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ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, December 12, 1866.
Alexander H. Stephen*.
From the house ot the “National Publishing
. i Company,” Richmond, Virginia, there ■will soon
be issued the following work:
The President and Congress.
The President, in his message to Congress,
displays a lofty dignity and an evident disregard
<>f those tlireals of impeachment, and the adop
tion of measures by that radical body, which are
designed to stultify and embarrass hint in his
administration ol the government. Upon those
questions, or rather that policy, which immedi
ately a!feels the South, the President calmly
reiterates his position, though with the apjiear-
ance to us, as a cotenij>orary remarks, of ‘ a last
protest against the w rong” the radicals would
inflict upon the country, and the vengeance they
would wreak upon the Southern States. Per
haps protest is all that is left President Johnson
in the war urged upon him, and upon the South,
at the present time, by that body which assumes
to be the Government irrespective of its co-ordi
nate brandies, the Executive and Judicial, lie
might, it is true, go further; to protest, he might
add resistance ; and in resistance lie might pro
mote the revolutionary designs of his antagonists,
lint the President himself is a statesman, and
so are his constitutional advisers. They know
what revolution means, and it is not surprising,
even to tiie Southern mind, in the midst of till
the exactions made upon the South, that Ax-
imetv Johnson should be calm and dispas
sionate, while lie is firm and unbending in his
opinions, in addressing the Radical body who
assume prerogatives not. their own, and invade
upon those of him whom the Constitution re
cognizes as flic Chief Executive of the Govem-
ineiit. Revolution, in the present temper of the
people, North and South, would be war; and
war, it were wise statesmanship to make the last
resort. We can understand the President ; are
confident in him ; and arc satisfied that lie will
prove equal to any emergency that he may be
called upon to meet affecting his own constitu
tional prerogatives, or the great cause of consti
tutional liberty.
While the President is occupying this sub
lime position, the Radical Congress have begun
the work of disintegrating the government, of
breaking the cohesion of its parts. The notices
given in each of its branches; the resolutions
and hills introduced into eacli; the remarks made
by the It intent of the party in power; all indicate
direct war upon the President, the abridgment
of his, and the assumption of powers by, hith
erto unknown in, the National Congress. The
amnesty, or pardoning power of the President
is to be circumvented, ii not. to be taken away ;
Southern Railroads are to be pressed for demands
field against them by the government; the New
( Means riots, so-called, are to be again investiga
ted in order that excuse may be bud tor oppres
sive exactions upon her citizens; martial law is
to be declared wherever excuse can be made for
it, and the new Congress is to assemble on the
4th of March next, in order that the President
may he circumvented in all matters pertaining to
liis administrative policy and his appointing
power. Inc word, Congressional assumption is
at its height, and, should that body carry out the
programme indicated by' it. the Government es
tablished by our forefathers will most surely have
passed away. The picture is a gloomy one, but
it is not over drawn.
The duty of the South, under these surround
ings, is a plain one. It becomes her people to
place every confidence in the man of iron will
and determined purpose, who has thrown him
self into the political breach in their defense, and
who would save them from their persecutors,
and patiently bide the issue in which their future
is so deeply involved. .She is to he without re
presentation, and, therefore, without power in
the national councils for sometime to come,and
it were well for iter that site abandon the politi
cal arena, and turn the attention of her people in
a more profitable direction—to the pursuits of
agriculture and commerce; to the development,
of Iter material interests in manufacturing aud
mining; to all those industrial pursuits which
end in the attainment of wealth, and make a
people prosperous and content. Politically pro
scribed, disfranchised, outraged, aud persecuted,
tiie power of the government directed against us,
let us take no interest in it, till our rights as
States are acknowledged, and wc arc permitted
to participate in its legislative deliberations as
equals and not inferiors. Reserving tiie privilege
to protest against all unjust laws, let us obey tiie
laws till a returning sense of justice shall ani
mate the Northern mind, and radical supremacy
shall become overthrown. Then, and not until
then, shall the South bo restored to her rights
under the Constitution, and to participation in
that government bequeathed to her people by an
illustrious ancestrv.
The Cane llrtcfly Stated.
In an article on the situation, the Xatioiial In
telligencer forcibly' remarks : Party strifes perish
with the passions ot tiie men who give to them
their fierceness and malignity. Principles are
eternal, and are enshrined in the public con
science and affection long after those who enun
ciated, or those who defended them have sunk
into dust. The animosities engendered by the
war may keep tcnantlcss therscats in tiie halls of
Congress to which Die men of tiie South should
long ago, have been cordially welcomed, but the
principles Hint taxation and representation are
inseparable, that every State is the peer of all
others, aud that each representative constituency
under our organic law is entitled to be heard in
the National Council, are dear to tiie Americau
heart, are so identified with the national thought
:es to form indissoluble elements *of our political
faith.
From the cotton lauds and rice fields of the
South, from its busy marts and industrious homes,
come their apportioned quota of tiie national
taxes into tiie coders of the National Treasury.
Their commerce pays its appointed imposts.—
Their citizens are summoned to tiie jury box of!
the Federal courts. They respect the process of j ' U S :
the Federal judiciary. But the call of the roll
ol the nation s representatives embraces no name
from the Old Dominion or from imperial Texas.
The chosen sons of the South are shut out no
longer by their own lolly, but bv the formal vote
of their peers. The national faith pledged to
speedy restoration js unkept. The obligations of
the Constitution are unheeded. The flag of the
nation emblazoned with thirty-six stars floats
over a Legislature which excludes ten States
from their having any voice in the laws by which
it is insisted thev shall be governed.
' Stephens, in Public and Private, with Letters,
Speeches,” &c., by Heniy Cleveland, Esq., a gen
tleman formerly connected with the press of this
State, as Editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist.
This work, we learn, will not be for sale in the
book-stores, but will be published and sold only
by subscription, an Agent for which is desired by
tiie publishers in every count} - in the State. The
publishers of so interesting a volume, to every
Georgian especially, liave labored diligently, we
are assured, to produce a book absolutely unex
celled, both in superiority of material and beauty
of typography, by anything yet issued from the
press. We should think so, judging lrom the
few specimen sheets with which we have been
favored by litem. Tiie work will i>e in one large
volume, embracing about 800 pages. Perhaps an
idea of the work may be better formed from a
reading of the Author s induce to it, and a let
ter of Mr. Stephens', which are hereto annexed :
“ A few words, and a few only, may not
lie improper by way of preface, or Introduction
to tiie following pages. Air. Stephens, has for a
long, time filled a large space in the public atten
tion throughout the United States. Taken all in
all—physically, morally, and intellectually—he
may very justly be regarded as one of the most
remarkable men of this country and age. For a
quarter of a century he has been an active par
ticipant, and often leader, in the great questions
of war, peace, change, and progress, that have
made the most interesting chapters in the history
of the Western world ; and in the late semi-de-
cade of conflict he watched the shifting of the
mighty scenes from the high stand-point of the
second office in the Southern Confederation.
“It is bat fit that what he has said and done
in all this eventlul period should be preserved in
some durable form. This lias been the principal
object of the writer; and in the execution of
his purpose perfect accuracy lias been his con
trolling motive. With this view he lias commu
nicated his design to Mr. Stephens, (having been
on intimate terms of friendship with him for
years,) and received his consent to the undertak
ing. During the late summer (of 186(5) he had
free access to till bis papers, with no restriction
upon their use, save in questions as to their pre
sent interest to the reader, or of propriety aud
good taste. Tiie result ot the labor of compiling
and arranging, as well as biographical descrip
tion, and sketching of interesting incidents, is re
spectfully presented. The writer only hopes to
receive from the wider circle ot the Americau
public, that kind indulgence so generously ac
corded to different efforts in a narrower sphere.
To the student of biography the private life ot
this great aud good man is full of interest. To
those who desire to know their country’s true
history, there will be value in the thoughts and
words of one who was so trusted and honored
by the Southern portion of the late contestants,
and who stood for the Union and its Constitution
amid its enemies in a time when many despaired
of it in the laud of its friends.
“The writer has submitted to Air. Stephens the
result of his undertaking, and, as part of this
preface, subjoins a letter received from him on
the subject of tiie present publication. Should
the effort meet with favor, tiie credit will be due
to tiie subject; if not, tiie writer will only think
he lias been unfortunate in his manner of pre
senting it. n. C.”
“Ckawfordviele, Ga., Nov. 10th, 1866.
“Henry Cleveland, New York :
“My Dear Sir—Your letter, with proof-sheets
ofyor forthcoming volume, has been received,
liave looked over the latter, and made some cor
rections and suggestions which you will notice,
With these the work, in all essential facts, will be
1 tliink, substantially correct.
“1 have not had time to examine closely the
speeches taken from the Globe. You must see
that these are as they there appear. All the
others, I believe, are correct, as well as the letters
contained in the book.
“I have no objections to your using this letter
as you may think proper.
“With best wishes, I remain as ever, yours
truly, Alexander II. Stephens.”
Judging from the introductory chapter of this
work, it cannot fail to be a welcome volume into
every Georgian’s household. For thirty years
with every great measure of public policy,
whether State or Federal, Air. Stephens has
been connected, and borne in them all such part
as to make a deep impression upon the whole
country, and give to his name historical import-
»nce. We shall, therefore, look to the receipt of
the forthcoming volume with great interest, as
we doubt, not our readers will also.
Xl»e Colored People
The negroes of Pulaski county met at Haw
kinsville last Saturday, and organized an educa
tional society for the benefit of the children of
their own race. Several white persons were
present at the request of the blacks. A Board
of Trustees was appointed, consisting of the fol
lowing persons: Rev. Benj. Audrews, President
Stewart Nelson, Vice President; Edward Young,
Treasurer; Jackson Horne, Secretary; Henry
Wynne, Aloderator. A large sum of money has
already been raised among the blacks to carry
out the object ot the organization.
We learn the foregoing facts from the Haw-
kinsville Dispatch, which says the meeting was
conducted in a highly creditable manner, and
that the people of the place were pleased to see
such a movement on the part of the black popu
lation of the county; it, also, commeuds their
example to their brethren iu other portions of
the State
Xhe Financial and Political Condition of
the Country.
That the financial and political condition of
Alexander II. j the country' is identified to an extent so great as
that what affects the one must affect the other,
is a proposition few men of intelligence will at
tempt to controvert. Especially is the proposi
tion true, at a time like the present, when the
country has just emerged from war, and when it
is suffering from a currency so plethoric that the
highest financial skill is required to save it from
ruinous depreciation. Fortunately, the Secretary
of the United States Treasury, Air. McCulloch
understands the critical financial condition of
the country, and the relation which its political
bears to its financial condition. In his recent
Annual Report, submitted to Congress by the
President, Air. AIcCulloch urges the rehabilita
tion of the Southern States as essential to the
maintenance ot the national credit—otherwise
the national currency. He does so, too, in
manner that must carry conviction with it, even
to a Congress whose passions and prejudices
have thus far, it seems, overpowered their reason
Whether they confess to the conviction, and be
honest and patriotic enough to act accordingly,
is quite another thing. It is thus that Air. Me
Culloeh argues:
“In alluding to this subject the Secretary feels
The Present Congress.
If the present Congress persists iu the course
which it seems to have set out upon, no one can
tell to what dire evils it will lead. Lord Erskine,
in the British House of Commons, ouce describ
ed a crew animated by similar motives. He
said:
“There are wretches, also, without virtue,
labor, or hazard, who are growing rich as their
country is impoverished. They rejoice when
obstinacy, ambition, or folly, adds another year
to slaughter and devastation, and laugh from be
hind their desks at bravery and science, while
they are adding figure to figure and cypher to
cypher, hoping for a new contract from a new
armament, and computing the profits of a siege
or a tempest.”
Death of the Lady Superioress.—The
Macou Telegraph of Friday contains the follow-
toorpia Conlerencc.
Below we copy the appointments for the At
lanta District:
Atlanta District—H. J .Vd.vns, p. E.
Atlanta—Wesley Clupe!. \V. P. Harrison and W J
Scott : City Mission. J. B Payne. W. P. PaiiUc ; Trinitv;
t\ . at. Crumley. 1. N. Craven s:: munit ra: .
Atlanta Circuit- \V. ,1 W ardiaw.
Decatur—W. a. Dodge.
OoTiartoa ard Oxfora Circuit—J. ,T. Sinrietan and W
Slaloy: Ai. \\ Anuini. supernumerary.
Yellow River Circuit—. A. Eioren . aud A. Gn v
Slourci— W. II. Eva;’ .
Alpharetta—0. R. Gaines.
Marietta—\V. K. Cx>k.
Acworth—To l>o uipuhed.
Powder Springs Circuit—C. Trusseli. A. J p. ... .
super umerary.
Lawrcucvviiic Circuit—J. M. I.owrev.
Jos. Lewis. _ r.. l'roiessor in Emery College.
Next Conference to be held for Nor i' reia
Conference, at Atlanta; Southern Confere..
Savannah.
A Strange Story.—A strain
by the New York correspondent
field Republican :
A bank officer of the metropolis, standing
hi^h in Wall street and the church, attempted
suicide by poison. His wife detected him and
sent for a physician. Thinking he would di-
lie acknowledged that he Lad" used the funds
of the bank for the purposes of speculation, and
had lost at Jo«>t *1 rt.i. ’O, which he could not
replace. His trends, who are influential, and
possessed ot means, heard Ids story wi i, a . ;i ,
islimem and dismay, but, alter consultation in
formed him that they would make his deficit
good, and that his dishonesty should never be
made known. So the matter‘rests. The officer
is in the bank still, but has tendered his rtsi -na-
liou, which will, of course, be accepted. = I
We learn, with sincere regret, that Sister Alary
I Augustin, Superioress of the Order of the “ Sis
ters ot Mercy," died in this city yesterday, after
a brief illness.
j We learn that this excellent lady paid her usu-
i al visits of “ mercy ” on Sunday last, but was
I taken ill on Monday, aud now sleeps that sleep
i that knows no earthly waking. Shelias fought
1 the good fight aud now wears the victor’s crown
! Sister Alary Augustin, (Miss Ann Dnune) was
a native of Queen’s county, Ireland. She enter-
I ed the order of the “Sisters of Mercy” in Cliarles-
ten, S. C., in 1844, and was a regular professed
Sister of the order in 1844.
Iu 1845. Sister Mary Augustin was one of six
S : -ters who volunteered to go to Savannah to
establish a branch of the order in the beautiful
house erected for the purpose, under the auspi-.
cos ol Father O'Neill, then sole Pastor of Savan- j °n the subject, are now pending before the Gen-
uah. | eral Assembly of South Carolina.
On the 6lli of April, I860, this estimable lady . «• •-—
that he steps upon dangerous ground, and that
he may be charged with introducing a political
topic in a financial report; but, in his opinion
there is no question now before the country more
important in its bearings upon our finances than
the political, and consequently industrial, status of
the Southern States. Embracing, as they do
one-third part of the richest lands of the country,
and producing articles of great value for home
use and for exportation to other countries, their
position with regard to the General Government
cannot remain unsettled, and their industrial pur
suits cannot continue to be seriously disturbed
without causing such a diminution of the pro
duction of their great staples as must necessarily
affect our revenues, and render still more unsatis
factory thau they now are our trade relations
with Europe. As long as the present anomalous
condition of these States continues—as lon w
they have no participation in the Government
to the support of which they are compelled to
contribute—it is idle to expect that their industry
will be restored or their productions increased
On the contrary, there is reason to apprehend
that until harmonious relations again exist be
tween the Federal Government and these States
the condition of their industrial interests will be
come day by day more uncertain and unsatisfac
tory. There will be no real prosperity in these
States, aud consequently no real prosperity in
one-third part of the L nited States, until all pos
sess again equal privileges under the Constitu
tion. Cau the nation be regarded as in a healthy
condition when the industry of so large a portion
of it is deranged ? And can the labor question
at the South be settled as long as the political
status of the South is unsettled ? Can the national
credit be elevated and the public debt be rapidly
reduced unless the Southern States shall largely
contribute to the public revenues; and cau such
contributions be relied upon as long as they re
main in their present disfranchised condition “
Will the taxpayers-of the North continue to be
patient, unless their burdens of taxation can be
lessened by being equally shared by the people of
the South ? Regarded thus as a purely financial
question, the relation of these States to the Fed
eral Union is an exceedingly interesting and ini
portant one, and as such it demands the calm
and careful consideration of Congress.”
The Secretary, in the foregoing, argues well
It is indeed idle to think that so long as the pre
sent anamalous condition of the States continues
—so long as they have no participation in a
Government they are forced to support—their
industry can be restored or their productions in
creased; and it is equally idle to think that
while this state of things exist, the national
credit -can be elevated, or the public debt re
duced. Intimately, therefore, is the political
question of rehabilitation, or reconstruction
associated with the financial question upon
which the Secretary was communing with Con
gress, and we are glad that, like an honest man
he has had the boldness to tell those who com
pose that body that “ there will be no real pros
perity in these States, and consequently no real
prosperity in one-third part of the United States
until all possess again equal privileges under the
Constitution.
The Policy of the Democratic Members
The following comes through a Washington
letter, and may interest at least a portion of the
ten thousand readers of the Intelligencer :
The Democratic members of Congress have
had no formal caucus yet, but there have been
several informal conferences, and some of the
leading men among them have conferred freely
with the President upon the future policy of the
Democratic party in Congress. I am assured
that, as the result of such conferences the follow
ing points have been determined on as a general
line of action during the present session, with
reference particularly to future results: There
will be less manifestation of opposition to the
acts of the majority than at last session, not only
because it is futile, but because the only hope of
resurrection that the Democratic party now has
that the Republicans may commit party
excesses in their legislation, which a returning
sense of justice on the part of (he people may
rebuke. The President, the same authority
asserts, will use the veto power sparingly, re
serving it for what he may consider as plain viola
tions of the constitution, and will pursue a quiet
course, calculated not to give his enemies in Con
gress any further cause for personal attacks upon
him. It was not until after serious consideration on
the subject that Mr. Johnson decided not to sug
gest any compromise measures in his message.
Following the advice of leading Democratic
friends, he saw fit to reiterate liis old doctrine of
restoration, and thereby avoid the charge of in
consistency which might naturally follow, as any
further compromise would be an admission that
his restoration policy was a failure. In both
Senate and House the adherents of the President
will be far more indifferent to Radical measures
of legislation than at the last session. As one of
them expressed it to-day, they “will give the
Radicals all the rope they want, hoping they
may hang themselves.” These outgivings are
from the best-informed Democratic sources, and
1 think they will be confirmed by the action of
the party during the present session. At all
events, it is difficult to see how they cat do any
thing else.
Constitutional Convention of the States.
Among other papers advocating the calling of
Constitutional Convention of the States, we
notice the Charleston Courier and the Louisville
Journal. The latter in a recent article on the
subject says:
‘The application by the Southern States for a
Constitutional Convention, would challenge the
North to meet them within constitutional limits.
This challenge could not be safely refused. We
cannot help believing that sooner or later, it
would be accepted. Certainly its refusal would
involve the dissolution of the Radical party.—
We hope, therefore, it will be promptly given. - ’
If * * the South should calmly lift up her
voice in favor of a Constitutional Convention, to
put an end to our troubles, aud restore peace to
the country, we cannot doubt that the effect
would be salutary. Her voice would be heard.
And we believe it would be heeded. * * We
accordingly hope that every Southern Legisla
ture which is now in session and approves the
movement, will at once make the necessary ap
plication to Congress.”
We learn through the Courier that resolutions
age story is to hi
rived in Macon, and with other Si-tors, eslab-
j fished a branch ol' the order here, aud of which
s'.;, was the Superioress. The esteem in which
i it is held in this city testifies to its usefulness
tad ben (ieence, and adds additional luster to the
many Christian virtues that adorned tiie char-
• . r of tills venerated lady.
After a mission of twenty-three years of char
ity and usefulness, she rests from her labors, and
. works do follow her. ller title of “Sis-
Caaritjr* we consider her most befitting
•fogy. A lay she rest in peace.
A Yankee Trick.—The Columbus (Ohio)
>' - Je/asays that a man named Taylor, V.ail-
i g from Vermont, lately sold to some citizens of
Alton, Franklin county, Ohio, what purported to
be splendid black Spanish bucks. The first raia
that came, however, washed off their hue, and
they proved to be ordinary while “scrubs.” Tay- !
l<>r was arrested and sent to jail in default ot
$500 bail
Charter Elections.—T. F Newell,
was re-elected Mayor of the city ot MHledgeville.
on Saturday last. Also, Peter Fair, Clerk:
Peter Pencil, Marshal; Messrs. S. G. White,
F. Skinner, J. Moore. C. Yauglm, B. B. DeGrat-,
tenried, Aldermen. Fourth ward, tie.
Territorial Governments for tbe South
ern States.
The lollowing is the Resolution looking to a
Territorial form of government for the South
ern States, which was offered in the House of
Representatives by Air. Broomall, ot Pennsyl
vania. The resolution was adopted by a vote of
yeas 107, nays 37 :
Resolved, That the Committee on Territories
be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
reporting a bill providing Territorial govern
ments for the several districts of country within
the jurisdiction of the United States, formerly
occupied by the once existing States of Vir-
FROM MILLEDGEV1LLE.
Special Correspondence of the Intelligencer.
Your editorial remarks upon the present Leg
islature are entirely just and correct. In my ex
perience, I remember no former body that has
shown more constant and diligent attention to
the transaction of the public business. In no
former Legislature has there been less intemper
ance. Indeed, it would be rare to find a body of
over two hundred men, among whom there is so
general and uniform a regard for propriety aud
correctness of conduct and deportment.
afternoon session in house.
At the afternoon session of yesterday tiie
nouse of Representatives rejected the bill
which had passed the Senate, to compel the
Judges of the Supreme Court to read their de
cisions from the bench, and sign the same, at
the opening of each session. Some local bills
which had passed the Senate were rejected by
the House. Several such were passed. Among
them was a bill to relinquish to the city of Ala-
con, on the payment of ten thousand dollars, tor
the benefit of the Orphans’ Home, the State’s
contingent interest in the land known as the
State's Reserve, adjacent to the city. The
House also passed a Senate bill to repeal the act
of December 15, 1802, assessing a tax on cotton
as merchandise, when not in the hands of the
producer.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House met last evening at 7 o’clock, and
adjourned about nine. This was the first night
session that has been held for the passage o
bills. Quite a large number of local and private
bills, some twenty-five in number, were acted on,
about twenty of them having been passed. Ac
cording to previous understanding, no bills of a
general character and operation, or of great im
portance, were taken up fori action.
STATE AID.
In the House ot Representatives, this mornin
Air. AVomble, of Upson, moved the rcconsidera
tion of the bill lost on yesterday, to aid, by the
State’s endorsement of the bonds ol the Musco
gee Railroad Company, in effecting a connection
from Bavuesville with that road. The motion
prevailed. The bill was subsequently taken up
and passed by the House. Its provisions are sub
stantially the same as those contained in the bill
for aiding the Macon & Brunswick Railroad
Company. The vote upon the passage of the
bill stood, ayes 76, noes 56.
NOTES, &C., FOR PURCHASE OF SLAVES.
Considerable interest was manifested this
morning in the proceedings in the House, on the
bill to relieve purchasers of slaves subsequently
emancipated, from the payment of the debts so
incurred, except for the value of the services of
the slaves so purchased during the time they
were held in slavery. The idea insisted on
seems to be that that involved a failure of con
sideration. The bill was, after discussion and
several propositions to amend,postponed indefi
nitely by a vote of 78 yeas to 52 nays.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
The House of Representatives, on yesterday,
made the bill from the Senate modifying the or
ganization of the CouDty' Court the special order
for to-morrow. There is a disposition, on the
part of some members of the House, to substi
tute for the action of the Senate a bill abolishing
the court altogether. This will hardly be done,
however, as such a measure could not pass the
Senate; and if the Senate bill should be defeated
in the House, the court would remain as it is,
A compromise will probably be made upon the
bill of the Senate, which changes very materially
the most objectionable features of the court.
The General Appropriation bill has been also
made a special order for to-morrow, in the
House. This is al ways regarded as a very im
portant bill, and its sections are closely scruti
nized, as they severally come up for action.
These are, perhaps, the most important mea
sures remaining to be disposed of; but there is a
large amount of business to be taken up and
acted upon—much of it ess^itial and necessary.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate some new' bills w T ere introduced
Should the adjournment take place at the ap
pointed time without ati extension of the ses
sion, there will be barely time to act upon these
bills, as they must be read three times on three
successive days in each House. A resolution was
adopted by the Senate tor the appointment of a
joint committee of the two Houses, to inquire
into the amount of business requiring action
with reference to a final adjournment.
A number of local aud private bills were
passed by the Senate. Among them a bill for
the relief of James Al. Bryant, of Fulton county.
A bill was also passed by the Senate changing
the time of holding the Superior Court in the
couuties of Floyd, Polk, Paulding and Camp
bell. Also a hill declaratory of the force and
effect of the stay law in reference to taxation of
municipal corporations. The Senate also passed
the bill of the House for the relief of Alessrs. Seago,
Palmer & Co., providing for payment of corn
furnished to the indigent. The bill was passed
by a vote of yeas 22, nays 16.
ATR LINE RAILROAD.
The bill tor extending the aid of the State for
the completion of the Air Line Railroad, which
had been made the special order of the day in
the Senate, was taken up. The bill w r as amend
ed by a proviso that the endorsement of the
bonds of the Company, by the State, shall not
exceed $500,000, until an amount of capital
equal to the additional endorsement, shall be,
bona fide, subscribed and paid in to the Compa
ny. It was further amended by providing for a
sinking fund of two per cent, of the amount en
dorsed, to be invested in State bonds. On the
passage of the bill, tbe yeas and nays were re
corded, and w'ere, yeas 24; nays 9. Tbe Senate
amendments will, no doubt, be concurred in by
the House. There is«ome anxiety about the ap
proval of the Governor.
OTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.
A bill was passed in the Senate, to define the
mode and manner of fixing the salaries of the
Superintendent, Auditor and Treasurer of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad. A hill was also
passed, declaring certain persons competent wit
nesses. The re-considered bill which had been
reported by the committee appointed for the
purpose, to provide for education, and to estab
lish a general system of Georgia schools, was ta
ken up, and after being amended, was passed.
The Senate also passed a bill of the House, pro
viding compensation for taking up estravs. A
bill of the House passed, after amendment, pro
vides for consolidating in the counties of Henry,
Dougherty, Clayton and Twiggs, the offices of
Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts. In j
addition to the above, the Senate has passed, to
day, a considerable number of local bills of its
own, or from the House of Representatives.
H.
time of holding the Superior Courts of the Blue
Ridge Circuit. Also, a bill to fix the time of
holding the Supreme Court, and to regulate pro
ceedings therein. The House passed sev
eral bills amendatory of the Code. One of these
proposes that the provisions of section 3883 of
the Code shall hereafter apply as well to mort
gages on real estate as to those on personal pro
perty.
COUNTY COURT.
Nearly the whole of the morning session of to
day, has been occupied in the House with this
subject The first special order being the Senate
bill amendatory of the act organizing the County
Court, it was taken up in the House. Various
amendments have been proposed aud discussed.
Some of them were adopted. A substitute for
the Senate bill, as amended, was offered, propo
sing to abolish the court, continuing its existence
only for the disposal ot civil and criminal cases
already on the dockets. The Speaker ruled this
out on a point of order. Pending the considera
tion of a similar proposition, blit under a differ
ent form, the House adjourned till 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate, this morning, by a vote of 20 yeas
to 18 nays, re-considered the bill passed yester
day to pay Alessrs. Seago, Palmer A Go., for corn
furnished to the Quartermaster General of the
State to he distributed to the destitute. The sub
ject matter of the bill was then, on motion of
Mr. J. A. AY. Johnson, referred to a special com
mittee. The committee appointed are Alessrs. J.
A. AY. Johnson, Strozier, Alanson, Paris, aud
Turner.
Air. J. F. Johnson offered a resolution request
ing the Governor to pardon John AIcAIahon, a
convict in the Penitentiary, who had made known
to the officers the conspiracy among the convicts
for making their escape and burning and plun
dering the city of Alilledgeville.
STAY LAW.
The Senate agreed to the substitute adopted
by the House of Representatives for the Senate
bill altering aud amending the act for the relief
of the people ot Georgia, and to prevent the levy
aud sale of property within a limited period,
passed 8th of March, 1866. This is thebill which
1 send you and which appeared iu the Intelli
gencer of the 5th instant. To make it the law,
should it fail to receive the assent of the Gover.
nor, it will have to be passed by a vote of two-
thirds of each branch of the General Assembly.
BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE.
A bill -was, passed by the Senate, fixing tbe
first day of June, 1865, as the time when the
late war between the United States and the
Confederate States shall be considered its having
terminated; also, a bill amending the Code so
as to provide for the issue of new bonds of the
State, in lieu of stolen bonds, upon the owner
giving to the State security, indemnifying the
State against the payment of the bonds lost or
stolen ;■ also, a bill to declare the force and effect
of a bond made to the United States by tbe
Superintendent of the State Road and the State
Treasurer, and to make the bond valid as now
agreed upon by the parties; also, a bill defining
in w'hat newspapers county officers shall adver
tise ; also, a bill providing for filling tbe offices
ot Judges of the Superior Court and Solicitors
General, when there is no majority vote given.
The Senate passed two bills, incorporating the
“ Chestatee Alining Company,” and the “Lump
kin Chestatee Alining Company.” A bill had
previously passed both Houses for the incorpo
ration of the “ Chestatee Flaming and Alining
Company.”
KENTUCKY LIBERALITY.
Air. Hill of Fulton, offered the following reso
lution yesterday, which was adopted by the
House of Representatives, and ordered to be
transmitted forthwith, to the Senate :
Whereas, The citizens of Kentucky have
voluntarity contributed about one hundred thou
sand bushels of corn and other supplies, for the
use of the destitute poor of Georgia, irrthe name
of the orphan and widow, the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia, desiring to express its.
grateful acknowledgment of this exalted charity,
and for the purpose of making the same availa
ble: Therefore,
Resolved, That the General Assembly of this
State will make such appropriation as shall be
necessary to pay the freight upon the same, from
Kentucky to convenient points of distribution in
this State.
CODE OF GEORGIA. .
Alessrs. Hansell and Bleckley, two of the Com
missioners appointed to examine the new Code
of Georgia, proposed by Hon. David Irvin are
in Alilledgeville, diligently engaged in making a
rigid and thorough examination of the work.
The new edition will probably be published early
next year. No doubt tbe corrected Code will be
well executed, and will meet the wants ot the
profession, the civil officers of the State and the
public.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
I have procured from the Executive Depart
ment the consolidated return of the vote in the
Seventh Congressional District, so far as receiv
ed up to this time. I send it enclosed herewith.
It is believed that the comparatively large vote
received by Co!. Little in some of the upper
counties will secure his election. Several coun
ties remain from which returns have not been
the State of Georgia and the Bahama and W est
India Islands. Several other bills were passed,
most of them of a private or local nature.
SENATE BILLS PASSED YESTERDAY.
The bill for the protection of the rights of mar
ried women, passed yesterday by the Senate, pro
vides that all the property of the wife at the time
of marriage, shall remain the separate property
of the wife, and all property inherited or acquired
by the wife shall belong to her, and not be liable
for the debts of her husband. The. bill which
passed the same body iu relation to Judges of the
Superior Court, and Solicitor Generals, provides
that when a majority vote is not cast, the office
shall be vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled
as now required by law. The Senate bill regu
lating the advertisements of county officers, pro
poses that these officers shall be required to ad
vertise in a newspaper published in their count},
but if no such newspaper, then as now 7 required
by law. The Senate also passed a bill prohibit
ing executors, administrators, and guardians
from leasing real estate for a longer period than
one year without an order from the Ordinary.
THE COUNTY COURT.
I send you a copy of the bill amendatory of
the Act organizing the County Court, nearly in
the form in which it passed the House ot Rep
resentatives, on yesterday. This is the Senate
bill, with some amudments adopted by the
House, but changed in no very material point.
Very strong efforts were hiade in the House to
abolish the Court. A motion was this inoruing
made to reconsider the action ot yesterday,
which motion failed. After tbe bill had been
sent to the Senate, the House amendments were
concurred in with an unimportant change in the
last section but one, fixing the times of holding
the semi-annual terms-in some of the counties.
There is but little doubt that thebill will become
a law as in tbe copy enclosed.
BUSINESS REMAINING.
The special committee of two from the Senate
and three from the House appointed yesterday
to examine into the business before the Legisla
ture in view of a final adjournment, reported
that there are Senate bills for a third reading 14;
second reading 5; resolutions 10. House bills
for a third reading 55; second reading 23.: first
reading 12; joint resolutions 5; Senate bills pass
ed, but not sent to the House 21. The state of
the House Calender is as follows: House bills
for a third reading 126; second reading 16; post
poned for the present 29; resolutions 18; Senate
bills for third reading 22; second reading 22;
first reading 19 ; bills in hands of committees 42.
The committee state that, ot the bills before the
House, three-fourths are local, and that those in
the hands of committees are of an important
character, and require deliberate examination.—
They say, that the committee are unanimously
of opinion that, by diligent attention to business,
all matter now before the Legislature can be dis
posed of by Friday, the 14th instant. They re
commend the adoption of a resolution to extend
the session for four days, to Friday. This reso
lution was passed in the Senate, by a vote of
two-thirds, as required by the Constitution.—
When taken up in the House, it failed to secure
a vote of two-thirds, the yeas being 80, nays 50.
It will be necessary and unavoidable that the
House should reconsider its actioD, and concur
with the Senate, as it is admitted now by all,
that the work of the two Houses cannot now be
done in two more days. II.
Milledreville, Saturday, Dec. 8.
The Senate, at the afternoon session of yester
day, passed a bill to relieve from liability admin
istrators, guardians, trustees, attorneys, and court
officers who received in good faith, or invested
in bank notes during the war. Several local bills
were passed, and a few new bills were introduc
ed. A resolution was adopted directing tbe Se
cretary to transmit all bills and resolutions as
they pass the Senate immediately to the House
of Representatives, unless notice is given at the
time of passage of a motion to reconsider.
THE APPROBATION BILL.
The House of Representatives passed the gen
eral. appropriation bill late yesterday afternoon,
and it was this morning sent to the Senate. The
heaviest item is that required for paying interest
on the public debt, $400,000. The humane and
benevolent institutions of the State come in for a
large portion of the annual revenue. The ag
gregate amount for the Lunatic Asylum is about
$70,000; for the Academy for the Blind, $16,-
000; Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, $10,000.
For the purpose of supplying corn to indigent
widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, and
children of disabled soldiers, a fund of $100,000
is placed at the disposal of the Governor, to be
used in whole or in part, if voluntary contribu
tions and donations should not be made, suffi
cient to supply their wants.
BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
The House of Representatives, yesterday pass
ed a bill authorizing bailiffs to summon grand
quors in the State shall be subject only to an
ad valorem tax.
TIIE PENITENTIARY.
The question of removal of the Penitentiary
may be considered as settled for the present ses
sion. In the appropriation bill, the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars is proposed for its support,
payment of debts, and for repairs. In the report
of the Committee on the Penitentiary upon that
portion of the Governor’s message relating to
that institution, it is stated that they deem it un-
advisable, at the present time, *o recommend
either the removal ot the Penitentiary, or the
establishment of another at a different place.
They speak in terms of commendation of the
discipline and efficient management bv the offi
cers at present in charge.
time of adjournment.
The House of Representatives, this morning,
re-considered its rejection of the Senate resolu
tion prolonging the session for four days, until
Friday next, aud on vote by yeas and nays, con
curred in the resolution by a majority of 129 to
9. The adjournment is, therefore, to take place
on Friday, the 14th instant, making the length
of the session forty-four, instead of forty days,
as provided in the Constitution, unless prolonged
by a vote of two-thirds of each branch of the
General Assembly. n.
The Mftwagc-Spirit of the New York
Press.
We yesterday morning tarnished our readers
with comments of the Southern press upon that
admirable document, the President’s message,
which was issued from the Intelligencer of
fice, in an extra, at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon.
This morning we present some comments of the
New York press, and commend them to the at
tention of the reader:
a conservative view.
[Journal of Commerce.]
The question whether the President would
abandon the Conservative position which he has
heretofore taken lias been very freely discussed,
and it seems to have been anticipated iu some
quarters that he would at least manifest a dispo
sition to compromise with his Radical opponents.
But lie exhibits the Jacksonian firmness which
was declared to be one of his characteristics
when he was nominated, and which was urged as
a special qualification for office. He reiterates,
in clear and intelligible language, the principles
of Union and Representation which lie has be
fore declared to be his guide, and, without going
into any long argument, he contents himseli with
fortifying his position by reference to the great
men of the republic in other days.
another conservative view.
[Sun.]
The document beam evidence of careful aud
thoughtful preparation ; is dignified in tone, able
in argument, respectful in language, yet firm anil
decisive in the opinions expressed upon matters
of national concern. As a literary production,
the message is creditable to the President, it. is
clear in expression, euphonious, and grammati
cal, and the only ground for criticism is found in
the prolixity of its sentences—the absence of
terseness and pointedness. The paper, as a
whole, is above the average of State papers iu
point of ability. * * * The President has
neither abandoned that policy, as some wiseacres,
confidently predicted, nor has he modified it, as
large class of his friends confidently hoped life
would do.
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW
[World.]
The subject (of reconstruction) is now relieved
ot the doubts which none but men of light and
fickle natures, who judged the President by them
selves, out to liave entertained. The President
adheres to liis former views with resolute, in
domitable steadiness, but with tbe calm ess of con -
scious strength.
******
It is probable that the Republican members of
Congress knew of the President’s inflexibility
when they held their infuriated caucus, on Sat
urday evening. But this is a point ot no conse
quence. What is certain, and what the country
is most concerned to know is, that the President
remains immovable, and Congress belligerent—
The elections have not awed him into any de
gree of submissiveness, and he re-states his posi
tion with a masculine, convincing clearness,,
which must produce a favorable impression upon
all candid men. He does not deign to pay the-
constitutional amendment even the cold compli
ment of a passing allusion; nor is there any rea
son why lie should. It was, to be sure, the lead
ing issue in the elections; but the binding effect
of the election in any State does not extend be
yond its own Legislature, which is thereby in
structed to ratify the amendment for that particu
lar State. * * * Both the tone and the ar
guments of the message, on this leading topic,,
are excellent. In dignity, decorum, aud chaste
simplicity of language, few messages ever sent
to Congress have been more creditable.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
[News.]
It is apparent that Mr. Johnson has not been
frightened into a truce with the Radicals, but re
mains the avowed enemy of their party, ready,
we suppose, to combat their usurpations and in
cendiary legislation with the lull strength of the
Executive arm.
a radical vtew.
[Tribune.]
Mr. Pierce could not have written a weaker
.... . • . .... ._ . message. * * * For any living fact, for any
and pettit jurors, m counties having no qualified suggestion, for any helpful thought; we might as
sheriff; also, a bill allowing to widows and chil- well turn to the last novel of Mr. Trollope as to
.1 . 1. _ . , ..... I H.tn T?nl, I I ] . _ .*• - , ,
dren the twelve months support provided by law
from the date of administration upon »Dy estate
on which administration shall hereafter be had;
also a bill amending sections 1971 and 1973 of the,
this message. Ephraim seems joined to his idols.
There is much that Mr. Johnson might liave
done. He has missed many golden opportuni
ties—but none so glorious as this. * * * All
irood men trusted that one word ■would be said
Code; also a bill allowing as fees of Justices ou which would show a disposition on the part of
the Peace one dollar and twenty-five cents for a asolution f of th ®, ““i’
... , , „ J , difficulties surrounding the country. All that
criminal warrant, and one dollar and twenty-five, his Excellency has done was no longer remem
received:
Cal
houn.
Ilum-
bleton.
Little
Print
np.
DeKalb
102
40
17
00
Floyd
18
40
36
520
Fulton
302
362
36
8
Polk
i
31
7
0
Murray
2
10
61
00
Whitfield
00
7
167
00
Dade
6
4
66
18
Cobb
8
30
51
1
Chattooga...
17
00
28
7
Walker
00
5
101
00
Gordon
2
31'
23S
4
Total
548
560
803
576
Returns from the counties of Bartow, Chero
kee, and Catoosa, have not yet been received.
VISITORS IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
Among the visitors now in MHledgeville are
Hon. David Irwin, Judge of the Blue Ridge Cir
cuit and Hon. L. J. Gartrell. Scats have been
tendered to these gentlemen respectively on the
floor of the Senate and House of Representa
tives. The gentlemen of the har now in atten
dance on the Supreme Court are mainly from
Southwestern Georgia, as the court is engaged
upon tbe docket of cases from that portion ot
tbe State. H.
Mn.LEDGEVILLE, Thursday, Dec. 6.
Several new bills were introduced in the House
of Representatives at the afternoon session of
yesterday. Among them was a bill by Mr. Har
rison of Chatham, to authorize the Governor to
issue bonds of the State for the purpose of clean
ing out the Savannah river. The bill to repeal
an act, assented to December 11,1858, amenda
tory of the charter of the Atlanta Medical Col
lege. was withdrawn. A resolution was adopted
in relation to the reserved lands belonging to tiie j
Milledgeville, Fridat, Dec. 7.
His many friends were gratified at seeing Col
onel Waddell, the efficient 5nd popular Clerk of ]
the House, at his post this morning, though not
entirely recovered from his recent indisposition.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
After disposing of the County Court bill on
yesterday, the House ol Representatives took up
the general appropriation bill. The discussion
cents in each case where they preside in a Court
of Inquiry; also a bill amendatory of the act
relating to court contracts. The House also
passed bills incorporating the Georgia Mining
Company, the Villa Rica Mining Company, and
some other local bills.
supplies for the poor.
During the consideration of the general appro
priation bill on yesterday, Mr. Hill of Fulton,
proposed an additional section as follows,
with reference to the liberal donations from citi
zens of Kentucky and others, for the benefit of
the indigent of the State. It was amended and
adopted by tbe House:
That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or
so much thereof as may lie necessary, be appro
priated for the purpose of paying the freight and
expenses on corn and other supplies donated by
the people of Kentucky, and benevolent socie
ties of other States, to the destitute of Georgia,
and that the Governor be authorized to draw his
warrant on the Treasurer, from time to time, tor
such sums as may be necessary to pay said
freight and expense on said corn and other sup
plies, in favor of Rev. H C. Hornady, or such
other person, as may be Decessary to carry out
the object of this appropriation.
senate proceedings.
The Senate, this morning, by a unanimous
vote, re-considered, re-instated, and took up the
bill which, on the 4th instant, was laid on the
table for tbe balance of the session through mis
apprehension, to extend the aid ot the State
to the Savannah, Griffin &■ North Alabama Rail
road. The bill was amended so as to make its
provisions conform to those of other bills for
of the several 1 sections, and the consideration of granting State aid to railroads, and was then
gicia. North CVtrohnia, South Carolina, Georgia, j State, requesting that the Governor should make
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and < ,, „ - . . , .
1! - - - the necessary investigation m regard to them,
Texas, and giving to all adult male inhabitants
horn within tiie limits of the United States, or
duly naturalized and Dot participants in the late
rebellion, full, equal political rights in such Ter
ritorial novernments.
and recommends such action bv the next Legis-
various amendments, occupied the remainder of
the day. This is always regarded as a very im
portant measure. The expenditure of the public
money always requires close scrutiny, and many
of the members have very properly been watch
ful of the interest of the State, endeavoring to
guard against improper, injudicious or wasteful
appropriations. It is hardly ever the case that
in so large a number of sections, there should not
he some objectionable provisions that have not
attracted attention in time. The further consid-
deration of the bill was resumed this morning,
and consumed the time of the House till the hour
Inconsistency—The Bridgeport (Connect!- ■ Governor to pardon Charles AY. Crumby, acon-
ci:i> Rarrner, which, by the way, is one ol jhe j v j ct ; n thePenitentiarv. Among the bills passed
Lest and most Conservative papers pubiisheu in ! , ,, u .
New England, says Massachusetts is a remarks- * b - v Ule House, is one regulating the advertisement
ide State, and revels inself-riglneousness and in- ‘ ot Sheriffs sales. It proposes that sales under
consistency. Ii elects to Congress Ben. Butler, j execution shall be advertised weekly for four
bv 6,000 majority—and in tiie next District, j W eeks, instead of for thirty davs, and sales under
Henrv L. Daw es, also bv a large majority, who, . . .. * . , . , .
I as chairman of a Cougfessional Committee, re- i mortgage executions weekly for eight weeks, m-
lature for disposing of them, as he may deem -of adjournment at 1 o’clock, p. m. The bill may
best fur tbe interest of the State. A resolution
was also adopted by the House requesting the
fin.
Major Cline, has been elected Mayor of Grit- j ported to that body that Butler had been guiiiv j stead of sixty days, as now required by law.
i of robbing the government.
occupy the House for the whole of the afternoon,
as it is very long, embracing thirty-five or forty
sections.
proceedings in senate.
In the Senate, this morning, a bill was passed
to incorporate the Savings Bank of Forsyth.
Also a House bill to compensate J. J. Anderson,
an employee upon the State Road, who was in
jured by a collision of cars in 1859. Also a bill
to repeal section 2,194 of the Code. Also a bili
| bill was also passed by the House, changing the j to encourage telegraphic communication between
passed by a vote of 21 yeas to 13 nays. The
Senate passed some other bills, and had several
read a second time. Messages from the Gover
nor were received in both Houses, communicating
his approval of a number of acts that had origina
ted in the respective branches of the General As
sembly. I will refer to these hereafter.
tiie tax bill.
The tax bill, which had been made the special
order for to-day in the House of Representatives,
has occupied the morning session. The bill pro
poses that, so soon as the consolidated returns
from all the counties show the amount of taxable
property in the State, the Governor, with the as
sistance of the Comptroller General, shall assess
and levy such a per centage as will produce the
sum of five hundred thousand dollars. The
specified taxes proposed are substantially the
same as contained in the tax act ol last year.—
The principal discussion of the morning was on
the item of twenty cents per gallon on the sale
of ardent spirits in the State. Messrs. Barnes
and Sneed of Richmond, spoke in opposition to
the tax. The section was stricken out and a de
claration inserted that the sales of spiritous li-
bered when we saw the peace he might briDg to
a liarrassed nation, loving kindness anil rest.—
Wc believe that there was no feeling of resent
ment to the President, not even iu the hearts of
the most radical members of Congress, that
would not have given way before the slightest
tendency of the President to harmonize the coun
try. In his message he shows no such tendency.
a “ moderate ” republican view.
[Times.]
On the exciting question of the day—Ibe res
toration of all the Southern States and the
relation of the Executive to Congress—the Pres •
ident has disappointed those who anticipated a
change of tone or position. He has neitli er mod
ified his views nor given any indication of a read
iness to concede aught of principle or policy to
the demands of the governing States and Con
gress. * * * This exhibition of unyielding
purpose on the part of the President may not
occasion surprise to those who know Hie firm
ness of will which marks his character. We
cannot but consider it, how'ever, a serious error
of judgment, and a source of difficulty which
we would gladly have seen averted in the session
now opened.
[communicated.]
Union Point Academy.
Mr. Editor: Please give me space in your
columns to briefly speak of the advantages which
the Union Point Academy afford to parents and
guardians having children and wards to educate.
After the 7th of January next, it will be under
the guidance of Capt. Robert B. Smith and
Thomas R. Thornton, Esq. These gentlemen,
in addition to their fine scholarship, have had
several years of successful experience in teach-
ing. Their method of teaching is practical, anil
no course of study is adopted by them that is
not eminently so.
Messrs. Smith and Thornton propose to take
yonng boys and girls and give them a thorough
training for college. Insrumental music and
Frencli are also taught by a competent teacher.
\ oeal music is an every-day exercise of the
school. Parents and guardians will have ever}'
assurance that both the moral and mental train
ing of their children and wards will be inferior
to none received elsewhere. The moral and re
ligious influence of the school and vicinity will
be excellent, whilst Union Point, iu point of
accessibility and health, is unsurpassed in Middle
Georgia. Board may be obtained in highly re
spectable families on moderate terms, as com
pared with the rates charged elsewhere, and the
rates of tuition will he reasonable.
An Old Teacher.
Free Transportation.—The following dis
patch appears in the Nashville Union and Ameri
can of Saturday:
N.ASnvTLLE, Dec. 4, 1866.—A Fink, General’
Superintendent Louisville and Nashville Rail
road : I have decided to transport free all supplies-
donated for the poor; but should the State make-
appropriations, I will have to charge them. Let
me know what yon decide to do.
W. P. Innes,
Gen’l Sup’t N. & C. and N. & N. AY. R. R.