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Sales of Land and Negroes, by Admin;: tint'.re. Ex-
j onto is or Gnarjians, are required i;y ivo to r.e held
jn the tii-st fnoeday in the mouth;betweenihc hours ol
t;l in the torenoon and three in the afternoon, at Un-
Court house in the county m which the property id sit
uated.
Notice of theaesaies must be given in a pubhr ga
zette 10 days previous to the day ofsale.
Notice* fortiie sale of personal property must begiv-
sninlike manner 10 days previous sale day.
Notice* to the debtors and creditors of an estate must
aNo be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be msdetolhe Courted
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must bt-
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Citationsforlettorsof Administration Guardianship,
■kc., must be published 30 days—for tii. Mission from
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troin Guardianship, 40 days.
Rule* for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers.
for the full spa,.- of 11, roe .nn-.’th s—for com pci itig title
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Notice to debtors and creditor*.
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr.
Snle of land or negroes by .Executors, tVe-pr sqr
Estrays. two weeks
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pared to do 2ook*Sind-
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manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be
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S. J. KIDD.*
Kinclcry in Konllscrn Federal t :iiou OIBrc.
Milledgeville, March 19th, 1861. 43
The bill to prevent extortion was made
’ ‘ * ' •cm
tin-special order for Thursday next.
1 be bill to exempt from military duty
certain State and municipal officers was
passed. •,
Senate adjourned.
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MILLESHrE YIL LE, G E 0II tr I A, TV E $ I> A Y, » E C EMBE R 23, 1862.
[NUMBER 31.
COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR, 1862.
[Written for the Illustrated News.]
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out the reassembling in 1' ebruary and tix it
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COURT CALLENDER FOR 1862.
SUPERIOR COURTS.
JANUARY
2d Monday, Chatham.
* Floyd
SPECIAL NOTICE.
rpilE undersigned having removed trom
I ltdgeville fleshes and intends 'o clesu up ! r-
business mutters of time place speedily as possi
ble. All persons indebted are notified that tin
not es and Recounts are in tho bands of J. A.
i’REKULOVE, and P. II. LAWLER, who Hie author;
zed to collect and make settlements If not ar
ranged at an early day, settlements will be enforced
bv law.
13 tf. A. G. VAIL. Agent.
Western & Atlantic (Stale Railroad.
Atlanta to Chattanooga. 138 Miles, Fare $6 Ot
JOHN S. ROWLAND. Siirr.
Psmeogrr Train
Leave Atlanta at -—- 7 30 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga at
Leave Atlanta at
Arriveat Chattanooga at
Aero tn mi of! at ion Pn.nriigri'
Leave Atlanta
Arriveat Kingston
Leave Kingston .......
Arrive at Atlanta -
Tins Road connects each way with the Home
Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee
& Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashvillt
&. Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga.
July 29,1862. 10 If.
4 57 A. M
4 **(> A. M.
. 5 15 P. 11
Train.
. 2 40 P. M.
. 6 57P.M.
. 4 30 A. M.
. 8 45A.M.
FEBRUARY".
1st Monday, Clark
t Lumpkin
3d Monday, Campbell
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth
' Polk
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
4th Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
I"uulllillg
Taliaferro
Walker
MARCH.
1st Thursday. Pierce
Is; Monday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
JULY.
1st Monday, Floyd*
AUGUST.
1st Monday Lumpkint
2d M induy, Campbell
Clark
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth.
Polk
Glascock
Merriwether
Walton
4th Monday, Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker
Thusdny after, Pierce
eta
SEPTEMBER.
1st Monday, Appling
* Chutt
Columbia
Ci awford
Gwinnett
51 adison
Marion
Morgan
2d Monday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayctt
Greene
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3j Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Iiall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Talbot
. Tattnal
Wa> c
Thursday after White
Friday niter,Bulloch
Itls -Monday, Clinch
Putnam
Rabun
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
Wilkes
Johnson
Milton
Thursday after Habei shan ..... .
4thTiiursd.iv, Montgomery Monday )
..t o/’-ri i
(,'herokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
M adison
51 arion
-Morgan
2d4Ionday, Butts
Bartow
Coffee
Elbert
Fayette
• Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobbt
Calhoun
Hall
Hurt
Heard
51 aeon
Newton
Talbot
Ware .
Bulloch
Thursday after \V hite
'Hi Monday, Clinch
Putnam
Chattahoochee
Lee
Twiggs
• Wilkes
Johnson
51ilton
Rabun
Thursday after Habersham
Monday af- 4
ter the 4th > Echols
New Arrangement.
Chun ye of Schedule, on and after Monday 11 th inst
THE Snbscnbersare convey- .gTaa.
■ U. S. Mail from Mil- evS’&fcfay. _
ledgeville via Sparta. Culvi r-
teu and Powellon to Double]
Wells, and would respectfully invite the attention ol
tl cir friends and the travelling public, to their new
ad complete arrangement for travelling facilities
over this line.
SCHEDULE—Leave5!illedgeville after the r.rrivn
of trains from Columbus. Macon and Savannah: Ar.
: vc in Sparta at 6o’clock P. 51. and at Double Yi ell:
same evening.
Leave Double Wells after the arrival of morniru.
trains from Augusta. Atlanta and Athens: Arriveat
Sparta 1 i o'clock, A. 5L; Arrive at Milledgevillesame
evening.
With good Hacks, fine Stock and careful drivers,
we S'.licit a liberal patronage.
MOORE & FORBS.
Stage OlBcc»—MilledgcrtUr //■ ' t Milledce>• - .da
Edsaairds' Ho < <. Sparta.
Moore’s Hotel, Double Wells.
July 11,1859. 8 tf -
JOHI? T. BOWDOIIJ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
BiTOSTOX.GA.
Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 36tf.
50 Raw Cotton Gin Tor Sale.
ONE of WATSON’S best 50 Saw Cotton Gin*.
< oik red for sate. This Gin is new, and :s equa
r -> an v in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow
tiers having no use for it. Any planter wanting a
good Gin,can have a chance to jrct one- at a re
duction on the regular price. Apply at this oSice.
i; i IN. Tift, or J. II. Watson, at. Albany.
&SORGIA MADE
black, russettis,
ARMY BllOGASS,
WOMAN SHOES,
SPUN YAH NS,
Sinn TINGS OSSA I) UR GS,
STRIPED HOMESPUNS,
By the large or small quantities.
Jacob G.Ns & Co.
January 2-8, 1662 36 tf
sam’l n. irvix.
GREENLEE BUTLER
IRVIN & CUTLER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAI.
ALBANY, ilargia.
PRACTICE in the Superior Courts of the Snutl
I West .-in Circuit,—in Terrell, Randolph, and Ear
ly counties, in the Patanla Circuit,—in Worth and 51a
eon Counties, in the 51acen Circuit, in the Unite!
v - Circuit Court at Savannah,—and by specin
contract,in any County in Southern Georgia.
Janrary 1st’ 1860. 34 tf.
f-TH ESIDGt SON,
Factor?, Commission and Forirardinp
IU IE*. O XX Phi TS,
SAVANNAH, OA.
* D. ETHERIDGE. W. D. ETIIF.niDGE, Jt.
J «ly 15th, 1856. 8 tf
Messrs. A. H. & L. H. KENAN,
lRE Associated in the Practice of Law
Office 1st Door upon 2d floor of
“»* / Echols
ie. 1th Mon- / Effingham
day. )
Ai’im..
1st &. 2d Moo.CtfrroU
1st .Monday, Dooly
Franklin
Emanuel
Early
Fulton
Gordon
Pike
Taylor
Wat ren
Wilkinson
Tiinrsd’yafter Banks
2d .Monday, Hancock
Richmond
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Sumter
L uesde.v after, 51dntn*h
t.l .Monday, Glynn
Haralson
llciity
Jones
Libelty
51urray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Monday Worth
after * 'Brvan
4th Monday,Wayne
Decatur
PeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
• Schley
Whitfield
Wilcox
Friday after. Telfair
Cantden
Thursday after, Irwin
.Mondav “ Berrien
Charlton
MAY
1st 5Iotiday. Clayton
Sc riven
Gilmer
Randolph
Upson
2d Mondav, Catoosa
Jefferson
Chatham
Fannin
Mitchell
5! iiscogee
3d Monday, Bibb
Burke
Quitting
Spalding
Troup
Union
Baker
Thursday after Towns
4th Monday, Dade
Terrell
Last Mondav, Colquitt
JUNE.
1st Monday, Lowndes
Dougherty
>d Mondav, Brooks
Clay
3d Monday, Thomas
OCTOBER.
11st & 2d 5Ion. Cat roll
I at .Monday, Dooly
Emanuel
Franklin
Early
F«lton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
• Wilkinson
Pike
Thursday after Banks
[2d Monday, Fannin
Richmond
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
1 Miller
Sumter
3d Monday, Glynn
Haralson
ilenry
Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
W*rth
Thursday after Towns
j Thursday ) Montgomery
j after <
4th5Ionday, Wayne
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Tattnall
Whitfield
Wilcox
;Friday after. Telfair
Catnd
Tliutsilay after. Irwin
.Monday after Clin rlton
NOVEMBER.
1st Monday, Berrien
Seriven
Clayton
Etfingham
Randolph
U pson
2d Monday, Catoosa
Jefferson
5Iitehell
51 iiscogee
3d 5Ionday, Bibb
Burke
Quit! man
Spalding
Troup
Baker
4th Monday, Dade
Terr oil
Thursday after. 5IeIntosli
•.Monday “ ^Colquitt
Liberty
-Mon. after Liberty. Bryan
DECEMBER.
1st Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes
Id Jloudav,(Brooks
Clay
3d Monday Thomas
.Monday, ihomas
'May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each
"kludge not required to draw Jurors for two
weeks; and not obliged to hold two weeks Court
in counties of Cobb and LuinDkin.
Once mere to tiie breach, for the laud of the West
And a leader we give, of our bravest and best, I
Of his State and his army the pride; j HOUSE
Hope shines like the plume of Navarre on his 1
crest ' Dec. s, 1S62.
And gicams in the glpive at his side. The House met according to adjourn
ment.
In the House to-day, Judge Cochrane
moved to reconsider so much of the pro-
or ! ceediDgs of Saturday )ast,i>y which the
! bill to prescribe the mode in which the
„ , , , , , , T . , I Courts may grant charters of incorporMion
He leaves the loved soil of A irginta behind. ' - ji ,i n ... ..
Where the dust of his fathers is fitly ensli.ined, ! as re .‘IJ ,, 1 red b 7 tJ, f Constitution—At as .oat.
, Where lie the fresh fields of his fame; j It will be remembered that the Governor
Where the murmurous pines as they sway in the ! had refused his sanction to the bill and
' vin< C | returned it to (he Senate, which body
v I passed it over ins veto, and transmit-
Tne Johnstons have always borne wings on their \ ted it to the House, which sustained the
For bis c< urnpe i-. keen and tiis lion or is bright,
As the trusty Toledo* he wears to the fight.
New l v wrought in the forges of Spain,
And this weapon, like all he lias brandished
tight.
Will never be dimmed by a stain.
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spurs.
And their motto a noble distinction confets—
‘ Ever ready !” for ftiend or for foe—
' With a patriots feivor the sentiment stirs
The large manly heart of our Jon.
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We read that a former bold citief of the c'an
Fell bravely defending the West in tire van,
On Shiloh's illustrious day,
And with reason we reckon our Johnston the man
i he dark, bloody d<ht to repay.
'I here is much to be done, if not glory to seek,
There’s a just and terrible vergeanceto wreak
’For crime of a terrible dye.
While the plaint ot the helpless, the wail of the
weak,
In a chorus rise up to the sky.
For the YVolf of the North we once drove to his
den,
That quailed with ;:ft’right ’neath the stern glance
of men.
With his pack has reti ii-fd to the spoil;
Then come from the mountain, the hamlet, the
glen,
And drive him again from onr soil,
j Bravr t.crn Tennesseeans, so loyal, so true,
j Why have hunted the beast it; your highlands, of
I you,
Dur leader had nevtr a doubt:
j You will troop by the thousand the chase to rer-pw
The day that his biiK 1 ”" " rjn g 0U L
But
Wh,
Hunters’' so famed “of Kentucky” of
i-hi-re are the rifles that kept front your
uoor
'1 be wolf and the robber as well?
Of a ttulh. you have never been laggard before
To Peal with a savage so leil.
Has the love y ou outv bore to your country grown
cold?
Has the fine on the alter dh d out? do you hold
Your lives than your tretdom more dear.'
Can you shametully ^barter your birthright lot
gold,
Or basely take counsel of fear?
We will not belicv- it—Kentucky tiie land
Of Clay, will not t mely submit to the brand
That disgrace the dastard the slave.
Tiie houi of redemption draws nigh, is at hand:
Her or.n sons, her own nonor shall save!
Mighty men of Missouri comg fortli to the call,
With the tush ol your rivers when the tempests
appal,
And the torrents their -ources unseal;
And this be the watchword of one and of all—
"Remember the butcher, McNieJ”
Clunty, (in., f. ran order f.Thomas P.
belonging to the estates of Ed warn c.u
Epps, late ofeatd^oounty. de cn vMpIox . A dmV-
Nov. 4th, 1862. ( LS > ~'^f
MASONIC HALL.
•Dn 23d. 1857.
35 tf.
J. A. & XS\ YV. TURNER,
attorneys at law
0**»b«r,ia, 1810
Eatontoa, Ga,
SllT.
O 1XTY days from dale »PP 1 ^^ ,0 ^ W o) d ^ a ^*of
O to tiie honorable the Co V_ f r )( , ave to sell
Twiggs county, C.a.. fcr «n°rder for lea^^ g
all the lands, and such portion estate of
may be necessary, ^^^'/’^idcount^deceas-
Hartwell L. Solomdn, - ate pAULK, Ex’r.
ed <25 9t.
Nov. 4th. 1662. __
U<1XTY days nfler date "PR County for leave
Otlie Court of Ordinary ot Ja*P. esta te of James
to sell the Negroes belonging *o t .
M. McDowell, late of said cornuy. ^dm’r.
JOEL C. MoDO'VE'kiL', ^
Nov. 3d, 1869. (* ■
Then or.ce more to the breach for the land of the
West;
Strike home lor your hearths—for the lips you iovi?
best,
Follow on where your leader you see.
One flash ot his swotd, when the foe is hard
pressed,
And tin Land of the West shall be free!
eto.
The motion to reconsider prevailed.
Gen. Black moved to reconsider the
action of the House, hv which the House
refused to concur in the amendment of the
Senate to the hill to ajijirojuiat
provide for indigent soldiers and rheir
families. The House fixed the amend
ment necessary for this purpose at *2 000,
000—the Senate struck out that sum and
inserted 63,000,000, in which the House
refused to concur. Gen. Black stated
that owing to the immensely high rates of
all articles of prime necessity, the amount
agreed on by the House was altogelher
insufficient for. that purpose, and hence
made his motion to reconsider, in order
to accept the Senate amendment. The
motion was lost.
Air. AY'ashington moved to reconsider so
much of the action of the House on Satur
day by which the bill to change the line
between the counties of White and Haber
sham, was lost. The motion prevailed.—
The rules were suspended, the bill taken
up and passed.
a ne Joint Committee appointed to
examine into the business before both
brandies, and ascertain at what time they
should adjourn, reported that owing to
the immense amount of important matter
before them, it would he unwise as injitr-
ous to the interest of the State to adjourn
on the 15th inst., and in their opinion the
business could not be finished in a proper
manner by extending the session ; they
therefore recommended that the House
take a recess from and after Thursday
next, to the Sth of Feburary next. The
report was taken up, discussed for some
time and finally adopted.
The H ouse then concurred in Senate
amendments to House bills as reported on
Saturday last.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs.
Lawson, Hook and Duke.
The House then adjourned.
The committee submit a statement of
the case, in which they conclude by sav
ing that the connection of V. A. Gaskill
with the matter is not of the satisfactory
character which* authorizes them to say
that he is free from blame, and they sub
mit resolutions declareing that A. 1’. Bell
has in his possession profits, accruing
from the shoe transaction, which, in good
conscience, he ought not to retain ; that,
as an officer of the 6tate, he he dismissed.
It appears that Air. Bell bought the shoes
for the Quartermaster’s’ Department—
that Air, Gaskill, acting for Mr. Bacon,
the Quartermaster, examined the shoes,
and they were condemned. They after
wards found their way into Air. Gaskill’s
commission store, and were sold for a large
profit, which Air. Bell retains!
Mr. Bell submits, with the report, a
sworn statement, exonerating Air. Gaskill
from all blame, and assumes all reproach,
j if any, to himself. He maintains that he
I had a light to do as he did.
p ^ | • The report of the committee on the
and tiieir I u *^ : ’ rcbtr ' ct the planting of cotton, was
j taken up. They recommended a substi-
! iute—restrict the crop to three acres to
j the hand, under penalty ot a fine of five
hundred dollars for every acre planted
over three, one half to go to the informer.
Mr. Alitchell thought tiie amount allowed
too large. Air. Fulhvood made an able
speech in behalf of the bill. The report
of the committee,was agreed to, and the
bill passed. ’T he Senate then adjourned
to 7 o’clock, to-night.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3 o’clock P. AT.
. The House met.
A resolution was adopted to provide
JNO R. THOMPSON.
Richmond, Ya., Dec. I, 1802.
* Genera 1 Johnston carries with him a beautiful
blade, recently presei.ird to him, beating tiie
mark of the Rural Manufactory ot Toledo, 1SG2.
a record of all the names of officers and |
soldiers of this State who have or may die
in the military service of the Confederate
| States or of this State.
A resolution was offeted to give construc
tion to the act authorizing the Governor
to seize factories and materials for clothing
Georgia troops, for which Judge Cabiness
HOUSE.
December 9, 18G2.
Tho House met according to adjourn-
! ment.
1 An attempt was f| * the House to
! t^ko °r • 1 — report of the Comniitte on the
j State ot the Republic, on the portion of the
| Governor’s Alessage relati: g to the Con
script Law. Air. Bigham moved to take
i up the repo.t and make it the special order
j for to-morrow, and sustained the motion in
a brief speech. Jud
motion.
Mr. Barnes called the previous question
j — ; statiDg that it was a motion usually
odious to him, and one that lie had never
J made, but the House had listened to the
; thorough discussion of the question, and
| ought not, in his judgment, to consume
| more time on it. T he call for the previous
| question was sustained, and the ayes were
; -11, and the nays 95.
On motion ot Air. Candler, the appropri-
I ation bill was taken up and occupied the
balance of the morning session.
In tiie afternoon, Air. Culberson moved
to take up a resolution from the 6enate
(which I oryitted to notice on its passage
in that branch,) calling attention of the
Confederate military authorities to certain
injustice sustained by him at the hands of
the soldiers, by Hon. W. W. Lane,
Senator from the 44th District. The
resolution was referred to a special com
mittee.
Fite House refused to concur in the
substitute of the Senate, to the resolution
in leferenceto a recess.
The resolutions defining the resolutions
authorizing the seizure of factories and
goods, were taken up, and the following
substitute was adopted and transmitted to
Georgia Legislatures
. 4SD2.
adjourn-
SENATE.
Dec. -
The Senate met according to
ment.
The senate took up the report of the
Joint Committee on the busines before the
l.egislatuie. They reported that in each
House the business was as follows:
In the House bills read 1st time 41
“ 2d “ 151
Resolutions nut acted on 37
Senate bills read 1st time 2(i
“ “ “ 2d “ 25
“ “ notread 3
“ resolutions not actcdon 14
Bills on the table for the present 15
offered a substitute, striking out the seiz- j 1 * e 8 ,enate •’
ing clause of the act. This gave rise to I Supplement to the Seizing Resolutions.
heated discussion, in which many members j Resolved, That the Governor be, and he
! participated. I was unable to make a full j is hereby authorized and required, to order
| report of the discussion, and for that rea- j t° Le paid to such parties not engaged in
| son omit it. A motion was made and car- i manufacturing, as have sold or may sell
j rifid to ratar tho voaolutinn to a special I their goods to the proper authorities, under
committee of five. |.rtie restrKvrin-n «Wv« referred to, or whose
The hour of adjournment having ar- j K°°d s have been or may by hereafter
! rived, the House adjourned.
Total 311
Senate hills o(>
House hills 39
Senate resolutions G
House resolutions 4
Total amount of unfinished business. .376
Tho Committee recommends a recess
on and after next Thursday, until the Sth
of Febuary next.
SENATE.
Dec, 9th.
The Senate met according to adjournment.
On motion of Air. Alitchell, the action
of the Senate in refusing to concur in the
House resolution to take a recess after
Thursday, was reconsidered. The resolu
tion were then taken up, when Air. Lewis
moved as a substitute that the House ad
journ on Saturday, 13th inst., until the
fourth IFednesday in April, and on the
motion called the previous question. The
substitute was adopted.
The special order—the, majority and
minority reports ol the committee on Con
federate relations on the Conscript law—
was taken up.-
Air. Alitchell moved to postpone indefin
itely, and called the previous question.—
Lost ayes 12 nays, 23.
Air. Gordon then proceeded to address
the Senate, and spoke until the hour of
Upon the adoption | adjournment. As his speech will be pub
lished in full, I will not emasculate it with
! seized by the authority aforesaid, ten per
| cent, on the cost to the owner, of all such
j articles so sold or seized ; provided, that
in every case the party owning such goods
| shall make an affidavit, settiug forth the
price paid by him, and the name of the
person or persons from whom he purchased
j said articles ; and provided, further that in
all cases where the officer of the State
may suspect the correctness of the price
; reported by the owner, it shall be deter-
! mined by arbitration, as follows : 'Lite
' officer and owner, each, shall choose a dis
interested person," to whom the question
! shall be referred, and these, in case of
disagreement, shall call in a third person,
who shall act as umpire ; and were such
cost, when ascertained, exceeds the mar
ket value of tiie article, the officer must
ton that has passed out of the producers’
hand, passed.
The tienate insisted upon the amend
ment of 63,000.000 to tho bill for the re
lict of soldiers’ families, and concurred in
the House resolution for a committee of
conference on the subject.
The special order—the report of the
majority and minority committee was ta
ken up.
./udge Gibson had the floor, and pro
ceeded to an able review of the speech of
Mr Gordon, and sustained the constitution
ality of the law.
In the afternoon, a motion to Lay the
Conscript resolutions on the table was lost
and they were made the special order for
J2 o’clock to-morrow.
The explanatory resolutions from the
House in reference to the seizure of goods
for clothing the soldiers was taken up.
Air Brown moved to extend the time of
seizure to January.
Air Seward was opposed to altering the
resolutions as they passed at first. We
seize soldiers and negroes, and shall we
hesitate to seize the property of specula
tors?
Air Eurlow offered a substitute, rescind
ing the resolutions authorizing seizures.
Judge Gibson sustained the explanato
ry resolutions as they passed the House.
He represented a community in which per
haps more goods had been seized than in
' any other in the State: and he did not
think there was a holder ot goods there
' who would object to taking 10 percent
1 profits on goods for clothing the army. If
there were such men there he did not rep
resent them.
yj r nt moved to lay the resolu
tions on the table for the balance of the
session.
Judge Gibson opposed the motion. He
would lie perfectly willing to withdraw
the protection of-the law from the lawless
and the heartless persons who prey upon
the necessities of the people. But it was
our duty to clothe our troops, and to do it
Love opposed the i promptly. He did not believe there were
) 3,000 Georgians without shoes in the ar
my; hut such as there are should be sup
plied. Two months ago there were many
thousands in want of shoes and clothing,
hut most of them have since been sup
plied. He would seize and pay a fair
price for enough to clothe and shoe those
in need, and no more, and this could he
done in ten days. To seize under the pro
visions of the bill as it first passed was
public robbery, and a disgrace to any
iState or country. This explanatory res
olution remedies the wrongs perpetrated,
and will effect the object desired. If we
wish to render the Government odious to
every sense of honesty, and to prepare the
minds of its outraged citizens for proposi
tions for reconstruction or any other relief
from a tyranny so burdensome and unpar
donable— we have but to let the process
of indiscriminate and unregulated seizure
go on.
Air Alitchell favored some well regula
ted means of meeting the wants of the
army.
Air Echols alluded to the case of an
Irishman in Lexington, whose leather had
cost him $2.75 per pound, and was seized
at 61. He deemed the whole system of
seizing private property as wrong, and
most cases unconstitutional. The people
of Aliddle Georgia were ju.-tly indignant
that the people of the coast should run off'
their negroes to safe retreats and seize on
country negroes to till their places. The
revolution we are kindling in Georgia is
almost as fatal to liberty and justice as
any other.
The vote was on Air. Brown’s amend
ment to extend the time of seizing to Jan
uary 1st. It was carried.
J udge Gibson called for the yeas and
nays, and appealed to the Senate not to
forget the Constitution they had sworn to
support, and not to hazard the fate of the
resolutions by clogging them with amend
ments. Ten days is ample for securing
the amount ot goods needed. The vote
was taken on the motion to extend the
time to January 1st, and the vote was ayes
15, nays 15—(Jol. WmAI Brown, in the
chair, voted no, and the amendment was
lost.
The Senate then adjourned.
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HOUSE.
Dec. 10th
to adjourn-
The House met according
ment.
In the House this morning the action of
the House in refusing to concur in the Sen
ate amendment to take a recess after Sat
urday, was reconsidered and the resolu
tion was concurred in. The vote was yeas
94, nays 49.
A bill to suppress the retail of Spiritu
ous liquors was taken up.
Mr Thrasher moved to strike out the
clause “except on the written certificate
of some practicing physieian, &c.,” which
motion prevailed.
Mr Adams moved to confine the opera
tion of the bill to Fulton county, winch
was lost.
Mr Dubose offered a substitute that li
cense be granted under certain conditions
—consent of all persons within three
miles Sc_c.
Air Auatns moved to refer the bill and
substitute to a special committee, lost.
Mr Adams moved that the Houe ad
journ until a quarter before eleven o’clock.
The previous question was called, and
the vote on the substitute was ayes 52,
naj s 66. The vote recurred on the origi
nal bill, and was ayes 65, nays 77.
On motion of Judge Cochrane the bill
fortiie confiscation of real estate of alien
enemies was made the special order y for
the first Friday after the fourth Wednes
day iu April next.
A resolution requesting Congress to
make Treasury notes a legal tender was
adopted.
A hill for the relief of the soldiers in
the service—authorizing the carpets in the
State House to be taken up and made in
to blankets, was takeu up and lost. It
was urged that the carpets iu the cham
bers were necessary to prevent noiso in
moving and walking.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs
Tatum Black and Moss. •
The Senate amendment to the bill sup
plementary to an act to prevent the distil
lation of grain, was concurred in.
The House refused to concur in a Sen
ate amendment to a bill to prevent Small
Pox. The amendment proposed a vacci
nating agent at a salary of 61,500.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendment striking out the appropriation
of 61,000 for the Slate Treasurer for clerk
hire, and disagreed to the amendment al
lowing the Comptroller General 81,500
for Clerk hire.
A bill to repeal the act reducing the sal
aries of Judges was taken up and lost—
ayes 55, nays 76.
The hill to incorporate Castle Rock
Coal Company passed.
An act to amend the revenue laws was
taken up, and pending which the House
adjourned to 3 o’clock, P AI.
SENATE.
Dec. 10, 7 p. m.
The Senate met according to adjourn-
abandbn the seizure in that particular
ease, and may do so in his discretion when I ment.
such cost exceeds the rates fixed by the j The unfinished business—the House
original resolutions. • | supplementary resolution on seizure of
Resolved, That all goods taken from j factories, &e.—was taken up, and the
manufacturing establishments he paid for resolutions were adopted just as they came
at the rate of 25 per cent, on prime cost j from the House.
of manufacturing said articles; said cost to
such a synopsis as my note would enable he ascertained as provided in the foregoing
me to give you. It was a masterly re- resolution, and subject to the same eondi-
view of the Constitutional points, and tions.
a most finished and eloquent oratorical) Resolved, That no contracts made with
| effort. the Confederate Government shall inter- of Judge Gibson, made a general bill and
incur | At the conclusion of his speech, Judge fere with the execution of said resolutions, ! passed,
ill to ! Gibson obtained the floor, when the Sen- herein amended, except such as were The committee
made and reduced to wi irin
The bill to authorize grants to issue to
John B. Callahan for certain lands in Bibb
county was h,s?.
A local bill to authorize deputy sheriffs
to make titles to land was, on motion
on the report the vote was, ayes 16 ; nays
l[K •
A bill to restrict the planting of cotton
was taken up. Two substitutes were
offered and after some debate the whole
matter was recommitted.
The House having refused to concur
iu the Senate amendments to the hill to j Gibson obtained the floor, when the Sen- as herein amended, except such as were The committee on Clement’s Patent
appropriate money to provide for indigent j ate adjourned to half pass 3. made and reduced to wiiting previous to Hand Loom reported against its purchase
in the afternoon, the subject was made the passage ol the passage of the original by the State, and believe that more benefit
e special order for to-morrow, at 12 o’ resolutions, unless the Governor, or his will result from its being left to Indi-
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3 o’clock, P, AI.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the consideration of the General Appro
priation bill.
cajled up and the Senate insisted on its j the spec
amendment. A committee of conference
will be asked for the purpose of settling
this disagreement.
A biil to |vest power in the Superior
Courts to grant charters of incorporation,
in pursuance of the sixth section second
article of the Constitution, was passed. It
provides that the Courts may prescribe
the individual liability clause.
By Air. Jas. Hilliard—A series of reso
lutions requesting the Secretary of War to
institute investigation into the conduct
of Quartermasters, Commissaries, Sur
geons. Agents and other officials, was
adopted.
The resolutions from the Committee on
Confederate Resolutions on the subject
of the Conscript act, were made the
special order for tomorrow at 11 o’
clock.
A bill supplementary to an act to pre
vent the upnece.-sary distillation of grain
was taken up and discussed until the hour
of adjournment. It provides that parties
in the fulfilment of contracts before the
passage of the act may go on without
lemov ing: their distilleries, but are required
‘o subscribe an oath not to purchase corn
for that purpose grown 20 miles of any'
railroad or navigable stieam.
! In the afternoon the Senate passed the
j bill above, and refused by a majority of
I one to concur in the House resolution to
! take a recess. They will reconsider this,
lock.
Air. Echols offered the followin^
tions:
Mi. EchoVs Resolution.
Whereas, Great injustice and inequality
is likely to grow out of the operation ot the
agenis, exercising their sound discretion, vidual enterprise. The report was agreed
resolu- may conclude that public welfare will be to.
prompted by allowing said contracts to -A bill for the relief of Henry J. Nich-
; stan d. ols, passed ; also, one to change certain
Resolved, That all seizures authorized county lines—relates to Coffee and Clinch,
by tiie original resolutions and these Alacon and Taylor, and Aluscogee and
resolutions passed by this General Assem- amendments shall cease their operations Taylor ; also, a hill for the relief of James
bly, authorizing the impressment of negr* es alter the 20th December, inst., except ami Lneinda Jordan ; also, to increase the
for the defences of t It is State; for remedy in the following cast's: When a case of salaiiesol employees on the State Road;
whereof be it therefore— contest as to cost nt/iy bo pending on the also, a bill to confer certain powers on the
Resolved, By the Senate and house of 20th inst., it shall be proceeded with until Mayor and Council of Columbus and In-
Representatives of this State, That whan completed ; and when a factory or tannery fetior Courts of Aluscogee county,
ever and planter or owner of slaves shall may be seized, it may be held until the
have a less number than live hands be- owner or owners of it will agree to furnish ;
tween the ages ot 16 60 years, he.shall be its proceeds on the basis prescribed by j
required to pay in Confederate or Treas- the original resolutions, as hereby amend- |
ury Notes his proportionable share of slave ed.
labor to the agent ot the Government,
SENATE.
Wednesday Dec. 19
The Senate met
In the iS'enate this mornin,
who is authorized to make the impress
ment.
Be it further Resolved, That whenever
any slave or slaves are impressed under
the authority of the above recited tesolu-
tions, that the owner of said slave or slaves
shall have the right of hiring others to put
in the place ot those liable to impress- were order:
ment.
The first resolution was stricken out, and
the last adopted.
The report of the committee to investi
gate the alleged fraud in the purchase and
sale of shoes from that Penitentiary, B. A.
P. Bell, was takeu up, read, and 50 copies
ordered printed.
SENATE.
Dec. 10, 1862.
S'he Senate met according to adjourn
ment.
'Flic Senate to-night took up a number
the report
of House bills for a first and second read
ing, and Senate bills fora second reading.
The following bills were taken up for a
of the committee on the shoe iraud against third reading,
the Penitentiary was taken up, and the i A bill lo charter of the South Georgia
testimony read. On motion, fifty copies | and Florida Rail Road Company, passed.
i'ered printed, and the report was A bill to make penal the furnishing of
laid over to the adjourned session. persons confined in the common jails of the
A House bill to incorporate the Central | State with spirituous liquors, passed,
leorgia Insurance company of Alacon, The hill allowing Clerks to the Comp-
Georgia
passed.
A biil to make valid the sales of Sher
iffs and their deputies in certain cases—
relates to absence iu the service passed.
troller General and State Treasurer was
taken up. The clause allowing the Treas
ure! a clerk was stricken out, and the Sal
ary of the Comptroller’s Clerk fixed at
A bill to provide for the taxing of cot- $1,500 and the bill passed
HOUSE.
Dec. 10, 7 o’clock p. m.
The House met according to adjourn
ment.
The general appropriation bill was under
consideration, in committee of the whole,
and was teferred back to the House, and
adopted.
The bill to postpone the operation of the
new code was, on motion of Judge Steph
ens, taken up and lost—ayes 37, nays 66.
So the new code becomes a law after Jan
uary 1, 1863.
The tax bill was then taken up, and
the amount fixed at 81,500,000, which is
6500,000 more than the amount raised
last year.
A bill fertile relief of Jesse Fitts and
others, of Lumpkin county, was taken up
and passed. The House then adjourned
to 9 o’clock to-morrow morning.
SENATE
Dec. 11th,
The Senate met.
Alessrs. Brown, Dyer and Echols were
appointed a committee to invite Hon. B.
H. Hill to a seat in the Senate Cham
ber.
A hill lo repeal the acts in reference to
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and to reor
ganize the same, was passed.
The special order, a bill to prevent
monoply and extortion, &c., was laid on
the table for the present.
The Senate receded from its amendment
to the House bill fixing salary of Compt
roller General’s clerk, and concurred in
House amendment.
Gen. Hansell was permitted to intro
duce a bill for the relief of certain loyal
citizens of the Confederate States—relates
to persons having j » tr.cr t who are subject
to the sequestration act.
A House resolution requesting citizens
not to sue soldiers in the service was agreed
to^.
• The Senate went into secret session,
for the purpose of acting on nominations
to fill vacancies in the offices of Solictor
General.
A bill to amend the acts of force in refer
ence to Justices Courts was passed. It
provides that a Justice of the Peace being
a clerk shall have all the powers of a Jus
tice of the Peace not a clerk.
The next special order—the bill to pro
vide funds for the use of the Georgia
Relief and Hospital Association—was
taken up, and passed precisely as it ante
from the House.
A resolution from the Small Pox Com
mittee was adopted, requesting the Gov
ernor to have 10,000 copies of a treatis*
on vaccination published for general dis
tribution.
The Senate adhered to its action on the
appointment of a vaccinating agent.
In the afternoon the Senate was engaged
on some amendments to House bills,—
Among these was a bill to change the
time ot holding the Superior and Inferior
Courts iu Houston county—changes Su
perior Court to third Monday in Febuary
and August; Inferior Courts, third Mon
day in Alay and November.
After .reading np all the matter in hand,
the Senate adjourned to 9 1-2 o’clock to
morrow.
HOUSE.
Dec, 11, 1862.
The house met.
The bill to prohibit the retail of ardent
spirits was reconsidered. There is evident
ly a majority of the House who desires
to prohibit the granting of licenses as at
d
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