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j I A 1 t THE FEDERAL UNION, ( Cornet of Hancock and Wilkinsonstrcets.) OPPOSITE TBFCOCBT HOUSE. BOUCHTOX, XISBET A CO., Staff Printer*. Tuesday Morning, December 12,1865. THE FEDERAL UNION Is as cheap a paper as there is in the State. The Legislature is soon to be convened, and the Proprietors of the Federal Union being Printers to the next General Assembly, can furnish its readers with important bills and acts in advance of any other paper in the State. TERMS. Weekly 1 year, $3.00 6 months,.... 1.50 4 “ 1.00 Tbe Lr|lilalarr; Both brauch'-s of the General Assembly have been hard at work during the past week—meeting twice a nay. On Thursday there was no session, owing to an adjournment for the observance of National Thanksgiving Day. Among the bills introduced, of a public and gen eral character, besides those we publish in anoth er part of our papor, was a bill by Mr. Kenan, in the Senate, to authorize a survey of lands subject to overflow, in Georgia. A bill in the House, pro hibiting the intermarriage qf white and black persons. Also a bill to suspend the collection of debts by levy and sale of property until 1st of January, 1867. Also a bill to repeal the law pre scribing penalties for carrying concealed weapons. A Resolution in regard to the sale of the State Road. A bill to make freedmen witnessoss iu the Courts of this State. A bill to provide freed- nien with cer.iticates of employment, and to pun ish persons for employing freedmen who are in the employment of others. A bill relative to lo cation of Supreme Court, Ac. A homestead Ex emption Bill. A Resolution looking to the abo lition of the Penitentiary. A Resolution relative to improvement of the Public grounds at the Sea. of Government TUK LKtilSLA J'URti. ' ORGANIZATION. On Monday the 4th of December, tho Legislature of Georgia was orgaaised as follows: lion. Win. Gibson of Richmond, was chosen President of the Senate. John B. Weems ot Wilkes, was elected Secretary. enliven tne homes made desolate; to re* build our ruined cities; to revive our drooping commerce; to vocalize oor streams with the music of machinery; to fill out furnaces with the fruits of honest industry aud our granaries with the rich harvests of our fertile fields. I know onr I prospects are as drear as a winter’s scene. A dark cloud obscures our political hori zon, and no bow spans its mantling gloom; A. J. Cameron of leifair, was elected j Southern energy and Southern enter Messenger, and Capt. Anderson of Pul ton Doorkeeper pi ise w ill not bend before tho storm that j u-atbers iu its bosom, but, outliving itB fu- Intlie House, Col. Thos. Hardeman of j ry, will be all-powerful in rebuilding the Bibb, was elected to tbc Speakership, broken fortune, of our P e 0P^ a ^ rest ° p iv„^..n „rp„u, ...... ring our Mate io the proud position she Col. Janies Waddell of Polk, was elected Clerk, Jesse Osliu of Cobb, Messenger, and Mr. Aired of Pickens Doorkeeper. Below we give the address of the Presi dent of the Senate, and Speaker of the House, on taking the chair in their res pective Houses. Mr. Gibson said : » Senators: With feelings of unfeigned gratitude I return you my most cordial thanks for the honor which you have just occupied before war desolated her hearth stones, or its results marred the hitherto untarnished escutcheon ofher honor. . To facilitate these results, gentlemen, wise, prudent, economical legislation will be required of this general assembly Protection to person ami property should be given to that unfortunate class who fiave been left homeless and unprotected in our midst, and protection should bo se- of Iawlesness cured- against lliat spirit and vice that mistaken notions of freedom The Election. con>eired upon me. I bring to the dig ! have engendered in their bosoms. The election for State House officers was to have charge of the duties of the olHce, it is! Our agricultural pursuits, uow languish- true, experience of a limited character, but ; j„g f or want of proper system of labor; our a conciousness of my own imperfect ca- i mechanical interests so esseutii come off on Friday last, but as the Salaring had not been fixed, the election was postponed. There is one electionthc authorities at Washington feel more in terest in than ull others—that is, U. S..Senator. They look to that with more interest than we do. We pre sume it will come off the present week. pacity to fill the measure of what I know j complete developement of our greatness, you expect of your Presiding Officer. I ! especiallv r Bill Passed—The Senate Bill regnlating the j will aid mo m , especially need our fostering care and shall, however, enter upon them sustained j sup p 0 rt. ’ Liberal arrangements should be by the conviction that your intelligence j made for the education of our poor chil- i-Mi .:.i — their performance, aud dren, and above all should we provide for To the Members of the legislature. The undersigned offer themselves a* candidates ; a Daily paper containing the for the Public Printing for the next Session of the r ,. 1 . , . , J 5 . Legislature, as the law requires the Printer to be ] ^lly proceedings ol both brandies of elected a year in advance. In presenting our the General Assembly. We Would have published a daily this session, if testimony of Freedmen in the Courts, passed the i your charity overlook any errors and j (he maimed soldier and the orphaned little Senate on Saturday. shortcomings. tones of those gallant men who evinced —— I Gentlemen, we commence our labors iu J ,i ie ; r devotion to their cause by tho shed- The Proprietors of the Fed- 1 a singularly perilous period of our coun- J’ding of blood, eral Union, if elected vpith Messrs.! j r * v 8 - ® *1* '® *l'n i "That so holy was * | lant dead who bave bled ami suffered in [ j* wou ]j not stain the purest rill Orme, Public Printer for the next behalf of wlmt we honestly believed and ; That sparkles in the groves of bliss,” Session of the Legislature, expect to j ^elt to be tight. While we shed a tear j And w b Q i y their gallant deeds and hero- over their graves, let us remember that - - claims to your consideration \vc would state that being permanently located at llie capi’al and hav ing furnished our offices w ith all the furniture and we had had Mail facilities to send it material necessary for doing such work, we feel i tO places where there Were 110 daily that, other things being equal, the printers of this j papers. place have superior claims to the Public Printing, — »—.— especially «s the lawn quires a large portion of j WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-—In the Senate the cre- the work shall be done at the seat of government. ' dentiala of Messrs. Alcorn and Sharkey were pre- Both offices being now united we shall he able to I »*nted but no action was taken thereon, do tho work with greater dispatch. Your kind ic bearing Lave create^ in the hearts of the sword has decided against us, and out j thei ; c0 „ntreymen a monument as lasting of the issue arise new and important re spon sibilities. While accepting the "decision, we find that the whole sy stem of labor sustained bv our fathers through successive genera tions, lias been utieily destroyed, and that the capital of the country has been as the foundation of their own granite j hills. In the discharge of our duties let no jealous bickerings of party strife niar the harmony of our actions. Forgetting the animosities "of the past, burying with our noble dead those old issues that have been thoroughly exhausted. Upon labor and ' effaced bv their blood, let us with capital depend all our national prosperi ty. Gentlemen, It becomes your most im portant duty so to frame your legislation, that upon the ruins of the old a new In the House a resolution wr.s unanimously . ! passed that :he public debt ought to ho promptly consideration of our claims will be duly appreei-! p a ; d ated. „ The Secretary of ihe Treasury' recommends j system may arise, which will contribute to BOUGHTON, NISBET. BARNES & MOORE, I that the collection of tfco internal Revenue taxes t j, b advancement of Georgia in wealth. Of the Federal Union, I accruing in the States previous to the establish- j, and power . J n order that this rv i ment of collection offices lie lndifir.itelv posrpon R M. OKMK &- tsUN, - -- - - — Cf the Southern Recorder. prosperity- and power. ed, and that all sales of property under the Direct system should prove effectual, we must. Tax law be suspended until the States shall haw bury our prejudice iu the past; we must : an opportunity of assumirg the payment of the conciliate the views of thore from whom tax assessed. we now widely differ, and with whom we i | stood lately 1 so shape our yet, we hear of no contest for the position* of the i o. uard with the Utmost caution OUr inter- accord renew our allegiance to the State and the Union, and, by onr legislation here and our actions elsewhere, convince the world that Georgia, though prostrate, will- rise again; though desolated, her fields will gladden once more w ith waving har vests the hearts of her husbandmen, though stricken with po'erty, her hills will en rich her with their bidden treasures, and her commerce whiten with her sails her ocean waters; though her schools are.de- MlMtO OlScflK. A- Statc H» u*e officers, except iu that , — , . . . er.emi, occupied o. all oilier readers I osts at home, we shall win the confidence soon to given up mud the publication of very important Bills, whichl will be of more general interest than the daily i proceedings cf the Lrgislatuie, in rzUnto. We shall try to give our readers an account of what J the Legislature does, rather than what it may try to do. The Bills we publish to day, touch the great question in hand, aud are therefore deeply interesting to all. serted and her colleges suspended, learn a hostile conflict. Let 118 j j n p* decorate her brow with the wreaths R< ’•'** of science,..,a feligicm rekindle-be, fires, TU e bill w»8 ordewd to he printed. upon the desecrated altars of her tai r fi; ,, , , 1 . though chained to the rock of an irresisti- Mr. bumner introduced a bill pre- ble destiny, she will sever the cords that ,bribing an oath to maintain a repub- bind bar, and with stately step and grace j lican form of 'governmenf # in States in rebellion, as lollows. I do hereby match to glory and greatness. Invoking upon your deliberations the Titr l'rriiidrat'* Alrnoogr. We received a cojiy of this document on Satur day laet too late for our present issue. We will lay it before the L< frialature on Monday, in pam- • • rml ,|, onts „ t t l, phlet form We have read it, but have not time o! Comptroller General, < ccnp-.tu or space to comment npc-n it, if comment could do know-, by that indefatigable, zealous, trusty and e.\ , 0 f ollr ) a j c enemies, but, we trust, , • periciiceu officer, C’ol 1*. Ttiweatt. We do not know!, r • i r . -.i any good. : his opponent, and caD,therefore, say nothing for or he OUT friends of a common country, Wit It a ; against hia qualifieatM.nh ior this responaible post) but a common fate awaiting us till. Let us | • i * i ' i nnward FrocreSine* of (be I.egialalurr. surely, nuler-a the Legislature is demented. It will lot f .1 „ dip,], ]r o-o n f tliP«e dll tics ! 1 e . SUme 0DW RlMl n P V ' artl We have given up much of cur space to-day 1o seriously think of di;pensing with Co! Thweatt’s ex- ® ntor *.P n 1 e ' S® . ' d K J 1 penence and intimate ai-qiiaiiitance with the whole in a Splllt which Will convince the au- finaneial history of the State, at a time when !t *? |J* e thorities at Washington that we areaetlia- I dnm nf d ; V me nwnev lot ns nnw nrn subject ot special investigation hy a Committee of the , , r * ... , , WlFflC/in or Uiv 1UG agency, lei 118 DOW pro- Ccmvention. ' | ted by no feelings of hostility to the & ov * j C eed to the discharge of the duties confi* T ,e i? at ;° Col. Thweatt, could not, indeed, he eminent, but by a desire to build up a , d d . b a generous constituency hum- easily filled at anytime. lie is not only a first rate •- i* 1 «.i *i 1 • /» * ucu to uy a gKnuuub luusiuunity, uuui accounting officer in all respects, hut he comprehends prosperity which, hue it jiitigs comfort praying that our labors may redound whole subject of taxation and revenue in Georgia to onr own doors, may prove the means I fn p, prrC ri«’« intoroKts and tho nation's »ln- T d ^ i V,\ KU , bj r , t °f lo r B ® nd P ( ‘i' en t of enhancing the wealth and happiness of j 1°,*'* 8 ,nterC6ts and t,ie natlon 8 ° 10 it would be but had poliey to displace , , ” , , 11 1 IV. uch a man for a raw and inexperienced one, unless j the whole people ol a common country, j * u | n _ for some reasons affecting his integrity. No busi- Eschewing radicalism and llltraism of CV- j T U« PrcKideul i* Forthcoming yiekonae anil liegs establishment would he guilty of such, even in i-ii.ttc -ill ! The Amendment to Ihe Constitution of the : relation to an old accountant and hook keeper, and ®ry kltlu, let ail ot Olll acts pie guided by j United Stales. | how much less a State in relat'nn to the master of its wisdom, and tempered with justice and I . , TT . T, . .. , financial system, upon whose representations the Leg- The Senate and House ot Representatives have j i8!ature an j Governor must in a great part depend for | moderation. passed the proposed ame 13dm on t to the Coimtitu- the enactment ot judicious tax-le^i slat ion. Sulonpan ^iotonly the people of our own *^tato ; tion, abolishing slavery. As we hare, on two ht ‘ 1 v p . wilhn ". ,<) and j e . faithl'u'and able'iu his are watching our actions, hut everywhere I ' f, j < sorvice, such an officer ought not to be disturbed. I . , . Vi . - , • i. . former occasions, published this amendirietit, wo Georgia Journal *v Mcstengtr. j throDgiiout the country* anxiety is leit to I think it unnecessary to reproduce it here. We ■■■ , Arrest of fi. B. Lamar. the House. In.addition to tho validity and lor- mglity of tire credentials, -honld these facts ap pear, the only other question which could occur would be whether the States lately in rebellion are now in full elation to ine other State* iu the sense contemplated by the iaw of or, in dif ferent language, whether they are completely re stored to heir right* and privileges in the Union. The question as to whether cert^n members elect can or caanot take the test uadi will not properly ocenr anti, after the election of the Speaker, whose duty is to administer it to the other members be fore proceeding further on the business of organi zation. From Congress. One hundred and seventy-five mem bers of the House answered the roll call on Monday* A struggle took place to squeeze in one from Tenues- see-rMr. Maynard—but- h • was ruled out under the previous question. The vote for Speaker stood, CoH’ax 139, Brooks 35, and the former toojv the Speaker’s chair amid deafening ap plause. The other officers were all reinstated by resolution, until their successors should he elected and qral- ified. Mr. Thad. Stevens then brought for- word his bill for the appointment of a committee to examine and report whether auy of the so-called Confed erate States were entitled to represen tation in Congress, and it passed— yeas 123, nays 3G. The House then adjourned till Tuesday, In the Senate forty^one members were present, and at the moment of organization a deluge of African pro positions poured to the Clerk’s table Wr. Wade presented a bill to regu late the elective franchise in the Dis trict of Columbia, and after its pass age every male citizen of the United States, a resident of the district for six months, and never convicted of any infamous crime, shall have right of suffrage in the district. Section 2 im poses a penalty for interruption or in terference of the light granted in the above bill when ordered to be present ed. Mr. Sumner introduced a bill to preserve the right of trial by a jury, provides that the grand juries shall consist one-half of persons of African descent, in sections where one-sixth of the population are Africans; and the same proportion in petit juries where the matter rtdates to any injuries in flicted by a person of African descent upon a person not of such descent, and vice versa. Prejudice agaiust such African race is made a ground of chal lenge and exclusion from such juries. LOCAL. »»T VnrTuci. Read the order of the Council, and 1st of January, or auffar double taxation** np ^ Important to Mkmhkrs or THp laterE.—Board, for members of the j E(,IS * tur?, will be reduced, at the Milledg ev ili u**' 4 - lo $3 a day, at the session ir January ne 8 Mtssrt. EdUortRecent developments c t prove to every observing citizen of Milled* ^ 7 that* larger police force is t*sentwlty n ^" l] * for the protection of life and property the idle, lawless, thieving rascals who city; and as a citizen of the town, interest^ • maintaining good order in our midst, I e *rn 0 call upop the City Council to increase the p^' 7 force. The people demand protection and° i* City Council must satisfy that call. CITIZEN. Conn is on Land to day, and tells everybo-j whye they cau get something they want, as cheap as anywhere else. the —lie has study, an. Him Reconstruction Policy. NO LIST OF MEMBERS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES YET PREPAR ED BY TI1E CLERK. are gratified at the prompt action ol the Legisla ture of Georgia, on this subject, because we have reason to believe that it will pave the way for the re-establishment of civil government in the State. As this was the only document accompanying the message of the Provisional Governor to the two Houses now in session, we have every reason to believe that, in the minds of Piesident Johnson and his Cabinet, it was the only concession they had to require of the representatives of the peo ple ot Georgia, in order for us to put in operation the machinery of the civil government. We do hope now, Georgia is in a position to be admitted to the sisterhood of States, without any further legislative action. know what Georgia will do in this great j emergency. Let us so set as not to disa- 1 point the expectations of our fiiends, and j to rebuke and silence tbc calumnies of our enemies. To tlie extent of my bumble ability, ! gentlemen, I will clufeifully co operate with you in ail measures of a wise and Tbc Coming Ncnftion of fongrfM—Pssr ProxporI for the Southern .Vlnuberi Elect. The .Savannah Republican, of the 4th instant, saya ; “Considerable talk was created on the pnblicstreets Saturday evening, ax the news spread of the arrest of the well known citizen by u government detective, The arrest was quietly made late Saturday afternoon, while Mr- Lamar was enjoying a comfortable smoke at his sou's residence on Broughton street. The nature of this arrest is of such character, that, in obedience , . . , , . , to a request from the authorities, we forbear comment* lutflry policy, calculated to filing a«.;OUt so ing or divulging any further at present, preferring to desirable a lesult. Entering unon the await further developements ot t tie interesting ease. j- i „e i .* • ,t. ... , Mr. Lamar has been assigned to comfortable quar- . schaige ol our duties ill tins spirit, aud ters, and is under a strict snrveilanee night and day, invoking the aid of Divine wisdom, we no one being allowed to visit or communicate with | canmo t but anticipate a most JiAppy and turn without a special peruiit. Some startling dinclot*-i . . . *T, . . I rJ urefi ill no doubt be made shortly, \vhi«*h it would be ! suspicions TCSUit for OUT labors, imprudent on our part to reveal at present. Mr . Hardeman, Said: Vote for Governor —On Tuesday afternoon the vote for Governoi was counted out by the General Assembly. The returns from 27 coun- tios had not been received. Mr. Jenkins receiv ed in. the counties heard from 37.200 votes, and was declared Governor elect for two years. General Grant at Savannah, General G'ant was expected at Savannah,on Mon day, “Gnat expectations*’ of a fine time—public re ception, serenade, fire works, Au-. Gov. jENKlks.— Not in our day, and we be lieve not in the histpry of the State, has any man in Georgia been called to the Executive Chair, with so much unanimity as is the case at present. Judge Jenkins appreciates this un; aralleled com pliment, and will enter upon the duties of his office with the assurance that the whole people of Georgia have confidence in his ability, patriotism and integrity. The Inauguration I’anlponrit. We publish to-day a letter from Hon. C. J. Jenkins, Governor elect, of ihia State,*o member* ot tlie Sen ate and House of Representatives, which will be read with much interest. It will be teen that Mr. Jenkins nAuo s the lCth day of January next, ns tne lime ut which he will meet the General Assembly to be in augurated. The tone and spiiit of the letter are en tirely un-exceptionable, and the whole production is lust what might have been expected from the man. Mr. Jenkins would be pleased to occupy the position to which he has been elected, at once; but the reasons lie gives for postponement are so strong and sensible ail must acquiesce in the determination to which he has himself come. IIai.eigii, N. C., Nov. 2S. The following disjiatcli from President Johnson to Provisional Governor Holden, of North Carolina, was published in the i j .• g.t c 1 > i • j Y.T .. . c . . lduous duties of the Speaker’s chair, and VV ashmgton papers of the 27th u!t : r TU. TU. Holden, Provisional Governor Accept my thanks for the efficient manner in which you have dis charged your duty as Provisional Gover nor. You will be sustained by the Gov ernment. The result of the recent elec tion in North Carolina lias greatly dam aged the prospects of that State in her restoration to Governmental delations — .Should the action and spirit of the Legis lature be the same, it w ill greatly increase the mischief already done and might pro\e Gentlemen of the Home of Representatives : It would be unpardonable affectation in me did I attempt to conceal the fact that the compliment you have paid me in se lecting me to preside over your delibera tions is gratifying to my pride and com mands my grateful acknowledgements, I am fully aware, gentlemen, of the ar- 1 shall bring to their discharge an ardent desire to merit in their performance the’ noble and confidence so generously reposed in me. YY e are convened to-day under circum stances of no ordinary character. Our difficulties are many and threatening; yet, as the pillar of fire guided the children of Israel through the perils of the wilderness, # Washington, Nov. 2< ; , 1865. The number of Congressmen at present in the ; city is noticeably small, considering ihe near ap- : proacli of the session. Those already here ate ! alnuffit a unit in opinion on tho question of ad- ! milting the representatives from the Soutbein ; States It is well known that Mr. McPherson 8a * i will not voluntarily place them on the roll, and whilst it is competent for any member to move that they be so placed upon it, the present tfirper and feeiing of Northern members indicate that any such motion would be overwhelmingly lost. Nor, so far as tan be ascertained at present, is there the slightest probability of the immediate repeal or modification of the test oath euaxrted by the last Congress. The past few weeks have ma terially modified public opinion here on the sub ject. Men who one month ago was in favor of admitting all duly elected members that can take the test oath from the Southern States, and exclu ding the balance, are now inclined to favor the ple.n of keeping all out until tho whole matter has been referred to a joint committee cf both houses and some general plan agreed upon, other wise, they aiguc, the anomaly would be presen ted of a State being represented in one body and not in the other. Eveiy thing at present favors a postponement of ihe question. Discussion and attrition of minds will doubles harmonize those who apparently disagree. It is proper to say that Tennessee wiM probably by common consent be an exception to any rule that may be adopted. She never lost nor forfeited her representation as others dak and her newly elected Senators and Congressmen will most likely be admitted at once. Washington. Nov. 27,1865. The President's Message. As the session of Congress approaches so may tbe star of patriotic duty shed its ! *V .. . J i speculation and solicitude exist among the radi cals concerning the President’s forthcoming light upon nur pathway as to conduct us, to conduct our people to the land of de liverance ami cf hope. Tho political status of our State de fatal It ir hoped that the action and pends in a great measure upon our actions Come to the Lndin Fnir and Mapper on Wed netday Night. The Ladies will have a Fair and Supper on Wed- i nesday, night 13tl> inst, at the Masonic and Odd-Fellows ; halli iu the building ov« the post office. There will | be many g<>i»i thing# to eat, many useful things for 1 those present,and n.any useful and pretty things for ! the old folks and the little folks at home. The pro ceeds of the whole will be appropriated for repairing! the Baptist church. Come to the fair by all means j spirit manifested by tbe Legislature may fie directed rather to repair than increase the difficulty in which the State has alrea dy placed herself. (Signed) Andrew Johnson, Piesident United States. i Thomas Settle, a staunch Union man, was elected Speaker of the North Caroli* j na Senate to-day. i Both Houses of the Legislature have ’organized and’adjourned till to-morrow. Gov, Holden is improving in health. Raleigh, Nov. 23. here; may I be permitted to hope, in view of the great interests at stake, we ntav so shape our legislative action as to secure for our people a restoiaticn of civil law, and ensure for our State a position aud representation in the councils of tho na tion. It were useless to disguise the fact, gen tlemen, that all dreams of a Southern Confederacy and a separate nationality bave passed away, and having qualified ourselves for citizenship by swearing to support the constitution of the United r, , ~ , States, it becomes us in good faith to com- General Grant and staff, accompamed p , it , ulj l igal ;„„,% Dd „ , 1°. iL f “r I I" » nur enemies of tie fcloan, State Agent, called on Gov. Ilol- e - . , i , P . ; sincewty of our intentions and the purity TrithTm'” TV S "r’ " of our motives. This can be accomplieb- V , a- ■„ Governorerpres.e.l ed without servile snl,mission or ,,-eo- «adl.»gtl.,L.d,on. E him‘to Jv ' C ?. '.- ! ,h,m,ic Potations that belie the ac — * ! x- ?* • ? 5°P? y more attention to his tion8 0 f our poo 1(Ji D • tb stru _„i_ A Recess—It is thought the Legislature }*' ,n § uis et 'i&itors. The interview was j ihrongh which they have ^ so heroically Will adjourn next Saturday until the 15«h of Jan- a » d »greeab)e. ! passed by a man,/re gard for prindple 22:1** The election* for U. 8.. Senators. Gen 1. Grant was invited to visit the and a faithful obse^vanfe of the ^onS- onset fficei* and Public Frinter will come Legislatuie, and was presented to the - ** constuu ufl to-day or to morrow. ! members of both Houses. He leaves to night for Charleston. l ’ s (SENATOR. 'i“ G .“- A- H. Colquitt *1, b. . candidate for C. 8. Senator. Pec. Utb, 1865. i Crimo has enormously increased in Washington , since tbe reduction of the ormy. Tbe police ar- j rests the last quarter numbered U,122—an increase ■ °f 3,CHIU beyond any previous fourth of a year. rion which we have 6worn to support, now that the strife aud carnage of war is over, it were in vain to spend our time in idle regrets and crocodile tears over the events of the past. Action—bold, energizing ac tion is necessary * for oar success in the preseut, aad our hopes for the future; to message. Many profess to beliexe that his r con striictiiui p( lie> I nn disappointed hi* expectations, and that he will renounce it to a considerable ex tent and recommend mpre stringent measures There are the strongest reasons for asserting that these gentlemen are reckoning without th. ir host Tbe President has at no time and on no occasion uttered n word in public expressing the slightest disappointment at the practical workings of his policy-or intimated the least inclination cf modi fying or changing it in any particular. On tbe contrary, he has uniformly declared more progress was being made than any one would bave been warranted in predicting a few month* ago. In pome instances the organized action of Southern men may not have met bis expectations: but this is no reason tor abandoning his favorite idea that Slates aie iudistrnciible, and >hat secession un der our form of government was, is and forever must be impossible. He will undoubtedly reiter ate in his message the principles that underlie all his public utterances for years, and thereby bring to his support tho entire conservative element of Congress, without regard to party affiliations. 7Ac Organization of the House of Uepresentativcs— Position cf the Clerk. On inquiry it is ascertained that but compara tively few ot the credentials of members elect of the House of Representatives have been received either for the late insurrectionary or the other States. Therefore the Clerk of the House has not prepared a list of the members, will not probably do so before Saturday. No credentials have be*n received from the late insurrectionary States’ ex cepting Virginia in part and Tennessee complete. Tbe position of the Clerk of the House is under* stood as lollows: That he is merely to adminis ter the law of le63 :n placing the names of mem bers elect upon the roll, bis- course on doubtful points being controlled by tbe precedents set by tue House in tbe absence of the judicial, ruling aa the construction of the law. Whatever defects may be discovered can of right be remedied* by •swear that at all times hereafter, I will use my best endeavors to maintain a republican form of government in the State of which l am an inhabitant, and in the Union of the United States; and will, at all times, recognize indis soluble unity of the republic, and will also discountenance and resent any endeavors to break or secede from the Union; that I will give my vote, at all times, to sustain tr.e national cred it; that I will always discountenance and resist any attempt, directly or in directly, to repudiate or protract, eith er in any part or in any way, any debt contracted by the United States in subduing the rebellion, or the obliga tions assumed to Union soldiers; I will always discountenance ana resist any law making any distinctions of color or race, and always will strive to maintain a State government com pletely loyal to the Union, where all men shall enjoy equal protection and equal rights. Such cfath shall be pre served, and if fasely taken, such per son shall be guilty of perjury, aud in addition to the present penalty, for that crime, he shall forfeit his rights to hold office. This was oruered to be printed. Mr. Sumner offered a bill to enforce the Constitutional Admend- ment by punishing any attempt to control the services of any person con trary to this provision, by a fine, not exceeding $1,000 and imprisonment not exceeding both at the dis cretion of the.court, and it shall be no defence when such claim is sanction ed by any State law. It amends State laws in conflict with it, and re stricts jurisdiction in cases growing out of it to the United States courts. This was ordered to be printed. Sum ner introduced a bill to give the right of suffrage te person 7 , of color in the District of Columbia, which was order ed to be printed. Sumner introduced resolutions proposing to amend the Constitution so as to make voters in stead of population, the basis of rep resentation in Congress. Mr. Sumner introduced a concurrent resolution de claratory of the adoption of the Con stitutional Amendment. Mr. Sumner introduced a series of resolutions declaratory of the duty of Congress, especially in respect to loy al citizens of the States lately in re bellion. Mr. Brown gave notice of a a bill to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louis; also a bill to reimburse the State of Missouri for expenses in call ing out and equipping militia. Mr. Harris introduced a bill to reg ulate the judiciary system of 1>he Uni ted States. Mr. Foote moved the adoption of an order that the Senate meet every day at Df o’clock, which was carried. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to maintain the freedom of the inhabi tants declared to be in insurrection, which was ordered to be printed. Uara at 111,9.1. Corn is reUilinjj in Macon at $l,25 per t U8 ; )e , yet we are charged f 2,00 per bushel for M, *1 "*' this place! m Nnw Good*.—Mr. H. Tinsley, Agent, hasjn»t re ceived a new and elegant stock of Staple ami p Wc . Dry Goods, Boots <fc Shoes. Cajl in at his store nn i-’r Newell's Hall, and examine bis Goods. .Who wjll mote in the matter?_g ov Johnson hag issued his Proclamation calling on the people of the several counties to organize one or more militia or volunteer companies in each county in the 8tate. Aa yet we have seen no movement in Baldwin*in this direction. Are our people asleep! _ If not, we say to yon. or ? „ n . ize ot once ! Every citizen, old or young, j, <j;' rectly interested in this matter, and there i be no two opinions abont it. LTOysters are being received at Conn'* Eating Saloon from Baltimore. They are packed in i 0 e M( i arrive perfectly fresh. They are fine. Try them. EF* We call attention to the advertisement of W. 8 Stetson A. Bro. Fine Liqi orb.—W. A. Williams & Co.,have fine Liquors in Store, next door to Milledgrvill# Hotel. PRESIDENT’S .VIENNAGE. Washington, Dec. 5.—The President’s Mes- xage to Congress says: The resistance to the general government having exhausted itself, tbs first question is whether the territory within the limits of the States which attempted to secede should be held as conquered territory under mili- tary authority emanating from the President. He considers that military governments established for an indefinite period wouid have offered noseenri ry for the early suppression of discontent, but would have divided the people into vanquishers end vanquished, and envenomed hatred, rather ihsn restore affection. The true theory is that all pretended acts of secexsion from the beginning were null and void. States cannot commit treason or screen the m- dividual citizen who may have committed treason. Ihe States attempting to secede have placed themselves in a condition where their function* are suspended but not destroyed If any State neglects or refuses to perform its offices, there ii the more need that the general government shobld maintain its authority, and as soon as prac ticable each State resume the exercise of all Its functions. Od this principle he baa acted, gradually and equally, and by almost impossible steps sought to restore the rightful energy of the general govern- ment and of tbe States. To that end Provisional Governors were appointed. All parties in tbe late terrible conflict must work togefter in har mony. It is not too much to ask that on one side the plan of restoration shall proceed in conformity with a willingness to cast the disorders of the past into oblivion; and that on the other side, the evidenee'of sincerity in the future maintainance of the Union shall he pnt beyond any doubt by the ratification of tbe proposed anti-slavery amend ment to the Constitution. This amendment BeiDg adopted.it would re main for tbe States to re6Utn« their places in two branches in Congregs, and thereby complete tbe work of restoration. The President says he has no authority to make freedmen electors. That remains with the people of the States. They can decide whether it is to be adopted at once or introduced gradually, with the condition, however, that good faith requires security ot freedmen in their liberty, property, right to labor, and to claim just return of tluir la bor. It will be his constant aim to promote peace and unity with all foreign nations, as he believes them all animated by th« same disposition. The accordance of billigerent rights to the in surgent States was unjustifiable, but Great Britain waa an exception. She bnilt ships, furnished men and material of war to the insurgents, and justifi cation for it cannot be sustained before the tribu nal of the world. At the same time, lie doeR notadvis* any pres ent attempt to redress by acts of legislation, for the futur* friendship between the two countrid mnst rest on the basis of mutual justice. We have wisely forborne, because as propsgandiit( of republicanism it would be the cause of great calamity to ourselves and the cause of good gov^ ornment should any foreign power challenge American peaple to its defence against foreign in terference, and F he relies on the wisdom and jo** rice of thoag powers to respect tho system of non interference which has so long been sanctioned by time. Release of the Pulaski PrisonersTb# President bas issued aa order releasing from Fort Palaski tbe Rebel Secretary of War, Seddon, and Judge Magratb, o' S oath Carolina. Tbe order did not emanate from tbe Adjutant General’s office, but came direct from the President, and hence arose the contradiction of previous reports that they bad.been leleased. Worth Knowing. The following, from the Treasury P e * partment, touching upon a really impor tant point, should be known and remem bered among tbe business men genera.Iy . "Treasury Department, ^ "Office Internal Revenue. < Washington, Oct, 27, 1S65. J "Sir—In replj to your letter ot tn 18th instant, that if a note secured py mortgage is negotiable, and tbe two m struments are transferred by a n> e P e en dorsement of tbe note, no stamp re j quired. See section 16f, Revenue Law. •‘If tbe extention of the time for tw payment of a note is not iu writing. additional stamp on either instrument t necessary. If, however, a note is renewe by -giving a new note, tbe renewal be stamped with a stamp a PP f0 P r ? to t i, e the amount of the renewal, though mortgage is not subject to a further , , If ! h “ ‘ir tended by virtue of a written agrees a stamp must be fixed appropriate o agreement. Vert respectfully, ••D. C. Whitman. h "Deputy Commiww 0 *-'