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VOLUME XVIII.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12,1866.
NUMBER 49.
UkchlQ Jntflligrnrrr.
PUBLISHED DAILY AM) WEEKLY BY
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
Proprlclor.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, December 12, 1866.
The Keller Kill.
Wc lay before our readers to-day, the bill to be
entitled an act lor the relief of the people of
(Jeorgia, and to prevent the levy and sale of pro-
j>oriy under certain circumstances, as it passed
the House of Representatives on the 1st instant,
a substitute for the Senate bill to the same end.
Perhaps the provisions of the bill are looked to
by the people of our State with more interest
than any other measures before the present Gen
eral Assembly, and it is lor this reason, although
it has not yet passed the Senate, that wc lay it at
once, as it passed the House, before our readers.
It will be found in another column.
“Kcnlnrky Baptlat Keller Aaaoclatlon.”
The attention of our readers is directed to the
article which appears in to-day's paper, headed
as alwvc, over the signatures ol a committee of
the “ First Baptist Church,” of this city. The
noble spirit displayed by the “ Kentucky Baptist
Relief Association ” to the poor of this city and
other portions of the South, will ever be remem
bered by the mi tiering recipients of their bounty,
us well as by those upon whom Providence has
been more gracious in its wise dispensations.
A Stale (•t’olof'lmt.
Wc trust that the hill introduced into the House
of Representatives in the early partof its session,
providing for the appointment of a State Geolo
gist, or some other measure to the same end, will
be adopted and become a law, ere the General
Assembly of our State shall adjourn its present
session. The most important interests of the
State demand the appointment of such an officer.
These arc now its agricultural and mining inter
ests. In the development of these, Georgia will
soon attain her former prosperity, and as they
are developed, manufactories will spring up in
utmost every county of the State, and an impetus
given to every industrial pursuit and enterprise
that will bear iter onward to the position she so
proudly occupied previous to the war. The ap
pointment of a State Geologist will he the initia
tive to a revelation of Georgia's greatest resources.
Her mountains teem with mineral wealth, her
plains and her valleys are rich in soils capable of
producing every want of man. Let the Geolo
gist, go forth, and, guided by science, let him tell
where the soil is easiest of culture and most pro
ductive, and where, in greatest abundance, the
valuable minerals, the coal, and the marble, lay
deposited 1 We trust the Legislature will hasten
to inaugurate the good work.
Tliv Kentucky Baptl.t Keller A«.oclation.
The following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted at a Conference Meeting
of the First Baptist Church of this city, Decem
ber 2, 1866:
The committee, whose duty it was made at the
rtonforeuce held by this church, December 1,18t>0,
to dratt suitable resolutions expressive of the
thanks of the church for the large and liberal
donations made by the people of Kentucky to
the destitute poor of this city and other portions
of .air distressed land, beg leave to offer the lot-
lowing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, The people of the State of Ken
tucky have, within themselves, organized an as
sociation known as “The Kentucky Baptist Re
lict Association,” for the holy and Christian pur
pose of furnishing supplies of clothing and pro
visions to the sufloriug poor ot our city, and
other portions ot the South, he it therefore unan
imously
Resolved, By the First Baptist Church of At
lanta, in conference assembled, that, deeply sen
sible of the Christian spirit and benevolent inten
tion of the people of the State of Kentucky, in
their recent noble and generous action in fur
nishing supplies ot clothing and provisions to the
vast number of suffering poor of our destitute
section, wo recognize the highest evidences of
those exalted impulses and pious sentiments so
characteristic of our Divine Religion; and, in
hchalt ot the poor and destitute among us, whose
hearts have been made to rejoice, we, the
First Baptist Church ot Atlanta, moved by the
loveliest appreciation ot the laudable object of
“The Kentucky Baptist Relict Association,” ten
der it, and through it the people of Kentucky, our
sincere and heart-felt thanks, praying God, the
Giver of all, that lie may bless them “an hun
dred fold in this lite,” and give them, in the life to
conic, eternal lelicity.
Resolved, That the special thanks of the church
are due, and are hereby tendered the officers ot
“The Kentucky Baptist Relief Association.”—
We would express our grateful acknowledge
ments to Rev. W. II. Felix, President; Rev. S.
S. Helm, Corresponding Secretary; Rev. Pope
Yeam&n. General Agent; Mr. Ilenry Gilbert,
Treasurer of the association, for their Christian
devotion to the objects of the organization ; and
to Messrs. Warren Mitchell A Co., of Louisville,
Kentucky, who for their personal efforts in su
perintending the transportation of supplies
through their city, are entitled to, and should re
ceive our warmest thanks. We also tender our
silicon.' thanks to the various railroad companies
for their generous action in transporting the sup
plies of the association free of charge.
The foregoing resolutions of thanks apply
equally to Doctors NM Crawtord and Thomas
Ramhaut, formerly of Georgia, now of Ken
tucky,. (.although having no official connection
with the association,) for having devoted their
liest exertions for the promotion of the objects of
the association.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
forwarded to the President of “The Kentucky
Baptist lieliet Associationthat a copy be fur
nished the city papers for publication ; and that
they In? spread upon our minutes.
W. T. Goldsmith, ^
The General Ancmblj and the Date State j The attention of the Committee has also been
c ommUaarjr Department. j defected to the accounts against the State for
During the late war, the Commissary Depart
ment of this State was presided over by Col.
Jared I. Whitaker, the proprietor of this jour
nal. It was an office of high responsibility and
I office rent, and other incidental expenses held by
1 Colonel Whitaker, and for services rendered by
him since the war, and which have accrued by
i reason of directions given to him bv the late
trust, and was conferred by Governor Brown, j 1WisioBal Govemor> aud bv tlie Pin:ince Com-
tbe then Execute of the State, upon its re- j mjUee rajsed by direction of ' the ]ate State Con-
A. K. Seaoo, I Committee.
John J. Thrasher. )
Annexation of the Provinces.—The New
York limes of the 1st. has the tollowing in reler-
eisce to the annexation of the British Provinces
to this country, reports of which have been cur
rent for some time past:
We have had repeated announcements by tel
egraph that annexation meetings were convened
in different parts of the neighboring Provinces.
It has to be noticed that in every case these re
ports have been followed by a specific contradic
tion. It may be that then' is a stronger annexa
tion feeling in British America than appears on
the surface of political movements there. But
the project is not likely to he advanced by rumors
and reports which are utterly without foundation.
A constant repetition of such telegrams, more
over, has a tendency to create the false impression
abroad that we arc steadily looking with the most
eager expectancy for territorial acquisitions on
our Northern frontier. Whatever may be the
origin of the rejairts in question, they have no
inspiration from loyal quarters here. It is most
likely they arc a part of the O’Neil scheme of in
vasion ; and that scheme will yet Ik? found, in so
far as it had any political significance, to be of a
kindred character with the old rebel attempt to
involve our Government in some dispute with &
foreign power.
Fire.—A fire occurred in New \ork on Fri
day night which destroyed an oil warehouse with
seven thousand barrels ol oil. Loss estimated at
$100,000.
cipient, who reluctantly accepted the same, only
influenced at the time he did so, by the patriotic
conviction that every Georgian owed, in that time
of peril, service to his State. At great self-sacri
fice, in the abandonment of his professional, and
other pursuits, Col. Whitaker proceeded at
Mice to organize his department, and otherwise
entered actively upon the discharge of his official
duties. During the wliole of the war these were
most laborious and onerous, and when to them
were added, by direction of the Govexnor, the
extra-official labor of supplying the soldiers’
families and the destitute of the State with salt,
from the Virginia Salt Works, there were im
posed upon Col. Whitaker an amount of labor
and responsibility which only those few in official
position can appreciate who have investigated the
affairs of his department, or who have been con
nected therewith. To say, when the day came up
on which he surrendered the high trust conferred
upon him, lie came out ot it with clean hands, and
at the sacrifice of no interest, save his own, is what
is testified to, not only by the Finance Commit
tee, raised by direction of the late State Conven
tion, but by the present General Assembly of the
State. Col. Whitaker, in his management of
the State Commissary Department, bad no “itch
ing palm ; ” not a dollar of the public money Inis
he left unaccounted for; not a sack of salt nor a
pound of meat remains in doubt as to its proper
disposition; not a disbursement, but has its up
proved voucher. With this clear and perfect re
cord, one that commends him to all good and
honorable men, Col. Whitaker has not escaped
slander, and .impotent as it has proved, it is yet
proper in us to lay before our readers, and before
the people of Georgia, the legislative testimonial
to his integrity and to the services which he has
rendered his native State, that the slanderer
may be exposed and rebuked.
Hence, we take great pleasure in calling the
attention of our readers to the “ Report and Re
solutions adopted by the General Assembly on
the final settlement with the late State Commis
sary General ” which appears in another part of
this day’s issue of the Intelligencer, properly
certified by its officers. These embrace not only
a complete vindication of Col. Whitaker
against all charges aud insinuations that have
been made against him, but are mo§t compliment
ary in their recognition of his services to the
State during the late war, in his conduct and
management of its Commissary Department.—
We are pleased, too, to see it reported by the Mil
ledgeville correspondents for the press, that Gov
ernor Jenkins has approved and affixed his
signature to the resolutions which appear in
these columns, subjoined to the Report of the
Joint Committee that made it, and to which we
again call the attention of our readers.
Keport and Resolutions adopted by the
General Assembly on the Final Settle
ment with the Late State Commissary
General.
Mr. Hill ot Fulton, from the Joint Special
Committee made the following report:
Mr. SrEAKER: The Joint Committee to whom
was referred, by resolution, so much of the Gov
ernor’s message addressed to the General Assem
bly, on the 12th inst. as relates to the books, ac
counts,vouchers, aud Confederate Treasury notes,
returned to the Executive Department, by Col.
Jared 1. Whitaker, Commissary ^General ot
the State, during the late war, with notice of
certain articles of State property in his possession
at Atlanta, and ot a balance due said officer for
office rent and other incidental expenses, beg
leave to submit the following
REPORT.
The Committee, in joint session, have examin
ed the books and papers transmitted by Col.
Whitaker, the late Commissary General of the
State, to the Executive Department, and which,
thc3 r are gratified to state, constitute a complete
and neat record of the business proper, and the
extra official duties imposed on that officer dur
ing^ his term of service up to tin; close of the
war, and since, by direction, as well of Provi
sional Governor Johnson, as of the Finance
Committee raised by direction of the late State
Convention. These books and papers, con
tain valuable State statistical information and
boirtg evidence of the aforesaid Commissary
General’s faithful conduct of liis department
during the late war, the committee recommend
that the same be deposited with the Secretary of
State, with directions that they be preserved
among the other State archives for future refer
ence, deeming them important to that end, as
furnishing valuable information in regard to the
services of Georgia’s noble sons in the late war,
as ol the bounty of the State to the widows and
orphans, of her gallant dead, as well as to thou
sands of those made indigent by its sad calami
ties. These books and papers are embraced in
tlie following list, to wit:
commissary records.
One warrant book containing copies ot Execu
tive warrants, on account of Commissary Stores
and Virginia Salt.
One Cash Book with proper vouchers.
One Cash Quarterly Account Current Book.
Two Books showing the purchases, issues, and
sales of Commissary Stores.
One Book showing the receipts and issues of
subsistence.
One Book showing the sale of Commissary
Salt to the Interior Courts in tlie early part ot
1862, for the destitute'of their counties.
One large Book containing extracts ot letters
received.
Seven Letter Books containing copies of letters
sent ofl.
Tlie Monthly and Quarterly reports of the
Commissary General and his Assistant Cornmis-
sarvs, with proper vouchers and. certificates.
Official bonds and original letters.
Also the following Records and Papers, show
ing the receipts and issues of Salt from the ir-
ginia Salt Works," to soldiers' lamilies, from 31st
July, 1S62, to the close of the war, to-ieit:
One Cash Book with proper vouchers.
One Cash Quarterly Aceotmt Current Book.
One Book showing abstract of Salt received
and issued.
One Book showing the distribution of Salt tr
the Inferior Courts of the State for soldiers’ fam
ilies and special issues.
Three large Books, numbered one, two, and
three, containing a complete record ot the names
of soldiers' families, as furnished by the Courts,
and to whom Salt was issued.
The Monthly and Quarterly reports of the
Commissary General and the Salt Agents, with
proper vouchers and certificates.
The official bonds of the Agents, the original
letters and list of names of soldiers’ families.
With regard to the Confederate Treasury Notes
returned by Colonel Whitaker, as per his report
to the Finance Committee, as balance due the
] State, and w hich they find to be correct, your
Committee recommend that the same be deposit
ed with the State Treasurer, and that they be
burned by that officer as suggested in the mes
sage of His Excellency, the Governor.
vention, and conceiving them to be just, we re
commend that they be examined and audited by
the Comptroller General of the State, and when
so audited, that tlie Governor draw his warrant
on the Treasurer for the amount, charging the
same to the contingent fund.
' With regard to the property of the State re
ported by Colonel Whitaker to be in his posses
sion at Atlanta, your Committee recommend that
the Governor cause the same to he sold, and to
deposit the nett proceeds thereof iu the State
Treasury.
Before closing this report your Committee
deem it but an act of justice to Colonel Jared
I. Whitaker, the late State Commissary Gen
eral, to express their high gratification at the
testimony borne by the late Finance Committee
to his official integrity and ability, and the faith
fulness with which he discharged the arduous
and onerous duties imposed upon him by reason
of his official position during the late war. It is
this which entitles Colonel Whitaker, as the
Governor iu his message remarks, “ to have this
whole business closed, and to a final acquitance
and discharge.” Your Committee therefore re
commend the adoption of tlie subjoined resolu
tions. J. F. Johnson,
Chairman Senate Committee.
Thos. W. J. Hill,
Chairman House Committee.
RESOLCTIONS.
Resolved by Ihe General Assembly of the State of
Georgia:
1st. That the thanks of the people of Georgia
are due, and are hereby tendered to Col. Jared
I. Whitaker, late Commissary General of this
State, for his eminent ability and faithfulness in
the discharge of his official duties during the late
war.
2d. That the books of the late Commissary
General, together with the vouchers and accom
panying papers, be deposited in the office of the
Secretary of State, and that the Confederate
Treasury. Notes, returned by him as a balance due
the State, be deposited with the State Treasurer,
and be by him burned.
3d. That the property of the State, reported
by Col. Jared I. Whitaker to be in his pos
session at Atlanta, be sold by direction of His
Excellency, the Governor, and the nett proceeds
thereof be paid into the State Treasuty.
4th. That the Comptroller General be required
to examine the accounts of Col. Whitaker for
office rent, and other incidental expenses, which
have accrued since the war, by direction of the
Provisional Governor and the late State Finance
Committee, and, upon finding them correct, that
he audit the same, and that the Governor be re
quired to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for
the amount, charging the same to the contingent
fund for the year 1867.
In House.—Report taken up and agreed to
November 24, 186G. J. D. Waddell,
Clerk House of Representatives.
Resolutions adopted November 26, 1866.
J. D. Waddell,
Clerk Bonsp of Represent a*.ires.
In Senate.—Concurred in November 26,1866.
John B. Weems, Sec’y Senate.
Tlie Vote for Congress.
A friend, writing from Calhoun, thinks we
have done Colonel Little injustice in the pub
lished returns of the vote for Congress hereto
fore made. We published the scattering vote
just as it was sent to the office. Of course we
could not say anything of the result in counties
from which no returns had been received. He
states Colonel Little’s majority in Gordon county
to be two hundred and twenty-five. If our friend
at Calhoun, or other parties, will furnish us with
the official returns of the respective counties, we
will publish them with pleasure. But it will be
hardly worth while to refer to the matter again,
until the official vote is received.
Since the above was in type, we have received
the Rome Courier of the 6th, which contains the
following, and which we copy without knowing
whether the figures are entirely accurate;
We learn through a friend at Calhoun—Colonel
Little’s residence—that tlie returns he has re
ceived up to the 4th instant foot up as follows :
Little .' S50
Hambleton 597
Printnp 5t>7
Tlie writer had heard from all the counties ex
cept Chattooga aud the outside precincts of Cher
okee aud Walker. lie states that Little received
nearly the entire vote of Dade, Whitfield, Catoosa,
Murray, Walker aud Gordon.
The polls were not opened at Kingston, Car-
tersville nor Allatoona, and probably no other in
Bartow county.
The vote of Chattooga gives Little 17 plural
ity above Hambleton.
The Government Revenue.—It is stated in
advices from Washington, that the Radicals will
make a determined and persistent effort to de
tach tiie entire control of the government rev
enue from the Executive, in order that they may
possess greater facilities for plunder and spoils.
From the foreshadowings already made, there is
uothing at which the Radical majority will hesi
tate, and it is evident that the leaders have made
up their minds either to control the whole ma
chinery of government, or to utterly destroy it.
Sumner has so avowed, Stevens has so avowed,
and so have the rest of the leaders, and what they
dictate, the balance will subscribe to;
“The hounds will hearken to the huntsman’s halloo,
Aud where he points the duteous pack will follow."
The Pope.—The religious journals of Paris
insist strongly that the Pope cannot possibly,
with any regard for his safety, remain at Rome
after the departure of the French troops. Should
His Holiness not resolve to take his departure of
his own free will, circunlstances, they assert, will
speedily after lead to his expulsion. In conse
quence, those journals not. only urge the Holy
Father to depart, but affect to look on that course
as decided on. Then comes the question,
“ Where will the Head of the Church go ? ” And
on that point there is the greatest diversity of
opinion.
A Good Decision.—The Supreme Court of
Missouri has decided the question as to what are
the powers of County Clerks in correcting elec
tion returns and issuing certificates of election.
The court declares the power of clerks to be
simply ministerial, and in no case judicial; that
Milledgeville, Monday, Dec. 3.
In the House of Representatives, this morning
in the absence of Colonel Waddell, who is con
fined to liis room by sickness, Mr. J. B. Estes, the
very efficient and attentive assistant of Colonel
Waddell, was appointed clerk pro. tem. of the
House.
taxes on lands.
Alter the reading of the journal of Saturday,
the bill w hich had lieen made the special order
for tlie day, was taken up. This is a bill to regu
late the manner of giving in land for taxation,
and the sale and redemption thereof. It was
passed this morning by tlie House. The bill re
quires the Comptroller General to have published
a sufficient number of maps of lands which have
been surveyed, to enable him to furnish each Re
ceiver with two copies embracing all the lands
in his count!', and one copy to tile in the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court. The Receiver
is to make a separate digest of lauds in his county
which have not been returned, unless in a town
or city, designating them as improved or unim
proved, and lorward 4 copy of such digest to the
Comptroller General*/* Improved lands not re
turned are to be assessed, and the tax collected as
now required by law r . Lands are to be returned
by district, number, and section. Improved lands
having a tenant are to be returned in the county
where the land lies. Persons owning unimproved
lauds not in the county of their residence, are to.
make returns to tlie Comptroller General or to
the Receiver of the county in which the land lies.
Tlie bill provides for the sale of unimproved
lands not given in after notice by advertisement
for sixty days by the Comptroller General, to the
owners of the lands. The owner is to be allow
ed the privilege of redeeming the lands so sold
for two years, by payment of the purchase money
aud costs with interest at the rate of ten per
cent.
jailors’ fees.
The House has also passed a bill, conferring
upon the Inferior Courts of the several counties
the power ot fixing the fees of jailors for dieting
prisoners confined in jail on any ground what
ever.
Tlie House passed a bill amending-the provi
sions ot the Code in regard to juries in divorce
cases, and legalizing judgments and decrees in
such cases heretofore rendered, by the summons
of extra jurors.
Several local and private bills were also passed
by the House, and a few new bills were intro
duced.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
A very considerable amount of business was
transacted in the Senate this morning, the session
being prolonged until two o’clock. There was no
measure of very great importance acted upon.
Mr. Redding, from the Standing Committee on
the Penitentiary, made a report which was order
ed to be printed for the use of the Senate. Sev-.
eral new bills were introduced, mainly local in
their character. Mr. J. A. W. Johnson offered a
resolution requiring the Superintendent of the
Western & Atlantic rYlroad to issue change bills
iu denominations not less* than fifty cents, nor
larger than three dollars, to the amount ol three
thousand dollars, for the purpose of enabling him
to buy andpay for the wood that has been crowd
ed on the line of the mad, and for the cross-ties
that have been hauled to the road. These bills
are redeemable in tlir j^.ears in currency, and in
the meantime, are to be made receivable by the
road for fare and freight.
The Senate passed the .bill introduced a few
days ago to prevent insurrection or attempt at
insurrection by the convicts of the Penitentiary
and the chain gang.
The bill to authorize the Governor to issue
bonds of the State in lieu of old bonds issued
prior to the war, and which matured during the
war, and were re-invested during that period,
was ordered to be printed, and was made the
special order for Friday, the 7th inst.
The Senate passed a bill to authorize Ordina
ries to grant letters and leave to sell land in cer
tain cases without publication of citation. Also,
a re-considered bill defining the liability of
stockholders of banks.
The local bills originating in the Senate, and
those from the House that were passed by the
Senate, would have interest for but a small
number ot your readers sufficient to require the.
space that a notice of them would occupy.—
Such of them as become laws will be referred to
in future letters. H.
Milledgeville, Tuesday, Dec. 4.
In the House of Representatives this morning
several bills passed yesterday were re-considered.
Among them was a bill to compensate Messrs.
Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes, and Moore, the pro
prietors of the Federal Union, for Public Printing
of 1864 and 1865. It seems that these gentlemen
received, on the 9th of May, 1865, State Treasury
notes for their warrant on the Treasurer, which
they intended to keep as evidence of indebted
ness, and have kept till this time, in sheets as
they were received. This is certainly a case of
great hardship, and on the question as to whether
paj-ment ought to be made, there w r ould probably
be little difference of opinion.
A message was received fi|pm the Governor,
communicating his assent to the act incorpo
rating the Chestatee Fluming and Mining Com
pany ; to the resolution for the pardon of R. W*
Chaffin, aud to the 1 resolution relative to the il
lustrious State prisoner, Jefferson Davis.
The House passed a substitute for the bill to
allow executors and administrators of other
States and Territories to qualify aud act as such
in this State in certain cases.
The bill to extend the aid of the State to the
completion of the Muscogee Railroad was lost.
senate proceedings.
In the Senate, this morning, several new bills
were offered, among them, one by Mr. J. F.
Johnson, to form a new county out of the coun
ties of Coweta, Meriwether, Spalding and Fay
ette. Several bills of a local character were pass
ed. A bill was also passed amendatory of the
stay law ; also a bill amending section 980 of the
Code, by striking out the words, ‘*of which he is
a resident.” This section relates to the distribu
tion of the laws and journals. Also a bill to
provide for the selection of a judge in certain
cases.
A resolution authorizing the Superintendent of
the State Road to receive, in payment of dues,
certain change-bills issued by the road, was re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill was
passed incorporating the Albany and Atlantic
Railroad Company. The reconsidered bill for
they must count the votes as returned bv the tlie pardon of Creed T. Wise, a convict in the
judges of election, and issue certificates to the J Penitentiary, for the crime of murder, was pass-
party receiving the highest number ot votes.—
The question of the legality of votes to be de
cided by the courts or Legislature, as the case
mav be.
Brooklyn, New York—Brooklyn has for
years been styled the “ City of Churches." Yet,
no place of its population can show a greater
amount of crime. The following item dates
trom that city, December 3d;
A11 outrageous outrage was perpetrated early
yesterday morning in Brooklyn by a gang of
ruffians, who entered a house occupied fry a num
ber of sewing girls, and having robbed the in
mates, seized the terrified women and subjected
_ihem to the most revolting indignities. All were
outraged in a horrible manner.^ Several arrests
have been made. •
ed by the Senate on a rote of yeas 31, nays 5.
senate bills in the house.
At the afternoon session of yesterday, the
House passed Senate bills incorporating the
Lumpkin Manufacturing Company; lor the re
lief of Albert Fields, of Dougherty county; and
a bill to change section 2500 of the Code, so as
to authorize administrators, executors and guar
dians to compromise all contested or doubtful
claims for or against their estates or wards, to
submit such matters to arbitration, to release a
debtor if to the interest of the estate or ward,
Ac. The House passed, with amendments, the
Senate bill to so modify the existing State laws
against lotteries as to allow E. P. Watkins and
others to have a series of drawings for the pur
pose of educating tlie cliildren of destitute, and
the orphans of deceased soldiers. This last bill
was re-considered this morning, and upon being
again put upon its passage, was rejected.
STATE AID TO THE MACON & BRUNSWICK RAIL
ROAD.
For several days past, great iuterest aud much
anxiety have been felt in regard to the action of
the Governor upon the bill which has passed both
Houses, for the extension of State aid for the
completion of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
This morning, in the House of Representatives,
a message was received from tlie Governor noti
fying that body that he had assented to and
signed the bill, and the supplemental and explan
atory resolutions. By the provisions of the bill,
the State is to endorse the bonds of the company
to the amount of ten thousand dollars per mile of
every mile of the road finished and in complete
running order; the road to be free from all ens,
mortgages or other incumbrances which may en
danger the security of the State. The endorse
ment not only vests in the State the title to all
property purchased with the bonds until pay
ment of the bonds, blit also operates as a prior
lien or mortgage upon all the property of the
company. On failure of the company to pay
the bonds at maturity, or the iuterest when due,
the Governor is to take possession of the road
and all its property, and apply the proceeds from
the earnings of the road and the sale of the road,
and other property, to the payment of the bonds
and coupons. By the supplemental resolutions
the bonds are not to be sold at a greater discount
than ten per cent., and it is made the duty of the
company to set apart two per cent, of the amount
of the endorsed bonds as a sinking fund to be in
vested in State bonds and used for the payment
of the bonds of the company.
I send you herewith a copy of the Governor’s
message, containing his reasons for signing the
bill and resolutions, and a frank expression of
his convictions on the whole question of the ex
pediency and policy of State aid.
TIME OF ADJOURNMENT.
As ihe constitutional time of forty days pre
scribed for the session ot the Legislature, there
remain but six working days. The mass of busi
ness remaining to be acted on is so heavy, that
the general opinion is, that it is impossible to ac
complish the work properly in one week. By a
tw'o-thirds vote of both Houses the session may
be prolonged. The prevailing impression is that
this will be done so as to’extend the time for a
few days. The choice is between doing this and
leaving a large number of bills without taking
action upon them. A strong argument is. used
for continuing the session for a short time longer;
It is urged that every member who has proposed
a measure in behalf of his constituency or for
the general good ot the State, has a right to have
it voted upon and either passed or rejected.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court is now in session in this
city, the winter term having been commenced
on'yesterday, the first Monday in December.—
There is a full bench, Judges Lumpkin, Harris,
Walker, being all present at the opening of the
term. There is, as I am informed, a very wrr-~
siderable number of cases to be determined at
this session of the court. The docket from the
Southwestern Circiut was first in order. Only
one case was argued yesterday.
BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT SOLICITOR GENERAL.
Your readers will have seen by the proclama
tion of His Excellency, Governor Jenkins that
quite a uumberof Judges of the Supreme Court
and Solicitors General are to he elected on the
first Wednesday in January next. I take pleas
ure in enclosing the announcement of C. J. Well
born, Esq., 'of Blairsville, Union county, as a
candidate for the office of Solicitor General of
the Blue Ridge Circuit. Mr. W. is a gentleman
of ability, industry and high integrity. He has
the experience derived from some six or eight
years practice at the bar, and will, if elected,
make an efficient public officer, careful of the
State’s interests and faithful in the performance
of his duties. H.
The Price of Cotton.—A good authority
estimates the want of the world at 5,500,000 bales.
Putting down the South for 2,000,000 bales—
which is above the mark—the East Indies for
600,000, Egypt for 800,000, and Brazil for 130,000
bales, gives a supply of only 3,030,000 bales.
Setting the stocks on hand at the beginning of
the year against the stocks that will be on hand
at the close, we have then a deficiency of 2,000,-
000 bales. The price of cotton must advance,
and it will probably advance more in proportion
than the lack of supply would seem at first sight
to require. It is considered erroneous to suppose
that the price of an article of consumption ad
vances in the proportion that the supply recedes
If the supply of flour, for instance, were to di
minish oDe-half, the effect would be to raise the
price more than double. Some think it is more
fair to presume that it would be quadrupped in
market value. Be that as it may, cotton must
advance, provided the currency remains as it is.
That Picture and This.—A Jacobin paper
gets off the following as a climax:
Get rich by gambling, and run for Congress
on the Democratic ticket.
The Hartford Times paints a companion piece
as follows ;
You mean, make a million by robbing cotton
and sugar planters in Louisiana, under pretense
that their crops were “wanted by the Govern
ment,” and then, after plundering all the women
of New Orleans of their silver spoons, come
back to Massachusetts, squat yourself upon the
strongest Radical district in the State (for fear of
defeat in any other), and get elected to Congress.
No wonder the boys in the street cry “spoons!”
to such a candidate, and hit him in the stomach
with rotten apples.
Massachusetts.—Bulloch, the bovine Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, refused to recognize the
late proclamation of President Johnson appoint
ing a day for Thanksgiving and Prayer. If
there is any little, petty, spiteful thing to be
done, you may count with certainty upon find-
in a Radical official equal to the occasion.
A Bill
To be entitled An Act for relief of the Peojte of Georgia,
and to prevent the lery and safe of property, under cer
tain circumstances—passed by the House <f Hcpresenta-
tires Decanter 1,1SGG, as a substitute for the Senate bill.
Sec. 1. Ik it enacted. That' there shall be no
levy or sale of property of defendants, in tills
State, under any execution founded on any judg
ment, order, or decree, of any court, heretofore
or hereafter to be rendered, iqion any contract or
liability made, or incurred, prior to the first of
June, 1865, or in renewal thereof, though bearing
a subsequent date, except in the following man
ner : for one-third of the principal and interest
due on said execution, and no more, which may
be levied on or after the first of January, 1868;
one-third of the whole, on or after the first day
ot January, 1869 ; and the remaining one-third,
on or after the first of January, 1870, unless the
defendant shall endorse on the execution a waiv-
•er of the benefits of this act. Provided, when a
voluntary payment shall be made on any debt,
judgment or execution, the amount so paid shall ]
be deducted from the one-third authorized to be
levied by this act.
Sec. 2. That this act shall not apply to execu
tions for costs, nor to rules against officers for
money, nor to any process against persons hold
ing money or effects, as bailees; nor to execu
tors, administrators, or guardians, or other fidu
ciaries, to the extent which they may have
converted the estate into cash, and failed to pay
out the proceeds in due course ot administration.
Nor to cases where plaintiff, his or her agent or
attorney, shall make oath that defendant resides
beyond the limits of the State, or is about to re
move from the State, or lias absconded, is ab
sconding, has removed, or is removing his pro
perty, or fraudulently conveying, secreting or
concealing the same, to avoid the payment ot his
just debts. Nor to orders for alimony and fines,
for neglect of road duty, or processes, issued by
the Ordinary, for the support ot widows and or
phans. Nor to express companies, nor to rail
road companies, in cases where (hey are respon
sible by existing law s for goods lost, or stock
destroyed, by said corporate companies. Pro
vided, that nothing in this act shall be so con
strued as to prohibit persons from carrying
property or produce from one county to another,
for the purpose of sale; and provided further,
that citizens changing their domicil from one
county to another in this State, shall not be pro
hibited front carrying their property with them,
when the same is not done to evade the payment
of their just debts.
Sec. 3. That all statutes of limitation relating
to liens affected by this act, shall be suspended
during the continuance of this act.
Sec. 4. That any officer or other person, vio
lating tills act, shall be guilty of trespass, and lia
ble to the defendant or person injured, in dam
ages not less than the amount of the judgment,
order, or decree, upon which he is proceeding, as
in other cases of trespass.
Sec. 5. That any security upon any debt, or
demand, for which executions may have been, or
may be issued, during the continuance of this
act, ishall have the right, with, or without the
consent of the plaintiff, to cause a levy aud sale
to be made, whenever the security shall make
oath that the principal defendant has brought
himself within the provisions of the second sec
tion of this act.
Sec. 6. That whenever any plaintiff or securi
ty, shall attempt to have an execution levied, for
any of the causes stated in the second section, the
defendant, or other person, claiming the property
about to be levied on, may stay the said, execu
tion, by filing with the levying officer, his affida
vit, denying the existence of the said cause, and
giving bond and security, in double the amount
of the execution, conditioned to pay the plaintiff
such damages as may, by a jury, be assessed, in
case the issue hereinafter provided for, should be
found against him; and where the defendant, or
other person, claiming the property levied on, is
unable to give security, he may make his affida
vit of inability, as iu cases of appeals, in section
3,543 of the Code of Georgia.
Sec, 7; That the plaintiff, or defendant, as the
case may be, may traverse the allegations in the
affidavit ot the opposite party, which traverse
shall be returned to the next court, from which
the execution may have issued, and the truth of
the same shall be tried as in cases of illegality,
and where the issue is found iu favor of the
plaintiff, the execution shall proceed for the
whole amount due thereon, in the same manner
as though no affidavit had been filed, as well for
the original execution as for t he damages, which
may be assessed in favor -of the plaintiff.
Sec. 8. That where property subject to an ex
ecution, may be levied on, and the property levi
ed on is claimed by any-person, other than the
defendant in execution, such person may pay the
one-third due on said execution, and it shall he
the duty of the levying officer to endorse on said
execution, the name of the person paying the
same, which endorsement shall operate as a trans
fer ot the execution, to the person whose name
is so endorsed, to the extent of the sum paid by
him.
Sec. 9. Whenever the debtor and creditor
shall agree to submit to arbitration, for equitable
adjustment the matter between them, and to sub
mit to an award and judgment, as prescribed by
the existing laws for arbitration iu this State, aud
to submit to the arbitrators any, and every mat
ter, which would render a compromise fair and
equitable; the execution issued on the judgment
founded on any award so made, shall not be sub
ject to the provisions of this act, may be levied for
the whole amount, as though this act did not
exist.
Sec. 10. Repeals conflicting laws.
standard, threw himself upon the bridge at
Lodii Ambition was the incentive, honor the
reward. But where, on earth’s green surface,
can be found a brighter spectacle of fidelity and
of devotion to patriotic duty than that of the Con
federate soldier who, in many instances, with
out the chance of promotion or honors of office,
moved onward with a sheet of tire blazing in
his face keeping only in view the honor of the
glorious army to which he was attached, and the
liberties of his suffering country. Such fidelity
not only deserves your praise,' but merits that
ot even angels and of God.
Though their brave hearts beat no more, though
their lips are forever closed, yet there comes tip
from the rustic graves of these gallant dead a
silent, but thrilling appeal for a decent resting
place in the bosom of the State they so foudlv
loved.
Shall their appeal be in yain ? The noble wo
men of Cherokee-Georgia, animated bj' the same
spirit which sustained them amid the heat and
smoke of battle and the desolation of their
homes, second the appeal—not for compensation
—but ask only for a sufficient amount to enable
them to discharge the high and holy duty.
It is an appeal, Mr. Speaker, which reaches the
heart, and which, I think will touch a responsive
chord in every bosom in this Hall. I feel, and 1
am proud to feel, that in my public advocacy of
this bill, I but reflect the sentiments ot the peo
ple of Georgia, and that I shall receive the appro
bation of the generous constituency which I
have the honor to represent upon this floor.
The Independent.—The New York Inde
pendent says: “ The South cannot grant any
thing—having nothing to grant. The North
cannot ask for anything—having already come
in possession of everything by war.” We would
like to know, then, what the Independent is jaw
ing about. .
Story on the Constitution.—At the close
ot Judge Story's Commentary on the Constitu
tion, the following occurs:
“ Republics are created by the virtue, public
spirit, Jmd intelligence ot the citizens. They fall
when the wise are banished from tlie public coun
cils, because they dare to be honest, and the profli
gate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in
order bo betray them."
3Iaxxmilian\—The sensation papers are still
gasing about the departure of Maximilian from
Mexico. There is no reliable or official evidence
that he has either left, or intends leaving—in a
hurry.
Sale of Lalds.—The Huntsville Independent
records a large land sale in the vicinity of that
place, consisting of five plantations, at an ave
rage of eight dollars per acre.
At Terre Haute, Indiana, last Saturday, fine
hogs were selling at six dollars per hundred
pounds nett
Burial of Confederate Dead.
SPEECH OF MR. SNEAD, OF RICHMOND.
Mr. Snead, of Richmond, delivered the follow
ing touching speech on the bill to make appro
priation for the burial of Confederate soldiers,
which bill passed the House ou the 20th ult:
Mr. Speaker: The bill upon your table seeks
to make an appropriation for the purpose of
gathering together and intering the gallant dead
who fell iu our defense in the late war. It shall
have the poor sanction of my cordial approval.
With me, it is no question of filthy lucre, except
so far as involves the amount which may be ne
cessary to carry out tlie patriotic object, sought
to be accomplished.
But, it is a question of feeling, of duty, and of
gratitude, which soars far above and beyond all
such paltry considerations. If, at the present
time, we cannot make large expenditures of
money—if we cannot do all that should be done
—if we cannot build monuments and cenotaphs
to commemorate the memories of these noble
meD, or erect towering obelisks with which to
mark the spot where our ,patriotic soldiers sleep,
we are not so poor but that we may appropriate
a sufficient amount to gather together and de
cently inter their bones. In doing this much, we
but partially discharge a debt of gratitude which
no time can bar—which no money can ever pay.
In do'mg this much, we honor the heroic dead,
and in honoring them, we but honor onrselves.
Why should we not honor them ? They yield
ed up their lives a willing sacrifice to the cause
which they and we alike believed to be a just
and righteous cause. Ti;ev were the flower of
our vouth that we sent forth to meet the shock
of battle. At the bidding of our State they en
listed beneath her banner, and cheerfully threw
themselves into the awful shock of death, carry
ing with them their great hearts, every impulse
of the soul, and all the energies of their nature.
They are gone. They laid down their lives
for us, aud “no greater love hath man than this,
that he layeth down liis life for his fireside;”
but it is a' pleasing reflection—it is a proud and
happy consolation that they have left behind ; a
record of which we need not be ashamed ; a re
cord that displays all tiiat is noble and chivalric
in man ; a record that will live when monumen
tal brass shall fade, and sculptured marble crum
ble away; a record so glorious that,
4 *Even the meanest rill, the mightiest river
Flows mingling with their fame for ever.”
I am content with that record. I leave them
in their glory.
But with a record so bright, is it not a shame
that their bones shou'd lie in mournful neglect
in the very valleys and on the hill-sides rendered
historic by their deeds ol noble daring. Ah !
had they left you in the hour of danger and in
the time of trial and enlisted beneath another
flag, and fought against you instead of for you,
what would be the result ? Instead of lying
neglected and almost forgotten in their rude
resting places, some monumental shaft, lifting its
proud head on high, would tell of their fidelity
and of their matchless courqge. Is their fidelity
of so doubtful a character as to merit such a
fate.
Days of romance are filled with incidents
where knights have performed “deeds of em
prise,” or crossed lances beneath the smiles of
some lady-love, who stood with wreath in hand
to deck the victor’s brow, while with no less ol
the romantic but more of the terrible the ardent
and impetuous NapoleoD, seizing his country’s
State Aid—Special iSeksase,
Governor Jenkins has given his assent to aud
assigned the “ Act to extend the aid of the State
to the completion of the Macon & Brunswick
railroad, and for other purposes.” Below we
publish a copy of the special message of the
Governor, containing the reasons for his action
in the premises:
Executive Department, )
Milledgeville, December 3,18Gt>.)
To the House of Representatives :
I have assented to and signed “ an Act to ex
tend the aid of the State to the completion of
the Macon & Brunswick railroad, and for other
purposes,” aud also certain resolutions explana
tory of said Act, both of whieli originated in
y our body. The two were signed at the same
time, being taken together, as one complete legis
lative act. It is due to myself, and to prevent
erroneous inferences, that I should briefly present
my views in regard to State Aid to such enter
prises generally .as a system, aud considerations
which have controlled mein this particular case.
Georgia, as a State, has already invested in
the construction of railroads $10,000,000, and
this has been done so judiciously as to dispense
the benefits of her investments among all exist
ing railroads, and through them among the peo
ple generally. The chief investment has been
made in the Western & Atlantic Railroad, which
is the connecting link between other railroads in
the State and those of the West and Northwest.
This I regard as the wisest, safest and most com
prehensive plan of extending State aid to tlie
whole system, and to the citizens with their di
versified. pursuits and iuterests. A portion of
the debt contracted for its completion is still un
paid, and a considerable one has recently been
added to repair the rayages it sustained during
the war. Having done this much for the cause,
it would be very unwise to embark in a general
system of aid in the form of credits. Certain,
recent occurrences, which need not be men
tioned, her present necessities, and her uncertain
future, all admonish her to be chary of her credit.
Its indiscriminate or lavish extension to private
corporations would unquestionably give it a
stunning shock,. Your journal shows that seve
ral of these are now asking of her such aid.
You have already determined, by your action, to
avoid both extremes—that of granting all such
applications, and that of refusing all. I frankly
confess that, in my judgment, the better course
would have been the latter, tor the present at
least. You have determined, in passing upon
them, to discriminate. Aside from the present
embarrassed condition of affairs, it might be con
ceded that there are exceptional cases; and even
now,, in deference to the General Assembly, I
yield my preference as to the general policy to
be pursued on the question, and will carefully
consider the merits of each as it may arise.
The bill and resolutions now under considera
tion have been assented to for the following
reasons;
The Macon & Brunswick Railroad connects
our important interior commercial city with one
of the best ports on the south Atlantic coast; a
port confessedly better than any now in use on
that line. Such a port is of incalculable value if
made accessible to a fertile interior region. The
railroad communications which Macon enjoys
with every portion of the Sta-e, and with co
terminus States, are weli known. With two
such termini, argument is not needed to prove
that this road will be a most important commer
cial highway.
One million of capital has been actually paid
in by the company and expended in construc
tion. Three hundred thousand dollars of addi
tional capital has been subscribed, and, though
not yet paid in, is considered entirely secure.—
Fifty miles of the road have been finished, ancl
are ” in daily operation. Seventy miles more
have been graded and made ready for the super
structure. Before the full amount of State’s en
dorsement can be obtained, eight hundred and
fifty thousand dollars of additional capital must
be bona fide subscribed and paid in. Aggre
gating the present capital paid in and subscribed,
and the means which this legislation will place
in the hands of the company, I am satisfied, after
careful investigation, that the road will be com
pleted without further aid from the State—a most _
important consideration. The facts and strong
probabilities, as apprehended by me, are these;
1. The road is a very important one to the
State.
2. It has now bona fide capital paid in and sub
scribed exceeding one-third of its entire cost and
equipments.
3. More than one-lourth of it is finished and
in operation.
4. More than one-third in addition is graded
for the reception of the superstructure.
5. Without the aid asked from the State its
completion will be indefinitely postponed, whilst
with it an early completion may be expected,
the necessary means having been secured.
6. The title to the property purchased with
the State’s Aid will be in the State, and on all the
property there will be, a lien with the right of
entry and user or sale.
7. A limit is placed upon the price at which
the endorsed bonds may be sold.
8. A contingent fund of two percent, upon the
State’s endorsement, is to be annually invested in
the State’s bonds proper, and deposited with the
Governor lor the redemption of the endorsed
bonds.
Having made such security, I have come slow
ly to the conclusion that an exceptional case
has been made out, and I will not dissent from
your action.
Allow me, however, most respectfully to add,
that it is equally incumbent upon the General
Assembly and the Executive, to subject each
case that may be presented to like scrutiny, that
there may lie neither peril to State credit, nor
risk of further application for State aid, nor doubt
of the success and general utility of the enter
prise. Charles J. Jenkins.
Congress to be Perpetual.—The Louisville
Courier expresses the opinion that it is the inten
tion of the Radicals to declare Congress perpe
tual. It says:
The Jacobins propose to pass a law requiring
the new Congress to assemble on the 4tli of
March next, tlie day on which the present Con
gress expires. They are apprehensive, w r e pre
sume, that tliev will not be able to consummate
the villainy tliev are plotting before that, time,
and are well aware that Andrew Johnson would
not, under any circumstances, call them together.
It is equivalent to declaring their sessions per
petual, which is, doubtless, what they intend to
make them. Their purpose is to run the Gov
ernment themselves, and they are afraid to leave
the President at Washington without a Congress
there also.
Indiana.—A huge lion, escaped from a me
nagerie, is roaming about Harrison and Craw
ford counties, Indiana. Considerable excitement
prevails in consequence. The Louisville Demo
crat says: “We would inform our Hoosier friends
that there is a mucli greater lion in the path—
one Satan, who is walking up aud down the
earth (Indiana included) seeking whom he may
devour. Look out for him.”
Illinois Senatokship.—The contest for Sena-
ship in Illinois is said to be waxing warm. At
ast advices Logan was said to he ahead.