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twice as much wheat is being
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l‘* lb *!w»ection of Tennessee as
he Savannah “News and Herald” will
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- ,^ rilIc on Tuesday, 11th November,
l ' " n t [je “28th,” aa stated in its issue of
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. MERcnASTS.—For the inlormation of
I ^jaerchanta who receive their constgn-
I ■ tbrongh Savannah, we shall publish
|< y ,u ' daily, under our commercial head,
the arrival and departure of vessels
as they appear in the papers of
'it city.
—The yew York Citizen says: “Thur-
r tV(fd «<*“>* to bavo *l uaffcd t,MS waters
* tuelyouth; though now well strick
^ wsts, hi* vigor remains unbroken, the
spirit is undimmed, and he has at
l[J vfar8 more of active labor left him.
If. old remark, that the life of a politic
P kefpl men young by its varying excite
r xhe Columbus Sun records the
IKn Tuesday, of Mr. A. Hunter, and
If* 0 f Mr. George Meredith, both
K-known merchants of that city,
I lit Augusta papers chronicle the death of
| ' L - w. Wright and Mr. Frederick H.
both on the 31st ult aud atteravery
L,f illness.
Jodge E. D. Taylor, of Baker county, died
| m Jay l«t wcck -
3iM) to Please.—A contcmparary says
!.> profound apathy in politics which pre-
I ni *t the South, so far from pleasing some
Lie Northern journals, seems to he giving
I its crest concern. They want ns to rip,
Im fltort, bellow, curse and swear, just as
L, do; snd because we pursue a dignified
fjocncind mind our own business tliey are of
L opjr.ion that “it is a most unfortu
are ihir.g that so vast a body of the Ameri
lu pro?!* should settle down into indiffer-
I arc upon the vital political matters of the
I it." And yet if we were to be the noisy
Liiticisns which they pretend to desire us,
I do would make that a ground of complaint
led point to us as a set of “loud-mouthed
Iwtilcnt traitors,” who were about to pull
|j«wa the Government about their cars.
The Alabama’s Claims.—A special dis
like!! the Boston Post says that the scttlc-
*5d\tof th e claims of the United States
|illicit Great Britian for damages done to
:t: marine by the Confederate privateer
|Alabama, is not being pushed so vigorously
i various dispatches to the press have lately
listimiieil. The only elaborate dispatch upon
Jaenoject that has emanated from the State
| Department, was written and forwarded by
| Mr. Seward just prior to bis departure with
| :1m President on the 25th of August last—
I Since that time all that has been done in the
I matter bas appertained to the perfection of
I tic list of the property and shipping de
Ittromi. It is further stated that under cer-
|tiis governing circumstances the semi-official
position of her Majesty’s government to
Inter them to a National Board of Arbitra-
|:a will he assented to.
M IT 80*
"The prevalent feeling at the North is one
I t cordiality; and the desire for speedy re
I r-tiuction is almost universal. There if
|::rh more of reproof for the President, than
|iiike for the South, implied by recent
: tical incidents.—N. T. Hound Table of
At m.
Itmaybethat the recent elections at the
Sirtb imply more of rebuke for the Presi-
I • than dislike for tlio South, but they
puifest ono thing most clearly, and that is,
|i»: the majority of the Northern people
r the Congressional plan of re-construc-
l ; ‘~ And the existence of that majority in-
|*'cj the almost universal desire for speedy
instruction; but of a re-construction, be
•oWnred, on a plan eminently unjust and
^Usteful to the South. Now, if there is so
M> cordiality of feeling, at the North, to-
P l ‘b the South; if there is a real desire for
priy rc-construction; tell us why is it, that
dominant majority is so exceedingly
arto cram down our throats this unjust,
•ft. distasteful, repulsive congressional
P®of re-union. What is meant by re-con
ption ? Re-union f
•oi you make Union-lovers of a people,
Jipwsoing such a course as to engender in
p 4 ^hearts the bitterest feelings of rage and
[**toent, hostility and disaffection ? And
‘“•this is essayed when you say to us, “You
F. t enjoy all the blessings of the Union but
r* T **t majority of you shall not vote, and
■ cr late slaves shall. Your negroes, if
shall represent yon in Congress, but
that privilege all your best and bravest
l^lbe barred. In freeing your slaves we
| ?tin(l you of four thousand millions of
T***: you yourselves threw away two
ptund millions by your attempt at rebel-
r : *»fi, now, in addition to the other bit-
P Potions we are bolding.to your lips, you
Poy your full share of our three tbcu-
pi millions of debt.
Jou do not speedily consent to all
'■*' »e will impose upon you other and
penalties and disabilities.”
! ° T < in the name of all that is just and
Simons, we ask if such words, and
* c °urse are calculated to make us a
-'3-loving people 1 And of what value
" Union be to either North or South,
K* 4 feeling* of hatred and oppression on
Letter from Washington.
Correspondence Georg-’a Telegraph.]
Washington, Oct 28, 1800.
The bitter, implacable and irreconcilable an
tagonism existing between the two important
branches of tho Government, is causing much
feverish anxiety among capitalists, business men
and holders of United States bonds, who now en
tertain the settled conviction that the unrestrain
ed fanatical course of the Radicals threatens
a permanent subversion of tho Government. Tho
rantings, inflammatory harangues, of the Brown-
low’s, Butler's and Bingham’s, true exponents of
modern Republicanism, (though meriting the
indignation of every good man of the land,) are
comparatively harmless—being tho ebullitions
of insane fanatics. Tho schemes and purposes
of the revolutionary cabal have, however,
weighty importance and grave insignificance at
tached to them, from the fact that Judge Harris,
Senator from New York, a candidate for re-elec
tion, heretofore regarded as a high-toned and
conservative statesman, is stumping his State
advocating the impeachment and deposing of
the head of tho Executive branch of the Govern
ment!
The anxiety of the public to become coguizant
of the administration policy with respect to the
position of matters in Mexico, and on our fron
tier adjacent thereto, is intense. Special corres
pondents and would-be wiseacres are daily serv
ing up dissertations of every phase—the concoc
tions of their own imaginations, and nothing
more. Nothing definite will be revealed in ad
vanee of the President’s Annual Message.
The revelations by prominent witnesses*before
Gov. 8wann, in connection with the Maryland im
broglio, are so astounding and horrible as almost
to defy credibility. Confirmatory testimony of
several witnesses shew that numbers who conduc
ted the recent farce of an election were men who
liad served terms in the penitentiary for high mis
demeanors, and who were not citizens, never hav
ing received Executive pardon entitling them to
such privileges. Captain Frayler, Speaker of the
last Hause of Representatives, a Republican, but
an adherent oi the Swann wing, swore that he
was refused the privilege of voting,’ though well
known by the Commissioners as a good and law
ful voter. The Governor will remove the Com
missioners, and provide for a proper election in
November next, and not suffer such a mockery as
took place last week in West Virginia, where but
one-seventh of the vo a Governor, and
three members of Congress of the radical stamp
by an utter disfranchizing ot tho voters of that
sect ion. The radical press warn the Maryland peo
ple that their choice of representatives will be
thwarted by the action ot the Rump Congress.
The arrival of many distinguished citizens from
the various sections has served to again overwhelm
tho President with appointments, somewhat to the
retarding of the preparation of his annual commu
nication to Congress. The report of the Paymas
ter General, and detached portions of those of sev
eral other branches of the service aie ready for his
Inspection, and «an only receive attention at such
times as he van escape from the pressure of the
multitudinous engagements crowding upon him.
The interviews with General Grant, Sherman and
the Secretary of War monopolize much of his
time. Tho threatened Indian war in the West, the
aspect of the Mexican question, and the reorgani
zation under the new army bill, necessitate his fre-
queut audiences with those prominent army offi
cials. A sou of Brownlow —parson, wc mean,—
was among those yesteaday at the White House.
Quite a large congregation of colored citizens
with hacks attended the funeral of a faithful
colored domestic attached to the Presidential
household, from the Executive mansion yester
day. The deceased was brought hero from Ten
nessee by the President, and served as assistant
steward to the time of his death. The funeral
cortege took place from the east entrance to the
mansion. The carriage of the President, con
taining tho widow of the deceased, who was Mrs.
Stover, of the President’s family, followed next
to the corpse.
The fact being eatablished that Gon. Sherman
is in full sympathy with tho President'in his
policy of reconstruction, the anxiety to see his
forthcoming letter is intense. It is looked for
early in the coming week. The General, ac
companied by General Grant, occupied a pri
▼ate box last evening at the theatre,
The remaining volunteer army officers are
about to be mustered out, to make way for tho
new corps of regular officers, the I ;t of which
having been before the President ersome days,
is about to bo promulgated
The United States Medical M eeum has been
transferred to the Ford theat memorable as
the scene of the Lincoln a B sassination. The
Surgeon Goneral’s office will also occupy a por
tion of the same building.
The parties charged with arranging for giving
trial to Jefferson Davis, now impliedly admit that
there tamo proper tribunal which can have juris
diction^ In tho matter. It is quite evident that
purpose to evade the responsibility, and to throw
upon Congress the adoption of some novel pro
gramme, is the cause of the procrastination
In a poll of very nearly COO,000 votes In Pcnnsyl-
vanis, the Radical majority on the Congressional
vote is, officially, but 11,882; but yet so thorough
ly are the Districts [gerrymandered, that but six
Conservatives ot the twenty-fonr Congressmen
were elected. The Radicals, by conceding 20,000
majority to the Democrats In New York city, claim
their success by 28,000. The Democrats confident
ly claim a majority in the city of from forty-five to
fifty thousand, which, U obtained, defeats the Jac
obins by their own showing.
LeRoy Tuttls, Esq., of the Cashier’s Department
of the Treasurer's Office, who has been promoted
by the President as Assistant United States Treas
urer, in place of Wm. Barry, deceased, is a tho
rough Radical of the deepest dye.
Gov. Onr, of South Carolina, having himself
publicly denied tho report so industriously cir-
For the Telegraph.
MILLEDGEVILLE CORRESPON
DENCE.
Milledgeville, Novembers, 1SGG.
Eds. Telegkai’ii : I closed my letter with the
observation that I had been shown through the
Gapitol by Col. Frobel, the State Architect, and
had had presented So me th<- extent of the im
provements made on this public edifice, under an
appropriation ol the last Legislature. The amount
of this appropriation was but little mot than
15,000, not ail of which was exhausted, and yet it
is surprising what an sxtensive and good use was
made of the money. The building was re-covered
with tin, gas wa* introduced throughout it, a large
water tank with pipes extended through the build
ing for extinguishing fires, should they occur,
both Halls were plastered anew, and other im
provements which we need not specify. As much
of the work as could be thus performed, was done
by the chain gang, of which more than a hundred
are at work on the public grounds. Col. Frobel
deserves, as he will doubtless receive, the highest
praise for his taste and industry in thus beautify
ing and ornamenting the Capitol and its surround
ings. Another appropriation will be necessary to
complete the repairs.
The Governor’s Mansion hat been ornamented
with taste. It it now a very attractive building,
and as we are to have, for the first time in sev
eral years, a levee, the public will enjoy the
privilege of beholding the interior.
Hardly a quorum of the House was present on
yesterday; but to-day the deficiency has been
supplied and nearly all the members of both
branches are present; but few visitors are. The
election for State Printer, which is required to
bo annua], is exciting a considerable stir; and
with a few exceptions, have brought alt the
strangers here that are present outside the Leg
islature. A formidable combination has been
formed, I learn, with the purpose of defeating
the present incumbent of that office.
Gen. A. R. Wright, ot Augusta, arrived here
last evening. He contemplates leaving to-day.
THE ALLEGED “HORRORS OF ANDERSON-
VILLE.”
The South Vindicated nud the North Con
demned.
THE RECORD AND HISTORY.
cnlatad by the Radical press of his advocacy of
ths Constitutional amendment, the same jour
nals are now disseminating a story based upon
the Radical Augusta (Ga.) statement of a corres
pondent, that Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, and his
brother Linton, are open in their advocacy of its
adoption.
The correspondent was told by a party who
heard a party say that he saw a man who heard
from another party that he heard a man say that
Mr. Stephens had so expressed himself!
A well authenticated statement is promulgated
that the pending negotiations for a consolidation
of the National and Merchants’ Express and
Transportation Companies has been consumma
ted ; the former to do all the forwarding South
of this place, and the latter all that North.
A change of officers of two battalions of Infan
try located here has created great dissatisfaction.
There is now four months pay due the men,
which is withheld, from an apprehension that
the men will desert when receiving their money.
A delegation from New York ii hero to confer
with tho President as to the policy to be adopted
rancor and resentment on ,- n view of the recent capital convictions in Can-
^ other.!
■ possible for us to believe that you
Codings of cordiality to us, when you
oppress us I How can we believeyou
union when your course tends to
" v *luch severs every band of fraternal
i7"engenders only irreconcilability?
wffrago dearer to the North than
Q *°d loyalty, and faithful strong arms
K* South’s white millions t Does the
Prefer “making treason odious” to se-
lo r»l devotion of a nation of he-
L^And is it possible to prefer the grati-
L °f resentment to the ■ttriimupt isfl
L ^''onsl
Mio
r.:v>
sda of parties alleged to be connected with the
lata Fenian invasion. The municipal authori
ties of Now York have passed resolutions depre
cating tho action of tho Canadian authorities,
and asking national interference.
Tho Chief Court, in tho bill of indictment
against tho President, upon which they base a
claim for impeachment, is an attempt to bring
Congress into contempt, ridicule and public ha
tred; Tho President being the head of a co-or
dinate branch of Government, how would the
revolutionists fare if tho chalice was applied to
their own lips P Potomac.
A SionT of Juveniles.—Mr. Peabody re
viewed the children of the public schools,
P°wer, glory and dignity that at Baltimore, in front of thePcabodvInsti-
w upon genuine concord and pros-1 tutc, Monday. The children turned out to
about the number of eight thousand, present-.
^ot the radical papers answer these j most plowing and animated spectacle,
in order to do it honestly, let,
’ 10 'Wir imacrinations. exchange
Truth will, sooner or latter, vindicate it
self, and slander walk away before its scorch
ing blaze. The reputation of the Southern
people, which was arraigned before the world
on alleged cruel treatment of Federal prison
ers during the late war, now stands before
the world justified and untarnished, and upon
the testimony of their traducers. The charge
can never find a place in Northern histories
of the war, except in palpable contradictions
of their own official reports. These have
gone forth, and the world abroad is doing us
justice. The following, from the Toronto
(Canada) Leader, of the 23d ult.. sbowi how
the two sections stood in foreign eyes os re
gards tbischarge of cruelty:
PRISON MORTALITY DURING THE LATE AMER
ICAN AVAR.
Wc find the following paragraph in the
American newspapers:
“In reply to a resolution of the House of
Representatives, says the Washington Union,
of Tuesday, calling upon the Secretary of
War for the number of prisoners of either
side held, and that died during the war, he
makes the following report: Number of Union
prisoners South, 261,000; number of Confed
erate prisoners North, 200,COO; number of
Union jpnsoners died, 22,576; number of
Confederate prisoners died, 26,535. Out of
261,000 Union prisoners, 22,500 died. The
Union prisoners exceeded the Confederate
prisoners 61,000; yet the deaths of the Union
prisoners tell below those of Confe< lerate pris
oners 6,000. Two Yankee prisonerldicd out
of every twenty-three in Southern pens. Two
Confederate prisoners died out of every fifteen
in Northern pens.”
It is due to the truth of history and to the
cause of the Southern Confederacy that these
figures, published by the authority of the
United States Secretary of War, Mr. Stanton,
should be widely circulated. From them we
learn that, although the Confederacy had
more Northern prisoners in its hands than the
Northern Government had ot Southern pris
oners, the mortality in the Northern prisons
was more than twice as great as in the South
ern. It is thus that facts and figures disprove
the violent calumnies which were set afloat
in a time of passion regarding the treatment
of Union prisoners by the Southern Govern
ment and its agents. The reader will not
readily forget the shocking charges which
were made during the Avar not only against
such men as Captain Wire, but against high-
minded, honorable, Christian men like Mr.
Jefferson Davis himself. Had these stories
been true they would necessarily show a
largely disproportionate excess of mortality
in Southern prisons. The official records—
not of the Southern States, be it remembered,
but of the Northern States—show that the
death-rate was much greater in the North
than in the South.
We do not pretend to say that there were
not hardships, nay grievous sufferings expe
rienced in both the Northern and Southern
pens. To say this tvould be to say what was
not the case. But it is evident that it the re
sults are to be taken as indicating the char
acter ot the treatment received—and we think
they may very fairly be so taken—the North
ern prisoners in the hands of the Confederacy
were treated more leniently than were the
Southerners who had the misfortune to fall
into the clutches of their Northern oppres
sors. Assuming that the mode of treatment
was the same in the North as in the South,
the death-rate in the Southern prisons ought
to have been greater than in the Northern.
For it is an indisputable fact that a North
ern man will naturally suffer more in a
Southern climate than a Southern man will
in a Northern climate. Besides, during the
war, the Northern Government experienced
no want of wholesome.provisions wherewith
to feed the prisoners who fell into their
hands, if they had intended to treat them
well, whilst the Confederacy was not so high
ly-favored. Taking all these circumstances
together, they go to show that without the
exercise of any extraneous influence, the mor
tality in the South ought to have been much
greater than in the North. That the oppo
site was the case—and to a very great extent
so—must be taken as utterly disproving the
charges of wanton cruelty against the South,
which were so common at the time, and
which, grossly exaggerated by artistic imag
ination, helped to disfigure the pictorial col
umns of Harper’s Weekly.
We would have allowed this subject to
slumber on as it has been doing lately, were
it not for the publication of the official fig
ures which come so opportunely to relieve
every resident of the Southern States, wheth
er man or woman, whether abroad or at
home, of the opprobrium which interested
parties have sought to cast upon them by the
circulation of the most glaring falsehoods;
and because even now, Radical sheets in the
Northern States do not hesitate to fling the
accusation in the face of Mr. Jeflerson Davis,
with a view of influencing public opinion
against.liim, whilst he is retained in custody,
and, of course, debarred from replying to the
falsehoods. Impartial history will record that
the Southern people fought their cause with
a nobleness ot conduct which did them hon
or. They tell, but falling could say in the
memorable words of another people, who,
liko themselves, hail striven, but in vain, for
independence, “All is lost save honor. —
There was no fouler charge made against the
Southern people than that of having cruelly
treated Northern prisoners. By the mouths
ot ttieir enemies have they been fully vindi
cated
G-eorgia Legislature.
Baltimore Quirt.—When men get saucy j
and lawless, there is nothing like a show of
bayonets to quiet them. The great body of. [Reported Expressly for the Daily Telegraph.]
the Northern Radicals have never smelt gun- 1
powder, and the very sight of a “blue coat”
—those fellows who know no better than to
shoot whenever they are told to—puts a qui
etus upon them, however Avrathy. The re
turn of Gen. Grant to Washington, after a
few interviews with both parties at Balti
more, shows conclusively that all threats of
armed resistance to the legal authorities have
simmered down to empty froth, and there is
no longer danger ot a collision. Grant’s stern
visage was sufficient to frighten them out of
all bellicose intentions. If some one would
catch Beast Butler, and bring him into the
same august presence, no doubt all his ire
would ooze out at his heels, and the torch
and turpentine hero become as docile as a
lamb.
THE FENIAN PRISONERS.
IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC CORRES
PONDS:'CE.
, b * i,l ‘ ‘be South
. . . , , - Haruer's Weekly, one of the most pcs-
imagmations, exchange | l| ,^ u|| U “ 1 |, vjl , !in ou.s' “journals of the new
1 *1* • a . | IIIIP * - ,
cm people. \\ e wish I j s showing a gleam ol common
. y would do in these matters i hentc j,, cautioning the Knotted fno!s who
11 eircumataaced just as avc arc. nrv inlkiug about impeaching ihe President.
Department op State, i
Washington, October 27,1866. (
Sir: It is understood that James Lynch
and John McMahon have been recently con
victed in a colonial court of Canada, and sen
tenced to death upon a charge that, being
citizens of the United States, they Avere ac
tors in the assault made in the month of J une
last, at Fort Erie, in that Colony. It can
hardly be necessary to direct your attention
to the fact that theGoA'ernmcntofthc United
States is required by tlie highest considera
tions of national dignity, duty, and honor,
to inquire into the legality, justice, and regu
larity of the judicial proceedings avInch have
thus taken place, and that.atter making such
a careful scrutiny, we shall expect to make
knoAvn to her Majesty’s Government such
opinions os the President, upon due conside
ration, shall adopt.
With this view the United States Consul at
Toronto is this day instructed to procure for
the information of this department, a copy
of the record of the trial and conviction of
Lynch and McMahon, nnd also of ajl farther
trials and convictions ot a similar character
which shall take place in Canada.
While no unnecessary delay in the examin
ation of the cases which are tliu- expected to
come before tbis Government is intended, it
may nevertheless happen hereafter that de
lays unavoidably result from past incidents,
or from future events which eanuot uoav be
foreseen.
I have noAV the honor to request you to
take suck proceedings as you may think
proper to the eml that such applications ot
the consul shall be promptly granted. The
President directs me to assure you of his con
fident hope that lier Majesty’s Government
will not only cheerfully comply Avith the re
quest I have thus made, but that tliey Avill
think it proper, also, to examine the judicial
proceedings aforesaid with a careful regard
to the rights of the United States and to the
maintenance of good relations between the
two countries.
Such relations are always difficult and del
icate in States that are adjacent to each oth
er without being separated by impassable
borders. For this reason it would be very
gratifying to the President if you should bc-
able to give me an assurance that the execu
tion of tlie sentences pronounced upon con
victed persons will be suspended if occasion
of delay shall, in the manner before men
tioned,make it desirable.
Finally, I deem it proper to say that the
offenses involved in these trials arc in their
nature eminently political. It is the opinion
of this Government that sound policy coin
cides with the best impulses of a benevolent
nature in recommending tenderness, amnesty
and forgiveness in such cases. This sugges
tion is made Avith freedom and earnestness,
because the same opinions Avere proposed to
us in our recent civil Avar by all the Govern
ments and publicists of Europe, and by none
of them with greater frankness and kindness
than by the Government and statesmen of
Great Britain. I am very sure that you will
find that these recommendations of a policy
of clemency and forgiveness in the case of
the parties concerned are in entire harmony
Avith all the suggestions and recommenda
tions Avliich this Government has made to
her Majesty’s Government in regard to the
aggressions which have been made on the
Canadian frontier, and that they are also in
harmony with the proceedings Avhieli this
Government has thought it just, wise, and
prudent to pursue in regard to the violation
of its OAvn neutrality laws which was involv
ed in those aggressions.
I have the honor to be, with the highest
consideration, sir, your obedient servant,
William H Seavard.
The Honorable air Frederick W. A Bruce.
Lizzie Western Davenport 3Iatthews.
the actress, now in England, lias recently bad
The Money Market.
At this season of the year a stringent mo
ney market is ordinarily experienced, in con
sequence of the employment of funds in
moving the were crops of grain, provisions,
cotton, sugar and rice. This was the case
before the war, whenever there were crops to
be moved. But money is noAV superabun
dant in the North and the West, and the
banks find employment for their surplus
funds, not in ordinary commercial move
ments, but in lending money to stock specu
lators.
There is no prospect of a coming revulsion
from this cause, though some commercial
men anticipate it. The payments from tlie
Treasury will keep the money market sup
plied, as it is at the present, at the rate of
four or five per cent, on call. There will be
no “locking up of greenbacks,*’ such as lias
been alleged, either by the treasury or the
bonks. Of course there will, after a while,
be some call for money to pay the cotton tax
and bring cotton to the places of shipment.
So with Western prodace. The Cincinnati
papers say that it will take eighty millions to
move the “hog crop.”
It is the general opinion, as expressed in
commercial organs, that prices of all the
necessaries of life are on tlie rise, on account
of the plethora of currency held in the com
mercial centers. The South is, meanwhile,
bare of money, and, in many portions of it,
the short crop of cotton will barely suffice to
pay for the provisions necessary for the pro
ducers. It is remarked by dry goods dealers
that the Southern demand for goods the com
ing year will not embraco articles of cost,
fashion and luxury, as formerly, but will in
clude cheap and coarse articles, much as Avere
formerly purchased for the slaves. The
character of imports will be accordingly
changed to some extent. As to cotton and
woollen fabrics for common use, why are they
not made in the South t Perhaps they will
ke at no distant day, whether the South be
restored to their political rights or not.
It was reported in New York last week
that the treasury was selling gold. This was
not so. Some short date gold interest bonds
were purchased by the treasurer. The hold
ers are too well satisfied Avith the interest to
desire the payment of the principal, and
probably no considerable amount of long date
bonds could be bought at par.
Compound interest notes, to the amount of
two or three millions, have been bought by
the treasury at two per cent, ad ranee on their
present amount.
The money market is in a very unsatisfac
tory state. Money is abundant and business
is stagnant. There is excitement in specula
tion and depression in commerce. Produc
tion is paralyzed by the depreciation of pa
per, and by the high prices consequent upon
a protective tariff and excessive and partial
taxation. Foreign commerce has fallen off,
our exports consisting chiefly of our bonds
and gold. Business is stated to be dull eve
rywhere. nnd unremunerative, except in the
manufacturing di-tricts, in behalf of which
tlie country is heavily taxed.-
[Xatioiuu Intelligencer.
3Iilledgevili.e, Nor. 1, 1866.
SENATE.
At the hour of 12 M., the Senate convened in
their Chamber, and a quorum being ascertained
to be present, the President, Hon. "William
Gibson addressed the body as follows:
Senators In conformity to tho Constitution
of your State, you are assembled lor the purpose
of deliberating upon such subjects as may pro
mote the welfare, prosperity and happiness of
the people of Georgia. We should feel profound
ly grateiul to that beneficent Providence which
has preserved us through the eventful scenes of
another year, and in all our actions seek wis
dom and guidance from the great Arbiter of hu
man destiny.
As citizens of Georgia, I deem it good cause
for congratulation that our firm and manly
President, Andrew Johnson, still maintains the
Constitution, and has preserved to us so much
of the republican institutions of our fathers, that
we may still exercise the tuDctions of State
Government, and enjoy so many of the
powers and privileges of freemen within
its' limits, under the Constitution of the
United States. In tho exercise of these
powers, let us; under the guidance of Arisdom from
on high, strictly adhere to those principles of good
government established by onr lathers. Maintain
ing at all times, a conscionsness of having dune
our duties, may ve not rely confidently upon a
noble and just people to sustain us!
Whilst some may say It is dangerous tc speak,
others will declare it equally dangerous to be si
lent. What, I ask, would become of truth if God
were not to raise np in its defence those who dared
assert and maintain It? Ought you, can you, sac
rifice the immutable principles ot truth, to the
time-serviug dictates ot policy » I trust not; and
if bya steadyand firm adherence to truth and prin
ciple wc arc sacrificed, let onr last words be those
of the heroic Hildebrand, “Dilcxi justltiam, et odil
iniquitatem, proptcria. morlor in exilio.’’ Let us
then dare to do right, and learlesslr maintain the
principles of truth aud justice rega*;Tess of con
sequences.
As your presiding officer, I ask your continued
indulgence aud charity in the discharge of my du
ties, promising you only an honest effort on my
partiinpartlaliv to preside over your deliberations,
which 1 trust may be characterized by “wisdom,
justice and moderation.”
I now declare ,the Senate of Georgia duly and
legally assembled and ready to proceed to tlie du
ties before us.
Hon. W. T. VanDuzerwas sworn in as a Sena
tor fiom the 30ili District, in place of Hon. J. S.
Gholston, resigned; and J. E. Blount, in place of
Hon. W. Boynton, of the 12th district, deceased.
A committee consisting of Messrs. Gresham,
Moore and Owens were appointed to wait on the
Governor and inform him that the Senate was
ready to receive any communication he might
have to make.
The Governor then sent in his Annual Message
to tho Legislature, which was read.
On motion of Mr. Moore, 250 copies ol the Mes
sage were ordered to be printed for the use of
the Senate.
On motion of Mr. Beall a committee of three
were appointed to report suitable resolutions in
relation to the death ol Hon. W. Boynton, from
the 12th Senatorial District.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MlLLEDCEYiLLE, NoV. 1., 1866.
After three calls of the roll and the dispatch of
officers to the Hotels and Boarding Houses, a
quorum was finally obtained. * .
Mr. Peeples, from Henry county, who fills the
vacancy of Mr. Cloud, resigned, was qualified, and
took his scat.
Mr. Morrow, ot Columbia, offered a resolution
to inform the Senate of the House’s readiness to
proceed to business, and appointed Messrs. Mor
row, Morris and Glenn, to joint Committees of
Senate to wait on His Excellency, the Governor,
and inform him that both Houses have a quorum,
and are now ready to proceed to business.
REMARKS OF SPEAKER HARDEMAN.
Gentlemen of the House of Itcprcscntatives :
I congratulate you, that a kind Providence has
spared each and nil of you, and that you are
again permitted to assemb’e in this Hall, in obe
dience to the call of your constituents—to
advance their interest and promote tho welfare
of the State we honor and love. The only object
of our legislation should be their advancement
aud her glory, and in the accomplishment of
these noble and responsible duties let us exert
every energy of ournature.
Since our adjournment nothing has transpired
to cheer the patriot’s heart or to strengthen his
confidence in the perpetuity of republican insti
tutions or the maintenance of civil liberty. To
him, the present is dark, presaging a future
pregnant with storm and revolution—no spring
gushes forth in the wilderness, no “pillar of
cloud” directs his uncertain footsteps—all, all
is dark and dreary and threatening. Hope after
hope has dawned upon our horizon; yet as sud
denly have they been clouded and obscured.—
Condition after condition has been prescribed as
the terms upon which we should have restoration
and union—but no sooner are the humiliating
requirements complied with than others more
exacting are proflered, and thus we have been
lead, step by step, to the very throne of power,
where wo soon discover, written over the great
door of the temple, renounce your manhood and
your honor, and it shall be opened unto you.
For one, rather than enter upon such humilia'
ting terms, I will act like Mordecaiat the king's
gate, clothed in sackcloth, and mourn the fate
of my people. I refer to our national troubles,
for the sole purpose of impressing upon you how
little you may expect from the Federal Gov
ernment in rebuilding the ruined fortunes of our
down-trodden State. Upon ourselves alone we
must rely, and by wise, wholesome, economical,
and constitutional legislation, stimulate her sons,
to labor for her deliverance and her redemption.
Our people are depressed and despondent. Heav
en, as it to chasten them more, has withheld her
showers and her smiles, and scant harvests
barely reward the husbandman for his labor
and his toil. Want and poverty is tho lot of
many Avho have in vain scattered their seed,
hoping, in due season, to reap the reward of their
labors. From mountain and vale, from village
and city, the cry of distress falls upon the car,
asking deliverance. I trust I will be pardoned
the expression of a hope that the rrisdom of the
General Assembly will devise some mode of re
lief, that will do justice to all and that will
stand tho testof Constitution and of Courts. Let
us show our appreciation of their condition by
curtailing tho expenses of the Government and
by practicing a rigid economy with the people’s
money.
Georgia needs bntlittle legislation—let ns enact
it aud adjourn. Experience has convinced me,
there is more danger of to much, than too little leg
islation. Let us do but little, and do that little veil.
Not being permitted to participate aotivelyin your
deliberations, pardon a suggestion or two upon the
duties of tbe session. Guard well, with proper
saleguards those Trojan Horses that yearly enter
this Ball—tho many applications for chartered*
privileges. Encourage by wholesome provisions
manufacturing in your 8tate. Elevate to the dig
nity of their claims, the mechanic arts. Re-build
your waste places by encouraging the immigrant
to settle in yonr midst; bind him t* the soil by the
ties of a homestead; welcome him by repealing all
laws on yonr statute book that deny him the priv
ilege of owning the soil he wonld reclaim by his
energy and his industry. Enconrage from every
quarter capital and labor, and Georgia, under these
wholesome influences, will soon elevate her fallen
crest—business will revive—commerce will no
longer languish—our granaries will be filled with
the products of onr fields—onr mines will enrich
ns with their hidden treasures and our people, re
vived and rc-energized, will be made to reel “there
is life In the old Utate y»L” These are some of the
duties of the session. The fields of onr labors are
ripening with their products. Let ns enter and
gather for onr people the inviting harvest.
The annual message of the Governor was receiv
ed and read.
House then adjourned.
A bill to repeal the County Court law.
Mr. Gresham, a resolution to authorize tlie Trea
surer of the State to receive the past due bonds
and coupons of the State on the same terms with
U. S. currency:
A bill to extend State aid to the Macon & Bruns
wick Railroad.
Mr: J. A. W. Johnson, a resolution requiring
the appointment of a joint committee to report
cbang“S in the County Court Act, or its entire
abolition.
Mr. Moore, a resolution for the appointment
of a committee to examine the accompanying
documents to the Governor’s Message, and report
which should be published for the use of the
Senate. Adopted.
Mr. Simmons, a bill to alter the rules in rela
tion to tho admission of witnesses, so as not to
exclude partiei at interest.
Mr. O. L. Smith, a bill to add the county of
Lowndes to tho Brunswick Judicial Circuit.
Mr. btrozier, a bill to create six additional Ju
dicial Circuits, and to equalize the labor of the
Judges thereof.
A bill to repeal the lien of judgments and au
thorize defendants to alienate their property.
A bill to legalize all juries heretofore drawn
for the Superior Coarts.
Mr. VanDuzer, a bill to amend the charter cf
the town ot Elberton.
The privilege of seats on the floor of the Sen
ate was extended to Gen. A. R. Wright and Msj.
George Stapleton during their stay in tho city.
Mr. Butler, from the committee appointed
for tho purpose reported the following
resolutions in relation to the death of
Hon. Willard Boynton, of the 12th Senatorial
district, which were adopted :
Resolved, That the Senate lias received with
profound sensibility the intelligence of the death
of Hon. Willard Boynton, of the 12tli Senatorial
district.
Resolved, That in his death the State has sus
tained a great loss, the Senate a wise nnd patri
otic member, society a useful and eminent ex
ample, and religion a faithful teacher and able
defender.
Resolved, That tho Senate will pay proper
respect to the remains of the honored dead, that
they will remember his many virtues, and sym
pathise with his bereaved snd afflicted family.
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered
upon tbe journal of the Senate, and a copy of
them be transmitted to the family of tho de
ceased.
Resolved, That the Senate do now adjourn.
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Milledgeville, Nov. 2nd, 1866.
Mr. Bulloch was qualified to fill vacancy of W.
R. Hall, resigned, of Tolbot county.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. Monghon, of Bibb, a bill to extend aid of the
State to the Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
Mr. Johnson, ol Forsyth, a bill to regulate the
payment of costs and lor other purposes.
Mr. Phillips, of Habersham, a bill lor the per
manent relief of the people of this State. (Re
peals Stay Law of last winter and does not allotv
the levy of asy property before January, 1868.—
Defendants must mortgage real property to the
State, and the State mar issue Treasury notes to
creditors.)
Mr. Brock, of Harralsen, a bill to alter aud
change 1st 8ection of the Act known as the “Stay
Law.”
Mr. Fraser, of Liberty, a resolution to open the
Scssionsof the nousc with prayer.
Mr. Hollis, of Marion, a bill to change tlie lime
of bolding Superior Courts of Marion. Also, a
bill to explain Act increasing fees of Ordinaries,
Clerks, etc.
Mr. Russell, of Muscogee, a bill to incorporate
the Coweta Falls Manufacturing Co.
Mr. Holliday, of Stewart, a bill to repeal tbe act
relative to sale ol Liqnors in Stuart county.
Mr. Wicker, of Washington, a bill to alter and
ameud certain Acts incorporating tbe town of
Sandersville.
Mr. Stai r, of White, A presentment of a jury
from his caunty potitkming Legislature to abol
ish the Connty Court.
Mr. Ford, of Worth, A bill to abolish the
CouDty Court.
Mr. Dawson, of Catoosa, A bill to regulate Con
fession lees and Jury fees in Catoosa county.
Mr. Hill : of Fultoe, A bill for relief ot J. J.
Miller, Tax Collector of Fnlton county.
Mr. Snead, of Richmond, A bill to incorporate
“Meicbants’ and Planters’ Bank” of the city of
Augusta.
Mr. McWhorter, of Green, A resolution invit
ing Gen. A. R. Wright to a scat on the floor of the
House, (unanimously adopted.!
Adjourned to 10 o’clock to-morrow.
the Southern debtor as worthy of tin- emula
tion of Southern peopicin compromising their own
claims, and that such an equitable compromise
can be cffectid more satisfactorily by the debtors
and creditors themselves, than by the Legislative
action.
Resolved fourthly, That we still have an abiding
confidence in the integrity of the people ot the
State of Georgia, and that they are determined to
maintain their good name at home ar.d abroad, if
they arc permitted so to do.
Mr. Van Duzer, a bill to facilitate and render
less costly, the effecting service ofbills in cqaity.
A bill to amend the law in regard to attachments
and bail.
Mr. Da'ey, a bill to abolish the County Courts.
Tho Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Milledgeville, Nov. 3.
House met. Prayer by the Chaplain. Bills in
troduced yesterday were read a second time.
Gov. Jenkins returned seven.) acts passed attest
session, with his vetoes on the same—one was “an
act disposing of the funds arising from the sale of
cotton, in Pickcna county, since the surrender of
the armies of the Confederate States;” also, “an
act to authorize the payment of certain claims
against the W. A A. R. R.;” also, “an act to Incor
porate the Muscogee Insurance and Industrial As
sociation;” also, “an act to Incorporate the Araert
ican Insurance aud Industrial Agency.” The Gov
ernor says these acts were not in his office in time
to be returned during the lost session.
NEW HATTER.
Mr. Howard, of Bartow, a bill to submit th
question of removing tbe connty site of Barto
county, to the legal voters of said county.
Mr. Snead, of Richmond, a bill to change the
time of holding Superior Courts of Richmond
county.
Also, a bill to amend the Act for tbe relief of
mamied and indigent soldiers.
Mr. Stallings, a bill to amend 3409th Section of
the Code.
Also a bill to amend S24th Section of the Code.
Mr. Simms, of Bartow, a bill to legalize the
contracts of apprenticeship, made under the
anspic«s of the Frcedmen’s Bureau.
Mr. Hardeman, ot Bibb, for tlie relief of Joel
Branham, Jr.
Mr. Hicks, of Johnson, for the relief of Mrs. M.
E. M. Bary.
Mr. Weaver, of Clay, to change the t ime of hold
ing Superior Courts of Clay county.
Mr. Mallard, of McIntosh, to amend 3162 Sec
tion of the Code.
Mr. Stewart, of Spalding, a bill to change time
of holding Superior Courts of Spalding ecu ty.—
Also a bill to extend flic State aiu to Rai.road*
now in construction, or to be constructed. Also
a bill to amend the Act establishing the Connty
Court.
Mr. Dubose, of Hsucock, a bill to extend’the
time lor Tax Collectors to make final returns to
the Comptroller to tlie 1st January, 1SC7.
Mr. Humphreys, of Lincoln,.to amend the 8tay
Law.
House took up and agreed to the resolution of
the Senate, appointing a joint committee to in
quire into the practicability of abolishing tbe conn
ty Court. The committee appointed by tho House
is. Messrs. Ridley, Bussell of Muscogee, Ponte,
Morris and Ford.
Mr. Kibbee, of Pulaski, a bill to amend 3807th
Section of the Code.
Also, to amend Act incorporating the town of
Hawkinsville.
Adjourned to 10 o’clock, Monday morning.
t
Selected Telegrams.
Milledgeville, Nov. 2, 1806.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A. if.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Yarborough, of the Metho
dist Episcopal Chnrch.
Mr. Black Introduced a memorial from D. C.
Elam, Esq., proposing to revise snd republish the
Code of Georgia, on condition of the State smb-
seribing for a certain number of copies of the
some.
Mr. Blount, a bill to incorporate the Savings’
Banfc of Lumpkin:
A bill to repeal in act regulating tbe sale ol
spirituous liqnors in Stewart County:
A bill for the relief of Nancy E. Baldwin, of
Sir wart County.
Mr. Batlur, a resolution to have 200 copies of
Rules of Senate and l.lst of StMiidimr Committees
for the use of the Semite.
ebville, Nov. 3, 1866.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A. M.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Yarborough.
Mr. Moore, from a committeee appointed for the
purpose, reported a resolution, which was adopt
ed, recommending the publishing of 250 copies of
the Report of Comptroller General, and 160 copies
of reports of Superintendent of W. &A.B.K. and
Principal Keeper of Penitentiary.
On motion of Mr. O. P. Beall, the principal seats
on the floor was extended to representatives of the
Press.
Mr. Blouut, a bill to incorporate the Lumpkin
Manufacturing Company.
A bill to incorporate the Lumpkin Porcelain
Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Butler, a bill for tbe relief of Anna Adams
of Richmond connty.
Mr. Carter, a bill to reduce the sheriff bonds of
Butts and Pike counties.
Mr. England, a bill to prevent tbe distillation of
cereals and the seed of sugar cane in Georgia until
tbe next session of the General Assembly.
Mr. Ezzard, a bill to change the law - in relation
to pay of members and officers of tbe General As
sembly.
The amendment proposed is to givetheSpeak,
er and President $6 a day, each, and other
members $4 per day.
Mr. J. F. Johnson, a bill to enable tho Justices
of the Inferior Courts of the counties which had
their Court houses burned by the Federal army
•o levy an extra tax for the purpose of rebuilding
the same.
Mr. Owens, a bill to authorize the collection of
any rato of interest that may be agreed upon.
Mr. O. L, Smith, a bill providing foi an
election in Bartow county to determine where
the county site of said county shall be.
r. Strozier, a bill to amend Section 3401 of
the Code.
A bill to amend the charter of the city of
Albany.
Mr. Turner, a bill to repeal Section 940, and
amend 3ection 941 of the Codo.
Mr. Turner also offered the following rnsolu
tions:
Whereas, Since tlie lest session of the General
Assembly unforscen occurrences have transpired
in the dispensation of an All Wise Providence in
that He has parched our fields and blighted our
crops and the honest and never more honest efforts
of tho husbandmon havo been very unsuccessful;
and whereas, the people of tho State have been
in great fear lest creditors should, with tho strong
armof the law, seize the little property remaining
sinco tho disasters of the war; and wheras, fur
ther, this fear has caused the people of many
countries to assemble in relief meetings to give
expression to their wishes and in clinations, and
nlso to instruct their legislators in regard to their
desires and necessities, which is eminently
legitimate ; be it, therefore,
Resolved by the General Assembly, That the
unfortunate condition of tho people is fully
appreciated by their representatives.
Resolved, secondly. That it i3 tho sense ot tho
Legislature that tbe rights and interests of both
debtor and creditor should be equally protected,
and that while tho debtor should keep sacred
his contracts, tho creditor should not, in the
present impoverished condition of the country,
force to salo the property of poor but honest
men, and earnestly recommend that both classes
of citizens act in the spirit of tho golden
rule of doing unto others as they would wish that
others, under similar circumstances, should do
New Yokk. Oct. 31.—Gen. Sherman’s mis
sion is both military and diplomatic. He
Hoes to sustain Minister Campbell in all tlio
diplomatic relations which may be re-cstab-
jislied and improved, and is also authorized
"to bring into use, at his discretion, the mili
tary power in any emergency which may ren
der this power necessary. The very impor
tant nature of tills work is thus apparent;
and the President is anxious that it not only
should be in safe and able hands, hut that
our representatives should reach the scene of
action as soon as possible.
The name of Gen. Grant was at first sug
gested as tlie proper person for this position
of military envoy, but as he cannot well be
spared from the arduous work consequent up
on the re-organization of tlie army. General
Sherman was selected, lie having declined the
tender ol the War Department which was
made to him by President Johnson.
When the change does occur in the latter
department, it is altogether probable that
Gencjal Grant will be called to assume its
duties.
The Times’ Washington special says the
administration does not entirely approve the
vigorons language of Gen. Sheridan’s late
order, so far as it applies to Maximilian and
his French relations. Thus far all our inter
course with France on this subject has been
of the most amicable nature, and there is
neither intention nor desire to intercept
them. At the present time everything desir
able promises to be accomplished without
any bad feeling whatever, unless it be on
the part of those bandits whom General
Sheridan very properly styles bucca
neers.
New Yokk, Oct. 31.—Tho Herald’s Mon
treal special says there is but one feeling
among the Canadians concerning the con
victed Fenians, and that is, the law must
take its course.
The Herald’s Toronto, C. W., special says
the Episcopal church in Brantford was enter
ed by a party ot Fenians immediately after
tlie receipt of the news that Col. Lynch and
Rev. J. Macilaljon were sentenced to be hung.
Tho windows were smashed and the pulpit
demolished, while a party of meu promena
ded the street cheering for President Roberts
and Gen Sweeney.
If the Fenian prisoners are relvn*cd by the
Government in cousequeuce of the threats
made by the Fenians of the United States, a
strong annexation party will he formed
throughout the Province.
Why German Women iualtc Good
Wives.
The culinary art forms a part of tlie educa
tion of women In Germany. Tlie well-to-do
tradesmen, like the mechanic, takes pride in
seeing his daughters good housekeepers. To
effect this object, the girl on leaving school,
which she docs when about 14 years of age,
goes through the ceremony of confirmation,
and then is placed by her parents with a
country gentleman, or in a large family, where
she remains one or two years, filling what may
almost be termed the post of a servant, and
doing the work of one. This is looked upon
as an apprenticeship to domestic economy.—
She differs from a servant, however, in thiB:
she receives no wages: on tbe contrary, her
parents often pay lor the care taken of hfcr,
as well as her clothing.
This is the first step in her education as a
housekeeper. 8be next passes, on the same
conditions," into the kitchen ot a rich private
family, or into that of a hotel of good repute.
There sbs has control of tho expenditures and
of the servants employed in it, and assists
personally in the cooking, but is always ad
dressed as “ fraulein,” or miss, and is treated
by the family with deference and considera
tion. Many daughters of rich families receive
the same training, with this difference, how
ever, that they receive it in a princely man
sion or a royal residence. There is a reign-
ing Queeu in Germany at the present moment
who was trained in this way. Consequently
the women in Germany are perfect models of
economy.
—- , tfiF“Jacob Thompson, ex-agent of the ex j for the nee of the Semre. jReived, thirdly, That the General
left to her a fortune of $400,OIK) by her fiatii- contederacy in Canada and else ahere, arrived | Mr Daley, a bill to repeal an act. j-rovldinir f.r 1 A „ omb j v won ld respectfully point to fhe
the-latc A. W. Jackaon, theatrical mana- at Halifax, from Europe, on tb« steamship j ti:e comiwnsation of the petit jurors of T.itnall example of fhe Northern merchant ;unj;
ger, speculator, &c. China. He goes to Havana. County. > nanimously adjusting his claims with
If you don’t want to see tbe Rebel war
debt and Rebel war damages and Rebel pen
sion claims become a stock, to be bought up
by Northern and European os well as South
ern speculators and lobbied through Con
gress, vote against every man in any tlie least
degree tinctured with Johnson’s policy.
Such is some of the lying and deceptive
trash with which the New York Tribune in
fluences its readers to vote the Radical ticket:
No one but a Inane would write or publish
such a statement, and ne one but a fool would
believe it or be influenced by it—but there
are many fools at the North
rgSfOur respects to the
inon l in our next issue.
Hou. II. J. R