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4 THJfi. DAILY SUN Saturday Mobning., Novembeb 23 THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. THE CAPITOL,. Tho Senate spent most cf the day yes terday in the consideration of a Hill that ^provides a means of recovering the prop erty of which the State or the Western and Atlantic Railroad has been defraud ed. The bill provides that any money or property stolen from the State, or the State Road, or of which either may liave been defrauded, may be recovered wher ever identified; and provides also the process by which such property or mon ey may be recovered. The bill is a most complete one, and seemingly closes all avennes of escape to those who may have such momy, or snch Droperty, in their possession. It hunts them down, and wit *out complicated proceedings, follows them from county to county, and reclaims stolen prop erty wlierever found, and no matter in whose hands it may be found. Action may be begun by Solicitors General, upon information given by any citizen, upon oath. An attachment mya issue upon the oath of the informer, that to the best of his knowledge and belief, the defendant has defrauded the State of money or property, as the case may be. and such attachment may be levied upon any and all property of the defendant. The passage of the bill is to be con sidered a notice to all the world that the State lays claim to such money or prop erty, held or owned by any person who has held any office or any position nnder the State or the State Road since July 1866. All suits nnder the act to be be gun within one year fc after its passage.— The property recovered under the act is to.bo sold, and the net proceeds are to be paid into the State Treasury. The bill provides against wrongful, or malicious prosecutions, by requiring the informer, when able to do so, to give bond, in order that the defendant may be protected from costs and other expenses —except connscl lees—in cose he maybe proven clear of the charges upon which action is brought. The principal controversy in the Sen ate, was upon a motion to strike out the ninth section of the bill which re quired the informer to give bond for the protection of i uocent defendants. 4 Sen ators Reese, Kannully and Brown vigor ously opposed striking it out, and sue ceeded in their opposition. They ar gued very properly that, without tho safeguards therein contained, a great many innocent people might bo made victims of a system of black-mailing, by unscrupulous persons. Their points were well taken and ably sustained, and it was highly creditable to the Senate that they were heeded. The Senate passed tho bill, aud the House, no doubt, will concur at once. Those who have property or money, out of which the State or the State Road has been defrauded, may then begin to ex pect to be brought to justice. The Over-Issue Returned. Yesterday, Dr. Angier received at the T. j stay tbe bonds which Bullock had o\<. r issued to the Brunswick and Albany Railroad. It seems that ho had turned them over to Mr. Kimball, who had hy pothecated tliem. The party holding them, no doubt, had a wholesome fear of the wrath to come, and has voluntarily surrendered them to the State. The Brunswick, and Albany Railroad Fraud. When the late peculating body of men, yclept the Georgia Legislature, passed the bill granting such enormous swindling subsidy to those who made the building of the above named road a pretense by which to fleece our people out of millions of money, a few men in the body, who had stood aloof from the influence of corruption and corruptionists, earnestly fonght the passage of the bill, for which they deserve the thanks of the people of Georgia. Conspicuous among tho patriots of that day was the Hon. Rufus E. Lester, of Savannah, then, and now, iu the Senate. After those who had stood with him in patriotically opposing the great fraud, had done all they could to prevent tbe passage of the bill without avail, he drew up a pro- tart against tho measure, wnieh was signed by those Senators who agreed with him, and ordered to be spread upon the Journal. This protest is too lengthy for publica tion in our columns entire, which we' regret; but proceed to give tho points presented with such extracts as we can find room for: Mr. President: The recent passage of a bill entitled “an act to aid the Bruns wick & Albany Railroad Company,” under the spur of the call for the previ ous question, without tb opportunity to the opponents of the measure of discuss ing tbe merits of the bill, renders it nec essary for ns to avail ourselves of our privilege, and to enter upon the Journal of the Senate our solemn protest against its action. Were this an ordinary mat ter, we would not undertake to dignify it by snch a proceeding; hut conceiving, as we do, that evils of the greatest mag nitude cluster around this bill, and not wishing to be held responsible for them, we feel i t due to ourselves and to our con stituencies to take this coarse. We protest, because the assertions of tue bill, in our opiiron, are not true, and Decause it does not speak the sentiments of our people. The report then alludes to (the claim that the State was liable for the damage arising from the destruction of the road during the war—a portion of which was built and in operation before that time. Those who asked for the huge subsidy of $25,000 a mile, based their claim partly on this plea: Upon what principle, we ask, did the State thus become liable ? Did the act of Governor Brown, in taking certain control of the railroad in October, 1861, upon invitation of the stockholders and managers of the road, make the State liable ? The contract made with the said stockholders, was doubtless com plied with, and if not, we cannot see upon what principle the State, in the face of the Constitutions und ordinances of 1865 and 1868, can las held liable u on this war contract, if contract it be, much less do we see how she cau be made liable for a wjir tort, if tort it be. To advocate the principle u'-on which this claim is based wonld be to acknowledge the jus tice of hundreds of claims amounting to many millions of dollars, and to iuvolve the State in financial rain. Yet, we con ceive that this body, in passing this bill, has acknowledged this ruinous principle”, and has opened the doors to idl war claimants, whose demands the State should pay in order to be consistent with this precedent Besides, it is well known that the loss or destruction of the Brunswick & Alba ny Railroad was the act of the Confede rate States, through its agent, and that the iron rails taken from the road-bed, were distributed for war purposes l>y that government. It, then, specifies that of the iron taken from the road 608 tons was dis tributed to the W. & A. R. R., worth $54,000; and adds: Wo have the State, therefore, indebted to the Brunswick & Albany Railroad in the sum of $54,000, with interest, if you please, ail'd to pay which the S'ate makes itself liable to pay over three mil lions of dollars; and this is what the ma jority of this Senate call “the best and easiest solution and conclusion of the difficulties growing out of the whole matter in controversy.” Georgia has come to a bad pass, indeed, when it takes three millions of her bonds to pay fifty four thousand dollars. 3 Besides, it is known that the Bruns wick & Albany Railroad was paid, iu a great measure, for the iron of that road by the Confederate States, the money in vested in cotton, which, since the war has been sold for the benefit of that road; and the fund arising from this sale we understand to be under the con ™°i! Proprietors of this road What this amount is we are unable to discover; and we are further informed that no mention of this matter was made to your committee. They then protest against the bill be cause it violates every principle on which State aid is granted,the theory of which is First. The entire protection of the btate from loss. Second. The development of the re sources of the country. The protection from actual, certain loss is the mortgage or lien of the State upon the railroad. But the State gives to the railroad company $15,000 per mile in gold—amounting to about $20,000 in currency—more by $2,000 per mile than tho entire construction of the road will cost—the average cost of railroads in the bouth being about $18,000 per mile. Ihe cost of this road will be below the average, because it penetrates a section easily graded and covered with suitable timber for construction. You, therefore do more than build this railroad for this’ company. Suppose that the State is put to the necessity of availing herself of her security, does any one suppose that the road will sell for the amount of its cost ? If the road will not pay, do you suppose that any one will pay cost for it ? And if the btate takes it upon her hands, it must of course be worthless to her. All the available security, therefore, that the btate can have will be the rolling stock and tbe iron—certainly not worth more than half the cost of construction. The biate, then, under the most favorable calculation, must lose at least a million aud a half dollars in coin. To comply, then, with the first qualification for btate aid—viz: the security and protec tion of the btate—the State should not indorse for more than half the value of the railroad to be constructed. But in this c:ise we have violated this great rule, and actually propose to indorse for an amount more than equal to the cost of the road, thereby exposing the State to enormous loss, and placing it in the pow er of the persons you propose to aid to put into their pockets immense sums of the State’s mouey without any conside ration. In other words, we build this railroad for the company, and make th* company a present of at least a thousand dollars a mile besides. And this is what we call giving aid; and this is the way we secure the State against loss. 1 ae report then goes on to show, con clusively, that the road will not pay when built, and that owing to the country through which it passes, and the comple tion of other roads, will make it a strug gle for existence, if not a certain failure. Again: Ken, except to laborers; nor to any com pany in which there is not already an equal amount invested by private per-1 sons,” &c. The objeot of this provision is to give the State ample security—the rule being, according to the wisdom of GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. twenty-first bay’s proceedings. SENATE. Friday, November 27. o>—- - -—o — >nouuui v* I Tho Senate met, President Trammell the framers of that instrument, that the in the chair; prayer byKev. Mr. Wright; loan of the State is not safe iu hands I the roll called, and the journal approved, that have not invested as much as they Mr. Coleman moved to reconsider the ask the State to lend them. No such passage of the bill to provide a remedy amount as three millions of dollars, in by which money or property stolen from com, is invested mtlii3 interprise by the the State or the Western and Atlantic stockholders who ask your credit. All Railroad, may be recovered, that we can discover ever invested was I Mr. Burns hoped it would not prevail, about a million of dollars, and this we PHe thought the motion to reconsider was take from the statement of the stock- the result of the strenuous efforts of a holders themselves. They have nothing few persons who were interested in the to show for this investment, according to Mitchell property. We are not here to their showing, but 60 miles of graded legislate to promote the interest of a few. road, worth, perhaps, a half million of He would vote for a resolution exempt- e?nni? 0™°°- g ? and tbls 13 PM against mg this property from the operation of 83,000 000, in com, only one-sixth in- the bill, or would consent to the appoint- waiaof one-half Now, no sensible man ment of a special committee to invest! will hold but that if the stockholders of gata this case. the Brunswick & Albany Railroad would Mr. Nunnally said he would not vote invest m this enterprise the amount they for a resolution exempting the Mitchell ask of tue State, the road could be built property from the bill. He favored re- withouta dollar from the State—and this consi ’ eration because he believed that tney must do before they cau constitu- the proviso which allows any vagabond tionally get this aid. to bring suit under it, without giving We cannot close this protest without bond, ought to be struck out. He was putting upon record the further fact, that willing to compromise on the same kind tins is not the hrstand ouly time the of bond as is given in Attachments, and State has aided the Brunswick & Albany denied the charge of attempting to clog Railroad. In 183o, the date of its char- the wheels of justice; but desired to pre- j aU *&!"■ giyiug tliem land, veut the prosecution of innocent men by and in I806 the State built the Atlantic thieves. ’ & Gulf Railroad, commonly known as Mr. Hinton animadverted upon the the Main Trunk Road, at a cost of a intimation that the proviso allowing an million of dollars, to assist this very affidavit to be filed instead of a bond road; and now, a third time, when her would open the door to thieves. It stock has passed into the hands of capi- would open the door to poor men—those tahsts, she asks, through these capital- who are best acquainted with the frauds ists, who are the only interested parties, and peculations arrived at. The proceeding and wlm do not need your assistance, | contemplated by the bill, is as old as the still more aid. Respectfully submitted. John Harius, 27th District, Wm. T. Winn, 35th District, M. C. Smith, 7tli District, John T. Burns, 42d District, A. W. Holcomb, 39th District, William Griffin, 21st Distric J. J. Collieu, 14th District, R. T. NsSBrit, 9th District, Milton A ( ’-andler, 34th District, Wm. J. Anderson, 23d District, W. W. Mkurell, 37th District, Rufus E. Lester, 1st District, B. B. Hinton, 24th District, Thos. J. Adams, 20th District. This Protest was against the first in dorsement of the bonds of the Road by State, and has always worked well. Was the bill to be framed for the benefit of rich informers or for substantial justice ? He wanted the humblest citizen in the State placed on an equality with the rich est, in the enforcement of the law. The proviso placed tbe plaintiff and defen dant on the same footing, and ■without it, the bill is incomplete, unjust and dis criminating against the State. Mr. Snfdth called the previous question The motion to reconsider prevailed: Ayes—Messrs. Anderson, Black, Brock, Brown, Bruton, Campbell, Clark, Cole man, Crayton, Deveaux, Erwin, Jervis, McWhorter, Nunnally, Peddy, Iteese, Richardson, Smith, Steadman, Wallace and Welch—21. the State to the amount of 815,000 'pit oS?mZ&fiZtSSSTiSSZ mile, and before the Legislature granted Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Matthews and the additional ard of $8,000 per mile. Simmons—13.! I Mr. Nunnally moved to suspend the From Ihe Greensboro, Ga., Herald, 23d Nov., 1871. rules aud take up the bill; carried. Georgia Democracy—Its Duty its Destiny. We say tbe Georgia Democracy, be cause it would,, perhaps, be deemed in delicate and impertinent to thrust our views upon our political friends of other States, though iu the general administra tion of the affairs Government, we have a common interest aud common des tiny, and must sink or swim together. In rendering assistance to persons, it is important to know who they are—to know whether cr not they actually need your assistance. Do the stockholders of the Brunswick & Albany Railroad need the assistance of the State ? According to their statements they are all Northern and English capitalists, worth, accord- mg to a statement we have seen, at least thirty xmllious of dollars. Is there a ne cessity for aiding them? If the enter prise 13 so feasible, and the prospect of B^ht so great as they represent, they will oui.d this road themselves; and if “a 4 . disposed to engage their private funds in the business, it is a good reason for the State to be cautions. You may conclude from this that the only ob- ject of these stockholders in seeking your aid is to make money in some way upon j our capital and at your risk. Y» e protest further^ because we co’n- suier the passage of this bill a palpable violation of your Constitution. The lat- ter ciause of paragraph 5, of section 6, oi article o, ot that instrument reads as follows: The General Assembly shall pass no law making the State a stock holder in a corporate company, nor shall the credit of the State be granted or loaned to aid any company without a provision that the whole property of the company shall be bound for the security of the btate, prior to any other debt or Mr. Nunnally moved to strike out the proviso permitting an affidavit to be filed that the defendant is unable, on account of poverty, to give bond; carried. Mr. Candler offered an amendment ex cepting attorneys’fees from the penalty of the bond; adopted. Mr. Bruton called the previous ques tion on the bill and amendments. The hill was passed. A message from the Governor, trans- But as a Georgian, one of her people I ^ leport of t ' 10 Trustees of the an<l S ei 8 iti™to whatever iovohJTC “fJ r A V h,m ' welfare and renown, we take the liberty ■■. House resolution to recover the tax of freely expressing our opinion in rek- pa i d £ n cottoa was adopted, tion to the dnty and destiny of the Dem- A - ° uso resolution, providing for the ocratic party of our own State. in this a P poiat . ment of a general investigating hour of its greatest peril. . Reve£fove \ ^ ^ ^ with unimportant exceptions, Democrats r Mr " Nnnnall y offered a substitute that everywhere have stood together as a unit. n U1 • committees be appointed by the This has been pre-eminently the case in of tb ® Senate and the Speaker Georgia. Thus united they have stood up ® House; the one to investigate the grandly before the country in defense and ^ conduct of Rufus B. Bullock, maintenance of those great Constitutional t f ° r that purpose to employ a banker principles which are fundamental to civil * n< pessary, to investigate the financial liberty and republican institutions transactions m relation to State and to Their attitude before the world was' „ I Railroads, &c.; another to examine into proud one. Holding fast the profession i ,_ management of the Western and At- of their faith, standing firmly upon their I Hadroad; another to investigate principles, it is not strange that extraor- ° r anf . ain mss of the contract dinary appliances should have been tow ^ etweaa Hufus B. Bullock and the brought into requisition by the Federal Western “M Atlantic Railroad Company, Autocrat and his supple minions, to wrest a i lt 7i an °ther to investigate the conduct the political sceptre from them and turn ii i • commisslon . er s appointed to audit over tbe Empire State of the South to ?l 1 +^ lai T S . aS Y ere - J 1 U 1 st y dues ? ld railroad Radical bummers and spoilsmen. Fail- at , t ^ e f a . te °* said ] ease > aad to inquire ing to a .*compliph their object bv direct ( c * aim8 have been allowed which means, and knowing the potency 7 of mo- due ’ The sabsfcitute ney, they determined to secure by indi- vtt 15 -'• . , . . . rection what they could not achieve bv i latr oduced a resolution that open assault. Tee feastings andrevelinrs .V bereas * 18 desired to legislate with as —the toasting and hob-nobbing of the h ® x Pense as possible, the session shall Delauo-Cameron ring, filled with riuc-1 ^ br ° ugbfc to a close within the time streaked and shaky politicians of every pr ??. < :?’ lbed b y the Constitution; adopted, hue and dime, teVthe t£eof D S : "■gW 4 . cratic demoralization in onr good old • - * 4 n „ e 2® on determine of whom State. The outcroppings of this demor- d C0mp0s ? d m certain cases, alization are visible in and around the Hrown—To incorporate the At- Capitol, and unless speedily and siimma- 1 ^ aad Bine Ridge Railroad. rily checked, will soon sound the kuell of Mr. Candler To incorporate the Georgia Democracy. Georgia Rehable Insurance Company of It is apparent to the most superficial , observer, that Democracy everywhere By Mr. Claik—To amend an act mcor- but especially iu Georgia, has reached a poratmg the town of Boston » ia Thomas crisis. As a party of principle—honest C0 £ nt fo- w m Jeffersonian tenants,and faithful reforma- By Mr. Estes—To repeal an act mcor- tory practices, they cau retain the confi- porabng the town of Gainesville and to dence and support of the people, and the I m ^ ,rp 1 S rat 4 tlie / a ^ e ' , oontrol of public affairs in our cherished .• By Heard—To provide for the elec State. This is of paramount importance. tlon ? f an Audltia S Board in Greene Occupyiug and maintaining this proud C °?? ty ir-n m . position, and avoiding all questionable I , Hmyer—To amend an act to amend concessions and complications, and com- tr e „ cba Her of the Atlanta and Roswell mittals, at the proper time they should act Badroad Company; also, to enable jonr- promptly, decisively, effectually, as the ne y n ? e . n mechanics to obtain credit for best interests of the country demand. P ro , v . lsloa8 ’ ® xce P t spirituous liquors, by By pursuing this coarse the Democratic maaiD S their wages subject to garnish- party can best promote the public weal ment , for . tbat P nr P ose ; also, to incorpo- i bright and ben I rate tbe Atlanta and Fayetteville Narrow The Senate then adjourned until 10 a. M., to-morrow. Note—(Our report of yesterday’s pro ceedings undesignedly represented Mr. Brown as raising the question in regard to the operation of the bill to recover property detained from the State upon Mitchell property. This caso was first referred to by another Senator when Mr. Brown replied, challenging an investiga tion of the transaction by a Committee.) and work out for itself a bright and ben- ^ te tb< L Abanta and Fayei eficient destiny. Already it has yielded ^geBmlroad Company too much to temporizing, shaky spoils- By Mr. Jordan—To amend the attach- men. Let us keep the old fla" firm" menfc laws of tbe ® tete 80 tas authorize with all its patriotic historic recollections I au attaobment to issu e against purchas- and it shall lead us yet to clorioiM vie- ers of P ro P ert J not P a id for; also, to tory. J glorious vie change the tJme o{ Lolding the s uperior change the time of holding the Superior - _ . | Courts of Jasper county. Hodge’s accounts have been bal- Mr. Jordan offered a resolution that anced, and he is found to be short onlv I tlre Governor famish the county of Jasper *446,249 47 ins‘ead of tall „ million, i Steten^p 0rtS °' S " Preme C ° Urt: u as erroneously reported to the detri- Mr. Hinton—To encourage the raising ment of his official and moral standing. I of stock in Georgia. o ~ IT* * Mr. Kirkland—To require the owner bouthern Temperance Convention of all lands to return and pay the taxes is in session at Chattanooga. That is a thereon in the county where the land good plan for snch a convention to meet, ^ for the whisky there is so mean that it Kibbee -To authorize the Ordinary will make a temperance man out of the n C ° nQ H t0 T™ bond s to build worst toper. tne a Court House; also, to incorporate the 1 Hawkinsville and Eufauk Railroad Com- ^' <m ^ tercLa ^ (Eldi-1 3Ir. Lester—To lay outandestal, cal) says, that Tammany disease is con- lish a county from the counties of tagious.” Really, it seems as if it were Macon and Houston, to be called McDon- true. Hodge had it bad. Scott, of South a - ld counfc y- Carolina, is down with it the worst sort. By Mr * Matthews—To provide for the Bullock is said to have been sorelv afihe- pay “ ent . of insolvent cost8 in Upson *ii *i. ttj ,, ^ I county; also, to incorporato tb© Wayman ed with it. Warmouth and his whole & Franklin. Manufacturing Company pack are sadly broken out with it down in a ^ s0 > to incorporate the Flint River Man- Louisiana. Indeed, it seems to be sadly ufacturin o Company of Upson county, contagious, and the whole Radical partv Nlu ? nab y _ : T< ? cl *? Q S tb e name is believed, is mompr less iofeeted. I toMiS Spring ’ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. House met, Speaker Smith presiding. Prayer by the chaplain. Journal ap proved. Mr. Jackson moved to suspend the rules to take up a resolution offered by himself requiring Messrs. Red wine, Ham mock and Rawson, who were appointed to take charge of the books of the State Road, to make a report of their actings and doings in the premises. Rules sus pended and resolution adopted. On motion of Mr. Simmons of Gwin nett, the rules were suspended, and a bill to alter Sections 1035 and 1038 Code, in relation to Public Printing, was read first time. The unfinished Business of yesterdav, to-wit: The bill to reduce the per diem of members, &c., was resumed. Mr. Riley favored reduction, remarking that the forefathers of the present mem bers oDly received four dollars per day, Messrs. W. D. Anderson, Scott, Jack- son, Johnson of Jefferson, and McMil lan, favored reduction and urged the ex travagance of the present nine dollars per day; the burdensome taxation now oppressing the people; the necessity for reform, and for that reform to be inau gurated in tlie law making body. Messrs. Cumming and Snead were op posed to reduction, and in eloquent speeches urged that putting down the per diem at a very low figure would be to build up an aristocracy so that none but the rich could afford to be members of the Legislature, and that the people are not unwilling to give good compensa tion to those whom they recognize as their true representatives. Mr. Stoval moved to lay the whole mat ter on the table; lost. Mr. Goldsmith called the previous question on Mr. McMillan’s amendment to the substitute, which fixes the pay of the presiding officers of the House aud Senate at $10 per day, and of members at $7 per day and $5 for every twenty mues traveled. This amendment provides that the pay of the presiding officers shall be $7, and of members $6, and $3 for every twenty miles traveled. The amendment, so far as the pay o? officers, did not prevail. On the motion to strike out seven and insert six dollars as pay of members, the yeas and nays were called with the fol lowing result: yeas 84, nays 54. Three dollars for every twenty miles traveled was inserted. Mr. Bacon moved to reduce the pay of members to three dollars per day, and to strike out mileage; ruled out of order. Clower of Mouroe moved to strike out that clause which declares that this law shall take effect from the beginning of the session; ruled out of order. The report of the committee, as amended, was agreed to. On the pas sage of the substitute, as amended, the yeas and nays were called with the fol . owing result: yeas 104, nays 27. A message from the Governor w r as re ceived, saying that the following acts and resolutions had been approved and sign ed, to-wit: An act to incorporate the Excelsior Slate Mining Company of Polk county; also, an act to incorporate Van Wert Slate Mining Company; also, a resolution appointing a committee to ex amine and repoit upon a codification of the laws of this State in their application to Justices Court; also, a resolution in structing the Standing Committees on Public Printing to inquire whether jus tice to the State requires any change in the compensation allowed to the State Printer. The following bills were introduced and read first time: O’Neal of Baldwin—To regulate labor in Baldwin county; also, to provide who shall be jurors iu cases in Baldwin courts when colored persons are p irties. Mr. Gray of Bartow—To prevent cities, towns or villages from collecting tax on land held for agricultural purposes; also, to amend charter of Adairsville; also, to require Tax Receivers to take and make return of the number of acres of laud planted in grain. Mr. Wofford of Banks—To reduce bond of the Sheriff of his county; also, to re quired Tax Collector of his county to re ceive jury certificates, &c. Mr. Peeples—To repeal Sections 4480, 4665, 4666 and 4667 revised Code. Mr. Nutting—To protect the people of this State against fraudulent and illegal issues of what are called State Aid Bonds to the Brunswick and Albany Railroad; also State bonds claimed to be in the place oi Second Mortgage Sinking Fund Bonds of said road. Mr. Bacon—A bill to alter the road laws of this State so far as they relate to Bibb county, and to authorize the Ordi nary of said county to levy a tax for road purposes; also, to legalize tax levied by Ordinary of Dougherty county; also, a bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Macon Circuit. Mr. Peeples—To amend homestead laws. , Mr. Berrien—A bill relating to fences and protection of crops in this State- also, to amend Section 2532 of the Code relative to returns of appraisers. Mr. Hunter—To amend an act to com pel non-residents to pay tax on cattle, etc., grazing in Colquitt county. Mr. Baker, of Bryan—To repeal local road laws in Bryan county. Mr. Hillyer—To appoint a commission for certain purposes; also, a bill to endbw the Atlanta University. Mr. Russell—To refund to Jackson, Lawton and Bassinger, certain over-paid taxes. Mr. Rutherford—To regulate pay of jurors in Crawford county. Mr. Payne—To alter Section 3434 of the Code. Mr. Johnson, of Clay—To amend the charter of Fort Gaines; also, to organize a County Court in Clay countv. Mr. Pentecost—To change the name of Bowdoin Collegiate Institute. Mr. Goldsmith—To amend the charter of the town of Stone Mountain; also, to incorporate the Stone Mountain, Law- renceville and Athens Railroad; also, for the relief of Wm. Harnbry, of DeKalb. Mr. Jackson—To incorporate the At lanta and Tennessee Railroad Company. Mr.Cleghorn—To consolidate’the Chat tanooga Coal and Iron Railroad and Trion Railroad Company. ' Mr. Stovall—To amend the charter of the town of Thomson. iriH r iaiS 1,! ' itt ~ ,I:oa “ or,TOS relating to Mr. Payne—To change the lines -he M? Carlton t ^ C0U S th^Code ° amend Secti °a of sssrs. O’Neal^Jenkins^Cody 13 ^ “ 1W t„ Deavo_ of absence Messrs, ows, . A resolution . inquire and report whether tki?K ?t ° is safe, was agreed to. wilding House then adjourned until 3 p. M- EVEXING 8ESSION. Bills read the first time- the d Cot^' sons other than defendants- PS /: amend Section 4026 of the Code - incorporate the Atlanta and at’ fi 0 ’ 40 Railroad Company U<1 Moub ceUo weffi r ‘ H ° Se ~ FoV ' r ’' c of John Cald- Fitoaid'TZT", Sf*' H °“ Mi. \Vilson—To change the fine w tweeu the counties of Campbell aid Mr. Dell—To create a Board of Countv Commissioners for Screven county 7 Mr. Jones of Hart—To extend tliofim its of tho town of Hartwell “ “ eadS “«°“ 1626 of Mr. McWhorter—To submit to the peo ple the question of abolishing fencL around larms. Mr Simmons of Gwinnett-To incor porate the Macon and Knoxville Rail road Company; also, to allow W. M. Hnn- meutt to peddle free of license; also, to authorize the Ordinary of Gwinnett to issue bonds to build a court house. Mr. Bryan—A resolution in relation to appointment of Wiliie Jones as pa<r e Mr. McMillan—To amend the law in relation to receiving jury certificates in Winm and Habersham counties. G^Grie^ 1 ^—^ memorial from Fleming Mr. Simmons ->f Hall—To repeal an act incorporating the town of Gainesville under the name of the city of Gainesville” aud to incorporate the same as a town. ’ , Mr Hancock—To incorporate the town of Jefferson. Mr. Johnson, of Jefferson—To pro hibit the sale of agricultural products in his county after dark. Mr. Griffin, of Houston—To incorpo rate the city of Fort Valley; also, to change the fees of officers in certain cases- also, to require Justices of the Peace to’ return to Receiver of Tax Returns all persons liable to pay taxes; also, to create a Board of Commissioners of Bonds and Revenue in Houston county; also, to amend an act to establish a system of public instruction, etc. Mr. Barron—To consolidate the offices of Sheriff and Tax Collector iu Jones couutyf also, to incorporate the town of Ciiutou. Mr. McWhorter—A resolution iu rela tion to introduction of new matter into this House. Mr. Riley—To compel owners of wild lands to register said lands in the county where they lie. Mr. Hall of Meriwether—A resolution relating to fencing up stock. Clower—To amend the homestead laws; also, to provide by law for jurors in the county of Monroe. Mr. Floyd—Declaring who shall be jurors in certain cases in Morgan county. Mr. Howell—To change the line be tween the counties of Forsyth aud Mil- ton; also, to amend an act to incorporate the Grand Lodge Knights of Jericho. Mr. Davis of Newton—To authorize the Governor to pay the Treasurer of the State Agricultural Society amounts due under act of December 20th, 1860. Allred—To exempt certain persons from road duty in Pickens county; also, to change tbe line between Pickens and Gilmore; also, to repeal the School law of 1870. Mr. Knowles—To regulate the levying of taxes in Pierce county; also, to require the Tax Collector of Pierce county to re ceive jury certificates for taxes. Mr. Baker of Pike—To compensate ju rors in Pike county. Mr. Hendley—To change the line be- tw< eu Wilcox and Pulaski counties; also, to make it a misdemeanor to sell farm products in the .night time iu Pulaski county. Mr. Clara of Richmond—To amend the various acts amendatory of the act to protect planters iu the sale of fertilizers. Mr. McNeil—To make it unlawful for any city or town to levy a tax on cotton sales. i Mr. Crittenden—A general appropria tion bill. Mr. McNeil—To authorize Ordinaries to order the sale of the Homestead when an issue of value is made up; also, to secure officers’ cost; also, to incorporate Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Loan and Trust Company of Cutlibert. Mr. Cumming—A bill for the relief of Catharine S. Fleming; also, to amend tlio act incorporating the proprietors of the Augusta Canal, etc. Mr. Snead to promote the propagation of shad in the Savannah River; also, to amend Section 4203 of the Code. Mr. Scott—To provide for selling hor ses, etc., in certain cases, when levied on and claimed. Mr. Bateman—To incorporate the town of Butler. Mr. Emerson—To incorporate the Dal ton and Southwestern Railroad Com pany. Mr. Griffin of Houston—To incorpo rate tho Griswoldviile and Jeffersonville Railroad Company. Mr. Emerson—To prohibit felling tim ber in Couasanga river. Mr. Lewis—To prescribe who shall be jnrors in Stewart county. Mr. Jones of Terrell—To fix fees of Sheriff iu his county. Mr. Twiggs—To incoiporate the town of Jeffirrso nille. Mr. Bowie—To amend Section 2, Ai- ticle 4 of the Constitution of the State. Mr. W*-st—To exempt certain maimed persons from taxation. Mr. Hall of Upson—Resolution iu re lation to indorsement of bonds of Chatta nooga and Alabama Railroad Company. House then adjourned until 9 a. m. Jem Mace, , says the Boston Post when told that his fine physique oughl to make him quite a'lady-killer, replied “My eye, if I wanted to make the womer spoon on me, I’d go aud be a piano- player.’