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! fIMFi tUil'Ju Ift lif & 151 >n 0f i J UP ELM/”* Ift
Utturiy opposed to tllo p ioeipte of me^ioK?
ul (ho vo? of tft6 NofTfr**rii
p eople, then n* at tfc* billot
£ g :.;,' 1» .
i
of party* l e ha* uhown &ti
tb»;'v caonot fct* n.
tior* -It a onetgj that will not fai*
Tlh* B»futb har-, fiiid ha,- fc id alt through tho
•10. it, of tho- v Lo vvote a. rayed in arms
-y v -t her, f<-.. - if they w«r>- aituiog at th--
fnluji n e.-ured ; an the only hopo of fis>
gurernment : as th“ Meec*. to which the loti,
ii./ v,yi , of patriot;; (hr; '.jjjut Ibe world were
turned; a* an incetlrninWo ?e -*ey from g!oii—
i . . i, kiii lit oil had cothecrated .t
to u!! pußUitlty ni 'l tony could not i.neent to
«.ec tt* brilliant banner Imbed fu the mire cf
anarchy or ih< Lope* of v UlioDd swept away,
"’.bfiie, j tin*oh, », i iiii.uuil to go to u? gten
long; La !•■ In- hi .<* urd-ail i.'d‘iriouist# con Id
hiwu desired, but tt»e«o were utterly poworlet-s 1
o show ttemondoiiH tide of the popular
will. and. ibjrt.-l’uro, they noire compelled to
v i! their faces in gilen :«. At all events, duties’
4to war or at (east fiming the latter port; >d
of it, tliet Hfi-ie but one party at the North
and \V«‘Nt. v/hicli had a suihcteucy ot numbers
Id«utitle it i- th,; name, and that party wan
Sfsolvvd <‘n the mi- ration of the Union and
the lotml abolition of slavery,
The i> - iji .1088 ot tin- war is being fast r-.lh.ytsd,
uad nh, iter spirit is prevailing The N rth,
triuu pliant in (he atr *o- is In a cunditiou
to evin a fooling of forbearance lovrftxds thou*
i* ~iin t ' m i-he w..s 'ately uri* \y«rd in battle,
and evidence* that she d rt o* enter lain such a
I'.h-Hui, art dally multiplying. Bat to vbe.t in
■he,g i owing * The iuiercourso Hiring j
•uy uy >- } *v*vou the two BfcUont, to t i::ie ex
. at .a - t caU'*' cortaiuly ; but oltelly, lu our j
opinion i tho Ciurss- pursued by Brosidont j
‘,b Hon -i jt" justly attribute Luo mighty j
obar. i'u ontimi- t wlilcii li * taken place.
It'r to bii extra rdiuary ftromess 'be people]
oil i*h owe the p ei ion ia wthey j
»i.> <1:0 '■ ’ *U*J • ,
be ba* uken l« tnoif b-iia’,f - e they indebted j
for their apid pm-'reefl t.iwirds the it over/
tar, me i.uiUr tho eonetltution And
v. h hiui ‘dll'- • d-n -.Ht T-tionr of aft rtion
:i ~e no i ihUige j they are the teeuils of
and epi.i ‘hi: aad ob«»r»ACioa A hfcmtliern
u.m Ii - rolf, Li- whole Mini was in the pros
polity ol ’ is country, aad ha held the bond of
lb t'nl >r. i 1 thootiiy .aifi-ignard for the libe
ti:'S of thi people. Although he was net!
found in t ■■•> ranks of (hoi ■ who adv. ;,iue i |
the exbu> 'on »»f alavely, le v -is willing lo t»l- j
low the people o ion ter- toiies to decide
- whclhi i' iluvery should exist within their lim
i ,v.- act. lie vehe.meotly and persistently j
op'poT'.'d ..he Wilmot pioviao, and flaally ia
,v. jfi-( . };e inirodtuvd Into the Senate j
re,jb - . , •ro%iidti'.p for the South new 'on
«tit<Uioo*l ..carao, es iroui the North and it
vi'u-ibo* until the i outh liad volant aril v nought
to nij ti’a the '• ud« o; Union, and plunge the
• .iiv • try the vortex of civil war,
that ho ail <-d him-.alt with the party of wh ch
Jar iicoin v 3>lv leader.
We of thebontb t»" tiling to confide 10 ,
•i"utjhlffU .»chute? '' ki . ■at'! cofi-ddera- j
i ■■■ hi. tha & •■ r, wo; by • - ce j
at »nd w:ar‘-;Bt;.<-dy to pus:.adherence i
a on* fortunes iu nays of peace, and 1
• ■ p«ic..aj..s of couetftational law wide’; i:f
• / - ojuttcU tod, we can fi id
to „sm . ■ cob- polltV. al field do ruan
wj ) if 1 ' i ** f *•><* -*. *-.--•<> row tore our pv^spority
t . • to .>.• , ;b** of safety, and
not. town l o V: k> ■» ujra --. up the most
fortunate oirciiciatai'. .* toe could be.udi us ia
4 ; aa* •■» do cou
■;.'o ,•> <d f\j‘; is itie Luß, v . i'.o, of all
ihc al '"*. 1-- e cl preventing our
U,nidation .1 'ho. if should
xri*a, will x upuoW -.g the equality of every
r.’.-fa „«f the country v.+intaia the righh we
.•cep; i; '.j a hto *ad ‘ unable system of
uvrisUtl uni ft v jihcioforc, our duly to
and rang then ins hatn.s b> f’.u tc » moans m cur
power, aid to ; now to him fa cl 1 , '.ho ways by
~'v:h .. iroo. e-i.» ,- auifeei «. tttdou >u
their ru* t ih,vt w> iijv rociate hi# ex onions in
o v r ibe uiouy >w engrossing all bis
• that n , . ’fully, and hope
tii,,. . vait teed w’.'u the discordant vo ; . ■'
-’a- shall bo freshed tor over.
T..it hlk.kra ( lasts of hoi rn ~re report- ,
*:i i iltveua, m. -.lso I; New York. It is
»U*‘« 1 ■ peretone hat those are what the •
Ti cal!-:hv, ,di, c;> ; but it is safer to!
i-f. IL« pretatt* . .snres that expert-. |
. cnee Ire hawu ,>• t U-- -gum-da against the
iveva-i u ibis ire Uibl* ,ad unspairtug foe of I
Is ;’*n Hi •. Ob-it -.es« of person aud pi-mi- |
»*••.. r ;ils‘.i • aerance cod regalarity, j
<: .»tc . ivy • >'S that de- .'topes the I
!,:~i . ;d!vb .. -'-f ", -alth, a&d • tones the*
«;•. • .-i i' ••care .-ret should the }
f ;r:e at - -?stv.*e ar« the h uiu . objects to be !
i
■ kept in vtow.
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on it !•,. miles frt at Cult mbia- i,'.d we
ittks n rder
' ..rarci slxu i. this ;td >f
' f rm*'. ’ > Tho bridi p ov«*’ th? Ed?sto
or, f ■ camp]eto'i, and the x»ad pos>oases sufti
,ju tv-L to rep ,oe »U ranoved.
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e«u N'4 Y; -a, indween Fiffiol w! Oav»«.
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t, gOR{»I VST ATB (’)N T VE V FION
ixi O lßlrOuCw-u ri;lij piyfeitsr?.
i Xhe Cor,v.sntloc proceeded -with the
jodto be recorded and reunited as follows
be -raniitißr >1 suteea reportod u-; foi
j tied of errore, a aeporior, Inferior, Ordinary
j nee or may i-e established by 1.-w.
l Jo.'g.ij, who shall bo elects.!; by the Gone rat
lit
; branch . f ‘ • Gun«<»: seanl ■./. or by itn
I peachmett ..ad conviction tfc :eon
i > ,uwre ivuj %j tfc. outiu t'ti u i)uiu(i nuiiiu lot i>lit!
! '-‘ai •.rid cc—•< don of errors i, law aud equt-
Jij front U , iperior Oonrla of ti c severai
| ofreuits, and from tho e ty courts of tho cities
I of tjuvarmah aud Auqnsta. and such other like
l <x>urta as may be bere-ifter established in tho
I citisi, lied ctrail at at the seat of Government
v time Oi lime-- In each year as the Gen
c. al .issembly ch:tll prescribe, for the trial nd
detormlnation ol write o’ error from thi B*'V
orui Sop- tier Court# included in such judicial
nisixiets
-1. Ti.etad.. Court shall dispose of and Qua' -
y oter h»o ■ very case on tho dock it ot such
Cour. it iho ii bt or second t au after such
v,rii of error brought ; ami in emu the olain
tiff .-a.error shall not bo prepared at the first
term of inch Court after error brought, to
pU'iv .'ijte ibe cane, unless precluded by some
providential caufsc from sucb protectiUon, it
shall bo Bi.lckrn fp>ai the dorket, and the
judgemont below shall be affirmed and !u
any case tIW u.:ay occur the Coart may ; a its
discretion withhold He judgement until 'he i
term next after the argument thereon.
5. The Snporioi Court shall nave exclusive i
Jurisdiction in all cares of divorce, both total I
and partial • but no total divorce shall be j
grn .ted, except on the concurrent verdicts of j
two special jurlts. In each divorce caao, the?
Oonit-shal! regulate the rights and disabilities |
of the parties
6 The Superior Court shall also bays ex
elusive jurisdiction in ail criminal eases, os- :
eept a? relat- stc Pnoe for of duty. <;., „ ;
teinj .ac! '..curls violations ot road lows, and
obstructions of water corn -a-s, and io ail otlie* j
minor otiunsva which do not subject thi-otfendor j
or oflet.dcrs to lose of life, limb or member, or j
tocout utc-cut in Tea penitentiary ; • -isdiu i
t»on c.f all Kncb caceu shall be vested m tuch j
sot-ii' ’ <•: op >rution court;: or s:u-h other!
conr’i , judicature or i .buna’s as cow ex.U !
or moy bur,>after bo eonstitut- and 'mcer suoh ;
rulo.j ■.:)'• regK-itluiia os tl o L«g ? rl*ta.e may .
Lav* directed or i*n»y ha* . c* « - ,v. ■ ,*■•».: j
i All criminal i. :v-s -i-.a!) he tried In the |
county whoie tho crime was committed, except j
in cases where a jury cannot no obtained. i
b. The Superior Court shall have exclusive j
jurisdiction in all cases reap-rcti-'-g titles to
land, which shall be tried in the county where
me -tand ''■■■■ And als" id nil equiiy cases
which shali be tried in f e county where one
or ffet- dr ' ndame reside, agairst whom
substoatial relief is prayed.
•> it shall have 'appellate jurisdiction }n ull
such oases as may bo provided by law,
7 It i ball have power to coriect errors of
inferior judicatorioi Vy writ of certiorari or
i > yrnut new tr: tis ii Ae Buperioi a ourt , u
prop* r »nd • grounds
i(> to. hall have power to Issue writs of mini
dr.muß, prohibition, solro facias, aud rU other
writs which may be necessary for carrying its
powers fully into effort.
11 The Superior and inferior Courle fchall
have Concurrent urlsdieth r in all otber civil
o nset.; aud in tVom the General Assembly may
f-!vo concurrent jurisdiction to the Inferior
Court a# they may hereafter create; -.which shall
be tried in the county where the do fondant
resides.
12, In rnses of joint obligors, or joint pro
misors i copartner l or joint trespassers re
eidlng in different counties, the suit may be
brought to either county.
to. In. •--» oi v maker and endors-r or
indouers of promisory notes re..idug ir dli
ferent counties in th ■ Stat rl e same may be
sued io the county where the maker resides.
14 Tiie Superior Court shall sit in each
county not leas than twice in every year, at
such stated times as have been or may bo ap
dnted bv it, / vl As-cr bl;
»s.i.-rroN 2.
!. The judg.es shall im* salat ios adequate
lo their e-rvicea nxed by law, which shall
not baih.ren r 1 diminisbed dirriog t!;«xr j
coatin' »n- ’ us cCtoe ; i>«it shall not receive •
u .you • yo; pi. r. '.memo vtii- 'ver !
ito pa i account of any
'squired. >f them
*. Tht re shall be a State’s Attorney and So- j
Heitors elected in -he same manner a- ;*k ,
Sae rtoi .irt, .n-i comm ■ a
cd by the Govoroot ; who shall bald the;: ,
office it.r she term <if four 2 sirs, or outil theto j
successors shall bo appointesl and qualified, j
unless ;<-moved by seuteu o an iaptioi- meat,
or by the Governor, on the al Leu- of two
ibirds of e-wh blanch of the G-ncral Aesemt;}
They shall have salaries adequate lo the;: ser
vict'.c fix-ai by law, which tbao not u=> ir.oroaa- i
ed or dimiutoi ed and -.ring tl'.eir continoance ia
Cifflce.
The Justice or Just; es of ice I&.'erior
Courts, and. the Judges of arch oi rar County
Courts ;rs may by iaw be orexted -bail : -
•>iC. t -d la each c< iuty uy the entitled
to veto for members of the General Aiecinbiy
i |toe H v o.• of the jp«*?s shall ba
to iicb d ; ‘i.ic t , the p*.T&>n* entitled vote
; ,i numbers of tbeGcueral Aastinbly,
the pniwers of a Court of Ordinary and
os Pre-bale, shall bo vested i a-i ordinary fur
r,■ h countv. fiom whose dc.'ls-uM there may
-,u q,, : . . ; ’• .perior Court, under
regulatior pr-rscriin.'' by law. The ordinary
,lv £* clerk of s'.d Court, and may
; appoint ... deputy dark. The ordinary, as
,atrk or hi* .lu’ify, may -n<- ritattor- r.ics
;fx;u tore.pomry :c.':rs -t adaiusis'' c.Uv!..
I so ho'd uutii permanent letters arc g-anre i ;
• and i.d ordiniry. as eicrk, or bit dupty. may
i giant ma; .- c:lbe ordinaries in an-i
for to: e respvc .- v. -s rVal- c- etec-teu vs
I other county officers are, on the Wedn-cs-
I :iv in Janucoy IS^« : i every :c*u:ih year
) ti’.aesfwt. and sub! ;«? comto'eslou-cd by the
I Governor for the term of four years la case
J u oy vacancy of said office of -ordinary, iron
i .. a- tuc s*n-.a shall sou titled by >.k ..ticn,
; J .. 5 ia relation to other county
I officers, and until the same is filled, the clerk
‘ of ibe c 'p srior Court for toe time being shall
j act ae dark of said Court oi Ordinary,
1 Tao annexed resolution was ifisn introcuoeij
liesolvod ; f the pe. «• e Ge-arg!x in 1 -
; v.-ntlon A»#enible.l, That we, the Lc-inbers to
j tti» Ooiiv ... ..'in ;.: be- alf v-f the whole peop.e
v , . to.c • ros .- rdccusiderxtioa c-.
■ U:i to e lect-; Andrew Johnson, President of
I ti»- L sated States io bensif of Josiub Tattall,
uoi rn -l ' >tt o; tecrgla, who ban done
• ; to: ■ ccrv;., . ...to earnestly pray
thv tola fix n ill rco.ove Hie disabilities
AUGUST A, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVILMR.BR IK 1665.
j cn-ier which be new labors, and grant to him
' property which be held at the data of his ret
I itlH- liC‘ol -bi- 12 m » » of tbd
ffexolved, That the forgoing resolution be
j ■-■} the Pres.deot of this Convantior.
- .t* .1 by the HecroUty and forwarded to his
; i£? edency. the k‘r> rident of the Unite : h'rates
rt i ' o>. to vu-nd the Sd cl»u-'.» of 'tfc j
: sth ,xt';:l'*n --f the II article of the ConstKtot
I by id-lina the following : :< And ehai' provide
I < i.--i of ihc y aivc-Tsity of Georgia’ t-y the ado
jseoi fftti adopted.
.’Hi: .* ho as t so—scvs*Bjfit S.
j A motior w«« raa i K *o c-<'D@ld r s»j n.uc;h of
♦be journal of yesterday, a iwiar# to t-ue > *jo
‘ i ••ion In regard to prov; -icg for •»>» -r.-iy
.:er .mpf.i,.» of *i« ;:xor. ;r. of The b .-■ r ;.
• »'rt After or: ;h uiaoris. s ...-1 ■»..-• mo
, •- Lti cu., C..X-T oi*irn o : .jU, ’
o. *’if :ito.„imr-.u t: 10.,- \r ■
FRi !U AFfEJSS ,-O.N —XoVKUS Jt
The ordinance was introduced :
it ordained bv the people cf Georgia in
j Coovemioo a-ssemtled . That, al! the dr'r-.ta
: gia, f-ither as a sepan.te State or a&t csembdr
. c t-.u <=l yied -fe.- Cor.‘-'i;cerate States cf ,S nit rj
: oe, for the purpose oi ca.ryijig on the late war
! of ctvv asion agamai the United t-i-ates of Amcri
joa &r for the -mitux. o> airllr.nr -.l'-uflt -n - r
j tiirectiy, be end the e-mic a:-- hereby declared
j null and Vo.;', and the Leg’niatm'- ie hereby
| prohibited forever from, in any way ackaowi
i edging or paying the same debts, or any part
thereof, or from pus. g any law foi that pur
! pose, or to secure or provide for the sane,
I iji-J debts, or any part ttu reof, by any appro
prirttiou of money property, Etock.y funds or
! .ut.-u-fs of any kind to that object.
-. Be it lu:tlier ordained, '.t Inasmuch
»■• d.o annual i»como of the State, before and
liming said war, fioni taxation and otL-r
ponrees es revenue, " era amply sufficient for
Ll.e support of Urn ordinary ;!vil government
of the State, and for the payment of ill its
expenses, incideut to a state of peace, and as
the ordina.y excuses which led to the crea
tion of a debt, were the offspring and results
ot tho war, it is therefore the judgment, ordi
uaaev usd decree of this Convention that nil
debts ot tho .State incurred during san. war
shall I .-a considered, held aild treated as debts
Incurred for carrying on the o ar, . xcoptiu
oast*, where it . kali be satisfactorily choui; by
impaitialand dieinteresteu proof that any par
ii ;ular v-.'-V-t or d«b‘- war,, incurred lor other
purposes than that of t arrying on, aiding or
abetting the *rav. difedly or indirectly.
0 Be it farther ordained ihat all idlls,
hot. i, aateaor evidt.nmi of debt wbat.**ver
Issued bv the oUo> payable only in (loafed
rate currency, or cn a ocnungency at con tin- ;
ger-cies whiou Uavc never happened, and can '
n ,r cever happen, kavo ceased to Lo debt- at j
alt, either in whole or part,. and arc hereby !
wi: :y piohibitod from being paid, oveu ’
though originally Sstued for oiher purposes
ihsr. 'la -of carrying on the said war or aiding i
or * tbissbuift it, .drcc.ly or indirectly.
4 Bo it fmi her ordained ; That tfei'i ordi- |
uanoe shall be part oi tho ooti iviion and;
fundamental law of the State
The ordinance was »uid over so further con- j
sidemtion,
The annexed or Ur -.ce err? and!
adopted :
AN ORDINANCE.
Making it the duty of the ueceral A?seiubiy
i the State of Georgia, to provide for the
capp.-.rt oi -ho indigent widows and orphans
of deceased soldiers of ‘ big State, and for
other purposes therein named .
Be it ordaiued by the people of ibe State of
C' rgia, in onvention assembled ; Th to the
Gen ml Assembly of this State is respectfully
requestedj at its first session under thi oonstl •
fuiion.aud annually thereafter, to make uch
, ] ni itions and provifiiorm as may, in their
; . -i oe ticcossary for the support aud
-aa; t 0...! «. ctoe ind-ron*,. widows and or
pbacs )f deceased soidiciaor to is State.
Be it further ordained . That disabled ?ol
diers, who are without the means of support,
and whose disability is such es to render tiiem
incompetent or unable k to make a living by
their own exeitloug shall S-e entitled to the
benefits of the ptovissons of the foregoing
ordinance.
Ihe annexed ordinance was introduced and
adopted :
AN ORDINANCE.
T j legalize the contracts mine by guardians,
aum. i.-rratore, executory and trustees* with
the freedmen, for the benefit of their wards
and estates, aud to authorize said guardians
to t. ake such c mfacts until pro.ided for
by the legislature ;
lie it ordained by the people of the State of
Geoigia, in Couvf ntion assembled : That, all
routruots made by guardians, admiustrators,
■
uvedwomen, foe the benefit of -.L-dr wari«,
e.- ai , be and the same is hereby legalized j
and that they *>e author zed to make mch
cor.B';--.u-, ontil provided fur by the Legtsla
turs
The annexed : -. olitlion was rejected:
Resolved, That no more new matter bo in
troducc-d into this Convention, except euch as
may ba introduced by tbo several commit
tees.
to to .-to, That wo finish the business now
up., .i the iabje and ad joarn —subject to the!
call of the President of this Convention.
Tiie vote on these shows the Convention has
net yet made up its mind to adjourn,
.
Stvolve-i, That this Convention I recommend
to "le next General Assembly the propriety or .
i sboihhlug tne penitentiary system, and adopt
! itg some otli-.-; mode ot puuisbiaent, better j
adapted io the wants ot th- country in its
i piCeO -t condition.
.2 v: ••tout)on was introduced and ad'-ptod
: tha« .is ?oou the Convention hai passed the ,
j Com tof. ior. ut the Slab.- and thousand copies
; of the s »rv Do ptinted for the use of the mem
. -t -i .
oat " ;v. kov. ...
7heu .il reading t;,,.- Constitution was
begun,but w*s rur-pended mellow Mr. Chap
pei to offer the following resolution* on tae
death oi the Deo Hines Holt.
Resolved to ut ue members of the Coi;vcd
tloa deeply lament the death of their late as
social, a this body, the Hon, Hides Holt, a
delegate iron the co uity of Muscogee, and
tender to his L ereav >J latnliy tlieii hear tfelt
condolence.
Ret oi red, ibai a- a mark of respect ter bis
I memory and sot-ow for his death, the r.iein
bs: - will wear the usu -.1 b -.ago es mourning on
the ic-t ara-- foe the space to thirty days
Resolved. That a committee cl four tuetn
bers from tni. Convention he at-pointed by the
1 Preeiuvut to eupeiintrnd tW an-aDgementa
: iovtobtog iLeioma'rscf the decs;eed, asd :■>
. ‘. .-' • '.to.- .toy to lis :ute home in
• Muscogee ci urty.
Eesolvea. 1 hat to-e raerubers of the Con
vciitim. ‘.'i in ano to- tfc. reniatne of
1 »ho dccoeased, from Li.*, late lodgings in toto
i cUv, to the raUroad depot
Resolved, That a copy ot ihesa resolution,*
jbo traosmUted by 'he Sacratajry of the Cou
vea'lon -o tb-e mr-uU; of ’.he decease*l
. After seme ieciing reinurks by Mr. Oxtap
| bell. Judge . se and spoke as toll
Mr. Frcsldent—i eetoond the reßo’.in-en. off-
I ervO by the gentleman from Jl.isecgee. I
. deeply, prosouadly syn • ainiza ;h oira ia
j Ibe loss )i Lie co, io to .■ . ..M oaset
| fuily join him i» 'nvokuig, it iav uion were
| necessary, the tribe.,.,- ■••{ :s r.’j,, a pro
I to the inemory of the dcCea-vd. I crave
i lor a few momenta thejbululgeate of tkCon
, I, , i* . ...! . w -.i .’5Wi ll 8 i. pr
j "0 ‘viue’ully • - ch?x--.< j i ddby *. « atk -dat.-
*1 . Wear.-*, vi: r. m;>. -
i i.-ioud oi wf ycuib
, Hx.d rmt re »nanbooLi, my ultimate an i valced
- n - urn ■ y y'. t a-soda docs • : th
i 010 .’ and Iruxn the grandeur* and wort 1 as a
J man, lue cy-presbed with grief a! bb death,
] which an !? peuxiits the utterance, of my
11 f.firc'-u, Ur. -;i- :?;.t red
g rit:, a r; of the f.rvect-loc, tbnf n te
uterva i imt ■ hich has e!a; ,v. 1 o‘a:°
*-c j-'st tvgan tr-c work in abieh .» p.-a en
! _u 1 iv a c i-'iiib'-r:• i .la' boor -u*vo bon
I-'died -V fro’j a cares and i. rajiis* qi
] r,".-. ' >c: t - -.. i-.-s • ‘heir 7M-t deess c-a
slice- •• • « ‘ .-«» \- .h • r.! Bow
I ! i- rt ->■»» -or -i.. h v-e '• :• - fr m
! the relortv u» ! Wb-.-*lmr bk who * ad,liee»
S un; , , ne w }. : , « - c# 5»l- oefo. ..
... .1 . 1 F!f t a final
! great reaper, God o’y ki.onv ; In; we have
; at .-ii! b-e un:.-,ri«-ive u? on. tiuU
! thenrb we nm hero .-,e i’* vb-et < health,
li - . i we •” i do
>r \ .ul ■ -r acts, <nr Fuyh'.gs ur
i .u, ,d-. , - - • v..-;-:,, ’(■ mirtv-lvrs. c
: o-;r public nud clal ielatiocs, eho-Md lie -‘vgu
! lat.-d l«- Si • • that Mil nv ,;t
; a-.., t -d look (be gr- t fudge
-- -■ -.am Hsm th«- o , .»}
•■m :d. i . hav-- w--ought 0‘ t Lor
i have hu'-i kb Ti-fcoideui, that ti- de
j i, ,i. our i!,vitioi»B u. tne our
1 paths of li.V ii.;ve separated us, w:th otiy oe
| c&sioca! meetings. y< t I bav« watched fc:s pro -
| gresa in life witu great interest and great
! pride. I have stem f.-is onward oerecr 'a tho
honorable pretension which bo selected as bis
occupation ; I ba re leameu with price his
many triumphs in it, and I have rec' gni -.sd
;vitb in’xpri i-; 1 U >iensrht thu high pot : tion
which he at*ah a. I have noJoed, .n the
di charge of the public trusts which he .irder
took bis good judg“iuent end the unbounded
confidence of big ..oasr;tuents. Those fusts
h ye be, :: vitri* us, a:., i bear my fvebl jati*
mony to the sac . that Le discharged then ail
without concealment, without fear ot res
ponsibility, without hesitation, under eirram
st-anc-^r-■ > u-c-.al peril. He was an fc >nest
m.'.n, a frank mar J■ U word and his lif told
always his inmost thoughts and .his on’,
genuine h pula -a It, is sufficient to s o in
reg'-.r.i to his public character, that he re
ccivj-.t the big "cat possible e&doreeiucur- watch
Lis e,.r.sdtuents could give.
I c-.oii-su, Mr. President, when I first- saw :
Coi. licit at thi* Convention, J. was grtatiy i
■ K-!.’.,- - at Lwh j -r.-,oual appearance . I thought 1
that it- exhibited the itupreg; of the sen*, of
dt-ath, and <• t .* 1 burn here for two or
Hr-.. i.T'-ye. Igt - f< .rc»t mat the sad event,
which we a ■ • .-(dor - would happen, and !
that oio we a 'ioumed am ouid uo celled j
upon to pay t.-m tl- a lae* ikon oi our resjact- j
Although I:hr .. no was wasted and ~e c- MS ;
tion of hio hetilth was snob is to forbid any j
active Libor, nig co- stituents would rot deny
ts - 1,-. a* !*,the Loo im and the usefulness «f h>s 1
i iboid it. tue imp-, riant work which ha- called !
ui toyrU -’r. Tr.f-.y hoped that the. wtioam- i
stanc i of his njeeMng with former friurjda, i
and the Intf >?*(. which he- would feet-, in his !
wo .dl In --'-Hr; -d *o» ofs health. Hi i
was nc-t- ciwxiliiuf- to make the tacijiiee »*nd ■<
cau-e to Ms n xp-. -j . oaiy Lo meet ids dn«- |h. i
Mr. Eli Video' I ha'-, spo.kcu of this f. e. da- j
snail h t IP-n»c-'tM and CubUc c-u
A few words only as to hi. private isi&ii-jße. j
He was (he ve-y soul oi honor. Meanness h--; •
was uttc;ly incapable of perpetrating. Asa
friend he was sbuDch, firm, immoveable. Who,
it all the circle of his acquaintance, was more
failhful in the of etl the duties of
buebaud and father f In regard lo the rela
tions of fvi- ndsVdy and of sociai life i ask those
who i.ave long kaovm L. i ! ke Ei /eeif, if they
do not remember, on ocoasiouu ,of uieeting,
how his eye brightened with joyous greeting,
bow, Lathe of his baud, "the pulses of
friendship w-.-r quiukeued ? Oo they not r .
member that in tho whole beating oi the nan, 1
it was cvi.i-.nt thu: they were gteebvi with
emotions that sprung from a warm, generous,
noble heart. Mr. President, I speak but the
literal truth who:; I say that «tils has been of
ten and often mv cx e ieuoe
But ha has gone, 'be Gat thus come which
none caa res>-i, and to-day we pay him the
lass tribute- • -.spect. Perhaps it ia well that
such a man sho-shi have fallen in tho service
ol his c< xutry, burH-uEd.t! by so m&uy of the
Kepreseaialives es Georgia, united with him
»n thi great, truo,-- whi •£ bav<* called h to
gether, and who now pay Lira this tribute oi
respect.
aOKOAV. NOVEMBER 6
The Constitution .to. to:« date was cento by
the Secretary and on motion wag adopted.
A message wr. n eivod from bis Excellency,
Governor John-.-oc. In relation to the cotton
purokased by t... to a.a This will be sent in
to-morrow together with other important
documents ;
A mat-cu to re.-i .to - rih. ordinance pass
ed in regard fr. tou-. pay of -.»»e member., vas
agreed to : but at'lv-:, the sumo was acieoded,
the ordinance was lost.
I* ,'ORTASiT ro Cl s:\sr aiAXZitS—Ti-iebsal
Rsvkm'b Decision. —The following letter has
been received by tire to -essoi of internal
Revenue for the Third District of Maryland ;
TBSASCUV Diil-XRriiBNT, "j
Office *>>• i. ernal Uevenvs,
WxvHisoToßj October 20th, 18-75, j
Sis . Your let lea of October (>tk, -toth one
inclOhiM 2 iu relation to furniture, lias been re
ceived
1 r:isc I • tfc-a< the aa ufac
tur ritoudto: a . ‘oi ix pot cent, on ,to
eatue csiue o> ;U : aiitolu; (including ma»-
tresses, feather beddlcg, bureaus, tables, wn-h
--stands ebiire., «•..?. : v ; makes, when the 5,c,, ;
is 'old, re* i. :aovsd lot "i use or delivery.
When us- b-%w c ! ‘■ ’ j. of furniture on which
"• v 2 u- a and »f*re. cot»p;-.;«ly
fir.;, her : fits <1;-: .Cor n--e or sale, by > :
ho, tor: -,rn-’toog, oiling, etc.,
he i- dab a ’. toy c: sis. p-r cant, on the In
creased vo only thereof.
K< toe.i-. 'tobm tru fc* .. owed on the ile of
marble -p lure-to. >‘ a ih„ . c: the -as bie
tops, though ib.e 'iato, a v . beira "aid
therccn.
When api.e of c -rv..- e-■ mesa part of
an artiel-' M f ar bare m wh’ b r.o duty ca
beet) paid, its •••puue -.-aaact be dedurod from
; the value of such ardcle of foraitu- , though
’ the duff may have been paid on the piece of
! tarring.
The increase of value given an article by
,v. j : . r:,;e .»-. .vbtoa •is sold, loss
fief re finishing
For example Aina n. > > . buys a ba
rer..: v... a-to'- duty hat- been pa-'d, for
«’sy dcifii-s. paints varnish.-s, -.-r otb* wise
, mere eomp'.--w'y fi-dshes it, -and rells It for
■ - dotoatfi. .’he increased valae of the* bu
j re&u is ten dollars. " .
When a n>anu f actnrer buys an article oo
! which !he duty has been paid ar.J ; *?b- them
jin the tame condition they were in when
j bou.2 at, Ire !■ ot recui .1 to ‘return ti. ;a ;*s
j nnau!acturee>; but when autb sales exceed one
.co -ar; i-. ' -n- .. ,Im. tow
| deal Li ■ 'to---.
I beKeve ; the ;nes iona t tired In the lot
to n toio v-c-i by - - are «u.swered above.
Very rrep -ctoal.y
to A. Rut.vs Coat’r.
> .ail r. ; ' at the i\*t Office Depuntneot
shows toe wL'toeyia- .: >of post routtv r<stored
<E re to r . ; - - . V • -1, ». :ut !g lb
,J5 ;■ rto.- -as - ■ ■ a., >-1 t the Govern
me *• - ' : .2. ■ >otr for
Stc- e; are J.rict .O'caknftJ war
I A’ *ui. Sui.vsr a—f- : Ho mum ad
1 Sixtt Cootxxs JDaovrsun ov. Eatsk r.r Tme
, --Ti c i:> g ! r ■ VC the pa;•iciiV.l of
j the loss 0- th Ai near built ,-lnp E vgle Sjun-d
1 wade on her wa> wi'ix ■ ir hunoi-d aid
ninety-si-.vea coolies from Pori «. anairg to
1 Dsmarar* The'wreck took niaca near ili’li-
I days l?i »nd, August ’the fatal result
i ire thus deaeiibcd.
i ‘‘Three oi the Eagle Speed’s loafs were
! launched, manned by the cri-w lacluling tl.e
) Ccolleswbo threw themselves ’ct-o the water
or! hoc coops tne boat saved one hundred at-d
| sixty-nine and. all the Europeans Captain
' Hopkins's boat, made five -r : but tho others
! were eoon smashed ; cr- cf them Lad at half
j cast twelve Broughf off the Captain, w‘-oat hia
i owb crew refused toheq .
j The s.teamer Indy Elgin, vrlch war near,
* left set Ec;i Caar'.ig, v.o bi.ii. wee givfta to
: three hundred fiils-iraijlc wrerqjiefi who w«*Te
:>h kiug io ir.nc- h the ship’s cutu.: wbice ks.d
] not L-.- t nsec : heugu. .the one European left
: and five negroes did so, and with thirty coolies
) were afterward' found by tho sLvnmer. The
: sh!(i continued to : -.mt nil that nigh?, a mil did
: cot sink till seven on Wednesday ‘morning,
■ justifying the rpiolc-. of Captain Hopkins.
: “Considericg the rate at whic h tfc-. ship was
j slaking 1 was sanguine that we would have
j succeeded hi getting the greater portion of the
! coolie* out.
| Two steamers were at oece seat round from
; Calcutta, and the Lady Elgin returned from
I Purt Canning. They found three-coofie lads
! on the mast of*.the wreck, and saved about
| sixty more who had floated to Halliday’s and
; nave aeswoyec some, ‘tho cc-ulies assc-it teat
the last European attempted to she the ship.
Os tho four hundred and ninety-seven coolies,
two hundred and sixty seem to have perished
on that terribio Wednesday morning, or after
wards ia the iaugle ”
The Tennessee Legislailiu. —The resolu
tions fc&ptod by ibe Tennessee Legislature by
a vote of thirty live io twenty-nine, «n the
11th Oof., 1865, read ns follows :
Resolved, by the general assembly of the
State of Tenu -sse, it . That we do hereby
approve and candidly endorse the acministra
tion of Andrew Joinvou, President of the
United States, and hereby promise him our
faithful and unflinching support in carrying
out hie policy in organising the government
of th: United States. 2d That his letter of
instruction to Gov Holden o? North Caroline,
In which .ho d:>c i, that the retu aed Con
federate soldiers who have boon paroled, and
have taken the oath of amnesty prescribed by
him, and do not come within any of the ex
ception!: named in hie proclamation of amttOfl
ty, (hall be . e-.tore I to all the rights, privi
leges ami immunities of full and complete
citisenship, E <> -rise, just, liberal and states
matoik policy and contains tbe true solution
of our present unhappy condition, and if faith
fully sustained and carried out by the people
will lead ns to peace, happiness and prosperity.
3. That ic our present difficulties we look
to President ,1 onm:» with hope and cosf.t -ace,
and that we have full and. implicit faith in his
salesmanship and liberality, and fully believe
that his policy, iron will, and unyielding
patriotism will restore order and fraternity
4il«d people, bring p-.aoe to the country,
and prosperity to the nation.
4. That the speaker of this house be re
quested to furnish a copy of these resolutions
to the President of the United States, and also
fchpt- we furnish top? c to each of the governors
of lae several States of this Union.
■***• •»*■(- --
GSAJCb Eonca of F A. St. or Gborqia.—The j
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
enlivened at its annual cession in Macon on.
Wednesday, November 25tb, and wi»t tuoro I
generally attended than could .have been an
ticipated. Probably about one hundred and
fifty Lodges were re presentad by- their officers
and delegates, and many others made their re
turns and paid their i • s The condition of
the Order, as presented in the communication,
shows a very favorable impression ol its geu
eaal prosperity.
The following gentlemen have been elected
officers for the ensuing year :
John Harris, M W G Master ; "Wm Abram
Love, 8. W D Q M Ist District, Benj 11 Bing
ham, R WD G2d Dtoriei.; W -A Boyd R W
D G if 31 District : J E biacksbear, R W D G
M 4th District ; O F Lewi?, W 3 G Warden ;
S A Borders, W J G Warden; T E 'Tells. W G
Tredi urer ; Sitml Rose, W G Socre-Ary ; The
following Grand officers were appointed (
V Brown, W G Senior Deacon , D N Austin,
W U Junior Deacon Fa Went, Grand Mar
shal ; B H MUeboil. Grand Fa Ruviaot. F
Athon, Grand Chaplain ; H Green, Ist Gram!
Steward ;|J II Jones, 2d Grand Steward ; W F
Darden, Sd Grand Steward; C H Freeman.
Grand Tyler.
Intseestixo Leo At Decision. -Tbe Court of
Appeals of Kentucky has rendered a decision
in a case stated as follows by the Court:
On the 2d of March, 1863, Armstead Miller,
for the consideration of $1,250 sold, and on she
14th of Ibe same tn- nth conveyed to 11. T.
Lord, about 25 acies of Sand in Jefferson coun
ty, Kentucky, |with a lien reserved, and a
covenant of general warranty on the express
cone Irion of tub ; a. nect of the price »s pre
ectibed in the -ooriact S3OO of tea price
wet a advanced at the date of the contract, and
two promts? >ijt notes for $475 each were exe
cuted tor the residue, payable in six and
twelve months
The last of these notes was expressly made
payable in gold, because, as proved, that pro
r ■ r.< r- , >•»/. ! '
vvbi.h v...- thei- 72 percent, less than Miller
required in cur cm: paper. After this last
| note became due, Miller. refusing to nccept* a»
full pay meal It- nominal amount in United
, States i e-sary notes, Herd filled a petition in
Cut- ' .‘Dor’s Court of LouNvllto to compel
I aim t* take tbe amount ia such notes then
tendered in C-urt. ■ release his lien on the
> itd. and to correct an allege - mistake in the
oorr;;tion • the warranty, and which is de
: Tiie-I a a unproved
The au?wer, as a ro?" r Ution, insisted on
i a a;.adMe execution and sale of tee i-r. .{
I necessary for enforcing it.
The Court decided that the contract must
oe special■ „ tixr.u• 1 , ,nc <: f - ter- t, *-
j of so mnch of the land aa may be necessary to
| pay it: value of the gold still duo. The con
; stitntionaLty o ! th j tender act <f Congress was
j not in olved in this case, for the ipp -ilant s
j promise to pay ic gold for a va- iable oonaid
j ration receive ! for he difference between
• pap-’r c rrency and co-d naij h? speiifieally
j enforced ! r: equity like any other b’nding con
-5 tract ihe specific enforcement of which may
1 become proper icr the effectuation of full
i justice according to tbe intention of the parties.
j Psiniino rs Chtva.—The'Chinese have had
Ia great start over all the nations of the West.
1 It is difficult to s,jy w ben the rrf of printing
! was first introduced. It is know- to have been
! practiced in China Tom pia"? s- * wood at < o
| end of the sixth ceu’ iry of the Christian era.
jla A. £>. bi t, tie.-re * dee oc tc; tbe A*
j tion o* e-id deueu.-’ acd ”t- xr, 'pud for their
1 .*t b wo- I , - ; . ton. ■ : ~ not
! then spoken of it a novel invention. In 33':
s the canonical books were ordered to be tv
graved for general sale , and in 982 the work
tv-:- cr. uydsted and the ir ..ta were ‘ circulated
i all‘ver the empire.' r Movable types wer«
• first employed la the middle oi the devouth
i c-.-nt.-r/. -ne ■ n..- rial arrangements tor
! printing uava been carried cut in China ou th
, most mage Tic; ate I i=a E-.nperor Kang
i hi. -ehoae reign began ir. iitii, had 2tb, o -u
i movable typ«s eoyrave-.* ot* - >•, -v , aud priat-
I-r : f >-> than k.OG - volumes Kieulong in
I :?.♦s, ; : ,0 :•> wo to , •tbliehe'.i,
« it's hum :eld vs GfliO'-e .tsraiar
VOL. i,XXIV.—-MET SERIEB VOL. XXIV M’h 17.
HEWS BUX.MARY.
Snow foil it Portland Maine, on Friday, Oc
tuber 27.
Law less u esi: aaii crime prevails L * a
extent in Mi®ouri.
A i-me number ol foreign emigrants arc
ou (heir way to North Oaroiina.
Snow fell »a Chicago, on Saturday, October
ft is staled ifcsvt not- over one had of the
members elected to the Virginia Senate will be
able to qualify taking the oath.
Another “dock race ” between Dickerson’s
Algocqu'n and the naval steamer Wlnoossi, at
Kaw Vo.k. i •!ei-minoted Ilk-* i ■ fiivt into .-j
dispute. Doth sides t'-.o a-I . ancave, e..id
each blarstj the ouirr for doli-g linpopet things.
TL'-'Ui'ir.Cjiwnoi rof Internal BeVkmie. has
and ;».i i» and tiiat hereafter hack men and car tin en
will not be required to pay Internal revenue
taxes on the amount of their gross receipts
The Uaffarien* ie*-,- already ml er'bad
i,le -H x> Ho l v college or. Antio i,G;-iu.
>70,000 are yet. . Lo u-., i
A number el r..-i.e-ui’-i-vt <>ota Cork,
Ireland, arrived at Peteisburg, Va., to act as
laboreiw
Ibe city council oi Richmond, Va., have
adopted an ordinance repealing at once all
existing ordinances relating to negro riivee-.
•Mrs. Martha Grinder, the woman tried at
Pit! burg, for poisoning her boarders, has
been convicted of murder in the first degree,
and therefore will be sentenced to Iv hung.
The National Expr -? Cr-mpsny have ru
ceutiy purchased an extensive building on
Rr« -.v.-. y New York •be used as offices by
in New Voik exceeds the original quota for
that Bute by jAq, anu anting to $600,000.
On the first es O her the whole bank note
currency of the c< untry—State and Nationii —
70S less bv several millions then the nmcnnt
of State bank notes in circulatio: rn the first,
of January , 1 ‘33 It will thus bo aeon that
instead of the corn-nicy oi the country being
daily inflated it s really diminishing.
It may be consoling to applicants for post -
tion in the Treasury to learn that there are
now ofi file in hat Department ’oward of
25,000 applications i hne-l’curths of them
are from women, and the rest from disabled
officers and soldiers.
The clerks in the several Departments at
Washington wiii hereafter bo made to work
until four o’clock instead ofi stopping at three
ae heretofore.
Ail restriction : upon U. 3. War vessels in
British po-'tn have b«eu removed by England
and naval countwes have bit- 1 resumed.
General Hatch, the late Federal commander
at Charleston, Ihh been exhonosated from all
charges made against him.
The Postmaster Gener : has ordered mail
service on the Alabama A Florida, and on. the
Montgomery A West Point Railroad?.
At the cioae of, Ibe session of the Illinois
Lftgislatr.re last winter, bc-th houses passed a
resolution to lake their pay in gold. The
State Treasurer refused to Acknowledge ties
binding force or -he resolution and declined to
pay in anyU ing but grecubaoku -and tnos. of
ihe member-, finding that they eanniV get
anything else, have taken them.
Late accounts from Mexico, state tna,,
Jo are?, was at El Paso, and that the French
arc - was on the w y to that place.
lion. James L. Orr Las bo n oiecteu Gover
nor of South Carolina by about live bu<'droit
majority.
The British capitalists nave left for betne.
About one hundred Major and Brigadier
Generals are to be mustered out.
Letters from Nortn Carolir* express .ne
opinion that 6cv. liold«a wil; be deIoMOA ,
by Worth.
B. S. O.sboin 1....V0* reporter, has received «
letter, from D,q ; O. P. Dali, the erotic ex
plorer. dated at Repulse Bay. latitude 36 deg.
31 min. north, and longitude ts 6 deg. west
The letter *<b written August 20, and ia tigbt
months later than the letter published a noath
ago. Capt, i.Lii. Is in excelU-nt heaU’u and
spirits, and is confident of sue teding in his
mission, i -t winter he made 3ledge journeys
along the wf‘f coast of Bir Thomas Sowr.'e
Welcome, but ascertains:! nothing now. At
the time the letter was written, he was prepar
ing to make further exploration*', and hopes to
find some of the surviving members of Sir John
Frankiin's party.
A tobacconists convention 1 will bo held in
New York November u The object is tc pro
cure a change in revenue, laws if possible.
A negro insurection has broken out. in
Jamaica. Several persons have been killed.
Troops have bet: sent from Nassau to sup
press it.
Some enterprising genius has offered tho
Government $1,200 for the privilege of dig
ging up the t --s of the horses which have
lied arousu VWJriugton during the past five
years.
The receipt from internal revenue October
31, amounted to $1,202,275.
folm F. Miller has been appointed Collector
of Customs at San Francisco vice Charles
James, removed.
Some taiot-rs hevo lately arrived at Omaha,
Nebraska, ir, flatboats, in which they floated
down the Yellowstone and the Missouri rivers
from near Virginia City, n distance of 2,300
Mr. Davis has ordered • $l6O overcoat from
a fashionable fVasbington tailor, which fcis
friends will pay for. Mr. Davie is said to be
quit*'- op<»; u i t end a letter from Mrs. Davis
says that sba has no : lea of bis being punished,
even if tried and convicted.
Mr.:. Eli; both Daniels, who died recently
at Porff.nc .t.L N H. at, ho aga of 89. had
never *-een a , latioi bur:< Her Lutband,
doo ■son, his wife ami r• -.fir dung; f-r and
art ad anti all her o ,er reiuti % ■.% were
all si at sea.
Tho railtoa-Is ! o Alabama wi*u ihe exception
of a por' on of the Girard Read, are in running
order, and mos* of them ark in good condition.
Bishop DavL. oi the Episcopal f’hurch in
South Carolina, has addressed t letter to bis
clergy and laity on the subject of the propos
ed r-union of the Southern branches of that
denomination. Ha maintain- that, owing tc
p: lit:or! event?, the ecclesiastical division was
unavoidable, anil is in favor of continuifig the
•epHistiot ":' • v.-illln, to submit to tbe
decision of th- G-j:.jrn'. Convti 'ion of the
i'hureh * ->aih, wh ; - :, is to atsccj.-io in Mobile
during u-.-. montL.
‘•Artemus Wa.d” ba • at iar found some
thin;: ever- eh rem lucrative than -.v liy
’ or Me. rr ;; lectures. A rich < r uncle
has lately died in London -as in the fifth act.>i
cid comedy—and has left tlie popular show
man a ;ortune of some forty tho- • ->&nd n unds
riliig. A leri -r n . ju,-* bee;, r- e red from
England, we are told, -unouC ring tho iateili
geaze.
Soar n: tire Eastern State? paid very heavy
boutuh-2 to voluatCn.fi during th iße war.
Nen i , /e urntdl <1 n i-< two c-alie { n
ibCZ iou: calls in 13b;, 18,282 men To
them war. pr.d :u the .g.--agate, exrinrive of
Governinsn 1 . bounty, ihe »wn of $8,626,312 —
•an average of $557 55 to each roan.
a -.off - ion clerk hi Mempbn wsa rt*!.*b I of
SI-ffot.fi in nrov dnylight on rim -f- of
that city a few days since. Two ol the «up
pvb.d thieves have bwu -.."rested, but the
money Lai run b- •• recovered.
- J vw ' - - - .-.'ri •• ft ton
have l-ikjn .-dripped from F ontgomery, Ala,
A cumber of cole; - : men ■ ? Norfolk, Va.,
have com Line*! !c j)uroh?.<e a sane of 1,000!
acres for $’ v’’h -*n Uurri'aei Sound, twenty
mF.jS from Nor * »lk They expect to cut it up ;
into forty farms of twenty fire acres each.
NvweV, 1. ot thon.-au i y-Cve i
bales of cotton paeeed for Sr. Lour.-, six ban-|
.ired md sevouty-Sv® for Ginciunati, two bun- ]
irod aud ii-nety for Evauaville, and two him- |
dmi for Cairo,
The report of tbe en?pec*h»9 of the :B.e of!
burse* and war waterisl is untrue.
OFFICE L ORDKHS.
El REAU Os RKFIjy IBs, i*. AS iA. !.-. j
Okth'k Stats SrF.urivrK.MraT . >. t
AcaysTa, 6a,, November l»t, I S3; . j
cir ' tar iKmv, |
No. 2 )
la order to es ablNh t naifotm as’d ef.tri ml
School Syfiler, througlv.'ut the State and to
! place the means of education witbia the reach
I of a*l who may choose to avaß selvae, of
; the benefiiti thereof, t’- • S; perlute: re
j spectfully culls upon the Clergy of • ffiorgia,
I vtii? all other persons who prefer virtue to
| vice, morality to ji.entiunrmv,:, and v' e or in -
j ciples ot Chriarianity to the t -at'rings of iafl •
j delity, to encourage him by their sympathy,
j to aid him by their most earnest stforis, to
! produce a sound and Literal public statimeni.
1 an a to give him any aaftistcnc aud information
i traiouLted to advance the c-dncattonal interests
rrf ffio ivocpl •, *vd Us ; : u L .-..’id
I sncoestful completion of his and -sig;:.
* Although m> labors are directed, legV.iuiat--
Iv, to the education of Fseodmcn. they wii?
not he confined exclusively to them ; but will
be so extended as to oaibraee nil persons who
may, need, or can be b. nofitted by, my influ
ence, and the assistant of the different bonevo
evolent. societies of the North.
it must be, indeed, a soure rof deep regret
to ail liberal-minded persour, tliat «:.•> coc
jiderabM number of tha jwe.*;hi>rs of any ooui
amuity should be found uyujaiug the educa
tion of a part of the pe : pie • or den: ii ling
argument to convince them of the liece ity of
a srf«st«ni of ednesttioo B'ffiei'mtlv broad, and
..»U > .eh* . stvj t uo« .cu'.-ho U tmu. >-VO Uii V. .CtriOC-tN*
conditions, and' races oi uci-; yet the .acb
that there be many such individuals in this
Stale, is eetablisbtfi beyond dispute; by a re
fusal, in some kmdiuea, to sell bcok to color
ed people, ;v.,d by tbe recent burning, by in
cendiaries, of houses occupied as Freedmon’s
schools
If wo are true to onr interests, and wish to
maintain ov.r boasfi J-posub n n» the most free
aud euligiited nv aba; .1 r 2<* t '<’at family ot
Nations, we enmt provide tor the education of
every human being within, the limits o’ our
country. It is a duty inurin' cat upon us na -
tionaiiy, and itidividoally. It is a duty wo
owe, not only to ennsaives. to oui children, to
each member of the iminediato community in
which we live, and to our country ut targe
but to our God ; and. however, we n, ty now,
through a blinding and foolish prejudice, «n.
deavor to evade the grave r< spousibilUiea
v/hicb that duty involves, we will, in the end,
realist that we have labored In vain ; and,
that inasmuch, as we refused to elevate me
ireedn.-iti from the degraded condition in
which freedom fouud tie ai, 30 wo i• fuk o to
disseminate tho principles oi truth aud virtue,
and have entailed upon oaivdvce, void our pos
terity, the feuriul consufjtnmoeu each neg
lect.
Tho colored people of Georgia comprise
nearly one half her aggregate p>-pulatioc. -
These people must, and will, necessarily n tuaiu
here for generations to come. Aa they La, t »
been tho laborers in the past, so they will be
formany years in the tut me. it ia icllo to
talk of displacing them by while immigretion.
Tbe iiievbablu influences of a rhoueand circimi
atancee render such a achfir o utterly imprao
tienbie. Tt- more for'.He lat --u ot the North
west, iteiiu.x vnatible in n.ss of predon? ni«-ti H\
Its healthful t-kI ■inv : ;;'..-<ufi: , g to. ,;tc. il-., at.
merous &r.«; convenient churohe.-, »nd free
schools, and many otu- r .idvantugw, which it
poraessen, so far ouhvoigh my indneemeufe
the South cm offer, that thither tbe grt-a- tide
of irur.'.irrtttlou will cficliaot* otU a .til.
fcf-et '.>«.< &bd wm ohiJfffcn’scillhn-r: ; L?ji
pusocu a ,vLty .
s
yxy aoifilcg o : h- I.e! ?: ar. . • By.
set® therolore. to dictate, a s * matter or pt-ii
cy and expedience, that no • tioit, or expunge,
be a, a’od which ij likely to tench Use treed—
man hi’; duty to bin.se s and the community ;
aud to render him a:: iatclligunc, honest, and
industrious member of society. His interest
and those of tho whites «ro ncarff identi -N ,
and just as long as we oppose, or treat with
passive indifference, bis menial «• ' ruo al i:. -
provement, bo long w«‘ <;ircct out icifluecc.
against «>nrgelves, impede our advances: u,
the ecsle of civilisation, am; foif it the re ; ’.
of mankind.
In regard to 'ri.l equu-' . -nut’ righto*
suffrage, we say nothing, si a. <- fir to . ni« u,
at present is foreign u the , , - ! wor: in
which we are ehgaged ; yot w ■ il! vm-u
ia pa'Bing, that ihe former lias -u-r ■
ia any age ot clime, among any p- o. !e, r-ud
probably, never will ; while the latter sflo’«
in our opinion, be enjoyed only by those who
posses that knowledge, which all time and ex
perience appear to Indicate u , csseutial to’ta
intelligent and well-directed exercise. We a.?is
only lor equal and exact justice to ill —a jr -,t.
reg .rd for those inalituaule rights with whi
tho illußtricus founderd of our Republic de
clared, God has endowed all men And wo
assert, that by according those rights to ail
men, irrespective of race ot color—in assisting
in their education—in inbUlling ir.to their
minds the mild aud gentle influence of Chris
taic charity—in irat.-foi ruing them fre-ra
characters of liais, thieves, and aduiterers. into
characters of intelligence, vi.tue cud piety, wo
are only doing thar which is essential to tho
parity of society ; and art doing quit . as much
to maintain, inviolate our own ig! , aud im
mnnitles as v- are to vin. u ; heirs.
The conoarrea: teetimo: > of all g od aud
wise men, all statistics, ar. I the experience and
history of all nations establish, lu youd cavil,
tie fact that that people which provide:’ most
liberal and extensive mean;' for Ihe education,
of the masses, i>; the most happy and prouper
oue, and has tbeleric-t provision to make tor
the support cf paupci.; and the punishment oil
criin. ; and establish, alto, .hat other irnror
fant truth, that jnieirigeut, educated laLor is,
under al! rirciunstatices, ihe cheapest, because
the most prod ictivx
iriThouFande of dollars are flowing lute th x
treasuries of societies, in the North and in.
England, organised for tbe relief of the tem
porary wants, and the education of 'ieslitcta
whites and the freedmeh. Ir, Is & mistake that
the benevolence ol those societies, as went
person-: v.-serl, extend only to the colored
v Vv - than:; God that toe pbiicnthtoj y of
our is broad ec.j. ?h. u- thei:. - -
tioo ; b inoautly proio, ■ . -.ihre. ■ every
soul that has the fit vt claim to unmau
eyropathy.
' During the past live y. Mr Ik, who rules ci /*
destinies of nail one, ha*» blest the people of
tire North, in basket kl-.: ii, oiO’-e, beyond j-l
precedent: and. althoogk we wera called
npon to moum for tLoas«nj-" oi I nose loyej.
ones who fell npor the rod fieto -.A wav ’
felt no temporal want; »nd. t>, . j : ;, s
each year with fatncdti, at ' • u'.-r .' .odeera.
He made onr Lear.?quit• : . . <>o . •vl 0..
hands open, -.d ever re*:• g: :o - -c;,
object that did, or toes, <b ;n ;• rs the agnorr ,
ami protecting car c-fig ej and virtu ■
ous per pic*.
Ic <x>nc!uoion. thoretore. I appeal to yu -t( .-jj-i.
*iaa -aigiionmity—to tbe 1 . .. .
fin*- r.eo. :b:iiticß of your nature—to all thoco
'. h ga-tone;. vs of fir .rt and
mind which gave you ,L wi,j;-
Id the hapv t day- o. tfi i • to
get Lba bi’’. , . i«;: In ‘wild p !-i,
an ' tha wicked p. an«f to
become .? .carer, with us in ou; edorts f,>
elevate and edn-rat the degraded ar-d ig-.ox *
in your w-IjHt. to allay all feerog ikc.y »c
mau. est its*' If ! n Violence and outrage, to ietich
men that, caly by observing a ,ust rvgarl * c
the rights of others, can they maintain ttofi:
own ; to lay anew the founu .uion i of our -so
da! sod fabrieptpon “that righteou
uees which exdteth a nation to hasten tb )
:ay when peace and good will snail reign
H.roug K cto mu 1> :uiOi.> a: • Intolliger-cv, Vir
tue, and Bxsigion shall Le crc« .ring gl y
of our .and G. L. HRERIIAR'i'
Rupt. K. R, of Georg n, 1