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“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT-”—Jefferson. VOLUME XVIII. 6 6 6 6 6 6 ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY', FEBRUARY 7,1866. The Long Struggle !■ Over. 1 ftTADPTl T.VfiTCT A TMUT' A Bill s_ .— _*• _ ... NUMBER 6. IDrrhlo intelligencer. PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY BY JAKED I. WHITAKER, Proprietor. JOHN H. STEELE, ..... Editor. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, February 7, 1866. A practical and sensible view of the South ern “situation” is contained in u late issue of the New Orleans Time*; a view so thoroughly to the point us to meet our hearty endorsement. It be comes this “Empire State of the South,” os Geor gia is justly acknowledged to be, to awake from her lethargy, and address herself at once to the development of her illimitable resources and abundant wealth. “Formerly,” says our cotem- porary, the “industrial resources of the South were abundant, if not cheap. In lame and sin ews, thews and muscles, our servile population were well endowed, and contributed their full share to the world's prosperity. A kind sun and a generous soil were their co-laborers in produc tion, and the ueeessiiies of humanity in general created a demand tor Southern staples in ever}' portion of the world. These necessities still ex ist. Oar soil alter its fallow rest, is quite as ca pable of producing as it was betorc the war. For our products the world Is willing to pay higher prices than we ever before demanded in a time of |M.*ace; and yet we have croakers among us who see before us nothing hut poverty, and are constantly looking back, us the Children of Isra el were during the exodus, complaining of their troubles and longing after the flesh pots of Egypt which were no longer theirs. Philosophers tell us that violence is oidy oner gy misapplied, and dirt is simply matter in wrong position. The hull' decade of trouble which has just closed shows very conclusively that tin* South has a vuslslock of physical energy at command, independent of the African element and, if industrially e\|>onded, it would be pro ductive of great results. Schooled in hardship during four years of war, and emancipated at the same time from the merciless restraints of pride, the soldiers ot the South are a thousand times better prepared for the practical duties of self- sustaining citizenship that tin*} would have been had they confined on in peace, propagation and unquestioned loyalty. Henceforth their energies will he a hundred Ibid more productive than they ever were before. Formerly they ran, in a great measure to waste. Now necessity and a recognized change of circumstances will cause them to be husbanded. Hut the physical ener gies on which we formerly depended have be come comparatively inert and unreliable. For the Ethiopian, the castle of Indolence—even if presented in a hovel’s cheerless shape—is far more attractive than the temple of Industry; and a freedom which does not give full release from e.are and toil is regarded as but another form ol bondage. Before the South can become prosperous in the new era on which she has entered, she must first become industrious. Laziness and prosper ity can never become intimate companions. The skilful agriculturist finds no difficulty in render ing his compost heaps of dirt available as an ele ment of productive wealth, and it would be an achievement worthy alike of the statesman and the philanthropist to make the now dormant en ergies of our old agricultural laborers as produc tive as they were under the impulsive prompt ings of a master’s authority. In order to accom plish this desirable end, the statesman and phi lanthropist may, in one direction, lie obliged to use a little of coercive force, ami, in another, a little ot wholesome restraint. These things, however, are by no means objectionable. Force and restraint are shown in the ordinary laws of nuture. We are chained to the earth by a power which we cannot resist, and our capacity, both physical and mental, is limited. God alone is limitless in (Mover. Man, the creature, must ac commodate himself as best he c^i to the decrees of the Creator, and those who are too blind to see tor themselves should be taught by their wiser fellow mortals. Let us, in the future, respect the negro accord ing to his capacity, and the white man accord ing to liis. If either should undertake to reap where he did not sow, or gather where he had uot strewn, he should he regarded as a spoiler, aud punished as an offender against society. A community that would l>e industrially successful, must not encourage drones in the busy hive, and the same laws which punish vagrancy and theft in the white man, must punish them also in the negro. If we duly weigh the important fact that the white men of the South are, like tiiose of the North and West, to become productive toilers, instead of extravagant consumers, as was too much the case under our old exploded system* and that their industrial capacity is to be added to tlie producing (rower of our section, weeannot fail to recognize elements of success which were never before brought into requisition among us. Beside all this, now that labor is released from those senseless distinctions which once placed it in the South under the ban of prejudice, we shall certainly find a new resource in immigra tion, and can hold out to capital inducements su perior to those which any other portion of the civilized world can boast. Let us then cheerful ly aud manfully accept our industrial as well as political situation, and lend each other such aid as each, in his sphere, is qualified to give. a gentleman remarked to the editor of the New Orleans Cresent, that “the South doesn’t want conventions, <>r legislation, lectures or sjieeches; she wants money and mules. Give her plenty of money and mules, and she will get along very well.” In one sense, the gentleman was perfect ly right. He did not, perhaps, mean that the South needs nothing but money and mules to enable her to reach the summit of earthly pros perity, and the acme of human bliss ; but simply that, as her calamities are material and physical, at least tiiose of tier calamities which are curable, so her needs and her remedies must be material and physical likewise. Hence “ money aud mules” may he considered a general expression for those things of which we at the South are now in want, for tlie purpose of re-organizing our in dustrial system and regaining our wanted pros perity. Tlie whole world is vitally interested in ob taining our great staples, and as agriculture in the Smith promises for a time to be more profits hie than Any other investment, we presume there will lie no lack of pecuniary facilities. Compa nies are already in process of formation, for the purpose ot working Southern lands under pur chase or lease, or in partnership with the proprie tors. We have other needs that are pressingly felt. One ot these—that of labor—is so vital that, un less it be promptly provided for, nothing will re main to us in (he immediate future hut disaster ind ruin. Without labor, all our efforts are pow erless to wring from the earth its treasured store of riches. Beneath the surface of our lands, vast and un touched mines lie hidden from the day. We have an immense area of virgin soil yet unbro ken by the plough. The fertile bosom of the earth needs only the hand of labor to bloom into all the^opulence of cotton and sugar; hut the hand of labor is withheld, until we find means to bring it into active use. The negroes are still dreaming that some im possible revolution is in preparation for them, by which they will he relieved forever from the ne cessity of labor; hut such a state of things cannot last. The people of the South have not lost their energy or their hope. If the negroes, who con stitute the natural working population, will not do the duty which is allotted to them—the duty which is done cheerfully by white people, in other communities, we must simply get labor from abroad. If the Northern people, therefore, desire to see tlie industry of the South resuscitated—if they want to partake of that opulent hauquet. which Southern resources otter to the world, they must not only send 11s “money and mules,” hut that labor which alone will make “money and mules” available. At least they must cease those agita tions which drive the negro to idleness, and assist us in making them see that their only hope of a comfortable existence, or ol any existence at all, is in (lerforaiing their part of tlie W’ork of our society, that is to say, the manual lalmr. It will be seen, says the Macon Telegraph, that tlie General Assembly has made choice of Hon. A. H. Stephens for the long term, and Hon. H. V. Johnson, for the short term. The result will occasion much bitter disappointment among the aspirants, but it will he received with a cordial approval by the people, who, after all, are the parties to be suited- The successful candidates have long ranked among the leading minds of I OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Millkdgevillk, Jan. 29, 1866. SENATE. The Senate met at 19J o’clock, pursuant to adjournment. The bill to alter the line between Irwin and Wilcox counties was passed. Mr. O. P. Bell introduced a bill to alter the the State and ot the South, whilst lioth have charter of the town ofOuthbert, in Randolph a large experience in public affairs. The Legis- county. latnre has vindicated itself in these selections, I bills on third reading. and deserves the plaudit of “well done good and Bill to authorize ordinaries in certain cases to faithful servants,” issue letters testamentary. Passed. This bill It is worthy of remark that neither of these contemplates cases in which testators, through gentlemen sought the position of Senator. On | oversight, have omitted to name the executors. the contrary, both were averse to having their names in any way connected with the canvass, and protested earnestly against it The office sought the man, aud public opinion and desire compelled acceptance of the trust. The elec tion thus inaugurates a new era in the bestowal of public trusts, and contains a lesson that may be 1 ememhered to advantage. We hope it will be taken as a precedent, and adhered to for all Bill to amend section 2480 of the cede. Passed. Bill to amend section 3452 of the code. Lost. Bill to appoint certain persons therein named trustees of the Knoxville camp ground. Passed. The bill provides for the sale of the camp ground. Bill for the relief of Arthur Hutchinson, of Campbell county. Passed. Hutchinson living in Campbell county, and having reduced by sale his land iu Clinch county below 5,000 acres, future time, both in the Legislature and among asked to be released fronttaxfi. fas. the people. Bill to amend the charter of the city of Amer- The election of Messrs. Stephens and Johnson, icus. Passed, notwithstanding their connection with the late Bill to change the place of holding Justice’s Confederate Government, should be acceptable court iu the 97th district of Washington county to the Government at Washington and to the | to Sandersvillc. Passed. people of the North. They both braved public opinion at the South aud fought secession up to, and into the last ditch. When the ship set out upon its voyage against their will, being on hoard they did not told their arms in the midst of the storm, hut lent a willing hand to steer her safely through every peril. As true hearted men, they could have done no less, aud the Legislature of Georgia, on putting them forward as her repre sentatives in the national councils, have both consulted her own reputation and made an offer ing to the cause of conciliation aud harmony. Commenting 011 the fitness of Messrs. Ste phens and Johnson to represent Georgia in the United Slates Senate, the Macon Journal & Mes senger says “if the United States authorities de sired the strongest possible pledge of the inten tion of Georgia to act well her part in a recon solidated Union of tlie States, none stronger could he found than in the fact that she offers to Bill to prescribe the oath to be administered to voters. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. Bill to authorize the several counties of tliis State to issue bonds for the purpose of raising money, for immediate use. Passed. Bill to extend the corporate limits of the town of Forsyth. Passed. The bill extends the lim its one-half mile in every direction from the court house. Bill to suspend the operation of the 1528th sec tion of tlie Code in certain counties. Passed.— It refers to sucli counties in which the standards of weights and measures have been destroyed. Bill to legalize tlie issue of bonds and bills by the City Council of Atlanta. Passed. NEW MATTER. The rules were suspended and Mr. Gibson, of Richmond, introduced a bill for the relief of the banks of this State. Fifty copies were ordered to he printed. Also a bill to release the banks mon carriers on land or water. Passed. A bill to allow attorneys and solicitors to ar gue their cases in the Supreme Court in writing. Passed. A bill to repeal 4th par. 125 section of Code of Georgia. Lost. A bill to amend 1760 par., Feb. 2, chap. 3, art. 1 Code of Georgia. Lost. A bill to punish the felonious taking of timber, rails, fruit, &c., from the premises of another, and hunting and fishing, on either enclosed or unen closed lands. Fixes the fine at $500 and im prisonment. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill prescribing the ages of persons subject 1 to do road duty. The bill fixes the ages ot per sons subject from 16 to 50. Passed. The House adjourned till tlie usual hour to morrow. send her two brightest and most popular sons to from the payment of debtscreated for war pur- the Senate of the United States—men carrying poses. Fifty copies ordered to be printed. Also more individual weight and influence with the a bill to relieve from person®! liability the stoek- A coloy of Confederates for Brazil have been wrecked oil the coast of Cuba. The Mobile Register gives the following account ol them : We regret to hear of the disastrous result of the first shipment ol' colonies sent out for Brazil un der the auspices of Major Hastings, to whose kindness we are indebted for the following par ticulars; The schooner Neptune, chartered for the pur pose by Major II., sailed from New r Orleans on the 2ttb December, with forty-two emigrants, hound for Rio Janeiro. On the 4th inst., she went ashore in a gale of wind, on the coast of Cuba, twenty-six miles from Havana—whether to tlie eastward or westward of that port, we are not informed. The schooner struck upon a projecting rock, and in such a position that, happily for the pas sengers and crew, as well as almost miraculous ly, they liad only to step from the vessel to tlie rock, and were all saved. They also saved all their baggage and personal effects. The violence of the gale and the marvellous ness of the escape may he inferred from tlie fact ttiat the vessel went to pieces within two hours after striking. Tlie colonists made their way to Havana.— From thence some went to Mexico, some returned to Florida, and some of them, being Alabamians, came by the steamship Guiding Star to New Or leans, and thence to Mobile, wliey they arrived on Thursday. It is said that the captain of the schooner— whose name we did not learn—attributes the dis aster to some defect in liis compass. Major Hastings, although feeling this calamity ery sensibly, is still resolute and hopeful in liis ntcrprisc, aud informs us that the colonists, with whom he has conversed, avow their intention to renew the effort, after a visit to their old home and friends. From Waottlngton, It will he seen from the following dispatch from Washington that tlie President lias made some plain statements to the radical Senators who are so sorely troubled with “nesfro on the brain.” It wifi he observed that tlie President’s views on the negro franchise question are entire ly correct, but are not liis pearls cast before swine? We very much fear they are! The dis patch, which we clip from the Macon Telegraph, says: Washington, Jan. 28.—The President said to-day to distinguished Senators that tlie agita tion of tlie negro franchise question in the Dis trict of Columbia at this time was a mere enter ing wedge to an agitation of the question through out the States. Iu his judgment it was ill-timed aud uncalled for. lie believed it would engen der enmity, contention and strife between the two races, and lead to a war betn een them which would result in great injury to both, and in the certain destruction of the negro population. Pre cedence, lie thought, should be given to more important anil urgent matters of legislation, which were essential for the restoration of the Union, the peace of the country, and the pros perity of the people. A correspondent ol" tlie New York Times, writing from Fraukfort-on-tlie-Main, says: “The Saxons have been “lionizing” General McClel lan. He is spending the winter in Dresden. On the 12th of December Mr. Von Bruest gave a party in honor of King John’s birthday, to which the General was invited. A few days since lie was granted a private audience by tlie King.” “ The French press may shut its eyes," says a London paper, “ to the fact that it is all up with Maximiliau iu Mexico, but the rest of the world sees it” The Washington correspondent of the New Y'ork Xews, gives the following somewhat start ling account ot the macliinations of certain par ties there who are tryipg to cook up a war with France: “General Grant is understood to he greatly vexed and displeased at the action of the Secre- iry of War, in delaying to issue the Gen. Order that was made out some weeks ago, discharging some seventy or eighty unemployed general of ficers, and their staffs. It is generally believed that this delay arises from the sinister influence exerted by certain designing politiciaus who are engaged in a (dot to involve the counrtv in a war with France, for their own personal aggrandize ment. To show how eager a large class of men are to bring about a foreign war, I will relate a little incident which occurred yesterday. I was approached by an individual well known here, who has made a great deal of money out of the last war. Said lie to me, “I understand there is a movement on foot to * * * which of course will bring about a war with France; and that money is needed in order to the success of the plan, f have $20,000 which I will cheer fully contribute to bring about such a war, and I know' four other parties who will each contribute a like sum.” There was no bragadocio about this. Tlie man was a solid, substantial matter- of-fact man. For the Mexican Republic, or tlie Monroe Doctrine, lie don’t care a button. His sole object was to make money out of a foreign war, which he says he knows can he done. Now, imagine the influences which may be brought to bear by a hundred such men, willing to spend money to any extent. Such, I believe, are the influences that are at the bottom ot the plan, which is now being agitated, to organize the reg ular army on a peace footing ot 100,000 or 150,- 000 men—instead of 50,000 as Gen. Grant w ishes —and to retain in service all the present gener als. Nor are these the only means that are being used by these unscrupulous and designing men. Cotton on Red River.—A letter from Red River to a New Orleans paper says: “The river men think the cotton mostly out of Red River from Shreveport down. Above the raft there is supposed to be yet a considerable quantity, as the liver has been too low to admit of shipping; while at Shreveport there is thought t.i lie some eight or nine thousand bales. The Cuba, just arrived, had six hundred odd bales, which are to lie transferred to tlie Navigator for shipment to New Orleans. The river is rising here, aud is reported to have risen several feet further up. As yet there are no indications that the rise will he sufficient to put the river in good boating order, or that the present rise will last any length of time. There is now scant four feet on the Falls. Freight from Shreveport to New Orleans $15 per bale.” “From what I can learn, there will be fair crops raised on the Lower Red River this season. A large extent of country is liable to overflow, and as yet few’ of the negroes have shown a disposi tion to work, least of all, to enter into an engage ment for any length of time. Under these cir cumstances, planters are naturally disinclined 10 risk what they have left, and so wifi rest on their oars for a time. Some propose to go into stock raising. There is a scarcity of good cotton seed, even tor what planting will be done." A New York Bohemian says the color of credit is dun. people than probably any score in the State. In offering them for admission to the Senate, Geor gia tenders her best material to the character, re putation, dignity and usefulness of that body; and now r it remains for the Senate to say, will you repeal the test oath, aud receive these our ablest, our representative men; or will you insist that they shall he excluded in favor of some mere scalliways, who w ill he practically of no account in tlie Senate or anywhere else, and can only say that they never had any sympathy, in terest or influence with the people, and, of course, escaped all share in their errors and mistakes ?” Whether or not tlie selection of Messrs. Ste phens and Johnson to represent the State of Georgia in the national councils be acceptable to the people of the North, we have no means of knowing. They arc offered as tlie representa tives of a people who arc loyal at heart, and who henceforth desire to bear faithful allegiance to the Government. They bear in their persons another “ olive branch of peace ” from a State whose purpose will be to act out in good faith her promises. From Washington. Washington, Jan. 31.—The Senate was en gaged to-day in discussing the bill to protect all persons in tlieir rights. In the House, Air. Stevens, from the recon struction Committee, reported back the constitu tional amendment referred to them yesterday f the committee refusing to amend by striking out the direct taxation c’ause. Mr. Stevens made a speech alluding to the President in most caustic terms. He said he had vetoed the privilege of the House by making a command W'liilst tlie House w as engaged in the consideration of an important question. Such an act, centuries ago, would have cost the Brit ish King his head, but W'e are tolerant of usurpa tion and abuse of power. At tlie conclusion of liis remarks, the vote w’as taken on the Constitutional Amendment, which was passed. From the Rio Cirande. From the dispatches to the Associated Press w'e get the following Information. It will be seen that some interest is still attached to matters on the Rio Grande. The dispatch says: “The official correspondence between General Weitzel, the American commander on tlie Rio Grande, and General Mejia, of the Imperial Army, re garding tlie Bagdad affair, has been published.— General Weitzel states that three hundred men were sent to Bagdad as an act of humanity, and not for the purpose of military operations. Gen. Mejia represents that lie had instructed the bear er of dispatches to Yera Cruz to report matters officially to the Imperial Government. He also protests against the invasion of Mexico by Ameri can soldiers. Gen. Sheridan, acting under instructions from Washington, has issued an order refusing to al low emigrants to leave here for Mexico, The holders of banks. Fifty copies ordered to be printed. Mr. J. A. W. Johnson introduced a resolution (in lieu of one he liad previously offered) for the appointment of a joint committee to examine in to the condition of the penitentiary buildings at this place, to ascertain at w’hat cost they may bo made suitable'for the reception of convicts, in quire into the cost of similar buildings at other places, aud report the results to* he Legislature.— The resolution w T as agreed to. On motion of Mr. Moore the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. The House met pursuant to adjournment.— Prayer by Rev. Air. Brooks, of the Baptist church. The journal was read and approved. Air. Snead, of Richmond tyoved to reconsider so much of the journal of t'jrurday as relates to the relief of Thos. W. Flemming, of the county of Richmond. Tlie motion wos lost. Leave of absence was granted Alessrs. Baynes, of Jasper, and Frost, of Troup, for a few days, on important business. Leave of absence w r as also granted Messrs. Durham, Kirby and Mc Whorter, of Oglethorpe, for a few days. new matter. Mr. Wonible, ot Upson. A resolution that from and after the 10tli of February, no new' matter be introduced in the House. A bill to pay some fit and proper person to repair the State House clock and to wind up the same every day in the year 1866. Air. McCutcliens, of Pike. A bill for tlie relief of orphans. Air. Mims, of Montgomery. A bill to pay Geo. H. Railsford, of the county of Montgomery, for services rendered the State. Air. Woods, of Morgan. A bill for tlie relief of Asa T. Zachary, of Alorgau county. Mr. Aloses. A bill to authorize Ordinaries to administer oaths, and to charge the same fee as Justices of the Peace. Mr. Howard of Lumpkin. Resolved, That the call ot counties shall be made once a week, (on Mondays.) Air. . Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into an order for $10,000, given by the Governor to principal keeper of penitentiary. Adopted. Mr. Phillips of Habersham. Whereas, This House lias not resolved itselved itself into a de bating society, that no member be allow’ed to speak more than once on the same subject, nor longer than five minutes. The motion to lake up the resolution was lost. Mr. Ellington of Gihner. A bill to incorpor ate the Elijay Mining Company of Georgia. Air. Williams of Dooly. A bill to (irevent the distillation of com, &c., without license from the Judges of the Inferior Court A bill to levy and collect a tax for the county of Clarke for the year 1866. Air. Harrison of Chatham. A bill to define the mode of paying the Solicitor General in the Eas tern Circuit in certain cases; also a bill to in- order places no restrictions on the departure of I corporate the Savings Bank of Savannah, vessels. | Mr Kirby of Chattooga. A bill to give attor neys time to make out writs ot certiorari in cer tain cases. Mr Render of Aleriwether. A bill for the re lief of Hiram Hussey of the county of Aleri wether. Mr AfcWhorter of Greene, moved to suspend the rules to take up Senate bills for third reading. The motion prevailed. A bill to change the county line between Worth and Irwin. Passed. A bill to incorporate the Georgia & Alabama Railroad Company. Withdrawn. A bill to repeal the act of the General Assem bly approved February 13, 1864, in relation to the Union Bank. Postponed indefinitely. A bill to amend the 18th paragraph, 2d article, part 1st, section 16, chapter 5 of the Code of Georgia. Passed. A bill to prevent the granting of license to 9ell spirituous liquors in the town of Louisville and for other purposes therein named. Passed. A bill to establish the seal to be used by the Secretary of State, &c. Passed. A bill to allow persons living on the Western & Atlantic Railroad to build stock gaps. Passed. House bill9 on third reading: A bill to punish overseers on public roads for a failure of discharge of duty, and prescribing pe nalties. Withdrawn. A bill compelling railroads in this State to fur nish separate cars for colored persons. Passed. A bill to allow solicitors and attorneys to argue their cases before the Supreme Court in writing. Passed. house bills on third reading. A bill to punish overseers of- public roads for failure of discharging road duties, and defining penalties, &c. The bill was withdrawn. A bill to compel the Railroads of this State to furnish appropriate care for colored people.— Passed. It would seem that this republic is about to attempt a rivalry with the old monarchs in the establishment of a new nobility, based not upon hereditary titles, as in the Old World, but upon what the individuals are supposed to represent on the books of the Internal Revenue Assessor. A committee of the New Y'ork Chamber of Com merce waited upon tlie President the other day, as our Washington correspondent relates, and sent in their cards, with the number of millions they were worth appended to their names: for example, “F. S. Winston, President Afutual In surance Company, representing seventeen mil lions dollars; R. H. Burdell, President of the Erie Railroad, representing sixty millions; H. B. Chaflin, the largest merchant on the globe.”— This immediately suggests the idea of novel ti tles of nobility. Instead of using the jprefix of "Lord” or “Sir,” or the affix of “Baronet,” “K. C. B.,” «fcc.,we might have inscribed on the cards of our new nobility, W. B. Astor, forty millions; John Jones, seventeen millions; Augustus Adol phus Brown, ten millions; Thophilus Robinson, twelve millions; Hieronymus Dry Goods, the largest merchant on the globe, and so on. A Nashville paper says: “At the present time, much difficulty is experienced in obtaining laborers, both in the city and country ; not only is this the case in various localities throughout the South, but the same scarcity exists at the North. Gen. Fisk lately received a communica tion from a railroad company m Michigan, ask ing for four hundred negroes to work on the road, but the request could not be granted.— From forty to fifty negroes enter into contracts at the office of Judge Lawrence every day, a large number being discharged soldiers. We learn that a portion ot them go into various parts of this State, and quite a number into other Southern States.” 1 Millkdgeyille, Jan. 30,1866. SENATE. The Senate met 10 o’clock, A. M. Prayer by Rev. Lovick Pierce, D. D. Mr. McDaniel moved to reconsider tlie action of the Senate in the passage of the bill on yes terday, to allow the several counties of the State to issue bonds. The motion was lost. A seat was tendered Rev. L. Pierce, D. D., on the floor of the Senate. Tlie Senate on being notified that tlie House was ready to receive them into their hall for the purpose of electing United States Senators, on motion repaired thither, and without completing the election adjourned till 3$ o’clock, P. M. HOUSE. The House met at 9 o’clock and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain, and the journal read. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Me Dougald, Hodges, Spear and Gibson for a few days on important business. Mr. Ridley of Troup. A bill to prevent the spread of small pox in the State. Passed. BILLS ON SECOND READING. A bill for the relief of tlie Muscogee Buildiug and Loan Association, and the Columbus Build ing and Loan Association. Committed. Mr. Ridley of Troup, moved a suspension of the rules to transmit tlie bill just passed in refer ence to small pox to the Senate. The motion prevailed. A bill to legalize the marriage of first cousius since December 11th, 1863. Committed. A bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Weston, in Webster county, passed March 6th, 1856. Committed. A bill to incorporate the town of Steadman in the county of Newton and for other purposes. Committed. An act to repeal the 1847th Section of the Cotie of Georgia. Referred to the Judiciary Commit tee. A bill to change tlie time of holding the courts of ordinary in this State from the 2d Monday in January to 1st Monday in January. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. A bill to change the county line between the counties of Union and Towns. Referred to the Committee on County Lines. A bill to facilitate trials against tenants in this State. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill to incorporate the American Insurance and Industrial Agency. Referred to the Com mittee on Manufactures. A bill to incorporate the Union Academy in the county of Meriwether. Referred to the Com mittee on Education. A bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Lump kin county to levy a tax (extra) of seven hundred dollars to build a jail in said county. Committed. A bill to incorjiomte the McClusky Gold Min ing Company. Referred to Committee on Man ufactories. A bill to fix the term of office of Supreme Judges and to fix their salaries. Term of office 10 years, salary $3,500. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. A bill to incorporate the Gate City Gas Light Company of Atlanta. Committed. A bill to authorize the Judges of the Inferior Court of Heard county to compensate citizens of said county for services rendered in small-pox cases. Engrossed. m A bill to require all persons owning wild and unimproved lands, to give in the -same, in the counties in which they are situated. Referred to Committee on Finance. A bill to appropriate money to the State Uni versity. Appropriates $15,000 to educate one young man from each county in the State. Re ferred to Committee on Finance. Mr. Ridley, of Troup, moved a suspension of the rules to introduce a resolution to bring on the Senator’s election on the 5tli ot February next. The motion was lost. The time having arrived for tlie election of Uuited States Senators, the General Assembly proceeded to have said election. Hons. A. H. Ste phens and Joshua Hill were put in nomination for tlie long term. On the first ballot, Mr. Stephens received 152; Mr. Hill 38. Mr. Stephens was declared duly elected. Hons. L. J. Gartrell and Cincinnatus Peeples, and ex-Gov. Joluison were put in nomination for short term: On first vote, Mr. Peeble’s received 72 votes; Gen. Gartrell 88; and ex-Gov. Johnson24 votes; scattering 6. There being no election, the second vote was taken. Here the name of ex-Gov. Johnson was withdrawn by Mr. McWhorter, of Greene. On second voting, Gen. Gartrell received 98 votc9, and Mr. Peebles 92, scattering 6. There being no election, a third vote was or dered, and the name of Hon. Herschel Y. John son was put in nomination by Mr. J. Y. Jones, of Burke. The result of the third voting was as follows Gen. Gartrell 77 votes; Mr. Peebles 70; and ex- Gov. H. V. Johnson 35; scattering 3. No candidate having received the requisite number of votes, a fourth voting was ordered, which resulted as follows: Gartrell 77 votes; Peebles 68; and ex-Gov. H. V. Johnson 35; scat tering 8. There being no electioa, a fifth voting took place, resulting as follows: Gartrell 75 votes; Peebles 67; ex-Gov. H. V. Johnson 36; scatter ing 6. A motion was made that the General Assembly take a recess till 34 o’clock thisevening. The candidates have gone to work in earnest, and everythingindicates a protracted contest this evening. N. Alone in the dark aud silent night. With the heavy thought of a vanished year, When evil deed come back to sight. And good deeds rise with a welcome cheer; Alone with the spectres of the past. That come with the old year's dying chime. There glooms one shadow' dark and vast, The shadow of Wasted Time. The chances of happiness cast away. The good opportunities never sought, The good resolves that every day Have died iu the impotence of thought; The slow advance and the backward step Ip the ragged path we have striven to climb; How they furrow the brow and pale the lip, When we talk with Wasted Time. What are we now * what had we been * Had we hoarded time as the miser's gold. Striving our meed to win. Through the summer's heat and winter's cold Shrinking from nanght that the world could do; Fearing naught but the tonch of crime; Laboring, struggling all seasons through, And knowing no Wasted Time. Who shall recall the vanished vearB r Who shall hold back the ebbing tide. That leaves us remorse, and shame and tears. And washes away all things beside * Who shall give ns strength even now. To leave forever this holiday rhyme. To shake off this sloth from heart and brow, And battle with Wasted Time* Tho years that pass cannot come again. The things that die no life renew; But e’en from the rust of his cankering chain, A golden truth is glimmering throngn ; That to him who learns from error's past, And turns away with strength sublime, And makes each year out do the last, There’s no Wasted Time. From the N. O. Southern Star. Mexico, We conceive that tlie attitude of Louis Napo-11 believe, however, that old Nutmeg'did stay out leon toward Mexico differs materially from that | about two hours and a half “Bill Arp” lias been writing a letter to his “old friend” John Happy on current topics. He wants to know when the, black republicans are “goin to quit perseentin our people.” On the subject of treason, he expresses his views as follows: “Now Treeson is a mity bad thing, and any man found guilty' ot treeson ought to lie talked to by a preacher right under a gallns, and then be allowed to stand on nothin for a few r hours by the clock. Shore enough treeson, I mean. Treeson where a man slips around on the sly in time of war and takes sides again ills country. Jest as though, for instance, I should have work ed a^in my suvrin State after she had seceded, and liad stole her powder or deserted her in her time of peril, while she was defending herself against the combined|assaults of tlie world, the flesh and the devil. I wouldn’t have blamed no body for hanging me for the like, would you V Bat Skewboll says we ain’t go no suvren States —that the war hav settled the question agin us on that pintr I don’t think so ray friend." I ad mit that we aint nothin in partikler now, but we did have suvreen States before the war, and the sword aint settled nor unsettled no great princi ples. There aint no trial of right or wrong by wager of battle now a day’s. For mity nigh a hundred years this country have been a big de- batin society on these questions. From the time of Hamilton and Jefferson down to 18C1, the right of a State to dissolve her own partnership hav been argued by powerful minded men, anil there has been more for it than agin it. More Presidents more Senators, more statesmen, more judges more people. Massychusetts and Con necticut were for it at one time, and bettered round and pawed dirt amazin to git out, but they found out Barcus was willin and they didut. go. geanrally accepted by our people. He is too astute a* statesman to misinterpret our national jealousy of any* system of Government on Mexi can soil which does not savor of Republican tenets, and to imperil, moreover, liis own politi cal interests at home by venturing to an ex- Well the South went out mity unwillingly, Mr. Happy, as you know. She lmd been mity nigh kicked out for a long time, aud there was a big party that wanted us to go out and stay out. Everybody knows we didn’t git along in peace, so we concluded to do like Abreham and his lltbVlLOID uv DV'UJL MJ »U LA' I Yr C I treme, which forbids diplomacy longer and brother in law; to separate our households, tempts an appeal to the arbitrament of arms.— What they wanted to keep us for I never could The receut conference of Drouy’lm de L’Huys and see, and cant see yit. I wouldent have a nigge our Minister to France furnishes an eccentric di- or a dog to stay round me that dident want to. plomatic page, and the bases assumed by the for- After some account, in his own peculiar stvle, mer seem too transparent aud authoritative in of the origin, progress and result of the war, Mr. character to be questioned. From those bases Arp continues his remarks upon the subject of we gather by inference what has been the mo- | treason: tivo of the French Emperor, aud that liis scheme is in no wise inimical to our interest as a Re public. The popular voice has long inveighed against him for embarking his troops upon the shore of a sister Republic, in violent contempt of its protest and of ours as well, through the long asserted Monroe Doctrine, at a time w hen the Federal armies were too engrossed with an intestine con flict to engage with a foreign standard. We, ourself, regard his obtrusion, however, at such a time upon Mexico as indicating a less sinister purpose than the mass of our people will per haps, as yet, concede. The nature of his claims against Mexico we partially comprehend, and assent to tlieir legitimate prosecution. But had he deferred this active demand for indemnity un til our own war had terminated, the strength and martial anger of our forces, their wanton clamor for new r fields of warfare, and our national con ceit of prowess, impatient at the pen of a diplo mat and saDguine for the rifle of a soldier alone, would have provoked us into a collision, in which graver interests would have been involved than we could well recognize at the outset. Mexico would thus prove a perilous snare— and, even despite our final triumph, other Euro pean Cabinets than that of France w’oultl long lave participated in a conference with our own, the consequent anger ot which it might take years upon years to appease. But how' does the matter stand to-day V While w’e were busy at home, the Emperor’s fleet crosses the ocean, lands upon Mexican shores, and at every inch of ad vance from it to the interior practically asserts its creation to an Empire. With varying auspices the invading power has held its military, anil, what is more important, its political tenure until “How is it now Mr. Happy ? They conquered us by the sword, but they liavent convinced us of nutliin much that I know of. All is lost save honor, and that they can’t steal from ns nor tar nish. If they had holdout the hand of fellowship, we would have made friends and burned the hatchet. But tho very minit they whipped us, they beguu to holler treason from one eml of the country to tlie other, just like they had made a bran new diskovery. It scemd to strike eni all of a sudden like au Xpost. fakto law r , and they wanted to go into a general hanging bisness, anil keep it up as long as they could find rope and timber. Now the idea of several millions of Amerikan freeman being guilty of treason at once! The idea of applyin such a crime to eleven great suv- reeu States, which met in solem convention and in the light of day dissolved a Union they liad created, and which liad been a disunion for twen ty years ! The idea of applyin treason to the Old Dominion the mutlier of States and of Waskington and Jefferson and Madison and Mar shall and Patrick Henry and all the Lees, and w’lio give aw T ay all the territory in the northwest for nuthin! ” The Career op a Female Robber in Mex ico.—A woman, named Feliciana Vogas, was sentenced to death at Talpa. Tlie Mexican Times, edited by ex-Govemor Allen, of Louisiana, says: The career of crime which at last leads this woman to the scaffold is so extraordinary as to excite the attention of the entire press of this city. She was the mistress of Gonzalez, a con fectioner, and soon allci tlie arrival of a detach- WllZil IS mure lmpuriilUl, Its jUmilUitl Ituure until I GUU aizmi aun WJL anilUI VI ULIULII- now, tlie Gaul having dictated in the Mexican I ment of Frencli troops at Jalapa, in conjunction capital his own terms of indemnity, lie now dis claims all responsible connection with Mexico and leaves Maximilian to the risks of maintaining the new Empire; first, those of military power, and liis functions surviving these; secondly, the wayward caprice of the Mexican people. • The French Premier addressed Mr. Bigelow in terms we might almost pronounce insolent, but in de claring the recession of France from Maximil ian’s councils, the unction ot her future irrespon sibility as to Mexico may perhaps have allured him to he somewhat audacious or abrupt in re pelling every diplomatic challenge as to her con tinued relations thereto. But let us remit tlie manner for the welcome matter of his disavowal, for it assures us that a great crisis is past, that with him, mixed poison in the food of the sol diers, and kitted ten of them. Gonzalez was soon after arrested, tiled and executed for the crime. Feliciana, suspecting who had denounced Gonzalez to the authorities, dressed herself in men’s clothes, enticed him beyond the limits of the city, aud kitted him ; but before doing so she forced him to kneel at her lcet, and opened her bosom, exposed her sex, aud claimed to be the better man of the two. This crime she confessed at the time of her trial, it being unknown previously. It would take up too much space to tell the many crimes'wliich have been committed by this woman, and we pass to the last, and the one for which she has been condemned—which was the our nation’s best wealth—the blood and sinew of robbery of four thousand dollars in gold and the our sons—is not soon to be devoted again to the wanton sacrifices ot warfare, and that our na tional solicitude that an Empire should supplant sister Republic at our very borders, may speed ily be dispelled. For that Maximilian will long continue where he is, no prescient mind can be lieve. It may be that be lias been badly duped by tlie Frenchman—quite likely—but we greatly err in our convictions if subsidary aid will much longer, if at all, be continued by the monarch who, having secured his own interests, cares lit tle for the Mexican fiction of royalty, which he simply extemporized to promote those interests. That Louis Napoleon would clutch at Mexico and attach her to France, we have very little doubt, were the power of this country not too jewelry of Sr. Acosta on the night of the 15th of August last. This family had recently moved in the house; and Feliciana was employed as si domestic. Public curiosity was much excited to see Fele- ciana, and tlie court room and the streets were crowded with people. ^Slie was cool and collect ed, and declined to sit down when brought be fore the court, but remained standing without perceptible emotion except the occasional quiver of the lips iu answer to a question. Her voice w as low and perfectly intelligible. Upon being asked if she knew with what of fence she .was charged she replied: “I suppose for that on tlie table.” On the table was the stolen jewelry. On being asked liow she came serious and resolute a menace against such an J by it, she replied that Flores had given it to her. effort. But tlie same sagacious policy that has “With what object did he give is to you ?” was signalized him since his advent to power admon- | asked. She answered that she might keep silent Death of Dr. T. C. Madison.—The death of Dr. Madison, in a passenger train, from St Louis to Jefferson City, the other day, has already been announced. The Lynchburg Virginian states that he was a nephew of President Madison; entered the reg ular army of the United States during the Flori da war, and served with distinguislird ability in Gen. Taylor’s column daring the Mexican war. For twenty years previous to the late war he had been serving upon the frontier. On hearing of the secession of Virginia, he determined to unite his fortunes with his native State, and resigned his commission as Surgeon in the United States army. He was Medical Director of General Ma- gruder’s command on the Peninsula, in 1862..— For the last three years he was the Medical In spector of the Confederate States Hospitals in Virginia and Tennessee. He was the second in rank in the Medical Department of the Confede rate States army. ishes him from so rash a venture. Maximilian, then, is left without succor to master liis aim as best he may. The fickle Mexican pulse throbs ith a natural and more unanimous hatred to ward a foreign ruler. The armies upon which be relies are often discomtitted, and the sequel is patent. He must and will abdicate and return for refuge to the Austrian court. The sense of our moral support to the old Republic of Mexico as auspicious to the Mexican, and ns disheart ening to the Austrian, as a vast army. We may reserve our fire, and confidently await liis exodus. Iu disclaiming for the Bonaparte the design of binding Mexico in Gallic tram mels, let us be understood, then; it is because of its impolicy that he has never dared to deter mine upon it. Because, then, of liis deference to our violent national prejudice towards foreign obtrusion, as enunciated in the (at best) vague Monroe Doctrine, he should be acquitted of a charge of which we believe him guiltless. He is an usurper, because he covets Mexico; he is only such when lie aims to monopolize its em pire—and this purpose liis Minister pointedly de nies. That Maximilian, who is a ripe statesman, can do more to develop and agrandize Mexico than any of her past Presidents, and can assist her capricious people into a steadfast, intelligent adherence to his rule is quite probable ; that our persistence in a doctrine that may ignore the true interests of a people incapable of a sterling democracy, and looks to our own selfish Repub lican interests alone, is wrong, may be equally probable, but tbe fact is certain that Maximiliau will not protract a debate in which he apprehends we, as a people, may interpose the sword. The following painful intelligence in re gard to Gen. Forrest we clip from tlie Memphis Argus: We regret extremely to learn that Gen. N. Bedford Forrest has been compelled to leave the country. Hearing, as we are told, that an order from the Secretary of War was out for his arrest and deportation to Washington for trial by a Military Commission, he, of course, concluded thAt it was his best policy to “emigrate”—to Mexico, perhaps. This report, seemingly authentic, was current upon our streets all day yesterday ; and believing it true, we record it as another evidence of Radi cal intolerance and bad faith, as illustrated by our strangely infatuated and revengeful Secretary of War. When we remember that according to the late Mr. Winter Davis, (who,* being an ardent Radi cal himself,) “Military Commissions are always organized to convict,’’ no one can blame General Forrest for “emigrating” to Brazil or Mexico, or any other place lie may select, as promptly and as speedily as the wings of wind aud steam can carry him! An English paper says that robberies have late ly been of frequent occurrence in the Courts of Chancery. Not long ago a shorthand writer had his coat stolen before his eyes while taking judg ment ot the Lord Chancellor, lie could not leave off writing for fear of losing a sentence, and could not make a disturbance for tear of committal for contempt. At another time a re porter had a small parcel, containing valuables, abstracted from his coat pocket whilst taking a judgment of the Lords Justices. as to various crimes which she knew had been committed by him. Tlie Court sentenced her to die, aud she listened to the sentence without the slightest emotion. Kin. C. C. Clay at Fortress Ulonroe. The New York Herald, of the 30th ult., has a letter of the 28tli from Fortress Monroe, to the following effect: Mrs. Clement C. Clay was among the arrivals this morning. Her presence soon became known, and many curious, and, I am obliged to say, some rather impertinent eyes, peered through the blinds ot the hotel sitting-room to get an unob structed and satisfactory view of her. She bore patiently these inquisitorial looks, and also the delay intervening before accomplishing the ob ject of lier coming—an interview witli her hus band, Although equipped with the {proper pa pers, and the fundamental one granting admission to the fort and to her husband, bearing the sig nature of President Johnson, the cumbrous slow ness and precision of red tape had to be observ ed with all tbe military proprieties. Tins red tapeism kept her seven hours waiting, a delay intensified in its tediousness from the cramped up, dirty and most comfortless character of the room in which she was thus kept in unwitting and un necessary durance. An ambulance at length came after her, and with Capt. Hitchcock, Pro vost Marshal, as her chaperon, she passed inside the fortress, and thence direct to Carroll Hall, where her husband is at present confined. Her meeting with her husband, although lie had in advance been prepared for it, was affect ing as after such protracted separation, unckY such circumstances, such interview might be sup posed to be. Her womanly words of comfort in the present and love in the future, and liis calm and noble endurance of prison life, and subdued resignation to the fate betiding him, as revealed in the much he liad to say in return, are things too personal aud sacred for publicity. She was surprised at finding her husband looking so well, and, I am informed, told Gen. Miles that if any one had told her seven months ago that he would be kept this length of time in prison, she would have pronounced it impossible for him to live through such a term of imprisonment. ^Vs it is, she highly appreciates the kind and generous treatment he has received, and attributes liis still being alive to liis treatment. Mr. Clay also expressed like warm gratitude for the humane care he has received and i.-> re ceiving. He has, in fact, saving his liberty, every comfort one could wish to enjoy. No mention lias yet been made as to how long Mrs. Clay will stay here. It is highly probable she will remain as long as the privilege is allow ed her, aud such, I understood, she lias declared as her intention. It is known how'long and ar duously she lias laliored to get her husband pa roled. Tlie present visit is interpreted as a failure to accomplish thi9 object. Regarding Jeff. Davis, Mrs. Clay, whatever her anxieties may be, lias only asked about his health, which, I will take this occasion to say, continues good, as it lias for a long time past. A Washington dispatch to the New Y'ork Times, says: “Genera! Sheridan’s official report says there is considerable excitement at Browns ville, but no dslnger of any serious trouble. Gen eral Wright has been ordered to tlie borders t<? restore order.