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H •p-legrapb A Messenger and Farm psj fc jHome.. ■..$11 00 4 00 Tele^apU and Messenger and JSSy 'MM* and Home 5 00 • “tni Christian Advocate with Weekly 5 Oo toto'a Weekly 400 A bill to legalize the acts of the Clerk of the third timp,, and recommitted to; Judiciary Com- iplained the reasons which ted the . Judiciary Committee to report tersely to'the passage of the bill. * * oH ] The bill was recommitted. ® The bill‘.for the relief of' M. J. Griffin, of Lowndes County, was lost. The bill to make it legal for levying officers - “ A Honse resolution making it the Superior Court of Wilcox coun'y as Ordinary, for the redemption by vender, etc.,'.was read Tabled. tw t! aaa > igUlk ■ g| U A bill create assesors of real estate in each county of the State. Tabled. A bill to amend the law of this State in relation to habeas corpus—refusing to ordinaries the power of granting writs when refnsed by. a Judge of the Superior Court. Passed. A bill to amend section 3G40 of the Code of Georgia in relation to Sheriffs’ fees. Lost. A bill to make it penal to withhold money pr personal property belonging to the State of Georgia. Passed. - A bill to change the line between Coweta and Troup counties. Passed. i A bill to incorporate an Agricultural Land Grant Board to provide for the sale of Agricul tural College scrip, and for other purposes. Recommitted. A bill to provide a general remedy for the enforcement of liens. Recommitted. A bill to suppress crime, relating to carrying concealed weapons. Lost. A bill to authorize married women in this State to sue for and recover a penalty in the nature of damages against any person selling spirituous liquors to the husband of the plain tiff while said husband is intoxicated—making Questionings. rtiithe Journal of Commerce ] i*. , ho rote her thorn -the Bky its clond ? m mi he dewdrops teach the gra«-e to weep ? ViV does mi-t the monnUin peaks enshroud? ono hundred dollars liquidated damages in such i 1 i«hv crows" cede among the com wo reap? eases, which shall be the sole property of the wife. Passed, ayes 15, nays 12. A bill to repeal section 1977 of the Code, giving factors and merchants a lien on growing crops. Lost. A bill to repeal an act to preserve the peace and harmony of this State, approved October 1870. Passed. A bill to require the Tax Golleotor of Rookdale county to pay over the tax for 1871 to the Ordinary of said county to build a Court-house, Lost. A bill to protect purchases of real estate in the improvement of the same when judgment liens exist on the same. Lost. A bill to carry into effeot the true intent of the Constitution in requiring defences to be filed on oatb, and te authorize amended pleas to be filed without being sworn to. Lost. A bill to amend an act incorporating the Sa vannah Medical College and to explain an aot Isjvtygww’ r-w. tidi day embraced by gloomy night ? Site do nettle* kb a the wayside flowers ? tellme. *1*7 »'»ith not turned l ? «SH? fcilW pain tide* upon the winged hours ? our arm explore the farthest reach, uofttbomed seas of thought divine! ffecaoaotleun ,iil God Almighty teach, j^d place vitkin oar hand the eounding-line. r.1 v reoember-we have human eyes; piur, were Heaven opened to our sight TtedorioM he*® 8 "Well on onr 80111 would nse, blind ns with infinitude of light 1 r-ill know—blight hearts of glistening gold, I ju.it the roses on their thorny spray; 1 Tterrasa that trembles ’neath the dewdrops cold, piintoin new vigor for a long, hot day. lismiats that round th* mountain’s summit cling, psul in gentle rain to kloss tho ground ; ITMn^ahiiJgUnS * trough* the trees, they’aobbing | granting aid to the same. Passed. toord. Ha weeds among the com will one day die; UltTm no:ties honey’d eweetneee share. Ibettars are only seen in darkened sky; Sen oft rise nobler through the pain they bear. A bill to limit the time of service of petit ju rors in the county of Chatham. Passed. A bill to amend the law establishing the po lice court of Savannah. Passed. A bill to provide for certain sales with the right of redemption by the vendor, and to fix the penalty for illegal acts done in connection Eoil c tiled a lid journal read and approved. The billowing bills were read the first time: BjMr Clsrko—A hill to encourage emigra-I lion in the State of Georgia—exempting emi- , , n J} n the penalty lor illegal acts aone in cunueuiuu General Assembly 01 lieorgia. therewith. The Judiciary Committee reported as a substitute: HIOCEEDINGS OP MONDAY. A bill to provide for the sale of personal —— I property to secure loans and other debts, tncittd for tho Telegraph and Meesenger.] Mr. Reese stated that tho bill provides for so rbite—The Senate was called to order at caring property given as seenrity for a loan from i», x i„ President Trammell, ard opened the homestead by allowing the borrower to tiih timer by R«v. Mr. Ketchnm. make an absolute deed to the lender, reserving - - - •• . —. —j j I tho right of redemption, said property to revert and become thereby subject to homestead only on the exercise of that right. nraimuuon.u , 0 Mr. Nannally offered an amendment provided mtU from taxation for a limited time on va- the consent of the wife be first obtained. mm conditions. The hour of adjournment having arrived the By Mr Heard—A bill to change the line be- Senate adjourned. tvfcn Greene and Morgan counties. I it—.. B v Mr Paddy A bill to consolidate the sev- House of Repsesektatives.—The House met end acta incorporating the town of Carroll. Car- pursuant to adjournment, wps called to order by roll county, and to grant certain powers and the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Rev. nriviWea to ’he same. I Mr. Cox. Uy Mr. W-llborn—A bill to regulate State Saturday s journal read and approved, lid when gram el to narrow gau«e railroads— Mr. Hillyer moved to reconsider the loss of a •llowing any railroad to which State aid has bill to change the boundaries between ^ are, been grant-d to construct a narrow gauge road Glynn and Camden counties. Motion prevailed tilhont forfeiture. 0“ motion of Mr. Hudson, the report of the By Mr Smith—A bill to point ont the mode Committee on Privileges and Elections declar- of citing the fees of the clerks of conrt, sheriff ing that L. O. Jones is not a citizen of Macon ttdS'il citor General of the Tallapoosa Circuit county, and recommending that his seat as in criminal cas, s; also, a bill »o incorporate the member from said county be declared vacant— - - ‘was taken np. The evidence introduced before tho committee was read. The report of the committee was adopted iijimrmueni l o cioow v m., uuieb»iu 0 .- i Cn motion of Mr. Hoge, the rules were sns- ■d. red by a majority of the Senate.— pended, and a Senate bill to repeal the _0th \ 0 section of the appropriation aot of 1870, was 'Mr. Knnnallv offered a resolntion that here- read the third Ume, and passed, liter no leave of absence shall bo granted ex- On motion of Mr. Simmons, of_ Gwinnett, cent in ex reme cases, and then npon tho state- the Senate bill in relation to public printin 0 , nent of the time for which it is desired by the was read the third time, and P a8sed - ipplicwt, and that npon the roll call it should On motion of Mr. Graha ”» be the duty of each Senator to answer to his stitnt? for the House resoln ion to appoint a ume, and that the Secretary be instructed to joint committee to investigate the affairs of this furnish the reporter of the press with a list of State, was taken up and concurred in. UO reporter f *•—» I The unfinished business of Saturday was taken np. It is a bill to change tho line between DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. Mr. Goldsmith favored the bill. He 6aid that Mr. Jones, of Gwinnett, Senator Chand- the I ler, himself and the parties to be affected by tho bill desire its passage. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, opposed the Bill to provide for certain sales, to provide to eell certain property without exposing the same at the courthouse, was passed. ... j *«f* The House adjonrned until 3 r. it! ■ AFTERNOON SESSION.*/j ^ LSare of dbsecce wai granted to the Com mittee on Privileges and E'ections. Leave of absence wa3 also granted to members of the Finance Oommittee. A number of bills wero read the second time. On motion of Mr. Scott, the nse of this Hall was tendered to Henry M. Law, Esq., on Thurs day, night, for the purpose of delivering a lec ture on Eloqnenoe. Bills on first reading: Bill by Mr. Farmer, to create a Board of Commissioners for McIntosh county, was read the first time. ■ Mr. Fain—To regulate State aid when applied to Narrow Gango Railroads; also, to change tho time of holding tho Superior Courts of Gordon county. Mr. Oato—To provide relief for F. M. Lofton. I Mr. Snmmerlin—To anlhorize W. J. Taylor, of Heard connty, to praotice medicine. r Mr. Goodman—To change lines between Donglas and Fanlding counties. Mr. Farmer—To authorize the Board of Com missioners of Liberty county to levy a tax on pistols, gnns, eto. Mr. Griffin—To alter and amend an act to in corporate the Georgia Military Institute, etc. A resolution by Mr. Hoge providing that no new matter shall be introduced after Wednesday unless by consent of three-fonrths of the mem bers present, was adopted. Honse adjourned. Several bills were read the second time: - ‘ _f, s A House resolution toadjopm on Thursday; lhe'30thlnst, that-day having been appointed as .a dayiof thanksgiving-bytthe Presidentofj W ere - read the i the United States and : £K>Voinor; and that aeon mittee be appointed,to make suitable arrange-] ’ The! le substitute was adopted and the bill having a painting of Hob. Howell Cobb execn rr1 -n-»Tco.:a»rfP.o J_. T,» ikIi l»ri« and nut no in this Hall, was adontad. ments for the observance of that day, wa motion, taken np and concurred in. H tom of It >cky Mount, Meriwether connty. Mr Kiiibee ofTered a resolution that hereafter tie hour of meeting shall be 10 o’clock A. M , itdof adjournment 1 o’clock p u., unlessother- frt ordt- ‘ ” “ *■“ Agreed Hi name* nnswered to, and request that the suae bn published. Adopted. BOUSE BILLS ON THIBD BEADING. A bill to fix the compensation of grand, tra- wrse and pet it jurors of the connty of DeKalb. Mr. Ibliyer moved to amend by adding the county of Fulton. Adopted and the bill wa3 fused. A message was received from the Governor, passage of the bill, because ‘ ha P eo P le o f !'<’laferiMi, transmitting tho report of the com-1 Gwinnett are unwilling to have their county civsioners To revise the Code of Georgia. Ko- entnp. ferred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. Simmons moved to postpone indefinitely. A bill to repeal an act organizing the District Motion did not prevail. Court Passed The biI1 was P assed * A bill to repeal an act to declare tho poll tax The special order of to-day was taken np. this Sia'e for 18C3, 1809, and 1870, yet nn- It is the resolution offered by Mr. Bacon, de- ejected, nnconstitntional and to prevent the clanng that, where the credit of this State has Cx!('c:i,m of ths name. Passed. been loaned to railroad companies m violation A bill io change the connty line between Me- of the constitution, whether by issuing bonds bfosh end Liberty counties. Passed. of tho State to said companiM, or by placing A bill to allow the Connty Commissioner of the State s endorsement npon the bonds of said Pike countv to audit all claims against the said companies, said bonds and endorsements so Ciaaiy Passed. issued, and made in violation of law, aro with- A bill to limit the lien of judgments in Jas- ont binding force npon tho State, and should lice Courts. Lost. . be declared null and void. A bill to provide for the compensation of Mr. Scott moved to refer the resolntion to the SfSEd and traverse jurors of Polk county. Judiciary Committee, with instructions to re- port a suitable bill on the subject at an early A bill to repeal an act to provide for an elec- day. tion and to alter and amend the law relating Mr. Gumming said no reference was necessa- 13 the holding of elections, approved October ry ; ths question was too plain to require it. 1S70. Passed. Besides, if action is promptly taken, no one A bili to change the charter ofthe University but guilty partios and sharpers wiU be hurt. <4Georgia, mm to allow four additional tras- The adoption of the resolntion will put parties !*s and to give the election of said trustees upon notice that bonds issued in violation of to the Alumni Society. Passed. plain law will not be held as binding npon tho HOUSE BILLS ON EIBST BEADING. I State. .... - , , A bill to incorporate the LaGrange Banking Mr. Scoit thought that it would not be donbU »U Trust ComDSDV ed that somo railroad bonds have been legally , A bill to legalize the acts of the Clerk of the issued, and this resolntion would throw a clond Superior Court of Wilcox connty as Ordinary, over all bonds, good aa well as bad. A bill to reqnire the Coroner of Chatham Mr. Rawls did not think there was any need »nnty to hold inquests in certain cases, and to refer tho matter, and said he was opposed to provide additional fees not now allowed by to paying one cent of bonds illegally issued; a. Uw. the same time he would favor paying all bonds A* bill to repeal an act to secure profits aris- legally issned. !! >g from homestead in certain cases. Ap- Mr. McMillan said the resolntion was m ex- proved in 18C9 act conformity with the law and Constitution, A bill to repeal section 121 of the Code, and shonld now be adopted. •hi* a n ows university candidates to take an Mr. Jackson said the resolution did not look ojj, e> to repudiation because that term would not ap- PB00EEDINGS OF TUESDAY. Senate.—The Senate was called to order by President Trammell, and prayed for by Rev. Mr. Warren. Mr. Bruton was granted leave of absence. Journal read and approved. Mr. Kibbee moved to reconsider the loss of a bill to limit the lien of judgments of justices’ courts—restricting said lien to thirty days un less the execution is recorded within that time in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court Mr. Reese supported the motion. The dock ets of justices’ courts 03 now kept are insuffi cient-notice being inaccessible, or, at least, obsenro. Mr. Brown opposed the motion as imposing additional costs on the plaintiff. The motion to reconsider was lost, by ayes 9, nays 16. Mr. Candler moved to reconsider a bill to al low married women to recover one hundred dol lars as liquidated damages against any person selling epiritous liquors to the husband of the plaintiff while said husband is intoxicated. Mr. Smith was opposed to legislating morals into tho people, but the bill was intended to strike at the root of a great and prevalent evil, and would accomplish its object. The motion to reconsider was lost—ayes, 11; nays 16. The unfinished business of yesterday was taken np. It is: A bill to provide for certain sales and tho right of reduction by the vendor, and to fix the penalty for illegal acts done in connection there with, and the substitute proposed by the Judi ciary Committee, to-wit: A bill to provide for tho sale of personal property to secure lonns and other debts, with the amendment of Mr. Nannally, “Provided the consent of the wife shall first be obtained.” The bill provides for the absolute sale of property as seenrity for a loan, the right of redemption being reserved to the vendor, said property to revert and become subject to tho claim of homestead only npon redemption. Mr. Kibbee opposed the bill on the ground that it is either a mortgage or not a mortgage. If the former, it is useless, if the latter undor the operation of the bill the property would be subject to the debts of the vendee,notwithstand- the reservation of the right of redemption. Mr. Reese contended that such a sale would not amount to a mortgage, and that the assign ees or creditors of the vendee could only take the same title as tho vendee himself had, and the property would continue subject to tho equity, and that it meets a growing want of tbo country for some security for debts necessarily created, which is not subject to the claim of homestead. Ho opposed the amendment as impracticable, and because if the wife has not exeroised the privilege allowed her by law, sho shonld not be fnrther protected. Mr. Lester offered an amendment that the vendors’ right to tho property shall not be effected by any liens or incumbrances on ac count of being in the hands of thft vendee, but the vendors’ right shall bo complete in his complying with the condition of payment. Adopted. Mr. Nnnnally advocatod the amendment. The wives mm-t be protected. Legislation had tended steadily in that direction since the days of tho distinguished legislator from Augusta, who well understood the importance of the matter. Wives would consent in all cases. The principle is recognized by the provision in the Constitution for homestead. He thought the bill ought not to pass, but if it must let the pro viso be adopted. Mr. Wellborn spoke in favor of the bill as tending to reduce the burden imposed and the financial embarrassment caused by tho unre stricted operation of the homestead, Mr. Hill hoped the bill would pass for another reason, to-wit, that in criminal cases the defendant cannot procure securities on his bond unless he has over two thousand dollars, and is often compelled to lie in jail on that ac count. The voto on tho amendment of Mr. Nnnnally stood, yeas 14, nays 14. Tho President voted aye, so the amendment was adopted. The substitute was adopted and tho bill was passed by ayes 14, nays 12. A message was received from the Governor ad interim, stating his approval of a bill to amend sections 1033 and 1038, relating to the public printing. _ A message was received from the House staling the passage of a resolntion to go into the election of a Public Printer at 12 m. to morrow, which was, on motion, concurred in. Mr. Wellborn moved to withdraw from the several committees appointed-to investi conduct of various. Stato.oiSoials, when R shall appear that any person has commih*«t any crime within the province of said committees to investigate, to sue out a warrant for his arrest, was concurred in. Hr. President introduced a resolntion request ing onr Representatives in Congress to nso their inflnenco in securing tho payment by tbo Gov ernment to the Cherokee Indians now in this State, of the pro rata amounts of money still due them under the several treaties made with that nation. Not acted on. " . The Senate then adjonrned. House of Repbesentatives.—The House was called to order at 9 a. il, by Speaker Smith, and prayed for by Rev. Mr. Jones. Yesterday’s journal read and approved. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, moved to recon sider so much of tho journal as relates to the passage of a bib to change the line between Gwinnett and DeKalb connties. On motion of Mr. Goldsmith, the motion to reconsider was tabled. Mr. Crittenden offered a resolution that the General Assembly observe Thursday next, 30th instant, as a day of thanksgiving, said day hav ing been set apart for that purpose by the Pres ident of the United State and the Governor of this States, and that divine service be held in the Representative Hall on that day. Agreed to. BILLS ON THIBD BEADING. Bill to change the time of holding the Supe rior Courts of the middle circuits, was passed. Bill to incorporate the town of Sander3ville. Passed, with amendments. The bill to change the line between Douglass and Carroll connties, was recommitted. Tho bill to increase the pay of jurors in Stewart, Tronp, Spalding, Gordon, Webster, Paulding, Early, Miller, Murray, Greene, Qnit- man, Terrell, Marion, Clsyton, Snmter, Fay ette, Heard, Cobb, Clarke, Chattahoochee, Henry, Taylor, Macon, Telfair, Thomas, Deca- tnr, Habersham, Monroe, Dooly, Jasper, Houston and Worth, was passed. A bill to amend section 2261 of the Code. Lost. A bill to amond an act to incorporate the Habersham and Union Turnpike Company, eto., was passed. . Bill to incorporate the town of Colquitt. Passed. Bill to re-establish vendors’ lien. Lost. Bill to protect human life. Lost Bill to repeal an act prohibiting the leasing of convicts. Lost. Bill to more effectually provent the carrying of concealed weapons. Lost. Bill to change the county site of Macon connty. Lost. Bill to change Macon connty from the South western into the Macon Circuit. Indefinitely postponed. Bill to incorporate tho Dollar Savings Bank of Fort Valley. Passed. Bill to alter and amend section 3893 of the Code relating to mortgages on personal prop erty. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of Calhonn. Passed. Bill to authorize the town Council of Calhonn to aid in tho construction of the North Georgia and North Carolina Railroad. Passed. Bill to change the line between Clay and Cal honn counties. Passed. Bill to authorize the election of a Recorder and Auditor for the city of Atlanta. Passed. Bill to authorize the payment of costs to officers of courts in Bartow connty. Passed. Bill to repeal an act to establish a system of public instruction. Lost. Bill to repeal certain sections of an act to charter tho Georgia Mutual Fire and Life In surance Company. Passed. _ Bill to incorporate the Commercial Bank of Albany. Passed. A resolntion by Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, ■Lp: UV, I ionse . tax ( •,T b0 er not repeal the act Gfc-70 illegal, was men* pro’ ' " ; collectors to collect at om years, which have not been Mr. McMillan introduced rights of creditors,, providing rondo or judgments obtained on old debts shall be binding and final. . JB, L. PROCEEDINGS OF WEDNESDAY. Reported for the Telegraph and Messenger.] Senate.—President Trammell called the Sen ate to order at the usual hoar. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Warren. The journal of yesterday was read and ap proved. The special order of the day was taken up. It is: A bill to incorporate the State Agricultural Land Grant Board, and for other purposes. This bill piovides for the establishment of two agricultural oolleges, one at Dahlonega, the other at MiUedgevilio, in pursuance of the act of Congress donating 270,000 aores as a foun dation for the sohools, and constitutes the re spective presidents of the colleges, with the Execntive Committee of the State Agricultural' Society, a board for the selection, care and dis posal of the lands so granted. 4 Mr. Braton offered as a substitute, a bill which makes the Georgia State Board of Edu cation, as now constitutes the Board for the care and selection of these lands, and that this Board shall report tothe General Assembly, with which the final disposition of the lands shall re- Mr. Clark said the benefit of the bill ought to be enjoyed in common by both raoes and con tended that Congress designed the donation for the benefit of all citizens indiscriminately. Campbell offered fin amendment: Always provided the benefits of the fnnd shall be divi ded equally between all students, without regard to race, color or previous condition. Mr. Brown offered an amendment to the sub stitute, appointing the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the Honse, Presidents of the Agrionltural Colleges, and Hon. E. Stead man,- as a board for the pnrposes indicated by the bill. Mr. Hinton spoke in favor of the substitute of Mr. Bruton on the ground that the fund should first be received and made subject to the control of the State before it is disposed of. Mr. Braton called the previous question. The amendment of Mr. Brown was lost. The amendment of Campbell was loBt. Ayes 8, nays 27. The substitute of Mr. Bmton was lost. Ayes 18, nays 19. Mr. Brown offered an amendment adding the President and Trnsteos of the Male Academy at Marietta to the board provided fox by the bill. Lost. Mr. Smith offered an amendment adding the President of the Newnan Agricultural College to said Board. Lost—ayes 16, nays 18. Campbell offered an amendment adding the President of the Atlanta Uoiversity to the Board, and making that University one of the recipients of that fnnd. Ayes 18, nays 18. The President voted no. Lost. Mr. Hinton offered an amendment of the same ' or relating to the Southwestern Agti- cultnru. College. Lost. The original bill was lost by a vote of: Yeas— Brown, Barns, Estes, Erwin, Heard, Hillyer, Hoyle, Jervis, Jordan, Kirkland, Reese, Rich, ardson, Simmons, and Wellborn—15. Nays—Anderson, Brook, Braton, Cameron, Campbell, Candler, Clark, Coleman, Cone, Cray ton, Deveanx, Hinton, Kibbee, Lester,Mathews. McWhorter, Nnnnally, Poddy, Smith, Stead maD, Wallace and Welch—22. The H0U80 resolution to modify the resolu tion to adjourn on Thursday, 30th instant, so far as to authorize an afternoon session of the House on that day was taken up and concurred *-15 of the Code* 1 bv striking out the words I would be adopted. “to work on a chain gang." Mr. Richards called the previous question. ^ bill to consolidate the offices of tax re-1 Call sustained. , c *irer and collector of Chatham connty. Motion to commit wa3 lost and tho resolution , A bill to amend section 3234 of the Code, re- was agreed to. . .. . . ^itg to the granting continuances. I The following bills were read the^ first time. ^ A bill to pauish any person acting as con •hble without authority in Chatham countv. , A bill to allow attorneys at law to swear to all , VW UHUW UUUiUUjd ** ““enefcs required to be pnt in under oath. A bill to amend section 178 of the Code re- | and three hundred copies of each ordered to be printed: _ A bill to secure to educational purposes the fnnd now due to tho department of education, to fund the same, eto.; and a bill to amend Ss.u5.S53S 2SS5S5 m 12. £*. .*.»£* •» ■»«“ ► oeaetai i_ s tion, approved 18/0. House bills were read the second timo. Mr. McMillan offered a resolution instructing 1WU on third reading resumed.—A bill to the Joint Committee to investigate the affaire Prefer prying off the public debt of this of this State, to have warrants issued ifartbe ^--appropriating the funds arising from the arrest of parties whom they aspect of having and Atlantic Railroad tothe purchase committed crimes or nnsdemeanors, otc -»* of bonds. Tabled for the present. to make demands upon the Governors of other A bill to provide for a connty board of com- States for tho return of such offenders to th ®issionerB for tho county of Decatur, and to State, which was adopted. •rStthe powers and duties thereof. Passed. bills on thied beading. ^ A bill to amend section 61 of the Code in re- Bill to charter the Rome and Raleigh Rau- *«ion to the offering of rewards for criminals, road Company was passed. rewards in cases of crime punishable by Bill to amend the acts relative to fees of the rH* 11 *! punishment not to exceed $500: in felo- clerks of Chatham Superior Courts, and of ba- j^*not capital, $250, and to ne recovered by vannah City Court ana the Sheriffs thereof, was A i.iii ,n court - Passed. &nru,-a to re Rulato the order of business in the Pytor Courts. Lost. ti-wT to deCne an d declare what shall be con- TJ? 8 Uwfnl fence. Lost, btiin f to 8ecure the several connties of the ^ fom costs in ctimicai case*. Passed. passed. Bill to allow maimed soldiere and blind per sons to peddle without license. Passed. Bill to repeal an act to organize district courts. Lost. Bill to regulate the trial of causes at equity and law in the Superior Courts, was lost. declaring that the General Assembly will pro ceed at twelve m , to-morrow to elect a 8tate Printer. Adopted. Bill to authorize Cobb connty to issue bonds to bnild a Court-house. Passed. Bill to authorize the Ordinary of Campbell connty to issue bonds to aid in building a Court-house. Passed. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Aoworth was passed. Bill to change the line between the connties of Coffee and Ware wa3 passed. Bill to provide for the opening of Cedar Creek in Wilcox connty. Passed. Bill to change the time of holding Catoosa Su perior Courts. Passed. Bill to authorize the Ordinary of Gwinntt county to issue bonds to bnild a Court-house. Bill to authorize Clerks of the Superior Courts in the counties of Clinch, Lowndes, Echols, Ware and Coffee to issue writs bearing test in the names of Judges Alexander and Sessions. Passed. Bill to reimburse certain money to Samnel Weil was recommitted to Finance Committee. Bill to provide the manner in which official bonds shall bo takeD. Lost. Bill to authorize the tax collector of Chero kee to pay over the taxes of 1871 to tho Ordi nary, for tho purpose of building a jail. Lost. Bill to change the timo of holding Campbell connty Superior Court. Passed. Bill to change the time of holding Camden Snpcrior Conrt. Passed. Bill to increase pay of jurors in Bartow connty. Passed. Bill to amend the act incorporating the At lantic and Great Western Canal Company. PftSRGd* Bill to authorize tho tax oolleotor of Batts connty to pay to the Ordinary the tax of 1871, to bnild a Court-house. Lost. Bill to create a Board of Assessors for each connty in this State. Mr. Cody moved to disagree to the report of j the committee, which was adverse to the bill. The report was agreed to and the bill lost. Bill to authorize the tax collector of Cobb county to pay over the tax of 1871, to bnild a Court-honse. Lost. Bill to incorporate the town of Sharpsburg. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of Newnan. Passed. The hour sot for the election of Pablio Prin ter having arrived, the Senate retired into the Hall of Representatives, and President Tram mell took the chair. Mr. Hillyer.of the Thirty-fifth District, nomi nated W. A. Hemphill Mr. Hillyer, of Camden, nominated S. W. Grubb. The vote stood: W. A. Hemphill, 154; S. W. Grubb, 7; Jake Born, 1; Rough Rice, 1. W, A. Hemphill was deolared elected. On motion the Senate then returned to the Chamber. A message was received from the Governor ad interim stating the approval of an act to repeal the 20th section of an act approved October, 1870. A bill to incorporate the Hawkinsville and Eufanla Railroad, was read the third time and passed. A resolntion recommended by the Jndioiary Committee to whom was referred a correspon dence between Hon. O. A. Lochr&ne and Hon. David Irwin, relative to the revision of Irwin’s Codo, that the work of revision be suspended for the present. Adopted. A resolution providing for the discontinuance of all suits against the Treasurer to recover in terest on deposits of State-bonds, and declaring hia exemption from liability therefor. Adopted. A resolution requesting the Governor to fur nish the county of Jasper with the reports of the Supreme Conrt allowed by law which have never been received by that connty with several amendments proposed. Tabled. A resolntion requesting onr representatives in Congress to nse their inffnence to procure payment by the Government to the Cherokee Indians, now in this State, of all amounts ot money remaining due under the various treaties with that nation. Adopted. BILLS ON EIB8T BEADING. Mr. Smith—A bill to incorporate the People’s Savings Bank of Newnan. Mr. Hillyer—A bill fixing the fees of consta bles of the several courts of Faltbn; also, a bill to amend section 3781 by inserting the word criminal before the word case. Mr. Matthews—A bill to explain and amend section 3652 of the Code relating to the duties of the Connty Treasurer. Mr. Lester—A bill to provide for the dis charge of the duties of Ordinary of Chatham Biii to amend the road laws for Dawson conn-1 °°™^| to inoorporttte the Darien Telegraph ty was passed. The Senate bill to repeal an aot to change the eommilteo to which it was referred a bill to in- tjme of 0,6 annual meeting of the Legislature corporate a Land Grant Board and toregdate . ^ read ^ firat time _ Also, the Senate bill to protect the people of Georgia from th6 illegal issue of bonds. BILLS ON THIBD BEADING BESOMED. make the same the special order for to-morrow. Carried. By Mr. Hillyer—A bill to amend section 1052, ( ralating to the number of copies of journals to jjjq t0 change the time of holding Courts of be famished to each connty in the State, which jjjbert and Hait connties. Passed, was read tho first time. j jjjj to establish a lien in favor of school On motion of Mr. Bums, a bill to repeal an {etchersand phjsicians. Lost.' aot of 1870, changing the time of meeting of the ■ jjju , 0 empower Superior Court judges to ap- General Assembly, was taken np and passed. point auditors in cases at law. Passed. bills on itbst beading. Bill to change tho time of holding the Snpe- By Mr. Kibbee—A bill to change the line nor Courts of Macon Circuit. Passed, between Dodge and Pulaski connties. Bill to require the Tax Collector of Banks Also, a bill to amend paragraph 1st of section connty to receive jury certificates in payment 8798 of the Code, relating to the competency of tax. Passed. of parties to testify. i Bill to repeal all local road laws of Bryan By Mr. Nnnnally—A bill to incorporate the connty. Passed. _ Griffin and Columbus Railroad Company. j BUI to exempt land mincorporated cities and A bUl to reUeve parties plaintiff in certain towns when used for agricultural purposes from cases from the operation of an act to extend the taxation. Lost. ... . - lien of eet-off and recoupment, and recoup- BUI to amend the act to incorporate Uie vil- ment to all debts contracted before Jnno 1st, lage o. Cave Spring m Floyd c° nlll y; Passed. ,865 was, on motion, taken np. i A resolution offered by Mr. bcott, mstmoUng Mr. Brown offered a substitute bill to amend the Committee on Education to report a bUl to said act to extend the lien of set off and recoup- provide means for paying toachers jho hava ment, eto., which substitute exempts corpora- taught free schools under an act approved 1870, tions from the operation of the aot. was adopted. „ Mr Lester opposed the substitute as nncon- A message from the crovernor was receivea "I?, lon.Riation saying that the act to explain and alter section Mr Browi ad routed the substitute, insisting 244 ofthe Code had been approved and signed; .tw, nn AT/*«nlinns. hut affected all cor- also, a resolntion in relation to refnndmg tax that it made no * P ° 8 » therefore class collected on raw cotton under the revenue laws. Company. porations alike, and was not, therefore, class ^ re8ol(ltioa by M r. Craig, providing for Mr. Woodward—To incorporate the town legislation. Company. The Senate then adjonrned until 10 Friday. House.—The House met pursuant to adjourn ment, and was called to order by the Speaker, and prayed for by Rev. Mr. Jones. The jonrnal of yesterday was read and ap proved. Mr. Pou moved to reconsider the passage of a bill to incorporate the town of Colquitt, on the ground that one seotion in the biU is unconsti tutional. The motion prevailed. Mr. Gray moved to reconsider the loss of bill exempting land lying in cities and towns when used for agricultural purposes from taxa- tion. This motion prevailed. Mr Simmons, of Gwinnett, offered a resolu tion declaring the seat of Mr. Page, of Lee, va cant he having been convicted of a felony in Snmter Superior Court. Mr. Joiner, of Dougherty, moved to refer the resolntion to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Meesre. Snead, Gnerry, and Mo- Millan, thought the resolntion premature. The motion to refer prevailed. The following bills were introdnoed and read the first time: Mr. Heidt—To provide for a registration of the voters of Oastham connty. Mr. Woodward—To exempt maimed persons from payment of poll tax. Mr. Goodman—To authorize Douglass oounty to take stock in the Georgia Western Railroad New Orleans Air Lipe Railroid. [ , K Mu Nutting—To incorporate the Central to snranoe Company of Georgia; also, to ipooi raid the Nutting ^Cotton Manufacturing Co ^ MsCtJfl. g mg V|| of n W* si 2g&8 Mr. Sargent—A resolution to pay Dei toad last quarter’s salary aa Judge for year ,802. UJ-3 t Mr. Hoge—To repeal 8;h seotion of an act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the government for the year 1809; also, to incor porate the Northern Bank of Georgia. Mr. Franklin—To entitle F. W. Dawes to pr ctice medicine. Mr. Jackson—To appropriate $1,500 to J. L Miller for services rendered as receiver of re turns, etc., in Fulton county daring the year 1864. Mr. MoWhorter—To authorize Ordinaries to appoint Road Commissioners. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett—For the relief of M. Pedree, former Tax Oolleotor of Gwin nett connty. Mr. Pierce—To amend the charter of Sparta. Mr. Walters—To relieve the securities of N. O. Alexander, Tax Oolleotor of Jasper county. Mr. Griffin, of Houston—To exempt Justices of the Peace and Jndioial Notaries f-om jury duty. Mr. Beasley—To compensate jurorsin Jeffer son oonnty by paying them mileage. Mr. Pon—To allow Nioholas Fogarty to prao- tioe medicine; also to change the time of hold ing Mnscogoe Superior Court. Mr. Bunn—To make it the duty of Tax Re ceivers to collect agricultural statistics. Mr. Crittenden—To relieve maimed and in digent jiereons from tax. Mr. McNeil—To protect persons in rearing oysters and fish in tide waters; also, to create a Beard of Commissioners of roads and reve nue for Glynn connty. . Mr. Snead to incorporate Oglethorpe Manu facturing Company of Augusta ; also, to pre scribe the mode of payment of costs in crimi nal cases to magistrates and constables in Rich mond oonnty. . Mr. McNeil—To protect the people of this State Bgainstthe discrimination by railroad com panies in the transportation of passengers and freight. Mr. Pou—To amend the law relating to fenoes. Mr. Hudson—To amend the charter of the Amerinus and Isabella Railroad Company. Mr. Hall, of Upson—To prescribe the manner of enforoing attorney’s liens. Mr. Barksdale—To ohange the line between the caunties of McDuffie and Warren counties. Mr. Slaton—To ohange the line between Wilkes and Taliaferro counties. Mr. Cutnming—To amend an act to facilitate the sale of real estate and to encourage immi gration. • Mr. Sargeant—To incorporate the People’s Savings Bank of Newman. On motion of Mr. Goldsmith, the rules were suspended and a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate claims against the penitentiary. Tho resolution was adopted. A resolution reported by tho oommittee on Internal Improvement providing for the ap pointment of a joint committee of one from the Senate and two from the Honse, to visit Wash ington to aid onr Representatives in obtaining aid from Congress for the construction of a canal to connect the waters of the Mississippi with the Atlantic ocean, was read. Mr. Jackson moved to amend by adding the superintendent of Pablio Works. Messrs. Bryan and McMillan thought it un becoming in this great State to send men to Washington to lobby a measure through. They favored leaving the matter in the hand3 of our Representatives there. Messrs. Jackson and Wofford, of Bartow, did not think that these parties were to act as lob byists, but that, owing to the magnitude and importance of the work, all available manoeuvres for its success should be adopted. Mr. Griffin, of Houston, also advooaled the adoption of the resolution, and explained some of the great advantages to be derived from the canal. The hour of 12 m. having arrived, the Senate came into the Representative Hall, and the General Assembly, President Trammell presid ing, proceeded to the eleotion of a State Printer. Senator Hillyer proposed the name of W. A. Hemphill as a candidate. Mr. Hillyer, of Camden, proposed the name of S. W. Grubb. The result of the vote was—W. A. Hemphill 154 votes; S. W. Grubb 7; J. Born 1; Rough Rioe 1. Total 163. W. A. Hemphill was declared elected. The Senate retired and the Honse resumed the consideration of the resolution to appoint a committee to go to Congress, etc. Mr. Pou opposed the resolution on the ground that no good could be accomplished by this committee if Congress does not listen to onr Representatives. On motion of Mr. Lang the resolution was laid on the table. BILLS ON THIBD BEADING. A bill to compensate jurors in the oonnties of Rabnn and Towns. Passed. A bill to establish a permanent board of edu cation and orphanage for Bibb connty. Passed, A bill to change the time of holding Rich mond Snperior Conrt. Passed. A bill to authorize the reception of interrog atories from Po3t-masters, etc., during vaca tion. Lost. A bill to authorize the payment of fees to of ficers of the District Conrt in Kiohmond county. Passed. Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Barron and Hendley. Adjourned. S. L, Dearer to'me for her who ffilfd- iH bctaK lace wiitt a aaqnwwkite h»»d-r I ' m End fiie f&et fihffcl r.^ref again MM smb mv -Till the glare give - back its dead. - ryj Anompty glova.yrt lama haw full Kf «',! Of the fragrance of days that come no more. Of memories that make us, and thoughts that role Man’alife in its inmost core. The tone of her voice, tho pose of her head— * All, come beck at the will’s behest; •" M The music she loved, the hooka that she read— Nay, the colors that suited her best. And oh! that night by tho wild sea-shore, u With it« toons, and ite kisses, and its vows of love, When as pledge of the parting promise we swore, Each gave a glove for a glove. You laugh! but remember, though only a glove, And to yon may no deeper a meaning express, To me it is changed by tho light of that lovo . To the one sweet thing l possess! Out souls draw their nurture from many a ground, And faiths that are different in their roots, Where the trill is right and the heart is Bound. Are much the same in their fruits. Men get at the truth by different roads, And must live at the part of it each one sees ; Yon gather your guides out of orthodox codes; I mine out of tnfles like these. - A trifle, no doubt, bat in snob a case, rrori So bathed in the light of a life gone by, It has entered the region and takes its place With the things that oannot die! This trifle to me is of heavenly birth;- ■ :■> No chance, as I take it, but purposely given To help me to cling somewhat looser to earth And closer a little to heaven. For it eeems to bring me sonear— oh, so near] To the face of an angel watching above— That face of ail others I held so dear, With its yearning eyes of love ! of Dawson, Ga., November 28, 187L Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I have ust returned from & four days’ trip through Calhonn, Baker and Early counties, and the southern portion of this (Terrell) county, and can safely say that the bulk of the cot ton crop has been marketed. I ps by many plantations, large and small, and I am confident that I did not see cot ton enough in the fields to make one good bale. Nearly all the gins and screws were idle, and the freedmen were sitting in the doors of their cabins, or standing about in fence corners, sunning themselves, and waiting for some one to oome along and hire them for another year. The heavy frosts have caused planters to abandon all hope of a top crop, and they have tamed their cattle into their fields in many places. Cotton ought to be worth twenty-five cents by the 1st of February, and I believe will be. The cane and potato crops are good. Youra truly, Hans. The Facts and the Fancy About the Sinking City.—Scranton, Pa., November 24.—A slight sinking of land over Pine Brook mine, in this city, occurred yesterday, causing no damage of oonseqaenee, however. The sensational dis- patohes to some of the papers are not justified by the faots, whioh are as follows: Years ago a large plot on the outskirts of the city was pur posely robbed of all its pillars and Supports, with the view of sinking the entire surface. Aores of this ground have fallen daring ten years past and have become quite solid. The remainder of this plot must fall in time. There are not a half dozen buildings on the whole tract, and these are cheap frame tenements, built with a knowledge that the land was expected to cave in. The main portion of Scranton is not undermined, and never will be, as there are vaults in the coal mine extending from Stafford Meadowbrook south to Providence on the north. The damage by the sinking of the Oxford mine at Hvdo Park has been greatly exaggerated. The effect on the surface is hardly perceptible at Pina Brook mine. Grant’s War on Month Carolina. Jonathan Wild Akerman was not long since in Sonth Carolina, and while there a negro and a scummy white man reported Hon. J. P. Thomas to him as one of the High Grand San guinary Surronndeis of the Kn-klnx Klan. In a letter of the 15th instant, addressed to Mr. Grant, Mr. Thomas pronounces this statement an unqualified falsehood, acdsays: I challenge and defy the meanest and most unscrupulous henchman that yon may have in Sonth Carolina to connect my name, or my pri vate or my public conduct, with any act at va riance with the law. Apart from its philosophy and true interpretation, I know as little of this alleged Kn-klnxiam in portions of South Caro lina as does your Excellency. Of that philosophy and true interpretation he then proceeds to speak : • Before the present government was imposed through Federal influence npon Sonth Carolina the white people of Sonth Carolina made to CoDgress their remonstranos and submitted their appeal. These are npon reoord. The writer of this letter was chairman of the committee who bore that remonstrance and that appeal to Washington and laid it before the Reconstruc tion Committee of Congress. He had the honor and the privilege of addressing that committee in the basement of the capitol. He spoke to the head and front of reconstruction—Thadeu3 Stevens himself—and protested against tho monstrous wrong that was about to bo done to tho ostracized white people of South Carolina. He ventured further to say that the regime foisted npon this State was illogical; that it contravened the laws of God; and that, there fore, it would not and could not endure. ^ Will not your Excelienoy admit that the writer’s an ticipations have been swiftly renlized? Look this day at onr execntive, onr legislative history, onr rained -finances, our disordered Stato, stricken in its liberties and its industries! Let your Excellency contemplate the spectacle which yon yourself present, to-day, seeking to hold up with your bayonets the rotten, falling pyramid of reconstructed Sonth Carolina—the pyramid which pigmy statesmen have sought to make rest npon its sharp apex instead of its broad base. The institution of loyal leagues throughout the State, the artful inflammation of raoe ani mosities, the setting on foot of the negro mili tia, the abase of the pardoning power by the Governor, two ont of every five convicted crim inals receiving the execntive clemency as soon as sentenced by the coarts, are then dwell on; and with such outlawry in the State government is it wonderful, Mr. Thomas asks, if there have been outlawry and mob violence among a peo ple left defenceless before crime ? Whatever there is or has been of Kn-klux- ism in portions of Sonth Carolina, grew ont of the weakness and corruption of onr State regime, and had for its object the protection of person and property, even to the summary in* fliction of death upon evil-doers. This was a bold resolve. This was a desperate remedy. But let ns not forget that the disease was also desperate and the provocation great. * * * Whatever there was of Ku-kinxism or lynch law organizations in South Carolina prodnoed a profound impression npon the thieving officials, State and county in this State, upon the mali cious negroes, and upon evil-doers in general. A sword of Damocles was suspended above the heads of these people, and the State grew qaiet. * * * Then was formed the great conspira cy, in which yon, Mr. President, have been drawn as an instrument to carry ont the pro gramme of unscrupulous and alarmed men. The plot opens with a gross exaggeration of the acts of outrage in this State. It is followed np with misrepresentations of the spirit and pnr poses alleged to be therewith connected. The plot thickens. The great bond swindle Is about to be exposed. Governor Soott enters the con spiracy. Yon are waited npon, and yon are urged to suspend the writ of habeas oorpuB in South Carolina; your war npon South Carolina begins. Y«s, although it is nearly seven years since Appomattox, - yon resume war npon Sonth Carolina. Yon pnblish your declaration; you send yonr troops; yon make war npon peaceful communities; and beneath the ample folds of yonr flag yon allow thieves, robbers, andinoen- diaries to find safety and shelter. This is the way a free-born whiteman should talk. Mr. Grant has resumed war npon Sonth Carolina; he is waging military violence on a peaceful community; he does make the ampls folds of the national banner a refuge for thieves, incendiaries and robbers. From point to point Mr. Thomas tells the truth and nothing but the truth about this warfare on his unhappy State. It is a base, cruel, unprovoked campaign. “If yon can rise to the heights of yonr duty,” sayg this letter, “it is plain what yonr Exoellenoy is called npon to do. Withdraw year soldiers. Recall yonr military edicts. Remit ns to peace ful pursuits. Yon cannot, if yon regard yonr fame, retire too soonfromthis campaign against yonr own countrymen.” Nothing can be more true. The judgment of the world cannot be evaded, and when men read how the oonqueror at Appomattox trod npon the typical StatePof secession their verdict will be that here is one so mean-soaled and poor-hearted that had the victory been the other way he would have hastened to offer his Bword for Confederate hire.—World. m W. H. Fobbest, a brother of General N. B. Forrest, is on trial for mnrder, at Brenham, Texas. Eighteen years ago he had a difficulty with a man named Holt, who threatened his life, and in nn enoonnter between the men, Forrest was shot through the hip. On further provoca tion Forrest took his gnn and, on finding Holt, shot and killed him and disappeared. About three week ago he entered thetown of Gonzales, and was immediately arrested. A Down-East paper alluded to an eminent citizen as “a noble old borgher, proudly loving his native State waiohneit little compliment came from the compositor's hand leading, “a nobby old barglar, prowling' around in a naked _tate.”
