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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7,18G8.
Personal.— We were gratified to wel
come to our office yesterday, and make
the acquaintance of the Hon. Titos. G.
Lawson, of Putuam, Democratic candi
date for Congress, from this District. He
was cn route to his homo from Wilkinson
county, where he addressed the people,
and speaks with confidence of the condi
tion of affairs in the district, and of the
result in November. We have never per
mitted ourself to doubt his election for a
, moment, aud a little effort, and a little
hard work will put it beyond a peradven
ture. Let that be done, and the 41st Con
gress have a Representative from the Cen
tral District of the State, who will really
represent its real people. Wedouotthink
li * ,
alfon. Their energy from now till No
vember will sh€w, howeVf whether or
not they are alive toils importance.
Mr. Lawson will visit Macon again later
in the month, and address the people, of
which due notice will be given.
Damages by tiie Storm.— We get full
in our Cnlumbos and Americus
exchanges, of the damages done in those
sections by the rain storm of Friday and
Saturday last. The Sun, of Tuesday, says
that the Chattahooehe rose at that point
from twenty-two inches to a depth of
twenty-three feet in less than twenty-four
hours; and that on Saturday, the dam of
the Eagle and Pheonix Mill broke in the
middle leaving a chasm one hundred and
twenty feet wide, through which the
water is now running. The mill, itself,
was not injured, and is running as usual.
Tiie other mills and manufactories sus
tained no damage at all. There has been
no damage to railroads, and trains have
run regularly. Along the river, however,
the damage was considerable. The low
lands were submerged and corn and cotton
greatly injured. Over portions of planta
tions between Columbus and Eufauia,
boats can run, and all tiie lowlands as far
down as the latter place, are covered with
water. In Columbus, portions of the city
was ftoottedAo tiie deptli of ten and a half
feet. Jp fl
Ift and around Ainericus. the Citizen
says the injuiy But one mill in
the county is and several
bridges were swept,ssay. The cotton was
seriously damaged,was open being
washed out and ruiMlt. Wwtaave qo re
ports from other poirrfcibo4@i#i'
State Road. —The following Joint
Committee of the Legislature Ijjp been ap
pointed to thoroughly exauj dflfe the books
and papers of tiie Jfe Atlantic
Railroad : Senate— MessSjßurns,
Speer and Conley. H4pMßsMes«r»Draw
ford, McCullough, Hud
son, McWUurter and Nejftr They will
m ee 1 •
peife WHWbt of tiie
to make monthly
*w liKe tJpt tor September, ($25,-
Os. any othe|^ Committee.
examination very cursory.
EV'WJttAT th&y Think of the Election
Wt- follow! ng «-*x
l|rl" ji.Tftfettd lu New
1 York to a ni tTOSr' ifefity, gives a
most cheering account of
the Democratic party in Pennsylvania^ l ®
New York, Sept. 29, ISGSf 1 '
I wrote to a Philadelphia politician
whose judgement was proved last year
tobe remarkably good, asking his opinion
of Pennsylvania. 1 will give you hislire
ply —premising that there is no one w#ose
predictions would carry more weighfcwilh
me. jgMi
~ “Philadelphia, Sept. 2d*dß6B.
My^Dear Sir : I am i viraetnpt of yours
of yesterday. You tieuA. have no fears of
Pennsylvania. This oujt_y is the Republi
can Gibraltar of tlLg.StaJg, aud we will
carry, it by over ti\W, thousand majority.
I was'hist week throuTPPfiswierqe, Carbon,
Lehlg+f, Northampton, Bucks ana WHht
gomery counties. Tiie Democrats are full
of enthusiasm, and all confidently expect
a largely increased vote. Our organization
is perfect, and we have no heart-burning
or jealousies of any kind in our camp.
Look out for a Democratic majority in
Pennsylvania of at least ten thousand.
This will decide the Presidential contest.
Yours truly, * * * *
Charleston Courier.
DiPFicux.Tr in Ff.mkv. —Wc learn a few particu
lars of an outrage committed at Perry a few niglit s
ago. The report says a negro man called in at 11
store after night, just before the proprietor closed
up, and loitered about until after he locked the
door and started home. On the way tiie merctiant
was knocked senseless by the negro, and then
robbed of all the money lie had. Thu robber was
tracked to this city and arrested yesterday. The
merchant was severely wounded, although not
dangerously so.
-j-;- Mr. Ben. Burdick was robbed on Wednesday
night, at his residence, of a considerable amount of
m oney, by two negro boys. Yesterday he got on
tiie track of one of them, who had taken passage
on an up-f might train on the Maeon and Western
Railroad. Mr. B. went up the road, arrested and
brought him back.
sUrt.F. or Lands in Jones. —On last Tuesday seven
or el ght hundred acres of land belonging to the
, state of Dames and Wiley Little, were sold, bring
ing from $5 to $lO per acre. Little’s Ferry on the
OemnlgeC, brought $1,040. The terms were cash.
Tliia is the best price obtained for land in some
years.
jqgf We learn from Mr. J. M. Matthews, engi
neer on the Southwestern, that bis road sustained
no material damage during the late heavy rains.
Trains were bothered and detained for a few hours,
but everything was straightened out by the ener
getic Section-masters in so short a time tiiat freight
and passengers were not detained but very little.
The country along the line was badly washed and
seriously damaged.
The Macon and Augusta Railroad.— The
exact amount appropriated by tiie Legislature to
aid in t lie completion of this important road from
Millcdgevillc to Macon was 810,000 per mile for
thirty miles—s3o,ooo in all. This is in bonds of the.
State, which the Company will convert into money.
* We see that a meeting of the stockholders lias
, been called by the President, ami presume the de
sign is to at once recommence work. It ought to
the completed in six or eight months. This will of
fer a tine opportunity to the Warden of the Pcni-
L tcutiary to hire out his hands.
-#•*«#.
I • Bbidous W ashed Away.— We learn that several
■ bridges on tiie Uotumlnis and Houston roads were
fe * ither entirely l,y the late freshet, or
bad, y <laa ‘*« ed thllt «»*y cannot be passed witli
] Wagons. The accident keeps back much cotton, and
rjfc*de which we would otherwise be receiving We
"•nope they will be speedily repaired.
Y Country Merchants, who may wish anything
in the line of Dry Good-, Boots, Shoes, Clothing
and Notions, should drop iu at the New York store
r * Nos. 45 and 47 Triangular Block, Second street, in’
l Jtoiet the heavy stock, and tlnd out prices before
lo' ■ busing. ' ts
BARBECUE IN UPSON COUNTY,
We learn that a barbecue was given a
few days ago in the lower part of Upson
county, at which there was quite a gather
ing of the people, white and black, of the
neighborhood. George Jones, a colored
Democrat of Monroe county, had invited
\\ m, Guilford, a colored Radical of Upson,
to meet him on the occasion to discuss the
political questions of the day. Guilford
appeared, but finally backed out, as Is
stated, because, lie said, George could ‘‘out
speak him.” G. coaxed ofF some of his
friends, to have, as he said, a meeting to
themselves, the result of which is not
known.
Everything passed off quietly, which
may be owing to the fact that the sheriff,
in accordance with His Excellency’s pro
clamation, prevented persons going armed
to the gathering. A number of the ne
groes started witli arms, but quietly and
peaceably laid them aside when requested
by the sheriff, thus showing and proving
that tiie Camilla tragedy could easily have
been avoided had the request of the sheriff
of Mitchell county, not to go with arms,
been complied with.
THE EXECUTION TO-DAY.
Between the hours of ten and one tills
morning, Levi Jenkins, Amos Gorman
and Robert Whitus, negroes, will pay the
penalty of their lives for the murder, on
the (ji” u g l V‘Jonathan
Sheffield,’ a white man, residing in Vine
ville, near this city.
The murder was one of the most brutal
and unprovoked that has ever occurred
in this or any other community. Shef
field, the victim, who kept a small gro
cery store, and was supposed to he doing
well, aud to have accumulated some mon
ey, was roused from his bed by these ne
groes, under pretence of wishing to make
some purchases, aud opening a window
was seized, dragged half way out, and
shot through tiie body. He lived until
the next day, recognizing, before liis
death, Jenkins and Gorman as two of iiis
murderers. Whitus was convicted upon
the testimony of another negro named
Tanner, who turned States’s evidence. A
fair and impartial trial resulted in their
beiug all found guilty of murder and sen
tenced to be hung on this day. These are
substantially the facts of tiie case.
Tiie lesson they teach should sink deep
into tiie souls of that large class of which
they are such good samples. We mean
those idle, drunken, worthless negroes
who do not and will not work, who have
neither homes nor occupations, aud sub
sist entirely by depredations upon the
property of others. The cities and towns
of U|c South, by the operation of a most
pefßbious political system, have attracted
tmmtiie country, wiiere they ought to be
fBl Bg reducing something, thous
ands were no better and no
worse than They come
from the with wrong ideas
about the ease of living in town,
aud by the time tin s find out their error
are so idleness and bad
associates as to wholly indisposed to
return to their , old homes. They must
live, though, and petty thieving, then
bolder robbery, and then murder are easy
steps in the downward road. It lias been
so in all ages and the world over.
are no worse than white men, when once
they start on this journey. Idleness isas
ruinous for the one as the other. It is the
most fruitful of all sources of crime. It
does not always culminate in bloody but
there is danger always. JQ
This is the lesson bjpfy&nit by the
gallows corpus to Jury.'
V- . 1
viuuicauot o' ■ aw, tue xsftiW
society, nA to inih~Jf
ring a like penalty. V e hope that in
this light its influence may be deep aud
wide-spread, and that many, many years
will elapse before it is found necessary to
repeat it in this community ?
now to do rr.
In a recent at Lancaster, Ohio>
ex-Attorney Geqjeral Staubery answer
ed a very pertm*!-' query, in a very per
tinent manner. Mt was as to how the
Democratic party,’|f elected to power, pro
posed to get rid of reconstruction and its
fruits. We think he makes it plaiu
enough for even-* carpet bagger, with his
jaws stuffed wit# plunder to understand.
Hear Mm ;'
Aii«Uai>iFaa to the question, “How can
the IJemoeratic Conservative Party ap
ply a remedy ?” There are some who say
the evil is iucurable; that, right or
wrong, the black races of the Houth have
been invested with the right of suffrage,
and it cannot be taken away; that, right
or wrong, the Southern States have been
reconstructed and recognized by Congress,
and in virtue of that recognition, their
status is irreversibly fixed. Listen, my
doubting friend. If a Republican Congress
could disfranchise the white man, cannot
a Democratic Congress disfranchise the
negroes? If a Republican Congress can
take the ballet from the white man, and
give it to tiie negro, cannot a Democratic
Congress restore it to its former and right
ful owner? If a Republican Congress
could declare a State Constitution void,
when made by tiie white men of a Stule
iu the exercise of their f.ee will, cannot a
Democratic Congress declare a State Con
stitution void, made by the black men of
tiie South, with the help of the bayonet?
Finally, if a Congressional recognition is
the test of a State lagality, cannot a
Democratic Congress apply it just as well
as a Republican Congress? All we have
to do is to reverse what has been done,
and to undo, by constitutional means,
what has been done by revolutionary
means. First of all, elect a President who
will fight it out on the line of the Consti
tution, instead of the Republican army.
Next, select aDemocratic House of Repre
sentatives, and half tiie work is done ; for
not a Represeutave from any one of these
reconstructed States will be recognized or
allowed to take his seat in that body, and
not another dollar will be appropriated to
sustain the Freedmeu’s Bureau, < r the
military occupation of the South. Final
ly, put a Democratic majority in the Sen
ate, and then the work will be finished.
It will take time, perhaps, more than it
has taken to do the mischief. The pro
cess may be a slow one ; but, ray Demo
cratic friends, if you are of the same class
of men as the Democracy of old—if you
possess the same steaufast, unconquerable
will, sooner or later success is sure.
THE EXEMPTION LAW.
An Act to provide tor setting apart a Homestead
of Realty and Personalty, and for the valuation
of said property, and for the full and complete
protection and security of the same to the sole
use aud benefit of families as required by Section
First of Article VII of the Constitution, and for
oilier purposes.
Section 1. Beit enacted by authority of
the General Assembly of tins State, etc.,
That each head of a family, or guardian or,
trustee of a family of minor children, shall
be entitled to a Homestead of realty to the
value of Two Thousand Dollars in specie,
ami persona! property to the value of One
Thousand Dollars iu specie, both to be
valued at the time they are set apart, aud
no Court or ministerial officer in this
State shall ever have jurisdiction or au
thority to enforce any judgment, decree or
execution agaiust said property so set
apart, including such improvements as
may he made thereon from time to time,
except for taxes, money borrowed aud ex
pended in the improvement of the Home
stead, or for the purchase money of the
same, aud for labor done thereon, or raa-
I teri al furnished therefor, or removal of
I encumbrances thereon: Provided, the
same shall have beeu set apart and valued
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Every person seeking the benefit
of this act, and of said section-of the Con
stitution, shall make out a schedule aud
description of the personal property claim
ed by him to be exempt under said section
of the Constitution from levy aud sale, and
hand the same to the Ordinary of the
county in which lie resides, and shall ap
ply to the said Ordinary for an order to
the county Surveyor, or if there he none,
some other Surveyor, to lay off his home
stead allowed by said section of the Con
stitution, and to make a plat of the same,
which order the Ordinary shall i-sue at
once and give to the applicant.
Sec. 3- When said schedule has been so
filed, aud said application has been made,
the said Ordiuary shall publish in the Ga
zette in which Sheri IDs sales, for said coun
ty, are published, not more than twice, a
notice as follows: A. B. has applied for
exempt.on of personalty aud setting apart
aud valuation of homestead, and I will
pass upon the same ut on the dav
of 186—, at ray office.
C. I)., Ordiuary,
filling said blank, so that all persons may
know the time for action by the Ordiuary
on said petition.
Sec. 4. The time fixed by said notice
shall not be less than ten nor more than
twenty days from the date of the order of
the Ordiuary to such surveyor. Tiie sur
veyor to whom said order shall be deliver
ed by the applicant, shall Jay off tiie
homestead on or out of the land claimed
by the applicant, and make a plat of tiie
same, and make an affidavit thatthesame
is corr etiy platted and laid off, and tiiat
the same is, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, jot worth ipor than two thou
sand t VjJtari *irrNpeei e, and retuai the some
to the Ordinary before the day appointed
in tiie order for passing upou said applica
tion. Should any county surveyor fail to
comply witli his duty, as prescribed by
this act, lie shall be, by said Ordinary,
punished for a contempt of court.
Sec. 5. If, at tiie tune aud place ap
pointed for passing upou said application,
no objection shall be urged by any credit
or of the applicant, the Ordinary shall en
dorse upon said schedule, and upon said
plat, approved, this the day of ,
186—, (filling the blanks,) and shall sign
the same officially, and hand tiie same to
the Clerk of the Superior Court of his
county, who shall record tiie same in a
book to be kept for tiiat purpose iu his of
fice.
Sec. 0. Should any creditor of the ap
plicant desire (o object to said schedule,
for want of sufficiency and fullness, or for
fraud of any kind, or to dispute the valu
ation of said i>ersonulty, or the propriety
of the survey, or the value of the premis
es so platted as the homestead, lie shall,
at said time and place of meeting, specify
tiie same in writing thereupon, unless the
applicant shall so alter said schedule or
plat, or both, as to remove said objections,
said Ordinary shailappoiut threedisinter
ested appraisers to examine tiie proper
ty concerning which the objections are
made and to value tiie same, aud on their
return (which shall be made under oath)
if either lie found to he too large, sucli al
teration shall be made in sat i schedule
and iu such plat as tiie Ordinary may
deem proper, to bring the same within tiie
limits of the value allowed by said section
of the Constitution, and he shall then
and there approve said schedule and said
plat, as required by tiie fifth section of
this act, and hand the same to the clerk
of tiie Superior Court of his county, wiio
shall record the same as required by sec
tiou the fifth of this act : Provided, Tiiat
either party dissatisfied with the judg
ment shall have the right to appeal, under
the same rules and regulations and re
strictions as are provided by law iu cases
of appeal from the court of Ordinary.
Bec. 7. If the applicant seeks to have a
homestead set apart out of town property,
exceeding iu value two thousand dollars
in specie, and it cannot be so divided as to
give a homestead of tiiat value, he may
.apphfetlion to the Ordiuary, aud
updn satisfying iuui that this is true, said
Ordinary may pas* ap 4 artier that should
said property (describing the same* there-
after be sold by virtue of any order, ju<ig &
ment, or decree of any court in this .State,
two thousand dollars in specie, or its
equivalegujm eurF&ueyytof the proceeds of
such* sail, jjjf If re wfitile of tiie said pro*
u-’Tf if twv iijNjgt-exceed that amount,
bVjS .. , K>nig olUiiM, 4 wi-Lover
-pointed by the Ordinary, hi a hon&THw
the ben. fit of the family of the applicant,
which shall be exempt as if laid ottramier
this law, and shall cause tiie Clerk of the
Superior Court to record said order in said
boob.
Sec. 8. Should any ministerial offlp< i of
this Hiate, upon being sfcowrra certified
copy of rtrfli omlfpfs.it to retain and pay
over to said Ordinary said proceeds, as
above required, or should any Ordinary
receiving tiie same fail to appoint said
person to have the same invested, and
turn over tiie proceeds to him, said officers
and their securities, respectively, shall be
liable to said applicant for said money,
and twenty per cent, interest thereon,
while they respectively wrongfully with
hold the same or any part thereof.
Sec. 9. In all cases, before tiie approval
of said Ordinary can bo demanded, as
aforesaid, the applicants shall pay tiie
costs of said proceedings, including the
Clerk’s cost for recording the same, to tiie
Ordinary. He shall be bound for such
costs if lie approve the same; the said
officers sha I eacli have for his said services
the same fees as are now allowed him,
or shall be hereafter allowed him, by law
for such services : Provided, nevertheless,
that if any person, filing objections to said
schedule or plat, shall fail to have the
same sustained, he shall pay the cost of
said proceedings.
.Sec. 10. Any officer knowingly levying
on or selling said property thus made ex
empt from sale, shall be guilty of trespass
and the wife or family of the debtor may
recover lierefor for their exclusive use.
Sec. 11. Said pr iperty so set apart can
not lie encumbered or alienated by the
husband, but if the same be sold or en
cumbered l>y him and his wife jointly,
(in tiie case of husband and wife,) or
with tiie approval of the Ordinary for the
time being endorsed on the encumbrance
or deed, said encumberance or deed, shall
lie valid as if said property had never
beeu so set apart.
See. 12. Said property so set apart shall
he for the use of the wife or widow, and
children during her life or widowhood,
and at her death or intermarriage, be
equally divided between the children of
her former marriage then living.
Sec. 13. Should the husband refuse to
apply for said exemption, his wife or any
person acting as her next friend may do
the same, and it shall be as binding as if
done by the husband. Should any trus
tee or guardian of a family of minor chil
dren fail to apply for said exemption, the
Ordinary may, upon application of any
next friend of the minors, allow him or
her to act in lieu of such trustee or guard
ian, and this shall be as binding as if done
by the said guardian or trustee.
See. 14. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to preveut any debtor, who
does not wish to avail himself of the ben
efits of this act, from claiming the exemp
tion allowed by sectiou 2,013 of Irwin’s
revised Code, and, should he claim them,
then he shall get the benefit thereof by
complying with the law prescribed iu this
act, but no person who shall be allowed
the exemption under these laws shall take
any benefit under this act, nor shall any
person, who shall be allowed the exemp
tions under this act, be allowed the ex
emptions under said laws, except the arti
c'es named in parts 10, 11, 12 and 13 of
said section 2,013.
Sec. 1-3. Be it enacted, etc., That all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Benjamin Conley,
President of the Senate.
A. E. Marsha Lb,
Secretary of the Senate.
R. L. McWhorter,
Speaker House Representatives.
M. A. Hardin,
Clerk House Representatives.
Approved October 3, 18G8.
Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor.
Office Secretary of State, 1
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5, 1868. J
I hereby certify that the above and fore
going pages contain a true and correct
copy of the original act of file in this office.
Given under my hand and seal of office.
David G. Cotting,
[seal.] Secretary of State.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY, OCT)I EE 13. 1868.
(From the Atlantic for October.)
THE TWO RADIUS.
XIV JOHN O. WHITTIER.
The Rabbi Nathan, two-score years and ten,
Walked blameless through tiie evil world, and
then,
•Just as the almond blossomed in his hair,
Met a temptation all too strong to bear,
And miserably sinned. So, adding not
Falsehood to guilt, he left Ins seat, and taught
No more among the elders, but wont out
From the great congregation girt about
With sackcloth, and with ashes on iiis bead,
Making liis gray locks grayer. Long lie prayed,
Smiting Ids breast ; then, us the Book lie laid
Open before him for the Batb-Col’s choice,
Pausing to hear tiiat Daughter of a Voice,
Behold tin; royal preachers words: “A friend
Loveth at all times, yea, unto the end ;
And for the evil day thy brother lives.”
Marveling, he said : “It is the Lord who gives
Counsel in need. AtEebatuna dwells
Rabbi Ben Isaac, who all men excels
in righteousness ami wisdom, as trees
Os Lebanon the small weeds t hat the bees
Bow with their weight. I will arise, and lay
My sins before him.”
And lie went Ids way
Barefooted, fasting long, with many prayers;
But even as one who, followed unawares,
Suddenly in the darkness feels a hand
Thrill with its touch Ids owu, and Ids cheek
fanned
By odors subtly sweet, and whispers near,
Os words lie loathes, yet cannot choose but
hear,
So, while the Rabbi journeyed, chanting low
The wail of David’s penitential woe,
Before him still the old temptation come,
And mocked him with tiie motion and the
shame
Os such desires that, shuddering, he abhorred
Himself; and, crying mightily to the Lord
To free his soul and east the demon out,
Smote with his staff the blankness round about.
At length, in the low,light.of a spent day.
The towers of Eepatuna far away
Rnai.ttnyshc dcsG ;~s stm wind Nath*a, faint !
Aud footsore, pausing where tor some .lead saint j
Ttie faith of Islam reared a domed tomb,
«W someone kneeling in the shadow, whom
He greeted kindly : “May the Hoty One
Answer thy prayers, O,stranger!" Whereupon
The shape stood up with a loud ery, ami then,
Clasped in each other's anna, the two gray men
Wept, praising Him whose gracious providence
Made their paths one. But straightway, a* the l
sense
Os his transgression* smote him, Nathan tore
Himself away : “0 friend beloved, no more
Worthy am 1 to touch thee, for I came.
Foul from my sins, to tell thee all my shame,
Haply thy prayers, since naught ava’ileth mine
May purge my soul, and make it white like
thine,
Pity me, O Ben Isaac, I have sin lied f”
Awestruck Ben Jsaae stood. The desert wind
Blew his tong mantle back ward, laying bare
The mournful secret of iiis shirt of hair..
“I too, 0 friend, if not iu act,” he said,
“In thought have verily sinned. Hast thou not
read,
‘Better the eve should see than that desire
Should wander!’ Burning with a hidden tire
That tears and prayers quench riot, I come to
thee
For pity and for help as thou to rue.
Fray for inc, Omy friend !” But Nathan cried,
‘Fray thou for rue, Ben Isaac !"
Side by side
In the tow sunshine try the turban stone
They knelt; each made Ids brother's w >e his
, own
Forgetting, in the agony and -tress
Os pitying love, his cl timof seltlshnesH ;
Foaee, for Ids friend besought, hi- own became;
His prayers were answered in another’* name ;
And, when at last they rose up to embrace.
Each saw God’s pardon in ids brother's face!
Long after, when his headstone gathered moss,
Traced on the targem marge of < inkelos
In Rabbi Nathan's hand those words were
read;
“Hope not the cure of sin till Self is dead ;
Forget it in love’s service, and the debt
Thou ean’st not fray the angels sliall forget;
Heaven’s gate is shut to him who 00(111*8 alone;
Save thou a soul, and It shall save thy own J”
DOUBLE MURDER IN NEW KENT.
THEMURDERERS AND INCENIUAKIKS AR
RESTED AND IN JAIL.
In Tuesday's Dispatch appeared the re
cord of one of the most startling and cold
blooded tragedies ti.Ulias ever been en
tered upon the criminal calendar of Vir
ginia- The paragraphs referred > con
tained an account of the inhuman mur
der of Mrs. Julia Stewart, of New Kent
county, the burning of tiie dwelling-house
over the head of the corpse, and the k.iling
of John Baker, a half-breed Indian in the
Employ of tiie uu fort all ate woman. Baker
pas sliot with a musket carrying a Minie
Ball, his head mashed in with some heavy
instrument, iiis clothing stripped from his
Hfedy, a gun-barrel lied to his feet, aud
: •, With the weight at- 4
Wu dav or two came to tiia surface and
was identified, and the charred bones of
the murdered woman were found iu the
##hes of her lato peaceful home.
~Au inquest was held, and after a full j
hearing of tiie vague testimony elicited, i
the jury rendered tiiat stereotyped verdict j
that the deceased came to their death by
wounds inflicted by some persou or per
sons unknown. Never was an affair iu
volked in more mystery ; but tiie publi
catiouofthe story brought tiie affair to
the notice of the Richmond police, and
beforce Tuesday night two of <>ur best de
tectives, special constables Tyler and
O’Dwyer, were on their way to New Kent
county. They brought experience, good
sense, and thorough knowledge of tiieir
profession to the work, and entering upon
it at once with spirit, their efiorts were
crowned witli success.
- They found the scene of the arson and
double murder to be a retired spot situated
on Peg Point, opposite Kltham, on the
Pamurikey river. The place was accessi
ble by but one road, and that lonely and
unfrequented. A creek makes up on
either side of the point, and the ground
surrounding it is but a marsh. They first
examined tiie spot where Baker fell. The
soil had drunk the blood, hut still carried
the stain on tell-tale lip3. This was about
two hundred yards from the house of Mrs.
Stewart. Tiie half-breed had been cutting
timber at the time, and turning to look
towards the burning building, the shot
that killed him was fired by a man who
must have been concealed behind a stump
only a short distance off. There Avas i»-
disputatrie evidence of this to tiie keen
eyes of Tyler aud O’Dwyer. They then
went towards the blackened chimney and
scraped up thecharred bones from beneath
the debris of the burned house. They
were the bones of a female, and beyond
doubt that female was Mrs. Stewart.
The officers then went to work in the
neighborhood, and though everybody
seemed afraid to tel I anything about the
case, soon succeeded in getting testimony
sufficient to fix tlie commission of the
crime upon two negroes, residing not more
than a mile from the point, named Alex
ander Gardner and Lewis Kennedy.—
These fellows lived together; and armed
with a warrant issured by JTustice Talia
ferro, the officers went at once to tiieir
cabin. An old woman who came to the
door said “Mr. Kennedy lived there, but
he was not at home.” While she was
talking Kennedy came round to the front
of the house, and was at once recognized
from a description previously obtained.
Being asked where Gardner was, lie said
he was up stairs in bed. Air. O’Dtvyer
went up after him, aud made him a pris
oner, and in the mean time, by an adroit
movement, secured Gardner. They were
then questioned by tiie detectives as to
the murder of Mrs. Stewart and John Ba
ker. They preteuded never to have heard
of the affair before, although the news had
beeu carried all through tiie county. Mr.
Tyler asked how ni my muskets there
were in the house. They replied, “One —
that one overthe door.” They then asked
if Kennedy did not have one at Mr. Wal
ter Jones’ on the Thursday before. He
said he hac not; but his companion spoke
up to say tiiat he had sold it to a negro
named Jim Miller, who lived in Charles
City. Nobody knew or had seen tlx is Jim
idiiler but themselves. Kennedy then
said he had not even seen him himself.—
After contradicting each other thus in
several statements, they were taken in
charge by the officers, securely tied, taken
by the shortest road to the court-liouse,
and lodged iu the county jail. Their ex
amination will come off on Thursday next
before the Court of Magistrates of New
Kent county. —Jlieh Dispatch, '2d.
Circular. — In order to allbrd our patrons the
lowest possible prices, we sliall for the future make
our business strictly Cash ; tiiat is, money to ac
company the order. We make no exceptions to
this rule, and therefore none can take offence at
our refusal to deviate from our declared terms
of business. Thanking all for the patronage
extended, aud most earnestly soliciting future or
ders, which shall lie filled in the most prompt and
satisfactory manner, We remain, very respectfully,
Yours, J. H. Zeilin & Cos.
From the Atlanta C< titutiou.
GEORGIA LEGE cA-TtIRE.
SENaTE-
Mos« fy, October 5.
The Senate met pursuit t<> adjournment
aud was opened with p qtrr by Rev. Mr.
Bpilimau. jK .......
The Journal was read jErfjipprovcd.
Mr. HINTON so
much of the action of |iesyto*to as rente*
to the bill creating Of Commis
sioners of roads aud ilvwite, which was
not agteed to.
Mr. HARRIS the
action of the Senate hlriserenee to the
resolution extending tliJtitEe of adjourn
ment to Thursday, wiijti agreed to,
aud the resolution laid on t|xe table.
Mr. BURNS moded JwSecoftsider the
bill to authorize a stifvejjswr lands in Hab
ersham county. Agteeiylo and’ the hill
passed. J / ’4
bills on ruin' it Jading.
To change tiie Uni 1s t ween Macon and
Taylor counties. JTssed.*
To extend the co»oratc fifnits of Perry,
in Houston county! I‘as*t»L
To incorporate till Georgia-Marine aud
Fire Insurance Conpany. Passed.
To prohibit persoisTiotn selling or let
tering from steam or other water
crafts on the Ctiataho jdioe ' ver. Passed
To incorporate thoViwn ■, West End,in
Fulton county. Pa**l.
To make it penal fegcji inputs to I ant
on the lands of mrprOiO:. '-rib coinenl
of the owner, except in 1 . rt.rifn .unties
mentioned. Indefinitely t,
•Mr XUH&A I/LY g*VA- l <W!r'«rti*A<.•
would move to recotM-utef the hill to-mor
row. *- '*pjk
To authorize municipal authorities to
license and define tiie privileges of pawn
brokers. Passed.
To incorporate the Citizens’ hank of Dal
ton. Passed. .»
To amend sections 2fx3o and 2531 of the
Code, in behalf of widows aud minors.—
Lost.. •
To charter Georgia Mutual Fire aud Life
Insurance Company. Lost.
To repeal an act prohibiting the saie of
spirituous liquors within a half mile of tiie
town of Fayette. Pu-»ed.
To provide for the payment of interest
on bonds of the Htate, maturing iu 1868.
Passed.
To remove the county seat of Builock
county. Laid on tiie table.
To alter and amend au act to incorjxor
ate Oglethorpe Uuivoriity. Passed.
To carry into effect 15th section sth ar
ticle of tiie Constitution. Passed.
To prevent illegal rtlurns of laud in this
Htate. Indefinitely postponed.
To amend the charte-of the city of Cutli
bert. I.aid on the tabs.
To amend au act incorporating Georgia
Western Railroad Company. Indefinitely
postponed.
Tiie Senate took up the appropriation
bill and refused to colour in the House
amendment to the Gtl section, which al
lows extracompensatiiu to tiie l'ageof the
Senate.
To change the line Let ween Marion aud
Taylor. Passed.
To change the line b*lween Berrien, aud
Irwin and Terrell and Lee. Passed.
To incorporate the B uuswick Gas Light
Company. Passed
To incorporate th* Brunswick Sit eet
Railroad Company. Passed.
To raise funds, by taxation, for building
a jail iu the county of Bibb. Passed.
To exclude certain amis from tiie cor
porate limits of the town of Ringgold.
Passed.
To make valid tiie tax levied by the In
ferior Court of Echols oouuty for 1868.
To revive and amend au ac (elating to
the construction of a Railroad from Athens
to some point on the Blue Ridge Railroad.
Passed.
To incorporate the John King Banking
Company. Passed.
To incorporate certain jiersons a Board
of Commissioners. Lost.
To authorize Ordintries to issue writs of
habeas corpus. Passed.
To Incorporate the Alpharetta Mining
Company. Passed
To incorporate Havings Bank of Atlanta,
Ga. Lost.
The Hetiate rescinded its action on the
trill creating certain persons a Board of
Commissioners for the town of Dalilonega,
. -Hjiiiir in’iirffc'-nrf ■<** i *
h***tu. Si'
To aulhbrize the osiamerit of a fish
ery in the Altamaha river. Passed.
To define juriadicUoxis of the Courts in
suits against Railroads. Passed.
To amend an act relative to maimed
and indigent soldiers Passed.
To incorporate the Naeoochee Valley
Mining Company of White counts*.—
Passed.
The Senate then adjourned till 2j o’clock
this afternoon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, October 5. 4
The' House met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Spillman.
Journal read and approver!.
Mr. BAIiKLEY moved to reconsider
tiie bill passed on Saturday giving a lien
to employees and timber-cutters on saw
mills. He spoke at length on the motion
to reconsider, staling the injurious effect
of the law as it passed.
Mr. RAWLS wasopposed to the motion
to reconsider. Motion to reconsider lost, i
Mr FLOURNOY moved to reconsider
the bill lost for the relief of Thos Adams.
Motion prevailed.
Mr. BETHUNK moved to reconsider
the biff lost on (Saturday amending the
1442 section of Irwin’s Code. Lost.
Mr. DARNELL moved to reconsider
the bill to incorporate the Vandyke Hy
draulic Hose Mining Company laid on tiie
table Saturday. Motion to reconsider
prevailed.
Mr. LANEmoved to reconsider the bill
to amend tiie Charter of Thomasville,
for the purpose of withdrawing tiie bill.
Motion prevailed.
Mr. FLOURNOY nujved to reconsider
the action of the Hmhr on the bill to
amend tiie Charter of the town of Louis
ville. Motion prevailed.
Mr. PRICE moved to reconsider the ac
tion ofthe House on the bill for relief of
L. C. Cook, indefinitely postponed on Sat
urday last. Motion to reconsider pre
vailed.
He afso moved to recettsider tiie bill in
definitely postponed Saturday last, for the
relief of G. L. Long and Rebecca Math
ews of the county of Udion. Motion pre
vailed.
Mr. HAUHHY’ moved to reconsider the
action of tiie House |ncor;>oratiiig the
Pulaski Insurance Company. Motion pre
vailed.
lULLS ON THIRD READINO.
An act explanatory of an act to carry
into effect section lath, division 2d, arti
cle sth of the Constitution of tiie fcState of
Georgia. Passed.
A bill to expedite the trial of cases in
tiie Superior Courts of this State. Passed.
A bill to repeal the 497t1i section of Ir
win’s Code. Laid on the table.
A bill to change the fine between the
counties of Haralson ami Polk. Passed.
A bill to permit A. J. Whitfield of De
catur county, to peddle without license.
Pftsssd.
A bill to change the line between the
counties of DeKalb audHenry. Indefi
nitely postponed.
A bill to legalize the aet.s of E. D. Wat
son, of Lee county. Passed.
A bill to organize two lire companies in
the citv of Macon. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Gainesville,
Dalilonega anti track Town Railroad
Company. Passed.
A bill to alter the 4,333d section of Ir
win’s Code. Passed.
A bill to regulate the payment of orders
on the county treasuries. Passed.
A bill to authorize E. W Dows to prac
tice medicine without a license. Post
poned.
A bill to authorize the drawing of jurors
in the county of Chatham aud providing
the manner of said drawing. Passed.
A bill to organize a Criminal Court in
each county iu the State. Amended iu
the House. The House receded from tiie
amendment.
Mr. SCOTT, of Floyd, moved to suspend
the rules to introduce a resolution iu rela
tion to adjournment. Motion to suspend
rules lost.
Mr. GRIMES asked leave to withdraw
a bill relating to the charter of the city of
Columbus. Permission granted.
M. TWEEDY. A resolution to author-
ize the Governor to provide for the heating
and lighting the halls of the General As
sembly at its next session. Laid on the
table.
The Appropriation Bill was taken up
and the Senate's amendment concurred
iu, and the bill passed as amended.
The Governor lias signed the following
bills:
A bill to incorporate the Ocean Bank of
Bruiywick. £.
The tax hill, and
A resohmon to authorize the Governor
to receive and receipt for bouds, etc., in
the hands of other parties.
Mr. WILLIAMS, of Morgan, intro
duced the following resolution :
Resoived, Tiiat the thanks of this House
be tendered to the Hon. R. H. McWhorter,
Hpeakerof the House, W. P. Price, Speak
er pro tern., for the a Iris, courteous, and
satisfactory manner in which they have
presided over its deliberations during the
present session. Also the same to M. A.
Harden, Clerk, and L. Carrington, Clerk
pro lem., and tiieir assistants, for the
prompt and efficient manner in which
they have discharged the responsible du
ties of tiieir several positions. Unani
mously adopted.
Resolved, That the thanks of this House
are hereby tendered to J. W. Burke &Cos
for Uieir liberality in furnishing gratui
tously copies of the Journal and Mes
senger during the session. Also to the
proprietors of the New Era, fntetliyencer,
The Constitution aud National Republican,
for similar favors.
Mr. HUDSON, of Harris, in a neat and
appropriate speech, presented to Jesse
Oslin, Messenger, In behalf of the House.
SSiffirr
the House, 1868,7 T
Mr. Carrington, Clerk pro tern., respond
ed, in behalf of Uncle Jesse, in iiis usual
happy style.
House adjourned till 3 o’clock this after
noon.
SENATE.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Batukday, October 3, 1868.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment
and took up House bills on third reading,
to-wit:
A Dill to change the line between Clinch j
and Coffee. Passed.
A bill to exempt maimed men from pay- j
ing polj tax. Lost.
A bill to consolidate the office of Reciver j
of Tax Returns and Tax Collector for the i
county of Chatham. Passed.
A bill to amend section 3174 of the Code, j
Lost.
A bill to prohibit the sale of spirituous j
liquors iu this .State.
was
The Judiciary t’ommittee, to whom the
bill had been I'-t.-ited. offered a substitute
for tire same, which after being amended
with the provision Hint no one sliall sell
or give away liquor- during the sessions
of til-* Georgia icgi-luture, was passed in
lieu of the original-
A bill to change the line between Henry
and Clayton. Po--e»l.
A hill to relieve Win. S. Maughaui from
double tax. Passed.
A bill to prohibit tin* *ale of lottery
tickets in the Kiale of Georgia. Passed.
Yeas 15, nays i 1 -
Mr. MKURKLL Chairman of Judici
ary Committee, stated that lie had made
an effort to get Tie Committee together in
order to report on tin* Atlanta Medical
College liiit and had failed, and desired
that the bill be returned to the Senate.
Objection being made to trie return of tiie
same, tire tr.il c Mitinue- in tiie possession
of the Committee for tiieir action.
A trill to revise the incorporation of Ce
dar Town. Passed.
A hid to authorize tiie Universal Life
Insurance Company, of New York, to
make in vestments, etc. Passed.
A bill to change.the law of evidence.
Lost.
A bill to amend an act
charter of the town of riuijiWMPiHe. 1 *"
A bill to change the liuejHflvfcaß Whit
man and Stewart. Passed?*-
A bill to amend incor
porating the towu offCartersville. Laid
ou the table for tiie press at..
Under a suspension m STmtS/faUm a/eso_
lution was introduced and adopt
the time of final adjournment at 12o’ciock|
reading «f nd-.
joifrned to meet at 9 o'clock on Monday]
morning. * .*
- - *
«r
HOUSE OF KF.l*tf ES E S|T ATt V IS.
AFrEKNOO.V .SE-jSION.
sXWdav, Oct. 3.
A l>ill to incorporate the ogCMun
ty Mutuii Life Insuranqp
Passed.
A biil to alter and amend tow to*®
Weston. Passed.
A bill for the relief of Win. Altaway, of
Hart county. Indefinitely postponed.
A hill to incorporate tiie Merchants’
Havings Batik, of Augusta < la. Passed.
A bill for the relief of Davis P. Vicory,
of Oowetta county. Passed.
A bill to provide for tiie payment of
teachers of common schools for the year
1868. Indefinitely postponed.
A biil f..r the relief of Harney L. Car
roll. and Rebecca Mathews, of the County
of Union. Passed
A bill for the relief of Lambert C. Cook,
of Union county. Laid on the taide.
A bill for the relief of Thomas M. Mass,
of Thomas county. Passed.
A hill to provide for suits in Justices’
Courts ; the manner and time of summons
in same, etc. Passed.
A bill to repeal the last clause in 584 sec
tion of Irwin’s Code Passed.
A bill to provide for drawing juries in
such counties as failed to draw a jury at
tiie last term City Courts. Passed.
A bill for the relief of Amos Hicks, a
minor of the county of Thomas. Passed.
A bill to incorporate ttie Vaudyke Hy
draulic Hose Company in the County of
Dawson. Indefinitely postponed.
A bill for the relief of Thomas Adams,
of the County of Thomas. Indefinitely
postponed.
A bill to change the line between the
counties of Union and Towns. Passed.
A bill to change the line between Hie
counties of Coffee and Clinch. Pa-sed.
A bill for the relief of G. S. Roberts and
Rebecca Mathews, of the county of Union.
Indefinitely postponed.
A hill to prevent the felling of trees and
to prevent the throwing of vegetable mat
ter into water courses. Indefinitely post
poned.
A biil to amend the ciiarter of the town
of Thomasville, Thomas county. Passed.
A bill to change the line between tiie
eountiesof Green and Taliaferro. Amend
ed in the Senate. Passed.
The House adjourned till 10 o’clock
Monday morning.
Monday’, October 5.
SENATE— EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met, and took up bills of the
House on their passage.
A bill to amend an act incorporating tiie
town of Spring Place. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Dalton and
Morgantou Railroad Cos. Passed.
A bill to change the loth section of the
Constitutioji in reference to changing the
present Capital from Atlanta.
Mr. said he was in favor
of the bid, and moved to amend that after
the passage of the bill, the people sliall
endorse ou their ballots at the next elec
tion, “removal” or “no removal. He was
willing to do what was right 111 the pre
mises, aud if his amendment was agreed
to, the General Assembly would still have
a voice in the matter. The voxpopuli vox
dei, was still iu vogue, and he was simply
in favor of the people having a showing.
The bill was laid on the table —yeas 21;
nays 20.
A bill to incorporate the town of Kings
ton was passed.
A bill to authorize R. L. Rogers, execu
tor, to pay over a pro rata share of the
estate of K. Rogers, deceased. Passed.
A bill to authorize the Trustees of tiie
State University to provide au agricultu
ral college. Lost.
A bill to allow attorneys to administer
oaths iu certain cases. Passed.
A bill to allow W. J. McGill to peddle
without license. Laid on table.
A bill to incorporate the Georgia and
Alabama Steamboat Company. Yeas 1,
nays 1. The President voted yea and the
I bill passed.
A bill to prescribe the mode of adminis
‘ tering the oaths to voters at elections for
President and Vice President and mem
bers of Congress. Laid on table.
A bill to change tiie residence of John
C. Shipp, of Cobb, to tiie county of Paul
ding. Passed.
A bill to change the line between White
and Hall. Passed.
The hill vetoed by tiie Governor in re
ference to amending the ciiarter of the
town of Lumpkin, was lost; —yeas, 23;
nays 15.
A bill for the relief of Isaiah Williams.
Passed.
A bill to extend the time mrids
surveyed under head i ight®*intil Janu
ary, 18G9. Passed. m
A bill to increase the sessions
of Superior Courts, not less than three
times in eaeli year. Passed.
A bill to provide for tiie relief of crimi
nals in prison who are unable to pay costs.
Lost.
A bill to relieve Seabort Montgomery,
security, of Schley county?' Passed.
The Senate adjourned 8 o’clock,
p. m.
HOUSE.
Tiie Committor to examine into the eli
gibility of Beard, Belcher and Davis, re
ported that they, after full investigation,
f°u” to have lu his veins more
of negro blood. Report
adogjted.
W.fereupon Mr.GOBF-Boffered a resolu
tion that said Beard ! e declared ineligible
to a seat on this floo’t which was adopted.
. Mr. HOPKINB introduced a resolution
to adjourn this General Assembly to Mil- 1
ledgeville, it was not taken up.
Ttie following resolution whs, adopted
unanimously: m
Whereas tAhkw being the last
day of the presenTTessfon .
Resolved, That the Jadfen of A tlanLa he
requested to visit the House of Represen
tatives, where their many warm friends j
and admirers can once more receive their j
sweet smiles, and tiiat the city papers tie I
requested to publish this resolution to- j
morrow morning.
The House adjourned to 9 o’clock to
morrow morning.
SENATE— NIGHT SESSION.
Monday, October 5.
The Senate met and took up bills of the
! House for u third reading.
A bill to exempt Merchants’ and Me
i cbanics’ Fire Company, of the city of
Milledgeville, from" certain duties. Laid
on the table for tiie reason that the
amendment to the Albany FireCotnpany
hill embraced tiie same privileges, which
had passed both Houses.
A bill to incorporate tLe Muscogee Ice
and Trust Company. Lost.
A trill to allow T. McDonald to practice
law in any of tin Ourts of this Htate oili
er than in Whitfield county. Passed.
A bill to relieve Rachel Box of tiie
pains and penalties of a second marriage.
Passed.
A biil tooitftng«tU«Hi>clnrlweeil AIHCUO
and Taylor counties Lost.
A bill to amend chapter 3, title 15, part
Ist revised Code relative to physicians.
Lost.
A bili to allow J. Thornton to be eligi
ble as Solicitor General. Laid on the
| table.
A bill to amend 7th paragraph 1711th
i section of the Code. Lost.
A bill to amend tiie charter of the At
lanta Street Railroad Company, so as to
make the name Atlanta Street Railroad
and Banking Company. Passed by a con
stitutional majority, the personal liability
clause by Mr. Winn being added.
A biil to amend several acts relative to
fees of constables and magistrates, so far
as applies to Bibb, Monroe and Lee.
Passed.
A bill to incorporate tiie town of
son, in Jackson county.
A bill to change the 1 ICtWN-;
okee and Pickens
A bill to the
kHuoerior
*tSh. biltto relieve W. Canr p, of Gwinnett
(SSTutyT Passed.
A bill to validate the charter of the city
Mary’s. Passed.
A bill to change the time of lidding the
superior Courts of Marion county. Passed.
A hill to incorporate Hoiuerville, couu
-Ity of CliriCh. Passed. .
t <A bill to incorporate the town of Ho
ttransvilie- Passed. ; . . ' i.
P hi IF To amend an act to incorp’u^^
rthfe home Insurance Company. Passed.
“A bill to authorize ttie sum of SIOO per
■quarter to I. McCrary from ttie net earn
ings of the Western aud Atlautio Rail
road. Lost-
A Bill to incorporate the Southern Life
Insurauce Company. Lost.
A bill to amernl an act incorporating tiie
town of Baruesville. Passed.
the Etowah (told
jUirinr " t wlWyfc fea Jfaipseil.
” A biil to of insu
rance companies PaSsß., ML*.
A hill to incorporate thelli|M|iii*€lfttnp!.‘
Creek Mining Company. PiIBHIjHBM
A bill to incorporate the
Cuthbert Railroad Company. Passed.
A bill to amend the penal code, so as to
obstruct ditches, tunnels, canals, etc.
Passed.
A bill to re|>eal an act to amend an act
relative to the Atlanta Medical jCoilege.
Laid 011 ttie table.
A bill to incorporate the town of Thom
aston. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Atlanta Mutual
Life Insurance Society’. Passed.
A bill to relieve James Sligh and John
Sligh. Lost.
A bill to prevent injury to growing crops
by persons fishing or hunting. Lost
A hill to incorporate the Albany and
Dougherty Railroad Company. Lost.
A bill to incorporate the Cavana Creek
Hydraulic Hose Mining Company. Pas
sed.
A bill to incorporate tiie Eatonton and
Madison Railroad Company. Passed.
House adjourned toB o’clock to-morrow.
SENATE— MORNING SESSION.
Tuesday, October 6, 186S.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment
and was opened witli prayer by Mr.
Smith, from tiie 7th District.
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr. SPEER moved to reconsider tho
action ofthe Senate on the bill incorpora
ting the Georgia Mutual Fire and Life In
surance Company.
Agreed to and the bill was passed.
Mr. NUNNALUY moved to reconsider
so much ofthe action of tiie Senate as re
lates to the bill prohibiting persons from
fishing aud hunting on the lands of oth
ers.
Agreed to, and the bill was passed.
Mr. SMITH, of ttie 36th, moved to re
consider so much of the action of tiie Sen
ate as relates to tiie amending chap. sth
title of Irwin’s Code, relating to physi
cians, which was not agreed to.
Mr. CANDLER moved to reconsider
the hill incorporating the Savings Bank
of Atlanta.
Agreed to, and the hill was passed.
Mr. GRIFFIN, of the 21st, moved to
reconsider a bill authorizing the Governor
to appoint certain persons Solicitors Gen
eral.
Agreed to, and the bill was passed.
Mr. CANDLKR moved to reconsider
tiie bill amending au act incorporating the
Georgia Western Railroad Company.
Agreed to, and the bill was passed.
Mr. LESTER moved to reconsider tiie
bili incorporating Homerville, Clinch
county.
Agreed to, and the bill was passed.
Several joint House resolutions of a per
sonal character were taken up aud dispos
ed of.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to change the place of holding
legal sales iu Columbus. Passed.
A bill to amend an act incorporating the
Town of Cartersvilie. Passed.
A bill to regulate tiie fees of Solicitors
General. Passed.
A bill to Incorporate the Watioo Mining
and Manufacturing Company. Passed.
A resolution, authorizing the appoint
ment of a committee of five witli House
Committee on Intrenchments, was adopt
ed.
A bili authorizing Ordinaries to appoint
arbitrators in certain cases. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Land and im
migration Company. Passed.
A bill to prescribe the mode of
ing suits before JusticeS of the
Notaries Public. Passed. , w
A bill to prevent the shooting atgfl
trying quails or patridges iu
at certain seasons. Laid on the t^B”^
vo i,. wwmttm
P*A bill tn dint;. ;■ tlie ff- ;
ens and Dawson.
A bill :.
1 i: " BOhAqS'iß fYft’Vf
r.. • i.|l >* AM$ ,- 1
BaHlh/v un'
■HfPr flwiC“
A bill frjfcp
of ri.-ni.^Bg^aF
Oil n:<.i;ij®» ~ VgWSJSJg, M^Ft?
lotion w»e troop?, q 1 11
deut and other officers for rtM w |ggpiHjk&jisl
formance of duty.
Also,.* resolution
for the gratuitous distribute 1
pers; and mem here and press
faithfully reitonitig the WiaU‘ pHHHb|
Inge.
On motion of Mr. BMfT£T, f:tfst 1> the
President of ther enate was added to the
couimittee appointed to examine the
books of the State Hoad.
The Senate then took a recess oi twen
ty minutes, after which a committee of
three was, «u motion, apjioinled to wait
upou the Governor and inform him that,
in accortkioce with a joint resolution of
bolii Houses*, the General Assembly hav
ing concluded its business is now ready to
adjourn.
Recess for ten minutes.
A message was received from the House
etatiug that, having completed its busi
ness, that body was now ready to adjourn.
The committee appointed to wait on
the Governor reported, when upon the
President declared the Senate adjourned
nine die.
lIOUBE OF RKt’UEbF.XT ATIYE -'.
Tlesday, Oct. 6, ISOS.
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment. V *M
Trre proceedings were unimportant, be
ing confined to such matter as came from
the Senate.
Speaker McWhorter delivered a very
appropriate address, at the close of the
session, to the House, which we will give
in full In our morning edition.
House adjourned sine die.
THE KEI.IKF HILE.
The following bill was introduced in the
Senate bv Mr. Xunnally, of the dttih Dis
trict, and passed both Houses, and is now
! the law of the land :
I An Act for the Relief of Debtors, autl to authorize
the adjustment of debts upon prineiple- «.f
equity.
Section Ist. The General Assembly of
the Slate of Georgia enacts, That in' all
suits which shall be brought for the re
covery of debts in any of the Courts of
this State, or upon contracts for the pay
ment of money made prior to the first
day of June lMi>, except for the sale <>r
hire of slaves, it shall and may be lawful
for the parties ill all such cases to give in
eoutraet which may be the subject of the
suit, the amount and value of the propertv
owned by the debtor at the time the deb:
was contracted or the contract entered in
to, show upon what property the faith of
the credit was given to him, and what
tender or tenders of payment lie
the creditor at any time, and that iAe
non-payment of the debt or
owing to the refusal of the eredito&fto/Cn
ceive the money tendered or ofieura to b •
tendered, the destruction o^^ji# f bT the
property upon the faith the cred
it was given, and the aiMSStfißt of loss by
the creditor, and iiow autiimwiiat manner
the property was or lost, and by
whose default; and JLj&ii sneh cases the
juries which try th^ame,shall have pow
er to reduce tkydgrotitit of debt or debts
td-The equities of eacli
Irt)rfnjjii ’p verdict* a*, to uiein
ißali: appear just and equitable.
HO. That in all ease-, in which vor-
Sfets have been rendered or judgments en
tered upon debts contracted prior to the
first day of June, 1865, and the judgment
remains unsatisfied, it shall be lawful for
the defendant or defendants, by motion iu
the Court in which the judgment was ob
tained, to have the same submitted to a
jury for trial upon the same terms and
conditions as are contained in tiie prece
ding sections, with like powers t» the jury
to reduce the amount of the judgment ac
cordiuffto the equiftes of each case, and
r^uder_J ueh verdi
1 ede the pnof judgment, provided nojudg
i men! shaillose tbs priority of its lien l>v
reason of the rendition of a judgment, aud
provideo iLal in all such cases twenty
days’ notice shall be given to the plaintiff
iu execution. In cases in the Superior
Courts and in cases transferred to that
Court from the Inferior and County
Courts, and in Justices’Courts, ten days’
notice shall be given, and in all cases com
menced by motion in either the Superior
or Justices’ Courts, the ease or cases shall
be in order for trial at the term at w hich
the motion may be made, but shall be sub
iMtJccouti nuances as cases upon the ap
’
iu possession the
property for wCIWWfa» fl A;his sued on was
contracted, the .1 i1 have power to
to render a verdict*TeMVtffng the prop
erty, together for
the use of the same : i*jJpTili.il that any
improvements defendant
shall be taken i:i | or *,ny
part of the purchase JjWEdy g w , h»cli may
have been paid fo_|j#tWT sWtewi tors.rating to
the value <■: < tMMpffapttlpnft Ufatf
the trial. (lj |j»_ ■
Sec. 4th. That in suits aganj|? ( TrusteSS
Administrators, Executors, or CnunpMfiV'
it shall he lawful for the defendant
fendauts to'give in evidence, the tawsti
destruction of the trust property which
come into tlieir hands, or its depreciation
in value; and the value of the property iiF
their hands at the commencement of till*
suit shall be the measure of damages to
be .rendered by the jury against them:
Provided, that no Trustee, Administrator,
Executor, or Guardian shall he exempt
from liability for tbe value of any trust
which lie may have wasted, or which lias
been lost by his neglect or default.
Sec. sth. That in all suits which may
be commenced by original action, or by
motion under this act, both parties there
to shall be competent witnesses.
Bec. 6th. That in all arbitrations to ad
just and settle debts contracted prior to
June the Ist, ISOS, the same rules and reg
ulations shall apply ami the same evidence
shall be admissableas provided in the first
section of this act.
Sec. 7th. Tiiat in all cases where levies
have been made and the property levied
upon has not been sold, it shall be lawful
for the defendant or defendants to fiio
their affidavits stating that they desire to
take the benefit of tbe remedy provided
for in this act, and the Sheriffs to whom
said affidavits are presented shall receive
the same and suspend the sale and return
tiie papers to (lie court from which the
process under which they act may have
issued, or to such court as may by law
have jurisdiction : Provided that the prop
erty levied upon shall be returned to the
defendant upon bis giving bond and secu
rity as in claim cases.
Sec. Bth. That ail laws and parts of laws
militatiug against tills act beam! the same
are hereby repealed.
In a Bad Way.—An Ohio school girl
went through her calisthenic exercises at
home for the amusement of the children.
A youthful visitor, with interest and pity
on his coutenance, asked her brother “if
that girl had fits ?”
“No,” replied the lad, contemptuously,
“that’s gymnastics.”
‘‘Oh! ’tis, bey,” said verdant, “how
long has she had ’em V”
&SR. A little girl was lately reproved
for playing out doors with boys, and in
formed that, being seven years ©ld, she
was too big for that now. “ Why grand
ma, the bigger we grow the better We
’em,” was the truthful reply. X-^'
E3T A school teacher who remembers his
own boyhood advertises the re-openim-"
of his school thus:—“Dear boys—Troir*l3l
begins Sept. 15."
A gentleman, after readi
tioneer’s description of a beayjllHß mkiti
in Pittsfield to . . sola .<y«koatt*M*v4**>w?k
ed that lie 1 t Tiflt P-ypAW ■«*«.). i
be reached by
L" L2T W- iv |>i‘»
Hpm in a crowd. \
Plnot her. lli'HVi ii [u.-.| i
9 ed an old lady. M