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A. STRICT COJtSTKUCTIOJI OF THI CONSTITOTIOI-AR HOFCST AID IOOXOXICAk ADMINISTRATION OP THE QOVXXNHBHT.
Ragland a Wynne, Proprietors.
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1871.
Volume XLHI—No. 46.
Tho Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. MARTIN Editor.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1871.
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HOT. CON LET*# IMAtlK.
We copy the document in full. It in no
miiiHual thing for Executive officers to
commence their official service with great
promises of fidelity, impartiality, retrench-
merit and reform; and in thin particular
Conley is os promising as the best of them.
Ah bis term will doubtless be a very short
one, we may reasonably hope that he will
have no time to go far astray from the
programme of his Message. In trutn, we
rather like it* general tone. But then we
remember with despondency that politi
cians of his stripe, as loud as he is in pro-
fcHHions of “Joxl'y" and honesty, have
swindled nearly every other Southern
State out of millions, involved a number
of them iu debts of auoh magnitude as to
entail grievous taxation for generations to
come, and hopelessly bankrupted several.
It is noteworthy that • Gov. Conley, by
professed antagonism of policy, pointedly
condemns Bullock and his administration,
lie seems to liavo taken particular pains to
repudiate the acts of Bullock of which the
people complain, and to promise an ad
ministration just the opposite. It will be
difficult for Bulk ck to make anybody be
lieve that the people of Georgia had no
good cause for gravo complaints against
him, when they see that the Execu.ivo
whom he was so anxious to install as his
successor commences his administration
by io »>oin f .edly and energetically protest
ing that the things whioh Bullock delight
ed to do he will not do, and the things
w hich Bullock left undone he will be most
careful to do. With tills promise for his
chart, we wish acting Gov. Coulcy a short
term and a merry and successful one.
Disaster to tho Eire Crop.
We are permitted to make the follow
ing extract from a letter to a gentleman
of thia vicinity, reporting great damage
to the rioe cropa of aontheaatern Georgia.
The letter is dated Camden oounty, Ga.,
Oct. 17th:
“All my rioe crop ia gone. The young
or late rioe was Hooded by the long and
high freshet for nearly a month, whioh
killed it entiroly. Thongh late, it waa
fine. Not one bundle waa aaved. Our
oldeat rice was ready to cut, fine and tall;
that waa blown down by the northeast
storm and covered ao long that it sprout
ed and rotted*—not a bundle of good
saved from all of it. East of me, wkoro
the tides fell some five or six feet, plan
ters could cut and take out, and will save
perhaps a half crop. West of me shared
my fate. Some dire still cutting, paying
oue dollar per day, and foami, for hands ;
so you sec the freeumcn are making
mouoy.”
folambas Cotton Blaukrts.
A correspondent of the Nashville Union
and America n, writing from Jackson,
Tenh., concerning the “West Tennessee
Fair" held there, makes the following
mention of the beautful and comfortable
cotton blankets manufactured by the
Eagle A Phcuix Mills of this city:
An interesting aud useful article recent
ly patented by a Georgian aud for sale l>>
Dauaway, Audereon A Co., is a sample of
cotton blnnkets. Those blankets uro as
soft as lamb's wool and as beautiful os
textile fabrics can be made. The Aztecs
hud un art of woaving fabrics of eottou so
beautiful, so warm and so durable that
the Spaniards offered large sums to be
acquainted with the prooesa of making
such goods. They refused to impart it,
and it was thought to be a lost art, hut
this Georgian has rediscovered it, and
hereafter wo uiay expect to see blankets
as valuable in every particular made from
eottou as from wool.
A special correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution 'writes from Washington,
Nov«_lBt, that it ia believed there that
Hullook has Hod to Canada. Also, that
private dispatches have boon sent from
Washington to New York financiers to
the offeot that “the whole South will bo
put undor martial law witbin thirty days."
The Philadelphia Age saya: When the
lussian Grand Dnke arrives, those who
want to mako him feel at home onght to
promptly tall him that wa now have a
military ruler and also a Poland, and that
nothing that ever happened in his Pa's
dominions need oauao him a blush in this
land of liberty!
The Klertioas Yesterday.
State elections were held yesterday in
ten or twelve Staten, including Massa
chusetts, New York, New Jersey, Plinois,
\Wisconsin, Virginia, Maryland and Mis
sissippi ; also oounty eleetiona In Alaba
ma. We suppose that we will reoeive re
turns indicative of the result from none
of tholn (except perhaps Massachusetts
and New York) in time for this issue of
our paper. The general reault will prob
ably be significant enough to admonish
one of the great parties that a “new de
parture" ia needed to retain or regain ita
success. Should thia result be favorable
to the Democrats, the Radioals will prob
ably relax somewhat their unconstitu
tional domination over the South, and
postpone for the present the extension of
martial law. Bat should the Radical
power remain unbroken, the Northern
Democrats will probably “oaat about
them" for new alliances or some changes
of front.
The election in Wisconsin is peculiarly
intereating from the fact that the Demo-
crats tried a “departure" there. De
spairing of triumptrunder their own lead
ers and old Hags, they nominated Hon. J.
R. Doolittle, a conservative Republican,
for Governor, and adopted a platform ac
cepting the Ctastitqtional Amendments.
It wss the first election in any Northern
State in which this “new departure" was
made a prominent issue—prominent, we
mean, in its bearings upon the election.
Should it prove a failure in Wisconsin,
the Democrats of the North may as well
abandon all hope ot material succor from
Conservative Republicans. But should it
sucoeed in wiping out or greatly reducing
the Kadioal majority in Wisconsin, the
success of tbe experiment will perhaps
encourage the Democrats of the North to
take the counsel of Vallandigham, or that
of Blair, and relax tbeir party organiza
tion with a view to the defeat of Grant
and his reckless party.
Tho Mormon question is still a perplex
ing one, and the mode of the abolition of
polygamtny yet uncertain. A comprom
ise is talked of, but it does not seem to
bo- a matter admitting of oouiprouiiHo.
And of all compromises, that suggest
ed by the Mormon “BiMhop" Bharpo seems
to bo tho most iueonsiNtcut aud ridicu
lous. A New York lit raid “interviewer"
roports this Saint un having said that
polygamy was “the fundamental part of
the Mormon religiou, tho mainspring upon
which all oiso depends" ; thut it won not
praeticed by a great many, but “principal
ly confined to the more strictly religious
and conscientious of our people ", llis
idea of a compromise of this “funda
mental part of his religiou was to tolornte
polygamy atuoug those who have a plu
rality of wives, but to forbid the succeed-
iug generation to practice it! And then
what will become of his religion, with the
distinguishing and most important princi
ple bargained away ?
(iraeral ToomIm Aftia Heard Frew.
It has been generally supposed that
Gen. Toombs agreed with Mr. Stephens
in agitating ths question of aocspting the
Constitutional Amendments—called the
1 'emocratio * ‘New Departure." But a cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
wto lately “interviewed" Gen. Toombs at
Atlanta, reports him quite differently.—
He says that he asked Gen. Toombs about
the Constitutional Amendments, expect
ing the General to “smite them with fear*
ful violence," but that be only replied:
“Aa to the amendments end other mat
ters that the party cannot agree upon, let
mem be left ea open questions subject to
ufure discussion. We have numerous
instances of this in England. The whole
thing can remain statu quo until the par
ty is ready to agree, one way or the
other."
The correspondent*adds:
“This, I believe, is Andy Johnson’s
>lan. lie don’t believe in tbe Democratic
rty fretting away ita strength in qoar-
jiitg about that which it has not tbe
power to decide one way or the other at
present Leave the question open, and
go to battle on something else. Certain*
)y there ia plenty to fight about"
This interviewer says that Gen. Toombs
declared that be was hoaxing tbe New
York Herald correspondent to the “inter*
yiew" which (bet correspondent so sense,
tionsfly reported some months ago.
That’s what wa bsHaved at tba time.
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The jury of inquest to investigate the
disastrous anvil explosion in Montgome
ry, Ala., after an examination of witi
es and a review of tho facto of the ease,
expressed the opinion that under all the
circumstances the killing of Mr. Camp-
bell was “nothing less than murder."—
The Advertiser says that it ia tbe almost
unanimous public demand that somebody
shall be held accountable to the laws for
the killing of Mosers. Campbell and Frost
pad perhaps others.
UOYKBXOR CONLEY'S MESSAGE.
Executive Department, )
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4, 1871. )
To the Senate and House of llcpresenta-
tirts:
The unexpoctod resignation of his Ex
cellency, Governor Bullock, htH devolved
npou me, as President of the Senate, the
exercise of the functions pertaining to the
Executive Department.
In entering npou the discharge of this
laborious aud responsible task at this ex
citing period in onr history, i can but ex
press the diffidence which I feel in as
suming this weighty responsibility. 1
enter upon the discharge of theae duties,
however, with the fixed purpose that I
will, during the limited period of my offi
cial term, ao all in my power to promote
peace, harmouy and good will among our
poople, and to advance the beat interests
of the Htate.
While it is well known to you and tho
people of Georgia that I have been, and
am now, a consistent and ruyielding Re
publican, 1 shall not, in the discharge of
my executive duties, permit polities to
have anything whatever to do with my
conduct. While in my present office, 1
am Governor of the whole people of tho
State, without regard to party distinc-
tinctions; and I iu vile all, without refer
ence to race, color, or party alliance, who
may have business connected with my de
partment, to approach me freely and
make known their wishes at any time,
with tho assurauce thut I will do all in my
power to promote tho interests of each in
every mutter pertaining to iny official du
ties, to the extent of my ability.
It scorns to me thut we huve had enough
of wraugling and strife, and elimination
recrimination. The country needs repose
and quiet, which can nover be promoted
by continually fomenting political strife.
We have had experience enough to
demouK'rote that nothing lias boeu
gained to the people of the South by tlio
adoption of a defiant and boisterous
course, while the power rests in tho gov
ernment backed by a vast majority of the
people of tho Union. Under theso cir-
must an cos, it is my sincere wish that
every department of tho government of
this State, aud every class of people, may
shape their conduct that there may be
reason for iiuy declare'ion of martial
law, any suspension of tho writ of habeas
<trims, or any further reconstruction. If
the people of theKouth will be law-abiding
and law-enforcing, and lay aside all ex
treme measures, uiy opinion is that tho
day is not far distant when the Congress
of tho United Stales will proclaim by act
measures intended to promote the publio
good, and to restore confidence and qniet;
aud I respectfully solicit the aid of all
good citizens in ovory portion of the
State, withont regard to party affinities,
race or oolor, in support of the govern
ment in this importaut work. Let us, by
our conduot, show to the world that we
aro still capable of self-government, and
that there ia virtue, intelligence and in
tegrity enough among onr people to se
cure all the ends for whioh government
is instituted and maintained. If we will
tako this coarse, wo will relieve muoh of
the apprehension which exists at the
present day, and will do tnnoh to restore
confidence among our people, and secure
immigration, the influx of oapital, aud
tho general development of the resources
of the Htate, and will thereby remove all
possiblo pretext for Federal interference
of any oharacter in our local affairs.
FOFULAB EDUCATION.
The Gonoral Assembly at its last ses
sion enacted a law providing for publio
schools in this State, whioh, in tho main,
meets my hearty oo-operation. Tho act,
as is tho ease in tho inauguration of every
The Macon Telegraph reports tbe
wholly unprovoked murder of a negro wo
man, near Montezuma, last weok, by a
white man named Soott. Scott was drunk
and driving home in his wagon, when he
met a negro man and woman goiug to
work, and without any provocation fired
at them, with the above-named result.—
Ho protested that he was entirely uncon
scious of what ho did. The excitement
against him, among both whites and
blacks, was so great that ho had to be pro
tected in jail to prevent bis being lynched.
E. F. Blodgett, sou of Foster Blodgett,
has bcon arrested in Atlanta, upon the af
fidavit of C. P. McCalls, charging him
with complicity with W. D. Millar iu
swindling tho State Road. A truo bill
has been found against the latter, and the
trial will soon come.
Death or Dr. J. J. Boswell.—From
a funeral notice sent to Dr. S. A. Tilling,
learn that this gentleman died at Brook-
haven, Miss., on the 30th October ult.
Dr. B& roil was a practicing physician in
Oolnmbus for thirty years and many of
our citizens will learn of bin death with
sinoere regret. He came to this city in
1835 and left it for Mississippi in 1866.
For nineteen years he was a partner in the
medical firm of Billing A Boswell, and
throughout that long period was recog
nized im a physician of enlarged skill aud
attain monte. In the language of his late
partner ho waa “-quick to plan, bold to
execute," and as a medical practitioner
was remarkably snccessful. But this use
ful and honored instrument in saving the
lives of others, has himself yielded to the
insatiate archer, and the sympathies of old
friends here will be folly extended to his
bereaved family in Mississippi.
Factobt Burnt.—We learn from tho
Tbomaston Herald, of the 4tb, that on
the day previous the Waynmanvillo Fac
tory, in Upson county, was burned.—
Thia was one of the factorise of Messrs.
Hwift, Hamburger A Co., and we uuder-
stand was tho first cotton faotory built in
Georgia. It was of fifteen hundred spin
dle capacity, and was worth aomq thirty
thousand dollars. New end valuable rope
machinery had reoentiy been added to
the establishment. No insuranoe.
Bio Fox Hunt.—The riders of Harris
oounty are going to have a grand convo
cation of fox hnnters at Catania, in that
county, on the 29th h:st. They invite all
lovers of the chase who have two hounda,
to join them on the occasion. Fo~ bant
ing it a fine old time gentleman's sport,
and we predict a gay time for the foxes
abont tbe 29tb. Tbe hnnters, between
untrained horses and dogs not accustomed
to ran together, will doubtless- find it
pretty rough. But that is a small matter;
it will not prevent the party from having
a splendid time. We are obliged to onr
Harris friends for an invitation (dogs
waived,) hut most be exoused, ss we can't
chase foxes successfully in a “buggy.**
new system, probably has sumo defects
•’s reflootiu
which a year's reflection and practice may
have suggested *o those who arc now en
trusted with tho responsible duty of repre
senting tho people. t J trust a system
of popular education nmy meet with gen-
oral favor, aud commend itself to all. It
is very important thut we give our people
tho advantages of a liberal education iu
all cases whore we have the uieaus to do
op, and that we should place within tho
reach of overy citizen the means of ac
quiring tho rudiments of a common En
glish education. Our republican institu
tions rest upon the virtue and intelligence
of the people, aud it noouih to mu to be
a patriotic duty to eucourago the general
diffusion of knowledge by every means
within our powor.
In every country where a wise system
of popular education hns been adopted the
results have been such as to demonstrate
tho wisdom of tho poplicy. Take, as an
illustration, the kingdom of Prussia,
which whs overrun aud trampled uuder
foot by Nopoleon the Great. That thou
small, Necoud-rnte power,after the storm of
revolution had swept over Europe, adopt
ed the most liberal and extensive system
of popular education of auy other power
upon thut continent. Tho education of
the childrou of Prussia was made com
pulsory. Parents were not permitted to
tiring them up in ignorauco. Iu France,
where the arts and sciences liavo been eu-
cauruged, and the liighor branches of
education have been carried to an extent
univesal nmuosty, thereby restoring ovory scarcely equalled by any othor country,
citizen of the South to tho full measuro ' J “— % -— * — *'
of eili/.euship, with the rights pertaining
to tbe same. This is a consummation de
voutly to be hoped for ut the earliest day
possiblo.
FINANCES,
very large proportion of tho proporty
of tho people of this State was destroyed
by tho late unfortunate war, leaving our
people greatly impoverished, and very
much discouraged. They have struggled,
however, with an energy and zeal that aro
highly coinuiendablo. We see around u»
every hand the signs of returning pros
perity, which* is very gratifying to tho
heart of overy patriot. But the heavy
burdens of the Government have a very
depressing effect. Tho taxes are much
higher than they were boforo tho war,
while tho property owued by the people
of the State, upon which tuxes are to be
paid, is infinitely less. Under these cir
cumstances it is a question well worthy
tho atloutiou of every department of the
Government how we may so administer
the affairs of the StAte as to imposo the
lightest burdens upon the people, and
secure the greatest efficiency iu tho Ad
ministration of publio affairs. In my
opinion, it is the imperative duty of the
Legislative and Executive Departments of
the Government, to do everything that
can bn done consistently with ronson and
an eulightened policy to reduce taxation,
and remove the burdeus uuder which our
people now groan. To this end it is my
fixod purpose to curtail all unnecessary
expenses iu every matter couuocted with
my department; to cut off ull supernum
eraries, if any l>o found, from positions;
and to administer the affairs of the Exec
utive Department upon principles of the
strictest economy, not expending a single
dollar unless it is actually necessary to do
In this ruuttor I trust and bclievo I
shall have tho hearty co-operation of the
General Assembly, and that you will so
shape your legislation as to sutisfy the
people of the State that tho Government
iu the hands of those who have regard
for their interest, aud who are determined
to remove from them every burden which
is not absolutely necessary to be borno.
And in this connection I bog to state in
advance, that I can sanction no legislation
of any character which looks to wasteful
extravagance or to un unnecessary expen
diture of the people's mouoy. Wo must
economize in such ways as to do justice
to the tax-payors, aud restore popnlar
confidence in tho Government. The pub
lic expenditures should not be enlarged,
nor the public debt increased, unless upon
the most solid and substantial considera-
t* •'oa.
Oil account of tho short period since I
entered upon my Executive duties, I am
unable to give to the General Assembly a
statement of the publio debt, or to inform
you of the disposition made of the bonds
of tbe State authorized by the General
Assembly to be issued. I will, however,
take prompt steps to inquire into the
whole mutter, and most earnestly urgo
upon tho Legislative Department of tho
Government to make thorough investiga
tion into this matter, and I will most
cheerfully give all the aid of tho Execu
tive bruucb of tho Government, so as to
have this important subject fully aud
clearly understood.
popular education has been greatly neg-
Ii-6'cd, and tho result has bocn thut iu a
little ovor half a century the dejected and
downtrodden kingdom of PriiHBia has
risen to the magnitude of a first-olass
powor, and has humbled tho mighty em-
piro of France at her feet. It is not nec
essary for me to consume time by citing
othor instances. I presume that no intel
ligent man who hns investigated this ques
tion can doubt that in tho education of
tho musses rosts the greatest security of
our government iu the futuro, and tho
grontust power for tho development of
onr vast resources.
I cun but coimuond tho wisdom and
forethought of tLo lute Gonoral Assembly
in laying down na one fundamental pro
vision of tho system iu this State, that
the diffornt races shall be separate in tho
schools. We can have no mixed schools.
It is not for the interest of either raco
that it should be so. While there should
bo equal jiisiico done in the distribution
of the public funds for the education of
the children of both races, our schools
should be separate, and onr colleges
should he separate.
We are glad to find it rioted in the la-
tori oorreupondenee of several of the pa
pers from Atlanta, that Speaker Smith,
of Moaeogee, “has the inride track" for
the nomination for Governor.
Death or Mae. Callus Lumpkin.—We
einoerely regret to leera that Mm. Gritte
Lumpkin, widow at the late Chief Joriioe
J. H. Lumpkin, died yeeterday morning
in Athena. We believe
at her reel den oe
Mrs. Lumpkin wu in bar ttoth year, and
had been ul for some tims.
Mrs. Lumpkin wu n lady of exalted
character, esteemed and beloved by all
who had tba pleunra and honor of bar
|Q^Wf|tp —Atlanta jYnc &ra % Ith,
EXECUTION OF THE LAWS.
It is well known to the General Assem
bly that violations of the law, growing,
in a great measure, no doubt, out of the
demoralization which always follows from
a war of the magnitude of that through
which we bavo just passed, have been
alarmingly frequent iu this State; and it
ia certainly the duty of every public offi
cer and every good citizen to do every
thing in his poorer to discountenance and
check lawlessness aud crime of every
character. So long as popular sentiment
is not decided upon this question, and
criminals can feel that they have popular
countenance, we can expect but little im
provement. It therefore becomes the
dnty of the Executive, Legislative and
Judicial Departments of the Government
to take a firm and decided stand in favor
of law and order, and to punish crime
wherever it may be legally shown to exist,
no matter whether the perpetrator may
be high or low, rich or poor. To this
end, the General Assembly should ensot
suoh laws, if there be sny defect in our
preeent system, as are necessary to give
the courta foil power over this subject;
and the courts end the j arise should take
hold of thia matter with decision and en
ergy, and teach criminals that the law
esnnot be violated with impunity. Aud
it will be e source of pride and pleasure
to me, while exercising the executive
functions of tho government, to aid in
every possible manner in the execution of
the laws, both civil and criminal. When
a court and jury have investigated a case
calmly and dispassionately, and the law
has been administered impartially, tbe
cbm will have to be an extreme one, hav
ing some features of mitigation that ab-
aolutely call for axeeutive action, before
I shall interfere and arrest the execution
of the criminal laws. The safety, peace
and prosperity of all depend upon the
prompt and vigorous execution of the
criminal lews in the present deranged
condition ot onr society. Io this matter,
I shall carefully co-operate with the other
STATE UNIVEUHITY AND AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE.
I cannot too strongly comiuoml to tho
Gonoral Assembly tho importance of a
liberal endowment to our Mtuto Universi
ty. No one who reads tbo history of the
Htute, and the provisions on the subject
incorporated into the earlier constitutions,
can doubt that it was the intention of our
futhers to establish and mautaiu in Geor
gia a first-class University; und it is e
mutter of deep regret that the people of
Georgia huvo so loug failed to carry out,
in all its munificence aud magnitude, this
grand scheme of those wise aud great
men who laid the foundations of our gov
ernment. Undor our prosont system, it
becomes a matter of necessity thut we de
velop, to tho highest extent, tho minds
of our sons and daughters. We have vast
physical resources, probably unsurpassed
by uny Htute iu tho Union, but they can
never be fully developed until wo have
first developed tho mental resources of
our people. We must educate our sons
for every department in life. It is not
onough that we have, as in the past, a re
spectable college, wlioro Latin und Greek,
and tho othor studies connected with the
old college curriculum, are taught. Un
der our present system, we need uot only
educated lawyers, doctors and divines, but
wo need educated farmers, mechanics and
chemists, and educated men in every de
partment of life, anJ we L^ed au institu
tion in our own Htate, wheiu tho young
men of Georgia can be prepared for these
various departments. In other words, we
need a University where thoso who are
studying for the law or for tho ministry,
may be taught Latin and Greek and ull
the branches necessary to accomplish
them in the pursuit which they have cho
sen. But couiiccted with luis we need a
school of medicine where u young man
desiring, after he has graduated in col
lege, to make *he practice of medicine
his vocation, can completely propare him
self for that field of usefulness. Thia
might bo-dono by connecting with the
University one or more of the present
medical colleges. We already have a lari
school conpccted with the University.—
Wo need'also a department where civil
engineering oan be taught to a greater ad
vantage thuu we are now able to teach it-
We need a department where applied
chemistry and upplied mathematics cun
bo taught as fully as in auy other institu
tion, so that a y juug man who desires to
make himself a {Tactical chemist, esn get
his education at home; or, if he desires
to make himsulf a master mechanic, he
can be educated for that department; or,
if he desires to become an architect, he
oan be accomplished for that department;
and so with every useful branch of knowl
edge. In this way, the State of Georgia
would be able to educate her sons at home,
and to draw within her besom, to reoeive
a liberal education, hundreds and even
thousands of tbe youth of other Southern
States. The endowment for this purpose
shonld be s liberal one, which might well
be made by issuing bonds of the State,
having fifty or an hundred years to run,
payable to the University, tbe interest on
ly to be paid annually, and tbe amount
bright, intelligent, promising boyn, who
would be meu of future usefulness,have the
advantages of a liberal education at the
f mblio expense. Their course in after
Lfe would soon demonstrate that the mon
ey was well expended,aud it w ould be paid
back to the State in the development of
resources and tbe advancement of her
interests, with a hundred fold added.
In my judgment, there is no possble
wav in whioh half a million, or even a
million of dollars could be invested, which
would redound so muoh to the futore
glory, granduer and greatness of our no
ble ol
should be large enough to endow every
professorship neoessary to make the Uni
versity such an oue as Georgia might well
be proud of.
In connection with tbis,a system should
be estsblished by the erection of mess
halls or otherwise, whioh would afford
board to the student# at the UnivazaRy at
the loweat possible rate, and in all the
practical department* of tbe University
not taught in tbe other oritonaa of tba
State, tuition shonld be made free ao aa
to ensbla the eons of tha poorest man in
old Stato. I especially commend this
matter to the earnest and serious consid-
oratiun of this General Assembly.
In recommendiug the endowment of the
State Uuiversity, I intend nothing un
friendly to tho denominational colleges.
They have done muoh to elevAte the stand
ard of education in Georgia, and have
been, and still are institutions of which
not only the denominations to which they
belong, but the whole peoplo of the State
may be justly proud. 1 would say, there
fore, to our people, patronize them much
more liberally thau heretofore. 'Let them
go forward in their career of usefulness.
But when they have turned out a young
man as a graduate who dosiroH to enter
upon any profession or calling for whioh
his education thoro has not fully fitted
him, let tho Uuiversity of our own State
be open to him that ho may go there aud
complete ins education. In this manner
tho whole system may be harmorized and
all of our colleges work together with a
good underHtaudiug, oacli aidiug the oth
er iu its noble work.
If the Legislature should think proper
to endow the University liberally in tho
manner proposed, it would theu, in my
judgment, be good policy to turn over to
tho Stato Agricultural Society the land
scrip which has boon generously donated
by the Congress of tho United States,
and to permit said society, as the trustee
of the Htute, to endow nil Agricultural
college at Millodgevilto, with a branch at
Dahlonega, whore all that pertains to u
practical agricultural education may be
obtained by tho youth of onr State. In
this manner all conflict upon this ques
tion will bo reconciled, and all conflicting
interests served in a manner that would
tend to tho future growth and prosperity
of tbe StAte.
Before dismissing this subject, I would
further remark that justice demands An
otidowment of tho Atlunta University for
the colored populutiou of our State,
which will be sufficient to provide for all
their WAiitH at their present stage of ad
vancement. By making reasonable pro
vision for them, and building up their
collogo iu this Htute, we forever settle the
vexed question, whioh would become a
very troubloHomo one if they should seek
admittance iuto the University of the
State, and carry out the good understand
ing which has already boon inaugurated
between the two races—that not only
their schools, but thoir colleges, are to be
kopt perpetually separate and distinct
from each other.
THE STATE DEDT.
The reports of the Comptrollor-Gonoral
and Treasurer will be laid boforo you at
au early day. On nccouut of tho pressure
of other dutios to which I have been sub
ject since I entered upon tho discharge
of Exocutivo functions, I have hud no
time to examine them carofully and pre
pare any comments upon them. They
will, however, doubtless give you a cor
rect statement of tho present indebted
ness of the Stato.
While I reg.*et that onr liabilities huve
been increased to the amount already
reached, ana would advise great caution
up m this subject in the tut uro. 1 cannot
too strongly impress upon you the con
victions ol my own mind as to the impor
tation of maintaining tho public fuith in
violate. No Stato iu tho Union lias main
tained a higher or more unsullied charac
ter for integrity and tho faithful perform
ance of her obligations iu connection
with all financial matters than our own
beloved Georgia. And whatever may be
tho burdens to which wo aro now subject,
and whether wisely or unwisely incurred,
wo should meet them with thut spirit of
integrity and honor which has always
characterized Jiio people of Georgia, aud
their representatives who have been our
predecessors, aud which will, I trust, al
ways coutinuo to be a subject of just
pride. Whatever may be our misfor-
tuues, or our depressed condition, let it
never be suid thut the State of Geo* ,Ju
bus violated her plighted fuith, or failed
to regard as sacred aud meet promptly all
her legal aud moral obligations.
Iu concluding this communication, I
desire again to urge upon you tho impor
tance of moderation, wise caution and
harmony in all our official action; and
sincerely iuvoke the blessings of Al
mighty God upon our beloved Stato.
BENJAMIN CONLEY,
Governor.
tba Bute, who have intellect qpd saparify,
ontagoa aaeotaanr to
to aojoy all tha afivafttagss naeoeaary
fit them for a high degroa of — rialsari
Under onr old ay stem, tba adtotfteffto at
a collegiate and aven a liberal eduaalten,
wars oonfinad almost axclarivriy to-rite
bonu of tha wealthy. Many* ofiha toot of
the poorer class aro every way tbeir equal
in point of intellect and moral worth, and
there is no jnat reaeon why they should
be excluded from theee important advan<
tags*. It therefore beoomee the dnty of
deyartmeuta ot the government in all tb« State to see to it that ttwM Who m
section 741 of Irwin’s Cods. Mr. Lewis
—Bill to require the Ordinaries of the
several counties in issuing orders on tbe
County Treasurers to specify tbe items.
Mr. Reese—Bill to execute section 15, of
article 1, of tbe Constitution, making any
owner of property subjeot to a mechanic’s
or other lion, who shall transfer said pro
perty and fail to satisfy said lien, guilty
of misdemeanor.
In the House, the special committee to
whom was referred the application of Mr.
Page, of Lee, for leave of absence, re
ported that he is a fugitive from justioe,
beiug under indictment for murder, and
therefore leave of absenco shonld be re
fused him. Adopted.
The Honse gave seats to Messrs. Bacon,
Rons and Nutting, the Demooratio claim
ants from Bibb county, they having re
ceived certificates of election from the
Secretary of Htate, on the ground of ille
gal votiug for the Radical candidates, who
had a small majority of the vote cast.
Gov. Conley’s Message (oopiod in this
paper) was reoeived by both houses, and
refurrod to appropriate committees.
Several bills providing for a special
elociiou for Governor, also for reduoing
the pay of members and officers of tha
General Assembly, were presented.
Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, offered a
bill “to protect all persons in this State
in their civil rights," which was ordered
to bo printod.
Monday, Nov. 6, 1871.
In the Honato a number of bills were
road the first time : Hinton introduced a
bill to ropeul tho act which provides fora
spuciul election. Lester—a bill to regu-
lute tho practice of dentistry; making a
diploma euseutiul, and creating a board of
dentistry. House—a bill making the
burning of fences a felony. Smith—u
bill exempting crippled soldiers and wid
ows from taxation to tho amount of
000. Welborn—a bill to chunge the time
of meetiug of the Legislature.
A message fre u the house was received,
auuouucing the adoptiou of resolutions
repelling tho defamatory charges of Bul
lock. The resolutions developed a spicy
debate—Candler and Burns favoring, and
Brock opposing concurrence. The resolu
tions wore adopted by a vote of 29 to 8.—
Those votiug i.i the negative are: Brook,
Campbell, Clark, Colmaii, Crayton, De-
veaux, Henry und Welch.
The Houae reaolutio.iH closing the doors
cf the Treasury against certain warrants,
was concurred iu.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
The House met at IU a. id. The standing
committees wero appointed, and under a
cull of counties a number of bills were
road tho first time. One providing for an
election for Governor; one looking to the
reduction of tho per diem of members ;
aud oue to repeal the district court act.—
Among tho bills of general interest was a
bill to repeal tLo act ubolishiug tbo chain-
gang ; also a bill declaring it a misde
meanor for oithur employers or laborers
Phiin
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
The form in which the two houses, on
Friday, recognized Hon. Benj. Conley as
Governor, was by tho passage of a reso
lution raising a joint committee to notify
him of the organization of the Legislature
and its roadiness to receive any communi
cation from him. The Senate resolution
styled him “Governor Conley," and the
House resolution “Hon. Benj. Conley,
acting us Governor."
Tbe following are the resolutions
adopted in reference to Bullock's resig
nation and bis slanders of the poople of
Georgia:
Resolved, That llnfus II. Bullock, late
Governor of the Htuie of Georgia, who
has resigned his office, and left the HtAto
under circumstances creating grave suspi
cions that he is guilty of high crimes and
misdemeanors, lias, in charging, iu a letter
bearing dato 23d October, 1871, addressed
to bis political friends and the people of
Georgia, that a majority of the House of
Representatives had pledged themselves
to vote for articles of impeachment
against him, without investigation, and
that tbo Senate had determined to unseat
a sufficient number of Republican Sena
tors to secure bis conviction, withont re
gard to the troth and validity of tbe
charges, defamed this General Assembly
by charges whioh are nntrue.
Resolved, That the statement in the
■erne letter to the effect that the peeple
of Georgia have recently denounced or
ignored the Constitution of the United
States, is false and defamatory of tbe
people of this Htate; on the contrary we
assert that the people of this Htate do now
as they did six months ago, (when, ac
cording to the letter of Rufus B. Bullock,
they were peaoeebly disposed,) acquiesce
in the result of the war, and naither en
tertain any hostility toward tha United
States, nor deny to any person wiUtin the
State the equal protection of the lkas.
Saturday, Nov. 4.
Among the new bills introduced in the
Senate vert the following! To extend for
sixty days the time within which tax
collectors aro required to collect the taxes
of this year. Mr. Peddy—Bill to amend
,nn act to incorporate tbe North k South
Railroad Company, and to grant the an
doraement of the State on the bonds
Mr. Kibbee—Bill to amend aa
ari to preeoribe tha preotioe in oases of
IgJaariloQ sad other extraordinary reaie-
dies ia equity. Mr. Lewie—Bill to amend
section 049 of the Code requiring all per-
•one exoept licensed ministers to work
on tho publio roads. Mr. Lester—Bill to
rognlate and let ont to the lowest bidder
ibe publio printing of the State; also, a
biU to intend M) wf ftUtf md fttttod
to biouk contracts. Phillips introduced a
bill to abolish the Alapahu Circuit.
Rawls—a bill to change the time of the
mooting of tho Gonoral Asucuibly to the
third WednoHiluy in July. Hoott—a bill
to aineud tho charter of the State Univer
sity, providing for the election of four ad
ditional trustous. Dill—a bill to repeal
Hootiou 22 ol the appropriation sot of 1889.
Wood—a bill to repeal tno act fixing the
Hular.j»of Judges of the Supreme and
providing the rate of interest agreed apon
shall not exceed 12 per oent.
Mr. Brown advocated the passage of
the bill on the ground that it would tend
to reduce the rate of interest practically,
and that money shonld be subjoct to con
tract as other commodities.
Mr. Hinton opposed tbe bill becanae it
would divert oapital from such invest
ments as would benefit the public, would
advanoe tbe intertote of a few at the ex
pense of the many, and the law whioh it
proposes to repaid has stood the test of
many years’ trial.
Mr. Brook spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Matthews also favored ita passage.
Mr. Iiillyer proposed an amendment
that the rate of interest shall be fixed at
7 per oent., which may be ebanged by
agreement, in writing, of parties for s
A resolution providing that tfce Com
mittee on Publio Printing on the part of
the Senate and House inquire 'into the re
port that Samuel Bard, Publio Printer,
has resigned, and said pnbHe printing is
being done by R. B. Bollock, late Gover
nor; and if said report be true; said com
mittee beauthorized to Con tract for pub
lic printing until a Publio Printer oan be
elected. Adopted.
A resolution authorizing the appoint
ment of the following additional oommit-
tee*. to-wit—On tbe Western and Atlantic
Banned, on Corporations, cn Petitions
and Memorials, on the State Library and
Puttie Building*—waa adopted
A reeelotion . authorising the joint Fi
nance Committees of tbe Senate end
House to ropori wfaat legislation is neces
sary to protect rite credit of tbe Htate
from oertein acts off the last General As-
time not longer than one year, a-id if the - -
debt shall not be paid at tne expiration of sembly, was adopted.
that time, 5 per oent. only shall be ool- The House then adjourned until 9 a. m.
looted thereon; and insisted thst this
amendment would make it to the cred
itors’ interest to oollect the debt at the
end of the year, and ao promote tbe circu
lation of oapital, and would break the
force of the innovation.
Mr. Brown opposed the amendment.
The amendment of Mr. Matthews waa
lost; also the amendment of Mr. Hillyer
waa lost, and the bill passed.
Mr. Erwin offered a resolution that tho
Committee on Publio Printing be request
ed to inquire if tbe sets and journals of
the last Legislature are ready for distri
bution, and if ready, why they have not
been distributed* Adopted.
A bill to provide for filling the nnex*
pired term of R. B. Bollock, late Gov
ernor, by a special election, was taken np
and referred to tbo Judiciary Committee.
A message was reoeived from tbe Gov
ernor transmitting tbe Report of tbe
Comptroller General.
A bill to ropeal an act to organize the
District Court and define ita jurisdiction.
Mr. Hillyer offered an amendment, ex
emption the 10th and 85th Districts from
its operation.
Mr. Hinton thought it was not consti
tutional until some substitute for theDis-
trict Court shall be adopted, and moved
to lay it on the table. Lost.
Mr. lteeHe opitosed the amendment.
Mr. Welch stated that the Court was
desired in bis Distriot (I0tb,) and he
hoped it would be exempted from the bill.
Tbe amendment was lost and the bill
passed.
A bill to amend an aot to incorporate
the town of Hawkinsville, Pulaski coun
ty, and define its limits. Passed.
A bill to provide for the granting of
new trials in certain coses. Lost.
A bill to confer additional powers on
the corporate authorities of the town of
Barnesville. Passed.
A bill to alter and amend soction 649 of
the Code, requiring all male inhabitants
of this Htate between tbe ages of 16 and
50 years, exoept licensed ministers, sub
ject to work on public roads. Passed.
The Governor transmitted the i jport of
the Htate School Commissioners, which,
with the report of the Comptroller, was
appropriately referred.
Bills on first reading:
By Mr. Hinton—To make petal the
sale of personal property subject to a
mortgage.
Mr. Smith—To amend section 3181 of
tbe Code, so as to give tbe moving ored-
itor in garnishment priority over all
others.
Mr. Heard—To repeal an set to repoal
an act to create a criminal court in each
oounty of this State.
Mr. Lester—To prescribe for suits
V'linst joint obligon., Ac., in the City
Court of Savannah.
Mr. Heard—^To secure tha several ooun-
Hupenor Court*. Bacon—a bill to abol-» ties of tha State of Georgia from
ink the City Court of Maoon. Hoge offer
ed a resolution to memorialize Congress
to refuud the tax on raw cotton for the
yoara 1865-66-67.
The comniitteo on Privileges and Elec
tions were directed to inqnire into the
ri^ht of the following members to oconpy
their Huuts : Colby, of Greeue; Richard
son, of Clark; Glover, of Sumter; Pierce,
of Calhoun; and Ruiuph, of Wayne. No
election was held in the latter case. Col
by and Richardbou resides iu Fulton.
A resolution was offered by Griffin ask
ing his Excellency, tho Governor, to
transmit the pApers relative to the Homter
contested election. The phraseology was
amended on motion of Cumming to read
“Hc^ Benj. Conley exercising the pow
ers of Governor," as the terms need iu
the constitution. McMillan offered a res
olution on the subject of fiuanoe, instrnot-
ing the Judiciary Committee to report
tuoasures to protect the credit of the
State against ths damage done by the act*
of the last Legislature. Camming offer
ed a resolution rescinding the resolution
of last session, requiring the Treasurer to
pay all warrants drawn by the Governor
and countersigned by the Comptroller,
and suspending the 20th section of tho
appropriation act, which was adopted.
A message was received from the Sen
ate reporting tho adoption of tho joiut
resolution extending the time for the col
lection of Htate taxes sixty days. On mo
tion of Bacon, the resolution was referred
to the Finance Committee to ascertain
the State’s condition and grant the exten
sion. Adjourned.
Met at 3 o'clock p. m. The afternoon
was ocoupied in reading bills the second
time. The bill to provide for an election
for Governor was referrd to the Judioiary
Committee, with instructions to report
for action to-morrow. Him moos' Ku-klux
bill was referred to tbe Jndieiary Commit
tee with instruction to report for action
on Wednesday. Adjourned.
A joint Democratie caucus to-night dis
cussed the question of publio printing.
Many favored awarding it to tbe loweat
bidder. The caucus adjourned till Fri
day night without definite action,
Candidates for nomination of G
multiply. Those reoentiy mentioi
C. B. Wooten, M. A. Candler/
Mr. Lester offered a reeolution that tha
standing committees on Finance of the
Senate and House become a joint com
mittee. Adopted.
By Mr. Jordan—To define what shall
be a lawful fenos—making sight nils of
ordinary size tbe only requisite.
The Senate then adjourned until 9 a.
m. to-morrow.
Stion. Qu tnnii
of Goverqd^fff gUMDe ,
ntiou A
B .f ^fholdiug el.
Prey,
teed amf approved.
Mr. O. L. Cloud wu sworn in u mem
ber from Warren.
Mr. Faiu offered > resolution providing
for tbe referenee to tbe Committee ou
Privileges snd Eleotions of ths eoututad
election in Spalding oounty. Adopted.
A reeolution by Uoldamitb, tendering u
■eat ou thia door to Uev. Mr. Horaody,
waa adopted.
A resolution waa offend by Mr. Davia
of Clark, providing for tho appointment
of a joint oommittoe to viait tbo peniten
tiary, and report upon tbo treatment ot
oonviota. It went ovor under tbe rules.
Mr. Hoge, from tbe Judioiary Commit
tee, reported that there were aome gravo
quentiona of law in connection with tbs
election of a Governor, which tbe Com
mittee dehired to look iuio carefully, and
aaked further lime before nickingveport.
He also eaid thut the C„mmi*tee had au-
thoriaad bun to recommend to the Houae
tbe inexpediency of having afternoon aas-
aiona in ooneepuenoe of tbe luge amount
of bnainaea before tbo committees. Fur
ther time waa granted aa requastad.
A message from tbe Benats waa receiv
ed, announcing tbe paaaage of the Atlanta
Eleotion Bill; alio, that tbs Senate bad
concurred in tbe Houae reeolution in re
lation to Gov. Bnllook’a resignation; also
in tbe joint reaolntion rescinding tha Joint
resolution of tho General Assembly, ap
proved May fith, 1870.
A reaolntion by Mr. McMiUnn providing
that tbe daily sessions of this House bo
from S o'clock a. u. until l o’elook r. m.
waa adopted.
On motion of Mr. Bacon, tho rules
tended and • bill off seed by him
an act to provide the manner of
Idiug eleetiona in tbo State, Ao., ap-
Smith. Thoro ia a strong feeling in favor I proved October 8d, 1870, waa nod tba
of tbo latter. 1 ■■■
It ia rumored that H. G. Cole, of Mari-1 resolution by Hr. Rawls, authorising
>ver- . *■ ’
etta, baa beau appointed military Gover
nor. It excited i.uxioos inquiry, but oan-
not be Iraoed to ita aouroe, and ia not
creditable.
Tuesdat, Nov. 7,1871.
Sexats.—Tbo Senate mat, President
Trammell in tbe Chair. Prayer by Bov.
Arminiua Wright. Tbe Journal read and
approved.
A bill to repeal the aot in million to
eleetiona in Atlanta known aa tho Hol-
co robe bill, was, on motion of Mr. Hill
yer, taken up on third reading. Mr.
Campbell (ool.) opposed the bill. Mr.
Hillyer replied, reviewing ita history,after
which tbe bill waa paaaad.
Bills were read tbo first time.
By Mr. Hillyer—To require nan-nsl-
dont iiqnor dealers to take ont Uoonaaa.
By Mr. Nnnnally—To incorporate the
Mechanics' and Traders' Bank of Georgia.
By Mr. Paddy—To incorporate the La-
Grange and Birmingham ltailroad, and
grant certain powers and privileges to tho
By Mr. Keoae—To compensate Ordina
ries, Sheriffs and Clerks of tho Snporior
Courts; also, to provide f«r taking bonds
of publio officers, and - qualifying tbe
By tha President—To regulate trials
shall not be
prescribe ths
hills ' axsi
as | Mao, to
Code making personal property r
boos fide sod held foe two yean to bo
discharged from ail liens.
Bills on third reading:
A bill to repeal tho Usury Laws in this
State, and to u tha rata of interest (at 7
par osnt.) wham thq. earns ia aot fixed by
agreement of parties.
Mr. Matthews effgttd 8h AntgdiMiit
to-morrow.
The Anvil Exalealoa la MaatgeaMiy-Miark-
lag Sraalts.
From the Montgomery Advertiser, 7th.]
Abont 7 o'clock last night a crowd of
negroes end white Radioals oommeneed
to gather at the Artesian Basin for tha
purpose of a grand demonstration in fa
vor of one faction of the party, generally
called the National Guard crowd, prepara
tory to the pending eleotion. Some old
anvils that have been frequently need,
and which had canned mnch fear in this
community, were bronght upon the
ground and prepared for use aa cannon.
One of these, filled with powder by the
negro in charge, waa touched off aud ex
ploded, breaking into several large pieces
und with the moat dreadful results.
Mr. 8. 8. Campbell, ticket agent at tbe
Western Railroad, waa orossing from Mo-
Donald'a olothing store to tbe Telegraph
corner. Ho was abont half way between
the two phases. A large pioee of the iron
■truck him bmfc of tba left ear, maabing
in that aide of bis face and baad, Ha
sank upon tbe crossing, lived but a few
hours, and waa not oonseions a moment
after he waa struck He was first taken
to Irwins, Wallace A Co.'s drag store and
subsequently to bis room.
Mr. Jeptha Frost, a workman in ths
Western Railroad abop, waa struck in tba
ahonldar, aid* and arm, and terribly man-
aidawalk,
glad. Be died instantly on the i
where he waa standing whan struck, at
tbe Central Bank corner.
A pieoe of tba iron broke the iron rail
ing around tbo steps leading into ths
Globe Saloon, under tbe Liverpool, Lon
don and Globe building (Central Bank
corner) and struck Mr. Morris Light aa
be was starting np ths steps. He wee
wounded in several places, the eevemat
being in the forehead, whioh caused a
f iso turn of the ahull and ia exceedingly
serious. Hia right arm ia also broken.—
He was oarried to hia room, where Doctor
Hereford and Dr. Douglas dressed hia
wonnda, and n delegation of the Lomax
Fire Company, of wtUob ho la a member,
are paying turn ovary attention. Mr.
Light waa talking with Mr. Henry Telver-
ton whan ha waa struck.
Mr. D. W. Perdue was standingon the
same corner (Central Bank). Ha was
struck above tha knee, but hia whole lag
was crushed to Us foot. Hia leg will be
amputated this morning, aa thut ia tho
only ehanoe to save hia Ufa. Hia condi
tion ia vary aritiool. Be waa taken to his
home in the western part of tho oity.
Eddie Welker, a little white boy, WM
wounded, but wa learn not aarionsly.
Thus two good citizens have been fat •
moment honied into eternity.
Two others am terribly and one of than
it is feared mortally wounded.. They bad
nothing to do with thia miserable Radical
business, bnt were good, peaceable citi
zens and Damoerata, and were quietly go-
. own Dust
ing their way attending to tbeir own i
Two or three largo fragments of iron
■irnoktho Telegraph bonding, missing
one of the maaaenger boys not mom than
six inobea, another pieoe ■ truck ihe oioth-
etore of Titaworth, Soott A Co., and
I another the atom of J. T. McDonald
*A»laet the City Council finds that it haa
Hnnso met, Speaker Smith in the Chair. £&**** ,to P demonstrations
ray., by R^Mr. McMillan. Journal 1 “‘
At one time it seemed as it the meeting
would be held, although the poor suffer
ers had aot been moved s stone's throw.
Something, however; operated to pot a
chaok upon it and the gathering quietly
Them was a feeling of deep end earnest
indignation throughout tbe city bu t night,
and It is probable that there would have
been other tragedies if the Radical leaden
bad not adjourned tbeir meeting end qui
etly disponed tbeir miserable followers.
Gioaimo Railwax UanaaiAxcro at
Earn.-Ths Malta Times say* i "WLila
•opla am talking of a railway to India
ipcopla an
London to OeimtUiftfira dfiya, fte V
ray of Egypt haa aottaHff aoaamonosd
the paanga from
dkyvtbo Vise-
of tha
■t aiffsntto uudartaktafls
iuKlarritory-KT#
_ .iper and Dower Egypt
A4 tba terminal point at rixani
modern conquest, whom tha mini
aian and Roman invadars foOpdl , ,
an impaatabls barrier, tbensdto, aaffa-
tedby an army ot Engikta asglaken end
navvies, will, uniaaa stopped by tho jeal
ousy of'the Saltan, drive am iron mad
nf iron hones, t
and a team < ,
vary confines of Nobis, bnt into I .
heart of Afrioa, opening np new fields fat
oommeroe, and perhaps bring home Liv
ingstone first clam. Twenty of the engi
neers for the above undertaking pintail
through Malta h few dayu ado on their
way, and will ba followed b/Tbe remain
der of the staff in a abort time. Whan it
la nnndliml ttiil thi Ifni' ifrnra'rifHihit
■frr HtQspq ry.fs* o. iS
long, some idea may bis formed of tbe
amount of labor mqnlred to oomf)i»,the
’• the purchase of e number of oopim of
■ publio lew* to be prepared by D. P. Hill,
» jQaq., waa referred.
Tbe bill to change tha time of holding
McDuffie end Colombia Superior Courts
was read the third time and passed; also,
to incorporate the Van Wart Mining Co.
of Plko ooun'y.
A number of bills warn mad tha saoond
time and referred to appropriate commit
tees or engrossed for a third nadiaig.
A reaolntion by Mr. Hudson of Bohlsy,
to ascertain if too State Librarian haa
enough oopiesof the State Constitution
and Pnblio Laws of 1870 for the nan of
members, ate., waa adopted.
A resolution by Mr. Sneed, providing
that three additional members be added
to toe Jndieiary Committee, was intro
duced bnt not noted on.
A letter from Mr. Pegs of Lea, aad a
certificate of hie sickness from bin attend
ing physician, wets read. Mr. McWhor
ter moved that leave of ebeenoo be grant
ed him. Mr. McMillan stated thal he
bad information of Mr. Pago’s pmganea
in Chattanooga, Tens., ou too seme day
on which his certificate waa signed i»Oe-
tooea oounty. Mr. McWhorter withdraw
On motion of Mr. Craig ton rates warn j
suspended and a message from ton Own*
amor, transmitting the aepart fram tta
Comptroller Gamaaal, was received. Tha
report waa referred to too Joint -Owtatafl
too on Finance withont being ret ■
A second message from ton I
tnnemilUag Ihe report ot tbe
tendeot of Education, waa recall
report, without being mad, win
to tha Committea oBMMKMh
■ On motion of Mn Phillips, tbernhe
Lra suspended end e billto legalise end
preeoribe the manner of teaaing
prooeaaee by aterka of tbs Aayjctec Corn
w ton Altepaha circuit, vaaptetiMt^a
