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lUcehli) intelligencer.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Wednesday, November 28, 1806.
The mitieai and IWIulns CoiiipanieM of
fieorgl*.
The untold hidden wealth ol Cherokcc-Geor-
gia is, we trust, soon to be developed, to the incx i
prcasiblc relief of that desolated region, and the j
great good of the people at large. Our readers |
are familiar with the views of this journal as to
the exceeding gt eat value ot our mineral resources, |
and of the urgent necessity ol their prompt and i
thorough development for the early material
recuperation of Upper Georgia.
We are led to speak again on this vitally in
teresting subject, from the tact that we notice,
among the pending measures Ik-fore the General
Assembly, two bills for charters—one in favor of
Colonel Hannay, formerly of Virginia, now of
Washington, and his associates, and the other
in favor of Colonel George G. Pride, and his as
sociates. Tiie former contemplates, by a doom
ing operation, the lifting the entire waters of the
Chestatcc river, in bumpkin county, out of its
!>ed for a distance of fourteen miles, and the
mining of that auriferous stream for that entire
distance. This is, indeed, a mammoth enter
prise, and one wholly impracticable by individu
al effort, but attainable alone by such capital,
mining skill, and efficiency as are possessed by
Colonel JIannay and his company.
The latter, or Colonel Pride’s, is a charter to
operate the valuable mineral properties owned
by that gentleman and Itis associates, on Pigeon
Roost and its vicinity; also in Lumpkin county.
Roth of these gentlemen are men of cultivated
intellect, enlarged and liberal views, and, by the
judicious employment of the heavy capital owned
and represented by them, will accomplish all
that can be achieved in that inviting field of
labor.
For the sake ol our destitute people, and our
beloved old State, we do most earnestly wish for
their complete success.
To accomplish this most desirable result, it is
indispensably necessary that liberal charters be
granted them. The privileges of water, wood,
and stone, are known to ail who arc familiar
with mining operations upon a large scale, to be
indispensable, and always granted. Such is uni
versally the case in California, Colorado, Nevada,
and other mining districts. Our people, being
an agricultural population, do not, perhaps, so
well understand these necessities; but they do,
nevertheless, exist, and let us ot Georgia not
drive from our doors the capital we so much need
in our extremity, by refusing to it all the rights
and protection so willingly granted everywhere
else.
But wc forbear to extend this notice, conscious
that the comprehensive, enlightened statesman
ship of our General Assembly will most cheer
fully concede to Upper Georgia, and the State at
large, all those important and manifest benefits
resulting immediately and incidentally from the
granting of these charters.
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mauuAiclurlas tn Cieorffla—Tlie KomwcII
-VInnnIa<-tiirlhr Company.
We are much gratified to learn from the most
reliable source the tiattering prospects ot that
justly celebrated enterprise—The Roswell Manu
facturing Company, of Cobb count}'.
Reduced to a mass of smouldering ruins by the
torch of General Sherman’s army, in the midst
of a country desolated by the same unpit} mg
force, its future twelve months ago was gloomy
in the extreme. Now, a majestic, thoroughly
constructed, and beautiful structure adorns this
ancient site. And its spacious rooms are being
rapidly filled with the finest machinery, embrac
ing all 1.1 e very latest European and American
improvements.
The work of reconstruction was begun by the
lamented B. King, for so many years the head
and soul ot the company. Since Mr. King’s
death it has been prosecuted with vigor and fine
judgment bv Mr. George II. Camp, his successor.
Mr. C. has been actively engaged in the capacity
of agent, Ac., heartily co-operating with Mr.
King, for 21 years.
AVith the cheap white labor of this section,
under the judicious management of these gen
tlemen, these results have all been attained at a
cost of a little over a hundred thousand dollars,
including not only the mills and machinery, but
a stone dam thirty feet wide at its base.
It is proposed to start about 3,000 spindles in
operation the 1st of January, at farthest.
The history and success of this factory are ia-
miliar to our business men. For over a quarter
of a century it has paid an average dividend of
12 per cent, per annum, besides its regular im
provements and enlargements from time to time.
This has been done, too, by white labor exclu
sively.
Can any one doubt, in view of these facts, the
success ol manufacturing in Upper Georgia?
The statistics of the census of I860 show that,
takin Q the cost of the investment and the wages
paid for labor, and the products of these mills,
as compared with those of that famous manu
facturing State, Massach usetts, manufacturing was
cheaper and more profitable in Georgia than Mas-
each usetts. Does not this fact teach us a most en
couraging lesson ?
At the recent annual meeting of the stock
holders, Mr. Camp resigned the Presidency be
cause other engagements would disallow the de
votion of his whole time to it; and we congratu
late the proprietors upon the fact that they unan
imously elected General A. J. Hansell, of Ma
rietta, its President, and Mr. Camp, as Associate
President. In securing the services of General
Il&nsell as its presiding officer—one so widely
and favorably known—this company have illus
trated the wisdom ot its counsels. General H.
has, for more than twenty years, been its legal
adviser, and one ol its stockholders ; and, if he
shall, as re doubt not he will, bring to bear in
his new sphere of duties the same energy, fidel
ity, skill, and integrity that have characterized
him as a lawyer, the best results may confidently
be expected. He is to enter upon his duties in
May next, at the close of his circuit.
We learn, too, that this company nave wisely
sought aud secured the valuab'e services of its
former efficient and skilful Superintendent, ma
chinist, and other subordinate officers, under
whose combined efforts, with General H. as
President, and Mr. Camp as his associate, it is
destined, in our judgment, to a high prosperity.
AVe take great pleasure, at this time, in inviting
the attention of the people f Georgia to this
subject, because ol our conviction that, by her
manufacturing, aud the development of her im
mense miueral resources, Northern Georgia is
yet destined to a bright and successful future.
“ There is life in the old State vet.'’
Old fluid.
The telegraph has announced that Tbad. Ste
vens has arrived in Washington. in advance of
the meeting of Congress, end is breathing direful
threats against the President and everybody else.
Poor, miserable old man! AA'e apprehend his
rage will prove impotent. The cooler minds o.
his party have become pretty well satisfied that
they have already gone too far. aud that the pro
gramme inaugurated especially to worry and tip- i
press the Southern States, cannot ’oecarried much j
further without seriously jeopardising the peace ;
aud quiet of their own section. Old Thud, has
long been a recognized leader in the House of
Representatives, tint we confidently predict that .
with tin- present session his career in that re-j
aped w *11 terminate, aud that fie will have to j
take a back seat, ami give place to men of more
moderate views.
.Tames Goittvox Bennett.—lac New Y« rk
Herald, which, like a slowly melting iceberg, has j
been gradually turning for the past several weeks, I
rent over with a lurch a day or two ago, and
comes up radical of the most ferocious stripe.—
It suggests a new plan of re-construction, with a j
hundred and fifty thousand men under Grant to
ento r ce the proposition. It needed but this to j
complete the inlamy of the Herald.
Confiscation.
There appears to be a growing apprehension
iu the minds of many of the people, that the
Congress which is to convene next Monday week,
will pass a general confiscation law, and that the
South will again be filled with great “big fellows
with blue coats on.” AA'e don't now, norhavn’t,
apprehended anything of the sort. Hasn’t the
South complied honestly and faithfullv with ev
ery term and condition of the surrender ? Itis
true, a Constitutional Amendment has been of
fered the South for its acceptance or rejection, as
might scent right and proper. It is also true,
that it has been rejected in some of the States,
and will no doubt be in some of the others.—
What then ? The fact that it was tendered for
their action, confided tlie right to reject, if so
deemed advisable. If not, why present it for
their action ? Again, what confiscation law could
be passed that would touch the parties whom the
President has pardoned ? Before Congress can
pass a general confiscation act, it must depose
the President—a step which radicalism will not
nigh attempt in the present complex and unset
tled condition of affairs. Why, even Ben. But
ler, Bingham, and others of that school, who a
few weeks since breathed nothing but torch, tur
pentine and blood, are dumb as oysters on the
subject now. John Forney, the ferocious, and
the meanest white man of them all, and who, a
short time ago, did his level best to raise a muss
that would have deluged the streets of Balti
more with blood, now either passes the subject
silently, or roars over it gently as a cooing dove,
AVe are free to repeat our opinion that there is
not the remotest probability of the passage of a
confiscation act, any more than there is that an
attempt will be made to impeach the President.
AVe think the people may rest assured of this
and pursue their business with (lie conviction
that, to say the least, there is nothing worse
ahead than has already happened.
Apatliy and Indifference.
AVe don’t understand that process of reasoning
which leads son^j of our friends to ignore all
feeling in matters of public and general interest,
because the enemy lias’us at disadvantage at
present, and is disposed to use his brief lease of
power to our extreme hurt. AA 7 e have complied
honestly, faithfully, religiously, with every law
ful and constitutional obligation imposed by the
General Government as conditions precedent to
our return to the Union; and now, because a
lactiou which has crept into power as an inci
dent of the war, demands the acceptance of
terms still more oppressive and humiliating, shall
we yield to despondency, to despair, and, folding
our arms quietly, say in effect to the oppressor,
“ Lo, here we are—do with us whatsoever you
please V” That is just what he wants—what he
is aiming at—the purpose and end of all his la
bors. Having exhausted the physical strength
and material wealth of the South, by superiority
of numbers and immensity of resources, if he
can now break its spirit, and cause the people
no longer to feel or show any interest in public
matters, his triumph will be complete. In talk
ing this way, we are not inculcating a spirit of
resistance to the United States Government, al
though that government, or rather the legislative
branch of it, is holding us at arm’s length from
all participation in its aftairs, and insisting upon
taxation without representation. Not at all, and
we do not wish to be so understood. To the
contrary, we desire to see the people of Georgia
comply faithfully and cheerfully with all the
conditions voluntary and imposed under the
Constitution and laws. At the same time, we
desire to impress upon them the fact., to fasten it
in their minds before it is too late, that there are
certain duties which they cannot neglect except
to their own harm, no matter what Congress
may, or may not do. It is but a few days since
we heard a gentleman of intelligence and influ
ence remark, that he felt no interest in the Con
gressional canvass in this District; that it would
do no good; that he had pretty much lost all
hope, and would not walk across the street to
vote for any man. Now we deprecate that sort
of spirit—it is wrong, ruinous, fatal, deadly.
No; rather let us do all our duty, do others what
they may—discharge all our privileges aud im
munities as citizens, even to voting for a member
to Congress who may possibly never be admitted
to a seat—make the best we can of the present,
and go forward cheerfully and manfully to battle
with the future. All the obligations we owe the
United States Government, under the Constitu
tion and laws, let us continue to observe hon
estly and to the letter, never forgetting those,
even the least ot them, which we owe at the
same time to our own State, to our self-respect
and moral manhood.
The Tumble in Prices.
The New York Sun has an article in regard
to,the recent decline in prices, which we quote
below. Money is reported to be plentiful at the
great commercial centers, and yet there is general
complaint of dull ami declining trade. The
journals are speculating as to the cause of such
an extraordinary condition of afiuirs. AA'e think
we could solve the difficulty for them without
much trouble, but they will find out all about it
in a way that will not admit of controversy.—
The following is the SunV article iu reference to
the decline in prices and the embarrassment of
speculators:
“ It is certain that they cannot stand the pres
sure much longer. Already we hear that a few
weak concerns have toppled over, aud a number
of others are almost upon the verge of failure.—
This state of things covers the whole field of
speculation, from gold aud stocks to pork and
beans. Coal, dry goods, groceries, produce—in
fact, everything in the wholesale market—is on
the downward road, and business ot all kinds is
almost at a stand-still. All classes of dealers
who have stocks on hand are alarmed at this
state of the market, but the speculators who
bought large stocks in the expectation of advan
cing prices when winter should set in, are almost
in a panic, llow long will it last ? The general
impression among the merchants is that the de
cline will only be temporary, and that it will be
followed by a sharp re-action. There is no cer
tainty, however, of the correctness of that con
clusion. The salesmen who have just been out
through the country report that trade iu the rural
districts is as dull as in the city, and that the
merchants there have ample stocks of goods. If
this be so, what is there to enliven trade in the
city ? AA’e can hardly think that the long impend
ing financial crash is at hand, but it is useless to
deny that there are many signs pointingstrong-
ly iii that direction.”
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Bishops Hopkins .o, j Polk.—At the recent
installation of Dr. J. B. WOmer, as Bishop of
Louisiana, Bishop Hopkins made full and feel
ing remarks as related to the late Bishop Polk,
the predecessor ot Bishop AViliner. He said, in
substance:
“Y'our predecessor the late Bishop of Louisi
ana. was a man of uncommon energy, elevation
of character, nobility of soul. You are the suc
cessor ot such a man; none who knew him,
but admired and loved him. I was often eon-
conected with, and met him frequently at one
of the universities of his founding, (many of
these will you meet with, that were of his erec
tion.) and upon frequent occasions of Christian
duties; aud it is among the pleasant and sad
recollections of the past. You will find iD
your path many mementoes of his zeal; monu
ments of lus worth. It is, indeed, a high privi
lege to be his successor. AA e claim no perfec
tion for bishops; he may have erred in his ca
reer; he may have made mistakes; but his soul
of Christianity and magnanimity which his life
exhibited, is a true prestige for you: aud God
grant you all the faith aud support to its proper
ends. I hold it a great privilege to bestow the
dignity of bishop upon you, and I do it in the
mlicsl confidence that heaven has and will con
tinue to give you strength, and direct your
course, and in your zeal relieve your every Chris
tian exertion for the well-government of the
church, and I call upon aii to pray for you.”
Dec ision against a Telegraph Company.
—A suit has been decided iu Lancaster, Penn
sylvania. against a telegraph company, for failing
to transmit a dispatch directing the purchase of
stocks. The order was duplicated by mail, and
was filled according to instructions, but iu the
in erval y.e stocks had risen, and the company
u..s held liable for the difference in price.
Mokuisetaxd GkeEley.—A New York da e
says. John Morrisey has declared lor Greeley tor
the United states Senate, and proposes to spend
ten thousand dollars to secure his election.
MEMPHIS CORRESPONDENCE.
[srECIAL TO.THZlUITEU.ISEKCEB.’l
Meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church. South—A learned and dignified body—Laying
the Comer StoneMf St.(Patrick's Cathedral—Tennessee
Legislature—Shelby county 6till not represented—Iron
Ties or. Rope for Baling Cotton—Disastrous Fire—
Memphis Cotton Mills burned—Burning of the steamer
A'ou Phul. etc.
Memphis, Nov. 20, I860.—I am sorry it is not
in my power to give your readers a synopsis of
the proceedings of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, South, now in session in
this city. The meeting is a most important and
very interesting one. It convened in the First
Presbyterian Church last Thursday, the loth,
ministers and elders from every Southern State
being in attendance. Dr. A. H. Rice was chosen
Moderator by acclamation, the venerable Dr.
Adger, of South Carolina, having declined a re-
election on account of deafness and oilier infir
mities of old age. Dr. J. R. Wilson, of Augusta,
Ga.,so well and favorably known as one of the
ablest divines of the denomination's Stated Clerk.
This is a most important meeting, for it is the first
of that body for some years past, and the amount
of business to be transacted is immense. There
are few assemblages where such an array ot
talent is presented, and the dignity and decorum
of its daily sessions are the general remark of
this community. The business before it is be
ing patiently and quietly proceeded witb, and as
the more important measures are introduced the
earnest and dignified discussions called forth
from the leading spirits attract crowds ot our
most intelligent citizens—many being unable to
get within reach of their voices. Dr. Palmer,
of New Orleans, is present. The pulpits of the
churches of many of the other denominations
were occupied by Presbyterian divines last Sab
bath. Dr. Palmer preached at the First Presby
terian in the morning, and at the Second Pres
byterian at night. The body will not probably
adjourn before next week.
Last Sabbath was also a very important day
with the Roman Catholics, being the occasion of
laying the cornerstone of the new r cathedral (St.
Patrick’s) on the corner of Linden aud DeSoto
streets, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Feehan, of Nash
ville. At 3 o’clock p. m., a grand procession was
formed bv the congregations of St. Peter’s and
St. Mary’s churches,who, preceded by the Bishop,
arrayed iu all the gorgeous magnificence of an
Oriental satrap, and surrounded by an innumera
ble crowd of little urchins, led by a powerful
brass band, proceeded to the spot indicated,
where the interesting ceremonies were perform
ed. After the completion of the ceremonies,
Bishop Feehan, from a stand prepared for the
occasion, delivered an excellent and appropriate
address, which quite did away with the impres
sion formed by his ludicrous appearance in the
procession. Immediately adjoining the site of
tins new edifice, a building is being rapidly erect
ed for temporary use, as the cathedral will not be
completed for over a year to come, such is to be
its size and magnificence.
I believe both branches ot our Legislature have
at last organized; or, at least, they are at work,
making and unmaking laws. A petition is be
fore them for the extension of the limits of this
city, and our people have been encouraged to
see, from the report of the committee to whom
it was referred, that the clause incorporating the
Memphis Freighting Company has been stricken
out. Our neighbors ot the city of Chelsea, on
the northern confines of the city, are considera
bly exercised in regard to this extension—by
which they would be brought into the maternal
lold. They are averse to paying taxes and re
ceiving the benefits of the corporation, and have
held several indignation meetings to that effect.
I don’t blame them much. Who would not
wish to keep clear of Beaumont and his detec
tives? But the point of particular interest to
Memphians and Shelby county, at this time, is
to know that the Legislature has decided that
neither Mr. Able or Coleman are entitled to a
seat in that body, and we are again unrepresent
ed. AY. R. Moore, the candidate who received
the highest number of votes on the radical ticket,
was declared entitled to a seat, but magnani
mously decliued. Why did he go there with
credentials from the Sheriff, if he did not intend
to accept the place? There must be sinister mo
tives about such magnanimity.
I notice a very interesting communication in a
city paper in relation to the baling of cotton with
iron ties, which has this season come into almost
universal use, at least, in this section. The wri
ter, who says he has thoroughly investigated the
subject, gives twelve reasons why the rope is
preferable. His principal reasons are that the
rope is stronger, nearly every bale, where the
iron tie is used, losing one, two, and sometimes
every tie by the time it reaches the manufacturer’s
hands; rope is more flexible, thereby presenting
much better samples, making a difference often
of a half cent in the pound ; and that the use of
the iron tie will certainly result in the adoption ol
actual tare by manufacturers in place of the
usual deduction of two pounds per bale for the
refused baling stuff where rope is used. It is un
derstood that some of our factors arc getting
large commissions for the introduction of these
ties by the manufacturers of them, and in that
case it will be a hard matter to bring them into
disuse until the planter is made to feel the result
of the objections to their use, which the writer
urges, as, I believe, they are cheaper than rope.
The burning of the Memphis Cotton Mills, in
Chelsea, on the night of the 13th instant, was a
most disastrous event, not only to the proprietors
—Messrs. George AY. Chuk and J. W. Page, Jr.—
but also to the large number of operators who
are thus thrown out of employment at the begin
ning of the winter. A large portion of them are
but recently from Georgia, where, from the de
struction of mills there by Sherman, they had
been out of employment a long time, and were
in a rather destitute condition on their arrival
here, but now they find themselves even more
destitute, so much so as to call forth the charities
of the benevolent of the community. The loss
by the destruction of these mills is over $200,000;
some $90,000 of which is covered by insurance.
The burning of the Memphis and New Orleans
packet, Henry Yon Phuel, was one of those un
avoidable accidents, where no blame can be at
tached to any one. Three or four 11 ves are report
ed lost. All the private baggage of passengers
and the entire boat and cargo of 3,544 bales of
cotton were destroyed.
The weather continues mild for the season.
J. RL.
Dead and Buried—Constitutional Con
vention.—The Louisville Courier of the 22d,
has a long article in favor of a call for a Conven
tiou to amend the Constitution, and expresses
the opinion that it the President would recom
mend it in his message to Congress, he would
take the wind out of the sails of the Jacobins.
The Courier says:
The radical party will control the legislative
department of the government, and through that
power the interests of the nation, and especially
the interests of the Southern States, for the nex*
three years. The constitutional amendment is
now positively dead, and it is certain th3t some
alternative proposition will be presented. The
question L whether a constitutional convention
shall be that alternative, or whether the whole
subject shall be lef'f to a Congress animated by
tiie malignant leelings and disregardtul of the
public interests, as this has shown itself to be.
Shall the Negro A t ote?—An “intelligent
aud sagacious Federal officer, now in command
in South Carolina,” writes to the New York
Post, which we believe is at this time advocating
the “monstrous heresy of universal suffrage,"
as follows:
“ I hope that Congress will stick to the amend
ment, aud a^k neither more nor less. Believe
me that, first, the negroes are not fit to vote; and
second, they would generally vote with their old
masters. Don’t you know that our Connecticut
blacks always used to vote the old AY nig ticket,
following the ruffie-shirted gentlemen who form
erly owned them ? It would be like that here.
It is bad policy. I firmly believe, tor tiie North
to insist that the negroes shall vote, aud conse-
qeutly be represented.”
FROM MILLEDGEV1LLE.
Special Correspondence of the Intelligencer.
AIilledc.eville, Tuesday, Nov. 20.
The House of Representatives passed on yes
terday, the bill prescribing the mode of electing
the 3rayor and members of Council of the city
of Atlanta. As stated in a former letter, thisbHl
provides that the election shall be held in each
ward, and the two persons receiving the highest
number of legal votes in the ward in which they
reside, shall be declared duly elected members of
Council for the ward. The votes for Mayor are
to be consolidated by the managers, who shall
meet at the City Hall for the purpose on the day
after the election. The act, if passed by the Le
gislature, is not to take effect unless ratified by a
majority of the legal voters, at an election to be
held at the City Hall, on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next.
The House also passed a bill exempting from
jury duty persons actually engaged iu attending
to grist mills. Also a bill declaring now of force
the laws as they existed prior to the year 1863,
regulating the tax on railroad and express com
panies and foreign insurance agencies. The
House this niomiug passed the bill legalizing the
acts of the Fulton Loan and Building Associa
tion, and the Stonewall Building and Loan Asso
ciation, performed before obtaining their respec
tive charters. The House also passed a bill for
the protection of levying officers. This provides
that during the existence of the stay law, no
civil officer shall be required to make levy or
sale of property contrary to the provisions of
such law, unless the plaint??! in execution shall
give bond, well secured, iu double the amount of
th of. fa.
exemption bill.
In the Senate, this morning, the consideration
of the Exemption Bill was resumed, this being
the unfinished business of yesterday. The bill,
after discussion and amendment, was passed by a
vote of 22 to 14. One of the amendments adopt
ed, provides that in case the property exempted
shall be town property, its value shall not exceed
five thousand dollars. If the value is more, the
property is to be sold, and from the proceeds of
the sale, the sum of five thousand dollars is to be
deducted by the court, and is to be invested in
other property to be held under the exemption
act. An effort was made to limit the application
of the act to liabilities incurred after its passage,
which failed.
OTHER PROCEEDINGS IN TILE SENATE.
The Senate also passed a bill to allow the re
demption, within two years, of real estate sold
under execution, the owner paying to the pur
chaser the money bid, and ten per cent, per an
num interest.
Mr. J. A. Johnson, chairman of the Joint Com
mittee, appointed to engage a minister for the
22d instant, reported that they had procured the
services of Rev. E. AY. AVarren, of Macon.
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
The matter of most interest in the proceedings
of the House of Representatives, this morning,
was the consideration of a bill to appropriate a
fund for the burial of the Confederate dead. The
bill, as passed, sets apart the sum of five thou
sand dollars, to be expended by the ladies who
are trustees of the Memorial Association of the
State of Georgia, for the completion of the ceme
tery at Resaca, and the removal and interment
ot the Confederate dead of Ch’ckamauga, Mis
sionary Ridge, and along the line of Sherman’s
march, upon the battle fields, or places most
convenient thereto. The bill also appropriates
one thousand dollars to the Ladies’ 3Iemorial
Association, of Oakwood Cemetery, at Rich
mond. Messrs. Tench, Russell of 3Iuscogee )
Glenn, and Moses, paid merited tribute to the
noble dead. The latter was truly eloquent in
Ills address. The bill was passed by a large ma
jority.
FLORIDA BOUNDARY LINE.
The report of the Committee on the State of
the Republic—made by 3Ir. Gartrell, their chair
man, to the House of Representatives—on the
subject of the Florida boundary line, is in entire
accordance with the facts and recommendations
embraced in the Governor’s special message.
The resolutions submitted by the committee re
cognize the line surveyed and fixed by Messrs.
Orr and AYhitner, and recommend that the Gov
ernor be authorized to issue his proclamation,
declaring that to be the line. It is to be pre
sumed that the recommendation will be adopted,
and a final settlement be made of this long agi
tated and embarrassing question.
THE CODE OF GEORGIA.
The Code ot Georgia having gone into effect,
and the work having been printed during the
war, a new edition had become necessary to suit
the changed circumstances of our people, and
the changes made by legislation in the status of
the State. Hon. David Irwin, one of tiie com
missioners who prepared the Code, had neariy
completed a careful revision of the work before
the last session of the Legislature. The Gover
nor was tlienjauthorized by resolution, to appoint
a committee ot three competent gentlemen, to
examine the revised Code, and report to him the
result of such examination. The committee ap
pointed in accordance with the resolution are
Messrs. Hansell of Cobb, Bleckley of AYilkes,
and Hammond of Fulton. The former gentle
man is now here, and the others are expected to
join him, when they will enter upon the duties
of their appointment I suppose that the new
work will be printed early in the coming year.
In the meantime, 3Iessrs. AYilliams and AVellbom
will give all the changes made up to the close of
the present session, in their pamphlet of Public
Laws, which will meet the wants of the bar and
court officers until the publication of the Code.
H.
Milledgeville, AYednesday, Nov. 21.
In the proceedings of the House of Represen
tatives, there has been nothing of very special
interest this morning. Some new bills were in
troduced, bringing up the whole number to above
three hundred. Several local bills were passed.
Also, a bill amending the Code, providing that
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be
styled Chief J ustice, to preside in the courts.—
The oldest Judge now in commission is to pre
side until his place shall become vacant, when a
Chief Justice is to be elected.
SENATE BILLS PASSED BY THF. HOUSE.
The bill previously passed by the Senate, ex
tending the time of settlement by Tax Collect
ors until the 1st day of February, 1867, was pass
ed this morning by the House. The bill pro
vides that all persons who failed to make returns
in terms of the law, may do so to the collector,
and pay thereon as other tax payers, and not
double tax, as defaulters. The House also passed
Senate bills in relation to the retail of spirituous
liquors in Stewart county ; amending the charter
of the city of Albany; and in relation to the
payment of juries in Tatnall county.
HON. A. J. HANSELL.
A resolution was adopted, tendering to Hon.
A. J. Hansell, of Cobb, a seat in the Representa
tive Hall, during his stay in the city. I learn
that General H. has accepted the position of
President of the Roswell 3Ianufacturing Com
pany. This Company, nnder the able manage
ment of Air. Barrington King, had been, up to
the time of his lamented death, one of the
most successful enterprises of the kind id the
Union. No doubt the good judgment, business
habits and uniform courtesy of Gen. H., will be
found to justify the confidence of the stockhold
ers, who have placed him at the head of their af
fairs.
PROCEEDINGS IN TTTE SENATE.
A resolution was adopted inviting Col. Jared I.
AYhitaker oi Fulton, and Hon. A. J. Hansell of
Cobb, to seats on the floor of the Senate during
their stay at the capital.
The bill, which has passed the nouse of Rep
resentatives lo extend the aid of the State to the
completion of the 3Iacon & Brunswick Railroad,
was made the special order for Friday.
A resolution was adopted by the Senate in
structing the Committee on Finance to take into
consideration the propriety of raising the salaries
of the Superintendent, Auditor and Treasurer of
the AYestern & Atlantic Railroad. The Senate j
also passed a bill relating to insolvent debtors;
a bill to provide the means for educating the
maimed, indigent soldiers of Georgia who are
under thirty years of age; also a bill to regulate
the manner of convicts laboring upon public
works. This last bill requires the Inferior Courts
lo provide for the safe keeping and support of
the convicts, and to employ the necessary over
seers and guards. It authorizes them to hire out
or bind out convicts to contractors on the public
works, or to individuals. Also authorizes two
or more counties to combine aud work together
their convicts. The Governor may refuse to re
ceive the convicts from the Interior Courts. The
Semite also passed a bill authorizing suits agains
railroad and express companies, and against the
Superintendent of the State Road, in any county
in which such companies may have agents or
officers. Also a bill to donate the Okefenokee
swamp lands belonging to the State, as a perma
nent endowment to the Georgia Orphan Home.
Tiie Constitution prescribing that the vote on
such bills shall be by yeas and nays, the vole was
so taken on this, and resulted in yeas 29; nays 3.
The Senate also passed several local bills.
PENITENTIARY—ATTEMPTED MUTINY.
On night before last a concerted attempt was
made by the inmates of the penitentiary to escape
by overpowering the officers aud guards. I un
derstand that some six white convicts and a large
number ot the negroes were concerned. The
agreement, as it appears, had been entered into
that a general rush should lie made upon the
keepers as soon as supper was ended. The at
tempt was made, and might have been success
ful but for the prompt action of the officers and
guards, and the assistance of the majority of the
white convicts who sided with the keepers. It
is said that the plan that had been agreed upon,
was to leave the place in a body, enter the city,
burn, plunder aud destroy, if they had succeeded
iu overcoming the officers and guards. Of course
such a discipline will be measured out to those
concerned as will prevent a repetition of such an
attempt. H.
Legislative.
AVe are again without our regular Alilledge-
ville correspondence. AVe subjoin such items as
we deem of more interest from the proceedings
in the 3Iacon papers. There had been no mo
tion made to reconsider the passage of the bill
extending State aid to the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad. A bill was introduced in the
Senate to authorize tiie Governor to have issued
new bonds of the State in place of bonds of the
State that matured during the war, and were re
invested in bonds of the State during that period.
Also, a bill to allow ‘farmers and planters to
transport for their own use, free of charge, over
the AVestern & Atlantic Railroad, 500 bushels
corn, and 2,000 lbs. of bacon or pork during the
next year. Also, a bill to repeal the act impos
ing a specific tax on liquors sold in this State,
and to substitute another in lieu thereof. Also,
a bill to incorporate the People’s Bank of Dal
ton.
Mr. J. F. Johnson, from a joint committee,
submitted a report on the books of the Commis
sary General of the State, Col. Jared I. AVhitaker.
The report states that the books are a complete
and neat set, and recommends that the books be
deposited in the office of the Secretary of State,
and that the Confederate Treasury notes returned
by the Commissary General be burned. The re
port closes with resolution that the thanks of the
people of the State are due to Col. J. I. AYhitaker
for the faithful and efficient manner in which he
has discharged his duties as Commissary Gene
ral of the State.
The resolution was adopted.
AVe find the following appended to the Senate
proceedings of Saturday in the 3Iacon Telegraph:
send a carefully prepared synopsis of the bill
as it passed the S.enate, for the relief of insolvent
debtors, introduced by Mr. Carter, commonly
spoken of here as the “ Bankrupt Bill.”
Every insolvent debtor may be discharged from
his debts by making an assignment of all his
property (except what is exempted from levy
and sale) on the following terms:
He shall present to the Superior Court or County
Court a petitioD, signed by himself and one-fifth
of his Iona fide creditors. He shall state fully
the amount and nature of his indebtedness, to
whom due and the consideration thereof; also a
complete inventory of his estate, real and person
al, choses in action, &c. The petition shall be
filed with the clerk thirty days before court, and
each creditor shall be served with a notice ot the
application by the sheriff, or by publication, if
the creditor be a non-resident of tiie State, and
such creditor may take issue as to the fact of in
solvency, or as to any other material statement
in the petition, which issue shall be submitted to
a jury at the first term of the court, and their
finding shall be conclusive.
If it shall appear that the applicant is really
insolvent, and that he has given a true inventory
of his property, &c., the court shall pass an order
for the assignment ot such property for the ben
efit of creditors, and on taking the insolvent oath,
the debts contained in the schedule shall be dis
charged.
In the House on the 24th, Mr. Moses moved to
reconsider the bill lost yesterday, to extend the
State Aid to the Air Line Railroad.
Messrs. 3Iorris, Hardeman and Boynton spoke
in favor of the motion, and the vote stood—yeas
79; nays 42. The motion prevailed and the bill
was taken up and put upon its passage. It passed
by yeas 71, nays 53.
The bill to enforce the observance of the Lord’s
day was taken up, and after speeches in favor of
the bill by Messrs. DuBose, Pottle, J. B. Jones,
and Render, and by Alessrs. Barnes, Glenn,
Russell of Muscogee, Adams, and Gross in
opposition, the vote was taken on a motion to
postpone indefinitely, and resulted in yeas
64, and nays 66. After various propositions to
amend, they were lost; as also a motion to post
pone for the present. 3Ir. Pottle moved the pre
vious question on the passage of the bill, which
resulted in yeas, 66; nays, 68.
3Ir. Hill, Chairman of the special committee
on the Governor’s Alessage, relative to the busi
ness of Colonel J. I. AVhitaker, Commissary Gen
eral during the war, recommended that the pa
pers connected with Colonel AVhitaker’s office
be deposited in the Secretary ot State’s office,
among other archives of the State, etc. The re
port was agreed to.
Col. W ad del I Declines.
The following, which originally appeared in
the Rome Commercial, ha3 been sent us for publi
cation. Notwithstanding we published a uotice ot
the declinature of Colonel Waddell,some time ago,
we cheerfully comply with the request to re-pro
duce his letter entire:
Cedartown, Ga , Oct. 26, 1866.
Mr. Editor—On my return from Carroll Court
last night, I was surprised to learn that my name
had been announced as that of a suitable person
to represent the people of the Seventh District
in the Congress of the United States. The an
nouncement was made by very partial friends,
without my knowledge or consent. I am quite
certain they will appreciate the motives which
impel me to withdraw the announcement and
decline the canvass.
Had I anything of fitness for the position, the
service I should be permitted to render the peo
ple of the district, iu the event of election, would
he as unavailing as the honor would be empty.
I should not be allowed to enter the Council
Board so long as it is reckoned by the mad fac
tion that rules the hour, an unpardonable crime
to have loved Georgia better than Massachusetts,
and to have borne a patriot’s part, howsoever
humble, in the late lamentable struggle of my
section—my country—for independence. I see
no sign that the term of their fierce dominion is
approaching.
In such times, I choose to profit by the admo
nition of Cato to his son :
••Where vice prevails
And impions men bear sway, tbe post of honor is a pri
vate station."
And whilst adequately appr. ciating the feel
ings ot personal regard winch prompted the
most generous ot ft iends to suggest my humble
name in connexion with the candidacy for that
office, I trust they will respect the preference ex
pressed, when I elect to stay at home and “pray
lor Rome.”
Very respectfully, <fcc.,
J. D. Waddell.
Remarks or the Hon. R. J« Mosei, of
Mnscosec,
On his Bill to Appropriate a Fund for the
Burial of the Confederate B.'id.
3Ir. Speaker : 3Iy appeal is not alone in be
half of the noble dead! The living, and the
unborn future, who will control the destinies of
Georgia, are the peculiar objects ot my solicit inks!
Preserve this record ot the past that it nut} be
come as “ household words to :!u i nmigration
which you are inviting to your shores. \\ itli
Time, the passions engendered by our recent
struggle will pass away, and posterity w ill recog
nize the great fact that all America, except the
Radicals, was engaged in a common struggle tor
the perpetuation <>t constitutional liberty. ibe
valor of each section will redound to the glory ot
both.
The contending armies were, animated by the
same sentimeui; they marched upou ^diverging
roads, but each soughtthesaruegoal. L.alhct the
ashes ol your dead ; bend all your efforts to the res
toration* of the Union, ami when we are once
more thoroughly united. America, the great ex
emplar of well regulated liberty, w ill applaud
the humble tribute which you this day offer to
your hero dust. No Stale can he truly great that
Joes not do honor to its nobl • dead !
Y ou mav with lavish hands aid internal im
provement until your State shall be covered with
i network of railroads. A on may penetrate } out
mineral regions, uuiil the disemboweled eaith
shall pour” forth the rich treasures which lay
there, hidden tor untold centuries. A’ou may
cultivate your soil to the highest power of agri
cultural science, until }oor rich fields shall be la
den with their luxuriant crops. You may build
a factory upon every inland stream, until tbe mu
sic ot the spindle and ihe loom shall join in one
choral song with the. glad waters as they leap
from point lo point through their rock-embedded
channels. A'our commerce may w hiten every
sea. Immigration, invited by avarice and adven
ture, may cover your valleys and your hill sides
with a teeming, busy, and successtul population.
A'our treasury may become over-burdened with
its rich revenues, but your Slate will never be
trulv great, unless you cultivate, foster, and en
courage the sublime spirit ot patriotism ; and
this can never be done successfully, while the
history ot the Confederate war, written on the
neglected manes ot the unburied dead, proclaims
the State’s ingratitude.
A’ou must remember, Georgians, that you.will
be but as a drop of water in Hie stream ot immi
gration which, in time, will flow to your shores,
and unless yon preserve your individuality by a
constant and proud recurrence to the early his
tory of your State, instead of impressing the
Georgia character upon the inflowing tide ol pop
ulation, your individuality will be lost in the Eu-
peau flood, and Georgia, iu the hour of her most
boundless prosperity, will not be the noble old
State, which now, amidst the surrounding desola
tion, when asked for her jewels can point to her
sons.
I am led to these reflections by an incident
which occurred to me on Sunday last. While the
church bells were ringing,“I strayed to the Alil-
ledgeville cemetry to visit the grave of General
George Doles. .-Vs I entered the gate, I was at
tracted by a neat and somewhat expensive obe
lisk, before which stood two youths dressed in
Confederate gray. I walked towards it, curious
to see what inscription patriotism had placed
above the gallant leader of the old Fourth Geor
gia. I found that it had been raised above the
grave of a wealthy and successtul planter. Sad
dened aud disappointed, I read the inscription
aud found that it taught this useful lesson: “ Be
rigid and just, firm of purpose, energetic in exe
cution, and success will crown your efforts.” Let
the rising generation ponder upon its teachings,
and it will nerve the young, its it now does me,
to persevere in this object.
Turning from this spot, I sought iu vain the
tomb ol General Doles. Seeing a grave-digger
busy in his vocation preparing lor some in-coin
ing tenant of the tomb, I asked hint to point me
to the grave. He led me to a plain, unlettered
slab; no monument reared its pointed spire. But
the worship of the heart was there ; a wreath
of half-blown roses was freshly laid upon the
grave—placed there, doubtless, by a woman’s
hand, aud watered with her tears. As 1 cast
my eyes from this unmarked spot, to the impos
ing obelisk whose base I had surveyed, I was
attracted by a brave old oak, its rich autumnal
foliage reflected by the rays of the morniug
sun, tiuting it with a halo of light, form
ing a background, and throwing out, in bold
relief, a chaste and beautiful-figure of Hope,
which rested on the apex of the monument; her
eyes upturned, the right hand raised and point
ing heavenward. I gazed upon it some minutes;
theu, turning to the humble grave beside me, 1
mentally exclaimed, the hero’s reward is written
there; and as “hope springs eternal in the hu
man breast,” so did it in mine, that earth would
soon recognize the sacrifice, and build a monu
ment to commemorate his deeds. I went to
draw an inspiration from the dead, that I might
breathe it to the living as I do here and now.
Let the history of Georgia be written in her
monuments, so that all who tread upon her soil
may learn to love her; cultivate the spirit of pa
triotism, least with accruing wealth her greatness
pass away.
This bill, Representatives, is a step in that di
rection. AYoman makes the appeal. It is the
first time that the grave has sent its messenger
to ask a tribute for the dead, aud when she comes,
for what is the petition presented? Not for
monumental marble, expensive columns, or rich
cenotaphs. She only asks for the dead, a little
spot of earth—a part of “the land they died for
but could not save”—a place in its bosom to rest,
that their bones may not lie unburied on the
fields made classic by their daring.
A'ou all know that after the battles of Chick-
amauga, Missionary Ridge and Resaca, the fields
were covered with the bleeding witnesses of
Southern valor. Some lay stiff and stark and
cold. They had passed at once from life to
death. Some were gasping away life’s last, fe
verish breath ; some lay iu agony! their flesh
quivering and torn. Among all, gentle woman
was passing, assisting in the removal of those
from whom life had not already fled. A*, one by
one they died, far away from home and friends,
they were so hastily and imperfectly buried that
the viuter floods exposed their bodies, and their
bones lay literally bleaching in the sun—neglect
ed, but not forgotten ! Necessity drove man into
tbe active pursuits of life; but the noble women
of Resaca and its neighborhood, by voluntary
subscriptions, raised a part of the means neces
sary tor their burial. The fallen of liesaca have
been partially removed ; the soldiers of the dif
ferent States, grouped together, lay side by side
in their eternal slumber; “the unknown,” who
form the largest proportion, are buried to them
selves. Two acres of the battlefield have been
enclosed, ana it is now consecrated ground.
AVlien the pilgrim shall wander there to drop
the tribute of a tear, from that “ bivouac of the
dead ” these mottoes speak to the living,
“ Georgia welcomes’ to her bosom the fallen sons of her
sister States,”
And over Georgia’s mound,
“ They sleep beneath their native sky.”
AYliile Georgia thus does honor to her dead,
Sheridan, in Louisiana, bids the tear to cease to
flow, the heart to cease to beat, and seeks to
crush the spirit of patriotism by an order prohib
iting the erection of monuments or weaving ot
garlands for the Confederate dead. I would
curse him where I stand, were he not answered
from Louisiana’s grave with the word, “exiled ”
—the most mournful tliat man may utter or man
may hear. This voice from the"dead renders
impotent anathema from the living. AVith this
I will leave him with posterity’s verdict.
3Iiss Alary A. Green, who, with a modesty
equaled only by the tender sympathy and sub
lime patriotism which has enabled her to do so
much, asks you for $500 to pay off the indebted
ness of the Resaca Association.
I hare introduced this more enlarged bill to in
augurate a movement for the burial of tbe dead
of Chickamauga, Alissionarv Ridge, and other
battle-fields
The appropriation is small; I do not wish it
large enough to tempt the avarice of the specu
lator. The ladies have commenced this noble
work, aud they will expend the means entrusted
to them with scrupulous economy. Begin your
appropriations, and leave the Confederate dead in
charge of the women ot the South.
Hereafter, when Constitutional liberty is re
stored, and our treasury less embarrassed, Geor
gia can build monuments to those who died in
her defense.
[Mr. -Moses had a very beautiful letter(written
by Miss Green) read to the House, describing the
mottoes ami decorations of the Resaca Cemetry,
on dedication day. This was a private letter,
but very eloquent and touching.] He said:
“ I have had that letter read because I lelt that
it touches responsive chords. I wished that you
should know the pleasure felt by me in its peru
sal. I desired, with its beautiful and graphic de
scription, to translate you to the sacred spot, that
you might tread with me its winding walks—
survey its decorated graves—pause before its pa
thetic and eloquent inscriptions—mingle with
the sympathetic throng of visitors—listen to the
benedictions, and join in the heartfelt and re
sponsive amen.
This done, let us do honor to the noble women ■
who, like angels of the Lord, passed over the I
blood-stained battle-fields and made the dry bones
of our heroic dead eloquent with their touch !!
The events of that day ot dedication faded not j
with the passing hour; they will form one of!
history’s most enduring page's. It was not earth :
alone that witnessed it. The spirits ot the mighty :
dead were there; and high above all, on that j
day, the Genius of Liberty, poised in air, opened
the tablets of immortal fame, and beneath the
names which haye made our country great, in- j
scribed these words: “The Unknown Confed- j
ehate Dead.” And there they will stand for- [
ever Gathered in this sacred spot bv the noble
women of the South, they will live when you, and
I and all who now participate in the active scenes
of life, shall be gathered to the dust, “ uuhouored
and unsung.” . ... , r , ,
A'ea 1 their memories will be fresh and green,
when the galaxy of beauty, which now surveys
this scene* (tit representatives of the sublime
sentiment which animates tbe women of the
South) shall have put on corruption !
AYlten naught shall be kit ot all which is now
so fair to look upon but the blessed spirit of
which thev are the bright examplars and beauti
ful embodiment, “The Unknown Confederate
Dead” will lire, an inspiration 1 , and a hope!
*The snllt-rv the House of Representatives was
crowded with ladies.
Speech of llie Hon. J. A. Uleun, of Whit
field touulj.
3Ir. Speaker—1 had come to (lie conclusion
not to say anything oil this occasion; but the
fact that 1 come as a Representative of the peo
ple of North Georgia, in which portion ol the
State this “Association ” is situated, I feel iliut I
would be doing violence to uty feelings if l were
to be silent. It is unnecessary, Mr. Speaker, for
me to add, that this proposition meets my hearty
approval. I would go further in this noble en
terprise, and would have the remains ot evei}
soldier from Georgia removed from their present
resting-place, to a cemetery in my own State; I
would 5 go from the battle fields of Kentucky, to
the sanguinary hills of Pennsylvania, and bring
them back and inter them in their native State.
1 am the more in favor ot this, because of a
piece of history with which I am familiar. In
looking over the National Cemetery, lor the
burial of the dead of tbe Union army, no one
can fail to admire the plan, and to be struck with
the neatness and taste which mark every arrange
ment—in strange contrast is the condition of our
own dead. And, as if to niuke this contrast
strouger, and to pursue our fallen braves with
more°malignant iiate; and'to cast, if possible,
still more odium upon the martyrs of the “ Lost
Cause,” the style of burial of the Union soldier
is very different from that of the Southern sol
dier. Every grave ot the former, in one of these
cemeteries, is designated by a head and foot
board, painted white; and inscribed upon it is
the name, regiment, and company, to which tiie
occupant belonged. While, in the same ceme
tery, can be found the grave of e Confederate
soldier, with the following inscription upon the
head-board of liis lonely and neglected grave:
“ Rebel,” written in large, black letters. I would
have his remains removed to Georgia, or some
other congenial soil, and deposited nearest a
monument which should have inscribed upon it,
in imperishable letters: “Honor to tue un
known dead.”
Mr. Speaker: It is not improper that I should,
on this occasion, briefly recur to the past. The
history of the world, ancient and modern, sacred
and profane, contains little else than the conten
tions of nations, the struggles of factions, and t he
feuds of military chieftains, with all their accom
panying train of evils—blood, carnage, and de
struction. “War, pestilence and famine,” as
cause and effect, follow each other in rapid and
sure succession. The history of the nations is
written in blood. AYars, and rumors of wars,
have, without interruption, been the history ol
the human race. Power has sought to oppress
weakness, and scarcely has one series of sanguin
ary conflicts ceased, and while yet the smoke of
one war, reeking with gore, and foul with the
stench of unburied human carcases, is covering
as with a pall one hemisphere, notes of prepara
tion are heard in another quarter. Our own
country, for three-quarters of a century, happily
escaped the ravages of war; but the lust of pow
er finally succeeded in invading constitutional
liberty and civil rights, handed down to us by
our forefathers as an inheritance from their bap
tism of blood, and when the tocsin was sounded,
the fallen heroes, whose memory we this day
seek to preserve from oblivion, rushed into the
conflict and perished, bravely fightiug for consti
tutional liberty, under the banner ol civil rights.
The proposition before the House to donate
money for this purpose is no ordinary one. The
object, sought to be accomplished, is grand in
conception, noble iu prosecution, and magnificent
in its influence and results. This day’s proceed
ings will be looked back to with pride by every
Georgian, who will applaud the deed, and emu
late the patriotic impulses which prompt to its
execution. It will, indeed, form a bright page in
our history.
It is not improper, on this occasion, to advert
to the conduct of those who illustrate Georgia
and the South ou tbe battle field, and whose gal
lant deeds and meritorious services you this day
propose to recognize, and whose memory you
propose to perpetuate to all coming time. Fioui
the beginning of the war lo the last act in the
terrible tragedy (call it by what name you please,
rebellion, revolution, civil war, or war for inde
pendence) the conduct and bearing of these no
ble, self-sacrificing men, was of the most exem
plary character; whether in the camp or on the
field, in success or defeat, their patient endurance
of all discomforts, their self-sacrificing spirit of
devotion to the cause they had espoused, gave
evidence of the loftiest patriotism, while their
courteous deference to their commanders, and
the uniform respect they paid to our lovely coun
trywomen, showed the high-toned and cultivated
gentleman, the true type of Southern chivalry
and Southern honor. Whether in the victorious
legious of Lee’s unconquered and unconquerable
veterans, whether in the less fortunate, but no less
brave, campaigns of the Trans-Mississippi de
partment, the same cheerfullness under defeat,,
the same proud consciousness ot duty performed.,
“ Their utmost duty done,
They welcomed what they could not shim.”
I shall never forget tiie occurrence which took
place at the ckwe of the siege at Vicksburg. A
Lieutenant, whose duty it was, under the terms
of the capitulation, to plant the colors of his reg
iment in front of the command, at the hour ap
pointed for the respective commands to surren
der, marched with the colors, not hoisted but
lowered. When he arrived at the place to deposit
the colors and resign them to his captor, he said:
“ Here, take them, we are not whipped, but over
powered.” I to-day endorse this sentiment, and
reiterate it—“ we are not whipped, hut overpowered."
These gallant men were paroled, and permit
ted to go to their homes. They were afterwards
ordered to rendezvous, which they did before
they knew they were exchanged, and contribu
ted to the brilliant success of the battle of Chick
amauga. They also participated in the memora
ble campaign commencing at Missionary Ridge,,
from thence through Georgia, and around At
lanta, and again through Tennessee, and in front
of Nashville. These same men marched through,
the Garolinas to the army of Virginia, suffering
untold hardships, which they did without mur
muring. No sigh was heard nor tear seen upon
their faces until the final surrender of the armies.
All along this march which I have mentioned,
will be found the graves of these fallen heroes.
For a conscious rectitude in the justice of the
cause in which they fell, and a confidence: in their
commanders, they are not surpassed by the Al
exander legion. While in Asia a portion of his
soldiers revolted. He appeared before them to
make them a speech. He said: “Soldiers, I
command you to be silent in presence of your
commander.” They did not desist. He then
said : “Citizens, no longer soldiers, you are dis
banded. Return to your homes.” They then
evinced their attachment for their commander.
The revolt was suppressed, the mutiny quelled,
and a cheerful return to duty was the result.—
Just 30 with the fallen heroes, whom we now
eulogize. If scarcity of rations, destitution of
clothing, hard marches and onerous guard duty,
breeded murmurs and discontent, at the sight of
their Generals, Lee, Johnston or Davis, whose
presence always infused spirit, and inspired con
fidence, all traces of discontent vanished, every
murmur was stilled-
Air. Speaker, I plead this day in behalf theo
memory of the martyrs of the revolution ; I like
to read and to speak yet of the deeds of our he
roes and martyrs. But I am told that I must for
get the past. I forgive but can’t forget the past.
Go to the battle fields of Chickamauga, Vicksburg,
Alanassas, to Gettysburg, and raise that lifeless
though noble form, and say brother, must I for
get the past? The dry bones of the valley will
rise, and in one loud voice exclaim, “ Never,
never forget the past!”
Go to that widowed wife, and to that bright
eyed boy, and ask them shall I forget the past?
With a deep blue eye, sparkling as with vivid
lightning, with infants’ lips they will speak and
say, “I cannot forget the past.’’ Go to that old
mother, whose son is numbered with the dead,
and ask her, “Alother, shall I forget the past?”
With tears trickling down her cheeks she will
say, “I cannot forget the past.”
Air. Speaker, I know something of the impulses
of the people of the South, and have an exalted
opinion of the fidelity and patriotism ot her la
dies. They have ever been, and will continue to
be, as they are in this, first iu every noble and
patriotic enterprise. Wherever they go cheer
fulness illuminates their pathway, flowers spring
up in their foot prints, and evergreens adorn their
winter haunts. Planted by their tender hands,
and fostered by their kind tillage, the violet
springs where the battery hath been, and when
peace comes her cheertul smiles shed a benign in
fluence on all around.
The sweet but touching incident of the young
lady, who, standing beside the giving couch of
the youthful volunteer, is but one of the thousand
cases of her kind and tender heart. “Let me
kiss him for bis mother,” scarce falls from her
lips, ere his emaciated spirit wings its flight to
that blest abode, where “the wicked cease from
troubling, and the weary are at rest.” Such
women as these now appeal to the Georgia Legis
lature to assist them to give Christian burial to
these, our gallant dead, and to beautify and adorn
the last resting place of the heroes ot the second .
American Revolution. Shall the appeal be in
vain. I think not.