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N. S. MOUSE. %w«li He gntuttl An Itkm fob. Reflectioh—And Action # al s o. On Friday abutly negro at the lower end of the city, committed some misdemeanor —what it was wo are not imormed. But something was done, which made him liable to be arrests ol; and an officer near by proceeded to per form bis duty. The negro at ones drew a “six shooter,” and threatened to use it on any person who laid .hands upon him. This of course, iuterferrod somewhat with the officer s plans. A young man near by made a flank movement, and succeeded in wrenching tbe pistol trom tbe grasp of tbe belligerent son of Ham. The officer then rushed up and secured him. As the negro was being taken to the lock up, ho turned., aud shaking his flit at tho young man who took tho weapon trom him, remarked that he would “pay him for so doing a* Christmas.” This may have only been a bravado threat. It may have been a threat which had some meaning to it. Taking tho existing slate of affairs into consideration, perhaps it would be well to accept the latter interpretation, and he prepared. It is’ an old raying “ that an ouaco of prevention is worth u pound of cure.” There is only one truly B:nsible way to look at this thing. If wo are fully prepared for deeds' of violence and blood, and none aro committed, all right—uo harm can result from being ready for any emergency. If we are not prepared, and wo have ajrepetition oJ the scenes of St. Domingo—how sad wilt be tho results. Lot us be on the. alert for the worst. Lei a largo voluntary police force be organized for thirty days or more, immediately. It is high tirno the organization was made. Let If, bo done at once. “Delays are dangerous.” In these times, doubly so. Dihokackful and Barbarous —The “ Un ionists” of East Tennessee, aro pursuing with a bitter hatred and persecution, in many sections of that part of the State, those who did not agree with them|during the war ; driving some from their homes, preventing those away from returning, and in many instances committing Id blooded murders. Now we do not be lieve in the General Government interfering too much in State matters. The Jess it to do with them, as a general thing, the better. But as tho existing condition of affairs in East Tennesseee were caused by the war. and as the members of the present Government of that State, will not stop these outrages, but from acta show that they rather disgraceful deeds of violence would go ou than not —in a case of this .kind, under such circumstances, we do think that some power should interfere to pro tect tbe lives and property of the returned Confederates who are willing to become peaceable anil law abiding citizens, if permit ted so to do. The deeds n>w being committed Id East Tennessee would disgrace barbarians And we cannot see bow any one who has any claim to civilization can be guilty of perpe trating them At it Anus—From reports we see in the Northern papers it appears that the whole brotherhood of political preachers have com menced Instructing thoir hearers on sectional matters. Now that the slavery hobby has been ridden to death '‘.Social Equality’ is their theme. It does seem as if these haranguers never would be satisfied. It these pulpit liyprocrits would leave then sacred desks, they wou'd have but few hearers, and loss influence. As it is how ever, they claim divine authority for what thoy say, and have many a deluded follower who belives the ' doctrine they inculcate, and makes it a part of his religion tojmlvocate and maintain the same at the ballot box. a Paudoras box uever contained half the evils, mat are generally found in the narrow, bigot -14 sectional miud of a political preacher. We 'yv be wrong in our opinion-but wo are miy of the belief that there is mare “blood in a turnip” than there is piety in a man who puts on\ho livery of heaven in order that he may wield an influence over the minds of an audience on politioal matters. We nover tangled political preachers—nor shall wo ever. * From North we learn that the people are alive to the importance ot farming operations tor the next year, and aro getting ready to engage in the cultivation of cotton with energy. All our people want, throughout the entire South, is to be protected and maintained sim ply in their rights, and every thing will go on well. Lst the freedmen be given to under stand by those who have them under their pro> tectiou that the white man his rights ns well as they, and that those lights must be respect' oil ; that all contracts made must l>e faithfully executed; that they either must make contracj or wiil be puuished in some way for not doing so—or,.in arfaw words, lefsuchj uitasurcs ho adopted at once timt will effectually drive f*om the freedmau’s head the fallacious idea Uiat,ke can live .a life of idleness; let 6nch a thiug be done, all will go ou well. Our waste fields will once more yield of their abundance, and the South again produce her immense crop of cAlton and other staples which are now so much in demand aad so much needed. Mr. Davis’ Trial—A gentleman from Wash ingtou furnishes the Nashville Banner with a solution ot the mystery hangiug around the loug deterred trial of Mr. Davis. It appeals that the President is determined that tie case shall be brought before a properly constituted civil tribunal for adjudication ; while, on the other hand, Chief Justice JChaso is using the whole influence of his position for an gation and decision by a military commission, refuse's to organize the courts in Virginia! where alone Mr. Davis can bo legally tried, antil ordered to do so by Congress. Mr. C ckiims that .anything like a fair and impartia trial in that State is utterly out of the ques tun. k Ths Assessor's Convention.—' The proposed Convention of Internal Revenue Assessors and Collectors which was announced to be held at Atlanta, has been postponed until further no tice by order of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, MK. WILSOtV AXU HIS ItKSOLCrIOXS. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, id endeavoring to have Congress pass a law putting all the residents of the States lately arrayed against the General Government upon the aarne foot ing, as far as civil lights and privileges,are concerned. In his speech advocating his bill he said “that the most cold blooded murdeis “were being perpetrated upon the froedmen, “and it was the duty of the Government to in “terfere at once.’’ One unacquainted with the real state of af fairs in the South, after reading the remarks of the geniletnau from Massachusetts, would come to the conclusion that the white people of this section of t’jo world were a set of semi barbarians, whose chief occupation was to perpetrate “cold blooled murders,” an i who highly delighed in “committing outrages > . n the freedmen.’’ Now every person who knows any thing o! Southern alf .its, knows that no such charges as have been made by Mr. Wilson aro correct. True, some murders have been committed since peace was declared ; but such, deeds are not upheld or countenanced by the better daises of the community ; and whenever such affairs occur, tho officers of the law use their utmost exertions to ba7o the guilty party ar rested and punished. Sureiy nothing more cau be done—nothing more ought to bo de manded. The killing of a freedmua in the South does not make all tbe white population thereof neg: o slayers, any more than the kill ing of a person at the North make3 tho er. tire population of that section murdereis. It is about time that the Northern agitators had ceased their senseless twaddle about the wionga of tho negro. It it is the desire of these would be philanthropist’s to improve the class for which they express so much sympathy, let them go to work, and R6sist those who have always been tho slaves’ best friend, instead oi doing all they can t > oppress them. Tho course now / arsued by the Northern radicals will injure ' istead of assist the freed - man. We did hop^, when the war closed, the U. S. Congress would tarn its attention to legislation for the white man, but fear it never will as long as its halls are cursed with a set of of half crazy fanatics who aro afflicted withs disease which very properly might be termed “nigger on the brain.’’ Reliable Labuk — The greatest difficulty our planters will have to conti nd with, is to secure reliable labor That is a thing they must have in order to successfully carry on their business. The freedman must fu’fil bis con tracts. And unless he does so willingly, meas ures must be adopted to compel him to. Let all planters agree not to hire refugee hands on any terms. Let county meetiugs bo hrid, and a system of somo kind be agreed upon and car ried out. Let it bo understood that the labor er must bring a certificate of character, and l» OU OW»Mo <1 y sand if iJIeM nro Jv»- lr iug round, it shall be the duty of all who know it to see that they are dealt with as vagrants and made to give an account of themselves be fore the nearest magistrate. The planters of county should come to an uudeistanding, riot only upon these matters 1 but also upon the equally important concerns of plantation and general police—the protec tion of their stock, Meeting once a week, or fortnight, at the Court House, would be of immense utility in interchanging the results of experience under the new aud difticult problems now before the country. We commend this subject, without further enlargement, to the good sense and discretion ot our planting readers. Cotton Abroad and at Home. —The Eng lish papers report a better prospect of cotton next year in India and Egypt than at any pre vious time. The conditions ot raising and transporting the staples in both these countrie are greatly improving ; and if tho price could be kept up to the present figure for ten years longer, a permanent and sufficient supply for tho European market might by that time be obtained. But it is here that the peril and the fear arises. For if cotton can bo again raised in this country at anything near the old price, or even at the rate of fifteen to twenty cents a pound, then neither the Indian nor Egyptian growers can compete with us, and their pros perity will collapse. We think there is good reason for other countries to fear this. We be lieve that cottqn will be planted over a very largo surface next spring; and year following next, when the South shall bo well suplied with capital ; when its labor and in dustry will be thoroughly organiz’d ; when emigration shall have poured thither, and when the use of .lew and improved machinery shall be extensively introduced, we shall prob ably givo Europe all the cotton it needs at a lower price than it can be obtained elsewhere. Ths R adicals Hxadsd orr in tus Senate.— From the accounts from Washington, we are pleased to notice that the conservative wing of the Union party are acting in concert with the lXmocracv. When Ifr. Su.naer called up his bill confirming the titles Os freedmen, settled on the Sea Islands by Gen. Sherman’s order, to their lansd, he moved i’s reference to the Mili tary Committee, which was known to be friend ly. He was hoadod off, however, by six con servative Uaion members, who voted with the Democrats to refer it' to the Judiciary com mittee. This committee is said to be very hos tile to Mr. Sumner’s plans. This certainly is quite pleasant news for the South. It looks as if their enemies were not. going to have thoir own way in every thing Let us hope that the Senate, following the lead of the President, will yet save the country, or at least deprive the Radicals of their power of •ril. White Labor for Corrox Culture. —The Charleston News is informed by a gentleman from the Southwest, that he has made on ar rangement at the North for the cultivation of 1,000 acres of cotton land by fifty Swedish laborers. He says that his plan is largely adopted in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. He also informs us that North ern capitalists are readily advancing capital for the purpose of planting on chares, that socie ties are formed that furnish laborers for a commission, and that the effect has already been to advance lands that, four mourns ago, could have easily been bought lor twenty to sixty dollars per acre, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1865. SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN IN WaSHI GTON. — The Washington Chronicle noticing the arrival of Southern members in Washington, mentions the names of M ssrs. Cabaniss, Matthews, Christy, Wotford, Cook and Cohen of this State. The list comprises all except those from North and South Carolina, Florida and Texas. No credentials have been presented to either branch of Congress, except those of the membe s from Tenn ssee and Virginia. The 3mie paper, commenting upon their pres ence in Washington, 3iys they are having free .and friendly intercourse with the Northern aud Western members, and are everywhere treated with-'-marked courtesy. Generally, there is no disposition On either side to show what may be called discontent at delay, or eagerness to protract their exclusion. The impression prevails that they will be ad mitted before the cioee of the present sesuon. This will certainly be so, says the Chronicle, .1 the States continue to act up to the require ments of the President. . Matters in Tennessee. — The Union radicals of East Tennessee, in tho Tennessee Legisla ture, are doing all they can to defeat the Pree dents conservative policy. Tue/ appeir not to desire to have matters settled, and affairs to go on smoothly as in days before the war. Their highest ambition, seems to be to perse cute Southern men who have returned to their homes for the purpose of assuming peaceful avocations. They do. not want things settled, but wish the excitement kept up in order that they imy gratify their private hatreds. They have carried matters so far at Knoxville, that the military havo interfered in behalf of those they seek to oppress and ruin. In Tenpesse all tho troubles which now ist aro for the rnoet part caused by those men who during the war termed themselves “Unionists.lt would b well lor that State i f they would now carry out those principles for which they once professed so much love and veneration. Thing which should be Stuped. —A man, by the name of Bradley, hailing from Boston, has been arraigned before tho Pro vost Court, in Savannah, charged with utter ing treasonable and seditious language at the Second African Church in that city. This is a thing that should be stopped at once. Any party who is trying to stir up se dition and discontent among the colored por tion of the community, is no better than the lurking robber or midnight incendiary—and should be treated as such. No assistance is needed from the North or abroad to excite the public mind, at present. The South has troubles enough, without hav ing them added to. And no party, no matter from what section of the world ho comes, should be permitted to use seditious language in our midst. Such persons should be punish ed severely. Movements in Mobile —lt appears that other places besides Augusta, are annoyed with vagrants. And it also appears that movements are being made in nearly every other p’ace besides Augusta, to correct the evil. We notice that the Mayor of Mobile has pro hibited the roads and steamers from “impor ting negroes iuto the city.” This is right. It there is no work for the negroes in the city, they should be compelled to remain in the country, where there is work. Measures of this kind have got to be adopted sooner or latter, 'and the quicker tfyey are adopted the better for all parties. The quicker the freedman learns that he will have to re main in the country and work for a living the quicker matters will quiet down, and every thirg go on prosperous as in days gone by. Cheering. —The National lutelligencer, the official organ of tho Administration at Wash ington, thinks “ it is plain that the time ap proaches, when President Johnson will be jus tified, by his own view of the situation, in is suing a proclamation declaring that the States lately in arms against the General Government are entitled to representatives in Congress; and deems it net improbable that before the close of the coinmg session, we .shall witness a com plete restoration of the Union, in all its politi cal and fiuancial integrity and power.” This is cheering news. And coming as it does from a high official source, it can very proper ly be looked upoa as foreshadowing the policy the President intends to pursue towards the South. Fatobable. — ‘The conservative papers throughout the entiio Union are supporting the policy President Johnson has announced in his Message. They heartily endorse that document, and uphold the constitutional doc triues laid down therein. It is like the silver lining to tho daik cloud. As long as tho con servative portion of the press stands by the President, liis hauu3 will be supported by a ma jority of the people, and be will be enabled to fully carry oat the plans and purposes he Las .already inaugurated. The moderate, manly couise he has pursued, has won the confidence ■ nd support of the conservative men of all par ties. Good Work going on in Atlanta —The At lanta papers state that the good work of ar resting the vagrants in the streets of that city still continues. If the rule of arresting va grants in all cities was carried strictly out as it ought to be, there would be less suffering, and less crime committed in our large places, and more contentment and better order on tho plantations. Let tho freedmen understand tbat they will bo taken cars of if tbey are caught loitering about, and they will soon find something to do that will keep them em ployed. Affairs.—As matters now look everything tends to show that a policy that will in the end drive Maximil ian and his French mercenaries from Mexico wilt be demanded. The newly appointed U. 5. Minister, Gen. aud sundry other ar my officers are said to have recently urged the President to adopt more vigorens action on the Mexican question. Resolutions have been introduced in both houses of Congress looking to the same end. It is very evident that a strong pressure will be brought to bear upon the President to induce him to* make some movement looking to the ejection of Maxi milian from Mexico andthe restoration of that country to its Republican officials. Good Sensible Advice to Freedmen.— Capt. J. C. Barnett, Assistant Superinten dent Freedinen’s Bureau, has issued a circu lar to the freedmen of Western North Ciro lina, and tho adjoining districts of South Caro lina, which will be to most of them somewha* interesting and very surprising. He com mences by telling them that he has heaid that about Christmas they expect to receive the lands, hoists, farming utensils, and a por tion ot their fonner masters’ plantations. If it is true that r-uch are their anticipations, he informs them that tbty may as well dismiss all such ideas at once, for the jovernment has nothing to do with, their masterr, plantations, and ha3 no right to dispose of them in manner. And, furthermore, he adds, that if they do not labor —have not labored since they become free—during the winter they will be in a situation worse than slavery—they will have nothing to support themselves upon, and must, with their families, perish. Ho as sures them that the Government will not feed them, nor wilt it help them in any way ; and if they do net labor hard and establish them selves characters for industry and integrity, their lives will puss away aud they will be known only in name, lie furthermore says: “ Since I have Lean among you I havo dis covered that a majority of yon look upon your f< rmer masters as your enemies, aud upon the ‘Yankees’ as your old trionds. In this you are mistaken, I aur from the North, and know well the feelings that exist there towards the negro. I know that a majority of the North ern peoplo will not consent to your becoming cit’zons amongst them. The Government, through a military necessity, has given you your freedom, and in that freedom the pco p’c of North Carolina will ever protect you, unless you become unworthy of their protec tion. “ The South is your natural home, and Southern men will be your friends. The ma . jority of you were raised, havo grown up on the same plantations with your former mas ters; and I know it to be a fact that there is a feeling, a sympathy, existing between you that docs not, nor never ;can, exist between you and the people of the North. If Southern men are your enemies, it is your bad behavior that has made them so. ■ The fact is that you know not how to appreciate your freedom, and have grossly abused it.” This is good talk. Sound, sensible advice. We trust all freedmen who read it, or who have it read to them by their employers, will profit by it Captain Burnett has told some plain truths. Wehope they will havo good effect up on the claS3they are designed to influence. Which is in the Ascendant —Civil or Ban ditti Law?— This question was very forcibly presented to our mi"d last evepimr, by the out rageous lawlessness that swept like a tornado through Bridge Row. Several soldiers, or persons similarly clad, attempted to garrote and rob a party of freed men, who wore on that street. The effort was a bold, but unsucossful one. Bold ; be cause it was j ust six o’clock; an hour when most of our merchants and business men Fwere going home through.the streets. And unsuc cessful ; because of the resistance made .by the negroes. The robbers, finding force opposed to them fled, and were pursued by the negroes, clubs in hand, breathing out threats and denuncia tions, in no very polite terms. What was the fru't of 4 the pursuit we know not ; but this we do know—tbat such scenes are born of anarchy, and can claim no relation ship to law and order. The enactment of all such i3 highly discred itable to our city hitherto distinguished for its quietude and safety- Surely darkness and crime haye joined hands, and contempt for law has almost become a component part of the very air we breathe, • The condition of affairs is horrible, beyond description. There must be a change wrought immediately. Scound rels and cut throats must bo made to know that their presence's intolerable. This fact can be impressed upon their minds only by the most summary proceedings and punish ment. For the sake of law, for the security of our citizens, we say burry up the patrol guard. To be efficient, it should be strong. Let every man who appears on the street at unseasona ble hours, be required to give an account of himself. Citizens will not object to this. Down with anarchy, and let order be restored. Tub Reason Why.— Many wonder why the law breakers in East Tennessee are so bold in their persecution of returned Confederates. The matter has been made perfectly plain to us. In conversation with a gentleman a few days since, he informed us that the present in cumbent of the gubernationai chair of Tennes see made use of the annexed language, la talking recently to a crowd of Erst Tennessee admirers, he in substance told them to go on with what he termed “their good wort,’’ —that is their outrages upon men who had favored the South during tho war. “And,” he con tinued, “if any of you are found guilty and sentenced to State Prison by 1 the courts, I will meet you at the prison door with a pardon; if any of you are sentenced to be hung, I will meet you at the gallows with a reprieve.” As long as such men bold office in Tennessee, we may look lor murders and outrages of all kinds, in that portion of the Union. Stealing from the Dead.—Tbat man or woman who steals from tho healthy and the living is regarded as lost to every principle of honor and virtue".: how much mere deeply then, must they be sank in the miring clay of dishonesty, who in tie presence of a corpse, enter a house and* take therefrom the trunk, containing ithe wearing apparel of him, who lie3 before them, wrapped in the embrace of death ! So horrifying to virtuous minds, is tho mere contemplation of cuch an act; that people will declare it almost incredible, yet, we chronicle the truth, wheu we say that such a thieft was committed in our city, la3t week. Cotton Matters in Louisan a. —The Louisi ana planters say that there has been a decided failing off in the receipts of cotton, which has been caused both by the scarcity of the staple in the country and the decline of prices. Peo pie throughout tbn country are making prepa rations to plant large cotton crops next year. They are buying Government mules, repairing their fence* and purchasing agricultural im plements. Red river lands are in demand, either for sale orient, and every man who can cultivate the soil intends to make a crop. THE PHKBUY I LUI V.X UEYSUAL iSsEMBLY • The General Assemblv of the Southern Pres byterian church meet in Macon .December 14. The proceedings were opened with an im pressive prayer by the Rev. J >hn S. Wilson, D D., the Moderator of tbe last Assembly. The opening sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Wilson, who took for his text the Ist verse, 13th chapter of Joshua—“ There re mainethjnuch land to be possessed”—aud pro ceeded in an eloquent ami forcible mauner to address the members of the Assembly and con gregation present. In it he gave his reasons why this General Assembly should endeavor to maintain an organizition separat e and dis - tinet from the Presbyterian Church North. After the benediction, the Assembly was or ganized by the Moderator, Rev. John S Wil sod, D D. The Permanent Clerk, from the Committee c n Commissions, theu reported the following delegates as having appeared and been en rolled : SYNOD OP ALABAMA. Presbytery of East Alabama ; Rev. R Nall,* D D.; N S Graham, ruling elder. South Alabama ; Rev. James R H&zrn. Tuscaloosa ; Rev. C A Stillman, D D. SYNOD OF GEORGIA. Presbytery of Cherokee ; Rev. E P Palmer ; W L Whitman, ruling elder. Flint River; Rev. J C Patterson, D D.; Henty H Jones, ruling elder. Florida ; ftav. A W Cibby. Hopewell ; Rev. David Will ; W L Mitchell, ruling elder. SYNOD CF MEMPHIS. Presbyteiy of Chickasaw; Rev. O. F. Rogers. Memphis ; Rev Phi 11 ip II Thompson. Western Distrct ; Rev J U Gillespie. Tuscumbia ; K«v Win II Mitchell, DD. SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI. Presbytery oi Central Mississippi ; Rev E T Baird, D D. East Mississippi; Rev Root Bell. Mississippi ; Rev A McCallum; A Baker, ruling elder. New Orleans ; Re.v Philo Calhoun ; Henry T. Bartlett, ruling elder. SYNOD OF NASIIVILLS. Presbytery of Eolstou ; Rev Gao A Cald well. Knoxville ; Rev Jas Park. North Alabama ; Rev T A Ross, D D. SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA. Presbytery of Concord ; Revs. J L Kirk, Patrick, D D, and B L Beall. Fayetteville ; Revs. Jas. McQueen and J M Sherwood ; A J McQueen, ruling elder. Orange ; Rev. H G Hill ; Chas Phillips and Jessie H Lindsay, rul'ng elders. SYNOD OF Bourn CAROLINA. Presbytery of Charleston ; Rev. Geo. Howe D D. Harmony ; Revs. J Leighton Wilson, D D and Donald M<Queen. South Carolina ; Revs. S S Gaillard and J R Riley ; A Walker ruling elder. SYNOD OF VIRGINIA. Presbytery of East Hanover ; Rev Win Brown, D D ; Jas Miller, ruling elder. Greenbrier ; Rev J C Brown. Lexington ; Revs R C Walker and F H Bowman. Montgomery ; P.evs L H Blanton and T W Hooper ; A G Mathews , ruling elder. Roanoke ; Rev Jacob D Mitchell, DD. West Hanover ; Rev Richard Mcllwaine. Winchester ; Rev Robt T Berry. No delegates >vero present from either Ar kansas or Texas ; nor, j-aB the Bynocl of Mis sississippi fully represented. Tho Assembly then elected Rev George Howe, DD, of Charleston, S C, as Moderator, and Rev H G Hill, of Hanover, N C , Reading Clerk. The committee on elections was then ap pointed by the Moderator, to consist of Rev Robert Bell, of the Presbytery of East Missis sippi; Rev Jacob D Mitchell, of Lynchburg, Va. ; Rev J L Kirkpatrick, of Concofld, N-C. ; and Charles Phillips, Ruling Elder, of Orange, N C. Various reports were read and adopted. A resolution was offered and adopted ap pointing a committee, to consist of one mem ber from each Synod, to prepare a Pastoral Letter to be addressed to the churches under the jurisdiction of the Assembly. seojnd day. The Standing Committee sera announced by the Moderator : standing committees. Bills and Overtures ; Rev. E T Baird, D D , J D Mitchell, DD., E P Palmer, Richard Mc llwaine, James H Hazcn ; Elders—Chas Phil lips, and H T Bartlett. -Judicial ; Revs R Nall, DD, R C Walker . er, Jas McQueen ; Elders—A Walker, and Jas. Millet- Theological Seminaries ; Revs. C A Still man, DD, L II Blanton, J R Riley, Philip H. Thompson, Donald McQueen ; Eiders—W S Mitchell and A G Mathews. Domestic Missions ; Revs J L Kirkpatrick, F A Ross, DD, AW Clisby, J II Gillespie, T W Hooper ; Elders—Jesse H. Lindsay, N S Graham. Foreign Missions ; Revs Robt E Berry, F II 3owman, Geo A Calwell ; Elders—A S Me queen and H II Jones. Publication ; Revs J L Wilsoa, William Brown, D D.; O F Rogers; Elders; W B Whitman and A Baker. Education ; Revs J M Sherwood,'B L Beall, S C Gaillard ; Eiders ; Chas Phillips and Jas Miller. The Narrative ; Revs Wm H Mitchell, D D., Robt Bell; Elders ; HLB irtlett. Foreign Correspondence ; Revs Jacob D Mitchell, A McCalium ; Elders A Baker and A Walk -r. Leave of Absense : Revs Donald McQueen, Jas K Haz en ; Eider II H Jones Systematic Benevolence ; Rev. J C Patter son, D D, J 0 Brown, Jas Parker. Devotional Exercises ;' Revs David Willis, J R Riley; Elder Jesse H Lindsa7. Records o( Synod of Alabama ; Rev, E P Palmer, J R.Riley ; Eider A G Mathews. Records o? Synod of Arkansas ; Revs, Jaa McQueen, L H Blanton ; Eider N S Graham. Records of Synod of Georgia ; Rev. Richard Mcllwaine, Pail ip H Thompson ; Elder A J McQueen. Records of Synod of Memphis ; Rev. R E Walker, R H Berry ; Elder H H Jones. Records of Synod of Mississippi ; Revs. G S Gaillard, T W Hooper ; Eider W L Whit man Records of Sjccd of Nashville ; Revs. Don ald McQueen, F H Bosmaa : Eider Chao Phillips. Records of Synod of North Carolina ; Revs. A W Clisby, Geo A Caldwell ; Eider Jas Mil ler. Records of Synod of South Carolina; Revs David Wills, O F Rogers ; Eider A G Mat thews. Records of Synod of Texas; Rc-vs Rob’t Bell, B L Beall • E.der Jesse H Lindsay. Records of Synod of Virginia; Revs Phil lip H Thompson, J M Sherwood ; Eider N S Graham. Special Committee on Pastoral Letter to Churches ; Rav3 Wm Brown, DD, C L Still man, D D„ J H Gillespie, F A Ross I) D., J L Kirkpatrick, DD, JL Wilson, D £>.; Elders W L Mitchell and II T Bartlett. Rev Jas R Wilson, D D,‘late Permanent Clerk, was elected “Seated” Clerk, and Dr Wm Brown, of Va , Permanent Clerk. Reports of the Virginia and South Carolina Seminaries were referred. The Hymn Book Committee reported tbat the revise copy of the work had been destroyed at Charlotte in May, and advise I the appoint ment of two committees to prepare a now one. Referred. Various reports were read and narratives received and referred. A letter was read from the Kentucky Beard VOL. LXXV.—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXY NO. 1. of Ail for Southern Pasto s andref-rred to the Standing Committee on Domestic Missions, t<> prepare a suitable minute for their adoption. f THIRD DAY. On motion, it was resolved that when the subject of the name of the Assembly is under consideration, tbe speeches shall be limited to five miuutts. Also, that after the Committee on Bills and Overtures shall have reported, all the members be allowed to propore any name they may think proper, and the vote bo taken seriatim. The Chairman of Committee on B'lls and Overtures, then read a report, proposing that in .ti e place of tho words “The Confederate States,” the words “ The United States,” so that the name would read “ The General * s sembly of the Presbyterian Chuich in the Uni ted Stater.” Several other names were proposed. After considerable discussion, a ballot was tikeu and “the Presbyterian church in ths United States,” adopted. The Assembly beard several -reports and overtures. One a?k ; L>g advice as to inviting Northern ministers to fiil our pulpits. Refer red to a committee. At the evening session Memphis was unani mously selected as the next place of meeting. Georgia Legislature. Thursday December 13. Tho resolution authorizing the State Treas urer to advance the members of the General Assembly one hundred dullars each was re considered and amended by inserting $l5O each, and transmitting to the House. The committee appointed to wait upon tie Governor reported it would be his pleasure to be inaugurated at°tWe've o’clock. The annexed bills were passed ; to a<?rl the county of Terrill to the South Western circuit to punish timber; inepsetors and measurers for non potfbrmar.ee of duty ; an act to repeal “an act to extend the civil jurisdiction cf the city courts of Augusta, to abolish the tax on court fees, aud to mike the fees of ths officers at that court the same as in ibo Superior Courts of this State, assented to March 9, 1865. The annexed bills were lost : to- ext nd the term of effl :e to four years of county offices ; to allow Robert Tood, of Irwin county to peddle without a license. Tho annexed resolutions passed : that a committee of two from the Senate aud throe from the House bo appo n'el to make arrange ments for the inauguration of Governor elect ; that the repairs on the Executive mansion be provided for. The Senate agreed to the House resolution in reference to the, publishing of a revision of the Code of Georgia, by David Irwin, of Cobb county. A bill was introduced to authorize and em power Judges of the Superior Courts to hold special terms for the trial of criminals. The annexed resolutions was adopted : Resolved, That, in the event the committee now engaged In preparing a code ot laws lor the government of the freedmen in conformity with a resolution of the late Convention, shall fail to make a report by the 15th inst., the Secretary of the Senate be directed to super vise the printing of tho same, and to forward during the recess to each member of tbe Gen eral Assembly, two copies of the same. HOUSE. Thursday, Dec. 13. The annexed bills were introduced ; to pro hibit the marriage of white persons with black persons, and persons of African descent ; to add anew section to the penal code ;to au thorize Inferior Courts of Scriveu county, to levy aD additional tax for the support of wid ows and orphans of deceased soldiers ; to au thorize Gil eon Roberts to establish a ferry on Savannah river, at Hudson’s ferry ; to increase the fees of county officers 50 per cent ; to pro vide lor the more effectual enforcement of Mechanics’ liens ; to regulate the distribution of the common school fund of each county ; providing that no Droperty should,be levied on and sold before January, provided the debtor would givo bond and security and pay cost ; providing for a chango in the manage ment of the Western and Atlantic Railroad— it provides for the election by the General As sembly of a board of directors; to define the liabilities of railroads—by this bill, all rail reads receiving go*ds in transit, are made lia ble for all goods lost, without regard to the road ou whicb they are fo3t or stolen ; provid ing for the apprenticing of negro children who have no reputed father; declaring that any white person who shall live in adultery with a woman of African descent, shall be held guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be punishable with fine and imprisonment—on conviction ot the second offence, he shall be incapable of giving evidence in cases to which white persons are parties ; to amend certain sections of the code; for tho relief of the State. The Senate bill, fixing salaries of State House officers, was passed. The salaries of aii these officers are $2 000 each, except that of Librarian, which is SI,OOO. A resolution was reported from the commit tee on finance to authorize the Governor to borrow SIOO,OOO upon the faith of the State. The bills from the Senate allowing freedmen to testify in courts and regulating contracts between master and servant, w»*re read a sec ond time aud teferred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Senate resolutions authorizing an advance to be made to each officer and member of the General Assembly of $l5O, was amended by adding $20,000 to tho Treasurer of the Luna tic Asylum, and was passed amended. The annexed bills were passed : exempting firemen of the city of Augusta from jury du ties ; to incorporate the Gazelle Horse Mining Company. The House agreed to bring on the election of State House officers aud State Printer on Friday next at 11 o’clock, a m. A petition Lorn Hon. David Irwin, of Cobb, .County, setting forth that be bad nearly com pleted a digest of the laws of Georgia with all the ammendments to the cole, to include the new constitution and all legislation subse quent to t’ue adoption of the same, asking sim ply that the Legislature should appoint a com mittee to examine and report upon his woik, offering to furnish the'volume to the S'ate, at the actual cost of panting, binding &c. The petition was followed with a resolution au thorizing the appointment of a committee to examine aud report cn the proposed revision ot the laws of Georgia, Tuuksdly, December 14. The House bill iu* reference to salaries, Ac., was passed. The resolution in relation to the advertise ment of salaries, &c , was amended by adding “and $2,500 to the Trustees of tho Asylum of the B.ind.” The bill to repeal an act which graded an extension oi the charter of the Union Bank of Aui'iista, was passed. The House resolution authorizing the Gov- I ernor to borrow, on the endit of tbo State, the sum of SIOO,OOO, was aLo concurred in. The House bill to advance $4,500 to the State Printer was read and pu. jed. The annexed Hills were introduced ; to al low a crippled soldier in Edmund county to peddle without license. To prohibit persons of African decent fr -m coming to the State as settlers. To repeal the the 4598th and 4670th sections of the Code of Ge jreia ; an act to authorize the Judges cr the Interior Courts to borrow money oa tho faith of their counties for county purposes ; to prescribe the age of . persons required to work on the public roads —the ages of 16 and 60 were designated by the bill ; to prohibit itinerant traders from peddling without license ; authorizing Justices of the Peace to take jurisdiction in certain cases. The annexed bills were passed ; to authorize the Commissioners or the .own of Louisv'lla to charge license for s lling spirituoub liquors and taxing showmen aud itinerant peddlers, w s passed ; authorizing persons living along the line of the Western aud Atlantic Railroad, to build stock gaps ; in reference to holding special term ot the Superior Courts for the trial of criminals, was read the second time. The Senate then in procession proceeded to Representative Hall, to participate in the in auguration of Governor elect After the luaugutation, five hundred cop’es of Gov Jenkin’s inauguial were ordered print ed lor the use of the Senate. . HOUSE. Thursday, December 14. A resolution was offered requesting the Governor to require the Inferior Court to for ward a correct list of the number of indigent widows, orphans and disabled soldiers, in their respective Comities, to the Comptroller General, which was adopted. A bill to extend the charter of the city of West Point, and to grant certain privileges to he City Council thereof, was read the tnird time and passed. The Senate bill to regulate contracts be tween master and servant, wa3 read and re ferred to tbe Judiciary committee. The inauguration of the Governor elect then took place. INAUGURAL CEREMONIES. At ten minutes oerere r- oefocK, the Sena tors and Representatives of Georgia being as sembled in the (Representative Hall, Chas. J. Jenkins, the Governor elect, arm in arm with Provisional Governor Jas. Johnson, entered the Hall, followed by the Committee of Invi tation, of both Houses and tho State House officers, and other distinguished persons pre viously invited, and ascended to the Speaker’s desk. The Presideut of the Senate announced the object of the convocation. Gov. Jenkins then arose, aud, with considerable emotion, pronounced his address. The address being through, at a quarter of one o’clock the Govern >r elect, placing his hand upon the Holy Bible, took the oath of * ffico as prescribed in tho Constitution of Georgia. And immediately after Provisional Governor Johnson transferred to him the Great Seal of the State, and Gov. Jenkins took his seat. The President of the Senate then announced that Charles J. Jenkins was Govern or elect of Georgia lor the next two years. SENATE. Friday, December. 15. The following bills were passed : author izing the Ordinary ofßirtow county to hold his Court at his own house. Also to a’low session* of the Inferior aud Superior Courts to be held at Cartersville ; to make an advance of S4OOO to the State Printer ; to incorporate the Chattahoochee Mining Cos. House resolution requiring the Inferior Courts of each county to furnish to the Govern or a list of disabled soldiers and indigent wid ows and orphans of deceased soldiers. Pas sed. A message was received from his Excellency, Charles J. Jenkins, recommending to the Gen eral Assembly, that they should not adjourn before passing a bill to admit negro testimony Courts, with such limitations as thoy might think proper to prescribe. The Message sets forth that such a measure is not only just in itself, but would facilitate the restoration of the State to all its civil rights, and would result in many persons being tried before the civil tribunals who will otherwise be tried be fore military commissions. The Senate ha3 already passed a bill of this character. The hour of 11 o’clock having arrived, the Senate repaired to the Hall to elect State House officers aud State Printer. The following named gentlemen were elected > Secretary of Slate, N O Baruett ; Comptroller General, J T Burns ; Treasurer, John Joues ; State Printer, J W Burke. Tho election being over, the Senate returned to their Chamber. The annexed resolution was adopted : Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives, That all suits now commenced in any of theConrts of*this State, or against any incorporated Bank oAhis State, stand contin ued until the adjournment of this session of the General Assembly. The Senate concurred in the amendment of the House, to its bill allowing the testimony of free persons of color to be taken in the Courts. The bill as passed both Houses, is as follows ; A bill to be entitled, an ' act to make free persons of color competent witnesses in the Courts of this State, in certain cases therein mentioned, and to authorize the making and , declaring of force affidavits by them in certain cases. The Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, do enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, free persons of color shall be compe tent witnesses in ail fho Courts of this State, in civil cases whereto free persons of color is a party, and in all criminal cases wherever a freo persou of color is defendant, or wherever tho offence charged is a crime, or misdemeanor against the person or property of a free person ot color, any law, usage or custom to the con trary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And bo it further enacted, that in all cases hereafter pending, or about to be in stituted wherein a tree person of color is a party, plaintiff or defendant, it shall be com petent for such free person of coior, to make and file any affidavit now by law allowed and tending to advance the remedy or aid tho de fendant, a3 if the said affidavit had been made and filled by any other litigant. The annexed resolution was adopted : Whereas, It is one of the privilege?, if not duties, of this General Assembly, convened under circumstances so peculiarly interesting and important to the future es Georgia and her people, now that it ie about to adjourn over its session fora brief period, not to do so until it shall have given some expression of its high appreciation of the President of the United States through whose j notice and magnanimity, aad through whose regard for the Constitu tional rights of the States, civil government has again been put in motion at the_, capital of this Btato : 1 hero-fore Bo it Resolved by the S-nate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in Genera! Assembly met, That in Andrew John son, the Chief Magistrate of the American Re public, Georgia in her recent past while jield iug to a power she eonld not successfully resist, and in her present condition moving onward in the work of reconstruction, has felt a sustaining arm, and will ever be grateful for the generous clemency extended by him to wards her people, the magnanimity displayed towards them, and the determined will that says to a still hostile faction of her recent foes: “Thus far shalt thou go and no farther. Peace be still 1” On motion, the Senate adjourned till the 15th of January 1860, at the hour of 12 o’clock. HOUSE. Friday, December 15. The annexed resolution was adopted ; Resolved, That there be printed for the use ol the House, 500 copies of the code for the government o( the free Imen, to be prepared by the commissioner* appointed by the late Convention. Also 200 c pies of Gov. Jen kins’ Inaugural Address. The annexed bills were passed ; to repeal the tevara' acts amendmg the charter of the city of Ameiicus ; to repeal so much of an act which extended the charter of the Union Bank ; to amend section 4321 of the Code ; to amend section 4564 of the Code ; to amend section 3984—5 of the Code ; to amend the lawß reg ulating the practice in the City Court* of Sa vannah and Augusta ; to carry into effect the 3d Paragraph of the lst Section ofj Article 4th of the Constitution , fixing the time and place of holding the Supreme Court, Millodgeville the place, and the first Monday of May and