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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.