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The drama of to-day is so shameless in its exhibition that not ’he pu pit only, it seems, en (J-Hvora to lash it into decency. Yesterday we gave an extract from the newspaper press, and to-day we copy gome additional paragraphs, showing that others, outside the clergy, having in charge the public welfare, find it necessary to speak out on the subject. From the Evening Post we learn that a high public functionary in England (where the evil is no worse that it is this side of the Atlautic) feels himself constrained to inhibit the misdoings of the theatrical managers. Here is the article from the Poet: CIRCULAR FROM JHE LORD CHAMBER LAIN OF ENGLAND TO THEATRICAL MANAGERS. The days of the “nude drama” are draw ing t"a clue in England. The following circular has been addressed by the Lord Chamberlain to the managers of all thea tres under his jurisdiction. “ Loan Chamberlain’s Office, > January 28, 1869. / "The Lord Chamberlain' presents his compliments to the manager of the —. He has learned with regret, from observations in the press and from other sources, that there is much reasou to com plain of the impropriety of costumeof the iadies in the pantomimes, burlesques, &c , which are now being performed in some of the metropolitan theatres. He has no ticed for some time past that this evil has been gradually on the increase, but he has been most unwilling to interfere in amaU ter which he Considers ought more proper ly to lie left to the discretion and good taste of the managers themselves. Now, however, that the question lias been taken up by the press, and public opinion is be ing expre-sed upon it, he feels himself compelled to call the serious attention of the managers to the subject; for he cannot but remark the discredit that now justly falls on the stage, and the objections which are being raised against it by many who have hitherto frequented the theatres, but now profess themselves unwilling to permit the ladies of their families tosanc linn by their presence such questionable exhibitions. "The Lord Chamberlain, with every anxiety to promote the interest of the stage, trusts that he may confidently ap peal to the managers to assist in abating tbeevil complained of, which threatens llbesome a public scandal. He has purposely addressed these ob servations in the form of a circular to the niMiagers of all theatres under bis juris diction, without imputing blame to any lu particular, and wiil gladly receive from them any observations or suggestions which they may vvisli to offer on ttie sub ject,” ‘ An actress” offers some comments upon this order, through the columns of the London Telegraph : “ The circular of the .Lord Chamberlain to the managers of theatres hardly hits the right nail on the head when it im putes the blame to managers of theatres, for want of discretion and good taste in the impropriety of tlie costumes of the ladies in the pantomimes and burlesques. A theatre is now conducted purely as a commercial speculation,and the managers merely provide that fare for their patrons, the public, which brings most grist to the mill. It is the public who are to blame for encouraging the want of taste and — dress. For actresses themselves I can only with diffidence speak, though I can i certainly assert that the repugnance to j assume the costumes referred to is general in the profession ; hut actresses have to work lor their living, and in most cases " hat [lays best is tire guiding rule. Neces- j sarily what pays the manager best pays i his employes best. "Actresses,be it remembered, do not pro vide their own costumes. These are de signed for them by someone at the man ager’s request, (who is guided by the pub lic demand,) and to refuse to wear them would he tantamount to giving notice and losing tlie chancj of employment, ferny own case, for instance, on taking my present engagement 1 made a proviso not to appear iu boy’s parts, nor to play m tights. Consequently, I had to accept 'cry low terms. Had 1 been willing to accept any part, and play in any costume, I could have commanded double my present salary. The manager, lam sure, ikd not for one moment think I should act an .v better in tights; but be thought, with what reason I cannot say—and I trust that it may ever remain a moot ques tion—that I should draw better the less 1 was clad. Luckily, I could afford to resist the temptution of increased pay; but to v «ry many of the most honest, hard-work ing and respectable actresses of the day, the extra salary is of the greatest impor tance; often having not only themselves but others dependent on them; they are compelled to pocket their pride—and the extra emolument. The public who orowd the theatres and applaud the costumes complained of are the people to blame, aud it is to them the Lord Chamberlain should have issued his warning.” On tlie other hand, “A Fatherof a Fam ily” writes to thesame journal: “I am in tlie habit of takiug my family once a year to see file pantomimes, but having heard so much about the impro priety of the costumes, I first paid a visit niyself to three principal theatres, and was truly disgusted at the style of dress ing. lam sorry to say that I could not lake the female portion of my family to seeany of the pantomimes this season in consequence of such exhibitions.” This subject is likely to be vigorously discussed in England. It might be con sidered with advantage in New York aud "liter places. Death of J edge A. B. Clithehall.— we regret to announce the death of Judge Alexander B. Clitherall, which occurred his residence near this city, yesterday. Judge Clitherall had been in very feeble health for many years, from dropsy. We say be has lived for the last three or tour years upon a bare thread of life. Judge Clitherall was a lawyer by pro cssion, and had held many positions of kouor ami usefulness, haviug repeatedly nfeeo a member of botli branches of the ■ hde Legislature, where he ranked high ?®°ng the foremost men iu those bodies. was for a number of years Clerk of the house of Representatives, the duties of which position lie performed with great jhspatch ami efficiency. He was at one IQ ' e a Circuit Judge iu this State. Judge Clitherall had mauy friends 'Wont tiie State. He was sociable in l f nt * * u ''is disposition, aud exceed- JT feud °f innocent fun and sportive J h s *' * u "hicli few persons excelled him. e was born in North Carolina, aud was v _ o „ e i’nieof bis death forty-five or fifty for .? of . a " e ' Tie had lived in Montgomery In. n„ , . 1 niue years, previous to which ved iu the Western part of the State. his loss' 68 3 W ** 6 aU< * c ”‘*^ reu to mourn held a meeting lnt» *° “is memory yesterday even 's —Montgomery Mail, 1 nth. SKLF-RELI INCH EMINENTLY ILLUSTRATED At the memorial meeti gos the New York bar, held in respect to the late James T. Brady, Mr. Charles O’Connor said of the distinguished lawyer deceased, that while preceding speakers had com plimented Mr. Brady’s integrity, he, Mr. O’C., did not remember hearing one of them speak of his great and remarkable self-reliance and determination of charac ter. In point of self reliance, he thought he could say that, so far as his observation went, no min in his day had furnished a more decisive and marked coutidence of his position, in the highest possible de gree, than Mr. Brady. He was a known representative of a national class, not highly fashionable, nor possessed of those positions from wuieh the greatest amount of gratification and opportnnity to youth and ambition are offered. He also be longed to an ancient and unfashionable faith, and in point of politics he was a member of the extremest wing of the least fashionable of‘political parties, and he was a young man without fortuue, without powerful frieude, and without anything wherewith to achieve eminence among men but the power of his own brain and ability, and his own views of the strength of his own infiuence. Yet no man ever saw him seek aid from any other quarter. Down to the last he was proud of the country from which lie sprang, almost forgetting, in the fre quency of his reference to it, the glorious land of his birth. But lie thought that no discredit to him—for the laud of his fathers demanded it, and the land of his birth flourished without it. The speaker concluded by referring to the position as sumed by Mr. Brady during the war, and his sutisequent action at its close, when without hope of reward, he aided Jeffer sou Davis iu the proceedings against him for treason. YANKEE KL-KLUX KLANS. The New York Sun, after discussing the amount and bloody character of the crimes committed iu and about New York city, says: Vigilance Committees are being formed in town and country, and this alarming riot of crime has driveu good citizens to this last resort of desperation. The Vigi lance Committee of Westchester is under stood to have been formed to support an extraordinary secret police force, in addi tion to the ordinary force, and to act in conjunction with tbe uniformed police men that are to be seen iu the streets; but tlie secret force is so to he managed as to defy the most searching scrutiny of the thieves. We may add that the West chester side of the Harlem River is soon to he made a very unsafe place for thieves. The organization of the New York Vig ilauce Committee is progressing; but we have already made known as much as our reporters know of its plans, and nothing lurther need be said at this time. Newark. Orange, Hudson City, and other towns on the western banks of the Hud son, and the people of Staten Island are seriously talking of Vigilance Committees on the Westchester plan. The “chickens are coniine home to roost.” Despising the rightsof a large sec tion of the country, and avaricious of whatever gain they could make out of us, these people waged bloody war on those whose only desire was to live to them selves in peace. They educated the masses into a blood-thirsty spirit ; and now they reap the legitimate reward. “Vigilance Committees” —Yankee Ku-Klux —are or gani/.ing to protect the persons and prop erty of the people against the prowliug bands of vagabonds that infest the laud. But these Yankee Ku-Klux should for bear. They will awaken the sympathy of Congress iu behalf of the victims of their unwritten law—of their wild sense of jus tice—like that to which nfcgro crimes at the South are graciously attributed. Be ware of Congress! ‘‘A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind,” aud there is great sympathy among rogues. If New York Democratic as she is—is n®t careful, she will be iu the hands of the Recon struction Committee, aud will find herself read out of theUnionon account of‘‘the insecurity of life aud property.” where those Vigilance Committees are operating. Why not New York, as well as Georgia? There is more order, law, quiet, morality —less crime aud violence iu the latter to day, than iu the former; and yet sym pathy with iguoronce aud rascality, is doing what it can to destroy all our rights of self government. Gold Mining in Georgia. —A corres pondent of the Atlanta Constitution, writ ing from Dahlouega, siiows that the gold mines in N. E. Georgia are worked sur prisingly cheap. He says the companies working the mines represent millions— mostly Northern capital ; and iu regard to the expense of working, his statement is, that some of the mines, where water is used, are raising aud crushing their quartz at forty cents per ton. This will be very surprising, if not wholy discredited, by hose who had only Rocky Mountain and California experience, where the average for the same work is about seventeen dol lars per ton. This alone, will enable us when mining shall become a legitimate business, and wholly disconnected from stock jobbing, to make it both extensive aud profitable. Our veins are not so rich as those of Colorado or California, yet the cheapness and abundance of labor, fuel and provisions, the climate and many other advantages, will enable us to make mining a profitable business when they would sink money. Our veins are gener ally larger and our ores much less refrac tory than those of the West, aud rarely have any other walling thau soft slate, which enables us to use the sluice aud hose-pipe to get out our ores, which is doue iu no other mining country iu the world. Our Forsyth Correspondent pro poses to make that pleasant little town a suburbau retreat for tiie Maconitea. We rather like the idea (i. e. locum tenens likes it;) for why should not Macon, like other great cities, have its villas aud vil lages, to and from which the morning and evening trains may carry its business men? It would be refreshing to get away from the bustle of our business streets to the cool aud quiet shade of the country.— But we do not think that this is necessa ry on the score of health; for mauy years’ residence convinces us that Macou is gen erally one of the healthiest cities in the South. The exception is during wet sea sons, when malarious influences are uni versal, aud if our city fathers will give attention to the thorough drainage, &c., of the southern part of our city, after proper scientific engineering, even the exceptional sickness may never occur again. Louis Napoleon will enter upon his sixty-second year next month, and the Empress, iu August, will celebra’e her forty third birth day. They both look young for their years in spite of the cares of State, and the anxiety they constantly feel in regard to the delicate health of their only child, the Prince Imperial. PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH. It seems at first glance to be rather a curious anomaly, but the truth is that the South, impoverished and indebted as it was two years ago, is to-day iu a sounder financial condition than the North. And it is in a better condition. Population is less, trade is less, domestic exchanges are less than they are at the North. The in evitable National Bank note is not theie, as in the North, wound up with every transaction of life. It would becompara lively easy for the South to resume specie payments, and if Congress would only legalize gold contracts and permit the establishment of State hanks with gold issue*, we sh >uld soou see the greenback and the national note put on the stock list or sold as commodities, as they are in California and Texas. The lesson of the past three months has taught this to the North, and the reason of the inaction of Congress evidently arises from the fact that it begins to understand that it must force tbe Sbuth to accept and use the na tional or government currency until the North is in a position to dispense with it, and that any act which would result iu its being discarded by tiie South, would only delay the period of resumption iu the North. ■ Tbe currency question is one which the North may control for some time, but capital and population it cannot control, and the profits on cotton are attracting and will attract both to the South. North ern men will take their families there and their treasure. A class of men will go there very different from tbe carpet-bag gers who now swarm over the country l.ke a plague of Egypt; and once settled they will become Southerners and their interests will be in and with tbe South The policy of encouraging home mauufac tures will gain ground, cotton mills will spring uj>, exchange markets nearer home will be established, and there will at no distant day be a rivalry between the Southern and the New England States much more formidable tliau that which existed before the war. Nothing shows the gradual recuperation of the South more thau the amount of money which is uowbeiug sent North for purchases. Last year business generally, in Baltimore especia iy, was particularly dull. Southern customers had not the means to purchase. This year, on the contrary, orders have already come for ward freeiy, and in the article of cotton hoesaione the demand lias been more than twenty times as great as it was last year. Then the South was poor, and trade in Baltimore was dull This year the South lias control of means, and unusually large preparations are being made for planting Heavy orders for agricultural implements have already come forward, and there is every prospect hereof a large spring trade. It is a matter of congratulation hotli to Maryland aud sister Southern States that there is do antagonism between them. Ra-timore is simply a great seaboard mar-, ket, a great port of exchange for the pro duce of the West, t lie South and the East. It is the nearest point on the tide-water to the Great West, it offers the most favora ble connections l»y rail with the interior, it has established lines of steamers to Eu rope, and it has cheap water communica tions with all portions of the South. The success of the ooutli is particularly urati fying to us, if for no other reasou, at hast because it is a very important item in the success of Baltimore. And there is a good prospect that the South is going to con tinue to succeed. Tired of being hutted and rebuffed, wearied with tHeir efforts to ootaiu political privileges, the sensible and practical portion of the Southern commu nity have, like C'andide, come at last to the conclusion that the only secret of wis dom aid true happiness is to cultivate their own gardens, and it must he con fessed they are doing it very successfully. New Y ork World. GENERAL BRECKINRIDGE. General JoUndJ. it is said, wifi soon be, after his long and unhappy exile, at his old home in Lexington. His friends say that lie contemplates return ing at once to the profession which lie adorned before the war, the profession of law. No doubt he will win distinguished success in whatever he shall undertake. The Radical organs generally are troub ling themselves a good deal about, General Breckinridge and Kentucky. Th%y pre dict what they think would be a mon strous event, his election to the Governor ship of Kentucky, or to a United States Senatorship, or to some pther high official position. Ail this is none of their busi ness, though they can speculate upon it and rave about it as much as they please. We have reason to believe that General B. is strongly inclined if not determined not to consent to he a candidate for any office. He is understood to prefer a pri vate to any public station. At. the same time, lie scorns the thought of shrinking from ttie keenest gaze and scrutiny of the people on account of what he lias done during the last eight years, for he knows that lie lias acted conscientiously—he knows ttiat he has done right according to ttie judgment of millions of honest, just, and good men, and he knows that, repu diating tbe cause of the rebellion whether right or wrong, lie has taken or is ready to take an oath of allegiance to t lie Consti tution and the Union,and to uphel i both iu a spirit of genuine and devoted iatriot istu. He can stand self-reliantly and proudly in the presence of the noblest patriots of the land, feeling himself to be fully th dr equal. What honest man, even of the Radical party, would not s loner trust General Breckinridge, with the oatli of loyalty upon his great and true soul, than General Butler, General Logan, General Kilpatrick, or any of the rest of those ex-Federai officers, who by their misconduct have been disgracing the na tional character ? Be all this as it may, the Radical organs may rest assured of one tiling— they will have no voice in deciding whether John C. Breekinridgesliail or shall not be elect ed to office in Kentucky. That que-tion, the Kentucky Democracy, consulting General 8., will settle for themselves They want no Radical advice, they heed no Radical threats or warnings, and they wiil tolerate no Radical obtrusions. Act ing within the provisions of the Constitu tion and with reference to what they re gard as the greatest good of the State and thecountry, they will exercise their own judgment and their own will in all elec tions without giving the slightest heed to any impertinent and insolent interference attempted by a party, which, during ttie period of its power, has brought the couu try to the verge of ruin and now threatens to topple it down the abyss. —Louisville Courier~ Journal. Proposed Telegraph Line from Sa vannah to Darien.— The Savannah pa pers give the proceedings of a meeting held at Darien on the 12th, for the purpose of taking into consideration the possibility of securing a Telegraph Line to “Johu son’s Station.” On motion, Maj. Langdon was called to the Chair, and Mr. W. J. Donnelly was requested to act as Secre taiy. The Chairman explained the object of the meeting, aud the advantages to be derived from the proposed improvement, aud submitted for the consideration of the meeting a proposition looking towards the object iu view from the ‘‘Western Union Telegraph Company.” On motion of J P. Gillson, Esq., a com mittee of five were appointed to solicit subscriptions. The subscription list was then opened, and near three-fourths of the amouut necessary for the building of the line was subscribed at once. Valentine Extraordinary. —l he Nashville Union and American mentions the receipt by a young lady iu Edgefield, a Nashville suburb, of a valentine which was found to contain a SIOOO United States bond. Miss Agnes Bates, long aud favorably known us one of the first teachers in the South, died recently iu Charleston, S. C., where with her sisters she has been teach ing several years, honored and lamented by a large circle of devoted friends and papila. MACON, GA.. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1869. REMOVAL OF THE MAUON AND WESTERN RAILROAD WORKSHOPS. Forsyth, Ga., February IS, 1869. Messrs Editors :—Attention has been of | late directed to a purchase, by Captaiu White, of a lot in the city of Atlanta, upon which to locate the workshops of the Macon and Western Railroad. If that is ever done, your citizens cannot be blind to the fact that it would work to the inju ry of your city—for Atlanta would use it to your disadvantage iu claiming that your town was so sickly that after years of trial the removal was demanded by every consideration of prudence and economy— being very cautious not to state that only that part of the city of Macon was sickly in which the workshops of the Macon and Western Railroad were located. Atlanta is already an arrogant rival of your city, aud if this additional conces sion is made, who can estimate the airs that she will assume? To prevent the re moval, Macon cau afford to submit to almost auything thatcan.be suggested. is well known that however much a locality is affected with malaria, it is per fectly safe to remain during the day, pro vided that you are not exposed during the night. Have the Macon Directors of the Road to induce Capt. White to purchase and construct in the vicinity aud town of Forsyth such dwellings as are suited to the wants of the mechanics aud laborers employed in the workshops. When the hour for closing the labors of the day has arrived, attach the switch engine to a suf ficiency of cars to transport them to For syth, safely aud expeditiously, to spend the night with their families, and return them to their labors early in the morning. For healthfuluess of climate, purity of water, absence of musquitoes, and educa tional facilities, no place iu Georgia ex ceeds it. Forsyth will only improve as Macon advances in the upward scale, and can never be anything but an appendage. Forsyth will be benefitted to a limited extent, aud Macon will not lose a great deal, for the mechanics receiving their pay at the office iu Macon, will expend the great bulk of their mouey there, as your market is better thau this in almost every respect. By this arrangement you still retain the workshops there, and avoid the disadvantages aud disgrace of the re moval, aud you then make no concessions to a hated rival. Grantiug that Forsyth would be largely benefitted by it, Macon could afford to give her the crumbs that drop from her table, already well laden, for she would to some extent return what was withdrawn. Macon would consult her interest by taking a half load, if she saw she would uot get the whole. The Railroad Company could construct cottages, suitable to the various wants of the occupants, say S4OO, S7OO, aud $1 000. The dwellings would readily rent for SSO, $l4O, and S2OO.- Say 20 per cent, on cost, after deducting for iusuratiae, repairs, etc., would leave certainly 15 per cent, on the investments, which would be satisfac tory to the Compauy. Another suggestion : Should the Griffin and North Alabama Road ever be con structed, the southern end of the Macon and Western Railroad will be the most imnAplont on it find the liecessitv for Irnim.- ing the repair shops and offices in Macon will be the more apparent Senex. ‘•THE CAMPBELL!* ARE COMING! OH, HO ! OH, HO!” Not the Campbells precisely, but the Chinese. The door is open—let them in. They are as worthy, doubtless, as the new ly enfranchised. “Hail Columbia, Happy land !” “Mack,” writing from Washington, to the Cincinnati Enquirer, says : For a delicious feast of the most ex quisite ignorance commend me to a de bate in Congress. In a discussion oil the Constitutional Amendment, yesterday, I heard half a dozen Senators speak of the Chinese as barbarians, who could, under no circumstances and by no process, be civilized! It grew out of the suggestion that ttie extension of suffrige should not include the Chinamen on the Pacific coast, and if ever history was tortured and mur dered it was in the thirty minutes during which this topic was “discussed.” One gentleman made the remarkable declara tion that the Chinese were not civilized because they did not believe in the sanc tiiy of au oatli, as much as to say ttiat you are a barbarian if you do not know now to swear. If he had consulted Mar tiu’s History, or any one of a dozeu books on the Celestial Empire, lie would have that the Chinese have a way of ad ministering justice and of securing truth ful testimony by a process quite as sacred to them as swearing is to us. To hear the grave aud reverend ignoramuses, one would have thought that the Orientals who were so recently feted and honored iu this coumry, represented four hundred millions of cannibals instead of a nation with a civilization three thousand years old, and a system of ethics which taught the golden rule long ages before the Chris tian era. This talk about China and the Chinese was the result of a threat by the Pacific coast Senators that if the Constitutional Amendment was so worded as to admit Chinamen to citizenship they would vote against it, aud thus defeat it. They have no negroes in California, or Oregon, or Nevada—but they have a very large and increasing population of Chinese emi grants, aud they are willing to enfranchise the negroes of the South if you will only let them keep the Chinese as they are. That is Pacific coast generosity. The truth is that the Chinese on the Pacific coast are subjected to more cruelty, are more poorly rewarded for their labor, aud in every respect worse off than the plan tation slaves of the South used to be. Gov. Morton admitted this in his speech, and by a siugular process of reasoning made it a good cause for keeping them without the right of suffrage. His words were that •‘the recollection of the brutalities aud wrongs inflicted on them might led them to a dangerous use of political power if intrusted to them.” That’s beautiful, wheu compared with the reasons urged for negro suffrage. The negro must be enfranchised for self-protection, but the Chinaman must not be enfranchised lest lie use it for self-protection. Outside of the United States Senate you will hear no such logic as that. If the Republicau party be, as it professes, the defender and champion of human rights, why does it allow the unfortunate Chinese to be'he victims of pioneer brutality on the Pacific coast why allow the murderous and mining constituents of Stewart and Nye to treat them worse than the beasts of the field are treated ? But the Pacific coast Radicals have beatt and a furuace for their foe so hot that it will singe themselves. In voting for this amendment they have broken down every barrier to the enfranchisement of the Chinese, aud to their right to hold office. It was thought that the insertion of the words ‘‘citizens of the Uuited States ” would prevent this, becau-e the Chinese were not citizens and could not become such under the naturalization laws, which contain the word “wnite.” Verv well, hut the uext move is to strike the word “white” out of the iiHluraliza tiou laws —ami at any rate two Cuinameti were naturalized iu New York a iew days ago. If a mulatto ca i pass for a “ white” man in Ohio, why should a Cbiuaman be considered “black” in California? S> let the Pacific coast Radicals take what comfort they can from the fact tiiat in pro claiming, by this amendment, the South ern white people to lie the political serfs of the negroes, they have paved tiie way for the inundation of their own states and the seizure of political powers by the Chi nese. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. [From the Atlanta Constitution.] Monday, February 15, 1869. Senate.— Senate called to order by the Piesident. Prayer by Mr. Adams. Journal of proceedings of Saturday read and approved. SENATE BILLS THIRD READING. To chauge the manner of directing bench warrants. Judiciary Committee recommend its passage. Report agreed to and hi 1 passed. To amend the act to give landlords lieu ou crops of tenauts. Judiciary Committee report back without recommendation. ; Withdrawn. To amend the charter of the city of Albany. Judiciary Committee recom mend its passage. Report agreed to aud ‘ bill passed. To amend the act relative to suits against ; railroad companies. Judiciary Committee recommend its passage. Report agreed to aud bill passed. j To increasethe fees of jurors. Judiciary Committee recommend that it do uot pass. Report agreed to and bill lost. To define aud punish parties for re moving joiut or partnership fences. Com | ii.ic«ou luternal Improvements recoin i meud its passage with an amendment. Report agreed to and bill as amended ]*a-sed. To make valid tbe acts of certain Nota ries Public. Judiciary Committees reco -1 mend its passage. Report agreed to aud bill passed. To give physicians liens on property of employers, judiciary Committee recom mend it do not pass. Withdrawn. To amend act changing lines between counties of Talbot aud Meriwether. Com mittee o» County Lines report back with out recommendation. Withdrawn. To repeal section 3525 of Irwin’s Code, giving lien of judgment on transferred property. Judiciary Committee recom mend that it do not pass. Report agreed to iiwd bill lost. A bill to amend act to give landlords liens ou crops of tenants, was again taken up. Recommitted. To lay off aud organize anew county out of die counties of Monroe, Pike and Upson. Committee on New Counties re com mead its passage. Indefinitely post poned. To change the lines between the coun ties of Talbot and Meriwether. Again ta ken up. aud hill lost. To detine jurisdiction of Notaries Public ! and ex officio J ustices of the Peace. Judi ciary recommend it do uot pass. Report agreed to and bill lost. To change time for holding Superior Court in Cherokee county. Judiciary Comm ttee recommend its passage with an amendment. Report agreed to and I bill passed. HOUSE BILL TH I Rl) READING. To change time of holding Huperior ’Court in Columbia, Johnson, Washington j and Emanuel counties. Judiciary Com- j mittee recommend it passage. Report I agreed In and bill passed. RESOLUTIONS. By Mi. Hungerford—Adopted : m Resolved, That a seat on ttie lloor of the Senate be tendered Judge Harvey, of New York, during his stay in this city. By Mr. Gaudier—Tabled : That after to-day tlie Senate meet daily at 9 o’clock aud adjourn at half past one o’clock. By Mr. Hinton—Lost: Ttiat theUeneral Assembly take a recess on Wednesday next for fifteeu days. By Mr. Burns: Whereas, The Enrollment Committee having failed to do their duty iu examin ing clerks appointed by the Secretary, and there are now twenty-five clerks to the Senate, That a special Committee of Three be appointed to examine said clerks not ex amined, touching their qualifications aud yrarfl...demanded on motion to lay N ou the table. The ronow ing is the vote : Yeas —Messrs. Adams, Bowers, Dickey, Fain, Harris, Hiutou, Hungerford, Jor dan, Merrell, Moore, Richardson, Slier mau,Smith, of the7ih, Smith, of the 36th, Speer, Wellborn, Welch, Wooten—lß. Nays—Messrs. Adkins, Anderson, Grif fin, of tlie 6th, Brock, Bruton, Burns, Candler, Collier, Hicks, Holcombe, Winn, and McArthur—l2. Mr. Burns gave notice of inotion to re consider. COMMON SCHOOLS. The Committee on General Education, through Mr. Winn, reported a bill pro viding a common school system for the State. On motion oue hundred copies were ordered printed. Senate adjourned. House.— HOuse met pursuant to ad journment. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumley. Journal read and approved. Mr. Flournoy moved to suspend the rules to take up resolution authorizing the tax collectors of Washington county to hold the county tax of said county, as a loan from the State to assist the citizens to build a jail and court house. Rulessus pendeil and resolution taken up. Mr. Flournoy s-aid that the jail and court house was destroyed by tiie Federal army. The citizens don’t ask the State to give them the taxes, but to loan the money till the taxes of 1869 could be col lected. Mr. Brown moved the adoption of the resolution. Mr. O’Neal offered an amendment add ing the county of Lowndes. Lost. Mr. Brown called previous question on original resolution. Sustained and reso lution lost. Mr. Scott, of Floyd—A resolution pro posing to give oue dollar of each member’s per diem for every day of the present ses sion to the Georgia Memorial Association, for the burial of the Confederate dead in the State of Georg a, to be paid to tbe Trustees of said Association on demand. Mr. Saussey said some members might wish to give this much for the burial of the Confederate dead, but would a vote of the majority bind tiie balance? He did not think it would, and as the end had been accomplished by the reading of tbe resolution, and those who wanted to could give to this object, he therefore moved to indefinitely postpone the resolution. And the motion prevailed. Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, moved the further suspension of the rules to appoint a special committee of Messrs. Flournoy, Philip sand Bryant, from the House, to co operate with a committee of two from tbe Seuate for the purpose of briuging on a speedy and final settlement with John Jones, former Treasurer. Rules suspend ed and resolution adopted. Mr. Flournoy asked to be relieved from serving on the committee. The chair ruled that he could not be re lieved. Mr. Hali of Meriwether, submitted re port of the committee on tbe Bullock- Angier imbroglio, and, on motion, two hundred copies ordered printed for the use cf the House. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill to amend Charter of Brunswick and Florida Railroad. Passed. A bill to carry into effect the 13th Sec tion of Ist Article of the Constitution, in regard to liens of laborers, &c. Passed. A Dill to regulate the letting out of con victs from the Georgia Penitentiary. Ouly twenty-five to be hired to one con tractor. Passed. A bill to amend section 1441 of Irwin’s Code. Passed. A bill to regulate the introduction of testimony by interrogatories. Lost. A bill to lay out and organize anew county in tbe county of Decatur, to be known as the county of Jeukins, in hon or of Hon. Charles J. Jeukins Mr. Hall, of Glynn, moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. Mr. McCullough said the question was a county matter, and a petition had been submitted to the committee, signed by a large number of citizens of Decatur coun ty, asking that the new county be made. Mr. Higdou said no one objected to the bill, but the Senator from that District, and he lived at tbe county site of the county of Decatur. His constituents, some of them, lived twenty and twenty-eight miles from the county site, and they all desired the new county. The citizens would bear the expense and make the county self sustaining. Mr. O’Neal spoke in favor of the new county. Said the citizeus of Thomas county were opposed to tbe new county because tlie new towu proposed to be built would injure Thoiuasvii'e. Mr. Saussey spoke in favorofthe bill. Mr. Carson was opposed to the bill. Motion to postpone indefinitely was lost. Motion made by Mr. Phillips, to recom mit, was lost. Blanks iu the bill filled by adding the new county to the Southern Judicial Circuit, aud name of county site to be Harrol. •Mr. Johnson, of Towns, moved to strike j out the name of Jenkins aud call it Boone county. Lost. Vote takeu ou passage of tlie bill, and yeas and nays calied and were : yeas, 65; nays, 44. Two-thirds not voting for the I bill it was lost. (Constitution requires two thirds vote.) A hill to amend the charter of the city of Macon, to bring ou eieetiou for Mayor aud Council. (Mr. Sparks’ bill.) Passed aud transmitted totheSeuate. A bill to incorporate the Savaunah 1 Manutactuiing Company. Passed. A bill to repeal au act passed last see- | siou, so far as relates to the issuing of i pamphlet decisions of the Supreme Court, j Passed. A bill to incorporate the Rome Iron iJanufacturiug Company. Passed. A bili to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta, and to provide for a registra tion of voters. Passed. Mr. Parks, of Gwiuuett, moved to sus pend rules to t ike up an important reso lution. The rules were suspended and resolution read, giving the Comptroller General 10 per cent, on the collection of Convention tax. Committee recommend 5 per cent. Resolution was adopted as amended. Mr. Williams, of Morgan, moved to take up communication from tlie Govern or. Motion prevailed aud communication read. Tlie Governor refused his» signature to the joint resolution referring the question of eligibility of negroes to the Supreme Court. Mr. Hall, of Glynn, moved to make the communication of the Governor and the resolution the special order of to-morrow (Tuesday) II o’clock. Motion prevailed. A bill to incorporate Tryon Railroad Company. Recommitted. A bill to change the lines between the counties of Henry and Butts, passed. A bill to amend the charter of Rome. A bill to make penal the buying or sell ing of agricultural products in the county of Lowndes, after night, without written consent of ttie owner of the land ou which said products are grown. Passed. A bill to repeal sections 1456-57-58 59 60 aud 61 of Irwin’s Code, so far as they re late to the counties of Houston, Monroe, Morgan, Maeon and Gwinnett. Pending the consideration of tlie bill, motion was made to adjourn till to-morrow morning, 10 o’clock aud carried. Tuesday, February 16, 1869. Senate —Tlie Senate was called to or der by the President. Prayer hv Mr. Smith, of the 7th. Journal of proceedings of yesterday read and approved. RECONSIDERATION. Mr. Brock moved to recousider action of the Senate yesterday on resolution to repeal section 3525 of Irwin’s C< de. Mo tion prevailed and resolution referred to Judiciary Committee for perfection. Mr. Burns moved to reconsidt-r action yesterday in tabling resolution relative to appointing a special committee of three to examine ttie clerks appointed by the Secretary, as to their qualifications aud appointment, supporting tile motion in au able and cogent spee li. Mr. Hungerford opposed the motion, and moved to lay it on the table. Mr. Burns demaude I the yeas and nays: The following is the vote: Yeas—Adams, Bowers, Dickey, Fain, Harris, Hungerford, Jones, Jordan, Mer reifr, McWhorter, Nusually. Ri(;h«rd son, WefttWß, SwtlU „A'd Wooten—JS. Nays— Adkins, Anderson, Brock, Bru ton, Burns, Candler, Griffin, (6th,) Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, McArthur, McCutch en, Moore, Speer and Winn—ls. So the motion to reconsider did not pre vail. Mr. Hinton moved to reconsider the action of yesterday in postponing indefi nitely tlie bill to change the lines between the counties of Talbot and Meriwether. Motion to Jay on the Üble lost. Oil motion to adopt, the yeas aud nays were demauded, with the following re sult : Yeas— Adams, Adkins, Anderson, Brook, Collier, Dickey, Hicks, Hiutou, Hol combe, Merrell, McCutcben, Nunnally, Smith, (7th.) and Jones—l 4. Nays—Bowers, Bruton, Bbrns, Hunger ford, Harris, Jordan, McWhorter, Moore, Smith, (36:.h,) Sherman, Speer, Wellborn, Welcti and Winn —14. The President voted nay. So the motion to adopt was lost. RULES SUSPENDED. On motion the rules were suspended, and the following bills taken up aud acted ou: To amend tlie charter of tlie city of Griffin. The Judiciary Committee re commend its passage. Report agreed to, bill passed and transmitted to the House To regulate cost. Taken up from the table and referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. SENATK BILLS THIRD READING. To amend section 889 of tld- Code. Ju diciary Committee recommend it do riot paws. Report agreed to and bill lost. To give physicians lien on the property of employers. Judiciary Committee re commend it do not pass. Tabled. To give Ordinaries jurisdiction in cases of uuisance. Judiciary Committee reconi mend its passage. Report agreed to and bill passed. To amend the act changing the time of holding Superior Courts in Coweta Cir cuit. Tabled. To authorize the Governor to contract with railroads receiving State aid, for the employment of certain Penitentiary con victs. Referred to Committee on Peniten tiary. To provide for levying a tax of *l,oooon the people of auy county iu which a murder or homicide takes place. Referred to Judiciary Committee. To amend section 4304 of the Code. Lost. To abolish lien of Judgments. Lost. RESOLUTIONS. The House resolution authorizing the Comptroller General to receive five per centum on the Convention tax, already or hereafter to be collected, concurred iu and transferred to the House. Mr. Speer offered a resolution that the General Assembly request the Comptroller General to issue instructions to the Tax Cos lectors of the State to conform to the Constitution, and not to collect more than one dollar for poll tax, but withdrew it. MISCELLANEOUS. Leave of absence grauted to Mr. Griffin of the 6th. Mr. Bruton, Chairman of the Special Committee to examiue into the State bal ances iu the Georgia National Rank, sub mitted a repjrt which was received. Mr. Winn offered a resolution that tlie State Treasurer be directed to enter the sum of $3-36 42 arising from the interest on balances to the ciedit of the School Fund. Tabled for the present. Senate then adjourned. House.—House met pursuant to ad journment. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Crumley. Journal read aud approved. Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved to reconsid er so much of the proceedings of yester ; day as relates to the adoption of a resolu tion appointing a special committee to | bring about a final settlement with John j Jones, former Treasurer. He said that a joint committee had been ! apjiointed at the last session and had 1 faithfully per ormed their duty in a final : settlement with Mr Jones. The Re trenchment Committee nail also investi gated the settlement aud found nothing | objectionable. Mr. Lee said Mr. Jones had made a complete settlement, and had receipts, and another settlement was useless, aud would be tasing up the time of the couu -1 try for no good. Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, said he had been informed that no settlement had i been made. The Chair said that the motion to re -1 consider was out of order, as the re9olu- I tion had been transmitted to the Senate i on yesterday. Mr. Williams, of Morgan, moved to reconsider tlie bill passed yesterday, regu i latieg tlie lettiug out of convicts. lie said that railroads could uot make the necessary arrangements to work only twenty-five hands, and such restrictions should uot be enforced. Motion to recou sider prevailed. Mr. W iiliams, of Dooly, moved to re cousider the bill lost yesterday, laying off' anew county in Decatur county. Mr. McCullough said that this bili had been before the Committee ou New Couu | ties and County Liues, and a petition was submitted and sigued by a number of citi zens of Decatur couuty. Tlie committee recommend the adoption of the bill, ilo tiou to reconsider prevailed. A message was received from the Gov ernor, staling he had sigued “Au act to carry into etlect tlie 2d clause of the 13tli sectiou of the sth Article of the Constitu tion.” Mr. Scott, of Floyd, introduced a reso lution tcuisk tlie return from tiie Senate of the resolution transmitted to that body on yesterday, appointing a special committee to bring about a final settlement with John Jones, former Treasurer. Adopted. BILLS THIRD READiNO. A bill to incorporate the Georgia Life Insurance Compauy. Passed. Tne special order of the day was taken up. It being the veto of the Joint Reso- [ lutiou referring tbe question of the eligi- 1 bility of the negroes to the (Supreme Court. Joiut Resolution read. Mr Price discussed the resolution aud the veto of tlie Governor. He said he was not to be swerved from tlie course bethought best by misrepre sentations of the press. Ttie Governor takes anew view of the subject, because bethinks it will subserve ttie purpose of I his party. He read from the Governor’s ! message to the last session to show ttiat he i (the Governor) considered the State reeou- I structed at that time. He said he wished i to call attention to au editorial in tlie mor- i ning’s Intelligencer which alleged that ! tiie question of the eligibility of the negio ! to seals iu the Legislature liad been re ferred to the Supreme Court. Such state- 1 menl was false. No such action was in- j tended by the resolution, aud this was a misrepresentation of the intention of the | resolutions. Mr. O’Neal said tlie resolutions were as near nothing as anything he could im agine. There was hut one other thing that was us near nothing, aud that was the New Era, of this city. Mr. Price wauled to know if tiie gentle man was iu favor of a military govern ment. Mr. O’Neal—l am not. Mr. Price—Then what are you talking about? [Laughter] Mr. O’Neal said he had introduetd a hill to settle this question, ami it sleeps on the Clerk’s desk. I believed it was unconsti tutional. Mr. Shumate moved to make the veto message the special order of ilie first Mon day in March next. Motion prevailed. A hill to incorporate Kingston, Bartow county. Passed A bill for the relief of Jas. M. Edwards, of Taylor county. Lost. Oil motion of Mr. Grimes, rules were suspended aud reconsidered bili read re pealing so much of a hill levying a tax to collect insolvent cost as relates to the counties of Muscogee and Richmond. Mr. Smith, of Macon, amended by add ing tlie county of Macon. Agieed to and bill passed. A Gil 1 to repeal sections 1450-57-58-59-60 and 61, Irwin’s Code, (unfinished business of yesterday) so far as relates to Houston, Morgan, Monroe and Macon counties. Passed. A bill to change the line between the counties of Taylor and Macou. Passed. sA bill to amend the charter of the Fort Valley aud Trust Company. Passed. A bill to authorize tlie removal of ob structions from Gum Swamp Creek iu Pu laski county—incorporating a company for that purpose. Passed, perior Court iu,nin tuuuufJ irUtnruSn, Pierce, A ppling, Wayne ami Ware. Mr. Grimes moved to amend l>y adding Muscogee. Amendment agreed to. Mr. Hall, of Glynn—An additional section to authorize tlie holding of Supe rior Courts iu tlie county of Glynn two weeks. Agreed to, ami bill passed as amended. House adjourned. EVENING SESSION. Tuesday, February 16, 1869. House met at 3 o’clock, p. m. BILLS OH FIRST READING. Mr. Glower—To amend the charter of the town of Forsyt >. Mr. Harrison -To make water courses a lawful fence, where such watercourses are dividing lilies. To allow Win C. Means to peddle with out license in the county of Habersham. Mr. Smith—To levy a tax in dogs, guns ami pistols in Macon county, for county purposes. To entitle creditors to interest on money after it falls due. Mr. Wilsou —To prevent transportation companies, railroads, steamboats and ex press companies to discriminate in their charges in freight in favor of one against auother. Mr. Grimes—To regulate official adver tising. Mr. Tumlin—To change tiie corporate limits of ttie town of Cullihert. Mr. Grimes —To secure tlie paymentof mechanics and laborers, giving them leins on tlie property of their employers. Mr. Smith —To incorporate the town of Montgomery in Macon county. Mr. Sliumate—To authorize clerks of tlie Superior Court to amend ii. fas. and issue alias fi. fasrin certaiu cases; also, a Gill to prevent the sale of property of de fendants in executions which may have been sold bona fide by him, where tiiere may be a sufficiency of property in his p ssession to satisfy said judgment and fi. fas against him. Mr. Hilly er—To change the seat of Jus tice in Camden county from Jefferson to St. Mary’s. Also, a bill to repeal au act extending the corporate limits of Marietta. Also, to change tiie line between the counties of Cobb and Paulding. Mr. Ceghorn—For the relief of Wm. i Hiptinsfal of the county of Chattooga. Mr. Williams, of Mo gan—To appoint ; commissioners to remove obstructions from Oconee river. Mr. Scott, of Floyd—To regulate the manner of making contracts with labor- , ers; also, a bill to extend tbe corporate; limits of Washington, Wilkes county. A bill for the relief of debtors. Mr. Ellis, of Harding—To define the > per centum Ordinaries shall levy on , State tax. To alter and ameud section 2,561 of Irwin’s Code. Mr. Hillyer—To incorporate the Burr Planting Company, In Camden county — making the capital stock $200,000. Mr. Sisson—To incorporate the town of Horaervilie, in Clinch county. Mr. Hall, of Glynn—A resolution grant ing a seat on the floor to Judge W. L. Avery, of New York. Adopted. Mr. Cason—A resolution tendering a seat in the House to Hon. R. H. Whitely. Adopted. House adjourned. Wednesday, February 17, 1869. Senate called to order by the President. Prayer by Mr. Hinton. Journal of proceedings of yesterday read and approved. REFERRED. The report of the Special Committee on Funds in National Bank, taken up from tbe table and referred to Finance Com mittee. SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING. To repeal section 897 of the Code, ex empting property from levy and sale for taxes. Passed. To authorize county officers to publish official advertisements in newspapers having tbe largest circulation published within sixty miles of the court house j Lost. To amend section 798 of tbe Code by exempting bonds of the United States from taxation. Lost. To authorize the Ordiuaries of Spalding, Morgan, Jasper and Putnam counties to levy an extra tax for the payment of in solvent, costs. Lost. To change the width of the streets and alleys in Dawsonville. Tabled tor the i present. I To repeal the act providing for election VOL. LX.. NO 49. of Superintendent of Ron is and Bridged so far as relates to Muscogie county. Paused. To iucorporate the Georgia Guano Ini’ porting Company. I'n -.,1. To authorize J. J Everett, of Thomas county, to settle with C. E. Platt, hia Ward. A lengthy discussion ensued. Messrs. Candler, Wooten, Brock, Mertell and Speer, opposing its passage, and Messrs. Smith (7th) and N'unnally in favor. Mr. Bpeer moved to amend by inserting “provided that the guardian aud securities shall he liable for the property ami effects of said ward until be arrives at twenty one years of age.” Amendment lost. The bill was put on its passage and lost. To authorize the construction of a brancli railroad between Kingston and Van Wert, to be the exclusive pioperty of the State. Mr. Brock sustained the bill in an able ami argumentative speech, arraying facts and figures in a strong, forcible manner. The President vacated his seat, calling Mr. Harris to the chair. The bill was tlieu on motion laid on the tab e for the present. To incorporate ttie Independent Tele graph Com j any. Passed. President resumed his seat. HOUSE BILLS THIRD READING. To change time of bolding Superior Courts in Appling, Pierce. Eeliols, Charl ton, Coffee, Clinch, Glynn, Ware, Wayne and Muscogee. Concurred in. RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. Hungerford— \\ hereas, The boys of Thomas county wish to become men before their lime; therefore, bo it Resolved, That every male eh'ld over tenyearsofage, born anil living in Thomas county, be entitled to ail the privileges of a man: provided said boys always vote the right ticket, and have the present Senator from tlie Seventh District to ad vocate their rights. Ruled out ot order. By Mr. Wooten—adopted— ltesoived, That a committee of two from tiie Senate be appointed to act with a committee from the House in examin ing the business before the General As sembly, and to designate a day for liuai adjournment. j Messrs. Wooten and Richardson were ap pointed as the Senate Committee. By Mr. Bowers— That tiie sum of SSO lie advanced to Charles Patterson (colored), for services in the Senate. Pending actiou oil the resolution, Senate adjourned. House —House met pursuaut to ad journment. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Clarke, member from DeKalb. Journal read and approved. Mr. Flournoy moved to suspend the rules to introduce a resolution that the General Assembly do adjourn on the first Monday in March, sine die. Rules not suspended. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Meriwether Chairman of the Finance Committee, rules tvere suspended and general tax bill read first time. Mr. Darnell—A resolution tendering a seaton the floor to Hon. George N. Leoler. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill to extend Btate aid to the Mem phis Branch Railroad from Rome, Ua. Mr. Williams, of Morgan, moved to ex tend the provisions of 'his act to tiie Mad ison and Eatonton Railroad. Mr. Flournoy said the extravagant man ner of granting aid to railroads by the last session of tiie Legislature, if persisted in, would ruin the credit of the State. It must he stopped at once or the consequences would seriously injure tiie Btaie. Heap pealed to members to nip it iq tiie bud. Motion made to make the bill the special order for Saturday next. Lost. Mr. Crawlord spoke in favor of granting aid to tliin road. (Memphis Brancli.) Tills rosil Is mm t is tin) uiiMt 1,i.(..,i-.-* Miflen tlio\sin ‘inilci jV.r.-ili itruAhl, ft will become almost a necessity. It is sanc tioned by the best railroad men in the Houtli, some of them thinking it should bo built as a Btate road. He urged the great importance of developing the country through which it would run. Mr. Williams, of Morgan, withdrew his amendment. Mr. Scott, of Floyd, said that he was generally opposed to State aid to railroads, hut this r »ad was one of great impor ance to the State. It would boa feeder to our State road. It will run through the rich est portions of Georgia and North Ala bama—as rich in minerals as any country iu the world. One county through which this road will run has hten said to have coal enough in it to furnish every manu factory on the American continent; mar ble quarries abound ; the great Coosa Val ley will lie developed. He advanced many reasons why ihe State should aid in build ing the road. Mr. Ellis, of Spaulding, was opposed to granting aid to the road ; said the Griffin aud North Alabama railroad would tup this country. Mr. Phillips said it was our duty to look to the Interest of the State, ami we must protect the interests of our (State road, if this road is iujuied, taxes will he in crea ed. It by granting aid to this road we will benefit the Stale road, it is our duty to give the aid asked. Mr. Osgood called the previous question aud was sustained. Yeas aud nays re quired and were: Yeas —Messrs. Allen. Ayer, Ballanger, Brassed, Carson, Chambers, Clarke, ( leg horn, C owir, Cloud, Crawford, Cunning ham, Darnell, Davis, Donaldson Eliis, of Gilmer, Erwin, Ford, Gray, Hall, of Bul lock, Hall of Giynu, Hamilton, llaieu, Harrison, Hillyer, Hitchcook, Humber, Hundley, Johnson, of Towns, Johnson, of Wilcox, Madden, Matthews, dorgan, Neshit, Pepper, Perkins, of Cherokee, Perkins, of Dawson, Phillips, Price, Reid, Rosser, Scott, of Floyd, (Shumate, Sisson, Smith, of Charlton. Smith, of Telfair, -Sparks, Taliaferro, Vinson, Warren, Wil liams, of Haralson, Williams, of Morgan, Wilson-53. Nays—Messrs. Barrett, Belcher, Ben nett, Bethune, Bradford, Brinson, (.'aid well, Carpenter, of Hancock, Drake, Ellis of Spalding, Felder, Fincannou, Flour noy, Fowler, Franks, Grimes, Hall, of Meriwether, Harden Harper, of Sumter, Harris, Higdon, Hill, Holden, Hook, Hooks, Hudson. Kimbrough, Kytle, Ke ley, Lane, Le.*, Lindsey, Long, McCotnb, McCormick, McCollougb, McD .ugald, Maxwell, Maull, Nash, O’Neal, Osgood, Parks, of Gwinnett, Parks, of Greene, Paulk, Pearson, Pen land,* Prudeu, Raidy, Reddish, Rice, Rumpti, Saul ter, Saussey, Scroggins, Scott, of Columbia, St-well, Shackleford, Smith, of Macon, Smith, of Ware, Sorrell, Stapleton, Tate, Turnlin, Turuipseed, YVare, Williams, of Dooly, Zelner—7o. Mr. Hall, of Meriwether introduced a resolution censuring the New Era for stating that Mr. O’Neal was drunk, deny ing the charge. Considerable discussion ensued as to the propriety of the resolu tion. Messrs. Flournoy aud Shumate said that this wan a question for Dr. Bard and Mr. O’Neal to settle, aud that they were unwilling to brand tbe statement as a lie unless it was investigated; they did not believe he was drunk, hut were uot will ing to deny the charge unless it was in vestigated. Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, withdrew; the resolution. Mr Osgood—A resolution to tender the use of this hall to the Republicans who oppose remanding the State to military rule, for the purpose of holding a public meeting to morrow night. A'dopted unanimously. A bill to incorporate the Central Geor gia Banking Company. Yeas and nays called on passage of this bi I and resulted . yeas. 131; nays, 4 Passed A bill to change section 3.199 or Irw h s Code so as to include another g n>ll,u '> attachment. Committee reported ad versely to bill. . __ lf Mr. Saussev moved to recommit. Motion made to postpme indefinitely r &D Mr C paulk-A resolution to have threo 1 Be \r I°'crawfonC-A substitute, that after i Wednesday, 24th inst., no new matter be i offered Mr. Crawford’s sub-tituteas an origiual resolution, chaug ! jnir time from the 24th to the 20lh inst. I Besolutiou lost, and House adjourned.