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ise full and reliable reports of all proceed
ings of both Houses. Rev. K. L. Brantly
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to receive subscription money, or money
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and risk. ROSE & BURR.
Brunswick-
This place possesses a marked interest to
the j>eoplo of Macon, on account of its be
ing the sea-coast terminus of the Maeou
and Brunswick Railroad. We have not
been at Brunswick since the termination
of the war, and cannot sjxak except from
hearsay as to its preseut prosperity. A
friend writes ns: ‘‘Brunswick is improv
ing in appearance and increasing in size
verv rapidly. You know we have the best
port south of Norfolk, Va., and when the
railroad from here to Maeou is finished,
we expect our prospects to grow still
brighter. It is the cheapest place to Live
in that I kuow, and as healthy as any, in
the same latitude, In the world. lu our
harbor, halt the ships in (lie world could
rest safely at the same time.’’ W e know
(hat this bnrlfor is one of the safest and
most capacious in tho nation. With tire
tide at its lowest stage, shipsof almostany
draught can pass the bar, and the water is
ho deep in the harbor the' no difficulty at
ail is ever found in efleeting a landing.
The Brunswick and Thomasville Rail
road runs just along the edge of the wharf,
*«• that there will not be cost of drayage in
the shipment of cotton aud other produce.
The distance from our city to Brunswick
is, wo believe, some 25 or 30 miles less
than to Savannah, so that, other things
being equal, there will be a great saving
in the cost of transportation.
The PriiLic Debt.—While John Bull
is obliged to measure his steps very care
fully under the Burden of his public debt.
Unde Sum strides along with an independ
ent air. If the Union can be restored, aud
.ill the States work together harmoniously
in matters of trade, we shall absorb, swal
low, obliterate the national debt in a few
short years.
It appears from an abstract of the forth
coming report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, that the national revenue, for the
financial year ending June 30, 1806, tx
eeeded the expenditures by $37,001,857 36.
During that year also, tire receipts, from
internal n venue increased by $100, 000, IKK),
and from customs $90,000,000, as compared
with the preceding. The cash balance in
the Treasury, at the end of the year was
$130,669,81), against SB-38,309 on tlie 30tho t
June, 1865. The Treasury receipts since
August, 1865, when the public debt cul
minated, have been considerably ahead of
current expenses, each month leaving an
increased balance to be applied to the pay
ment of that debt. Since that date, some
fourteen months, its reduction has
amounted, in round numbers, toSIS4,(XK),-
000, leaving a net balance, on the Ist of
October, 1860, of $2,573,35*\941 68. Wash
ington Republican, 6 lh inst.
tz£T At a squirrel hunt in Monroeeouu
ty, the othar day, two parties, of twenty
six each, shot 1,040 squirrels and other
Kamo. The total includes one coon, one
ortwo ducks and quite a number of quails,
Ac, The largest number killed by any
one person was 235, aud another shot
200.
B&r According to Intelligence received
from the eastern shores of Siberia, the
works for the construction of the Russo-
American telegraph are progressing satis
factorily, but will not i>e completed for
three years.
Bflk. The largest Sunday school in the
world is at Stockport, near Manchester,
Euglaiui. It was formed in 1784. and now
consists of about 5,000 scolars. There are
over 300 teachers. Besides instruction in
the Scriptures, they teach writing and
elementary bookkeeping, with no book
used excepting the Bible.
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Napoleon.— The following short ex
tract from a letter from Biarritz, which
appears in the New York Sun, would seem
to iudicate that the Emperor Napolean
was in no immediate danger of dissolution.
The ietter bears date October loth :
“I have seen the Royal family several
times, in fact nearly every day since I have
been down here. I have observed a mark
et! improvement in the Emperor ever since
I have sojourned in Biarritz. He looks
I think, remarkably well, and seems quite
capable of bearing the cares of State for
some more years yet.”
The Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion of V ashingtou projstse to erect a
building for the use of the society. It is
to have a lecture room, reading rooms, a
l rary of 'ifi*):) voh mm, ami a gymna
sium. Such an institution is much need
ed.
' ~ " 'P'Oi o' a powder train, eon
!- ■ powder, bit tv u|)
*• Ei: b on the 12th ulti
-1 •• arm -! piece of wood
■' and Mine of t e
'< »- • .... ii . o were torn into
-road .) a<l only tefot.aj. itof a
■ —c. <*l iiie .-kullof the dri
■ oli* looking person nston
-of t| le Italian Opera, in
■ > evening. He had on a
cia - a' <■* >, et<*i\ covered with diamonils.
ihe m i b) tentieoi n, n* might be ex
acted. turned out not to be of the upper
4en, but a keeper of a case.
The Great Conspiracy.
ARREST OF CONOVER— —AI FIIIAVIT Os J.
A. HOARE.
The effort of the officers of justice to get
bold of Sanford Conover, alias Clias. A.
Dunham, who has played such a promin
ent part in the alleged conspiracy of Jeff
erson Davis against Mr. Liucoln have
been unsuccessful. Judge Advocate L. C.
Turner visited New York a few days ago
with the necessrry papers for his arrest,
and the United States detectives have suc
ceeded iu capturing him.
The following is the affidavit of J. A.
Hoare, which is confirmed in its statement
by that of W. H. Roberts and Judge Advo
cate Turner, who testifies to the existence
of the fabricated manuscript now iu pos
session of the Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives:
Washington City, District of Columbia, ss.
J. A. Hoare being duly sworn, deposes §s
follows: On the 4th day of November,
A. D. 186-5, my deposition was taken in
the name of William Campbell, at the of
fice of the Judge Advocate General in the
city of Washington, relative to the asssas
sinatlon of President Lincoln, and the
complicity of Jefferson Davis and others
therein; I made said despositiou at the
instance and by the procurement of a man
who assumed the name of Hanford Cono
ver, but whose real name was Charles A.
Dunham; the said Conover, a.iai Dunham,
fabricated —wrote out the statement hede
siied me to make; I committed it to
memory by his advice aud with his assis
tance, and theu in company with him,
went to the office of the Judge Advocate
General, and there repeated it to Judge
j Hort, and he wTbte it down and I verified
the same as my deposition; and said de
position was wholy untrue aud false; was
fabricated by the said Conover, alias Dun
ham, and 1 made the same by his procure
ment ; after making said deposition, the
subject matter of the assassinat ion of Pres
ident Lincoln aud the alleged complicity
of J offerson Davis and others therein was
duly referred to the Judiciary Committee
of the House of Representatives of the
United States for investigation, said Ju
dieary Committee being duly and legally
appointed and empowered to make said
investigation, and in obedience to a sub
poena issued by said Judiciary Committee
and served upon me, I appeared before
said eommitteeiu Washington City, D. G.,
on the Bth day of May, A. D. iSo6, and
then and there, being duly sworn by the
chairman of said committee, did testify,
in the presence and hearing of said Cono
ver, alias Dunham, that the deposition
! made by me at the office of the Judge Ad
vocate General, as aforesaid, “it is false,”
and that the “matter presented” or state
men's made by mein said deposition was
not prepared by me, hut was fabricated by
the said Conovor ; the said deposition was
read over to me,and in the presence and
hearing of the said Conover; and then I
was interrogated us to its truth or falsity,
and I answered and swore that saiddespo
sition “is false,” and that the “matterpre
seuted” in said deposition was “prepared
by Mr. Conover;” after I had given my
testimony the said Sanford Conover, alias
Charles A. Dunham was theu and there
duly sworn by the chairman of said Judi
ciary Committee, viz: on the Bth day of
May, A. D., 1866, at Washington D. C\,
and the chairman asked him tho follow
ing questions among others, viz; “Do I
understand you to deny all that he (Camp
bell) has said here ?” and he answered,
“Yes, sir.” Question. “Then the com
mittee are to understand that iu the main
you contradict his statement?” Answer.
“Yes, sir.” Question. “Have you any
reason to doubt the truthfulness of the
statement of any of the witnesses whose
deposition were takc-n at your instance be
fore Judge Holt?” Answer. “I have not,
nor do I doubt that they are all true now.”
The question thus propounded to the said
Conover, alias Dunham, and the answers
thereto were important and material to
the issue and the determination of thesub
jeet matter then and there being iuvesti
gaied by the said Judiciary Committee,
and the testimony then and there given
in answer to the said questions by the
said Conover alias Dunham, was know
ingly, wilfully, and corruptly false.
J. A. Hoare.
The First Gold Mine.
An exchange says the first piece of gold
in tiie United States is said to have been
found in Cabarrus county, North Caroli
na, in 171)0. It seems from the account
furnished Mr. \\ heeler by Colonel Buru
dan, that a boy named Conrad Reed went
with liis sister and younger brother to a
small stream called Meadow Creok on a
Sunday, aud while eugaged along the
banks of the stream shooting fish, ho saw
a yellow substance shining in the water,
which he picked up and found to be met
al. Ilis father carried it to Concord, and
showed it to Wil.iam Atkinson, the sil
versmith of the village, who was unable
to tell what it was. It was taken home
by Mr. Heed, and being the size of a
smoothing iron it was used as a weight
against the door to keep it from shutting.
In 1812 he carried it to market at Fayette
ville, where a jeweler pronounced it to be
gold, aud melted it, producing a bar six or
seven inches long. It was sold to the
jeweler for $3 50, a “big price,” as Mr.
Reed thought. I pou a subsequent exam
ination gold was found upon the surface
along Meadow Creek, and in 1803 pieces of
gold were found varying from 12 pounds
t° the smallest particles. The vein of this
mine was discovered in 1831. The annual
product of gold mines of Noth Caroliua
are stated at $200,000. The product of the
( arbarru* mine in IS4O is estimated at
$30,00. This exhausts the data before
us.
3i£** A letter from Stockholm says that
the Swedish corvette Naiad, during a late
voyage on the Spanish coast, saved the
view of the English steamer Geelong,
w iiieh was in distress. The captain, it
added refused to follow hiscrew on board
the Swedish vessel before he shaved him
teh. It would be ungentiemanly,” he
said, m show myself on board a foreign
vessel in*fore I was shaved; 1 and the Swed -
ish captain was obliged to wait until this
operation had been effected. Scarcely
had the captain got on board the Naiad
when his own steamer went down.
From tiie Ist of January to the 29th
of October, there died in Savannah 470
whites and 735 blacks. Os this number 64
whites and 149 blacks died of cholera.
The Savannah papers state that cholera
has entirely disappeared from that city.
An Illinois wife, 16 years old, has ap
plied for a divorce.
REPORT ON THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HEAD IN rat SENATE NOVEMBER STH, ltioo.
Your Committee have serious doubts as
to the propriety of discussing the proposed ,
amendment to the Constitution oi the
United estates.
They arc presented without the authon- |
ty of the Constitution, and it oceured to
us that, as tiie dignity and rights of Geor- j
gia might be compromised by a considers- i
non of the merits of the proposed amend
ments, the proper course would be to lay
them upon the table, or indefinitely post
pone their consideration without one word
of debate. We shall depart from this
course only so far as to give the reasons
which, to our minds, forbid discussion up
on the merits of the proposed amendments.
The argument resolves itself into a lew
simple propositions.
Ist. If Georgia is not a State compo
sing a part of the Federal Government
known as the Government of the U nited
.States, amendments to the Constitution of
the United States are not properly before
this body.
2d. It Georgia is a State composing a
part of the Federal Government known as
tiie Government of the United States, then
these Amendments are not proposed ac
cording to the requirements of the Feder
al Constitution, and are proposed in such
a manner as forbids this House from dis
cussing the merits of the Amendments,
without an implied surrender of the rights
of the State.
In discussing these propositions, we
shall endeavor to establish.
Ist. That Georgia is a State of the U ui
ted States, coequal with ali the other States
of the Federal Union, and therefore enti
tled to all the rights and privileges of any
and every other State, under the Federal
Constitution.
2d. That the Amendments have not
been proposed in either of the methods
required by the Filth Articleof the Consti
tution. , ,
We do not propose to discuss whether
any political organization except a State
of the Union can constitutionally consider
amendments to the constitution, because
by the fifth article proposed amendments
become a part of the Constitution of the
United States when ratified by the Legis
latures of th ree- sou rt he of thene ve ra St a lee,
as tiie one or the other inode o! ratification
may be proposed by the Congress. W ith
this citation we shall dismiss what seems
to us a self evident proposition—ls Geor
gia one of the United Slates —might rtst
upon the fact that the Constitutional
amendments proposed have been submit
ted to the Legislature of Georgia for ratifi
cation or rejection, but in view of the fact
that the Radical party now dominant at
the North recognize the status of the sece
ding States as biutes w henever such rce
ognition is necessay to a surrender ot
rights, and denies the proposition when
ever the recognition is essential to their
maintenance. It may not be out of place
to recur to the history oi the 1 ederal Gov
ernment in order 10 define the relation of
Georgia to the several States of the Ameri
can Union. Neighboring States certainly
have no inherent right to control the po
litical condition of each other. This being
the case, thirteen States, formerly colo
nies of Great Britain, formed a political
alliance and established a government
called the United States of America. Geor
gia was one of the original thirteen; cer
tain political powers were delegated to the
General Government, and certain other
powers reserved to the States respectively.
The delegated powders were expressed in a
written instrument called the Constitu
tion of the United Stales, and t'ae power
of the General Government to legislate in
any way upon the interest of the several
States composing the Union is derived
from that instrument, either by express
grant or by necessary implication.
Georgia was clearly a State w hen the
Union was formed, for she was one of the
original thirteen States by whom the Gov
ernment w T as created. Georgia, then, be
ing one of the original States, never ceased
to occupy that relation to her sister States
unless by the Constitution, (either express
ly or by implication,) she has reserved
to herself the right to secede, or vested in
the Legislative or some other department
of the Government tho right to reject
her.
Hid Georgia have the right to secede?
Georgia supposed that when the General
Government ceased to answer the pur
poses of its creation, she had the right to
secede, and did in fact endeavor to with
draw from the Federal Union in conjunc
tion with ten of her sister States- Tiie re
maining or non-sececting States declared
the Union to be perpetual aud indivisible,
but failing under the Constitution to find
any power to coerce a State, Congress re
sorted to the Bth section in which the
Legislative powers are defined, wherein
the power is given to the Congress to
‘‘Suppress Insurrection;” and, on the
29th of July, 1861, passed an act entitled
an act to provide for the suppression of re
bellion against and resistance to the laws
of the United States, and to amend an act
passed February 28th, 1795.
Under this and similar acts, thftmilitary
power of the United States was called
forth designedly not against the States, but
to suppress insurrection by the people
within the fttates. The United fttates
Government uniformly refused to recog
nize the acts of secession as Suite acts, but
treated them as the acts of insurgents re
belling against tiie authority of the States
and of the United States. Under this po
litical aspect of the case, no war was er ex
declared by Congress, {which is the only
power that could declare war), because a
declaration of war would have recognized
the practical right of secession.
The war would have necessarily been
declared against tiie Confederate Govern
ment as a foreign power, and the relations
which the States composing the Confed
erate Government would have been to the
United Ststes or remaining States, w hen
conquered, would have been entirely do
l>emieut upon such terms as should be em
bodied in the Treaty’ of Peace, which
might be made between the two contend
ing powers.
instead of recognizing secession and de
claring war, the Congress ot tiie United
States passed the Act referred to for sup
pressing insurrection whenever, in the
judgment of the President, thelawsof the
United States could not be enforced by
the ordinary course of judicial proceed
ings.
How long did the power of the Presi
dent continue to employ the Militia oi uie
several States and the land aud naval
forces of the United States? So long as
the cause which called it into existence
continued, and no ionger. \\ hut was that
cause? This Act, and all Acts passed by
Congress on the subject, declares thut it
was to suppress an insurrection when it
should be so formidable that the laws of
the United States could not be enforced
by ordinary judicial course, and this fact
was left to'tiie judgment of the President,
whose duty it is to see that the laws of the
United fttates are executed.
The President, by Proclamation, has de
clared the Rebellion suppressed, and that
Peace reigns throughout the United ftiaitts
au u the laws cau be enforced by ordi
nary’ judicial course. Iu other words, i hat
an Insurrection did exist on the part of a
portion of the people of several male* ot
the Union, that the insurrection ha?- been
suppressed, and the whose people oi these
States are now ;as a portion of them al
ways have been! ready to render obebi
enee to tiie laws of the L nited ftta-es.
No treaty followed the suppression of the
insurrection, because a Government does
not treat with individuals,and tiie Govern
ment of the United states throughout the
whole of this contest has refused to treat
it as a contest with the States, ami again,
because the people hitherto charged with
being in insurrection, were citizeus of
ft fates already hound together by a com
pact known as the Constitution of the
United fttates, which has never been abro
gated or overthrown, and has lost uoue of
its vitality by an unsuccessful attempt to
overthrow it and which is, therefore, now
the supreme law' of Georgia. By virtue of
Us power, the Congress of the United
fttates, acting upon the theory of the indi
visibility of the Union, treated the Stale as
a fttate in the Union. The 2d section of
the article ot the Constitution which de
clares “representatives and direct taxes
shall be apportioned among the several
States wbicu may be included within the
Union, did uu the 6th day of August,
18U1, pass au act “that a direct tax of
twenty millions of dollars be, and is here
by, annually laid upon the United Stales,
and tae came eDaii oe apportioned to the
States respectively iu manner, following:
i lie oL*t« o; ijeorgia, sds4,ijt>B lor, ana u
proportionate amount to eacu Stale . and
mrmory ot tne C niledStaies, distinguish
ing as me act elates irom territories; and
on the 13tu of July, 1862, by au act srwr
amend me judicial system of the United
•Mates, tne districts of South Carolina, i
ueor.ia, Alabama, Mississippi aud F;on
da, were constituted the Filth Circuit of
me U oiled Stales. There are several oth
er acts passed during the rebellion deriv
ing ail meir force Irom me Constitution,
wherein it defines the Legislative power of
Cougressovcr the States iu the Union,
aud which, but for the laet that these
Stales were regarded as iu the Union,
w ould have been w holly luapplicable to
them. Ihe w hole theory adopted by Con
gress aim the Executive and maintained
throughout the entire war, w r as this: ibo
Union is indissoluble, the practical rela
tion of the estates to the Federal ooveru
rneut is interrupted by a rebellion. The
whole power oi the Government must be
used to suppress the rebellion, that the
atute may oe restoied to their practical
relations with the F'ederai Government. —
rlud the people in the disaffected States
returned peaceably to their abodes under
the tirst proclamation, the states would
have been immediately restored to their
practical relations, and tho result followed
whenever the President declared the re
beiiiou suppressed. Whenever the laws
could be emorcediu the ordinary judicial
course,the Union was restored and the
Constitution proclaimed the relation ol the
States to the F'ederai Government, render
ing legislation on the subject by Congress
not only unnecessary, but unwarranted.—
We have thus endeavored to show that
the right to secede is denied by the Gener
al Government, and its construction has
been maintained by t he sword, and is sub
milteu to by ail the States, lias Congress
the right to erect a State ? The pow ers of
legislation are defined in the Bib section,
and no power is given to Congress to leg
islate a State out of tiie Union. Aud,
while by the 3d Section of the 4th Article,
the Congress may admit anew State form
ed out of the Territory of the UuitcdStates
or foreign territory, there is no clause of
that insiumeut by vvhich Congress or any
other power can transform a State into "a
Territory. Then as Georgia was one of
the original thirteen States which formed
the Union, and could neither withdraw
from it nor be legislated out of it, her F'ed
erai relations were only suspended during
the Reoeiiion. She must necessarily con
tinue to be one of the United States, and as
such her relation to the F'ederai Govern
ment and to her sister States is defined by
tne Constitution ofthe United States. And
this relation cannot be changed, nor the
terms of the Constitution aliered iu any
| way, except in one of the modes provided
lin that instrument by the States thein
l seives.
2. Are these Amendments Constitution
ally proposed ?
By the oth article of the Constitution of
the United States, two modes are present
ed for propo-mg Amendments, one by ap
plication of the Legislatures of two-thirds
of the States to the Congress—the other by
a vole of two-thirds of the Congress, ff
proposed, they become amendments when
ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths
of the several States, or by Conventions of
three-fourths of the States, as the one or
the other mode of ratification may be di
rected by Congress. Have these Amend
ments been proposed by two-thirds of the
Congress of tne United States?
Georgia, in conjunction with her sister
States, by the Ist section, Ist article of the
Constitution declared that “All Legisla
tive powers herein granted shall be vested
in a Congress of the United States which
shall consist of a Senate and House of
Representatives. »
The second section prescribes the mode
of electing members of Congress, and de
clared that Georgia shall have at least
three members of the House of Represent
atives and two Senators, and that her Rep
resentatives shall be increased irom time
to time on a certain basis therein named,
upon which basis of representation she is
now entitled to seven members in the rep
resentative branch. By the fifth article it
is provided that she shall never be depriv
ed of her equal suffrage in ilie Beuate with
out her consent.
Then, by the Constitution of the United
States, in virtue of which instrument,
alone has the Federal Government any
right to interfere with her external or in
ternal political relations—the Senators aud
Representatives from Georgia form an in
tegral part of the Congress of the United
States. The same reasoning applies to the
other ten fttates whose practical relations
to the Federal Government were for atirne
interrupted—they were like Georgia,
either original States by whom the Gov
ernment was created or States since con
nected upon terms of equality, under rules
prescribed by the original.
Third. During the war Congress could
be constitutionally convened without the
Representatives of these States, because
they were voluntarily abseDt and the
States failed to elect Representatives. It
was for this reason that tiie amendments
abolishing slavery were constitutionally
prepared, and in ratitiying them Georgia
yielded no political principle—a material
sacrifice was asked ot her, and she laid it
as a peace offering on the altar of our com
mon country.
ftinee the organization of the State Gov
ernment, Georgia has elected Senators and
Representatives; so has every other State.
They have been arbitrarily refused admis
sion to their seats, not on the ground that
the qualification of the members elected
did not conform to the 4th paragraph, 2nd
section, Ist article of the Constitution, but
because there right of representation was
denied, a portion of the fttates having equal
hut not greater rights than themselves.—
They have in fact been forcibly excluded—
and inasmuch as all legislative power
granted by the States to the Congress is
defined, and this power of exclusion is not
among the powers granted expressly or bv
implication—the assemblage at the capital
of Representatives from a portion of the
States to the exclusion of the Representa
tives of another portion, cannot bea con
stititutionai Congress, when the represen
tation of each fttate forms an integral part
of the whole.
This amendment is tendered to Georgia
for ratification under that power in the
Constitution which authorizes two-thirds
of the Congress to propose amendments.
We have endeavored to establish that Geor
gia had a right, in the first place, as a pai t
of the Congress, to act upon the question,
Shall these Amendments l»e proposed ?
Every other excluded fttate had the same
right.
The first Constitutional privilege has
been arbitrarily’ denied, aud therefore the
second should’be promptly declined.
Had these Amendments been submitted
to a Constitutional Congress, they never
would have been proposed to the Stales.
Tv. o-thirds of the whole Congress never
would have proposed to eleven ftcates'volun
tarily to reduce their political poweriu the
Union, an;! at the same time disfranchise
a large, portion of the intellect, integrity
and patriotism of eleven coequal States.
Had they l»een constitutionally propos
ed evet) then tiie Legislature ot Georgia,
autiug for itself, never would,or it never
will, ratify au amendment by which the
States will be shone of political power and
a portion of its best citizens brauded with
dishonor.
if we have been successful in establish
ing our premises, the conclusion necessari
ly follows: —that Georgia can only’ act
upon this question as a fttate, one of the
members of the U. ft. Government that as
such States these amendments are not
properly before her, not having been pro
posed by a Constitutional Congress, ard
to act upon them when projiosed in any
other way would be to participate in see
ling aside the constitution, and to estab
lish 39 a precedent that the mandateeof the |
Constitution are subordinate to the will of
the Federal Legislature. I'he evil is direc
ted at Georgia to-day ; to-morrow in some
other State when anew party obtains
power. It was directed with equal force
against States now free from its influence,
in recommending that these amendments
be rejected for the reasons stated, your
Committee are animated by no captions
api* “If material sacrifices were demand
ed t* promote harmony, Georgia would in
the s frre, as in the past, stand ready to
mat but, in the opinion of
your i U ,-«i,\ittee the State should not yield
'Moual rights even though her
eitizeus may tEerebv have to endure fur
ther privatious. Individual wrongs will
pass away with time; but the overthrow
of the constitution is an enduring evil. If
need be, let us wait and suffer; but let his
tory teach the lesson that under the Con
stitution, the .States of this Union are co
equal, and thatauy war made to perpetuate
the Union in its utmost success, can only
maintain the States in their original rela
tions to each other.
B. A. Thornton, Chairman Senate Com
mittee.
John J. Grestam. O. L. Smith,
Geo. S. Owens, Jas.S Dickey,
R. M. Parris, \V. A. Lamar,
K. A. Ridley, Ch’m’n Com. House Rep.
R. J. Moses, Wru. A. MeDougald,
Jas. A. MeHuuter, Jas. P. Dozier,
H. L. French, T. B. Cabbness,
J. A. Glenn, W. A. Mattox,
T. W. J. Hill, John Dodds.
It is said that the system by which the
Prussian authorities gained in formation as
to military matters in Austria, before the
late war broke out, was very effective and
complete. For several months before hos
tilities began a photographer was travel
ing through Silesia and Bohemia, taking
pfetures of peasauts and journeymen at a
very moderate price. When the Prus
sians entered Bohemia, a tailor, one of
the photographer’s customers, met him at
as a colonel at the head of a regiment.
“For Heaven's sake, how have you be
j come to be a colonel?” exclaimed the sur
; prised tailor. “Rather ask, my friend,”
1 smilingly replied the colonel, “How did I
■ become a photographer.”
Darkness fob Fattening Animals.
—All animals fatten better in the dark
than in the light, aud this can o lly he ac
counted for by the increased quiet. In
he dark the animal remains perfectly
quiet, while iu the light the reverse is of
ten the case. Some kind of stock wbiclr
are the most irritable in confinement, as
turkeys and geese, are fouud to lay on fat
best when confined in the dark, and fed
only at stated periods. There is no surer
proof that a pig is doing well than to see
him eat his meal quickly, and go to bed to
sleep till feeding again .—{Oermanfoivn
Telegraph.
Svdney Smith’s Common Sense.—
Never give way to melancholy; resist it
steadily, for the habit will encroach. I
once gave a lady two and-twenty receipts
against melancholy. One was a bright
fire ; another to remember all the pleasant
things said to and of her; another to keep
a box ofsugar plumson thechimney piece
and a kettle-simmering on the bob.
Never teach false morality. How ex
quisitely absurd to tell girls that beauty is
ofnovalue! Beauty i3 of value; her whole
prospect and happiness in life may often
depend on anew gown ora becoming bon
net, and if she has five grains of common
sense, she will find it out. The great
filing is to teach her her just value, aud
that there must be something better under
the bonnet than a pretty face for real hap
piness. But never sacrifice truth.
lam convinced that digestion is the
great secret of life; and that character,
talents, virtues and qualities are powerful
ly affected by baef, mutton piecrust, and
rich soups. I have often thought I could
feed or starve men into many virtues, aud
effect them more powerfully with the in-
of cookery than Tim6theus could
dofcfrmeiiy with his lyre.
B@L>Mr. A. T. Stewart has decided not
to erect the houses for the poor on the
lands offered by a wealthy citizen for the
purpose. He will accept aid from no source
whatever, but will himself prosecute the
project to completion to an expense ap
proximating near five million dollars. A
well known and expert architect of this
city, has been consulted aud the noble
work of providing homes for the industri
ous poor is to be commenced at an early
day, and prosecuted with energy.
“How do you like the character of St. j
Paul?” asked a parson of his landlady one
day.
“Ah ! he was a good, clever old soul, I
kuow, for he once said, you know, that we
must eat what is set before us, and ask no
questions for conscience, sake. I always
thought I would like him for a boarder.”
General Gleason, who is in New York,
is about to forward to Washington a claim
ois6o,ooo lagainst the British Goveraient
| for i 11eg*!«knprjsoument in Ireland, on
the charge of Fenian ism.
Negro Labor in the South.
We are informed by an observer who
has had extensive opportunities for sur
veying the condition and prosperity of ne
gro labor in the Southern States, that it
would be a very liberal estimate to say
that the blacks performed one-half as
much labor as they formerly did when
in slavery. Their former habits (enforced
habits, it is true,! of steady and continu
ous work, have, to a large extent, given
place to indolence, and employers find it
difficult to rely upon them in those plant
ing operations where formerly their in
dustry was so effective. In some places
the condition of things is exceedingly bad,
and planters feel utterly discouraged. The
question of compensating the blacks hae
been one of the hardest of settlement.—
Owing to the want of money last Spring, a
great proportion of the planters agreed to
give the negroes a share in the crop; but
this mode is found to have led to endless
confusion and trouble, besides producing
discontent on ail hands ; and the plan will
be generally abolished hereafter, and that
of weekly or monthly wages in actual '
money substituted. There are very many
grave and threatening difficulties connec
ted with this negro question in the South, I
and those who think they can all be solv- !
ed by simply giving the black population
the privilege of voting, will yet find them
selves greatly mistaken.—N T . Y. Times. 1
SuPi HES3XON’of Choleb a News.— Mr. !
T. Hicks, a prominent merchaut of New
Haven, Illinois, reached Vincennes, Indi
ana, on Friday night last, from Cincin
nati, where he had beeu purchasing goods,
and died in a few hours from cholera.—
The Indianapolis Herald says that ful- i
ly thirty merchants of Southern Indiana,
who have visited Cicinuati since the first
of August, have died of cholera. So much
for suppressing cholera in the newspapers
while it existed in the city.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
FOR THK JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
i: ~ —l: 3^:—=am
Mllledgevillk, Nov. 12, ’66.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A. M.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Yarborough.
The bill (lost) to provide for raising by
lottery money for the education of indi
gent children of soldiers was reconsidered.
The committee to whom the bill to pro
pose modification iu the County Uourt sub
mitted two reports.
The majority of the committee recom
mend that the Court be continued, with
modifications, and reported a bill to that
effect.
The minority of the committee recom
mend the abolition of County Courts,
that six additional judicial circuits be cre
ated and that the Judges of the Superior
Courts be auihorized and required to hold
foursessious during the year—two of these
specially for the trial of criminal eases.
BILLS ON THIBD BEADING.
Bill to allow the redemption of real es
tate sold under execution. Ordered to be
printed.
Bill to extend the provisions ot the Stay-
Law an additional year. Made the order
for Wednesday next.
Bill for the pardon of Wise of Butts
county. Made the order for Friday next.
Bill to increase the amount of property
of debtors exempt from levy aud sale.
Postponed for the present.
The Governor sent in a communication
with accompanying documents, including
the Report of the Commission to report
on a site for the Penitentiary.
The message was ordered to be printed,
and the accompanying documents referred
to appropriate committee.
Mr. Butler reported a resolution in
structing the committee on Internal Im
provements to iuauire Into theexpediency
of employing the chain gang iu grading a
railroad between Eatoutou and Madison
as a State work, and to report try bill or
otherwise.
Mr. Strozler, A bill to allow merchants
to sell drugs aud medicines without pay
ing license.
Mr. Paris, A bill to provide for the set
tlement of contracts made in Confederate
' money.
Mr. Carter, A bill to e-xempt from State
tax certain counties to enable them to re
built their court houses and jails.
The bill to change the time of holding
j the Superior Courts ot Stewart county was
passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
November 12, 1566.
House met.
Prayer by- Chaplain.
j Mr. Bulloch moved to reconsider a bill
lost on Saturday to allow Sheriffs and oth
er officers to arrest prisoners in any county
' j wherever found. The motion was lost.
! Senate resolution to establish a mail
route frome Riedsville, Tattuall county, to
Johnson’s station was concurred in.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. McLendon, of Wilkes, To amend
3d section of an act to define the relation
of parent and child among freedmen.
Also, To amend act appointing vendue
masters in this State.
1 Also, To amend act requiring election of
Superintendent of public roads in certain
counties.
Mr. Robertson, of Walton, For relief of
M. E. Tucker.
Mr. Pottle, of Warren, To extend State
; aid to Macon and Augusta Railroad.
Mr. Dodds, of Polk, A resolution to
elect U. S. Senator on 20th inst., vice H.
V. JohnsoD.
Mr. Johnston, of Pierce, To regulate the
rates of passage aud freight over the vari
ous railroads in this State. (5 cents per
mile for passage, 50 cents per hundred
pounds for 100 miles and 50 cents per cu
bic foot.
Mr. McCutchin, of Pickens, To legalize
a certain Act of the Justices of the Inferi
or Court of Pickens county.
Mr. Moses, of Muscogee, To regulate
; continuances, aud for other purposes.
| Also, To incorporate the “Mechanics
Steam Company.”
Mr. Tucker, of Merriweather. To make
sheriffs and their deputies a guard to car
ry convicts to the Penitentiary.
Mr. Humphrey, of Lincoln, To repeal
Act that authorizes the election of Supt.
ot Public Roads in Lincoln.
Mr. Lindsay, of Lee, For the relief of
Mrs. Nancy Heald, of Lee county-.
Mr. Hudson, of Harris, To amend
.3,461 sec. of code.
Mr. Phillips, of Habersham, To sub
scrib for copies of Judge Irwin’s re
i vised edition of the code.
Mr. McWhorter, of Green, To make it
a misdemeanor for any one to cut off bogs
ears while they are beingslaughtered.
Mr. Hill, of Fulton, Te amend the garu
j ishment laws of this State,
i Also, to amend sec. 2,51!) of the code.
Mr. Carter, of Echols, To legalize cer
tain acts of the Inferior Court of Echols
j county.
j Mr. Powell of Decatur, To issue bond to
erect a bridge over Flint River at Bain -
bridge.
j Mr. Swearingen, of Decatur, To amend
the Act for the relief of maimed, indigent
soldiers.
Mr. Rogers, of Dade, To extend aid of
the State to Weills Valiev Rail Road.
Mr. Gartrell of Cobb, lo amend the
Stay Law.
Also, To appropoiate State tax of ]S67to
all counties where the Court Houses and
Jails were destroyed duriDgthe war.
Also, For relief of H. J. G. Williams.
Mr. Morris, of Montgomery, To amend
2616 of Code.
Also, To allow C. Ciarke to practice
medicine.
Mr. J. B. Jones. For the encouragement
and protection of foreign immigration.
Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, To allow Em
pire State Iron and Mining Company to
establish an office at Chattanooga or some
where else out of the State.
Mr. Holliday, of Stewart, To authorize
A. F. Ward, a minor, to settle w’ith his
guardian.
BILLS OK THEIR PASSAGE.
To consolidate offices of Clerk of Supe
rior and Inferior Court of Henry county.
Passed.
To authorize guardians and others to
compromise claims of their wards. Pass
ed.
For the relief of Henry S. Harris fa sol- 1
dier of 3d Arkansas regiment, now reeid-!
iDg in this State. This allows Mr. Har-!
rls and all others similarly- situated to get
artificial limbs at the cost of the State.)
Passed.
To regulate giving in lands for taxation.
Referred.
To employ the convicts, known a* Use
chain gang, on the public roads and
bridges. Referred.
To repeal the law paying overseers of
roads $2 per day for their services. Passed.
To amend charter of Adairsville. Pass
ed.
To amend the act of 1866 for relief of
Administrators, Guardians, Trustees aud
Executors (witdrawn.)
Adjourned.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
SUNDAY DISPATCHES.
rilO.n BALTINOKE.
Baltimore, Nov. 11.—There is much
interest felt to hear the decision of Judge
Bartol in the Habeas Corpus ease of the
Police Commissioners appointed by Gov
ernor Swann to succeed the old Board, and
in the case of Sheriff Thompson who was
arrested and committed for notsumuioniug
a passe in answer to the requisition of the
newly appointed commissioners. The de
cision is expected to cover the whole
ground as to the legality of Governor
Swann’s action, and the consequent legal
ity or illegality of the proceedings in
Judge Bond’s Court.
It is generally believed that Gov. Swann
will immediately summon an extra session
of the Legislature, when questions of
great’moment to the people of the State
will be submitted for consideration.
Baltimore, Nov. 11.— The Maryland
Horse Fair is announced to take place
here this week, commencing on Tuesday.
The famous horses, Dexter and Patchen,
are to be present, and there will be trials
of speed each day for premiums.
HEFOR.n jueeti.m;.
London, Nov. 10. - At a recent banquet
Lord Derby, the English Premier, made a
friendly allusion to America, in which he
hoped that any question between the gov
ernments of the United States and Great
Britain might be approached iu a forbear
ing and conciliatory spirit, which might
remove all bitterness aud cement the
friendship of the two nations.
The great Reform meeting is appointed
to take place in London on the .3d of De
cember next.
Sr. Petersburg, Nov. 10.—Czar
Ewitch and the Priucess Dogmar were
married yesterday with great festivity aud
rejoicing throughout the city. The Czar
commuted the sentences of a large number
of prisoners and remitted various arrears
of taxes.
Paris, Nov. 10.—Forty-two arrests have
been made of members of a secret politi
cal society in Paris.
MONDAY’S DISPATCHES.
CHOLERA BRnKEX OUT AFRIAK.
New York, Nov. 12.—The Saxouia
brings Southampton advices as late as Oct.
31st. The cholera has broken out afresh
.at Woolwich aud Charleston. The dis
ease prevailed lightly at Edingburg and
had also appeared in several other places
in Yorkshire.
Oscar Beaker, who five years ago at
tempted the life of the King of Prussia has
been pardoned.
The Great Eastern has been chartered to
carry visitors from New York to Brest
during the Paris Exhibition. Afterwards
she will be taken to lay the telegraph cable
between Franee and America.
Marshal O’DounelJ, was seriously ili in
Paris.
In Candia the Turco-Egyptian Army
bad gained a decisive victory over the in
surgents. Mustapha Pasha, with eighteen
thousand troops, captured Livonia and
afterwards pushed forward totheMeun
lain where he was defeated after four days
fighting.
t O.UMISS2ONEH* ASHIIVT, PARDON FOR
JEFF. DAVIS.
Wilmington, Nov. 12.—Messrs. Leroy
and Hillyer, commissioners from Mississip
pi to ask the pardon of Jefferson Davis, are
in this city and will visit the President to
morrow'.
BOUESTIC HIAHKETS.
New York, Nov. 12.—Gold, to-day,
143|. Exchange 1,09$ ; Bight drafts I,los.
Cotton heavy. Nominal rates 30(2)38.
The Kteamer Prometheus has arrived
from Wilmington, and (he Montgomery
from New’ Orleans. Flour and Wheat aie
dull and Corn lc higher.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
POnr.NTII tIVEKETS.
Mobile, Nov. 12.-Cotton Sales 1,000
bales, Middlings 33@31 Market Dull.
M abhinoton, Nov. 12.—The examina
tion of applicants for consulship, proves
not to V»e a mere form, but is rigid and
thorough. Out of the numerous candi
dates who have presented themselves,
only two have thus far l»ecn passed by the
board.
London, Nov. 11—The Turkish gov
ernment has granted a general amnesty to
the Cretan insurgents.
NEW fEUNEV SENATOR.
Then-ton, N. J. Nov. 12.—Gov. Ward
appointed Fled F. Frelinghuyseu to till
the vacancy occasioned by the death of
Senator Wright.
Washington, Nov. 12. —The coin on
j hand to-day in the Treasury is 67,000,000
' dollars and the coin certificates amount to
! nearly 21,000,000 dollars.
FRINCR NEWS.
Paris, Nov. 12.—The report that an ip
; surrection had taken place in Barcelona is
j ia-correet.
Madrid, Nov. 12.—A plot has been die- •
covered in the city of Saragossa in couee
quence of w hieh several arrests have been :
i made. !
TYCOON DEAD.
1 London, Nov. 12.—-Telegraphic des
patches have been received which state
! that ihe w ar in Japan is ended.
The report of the death of the Tycoon is
I confirmed. ,
London, Nov. 12 —The London Times
jof this morning that considering tho
! difficult position of the 1 re “ f the
United States, it would see with satisfac
tion some compliance with his request in
behalf of Fenians who have been convic
ted of treason and sentenced to death ; but
still it would concede no immunity in
case of another invasion
FOIIEIO JUBKETB.
Liverpool, Nov. 12.—Cotton market
heavy, middling Upland quoted at 14}c
Sales to-day 800 u. Consols 89j. United
States five-twenties 69}. Erie Rail Road
Way Shares 52. Illinois Central Rail
Road 77}. Gold Flour dull, South
ern 12.20@ 17,25. Cotton dull at 36. Sugar
firm, Naval stores dull.
Monetery and Commercial
Office Journal A Mkss EN(Jf . r .
Macon, Nov 1“ liW” 1
There has been very little >
cotton to-day. Sales v m - lii f | lt aiaD , (l for
Middlings bringing 20 cents. * u ‘ btr ict
Colton The market eon
depressed. Figures have a
downward tendency. eci^edlv
a Gold-Brokers are buying at 1-19,
Silver— Brokers are buyin«* •>» lm,
selling at 142a 145. *
Savannah \., v 1n
Cotton Declined jale. Gnu*
Provisions nominal. Flour dull nu "
Skipping I it to I llgcu e,
arrived.
Steamer Lizzie Baker, Palatka
Steamer Emilie, Charleston.
Bteamer Eclipse, Augusta.
Bchoouer Maria Pierson, New Yost
CLEARED. fK ’
Bteamer Eliza Hancock, Charleston
Steamer Two Bovs, Augusta. n '
Brig Keystone, New York.
Schooner Vaper, New York.
Atlanta
Flour—Fancy 617.i15; hxtru Kamii.'\,
als; Extra $13a14 ; SuperfineSllali '- f 1
Corn—White 81 60; Yellow $] J '
Bacou—Shoulders 19al!U- pi„j„
fT," H . a , n ?" 24a25; Canvas'Hams
Clear Ribbed Sides 23a23A; Clear
Lard—234 a24*.
Bagging—Gunny, 40a41.
Cotton-Market has declined 1 ww
We quote:
Middling
, Charleston, Nov, ]o
Cotton —Market dull aud unsettled win,
but few buyers; sales to-day 13.% ), a ] M
middlings, 35c.
Nashville, Nov. n
Cotton—There was a decline iu theeV.
ton market yesterday. The closiug ripurti
of the day previous was 33c., but yester
day the market got down as low a*
The majority of the few sales made were
at 81a91}c.
The transactions in the market wereu
follows:
Bales received 4;,,
“ shipped y,i
“ sold jq
OROCEnY MARKET.
Flour—New superfine sllal - 2. Extra
line 812a 1.3 50. Family 814 (rial 4 50. Ex-
Ira family 811 50a15. Fancy 815alf>.
Bacon -Clear sides 21Au22c. Shoulder*
U4o. Plain hams 25jc. Canvassed hams
26a28c.
Bagging and Bale Hope—24a2flc. for tbs
former and 7a74e. for the latter.
Grain- Mediterranean 82 00a2 20. Red
$2 20a2 40. Amber $2 4<'a2 50. White
S2 50a2 75. Rye 81 10. < lats 60c.a66.
Corn, White, Si 05. Yellow 05c.a$l.
Lard—Firm-at 21c. for tierce aud 2.3 for
keg.
Whisky—Cornmou rectified 82 25a250.
Robertson county, low grade, $2 7-Sal:
Bourbon is quoted at s3a4. Old Anita
brandy at s4as.
Louisville, Nov. 3
Tobacco—Sales of 81 bbds. lugs at $3 ot)
ao 00.
Mess Pork—Nominal at $25.
Bacon—Shoulders 16; clear sides 18|.
Lar i—ln tierce 15.
Graiu—Wheat 82 10a2 85. Mixed corn
93. Oats 55.
Whisky—Raw w hisky $2 31.
Hogs nomiual.
Cincinnati, Nov. P.
Flour—Dull, at 812a14 for trade brand*.
Wheat —Dull at $2 90 for No. 1, but buy
ers are not offering better than $2 V» at
the close.
Corn —Opeued dull, but closed Ilrmarat
85 cents.
Provisions dull.
Groceries unsettled.
Whisky in fail demand at .34c.
Hogs irregular on account of weather.
Mess pork offered at $25.
St. Louis, Nov. 9.
Flour—Buyers are scarce and prices un
changed.
Wheat lower and unsettled; spring
10a2 25 ; prime fall $2 65a2 75; choice $2.80
a2 .85. Corn firmer, at- 70c for new, and
OoaSl 02 for old. Oats 48»53e.
Provisions unchanged.
Whisky firm at 52.33.
New York, November
Cotton Dull and iGJc lower, at 38c for
middling uplands. Flour dull and com
mon grades are 20rh40elower, at $10.7,5al 1,-
75 for sound common extra Stale; $11,7',a
12,75 for extra round hoop Ohio ; sJ2,B'a
14,50 for trade brands; market closing dull
and heavy. Whisky quiet. Wheat dull
and common saloc lower, at52,30a2,42f0r
No. 2 Chicago aud Milwaukee; latter pric«
for very pood rejected Milwaukee?2,l6an<l
82,45 for choice white Michigan. Rye i»
nominally unchanged. Bariev opened
firm and closed heavy, declining to 81,mi
for inferior, 31.12 for two rowed State,and
31.07@1.08 for Canada West in bond, bar
ley malt quite. Corn dull and 2r<UF bw
er, at 31.21(o;1.28 for shipping mixed, weri
ern afloat and iu store; closing at Sl.lMjfy
1.25 ; awhile Western, $1.2801.3/). Oat*
from 1 to 2 cent lower,at7o to 72 cent,
for Chicago and Milwaukee, and 62 to
for State. Coffee steady but uuiet.
steady ; Cuba, 104 to II Ac. Molasses dull
Petroleum heavy at 23c fur <ru :e, and
35ia384e for r. fined in bond. Pork heavy
and lower at 527.2-5a27.93J regular ami ca?ii
for new mess, clo-ing at $27..V1 regular,
atui $24.5‘ia25.25 for prime ; also. 4,500 bb!*
new mess at $27a27.25 for sellers in No
vember, 327.25 for buyers in the last half
of November, $26.25 forsollers allthe year,
aud $27a27.25 for sellers iu December and
January. Beef unchanged at previous
prices. Beef hams quiet at 37a4!i\ Ba
con dull and lower at 13jcfor Cumberland
cut, aud 15al5Ac for short-ribbed. <
meats heavy at UtJal-lJc for shoulders, ai I
15a 16Jc for hams. Dressed hogs easier »*
lOAallc for Western. Lard dull and h#ff
at 13}al5}<*. Butter steady 20a34cforOi»i<».
' 35a44c for State, and 50a55c for Oraog#
i county pail. Cheese quiet a? Sal Tc.
Money moderately active at l* r
; cent. Sterling exchange dull at
Gold lower, opening at Jl6l, declining t°
146, and closing at 1465.
Honey Ant of Texas.—A Texas pal**
of a late date, speaking of the honey a,d
says:
“We have often heard of the‘honey ant
I of Texas, hut the account seeming so ro
mantic, we have heretofore been hare- <
, able to credit it, but as we uor
1 specimen before us, furnished l,ur ‘ rl '' , t
Leo Smith, of this city, weesn u J
j have any doubts on tho
ante are a medium size between '
; and email red ante, and are of a rfe( ’ ai ‘
and brown color. Appended to the rear
; of each one i@ a transparent sack or glow
filled with pure, clear honey, of a most de
licious flavor. These sacks vary in aize
on different ants—ranging between the
of a buckshot and a navy pistol ball. On
this sack, at short intervals, are attached
thin layers about the length and width of
half a grain of rice, and of a dark color,
evidently to strengthen it keeps in shape.
These interesting animals, when they
crawl, draw their delicious load after them
and if the sack is empty, they set them
selves to work lo replenish it again.—
Whether they deposit this honey in their
great general reservoir among the rock 1 -
to draw from it as occasion may require,
or hold and use it as individual property,
we are not informed. Here is a curiosity
that we believe ba.> heretofore escaped the
eyes and pens of our celebrated natural
ists.”