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FOBK OVER.
Those of onr petrous whnm o e have
Moommodated by “waiting,” will please
pay their accounts at the earliest
ble day, »a wc are making addition* and
improvements iu ot«r estahli.liment
which will require till that is due n*.
T'tt ihiktoks
We nre indebted to Hun. D. L
Wei born, foi valuable repor .s ami
State paper*.
The popuhic'mi of Minnesota, has
increased forty per cent in the last
twelve months. It now produce* more
■wheat than any other .State in the Un
ion.
It is estimated llmt Ihe losses of j
Georg a during the late war, in nsul—
ed by the cxistiug currency values
amount tn upward of a thousand mil
lions of dollars
The pardon u! (iturge A. Trtubolm,
who whs tho Confederate Secretary of j
the Treasury, was granted at tho special.
request of Major General O. 0. Howard
Chief of tho Frcedmen’i Bureau; Maj ;
General Duuiel E Sickles, command-.
ing in South Carolina ; Major General j
Dig, and a tin other of other persons of j
similar military and jobbed promi-j
Bence-
List ireck, nt Chicago, a man vnd 1
his wife died of chobra without any a'-j
tcndacts esorjit a child seven years ofj
age. Several hours after thrir decease j
they were discovered by the Police. |
Sitting on tho fl aor in ono corner was I
:he little bay, who had passed the night
in aolituleatid s rrow, frightened by
the solemnity of the seen', but uncon
cious of bis great loss.
Prevalence of Crime.
The most atrocious crime* nre be
r miog mat-re rs constant oocuronce,
not in what the Radicals would term,
t he ferocious regions of the South, where
so many in their self es'-eem, supposed
society had a1 nt «h*u4ed moral
tune on account of the plague-spot of
slavery, but in tho intelligent, the cul
tivated North, In the North, the
North of common schools, and the press
cn it* eternal wiugs of light, where the
j als of (ho church brills arc perpetually
breaking the silence with their sacred
notes—in this land of mat rial acd
moral progress, where in our sclf-admi
ration, we are apt to imagine that soci
ety has attained its highest and most
luminous condition, we find ourselves
startled by the oons'aat occurrence* of
•crimes that we Would not expect to find
<«t of tho iuiegioary incidents of dra
matic tragedies.
It was but tbe ether day, cn# lady
a tabbed another to the Lcart for no
(revocation ; then a lever eloping wi'b
his lady love, on beiog intercepted by
h'-r father, &tra : ghtway kills him, aud
rides iff witb the daughter.
This ia a echoeking state of things
V, T hy is it ? There must be something
ncriousiy at fault in our moral msdrin
ry. Thcso dreadful crimes of such
constant occurrence indicate a diseased
condition in tbe moral being of our soci-
ety. Have we iu our sectional agita
tion, forgotten to take care of our own
moral training? Mr. Burke said that
civil wars destroy tbe public morality,
that as they accustom us to bate our
brothers, they upset and unhinge cur
moral nature. A striking illustration
of the truth of Mr. Burke’s sei timeut
is found in tbe spirit of intense disgust
with wLioh the teachings of tho Rev.
H. Ward Beecher were received, when
he proposed to extend to the South
tbe divine doctrines cf our Savior,
“peace on earth, good will toward men.”
This sublime philosophy was scouted as
inapplicable to rebels, and the religion
of hatred promulgated in its stead.
Are not these crimes to which we
have been rcfering, the natural fruit* of
this new doctrine of hatred preached by
our latter-day political saints? Let all
good people make hatteto escape from
tbe malign iuCuetcts of these doctrines
of ha red ; let us go back ae soon as pos
sible to the c bio principles of charity
and brotherly lave, which arc the Luu-
datknt upon which all jublic virtue
mast rest. Instead of fanning the
flames of discord and Laired, le*. us bor
row »s much as we tan from the divin
er virtues of charity and forgiveness. I
At any rate, Jet ua not shut our eyes
to our own rocial evils, but let us take
them in hand, even if by to doing we
should have to give leta attention to
the evils that trouble us in distant
.States. In the spirit of the famous re
mark'of John llandolph, "The heathen
are at our door, let us attend to them
lirgt. —Nat Intel.
The I,«>gis!aiure.
This body convened on Thuraday
of last w eek, and so for as we are en
abled to judge Iremi the proceedings,
and the opinions of letter writer* from
the Capitol, the members appreciate
the mighty’ questions, which tiro to be
considered by them. We cannot say
tbire is much brilliancy in the present
Legislature, but we believe it contains
good, sober sense and conservatism,
with proper views of what is becoming
our dignity ns a people.
The three principal question* that
will probably come before the Legisla- 1
tu r c am: the proposed constitutional ,
amendment of the lost Oongress-the j
Relief which is clamored for by a largo j
number of the people—and the amend- j
mentor abolition of tho County Court
system it is mid that on tho first
there can hardly be said to exist two
opinion*. The Senate will, no doubt,
cast a unanimous vote against it, and
it ia to bo hoped, for the reputa
tion of the good old commonwealth,
that the House will follow it* exam
ple ; but there are said to be two or
three' hog backs,” as they are termed,
from counties too close to BrownlowV
purt of Tennessee for them not to tmvo
caught more or less of the tory conta
gion, and sho, it is f-ared, will vote
for the amendment. As it can aocom
plieh no good purpose, and can on’y
put a stain on the fair escutcheon of
Georgia, wo trust, if they have any
such intention, they will consider and
abandon it.
The amendment was referred in
each House on the sth, with instruc
tion* to report as soon ns practicable
lion. A H Stephen* opposes it, and
think* the Legislature should net im
mediately on the subject and settle the
question, so fur a* Georgia is concern
ed Its rejection is deemed certain.
Upon tho relief question, says the
editor rs the Telegraph—who has
spent some time in ascertaining the
sentiment of the members—notwith
standing much mu been said in public
meetings in certain sections, and in the
newspapers, we are convinced that
repudiation has but few friend* in the
T.egis’nture who would bring that re
proach, with all its attendant commer
cial evils upon the State,even had they
the power to do it, which they have
not. There are some sections of the
State, however, eejisoially that large
belt that vvn* desolated by the Feder
al nrrny and j.arnlyzed the present
year by disastrous season* and other
causes, which deserve at least a tem
pornry relief; and thin the Legislature
is w illing to afford to any extent con
sistent with Us j Kiev era and a due re
gnrd for the public weal. Who* ad
ditional measures may be matured for
staying tbe collection of debts, we
know not, as up to thi* time nothing
ha* been perfected ; but we are con
vinccd the body will act safely; as well
a liberally, in the premises. We shall
have something to nay cn this much
abused subject nt another time, w hen
we shall give our views of tho real
condition of things, and the action de
manded by a wise regard lor the pub
lic interests and character.
Uponthe subject of the County
Court, there is quite a variety of opin
ions. We think however, that all will
settle down upon a cempromisa in
which the Court will be sustained and
eueh amendments made to the law ns
will expedite the administration of jus
tice and subject the people to the
east possible inconvenience Tbe to
tal abolition of the Inferior Com ts, and
the delegation of its powers to toe
Couutv Courts, bus many advocates,
and, ujHan the whole, we believe it
would be a good step should they be
able to euact their views inti the form
of law.
(iOTERttOH’d MESSAGE,
This document, being quite lengthy,
we give only such portions tis are con- .
sidered most important to the public ;
generally. The reports on finances
and public institutions, we will notice
in the future.
FEDXXAI, RELATIONS.
Since our last adjournment, little
progress has been made cither in the ,
reconstruction of s dismembered Gov- ;
eminent. «r iu iuc restoration of mate- ■
rial prosperity to that portion of the ,
couutry desolated by recent civil war.
However produced, the fact ia indisru
table, that the Government of the Uni
ted States this day stands before the
civilix and world in the lamentable con
dition of dietneml.eniient. Four of the
thirteen States that originally took part 1
in the formation of the Union, and rix .
that have been added ia the progress
of a marvelous develop ment, are now
totally excluded from nartieipation iu !
its 1 gislutive and administrative func
ti n*. It ii true that the now excluded
Sta'es ditl voluntarily abandon such
participation,by what was designed as a
peaceful aud permanaut Hi hdrawa!; ;
but the right so to do was denied to
them, and upon the question sf right
the war ensued. The party denying
thb eai-ter.ee of the right, maintained j
that ti.?. Union was indissoluble by such
means, that it otill existed in full force
and nothing more w»b necessary than
the suppressiou of irregular resistance
to its authority. That resistance hav
iug been suppressed, after a struggle of
live years’continuance—'.he roe Wan ■
having grounded their arms—submit
ted in word and act to the authorities
of the United States—rescinded all con
| bti uriona, iirdiuaoco.-, laws and resolu •
' lions asserting indi poendooce of or untsg
| on inn to lh*t. Government —dec’s of its
j Constitut on t icir ufreinr l»w a.d loc
I ted Senat rs and l{eprc**>iJtutiveß to the
Federal Congress—the logical c inclu
sion from the promises of the victors is,
and the practical result should be, float
! the attempt has failed nod that the 1 n-
I ion stir ds unshaken. All that the re
| sigtauts uiay have done toward* ilbtnctn- .
bermoot. they have undone, Tho fern
i porary breach they made, they have
[repaired. Why, vro they iwl in the
. Union a* 1 iruurly ? Toe answer i*,
' that the dominant States, through «be ir
! representatives in Congress, positively
i rctusj their admission to the national
coned, and tho conclu-ion is inevitable, 1
that from this refusal tho present dis
memberment result- 1 . Reasoning upon
their own theory, if the Southern Sta es
be not now within the pale of tbe Uo- j
ion, they have been ejeoted by this Con- j
gieis. [f they be, their constitutional!
right of representation is denied them
by the same authority.
Tne President of tlit United Slat’s,
second to none in devotion to the 11 u i
ion, though placed during the war, by
the imonsity of that feeling, in opposi
lion to his native seo'iin, consistently
illustrates it iu restored peace. lie
<i;« inc'ly affirms the right of the South
ern Stall* to representation in Cony rets,
und, for bis adhereti'C to jrinc'ble, has
been abandoned and denounced by those
vrbo placed him in power. The L“gis
lativc and Executive L> pirtraer.t of the
Government are thus brought into con
tlot, seemingly irreconcilable and daily
inertias ng in hitierniHi.
•*** * * * !
INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.
Tho faiiuro in agricultural pursuit?
during the year 18(i(5, renriii n g in part
from tho indisposition >o s’cadv labor
of tie freedmer., but. chi: fly from un
proj itious seasons, has and mbtless exer
cised a depres ing influence upon the
energies of iur people. It is re be hop
ed that tl ey will speedily rally, and
rise above despondency. It should be
assumed that neither of these causes
will prove continuous. It rarely happens,
iu the dealings of I’rovidence, that sen—
ions, decidedly unfavorable to tbe cul
tivation of the soil, omo oons'cutivcly
in the same locaii y. The n°xt may
reward the husbandman will abundant
harvests.
Norshonld the people of the South
yield readily to di-oouragement in re
gard io tlie labor of the n s ro in his
new statu*. All r< fleeting minds can
not fail to piorecive, that the fi st effect
ol manumi sion oiu.-t be unfavorable to
his well-doing and to his well-being.
Unsecus'orocd to enreinp for himself,
he is prone to believe that the freedom
with which he has bc»n inveftui in
volves freedom from labor, which was
io his eyes, the distinctive trait in the
condition of slavery. It is not to be ex
pected that he would, at once, reason
c.ureetly as to his sarronndirgs, ir
and p‘ promptly the rasoning if tbe
late proprietary race. Experience alone
can leaih him wisdom, and what her
teachings will be is not n subject rs
-peculation ; we all know what thrt will
be. In addition to all this, there is
abundant prtof that he has indulged
most extravagant and unfounded expec
tations of benefi’s to be conferred upon
him by the Federal Government. He
has expected from that source a flee
grant of land in his own right, and has
hecu indispo-cd to cultivate tbe land
of others. If driven to it by pres, nt
necessity, he has regarded it as a tern
porary expedient, rand went to work
predisposed to shirk it. Time will dis
sipate these dilutions. It would be
both just slid kiud to wait for and as
sist his awakening from them. Many
who have hurried int • courses of viee
and crime, wll probably prove ir
reclaimable. Tbeto must be comtnited
to j ost and impirtial administration of
the law, as is jiraeticed with the vicious
of our race. But the great mass of
people, under good influence’, may be
in nit: useful to themselves und the conn
try.
The plantin; interests in Georgia can
never again be what it. has ha* been.
Few, if any, will ho able to p rosecute
it on as large a scale as some have doue
in the post. But agriculture must be :
continued to be the chi. f industrial '
pursuits of the State. The return of
prosperity will only be retarded hy in
considerate bbandnnincut of itun 4 era
feeling of dc.-pondcncy- So far a. the
great staple for expi'rt is concerned, j
many will probably be surprised at pe
cuniary results, even in this disastrous
year. Tho price of the article will he
more than three fold that of the aver
age of former years, whilst tbe product,
tin weight, will ba fully one-third of
that re aliz 'd in former years. Wccon
n it derive the same consolation, to the
full extent, regarding 1 the | r vi.-i n
crop That will fid Hi >rt if the quan
[ tity required to sub ist the peop'e of
.the State; and whilst those combined
| with the cultivation of c ilton, w ill be
| abun laiitly able to supapiy tie defiein
-1 ey, the poorer classes, who were never
1 accustomed to pre.duoo more than a
I livelihood will he greatly s'raitcncl,
1 hit such b»s always been their experi
ence und»r like circumstances, and they
must he helped as heretofore, by tlio-e
mire favored. Surely it will be so.
: Especially should the creditor class fa
vor the debtor thus unfortunately st
i tinted. He who under such circum
ftune’s, would coerce payment by 1 gal
| com pulsion, bayoud his positive neces
> Miiea would be a monster, evju in the
family of Mammon.
Good policy and forecast un
doubtedly require diversity of pursuits.
Resources, other than agricultural, j
which arc abundant in Georgia, should
be developed. And there are th se
who have pccunury ability, without
adaption to husbandry ; and others who j
have brain or bone and muscle, or all j
combined who have neither land nor 1
t> e means of purchasing it, to whom 1
these other fields cf ont.rpr'se arc espe
cially invitirg. But agricultural is the
leading and the most desirable pursuit,
aud those having experience in it, or
adaptability to t% combined wiih the
j oseestion of laud or the means to buy it,
should struggle with all possible i-oer-
gy :nd persistence to overtone all ob
sa 'o to Mice •*.«. L’t ell holders of
urrible land cultivate tbe freedman. in
order that he may cnl iv»tc tho soil, to
he great advautftgo if bath parti’s
And if, nt last, ho prflk* untractib'e
and uuuvailcble, let theoaoper popula
tion of other countries be fought after.
! But, come what, mist, let oar broad acres
be tillul There lies, fir us, the hroad
ett, and deepest find must riTab'o
Hiuroo of substance rut an wealth.
Whatever the General Assembly can
do to encourage an 1 foster this 1 ranch
| of industry, l <arnesily''ui g ■ upon them
They arc themselves chiefly of this
class, and may be supposed to coinpre
hind its warts. At tho same (into
donhtlets; they will be disposed to do
all they eun legitim: trlvfo promote the
introduction end di vil ipinent of other
industrial pursuits.
CORN’ APPROPRTATiOV.
After careful enquiry I teaa >c sa‘-
isfieil that corn could be most advanta
geously Mipplicd to tho destitute under
th • appropriation of the last s s ion by
sending an agent to the Northwett, and
that St. Louis was the best point for
Iris operations. C-nl. Maddox was ac
cordingly appointed and dspat.’hed so
soon ns the neocs-uirv fun is could be
obtained. Through the liberality of
companies engaged in transportation by
steamboat and railroad between S\
Louis and Chattan’oga, half freights
only were cbargel fur bringing this
corn to tho western terminus oft! o
State road—which enabled me to
expend in the purchase at letsf $35,000
more than rnuld otherwise have been
den'*. The different railroad companies
of this State, wi’h th ir accustomed
publie spirit in the furtherance 1 1 good
works, have June their part in the trsns
pirtation with promptness and fidelity,
free of charge. To avo'd delay 1 ap
pointed C l. I’ct rson Tbweatt, A
to receive the corn a* Ohittan ogi and
to distribute it tn the enunti-s, thus
earrying cn the parch .-e aud distribu
tion simultaneomly.
'l'ha Superintend'nt and other i (fl
eers and agents of kl>o We;to n n- and
Atlantic R. 11 al -o materially aid and tbo
operation. Tlu pnrclnsing and distrib
uting agents have displayed a high de
gree of business capacity, pn. n |i'ne.-s,
and fidelity ia the discharge if their
duties. The result is, tho pnrobins
and distribution in of
185,000 bushels of cirn hiin? f .nr and
a half bushels to each b n iieiaty re
ported, at a cost ( ill expenses included)
a li’tie less than one per ba-h 1.
There ire same items not je' rrp ot and,
which prevents n more precise state
ment, but when all expenses shall live
been paid, there will remain in Tre s t
ry of this appropriation abou t 515,000.
i Reports of the agents ircompary this
I comiunn'lcation.
I cannot clefo this subject (re li fto
! the de-litute and suff ring p>”-m*!-- of
Georgia,) without making this public
jih'tt e igement of c -r'ai'i t ob ! c 1 en
efaetions from the charitable of other
Stat. s, partly in provi.-ims and partly
in innrev, which have been at and are br
ing distributed through my instrumin'
ality. In th.s; munificent char: i
- noble w< mm of our country h :va,
as usual, heen the chief acto.s, Ladi-s’
Hotbcrn lt> lief Association, of R riti
more of St. J >sn|rii, M > , and of W *od
f >vd, Ky. the Florissant S lathcrn li -
lief Associatioi of S'. Loui J , M >., ami
citizens of S’. L us, ll'., anting
through a cjonnittie, are tho dores (and
these good works. We can give them
only our poor th inks. May lie wh i
is love, and who lovt th a cheerful giver
best .w upon them a hotter reward.
Proposed amendment tj the constt-
TUTION.
As gertmin t> the subject already
discusied, I call your attention to an
other proposed amendment to the Con
s'i utinn of th* United Ft a to,', trans
mitted to mo by the secretary of Stn’c,
and accompanying this communication.
The fart that your action upon it thus
invoked, imposes on you an obliga im
to consider it reeprctfully.
This amendment, do igned i ke all
of recent origin, to oprra'e especially
on the Southern States,mint.lies several
sections, to soma of which I invite yiur
special atten'ion.
1. The prominent fea'ure es the Grst
i», that it settles and. Gni el ? tho right of
citizenship in the several States, as po
litical communities, thereby depriving
them in the future of all discretionary
power over the subject within their res
pective limits, and with referenco to
their Btato Governments proper. It
rnakrsall persons of color, boru in tho
United States, cit zcns.
2. The second changes the basis rs
representation in tho popular brunch
of the Congress and in I‘iesideniial
Electoral College*. It provides that
in appropriating represent ition among
the States, all persons (except Indian*
not taxed) *hull be ten n iuto the eou
mention, unlesss ihe elective franchise
bo denied in any State to any mule in
habitants, beiug citizens of the United
States and twenty-one years of ag.’, or
be in any manner abridged (otherwise
than as a punishment for crime,) in
whicn event,, the representation tbull
be prepo tionatcly reduced.
Whether tho obj ct in proposing thi*
change bo tho extci.s on of toe elective
franchise to persons o( African descent,
(nearly all of whom arolnotori. u>!y un
fit for it,) or a furbar diminution of th -
already relatively small weight of the
Southern States in tho administration
of tbe Government, the adopti )o of
this amendment will certainly force
upon them a choice b'tween thoso evils.
|lf ihe former be the real object, the
-; latter alteruativo must be regarded si.ll
ply as a penalty for refusing it. In
this view, it is not difficult to expose
the fl igraut injustice of the proposition,
i Let us consider briefly how the auiend
! meat will affect the States, wbeicin
! slavery did not exist prior to the war,
! aud how those whereiu it did existed.—
!In the former class, the election of the
! one or the other alternative will bo only
a matter or taste, no great interest be—
| jog involved. If the franchise be cx
; tended, the number thus tjewly admtt
> ted to tho ballot will bo so small that no
appreciable effect upon popular (lections
cinres iit. If refused, the number ex
itl udel from the enumeration in fixing
the ratio of representation will still be
so small, that the consequent reduction j
would not he seriously felt, and iu toiue
in;t moos would probably ho merely I
fractional, producing no curtailment at I
all. N ,w, look to the other class nil
Bta‘os. There the number of vot'rs 1
prepoied tn ho cr.francliised, and wholly |
unnropardil for the trust would bo im-i
m*n«B, and the dtstuvlmoce iu the
tiro j nwrr of republican machit cry in- |
csloulihle. There, too, on tlm other,
1 aud, if tbs frniichiso be withheld, the
r.alueti'O of re presentation would be I
vast. I? there fairness, is there justice I
in a proposed change so differently us
feeling different p rtions of a country, i
united under a common government for j
the common wtnl ? Would the ens ree- 1
nient of *u -h a eh inge by a maj >rity, it f
could not harm, upon a minority il mu3! ;
ruin, bespeak magnanimity ?
It may tic suit! in reply, that the i
i Constitution dues not, respect srctioral j
j diff.jri ini—‘hat it was design© I f>r the!
1 i r deotion and advaueetuent of personal :
rights. To a large ex’erit t* is is an j
; o/isgious orrer. The. U. ion wasoiigt t»V
;iy de-igni’d nuiuly for the conduct <1
[foreign a ff-iits a-.d common ilof.-nsc, j
b’svi'ig to the States the regulation ofj
their domestic concerns. Toe Consti
tut o pp-ultcd son r compr miiorfsei
tiuii 1 nt ivsts, wi.liout wliich it c luld
not have hem formed. Indeed, ia that
com) r-juiise, tiis rights and interests of:
tho Caucasian ns affected by the pres- j
cnee of a very largo Af iean population ;
in some .f th; States, were considered |
aril adjus'ol. Tho African element, i
w‘n th. r hum: or free, was computed
alike w th refer no; to this identicalsub
j ct of roD'oseu’a'i in, aud aliko iguored j
legal'ding the eiec'ivc franchise.
The "bjeetioo now urged against the 1
an'iOTiliii.tnt is, that, it, wril f.ili up in cit ;
iz us iolnhitinc one latitu c like anav-j
abncl'i: from is rooun’ain perch, crush
ing where it settles : whilst upon the*' |
of ar.o her lali’ ile it will .alight unfelt j
like a f-ather H atingiu s id air.
3. The third suction engrafts upon j
the fund irnentitl law ;t new and sqiiulifi-|
Ciitioii fur iHi -e. State and Federal—j
n di.sirialitKMii.in not the result of any ;
net to bo done after the ado, tion of the j
annindinetit, but consuimnatcd before |
its i ivrtci’pti.m. The act entai ing dis-1
q , ililicat im for office consists iu liuv
i g heretofore taken an oath to sup ,
p.iii t tiic Constitution of the UuiteJj
Sta'es, and having thereafter engaged ;
in rebellion or insurrection against thi [
same, or “having g vim aid and coin- j
fort to the enemies thereof.” Gonsid :
erin* the number of our citizen* who :
have taken the oath under the circuits ;
stances set forth, tho nuiTiber engaged j
j in the war, and the breadth of ground
covered by the word* aid and
comfort to tho enemies thereot,” we
cun readily pe eeive t 1 c sweeping
ehi.vaetcr of tfiedisiptalifietition It is
as distinctly proscriptive tt* t the per
sons to lie a flee ed had been ascertain
ed and their name- inserted.
Let it bo noted, also that tho pro
sr-ribed are all dwe h-rs on ono siilo of
a geographical line, whilst the authors
of the proscription have their local
habitation on the other side.
It is quite remarkable, moreover,
that there is in the entire section no
-av ng clause in favor of those who, in
the interval between the cessation of
h st lilies and tho adoption of the
Amendment, rn iv have received the
amnesty of the Government Pardon
ed tliev may have been, but disfran
chised tin v will be
You ate ask and yuUr o m-ent. ‘hat such
a fate be visited up >n many of uur best
eiiiz'ns, who have lung enj iyed the
publ c c nttder.ee, and some of whom
ivw fill important public, trusts. Can
Ge. rgia spare all these from her service ?
5. The fifth und last section empow
ers the Congress “to enforce, hy sppro
pri it .' lcgo la i in,” tho provisions of tbe
Amcii imer.t P will bo c intended that
they are the p - p r judges of what cn—
stitutes aiq.ropiialo leghlation. It,
therefore, the Amendment be adopted,
timl a fractional Congress, from which
the souther:, states, chiefly in-crested in
it, arc excluded, t e empowered “to en
force it by i jipr'pi'iat.e PgislatioD,”
what vcstsgeof tii’jie remains to the peo
ple of th 'SO t-Y.Ya? Nay, mare, what
semblance i.f ilsviibhctn G avernment
can the t r ue patriot of the North discern
iin such a state f affairs? k Cl, that is
the p .ini to which we sre n to be drif -
iog; for there is no assurance whatever
that even this c nt srion v tll entu o
our restoration. Amendmtnts have al
ready been proposed to and accepted hy
us, which it was b loved woul 1 effect
that remit; but lupo is ttiil deferred,
right still denied.
1 will not fur'Ur ranalyro dis Amend
ment, equally novel und ui j ist.
I ask you to consider, however, why
it is that you maul led upon to vote up
on its adoption, whilst your State had no
v ,ioo in is prep nto i? The Consti
tution secures to iheStat.es the one right
as distinctly and as positively us ihe
oth'. r. Had your lleprtß ntatives, aud
(hose of tuber S'atte similarly sbuated,
been proseer, aiding in giving subs aoco
and tunn to it, pos-ihly it. nright have
come before you a less odious thi g
the policy seems to have been, tiist to
push it, with ut tbs ir panic!pa i an, he -
>oud the stags of atmndmeni, and then
say to them, accept our bantling or take
the consequeucas. The omission of any
materi tl part of the process of amend
ment itself, is um-onstiiurioual, null an a
void.
Tin: penitentiary.
Tho Penitentiary ol the State has
been this year passing through a trying
onjeil. Subj oled during tho war to
the torch of an invading army ; atth
commencement of the present political
year it was in a steto of great dilaoida
li >u—scarcely an availrhlo tenement on
the premises, its workshops destroyed,
tLo largo cell-builuit‘g roofless, and
otherwise iujured—tv.rything wearing
the aspect of rain, with uo luuds, aud
few couvicis to aid in ill) work of re
[ construe:ion. The appropriation made
j for repairs and for support of tbcinsti-
I tuticn was, is my estimation, very ioud
| equate to its necessities. Yet, 1 think
i thoso who will elnrgs themselves with
pvpanal inspoctnm will find that, by
economy, rn r y, and a wise use of lie *
ited moaDs, vi ry mm b has linen cccmi •
plishod in the nay of re tu oration. The
cell building, opsential rathe raf-i keep
ing if the itmiates,has befit pi t in cx
oeßent cen-Jition j eime work shop
have bun c nstructod ; tlie tannery and
shoe mar u factory have been put in g >od
wo’k'ng order; a large eating nm,
with lri'chen and smoke hors i arq'urte
nan*, has been built DE novo ; (he f ar
racks for the gourd bavebce i ma le, tint
only h, bit able, bn', romf. r'abb*. Asa
Georgian, 1 regi-rt tn add ar.otl cr evi
dence (fits pr'speritv is an in:tuutran,
viz: the large increase in the uutnlerof
its inmates. I willingly bear testimnnv
to the fid. lity and ability with which
the Keeper'snl his os-istsr.ts have dis
charged their duty. 1 deem it until o
essary to reiterate the views presen'ed to
yon in mv firs*, mes.-nge relative to i’s
eontinuanee a? a State institution, and
the extend m to it of such fostering care
a' its nco' si ; cs mnv r quite.
In cor.f 'rtnity wi h a resolution rs
the General A*ienibly, Messrs II 'W'dl
Oolb, Mark A. Cooper, and John 11.
Fitten, were appoii t"d commissioners
“to examine and report upon the p ropri
ety of removing the present Feniteutia
rv and locating it elsewhe e, or of cs
tab'ishingou additional one.” Their
report has n >t. y n t been received, bu*. I
:-m informed wi 1 soe.on be presetrei.—
When received it will ba transmitted ;
and until tl cn I reserve any other vraws
I may desire to present on tho nui jee'.
IVlftlO.
At Chiekanawhatehea on 'tie—tne'., Rerj. 11.
T.-onarit, son of L. M and A. J. L’outid, in
tNe 1:i h year of Ids *£c.
lie was a promVng tiov, and h"d j is'. a'»
tn'n-.t (ha/ -•> at -?.!teh t'is fool puKtats
e.nald onr. oi;rtc th l * amiability nf Ms nature
.Vis' »*• .IU WEttTiSKJfIJEJTT&.
[3g“VVe «r« wnthn iz>'d to al.nru- C' ihe
name of S. ATISR FIRKP.R, fnr Solicitor
General fir till- P.t.aiila Circuit, Election fi s’.
We.fnc’diT in January nex*. r>r.v2-id
A i;\V JEWIXKY STORK*
L. IF. WING,
oo Ms s.uKnnyr st oo
Opposi f e Luiit r llmifle,
MACON, GA.
Spoons,
Co* l l Silver, Diamonds , Forks,
Jctcel+y of All Ki"ds, Goblets,
Silver Plated Ware, Cups,
And many F»ncy aitictfS of Solid Silver for
Ei£in*£ £. rn *:s g\YTS
F«nev Gootis : Knive* % liaizors f Combs,
Brushes, Pocket Books, Guitars, aud Via*
lin St i ing* } &c , Ac.
Wit !» p, 6’:oi-k«, and J wclry, repaired
on short notice, aud tea ranted.
nov 0 3m
iisl in OsV, Ey
IIIGII SCHOOL,
FOii 1807.
R.ivM. G.»orge .nssisted by Mia*
'•lollie bright, aini Mias S.iilisi Bright, will
( Den on tho first Mon lay in January u *xt, in
he Town of n.iw.«*oii ; a Female School of a
grade of Sehol.i's'.ip, cquna! to that of ruoat
of the Female (.'©l!eg**s in t‘ie S<?u'h.
Such an lih itution is n »f»«led in the
younfr and flourishing Town of Dawinu, and
it 19 hoped th <t all who d-’tiic the welfare of
our Town, and who have daughter* rooduca'e
will, by firing u? their patrotiag**, aid hi
building up the ‘-Dawson Female
School.”
PRICE OF TUITION, n p r term of twenty
we*Us, payable quarterly in advance.
For the Primary Depnrtmenq §1 fl *>o.
For the Pi-ppira'orv Department, S**2'> 00.
For tho Aeedemic Department, f. i4 *>Q.
L i'i*i aud French (*‘X'ra) each no
Mu-ic o i the Piano Forte, On.
tZcftrencc* Far Ciiitrtfder
D.vwaos—Judjro Wiley O. Parks.
Cni« KiSAwuATCiiiE Rjv. 0. A. Crowell,
Mr. Rta-wrl «1- an.
(’uvtißKßr R *v. W. A. Parks.
Lumpkin—Kev. L. J. Davies, Rev. J. C.
Sim mori?.
Weston—Rev. D. O. Dmpcol.
Am it Rices — Rev. S. Anthony, Rev. Adam
Robinson.
Mahon—R*v. F. If. Myers D. D , Rev. J.
W. Burke, Rev. W. M. Crumley, Proff. lioti
nelL
Fonsmi—R v. W. F. Cooke, R**v. Mr.
Ryburn. Jud?e S{»»’>ir.
Clinton Rev. W. P. Arnold.
Sparta—B shop G. F. Pierce D. D., Rev.
Lov'c Pierce D. D.
For Teaching Abilities reference is made
to t .e School Room, where we will be pleas
ed »o see our Patrons on the lan Friday iu
each month*
nov. Uth 2m G. BRIGHT, Piincipal.
FARM I\ SOUTHERN < Eoßbi\,
FOR SALE.
I offer for snlr* my fvrm of two Imnrirc 1
nml sixty acres ol land, situated on Conne
patiga River, two miles from Tilton, four from
and eleven from Dalton. The West
ern k Atlar.t-e railroad runs through »he cen
tre of if. One acre* cleared. There
is about one hundred acres bottom land on
the plac*—beatiiiif o>chard of choice grafted
fruit—very ban freestone drinking sa'er. —
The hotter contains fit rooms and i*» Ice tied
in a grove of format frees. Birn, crih, smok* -
housf, ka ,on the premises. The location is
healthy, and ihe 1 ind sui'ed to raising stock,
fcav t grain, Far furtherinforniat'oo, ad^
dress, S. VV. BACflVlAtf,
NovO.ot Triton, Ga.
LOST NOTE.
Lost about the 31 e t of October, in Diwsou,
a note g ? v.*n bv Berjrmin Snellgrove to
Thom *s Kennedy—cilligfor (\«)'•) on hun
dred dollar*, il ited snout the 2<t f b of October,
and pa v able Dc-tuber 25th, 18f>0. P
are notlfl and no* to tra c for the same, unless
it should reach the owner’s hand* —E. Dan
iel or M. W. Kennedy. If found, a favor
will be conferred bv returning »o.
M. W. KENNEDY.
D.iwson Nov. 0.
.5 DmTjtml Ttuirows s«ijl e.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Sumpter Co'nty, will be sold
before the Court House door in the town of
Morgan, Calhoun Countv, on the fi-st Tues
day in December next —eight hundred and
twenty-five acres of land, belonging to the
estate of Sanluel R. Walker, deceased. Sold
lor the benefit of heirs and creditors.
J. VI. WALKER,
IiUUMAH E. WALKER,
nov9* A-ii'rfl.
/ t tout* IA. '■'crrell Comity.
VJf Whereas Elam Johnson applies lo me
for letlers of dismission from the estate of
James B. Wilbanks,
These are thero’ore to cite and admonish
all persons coucct m-d 10 be slid appear at nry
office witliiu the rime prescribed by law, to
show cause, if anj, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand and official srgua
lurv, Nor. 9. 19(5*.
nor v T M JOKES, O r< j.
w. 1. Hill
nil, urn,
. AND
ooa m.
Ism constantly receivirg a Inigo shipment of CORN, and can I
CASH ORDERS that may be offered it the Lowest Markit Price.
13 C O IST.
2!> casks Cienr SIDES.
•25 do C. R SIDES,
25 do prime SHOULDERS,
5 do cho'ce Sugar Cured HAMS, etc., cte.
I am receivirg frerh supplies of thi* article almost daily, rnd ran mill
the iuteicst of buyer*, to cull on me.
W. A. HUFF.
F L O U R.
100 barrels good Superfine.
100 do do Ex'ra.
100 du Cht.i.e Family.
SALT i SALT!
500 barrel* VIRGINIA SALT.
250 Hacks LIVERPOOLd,»
For Sale by
\Y. A. HUFF.
1 LAY, HAY, HAY.
150 bale* nf Prime HAY.
For sale by
AV. A. HUFF.
OATS, OATS,
500 sacks SEED OATS,
For sale by
W. A HUFF.
S K E D E Y E.
300 tmhcls SEED RYE.
F,r *ilc by w. A- BI’FT.
SEED WHEAT.
500 buslic 1 * SEED WHEAT
F “ r BJ *‘V s . aerr.
BAGGING and HODE-
All CaT orders for BAGGING and ROPE, promptly at‘ended t^.^
CASH t CA.SIT 1
Another Hint To Tho Wise
MyTermiAro CASH. Some ofoy
to comi uce on this point. No Order wll be honored at mv
Gish, or a good guarantee that it will be ready when call, and W. ,
nrxt dny tcont anticrr, avd three dnys in utterly out oj tlu quietwn.-
with maity men amouuts to Never,
CASH, GITLEHII
CAS3I—Pay for your Goods, gd *
Cheap, and Nave your money.
W. A. HUFF'
nov 2 it
