•j of cr;cn jy | 8 i., g,,
into winter qum tert; it i» rupposod with
the intention sending !!0,000 men to
reinforce Moado, whom Grant may fti
porcode.
Direct information from
lias bsen received. He wn
Station, lx) miles Jfrom linox
Long street
Gen. Vaughn hul
hud Ash exilic,'
dftnt Davit, has
Gol. lrv*, Aid to 1’
arrived Imre, i‘ is supposod, to report the
condition of , 11ir*. 2W).
nd Order toitfiin the limits of (lit
By Hm provistfipnof this act any per
il «» to whom a writ i»( hab*n* corpus
i* be*.i i«*ued and served, who wilfully
.1* or ciuscS to obey the maud- to thcre-
wlm shall prevent tbn service of
•ne by force, sjiall bo guilty of felo-
and be liable upon conviction t" u
no of one thou<and dollars, and impiis-
Minuet of from one to five years in the
Tho Governor i* !o arrange, if posi
with ' Ue Confederate Government fo
oMiplpyino- k of tho militia und c<>
iblo,
,'itlnl
A Stpeclmeu AboliUanlst.
A Now York iattar to the Hartford
Times record* tho following: The pn
Many years ago a student, thoroughly ! ..'it" Lon.
imbued with the doctrine* of abolition - ! which 1 <
i.,n, inJu ated from Yale G'dlege, mm
studied for tho ministry, ir.U) which In;
whs in due lime admitted. During the
first year <>f his priestly life he officiated
us a candidate at vurU us churches in
Connecticut and Now York, but received
no call from any source till ho introduc
ed his Anti-Slavery Bible doctrine to n
pmall society in the eastern part of Mn
sachusetts. Here he wh» appreciated;
hero beseltled and preached the doctrines
of Galvin and Abolition for nearly four
years. At length, finding his sheep were
altering, he w*t suddenly taki
avoid the military scrvico of*
rain Slat***, on condition of
r.tl ol the Confederate troops
1 In it hIs.t to arrange so that tho militia
of lue State, tlio Slate reserve* or any
military or fire companies not legally
bound to lender military service outside
of too Male, may do provost guard duly.
1 .ntkkcki’tjcp Letticr from akOkvi-
i kk t'K Gkkjchai. IIarpriFh Staff.—
Tim Now York Times pul)li*.hi:n a letter
purporting to have been written by an
officer of Gon. Hardee's Stall’, to a friond
in Macon, Georgia. Tlio Times say* it
wfis cni>turod by tho Union force* at
Ringgold, and that if genuine, it present*
quite an interesting inside view of ‘’reb
el slrn’i-gy, and how Grant thwarted it:
Kivonnr.ti, Ga., Nov. ‘JL, lfififi.
The pnpi rf i.ave prapared you lor the
•Ly^tvrdny’n buttle,
I give you but a hurried
Mir roiuUrs who urn not pol-
most likely not .iwarp, thul
i of. “who shall be our next
frc.-iaent, i* nlicady cor. u^nmtilyj*gi-
lAlcd at I'fnshington and el;i , whrro Mid
mirllcnlarly
which wo nro indo'otad to a
A rapid moveno-nt ws» maJi? noon
Br.iwn-ville *whi"n was occupied w ithout
resist*IK«, the rvhrl troops, low in num
ber, under Gen. Bee, having evacuated
the plao* ns soon at they wore imor-med
of lua advance. Tlio arrival of General
-Bunk* on the coast wn* a perfect surprise,
as all the available rebel force had houii
withdrawn to oppose his advance from
Western Louisiana.
The rebel forces, on evacuating the
place, set lire to the United .Stales bar
racks, nud the llamr* comimiiiiculod to a
portion of the town.
Gen. Banks took pro.opt measures to
restore order to the country occupied and
to strougthon tho position soLed ; He
then moved on Corpus Christi, which ho
occupied without resistance, tin tho 17th
lie surprised tlm garrison at Aransas Hass,
and after a short alialr, in which Brig.
Gun. Ransom displayed groat tiict and
skill, and in which Hie Maine rnginumts,
lately a portion of tho garrison of New
Grimm, played a distinguished purl, the
place was surrendered with IE officers, 0()
men, -IguV, a schooner, and a quantity
of arms, ammifnition and transportation.
Tlix A(VI I)F.NT AT .SUMTI'.ll.—The
Charleston Mercury, in referring to the
recent lire ntp’oit Sumter, says;
Wo learn that Hu? casual Hm ;t F Ml
Sumter, inuntionod above, were 10 killed
'k‘iUi..Uro Vapt. i’ro i, A iV"sT and
Sorgt. Swanson, Go.” K, 1st ItegimentS.
C. Artillery. C’upt. GaiBard’a Corn pit ny
lost 8 killed nml tJ wounded,
Lieut. Gol. ICIIlolt whs alighilv wound
ed in the hand by a piece of-brick, but
not to such mi extent m* to cause that
gnllafit officer to relinquish Imciuiiinand.
r. G. Elliott, of tho Sign 11 GoV|.-, is
among the wounded. Thu strength of tho
fort is by no niiiait* I in paired by tho ac
cident. Its rcsistivb power in 'till a*
strong a* usual, and the confidence ot the
garrison roiunitii unshaken.
Gqwruo A^sk..--A4m.i,g ih
roucived by il ig oflcuce irom
•vero Roveral boxes, tuarkud
bravu*lni ving boy- Ht Ku-iiin
Mae
pro
prof-'
I'd foi
idida!
Hta *•» in 1801.
sentiment 1.*< i
Abrahtpi Lii
This Bi|ire
; b«M*n 1 ,«iiiy
have caiefuMy studied tho i
havo eonsiilt'*a the sejjtlrni nt i
people in Bxltiino' i c'Sunty, i
iieve that tuo sentiment liorcin
i* their sentimeht.
In view of this fact,
tho name of
idn.
i of u National Un
M A IlYI. A N DKItM ANI» Lbuvl, l)K
it S. Fiiiloy. a .Marylander, y
age, who had gone to North G*v<i
stay until “tin* cruel war i« over
ordered out recentl'. to do Service
Home Guard, at A«hvillo. N. G
fused, w a * urievt'd, sued out a 1
nd tin* following \
suit;
Chief Justi
rd, In* thinks that nn Ku
rd-. ht
ling i
relief of IL. n-ide, hh I suppose
d of, quietly waited j public safety.
! >* ths araiy s
: liecatur* DeKalb
^ ® publish to day an exquisite little
“*’ c gem from the pop of ono of tin.
brilliant feminine minds in this
‘■ierucy. Her ab<xie i* in tliat bright
the rose- thr.t bloom in De-
'^tnako tbe air of mid winter soft
rfurned atmosphere
Hoathern (instead of European i fever,
resigned hi* chargo and went .S•»iE» to
try the climate of tlio j tantations of Geor
gia. While hero ho became *• i ;nu tud
with the dnughtor of a wealthy planter,
a'id. in tbe co w r»e of a lew mouths, mar
ried her. The noble hearted Georgian
g ivii his d iDgiiter a* her marriage p r-
tioti x fine plantation on tiie .Savannah
river, and four hundred slaves, win ru
the happy couple lived surround d by
fiuiu, flower*, willing and affectionate
servants, and every enjoyment that heart
could wish for threu years. At tho end
of that time they mutually agreed to dis-
. .so of their property and remove to N
m feu i . .
until wu were snoro of inoro than a thi
ot our strength in attempting tho Kast
'JVnuo.-sefc cxprilition, whon on Monday
they begun operations by attacking in
tremendous fo. co and carrying by assuull
tlm Ijookout Valley slope of tlio moun
tain. Our force on the Mountain, much
,iulerior in numbers, had to tight their
.uy down at night and united with the
balance of the army <m Missionary Jtidgo
the following morning.
Owing to our reduced strength, Gen.
11. advised falling buck until Lonyttrcet
and other force, sent to Fast Tennr.tsrr
could unite, hut ’twi* dotnrmined othor-
wm-ii. Oil Monday morning tho enemy
»y any out o j »i
nlo our armies t» repot invasion; i
* to bo presumed that whenever
j preson • • is supposed t«» cnilinigo
i.rry .
* York. The slave* v
! |mi Hod with great.-. .ghter; kaving^iven v
| u f>.tt share ot at'oiilioi) to that line, be ,,
1 niasaed heavily on our cnuiro, (imuiodi- i 1
i alely under command of Gun- Anderson,
' but in llardno'* corps,) moving against
tho single line that defended It, in over- Canada,
j w helming force; but as our artillery and Ther
kotry mowed down tbelr advance
tho highest market prices, aud the
plantation itself was bought by a South
i- «« !-- - high figure—and the
ordingly sold ! line, another whs ready to take tlmir place.
Will be withdrawn, and the Gov
ernment will require them ns alien ene
mies to depart.’’ _
Frow Kentucky.
Bristol, Doc. fii—Nothing to-day from
tho front.
Mr. 6»Kiikfi of tho provisional council
nf Kentucky, captured with Morgan, in
Ohio, mid confined at Giunp Douglas,
from which he escaped, has arrived here.
lie rays tho Yankees have bridged the
Ohio river ut Cincinnati, and th i. con
nected tho Kentucky Central railroad
with the Ohio road-, und have changed
the gunge of tlje LouHville nud L xing-
toii railro;i'I making one unbroken coii-
m etior, f>..m G . v| .„d, Ohio, to N,i,ji-
H' further i-ayi. that lurge droves
i ami cattle ar- being sent to Giim-
J^Gi.p, from Kentucky, and that
largo numbers of Morgan’s men liuvo
inped from prison und have gone to
A tun.
• that
lies
No
nder,
“•Inv
I'ThU should bu rap-
’ Lxautiful, and burthened with
ft fragrance of do' icate aeutiinont.
atiou to'Sleep” il a thing of
ch is bound to be a joy for-
* i* a low, lute-like melody
| the money was invested in city and b ink
sUicka, (and is still paying hands me
| vtividend*.) AAer a lime our young
riaveholder received and accepted a call
| Iropi one of our u;>-towu churches, wlmre
he may be beard every Sabbath denounc
ing the sin of slavery a* the great- of
j all sins, and tbe traffic in human li«m u>
% sin which "heii alone can blot cat."
| Ob, tho times. Ac.
With the aid of the fourth, he
position, cutting the. two wings asunrici
At this iunciuru, matters looked tm
bio, and 1 will never forget tho look of' j
ungui-h written on pool* Gen. Hardee's i v
lace. Hi- sent me hurriedly to make some j,
changes in his other divisions yet intact,
nn 1 to burry ono forward to*loj» the tide ' t
of dofiist that whh npidly assuming a
dreadful, proportion. Un r> turning. I
lound mm with a fragment of tho broken
division, at empiing to rally thorn; a hard IIOVW ,. lk-kU1
task w<; found it, vuilo the leaden hail of v .;i H | u r,
• I.. > .1... .. I V.nl. ...a a'r. il-.ti..,*
nrrt no Ifodcrul troops in Kyt-
xcopt at, camp Dick Robinson
ington. and small scouting par-
io bordor.
Tn k. Fai.li>
[Irby Bmith,
alor cntillei i
I interior. It woaki
I
tnar* oil' tho
ittgfe,
ifturly man nor.
Commission 1
received fn
the prisoner
• pirkegin
tlm Noah
"Our
tliwir inti'i lli! i >>l tii'ing kn"W t*> GoiiiiiliH-
siiuier Oubl. he ordered tbn cor.tlwcatUni
of tlm nrliiili^ con'-lined in the Iwixc*,
and tin! i i Ut t» f.. inuby r imed out.
icd deter(Rinalion of liu*
. (hat it good* nro to ho
tnn North for the use of
their in-rnpiinns shall nt
lea-1 I mi couched ill respectful iiiugouge,
and Unit no insult nr inainuiition ahull bo
convi'.v nd, cillior diructlyfor indtructly.—
Wn
teat cr^
tho Nitfiund mining lluruau ot G/ipl. W.
Ii. G. Price \\ r eaie intoruu d Hint un
der ids cnurgisUo rtiuimgement and pro-
ductive resourves nf tho BUilo, so far ns
timcoiisliiuti-utA ol guu pow h r an- con-
curnod have been duviMop-'d loan extent
amply coinmernurntn with tlm dcmnid
of the roviilulion, Thoro i* now ih lack
of c-ithot t-altp -ter or sulphur, -•> that il
the war goes on mdcilniu l.y \> • u.ii boin
no rtmit I >r iiluiitoou* *ui»piir - of the i • -i
kind of powilor, which i* -mr innin n li-
anen for suoco-«. Every patriot *'i"uld
1 --I pcrsonatly "bli o d to * 'apt. I’rici- I -r
hi* i ndr fill,.- u in bin luliur* in Hie important
11-Id of opecutions in which ho La* ••»••
succossflly ucquittcd hlmsolf-
Selma Reporter.
Tho Mobile Advertiser
onrnostly urging a more vigorn
culioti of the war, and a morn
protection of prisoner* by retail
.1 llogiitcr,
HmcIuuI
"Bnixirm Bragg would
take the bust
• i t. Iln ha*
• b-i lalunts, th-lemtswr and the e v puriunco
i-tniip-. tly lo nimbly him t-» tho post.
Weeud *r«n Hi;i»ugge-li-»il n i>1 make th*
nuUion. Birtgg is a thorough #oMicr anil
knows III! about tlm wants of nil at "O’. n,| d
in tin- '•ibiupt ha would bufouni/ invalua-
bio. -Sao. Rep.
Acliou of t.'niigrea* upon Hullat'Uiiffta.
rim lob gram In.* annmniutMJ llm pas-
■ugo through tho Senate, by u largoma
jority, of n 1*111 to repeal t bo Mlbsltlutu
laws, ttl)‘V that il M ol'eudv bnidru tlm
House, with every- prospect < f lousing
that body \Vu have-no curtain knowl
edgo of tho provieions ol thu bill, but be
lieve that it permit* nil person* who have
employed aubslitulet to reclaim what
they havo paid for th*v-o §ubstitUtns and
m.-ikes them subject to conscription,—
Macon Tel.
Mr*. l)ow, widow of thu famous Lo
renzo Dow. died a few dnVS hillCO III
Montville, Conn., leaving thi* singular
will: She gives tbo whole of her eotuto
($8,000) to tlio town of .Montville, for thu
purpose of building four stone arch
hri Igos in spociti-d places in tho town.—
The town, in pu^ic meeting, has refused
opt the gift, unit the umounl
ril of neutrality—llimsy
.all c-msei- in .* v ith which
* • " f.b I coal iffir Hu* til*
• *'•'• :ip-i expos? ‘o tlio
r n. . • aub*orvn*my. to
1 hi* emi**-iry m Pluglaud. As
May, !' liu British Gov-
ifofm the latter
juntry was ^*in-
tormediut-',’' in.-i; hat it* syiiipatti'es wore
ratliur with Hie North than with the
.South.'* Tin, nl it-clf was a violation of
that " tnct i. utralily" to which such
hypocritical pre-tensions nro lnadb, if
Yatloi be •»(... i ..-d*d of any nuthor-
ity But thu wu- ineroly thu beginuiug.
In June. I.*■•*!, thu same Govornmcut in-
lerdict-'d tbo use of its port* lo tho armed
alnp* mnl |.r! vi.tours ot both thu United
Status ni.rt tho "jo-eallotl” Confederate
S tn tea, will, their prize*. Seward observ
ed to Lord Lyons that this prohibition,
and n similar one of Franco, would bo
thu death-blow of'Southern privateering.
Shortly after, Adams bullied L>rd Kus-
*oli fur admitting Mr. Ma-on to an uadi-
unco, and Lord Bussell, liku tho cringing
our Hint tm i-. apologized, and promise I
to behave he tier in future. In April,
IHiil, Lincoln declared ilie whole com-Lot
i lie Southern State*', from tbo Futonum,
a state vf blockade, although, accord
ing to his own reports to Cuagross, the
whole navy of the U ruled States consisted
ai the time ot but twenty-four vossuls, of
which ono-half wore absent on fotiugn
stations. Thu const thu* declared in a
stuto of blockade ia between throe nhd
ur thousand miles in extent, and could
.. .i bo effectually blockaded by the com
bined navies of the whole divilizud world.
By tho treaty of Haris no blockade was
lo’ bo respected which wn* not effectual.
Yet Bins, il tua only ru-pccied this block
ade, but pointed out to tlio United Stater
Minister the ninmicr
be mn<io effectual. 1
actually laid before
Howard's apology f»
lot troy tho ii
iva* that thu
-Matos
which it might
■4 uy, fjord Lyons
hi* Government
r undOavoring to
. Ghanuston, which
val lorca of the United
small, amt llio coast
bioukaded three thousand miles in extent
a pnlpablo acknowledgment that the
blocKiulo was a failure. Kussull himself
claimed credit for having assisted the
Government of thu United Status to koep
up this papor blockrtde, although it in-
flictuil onortuoua injury on British trade,
liu ufiurwalils t-tntod that the United
States were not in a condition to insist
upon other nations acknowledging that
thu blockade was uilnctunl. Notwilh-
st-inding this positive declaration, when
Mr. Mason called on Kus-rll to request
• he British Govornnmn'. t-' withhold X s
aui'lio* *V(. n '.bt> giw »iw!^'l-m.oC pjib-
fic law, Kusw.ll that, though the
bl- ckxde had U..t been uftuctivu some
lima amen, it teas at llmtf particular iuo-
I!.- hu 1 M .<• " mlcrprctatioii, also,
ready for the clause in the declaration of
Baris, which say
bo considn
clause,’’
block ad-
block%1« nil ui l
.i oil,-ciivc uulesh “sufficient
, ,-to t .c coast.’’ “ That
i„ -aid, “ wn* directed against
not HUttamcd by any actual
by a notoriously inado.|unto
such as tip* occasional appoarancu
From ih* Confederate Union.
Acts passed by the l^ejglslatuirbtf 1869,
and signed by tbe tiorefhor.
1. ToslegaBzo and make valid all ad-
.lourmunts of tbe Superior Courts of the
•State by the Clerks of said .Courts, where
the presiding Judges may bnvo baen t»b
sunt, ahd may have *■- 1 —
order for adjouramonl
cause.
is of the Corap-
Trousiirer, and
t ho expfrfitioa
w , „ in tlm oiling, or Uia like,
This ooiisti uction makes the declaration
liman tho reverse ot what it said, thu
uiinunoitttinu of it i« quite tullWicut to
prove that thu English Government did
not moan to bo bound by it. Thnrtt can
bo no Joubt of the motive. Hostility to
in. made Mufsall violate international law
and his agreement with us. Whon wo
complained that all this was contrary to
the declaration of Baris, and that ho Was
injuring us by giving * respect to that
blockade to which it was not entitled, he
Olid it wm quit- truo- and m his into
-pencil, nllii b*d to by US ft ri. ol t, time ll^O,
he ntatoh bis reasons fordoing •<). the
English, it seam■ m • blockudea a toast
.. •< uoo miles, and thi-y had no right to
repr-hond ih- Yat.l.-n.w f-r dn.ng tho
tiling Now, thut very blockade or
winch Ku.h-U Imre s; • ;.k . bus houii ac
knowledged by Km i n writ-rs on public
lew, a* well a. Kuglish historians, to
have boon altogether against law, while
ill foreigner*, without uxceptioii, do
notiticn it us tho must infamous outrago
over pcrpotrulad upon tho rights ot neu
tral nations,
Tho barbarians wljo havo heen bosiog-
ing this city continue at intervals the so-
runadcs in attempting to shell Uio city.
We. cannot I.C HXP' ■-I to give purticu-
1,114 ,>f »iimIi di-gu^t,• , priiclic- .*, but for
the grutifL iiti- M ••*. I:- -nt rea.ler*, wo sre
thankfully enabled f .Into that no life
has been 1-t »»d no porsnnal injury
Laii.od thro .Th the la- week. 1 n« dam
aged.me •.-> property < ould he repaired 4
x (:„it mm h le*» than bus b.-eu »
in pnwd'-: and • tq»11 a for inllielin
doiihtthn Yankees on earth havo
th fiondidi delight
Greek fir-
kees in h
Hack R'rr,
I “a
that Hack
-The Ne
•est of the Confederacy
r the onomy into tnu
Ut him and ntrongth-
Auth
aent* for the compliment shf* |
r Journal in making it the
ugh which the light of her
no is U» first find their way in-
•nj'cderary «t*t.<i, on the au-
n. Howell Cobb, thnt mom-
isto troop.-, who
dust before I arrived, Major
Knite bad h-s hor*e killed under him,
mi i bad found Uio General but a lltfla
his linos,
roductii
attack or dcfpn*o in a gun-
iont, by th • large number
uisiteror guarding rni'roads, bridges,
ordnance, quartonuuauir und commisiary
store*, and keeping open communication
with Lis base of tupplia*.
oral an gag )
Tribuno)
Yankees showered around
id it is most reunirkanle h
of ins,.*tuff witii him escaped
• drua;u. VS'u Return 1 ‘KobtUXRV ViauiSna.~Them wa« r
.» ,i I news received yrs erday from Norioei
;,ia. A r*|*ort was circulated du
icg^tbaday that a fle-t of Yankee trails- j while before Ins horse was wounded.^Dr. j A correspondent of th.*
ports were in tbo Folonm , a no that
Gen. Meade bad gone to Washington to'
Oonsult with roferonco to the tran-’er of At the juoctu, D » ■•••'«« ■■* . wut .. ..
the Yankee army of tbe Potomac from of tho *Ull ut other point* executing van- R nd isnowin tho band* of the onemy.
the line of-the Rappahannock to the ! ous orders, i cannot approxunato our jl WMi ^,t .„i duty, hut was viaiting tbo
PtuiHkula or bouth s.da. This raport . f‘»M. ij(artillery, our lo,s u heavy..H»r- | my in civilian’ ’
doubtless lias iu origin in the appear- I due » corps but twelve pieces, and lireck-
, anca of the Russian fleet, which ws, inridgo's twenty-six.
ih to join j recently at N*w York, in the waters of 1 ^
ice. Cun be train- tbe Potomac. This fl set is undei-tood t*. Tbe Nate he* Courier publisbei
ami transportation , be noting upthalstraam wilji a view of I the vessels iMilonging
and now in . payiug
it, while Hunt j writing from the anny - f tho J
ayMtf escaped unhurt. #tau-H that Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher
the juncture l spoke of, the balance wut cqpturud xluring the late engagement
The Sl'mtkr.—A letter from Bermuda
I announces the arrival of the celebrated
a list of steamer Sumter from vV ilnjington. It i*
Yankee said she iy hound to Liverpool t<> toceive
It oompri- . her outfit and return to her old trade of
I ,‘pirating.”
returned fr.
to his agricultural property <>n the YVc-t-
urn prairir-, and has accented nn invita
tion from Provident Lincoln to act before
him nna hi* Cabinet on the ‘Jlst, I and
28.1 of Dccombor.^ ^ ^
Tkt.EorapiiIC Pf.at.—Yostcrd.iy a sy-
nop.-i* of tbe President’s Mossggo, con
taining twelve hundred words, wu» tele
graphed from the office In Ki.-hniond,
and reach'd Montgomery and the inter
mediate points of Wilmington, Augurta,
Macon, and Columbus, bofc.ro Its rend
ing waa concluded in tho two bouses of
CungroF''. It was received at nil tho
above named points at 1 o’clock—Augus
ta timo.—Rich. Dinp. 10/A.
Ex-Got. Pratt. — Kx Gov. Pratt, of
Maryland, banished by tho Lincoln des
potism, has arrived nt. Fortress Monrou,
and is expected up by flag of truce. If
dor. Pi III . w ill take tho oath of aim
giam u to the Gun federate Stares, be will
(ioubilfi* l»u received and W' lcome-l by
our uuthoriu* ; if not, the Yankee* will
huve to lake him back, a*,they did Mr.
GI on n.—RetersOury Hr^rees.
The Yankees havo decided that “a'sdo-
jikii. grossly protqberanl, or oxecssivo
obesity,” are sufficieht causes f-»r exemp
tions, and the decision is creating consid
erable discussion. _
^<*~The Georgia ponltentinrT has
enough for two year-, and will tun. *»•«. .
about two feundrod pairs ol cotton cards J
daily.
^rockW'd
tbe thought ol
.and tbo Yen-
!i nic corurratulnllhg thein
the worthy oil'orts of tl oir
. .Join represents her cnlighl
'iaii people und power, will
; n. whcroftbmfV. on tho map
It have country ?—LAuWrs/on
xpiori-J by rifllu
ifrefore, t-« atj'urd
liting held nl ob-
i■ >ri i ul.unilanlly
ipii- ' i for the >>b
ullt-r iiibiniyuli ml re pi i.
J..i
•lude
b-rmisl from the
Zoological fc-'C ' ty. A p’mtographor al-
U acoiDpanc • the cxpaUition, tho results
f whose exertions will, doubtless, afford
„ valuable adjunct to the labors of tho
party, which, if the Uat« of the country
permit, are intended to extend ovur «
period of six or tight months.
Mii.i.KimicviLl.>•, Ga.. -Dec. 14.
Editor Telegraph: Tfii'is the lasldav
of tho session oy tlm Coni’i'ntion of the
State The Committee • •! ’ 'miWronce
thorf’biH t-» ruorvaniM Militia of t
.State” have agr.-ed lo liivnie tho imllUo
into two clas.i i -th.- f.r*t - lass to b# call
rd “the militia p'ftpcr, and include# all
males between the ag-* ot 17 to All and
also include* widowers without children
and unm irriod men. This class
called into •ervioo at any lime, and b«
oompollo.1 to go i,n;'where. _ <
The wood clus«,-or. it is calle.l.
••q’he Mllltiu Reserve, includes &li males
from 1*1 tu 17 hmJ from fit) w HO ,v,»r. r>W.
I hi* clu«s includes widowers and mar
ried men with children. This class is
not subject to draft, or drill, oxoopt in the
last exigor.cy.
Bad Punctuation.- A blundering
nompositor, m sotting up tho 'toast," Wo
man— without hsF, man would boa sav
age,' 1 K“t U'o Vun dual ton in the wrong
11 To inoorporxto t
pan.v ill the city of Macon
Urn Umpire 3taU Insurftnai^_
12. To alter and amend an 1
to tho lulling Af liquor ir»
Murray cmint^^Bk . j
Bh ’I’o rtfpOHi an act to . ..
fleers and freeiioldm for bolding fi
uloctions in Kinanuel county. ^
oompnnaato Petit Jurors in r **
14 To tsinond an act to. Inbi_.
Stonewall Insursnco (Johipany,
lo For tho reliof of caruin counties
therein named.
1U To alter nml amend several acfa -dft-
corporating the city of At.anta.
17 To increase the salaries ortl:
trolicr General, tho State Troatu.-
Socrutary eff State, nftnr tho exj»l
of tlm present taint of offleo of tho in-
uurnbents.
lb To allow tho Clerks of Ordinary Of
Uni Stuto, to draw tho Common School
fund duo ihoir respective counties, fur tbo
years 1802 und 1889.
10 To repeal OOdd section of tho Coda
of Georgia relative to Road Commis
sioners.
alter and amondau'nct, to ro-
poal an act to extend the-civil jurisdic
tion of. Tuitioos of the Pence in the city
of .Savannah, assented to Fobruary 17th,
1854.
21 To exempt curtain lands from taxa
tion.
22 To dofino tbo oaths of Noatries Pub
lic in tho .State of Georgia.
2ib To cori inue in Pirro 4th suction of
an act passed over tho Governor's Voto
.'M)tli of November, 1860, entitled un uct
to provide iii'ainat th« fnriAi»•;»•«> <_.f »1>«
several Bank Charters of this Stale, Ac.
21 To authorize all persons in tho
Military service of this State, or of tho
Confederate Staton, including those in
Hosuitals and detailed service, tc/voteat
Municipal Elections.
26 To repeal the act assented to 80th of
Novornbor, 1661, consolidating the office*
of Rycoivor of Tax Returns and Tax
Collectors in th in .State.
2’i To appropriate fund* to tbo use
"f the* Georgia Uoliof apd Hospital Asso
ciation.
27 To amend an net.to charier and in-
corporate "Tjio Traders’ aud Ifpji-.inar*’.
Bank.” * ')•
28 To Rttiond tho oath of Tax Payers
for tho year 1864.
2U To carry into oflact so much of 2d
section of the 4th articlo of the Constitu
tion ns relatnn to Divorcos.
80 To provide for the supprossion of
unlawful dintillntlon of grain arid other
commoditlvs in this Htufo.
HI To add curtain sections to tho Penal
Codn of Georgia.
82 To iiifireasa tlm salaries of llin Sac-
returius of the Executive Department,
tho Clerk of tlio Comptroller General,
Principal Keeper of tlio Penitentiary,
und Superintendent of tbo Georgia Mili
tary Institute.
88 To (amend un net incorporating the
Southern Insurance Company.
84 To change the time of holding the
Inferior Court of i'ikp county.
86 To allor und amend section 01-1 of
the Godo of Georgia.
80 To amend lection ^630 fff tho Code
of Georgia.
87 To repeal section of tbe revised
Undo, und substitute unothor sfletfott ill
Urn thereof
38 For the support of Ih* Georgia Aoad-
iny for tho Blind.
8‘J To alHr and changothwtima ofhold-
np tlm Inferior Court* of Mi!l«* find’
Stewart counties. ,
4U To amend 780th section the Code
rolativo to taxing defaulters.
41 To provide for paying tho members
of tho 4th Ooorgia Brigade tho half pay
till due them for State sorvloo,
42 To authorize the omploy merit of a
Clui k in tho Treasury Department, and
providocompensation for the same.
48 To confer certain powers on tho
Judge of the City Court of Augusta.
41 To ro-orgunizn tho Jury Boxes in
certain oountios, and for other purposes.
45 To incorporate "Tho Home Insur
ance Company.”
40 To alter and amend tho charter of
tlio City of Columbus, and to prescribe
the iiiouu of electing certain City officers.
47 To amend the 1st sec’ion of an act
incorporating thu city of Griffin.
48 To extend tlio timo of making re
turns ol the children entitled to tho bene
fit of thu Educational Fund of Gooagia,
for 1868.
4'J For tho reliof of Wosloy Sheffield of
Miller county, Ac.
60 'Po amend tho ch&rlor of tlio bank of
WhiUlttld.
<51 For tho relief of‘J. T. and Kuto
p m 4 U,*rson.
52 lle^utotiiig tbo advertising of sale*
by AdminL*>tor<, Exocutors and Guar
dian*. Ac.
58 To repeal an act 10 authorize Clerks
of he Superior and lnturi’'f Coutrs and
Ordinary of ( harlton county to Voep their
residences, Ac.
54 To legalise all marriages between
first cousins which have bocu contracted
since January 1st, 1868.
55 Tu change the line between Sumter
and Xerroil counties, and make Kinchu-
| I'oohu c.-eek thu lino ol thu same.
56 To increase tho pay of tho Public
Printer.
Hesolutioiia.
1 Thanks to Gun. Bragg and hi* gal
hint command for tho bravery displayed
at Uhickninaugu,
2 Requesting tho establishment of u
mail route in tuo county ut Charlton.
8 Supplying certain counties with pro
visions.
4 Requesting the action of Congrurs for
yunciu an*.
. which tiovdu' it r
without her man, Would bo
The mistake w!.» not dhcoverad until the
editor’* wifu uftdortook to road the proa..
. . Jay of humiliation ana prayer.
8 Tofuspoud tho collection of Tax in
Kind in curtain casns.
7 Providing f.»r the purchase of tho Tax
m Kind in certain counties for the use of
Hu. indigent poor.
y To revoke the appointment of offi
cers, and appoint citizun* in their place.
10 To authorize the Goieruor to fur
nish thu counties not yet supplied will)
cotton yarn, at tho same prices that he
tins heretofore furnished counties.
11 An expression of the determination
of Georgia to prosecute the present war
will) tho utmost vigor and energy.
12 Kxproxsive ot an unabuted confi
dence in tho ability and devotion and
••nlightened patriotism of President Du-
i’o consolidate certain standing Com
mittee*.
fo consolidate standing Committees.
Grant-ngfruo transportation to soldier*
on furlough.
Requesting tho appointment of citizens
of counties to collect the Tax in Kind.
Resolution relative to a small route
boiwsen Clsrksvilh and Dahlonoga, and
from Athens t»> Auburn, via Jog Factory
and G. W. Smith’* store.
Resolution relative lo tbo disposition
of aortaiu battle flags, — ,