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Dfchli) JtttcUigntccr. 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.