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IIY J. W.-WHJip & 00. Georgia Journal & Messenger. J. W. BI HKH 4; CO„ Proprietors. A. W. M®EMK, | S. KOSK, f Editors. 11ATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. Ten dollars per annum. Five dollars tor six months. Two dollars and fitly cents tor three inonlhs. One dollar for tour months. WEEKLY. Three dollars per annum. One dollar and fifty cents for six months. One dollae tor four months. _ J. W. BURKE & CO. 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