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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
The Milledgeville paper* give the following
synopsis of the Legislative proceedings during
the past week.
The proceedings for the present week, up to
this time, will be fbtmd in the communications
of our correspondent* ” Temple,” and ••Mac."
SENATE.
Monday Nov. 23rd 1857.
BILLS PASSED.
A bill organizing a new county out of a por
tion of It arren.
A bill adding the county of Miller to the .
South Western Judicial Circuit.
A bill authorising the Justices of the Infe
rior Court of Columbia county, to issue coun
tv bonds and levy an extra tax.
A bill sntf.-«irizmg Executors, administrators
and guardians to resign their trusts under cer
tain conditions.
A bill for relief of sureties and endorse «s in
certain cases.
A bill to collect interest on oj-eti accounts in
this State.
A bill amending the 46th section of the at
tachment law.
A bill making uniform the crimnal practice
in the several Judicial Circuits.
A bill authorising the issuing of attachments
under certain restrictions.
A bill repealing Bth sec. of an act requiring
commanding officers in eseh captain's district
to set with the .fustiuos in drawing Juries.
A bill authorizing endorsers on promissory
notes and other instruments of negotiation at
any chartered Bank to be sue- 1 in the same
action with the principal or maker.
A bill for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Clark
Executrix.
A bill for relief of Swan Sj<ell ami Francis
Abbott.
A bill amending an act granting corporate
powers to the Curtright Manufacturing com
pany.
A bill amending the tax laws.
A bill repealing the lien laws so far as it
applies to steam mills upon the several months
of the Altamaha River.
A bill authorizing Mark Rigell of Terrel to
peddle without paying for a licence for the
same.
A bill establishing the 1005th District G. M.
in Decatur, and legalize the Judicial acts there
of.
A bill for relief of Nancy Morrow, of Henry
county.
A bill incorporating the Ocmulgee and Al
tamaha Steam Navigation Company.
Mr. Paine ottered a resolution appointing a
committee to make arrangements for divine
service in the House of Representatives, and
invite some distinguished divine to deliver an
appropriate sermon on Thursday next. being
the day set apart by the Gover for Thanks,
giving.
Tuesday, Nov. 24th.
BILI.S INTRODUCED.
Mr. Arnett—A bill making legal the sale of
the Bainbridge Academy lot. Also to incor
porate the Bainbridge ami Nothcrn K. R. Co.
Mr. Browning—A bill to incorporate the
South Georgia and Florida Kail Road Com
pany.
Mr. Bartlett—A bill incorporating the Geor
gia Insurance Company.
Mr. Bush. —A bill providing for the election
of a County Treasurer in Miller County.
Mr. Fain—A bill amending an act to au
thor!* the Justices of the Inferior Court of
the counties of Fannin, Telfair, Clinch and
Walton to lay off said counties into School Dis
tricts.
Mr. Griffin of Calhoun —A bill for the relief
of FtancisC. Guerry, of Calhoun county. Al
so” for the relief of Alexander U. Morgan of
Calhoun, and to legalize his inter-marriage w ith
Amanda Smith.
Mr. Guerry—A bill amending an act to sim
plify and curtial pleading at law.
Mr. Harris of Merriwethcr — \ bill author
izing the Ordinary of Merriwethcr to pay ar
rearages due teachers of poor children. Also
to alter and amend the 12th Section of the 2nd
Article of the Constitution of this State.
Mr. Johnson of Fayette—A bill for the re
lief of Mrs. Martha Lewis of Henry. Also au
thorizing Benj. Chapman, of Fayette, to vend
goods, wares or merchandize without obtain
iug license.
Mr. Mounger—A bill amending an act regu- ;
luting the fees of Magistrates ami Constables
in this State.
Mr. Stokesi—A bill to erect a dam across the ,
Chattahoochee river, in Heard county.
Mr. Treadwell—A bill amending the lien
laws of this State, and to protect innocent pur- |
chasers.
Mr. Tucker—A bill amending the Judiciary
system of tills State.
Mr. Wooten- —A bill fixing the compensation
of Petit Jurors in tint Superior utul Inferior
Courts of Leeconntw.
Mr. Whitaker—A bill incorporating the At
lanta Insurance Co. Also exempting certain
members of the Mechanic Fire Company, No.
2. fr>-n certain public duties. Also to repeal
un act ante iding the Ith Section of the Char
ter of Atlanta.
Wednesday Nov. 25th.
BILLS PASSED.
A bill to lay out and organize a new county
from Cbo.okee, Cobh and Fayette. (lea- 44.
Nays 37.) :
A bill to explain an act incorporating the
Atlantic ami Gulf Rail Road Company.
A bill to alter and amend the 2nd section of
an act so far as relates to claims of property |
in the Superior und Inferior Courts of this
S<ute.
A bill repealing the 3rd section of an act to
carry into effect the 9th section of the 3rd art.
of the Constitution.
A resolution to invite some distinguished di
vine io deliver an appropriate sermon in the
House on Thursday the 26th inst.
Adjourned till Friday morning.
Friday Nov. 27th. 1
This branch of the General Assembly were ;
occupied in the .discussion of the Bill offered j i
as a substitute to the original Bill for the re
lief of the Banks of this State to wit:
•‘A Bill to provide against the forfeiture of 1
the several Bank Charters in this State on ac- 1
• omit of non specie payment for a given time,
and for other purposes therein named.”
The rules were suspended, and Mr. Felton <
MUroduced a Bill to lay off a new Judicial Cir- t
cuit. to be called the "Sumter Circuit," to be i
composed of Sumter, Lee. Webster. Marion and I
Macon. I I
1
Saturday, Nov. 28.
The Senate resumed the discussion of yester
day on the Bank Bill.
HOUSE, ■ <
Saturday, Nov. 21st.
BILLS PASSED. I
A bill alailishing imprisonment for debt in
certain cases. | r
Monday . Nov. 23d. 1857. r
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr. Harkness —A bill authorizing the levy- c
ing of an extra tax in Butts county, for build- <
ing new jail.
Mr. Lockett—Changing certain Congression- i
al Districts, therein named. Also compensa- <
ting Abner P. Powers, for extra services per
formed by him, as Judge of the "Macon Cir- t
cuit.”
Mr. Ilaredinan —Authorizing Tellnlah Ellen t
Butts to apply for, and receive grants to cer- 1
tain lots of land. r
Mr. Harrison —A bill to point ont the mode
of levying ami collecting distress warrants by
general l>oard of road commissioners of Chat
ham county. J
Mr. Guy—A bill to prevent non-residents ,
of Colquitt covnty from camp hunting in said c
county. (
Mr. Worley—A bill to subje t all jiersonal
and real property of citizens of ibis State, to
levy and sale, to satisfy tax fl fas. 1
Mr. Boggess—A bill to authorize W. B.
Ayres to practice mediciae, and to charge for t
the same.
Also, to endow the “Atlanta Medical Col
lege."
Mr. Phillips—A bill for relief of Mrs, F.
E. McCutchen.
Mr. Underw ood —A bill to declare the law of
j evidence in certain cases. Also, to incorporate
••Rome Mutual Insurance company” of Rome
Georgia.
Mr. Howard—A bill to authorize the Mayor
and Aiderman of Cohunbiw to remove the in
mates of lewd und disorderly houses in said
1 city.
Mr. Griffieth—A bill to relieve Henry P.
Hoff of Ogferhorpe county.
Mr. Findlay—A bill to compel Ordinaries,
Sheriffs, Coroners, and Marshals of this State
to advertise in Public Gazettes, nearest their
offices.
Mr. Harris—To relieve Reuben S. Williams
of Baker.
Mr. Hillyer—ln reference to the English
Statute of 32nd, Henry VIII.
Mr. Hardy—To make the election of Mem
bers of the General Assembly annual.
Mr. Cannon—To relieve W. H. Rauh rson a
minor.
Mr. Taliaferro—To relieve the "Cherokee
Insurance Banking Company,” and "Planter's
Bank,” both located at Dalton, Ga.
Mr. Coleman—To change the time of holding
l Superior Courts of Miller county.
Mr. Milledge—To amend an act allowing
Executors, Administrators ami Guardians to
resign their trusts on certain conditions.
Mr. Fain —To authorize the Tax Collector of
Union County to retain the State Tax of said
comity for the next two years. Also to amend
the Ist Section of an act providing for the com
( pensation of the Commissioned Officers. Musi
cians, and Privates of Certain Volunteer Com
panies mustered into the service of the State
of Georgia. 4c.
Mr. Sprayberry—To authorize the Inferior
Courts of this State to levy an extra pauper
‘ tax on certain conditions.
On motion. Rev. Lovick Pierce was tendered
a seat on the door of the House of Iteprescntn-
■ lives.
The House concurred in the Resolution of
the Senate, making arrangements for Divine
Service in the Hall of Representatives, on
Thursday next. Thunksging Day.
Tuesday, Nov. 24.
The minority and minority reports of the
1 committee on Bunks were read, and the mi
nority report was not agreed to. The majori
ty report, after some considerable discussion,
was agreed to, and the bill finally passed by a
small majority. The gentlemen who participa
ted in the debate were Messrs. Kenan. Irwin.
Gordon and Moore in favor of, and Messrs.
Lewis of Hancock and Smith of Towns opposed
to.
Wednesday. Nov. 25th, 1857.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Wr. Walker—To declare inoperative the 14th
Sec. 34th and 35th. Henry Vll—and to make
valid the w ills of Minors.
Mr. Wall—To appropriate money to remove
obstructions in Big Satilla River.
Mr. Fortner—To increase fees of witnesses
in the Courts of Emanuel county.
Mr. Craft—More effectually to protect Sa
vannah. River from obstructions.
Mr. Gurdon—To prevent non resident fish
ermen and hunters from fishing, hunting, eke.,
in this State.
Mr. Harris— Tn incorporate Marietta Bank
in the city of Marietta.
Mr. Gordon offered a resolution appointing a
committee to examine the rights of members of
present session of the Legislature so far as re
lates to its duration, (agreed to.)
Mr. Harrison —To publish an autlioritive map
of the State of Georgia.
Mr. Westmoreland—To incorporate “Geor-
' gia Mining and Smelting Company.”
Mr. Underwood —To regulate giving testi
mony in suits for real estate, A’e.
Mr. Webster —To organize a new county
from the counties of Floyd and Polk.
Mr. Barret —To authorize the Ordinary of
i Cass county to pay certain teachers of poor
t children.
Mr. Sherman—To lay ont a new county from
the counties of Habersham and Lumpkin. Al
so, to authorize the survey of the 6th district
■ of originally Habersham now Rabun, and to
; appropriate money for the same.
Mr. Lewis of Hancock—To provide for the
codification of the laws of this State.
Mr. Gilbert—To amend the tax laws of this
State, ami to compel Express Companies iu this
I State to pay tax. ,
Mr. Davis—To chiutge lines between Marion
! lUH | - counties.
Mr. Mott —To amend un act incorporating
the city of Columbus.
Mr. Lutt'man—' To relieve James Edmundson.
Mr. Kinbrongh of Merriwethcr—To author
ize Charles Findley to peddle (without license.
Mr. Coleman—To amend an act amending an
act incorporating the town of Cuthbert.
Mr. Milledge—To relieve Virginia B. Collins
of Richmond.
Mr. Crittenden —To allow non-residents, de
fendants, to make answer, &c.
Mr. Everett —To amend an net amending an
act incorporating the town of Thomasville;
also, to appropriate money to said town of
Thomasville as compensation for preventing
spread of small pox.
Mr. Smith of Towns, ottered a resolution eall
iitt on our Senators and Representatives in
Congress to use their influeiice to get the Uni
ted States to extinguish certain Indian titles.
Mr. Hyllyer—To authorize the Ordinary of
Walton county to pay certain teachers of poor
children, also, a resolution requesting our Sena
tors and Representatives in Congress to get
certain pensions. Ac.
Mr. Jones—To authorize the Ordinary of
Columbia county to pay certain teachers of
poor children ; also, for relief of Mrs. Frances
Abbott, Ac.
Mr. Taliaferro—To amend an act incorpora
ting the city of Ilalton.
Mr. Lew is of Hancock, offered a resolution
to authorize the Governor to appoint some
suitable person to collect ami publish incidents ,
in the lives, Ac., of Jackson, Milledge, Bald
win. Appling. Crawford, Ac.
The bill granting State aid to railroads was
mode the special order of the day lor Wednes
day next.
The bill for the pardon of John Black of
Habersham county being put upon its passage,
on motion a substitute committing his sentence
to imprisonment for life was agreed to —yeas
75. nays 88.
The resolution requesting the Governor to
pardon two females now in the Penitentiary
was agreed to.
The House taljourued till 3 I*. M.
BILLS PASSED.
For the relief of John W. Griffith of Gilmer
county. ,
For the relief es Thomas J. Miller of Bibb
county.
For the relief of Andrew T. Cowe of Greene
county.
To repeal an act regulating patrols, so far as ,
relates to Gwiunett county.
To authorize the Inferior Court of Gordon
ennnty to levy an extra tax to pay indebtedness I
of said county. , <
To permit Clerks of the Inferior and Stipe- <
rior Courts of Lincoln county to hold the office |
of J ustice of the peace. |
To incor[>orate New Manchester Manufac
turing Company.
After reading a number of Senate bills first <
time and the House bills second time, the ,
House’ luljournesl till Friday morning—to-mor
row being Thanksgiving day.
Saturday. Nov. 28th, 1857.
The House reconsidered the bill allowing T. .
J. Kimbrough to practice medicine, and post- ,
poned action to a future day. They also re
considered and passed the bill to allow Calvin
Clark of Telfair county, to practice medicine, i
BILLS PASSED. | <
A bill to amend the ehartei of the Canton |
Mining Company.
A bill repealing an act allowing tax collec
tors an inscilvent list.
A bill to compel persons living out of this ' t
State and owning lands in the same to give in
i and pay tax on the same.
A bill to reimburse J. IL Howard for money
-pent by him in maintaining his title slid the
State's title to certain lands.
A bill to make certain the rights of liusbuuds
to the property of the deceased wives.
A bill to explain an act organizing the Su
preme Court.
A bill to compensate for transcribing the
numerical land hooks in the Executive De
i partmeut.
MACON, GA.
Thursday, December 3,1857.
ATTENTION DEMOI K ATS !
The Executive Committee of the Democratic Party
having publislied in a late issue of the Georgia Tele
graph, a notice for the several districts of the county
loculi meetings for the purpose of appointing dele
rates to nominate candidates for county officers, now
desire, in accordance with the wisli of the majority of
the friends of the put ty, to withdraw the cull, tus on
more mature deliberation they find that their powers
do not so fur authorize them, > und invite the members
of the Democratic Party to meet at Macon on Satur
day, the .‘.th of December nest, to settle on such meth
od of nominating candidates as may meet the wishes
of the majority of the party.
.1. A. NISBET,
Macon, Nov. 25, 15.",7. Chairtnun Ex. Com.
MR. BUCHANAN AND GOV. WALKER.
The I’bil tdelphia " Press”—a Journal edited
by Cm. Forxev. a gentleman noted for his
zealous advocacy of Mi:. Bk iianax for many
• years, tunl who may fairly be presumed to un
derstand the opinions of the President am/to
njtrct thiui— publishes the instructions, is
sued to W.vt.KEil and Stantox after they had
accept’d the respective positions of Governor
and Secretary of Kansas. Among other com
ments, more or less significant, the “Piiess”
says, defiantly ;
We should like any critic to point out the
' passage in these instructions infringed upon by
any net of Gov. Walker or Secretary Stanton
since the date of their appointment.
For our own part, we shall not accept the
challenge. We nre not the “critic” for whom
Cm.. Fouxev is looking, and we leave it to those
who can, “to point out the pa-sage.”
Not wholly irrelevant to this, is a comment
of the Richmond 3 " Enquirer,” another Journal
equally zealous in the defence of Walkeu, and
■ equally assiduous in the worship of the Admix
' isTitATiox. The " Enquirer” expresses itself,
; thus:
As to those Democratic candidates, to whom
our coteinporary alludes, as having seemed
their elections by denouncing Walker, and
pledging themselves to denounce Mr. Bufhan
-1 an should it be proved that he endorses him,
! we can only say, they acted with rashness quite
i characteristic of the school to which they be
long. And we would advise them, if they have
any aspirations for honors to be conferred in
. part by a eonstitutency extending beyond their j
respective di-triets. to resign their seats, rather ;
; than venture upon the hazardous experiment of |
| opposing the Administration, at least until it |
departs from its present policy.
These parental suggestion- are elicited by
an assertion of the Mobile ”Mercury,” that j
Democrat- were elected to Congress in the
late canvass in Alabama, upon their announce
ment of uncompromising hostility to Walker's
| course iu Kansas, coupled with the assurance
1 that they would also denounce the President ,
himself should it turn out that he endorsed the
proceedings of his appointee. There is no
. doubt that the statement of the “ Mercury" is
! correct and might be extended, with equal cor- :
redness, to Georgia likewise —ami unless we
err. to Louisiana and Mississippi also. It is
certain that the candidates in this State, with ;
Mtt. Toombs at their head, took that position.
And what is equally to the purpose, it is not |
likely that they will retreat from it or "resign
their scats;” the advice of the “Enquirer" to
I the contrary notwithstanding. Having been
elected in Alabama and Georgia, these gentle
men will be contumacious enough to treat with
profound iitdiff'crenee, instructions from any
1 other quarter —even though that quarter be
the office of the Richmond “ Enquirer.” This
will be very “ rush," and very “characteristic
of the school to which they belong,” but the
" Enquirer" will find it even so. Be the school
good or bad, they have been in it too long to
learn a lesson, at this time of day, from our
cotemporury—farsecing and sagacious as he is
well understood to be. The “ Enquirer" con
tinues its discourse, thus:
Mr. Buchanan has not regarded the male- 1
; dictions of his eiiemies; he has not replied to
the clamor for Walker's removal, in words; j
but he has nevertheless retained him in office. , !
' doubtless satitied that lie has dune his duty.
And thus :
We agree with our frank cotemporary, that I
Mr. Buchanan is responsible for Walker's poli
ce in Kansas, ami that he should also receive a
share of the denunciations heaped upon the i
> "traitor.”
Both the “ Press" and the “ Enquirer" pro
fess to befthe “peculiar" friends of Mr. Buchan
an. They take it upon themselves to explain
and defend the position of the Administration
on the subject of this Kuntar Waller Imbrog
lio, and they call everybody who differs from
them, “ noisy zealots," "ultra," “ factionist«.”
“extremists" &c., &c. We take it for granted
that they speak advisedly, therefore, and we
eommeml these'extracts to those gentlemen who
are not satisfied with the a light» before them." I
We set these two “candles" on the table, hop
ing that they may enlighten the subject.
"GRIFFIN UNION AND THE DEMOCRATIC PAR-
TY.”
lite “Griffin Union." n paper which is con
ducted with more ability, and we are sorry to
add with more venom, than any Know Noth
in" sheet in the State, is not a little delighted i
with what it is plesisod to term our "lashing of ‘
our own (the Democratic) Party."
We beg leave to decline this doubtful com
pliment. So far from “lashing" the Demo
cratic Party, wc are firmly persuaded that our
opinions are those of the great majority of the
Democracy of Georgia—and even those of them
who differ with us on the single point whether
Mr. Bnclianan does in fact endorse the course
of Walker in Kansas, are much nearer the
true position than the Party which it is the bu
siness of our cotemporary to eulogize and de
fend. ,
The Democratic Party of Georgia have re- ,
solved in Convention that Walker's course is
worthy of the severest reprobation. The ,
Know Nothings have not even done that.
lite Democratic Party have urged his re
call, in language the most explicit ami cm- ’
phatie. The Know Nothings have done noth- i
ing of the sort. 1
The Democratic party have resolved that ,
they will regard any opposition to the admis i
sion of Kansas, founded on the matter of her
Constitution or the manner of its adoption, as
unconstitutional and to be resisted to the bit
i ter end. The Know Nothings have done no
> such thing.
More than all—the Democratic Party Imve
declared the Missouri Restriction unconstitu
tional and have rescinded it. Whereas, the
Know Nothings have waged war. covert and
| open, on the very measure which Walker bus
| violated. Those ’who were and are friends
to the Kansas Bill, may justly complain of
Walker's course. But for those who declared
war on the Bill, to go into convulsions of in
' digmit ioii over a departure from its provisions,
is an inconsistency peculiar to the "great A
mcrican Party"—not surprising in that quar
ter. but not to be expected nnywheiv else.
In these remarks, our allusions are to the
public action of Parties. No doubt, there are
many individual Know Nothings to whom our
remarks can not apply. But. what we have
said is true, of their conventions and chief
men.
It is possible that the Democratic Par
. ty have not gone far enough. But they have
done better than those who have not moved a
single step in the right direction. Our oppo
nents admitted this practically iu the last can
vass. Having no plank of their own to stand
; ou, they crowded upon the Third Resolution
of the Democratic Platform, and attempted to
push us off'. Having nothing of their own to
prai-e. they were forced te eulogize the uctiou
of the opposing party.
• the union is there no danger of its
DISSOLUTION F
Our attention has been called to a leading
article under the above caption in the “ Demo
cratic Standard," a sterling State Right« paper
published at Concord, N. IL It breathes the
right spirit, as will be seen from a few extracts.
Speaking of the Southern " Fire Eaters," it
says they are destined, perhaps, to act a con
spicuous part in the great tragedy of human
life, and adds that ” they are Statesmen, and will
be heroes when the exigency demands the dis
play of their martial spirit.”
It admits that disunion will be disastrous in
its consequences to the North, while the South
i ern Republic, with its cotton, sugar and other
great tropical staples, will truly control the
j commerce of the world. Acknowledging the
j importance, the necessity and iniluence of the
Slavery institution, it wants to know of the
Abolitionists what they behold in the negro so
charming and desirable as to induce them to
hate their white brothers out of love for the
1 black man ? The article concludes with the
sensible proposition that each eeetion uhoulel li t
' theeyntem and inxtitutione of the other alone;
\ and then, it says, "this great Union ofcont’ed
! erated sovereign States will march on its ca
i reer of prosperity, progress ami civilization.
J until it reaches mi acme of population, [wealth,
i power and grandeur, such as the world lias
i never yet beheld 1
Ifull Northern men thought and talked as
honestly as the Editor of the Standard, ami
I verified their words by their acts, then, indeed,
the Union would stand as firm and unshaken
I ns the hills of New Hampshire. But if they
continue to heap wrongs and insults upon us,
they may expect—and that, too. at no distant
day—for the latent tire of Southern indigna
! tion to burst forth with the sudden fury of the
j volcano anti involve in tlames the fabric of the
I tiioii. We warn them, in the language of
' Burk, that “there is a time when men will
not sutler bad tilings liecatls.’their ancestor*
suffered worse: there is a time when the hoary
■ head of inveterate abuse will iteitlierdrsiw rev
erence nor obtain protection.”
BANKING.
We learn that some gentlemen in this ncigli
j horhood ami elsewhere, object to our strictures
| upon the Banking system as practiced in this
State, on the ground that we have no personal
; experience about the matter, and are therefore
not qualified to judge the question. If this rule
were generally acquiesced in, there would soon
be a Millennium for the Banks, for if none
were permitted to criticise their operations ex
cept those who are interested directly in their
success, it is very evident that they would soon
have it all their own way. If the discussion
is to be limited to Bank Directors, Bank Clerks,
etc., it is not probable that the debate will be
either spirited or instructive. We readily ad
mit that we have no “ personal experience," as .
these gentlemen understand the term—that is
to say. we own no Bank Stock, we have never
received a Bank salary, we have never shaved
paper and called it discount, and we have nev
! er speculated iu a depreciated currency ami
! called it exchange. But that the lack of this
’ peculiar experience makes it impossible for us
to understand the true principles of Banking,
! or wrong for us to note a departure from them,
: is a proposition which, with all our humility,
we are not yet prepared to admit. God forbid
that we should ever be so vain as to compare '
our meagre stock of knowledge to those ex
haustless stores of information, for which Bank
officials are so remarkable all over the country !
But what says the Proverb? “A Cat may look
at the Ktxt;.” And on this principle, taking care
to shade our eyes lest suddenly we be struck
blind with the blaze of effulgence, wc have
sometimes ventured to make a reverent inspec
tion of a Bank Director —nay, in our more
graceless days, we remember once to have stared
hard at a Bank President himself! Singular
to say, we still live, and our eyesight is tolera
bly good. But we never think of that blas
phemous indiscretion, without a shudder of re
morse.
To speak seriously, we h ive many friends
and acquaintances connected with these Insti
tutions, but not that consideration, nor any
other, shall deter us from condemning what we
believe to be wrong, or from criticising what
we deem to be doubtful. About the Bank
ing system, we believe there is nothing
doubtful. In our opinion, it is rotten, and
it ought to fall. It may do for a time
to prop it, but it ought to be taken down
altogether, at the first opportunity. If not, it
will crush a great many prople, when it tum
bles. Wc look on it as we do on a ricketty and
dangerous house on a public thoroughfare. The
owners ought to be made to move it. Those
who differ with us, are welcome to the use of
our columns. It is no part of our purpose to
exclude them from a hearing, ami we invite
their contributions.
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS
We are requested to insert the following an
swers to Enigmas published last week :
A. R. IL says the solution to IL A. C.'s Enig
ma is "Heiigist and Horsa, two Saxon broth
ers.” R. E. answers L. W. G.”s Enigma—
" Home Institute." The answer to T. B. G.'s
is "The State Press, Macon. Georgia.”
BOOK OF LEGAL FORMS.
A memorial has been presented to the Legis
■ lature by Richard K. Hixes Esq., asking the
1 State’s subscription to aid in publishing a new
' edition of his “ Book of Legal Forms." The
first edition received the unanimous sanction
of the Bar. and Comity officers and others have
; fully attested its usefulness in the performance
|of the various duties required by law. The
present edition has been increased from 180 to
i 400 pages, containing all the additions and im
provements made necessary by recent Legisla
tive enactments. Such a book is of great value
to professional men and citizens generally,
while to Ordinaries. Sheriff's, Justices of the
Peace <tc., it is absolutely indispensable. Mr..
Hines is liighly qualified for the preparation
of a work of this kind—his reputation is such
ns to require no voucher from us. We know
of no object to which the State can better ap
propriate the sum for which he asks; and
therefore we bespeak for his memorial a favor
able response from the Legislature. There is
no way in which greater public benefit can lie
accomplished at so small an exjtense.
“OLD BULLION” ON THE BANKS.
Thomas IL Benton has written a long and
able letter on the Banking system. We have
only room for the tollowing extract in regard
to small Notes;
| Ido not expatiate upon the evils of small
paper money : they are palpable to every ob
server, and only require enumeration. 1. It
drives away all hard money of equal denomina
tions; for, in a competition between two cur
rencies, the meanest is always the conqueror
and chases the other out of the field. 2. It is
the great source of the crime of counterfeiting:
for tile mass of the counterfeits consist of small
I notes. 3. It demoralizes the community: for
; people not being willing to lose a note for which
they have volue, instead of burning it when re
jected by knowing ones as counterfeit, put it
back in the pocket and otter it again to an ig
norant person, who receives it and who goes
through the same process when rejected in his
hands. 4. Small notes make the panic and
I bring on the run which breaks down good
banks; for these small notes being in the hands
of the nuv*ses, w hen they get alarmed, they as
! scmble by thousands at the door of the institu
tion which issued the notes, demand the money,
' break the banks, and propagate the alarm
J which themselves feel, until it becomes gener-
I al; for nothing is more contagions than a
I moneyed panic, nor anything more umnanagea
: ble. 5. It pillages the poor and ignorant; for
every base note, every one that is counterfeit,
I or on a broken bank, or on a bank that never
existed, although it w ill run for a w hile, must
; stop somewhere; and when it does, it is sure
to stop in the hands of the poor and unitifonn
-1 ed, upon that class least able to bear the loss,
who have no advantage from banks while iu
operation, and who bear the loss when they
stop. 6. It excites to swindling; for knaves,
with nothing but brass for their capital, and
: that in their faces instead of their cotters, arc
induced to set up manufactories of small paper,
to be sent abroad and sunk upon the hands of
those among whom it is scattered; all that is
' so sunk being dear again to the manufacturer.
7. It induces and even compels people to be
; wasteful of their money; for such is the natu
ral, honest and just contempt and distrust of
small notes that lie or she that receives one
hurries off to lay it out for something not need
ed ; while a piece of gold of the same amount
would be valued and cherished, and laid by
and kept and added to until enough accumula
ted to make a purchase of .something needed
anil useful. 8. It subjects the payer to be
cheated or worsted in change; tor giving in
payment, he must receive the change in other
paper, and for that purpose the meatiest, most
ragged, dirty, ami worthless will always he
picked out and shoved upon him. In short,
such are the evils, the crimes, the demoraliza
tion. and cheating <>t small paper money that
all nations, except the I nite I .'mites, place it
in the category of :i criminal agent ami sup
press it accordingly.
VERSES FROM “NEW
We are indebted for the following lines to a
"dark-eyed maid," who dw ells by the seashore
in the “Land of Flowers.”
With charming modesty, she writes to us
that she fears her contribution is not worthy
of a place in our columns. We assure herany
thing from her pen is fully appreciated, espe
cially by the Junior Editor.
[For the State Press.]
•IHE PAST.
The past is ever flitting.
With swift hut noiseless tread ;
It comes to us in dreams,
As shadows of the dead.
Sweet mem'ries of the past,
To our hearts are given ;
Cherished, while life lasts.
Anil ne'er forgot in Heaven.
Sad mem'ries of the past,
Lie deepest in our hearts ;
In never fading hues they're cast,
And of our being *eem -:s part,—
Metn'ry with a silent power,
( lings to every faded flower;
Anil every joy that fades away,
But tries us for the perfect day.
NE TA.
At the Anniversary meeting of the St. An
drews' Society of Macon, held in this city on
the 30th November, 1857, the following offi
cers were elected for the ensuing year:
M. S. THOMSON, M. I)., President.
ALEX. MELROSE, Esq., Vice President.
A. PATTERS! IN. Treasurer.
ROBT. SMITH, Secretary.
HUGH McLEAN, )
GEO. SMI I H. ■ Directors.
DAVID ROSS, \
It appeared front the Treasurer’s Report that
the Society is in a prosperous condition. That
it has disbursed a considerable sum of money in
charity during the past year and has lieen able
to place at the disposal of the Directors a fund
to be distributed during the ensuing quarter
to proper subjects for relief.
DOCTOR TALMAGE'S LECTURE.
A large and intelligent auditory ussenibled at
Concert Hall, on Tuesday night last, to hear
the Leetuure of the Rev. Dr. Talmage, deliv
ered before the Young Men's Christian Associ
ation of this City. We have neither time nor
space to give an extended notice of the Lec
ture. Suffice it to say, this distinguished phi
lologist and Divine lost none of his well-meri
ted reputation by this Lecture. His subject,
“Izingnage, its Origin, and its changes,” was
treated in his own popular and peculiar style.
Thoughts elevated and profound were rendered
simple and intelligible to the least cultivated
mind. And his strictures upon Yankeeiam,
Americanisms. Southernisms. &c..created much
amusement among his hearers. The Lecture
abounded in happy thoughts, happily ex
pressed. and all must have gone away instruct
ed and pleased.— Communicated.
TO SUBSCRIBERS
Those subscribers who fail to get the paper
regularly, will confer a favor by notifying us,
and we will gladly do all in out j>ower to rec
tify h.
TAXES ON UNIMPROVED LANDS
We published last week a very sensible ar
ticle from the Augunta Constitutionali»t dep- 1
reeating a move that has been made in the Leg
islature to change the present mode of return
< ing and paying taxes on uncultivated lands. [
Since then we have been favored with the
contribution published below on the ame
subject, to which we would invite the special |
attention of onr readers, and the members of
the Legislature particularly. This measure has
! evidently been brought forward by interested
parties—sharpers who stand ready to prey
upon the property of others. There is no
sense or justice in the proposed law, while
j there are many serious objections to it. These
objections are so clearly and forcibly set forth
by our correspondent, “Burns "that it is su
perfluous for us to detain the reader with fur
ther remarks of our own. We leave the mat
ter to the Legislature with full confidence that
they will weigh it well and take no hasty or
inconsiderate action upon it:
| For the State Press.]
Messrs. Editohs:—l have noticed that sev
eral times during the Session of our Legislature,
bills have been introduced to get a law passed
to eomi>el the owners of wild, unimproved lands
to return them in and pay the taxes to the
counties in which they lie. A superficial view j
of this matter, may impress us with its seeming
propriety ; but when duly examined it will be I
found to be more specious than real. The
ostensible ground assumed for this law, is that
some sparcely settled counties do not receive a
fair proportion of county and poor school funds.
&c. If there be any validity in this argument,
which is at variance with the old and well es
tablished principle of taxation, according to rep- ;
resentation, &c., then let the remedy be sought,
by a bill of relief to such particular county,
whose tax receipts fall beloic a fair pro rata per
! cent, per capita, through the Uontroler's office. ■
1 rather than force on the people n general law
greatly detreinental to them. For example :
How injurious would such a law be to the
■ widows and orphans, or to the aged and infirm
that have inherited lands lying remote from
each other, in different comities in this large
State, some bounding on Tennessee, and others
on Floridaand Alabama. Would it not be very
unjust to require an aged Executrix. Executor,
or Administrator, who received but a small
I commission, to make ta > annual pilgrimages,
probably to twenty counties, under a heavy loss j
i of time, great fatigue and expense, from the
Northern to the Southern counties, first to
make a tax return, and then to pay the tax;
and all this to be done in a few weeks time in
each case, from the opening to the closing of
each officer's books of Receiver and Collector I
To obey such a law would, to those having a
large return to make ot many counties, be (m- .
possible in person ; as it involves omnipresence.
The passage of this law would impose the
most difficult, vexatious and expensive bur
then, on a large portion of its best citizens;
and open up a detestable floodgate with a train
of ills, venality and petty litigation from tax
' sales, for plunder to the unscrupulous vultures,
i seeking victims to devour throughout the
State; and the widow and orphan, ami all
others weak and confiding, would be the prey.
How difficult for an Executrix. Administra
trix of Guardian, or other person, to get in ten
or twenty counties a suitable agent in eae.h of
those numerous counties, to attend :i lot or
two in each, lloweoul l such agent, if obtain
ed, return the land, not knowing ."tything
about it. or its value: ami even if h< ! re
turn, how would the owner know how much
1 money to send him to pay the tax in time, us
every county levies its mm rate at county and
poor tax. through the Inferior Courts; mid said
tax is erer rarying in the amoimt. in different
counties. The rewards or commissions to al!
\ the agents in each county, together with post-
I age innumerable, and the difficulty of remit
ting the trifling amounts require 1 for tax on
• each, would be a more than tenfold burthen, t han
the tax itself, and would greatly annoy and
harrass the people. I trust that the wisdom
of the Legislature, will discountenance at once
every attempt to subject by law the people to
such a terrible infliction.
I have exceeded in this hasty article, the
space iu your columns 1 had intended to occn
j py, but the ililportonee of the .subject seemed
to invite it. BURNS.
Mtt i.KixiKVttt.H. Ga.. I
Monday. Nov. 3D 1857. ,
IN HOUSE.
Mr. Hardeman ottered a resolution relative
to the erection of a monument in memory of
the late Captain Isaac Holmes, a Georgia vol
unteer in the Mexican War.
Mr. Fullmore offered a resolution, calling on
the Governor to furnish the Legislature with a
■ statement of the amount of iron bought and
consumed annually, for five years last past, by
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and the
I Penitentiary, and the prices paid for the same, j
also requiring the Superintendent of the West
' ern and Atlantie Railroad. to set forth, in tabu
lar form, the monthly amount of all leading
articles of freight, shipped to and from the
; several Depots; also how many cars ami loco
i motives of each class, and the number of days
each has stood idle.
BILLS IKTRODI'CED.
Mr. Harrison, To authorize the issuing of
alias Executions by the several courts of law
within this State, when the originals have been
lost.
Mr. Neal, To lay out a new county from the
I counties of Cass and Floyd, to be called Mc-
Donald.
Mr. Chapman, To remove the Seat of Gov
ernment from Milledgeville to Macon or Atlan
ta, as the legal voters of this State may deter
mine.
Mr. Findley. For the reciprocal relief of the
s citizens of Georgia,
Mr. Davis, For the relief of Trustees hold
ing property iu Trust for married women, and
by the nature of the Trust, free from the liabil
ities and control of their husbands.
Mr. Hillyer, To amend the several laws of
this State, upon the subject of Writs of Certi
orari.
Mr. Fain of Union, To amend the law, now
in force, prescribing the manner of taking ca
ses to the Supreme Court by Mandamus.
Mr. Harman. To incorporate a Bank in the
town of Thomaston, to be called the Bank of
Upson.
Mr. Bigham, To authorize Deputy Sheriffs
to execute titles to purchasers of property sold ;
by them at Sheriffs’ sales.
By the same, For the relief of honest
debtors.
Mr. Findley, To change the Tax Laws of
this State, so far as relates to Poll 1 ax
Mr. Bigham, To authorize Sheriffs, Deputy
Sheriff', Coroners and Constables, to' attest |
Bonds taken by them, in discharge of their of
ficial duties.
Mr. , To provide for the preservation
of the Public Records..
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED.
Mr. Kendall, Relative to the powera of the
Court of Ordinary of this State, so far as pro
hibiting Ordinaries from acting as Eseheators.
Mr. Wall, Relative to the establishment of a
Mail Route through the Counties of Ware and
Irwin.
Mr. Hughes, Relative to the Taxable pro
perty of this State being returned far below its
value —to appoint an Assessor of Taxes in each
County, or authorize the Receiver to make as
sessment upon property not given in according
to law.
The llouse'took up the reconsidered Bill, to
define the duties of the Governor in relation
to the Banks in this State which have suspend
ed specie payments. Several amendments
were offered, but pending the discussion the
House adjourned until 3 o'clock, P. M.
Three o’Clock, P. M.
The Afternoon Session wits consumed in
reading Senate Bills, the first time, mid the
Bank question lays over as the unfinished busi
ness for to-morrow.
Nov. 30, 1857.
IN SENATE.
The Bill providing against the forfeiture c
the several Bank Charters in this State, on ac
count of imn-specie payment, for a given time
&c„ passed the Senate by Yeas, 57; Nays, 26.
After which the Senate adjourned until to
morrow morning. TEMPLE.
INHOUSE.
Mii.LmoHvti.LE. Dec. Ist 1857.
KILLS PASSED.
To explain the net. incorporating the “ At
lantic and Gulf Rail Road Company.”
To amend the Tax laws of this State, so a
to include Express companies.
To change the line between several countie
therein named.
To authorize James Clark, Adin’r of Josep
White deceased, to sell certain slaves at priva'
stile.
To compel Sheriffs and Constables to pc
over money collected and received.
To appoint an additional commissioner <
the Greene and Puh’.ski Monument fund.
Togrant tothe United States certain Territ
ry within the limits of the city of Savanmi
for the purpose of erecting n light house thei
ou.
To incorporate the United Hebrew Socie'
of Macon.
To authorize certain persons to practice med
icine.
To lay out and organize a new county frot
the counties of Ltniikin m«l Gilmer.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
To grant Raymond Thoniassy the use of a:
the lands on Tyhee Island belonging to tl
State of Georgia, and to allow him to own an
transfer real estate.
To provide for the redemption of fifty p<
centum of the outstanding Bills of the Batik <
Darien.
To appoint usse: sors iu each county of the
taxable property of this State, and to define
their duty.
RESOLUTIONS
Mr. Harrison offered a resolution, that the
mmrs ot' meeting of the House of Representa
tives. alter to-da.' be !• o'clock P. M. and half
past 6 iu the evening.
I'liv joint committee np(»ointeil to examine
the rights of the present Legislature as to the
duration of its present sc-siim. under the re
cent act changing the Constitution from Bien
nial to annual sessions, re|a>rt.tliat doubt* exist
as to the duration under the .recently adopted
amendment, mid in view of the difficulties
which may give rise to litigation, recommend
that this session do not hold longer than forty
day* without a two third vote, and that when
this Legislature adjourns it adjournsto meet the
first Wednesday in November next.
• Klt.Ul INTRODI C RD.
Toappropriate money to erect a Building for
the Georgia Academy for the Blind, and to de
fray expenses of the Pupils of said Academy.
Accompanying this Bill, is a lengthy and
very interesting ixqiort from the committee
.ippoint'. ii by both Branches of the Legislature
nit the Academy for the Blind. They speak
of the Board of Trustees as efficient and intel
ligent and specially devoted to the interest und
welfurc «>f their charge.
They approve of the prudent and safe tnan
agemi’tit of its tinanees, its course of instruc
tion which they have adopted for the pupils
and their zeal to build up a permanent Institu
tion fur this unfortunate class of our fellow cit
izens.
There are at present twenty pupils, in the
Academy, nearly all of whom are beneficiaries
of the State; many others have applied for
admission to its fostering care but have been
rejected for the want of an enlarged building
t i .’iccommo late an additional number.
According to the census of IS4'» there were
|3<; ot this iinfortnmite class of person* in this
State. Bi the census of 1850, it appears that
this number has increased to 230[; taking the
census tables as correct and by the same rate
their present number would be 295 —from till
the census reports of the U. S. it appears that
among the white population there is one blind
for every 2.245, persons; from this fact it may
be safely estimated that there are not less than
400 blind persons in this State.
The Trustees estimate the number of blind
children who may become pupils of the Acad
emy at from 50 to 75, but according to the in
crease a few years may double that amount; it
is proper therefore th at the Trustees should have
an eye, in the construction of a new building,
to erect one with reference to the accommoda
tion of the largest possible number. The Leg
islature cannot endow or [appropriate money
for a more useful and benevolent purpose than
for those who are truly dependent 'on the fos
tering care and protection of the State. Let
them have all they ask, and every citizen will
respond Amen. TEMPLE.
FROM THE CAPITAL
Milledgeville, Dec. 2d, 1857.
Messers. Editors: —As your correspondent
“Temple” has doubtless given you a full re
port of the Legislative proceedings, I will at
tempt nothing but a kind of gossiping medley
in this letter.
Tito Senate was engaged on Monday in the
discussion of the rill-absorbing Bank question.
The main feature in the bill before them was
the clause allowing the suspended Hanks until
next November to resume. A great many
amendments were tacked on to the bill, about
which it will be unnecessary to cumber your
