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N S. MORSE.
tWI \T *V ILL TUB K4IMCALH OO 1
Every thing in their power to humiliate and
hatras toeßouthorn States. They will letve
no expedient untried by which they can hope
to defeat the liberal re construction policy of
President Johnson, aud to disturb and vpx the
pcop’o whom they have been bating for more
than a quarter of a century. Hon Charles
Sumner has recently introduced into the Sen
ate a series of resolutions, involving in the
C r -t hlace the indefinite postponement of the
admission <i debates irom tee .Mutes lately
in revolt ; or failing in that, such an abridg
ment of their pollt'ca! as shall emascu
late thorn utterly of all influence for the fu
ture. ,
In all them attempts, there is one virtue
which we a o constrained to concede to these
u p'fy*ng but re of the late Southern Confed
eracy ; and that is c insistency. They never
cherished any rml love for the American
Union. From the day in. which one of the
most honest and eltquont of their part’zms
denounced the Constitution of the United
L Stales as “ a covenant with death and a league
wi ll hell,” down to the efforts which they are
now etc ploying to protract the disorganization
of the couutiy, it has beeu apparent to every
candid observer that their hatred for a section
of the Union outweighed immeasurably their
love for the whole. W ho has forg >tteu their
jibes and taunts wh a in 1850 and ’56, the
friends ol the Union in New York a.nd other
large cities at the North, sought by public
meotiugn to restore the waning patriotism ot
t s o people '■ Who wore so prompt in express
log contempt for the “ticna servers”—as the
friends of a uuited Republic were termed—hut
the very men who are now dein mding confis
cation aud BTool '! When the cry of Union
became a mask, under which they might grati
fy their long cherished animosities, none were
more vociferous iu their laudations ; none
more determined to shed the “la3t drop of
blood in its delouce. 'lhen it was convenient
to adopt and magnify tho motto of a man
whom they had always despised, and to be
among the loudest in shouting “The Union
must aud shall bo preserved ” But no soonsr
do the dun clouds of war disperse, ami a van
quished but bravo poople accept tho terrible
arbitrament of the sword aud evince a willing
ness to leturu to their former relations to the
Federal Union, than the old laavuu immediate
ly reappears. Instead of clapping their hands
over tho returning prodigal aud welcoming
him back to the mansion from which, in an
evil hour he bad departed, they insist upon it
that lie sh dl come back, if at ail, only under a
degradation and insult more elfenslve than
anything ho hu s ffsied In his estrangement
e here" Is one thing on >vbitU wo mwy oon
gratulato ourselves : The hatred of the most
prominent of these radicals is so furious that
any candid mau will see that they are animat
ed ar more by the desii# of gratifying private
revenge than of promoting the public weal.
A worthy co-laborer of the radical Senator
* is found in Thud. Stevens, of the House of
Representatives. During the march of Lee’s
army into I’ennsylvauia, some of his troops da
Btoyed Mr. Stoveus’ iron works, damaging him,
it was said at the time, to a very serious ex.
tent. Tho cousequenoe is that he is among the
bi terest of tho bitter in his denunciations if
Sou herners, and among the most insatiable
ia his thirst for vengeance. Our readers re
member the proposition which he published
some time ago lor indiscriminate confiscation
of all Southern lauds, and the ejectment from
their homes of every mau, woman and child,
in the Insurgent districts. Like his confrere
Julian of ludiana, ho demands the blood as
well as the property of every piomiDeut man
who arrayed himself against tho Federal
Union. Smarting under tho remembrance of
the pecuniary losses indicted upon him, ho will
leave no stone unturned by wuich he can hope
to oppress aud ci ush a people whom he hates
with all his heart, aud soul, and mind, and
strength.
But, tbauk God, there is a rock against which
these men of vengeance aud of blood must
ruu before their individual purposes can be ex
ecuted. There is a man iu the Presidential
chair, Andrew Johnson, who knows how to be
magnanimous, aud who, determined to be
President of the whole conutrv, -will order into
silenQe these rampart radica’s. Like a con.
ductor wlvcli protects a dwelling, he will at
tract and he will discharge in harmless cur
rerdsthe bolts which these agitators are ful
minating against the South. If we of the
South but staud squarely up to the President ;
it we comply with his re.wouablo requests ;
and ov ju for the nonce with those wh.ch may
seem to us arbitrary and oppressive, he wil.
prove, we doubt not, our Poliuurus —not to
fall a sleep and be drowned—but to guide us
over thyse turbulent waters into the snnr.y
seas of peace and prosper ity.
Murder ra Burrs County.— We learn that a
fracas occurred iu Butts county, on Thursday
last, which resulted in the death of a citizrn
named BUey Pears. A misunderstanding had
existed same the deceased and
ah individual named Hall. Feats had been
threatened by Hall for eomo time, and acci
dentally meeting, both commenced firing their
pistols. Fears was hit three times, and so
s 'riouely wouudeu that his death occurred on
Fri 'ay Hall was uninjured in the fracas, asd
ma\e his escape. Several neighbors were
present, but no attempt was made to arrest
him The military forces in the vicinity at
once instituted a vigorous search for Hall, but
up tjfcsa urday evening f ailed to capture him.
The atYaT caused considerable excitement in
the neighborhood, where the deceased was
highly respected.
The Poison Cask. —The sentence of Harriet
a colored gtriof this city, tried for an attempt
to poison has bevu promulgated. She put
etiyehiue in butter and set it upou the tabie
of Mrs. Martha M. Carter, in whose service
she was at the time. The girl plead guilty to
the charge, was found guilty and sentenced to
three years imprisonment, at such place as the
Comm lading General might direct,
tseutence was afterwards modified to imprison
ment fo r twelve months. The place of confine
ment is Fort Pulaski. The crime was com
mitted about the tenth of August last.
A NOBLE So* AND AS* ExOSLUKST EXAMPLE. -
During a visit a tew days since to the Bank
ing House of E. M. Bruce & Cos., in this c’ly,
we noticed at one of the desks a son of Gets.
JobnC. Breckinridge, busily engaged in dis
charging the dqties of his position. Being
w *ll acquaintid with the General, we of comse
felt an interest in his son. Upon inquiring,
w; found that he was not only supporting
himself, hut by his industry and frugality was
able to contribute to tie support jf hie illus
trious la*her and hU young family, while the
‘'litter was compelled to remain an exile from
his native K. nlucky.
Some time since a few of his father's friends
offered him every to enter Col
lege, auu koar all his expenses ; bnt
he chose a mercantile pursuit—preferring ro
be independent and to provide for himself and
assist dependent relatives.
Some people think General Breckenridge
has great failings He has also most exalting
and noble trails of character. And the course
pursued by his eon in this hour of adversity,
shows that he has inherited those noble traits
which has endeared his father to bo many of
his personal liienda.
It is to be hoped that General Breckenndge
will bo permitted to return to his family. As
we have before said—he has committed, in
he eye of the Government, great fauits ; but
there are many who have been 'pardoned who
have committed as great errors as be. We
trust his heart will soon be gladdened with a
full forgiveness of past offences.
In spooking of this subjji t, we are led to
remark what a praiseworthy example this
young uan hat set the young men of our
land. Instead of idling away bis time, and
living upon Lis wealthy friends, as he could
easily have done, he has usefully employed
himself, and by so doing has not only earned
enough to provide for his own wants, but to
help to provide (or others. The course pur
sued by him and the example set, is one which
no one of his age need hesitate to follow or
imitate. The path he has marked out is one
which will load to future fame and position.
Charitable Relief to the South. —The
above forma the subject, upon which much is
being written and spokon at the North. In
fact, large meetings have been held at which
divers men men have made divers speeches
recommendiDg various modes of procedure—
all of which amounted to mere “ buncombe ”
nothing else.
The South is imporverished ; she does need
assistance; but helpless as she is, she does not
sock it as a free gift but rather as a favor and
one, too which will be speedily repaid.
We hear a great deal said about artificial as
sistance, iu tho discussion of tlie organization
of labor,&c., &c. Now there is nothing real
in this. We have our fields, hut they are fence ,
le.s ; we havu Freedmen omoogot ao, bat a
great in *j jrity of them are indolent and for
the most part—unless a radic 1 reform is made
—worthless.
Ship loads of food and raiment will never
alleviate our suffering, aud recall that pros
parity,which fled at the approach of war—nev
er. Capital alone can do this, and it is capital
that wo need.
Let, then, the charitably disposed of the
North furnish our people with capital, and
we hazard nothing in saying, that they will do
more toward accomplishing their own and our
welfare, than all the well laid plans of organ
ized labor. Southern cities offer many induce
ments to those, who would commence manufac
turing busin-ass. And of those cities, there is
none which is in every way better capacitated
for tho succets of such ae enterprise, than
Augusta.
The intelligence of her citizens, her railroad
facilities, her geographical position, aud, last
though nttt Teuet, her great water power, com
mend her to capitalists.
Great resources were developed, in Georgia
during the late struggle, and great mechanical
genius discovered itself, in our people, but
the eu iis not yet. Taere still slumber greater
weait ain Georgia ; and iu tho minds of htr
people burns a geuiu*, which, if brought to
ligtit by the exerciso of capital, would canse
them to stand forth, and command the adtnira
tiou ot the world.
“Ys HAVfi tub Poor Always with You.”—
In the midst of the noise of business ; sur
rounded by the most propitious circumstances;
our garners filled with the good things of life ;
our hearts anuointed'with the oil of gladness,
nod our minds revelling in the delights of the
Social circle, wo are too apt to forget the j
woidr of the Saviour “Yk have tub Peon Al- |
WAYS WITH YOU.”
Yes, they are with us—but aside from ur.
When our hearts pulsate with joy, thoir’s are
crushed and fallen beneath the weight ot ad
verse circu ustauces, Whilst our elegant par
lors arcs lighted and warmed bv bh.zing tires, j
and music and dancing are there, the poor j
pass a sleepless night, nursing a few pale em
bers, in a darkened, dreary, hovel. The j
morning's sun rises only to torment them; the ;
darkmss comes only to haunt them.
Let us lay figures aside, and take a business ;
like view of the subjoct.
The winter is fast coming on. and the suffer
ing that now is, wil* have then really begun, j
unless the philanthropic bestir themselves, j
and conic up faithfully to a discharge of their
duties, by aiding the poor in our midst. We
may not be able to give much, but remember
a little always helps. Seek out the powr ; go
about doing good ; give according to your
several abilities, “not grudgingly or necessity;
for God ioveth a cheerful giver.”
Another Bureau to
the address of tha State Teachets Association
of Tennessee, there are 83,008 adults iu the
State who can neither real nor write and 300-
000 children without school advantages. It
seems that cue quarter of the adults are total
ly illiterate. From these facts we think an
other Bureau, is needed. A white man's bu
reau or something else that would provide
proper facilities, and compel the children of
the people to attend school would, we think,
greatly benefit that section ot the Republic.
Shipments or Cotton from Columbus and Yi
otMir.— I Thus far only about eighteen thou
sand bales of cotton have been shipped from
Columbus and vicinity. Fifteen thousand ot
this number were from Colnmbns.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1865.
I The Present Reign- of Lawlessness tbrough-
I out the whole country ha3 become appalling,
iltis a theme upon every tongue. Every pa
| per is filled wi*L the records of crime. Every
| telegram startles with its details of murder,
of arson and of robbery.
The public mind is evidently becoming ac
customed to read, without cn emotion of sur
prise, an almost daily calender of murder and
rapine ; aud we fear this indifference will not
be without an influence upon courts and juries;
for we hear of many trials for the gravest, and,
in some instances, the most hideous and re
puisive violations of law, which too often
end in unaccountable acquittals.
It is not necessary for ns to look beyond the
limit 3 of our own city for daily facts to prove
that crime ot all on the-incteaso rap
idly. Whatever may be the case elsewhere’, 5
here in our own midst its main origin is too ap
parent to every one to need much argument
to show why so much lawlessness exists in
Augusta and vicinity. As long as our city is
crowded with vagrants, just so long shall wo
hear daily of unlawful deeds being committed.
There is one way. and only one, to stop thia
thieving It the remedy is applied thoroughly
ly the change will be an immediate and irradi
cal one. Let th se who have the power make a
vagrant law and put it into effect Let our
city once be cleaued of vagrants of all colors.
Let the thousands of vicious idlers who now
throng oar streets, and are engaged in nefarious
practices be quickly sent into the country and
put to work. If they will not find something
to do themselves, let something for them to do
bo found by others. And if they have places
provided for them, and efirne back to their old
haunts aud practicies, let them be arrested t
and employed upon the public works with
ball and chain. If prompt, vigorous, and de
cisive measures are adopted now, much
of the lawlessness going on in this city
at present, if not the whole of it, will be sud
denly stopped. Will our authorities move in
the matter ? If not, then let public meetings
be held, and such resolutions passed that will
acceleia.e their tordy motions. The whole
thing has been put eff too long already.
To the Public, —Our attention has beea
called by our friends to an article pub
lished in a city paper on Tuesday morn
ing* About the matter spoken of, the
proprietor of tho Chronicle & Sentinel
knows rothing. If a colored boy in his em
ploy has beea guilty of “something wrong,”
or has teen concerned in any wrong transac
action, it is not the fault of his employer.
Further, iu cases of the kind spoken of the
authorities who investigate matters are the
proper judges, and the ones to censue and lay
the blame where it belongs.
For the information of all, we will add that
there is no cotton allowed to be rec ived at
said place of business referred to, unless it is
accompanied by a responsible wnito pcimn,
or the party bringing it has the certificate of a
responsible white person. Tiie place is a
public one, on a public thoroughfare. There is
nothing concealed from those who wish to look
in, or fr9.pl any one who wishes to investigate.
If there is anything wrong goiqg on about the
premises, we shall be the last one to shield
the guilty parties.
Acre of Lawi.essness —Time and again have
we animadiverted on the txtreme lawlessness
which distinguishes this epoch in the history
of our city. The shades of evening have
scarcelv spread themselves well over us, ere the
assassin aud robbor turns off the air of the gen
tleman, which characterizes him in the day
time, and walks forth to garrote unoffending
citizens, and to rob storehouses. Tho armed
banditti lurk around the co r ners and in
places, so that, though a man be armed, he is
as nothing in their hand.
It would bo useless for ua to attempt to
chronicle every act of outlawry; for their name
Legicn. Let it suffice for us to urge upon our
j citizms, once more, the necessity of immedi
-1 ately raising the police force, ordered by the
j Governor.
It would not, we think, bo amiss tojhave a
public meeting for this purpose. What Eays
the people ?
Tns Steamer Weybjsset Burned. —The
steamer Weybos-ef, of the Savannah and New
York Line, was destroyed at her wharf in the
latter city, by fire, on Tuesday. She was con
nected with the Star Line, Brigham Baldwin &
Cos , Savannah, Agents she left Savannah on
her la3t trip for the North on Wednesday,
November 29, having on board four hundred
and ninety-eight ba>e3 upland cotton, fifty
nice packages merchand'se, and eleveu bales
«f domestics. A dispatch to the Agents io
Savannah states that half her cargo was taken
out and saved in a damaged condition.
Mac in & Augusta R. R. lha citizens of
Macjn are makyiq: an tff>rt to have this road
completed, 'lire citizens ot Milledgeville
are moving in the matter. Surely the
the citizens of Augusta should lend a helping
h and also. It is a matter of great importance
to us that this road be built. It will greatly
add tc. the business of the city. Some of our
public spirited men should move in the matter.
Let our “City Fathers” do something to create
an interest. Let us have a public meeting to
talk up matters.
An Attempt at Garkotixg. —An attempt
was made to garrote a gentleman on Mcln
i tosh street near Reynolds. Monday night,
abi-ut eleven o'clock. Thegirroter ‘caught a
tartar”—the gentleman being prepared and
; knocking him down with a club Before he
| could strike a second blow the rascals got up
and left for parts unknown—by way of a dark
alley. '
The Dry Goods Market. —The leading
Northern commeicia! papers think “that it
dot< not follow from any known facts that
staple dry goods may not be as high in the
Serin? as they have been this Fall. Manufac
turers will crowd their looms aud a dull open
ing may create a panic in prices, bnt the causes
which have stimulated and sustained the spec
uiaiio'ns of the last two years are by no means
removed, or in process of removal.’’
Gen Howard. —Gen Howard, Chief of the
Freedman's Bureau, is again on a visit §outh ;
j He was in Savannah on Saturday. He left on
1 Sunday for Brunswick. Ga.
THE ORATION DELIVERED BY HON.
HENRY W. HILLIARD.
BEFORE THE ST JAMES SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LaiHes and Gentlemen :
We are assembled withiu these consecrated
walls to pay a tribute to the memory of the
dead. We do not come to off :r our congratu
lations to the living ; nor to swell the p.nrp of
triumph that greets the conqueror.
It is one of the noblest instincts of our nature
that prompts us to honor the memory of the
good, the brave, and the generous. From the
earliest ages, it has been customary to inscribe
their names on monuments, and to hasg gar
lands on their graves.
E-pecially is a tribute due to the memory of
those who have fallen in defence of their
country. The death of the true and the heroic
elways awakens our grief and our sympatuy,
But when the spirit of self sacrifice impels to
danger and death, we find it impossible to
wahold our admiration. Our nooiest facul
ties are appealed to, aud we strive to -Jk£
petuate the memory of tire fallen martyrs to
humanity.
Pericles, the illustrious Athenian, whose
genius shed i nmortal giory over his country ;
whose statetmaushio advanced firr power ;
whose heroic spirit led her brave sous to battle
against overwhelming numbers ; aud whose
eloquence so moved his couu*rimen that they
c umpired it to thund r and lightning, was
chosen to pronounce au oration m honor of
those vvho had fallen in the early part of the
Palopems an war. Siat dng before bis coun
trymen assembled to hear hun —in the presence
of all that wai most imposing in Athens —her
scholars, her statesmen, her artists ? He de
clared it to be a debt ol justice to pay superi
or honors to men who bui devoted their lives
m fighting for their coantry. The sentiment
t f tue Athenian animates us all. Those who
d>e in the defence of their country fail a sacri
fice for us No transient glow of gratitude
prompts ua to honor their memory. We re
cognize it as a debt of justice. The liviug
may wear tue laurels that they have won. The
dead can receive no reward for their courage
aud their sufferings, in this world, but that
which the survivord decree to them.
It is impossible to witncld tho tribute of our
admiration from those who toil aud sutler tor
our race ; who ys«ld themselves up in the
spirit of self-sacr.flje for others. No matter
how humble the place may be that one fills,
who bears the burdens of humanity, we yield
him the involuntary homage of a grateful re
cognition of nobleness. If with true man
hood ho stands firm in the presence of danger,
aud confronts death for the sake of others, he
cannot die iu vain, lie is at once a hero, and
a martyr. The pilot of a steamer on one of
our great lakes who stood at his post unshrink
ing in the midst of the timpest of flame that
wrapped the ill-fated vessel which he guided
was a hero. So scon as it was discovered
that the vessel was oti fire, the passengers
rushed to that part of the deck which the
flames had notryefc reached. The order was
given to head the vessel for the shore. The
3 tmes spread their fury towards the spot where
the faithlul Pilot stood The vessel was
rapidily approaching the shore. The Captain
called out to the Pilot to stand by the helm for
five minutes. He replied that he would.—
And he did. The flames scorched him, but he
did not yield his iron grasp. When the shore
was reached, all on boaid rushed lor their
lives. Not one perished But that heroic man
was seen standing at the post of duty, scorch
ed and blackentd by the fire which swept
around him with destructive tury. Who would
not honor such a man ? ho or arose who travel
fallen in defence of their county. They per
ished lor others. Pericles is right. It is a
debt of justice, to pay superior honors to their
memory.
The war in which the Athenians had fallen,
whose memoiy Pericles wished to honor, was
a civil war. Severn of the States of, the Pe
loponesus, with their allies, took up arms
against Athens and other States of Greece.
But this did not chill the ardor of the illus
trious Atheniauj when he spoke of those who
had fallen in defence of their country. Nor
did it stint the tribute of praise which their
countrymen bestowed cm them, when they’
assembled to pay the decreed honors to their
memory. So, too, of the late war which shook
this continent ;it was a civil war. No for
eign nation sent its hosts against us. No for
eign banners flaunted in our suulit skies. No
foreign bayonets pierced the hearts of those
who tell fighting for the independence of the.
Soutb. It was a fierce civil’ war. Mea of
kindred blo r and ; descended from a common
ancestry, inheriters of the priceless glory and
fieedom which the men of the Revolution won
for us, confronted each other in battle.
The smoke of the conflict went up so the
heavens It dimmed the suu by day, and
darkened the guiding stars jay night. States,
once harmoniou-i, had become discordaut and
belligerents. The valor displayed on both
sides was an Americau characteristic. We feel
no disposition to detract from the gallantry of
those who took part against us in the great
conflict, and upheld the power of the United
States. But we know how to appreciate the
high-souled courage of those who Tanged
themselves la defence of tbe South, and np
held her banners against overwhelming num
bers. The South is overpoweied. She has
yielded the great struggle Tho States that
undertook toorganizsaa independent gov
erumtnt, and lifted anew flag under our
Southern skies, take their places once more
as loyal members ot tbe powerful Republic
that extends i's rule over the continent ; and
while it seats its institutions in full view of
Europe on the Atlantic shore, at the same
time rears them in sight ot the Asiatic nations,
beyound the Pao sic. The great batite has
been lost by the South ; but it has been won
by the government that embraces our whole
country. That goverumtmt i» our own. We
Bhall njoiee in its prosperity, and contribute
to the advancement of its power and glory.
But iu resuming our relations to the other
States of uie American Union, we come with
hearts true to the States that have been over
powered in the great struggle ; hearts loyal,
too, to the government of the United States
We cannot iorget those who iell in defence of
the South. We honor the memory of our
dead.
Matured manhood— undeveloped youth—
we lament them all. Not the South alone,
but the true, tbe brave, the generous, of tho
whoie country, will lay garlands on tbegrav*
of the dead hero who sleeps at L -xington ;
who, by hiss eady c mrage on the field won
the title of Stonewall, and whose Christian
spirit flamed with matchless ardor in the great
fight. Tne glory which he won shed a iustre
upon the American name. His fame belongs
to the whole country, No monumental mar
ble yet marks the spot where the lonely sleeper
res’s, but it will ye: rise towards the skies, and
pilgiims from the Norths—the South—the Eaßt
ac d the West—will meet there through the
comieg centuries.
Njw that the war is ended, true heroism is
honored —no matter in what racks it shone.
No matter on which side the merits of th*
struggle lay as a po’itical contest ; no matter
how much the movement that precipitated the
coi *try into revolution may be condemned or
dep'ored. it is imposrible to withhold our
homage from the noble men who ranged them
selves in xauks of battle to strike for homes
*that they loved, and principles that they cher
ishid. Their rbnown is the common property
ifi he nation. Hitherto the North and the
South have been rivals in the arts of peace, in
j literature, in statesminsbip, in the pursuits
wh c i enrich a people : now they have met in
the shock of battle, and they know how to re
spect each other. It would be a narrow bigo
try indeed, th u refused to see and to honor
heroic qualities on either side o! the line that
divided tne two great sections in their late
straggle.
We may well mourn our dead heroes., I
theSouih had been triumphant, i. Le ligit if
victory illumined ber banners, if to-day her
fertile ecil yielded its products to the labor of
ber people as in former times, if she were
prosperous—her sons might bo silent. Stun t
ing in the midst of the power and splendor if
a free and great State, we might leave to his
tory the task of recording th * names of those
who laid down their lives for her sake We
should be content to see her glory shine out
upon the nations. But now ! with her ban
ners tern ; her arms stricken from her hands ;
htr wealth despoiled ; the homes ot her people
in ashes ; some of her best and bravest sleep
ing iu death ; clad as she is in the garments of
mourning, we will cling to her as we would to
a Mother in adversity. Poor, she may be ;
her fruitful fields may be desolated; her beau
tiful places may be burned with consuming
fire, but she is our mother still—
Remember thee! ye?, while there’s life in this
beait,
It shall never forget thee, all torn as thou
art ;
More d**ar in thy thy gloom, and tby
Blowers,
Tnan the rest of the world in their sunniest
hours.
Her sons who fell in battle, are our brothers*
We will honor tneir nmiory. Wo maybe
silent as to the living. We cannot forget the
dead No, never ! Their m< rnory is sale
The love where 4 death bus set Lis seal,
Nur age can cbiil, nor rival stcAl,
Nor falsehood disavow,
We are here to day especially to pay honors
to those who havii g gi,n» rut from this very
spot to take tbeir places in the ranks ot war.
never returned to us.
Here th*-y were trained for the duties of
life, and tor that higher desti ty winch awaits
the good beyond the bouudary that separates
the omont Dom the future.
Th 8 *t*biih School, like the mother of the
Gracchi, claims her sons as her jewels. Sh
wa? herself the daughter of a hero Scpi<*
Africanus. When aC< mpaniao lady called on
her. and made a display of ber j j w<;t«, inviting
the noble lit man mother to exhibit her own,
she pointed to her two sons, aud exclaimed :
“These are my jewels.”
The Gracchi eclipsed the bines of jewols dis
played by their splendid C imp mi ans.
Here in the school o’hers will be trained to
emulate the virtues of those whom we mourn
to-day.
This is no idle ceremony. While we pay
honors to the dead, we invite ths living to at
tempt nobfe deeds. Long may this school
flourish. May it’s seats be crowded with the
youug, who, rising into tna highest places of
actual life, shall reflect the lustre of their ex
ample upon those who are to succeed them.
We must bid farewell to those whose names
you have just decided to’inscribe on the roll of
honor. Farewell, ye bravo and generous
youths. Some of you fell in battle. Some ot
you breathed your last s ghs in hospitals ;
some of you languished in prisons, far from
your native South. Farewell.
How sleep the brave wire sink so pest,
By all their country’s wishes blest,
When Spring with dewy fingers cold
Returns to deck their hallowed mould,
She then shall dress a sweeter sad
Than Fairy’s feet have ever trod.
By Fairy hands their knell is rung :
By forms unsieu their dirge is sung ;
Their honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps tneir clay.
And friAJtlom shall awhil« repair,
To dwell a weeping hermit theie !
The Cotton Movement —The New York
Herald of November 22 J, in remarking on the
cotton speaks thus :
lu the current we. k, tho receipts of cotton
at this port have amounted to 21,304 bales;
sales and resales to 15,800 bales ; and exports
to 17,857 bales, leaving and available steclr on
hand on shipboard not clean and iu this market,
of about 170,000 bales, worth abou„ $34,000,-
000 in lawful money, qt anj average of S2OO a
bale.
At all the shipping ports, September 1, to
the latest mail dates, the receipts of cotton
reached about 400,000 bales, against exports,
in the same period, of about 185 000 bales,
leaving an estimated slock in the port of about
393.000 bales, or the equivalent of S7B 600 000
in currency. The t< tal receipts of cotton ar
ail toe ports from the date of peace, May 1,
to the latest mail datt-s received- m this city
by October 31. were 742 776 bales, representing
a currency value of $l4B 555,290.
A Small Steam Engine.—A ciockmaker at
Horsforlb; E >gl md designed and made a min
iature steam engine ard boiler which he
placed in the Wakefield Exhibition. Itisdes.
cribed as the “smallest steam engine in the
world ” it stands 2 inches iu height, and is
covered w : th a glass shade, ’!he fly wheel is
made of gold with steel arms, and makes
7 000 revolutions per minute The whole en
gine aud boiler is fastened together with thirty
eight “crews and bolts, the whole weighing
110 grains, or under one quarter ounce. The
manufacturer sav9 of it- that the evaporation
of six drops of water will drive the engine
eight minutes. This is much larger than the
steam pump; consisting of steam and water
cylind -r, made by Charles Fichtel, of Philadel
phia, in 1860. This pump was auxiliary to a
model of p steam fire engine According to
the Soieut’fic American, the Bteam cylinder
was one eighth of an inch In diameter »nd the
whole affair would go into a common thimble.
Mrs“i3?ipri’s Recold: -lire State of Mississ
ippi, with a white population not exceeding
350, 000, had s xty th:ee regiments in tho late
war, which numbered about 73,000 comba
tants Os these.
D : edof disease 15 500
K lled or died of wounds 12 oi>o
Discharged, resigned and retired 19 0"0
D serted or droppei * 11.000
Missing 250
Transfered to other commands 1,500
Total loss from all causes 59 350
Balance accounted for 18 750
Thus it appears that more than one person
nfive was ia service.
Fl utt and Gbain in t-T jRE at Cuogo —The
following is the amount of fijur and grain iu
store as reported by the Secretary of the Board
of Trade :
Nov. Zf>, Nov 25.
1864. 1865.
Flour, brig 20018 31,458
Wheat, busb 285 607 445 443
Coro, bush 247 5'2 126 803
Oats' bush 212.127 432,349
Rye, bush 44 943 87 520
Barley, bush ...214,641 318,455
KLOKlit A 11 KM*.
The iron belo- ging to the Florida Railroad,
which the Confederate States placed on the
Live o*k and Lawton Connection, is being
rapidly removed back, and the cars are now
rnuuing from Baldwin to No. ■*- on the Gnu
coast , . ,
The people cf Aiachui county seem to oe
seriously troubled with outiaws aud vagabonds.
Arson and thetis are becoaii 12 quite common.
The school, seminary and’swatnp lands of
the State have been restored to market and are
now accessible to all. _
The Florida pipers iPe clamorous for the
liberation of Mr. Yuleofrom Fort i’ula.-ki, as
his presence in the Slate is very essential to
the rapid development of Internal Improve
menta and other important interests.
VOL. LXXIV. —NEW SERIES VOL.’XXIV NO.
Georgia Legislature
SENATE.
WtcsESDAT, December 6.
Tae Houso resolution Amending the Consti
tution and abolishing slavery was taken up and
amended so as to r. quire copies of the samt
to be sent to the President aud Sesretary of
State, and passed
'I he annexed bills were introduced : a bill to
odcd courts to the freedmen and to regulate
the testimony of the same ; to repeal the act
changing the time for holding Court of Ordi
nary for 'latnal county; to incorporate the
Georgia Coal Oil Manufacturing Company ; to
permit the Mayor and City Council ot R ime to
use their discretion in granting license to retail
spiritous liquors, and topiohibit the erection
of wooden buildings on certain streets in the
city ; to authorize tho Governor to have a sur
vey made by a competent mgineer of the land*
ovtifliwed by tbo Savannah river, below
Augusta, by the Oconee liver, teiow Miiledge
vi'le, by the Altamalia liver, anil by the Oc
mulgee river below Macon, and that the result
of preventing the ovei flow by dyk*s .the.
increased value of the lands, be repoitedatthe
next session of the General Assembly ; for the
relief oi the executors of Mary A. West.
A message was received from His Excellency
the Provisional Governor, transmitting a com
munication to him Rom Hon E. Smrqes in re
lation to the Code for freedrae". The letter of
Judge Marries states that that Code will not be
ready be'ore the 15:h instant.
One hun red aud fifty c >pies of the Comp
(roller General’s report, and reports of Tr*a
?nry, Ki.-per of Penitentiary, and Pin cipals ot
Blind Hed Lunatic A-vinms, were oidered to be
printed for the use of the Senate.
The House reso ntion on tne su’jvtof ne
gro testimony was agreed upon, alter being
amended by striking out “iu cases in which
ihey are c ncerned.”
The Home resolution in relation to selling
1 tiie m-biis ot i:,e Georgia Military Institute
was adopted.
HOUSE
Wednesday- December, 6.
A mcilon was marie to consider tho r»soln
ti.m appointing a Committee on Freedman’s
affairs The motion to reconsider being car
ried, a resolution was adopted to enlarge the
committee aud make it ono of the permanent
committees of the H m-*a.
A committee was appointed to unite with
the jSeniite committee to wait on the Hon.
CL* es J Jenkins aud inform hun of his election
to the office of Governor of Georgia, teqmst
bis acceptance and ascertain from him at
what time it would suit his pleasure to be in
augurated. •
So much of the Governor’s Message as re
fer* to the improvement, of the public build
ings and grounds was referred to a committee
of three to act in conjunction with a similar
committee ot the S nate; with instructions to
report thereon.
The annexed bills were introduced ; a hill to
make free persons of color competent wilnes
ses in the courts of this certaia cases
therein mentioned, and to SThoriza the ma
king and declaring the force of sfli lavits iu
certain cases ; to provide freed mm .with cer
tificates of employment, and to punish persons
who employ freedmen contrary to law; to
carry into eifieot a portion of the third para
graph of the Ist section of the fourth article
of the Constitution of the State of Georgia,
and to provide the mode of carrying cases
trom the oity courts of the cities of Savannah
and Augusta, and such other like courts as
may be hereafter established; to authorizi
sheriffs and constables to cross districts and
couutv lines to execute precepts and recte 1 to
them by auy judge or justice of the district or
county to which they piODerly belong, in
cases of tort ; to repeal all laws of tho State
prescribing pena'ties for carrying concealed
weapons; for the relief of wounded, di-abled
and indigent soldiers of the State who served
in the State or Confederate armies ; to suspend
the collection of debts by levy and sale ot
property under executions until the Ist day of
January, 1867 ; to prohibit the intermarriage
of white persons with the Afiican or black
population ; to repeal all laws piobibiting the
distillation of corn, wheat, potatoes #l., into
spiritious liquors ; to fix the time for holding
the S ipreme Court of this State
Several bom sted mid stay law bills were
introduced and referred.
The annexed resolutions were introduced :
requesting the Governor to ascertain on
what terms the Western and Atlantic Railroad
could be sold an 1 report the same to this
body. Instructing the Finance Committee to
consider what, action on the part of the L gis
lature, in connection with the action of the
late Congress, is mceeeary to raise funds for
the support of thf* State Government without
resort to taxation; to appoint a committee of
five to consider the propriety of abolishing ths
Penitentiary of the State, to inquire, at an
early day, what legislation is necessary for
the relief of colored persons who are orphans,
idiots, lunatics, or of unsound mind, and who
are paupers ; referring the report of the com
mittee appointed by tho S.ate Convention to
prepare a code of laws for fteedmen to the
Committee of each bouse-, with instructions to
prepare a bill which shall amply secure to the
inhabitants of th s State, of African descent,
the' rights of person and property, including
the right to sue and to be sued, and to testify
in the courts of justice iu cases where they are
interested.
The annexed resolutions were adopted : au
thoriz ng,uny two or mere trustees of the
Georgia Military institute, in c ojunction with
Hon David Irwin, of Cobb, to dispose ot such
portion of the debris of ea : d insthution as they
may deem liable to depreciation in value, and
pay lhe money into tbe I reamry >.f the State ;
directing inquiry a>to the exp-dency of dis
pensing wi ti the penitentiary of tbe St«fe._
A mem trial wis introduced from the Pesi
dents of the Bmks.of S.vauoah. aid referred
to a special c mmittee of live, praying ex
emption ftorn th • fines and penally, s imposed by
be laws of tbe Btate for failure to redeem their
b i : b with coin. &■., adegmg that their pr.-.sent
inability To comply with toe t* rn- of thei r char
te s has re u ; teft not f« m a y i u t o> fad> t* on
the p irt of the a*>d stockuold ts of the
banks, but so m ibe mandatory legislation of
(h° State, which n q lir* and them to rece.va the
bills of tbe late Ooutede-ate government.
The Hou-e concurred in the Senate amend
ment to tbe II use resi lutiou ratifying the
Constitutional amendment. ,
Ihe Secretary of the Senato also announced
that that body na.t adout-d a resolution to go
into an election tor Stare p.iuter on Friday,
8 h in.-t., and a-ked the concurrence of the
House. Ibe Houie refuse'* to concur on tbe
g unil tba'litwould he i regu ar and improper to
go int i an election of fetute llou-e olii-iers until
after the inauguration of the Governor, who
must receive and approve their bonds.
senate:
Tuesday, December 5.
The election of the State H use OJicers was
postponed until the salaries of the otficerß be
examined and revised.
The correspondence between the commit
; tees appointed by the Senate and the House,
| and Gov. Jenkins was then read.
The President, throngh the Secretary, an
nounced the following
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
Committee on Pi ivileges and Elections.—
Messrs. Cirter, Diley/ QuiliiaD, Gbolston,
i Huns, Biack, Bojnt n.
C immittee on Petitions.—Messrs. O P
! b-all, Fuller, Ezzard, W II Bell, Gbolston,
j Str ; ckland. Berwick
Committee on Enrollment.—Messrs. O L
I Smith, Fuller, Brown, Carter, C H Smith, O P
Beall. Bower.
Committee on Journals.—Messrs. Renan, u r
Beall, Patterson, Strozier, Butler, J F John
son, McDaniel.
Committee on the State of the Republic.—
Messrs Thornton, Owens, O L Smith, Gresham,
D.ckey, Turner, Parris.
Committee on Judiciary—Messrs. Moore,
Owens, Bowers, Gresham, Simmous. Carter, J
F Johnson, Parris, Stroz er, C H Smith.
Committee on Finance —Messrs. C H Smith,
Dickey, Griffin, Buttler, Maneon, England,
Freeman.
Committee oa Internal Improvements. —
Messrs. OweDS, Strozier, England, Crawford,
Russell, JAW Johnson, Thornton.*
Committee on Public Elucation and Free
Schools.—Messrs. 0 L Smith Brown, Black,
Freeman, Turner, Crawford, Kenan.
Committee on Banks —Messrs Casey, Owens,
R-dd-ug, Butlwr,.J F Johuson, Gresham, C H
Smith.
Committee cn New Counties and County
Lines : —Messrs. Brown. Fuller, Patterson
Boynton, Ezzud, Griffiu, Barwick.
Committee ou Penitentiary Messrs. Red
ding, Turner, K**nan, Gholston, Wilcox, Sim
mons, 0 P B tall.
Cimmittee on Lnnatic Asylum —Messsri}.
Ovei street, Casey, Mauscn, Owens, C H bmith,
Kenan, Crawford. •
Committee on Military.—Messrs Simmons,
Bedford Fuller, Ghoisob, Parris, JAW John
son, W R Bell.
Committee on Printing.-Meesrs. Ow?ns,
Kenan, Manson, Brown, Freeman, Mims, J F
Johnson
Committee on Deaf and Dumb Asylum.--
Messrs C II Bmith, Q tiilian, Strickland,
Mims, Daley, Bo*er, Turner.
Gomnmtee on Instil nt ons for the B’iod
Messrs. Gresham, Mansort, Overstreet, Gr fflj,
0 P Bsailfßlack, O L tmith.
Committee on agriculture —Messrs. Black,
Redding, Gbolston, Russell, M* Daniel, Boyn
ton, Bed lord. «
AuditingjCommiUeo.—Messrs. Moore, J F
Johnson, Simmons, Carter, Kenan, Wilcox,
Ezzard
Engrossing Committee.—Messrs. Turner,
Brown, Butler, Daley, Thornton, Bower, Qull
iian.,
Committee on Freedman.—Strozier, Casey,
Owens, Gresham, Toointon, Butler, Manson,
Carter, JAW Johnson.
Sixty copies of the list of standing com
mittees were ordered to be printed for the {uee
of the Senate
Tho annexed bills were 1 roduced ; a bill to
authorize and regulate contracts between mas
ter and servant for labor to be pertormed, and
for other purposes ; a bill to be entlnd au act
to alter ami amend Chap. 4,4 rt. 1, Part 2nd,
title 2nd of the Cod«ot Georgia in relation to
indented servants and apprentices ; to suspend
the collection of debts •- to repeal the act in
creasing the salaries of Sta*e H mss officers ; to
establish a court for the trial and punishmerlt
of minor officers.
HOUSE.
Wednesday, December 6.
Tbe election of State House officers was
postponed.
The correspondence between the joint com
mittee of Senate and House and Gov. Jenkins
was read.
The annexed bills were introduced ; a bill
in reference t<> bolding courts in Washington
county ;in reference to the charter of West
Point ;to amend the 4,435 paragraph of the
21st section of penal code ; for relief of the
people of the State, provides for the contin
uance of tbe stay law for four years : to ap
propriate money for indigent orphans of this
State ; to regulate the government and rights
of freedmen ;to permit the immigration of
negroes into the State ; to repeal the act
changing the same of the county oi Cass ; to fix
the term of the Judges of the Supreme Court
at twenty years ; to authorize the payment of
ordinances for administering the amnesty,
oath : for r the relief of the Savannah Mutual
Loan Association ; to regulate the rates of
freight ana travel on railroads of the State ;
to repeal that section of the Code imposing
penalties for tiie failure of Banks to redeem
their circulation.
Several bills were also introduced to change
the Code to meet the changed condition ot
affairs. .
The annexed resolutions were offered : in
structing tbe Convention, ia 'case it should
re-assemble to chapge the requirements of
voters; pledging the faith of this State, that
the General Assembly will adopt at an **arlyday
a code of laws for the government and protec-,
tion of freedmen ; that both branches of the
General Assembly meet in tbe Representative
Hall on the 16:h January next, for tbe pur
pose of inaugurating the Governor elect.
NEtf 8 Ml .MM All V.
The latest reported capture by brigands, on
the Terracina frontier, is that of a Roman
Judge. His ransom was fix -d at $8 000 and
the money not being foithcomiDg, the unfor
tunate man was put to death by the ( bandits.
A young m*»n wa« carried off from *he vicinity
of Salerno, for whom the brigand captdn de
mands a ransom of 100,000 ducats (425,000
francs )
A Prussian noble, Count Leo Fmk. has been
sentenced to ten years imprisonment for forge
ry. He confessed that be brtd f reed bids to
the amount of more than $l4O 000 within the
last two years. Another nobleman, Count
Stittfried, has been convWed of theft and
sentenced to three mom ha’ im> risonment The
Pruss an nobility is becoming d-moralizr!.
A piece of land in Gracecburch street. Lon
don, containing an area of 12.600 fiet 5 600
feet of which mre leasehold tor a lon* trim,
and the remainder freehold, was so and by auc
tion for £95,000.
In Ireland ihere is a po’icemin to eveiy 420
persons. In Eogland and Wales there is Lut
one policeman to every 887 peis »ns
The Catholics if Chicago h-ve formed an
association w>th a cipita' of *390 000 lor tbe
purpose of building a bail to he called the
Catholic Ha l. it will be a stock association
with shares at $25 > ach.
Three n> w nil strikes are reported in Ken
tucky. One fir wing fifteen or twenty bar els
a day ha-been • pened near Owensboro’, Da
vi-g coumy Tha oihers lie in Aiairand
Barren court ie 3 .
H ; ghway robberios are frequent in some sec
tions of K-ntu ky.
Five hundred more patents than ever have
been issued this ye«r
A Havana 'etter rays that Ex-Emperor Sou*
loi-qie, of Hayii, had arrived at Santiago,
Cub-, en-r u'e for St Thomas, having bsen
expelled fmm J ima'ca fcCap* Hijtiea was
bombarded by tw' E igiish m-n of war and re
duced to asb* s. J ff ard’o tipops took posses
sion of the ruins.
Offic -rs of the Pension Bureau a-e convinced
that a largo number of persons in New Eng
-1 nd and Western Stales are pa mmg them*
selves <ff upon the people entitled to p-n ins
as license! agents oi the Bureau, and who are
entirely un eli*ble All agents so. perrons
are required to hdd licenser from ibe com mis
sooner of the Bureau
A shocking tr-g dy was brought to light at
Indianapolis, ludiana. recently H takuk
J ihnson, an o'd farmer, living four miles trom
tbe city, bav n* been missing for s* weeks,
was found a corps under the dcor of bis own
house He seventy-six years old, and his
t wile who has jast turned twenty five, reported
i that he had run off with another mv< s wife.
Me Hctakuk Johnson and a juvenile farm
er have beeu arrested on suspicion.
The total damage to the whaling interest by
Southern cruisers, has been one million tux -
I hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The
number cf whalers destroyed was forty-si*. _
i The negro soldiers who resisted the taking
• of arms the negroes in the vicinity of
Grenada, Mis?., have been arrested.
! None but discharged soldiers and sailors are
|to he employed hereafter, at t the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.