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the jp e a c e Forty •< ' fc * Norik-•ptrfch of H^r. Bta W ood, of New Cork. Mr. Wood was a member of lhe last ^PCougress (and a memberof the next Con gress, wc believe,) and occupied a high position as tie leader of the peace party.— jlis. bold and scathing rebukes of the Administration while editor of the New York Daily Fetes will long be remembered This speech was prepared by Mr. Wood, to bo delivered at the close' of the Con gress, but being cut offin the pressure of business incident to the close of the session, he got permission to print it in the Con- gresstonal Globe. It is bold, manly and very eloquent. We make some extracts from it. The first Proclamation for Peace— The tear Could have been Avoided. During the first session of the present Congress, and one week before the slaugh ter at Manassas had awakened our peo ple to the realities of war, I offered in this jjp'iee the following resolution : Resolved, That this Congress re corn- menu the Governors of the several Slates to convene their Legislatures for the pur pose of calling an election to select two delegates from each Congressional District, to meet in General Convention al Louis-I Sir, t mean this not as an idle com pi i- J The Madncts <f Attempting to Reside the men t to tlie American character. The] Union by Force of Arms. experience of the past twelve months has . , ... * , revealed in that so much of passion, pride. | Here, sir has been a magnificent temple and bioodthirst that l am more inclined |*» perfect in all its parts as human inge- to humility than boastfulness. I feel | nuity and labor could make it—admirably that upon the fresh, pure soil of the new | suited to be the home of a great and happy world we have 60vrn the seeds of discords, • family ; imper* iou& to tbe assaults* o and they will take root. l$ut while my foreign enemies ; too refuge of the oppress- experience, and t'no testimony of our ! piide of its inmates; the ctivj fathers through eighty-seven vears of : « nd wonder of the world But upon what prosperity and progress, have ‘well es- j foundation was the structure built ? bin tablished my faith in the beneficence of a «P on ,!ic frL,e oi ‘be people. Not ot union of .the States, I cannot understand 1 01 > p Stato or*of one section, but of n-f the States and of all the sections. Whil j that free will existed, the temple, was ot a nature to withstand the ravages of time That free will has ceased to exist, and the temple has crumbled into dust. It is no .more. It is a glory of the past. M hat that its blessings are of a nature to be enjoyed upon compulsion. But granting it possible, tbe question arises of equal moment: is it desirable ?— lias not the struggle already been too tierce to admit of unity and cordial feel- , . ing between a conquering and a conquered 3’ ou ,10 " conceive to be tne stiuctuio is section. ? Sir, 1 fear it has. I believe.] but a »>ontory so intense that it seems that, while the memory of this war exists, reality*, hut the substance is not toc-ie tbe people of the North and South»uuitcd Rebuild it it you car, but you must first by constraint, would never sufficiently ‘ secure the free w ill ot tl premature. This d^' i* not on ® day too j soon for their lips. ©assort what their I hearts know - to be true. If the people , are not prepared, bt us commence the J task of preparation., It is a task, already ; half accomplished, fir, indeed, the mass es, with their unenng instiucts, have al- j ready fathomed the depths of this great , sea of troubles. Tb - .y would welcome re- j union for its own sale, and for the memo- | lies of old; or, if irevitable, they would | accept separation, nitli a sigh of regret, j and then push on alone in the broad path 1 of progress ; for tlmir self-reliant Anglo- j Saxon natures would spurn tbo timid doc- 1 'trine (hat the sturdy North—their North, j buiit by their energies, aid with millions j of acres yet unreclaimed from the wilder ness for expansion—is dependent on the i South for prosperity and gtaudeur- in cuigeucy or else iu cotton certi which pledge the - Government to- pay _ ~ a In _ 'a. a J* .9 " . 1*1 _ C \ T A aar fiettes | mscuasiou, tvbtch Consumed tbe leans middlings. Tlic said cotton to _be paid at the rate of eight pence sterling per pound, and to be delivered at . any time within six months after peace, at New Orleans Mobile, Savannah, Charles* ton, or Wilmington, as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct; provided that the bonds hereby authorized shall not ex ceed one hundred millions -dollars, and shall be applied only to the absorption of Treasury uotes. Section ninth requires the Secretary of ilie Treasury to make publication ot this net in at least, two newspapers in each State, and to have said publication contin ued until the first day of August, 18G3. Georgia Legislature. r -, the aoce of the morning eeeaiob', when tne same in cotton of the quality of Now Or- ^natter was referred to a special com- mittcc.of three to sijtou joint commit tee and report in tlie .afternoon. Afternoon Session — House. • The committee to whom was re ferred the question of unfinished busi ness reported that it is not competent to act upon such business After pro longed discussion the question was laid on the table. This seems quite a knotty question and one in which, perhaps,. there is no precedent. It is tbought'that the decision will he against taking up the | unfinished business, and the called ses sion will act only upon new matter, j while the unfinished business will to come up according to ad- Monday in SENATE. have forgive tbe past year’s recoul to admit of kindly relationship in the same political household. Right or wrong, men will cling to their own impressions of a great and sanguinary struggle, in which they or their sires have South, which your armies and natives cannot do. Wliy,» then, make loud protestations that the Union must and shall be preser ved, when you lack the first requisite of preservation It were foil}-, sir, to do so, if it wore but the dream of an infatuated ville, in Kentucky', on the first Monday of! been participants. As tbo living fathers people, but ''ken "Ut of * kat di< am conies eptember next, the purposes of the said of future generations this day feel, so will 1,0 reality of bloodshed, lum, aim < eso a- Convention to be to devise measures for the restoration of peace to our country. That resolution was laid upon the tabic. In its place, from time to time, emanated from this and other branches of the Gov ernment certain edicts, laws and proclama tions, which, while powerless to affect rebellion at the South, have revolution ized the political sentiment of tbe North. Sir, 1 sincerily believe that, had my resolution been adopted, the then vacilla ting feeling of tbe. South would have been won to honorable compromise, and the blessings of peace and Union would this day cheer the land. . But even if inef fectual—looking back to tiie period when 1 presented it, and over the blood-stained record of the intervening time—I feel that” its adoption could have lent no a iditional horrors to that fearful history'. 1 f the logic of events should bring the conviction that the course L then suggested might have averted from our country the curse of a desolating war. the responsivauy flt - ; ts rejection will not be mine. TT7< at has the Forth gained by going to War'l ‘y . . tion; when to sustain the illusion the stimulants of war, in its most terrible form must be applied, it is no longer folly, it is crime. It is an invitation to tbe Almighty to launch his curse upon a blood-enamored race. If we will cease tlie mad attempt to . enforce fraternity and to compel concord, " ill the stories of Manassas, of bhiloh, of perbap3 tbe sun d ere d links may be lejoin- Antietam. of Fredericksburg,-of a hundred ( .j . but „ ot olie . K i ro ] <0 will f.,11 upon the other battle-fields, bo told in the same an vjl unt il the echo of the last gun of the spirit northward and southward from the Jast batt]c s i )a ]| have ceased to vibrate banks of the Potomac l Will the winter over tb „ i ast bttt i e p l a ; D . tales be similar when the youth of either y; r p appreciate the. their children, and in natural course, the North and tbe South will nurse their own and seperate views of this unparalleled epoch of carnage and contention. Will the text-book of history conned by the boys of Massachusetts serve hereafter in tlie school rooms of tho Oarolinas 1 — section gather about the hearthstone, *nd feel the young blood tingle in their veins at the words of white haired heroes?— Will tho, matrons of Louisiana train their offspring to venerate the name of Butler ? Will tlie remembrances of Davis, Lee, and Johnston he identical in New England anil Virginia? No, sir. Unless mutual consent should reunite us, the pages of history and tho words of tradition will extent of tins Government’s military resources. I ac knowledge its wonderful strength in ships, men, and munitions. Had we a foreign foe to grapple with, one hall tiio battles we have waged against the, South would have decided the issue to our triumph.— No earthly power could resist our mag nificent machinery of war, directed in a cause that touched tlie people’s heart. If tho Confederate armies, all massed to- 1 % [From tho Exanfuer.] The C'nrrencj-Ac*- i . , The bill to provide fort lie further fund- j Mii.i.euukvima:, Wednesday, Mar. 2 a. mg and issue of Treasuiy Notes was on ^ Tlie Senate was called to order by 1 yesieiday passed by both Houses ot the j President Billups, and after prayer Confederate Congress. This bill has for; | Mr. p,rooks, of the Local ‘some time past divided with the tax bill j Churcl)> t | ie ro j| was called, and a quorum was found to be pres ent. On motion of Mr. Mitchell, the proc lamation of the Governor was read all the important an d entered upon the journal. The Senate then notified the House of its organization, and a com mittee, consisting of Messrs. Moseley Furlow, and Dyer, was appointed to unite with a similar House committee to notify the Governor that the Gen eral Assembly is organized and ready to proceed to business. The House not being organized for want of a quorum, tlie Senate took a recess until half-past eleven. At half-past eleven the Senate con- fened, when Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution that the President appoint a per cent bonds or stock until tlie door-keeper -and messongei for its ex- d after that date I tra session, which was not agreed »P - , the third the secret legislative (attention of Congress, j and the country, has looked with anxiety i to tlie result. Ill its importance to the i country at large the measuse is second i only to the tax bill. We give below ; summary embracing j points of tlie Act: ] All treasury Notes not bearirf£ interest, | issued previous to the 1st December last, shall be fnndablc fn oight per cent stock or I bonds until the 22u of April next. ; from ; that date to the 1st August, IS63, they ] shall bo fundable in seven per cent, bonds l or stock, and after the said 1st August they i shall no longer be fuudablo, but shall he ! receivable in payment of public dues, j except the export duty on cotton, and pay able six months after the ratification ot a treaty of peace. All Treasury Notes, not hearing interest, issued after the 1st De cember, 1SG2. and within ten days after the passage of this act, shall bo lundahlc in seven ! first of August, next, an breathe ot the sympathies that now exist ; Ketbcr an ,i fi rc ,l with the lust of subjuga I 1 •venerations to come will as surelv .• he cducaVeu at !° n8 . to . cf,me wm s,lre, - v tion, should invade one Northern Stale the prejudices. The scimoJ-Sl^^ 1 , opP« s, . tc ’ i thought of our violated firesides would I and the press would then, as now, llrci.’ arouse an etierirv that would scatter the Sir, I desire to shun tlie language of j catc doctrines that cannot assiin ’ —and to avoid unnecessary retro-j in this Capitol tho representatives ot the speciion. I dragthe past iron, i, fl shroud I people would he the representatives ot only as an imploration for the future.— I scc^nal antipathies. now,”liii\o’ arouse an energj 7 that would scatter the iilate ; and ] a 'q lis war‘ 1 »'lV e S.. i .’® fore the wind. But For two years we liave been leagued with death. Wc have inflamed ourselves into the wildest state of warlike frenzy.— In our legislative halls, in our market places, r-nd in our temples of worship we have tumbled the white image of peace from ns pedestal. Upon the edge of the sword we have bailanced our country’s fate. We have rebuked, and vilified, and chastised and shut out from the light of heaven all those that would not re-echo the hoars'* notes of war. Passion, excitement, an overstrained philanthropy, a false inspiration for the emblem of our nationality, a heroic but misdirected devotion to the Union—all these have had their sway. It is time that reason should sit in judgment, taking council only from humanity. We invoke the spirit of war to save—it came but to destroy. Our treasuries are emptied.— Our posterity will be accursed with a crushing debt. Hundreds of thousands of our bravest rest in untimely graves. As many more, limbless, with shattered frames or broken by disease, moau iu hos pitals or crave alms by the highways.— Ever}’where the garb of mourning afliicts the eye—a silent reproach from orphans, widows and bereaved parents. Tbe death-blow, struck upon the battle field is felt in the cottager’s distant house.— There you may find the saddest record of the war. You will trace it in the lines upon the matron’s brow ; you will sec it in the whiteness of the young bride's cheek ; you will hear it in the subdued tones of (he father’s voice, who feels tbe staff’ of his age shivered from his grasp.--- Graves in our valleys, sufferers in our hospitals, desolation at every hearthstone, distrust in our rulers, distrust in ourselves, bankruptcy, anarchy and ruin—these are the triumphs won by your relentless policy Sir, to avoid this, we must avoid inflic ting the sting of submission or engender ing the pride of conquest. To me that future of domestic discontent of jealousy, distrust, and irritation is so comes homo to the heart of t :iT?'‘ifvrl.’ 14 ' 1 >ri arc lighting for subjugation ; with a patri otic ulterior purpose, perhaps, but s'ilifor subjugation. If that is a principle,^ it is one that can never arouse the energies of the Aincfiean people. The foe has ns at a disadvantage, sir.— He believes that lie is fighting for the i shall be fundable only in bonds bearing | four per cent, interest, and payable at any I time not exceeding thirty years from the • date thereof, and all such notes not fun- j da'uKi shall be receivable in payment of i public dues except the export duty on cot- ' ton. and shall be payable six months after ! peace. All call certificates bearing eight per ] ce,nt interest, shall with the accrued interest ] he fundable on or before the 1st of July, ■ 1SG3, in bonds bearing interest at tbe rate 1 *'",r cent and* payable at anytime. i provided that tlie accrued interest said-may, at the option of the holder, he ; paid instead of being funded. All call to. The House having organized, the joint committee raised for the purpose waited on the Governor to inform him of their readiness to receive any com munication from him. While they were out, Mr. \ ason offered a resolu tion that a joint committee of three, from each house, be appointed to de vise the best means of getting at the amount of surplus corn, peas bacon April „ The House agreed to tlie Senate resolutions in reference to referring the Governor’s Message to joint special committees. [I will send the House committece as soon as they are an nounced; below I give you the com mittees on the part of Senate, obtain ed since I closed my Senate report]; Committees on th$ Governor's Message. Committee on Planting Cotton— Messrs. Furlow, Stafford, Wright, Har ris, Echols, Beasley, Jas. R. Brown, Mitchell, Dyer, Alexander. Committee on Transpotation— Messrs. Wm. M. Brown, Mosely, Grif fin, Gaston, Shewmake, Jas. Hillard, Jackson. Committee on Confederate Bonds— Messrs. Seward, Lewis, Vason Ste phens, Killen. Committee on Distillation—Mose ley, Harris, Thos. Hilliard, J. H. Ech ols, Pinkard. Committee on Small Pox—Messrs. Beasly, Jackson, McRea. The portion relating to military af fairs was referred to the standing com mittee on military. On motion of Mr. Rees, of Sumter, the hours of the session were fixed from 9 to i and 3 to 6. EOU8& . ‘- 474 ■ ' • . Scturday 35th. Tho'Home met according to adjourn, meut. The Hduse met at t» o'clock. Pray er by Rev. Mr. Stewart, member from Schley. Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Black, White, Dubose, and Washing ton. ,Judge Cabiness moved to reconsider the resolution in reference to taking op tbe business of the last session which motion prevailed. He then offered to amend, so that tbe resolution to take a recess be rescinded, and that the unfinish ed business be taken up in its order, pro vided that any bills relating to the recom mendations of the Governor shall be in or der at any timo. The resolution was adopt- ed. If the Senate concur, this vexed question is disposed of. Mr. Tatum offered n resolution that a committee be appointed to request copies of 'be sermons of Rev. Drs. Fierce and Palmer for publication, which was adop ted. JSew Matter. Mr. Gibson of Chatham, introduced a bill to divert and divide the school fund for the relief of soldiers’ families. Mr. Waldrom, of Glasscock—A bill to compensate D. B. Kitckens for a slave who died from neglect at Savannah. Mr. Heard, oFMiller—A bill to change the line between Miller and Eerly coun ties. Mr. Robinson, of Muscogee—A bill to authorize the city of Columbus to sell • certain commons ; also a bill to define tho qualification of voters in the city of Col umbus. Mr. Lee, of Muscogee—A bill to pre scribe the manner and place of holding public sales iu Columbus; also resolutions to inquire into the disposition made of the funds for the clothing of Georgia troops, and for tbe support of soldiers’families; also a bill to admit certain deeds of record in evidence. Mr. Akin ot Bartow—A bill to increase the fees of public officers. Mr. Gibson, of Chatham, offered an additional rule, that measures adopted be immediately transmitted to the Senate when no objection is made, without a vote —which was adopied. Mr. Tatum offered|a series of resolutions of approval of the policy of those States that have endorsed Confederate bonds, and declaring that Georgia will adopt the same Leave of absence was granted to 1 po ] ic y ~ Messrs. Mann of Gordon, Key of Qlav* I Briscoe—A bill to increase the pay ton, Hine of Effingham, Zachary of j 0 f the Public printer. - Newton, Clement of Walton, Pitts of] Mr. Bfoodworth—A bill to equalize ?nd^e<dJield imtlie State, and at mak-^j p u j ton> E ason 0 f Tattnall, WalttJn j taxation. mg it at ailablc for the army and peo- j of wi]keg a|1(J N orw0 od of Chatham. 1 -Mr. Raiford—A bill to repeal the Stay palpable and painful that, in place of giv- sanctity of his home; for the freehold ing life and treasure to sustain it, I would of his native soil ; for social institutions make an equal sacrifice to escape it. Our \ that he was taught to justity, and for his fathers gave us a Union founded upon } conception of Belf government, mutual consent, concession, and reciprocal j Therefore it is that the South lias main- attachment ; wc would entail upon our tained itself, defiant, resolute, and lmpe- childrcn a political connection based upon ful, agaiust the most formidable miii- hatred, suspicion, aud opposing prejudices. ] tary operations known in the history of A nationality thus constituted would be a j war. mockery of republicanism, and its baue.— j With such convictions, and believing It would be as the consurnation of a inar- that every hour of hostilities tends to^iur riage where antipathy usurped the place ! farther estrangement, I have never voted of love. A political prostitution. The ; a dollar for the war. As a legislator, as a joining of hands before and alter whose j citizen, aud as a man, I claim to be absol- divfnity could attest the heart’s irrepressi- j ved from all participation in this murderous ble loathing and disgust. Had I tho . strife. With ali my humble, abilities I faculty to crush with one blow the matori-j have endeavored to arrest it. I shall al power of tho South I would not strike, j still endeavor, and if in vain, let my efforts My pride as an American would revolt at i attest before God and man that I am the thought of dragging them, reluctant, | unstained with the blood of my country- helpless, and spirit broken into a fellow- j men. ship that they abhor. Union restored by j Can this stabbing, and shooting, and subjugation would be but the prelude of ! rending with shells convince the wrong, or increasing altercation. It is not enough i reconcile the angry, or inspire with cen to affirm that I would not enforce the ] fidence those that distrust, and with friend- unnattural connection; sir, I would not 1 ship those that hate us i Will time and consent to it. I would oppose it as n ' habit make subjugation nceeptable to a degradation to ourselves, an insult to otir proud and sensitive race/ At this day institutions, and a violation of our princi- Poland, struggling in her chains with pies of self-government. : hopeless -desperation, is ai severing the : question. When I look about me and see The Scpcration of the X01 tk and South this spacious hall filled with enlightened Should he Granted. j gentlemen, clothed with great power and . , with gieat responsibilities, I am amazed I confess, sir. I apprehend no difficulties j lbat with dl tbis CO nscntiation of intellect or misfoi tunes, iu the cveot^of a separation 1 upon ouc gu hject, no means can be devised ” * 1 lo accomplish a political end without con- j certificates of every description outstand ing 011 the 1st of July, 1863, shall, after j and referred, and oil motion ! that date, be deemed to be bonds, bearing I Pinckani ! interest of six per cent, and payable at i printed ! a date not exceeding thirty years from the ! ^ „ ic T f . r - -- b jj A resolutioii’froin the House mrefer- Tiio Governor’s Message wns read of M r. ordered 100 copies were said 1st July, 18G3. In lieu of the power hereaftere given to | issue Treasury Notes, the Secretary of the j Treasury is authorized to issue monthly, j an amount of such notes, bearing no in- | terest, net exceeding fifty millions of dol- : lars receivable for public dues, except I export duty on cotton, payable six months after peace, and fundable at the pleasure of tbe holder during the .twelve months from the first day of the month o’f their issue, in bonds bearing different rates of interest, according to the time of their funding. Iffunded within twelve months, six per cent; if funded after that period, four per cent. The third section provides that no more cal! certificates shall be issued, but the notes bearing six per cent, interest may be converted at pleasuro into call certificate, bearing live per cent, interest. Every such certificate shall bear upon its face tiie moTrthlj- tlnio of the oldest of tbe moot, which it represents and bo convertible into like notes at any time within six nionthsfiom the first day of the month of its issue. But every certificate not reeon- vierted within six months from the first day of its monthly date shall be exchanged for a bond payable within thirty years from Tie Ad/nmisti at ton— Its Subjugation of a. people Impossible—The Folly of Talking of tie l iiir.n. The close of each campaign tells the repeated tale of victoiies barren of all fruits, or of delLatj with an equal absence of result; of mu vance and retrogression ; of generals hurried up to (he high post of honor, and as hastily thrust aside. The Administration, through its partisan press es, occupies tlie people with rich prom ises of achievements in the future, hut achieves only the stale nothings of the past. Assuming tHat the reconstruction of the Union is the object of the struggle, I ask every citizen not willfully blind to our present condition, • Have we not been receding from that object ! Has all this blood letiug abated one jot of the Vjver of robellion ? Has it not confirmed l Kmalignity—deep seated it into the very Soiq, e , n heart ? Sir, it has done more ; it hatq^afjg disuuiou the sentiment of the entire V, t h. ' s NJiitual to throw the weight of responsibly, f or otar failures upon the AdmuA^ation and its Generals.— imbecility incompetence have, in dead, been sutkff^j an( j conspicuous, but H not to these dAl attr i.-,ute the failure, utter, unequKo ca i t an j irredeemable ure °f nur cnty-prisc of conquering L ‘l ,e . Lm , on ’ J ^ lc of the seperne is simply due to impossibility oi it* accomplishment. We <;an nev J f hr torco of arms, control the wqj 0 j a U’.opleour equals in the attributes of e iv f/gbtemd manhood; and while the will of jliat pmrfce remains adverse to political fonipanimsVip with us political compan- onship :s inmossible. Bloodshed, des- ti action of property, fl ud occupation of lands are possibV;; much Buffering, gii e f, hud folly are possible—we have loo tadly /proved it; but a constrained union of sovereign States is an impossibility, which, if ouinqio'ence could accomplish, omnis cience would not attempt. Six millions of Americans, whether they occupy the North, the South, the East, or the West, cannot be governed except in accordance V itb their sovereign will. at all commensurate with those that must i inevitably prove the sequences of reunion I vcrt ; tl j e countrv i Hlo shambles and its by mere force of arms. people into butchers. 1 can conceive two great republics, 1 1 ]jrt, the War he stopped—Let the Forth _ _ proclaim fur Peace. area of self-goveniineiit, the one northward r . . , „ and westward, the other southward and . ,s \'° time to argue the terms of am- westward. united for mutual defense, and ' cahie ^jostmeni with a duelist when his protected by u wise and generous alliance ! ? n K or ' 8 ,,!0 trigger; he must first be from the jar of conflicting interests. I can '" v,t ? (1 tf * l ' we r T tiiU ras, ™ incnto1 ' lc:l,h ’ conceive the gravitating toward each other, ! Tlie ,Ilt f le ‘: t 1 of our ^ at ^men arc now pre drawing nearer and nearer as asperities occupied with war ; them natures, mental and unpleasant memories soften with the ; ar5t ^ ln ® ra • a . ru c c ' l ,n 10 11 1 ' a lapse of timo, until, when the safe and i feverish excitement create., by the con- Failure— The natural limits of political affinity shall have templation of tbo.changing fortunes of a been determined: tbe two mighty nations desperate and ■ bloody struggle. Grant shall merge again into one apon afouuda- j * iem a» interval of repose ; a respite from All that has been done is but what, were expanding to grandeur, moving side upon the past revocable, reaso’n and humanity | principles almost identical, extending the would recall. With all respect for the valor of our armies, and without reproach to tlie capacity or fidelety of our generals, not one tangle of this Gordian knot has tlie sword severed; not one avenue has it carved through the frowning and stea dily enlarging barrier between Noitli and Mouth. tion perfected by the experiences of the Ubc absolute tyranny that war exerts oyer past. But I cannot conceive a happy, i‘^/eelings of mankind, and their thoughts rpn.Kti.nn ] will revert into a natural channel, and prosperous, and republican union, coinent cd by blood, remoulded in repugnance, and prolonged by the submission of tho weak to the dictation of tho strong. : will seek to unravel these disordered po litical masks with tlie patient labor of tlie ! brain. From us, as being materially the (stronger partv, the proposition for an ar- A partnership in our Confederacy should | mUtice can come with a go..d grace. Let be granted as a boon, ind only to. those ! wise and just men from rll the States as- that beck it; not enforced as an obligation ■ srmble in conveuti< - n ; it then, sir, no hon- upon those that a.*k it not. 1 should he | orable peace can lie secured, my faith in held a ptivilege to lie proud of, not an (human nature will have passed away, imposition to shrink from and protest, Bir, before that solemn couclave'wonld against.' Were I certain that, in a mili- j come as an advocate the ghost of the buried tary sense, tins war would prove success- j } ear, with all its mournful memories, with fill, nevertheless I would oppose it; forjitsljundrcdsof'thousandsofghastlysfiee- with the destruction of the resisting power . tres> with its record of anguish, hereave- of the South would vanish every hope of j meu t, and desolation; and its warning their existence as equal and contented fi nger would point to a vision of the fn- aicmhers ot one household. How much {ure, in semblance of itself, but more hid- more firmly, then, shall I oppose it when , C ous a thousand fold. I feel that, aa a mere trial for supremacy While my country groans beneath the in arms, it will tesult only iu mutual ex- | stroke of her own dagger, I forswear all haustion. . , ■ allegiance to party. Whatever proposi- In my view, therefore, this war, nomi-’tion, in my mind, shall enhance the pros- n&lly for tba Uniom has actually been j pect of a peace, shall have my vote.— waged against it. W ith that belief, rather ] Peace is the goal of my political course, thau prolong, itjl would concede a sepera- ! the haven of my hopes. I care not by tion as the only means of an ultimate re- , whose chart I steer ; or whose hand shall union upon such principles as a true repub- | guide the helm, so that the compass shall lican should entertain. Animosities have | point thitherward. Whosoever shall raise been engendered, and conflicting princi- its standard shall find me ready to serve pies have been developed by hostilities ; beneath its folds. Whosoever shall bla- j to an extent that renders reunion in the zf >n tbe dive* branch for Lis device shall present stat« of feeling an event to shrink ! have me his adherent. In whatever sliap^ trom as unnatural. Those conflicting , t j 10 demon of destruction shall appear, I principles may bo reconciled when the ’ w iH oppose him. In whatever garb tbe I smoke of battle shall have pdsscd away, ! 8p j r fc of Peace shall clothe her radiant ju sure y.not until theu. When every i form, I will embrace her. Conciliation, conci a ory measure shall have been j compromise, or separation, each shall be rcsor e o in \ain; when negotiation ( acceptable to me if as its consequence we shall have been resorted to in vam ; when shall be spared the scourge of war. Let nc g ° m >oa fi a ia\e been exhausted; the most zealous emancipationist suggest when the purpose of the Southern people a cessation of hostilities, mkl I am with to abstain from political companionship L: » - -■ • * « ith us shall have been demonstrated as fixed and inevocable, and not tbe ence to thp observance of fast day was concurred in, and Messrs. J. R. Brown Stafford and Stephens were appointed a joint committee, on the part of the Senate, to make suitable arrange ments for the observance of the day. Mr. Vagon’s resolution in reference to surplus corn, Ac., was taken up and referred to a special committee, con sisting of .Messrs. Vason, Echols and Stephens. On motion of Mr. Killen, the rules of the last session were adopted. Bills nad thc First - Time. Mr. Dyer, a bill to compensate tbe citizens of this State whose slaves have died in the service of the State; by Mr. Mason, a bill to provide for protecting titles to land when parties dii; «u<l have bonus out for titles; by Mr. .Mitchell, ro rogulate the trans portation of provisions- on the several railroads in this State. The Senate then adjourned to 3 o’clock P. 31. ■i o’clock P. M.—Senate—Mr. Mitch- L«w, excepting as relates to soldiers in the field. Mr. Dever, of Polk—A resolution in the expiration of the said six months, and • ii 1 1 , ,, ■ • • ... . r,, ell introduced a bill to leeahze the re hearing six per cent, interest. 1 rcasury 1 s u ,c with us shall have been demonstrated r»cvocable, and not tbe L a ane^ r t eB ° IV ? 8 ofheat ? d M° od ’those' w"ho VnoTncc The^IdEat^on" him. Let the staunchest member of the opposition uphold the war, and I am a- I have no sympathies with gainst him. shall not nnlv SC e88 ,* y 8tru ?6^ e I j ai!( i y et ca jj f or v jg 0r0U8 hostilities, ration. ' € ° UD6 ®1» ^ 3liall urge a sepa- j Let the friends of peace proclaim them- ' selves as suchf Let them not fear to be Notes which, by the operation of this act, become fundable into bonds bearing a yearly interest of four per cent, may be converted into call certificates bearing interest at the rato of four per cent, from this date until reconverted or paid, tlie said certificates being reconvertible <at any time by the holder iuto notes fundable in four per cent, bonds. But the ;Saicl cer tificates may be redeemed by the Govern ment after six months from the ratification of a_treaty of peace. The fourth section provides that all bonds or registered stock authorized by this act, shall be payable in not less than thirty years; but shall be redeemable five years after date, at the pleasure of the Govern ment; and shall in all other respects con form to existing laws. Section fifth provides for the purchase by the Secretary of tbe Treasury, of notes bearing no interest and issued after the passage of this act until the whole curren cy is reduced to one hundred and seventy five million dollars. Section sixth provides that Treasury Notes hereby allowed to be issued, may be of any denomination not less than five dollars, and that the authority given by the Act shall cease at tlie expiration of the first session of Congress after the rati fication of peace. The seventh section allows the Secre tary of tbe Treasury to issue notes of the denominations of one dollar and of two dollars and fifty cents, to such an amount as, in addition to the notes of one dollar heretofore issued, shall not exceed fifteen million dollars and said notes shall be pay able six months after peace, and receivable in payment of all public dues, except ex port duty on cotton. Section eight authorizes tlie Secre tary of the Treasury to sell bonds bear- ing.six per cent interest, and payable at par for Treasury Notes issued since the 1st December, 1S62, to such of tlie Confederate States as may desire to purchase the same; or ho may sell such bonds when guaranteed by any of the States, upon such plau as lie may decide upon, for Treasury Notes, on. such terms ns he may deem advisable, to the highest bidder, aud not below par, provided that the whole amount of such bonds shall not exceed two hundred million dollars; and provided further, that the Treasury notes thus purchased shall not be re-issued if the effect of such ic-issito would be to in crease to whole amount of Treasury Notes bearing no interest which are in circula tion, to a sum greater than one hundred aud 3eventy-five millions of dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury is also author ized, after the 1st July, 1863, to issue and sell at not less than par coupon bonds of the Confederate States bearing six per cent, interest. The said coupons to be paid at tho pleasure of the owner, either turn of FJoyd Superior Court; Mr. Killen, a bill to change the 24SSth section of the code, so that executors and administrators need not attach copy vouchers to returns. Mr Mitchell offered a resolution, that as doubts existed as to the pro priety of action on the unfinished bu siness of last session, the question be referred (o a special committee. Mr. Seward offered a substitute, that the unfinished business could not he taken up without a modification of the ac tion of the last General Assembly. The question caused a good deal of running debate, and without taking any action the matter was laid on the table until tomorrow morning. The Senate then adjourned to 9 o’clock to morrow morning. HOUSE. The House convened at 10 o’clock and after prayer by Rev. C. A. Ful- wood, of the Georgia Methodist Con ference, the roll was called, and it was found that a quorum was not present. The House therefore took a recess until half-past twelve. At that hour, the train from Gordon having arrived, the House convened and a quorum being present, proceeded to qualify \\ in. Hodges, Esq., member elect froqi Washington county, vice Judge James S. Hook, resigned. A committee of three, consisting ofMessrs. Tatum, Moore and Under wood, was appointed to join the Sen ate committee in waiting upon the Governor, to notify him of the organ ization of General Assembly. On motion of Dr. Cochran, Lieut. Col. Rivers, of the 49th Ga. Regiment was invited to a seat on the floor of the House. On motion of Mr. Mallard, of Lib erty, a committee consisting of Mall ard, Dumas, Smith of Brooks, Whit tle and Briscoe, was appointed to join Senate committee iu making arrange ments for the observance of Fast day. The message of the Governor was then taken up and read. Judge Cochran introduced a resolu tion that theGeneral Assembly proceed at once to the unfinished business of the last session. He stated his object to be to rescind the action of last session in taking a recess, and to go on with tbe business as if therfrhad been no recess. I he resolution caused a protracted Call of Counties for new Matter On a call of the counties, the fol lowing bills were introduced: j reference to tho abuse of the Conscript Mr. Akin, a bill tp change the Hue Act and Exemption Bill. 1 i. 1 . 1 r>1 Mr. Mitchell, of Pulaski—A bill to between Gordon and Bartow. . ... . , t, , , ,• n 1 , ... . 1 incorporate tue Commercial Bank ot Mr. Gresham, of Burke, a bill to Q eor gj a repeal all special road laws in‘Burke ’ Mr. Owens, of McIntosh—A bill to county. authorize the Governor to reimburse funds Mr. Lester, of Cobb, a hill to allow spent in obstructing rivers, troops from this State to vote on a day Mr. Whittle, of Bibb—A bill tp extend subsequent-to the day of election in <lic corporate limits of the city of Ma- certain cases. i con - Mr. Dickinson, of Decatur, a bill to I . Mr - Barnc «* of Richmond—A bill to provide for administration on tlie es- ! 1 “ c t reRSe , ,he f ? es a * ld 6ala . r , ieS S’! 1 ^ ro t cm I state and county officers. Also, a petition tate of O. L- t.hiawtca. , j - rom John Wilkinson for compensation for Mr Smith, ot Brooks, a bill to \ a slave executed—referred to Committee authorize the issue of grants to cer- 1 on Petitions. tain lots of land in Lowndes county. | Mr. Adams offered a resolution direc- Mr. Waltou, of Wilkes, a hill to : ‘ing that the slaves impressed for the allowed Courts of Ordinary to asssign ! coast defences be returned, and that if . . I others are needed, that they be drawn „ • . rTT , . .,,, , from counties that bare not furnished a Mr Strickland, of Ilari^, abillto change : ta the line between Madison and Halt ] Q n niotion, all the resolutions on the counties. | table were taken up and committees ap- Mr. Jones, of Harris, a bill for the pointed to carry out their objects, relief of Nathan Sassmore. Mr. Harget, of Harris, a hiil to al low T. C. David to practice medi cine. Mr Lee, of Muscogee, a hill to char ter the Georgia Home Insurance C0111- pauy. Also, a hill to incorporate the Me chanics Saving Association, .Mr. Whittle, of Bibb—A hill to al ter the name of the Macon Insurance and Trust Company to Mechanics In surance and Trust Company. Mr. Lavvhon, of Terrell—A hill to dispense with administration in cer- cases. ^ Tlie House adjourned until to-mor row morning at 9 o’clock. SENATE. The Senate met according to adjourn ment. The Senate was opened with prayer by Rev. Wm. A/osely, at 9 o’clock. Gen. Hansell, from the 20th district, appeared and took his seat. On motion of Mr. Hansell, Drs. Pierce and Palmer and Gen. Doles were invited to scats on the floor. Mr. Few Matter. Echols—A bill to prevent the HOUSE. Monday, March 30. The House met according to adjourn ment. The Ilonse took up tLe_bill to change the line between Bortow and Gordon, which was lost upon division. Mr. Briscoe, trom the committee on distillation, reported a bill to prevent the distillation of spirituous liquors from corn, wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, peas, sugar cane, Chinese cane, molasses, sugar or dried frnit, except for medicinal purposes, under licence from the Inferior Gourt; aud that the doors of the distilleries shall not be closed against public inspection; that irresponsible persons shall not be employed to carry on distilleries. The penalty for violation of the act to be a fine ] of from one to two thousand dollars for each offence or imprisonment for six | months. 200 copies were ordered to be printed. A resolution instructing tax receivars to receive the returns according to the valnc of Confederate money was amended so as fo exempt persons who have been driven from their homes. Referred to a special committee. A bill to amend the character of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company —passed. A bill to repeal the act compelling non- spread of small pox in the county of j residents grazing stock in Colquit county Oglethorpe. Mr. Gordon—A bill to establish rates of dockage and wharfage in the city of Sa vannah. Mr. Jackson—A bill to regulate tho payment of interest in certain cases. Mr. Mitchell—A bill to relieve certain citizens of Floyil county from double tax. Mr. Killcn’s bill repealing the 2SSth and 2490th sections of the code was taken up and passed—relates to the act requiring copies of vouchers to be made with the annual returns of Administrators, &c A bill to legalize the returns-to Floyd Superior and Inferior Courts was taken up and passed. A Committee was appointed, on the part of the Senate, to join House Committee in aolictiug copies of the sermons* of Drs. Pierce and Palmer for publication. The resolutions of Mr* Echols, asking the return of the negroes employed on tho coast defence, iu order, if necessary, that their places may be supplied with other negroes, was taken up and adopted. Mr. Lewis was permitted to introduce a bill to anthorize executors administra- ors, trustees and guardians to receive pay ment for elaims due estates in State or bacco may be planted, any violation of to pay tax thereon iu said county, was lost. The bill to prescribe the mode of draw ing and summoning tales jurors in crim inal cases iu Chatham county—passed. The bill to amend the act incorporating the trustees of tho Masonic Hall in the city of Milledgcville—passed. A bill to change the line between Bal dwin and Jones counties—passed. A biii for the relief of Turner Brown, of Bibb—passed. Leave of absence was here granted to Mr. Slappy, of Twiggs. A bill to repeal the license laws was taken up, when Mr. Thrasher offered a substitute. A motion was made to lay both bills on the table for the present, which upon the call of yeas and nay*; prevailed. A bill to authorize certain parties to open the Oconee river, from tbe town of Athens to its soutce, was received, in or der to perfect its details. A bill to exempt one slave from levy and sale, was referred. The special committee on cotton plant ing reported a bill providing that one acre of cotton and one-Tourtb of an acre in to- Confederate bonds. JJfr. James R. Brown introduced a bill to aiueud tbe oath of taxpayers—requires that they shall say on oath that their property is not woith less in currency than tbe sum for which they give it in. . Also • bill to repeal tho 1376th section of tbe CoAa. Mr..Thomas Hillard A bill to repeal an act to authorise tbe Inferior Oourt of Ware county to levy an extra tax to build a Court House. ■ . which is punished by a fine of $500 per acre planted, one-half to tbe informer, the other to the soldiers’ families. Hands are to be between the ages of 15 and 50. Also provides for a survey of the land where there is suspicion of a violation, and every planter to return tbe number of hands and acres planted. Repeals tbe act of the last session, and requires tbe Circuit Judges to give the same in special charge to the grand juries. Mr. Lester presented a minority re P ort '