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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1866)
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST. [Reported for the Constitutionalist.] THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. ♦ Mn,i.®PGE vi Lt*, March 3. HOUSE. AFTERNOON SESSION. The House re-assembled at 3 o’clock. BILLS ON THIRD BEADING. Bill to facilitate the collection of debts. Lost. Bill to alter and amend Section 1290 of the Code. Passed. Senate bill to repeal an act requiring cotton and woolen factories to publish lists of their stockholders. Passed. ? NEW MATTER. Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, introduced a bill to incorporate the Georgia Lands Lumber Com pany. Mr. Sims, of Bartow—Bill to incorporate the town of Styleston. in Bartow county. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Sand erst, of Taylor, till Tuesday next, and to Mr. Dodson, of Catoosa, for 5 few days, on account of sickness. House adjourned till Monday morning, 9 o’clock. SENATE. „ March sth. The Senate met at 10, a. m., pursuant to ad journment, the President in the Chair. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Manson, of the Senate. The journal was read and corrected. It ap pears there was an error in the announcement that the bill to vest certain lands of the State, lying near the city of Macon, in the corporate authorities of said city, had passed. The bill failed by one. Mr. J. A. W. Johnson moved to re-eonsider the action of the Senate on said. bill. The motion prevailed by a vote of IS to 12. senate Bills On third reading. Bill 10 donate the lands of the State lying in the Okofonoke Swamp, as a permanent endow ment for the Georgia Orphans’ Home. Passed. Bill to prevent the distillation of grain, and for other purposes. Passed. Bill to accept by the State the laqd donated by the L T nited States, for the purposes of col leges to promote agriculture aud the mechanic arts. Passed. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill legalize the proceedings oi the Southern stockholders of the Brunswick and Florida railroad, and to change the name of said rail road. Passed. Bill to change the county of Scriven from the first to the fifth Congressional district. Passed. Bill to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Bullock county to levy and collect an extra tax for building a court house and bridges in said county. Passed. Bill to allow parties time to make writs of certiorari in certain cases. It allows ten days. Passed. Bill to revive the military code of Georgia as it existed before the war. Passed. Bill to facilitate the trials against tenants hold ing over. Lost. Bill to incorporate the Muscogee Insurance and Industrial Association. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Southern Mining Com pany. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Lookout Valley Min in <£ Company. Bill for the relief of executors, administrators, guardians and trustees in certain cases. Passed. The reconsidered bill to vest certain bonds of the State In the city authorities of Macon was taken up and made the special order for Wed nesday next. The Senate adjourned till 3 o’clock, p. m. HOUSE. March sth. The House met at 9 o’clock, a. in., pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the chaplain. The journal was read and approved. The rules were suspended and the bill to au thorize the Governor to remit a portion of State tax upon certain contingencies was taken up and passed. Resolution was adopted allowing the Secretary of State to have a clerk. Senate bill for organizing county courts was made the special order for Tuesday next. Bill to pardon Epsy Woods, a convict in the penitentiary was passed. Bill to allow Chatham Free School to sell cer tain lands. Passed. Bill to pardon J. W. Martin, a convict.— Passed. Bill to amend section 4275 of the Code. The bill makes house burning aud burglary at night punishable with death. Bill to regulate rate of interest in this State. Postponed indefinitely. House adjourned till 3 o’clock, p. m. SENATE. March 5Tn. The Senate re-asseinbled at 3 o'clock, p. m. house bills on third reading. Bill to compel Steamboat, Railroad and Ex press Companies to give receipts for freight. Passed. * Resolution for the pardon of Epsey Wood, a female convict. Passed. Bill to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Clark county to issue county bonds. Ppssed. Bill tb change the line between Palding and Carrol counties. Bill to incorporate the North Western Mining- Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Okefenokee Land and Canal Company. Lost. Bill to incorporate the North Georgia Petro leum Mining Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Georgia Manufactur ing and Paper Mill Company. Passed. Bill for the relief of the Deaf and Dumb Asy lum. Passed. Resolution to allow the Secretary of State a clerk. Agreed to. Resolution to authorize the Superintendent of Western and Atlantic railroad to aid persons living near said road in building stock gaps. Agreed to. J , Resolution that the General Assembly will not entertain any proposition to relieve stock holders from personal liability except in certain cases. Indefinitely postponed. Resolution to authorize the Governor to ap point a fit aud competent person to aid the Hon. David Irwin ini completing the laws. Lost. A message was received from Iris Excellency conveying information in relation to the fi nances of the State. The message, with accom panying documents, was referred to a commit tee consisting of Messrs. Redding, Strickland, J. A. W. Johnson, Bower and Butler. The balance of the session was spent in read ing House bills the third time. Senate adjourned. HOUSE. March sth. The House met at 3o’clock, p. m. BILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill to punish horse stealing with death.— Bill to allow decrees in equity to be rendered in chambers. Passed. S Bill to prevent illegal seizures in this State.— ' Passed. _ ‘ Bill to incorporate the Georgia Express Com pany. Passed. Bill to amend section 4,797 of the Code. — Passed. Bill to incorporate the Savings Bank of Au gusta. Passed. Bill to repeal 4,414 section of the Code. Lost. Bill for the relief of officers of the Bank of Savannah. Passed. ! Bill to allow aliens to own land in Georgia. — ! Laid on the table for the present. The House adjourned till to-morrow morn ing, 10 o’clock. SENATE. March 6th. The Senate met at the hour of 10 o’clock, a. m., pursuant to adjournment. After prayer, the journal was read and ap proved. Mr. Thornton moved to reconsider the reso lution (lost) to authorize some fit and compe tent person to aid the Hon. David Irwin in re vising the Code. Passed. A message was received from his Excellency the Governor, returning the bill to provide for the stay of executions, without his approval.' The bill was then taken up and, by constitu tional majority, passed over the Executive veto. BILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill to declare Olivia Wallace the adopted child of S. B. Jones. Passed. Bill to amend section 4467 of the Code.— Passed. , Bill to legalize certain marriages contracted during the war. Passed. Bill to repeal ISSd paragraph of the Code. — Passed. Bill to regulate the distribution of the com mon cchool fund of Echols -ounty. Passed. Bill to change the line between Murray and Gordon counties. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Atlanta Mining and Rolling Mill Company. Passed. Bill to authorize the ordinaries of this State to administer oaths. , Passed. Bill to legalize certain contracts otj guardians, executors and administrators. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of the Brunswick Insurance Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Elijay Mining Compa ny. Passed. Bill to incorporate Grjmd Bay Manufacturing Company. Passed. Bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Rich mond county to levy and collect an extra tax. Passed. Bill in relation to judgments against trust estates. Lost. s Bill to extend the corporate limits of the city of Rome. Passed. Bill to exempt from street duty members of the Hook and Ladder Company of Atlanta- Passed, Bill to constitute the town of Madison a city. Passed. i Bill to provide for the election of superin tendents of roads and bridges in the several counties of the State. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of the city of Bruns wick. Passed. Bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of Lee county. Passed. Bill to submit to" the voters of Georgia the question whether the penitentiary shall be abolished. Passed. The bills were then read the first and second time. Adjourned. HOUSE. March 6. The House met at 9 o'clock. Prayer by the chaplain. The journal was read and approved. The bill to allow aliens to hold' land in the State, lost on yesterday, was reconsidered. Leave of absence granted to Mr. Martin and Mr. Dodson. NEW MATTER. Mr. Barnes, of Richmond—A bill to incorpo rate the Augusta and Summerville RWilroad Company. Mr. Swearingen, of Decatur—A bill to incor porate the Mechanics’ Savings Bank. Mr. Harrison, of Chatham—A bill to legalize the appointment of L. J. B. Fairchilds as treas urer of the county of Chatham. The special order—the bill to organize coun ty courts —was laid on the table for the present. ’ The rest of the morning session was taken up in discusssing the general appropriation bill. House adjourned. The House reassembled at o’clock, p. m., and spent the whole afteTnooji in the consid eration of the General Appropriation bill, and adjourhed without reaching a vote. SENATE. March 7th. The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m. Prayer by Rev. S. E. Brooks, of the Baptist church. The journal of the preceding day was read aud approved. The bill to change the time of holding Infe rior Courts of Lee county was reconsidered. The bill extending the corporate limits of the city of Rome was reconsidered and laid on the table the balance of the session. The special committee to whom tiie subject was referred, reported a bill to appropriate $300,000 for the relief of the indigent poor of this State which was read. The insolvent debtors bill was made the special order for next Saturday. BILLS ON 3d READING. Bill to provide for certain employees on the Western and Atlantic railroad. Passed. Resolution requesting and authorizing the Governor to appoint some suitable and fit per son to aid Hon. David Irwin in the revision of tiie Code. Lost. Resolution requesting superintendent of W. & A. R. R. to report at the next session of the Legislature what amount of iron said road has in its possession belonging to the Bruns wick railroad. Lost. Bill to provide for the payment of teachers of poor schools for the year 1865. Passed. Bill to fix the rates of jail lees. Lost. Bill to change the line between Lee and Ter rell counties. Lost. Bill to allow Dr. Craig to practice medicine and charge for the same. Lost. Mr. Kenan introduced a resolution which was adopted, tendering to Hon. H. V. Johnson a seat on the fioor of the Senate during his stay at the capital. Resolution authorizing the auditing of certain claims against the State during tiie administra tion of Provisional Governor Johnson. Passed. Resolution, in relation to corn ’purchased for the State, by Seago, Palmer & Cos., of At lanta. Lost. Resolution in relation to foreign immigrants. Lost. Bill in relation to indented servants, amenda tory of section 1842 of the Code. Passed. Bill to amend section 4007 of the Code. Pass ed. Bill to authorize the arrest of criminals flee ing into a different county from that in wnich the offense was committed. Passed. Bill to alter the law in relation to drainage. Passed. » , Bill to confine railroads in their .charges to their charters. Postponed. Mr. Kenan introduced a bill to incorporate the Planters’ Loan and Banking Association. The balance of the session was spent in read ing House bills the firat and second time. Senate adjourned. HOUSE. March 7th. The House met at 9 o’clock, a. m., and after passing the general appropriation bill, ad journed. The House re-assembled at 2 o’clock, p. m. The bill to organize county courts in each county and to define the jurisdiction of the same was passed. On motion of Mr. Russell, of Chatham, the provision in the bill as it pass ed the Senate, that requires the county judge of Chatham to be a practicing attorney was stric ken out. At the instance of Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, tiie same provision in relation to the county of Bibb was stricken out of the bill. Bill to incorporate the Union Express Com pany. Lost. Adjourned till 7 o’clock, p. m. NIGHT SESSION. At the hour of 7, p. m., the House re-eon vened. BILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill to repeal an act assented to March 21st, 1864, and to re-enact the former laws in regard to publishing the decisions of the Supreme Court. Lost. i Bill to relieve lax collectors for the year 1865 from the obligation of their bonds. Lost. Bill to amend section 291 of the Code. Lost. Bill to alter and amend part 4, title 7, para ; graph 4532 of the Code. Lost. Bill to alter and anuiu| 1564 section of ihc Code, in relation to peddlers. Lost. ! Bill to extend the charter of the Roswell Man j ufacturing Company. Passed, j Bill for the relief of Jasper J. Owen and Wil- I liam Owen, of Franklin county. Passed. [ Bill to amend 3988 section of the Code.— I Passed. I Bill to legalize and make valid acts of uotaries public in certain cases. Passed. Bill to amend 3604 section of the Code.— Passed. Bill to amend an act to incorporate the Geor gia Home Insurance Company. Passed. Bill to appoint new commissioners for the town of Hardwick and to incorporate the same. Passed. J Bill to establish a military school at Fort Val ley. Lost. Bill to alter and amend the laws of this State in relation to the Justicps of the Superior Court. Lost. Adjourned. SENATE. March 8. The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. ni. Prayer by Rev. S. S. Brooks. The journal was read and approved. The bill to change the line between Lee and Terrell counties (passed,) was reconsidered. The bill to alter the charter of Hawklnsville was passed. BILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill to fix the pay of officers and members of the General Assembly. Passed. The pay of the House and President of the Senate is fixed at sl2 per day ; that of the other members at $9 per day. Bill to authorize the Governor, in ease the State is not allowed to assume the Federal debt, to arrest the collection of State taxes on lands the present yoflr. Passed. Bill to authorize the Justices of the Superior Court of Randolph county to issue bonds.— Passed. •Bill to authorize the Inferior Courts of Thom as and Liberty counties to levy and collect an extra tax. Passed. Bill to compensate the commissioners for preparing the Freedmcn’s Code. It aliows each of the four 8500. Passed. i Bill to authorize the superintendent of the Western and Atlantia Railroad and the Terasu rer of the State to execute a bond for the pay ment to the United States of dues for iron, &e. Passed. Bill to allow the ordinary of Mclntosh county to keep liis record more than a mile from the court house. Passed. Bill for the relief of Milley Howard. Passed. Bill to change the line between Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties, so as to make the Upa toie the boundary. Passed. Bill to increase the pay of the compiler of the law to $750. Passed. Bill to repeal the laws forbidding the circula tion of United States currency. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of the town of Sparta. Passed. Bill to incorporate the town of Springfield.— Passed. Bill to amend the charter of the town of Baiu bridge. Passed. Bill to amend section 1290 of the Code.— Passed. Bill to allow certain charitable schools in Sa vannah to sell lands donated to the same.— Passed. Bill for the relief of John S. Edmondson. — Passed. Bill to alter section 2416 of the Code. Pass ed. Bill for the relief of Moses F. Collins, of the county of Whitfield. Passed. Bill in relation to Records. Passed. Bill to authorize courts in certain counties to be held in other plages besides the court houses. Passed. Bill to amend the Code in relation to vagrants. Passed. Bill to make provision for the division of lands among distributees in certain counties where no provision is made for such division. Passed. Bill to remit the unpaid taxes for the years 1864 and 1865. Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Bill to alter the rules of evidence in certain eases. Passed. Bill to alter section 1307 of the Cods> Passed. Biil to alter section24Bo oftheCode. Passed. Bill to authorize his Excellency to raise money by the issue of Stale bonds. Passed. It au thorizes the raising of $1,500,000. Bill to change the line between Putnam and Jasper. Lost. Bill to incorporate the Brunswick aud Alta nialia Canal Company. Passed. Bill to incorporatethe Carroll Manufacturing Company. Passed. Bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Bartow county to issue bonds to raiserevenue for coun ty purposes. Passed. Bill for the relief of mained soldiers. Pass ed; It provides for supplying at the expense of the State artificial legs and arms to mained. soldiers in the late Confederate army. Biil to incorporate the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Georgia. Passed. T Mr. Gresham introduced a resolution au thorizing the appointment of a committee of lawyers to examine the digest of the Supremo Court decisions in course of preparation by A. O. Bacon, Esq., of Macon, Ga. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. Bill to’ incorporate the Oostanaula Steamboat Company, with powers of insurance. Passed. Bill to incorporate tlie.Yonah Gold Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Cuthbert Manufactur ing Company. Mr. Butler introduced a bill to incorporate the Augusta Savings Bank. The same bill had pass ed both houses but lacked some formality to render it valid. Bill to incorporate the Augusta Mutual In surance Company. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of the Merchants’ Insurance Company. Passed. Rill to incorporate the Central Railroad and Canal Company. Made the special order for to-morrow. Bill to incorporate the LaGrange Savings Bank. Lost. Bill to incorporate the Augusta Insurance Company. Passed. Bill to incoporate the Gordon Mining and Manufacturing Company. Passed. Senate adjourned. ( HOUSE. March 8. The House met at 9 o’clock, a. m. Prayer by the chaplain. The journal was read and approved. Mr. Moses, pf Muscogee, moved to reconsider so much sf the journal of yesterday as relates to the rejection of a bill to incorporate the Union Express Company. Lost. Mr. Russell, of Chatham, moved to reconsi der so much of the journal as relates to the rejection of a bill to change the name of the Home Insurance Company, of Savannah, to the Georgia Citizen Company. The motion pre vailed and the bill passed. Bill to authorize the appointment of J. B. Fairchild treasurer of Chatham county. Pass ed. Bill to incorporate the Augusta and Summer ville Railroad Company. Passed. Bill for the relief Dickson Taliaferro, Jr., of Whitfield county. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Atlanta Street Railroad 1 Company. Lost- Bill to regulate the liabilities of executors, administrators and guardians, and to regulate settlements with the same. Passed. Bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Pickens county to appropriate any money in the treas ury oi said county arising from the sale of eot tqn to the support of the indigent poor of said county. Passed. Bill to authorize the Inferior Courts of the several counties in this State to purchase farms and houses for paupers, and to levy a tax to pay for the same. Passed. Bill to authorize (lie ordinaries of this State to issue temporary letters of admisistration in certain cases. Passed. Bill to incorporate the town of Stylesboro.— Passed. , BUI to incorporate a Stfeet Railroad Compa ny in the city of Savannah. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Alabama aud Georgia Manufacturing Company. Passed. Mr. Mosds, of Muscogee, introduced a bill to regulate charges of railroad and express com panies, and to prevent extortion by the same. Bill to . repeal seetltm 4424 of the Code.— Passed. The Stay Law, vetoed by the Governor on ac count of constitutional objections to the same, was taken up and passed by a constitutional majority. Ycays 121, nays 7. Leltve of absence granted to Mr. Stallings, of Coweta, the balance of J,hc session. House adjourned, AFTERNOON SESSION. , March 8. The Senate met at 3 o’clock. house bills on 3d reading. Bill to incorporate the Columbus Manufac turing Company. Passed. The corporation is to exist for 50 years. Bill to incorporate the American Insurance and Industrial Agency. Passed. BUI to incorporate the chartered Long Branch Hydraulic Hose Mining Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Little River Mining Company." Passed. Bjll to incorporate the Franklin Mining and Manufacturing Company. Passed. Bill to Incorporate the Gate City Car and Ma chine Works. Passed. Bill to increase the fees of clerk of Supreme Court and county officers. Passed. ' Bill to authorize the- Inferior Courts of the several counties to levy and collect an extra tax for the benefit of indigent soldiers of the late Confederate army, and the indigent fami lies of deceased soldiers. Tax not to exceed 100 per cent* on the State tax. Passed. Bill to chang'd the time of holding the Supe rior Courts of Lee couuty. Passed. Bill for the relief of administrators, guardians, &c. Passed. It relieves such from any liabili ties for having taken Confederate bonds. Bill to change the line between Laurens and Wilkinson. Lost. Bill to define the liabilities of vendue masters. Lost. , Bill to allow executors to resign their trusts. Lost. Bill to allow Justices Court at Glenniore, Ware county. Lost. Bill to alter section 648 of the Code. Lost. Bill to alter the mode of’paying the solicitor of Eastern Circuit. Lost. Bill to limit the time when companies char tered by this Legislature must organize. Lost. Bill to fix the fees at ordinaries. Passed. Adjourned. HOUSE. aeterWoon SESSION. March 8. The House re-assembled at 2 o’clock. BILLS ON 3D READING. Bill to regulate the labor of convicts, upon public works, and to define the. powers of the In ferior Courts and.the Governor in regard to the same. Passed. Bill for the relief of George Cox, of Whitfield county. Passed. Biil to incorporate tiie Chattahoochee Manu acturing Company. Passed. , Bill to incorporate the Mechanics’ Savings Bank of Augusta. Passed. Bill to prescribe the marital relation between freedmen. Passed. Bill to define the duty of tax receivers. Lost. Bill to exonerate sheriffs and other collecting' officers from liabilities in certain cases. Passed. Bill to alter and amend sections |585, 594 and 603, and repoal section 588 of the. Code. Lost. Bill to regulate administration of estates of deceased persons. Los}. Bill,creating liens upon growing crops. Lost. Leave of absence granted Mr. Spear the lwl lanee of the session. night Session. The House met at 7 o’clock. The bill to amend the charter-of the city of Macon was passed. Bill to allow the redemption of real estate sold under execution, in two years. Passed. Bill to organize and establish an orphan’s house in the State. Passed. Bill to add an additional elause to the 2531 section of the Code. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Columbus Manufac turing Company. Passed. Bill to prescribe and regulate the relation of parent and child among persons of cojpr.— Passed. Bill to incorporate the Savings flank of Au gusta. Passed. Bill to amend the 1350 section of the Code. Passed. Bill to reduce the bonds of officers of certain counties. Lost. Bill to define the rights of persons owning latfflings on rivers. Lost. Senate bill to require persons exempt from jury duty to serve as tales jurors. Lost. Bill to incorporate the Fulton Medical Col lege. Passed. Mr. Moses introduced a bill to authorize the ordinary of Newton county toissue letters of ad ministration to L. A. Watley, a non-resident. Adjourned. SENATE. • March-9. The Senate met at 9 1-2 o'clock, a. m., pur suant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. S. E. Brooks. The-journal was road and approved. Mr. Thornton moved to reconsider the bill, lost on yesterday, to make vendue masters re sponsible for property sold by them. The mo tion prevailed. BILLS ON THIRD READING. ' Bill to incorporate the Southern Savings Bank and Association. Passed. Reconsidered bill to incorporate the La grange Savings Bank. Passed, Reconsidered bill to change the line between Lee and Terrell counties. Passed. Reconsidered bill to make vendue masters responsible for property sold by tiiem. Pass ed. Bill to incorporate the Southern Bank of America. Passed. ’ Bill to increase the liabilities of express companies. Lost. Bill to give trustees* courts jurisdiction in cases of larceny, where the theft was not more than of S2O. Lost. Bill to alter section 1629 of the Code. Pass ed. Bill to extend the charter of the Central Railroad and Canal Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Steam Cotton Mill Company. Passed. The bill to vest the State’s land near Macon in the corporate authorities of said city being the special order, was taken up, and was under discussion at the time of closing this report. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Senate met at the hour of 3 o’clock. The bill to vest in the eit&autharities of Ma con certain lands of the Sfate—being the un finished business—was taken up, and, after con siderabje discussion, was lost. Yeas, 13 : nays, 15. The bill to’ incorporate the Planter’s Loan and Banking Association was taken up and passed. Senate adjourned. HOUSE. March 9. The House met at 9, a. in. Prayer by ttie chaplain. The journal of the preceding day was rend and approved. A resolution was adopted in relation to the appointment of n committee to select a site for the penitentiary. Ttie bill for the relief of the banks was indef initely postponed. Bill to encourage immigration. Passed. House adjourned. ~ „** ' ! HOUSE. AFTERNOON SESSftjN. The House met at 3 o’clock, and took up BILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill to extend the limits of Thomasville.— Passed. Bill to donate the Oku feu ok ec swamp lands to I'ne Georgia Orphans’ Home. Passed. Bill accepting for the State donation of land from the United States'to States and Territories. Passed. > ' < Bill to authorize transfer of criminal eases in Inferior Courts to the'County Courts. Passed. Bill to define and regulate court contracts in the County Courts. Passed. Bill to authorize married women to deposit, money in Savings Banks. Passed. Bill to prevent the consumption of grain by distilleries. Lost. Bill to incorporate the Georgia Land and Lumber Company. Passed. Adjourned, to meet at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning. HOUSE. March 10. The House met at 9 o’clock, pursuant to ad journment. Prayer by the chaplain. < The. journal of the preceding day was read and approved. The bill to amend the charter ot Thomasville was reconsidered. bills on Tmnn reading. Bill for the relief of L, AT Whatley, admin istrator. Passed, Bill limiting the charges of express com panies. Passed. Bill to extend the corporate limits of Thoui asvillc (reconsidered.), Passed. , The liomested bill reported by a conference committee was passed. Bill to require freedmen to have certificates of employment. Lost. Bill to authorize frdinartes to issue letters testamentary in certain cases. Lost. Bill to allow freedmen equality In giving in testimony. Lost. Bill to repeal section 285 of the Code.—• Passed. Adjournod. SENATE. Makch 10. Tiie Senate met at half-past nine o’clock,a. m. Prayer by tiie Rev. 8. E. Brooks, of tin; Bap tist Church. The journal of the preceding day was read and approved. On motion of Mr. Butler, 100 copies of tiie report of the committee appointed by the Pro visional Governor to Investigate the financial condition of the State during tiie war, were or dered to be, printed for tiie use of the Senate. Tiie. bill incorporating the Augusta Savings Bunk was passed. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING. Rill to enable judges of tiie Superior and In ferior Courts to fill certain vacancies. Passed. Bill to amend section 3988 of the Code.— Passed. ‘ Bill to define the liabilities of executors, Ac. Passed. Bill to amend soction 4434 of the Code.— Passed. Bfll to legalize the appointment of L. J. B. Fairchilds as couuty treasurer of Chatham county. Passed. Bill for the relief of Jasper J. Owen. Passed. Bill for the relief of Dickerson Taliaferro.— Passed. Bill requiring cost to be paid in certain cases. Passed. Bill to make valid certain acts of notaries public. Passed. Bill to amend section 3604 of the Code.— Lost. < The Senate resolution in relation to the ap pointment of a committee (if competent lawyers to examine and report on a digest of Supreme Court decisions in course of preparation by A. Oi Bacon, Esq., was passed. ’The Senate was in session at tiie time of clos ing this report. Answer to “Wise” Questions— Henry A. Wise has been writing to Fernando Wood, of New York, on sundry political matters, and in about the middle ot the letter, as published, we find these questions: “ Can you inform me, then, why, the war having ceased, peace has not been proclaimed? Why civil jurisdiction lias not been allowed ?” Ac. These are perti nent questions ; but Mr. Wise has not display ed much wisdom in going to Mr. Wood for answers. lie should have procured a full re sponse by looking around hirn at home. There is no room for doubt that peace would have been proclaimed long ego if thfriSouthorn States had not been afilicled by fiery orators and newspaper editors, mid other uneasy spirits, who keep up agitation, abuse the'Government that has been so lenient with them, and thus help to keep society there in an unsettled and turbulent condition. They are the. men, for tiie most part, who stir up the bad blood, the con tention, tiie strife, the violence, the riotous de monstrations which give occasion for the pres ence of the military, and those are the occur rences that have held back the well-known de sire of the President to proclaim peace and re store the Southern States entirely to the juris diction of their civil tribunals*. Some recently reported speeches of Mr. Wise himself, said to have been made in the Richmond courts, and the wild ravings of the Richmond Examiner, may be cited as examples of the agitations we refer to, and that have exercised a potent in iluenee in keeping the Southern States tinder military rule. When they take away these rea sons for withholding the proclamation of peace, they will hasten the day for that proclamation. Mr! Wise would do better to ask advice and in formation from Alexander Stephens than from Fernando Wood —VhiladelpFtia Ledger. WasijinGton, March B.—Representative Bout well to-day made a report from the Com mittee on Reconstruction, signed by himself and Representative Washburnc, ot Illinois, in which they state that tliecOlored people of Ten nessee are undoubtedly loyal, and half of the white people arc disloyal. East Tennessee is strongly loyal, and Middle atid West Tennes see arc disloyal. There arc about 120,000 white males of the voting age, and 80,000 colored males of the voting age irl the State, making in all 200,000. The bill proposes to exclude seven tenths of the loyal population. They propose an amendment to the proposition by offering another condition for the admission of Tennes see : That, in conferring tiie elective franchise, no distinction shall be made as to race or color. The Tribune's Washington special says: The mania for destroying the various articles of furniture iu the Executive Mansion for the pur pose of securing mementoes still seems to be unabated. A man and woman were yesterday arrested for entting the curtains in the east room, and taken before the Superintendent of Police, who held the parties for further investi gation, -
