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N S. MORSE. §{pmd< 6 HiEihui. Steam iioitta Explosions.— For the last few W! 't Is a tail fate seems to have brooded over th > steammi plying the Great Father of IValets. In qui k succession three elegant fib-staters have been bloan to atoms, and riur.’;b»is of their passengers consigned to a watery grave, or the riv.-r banks strewn with thi* ir tnaneied and scalded bodies. 'Die Mmoph'a papjrs publish a letter from Mr. James Cook, an accomplished architect nr.d c.vil engineer, who theorises upon the Causes of the disasters After stating the Warner in which Franklin’s theory of tho ex ietinco, in the atmosphere of an agency the most powcrlul, was received by the people of that time, Mr. Cork goes on to explain his opu i *n as to the action of the same element t<> wh ch Franklin referred : In a steamboat, wr find the very elements necessary for gen erating u po-verful electrical current, the re tenii u t f the same and its discharges the battery of bojlors are the generators ; the boat, t*re conservator for the element generated and the water beneath the boat, .tLe Insula tor, to prevent the eamo from escaping When Is this element, electricity generated ! Whenever the steam in the boilers is raised but ordinarily, so slightly, that it becomes dissipated belore it can be concentrated elec, tricity Dom steam is termed Hydro-electricity. When watei is r-.lsed to a height of tempera* sure, and steam it generated at a high pres sure, under certain arrangements, electricity b< conn i latent in its meat powerful form capable of instantaneously decomposing water T s reduced to its elements, Bygen of Hydro g- n, in c-rtuin proportions, is tho most explo sive compound known, and is more resistless than anything yet discovered. | lhe theory of those recurring disasters is that they are generally fixed laws. Wherever wo find the H‘tno conditions of the elements, wo alia'. 1 have the same results. The boilers are |io,vt'iiul hydro electric machines, generat ing nt a curtain pressure of steam, positive electricity. The boat is the receptacle for the same, and is, when it becomes an insulated receiver, like a Leydou jar. Wh< n do explosions occur under this theory, is an important inquiry, since all boilers may be in tUi condition, and electricity generated in all. When the atmosphere is atagonistic or in a negative condition, and whenever the steam generates electricity, and the atmos phere is in a nigative condition, the explosion Occurs. Ai at every moment fresh steam is gener i;t- I f‘( i electricity is generated, the boat be< i ui ;>d uucharged, the negative atmosphere meets it, adlschaige takes plaoe, the boilers being the most conductible material on board, receives ihutdischarge, the steam and water are decomposed, and at the same time re united, shattering everything that confines them, with all the harrowing results with which we have become lately too familiar. L steam does not generate elec tricity, and her ce, low-pressuie boats are ex empt from such accid«nts. Arrival < i Eriouams—The Charleston Courier of the B.h inst. chronicles the arrival, per the steamer Q inker City, on her last trip, of ono hundred aud sixty live German emi grants— including men, women, and children. They will proceed at once to form a settle-- merit uu the plantations of Messrs. Weldon and Dayton, in Oluist Church Parish. It was through the itilluence of these gentlemen that the emigrants were persuaded to select South Carotin i, for a permanent residence. They all are steady, industrious people; and the adults have had more or loss experience in agricul tural matters. At Christ Church Parish they w II g va their attention to the raising ot vege tables and cotton. This is the first really large i.-M iilment of emigrants that has arrived at Chai lepton since ths discussion of the new 6ystetu of labor has commonced. Iu several articles which wo have written, we have cndoivortd to point out the innu merable beueSts to by having this eh meet in our midst.* general rule the paop’e of the '■-tato are iu favor of the encour agement of immigration. Planters have ex pressed their willingness to make terms with this elms of people whatever they present them wives for employment, aud it only re main* for a few enterprising agents at the North to make there such arrangements with the emigrants as will he an inducement for them to Cv me to the South. Now is the proper time for Georgia to givo attention to this matter. Agents oppointed by other Southern States are in the field, and it will not be tong be'ore tho competition in engaging white laborers will become so great that a premium will be offered to tho emi grants a* an extra inducement for them to sett'ie in certain localities. We hope the day is not far distant when we fhrll be called upon to notice the exhibition of the same enterprising spirit by our people, as that shown by South Carolinians. El qusnck Extraobdinakt. — Lhe Montgom ery Mui sys that one of the poetical members ot the Alabama L gislature. In a debate on the rtac 1 iw, n tew days since, was happily deliv er* 1 of the annexed eloquent peroration : •‘Mr. Speaker! Is there a man, woman, or cbi'd witt.i •. the sound of my voice, v ho is un>> willing to save to our people tbe pittance ot property left them? It such there be. sir, he shi.uM go down to posterity. un »ept, unhonor ed jTui unsung lie is unfit to tread the soil ot the t:ee and .the brave. A man, sir, who would m iMcoudy. and in cold blood, thus op pr*s< the people is not fit to live. He should be Kick and to death by a jickass, and I'd lihe to do it" I bis member, whoever he may be, must be “some on the stump ” Soxs ( T iKMfERASCK.—We learn that on Sat nrday night last, Spring Hill Division, Sons of of Temperance, was re-organized in this Coun ty, with euccuraging prospects. The follcw areiffi.’ers: g Alfr<d W Shaw. \V P; W D Shaw, W A; Louts 1) Duvall. RS: Alfred E Burch, A RS; W t) P S; Geo IV Duwall, Treas ; J JEn girt, Con; Jessie Burch, A C: Fielding Brandon, I S; Robt Wiggins jr., O S. N j w and rt h dnerveriw of lead bars been ta&dc, seer Galena, 111. rONhBESS It is to be lamented, not only fob the good of the South, but the whole country, that there is not in the Council Halls of the nation, one ’single man who can with proper respect to truth be called a Statesman. Sumner is classical, smart, vindictive, and pusillanimous. There is not a spark of heroism or nobility in his nature; and bis colleague Wilson has but few, if any, more admirable traits. He possesses more manliness, but is a coarse, Hi-bred demagogue, unworthy the high position he holds of United States Senator. — Wade is possibly more of a man than either the above mentioned individuals, but unfor tunately like his Massacbusett associates, is incurably effl cted with ‘‘nigger on the brain. Several Democratic Senators —Doolittle and (jfuthriefor instance—are men of very respect able abilities, but are wholly unequal to the crisis. Ob ! for an hour of Daniel Wt bstor or Henry Clay, whose giant minds illustrated tin history of their country ; biuzcl the path .or national glory, and shed an imperishable lu3tre on the American name. Os Thad Stevens, the acknowledged leader of tho Republicans in tho Lower House, it is unnecessary to speak—for the country knows his history by heart; and such a history . ‘‘Ye Gods, it doth ami z 3 ns. That a man of such feeble] temper, should so get tho start of tho maje-tic world and bear the palra alone.” And yet we need not wod ler. He is but the representative of that low, corrupt and fanati cal class of Northern radicals, who would rather “ tule in hell than serve in Heaven.” If his Satanic majesty had desired to Bend representative to Congress from the Plutorian realms, he could not possibly have * more suitable delegate—and as to encourage the idea that Stevens is allied to that illus trious personage, he is said to have a club foot, which according to popular tradition is a peculiar phvisical characteristic of Sa tan. It is obvious to all that the Southern Represen tatives—although they have complied with every constitutional requirement, will not be adm tted during the preaent session—the reason is apparent. The radicals fearing any addition so the conservative element in Corgress, are striving to perpetuate their parly and are resolved to avail themselves of their present advantage to make the most of their power over tho affixted and helpless South. While this is their manifest purpose it is beneath the diguity and self-respect of Southern gentle men to be knocking for admission into the Federal Capitol. Conscious of the purity and nobility of their political aims—our represen tatives olect, should observe a dignified silence. Ltft the South rely upon the all-conquering force of truth to vindicate her claim to recog nition us a part of this great family of States, and entitled to all the rights and privileges guaranteed 11 r onstitution of cur fathers. Fortunately the President is with us. He has taken a noble and decided stand iu defence of Constitutional law against tho wild and turbu lant tide of fanaticism, that sweeps from the New England States. Let the press of the South continue to strengthen his hands and cheer his heart, by giving to his wise policy of of restoration a united, vigorous and cordial support. *" Support tour Mechanics.—Tuere is no truth more undeniable, than that it is the bounden duty of every community to support its mechanics. They are a worthy and indis pensable class of meu, and wc find no town or village flourishing without their aid. Indeed, their presence or absence is always a true in dex of the condition of the place—whether it Is advancing in wealth and importance or sink ing into decay. Whenever we pass through a town or village, and hear the frequent souud of the carpenter's hammer, tho click of tho blacksmith's anvil—thrt village, we find is prosperous It cannot be otherwise, for the producers are actively employed; and outnum ber the consumers. Whenever this is the case, the people are growing wealthy, and at the same time training the rising generation to habits of industry and morality. When if a city or village pursues the opposite of this course—neglects its mechanics amt supports those of some other place—it is certain that such places will not prosper and gtow so long as such a course is pursued. If there is any truth in the assertion that we ought, ns a nation, to givo the preference to domestic manufactures, ' tho fact equally true with regard to the community; both are sustained by the same argument. If a mer chant would have around him substantia! cus tomers, let him by eve-y means in bis power support the mechanics in the place and as they become more wealthy, their customs will increase—especially iu th iso articles on which they make the greatest profits; for it is undeni able, that as men become more wealthy they also become more luxurious, aud no merchant will deny that articles of luxury always afford the greatest profits. The habit of importing large quantities of cheap foreign articles in competition with home m chani;?, is short sighted and wrong, both as regards the me chanic and consumer; :f the merchant will look further into the operation of things, he would fiud that he crossed the path of his own in terest by doing so. Let the merchant bring the case to.his own door and he, perhaps, may better understand it; suppose that every individual who posses es the means, and who uses in his family four or five hundred dollars worth of goods per an num, should, instead of buying them all at re tail, go to some wholesale establishment in another place and purchase h:s year's supply -would fie not, in bitterness, condemn such an illiberal course, and would not he say to him, with truth, that he was warring against his own interest, by destroying the business of his own towu and giving it to another ; and that his littleness wou’d react upon him in double fold, by decrease of his property and business ? So in this case, above instanced, could the mechanic say tue same to the mer chant. We say, then, let all classes support each other, and by mutual exchanges keep that wealth at home, which, if unnecessarily expended abroad, tends to destroy the busi ness of your neighbor, and which in turn de stroys your own. A large amount ot tmuj.gied property has been condemned at Detroit. Two invoices were the property of Chicago parties. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1866. Governor Jenkins calls the attention of the Legislature to the fact that these banks have made provision for the assignment of their assets, real and personal, for the benefit of their creditors, and, advising the Assembly of its knowledge of the legislation of their pre decessors, to which the resolutions of the stockholders make allusion, rdrelares it to be his belief *• !hat these banks, and those of the “ State generally, were at tins cp,„ u*-ncem»nt “ cf the late war in t sound condo ou, carry ing on, within the limits es tb-u e H, a l char ters a legitimate banking busin t-s and further remarks that Thoro Is abundant reason to believe that but for the large accumulation in their hands ot Slate securities of different kinds, which were repudiated by the late Slate Convention under pressure of Federal authority, and of irredeemable Confederate Treasury notes, to which accumulation they wore constrained to submit, by an unusual and rigorous State policy, they would be in a condition to meet all their liabilities. If the existence of the facts be denied the truth of the case may be elicited by scrutiny into their management. If the jecitals in their proceedings, herewith transmitted, be true, they present a strong claim upon the justice ot the State for such lelief as it may be competent lor the General Assembly to extend. .Certainly it would seem neasonable and bene riVuat.as >well to them as to their creditors, that they be allowed to go into liquidation, undei such restriction as may avoid protracted and hairasdng, litigation, without impairing any security, provided by their several char ters, for bill holders and other creditors. I cannot dismiss the subject without remarking that if, by conforming their conduct to statu tory requirements, the Directors and other i ffieers have been placed in a situation which it voluntarily.aesumed would have subjected them to penalties imposed by prior legislation, justice (not charity) would suggest entire and piompt relief from these penalties. This just measure of exemption from punishment where there is ao guilt, could work no possible in jury to creditors. These remarks are predicated upon the state ments rnaco iu the accompanying papers, and 11 re intended to apply not only to the bauks above mentioned, their Directors and officers, but to ait others similarly situated. I com mend the whole subject to your just and wise consideration The proceedings of the Stockholders cf tho Bank of Augusta,', may be gummed up, thus: In ’6l and ’62, they, by constraint, loaned t. the State the sum of two hundred and thirty five thousand dollars ($235,000,) and were in ’62 compelled to receive in payment for all ‘dues, and to take on deposit the Treasury notes of th 9 State, and of the Confederate Government at par value. By this means they were placed in a condi tion worse than that of individual creditors, or corporations not engaged in banking—and several hundred thousand dollars in these se curities were received by these banks under the influence of these requirements, aud rely iug upon tho faith of the State. The total circulation of tho bank is repre sented to be “ no more than bix hundred and sixty one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars, ($061,666.) and the assets of the Bank are one million three hundred and fitly thousand five hundred and seventy-thieo 12- 100 doliars, ($1,350,573 12,) and it further ap pears that of this latter sum six hundred and sixty-five thousand four hundred and sixty tour 87-100 dollars, are of such a character that they cannot bo made available for the payment of debts; that four hundred and sixty-six thousand five hundred aud eighty tivo dollars consists of notes and securities of rhis State, which ihe bunk was compelled to receive at par value, as aforesaid, and which have been repudiated and rendered valueless by the action of the State itself; that sixty six thousand ($66,000) of these unavailable secu rities have been iu like manner by the State of Alabama, and the balance of the sum of bad debts consists of notes and securi ties, which were received under the circum stances aud by reason of the pressure afore said, for which the bank was in no wise re sponsible.” The assets, denominated good, and which at par value are rated at the sum of six hun dred and eighty-five thousand, one hundred and eight dollars and twenty-five cents. These, it is asserted cannot be disposed of at anything like such value. Consisting as they do chiefly of the bonds and stocks of incorporated companies, which have been greatly depreciated by those dis tuibances to which the country he? been so recently subjected, and cannot bo i lea .upon to redeem the circulation of the hauL. The corporation is thus reduced o> * condi tion of insolvency by cause.' we, an .uldnot control or avoid, and to which, ». .oast the wishes and judgment of the Directors, it has been to a gieat extent subjected by the author ities of the State, as a matter of alleged State policy or necessity, and is now liable, if con tinuing to exercise the corporate franchise, to many expensive ami vexatious suits at law, to the prtjudice of the Stockholders, and other p irties in interest. The Insurance Banking Company decla-eg that at the commencemsnt of the late war be tween the United States and the Confederate States, the company was in a condition not only solvent, but prosperous; but by the action ot the government of this State, and not by their owe volition, the company was constrain ed, during the war, to make large loans to the State of Georgia and to take, as the only security therefor, the obligations of the State.which the State has in Convention repudiated; and by like action of the State government, the company was con strained to receive in payment and on de posit the notes of the Confederate government which are now utterly valueless; anu inasmuch j the securities above mentioned have, in the l manner above stated, accumulated in the hands of the company, till they have absorbed the bulk of its means, and thus rendered it wholly insolvent, ami no longer able to con -1 tinua its bn3ines3, the charter is surrendered, ! and abandoned to the State. Under one of the resolutions, Robert and William Wtvilon vere appointed assignees, to whom were turned over all, and singular the estate, goods, money, evidences of debt and property of c y description, belongmg to this company, real and personal, in posse-gion and in action, reserving what may be sec -.-a ry to pay ler officers’ salaries, incidental ex penses, and professional fees, up to the execn tion of and assignment. [ The proceedings of the City Bank is couohed GOV. JE.YKIVS MESSAGE! Governor Jenkins has transmitted to the General Assembly a message relative to the action of certain banks In this city; two of which, the Bank of Au gusta and the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, make positive surrender of their charters, and initiatory steps to the same end have been taken by two others—the City and the Mechanic’s Bank. :1 1 that of the Insurance and Banking Company, | exoept that positive action was deferred until ! the 12th inst, when the Board were to take into i consideration the propriety and necessity of surrendering the Charter. , L Both these latter Banks make provisions, hat should the Legislature of this State provide by law for the liquidation of insolvent banks and the appointment of receivers ior that pur pose, it is hereby consented and agreed that the assignee or assignees hereinbefore provided for, may become receiver or receivers under any such law, and may dispose of all property or assets assigned to him or them, as aforesaid, as by law may be provided. The action of the Mechanics Bank is identical with that of the City Bank. Ex-President Pierce’s Yisws os Recok btkttCtion.—Ex-President Pierce was Invited to a seat in the Democratic Convention ot the State ol Now Hampshire, recently held for the purpose of nominating candidates for the State offices. Being called on for a spoeeb, the old gentle man responded briefly as follows : Our country Las passed through serious perils, but L hope that we are now emerging from the thick darkness which at one time brooded over if. The present time calls for the calm, dispas sionate and patriotic exertions of all good men, in thv work of restoration, not merely in form, but a restoration of a community of interests, fraternal feeling, and an equality of rights, among all the States. I think I cau discern gleams of I'ght. The annual message of President Johnson was ad mirable; and in my judgment his subsequent steps, looking to restoration, have been guided by wisdom, patriotism, and statesmanlike forecast. lam pleased to greet, a3 co-workers in a noble cause, all men who desire the immtyliate restoration of the Southern States to their civil rights, and who join their efforts in sav ing whatever may be saved for the prosperity of our common country. Under any circum stances, it would be abject to despair of the Republic. Tnese are the views of a statesman. Frank lin Pierce is made of the right kind of meta'. His sentiments evince soundness of judg ment. How much better would it be for the whole country, if every man holding position in the Government, viewed tho situation aa does Mr. Pierce. How much happier for all, would it be, if the same conceptions of honor and justice distinguished the members of the National Congress. There is a faint streak of light visible on the horizon. Let us hope that it heralds the coming of the great Sun of Peace, with all its rich and choicest blessings. . A Terrific £oskb.— We find in the Titur ville, Pa., Herald, the annexed description of the terrific scene which occurred at Bennehoff Run, in that State. Twelve thousand barrels of coal oil, besides numerous dwellings, barns, and outbuildings, all on fire, at one time, must in eed have been a-terrific spectacle.— Here is the account ; About five o’clock in the afternoon,’ while some carpenters were engaged in covering a tank full of oil at the Getty well on Bennehoff Run, sparks from tho smoke-stack were being driven by the wind directly over where they were working, and one of the men, apprehen sive of Ganger, went to notify the superinten dent of the fact, but he had not proceeded far before the. oil ignited. The men on top of the tank beat a hasty retreat and escaped without it jury, and ip a few minutes the tank burst, aud an immense sheet of flame and smoke shot up into the heavens. As the firery stream roiled past, it attacked everything in its course, tank after tank burst, and ail tne inhabitants of the valley rushed to the hillside to prevent being swallowed up in a river of liquid fire. T’Uo stream to roll on until it reached within half a mile of Petroleum Creek ; here it camo in contact with a large accumulation of ice and snow, which stayed its progress. This, however, did n. t last long, a* the oil forced its way through the ice, but came out at the other side extin guished, and flowed on its course until it emptied into oil Creek. The scone was now grand beyond description ; lor nearly a mile one vast sheet of fl itna shot heavenward, and the dense black smoke covered the whole country with a black cloud. The sun wa3 now setting and the reflection upon that cloud ren dered it first of a dark purple, then of a red color, ar.d the peculiar rolling motion produced an endless variety of shade till at last it he came dark and black as before. The bright blaze of the fire made every object distinctly viß'bie after, and the hillsides were at one time so hot that an indilual was heard to re murk that if the internal regions were anything respmoling it he never wished to visit them. Groups of houseless and panic-stricken wo men and children were wending fheir way to Petroleum Center, while gangs of men were at work-with pick and shovel, damming the creek qt various points. The noise of the splitting rocks was nke the constant roll of ’musketry, an ! a* the burning fluid fell over the dam it produced a sharp, cracking sound, like the discharge of innumerable pistols The flames at one time completely surrounded and played upon the large iron tank containing 2,800 bar rels cf oil belonging to the Ocean Company. Had th's burst, the town of Petroleum Center would that night have been laid iu ashes Good fortune, however, saved it. About 9 o'clock the fire had spent itself, and the oil not consumed was on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. The G. B. Lamar Cottos Cas^. —The sen tence of the Military Commission who tried Mr. G. B. Lamar for cotton frauds, bribery, etc., in Savannah, a few weeks ago, has not yet been made public. The Maoon Telegraph, however, learns privately that the judgement af the Commission was three years' imprison ment and $25,000 fine. The President has or dered Mr. Lamar to be released on bail until he can get time to examine fully into the evi dence on which this severe sentence was pro nounced. F entasis hiv Georgia. —Col. John O’Maho nv, Head Centre cf the Fenian Brotherhood of \ America, has appointed Mr. James Skehan, of Savannah, Slate Centre for the city of Savan | nah and State of Georgia. An organization in Savannah and other cities | in Georgia is to be affected at once. - A Rich Cargo. —The British Bark Mess’a h 3 s left Savannah for Liverpool with a cargo consisting of 1.241 bales of upland cotton value, $283 313,29 - 19 bales sea Island cotton —value, 5 880 69, and 30,000 feet of timber ! —value, SI,OOO. _ - Mr. Beverly Tucker is about to leave Lon ! don for Mexico as “Commissioner’’ of a Lon j don newspaper. The Independence Beige, which had been prohibited by the Minister of the Interior from S entering France was to be re-admitted into Fnmee on February 1. ACtB. A\!> B «SObUT!OX< 8 «J\E9 UY THE GOVERXtm iOFLBIABI 8. No. 1. An act to consolidate the offices cf Secretaiy of State and Surveyor General, and to provide salaries for the Comptroller Gen eral, State Treasurer, and Secretary of State, and State Librarian No. 2. An act s o make free persons of color competent witnesses in the courts of this State in cerium cases therein mentioned, and to author a 9 the making and Tieclarirg the force of affidavits by them in certain cases. No. 3. An act to change the place of bold itg the Superior and luferior Courts, and Courts of Ordinary of Bartow county,] until a court house is built. No 4. An Act to authorize an advance of payment to be made to the Public Printer of the present session of the Legislature. No. 5. An act to amend the several acts in relation to the city of West Point, in Troup county, and to grant to the Mayor and Aider men, of said city, additional powers, and to define the pstne.^ No. H An At*, for the encouragement of Richmoud Fire Ccgppany number seven, and lor other purposes. No. 7. Au Act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia ; to increase the powers of the Com missioners thereof, as to taxes, and the enforce ment ot fiats and penalties No. 8. An act to appoint eertaiu persons herein named Trustees of the Knoxville Camp Ground, Grawiord county, Georgia, and to vest certain powers in them. No. 8. An Act to chango the place of hold ing the Justices’ Court ia the 97th. District Georgia Militia, ol Washington county. No. 10. An act to suspend the operation ot Section fifteen hundred and twenty-eight of the Code of Georgia, in certain counties. No. 11 An Act to utter and amend the tenth paragraph of the second article, p t first, title sixteenth, chapter fifth of the ode of Georgia. No 12. An Act to change the me between Worth and Irwin counties so as to include number 30, second district of Irwin in Worth countv. No. 13. Au Act to repeal au Act assented to, on the 21st day of December, 1857, requir ing the Court of Ordinary of i'atnali county, to be held on the second Monday in October, instead of Ist Monday, as provided for by law. No. 14. An Act to authorize and require the Treasurer of this State to make certain ad vances and for oiher purposes. No. 15. An act to establish the seal to be used in the office of the Secretary of State. No. 16. Au Act to change the time when the Justices of the Inferior-Corn t must draw Juries tor the Superior Courts and to legal,zj the bolding of certain Superior Courts. No. 17. An Act to amend the charter of the city ot Home, by authorizing the Mayor aud Council to raise the fee for retail license aud to prohibit tho erectiou of wooden buildings. No. 18. Au Act to authorize aud empower the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State, to hold special terms for the trials of criminals and for other purposes. No 19. Au Act for the relief of securities on recognizances in certain cases. No. 20. An Act to confer certain powers on the commissioners of Louisville, and lor other purposes, etc. %• No. 21. Au Act to permit certain persons to build stock gaps on tho Western aud Atlan tic Railroad. No. 22. An Act to amend an act. assented to, March 9ih, 1865. entitled An Act to ex tend the civil jurisdiction ol the city Courts of Augusta, to abolish the tax or Court fee, and to make the fee3 of the officers of that Court the same as the Superior Courts of this State. No. 23. An Act to make all suits, writs and proces es which were returnable to Hous ton Superior Coutt, as of October term, 1865, returnable to lli9 February term of said Superior Court, to be held in the year of 1866 No. 24 An Act to repeal An Act, entitled ; An Act, to alter, and amend, An Act to incor porate the city of Americus, and to alter and amend An Act, to incorporate tne town of Americus, in the county of Sumpter, and for other purposes, assented to December 17tb, 1861. No 25 An Act to prevent the spread of small p >x in this Sta e. No. 26 An Act to enable the Inferior Courts of the several counties in this State to rail e a fund to pay off the indebtedness of their several counties, and for other purposes. No. 27. An Act to legalize the issue of bills and bonds by the Mayor and Council of the City of Atlauta. RESOLUTIONS. N. 1. Resolution relative to adjournment. No. 2. Resolution in reference'to continu ance of cases against the bauks of this State. No. 3. R -solution authorizing the Treasur er *o make certain advances, &c No. 4.—Resolutions in reference to selling the debris of the Georgia Military Institute. No. s.—Resolutions requesting the revoca tion of the order of the Secretary of War rela tive to branded stock in this State. No. 6, Resolution to instruct the Inferior Courts to report destitute widows, orpahus and disabled soldiers. No. 7. Resolution in relation to improve ments of the public grounds and buildings. No. 8. Resolution in reference to the Presi dent of the Uoited States. No. 9. Resolution relative to a revision of the Code of Georgia by Hon. David Irwin, of this State. No. 10. Resolution authorizing his Excel lency, the Governor, to borrow, upon the faith and credit of the State, the sum of one hun dred thousand dollars. No. 11. Resolution requesting the Presi dent of the United States, if not a withdrawal of the troops, a surrender of private property, and the restoration of the writ of ‘‘Habeas Corpus.” No. 12. Restitution to appqint a Committee of three from the House, and two fro a the Senato to take into consideration that por tion of the Governor’s Message which relates to tho State’s interest in the Card Factory. No. 13. Resolution authorizing the appoint ment of a Joint Committee to inquire into the present condition of the Executive Mansion. No. 14. Resolution requesting the Governor to intercede with the President for the restora tion of property on Wilmington, Whitmarsh, Skidaway, Sapelo and all other Islands, to its lawful owner, &c No. 15. Resolution request the Governor to call several Banks of this State to make a retufu of their condition conlormable to law now existing within ten days. No. 16. Resolution to authorize the Gov ernor to prosecute the claim of this State for cotton lately se zed by the Federal Army. No. 17. R-.solution in relation to the Card Factory recently in operation in the Peniten tiary of this State. No. 18. Resolution in response to a final settlement of tne State’s interest in Cotton Card Factory. Photographic albums, with musical ’ boxer, concealed in the cover, are at the present a novelty in London. The Secretary of the Treasuary contemplates having the watte notes and securities that are now destroyed by burning, converted into pulp for paper stock. Bisbop Simp : oa, of the Methodist Episcopal Church is in Washington, and it is stated he wiil give the President his views on reconstruc tion. The New Hampshire .State Democratic Con vention. which met a: Concord, and made its nominations, passed resolutions indorsing the President’s desire to admit the Southern mem bers of Congress, and discountenancing any amendments to the Constitution. VOL. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV NO. 9. IV'EIYS 81 MMARY. Three boys, the oldest only fourteen or fif teen years of use, have been arrested at New Haven, 0 iun.. for robbing 'h * mails. There are 7,500 public street lamps in Phila delphia. Eich lamp .consumes during the year 26,00 t feet of gas. It is estimated that 195 000 out) teet are consumed aunualiy at the cost of $2 per thousand. No less tb.iu seven steamboats, bearing the Dame of Missouri, have been destroyed by fi.-e and other accidents. It has been ascertained that large quantities of corn whiskey are being manufactured in North Carolina and Tennessee, which pay no revenue taxes. A delegation of New Yorkers has arrived in Washington to urge the name of John Coch rane for the vacant. CoUectorship. General Henry E Read, formerly a member of toe Confederate Congress and latterly resid ing in Louisville, has been arrested, on an in. dictment framed about the beginning of the war. The Waterloo City, Ind., Union flour mills, wero destroyed by fire od tho 4:h inst. Two cargoes ol fire arms have arrived in Cu ba. Mrs Stonewall Jackson, in a letter to the Editor of the Charleston News, expresses deter mination not ao receive the contribution made for her. She requests that all efforts in that direction shall cease at once, liar father is able to support and care for her. A bill has been introduced into the Senate looking to the scmoval of the capitol of Ken tucky, Gen Sheridan has closed the gambling es tablishments in Nov,- Oilcans. The Mayor re monstrates and threatens an appeal to the President. Beuno Fpier, the Belgian Consul at Cincin nati, lias absi cadet, leaving liabilities to tho amouut of S4O 009, It is rumored iu Washington that the re strictions on hub its corpus, „in Kentucky, will be removed so soon as the Freecimeu’s Bureau bill becomes a law. A Chicagoan applies for a divorce because his wife proves to have a corke leg. Bbo re-,, sisis, because, as she alleges, he knew ojl about that before marriage, hhe says the reul trouble is, that she does not possess a ccupio ot houses that he supposed sh“ did. The fi m of Jay Cooke &L’o.,of Philadelphia the heaviest banking house iu America, now consists of Jay Cooke, William G. Morehead, Henry D. Cooke, H. if Fahnestock, Pitt Cooke John W. Sexton aid George C. Thomas. The last four entered the firm January Ist. 1866. 7he longest railroad in the world is the Grand Trunk of Canada—from Dstioit to Portland—eight hundred and thirty-seven miles. The population of Braton is 182,324, of vyljnin 06,000 are of foreign birth, and 2,627 are colored. General J G, Pemlierton, who commanded Confederates at the surrender of Vicksburg, is I raiding at Newton N C. There are 2.000 Cathode churches and chap els in the Untied States Judge Goodloe, of Kentucky, has been ar raigned before the State Legislature, for dis mission of the indictment against Gen. Pal mer, Gov. Bramlette, Capt. Johnson and others, for interfering in the elections. An old gentleman has been admitted to tho Alms House in Washington, who, five years ago, was a citizen of Fredericksburg—worth SIOO,OOO. It is rumored that the O’Mahoney Fenians intend petitioning Secretary Seward to inter pose in behalf of the Americans under arrest in Ireland as Fenian, conspirators Ex Gov. Morehead, of N. C., has been ar* rested by the military authorities for interfer ing with the sale of property previously ad vertised to be sold. Tho dentists of Ohio are urging the Legisla ture to pass a law, forbidding any one to prac tice the pro3e siou, unless duly license-.! by the Dental Association. There were three hundred and forty deaths in Cincinnati during the month of January. The Cincinnati Cricket Club has introduced in that city a skating tdad. The Cincinnati Relit f Union has petitioned the Legislature for the p iss tge ot a law, that will enable the rescue of children from the evil influences and by the disipatton ot their ptueuta. Mussjs Daks and Woodman, Proprietors of tho Chicago steam bakery, recently presented their workmen with a policy of $2001) each, as insurance against loss of lif -, or personal in jury tov ths period of one year. Avery large Gnveruineut b in pro gress iu New «Irtoans ft, Stephen Rodgers, Chilian Consul, was ar rested in New York, on the7ib, on an indict ment for violation of neutrality laws. The guerrillas whoetptured the Belfast on Tombigbee river ate to to hied by court mar tial. The Government is removing all ordnance stores from the depot at Huntsville to Nash ville. There is one instance o' a person holding a college presidency even longer than th 6 late Dr. No't, of Union College. Tho Rev Martin Joseph Routti, D D., was e’ected President ot Magdalen College, Ox ord, in 1791, aud so continued uutildeath iu 1854, aged ninety nine. The senior coliege President iu this countiy now is the Rev. Mark Hopkins, D. D-, LL. D., President of Williams Coitege, who was elected in 1836. The steamer Mary W Brune., with 840 bales of cotton on board was burned at the mouth of red river, Febu«ry 3d. The old jail in Harts jrd, Conn., is to be demolished It was built in 1793. It is reported that General Fisk will soon publish his reply to the charges made against him by the Kentucky Legislature, in reference to his Cincinnati speech. Great destitution is reported as prevailing throughout Alabama, it is estimated that almost two million doliars will be reqired to suppl/i toe wants of the needy. Students are pouring into the University at Oxford, Miss, luere werel2oat la;t accounts. John W Forney, edi'or of the Washington Chronicle, is an aspirant for a seat in the Uni ted States Senate, liotn' Pennsylvania, in the place of Senator Cowan. Ten murderers are in jail at IndiSnapoils, lad , three of them women. Over 90,000 hogs have been slaughtered in Indianapolis Ind., this season. A Xenia Ohio, man had his pocket rifled of $13,000 in 7-30s, in Cincinnati, Saturday. Seventy horsea were burned to death in a street railway stable in New York, recently. The State Normal School of Minnesota has been located at Winona, and SIO,OOO appro priated for itii aid. Eight Illinois regiments are still in the field seven intantry and one cavalry. AU are ex pected to be mustered out by March 1. The County Clerk, Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff of Pope county, Axk«nf-as, were ail recently assassinated. The Uerk, Rev. Mr. Stout, was a member of the idee Couveniion two years ago. A few years ago a druggist of Portland pur chased a lot of rhu'oard at 50 cents per pound. La=; week he sold a targe quantity of the same to a Boston firm for $5 30 per pound. T:.o prospect of peace *iih the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians is very favorable. A Kaleigb, North Carolina, lady died, to all appearance, and was in her coffin, two days, when she arose and proceeded to recover, The ladies of Selma, Alabama are raising a very handsome sud for t\o erecriun of a mon ument to the late A. M. Smaii, who fell in the defence of that city. The highest inhabited place on the globe is the Pcsthouse at Ancomareo, in Peru, which is nearly sixteen thousand feet above the sea. An excursion party has left New York for Leima, South America, to be abscent two months. The cost is SI,OOO fc»r each person. Georgia Legislature SENATE. Thuksdat, Friday 8. The annexed biils weio introduced : to limit the number of Judges ot the Inferior Court of each county to one —term of office lour years; to amend the < harter of the Dgletho pe In surance Comp ny < f Savannah; to incorporate the Hansell Ma uTacluring Company o Camp bell county; to xonerate Sheriffs aud the'r deputies from iiaoilities in certain cases—it applies to cases where those officers have re ceived and hold bank bills &c ; to change the time of holding the Superior Court ot Floyd Pojk, Paulding and Campbell counties; to fix the liabilities of persons of African descent—it places them on precisely the same footing, so far as liabillies are concerned, with white per sons; to authorize persons exempted from jury duty to be made Idles jurors. A resolution to authorize tho Governor to publish “By Authority’’ acts of a general na ture potted at the present session of the Gen eral Assembly in such papers as he might se lect. was lost. The annexed resolutions wsre introduced ; for the appointment of Joint Committee to ex amine into the condition of the State’s Arse nal and Mug zina; authorizing »he 4 Governor to appoint a Commissioner to go to Washington for the benefit of persons who subscribed to the Confederate Cotton Loan, without ever re ceiving Coniederate bonds lor the same; to al low tne Treasurer of the State to purchase and open anew set of books. The stay law was then taken up and dis cussed. * HOUSE. Thcekdit, February 8. Resolution in relation to the_.se zute of cot* ton by the U. S. military authorities. Adop ted. Bill to incorporate the Emp ; re State Manu facturing Company; of the county of Newton. Referred to a Special Committee of seven. Dill to allow a legal partner of an .Ordinary to practice law. Withdrawn. The annexed bills were lost : to allow Daw son county to levy au extra tux; to hire out colored persons for debt; to appropriate a sum of money lor the use of State University ; to allow Administrate, Evecutors, etc, to re s‘gn busts; to amend section 4597 of the Cod*-; to preveut the lurther relief ot s -curities on ciimiual bonds; to amend section 4512 of the Code. The annexed bills were passed : to amend section 3320 of the Code ; to compensate Commissioners foj preparing the Freedmen's Code -it gives each $750; to change the line between Baker and Eirly ; for the relief <■ Administrators in certain cases; to allow „orpo rations to tax auctioneers, and require bonds of the same ; to change the line between Fuyet e and Claytoa counties ; in reference to retail Bcenses in Quitman ; to allow an extra taxot 25 percent, on the State tax in Scrvien county ; tor the relief of . Isaac Hardeman of the county of Jones ; to extend the time of granting lands surveyed on head rights tiil 25th December, 1808 ; to amend the charter ot Etowah Aurora Hose Mining Company I to amend Section 3794 of the Code. SENATE. • Friday, February 9. The Stay Law, after considerable discussion was passed. It provides that one forth of the debt shall be paid on the first day of January, 1867, and one fourth every year thereafter, until paid ; and refers to all contracts made prior to the passage of the bill. The annexed bills were introduced : to pun ish the burnieg of any dwelling bouse and burglary in the day or night with death ; to incorporate the Columbus Railroad Company. A resolution was introdoced in reference to the representation of the State in the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Company. The annexed bills were passed : to incorpo rate Atlanta S.reet Railroad Company ; for the pardon of John W. Martin ; to authorize mar ried*'women to deposit money in Savings Banks ; to change the time of bolding Superior Courts in the Western Ju iicial Circuit; to de fine the rights of persons owuing Landtags on water courses. A bill to regulate annual re turns of incorporated Companies, was lost. ' A motion to reconsider so muen of the action of the House on yesterday as relates to Ad ministrators in certain cases, was carried. A motion to recous and rso mucu ot the ac tion of the House as reiates to the compensa tion of the ConunitsioDers appointed to prepare a Code for Freedmen, was cairied. Leave of absence granted to tho Committee on the B ind Asylum to visit said institution. The aunexed bills were passed ; to compen sate Ordinaries and Clerks for administering the amnesty oath ; for the pardon ot Terry u. Cox. One resolution was introduced that no new matter be introduced alter February 12 ; another that no new matter be introduced alter February 16 ; ano Lsr that the call of the Countiesafterthel.thinst.be dispensed with and that no new matter after that time be re ceived without a two thirds vote. The annexed bills were introduced; to extend the corporate limits of the town ot Rom«; to repeal an act amendatory of 2480. h section of the Code; to incorporate the Gate Cty In surance and Banking Company; restricting the frequent changing of the Code; a resolution to pub tsh the laws in such newspapers as the Gevernor may desire; to allow Excutors to resign their trusts iu certain cases; to authorize the Inferior Court of Pickens county to appro priate any money arising from the sale of cot ton after the surrender of the Confederate arm/, to the building of a jtil in said county; to authorize the Inferior Court of Richmond to levy an extra tax; to incorporate the Grand Bay Insurance Cos., in the county of Berrien; toauthoiize a waiver of legal processes in certain cases; to make the salary of the R-> i dent Physician of the Lunatic Asylum $3,500; for the payment of the officers and members of the General Assembly; to amend the laws of this State in reference to the Inferior Courts; to prescribe the time for advertising property to bs sold by Sheriffs and Constables; to incor porate the Vulcan Iron and Coal Companies. SENATE. Saturday, February 10. The annexed new bills were introduced: To relieve tbo people cf Georgia, the present year, from the payment of taxes, and to pro vide for the raising of $2,000,000 by the sale of the bonds of the State; to change the lina between Greene and Morgan counties; to amend section 4420 of«tbe Code; to provide for the taking of the Census of the Stite, and a bill to enlarge the powers of the City Council of Macon; to change the time of holding tbe Superior Courts of Worth county; to reduce the bonds ot the Sheriffs of Washington, Hancock and Baldwin; to enlarge the power* of the City Council of Auaueta. A memorial was presented from certain citi zens of Richmond county in reference to aid to Mrs. Brown. The annexed bills were passed: To alter the second and third Congressional districts; to amend sections 4792 and 4793 of the Code; to fix thosalariei of State Librarian and Clerks in ’ eStatc House. The salaries are fixed at 200 each; to incorporate the Blaireville Mining and Manufacturing Company. Kesolutioa in reference to persons who sub scribed to the Confederate Cotton Loan. Pass ed. HOUSE. Saturday, Febuary 10. Mr. Byrd, of Mitchell, moved to recoDsider so much of the action of the House on yester day in the passage of a bill to compensate Ordinaries an 1 Clerks for administering the amnesty oath. The motion prevailed. Tno I b 1 TTmuM of" The had was granted to an agent I of an emigration society, to addreas the mem-