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UMlo Jutellujeuccr.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, December 19, 1866.
■Inn' to Conduct a Kenupaprr.
Tliis is notso easy a matter as some sii|/|>ose it
in Ik-. But few, before they attempt it, have any
idea of the labor it requires, and fewer still, after
attempting it, have succeeded in it. Wo ran con
ceive of no sadder mistake a man can make, than
%\ hen he, in his self-conceit, thinks lie ran get tip
a daily journal belter than any one else, and
plunges into the experiment with neither expert!
ence to guide, nor discretion to govern him.—
Says the Mercantile Jon null, and it is good au
thority, “there is no more complete error than the
universal idea among men who can write some
thing, that it is quite easy to ‘get up,’ as they rail
it, a newspaper article. When they read one
that is well digested and well written, it flows so
smoothly; its points are so well taken; its lan
guage is so simple, that to write another would
seem to be mere child’s play. So does everybody
thhik that he can poke a fire, or nurse a baby
lietter than his neighbor. But just try it, dear
sir, and with all your talents, all your learning,
and all your self-confidence, you may egregiously
tail. Lord Brougham wasan orator, a historian,
and an essayist, hut he could not, to save him,
put an article into right shape for the London
Press without assistance. A similar assertion
has been made about Bulwer, whose romantic
urfj poetical writings reveal the utmost grace and
facility in their way. No ! the work requires a
peculiar schooling and long experience. There
is so much to avoid -, so much to turn ; so much
to leave out or so much to get in compactly; so
many meanings to utter, aud so many to suggest
without utterance, that the untrained hand makes
us sad work of it os a white-wash brush would
in a chiaro ohscuro painting.’’
Nor do we hesitate to assert that without
“ schooling” in the art, whatever may be their
ability, most men would make but sorry conduc
tors of newspapers. Mere tyros in the profes
sion, too, often assume a great deal. For a time,
some of these are, as it were, in an effervescing
state, which “ working off,” if l fifty have brains,
may result in their becoming useful journalists.
Says the same journal from which we' have
before quoted—“ \\'e see the attempt made very
often, indeed, to jump into the editorial seat as
u savage might leap upon a locomotive, and
terrific devastation of grammar, sense, and
meaning is the result. There is a certain knack
in all professions and occupations which has
to he acquired by a greater or less degree ol
study, according to the natural faculty and
lajqi of the candidate, and the youth who
w Anted to learn a dollars worth of navigation
because he was going to sail for Europe in a
schooner Hint afternoon, and lie was to he mate
and his father captain of the craft, was not really
a whit more ridiculous than tlie aspirant who
seeks at once to address a mingled and varied
public without due preparation and thought, lio
matter how great his ability in other things.”
For our own part, we have iuid large experi
ence in journalism, and have become modest in
our pretensions. To others we leave tlie privi
lege of boasting. Our desire, aud the limit to
our professional ambition, is, in the conduct of a
daily newspaper, to make it acceptable to all
classes among whom it circulates as such ; to
the merchant and others as an advertising me
dium and as a news journal; and to all an ac
ceptable ns well as a reliable paper. We claim
to be distinct from tliat class of journalists of the
■ present day who are lire to sensation, and who
delight to boast of 1 licit* success. “Every one to
liis taste.” Il ls ours to profit by experience, and
to labor steadily on, that the Intelligencer
may continue, what it has been for many long
years, nil institution of Atlanta, growing with the
city’s growth, strengthening with the city’s
strength, and prospering with the city’s pros
perity. For us, this is quantum sufficit.
Another Sennatlon Knocked on the Head.
A sensation has been traveling for some days
to the effect that some mysterious interviews had
recently occurred between Mr. Seward and Tbad.
Stevens, and there were not wanting those who
were ready to believe that the head of the State
Department was preparing for a bolt to the Badi-
cals. The following paragraph, from Washing
ton direct, explains the matter, and disposes of
a little story that promised in a few days, under
the manipulations of the letter writers, to assume
very* interesting proportions:
The recent interviews of Secretary Seward
with Mr. Tliaddeus Stevens are explained at last.
It appears that the Secretary lias asked for a spe
cial appropriation of $250,000 to allow his de
partment to prosecute certain cases now pending
in England and France,jfor the recovery of large
amounts ot property belonging rightfully to tiie
United States, and also to defray the expenses of
hunting up and capturing John H. Surratt. Mr.
Stevens was to-day instructed by his committee
to bring in a bill for that purpose, which he will
report to-morrow. Many ask that it be put upon
its passage, it appears that the appropriation
for this amount is absolutely neceSsarry, and Mr.
Stevens has promised to put it through the House
without the delay.
Veto Message »>i (lie Stay l.iiw.
KxrruTiYK Dkpaktmknt, I
Mu.i.KuoKvn.i.K, Ga , Dec. i-2,.ist;r>. (
To the Senate:
1 return unapproved to your body, in which ii
originated, "An act for the relief ol the people of
Georgia, and to prevent the levy and sale of prop
erty under certain circumstances.”
On the 6th ol March last, I returned to you an
act having the same title, with the additional
words, “and within a limited time,” with my rea
sons for disapproving it. The objections stated
to that act, resting mainly oil its violation of the
Constitution ot the United States and of the State
ot Georgia, as i understand them, apply with
equal force to this, and it is quite unnecessary to
repeat them. Subsequent reflection and lights
coming from other sources have tended to con
firm the opinions there expressed. I do n>'t ex
pect to make converts, but without the slighost
disrespect to a co-ordinate branch ot government,
it will be my cay 1 to put the department confided
to me right upon the records according to uiv
own firm convictions.
(Signed.) Ciuri.es J. Jenkins.
By reference to (he letter of our Milledgeville
correspondent, it will be seen that the Stay law
was passed over the Governor's veto by a large
majority. The vole was as follows: In the Seu-
ate, yeas 21; nays 8. In the House, yeas 103;
nays 7.
The Arrears at Grlfllu.
The Macon Journal and Messenger learns trom
good authority that Messrs. Nuunally, Starks.
Wright, Bloodwortli, Nall aud Brown, who were
arrested at Griffin, last Saturday, at the instance
ot a fellow of the name of Swayre, and who
were sent to Fort Pulaski, have been released ou
bail. They are all gentlemen ol first rate stand
ing in the community where they live, and it it
had beeu required, could as easily have given
a bond of $100,000 each, as the bond for $1,000
which was required of them. If the country
around Griffin had beeu thoroughly searched
and overhauled, six finer-looking, nobler-minded,
braver-hearted, truer-souled young gentlemen
could not have been found.
The District of Colombia.—A letter from
Washington says:
The Position of Judge Chase.
In an article hea led as above, the Washing
ton city Nation t’ Inte’Mgencr. r says: “ While the
idtra and desperate Radicals like Wilkes' Spirit
of tin Times, and the sportive or acrobatic con
cerns, the Pres* and Chronicle, U J. W. F.” and
“Occasional,” demand of Congress confiscation,
ini] reach men t ol the President, the overthrow of
the State governments in the South, and the ele
vation ot the blacks to the position of the supe
rior class, Judge Chase, notwithstanding the
menaces against him for consulting or conferring
with the President, looks to an alternative lor the
rejection of the Constitutional Amendment.
Herein he differs from the ruck of Radical pres
ses, since that they breathe nothing but fire and
blood to the Southern people, in the event of
such rejection. Judge Chase, accoiding to the
report in the Chronicle, spoke deliberately at
Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening, as follows:
“ The Congress of the United States lias of
fered its terms, and I will take the liberty* here
to say, that I think a more generous, a more
magnanimous proposition was never submitted
to a people who had been in rebellion, than the
amendment which has b- eu proposed by Con
gress. [Applause.] If those communities that
hare been in rebellion Imre anything to propose—
if they think there is a better mode, a more gener
ous mode, a mode better calculated to secure the
peace- and harmony aud prosperity of this gre>it
bind, let them route forward aud prajiose it, and the
people will listen and judge."
“ The words that we have italicised are the
suggestions ot statesmanship—of a disposition
not to give up the ship, but final'y to bring it, by
some means, into safe harbor. Wc welcome
with sincere joy this declaration from so exalted
and influential a source. Nor do we allow our
selves at this time to doubt that the sentiment
will he responded to by many Republicans of
the more conservative type in Congress.”
“ A^ r it is settled legally that the constitu
tional amendment*? not adopted and the way is
thus made clear for other suggestions, the ex
cluded States, in furtherance of the idea of Mr.
Chase, may meet in general convention, and take
steps looking to terms of reconciliafion upon
consultation with the conservative element in
the North. Or a movement may be initiated for
a national convention.”
We refer to, and copy the foregoing for the
reason that in many* quarters of the South, the
suggestion of a Southern convention has appear
ed, and been urged, to the end that propositions
may be submitted by the Southern States upon
the subject of their reconstruction—the “consti
tutional amendment” being rejected by r them.—
It appears now, from the foregoing remarks of
the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, that he favors the same idea, for lie says,
" If those communities (or States) that have been
in rebellion, have anything to propose—if they r
think there is a better mode, a more generous
mode, a mode belter calculated to secure the
peace and harmony and prosperity of this great
land, (than the “constitutional amendment” pro
poses,) let them come forward and propose it,
and the people will listen and judge.”
Coming, as these suggestions do, direct from
Judge Chase, and at a time when similar sugges
tions are being made in the South, it may lie well
to direct the attention of our people to them for
their deliberate consideration. The fate of the
“constitutional amendment” in the South is
sealed. It will not be accepted by* any* one of
them, save Tennessee, and even in that State it
is rejected by* the popular voice. What next ?
A few reckless members of the radical party in
Congress propose now to reduce the Southern
States to a territorial condition, and by* that pro
cess to ensure t he future .acceptance of that mea
sure as well ns every other they may impose
however distasteful, oppressive, and degradiugto
our people. Hitherto the Chief Justice lias been
looked upon as the adviser, nay as a leader, of
these ultra-radical members. To say the least of
it, his proposition differs now from theirs; and
with our Washington City* cotemporary we wel
come the invitation from so high a source for the
Southern committees to come forward and pro
pose a “better mode, a more generous mode, a
inode better calculated to secure the peace, and
harmony*, aud prosperity of this great land.”—
They can anil will do so, if permitted, aud if
right and justice are to prevail in the councils of
the nation.
Piracy on an American Vessel.
MURDER OF THE CAPTAIN AND FIVE SAILORS.
The llong Kong Daily Press gives the follow
ing account of an attack on the American brig
Lubra commanded by Capt. Benj. flowers, of
Dennis, Massachusets, in the China seas, by
pirates, and the murder of Capt. Howers and
several of the crew. Brief mention of the tragic
affair lias been made in our dispatches.
The American brigantine Lubra, which left
this port on Saturday last, loaded chiefly* with
arms and ammunition, bound for Yokohama, re
turned at six o’clock last evening, having been
attacked by* pirates, and the Captain and five of
the crew killed or missiii
The account is, that about (U o’clock on Sun
day, when about forty miles outside of Pedro
Branco, a junk was observed to windward on
the same track as the Lubra, edging down to
ward her. She came close to, asked where the
vessel was from, aud where bound to, and upon
being told by the chief mate “Japan,” an inquiry
was then made as to whether they did not want
an inland sea pilot. A negative answer was re
turned and the junk told to sheer oft', instead of
which she put her helm up and run alongside
the brigantine, a stink pot was thrown on her
decks, a number ot men jumped on board, and
the vessel was at once in the hands of the pirates.
It appears that the Lubra carried no cannon on
deck, and had but few small arms on board.—
None on board appear to have had any suspi-
cions as to the character of the junk until she
ran them aboard, and then, of course, resistance
was useless.
The Captain had his wife and children on
board, aud he went down below to protect them;
the mate followed and told the Captain that if
1k* liked they would resist all entry to the cabin,
and tight side by side until overpowered. The
Captain knew that this would be useless, aud
told the mate to look out for himself, and not
to lilt his hand against any of the pirates. The
crew had by this time taken refuge aloft and were
ordered down, but refused to come. Qne, how
ever, on his way down the lagging was shot and
fell overboard. They kept popping at the men
in the foretop, and when asked why they did so,
as th°y had the vessel and could take wliat they
liked, one of them, who spoke English, replied,
"you kill Chinamen, we makee kill you.” When
the pirates first went into the cabin, they were
told by the captain to take what they liked and
go. They did not interfere with him at first, but
proceeded to plunder the cargo aud overhaul the
the cabin, literally turning everything upside
down. At 3 a. m. yesterday morning they were
apparently satisfied with what they had taken,
(having well loaded their junk), and proceeded
to cast off; before going, however, they filled up
the measure of their crimes by a deliberate mur
der.
The Captain was in the cabin on a sofa, with
oue arm round his wife’s waist, holding one of
his children in the other. One of the scoundrels
came below, presented a pistol at him and delib
erately tired. The bail entered near the right
eye, and death was almost instantaneous. On
mustering the crew, out of twelve men. the Cap
tain aud oue of the seamen were found dead,
and four more missing, one of whom was seen
to tall overboard after being wounded. The
chief mate, who was unhurt, although be made
a narrow escape, then put the vessel round with
the remainder of the crew, and returned to Houg
Kong, arriving here at 6 p. m. yesterday even
ing.
There are some suspicions circumstances at-
tached to the case, as three of the survivors swear
The Advantage* of Hallroad*.
No enterprises which men or States have ever j
entered upon, have accomplished a tithe as much
in developing the resources of a country, as rail
road enterprises. This is true in regard to Arneri-
FROM MILLEDGEVILLE.
Special Correspondence of the Intelligencer.
Milledgeville, Thursday, Dec. 13.
In the Senate, this morning, the General Ap
can railroads, and especially true in regard to I propriation bill, which was rejected yesterday,
those of Georgia. During the late session of the : " ilS reconsidered and passed, with a number of
Georgia Legislature, when the bill was under i amendments. These amendments have been
discussion in the House of Representatives to ] concurred in by the House, with the exce*ption
grant the aid of the State to the Macon & Bruns- j 1" ° <>r three*.
It is believed here that after the adoption by ; positively that while aloft they could distinctly
Congress of the suffrage bill for that District, the ' recognize the voice of the stevedore of the vessel,
city charter will be- taken away, and the city
governed by a board ot four commissioners, to la*
appointed by the President. These commission
ers will absorb the functions of the city govern
ments of Washington and Georgetown. A long
bill on the subject has been prepared for present
ation to Congress. Most of the large property
owners of the city are iu favor of the change, be
cause they believe such a commission will have
more influence with Congress, and obtain larger
appropriations for improvements, &c.
The reader will remember that the suffrage
bill alluded to passed the Senate on Thursday.
Canada.—The Toronto Globe denies that any
considerable portion ot the people ot Canada are j
favorable to the proposed scheme of annexation
to the United States. Glad of it. The “ United
States ” has rather too much territory already—
more than it has capacity to govern with wis- ;
fVrn and advantage. i
and again, the Chiuese cook, who was one of the
survivors, disappeared trom the vessel about S
p. m. last night
North Carolina.—We find the following
among the ** Latest News ” iu the Evansville
Journal:
A letter from Raleigh, "North Carolina, says
the regulators are cleaning out the Yankees and
negroes. Northerners are being shot, and the
negroes hung daily.
It is by just such iniamous lies as the above
that the public mind North is kept inflamed;
and yet we are almost daily admonished by some
of the descendants of Solomon—the wise men
wick Railroad, the Speaker, Mr. Hardeman,
referred in eloquent terms to what the con
struction of the State, or “ Western &
Atlantic Railroad” as it is legally termed,
had done for Georgia—how it had built up
Atlanta; how it had enhanced the value of
the lands for miles on each side of, and along the
road; bow it had promoted the commerce, the
manufacturing interests, and consequently the
wealth of the whole State. We listened, at the
time the speech was made to the gentleman who
made it, with great interest and pleasure, and we
attribute the success before the Legislature of! lie
application made by the Macon & Brunswick
Railroad, as much to the convincing arguments
auu facts presented in that speech, as to all the
other influences combined in favor of the measure.
The impressions nude upon us by the speech to
which we have referred, had not died away, when
we came across the following in DeBow's Re
view for the present month. The extract is from
the pen ol a gentleman who was once connected
with the construction of the State, or “Western A*
Atlantic Railroad,” Mr. John T. Milnor, who is
uow the Engineer of the “Alabama Central Rail
road,” and who, DeBoir, says, “made several years
since one of the ablest reports ever published in
any country.” “It was,” says the gentleman re
ferred to, “in 1S37,1 was engaged on the Georgia
State Road (the Western & Atlantic,) just then
commence]). I there became acquainted with
the people along that road—their habits and
their means. Beyond their actual wants for food
they raised nothing at all. The men moped
around, and shot, at a mark. The women seem
ed to do but little, whilst their children, poorly
eared for, sauntered about from place to place, as
if their highest thoughts were bent upon catch
ing rabbits, ’possums, or some such small game.
What was the use to work when it would cost
them two dollars per husliel to get their wheat to
market, and then only get one. In 1857 I went
back again, and wliat a change! The rivers were
the same; the Kenuesaw Mountain had not
changed—the “Crooked Spoon” still rolled along
—the men and women that once I knew were
there—the boys had grown to be men, and the
girh to be women, but their mien was changed.
The old men stood erect, as with conscious pride
they looked upon the waving fields of grain.—
The mutrous busied themselves about their dai
ries aud looms, whilst the sturdy boys were grap
pling with the plough. What has brought this
change about? Listen for awhile, and yon will
hear the iron horse come storming along. He
stops at a station for fuel and water—a man gets
oft the train. He is a Charleston man, or per
haps the agent of the Montgomery Mills. The
ears go ou, aud he goes to the house. He meets
the farmer—they have met before. His business
is to buy his grain. Strange, but true, that the
demand for wheat should be so great as to induce
the merchant to buy at the farmer’s door. He
offers $1 50 per bushel cash for Ids crop, and will
furnish the sacks to put it in. That won’t do.—
Savannah was here yesterday, and Columbus the
day before, anil they offered more. Here is the
key to this change. This solves the mystery.—
The great State Road, the iron horse, the dollar
and a half per bushel, cash, tells the tale. This
is literally the truth, as any one can ascertain by
inquiring of the men t hat know.”
The picture drawn by Mr. Milner of the con
dition of the country’ through which the road
runs to which he refers, is not overdrawn. He
might have embraced in it what Mr. Hardeman
did in his speech, the “ Gate City” which it had,
with the connecting roads, built up, and which
is uow second in importance to none in Georgia,
aud to but few in the South.
From the same article—an article in De Bow's
Review headed “ Railroad History and Results ”—
we extract also the following:
“ In Georgia, lands which were in the market
in 1846 at from ten to fifty cents per acre, com
manded in 1849, when the Chattanooga Railroad
was in operation, from ten to twenty dollars.
On the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, lands without
a purchaser for thirty years, advanced at once to
three dollars, and in many cases eight dollars
per acre. The estimate ou the pine lands was
an increase of from 500 to 5,000 per cent. In
Ohio the taxable property was in amount $136,-
000,000, when there were only eighty-nine miles
of railroad, and $840,000,000 when three thous
and miles of railroad had been constructed. In
Illinois the rise was from $72,000,000 when
twenty-two miles existed, to $402,000,000 with
two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight
miles. In Indiana au increase of thirty miles to
one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-two miles,
increased the value ot property from $119,000,-
000 to $317,000,000. Maryland, by building sixty-
live miles, increased the property valuation to
$116,000,000; Georgia, six hundred and nine
miles railroad, $348,000,000 property; one thous
and three hundred and seventy miles, $600,000,-
000 property.”
With these facts, or statistics, before the people
of the South, how important it is that they should
turn their attention, as soon as possible,to the con
struction of railroads wherever they may tend to
enlarge commerce, bring into cultivation large
tracts of rich soil, develop mineral and mining
resources, and promote all manufacturing inter
ests. The day* lias gone by* when t-lie produce <>t
enterprise and industry, shall find investment in
more negroes aud more lands. Southern capital
must hereafter seek other investments. The com
pletion of the Macon & Brunswick Road is a
matter of vital interest to Georgia. It will open
from the mountains to the seaboard of our State
another channel and another seaport; it will be
but another extension of the State’s great work,
the “Western & Atlantic Railroad,” adding
largely to the value of the latter, aud to the im
portance and commerce of Atlanta. The Leg
islature was wise that extended aid to that road,
as well iu consideration of the benefits that will
accrue to the State’s own great work, as in the
development of the resources of a region of tie*
State that has hitherto remained a wilderness as
it were, away from profitable access to a market,
as the “Cherokee Country” once was. Those are
only* Utopian schemes in the South, that would
propose now to construct one line of railroad al
most parallel withanother already constructed; nr
that would propose the construction of lines about
which reasonable doubt may prevail as to their
ability to pay, to prove profitable, to command
the travel and the freight transportation, in the
abseiu-e of which a railroad would prove a fail
ure. Give us those only about which there can
be no doubt. Give us the “Air Line Railroad,”
aud the road from Atlanta to Jacksonville, Ala
bama. About these, there cau be no doubt, and
we trust that the attention ot our citizens and the
City* Authorities will be directed to the imp or
tance of these two roads without delay. IL>ih
will prove paying institutions, and botti are im- j
portant to the interests of Atlanta and the Stan j
A. large amount of business has been transacted
in both branches to-day, with the view of ad
journing, as agreed upon, at noon to-morrow.
SENATE BILLS I*ASSAD BY TIIE HOUSE.
Among the Senate bills passed by the House
of Representatives, yesterday, is one to extend
the provi.-iqns of section 4220 of the Code to all
cases in which the penally of death is prescribed;
also, a bill making it a capital offense for con
victs in the Penitentiary, or tiie chain-gang, to
attempt insurrection; also, a bill to remit the
State tax on liquors for the first quarter of the
year 1S66; also, a bill declaring that aliens may
hold lands in this Slate in the same manner as
citizens ; also, a hill authorizing the Governor to
issue the bonus which were prepared, but not
executed, to the amount ot $600,000,.to pay* the
Federal land tax on Georgia iu exchange fertile
old Stale bonds, which will fall due in 1868.1869
and 1870; also, a bill declaring the force and
effect of the bond made by the Superintendent
of the State Road and tiie State Treasurer to the
United Slates l'or the payment for railroad pro
perty purchased from the United States authori
ties. This bill ratifies the change made in the
terms of payment. The bond is, therefore, for
the payment of interest quarterly, and the entire
principal at the end of two years, instead of
equal monthly installnieut^ranning through that
period.
VETO AND PASSAGE OF THE STAY LAW.
The Stay Law, in the form in which it was
published in the Intelligencer, had passed
both Houses and had been sent to the Governor.
Ou yesterday it was returned lo the Senate, in
which it originated, witlmSTe reasousot the Gov
ernor for withholding his approval. These rea
sons are substantially the same as given in his
veto message ot last session. The bill was taken
up first in the Senate, aud afterwards in the
House of Representativespmul passed in both by
large majorities over the Governor’s veto. The
act, as your readers will remember, permits the
collection of one-third only of old indebtedness
under execution on or after the first of January,
1868, and one-third annually thereafter. By* an
other bill passed by the Senate and House, de
claratory of force and effect t and of the duty of
sheriffs and other officers of court, all Acts of the
Legislature are declared to be prima facie, consti
tutional, aud to bo observed by all inferior judi
catories, by* all sheriffs and other officers until
decided to be unconstitutional by* a tribunal
having authority to decide upon their unconsti
tutionally*. And no sheriff or other officer of
court is to be. made liable under any rule, order,
judgment or decree on account of his having
observed and obeyed such laws before they shall
have been declared unconstitutional by the proper
tribunal. By* another bill passed by* both Houses,
the provisions of the Slay law are declared to
have no application to taxes due or to be due to
any municipal corporation.
COUNTY COURT.
The House of Representatives lias concurred
in the Senate’s amendments to the amend
ments of the House to the bill modifying the or
ganization of the County Court. This action ot
the House settles the question for the session.—
The bill, will, therefore, with the approval of tiie
Governor, become a law iu the form in which I
sent it to you a few days since.
ELECTION OF JUDGES AND SOLICITORS.
The House passed, with an amendment., the
Senate bill to provide for filling the office of Su
perior Couit Judges and Solicitors, in cases where
there is no majority vote east as required by the
Constitution. The bill provides that in such
cases the office shall he considered vacant, and
the vacancy filled as now required by* law. By
the House amendment the bill provides that spe
cial elections shall be ordered to fill such vacan
cies. The object will thus be attained of provi
ding for cases in which there are more than two
candidates and no one receives a majority of all
the votes cast.
PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN.
The House, last night passed, by* a large ma
jority, the Senate bill to protect the rights of
married women in this Slate. This important
measure was, years ago, ardently and persistent
ly* advocated in the Legislature by* the lamented
Andrew J. All Her, of Augusta, and the present
Governor of Georgia, and many other distin
guished men. It will, lio.doubt, now become
the law. The act simply provides that after its
passage, all the property of the wife at the time
of her marriage, whether real oi personal, or
choses in action, shall be and remain the sepa
rate property of the wife; and that all property*
given to, inherited or acquired by the wife du
ring coverture, shall vest iq and belong tq the
wife, and shall not be liable for the payment of
any debt, default, or contract ot the husband.
COMPETENCY OF WITNESSES.
A very important bill lias been passed by* both
Houses, changing the law as to the competency
of witnesses. This change has long since beeu
made in English jurisprudence, and iu a large
number of the States of the Union. It has beep
repeatedly* urged upou the Georgia Legislature,
but heretofore without success. The bill just
passed provides that uo person offered as a wit-
nesss shall hereafter be excluded by* reason of in
capacity* from crime or interest, or from being a
party*, from giving evidence either in person or
by deposition, but shall be competent and com
pellable to give evidence. Certain exceptions are
provided tor in the bill, as when one of the par
ties is dead the other cannot be admitted to tes
tify in liis own favor. No person can be com
pelled to criminate himself A husband is not
competent or compellable to testify* for or against
his tvife, nor the wife for or against her husband.
An attorney may not be compelled to testify for
or against his client. Other exceptions are spe
cified.
VETO OF TUE AIR-LINE RAILROAD BILL.
A message was received by the House of Rep
resentatives, yesterday, from the Governor, re
turning the bill for extending State aid to the
Air-Line Railroad, with his reasons tor withhold
ing his approval. The Governor refers to his
views as given in a former communication. He
repeats that the State is now in no condition to
make a large expansion pf her credit, in any iorm
or for any purpose, anil tliat the inauguration of
such a policy would render that credit valueless
to the State, and to those seeking its aid. The
message then discusses the past and probable de
lay in the completion ol the work uf tlie road,
and the wisdom ot pledging the State so far in
advance, and suggests that action should be de
ferred until the fifty utiles required to be finished
before any endorsement of bonds could be made,
shall have been completed. The message states
in conclusion, that if this aid be granted there
would be no ground for alter-discrimination, no
limit to the policy it would introduce.
bill. I will furnish you a copy for the informa
tion of your readers as soon as it becomes a law.
VETO OF THE EXEMPTION BILL.
The Governor having returned to the Senate
the bill amending the exemption laws, aud in
creasing the amount of property not subject to
levy and sale under execution, it was passed in
the Senate by a two-thirds vote over the Gov
ernor's veto. In the House, tv hen taken up to
day, the bill failed to secure a vote of two-thirds,
and consequently* tails to become a law. The
reasons assigned by the Governor lor withhold
ing his assent are the same as applied to a similar
bill of last session, mainly* applying to its retio-
aetive character as preventing the enforcement
of obligations of a date prior to its passage.
COLONEL J. D. WADDELL.
As a token of regard and esteem a present
was made to Colonel Waddell, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, by the corps of clerks
who have served under his direction during the
sessions of this Legislature. The gilt was a
handsome watch aud chain. The presentation
was made by J. B. Estes, Esq., iu a briel but im
pressive address. Colonel Waddell responded
very happily and appropriately. Colonel W.
lias made many friends by his gentlemanly bear
ing and genial manners. His talents and acquire
ments mark hint as a rising man. I understand
that a similar presentation was made to Colonel
Weems, the Secretary ot the Senate, but I was
not present to witness the proceedings.
ADDRESS OF HON. T. HARDEMAN.
When the time had nearly arrived for the final
adjournment of the House of Representatives)
lion. Thomas Hardeman called the attention of
the members and remarked, that he deemed it
proper to invoke the divine blessing, aud request
ed R v. Mr. Hughes to perform that office. Be
fore announcing the adjournment <v the House,
Mr. Hardeman made a closing address, which
wits very forcible and appropriate. The speaker
was listened to with profound attention. I will
send you a copy it 1 can procure it in time.
In closing my correspondence, it is but just that
l should mention my obligations to the journal
izing clerk ot the House, II. F. Merrill, Esq., and
the journalizing clerk of the Senate, T. D
Wright, Esq., both of whom have extended to
me all the facilities in their power for making up
for your readers as full aud reliable au account
as practicable of the proceedings of the Legisla
tore.
THE MESSENGER OF THE HOUSE.
I should not omit to mention that a number of
the members of the House united in presenting
to Mr. Oslin, who has beeu elected messenger of
the House for a great many years, a gold beaded
cane. Hon. Mr. Ridley* of Troup, in behalf ol
the donors made the presentation.
I take this occasion, though, perhaps, out. of
place, to supply an omission in one of my former
letters. Iu the discussion of the bill for encour
aging foreign emigration, Dr. Ridley v as one of
the most decided and able opponents of the mea
sure. His speech in opposition to the policy em
braced the strongest arguments that could be
urged against the bill, very forcibly expressed
and earnestly urged upon the attention of the
House. H.
Thad. Stevens on the Status of JelT. Davis,
We published in the Intelligencer of Sun
day* morning, a short extract from a remarkable
speech of Thad. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, re
eeully made iu the House of Representatives, in
which he is reported to have said that Ex-Presi
dent Davis could not be convicted of treason
and that he could only be tried as a belligerent,
uuder laws in existence at the time of the alleged
offense. This unexpected announcement of Mr.
Stevens has, as we are informed through the
papers, created a profound sensation, particularly
among his political friends, some of whom now
allege that he is soured and means mischief to
his party, because of their having ignored his
leadership in the House. The bill which called
out this utterance of Mr. Stevens, was that in
troduced by Lawrence to hang Jeff. Davis—for
that was its object—which was up for considers
tion and discussion on the lltli. We copy below
a fuller and tpore intelligent report of the re
marks of the Pennsylvania agitator, than that
previously* published:
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, obtained the
floor and said: Mr. Speaker, I approach with
great distrust ail bills of this kind, which are
evidently brought forward for the purpose of as
certaining how we can convict men whom we
cannot convict under laws existing when the
crimes were committed. I do not believe that it
becomes this nation—I do not believe it is safe
for us to undertake to pass laws by* which we
can or may be able to punish men, however
guilty, that could no) be punished uuder the laws
existing when the crimes were committed.
Could we now change the Constitution so as to
change the place of the trial Of traitors, to say
that the venue might be changed, and that they
BY TELEGRAPH.
XEW TORE: ASSOCIATE!) PRESS BISPA TCHES.
Littleness.—An abortion of humanity who
writes for the Chicago Republican, gets oil UK-
following little paragraph :
The Chicago Republican Company was called
upon yesterday by a committee of ladies ot tiie
j Southern Orphan Relief Association, liir a i Dis
tribution to build a home tor destitute children
| of deceased Coutederate soldiers. We respond-
] ed liberally, with a contribution of five hundred
! dollars in Contederate currency. We hope the
j people of Chicago generally, and without dis-
, linction of party, will display a like liberality,
j Above all, let us regard the feelings of these
Milledgeville, Friday, Dee. 14.
The two Houses on yesterday disposed of
nearly all the important measures before them.
Tiiis morning the time has been employed in
bringing up the arrears of business necessary to
close the session. A heavy task is Imposed upon
the officers of both Senate and House, iu sign
ing officially, belore the adjournment, all bilk
and joint resolutions that have passed both
Houses.
THE ATLANTA CIRCUIT.
Mr. TTIIUs bill for making a new Judicial Cir
cuit of the countv of Fulton, which had pre ;
should he tried by jurors summoned from anoth
er bailiwick? Tiie Constitution and our laws
provide very carefully that, especially in the case
ot treason, the parly charged with that crime
must be tried at the place where the overt act
was committed, in a district previously ascer
tained by law, and by a jury from that bailiwick.
Now, any law which professes to change that in
any respect looks to me so much like an attempt
to commit judicial murder that I have always
been afraid to attempt it. I am afraid that tiie
traitors iu the South, it tried under our existing
Constitution and laws, will not one of them be
convicted. I should never attempt to try them
for treaspn—) would try them as belligerents
umler tlip law ol nations and the laws of war.
Mr. Lawrance of Ohio. Wo have no reason
to expect of the Administration any such trial.
Mr. Stevens. 1 am stating what I would do if
I were the Administration. [Laughter.] Now,
although I would not discourage trials lor trea
son, I mention this to show that I am convinced
that none of these can ever be convicted of trea
son under our present Constitution and laws; and
yet I would rather let pyery mqn uf them go un
punished forever than make a law now by which
they couid be punished, I think our government
would lie endangered in its future existence, in
iu sense of justice, in its character before the
W’orld, by conduct of that kind, more than it
would by enduring the evil. I think the British
government suffered more from its murder ol
Russell, although It was done by means of a
court condemning him, than it would have done
had he been suffered to escape. It was by just
such coutrivauces as this that that judicial mur
der was effected, and by which the British gov
ernment suffered more than it would have done
by the escape of forty traitors. I think our gov
ernment hud belter be pqreftil hpw it tampers
with the crime 6r the remedy. It had better
treat them as guilty partly of a political offense
and partly of offenses malum in re, than now to
attempt to pass laws because otherwise the male
factors might escape. This professts to be a bill
to make indefinite the prosecution of those offen
ses which of all others should be quieted by lapse
of time. Although treason [s as high a crime as
can possibly be committed, yet there are so many
engaged in the crime of treason and in rebellion,
that there must be some quieting law, and in my
judgment there ought to be. Now, it does no't
follow that every traitor wiil escape who is not
prosecuted within three years of the time of the
commission of the offense. The statute never
runs in any case, unless it is possible to enforce
the remedy. It only runs from the time it was
possible to enforce it. For instance, I will
refer you to the men now in Europe—Ben
jamin, Slidell and others; I do not suppose
that anybody will say, that while they were ab
sent beyond seas the statute of limitations would
run. The statute woiffd begin to run when the
time arrived that they could be prosecuted. But
whether that be so or not, still, during the time
of war, during the prosecution of the war, the
crime continued ; it was a continuing offense, and
the offense continued uj) to the time when peace
shall be proclaimed, which it never yet has been.
I know that a gentleman in this city has made
public a statement which he desired to have con
sidered as equal to the decrees of James and
Charles, of England, overruling the law. But it
is of no more importance than so much waste
paper. The question of peace or war is j*et to
FROM WASHINGTON.
Interesting Congressional Frctccedlns*—
Bills and. Resolutions Introduced, Ktc.
Washington, December 17.—Senate.—A com
munication was received from the Secretary of
War, iu response to a resolution asking it the
Commissioners provided for by an act ot 1864,
for the payment ot loyal owners of enlisted
slaves have been appointed, etc. The commun
ication was accompanied by a report which was
referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
Sumner presented proceedings ol a recent
meeting of loyal citizen?, without respect to
color, held at Norfolk, \ irginia, asking tor the
re-organization of the government ol \ irginia.
Sumner said this was not simply the proceed
ings of a public meeting, it was in tlie nature
of a petition. The question on the reception of
the document was put and carried, and the docu
ment was referred lit Committee on Reconstruc
tion.
Wade presented petition for the re-annexation
of the city and county of Alexandria, \ irginia,
to the District of Columbia. Ordered to lie . on
the tabic.
Wilson reported favorably the House resolu
tion lor the erection of a monument to the mem
ory of the late Lieut, Gen. Scott.
Trumbull introduced a bill to provide for
amendments to defects in the proceedings of the
courts of law. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Sumner presented a bill to punish those who
induced Uk* emigration of free colored persons
under lalse pretences. Mr. Sumner said there
were persons here trom foreign countries endeav
oring to persuade colored persons to emigrate,
but virtually to inaugurate a sort of Coolie trade
The bill was referred Jo the Committee on For
eign Affairs. The bill to repeal the President’s
amnesty power was then taken up.
House.—Under the call of States for resolutions.
Washburne, ot Illinois, offered a resolution di
reeling select Committee on New Orleans Riot
to investigate the alleged frauds iu the New Or
leans custom house, and the appointment of re
bels therein to the exclusion ot Union men ; and*
into all matters connected with the administra
tion of affairs in that custom house. Adopted.
Mr. Harding, of Illinois, offered the following
“ Resolved, T1 at the House of Representatives
of the Congress of the United States will give
unfaltering support to the Executive Department
of the Government, to vindicate the time-lmnor-
ed policy of the republic against foreign armed
intervention which tends to the destruction ot
constitutional liberty on this continent; and
especially commend the tone of the National
voice in reference to Mexico.” Adopted.
Cook offered the following: “ Resolved, That
the Committee on B inking and Currency be in
structed to inquire into the expediency of pro
viding, by law, for the withdrawal ot the cur
rency issued by the national banks as fast as the
same may be done without injustice to the banks
and of supplying the place of such currency
with legal tender notes issued by the govern
ment of the United States.” Cook moved the
previous question, on which Brandegee demand
ed tellers. The previous question was seconded
58 to 33. Brandegee called for the yeas and nays,
saying lie wanted to see who was in favor of de
stroying the national banks. The yeas and nays
were taken and resulted: Yeas 65, nays68; so
the resolution was rejected.
of this generation—tliat Southern papers should
not notice or contradict these monstrous mis-! J. H. Lightner, Collector of Sl Louis, Mis
representations least the Radicals seize upon I souri, has paid into the State Treasury within
their remarks as evidence ot a contumacious ■ the last week, $246,227 on account of the rev-
spirit and persistent disloyalty. J enue.
noble recipients too chivalrously to otlend lueui • - , ^ .."
by the offer in greenbacks. VIQU ^ paSiCd * e Hoxls * ol Representatives,
was this morning passed in the Senate. This is
a measure of importance to t our city, as it will
remedy much of the delay that 1ms occurred in
both civil and criminal business of the court.
I gave in a former letter the main features of the
be decided by this party. I say there tana peace.
This nation ia still in a belligerent condition;
and the conquered belligerents are within the
power of the conqueror, to be dealt with as cap
tives, not as criminals. Therefore, sir, I can see
no necessity for a measure of this sort. But if
there was a necessity, I should certainly object to
any alteration of the law a? it now exists in re
gard to treason, which would enable the govern
ment to convict, where it is confessed that a con
viction could not be obtained nnder the law as it
stood at the time of the commission of the of
fense. I should be very glad to see condign pun
ishment inflicted upon many of these men, but
not capital punishment, 1‘never realized the
sufficiency of the atonement made by the execu
tion of the miserable Wirz, a Dutchman, I be
lieve, with a hump back, who was obeying the
orders of his superiors, and who, in ordinary
times, when men were tried according to law
would never have been convicted, because liis
government was answerable, not he.
Still Further Congressional Proceeding?
Washington, Dec. 17.—On the bill to repeal
the 13th section of the act to suppress insurrec
tion Air. Trumbell said the repeal of this section
only proposes to take from the President the
power to issue a general proclamation of atnnes
ty. Under this clause 400,600 acres of land had
been already restored to rebels, aud many of them
instead of appreciating this clemency were more
defiant aud disloyal than ever. It was not sup
posed that any necessity would arise in the fu
ture fora general amnesty, anil it. was, therefore,
proper to preclude the President from issuing it.
Johnson said the Constitution gave the Presi
dent the most unlimited power over the whole
matte/, and as the clause in question did not add
one iota to his power, neither could its repeal
take any from him. General Washington had
issued a general amnesty to the participants in
the whisky insurrection, and no question had
ever been raised of his power to do it.
The bill for the admission ot Nebraska was
then taken up, and Mr. Hendricks proceeded to
argue against the measure. At the conclusion
of liis remarks, Mr. Trumbull moved to post
pone Its further consideration, aud take up the
bill repealing the 13th section of the confiscation
act, which had occupied the attention of the Sen
ile during the mm-ifing.
Wade gave notice that he would to morrow
move to rescind the resolution providing tor the
holiday reception. It was tbuud that unless this
was done, the suffrage bill would lie lost, as the
ten days given to the President would expire
during the recess, and the bill would (hi!,.
Sumner said that the case referred to by .Mr.
Wade could lie provided against by the Secreta
ry withholding the bill until after the recess, or
until such time as would secure the expiration
of the ten days after the re-assembling of Con
gress.
Some discussion ensued on Mr. Trumbull’s
motion to take uj the Ifttb section of the Confis
cation act, and the Senate voted in favor of so
doing.
Saulsbury offered an amendment to repeal the
entire bill. The death of Mr. Wright, of New
Jersey, was then announced, and the usual reso
lutions of respect were adopted. Adjourned.
House.—rSohenok offered a resolution relating
to the published advertisement of the sale of a
negro at Annapolis, Maryland, on the 8th De
cember, convicted by the Circuit Court of Anne
Arundel county, and sentenced to be sold as a
slave, and directing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire into the same, and to report whether such
proceedings was not in direct conflict with the
Constitution of the United States; and with the
act to protect all persons in exercise of their civil
rights, etc.
Stevens said that he wished to see whether the
inquiry should not be enlarged. He said Mary
land seems to lie bitterer, more and more imbued
with the old views of slavery than any* of the
Southern States that have been conquered.. He
said, that in his judgement there was no such
thing as a Republican form of government there,
and he hoped before Congress adjourned Repre
sentative Thomas of that State, would move that
Congre-33 give Maryland a Republican form of
government, apportion her representation ac
cording to, and on the basis of population; and
shidl modify her laws so that the men shall not
be sold in slavery right under the shadow of the
Capitol.
Lawrence, of Ohio, moved to amend the reso
lution so as to direct the Judiciary Committee to
report what legislation is necessary to protect the
loyal citizens in the enjoyment of life, liberty,
and property in late rebellious .States, excepting
Tennessee. Resolution was passed as amended.
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, introduced a resolution
authorizing the appointment of a Committee of
seven to inquire whether any officer of the Gov
ernment had committed any act, which under
the Constitution, would be high crimes or mis
demeanors ; and whether such acts were com
mitted for the overthrow or corruption of the
United States Government. Objection was
made, and the Iiouiq refused to suspend the
rules to have [t considered.
McKee, of Kentucky, introduced a resolution
for the better protection of loyd persons in the
late rebel States. Ineluding*Maryiand and Ken
tucky. Referred to the Committee on Recon
struction.
TK® Supreme Court of the Fulled Staten
makes a Decision against the Legality
ot Certain Trials by military Coin ml a .
slon.
charged with conspiracy, and sentenced to death.
He was, however, relieved on a writ of habeas
corpus. The court, at its former session, giving
a decision of the constitutionality of the trial by
a military commission, an ! Congress having
passed a law providing for trials iu such cases
by the civil tribunals, the Judge spoke of the im
portance of adhering to constitutional guaran
tees of protection to life and property, although
the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus was
suspended. This did not deprive the accused of
an appeal to the civil courts, for he had never
been engaged in the naval or military service
but was simply a citizen of Indiana. There
was no necessity to try him before a military
court, for the civil court was open and its pro
cess unobstructed; besides the trial by military
commission was obviated by au express law of
Congress, passed in March 1863. The Chief
Justice lor himself and Associates Swayne
Wayne and Miller, read a dissenting opinion as
to the power to establish military courts by Con
gress, but agreed in the general views of the
majority. Iu other words, the full court agreed
that the trial by military commission was illegal.
This decision affects the cases of Bowles and
Horsey, tried for a similar alleged offense.
The North Carolina Comminution iu Waah-
Ingtou-Thry are to Contult with Con*
grem.
Washington, Dec. 17.—Gov. Worth, Hon. I).
R. Swain and Ex-Gov. Ruffin, of North Carolina,
have arrived here. They are upon the Commis
sion recently appointed by the North Carolina
Legislature to consult with Congress to see if
other terms thau the Constitutional Amendment
cannot be obtained.
Commissioner* Appointed to Award Coin*
pensationto Loyal Persona whose Slaves
were Enlisted Into the United States
Army During the War.
\\ ashington, Dec. 11.—The Secretary* of war
sent to the Senate to-day an answer to a call from
that body for information in regard to that ap
pointment of Commissioners to award compen
sation to loyal persons to whom colored volun
teers or dratted men may hn\*c owed service at
the time of their enlistment or draft into the:
military service in the United States. The re
ply states that Commissioners have been appoint
ed for Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky Tennessee,
West Virginia, and Delaware.
Con"reeat le Asked lo Impeach the Presi
dent.
\\ ashington, Dec. 17.—A petition was pre
sented in the House to-day, signed by six per
sons from Athens, Georgia, asking for the im
peachment of President Johnson.
Front Mexico—Maximilian—The ITneer-
taici Future of that Unhappy Country.
New York, Dee 13 —Late Mexican letters
report that the Minister of Finance had left the
capitol ou a visit to the Emperor at Oriscaba,
where it is stated that he is having renewed at
tacks of fever.
Tiie Estafette newspaper considers that by
February next the struggle iu Mexieo, through
oligarical factions and American intervention,
will he ended. The people entertain more and
more confidence <?f the speedy return of Maxi
milian to the capitol, but the Estafette, ou the.
other hand, looks for hi9 early abdication.
American ships of war arc daily expected at
Mazatlan.
At Jalapa there is great suffering for the want:
of provisions.
Crime In Louleville—A Convention Pro--
pooed.
Louisville, Dec. 17.—Robbery and erimehas>
been carried on heavily in this city the past few
days. Several heavy robberies committed yes
terday. A man named Lynch was murdered last,
night.
Democratic convention, for the appointment '
of delegates to the State convention, met yester
day. A number of resolutions were adopted],
among which is the following: “ That we view
with horror the revolutionary design of the mi
nority now in power in Congress at Washing
ton, aiul that in view ot the dangers, wo urgent
ly recommend a meeting of a National Demo
cratic Convention, in Louisville, at. an early day ;
that we request the Democratic State Conven
tion of Kentucky to issue a call for such conven
tion, aud that wc suggest the first of May next.
From California—Items of Iutereatlng
New*.
San Francisco, Dee. 17.—The steamship 4)ri ■
flame, from Portland, Oregon, with $351,600 in .
treasure, arrived last night. The news is unim
portant.
Oregon papers state that a severe shock of
earthquake was telt at Dallas and Umatilla od .
the 24th of November.
General McDowell lias issued an order giving
an account of a successful expedition from Mc
Dowell, Arizona, against the Apache Indians.—
Two ranches were destroyed, one containing ire
large amount of winter stores. Six Indians were
killed, a large number taken prisoners, and some-
horses captured.
Military Trial.
Ottovva, 0. w., bee. 16.—The trail of Lt. Colt
Dennis, on the charge of;cowardice at Fort Erie,,
has been concluded. The court decided, that:
none of the charges had beeu sustained..
Steamer
Cincinnati, Dec. 17.—The Strainer Rattler,
bound hence for New Orleans, is reported to be
lost near Memphis. Several lives are said lo be
lost with the vessel.
Fire in BnflTalo, New York.
Buffalo, Dec. 17.—The fire last night destroy-
ek the Rolling Mill of Palmer A Wodsworth.—
Loss $160,000. Eight hundred men thrown out
of employment.
COMMERCIALJNTELLIGENCE,
BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Market*.
New York, Dec. 17.—noon.—^
change active at 1004; Sight, 1'4^! Fives
of 1862, coupons, 107i; do. o , jo/;, uv — ,
0, 1805, 100J. New i„uc.
Sevens, IOj^.
Stocks are strong, aud money at 9ix per cent.
The bank statement is regarded as good
Flour 20@25 cer. c3 better. The wheat market
is ,(&3 cents better. Corn is 1@2 cents better.
Rye firm. P\> r k lower—Old Mess, $20 37®
20 o0; New Mess, $21®21 50. Whisky dull
and nominal.
Cotton i 3 q U i et at 34 for Middling Uplands.
[evesijo.]
New "ioRK, Dec. 17.—Cotton firm. Sales to
day 2,.*>00 hales. Uplands 34 ; Orleans 35 j.
Flour 15\te.30 cents belter. Stiles of 15 OOP
barrels Stale at $s 15@11 90; Ohio, $10 80®.
12 15; Western, $8 15(@13; Southern firmer
sales of 800 barrels of mixed lo good at $11 13.
Wheat 0 to 10 cents better; sales of 73,000
bushels. Corn 1 to 2 cents better—sales 57,000
bushels mixed "Western at $1 15. New South
ern White $1 13.
New Mess Pork $21 12(^21 30; Old, $20 30-
Prime, $17 50@17 75.
Whisky quiet and nominal
Rice quiet and unchanged—300 bags of Ran
goon at 34 in gold.
Sugar dull. Naval Stores quiet and firm.—
Turpentine 0SJ to 70. Rosin 4 to 10.
Gold, 3Hf. Five-twenties of 1862, coupons,
1°7§; do. of 1864,100 ; do, of 186.5, 1Q6J. New*
issue, 106J; Ten-forties, 99£ ; Seven-thirties, 1st
series, 1051. Others, 105. Money 6 per cent.
TV ashington, Dec. 17.—To-day the Supreme
Court Associate Justice Davis read an elaborate
Daltlouire Market.
Baltimore, December 17.—Flour firm. Chi
cago extra, $11 to $12 50; Superfine, $10 50.
Gram receipts light. The market is firm.for alL
descriptions. Salt s ol Oats, 59 to 60.
Provisions dull. Cut meats and Lard nomi
nal. Groceries inactive and heavy.
Whisky very dull.
Cotton dull. Middling uplands, 334.
r ,. . . . , I do not
believe that the starvation of thousands of Union
fM * * «\ iMEf F s f p? “ b™ „
1 ■ 1 noted lh Indiana by a military commission, * to 73 cents for a choice article p a at lromo °