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VOL. 3, NO. 371
ATIiANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1873. {
W H O L El 11
NUMBER 111
Georgia Legislature.
Friday, Jumery 31, 1873.
SENATE.
Senate met at 10 a. M., Prerident Trammell in the
chair. Prayer offered by Rev. M. Ketchem.
Roll called and journal of yesterday read.
Judiciary Committee reported back several bills.
Other committee* reported various bills.
message mow THX HOCSB,
informing the Senste that that body had passed a
number oi bills.
Mr. Jones, ae Chairman of the Committee on the
Deaf aud Dumb asylum, made a report, and hoped
11 would be received Committee recommended au
appropriation for the Improvement of the building.
Mr. Jones stated that the thanks of the State were
due the officers and teachers of the Institution for
the interest they had taken in, and the great prull-
ciency shown by the inmates aud pupils of the Asy
lum. The report was received ana referred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr. Peavy—a ru.oluliou that—
Whereas, it is believed that a greater number of
C'erksbad been appointed than was necessary; tbai
hereafter noclers eha'l receive compensation who is
not appointed as tne Conatnuucu and the Code di
rect*.
HOUSE BILLS OK THI11D READING.
A bill to amend the ueury laws of this State as ap.
plu able to banks. Committee recommend passage
and bill passed.
A bill to authorize the Ordinary, Clerk of the Su
perior Court, sheriff, eic., of the county of Bryan to
keep their books at their resileuces for the greater
secur.ty of iho records. Committee reported lavor-
ably. Bill passed.
A bill to change the line between the counties of
Carroll and Haralson. After a statement in regard
to this pioposed change by Senator Hester, the bill
waa lost.
A bill to repeal an act to extend the lien of setoff
au 1 recoupment an 1 lor other purpoias. 'lne com
mittee reported adverse to the passage,
Mr. Reese hoped that the report would ba agreed
to. The measure sought tu be repealed was uncon
stitutional; it ought never to have been placed on
the statute books.
Mr. Gilmer was opposed to the repeal. The
courts ha.l declared as to the coustituuoualitv of
the act. He was in favor of less leg>station. The
courts wuu:d soon be unahlb to coustrue the laws,
or a Legislature know what to enact.
Mr. W inu was surprised to hear a Democratic
iSenator oppose tne repeal ol this obnoxious act. it
was one of thus- loouprints lelt by tuose vandals
who ha i disgraced the state in higu position, it
had been a perpetual shame to the statute books
aud was but a 1 gaiized robbery in its etfects.
Mr. hlance was willing to let the S 3. a tor from
the bd District hear another good Democrat say tha:
he beiioven llns was a good law. .mi matter 'Vle-h
tne law go its lucepimn, its effects were approved
by the people and had reeeived the legal sanction ol
the nighe.-i judicial tubuuai known,to the tit tent
ti« org.a. Tne object of the law was to show tangi
ble evidence by ilo citizen ol having pai t his taxes.
This was out what is right m policy and justice,
there * as a necessity for this law, born lrom ill-
greatest ca aunties that ever b fell an honest people,
lie hop- d tlitL the report, which was adverse to iho
repeal, would prevail.
.dr. Hnlye.' luoiight this la v hid the effect oi
c.oMUg m*' deers of tha Court Hou-o against the
c d-r oi citizen-, which its provisions were intended
.o cover. In Lis several years experience with its
aorki- gs th • piuint.ffs had no le coy when the lax
c-rticc.ie h.-d beta hied as a pica. J'lio argument
ofi'.r- d by tno.-e in lavur had no i-iglur view man
ineio poi cy and expediency. The repeal of t.as
law wou.d take nothing lrom the vesu-d rights
wti ch luii scuttled to many people by virtue ol the
uecismu of the couit. The mere tact Ilia, its appli
cation - ad been made to a class hereto.ore, was no
reason why it ah Mid be continued. It w as the same
as to eay ll 10 houses had beeu burned, ull the
houses in tue country should ne burncfl lo make the
people t-jut: This was no argument.
Mr. eimmons thought tha: the exigencies if the
times win ugav- rise tuthis Act Was proof sufficient
o snow that this law had beeu conceived in a proper
-pi it. its • Items had been to benefit that class of men
who had laced tile bristling bayonet and the thunder
log eaoup.i for four years prior to the pas-age ol the
bill. To repeal this law will be to turn loose a class
ol shylocks, wuo will not tie s low to take an vantage
of the pjatcssiou ot these claims aud press to lne
Wall a cia?H ->i people who need piotectltm. H ■ op
posed l because he did not believe the inter-sis of
the people would he advanced, or because they de
an eu its repeal.
Mr. Winn desired to say test the Confederate
soldiery did not demand the passage of the law.
It was not a mwvsnro which had accrued to their
auvautage, Ac.
Mr. brown could u w t see how any Democrat sup
ports this act on a i ve princime. He had yet to
near a Democrat outside of this body say that the
measuie was right. It had been urged that this
measure was right because it forced men to give m
their taxes on oath, which could iiol have beeu got
ten up utuerwise. ire hoped that the lime would
come when creditors should Lave some rights us
well as debtors, aud the repeal of tue law would o
far to rel.eve the country of these Shylocks. He
thought that the epresentatives lresh from the
pt-opie haa the b -tter right t j Bay whether the peo
ple demanded the re eai tnan Senators who h d
been here for some time.
-ir. Feavy—thought the people of this State whs
had withstood the ravages of the past terrible law,
ilia demand relief, This bit', though not the nest
law in ms judgineut, did give relief. He did no-
mink the tieceral Assembly was the place to decide
constitutional and judicial questions. It would not
bo just to repeal ibis law, since thousands and
thousanns ot dollars had been disposed ol by
judicial process, while others, through
me ingenuity of counsel, would get
the benefit of the repeal If a plan was
perfected oy which those cases, hurried through
those caves, which had been arbitrarily stricken
lrom me d-cket, so as lo allow ail ihose unfortunate
debtors to get the same relief, then would be in
favor of repeal. Discrimination wou d work dissatis
faction aud stiake the confidence of the people in
their faith of the party iu power.
He thought mat as so many cases had been set
t'ed under the taw, it was hetur to i-t the law stand
than to tear up, and start another system of relief.
Oh motion the previous question was called.
On the vote W agree to tue report of the com
mit. ee wh ch was adverse 10 the , a.sage of the bill
was y< as 33, nays 13. Bill losL
Yeas—Anderson. Arrow, Black, B.a ce. Brinberry,
Cain, cannon, CiRike, Cunt, Deveaux, Gilmore,
liear-1, Hoyl, Lester, Mathews, W. D.; Aatnews, W.
W.: Nichols, Payne, Peavy, liobersou, hiiumong,
V* olTord—32.
Kays—brown, Cauierou, Uester, H.Uyer. Jarvis,
Jones, Kiikland, Knight, Mattox, Ale Alice, Reese,
Winn—12.
MRmSaGE FROM THE GOVERNOR,
containing a document to which he called the atten
tion of tne benaic. Received and referred to Fi
nance Committee
G ECaoB S MBuKAGZ.
Executive Dspasrsfset, )
Atlanta. a.. January Si, ls73.{
To th> Gbnbiial Asbsmuly—I have tke honor to
tranamn the report of ike Board of Commissioners,
composed of Meears Benj. Canlsy D. A. Walker,
and George Hnlyar, appointed by the 8th section of
the act, authorizing the leas-, of the Western aud
Atiaatlc Railroad, approval October 24th,
1510. It waa made ma duty of said Board,
by the said section, to audit unliqui-
dat d demands again*! the Western and At
lantic Railroad, and upon their approval to report
tha same for payment It aypears by the report
that eleven hundred and tweutj-one claims, aggre
gating aftoLial 22, were presented to and passed
upon by the hoard. Upon these claims the amount
of ftftfto 218 44 waa awarded as just, and $624,562 79
WAS
The above statement does not include a liability
I of os-r *250,1-00 against the State upon contracts
•Qrtiltce, and repairing to tile uhuroh, ; madab she Govarmorand Superintendent oi R-wd
me. , J 1 t . - ..A ennl naa Thia laat nsma ' S •.. ill It f
ftnii.iuucou Lumatiif roadv.
CHAT WITH STATIC PAPERS.
A great number of negroes are leav
ing Macon for Arkansas.
A bow occurred between some citizens
and emigrant agents, wbo bad been de
coying ff laborers in Fort Valley the
other day.
A little fire occurred in Macon on
Friday night last, just over Windsor
Hih, destroying a shoe shop, in whicu
the fi r e originated from a stove, aud an
adjacent grocery store.
A man by the name of Snttlers who
was put iu juil iu Preston, a few months
ago fur beating Iris wife, died of pneu
monia, iu liis cell on Friday, the 24th
ultimo.
On the 27th ult.. the people of Decatur
county held a meeting at liainbridg-abnd
passed resolutions strongly urging the
extension of the Atlantic and Gulf rai!-
roid, and adopted a memorial to bo pre
sented to the Legislature.
The Standard states that farming
operations are progressing favorably in
Talbo. county. No complaint of scarcity
of labor being beard. The financial con
dition of the country is improved, many
planteis paying for their supplies.
The Blaekshear South-East Georgian
stati.s ilmttbe farmers of Pierce county
nro busily engaged preparing their lauds
for pi- ting, lhcy seem to go nbont
their farming ’nterest with more cheer
ful])- s and energy than has been wit
ness I among them since the war.
Beef sells readily at- from six to eight
ecu' ] < r pc nnd in Talbot-ton. The
Standard says eg s are very scarce and
brnigi- '-loots, a dozi it. Country butter is
almoi-t a thing unknown at this season
of th year, though commanding 30cts. a
pound. C'.iickeris bring lrom 25ets. to
30ett». each.
For the pc riod from February 12,
1872, to January 31, 1873—twelve days
Icsn than oue year—tbe internal revenue
asste -mi nts for the Savannah DLt'ict
annum id to $118,201 09, and the* col
lections during the stm-* period, to
$118.500 94, ti,.* excess of collections
over a-stssmente being accounted lor by
the tact, ♦‘•at several thousand el oil »r 8
tip. f -o books of this form r c il. ctor
were colic 'ted during the past year.
During ibis period t e expenses of the
asst Hsor’s office were $15,4G1 13, and oi
the c>lli ctor s c ilice, $5,091, making tins
total expense iu tho collec ion of ihe
revenue of the district, $20,552 13.
The Chumicie and Set tinel state's,
that on the night of the 2Slh ult., the
barn ot Mr. Ebenezer Daniels, about
six mil 1 s from Augusta, <-n the Savannah
roa-i, was burned, together with its con
tents of hay und fedder. The cireurn-
etaueis of tho burning created the im-
pressiou that the fire was kindled by an
incendiary. Suspicion attached to a
negro man Jiving in the neighborhood,
named Adam Attaway, as the guilty
Ho was arrested on charge of
uud Had a preliminary hearing
yesterday befoie Justices Oliu ana Eve.
The ease occupied the attention of the
Court nearly the entire dav. The pris
oner was bound over for trial.
party.
arson,
i.oi’it .f.v/i .i tTJt.nvtKit .mnri iGii.
A Diflldent Swain.
Tue NewOrleaDS Times fells this story:
Not rnauy days ago a fashionable up
town rectory was visited by a charming
younc lady, who, with a face suffused
with tdushes, informed the reverend di
vine that she contemplated entering into
the holy bonds of matrimony, and that,
as her fiancee was somewhat retiring in
disposition, and especially sensitive to
any reference to their mutual affection,
nhe had called to arrange ihe prelimi
naries of their marriage- The minister
wa« somewhat taken back, but the con-
fas d fair one presente '. a license made
out ie dae form, and at once proceeded
to u c uscu&sion of tlie all important step.
Th day and hour for the ceremony
weie fixed, and promptly at the
appointed lime the young couple arrived
at tue oti-rgyman’s residence. The can
didal s for nuptial honors remained in
a aiuiug-room of the rectory, which, by
the by, is in the immediate vicinity of
the church, until the fiual preparations
were made. The minister donned his
Commissioner, $3,600; A. B. Culberson, Clerk,
$1,600; G. W. Evans, Messenger, $800.
James M. Smith, Governor.
BILLS OK THIBD BEAD IKG RESUMED.
A biU to establish a County Court for Dougherty
couuty. Committee recommended passage. Agreed
to and biU passed.
A bUl to create a Board of Commissioner! of
Roads and Revenne for the couuti--» of spa.ding aud
Butts, Passed.
A bill to change the time of l <dd-ug the Snp«rior
Court of Caihouu couuty. Am- li-.cd uud pasaed.
A bill to incorporate Tybte Te egraph Company.
Passed.
A bill to authorize the Orlinary to pay Commis
sioners of Education lor Chatham county for servi
ces rendered in holding elections. Passed.
Mr. Hoyle—A. resolution that Hon. John C.
Vaugn, of Thomas coumy.be invited to a seat on
the floor as long as be stays in the city. Passed.
A bill to lepeul the act making it penal f.-r an emi
grant to leave his employer before returning his
passage pioxu-y. Passed.
A bill : J repeal the act authorizing tho Ordinary of
Dough .-ty county to levy and collect a tax for coun
ty purposes. Passed.
A bid to amend an act .establishing county courts
in all counties except certain counties therein
named. Amended gaud passed.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
containing a sealed communication to waich he
called the attention of the Sena'-e in executive sob-
siou.
A bill to incoiporate the town of Jefferson.
Passed.
Sir. Brown moved that when the Senate adjourn
to-day it adjourn till Monday inorniug Id o’c-ock
as.-ed.
On motion of Mr. Wofford, the Senate went into
Executive session.
RESUMPTION.
The Senate, iu Executive session, confirmed A.
T. Hackett Solicitor General of the Cherokee Cii-
cuit.
BILLS OK THIRD BEADING.
A bill to organize a public school system for Mon
roe couuty.
Ou motion, Senate adjourned till Monday morn
ing IU A. M.
HOUSE.
Houso called to order by Speaker Bacon,
by ltev. John Jones.
BILLS ON FIRST BEADING.
Prayer
Si Vi-rttl minutes emptied, but tie wad
ding party did not appear. Tne audi-
ini'i' became impatient, and at length
•vt u lUe clergyman fait constrained to
repent nis admonition. What was the
Surprise of all when the returning mea-
■ei-gi-r aunonneed that the bridegroom
poM lively ref Quad to enter church. The
ttiniMrr visited him personally and re-
bah'-d him for hie Apparent la k of dw-
wiftiGu, bat expostulation won qgelaaa
Tb> u chappy vouth had no objection to
Ae -men bona, and were the fastening*
ad jib- - d in the reotory t might be done
itp- ..r.er, bat to appear in a cuaroh and
bei-n th-t orowd of people waa inpoa-
aib Tha nuniater waa equally flm,
•n tied poaitively that tne ceremony
Mi- -ne place in *he temple or not at
All After many team on the part of the
hi ->ud ear non, pro.«Atsti >»*» on the
yn> . nf kar *'"»*** li»ver, me sorrowing
C -rt' t parted, and, it rumor ,s »o be ored-
■t, y will remain in aaiai«. vf tingle
Wt- utm.
for naw flaws tad snglnM Th-s last name * a uui
Aua i»»iu abouveoad in settling inrough the le.sees
of the road without cost to the Stats.
It will - , *** appear from aaid report tha th- fore
going atat-meni >.t theamouitof loseea, upon
by the Board, does not incinde larse da ms not ac-
tualiy fl.ed and pi oaecuted by name and o -leift-1,
bat tha result of which was made to drpaa i upon I
th* result of specimen o eea of hke < harao^r fl-ed.
inveatigated, poaaed epos aud rejected by Uie Board.
A large number of ponouftl Jury aaaea, aud suit*
for dau-agee of all eoaoelrabie kind*, ware
found bj Ilia Board to b- paid againet
tha road, said 1ft many inaUmoaa th* aama
wan trauafWred ftan Iho *ourta to th* .Board of
Oommlaaionen, and than pnaed upon and dUpond
of The number of earn of personal Injury thus
ay tha Beard la stated at atxly-threo, in
wh eh damagas were claimed to the amount of
*471 TOO All three oaaee were Anally ended aau
of by the board for.ftft.CioO _
The -tig-lion la many suae* pteaaatod to the
Board we* axoeedlngiy oompheuted. and oovareda
wide rang* of - ontrovaaay In matter* of law and
«... gndthe result show* that the Judgement of tha
Board were remarkably free from error.
T jo Board having completed its labors, and hav
ing adjourned aiuedi*. I reapecifo ly recommend
the eptuopriaiton of auch sum to pay it* members
aa may be deemed r ro P* r compensation (or tha
..-vie- a rerde-ed .4 »PP*»'* by he statement of
their cierk. the following eume nave aJreauy been
noe-v d by the several members ot the Board,
their clerk ai-dmea^nger:
n-ut n,in Cooley, Commissioner, $3,600; D. 4.
Walks-, Comm Iasi o *r, $3,6u0; George Hlllyar
Mr. Turnbull—To compensate certain newspapers
for priming urociamatious.
Mr. Frauxlin—To relievo certain citizens of Bar
tow Ir-ui urosecution for acts committed uurmg the
war.
Ali-o, to ascertain the expenses of Bartow Su ie
nor Court.
Mr. Bak-T—For the relief of J. S. Rowland, a mi-
nor.
Mr. Lockett—To amend the act relative to fences
ami stock, and lor the protection - f crops.
Mr. IIuuBr—For ilie relict of L Dekie, Tax Col
lector of Thomas county.
Mr. Sm tli, of Brian—Fertile relief of J. A. lYade,
Tax Collector of Brian county.
Mr. McKibbeo—To decli r • t!,e violation of con
tracts between enipl yers and employees a misde
meanor.
Mr. Dunn—To authorise Judges of the Superior
Courts, ordinaries and Jus i - s of the Peace to or
de- the isl-- of property levied ou wheu oi a peribh-
able nature.
Mr. Mi Is—To r -enact section H981 of the r ode.
Mr. Mercer—To amend section 12 ol the aetto in
corporate the Barnard auu Au- orsou Street i.aii-
road.
Also to amend section 34SI of the , ode.
Al.-o, to incr-.ise the numbers of Direct' ra of the
Central Railroad and Lansing Company.
Also, to amend act uui = nding sectim. 1102 of the
Code.
air. Mills—For the relief of G P. Harrison.
ALo, to repeal se. tiou 349s of the Cod- .
Mr Moses—To n quire c.erks of the Superior
Courts to docket judgments and other hens.
Also, to prohibit tile sa.e ol produce during the
night in Coweta county.
Also, to incorporate the Farmers’ ad Merchants’
Batik of Senoia.
-L.. u-hnson—To pr . ;:u- running of steam
boats or any kind of railroad trams on the sabbath
day.
To authorize Ordinaries to impose and collect a
license tax on emigrant brokers
Mr. Sirmons—To prev ut hunting and fishing ou
the Sabbath day in (JI nch county.
Mr. Masters—For the relief oi j. J. Morrison nd
others.
Also, to organize a Criminal Court in DeKaib
county.
Mr. Lycn—To provide for payment of insolvent
criminal costs in Dougherty comty.
Also, io prevent municipal corporations from
levying -p-cifij taxes ou professions and artists.
Mr. Heard of Eit.ect—To collier additional powers
on the commissioners of Ruckersville.
Mr. Dnggar—To incorporate Mi-rgaaton.
Mr. Dorsey—To provide lor the payment of in
solvent criminal costs in Fayette couuty.
Mr. Eakes—To require Judges of the Superior
Court to give iu charge section 834 and 836 of the
Code to the grand juries
Mr. Hoge—To amend paragraph 2 of section 418
of the Code.
Mr. Calhoun—For the survey and mapping of
lauds of the State along and in connection w-th tht
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for other pur
poses.
Also, to define the duties and compensation of
masters in chancery au-i auditors, aud to provide
lor their appointment.
Also, to exempt railroad employees from jury
duty.
Also, To incorporate manufacturing companies in
thi- State.
Mr. Grant—To authorize J. J. Anderson to peudle
without license.
Mr. Swearingen—For the relief of the securities
on the b-ind of G. W. Dean, of Decatur county.
Mr. Turner—To create a Board of Commissioners
in Hart county.
Mr Richardson—To authorize the Ordinary of
Houston county to settl- road contracts of 1871
Also, for relief of J. A. Flournoy, of Houston
county.
Mr. Newton—To amend section 3716 of the Code.
Mr. Evans—To prescribe the mode of selling li
quors in the counties of Jefferson, Burke and
Washington.
Also, to change the lines between the counties ol
Washington and Jefferson, and add a portion of
Washington to Jefferson.
Mr. Stapletor — lo amend the act creating Board
of Com ..iesioners iu certain counties by making it
apply to Jefferson county.
Mr. Hightower of JobLson—To repeal the act to
prevent Ills rstching of Osh in seines in Ohoofee
river.
Also, to repeal paragraph 13, chapter 1, article 1, ol
the Code, so far as related to the exemption jf $2*0
of property.
Mr. Felton—For tne relief of Mrs. T. W. M ont
fort
Mr. Butt—To make it penal for any druggist, ven
dor of medicines, mercoant, shop keeper, or other
persons to sail or furnish opium, in any of its forms,
or cnioral-hydratq to any confirmed opium eater or
habitual user of chloral-hydrate, except upon the
-written prescription cf a re^ulariy licensed practic
ing physician.
Mr. Froeman—To authorise Justices of the
Peace aud Notaries Public to qua ify and commis
sion constables iu their respective districts.
Mr. Roper—Toameud clause 1, paragraph 2, sec
tion 6, of the5th article of the Constitution.
Mr. lleeee—T# authorise the counties ol Clarke,
Morgan and Putnam to subscribe to the Athene,
Madison A Estonian ft. R. Company.
Mr. Peabody—To curry into effect the 37th section
of article 1. of the Constitution, and to provide tor a
uniform taxation of all species of property taxed.
Also, to incorporate the Columbus Railway Com
pany
Also, tc incorporate the Columbus Artificial Stone
Compaay.
Mr. I -mm-P—To prohibit thasale of intoxicating
liquors in q tanidtlaa leas than one gaUon in two
miles of Dallas, Paulding county.
Mr. Brantley—For the relief of tne securities of
G- W Thompson, tax collector of Pierce county.
Mr. barkevsff—To create a Board of Commission-
«.** for Pulaaai »unty.
Hr. Walsh—To amend the 3d aeotion of tha char-
tor of Auftuato.
Also, to enoourage tha publication of nswspapers
in tnis Stats.
Hr. Clarke—To amend the sot extending the limits
of ingusta.
Hr. Foster -To amend section 4013 of the Code.
Also, to authorise the Recorder of the city of Au
gusts to charg* and collect th* sum* fees aa Justices
of the Psaos,
Also, to amsnd th* act to promote tha propogs-
Uon of a^ad In th* Savannah Bivar.
Also, To amsnd the set to prescribe the practice
In Injunction os ass, sad make it apply to all cases
hsard in rhsmftsss.
Hr. Hadaen—To own pan sate W. Henderson
Sheriff sod W. 1. Void Deputy Sheriff of Schley
county.
Hr. Bunk- To prohibit th* sal* of Uqnors within
one mile of Hagnalle Institute la Sumter county.
Hr. Fort—To require (Backs of th* Superior Court
to reoord papers in civil caasa bate* trial.
Mr. Edwards—To amend *»-.tiu - 1344 if the (Wk
Also to ivgulste the School fund ta TatnaH county.
Hr. Bettis—To establish free schools in Thomas
county.
aiBo; to change the Constitution and to provide for
a reduction of the General Assembly.
Mr; Lougley—To allow pleas in Superior and
other courts to be amended without being sworn to.
Also to make it a misd- meaner to offer extra
wages, compensation or other means to indnee or
attempt to persuade laborers t J emigrate from this
gts’e.
Alsc, To authorize the Governor to draw his war
rant on the Treasurer, in favor of Dr. Osltn for $17C.
Ai-*o, To regulate the paacticeof granting license
to dsgnerrean an-1 like artists.
Mr t lement3—T o provide for the payment of the
claims or school officers and teachers for services
rendered in 1871,
Mr. Me bride—To regulate the legai advertising of
Washington county.
Mr. McDaniel—Co amend the act to incorporate
the Athens A Eaieuton batlroad company.
Mr. McBride-To amend the act to amend the
charter of Sandersville.
Mr. Rogers—To amend section 644 of the code.
Also, to incorporate the Georgia Savings Bank
Compauy ol Dalton.
Mr. McLeilzn—To prevent the carrying of deadly
weapons.
Also, io authorise Moses Tyson to practice medi
cine in Wortn county.
Mr. Hunter—To regulate the meaner of giving
bonds by county officers.
Also, To declare tne rights of a putative wife after
the marriage has been declared void, and to define
tue status of her children.
Mr Fort—To extend the lien of factors to dry
goods and grocery merchant i.
Mr. Baxter—To exempt ail maimed aud indigent
soldiers from poll tax.
Mr. Phillips—To define the rights of the Oak City
Hook and Ladder Company of Bainbridge.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Glisson offered a resolution that when the
House adjourns it adjourn until Monday. Lost by
yeas 44. naj s 57.
Mr. Tutt offered a resolution tendering a seat on
the floor to Hon. W. T. Gary, b. C., which was
agreed to.
Mr. Tompkins offer»d a resolution tendering a
seat on the floor to Hon. W. G. McAdoo, which was
agreed to.
Mr. Wills offered a resolution instructing the Su
perintendent of Public Works to examine into he
condition of the State Arsenal at Savannah and re
port upon tho same. Rules suspended and the reso
lution agreed to.
PUBLIC LAWS.
Mr. Candier oflered a resolution authorizing the
Governor to purchase a sufficient number ol the
c-ip-es of the public laws, to be publisned by M. A.
Hardin, to furnish the members of the Geneiat As
sembly and the civil officers of the State, provided
tut y do not cost over fifty cents per copy.
Mr. Hudson oflered a resolution authorizing the
Governor io subscribe for 2,tlU0 copies of the public
lftws, p. spared by the official compiler, at such com
pensation as he may deem proper.
Under tho rules, the resolution ties over,
FORM BOOK.
Mr. Pi“rc-t offered a resolution authorizing the
Governor to subscribe for copies of tlines Lr.
gal Forms,, ev-sed t dilion, for the use of the several
counties in this State. Under the rules it lies over.
APPORTIONMENT BILL.
Tho apportionment bill was made the special Ol der
lor Thursday next.
MEMORIALS.
Hr. Hoge presented 111-' memorial of E C. Mur
phy et. a ., lor payment of rewards oflered by Gov.
B-.llock for iho capture of criminals.
Mr. Osborne prtsiiiied the memorial of J. A heeler
and others f--r the pa>ment of rewards uffeied hv
Governor Bullock lor the capture of crim nals.
Mr. Richardson presented tho memorial of -T. A.
Flournoy for refunding ot double tax and p(oeeedi
of wild Ian - lots improperly sold.
Mr. Wolford presented tue memorial of M. H.
Duncan lor re.itf. .
Mr. Hunter presented the memorial of citizens
of J hoinas county relative to tue extension of the
Atlantic aud Gulf Railroad.
AU referred to "inauie Committee.
.Sonata bills read th,' iirst time.
Q uie a number of -eaves of absence granted.
ii--uao adjourned until 10 a. m. to-morrow.
HOUSE.
Atlanta, Ga., February 1, 1873.
XIouse called to order by Speaker Bacon.
For *ht first time, the House was not opened by
prayei.»
RILLS OK THIRD BEADING.
To authorize executors aud other fiduciary agents
to invest iu tne capital stock of ihe Bank ot Amen-
cus aud First Nation .1 Bank of Americus. Referred
to Ju iciary Committee.
To repeal sections 1456 to 1461 of the Code, inclu
sive, relative to enclosures and fences. Committee
ou Agricunuie recommended a substitute, amend
ing the act by inserting “freeholders” wherever the
w ords “b-gai voters” occur.
Mr. Tuti moved to table the bill and amendments.
Mr. Dei- moved to indefinitely postpone.
Mr. Jo -es of Burke explain- d the report of the
Committee on Agriculture.
The motion to table prevailed by yeas 78; nays 26.
lo amend the act to require Justices of the Peace
and Notaries Public to seep a docket. Passed.
To repeal the act to prescribe row the return of
wild lauds shout 1 be made and the sections of the
Code relating thereto. Passed.
lo cliauge the line between the counties of Ware
and Appling. Passed.
o allow tne owners of real estate sold at judicial
sales to reueem the same on certain conditions.—
LOSL
To regulate the practice in cases of special pre
sentments by grand juries. Passed.
lo prevent tue selling aud giving of spirituous
liquors to min is. Passed.
To change the lines between Walton and Morgan.
Comu.itiee on County Lines recommended passage.
Mr. Reeae uppo ed *hn passage ot the bill.
Mr. McDaniel favored tne passage of the bill.
Bill lost by y>as21, nays 67.
To fix the per diem of officers and members of the
General Assembly. Lost.
lo reduce sad fix the mi eags of members of the
Genera: Assembly Lost.
To exempt the Terred County Agricultural Society
from taxati in. Lost.
To require costs to be paid in advance. Tabled.
To amend the Constitution by striking out first
section seventh art.cie. Tabled.
To amend tbe act to make permanent the site ot
Public Buildings In Pike county. Committed to
Committee on corporations.
To vest the tit-e m the town commissioners at
Columnus in commissioners. Committed to Finance
Committee
To prescribe where electors shall vote. Recom
mitted to Judiciary committee.
To organize a criminal court ia the counties of
Marion and ialbot.
Mr. Fitzgerald moved to amend by inserting the
counties ol Stewart aud CUatiauoocnee, whicU was
agree- to. Bill as amended passed.
GENERAL TAX ACT.
The rules were suspended and the General Tax
act was read the second time and referred to the
Finance Committee.
COUNT! COMMISSIONERS.
Messrs. Huge, Anderson, Mills and Calhoun, oi
the Judiciary Committee, submitted a miuori’y te-
port on the uili to create a Board of Commissioners
in Bibb cou -ly.
Alula interposing no special objections to the
bill, they oppose this species of legiaiaiio . becau e
uu ecessary, expensive to the dtile auu destructive
of uuiicrui.ty in tne management of county affairs
in th s State.
FAXING THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The olll to auth -rize the issuing of bonds to the
amount of $l,‘2uu,Uoo to pay past due bonus and
boud< railing due, was read the second time and re
terred to the Finance Committee.
NEW MATTES.
Mr. Dell moved to suspend the rules in order that
a bill introduced oy Mr. cusU (now coufined to
Uisro in by aiccness), to repeal tbe act to compen
sat* jurors in Muter county, whicu prevailed, and
he bill was read tne first time.
BILLS ON THIRD READING RESUMED.
To increase the official bonds ol csrtaiu county
officers in Camden county. Lr st by yea- 79, nays Jl
To prescribe the limits of the K stern Jndiuta.
Circuit and increaae the terms of Cuatuam au,- no.
ConrL Judiciary committee amend b) add.ng
Striven to the middle and Liberty, Bullock and He
Intesh, to the Brunswick C-rcuiL aud to strike Out
the third -ection. Amendments adopted and but
piaaed.
To repeal the act to prevent gaming la any retail
liquor bouae Withdrawn.
To regulate the practice in Justices Courts.
Passed
lo change tbe anaoont of the official non da of toe
county officers of Wats coanty LosL
To provide tor the payment of l .aolvent crimi
nal costa ip Marlon county.
Hr. Tutt moved to amend by inserting the county
of Lincoln which was agreed to.
Mr. Hoge, to amen4 it by making it general, moved
to table it which (prevailed.
To change the tinea between th* counties of Jef
ferson and Burke- Lost.
To prohibit the aaie aud delivery of (arm prc-duc »
between sunset and sunrise iu (he oou- ties of
Stewart, Chattahoochee and Forsyte Judiciary
committee reported a substitute. Washington,
Coweta, Putnam, Lenreas, Fayette. Thomas, Miv
eU, Meriwether. Wilkinson, C.arks. Jackson, Talia
ferro and Wiikc* counties Inserted. Amendments
agr *4 to and bill passed.
Tbs House suspended thsrul-s and tha following | r.
For the relief of John S. Unton, of Clark county.
The House concurred in the Senate resolution
making the committees on Education in the House
and Senate a joint committee.
Several motions to suspend the rules to take up
bills out of their order tor the second reading were
voted down.
A number of leaves of absenoe were granted.
House adjourned until Monday 10 A. m.
BERATE.
An axta, February 3, 1873.
Ssnat# met at 10 a. m. pursuant to adjournment,
Piesideut Trammell in he chair. Prayer by Rev.
Mr. Evans, pastor of Trinity Church. Roll called,
and Friday's Journal read.
Leave of absence was asked and obtained for the
Secretary of the Senate aud Senators from the 26th,
27th, loth and SJth districts. *
Mr. Kesves moved a reconsideration of so mnch
of Friday’s Journal, as rslstea to the bill to changt
the lines between ihe counties or Carroll and
Haralson. Agreed to.
Mr. B.uimuns moved a reconsideration of a biU
passed which amends the nsury laws of thia State so
lar as relates to Banks. Motieu agreed to.
Mr. Hester moved a reconsideration of Friday’s
Journal, amending an act extendiug the lieu of set
off to debts contracted before January 1865 and for
other purposes.
Hr. Hoyl opposed a reconsideration.
Us motion oi Mr. Jonss the mouou to roconrider
was laid on tne teDle.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Mr. Anderson—A bill to regulate the action oi
common carriers, also
A bill to slier aud amend the road laws of the
counties of Houston, Crawford and Taylor.
Mr. Hoyl—A bill to make it the duty of the several
Sheriffs oi the State to pay over to the Solicitors-
General, all insolvent criminal costs they may col
lect, and to regulate the disposition of the land.
Mr. K rkland—A bill tu repeal th6 law changing
the lines between the counties of Coffee and Ware.
Mr. W. p. Mathews—A bill to amendsection 485 oi
the Code.
Mr. W. W. Mathews—A bill to incorporate the
town of Brooks sudon iu the county of Fayette.
Mr. Maddox—A bill to authorize ihe County Com
missioners of Mclutesil county te issue bonds
for the purpose of rebuilding ike Court
Hoarse, jail and other county offices, recently de
stroyed by Are.
Mr. Nicfloile—A bill to save etpensn and delay to
suiters ia various causes, in takiug interrogatories
in the case.
Message from the Governor, stating that His Ex
cellency had signe t the bills to change the time ol
holding the Supreme Court of McDuffie county.
Also, the resolution appointing a committee to in
vestigate tne indebtedness of Foster Blodgett.
Also, the resolution appointing a committee to re
port the number of laud grants issued by D. G. Cot-
tiug.late Secretary of State.
Also, to sus; bnd the collection of the fi fa against
J. E. Parrott until the committeo shall report.
Mess .ge received.
Mr. Reese-A bill to authorize ihe Governor to
purchase ihe ilacon and Brunswick lUiiroad it
necessary to ae-ure the state agaiu-t lo6S.
dir. Wofford'—A bill to incorpiorate Coal city in
Dade county.
Also, a bill to incorporate tho Dade Coal Company.
Mr. Hoyl—A r. -oluu-m that no uew'inatier shall
be introduced after Thursday next. Laid ou the
table.
Ou motii-u, the resolution of Mr. Hillyer was taken
up, which directs the Attorney General of the State
in cases wbe-e ihe State holds judgments against
property, to prevent said i roptrty H om being sacri-
ficeu on the day ol sale.
Senate bills were read second time, and ordered
to committee or engrossed.
oLsaage frohi the House, stating that that body
had passed several bi:ls, and had cunsuired in sev
eral Senate bills.
Mr. Hoyl. a resolution that, as it is a-leged that
there is some scrip outstanding against tne Western
& Atlantic Railroad, that the Governor be authorized
to redeem such scrip out cf the monthly rental cf
the road, wneu prool is brought oi its correctness.
HOUSE RILLS ON FIRST READING.
A bill to reduce th- sheriffs* bonds in the counties
of Gilmer, Feumu, Pickens aud Murray.
A bill to establisn a Board of Education for Amer
icus.
A bi 1 to incorporate the Real Estate Savings Bank
of Stone Mountain.
A bill io increase the pay of jurors in Bernal
counties.
A bill to charge tho line between Mitchell and
Colquitt coun-ies.
A hill to smihorize Judges cf tbe Superior Court
to draw panels of Grand Jurors, to consist of 10, OU,
or 48, as they may deem proper.
A bill to change the lines betweon Maosn and Tay
lor counties.
A bill to incorporate the University Bank of
Athens.
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior
Court of Taliaferro county.
A bi.l te define the liability of non-resident Rail
road Co upanj iu regard to the payment of taxes.
A bill to create a County Court tor those counties
in the State that do not now have them.
A bill to amend and repeal the garnishment laws
of this State.
A bill to amend section 2259 of tbe Cod*.
A bill to protect agricultural products from taxa
tion by municipal corporations.
A bill to appoint a Board of Commissioners of
Roads and R«ve ues for Richmond county.
A bill incorporating the Manufacturing Bank of
Augusta.
A bil- to change section 1918 of the Code.
A bill incorporating the Enterprise Manufacturing
Company of Augusta.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A biU authorizing the Mayor aud Council of Dal
ton to levy an a- ditiODal tax. Passed.
A bill to provide for tbe appointment of reporters
for the f-uperior Court, to fix his compensation, etc.
Committee reporte l adveisely.
i.r. Hoyl thought this a good bill, and moved its
recommittal to the Committee,
Mr. R-ese stated that among the reasons why tbs
committee reported against the bill was from the
fact, that at the present state of our country we had
no material from which to select these Phono-
grapherB, hence necessitating an importation of
these Reporters. Also, there was great delay in get
ting these reports after so written. It was a difficult
matter to get the testimony down correctly.
Lawyers being familiar with the rules of testimony
could keep tbe run of it. and thus save delay. There
was at pre-ent e plan in operation by which the
testimonj iu important criminal cases was kept,
and as fur tbe taking dowD of the Judge's charge he
was now compeilid by law to give it in writing.
Hence be believed there was no immediate pressing
want
Mr. Hoyl thought there was a necessity for these
B-pur-ers. and that no difficulty existed as to filling
the offices. He desired more time on the qm sti n
to consider. So on motion of Mr. Simmons tbe bill
wst laid on the table, subject to the Senator's call.
A bill to stablish the cou ity site of Ware county
at Waycross The committee recommended favora
ble, and the bill was pa-sed.
A bill to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors
within one mile of the Rogers Iron Works, Bartow
county
Mr Wofford offered an amendment to incinde the
works of the Cat-tie Rock Coal Company of Dade
county. Amendment agreed to and the bill waa
pass d.
A bill ’to incorporate .the Brunswick Loan and
Savings Bank. Committee recommended favorably
with additional amendments. Passed.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Payne for
three days.
On mot-on Senate adjourned 11 to-morrow morn
ing 10 k. M.
HOUSE.
House called to order by Speaker Bacon. Prayer
by Rev. F. Jackson, Representative from Clark
s -unty.
Mr. Sneed moved to reconsider tee action on the
bill to repeal the act to prescribe how wild lands
■hell be given in Tabled.
Mr McDauiel moved to reconsider the action on
the bill to ebauge the line between the counties of
Morgan and Walton. Motion to reconsider lost, by
yeas 43; nays 62.
Mr Atkinson moved to reconsidsr the bill to pro-
hib-t th« sale and delivery of term products between
sunset and sunrise in certain counties so far as re
lates io tbs county of Thomas.
Mr. Tal aferro moved to lay the motion on the
tame L st by yeas 39, nays 62. Reconsidered by
yeas 55, ns< a 45.
Mr. lutt offered a resolution tendering the nae of
Hal t--Dr A. D. Webster to-night, to lecture on
•• Th- Age.” Mr. Pe body read an extract from the
Commbus Enquire! relative to Dr. Webstar. Hr.
Tutt withdrew the resolution.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Mr Rel —To facilitate the rafting of timber in
*'ilc-x county.
a -so. to prevent camp-bunting in Wilcox county.
M.- Hnpn»—iu incorporate Dottertown, in Wayne
county
Mr. Loug.-y—To aopropriate $ for the exhibl-
lon -*f sp ciment of minerals and agricultural pi o-
dncis ai Vienna, in the Wtrld’s Fair.
Mr. Aikiuson—To prevent hotel keepers, common
carriers sail managers of theatres from dlscrimi-
mtii— a. at st parties on account of race, color or
pravlor.s eonciti n.
Mr. Kaigisrof T-rreil—To amend the set to In-
jKTaie the city ot Dawson.
Mr Hudson—To appropriate $ topayoffeer
tain judgments against thy State of Georgia, held by
Will is A. Hawkins. Also, to amend section 4662 of
the Cods.
Hr. Walsh—To incorporate the Greenwood k An.
gust* Bmlroad.
Mr. Kalgler of Terrell—To provide for supersedeas
in certain cases.
Mr Simms—To prohibit the sale of liquors im tbe
town #1 Oxford.
Mr. Peaooay—To fix tbe time of holding the.Su-
psrior Court of Chattahoochee Circuit.
Mr. Wofford—For the relief of R. M. Young.
Also, tc authorize persons to erect mill dams on
the Chattahoochee River.
Mr. Freeman—To confer jurisdiction in misde
meanors on Justices of the Peace and Notaries Pub
lic in Msriwether couuty.
Mr. Mathews,—To protect the people of Houston
county against the pernicious effects of the sale of
intoxicating liquors.
Mr. Grant—To amend the charter of Clarksville.
Mr Blue—To empower School Commissioners of
Glyns county to build school houses, employ teach-
STS, A*.
Mr. Moge—For the relief of M. DeGraffenreid.
also, lor providing coniuensation for Ordi-aries
of Fulton oounty, for amneety oaths administered.
Mr. Yow—To amend the charter of the Auguste
and Hartwell Railroad.
Also, to create a Board of Commissioners for
Franklin county.
Mr. Foater—To amend the act creating the City
Court of Augusta.
Mr. Spence—To repeal the act to organize a publio
school system in certain countios so far as relates to
Emanuel county.
Mr. Moses—To change tbe lines, between the coun
ties of Coweta and Meriwether.
Mr. Johnson—To extend tha lieu of factors oa
growing crops to physicians.'
Mr. Mercer—To revive the second section of the
act granting certain privileges t.i the Chatham Ar
tillery.
i. Mills—To revise th - act granting certain priv-
dsgss to the Georgia Huzztrs.
Also, for the protection of deer, partridges and
tnraeys in Chatham audit vanc -unties.
Mr. Edwards—To repeal all laws inconsistent with
section 1669 ut the Code.
Mr. Dunn—To authorize justices of the peace aud
notaries public to try actions iu trover not over $100.
Mr. Huwell—To provide lor the completion of the
Brunswick -c Albany liailroad.
Mr. Nb-wmakc—For the Relief of M. H. Bentley.
a’so, to declare valid the acts of the Legislature of
18T0.
Mr. Smith of Bryan—To apply the State tax of
1873 collected in McIntosh county to rebuilding a
ourt house, jail and other couuty offices.
Mr. Hunter—To authorise the ordinary c f Thomas
county to issue scrip to redeem mutilated aud out
standing county scrip.
Mr. Nutting—To increase the Commissioners of
th* Tax Collector ot Bibb county.
Mr. Lockett—To authorize the holders of certain
bonds to enforce certain r glits arising under .-first
mortgage liens either at law or equity.ftj^j *
Mr. Wofford—To make parties owning horsas and
mules running at large be liable for damn ;es.
Mr. Baker—To amend the charter of Kingston.
Mr Turnbull—To amend the charter of the Athens
ami Clayton Railroad.
Mr "rilliamsun—To amend the charter of Mil-
ledgeville.
air. Harwell—To change the lino between tho
counties ot Dodge and Pulaski.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To prevent gt-ming of any kind in liquor house or
store. Passed. i-v-yia •
To change the time of h -lding tho dteperior court*
of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. Passed.
To amend tho charter oi the Georgia Railroad^
Company to authorize it to aid the Port Royal Rail
road Compauy. Passed
To create a Board of Commissioners for Bibb
county. , -
Mr. Turnbull moved tii suspend the rnles and
concur in tho Senate resolution, authorizing the
Attorney General to purchase property at sa.e under
certain circumstances. Rules suspend; d. and tha
resolution reierred to the Judiciary Counu itee.
The House concurred in tho bem.to amendment to
the bill to change the time of holding Calhoun Su
perior Court
House adjrur 101 m til 3 r. M.
S-W-4
f.vFj.vti aim.
Horrible Bntcliery 5;y a Xother.
Jefleryon City, Missouri, is at present
somewhat excited over aa anusuaiiy hor
rible case of infanticide, the youth and
unqaestiocable beauty of the guilty
mother adding not a littlo to the sensa
tional iuterests of tho crime. Amanda
Lefter, a rcsy-cheeked, bine-eyed Ger-
man blonde, whose countenance and form
fail completely to tell of a depraved heart,
on the first of last June became the wife
of Edward Schneider, a fireman on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, and, unfortu
nately for their connubial felicity, less
than six months aiterwards gave birth to
a bright-eyed boy, whom Schneider re
fused to recognize as his, but pronounced
a bastard.
Thia led to many quarrels between
him and the fair Amanda, aud to an in
famous agreement that she should leave
their home and go to tho city of St.-
Louis to there lead a life of shame. This
settled, f he idea seems to have entered
her head that she should kill her child
before departing. An unsuccessful ef
fort to smother it to deatli by laying on.
it in bed, and another to freeze it to
death by putting it out for hours in a
cold room, were therefore promptly fol
lowed by a third, and, this time, success
ful effort to destroy it on Tuesday even
ing, the 18th. Left alone with it, she
locked and barricaded the front
door of her home, fastened the other'
doors and all the windows, got -
an axe laid the child on a block
brought in from the wood-pile, and with
two blows of the ax; almost completely
severea the child’s head from its body.
Some minutes latei the husband and
some neignbors broke open the doors
and found the woman alonf’ witu the
dead, crying and muttering incoherently
to herself. Arrested and imprisoned,
she has repeatedly acknowledged the
terrible crime, but often with auch
strange expressions that many too chari
tably deem her crazy; but more look
upon her as nothing less than a fiend in
human form, led by vice and domestic
infelicity to this horrible butchery of her
own offspring.
De»peiate c,nceuuler.
Louisville, Ky., January 27.—Oh
Friday, at Piney Branch Station, Rock
Castle coanty, George W. Murray quar
relled with Walter Bledsoe. Bledsoa’a
step-father, Lee Arnold, accosted Marray
about it a few minutes later, when Mur
ray drew a pistol, bnt Uirew it down and
the two commenced fighting, l tnding
Arnold overpowering rub, Murray
reached for a pistol and si <> nis adversa
ry through the stomach; Arnold sprang,
up and seized a handspike aud literally
beat out Murray’s brains, killing him in
stantly. Arnold still lingers, but the
physicians say he cannot live. Both men
Have families.
Increase ny sil the Routes.
Colnmbus, on Friday night, had re
ceived 47,798 bales of cotton—13,668-
more than the corresponding period last
aeason, and 7,148 more than the entire
cotton year of 1871-2.
The Southwestern Railroad has brought
1857 bales—857 more than same date
last year; the M. & G. Railroad 15,392—
4,989 increase; the Western Railroad,
1,704 -492 increase; the river, 4,833—
816 increase; wagons 22,674 —5126 in
crease; N. & 3. RaiLxoud 1,288—1,288
increase. ..m|
Atter this date lasl year we received
6,520 bales. If the ratio of increase
continues, Columbus will receive 9,062
more bales, making the total for the sea
son 56,760—an increase of 16,210 over
last year.—Columbus Sun, 22m/ insL m
Hr. Hill—For th* relief of J. B. HnOsoo, ft miner
bill, introduced ttj Hr. Oariton, was read ifle tbuz | M -. I-sitnsr—To incurporat* th* Qftneva Savings
Here ia food tor the superstitions:
Fourteen years ago an aged lady of Port
land, Maine, fell dead from heart disease
while winding up an old-fashioned dock.
The time was teu minutes before ten in
the morning. Evor since then the dock
has stopped at ten on the anniversary of
her death. It ia said to have never onoe
ailed in the fourteen years that have
assed.