Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

I 4. THE ATLANTA WE ERL Y- SUN. THE Saturday, DAILY DfCPmlicr . SUN. 16, 1871. out a Van co tlieiuh in rejecting Governor | H e followed them down stairs, but when Is of the Senate juBtifj Ives by reference to a constitutional previa however, the Kadicnl* of the Senate t bedOOV they Were far down vhicb, howcvtr^oaio^us^anauugant^may^ j the s t re et, running for life. ^Vhat Docs it Mean ?—Lct us Have Fair Dealing. Some weeks ago, the New York TForW issued-its prospectus for a campaign pa per next year. At the same time, it made proclamation that the Democratic Party was in a “hopeless minority” in the Uni ted States, and that some four or five hundred thousand disaffected Republicans mnst be conciliated and t>rooght into co operation to defeat the Administration Dynasty. The fame view was presented about the same time by an able, ingenious and elo quent writer in the Chicago (Democratic) Time$i , It will be recollected that we joined issue upon the fact that the Democracy are in a minority either os to popular or electoral votes in the Union. We assert ed that there were now at least three mil lion, two hundred thousand Democratic vo ters in the United States, upon a straight- out Democratic Platform, against the~ usurpations and corruptions of the Party in power, or upon any Platform which did not commit them to fundamental er rors, and upon which the honest masses of the party everywhere could be rallied with energy and enthusiasm. We stated, moreover, that figures from the records and statistics would dem onstrate the correctness of our posi tion on the issue made. We did not go into the figures at .the time, leaving that for another occasion, if our asserted position should be ass&iled. The Now York World now comes out in an article in its issue of the 11th inst., in which it resorts to figures, find shows itself, to a “demonstration,” that the “ Dead Democracy” “is really tine majori ty Party of the United SlatesIt is not our purpose, at this tjiine, to review these figures of the World, or to show' wherein they are short of the real mark as to Democratic strength,but to inquire the meaning of this double-dealing; this blowing cold find hot in such quick succession ; this proclamation that the Democracy is in a .“hopeless minority,” followed so soon after by the demonstra tion that it "is really the majority Party in he United States?" If the Democracy rallied, in a fair election, on “their time-honored princi ples,” are in the majority in the United States, as they unquestionably are, then why should the World be, or any other orgau of the party be, so anxious for them to abandon their..principles, with the wild idea of attempting to conciliate doubtful malcontent Radicals ? That is the practical question we sub mit to the grave consideration of all true Democrats everywhere. If the TForW has chan .ed its opinion in this particular* why not come out and say so, and change the programme of its proposed action accordingly ? Let us have fair dealing. Let us understand clearly what the men at the head of this Metropolitan Organ really ore at. Iu the moauti ne, let the Democracy be of good cheer. All that is necessary for their complete.success next year, in rescuing the liber lies of the country from an Imperial Despotism, is that Wisdom, influenced by patriotism, which shall secure confidence, union, harmony, con cert and enthusiasm, oh the part of all those in the United States, who are ear nestly o. posed to the usurpations and corruptions which have marked the Pro gress of Radical Misrule for the last five years. A. H. S. And we think is. is still Cady,- and daily recognized by those who denounce and protest against it. I'.' .. , #«.; The above is the reply of the Macon ^ to believe tha. mi Messenger to our comments on its article j part of Capt. Anderson’s denouncing the action of the North Car- Legislature as “double distilled Tlte Bond Ring and the Bonds. A prominent Georgian iu Washington has written a private letter to Savannah -•-extracts from which are published in the News. From it we take the follow ing: ... . “Before tkedevelbpments of “Tamma ny Ring” frauds,’ there was scarcely a man in New York but contended strongly for paying all of them; but how they see things in their true light, and excepting those directly interested, there is not an honest man but recommends repudiation of all of them, and would but be too glad to treat those issued by the Ring in the same way if the law would permit. “ Bankers, with accounts for eight or nine hundred thousand dollars against the State, which they knew were fraudu lent in every item, will pay largely to have the account paid by the State, or to be able to get the fraudulent bonds they hold as security, without being legally responsible, to * refunding the amount, because they know the whole was fraudu- ent from beginning to end. The loss will mil generally upon those who aided and assisted in putting Bollock upon the State. There may be exceptions, but if there be, they bought a pig in a poke, when they could have had the facts to prove the fraud by asking for them, or by regarding the warnings given in the newspapers, of which the Neics was con spicuous. “Surely no man of Georgia will join in recognizing these fraudulent issues as ob ligations upon the citizens of the State, to bo paid in gold and interest, out of the hard earnings of the people. If such a one lias the shameless audacity to do so in the Legislature, be assured, he has touched the unclean thing—he is bribed, lie is dishonest and should be frowned upon every good citizen of the State and be driven for refuge to other regions.” olina _y. d stupidity,” for electing Gen. Yance U. S. Senator! We think, to say that a sister Legislature in such a case has acted with “double distilled stupidity,” whether or not it acted wisely or unwisely, smacks of that dogmatism of a certain king who was w lling his subjects should act as they pleased, provided their acts corresponded with his dictations. We remember that but a short time ago we were called “Bed Hots,” “Bourbons,” etc., simply because we refused to accept tbo new amendments as finalities, upder which such patriots as Vance .are ostracised, andmen, women and children are confined in prisons at the mere will of a military (yrant. Oth ers may, but we do not believe in the policy and virtue of mum, or in licking the hand that strikes. Whether it be “mock heroic talk” or not, .to say we would prefer “remaining fore'yer unrepresent ed” rather than to be forever misrepre sented, the editors of the Messenger will find the sentiment sincerely echoed by millions South and North. We are in favor of fighting to the bitter end and at every step all “odious and illegal legisla tion,” (for what is “odious and illegal” we cannot conscientiously accept,) whoever and wherever, to the contrary, it may ,lje, recognized as "thelaw of 1doe land." The editors of the Messenger will re member that Congress can, and the Pres- dent now recommends, a removal of dis abilities. We cannot see a -great dissimi larity .between the cases of an exorcise of justice and magnanimity on the part of Congress toward Gen. Yance, and a new- departure from that proscriptive policy, law or no law, which may or may not be applied to Mr. Norwood. The Messenge>: says the one is eligible and the other is., not. The one is as eligible as the other, if the Messenger, ourselves and the North Carolina Legislature are correct that the amendments are not law, If, as the holds, notwithstanding -the amendments are hot law, yet Mr. Nor wood is alone eligible; still, it might not be a stretch of ; imagination “ unworthy practical, sensible men,” to suppose that a Radical Congress could $opn manufac ture a slip and slide standard of eligibili ty, to be adjusted to the political propor tions of either Gen. Yance- or Mr. Nor wood. The President, too, accepts, in his Message, the doctrine of wiiat law yers call cypres, that is, he who is as near a traitor as possible is as guilty as one who had arms in his bands and was caught flagrante during hostilities. Progress of Centralization. Sometimes a thing is said in a jesting way which contains a great deal of truth. Thus, the Cincinnati Commercial .re sponds to one of its correspondents as follows. . . 1 “The accomplished editor of the Cin cinnati Gazette don’t know, you know, what the Cincinnati Commercial means by the nation—iu small caps. He don’t see, you see, that the great war, and the conquest of one-third of the States of the Union by the-rest, and the vast increase of the patronage of the -Executive and the power of Congress, has changed the capacity of the form of our government at all. He does not discover that the Governor of a State or member of a State Legislature is of less consequence, and a member of Congress of more importance than ten years since. Well, some per sons are slow to learn. ’ ’ •; - The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune writes, Dec. 10: “Gen. Butler is examining the subject of State indebtedness, its magnitude.and prospectiverincrease. He considers that the practice of State governments of car rying out improvements, and assuming additional debts therefore* is one which bids fair to assume such importance as to demand the notice of the. Federal Gov ernment. Especially would thisintexven- tion be required, be thinks, in case the United • States foreign relations become seriously disturbed. Of course there is authority now for the Federal Govern ment to interfere with the rights of a State in this particular*} fept it is’doubt-, fnl if the people are ready to take this additional step towards centralization.— The question has arisen, however, and it is reported that Butler intends to bring up the subject during this session of C0Ugre3S.” . . • That shows what strides Congress has taken in the last ten years. It now claims the right to surpervise and regu late the local affairs of the States.— NashvilleUnion/znd American. LOCAL NOTES. Incendiary Woke.—A gin-house be longing to Obadiah Thompson, ’hear Bol ton Station, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was set on fire about 9 o’clock Thursday night. The building was fired in three places. In the building were 125 bushels of peas, 500 bushels cotton seed, a small lot of wheat and some farm ing utensils, belonging to Mr. .Thomp-’ son; also eight thousand pounds of seed cotton, belonging to Mr. J. W. Spink, son-in-law of Mr. Thompson. Nothing was saved from the building. The loss by the fire aggregates some $1200 or $1500. ... -, • ... - j Probable Attempt at Assassination. Yesterday, immediately after the Senate A number of our citizens are induced was an effort on the enemies to tempt him into a difficulty and assault with the intention of killing him, and thus remove every'possible chance for ftgnin promoting him to an office in which he has been a terror to evil-ccers, and a guardian of the public peace. The Dade County ’ Prisoners—Pre liminary Investigation Commenced-— Yesterday the investigation oi the charge against the Dade county prisoners, which has been pending some time, commenced before U. S.'Commissioner, John L. Con ley (son of the Governor, so.called)., The charge, as we have before stated, was that certain parties (whose names we have published) had violated the Enforcement^ Act, depriving citizens of the free exer cise of privileges and rights guaranteed under that act. Z. B. Hargrove, counsel for the prosecution, representing the Government. Dabney, Payne, Fears, Culberson and Graham for the defense. Col. Robert H. Tatum was first put on trial Mr. Sevier Powell was introduced as witness for .the prosecution, and testi- fifed iu substance ns follows: About: tbe 15th of September, some men—all unknown, came to my house in disguise, pretended they were lost and asked me to pilot them to Cooper’s Gap. After decoyiDg me into a bollownear the house, they drew a pistol and, made mb get on my knees, accused me of pilfering and of supporting and cohabiting with lewd women. They then beat me, ex horted me to remain in* that place for a half hour, and to leave the country in thirty days.' " - ( i *. . Mr: Sharroek was introduced, .and tes tilled that he knew nothing against Tatum, and that, so far as he knew, CM. T.-was not implicated in the whipping of Powell. The counsel for the defense moved for the discharge of Col. Tatum, which was done immediately. Mr. W. P. H. Tatum was next put on trial. Mr. Sharroek testified that Mr. Tatum was present at the scourging of Mr. Powell; that he, himself, was ordered to punish Mr. Powell by order of bis superior officer, the Grand Cyclops, Mr. McCaig, and that Mr. Powell was pun ished for no political sentiment, nor was it intended to intimidate him in the rightful exercise of his political and civil rights, but ho was whipped for his im moral conduct in the community. Hr. McCaig was then introduced as witness by the prosecution, and after be ing informed that he could waive all in terrogations tending to criminate him self, he only substantiated the testimony of the previous witnesses. Sevier Powell also reiterated his testimony. Col. Dabney then moved that the pris oner be discharged, aud supported che motion by an eloquent, lucid and exhaus tive argument, in which be sought to im press on the mind of the court that the indictment charged the prisoners with violating the rights of citizens under a special act, and claimed that no right se cured by the Constitution, laws of the State or United States had been inter fered with, and appealed to the testimo ny for proof. x •• Attorneys Fears and Culberson follow ed in unimpeachable arguments in sup port of the motion. . At this juncture the Court making manifest his unwillingness to discharge the prisoner, Col. Culberson gave notice that if the ; prisoner was committed he would serve out a writ of habeas corpus. It was then decided to introduce witness es for the defense, and the ease was con tinued until 9 o’clock to-day. It is evi dently the design of the Court to retain prisoners at any sacrifice, when the testi mony in the case, beyond a shadow of a doubt, and conclusively to every man present, absolved the prisoners, one and all,: from any intention or desire to violate the act under which they are charged. The Nickel Counterfeiter.—The ease oiiSS'. D.'Barbour, charged with counter feiting, was heard' before Commissioner W. B. Smith yesterday morning. Three remember whether the nickels received by him resembled the genuine or spuri ous. This fact convinced the Judge that the coins were calculated to deceive, and the fact that they not be used for any other piupose was evidence that they were intended to be circulated. He, therefore, required $he prisoner to’ give bond. ».,I iiji f Tim O’Brien testified that the prisoner had passed off the spurious coin on him. This testimony satisfied the second war rant, and the prisoner was required to be bound brer... . rT . • . , The ‘ fact of his passing counterfeit Mexican dollars was hot established. It- is not probable that the prisoner, (who is poor) iu the absence of friends, can give bond: He will; then, likely, be committed to jail to await his trial. In justice to the prisoner, we will state, that the letters to which we referred in our report of yesterday, were- found in his room, and not on ms person. warrants for his apprehension were issued —one charging him with counterfeiting nickels, another for passing the same, and another for circulating spurious Mexican dollars. . , The first two charges were sustained, mid he was required to give $500 bond for each warrant for his appearance at the Superior Court for trial. Counsel for the Government—Julius L. Brown; counsel for the defense—Gartrell, Fears and Westmoreland. The testimony developed but few facts —and none important which have not al- adjourned, four buck negroes approached rea< ^ ^ een published. [From trio Columbus (Ga.j 'Snn, Dee. 12,1871.] Gen. Vance aud Senator Nor wood. Wo fail to eco oar neighbor’s point. The cases of Mr. Norwood and Governor Vance are so entirely dissimilar that we cannot understand how any com parison can be instituted between them. The form er is unquestionably eligible to tbo office be seeks under the Constitution of tbo United States as at prtBoat in force-, wbilc tbo latter is not. It seems to n* that juM simple statement of facts ought to settle tje qr.e bor. of comparison. Mr. Norwood’s rejec tion votjsd bo ii» afl of pure partisan tyranny, with- the door of the Senate Chamber and in quired for Capt. Whit. Anderson, the doorkeeper. Capt. Anderson soon ap peared and asked their business. They, in a very insulting manner, said they had come to demand an explanation and sat isfaction for his conduct at the poLs of the Third Ward on the day of election. The Captain, to avoid an altercation with them, said he had no explanation to make, and quietly admonished them to leave. At this moment one of the party stepped back, and placing himself in a threaten ing and defiant attitude,- cursed Capt. Anderson, and said if he would step down stairs he would very soon have satisfac tion. The Captain stepped back into the Chamber to get something to defend him self. When he returned he could just discern the tops of their heads retreating powu, the Capitol step-, “.lonble-quick.” Mr. M. M. White, policeman, testified to arresting him at the Sasseen House. Geo. Sharp, Jr., jeweler, testified that the coin composing the spurious nickels was lead or soft zinc, and that composing the imi tation of the Mexican dollar was zinc and lead.- John Phillips testified to the facts of- the prisoner’s occupying the room in his building, and finding> the spurious coins and '%fions implements in there. James Bowling confirmed the same. D. M. Queen,.Lieutenant of Police, testified to the circumstances of the arrest. J. L. Harris, col.,identified prisoner as one who had offered him some nickels in exchange for greenbacks. Upon an examination of the counterfeit coins the witness was unable to distinguish between the two in case the rough edge was removed from the spurious nickels, or rather did not GRAND510THUH '! ESDERDES. * • -t [Massachusetts ^Shoee; 1800.) DOV BT BEET HAUTE. “ . I mind it was but yesterday— The sun was dim, tbe air was chill; Eelov.- tbe town, below tbe hill, Tbe sails of my son’s ship did fill— My Jacob, who was cast away. He said, “God keep yon. mother dear,” But did licit turn to kiss bis. wife; They bad some foolish, idle strife; Her tongue was like a two-edged knife, And be was proud as any peer. r. f Howbeit that night I took no note ' Of sea nor sky,' for all was drear ;■ TBOX I marked nottbat the bills looked nea^, ; f[ , Nor that tbe moon, though curved and clear, Through curd-like scua did drive anclfloat. For witbniy darling went the joy Of autumn woods and meadows brown ;-'' I came to bate the little town; It,seemed as if the sun went down With him, a y only darling boy. - It was tbe middle Of the night, The wind it shifted west-by-south; v r It pUed high up tbo harbor’mouth; The marshes, black with summer dropth, Were all abroad with sea-foata. White. It was tbe middle'of tbe night— The sea upon tbe garden leapt. And my son’s wife-in quiet slept, . “ Arid I, his mother, waked and wept, Jib; Whenlo! there caino a sudden light. And there be stood 1 his seaman’s dress All wet and dripping seemed to be; Tbe pale blue flowers of the sea " • » Dripped from bis garments constantly— I could not speak from cowardness. r —’ : • r \.. - - , , >Hit VIcome through flight and storm,” he said; “Through storm, and night; and death,” saidhe, “To kiss my wife, if it so be...... That strife still bolds ’twixt her and me, . For,all beyond is Peace.” he sajd.. 1 Now, when my darling kissed not me, ‘ ■ But her—bis wife, who did not wake, My heart within me seemed tq break; I swore a vow I nor thenceforth spake Of what my clearer eyes did: see. And when the slow weeks brought him not, ike of aught beside; Somehow we spo: For she,—her hope upheld her pride;. And I,—in me all hope had died, , And my son passed'a& if forgot. • di It was about the next spring-tide,. She pined and faded- where she stf^4; Yet spake no word of at or good; She had the hard, cold.Edwards’ blood *r-uf r In all her veins,—and so she'died. One time X thought,-before she passed. To give her peace, bnVere l spake - ' 1 Methought, “He will bo first to break The news in heaven,” and for his sake I held mine back until the last. And here I sit, nor card to roam ; I only, wait to hear his call; I doubt not that this day, next fall, Shall see me safe in port;- where all , : * And every ship at last comes h’pme. ’ wt ami • fu h'ypwoaB »d oaodw ,au . „-*f Ariel you have sailed the S&snish mpip,,. -y And know my Jacob ? Eh! Mercy! Ah God of wisdom! hath the sea nr> , v -l Yielded its dead to humble me t' • 1 My boy 1 my Jacob :<o - Turn again! — SUN-STROKE®* «» W ‘rnteil oil J; 'iff B^=,Providence,: R. I,, proposes to liave a fine hotel, “Providence willing,” Tennesseeans tote revenge won derfully. One of them lately shot another for calling him a “liar” ten years ago. Toof and Loague are the best names Memphis can find for her candi dates for Mayor. Dr. H. V. M. Miller was regis tered at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, on. the 11th. Akerman has resigned. “John, how is yonr girl getting along ? ” “Yery well I suppose, as she told me I needu’t call any more ! ” $5?“ The Baltimore can-makers have proven that they can make a strike.— They want an advance of $10 a month, hence it is “a ten strike.” EgL. Lucknow is in bad luck now. The cholera is there and the India-nuity of the people is" taxed in order to render the populace less cholera-ic. Cartersvilie may now get up and dust herself for Akerman is coming. He has elected that station as 'his - future abode. Let her rejoice—if she feels like. it. •BS?* Rev. A. B. Earle; the evangelist, is in Memphis.- If he can only succeed in converting the Avalanche ivom the evil of its ways, his mission will not have been wholly fruitless. ■ to of.- ■ > ’ . JGSF” Alexis gives five thousand dollars to the poor of New York. It would have been a nobler charity had he divided that amount among the.banished Poles who have sought an asylum in this country. The Czarowitz Alexander, elder brother of Alexis, lately thrashed the Prince De Russ. Since that news came, Yankee snobs have been more deferential toward Alexis, or have-stood aloof from him altogether. EcB=> The Prince of Wales is recover ing. It is- barely possible that his ex treme illness was a ‘cuta devise’ for po litical effect, It looks as if he merely meant to Ku-Klux himself a little in or der to get the sympathy of his people, and have a few of his virtues hunted up and published. However, his recovery may be a good thing for the English people, and, perhaps, the illness may have the tendency to correct some of the vicious habits of the young King. BSL. The. New York Herald calls St. Louis an “interior provincial town,” “ where the principal trade is confined to wild buffalo meat and new whisky.” And St. Louis wants to be the nation’s capital so bad._' t ^. t " , 5^* When Gen. Washington^ was. on Dorchester Heights, besieging Boston, says the Post, one of his aids thought he was unnecessarily exposing himself, and ventured to say so to the General; to this the commander replied, “Colonel, if you think" the position’ wo dangerous for your presence you liad hotter go to the rear.” This anecdote, whether pfecis6ly correct or not, may be interesting to “Passiv- y anijrrmri ou‘ iSF' “The President,” says the Wash ington corre^pbhdeifV(of the Savannah News “is much puzzled what disposition* to make of Akerman. If Judge Erskine can be induced' to abefept a vacant Judgeship in Florida, Akerman will be sent back to Georgia in life position.— "Cj’tfierwise he will be tendered avacant Judgeship in Florida, or to one of the vacancies in Texas.” The peopl'd of Georgia must sin'er very Tow about this matter, for if ever Grant discovers that the people of Georgia prefer Erskine to Akerman, the former will have to give way, sure. ' thnsgn antivr.oenq » e* ft-hP" Now is the summer of our great content; made cheeflhss wifiter by the sad event of Akerman’s resignation. He will come to ink the clouds that lower ■about our house, and do the best he can to rear anew the fortunes of the Radical parly in this poor State of ours. GEORGIA MATTERS. Thomas, Fox was recently robbed of a considerable amount of money in Yai- dosta. Yaldosta brags on her pinder trade. Jack Sanders, of Cherokee - , county; contributed three of his fingers to the. -.toll box of McConnell’s mill a few days qgo. | r. • asiaarfid irtS a * The Bainbridge Methodist Church has over 130 members. Templeton will - fill the; people of Americus with Yane delights on tho,20th and the 21st. The Borne Courier learns that a serious fire occurred in Van Wert a few days ago, in which quite a considerable amount of property, was destroyed,, including the Masonic Hall. The Dalton Citizen has driven a peg at the end of its fourth yea*, hn ; d starts upon another stage as lively as an ante lope. - . g Dalton has cough.; .■ t . Sub. Bobbins, two ‘children and a ne : gro were burned to death in Screven county a few days ago. The Sandersville Georgian of Wednes day has the following in regard to Wash ington county: The cotton crop is very nearly gathered and much of it in mar ket; the result fully sustaining our former pfediction that the crop would not be wore than half an average yield. The ate crop amounts to very little. Not withstanding this discouraging state of affairs, we believe the country is in better condition than for some years past. - As remarked once before, considerable economy has been exercised and the amount of debts contracted, we believe, is much less than for some years previ ous. Having seen their crops pass away, leaving nothing to show for tnem except a Ipt of gtifin6/ ! BScon and corfa recei|jtis; the farmer determined as far as possible this year to steer clear of of these moths in the planter’s pocket. Hence they, will have a little money left from'eyen a half crop of cotton, wlibr'esl^msffVeitP4/Kfey had nothing ’ from the largest erbp perhflpfer. ever harvested iu the,country. - . ;- , “What killed the mule ? ” asks the Sa vannah News. Guess ho saw Harris and perished to death with fright.. “This famous and popular wizzard” is what, the Columbus Enquirer callsDe- CMtrbr^*’ Can attiuiW lo “ Last Sunday morning neither of our three pulpits was,filled,” is the ungram matical way in, which the West Point New’s states a fact. , r The residence of H. S. Pafkk'of Mus cogee county, was burned Tuesday night. The Macon Mulberry Street Church ladies are,preparing for an oyster supper;. Gunn is getting ready to barrel his si ock of it. He expects to load to the muzzle) GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. THIRTY-NINTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. Friday, December 15: ;; - Senate met at 11 o’clock, a. m., Presi dent Trammell in. the.Dhair.!The roll -wasisflled. :i: Pf'yfi®tC-^8fS&rS5 Black; Brock, Brown, Bruton, Burns, Cameron, Candler,^-Crayton, Deveaux, Estes, Er win, Griffin, Heard, Hillyer, Hinton, Steadman, Wallace and Wellborn. The.journal was read r and approved Mr. Nicholls rose to a question of privilege, and state,d that'he opposed the amendment proposed by Mr. Smith to the report of the Committee on the State of the Republic, on yesterday, on the ground that, in his opinion, said amend ment impliedly recognized the validity of the 14th and 15th amendments, which he was unwilling to indorse. He desired his vote to be recorded in favor of the report.of the committee, and requested that this statement might be entered on the journal, which was granted. Mr. Wellborn offered a resolution that, whereas, R. J. McCamy proposes to pub lish a pamphlet, of the laws passed by this General Assembly, that the Secretary be .directed to furnish to MiI.' MoCarny copies of engrossed acts passed by this General Assembly;'adopted. Leave of absence was granted to the Secretary pro tem. after 12 o’clock M. !. The house resolution, providing for a joint committee ef six to- confer in-re gard to adjournment sine die of the Gen eral Assembly, was, on motion, taken up, and concurred in. Messrs. Nicholls, Reese and Bruton were appointed on behalf of the Senate. A House resolution relating to-! the Public Printer was read. r; , f . , : ....... Mr. Hillyer offered a substitute .that whereas W. A. Hemphill had been duly elected Public Printer, and had given bond, and qualified as such, therefore resolved, that the .Secretary of State ant), tne officers of the iwo Houses be in structed to furnish all matter to ho printed to him, and that no other Public Printer shall hereafter be recognized which was adopted. ° ’ House amendments to the Senate resolution, which provides for the payment of the just claims of teachers of the common schools with the poll tax for. the years 1868* 1S69 jynd 1870. when tho same shall bo collected aud when a sale can be made of State bonds nowjdesignated as the School l fund, were taken up. The House amended the.resolutiou by inserting after 1S69 “1870,” and by strik ing out all of the resolution relating to the sale of State bonds. ° Mr. Joues moved to disagree to the amendments. After a short discussion, the motion was lost and the amendments agreed to.. •' > - • Mr. Brown offered a resolution provid ing that no member of the General As sembly shall draw pay for a longer time than forty days of the present session, which was lost. On motion of Mr. Burns the Senate took a-reoess ,of fifteen minutes. After the recess the Senate was called to .order. Mr. Bruton asked to have a statement entered on the journal that ho voted: against the report of the Commit tee on the State of the Republic,on yester day, not because he objected to nine- tenths, perhaps, of the report, but be cause lie did not approve it as a whole. ; Miv, Nicholls of tiie joint committee on adjournment, reported from that com mittee a resolution that the Senate shall adjourn sine die at 12 o'clock, p. m., to day, and that a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House be appointed to notify the Acting Governor of the action of the General Assembly, and to know if he desired to make any further communication to the General Assembly. The resolution was adopted. Mr.. Nicholls offered a resolution pro viding that the per diem drawn by mem bers of the Legislature for to-morrow shall be charged against them at the next session j which was adopted, The. Chair appointed Messrs. Nicholls and Bruton on the part of the Senate, to wait on the Governor, r I3)ouse amendment to the resolution Distracting the Secretary to furnish copies of laws to Mr. McCamy; concurred in. Mr. Smith offered a resolution direct ing the Committee on Agriculture ^nd Manufactures to prepare a bill on fenco laws so as to prohibit the running at large of stock within certain limits; not acted on. Mr. Nicholls, chairman of tho com mittee appointed to wait upon the acting Governor reported that the committee had waited upon the acting Governor in aectirdance with instructions that he re plied that he was glad to see them as citi zens but did not recognize them in an officjal capacity, or the fact that the Leg- jsiatorje is now in session. On motion, the Senate then adjourned until 9 o’clock M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. House met at 10, a. m., and was called to order by Speaker Smith. Prayer by Rev. Mr, Jones. Journal of yesterday was read and approved. Bill to levy and collect a tax on dogs ia the counties of Brooks and Hancock was.read 3d time. About twenty other counties were added. Mr. Bryaa argued that the bill would be unconstitutional if passed; laid on tho table. Mr. Pierce offered a resolution that this General Assembly adjourn sine die to-night at 12 o’clock. A substitute by Mr. Cumming, provid ing for the appointment of a committee to cbnfer with a similar committee on the part of the Senate, and to recommend the hour of adjournment sine die of this General Assembly was adopted. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, offered the following resolution, which was adopted:- . Resolved, That W. A. Hemphill hav ing, been elected Public Printer, and ho having given bond, and qualified as such, it is ordered by the House that from this time forth the Secretary of State cause the priuting of the House to be done by him as by law provided, and that the House 1 will recognize no Dther as Pablic Printer, and that said Public Printer be instructed to print the public and private laws at once. Tl^e Joint Committee on Adjournment reported a resolution providing for the adjournment of this General Assembly at 11 ofcloek to-night sine die; also, provid ing, for the appointment of a joint com mittee to’ wait upon the Governor and in form him of the action of the General Assembly on the question of adjournment and to ask if he bas any further commu nications for this General Assembly; adopted. A resolution by Mr. Pierce, reciting that a number oE members, under the impression that this session would include ,§a.tarday, had drawn pay for that day, and directing the Treasurer to charge for tiie same as advance; adopted. ’-“TheiSenate amendment to the resolu tion above reported iu reference to the Public Printer, which allowed Mr. Mc Camy of Whitfield to publish the public laws passed at this session, at his own expense®, was further amended by saying that nothing herein contained shall con flict-with the rights of the Public Printer, and then concurred in. 'The committee charged with commu nicating the action of the General As sembly in relation to adjournment to the acting Governor, reported that they had performed their duty, and had been infor med by Hon.Benjamin Conley that he did not recognize the fact that there was any General Assembly in session, hut that if he did he probably would have something to communicate. House adjourned until 9 p.m. NIGHT SESSION. The Senate met at 9 p. si.; President Trammell in the Chair. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Nunnally. Mr. Burns offered a resolution that a committee of two be appointed to notify the House that the Senate has completed its business and will be ready to adjourn at 91 o’clock; adopted. Mr. Smith offered, as a substitute for a resolution not acted on this morning, a resolution that the Committee on Agri culture and Manufactures be requested to consider, during the recess, the propriety of changing the present fence laws, and •to report a bill on the same at the next session if they shall deem it best; adopted. Mi" Beese offered the following, which was unanimously adopted: Whereas, the present session" of this fcONTINl ED ON PAGE 5.]