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N, S. MORSE. fcxmlt (< feki. : ;|i Change of Rates. Sc Cheapest Weekly Is 'M sued ia tin Country. 9 j|EE WEEKLY jLhronicle & Sentinel IslB 1, r,r '1 every Wednesday. It will contain la'o-t. markets, both foreign and domes* well as all the uirrt nt news cl the d-iy will he receive 1 at the t»nnex< <1 P copy one year, $> tl | .■Three copies one year, 5 ■ Five copies one year, 8 sfßTen copies one year, 15 i|Hny larger number addressed to names of §■ ho sent to any person who will get up a H' of ten names and forward the same. r Whr»<! ru es make the AUGUfeTA El RONICLE & SENTINEL the t’iesf publication in the country. sok Tint OoNFUcr.—The conff'.ct he ■<"> 'he President and the radicals in Con- Sa continues to bo the all absorbing topic attontion. While the President’s ■' r i* undoubtedly gaining strength, the question is "Thetber he will be able to his points in the present Congress. Os HE filing tne country can congratulate itself Radicals will not succeed in any of their unconstitutional schemes, at the worst; foro matters will only bo left in their ■~< nt c,.million. Senator Sherman has made Hie a sort of half and half speech, which; contained more than an average of sense for a Republican Senatorial ; and Governor Cox, of Ohio, comos bo s' Hie public in a letter detailing the suh of an interview with Mr. Johnson, the H' of whicn is that the President is in earn- m|tn his avocacy of his reconstruction policy. Bath of these efforts are doubtless intended to conciliate tho “party’’ towards the President end what he has already done, and reconcile them to the inevitable condition of a stand still policy rather than to hazard further ut ta.Ka upon him. They want their party to wait; to do nothing ; to kcon their tongues stifl, and see if “something will not turn up” to irelieve them from the necessity of a war with tho President. “II ever the time shall come,” says Senator in his speech, “when 1 can no louger ■■tide in devotion to the principles upon ■Bch he was elected, I will bid farewell to Hyirew Johnson with unaffected sorrow.’’ is nit a single proposition upon which Johnson was elected but 'what is to day |H accomplished fact. The unconditional of thoso offering armed opposition (iovernmeut, and a return to their just nice to the Constitution and laws of the ■i: 1 States was the position of all parties at election. That has been accomplished. H' party that nominated Mr. Johnson insist- i the abolition of slavery aud an ameud- of the Constitution prohibiting tho lu existence of that institution in the coun- H That has b ien done, and ratified by the B'i’k. ard universally accepted as an acoorn- lact. lhero were no further priuci lad down (or the guidance of the Presi- He in the platform upon which Mr. Johnson elected The natural sequence which lowed the surrender was the reuuion of the gantry, and Mr. Johnson but accepted the marks laid out by Mr. Lincoln as tho ba fH of his policy. In this he has been bus - Biie l by all parties, till the Jacobins in Con Biss soissid the power of the legislative branch government to thwart his patriotic ef ■rts. Kl'ho leaders in this rump Congrees do not But peace and reunion for the reason lhat Hey know that, as soon as tho attention of the Huntiy can he directed to the consideration of Hir fnanical poiicy, their monopoly and class Hisiutiou, their oppressive and unjust systems exemptions and taxation, must go to H wall as a party, for the people will never Hhrnit to such odious systems. They think H keeping up tho sectional animosities upon Hick they rode into power, they eau keep the Heutiou of the people away from those is- and maintain their past supremacy. Hoy wish to hold the South in vassalage, be ■use to recognize their rights under ibe Cou- W tution would settle all the difficulties of a optional nature, and leave the people to con- Hlor those questions which so largely inter Ho ibeir own prosperity aud welfare. Piesi- Hnt Johnson, however, has appealed to the Hople, and it remains for the Republican par ■ to seitle its own policy. They hayp either.to H>ld to the demands of the President and Hra.dete the re-union of the country, or meet Hui and the endorsers of his policy at the Hits lu tho latter event their utter defeat and Hmplete discomfiture is certain. ■k'attain Wacpsu,. —A letter has been receiv- B from Mrs Waddell, by her friends, stating ■it she hid beeu released from her bond not ■ communicate with her husband. She called p \ the President and was Introduced to him as la ’y whose fault it was to be wife of Cap lin Waddell, la*e of the Shenandoah. She Besonted her petition to the President, who Hint for the papers, returned her the bond, and Banted her permission to join the Captain in Hi rope. qfswAßD’s Opinion or ths Situation. —A dls {•tcii was received at Washington from Mr. Seward, in New York, under date of the 23rd. It reads thus : ‘■lt is all right and safe. The Union Is res tored and the country safe. The President’s M-ch U triumphant, and the country will be py. (“S’gnedd W. H. Siward.” I A a I w i y f / / / / *» 7- Tkade with cur own Cities.— The gigantic struggle through which we hive passed, has taught the people of the South many lesions which will be useful in the future. Not the least unfortunate of these, is that we were able to live for years without thsai 1 of New York or or New England. Nocessity required that we should develope manufacturing interests, and they were developed with rapidity. Talents which the most sanguine could not have dreamed were possessed by the Southern peo ple, sprang into exLteace. Direct trade with Europe was required, ami in spite of astrin gent blockade the products of all parts of .the world found their way to our shorcß. These Itssons should not be forgotten. While we have no enmities to remember, we should remember that if we were able to break for four years the chain o# dependence which iiuktd us to the markets of the North, we need never allow that chain to be relinked. This can only be effected by Southern merchants trading with Southern merchants, By build ing up our own cities, we build up the entire Southern country, which by letting those cities languish we may apparently thrive for the time being, to be ciushed eventually by the great Leviathan which swallows up all within its reach. In urging these views, we do not pretend to advise that men should buy at any market other than that at which they can buy cheap est ;or sell to any market other than that in which they can sell to the best advantage ; but we do mean te say that at some point like Charleston, tho merchants can ao complisb two results important to himself, and at least one to the entire people of the South. The first advantage that he acquires for himself, is that while ho is able to buy as eheaply as in New York, he can get his goods at least five or seven days earlier than can tig neighbor who purchases in New] York. The second advantage that ho derives, is, that ho builds up a money centre near his home, and when credits ate re-established, ho will bo able to control his liabilities much more easily than he would be able to do in New York, which is much fui ther f:om his home. The advantage to the entire people of tho South is to be found in the fact, if great commercial |cenfres are established at the South, and they can only be established by Southern enterprise and South ern good will, they will be followed by the establishment of manufacturing centres which will give a large home market tor much of the raw material which we now send to New York »nd Liverpool -tho profit on which is made a those points and not at home. Trade with Charleston. Her net work of railroads makes her the most desirable point at which tho merchants of South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama and Tennessee can buy. The same men who traded directly with Europ j during the war, are still fn her midst and en ■ gaged in busiaess. The city is being rebuilt. Trade has already re-opened. A large stock of goods is on hand and the spring assortment will be worthy of examination. Trade with Charleston, for your own advan tage, for tho advantage of your customers, for your love of the development of Southern re souices, and for the memories which cluster around that grand old city as proved in the desolation which has visited her as she was uoble and bravo in defence of those principles which she believed to be true. The White Labor Sts’ rm. —Some weeks ago we referred, at length, to the troubles arising from the non-solntion of the labor problem, and, in a subsequent article, endeavored to show the importance of the introduction into our midst of white laboiers. Hew we succeed ed In that undertaking is not for us to say. Let it suffice, for us to declare that the opinions then expressed, have found abundant attesta tion, as to their validity, in the occurrences ol every day. Certain ideas, relative to the composition of freedom, has obtained with the negroes, and nothing but bitter experience will ever correct the error in*o which they have fallen. To work as they were accustomed to, before the war, is in direct conflict with their conceptions of the sequences of their new state. To heed the advice and obey the mandates of their former masters, now employers, Is, in their estimation, utterly inconsistent with the cir cumstances of their new relationship. They must be paid good, yes, extra wages ; must be allowed to roam the streets at certain hoars; must not be expected to do more than half a task, and their every whim must be acqueisce’ in. For fear of offending their feelings, employ ers must not object to bis kitchen being crowd ed, day and night, with vagrants—the major pajt of whom have no scruples whatever against appropriating to their own use, any thing that may please their fancy. You must not make a single suggestion to them, unless you would be answered in a most insulting and uncalled lor stylo. These are a few of the numberless evils that attend the employment of the larger class of negroes. There are exceptions to this rule. We know many. They are honest, systematic, haid. working, and always have an abundance of leisure time—never neglecting their duty, ei ther. These we commend a* worthy and sen sible. The others we condemn as pests ofsoci ty, the influence of whom tends only to the demoralization of the younger ones, and those who are disposed to work like employees should. Aud this evil does not diminish in time; it is constantly increasing. Self interest demands that cur people should not longer be provoked with it. Experiment after experi ment has been made, and the result is still the same. Far removed from the city and its temptations, the negroes, in the corn field or | cotton patch, may do very well, but even there they are unreliable—exposed, as they are, to ; the machinations and counsel of wandering 1 vagrants. We hsstrded all in the experiment of war and we lost. We are averse to trying our luck in testing the negro. A surety is what the peo ple want: such a one as is to bo found in the employment of white laborers. The Georgia Immigration Company has es tablished an agency in this city, so that those desiring to obtain white laborers, would do well to apply to Messrs. Jacob R. Davis & Son Agents. A revival of religion is in progress in many of the Presbyterian churches in Philadelphia. AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 14,186(5. Stand by thb Constitution !—We seem to be emerging into light as well as peace. There is something absolutely life-giving in the repeat ed exhortations of President Johnson to the people. ‘’Stand by the Constitution.’ ’ la that sentiment we are with him now and forever. If there is any hope for free government on earth it the Constitution of tne United States. If there is any hope for this country, it is in the Constitution as it iB and the Union as it was. It is not in thß wild brain of radi calism to perceive the conservative value, the priceless power of that noble instrument, but the words of President Jobnton will ring from one end of the land to fife other,' and awake once more in American breasts the fire of an cient patriotism. There ate some portions of the President’s speech worthy to be preserved in constant re membrance. They are over strong and elo quent truths. Let tis place two extracts pro minently before our readers, for their study, Would that they had been uttered before from the same high position, that the people might nut have foigotten, as too many have, the muniment of our liberty. Here are “the words of gold” refered to: And now, in order to save the Government, we must preserve the Constitution. Our only safety is in a strict adherence to tion of the Constitution of our fathers. It is now unfolded. It must now be read—it must now be digested and understood by the Ameri can people. I am here to-day, in making these remark#, to vindicate the Constitution and to save it, as I believe, for it does seem as if encroachment after encroachment is propo sed upon it. As far as I can, I have ever re sisted encroachments _upon the Constitution, and I stand prepared to resist them to dar, >md thereby to preserve Constitution and Government of the United Slates. It is now a time of peace, and let us have peace ; let us enforce the Constitution ; let us live under and acccording to its provisions Let it ba pub lished and printed in blazing, characters, as tnough it were in the heavens and punctuated by the stars, so that all can read and all can understand it. Let U3 consult that instru ment and be guided by its provisions. Let us understand them, and understanding them, abide. 0 * A • O' Tn conclusion, let me ask this vast concourse here to-day, this sea of upturned faces, to come with me. or I will go with you, and stand around the Constitution of our country. It is again unfolded. Tho people are invited to read and understand, to sustain and main tain its provisions. Let us >-tand by the Con stitution of our fathers, though the heavens themselves should fall. Though faction should rage, though taunts and jeers come, though abuse and vituperation be poured out in the most virulent form, I mean to be found stand ing by the Constitution of my country. Stand by the Constitution as the chief ark of our safety, as the palladium of our civil and our religious liberty. Yes, let us cling to it as a mariner clings to the last plank when the night and the tempest close around him. The Complaints Against the Prbbibent.— Some of the radicals presses of the North do not like the hot shot poured into their ranks by the President in his lats speech. If he was severe its what he said of Steven3, Sumner & Cos., nothing at best can be said in extenuation of those who provokfcd this burst of indig nant feeling, it is worth our while for a moment to sum up the list of complaints on the part of these radicals against the Execu tive. They are, then, briefly these : Ist. He is, in good faith, the President of the United States, true to his office, and true to all its duties. * 2d. Ho has more faith in the virtue, intel ligence and purposes of the people than in a Congress elected during a period of high party excitement, 3d. He desires to see the Union restored, In deed as well as in name, and to that end that the Southern States shall at once bo represent ed in Congress by loyal men, swearing alle giance to the Constitution. 4th. He keeps company with those he please 8 including prominent men of the Democratic and Conservative parties of the country, who believe just as the President believes. sth. He believes that the war is over, and that the spirit of war should no longer govern the People, and while he would try all leading offenders against tho Government according to law, he would not punish Eleven States and the People of Eleven States for the conduct of their leaders. The radical pre33 by Its tone, and the radical leaders by their deeds and speeches conclusively show that these are the main reasons why they take such a strong dislike to the President and his late acts. The war between the President and those who are endeavoring to trample the Constitution under their feet has begun in good earnest. Consen ative men both NorLh and South should rally to his support. The Presidsnt’s Btkenuth —ln the Senate the President can count, in additibn to the Democrats, probably some eight or ten friends from the Republican ranks. It is plain that Messrs. Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Mor gan, Stewart, Norton and Van Winkle mean to give him a fair and honest support. This i3 enough to protect a veto and to block the revolutionary resort of impeachment threat ened by the Radicals, in lieu of assassination. Messrs. Lane, of Kansas, Willey, of West Virginia, Sherman, of Ohio, occupy a some what doubtful position just yet in the borders of tho radical camp, but we think have a warm side for President Johnson and are al most ready to quit the sinking, piratical craft of radicalism. Indeed, if the accounts of the last'Republican caucus£are to trusted, even Wilson, of Masachusetts, has found that dis cretion is the better part of valor, and wants to be friends again with the President. It is plain that tho influence of the radical leaders over the rank and file of their party is begin ning rapidly to wane, and should not -be very greatly surprised if, before tMe world was three months older, the President had a work ing majority in the Congress. We feel sure, at all events, that he has trienda enough to o stop serious mischief, and that the people w ill sustain him. Ax Important Order —The annexed impor tant order has been issued by an assistant spa cial agent of the Treasury Department : OFFICE TREASURY DI-PaRTMEST, ) Macon, Ga., March 31, 1866 ) By order of the Secretary ot Treasury, throdgh H. M. Buckley, Supervising Special Agent Treasury Department, this office is dis continued. The embargoes placed upon Cot ton by me, are raised, and the order regarding shipments of February 18th, 1866, are hereby revoked. Clifton T. Wharton, Ast. Spl. Agent, Treasury Department. Fesiasism in ths British Pauliament. —A very important debate on the Iritb question has taken place in the House of Commons, on motion of The O’Donoghue to strike frem the Queen’s speech, the pa|sage relating to Ire land, and substitute a paragraph declaring “re “ gret that great disaffection exists in Ireland, “ and that it is the r esult of grav ecanses which “ it is the duty of Her Majesty’s ministers to “ examine and remove.” In lvs speech in support of the motion. The O’Donoghue was e’oquent, earnest and plain spoken. He gave a startling view of the interior condition of Ireland and 41;.: state qf fouling o* a&enatiqn. that pervades the entire country against Eng lish rule. “From one end of Ireland to the “ other,’’ he said, “ among the masses of the “ people, both in town and ccuutry—among “millions there was a feeling of disaffection “ toward English rule which has only been “ kept from breaking out into open insurrec “ tion by the hopelessness of contending with the greatiy superier power of England.” Fenianism, he declared, must be ascribed t« disaffection—not disaffection to Fenianism, and the masses looked upon it as an insurrec tionary experiment for which they had been long prepared. And that mdu would greatly deceive the House who, from whatever mo" tives, should assert that the sympathies of the ast majority of the Irish people were not on the Fenian side. These strong statements wero received with the profoundest attention. Tho U’Donoghue proceeded to set in array the causes which had produced this disaffection and stated the reme dies which would allay it. To learn what .the “ Irish feel, we must look “across the Atlan “tic at the attitude of their brethren, from “ whom they might be said to be only just parted and for whom their hearts were still lonely. More op me President’s Views, —A few nights since the .President in reply to the direct questions of several Congressmen, de clared that he was opposed to all Constitu tional amendments until tho Southern mem bers were in their seats, so the South could have a voice in the matter. He .said the ques tion of representation was a small matter, and that the North could well afford to overlook the two fifths advantage which the South now have, because emigration and kindred causes : wou!d soon remedy it without legislation. If the Constitution must be changed at all, he was in favor of making a voting population the basis. He then asked how they ‘proposed to get such an amendment through in th 9 South, and the reply was, “ in the same way Mr. President, that you got the Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery through, by a little Piesidential pressure.” Mr. Johnston replied that he saw no reasonable similarity in the two cases. In regard to the test'oath, he said he was inclined to think that the old form of swearing to support the Constitution was a sufficient test oath of loyalty. It will be seen that the President has m his conversation openly announced his position on the test oath. It will be most gratifying to the South, if he is able to‘ J maintain it. If the Conservatives of the North support him in it, all will soon be well, and our worst troubles will be over within a short time. Commissioner Nekton’s Report.— The Jan uary report of Commissioner Newton, of the Agricultural Department at Washington, states that the importation of foreign wool decreased 52,541,674 pounds during the year 1865. This is considered a gratifying fact, beoause it shows the progress that is made in supplying the do mestic wants of the country in a commodity so essential to its wants and comfort. The im portation of woolen goods, however, has in creased in value $4,632,620, showing that there is still a demand upon the grower andmanu facturer of wool. We imported, last year, nearly a million dollars’ worth of cigars, mostly of the best Havana, Cigar manufacturers say that the import is occasioned by the internal tax being greater than the duty on the foroign article, and the Commissioner thinks such in equality ought not to be permitted. Party Tie?.— Tne New York Journal of Commerce trusts that party ties will prove Weak when men come to consider the simple now before them : “Shall we sustain the Union and the Presi dent, or sustain the enemies of the Union and cru *h the President ? The issue ia made up, and must soon be decided,” Its advice is also practical, timely, and true, when it says: “If the Radicals in Congress conquer Mr. Johnson, there i3 no chance for peace or pros perity in America during the present genera tion; and the Northern Radicals are willing to sell their principles to-dsy for the sake ot ac quiring office and spoils, and the ability to manage Northern States ia the interest of dis union. For here is the fundamental point, brought forward by Mr, Johnson with startling force, that these Northern extremists are enemies of the country. They put on every speoies of disguise. They go to the people of the Northern States, representing themselves as the friends of the President and his policy, and having obtained power they set themselves in-the way of the Government, and if they are not made to “get out of it” tho Government wheels must stop. The conservative Republicans have it now in their power to save the nation. On them rests the responsibility. Mr. Johnson emphatically belongs to them. They are his party. He is not the man of the Democratic party, and the Democrats have no right to cla ; m him. They will support his reconstruction policy, heart and soul, and there fore tne conservative Republicans may look to them as a power to be used for the accomplish ment of Mr. Johnson's wishes.” The Texas State Convention. —Annexed >s a synopsis of the Governor of Texas message to the State Convention: He believed that persons unpardoned by the President cannot be delegates. The people of the United States expect an explicit denial of the right of secession. Favors tbe repudia tion ot the war debt—the General Govern ment expects it. He recommends that negroes be allowed to sue; to give testimony under no restrictions not imposed upon the white man; to hold property, etc. Does not think them qualified to vote at this time; is in favor of re gulating the right of suffrage in future, irre spective of color. He suggests that the Con vention submit their actions to the people for ratification. 4 t __ — General Joseph Wheeler, formerly of thi« city, late Confederate army, was married to Miss Ellen Jones, of Lawrence co, Ala., on Febru ary Bth. ’ Llßl' OF ACTA A\(> ReSOLUIIOSS SlBSBfl BY THE GVVBRNOB. [continued.] 86. An Act to authorize the use of the wa ter power on the shoals and fa’lsonthe reserve at Indian Spring, with the privilege of building saw and grist mills thereon 87. To perfect service against Express Com panies. 88. To amend sections 1775 and 1776 of the new Code of Georgia, relative to orphans. . 89. To authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Bartow county to settle or compro mise the bonds of said county that are now due and unpaid, and to issue new bonds for the same. g. * 90. To amend the Act incorponJtT&g the town of BlackstuLijju Pierce counts*, approved Dec 16. 1859. ■ ■'*- ‘r 91. To repeal an Act to authorize the' trus tees of the Giynn County Academy to lease or sell the Academy. 92. To authorize tho Justices of the Inferior Court cf tho county of E irly. in this State, to levy and collect an extra tax to pay for provis iens heretofore purchased by them for the poor of said county, and for the use of disabled sol diers and their families. 93. To change the name of the Milledgeville Railroad Company, and for other purposes. 94. To amend an Act to incorporate in the State of Georgia an Insurance Company to be called ihe Gnat Southern Insurance Company, assented to Dec 17, 1861. 95. To incorporate the town of Wrightsville, in the couuty of Johnson, to appoint commis sioners tor tho same, and for other purposes. 96. To repeal an Act entitled an Act the better to regulate the liquor traffic in the conn tie3 of Taliaferro, Greene, Washington and Henry, and tor other purposes, assented to Dec 12.1860, so far as the said Act relates to the county of Taliaferro. 97. To amend an Act to incorporate the Skidaway Shell Read Company, and for other purposes therein named; assented to December 22, 1857 98. To authorize the Inferior Court of county of Twiggs to borrow money to pay the indebtedness, and lor other purposes, of said county. 99. To amend the charter of the Dalton & Jacksonville R. E. Company, and aotP passed in relation to the same. 100. To incorporate the Atlanta Street R. R. Company, and for other purposes. 101. To alter the road law. of this State, and to amend the 585, 588, 596, 602, and 604 section of the Code of Georgia. 102. To define certain acts of trespass, and make the same, penal, 103. To amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Eutowah Auraria Hydraulic Hose Mining Company, approved December 7 th; 1859. 104. To amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Mechanic’s’, Saving Association of the city of Columbus, assented to April 13th, 1863. 105. An Act to exempt from road and jury duty professors of co lieges and teachers of public or c runty schools in this State. 106. To amend Section 4613 of the Code of this .State. 107; To amend section 349 of the Code of Georgia. 108. To amend the 43915 t section of the Code of Georgia. 108. To change the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court of Muscogee coun ty. 110. For the relief of RL Haynes, U J Seals, A H Teasley, Isham Teasiev, Hampton Smith, J M Childress, A T McPherson,S F Kincamon, W P Brown, R A C’atnp, and L P Brown, of Milton county in this State, securities of B T Hanley, who was indicted under the name of i'homas Handley at the March term of the Superior Court, 1865 of said county of Milton, for the oflidEse of robbery. 111. Allowing the redemption of bonds for feited or sold for taxes due the State, or any county or city thereof, by paying the taxes of each, and the legal late of interest per annum thereon, together with costs which may have occurred. 112. To incorporate the Empire State Man ufacturing Company, in the county of Newton. 113. To alter and amend the first number section 1954 2d article, part 2, title 3, chapter 2 of the Code of Georgia. 114. To Incorporate the McDasky Gold Mining Company; 115. To change the name of the Confederate Fire and IneuiHcce Company, and to make more definite the liabilities of stockholders. 116. To amend the second section of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Empire State Iron and Coal Mining Company, and to confer certain powers aud privileges thereon passed over Governor’s veto, by Senate and House of Representatives, December 9,1862. 117 Relative to bonds of trustees. 118 To add an additional seotion to an Act incorporating the town of Fayetteville, assent ed to Dee 20, 1823, and to amend section 3 of said Act. 119 To incorporate the North Georgia Min ing and Manufacturing Company. 120 To change and define the times of hold ing the Superior Courts of the several counties of the Western Judicial Circuit. 121 To incorporate the Cherokee Mining and Manufacturing Company. 122 To incorporate the Georgia & Alabama Mining and Manufacturing Company. 123 To revise, alter and amend an Act enti tled an Act to incorporate an Insurance Com pany in the city of Columbus, to he called the Merchants’ Insurance Company, of Columbus, Georgia, assented to Nov 14, 1864, and to change the name to the Merchants and Plant ers Insurance Company of Columbus, Ga. 134 To incoiporate the KennesaW Mining Com natty of Georgia. 125 To consolidate the offices of receiver of tax returns and tax collector for the counties of 'Effingham and Gilmer. 126. To change the county line between the counties of Upson and Crawford, so as to include the residence afid farm of Leonard Worthy, of the county of Crawford, in the county of Upson. RESOLUTIONS. 27. Appointing a committee to examine the State Library. 23. Expressing tho cordial endorsement of the General Assembly of the addraas of the Hon. A, A. Stephens. The storehouse of James A. Bass, near Edge deld, S. C., was burned on the 23rd February Loss, $15,090; insurance $2,000. Senator Doolittle has caused the government advertising to be transferred from the Milwau kee Sentinel, radical, to the Wisconsin, con servative. A tornado at Knoxvilie, Tenn., on tho 24th, of February blew down over thirty houses and did much other damage. Tho Baptists of Massachusetts have 264 churches 348 minioters, and a total member ship of 57.750. Mrs. Kaiser a poor widow of Allentown, Pa , has lallen heir to $25,000 by the death of a European relative. The new art building for Yale College at New Haven has cost $125,000 so far, and will probably cost $30,000 more to complete it. Dr. Laiah B. Linn, a prominent physician of Chicago, died in that city recently, trom the effect of four grains of morphine, taken to re . lieve pain. A negro has sued a city railroad company in St. Louis for twenty thousand dollars dam ages, because the conductor put him off, in ac cordance with the rules. Recent returns from Marshall county, Ala bama, for rations for distribution, show that there are nineteen hundred and fifty whites, »nd two hundred and twenty blacks In that county who are entirely destitute. Mr- T. M. Logan, formerly of Charleston, and late Brigadier General in C. S. A. has lo cated in Richmond Va., for the practice of law. VOL. LXX^. —NEW T SERIES VOL. XXV NO. 12. KE\YS SUMM ARY. North Carolina shad are being sold in Nor folk, Va., for S3O per hundred. Hillger & Son’s drug mills, in Jertey City, were destroyed by fire on the 11th. Loss $200,000 Five negro soldiers, belonging to 125th U.S. TA NARUS., sentenced by Court Martial at Louisville, tc five years imprisonment at the Dry Tortu gas, left the iormer place on the 12ih. . Major Gon. Rosencrans is preparing to leave for the Pacific coast, where he will .engage in mining. A large delegaiion of Connecticut office holders is in Washington urging “less im petuosity’’ among the Radicals. Forty three indictments for desecration of the were pfasented to a criminal They have gof' that btrruf*% oil fountain near Pithole one hundred and fifty feet high and eight feet square. A fortunate miner at Idaho £ hassoldouta newly discovered claim tor SBOO,OOO. A pretended assistant collector has collected much money in the coal oil regions of Penn sylvania by taking bribes for promised low as sessments. His victims dare not complain. A large cotton crop will be raised in South ern Illinois the coming season. Reports from Central Alabama state that the negroes are workiDg well. Great excitement exists in Western Penn sylvania over Dewly made oil discoveries. Seward’s last foreign dispatches it-is thought will create a coolness. In 1850, a Mr Garnet, living near Auburn, wa« sent to State Prison for forgery. He serv ed out his time, and when he came out, his wife deeming him guilty, refused to receive him. He went to Pennsylvania and married a young wife. A lew weeks ago, a man on hia death bed confessed to the crime for which Garnet suffered ; the first wife, repenting her conduct, hunted him up, confessed her cruelty, a reconciliation was effected, and the second wife voluntarily gave up her claim. The first wife now lives with her husband, and tho second is liberally endowed. One Store on Broadway 50 feet front, which last year rented for $15,000 now rents at $55,- 000. Another 25 by 75 off Broadway, $19,- 500 ; another, 75 by 75, at $47,000 per year. Any number ot leases have been tiansferred for a bonus of SIO,OOO to $15,000 per year. Mrs General Sam Cooper has 'opened in a delightful locality, near the Theological Semi nary, about three miles from. Alexandria, Va., a young ladies’ boarding school. Fifteen mjllionjdollais lie idle in the Havana Banks. Ex-Vice President Hamlin has been confirm ed by the Senate collector of the port of Bos ton. bees in France are dying of an infus oria. Georgia Legislature. SENATE. Wednesday, February 28. Bill to repeal all extra oaths required of persons on entering on the duties of officers, etc. Lost. The annexed bills were indefinitely post poned : to provide for tho taking of the census of the State ; to relieve stockholdeis’of Banks from personal liability in the reaemp tion_ of bills; to give Justices Courts, ju risdiction in all cases iounding in damages where the amount [claimed does not exceed SSO; to relieve the people from burden some taxation, and to provide for the raising of money for St To purposes by the issue of $2,000,000 worth of State bonds; to establish a court for the trial of minor officers. The annexed bills were laid on the table for the present : to fix the compensation for offi cers and members of the General Assembly ; to make valid certain private contracts, and to adjust the equities of the same. HOUSE. Wednesday, February 28. The annexed bills were passed : the Home stead bill to increase the feis of Clerks of Su preme Court, and regulate the fees of county officers ; to incorporate the Gate City Insurance Company ; to amend 4435 section of the Code. Bill to prevent negroes, mulattoes and other persons of color of African descent from other States and Territories from settling or residing in this State. Lost. The annexed bills were introduced ; to au tborize the Governor to remit the General tax for the year 1866, in case the Federal tax has to be paid by the people ; for the relief of Jaß per J. Owen and Wm. Owen ; bill to incorpo rate the Yorah Gold Company. NIGHT SESSION. Tho annexed bills were passed : to incor porate the Franklin Minmg aud Manufactur ing Company ; to authorize Justices of the Peace of the 1072 district G. M in the county Ware to bold their court at Glemnore Station No. 10, on the Atlantic ad Gulf R. B, in said county ;to incorporate the Eagle and Phcenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus ; for the relief of Miliy Howard, former wife of Simon P Howard, of Pierce county ; to incorporate the North Georgia Mining and Manufacturing Company No. 2 ; to incorporate the Carrol Manufacturing Company ;to amend the Char ter of the town of Sparta, ia Hancock county, so as to authorizs the Commissioners thereof to increase the fee for the retail of spirituous liquors ; to authorize Justices of Inferior Court of Thomas and Liberty counties to lew and collect a tax for certain purposes ; for the re lief of Moses S Collins ; supplementary to an act to incorporate the North Georgia Mining and Minufacturing Ccmpany ; to incorporate the Hansel! Manu’ac’uring Company, of Camp bell county ; to incorporate the Rome Gas Light Company ; to incorporate the Wahatchee Mining Company ; to consolidate the several acts to incorporate the town of Bainbridge, in Decatur county, and to grant certain priv ileges to the same. SENATE. Thursday, March 1. The bill to prevent the distilla ion of grain was reconsidered. *. The House resolution in relation to the dis tribution. of ceutain books in the State Libra ry was agreed to. * The bill to make valid private contracts during the war, and to authorize the courts to adjust the equsties, & 3., being the special or der was taken up aud after considerable dis cussion passed. The bill to orgamzs a County Court. The bill was one offered as a gulstitute by the Judiciary Committee, in lieu of the same sub ject matter offered by the Commissioners ap pointed by the late Convention, to prepare a “Frecdmen’s Code ; The bill was taken up by sections and with unimportant fainendments wa3 passed with almost entire unanimity. In the counties of Bibb, Chatham, and Musco gee. the County Judge is required to be a practicing Attorney. * HOUSE. Thursday, March 1. Bill to regulate contracts with freedmen. — Postponed for the present. The motion to consider the homestead bill was lost. Bill to amend Interest Laws .of the State. Laid on the table for the present. The annexed bills were introduced : regu lating labor of convicts upon public works. For the relief of John 8. ElmoDdson, of Wilkes county. , . . The annexed bills were passed : to incorpor ate the town of Hardwick ; to incorporate the Oostanaula Steamboat Company, with powers of insurance ; to.amend an act incorporating the Oglethorpe Insurance Company of Savan nah ; to incorporate the Savannah Steamboat Company, with powers of insurance : to add a section to the Penal Code giving Sheriffs fees for arresting fugitives from justice : to incor- porate the Central R R and Canal Company ; to restrict the charges of Railroads -passed ; it forbids increased - charges for transporting freight short distances ; to prescribe the mode by whfch Courts shall grant charters, to pri vate Companies. Jurisdiction given to Supe rior Courts exclusively ; to nol pros all crimi nal cases where the party committing the of fense was acting under authority of an officer who had power to give the order ; to establish Southern Bank, of Americu# ; to incorporate the North Georgia Mining and Manufacturing Company, passed yesterday, was reconsidered, aud the name of said Company changed to tho Gordon Mining and Manufacturing Company ; to incorporate the Southern Savings Bank and Commercial Association ; to give Magittrates’ Courts jurisdiction of certain criminal casqs, -The aunexed billg. were lost: to allow the Inferior Court of Scriven county to retain the State ‘t&tffor 1866 to build a court house ; to change the line between Early and Mitchell counties ; to change the line between Dougher ty and Worth ; to change the line betwe-.n Bar tow and Paulding ; to require Ordinaries to make an account of Confederate money on hand by Administrators, Executors, and Guar diaus, in their returns ; to prevent settlement of lands by freedmen in ce. tain cases ; to pre vent white persons from purchasing certain persons of color. SENATE. Friday, March 2. The reoonsidered bill to prescribe an oath to be takou by retailers of spirituous liqors, and to require them to keep an orderly house, was passed. The bill raises the license fee to SIOO, and requires au oath that retailers wiil not sell liquors to minors. The annexed bills were introduced ; to amend various sections of tho Code in which the term “Conlederate States’’ occurs ; to ex tend the corporate limits of the town of Thomas ville. Tim annexed bills were passed : to supple mentary and explanatory ot the 2462 section of the Code in relation to unrepresentad ei-tate; to incorporate the Vulcan Mining aDd Manu facturing Company ; regulating certain con tracts ; the bill to incorporate anew Gas Com pany was lost. HOUSE ' Friday, March 2. The annexed bills were reconsidered; to ra, etricting charges of railroads; allowing the county ot Scriven to retain the tax ot the State for 1866. The annexed bills wero passed; for A bill was introduced to provide for giving a lien on growing crops. Joint resolution to appoint a committee of sixteen to report at next session of tne Legis lature a system of common school instructions tor the State. Adopted. The annexed bills were passed ; to point out the mode of paying Solicitors of Eastern Cir cuit; to incorporate the Savings BaDk of Savan nah; for the relief of married soldiers; author izing the Governor to issue bonds; to repeal a law prohibiting marriage of first cousins; for the relief of administrators, executors and guaidians who have invested in Confederate bonds. The annexed bills were lost to regulate the printing of oonnty officers; to protect land owners against certain trespasses; to suspend the collection laws of this State till time spe cified. SENATE. Friday, March 2. A bill was introdnoed to establish a Board of Education in the city of Savannah. The annexed bills were lost ; to change the line between the counties of ’ Dooly and Pulaski ; to incorporate ate the New Era Mining and Manufacturing Company ; to alter and amend the Charter of the city of Columbus ; to allow D. B. Sanford, of Greene county, to bring up the business of R. E. Martin, late Clerk of the Supreme Court ; to alter and amend the Charter of the town of Newnan, and to make a oity of said town ; to incorporate the Central Georgia Manufactur ing Company ; to incorporate the Georgia and Alabama Mining and Petroleum Company ; to authorize the Inferior Court of Greene county to levy and collect an extra tax for the purpese of building a bridge across the Oco nee river ;to incorporate the Atlanta Canal and Water Work? ; to incorporate the Buck Manufacturing Company in the county of Schley ;to allow the amount for Revenue Stamps required on writings to be charged in bills of cost ;to provide for the payment of teachers of Poor Schools for the year 18G5 ; to make valid certain acts of the Justices of the Inferior Court of Polk couuty ; to ratify certain acts of Executors, Guardians and Min isterial offices ; to amend Part 2, Title 3, Chapter 2, Article 4, Section 3 of the Code ; for the relief of certain practicing physicians in thia State ; to amend Section 3478 of the Code ; to incorporate the town of Vernonburg in the county of Chatham ; to alter and amend the several Acts incoiporating tho city of At lanta ; for the benefit of persons building stock enclosures in Effingham county ; to au thorize the Inferior Court of Glynn county, to compel persons subject to do road duty in one district to perform tne same in othor districts of the county ; to incorporate the Dalton Pe troleum Company. The annexed bills were lose : to alter the line between Baker and Early counties ; to make it penal for any Railroad to charge for freight or passage more than is allowed by the Charter. HOUSE. Friday, March 2. The annexed bills were passed : to incorpor ate the Augusta Mutual Insura&ca Company ; to allow Ordinaries of this State to charge and receive certain fees, and' to authorize them to charge and receive certain fees in addition to fhose specified in the act ; to remit the taxes of 1864 and 1865, and for other purposes ; to • provide for the pay of officers and members of the General Assembly; to repeal all laws mak ing it penal tor the people of this State to re ceive and circulate U 8 currency ; to alter the rules of evidence in certain cases ; to increase the pay of the Compiler, and provide for the early distribution of the laws ; to amend -see tion 1307 of article 3d of Code ; to allow execj utors to resign their trust ; to repeal an act amendatory of 2980 section of Code, The annexed bills were lost ; to authoiizs the Inferior Courts of this State to purchase a farm for paupers, and for other purposes ; to authorize the,waiver of legal process in certain cases ; to prescribe the term for and Constables to advertise sale of property ; to repeal 1634 article, part 2, Title 2, Chapter 1, Art. 1 of the Code of Georgia. RRIDAY NLGHT SESSION. The annexed bills were passed ; to amend 3866 of the Code so far os it relates to the coun ty of Chatham ; to incorporate the Georgia Life and Accident Insurance Cos. of Atlanta ; to incorporate the North American Insurance Company of Atlanta; to incorporate the Bruns wick and Altamaha Canal Company. HOUSE. Saturday, March 3. The annexed bills were pasted : to divide lands in kind; to change the registry of lands; to define the liabilities of Vendue Masters; to incorporate LaGrange Savings Bank The bill raising revenue ior the State for 1866, was reconsidered. The bill was then amended and passed. The reconsidered bill to establish in each county a pauper farm was referred to the Com mittee on internal improvements. Bill to authorize Guardians, Administrators &c., to resign their trusts on certain conditions therein stated. Lost SENATE. Saturday, March 3. The bill to restrict the charges of Rail Roads was reconsidered and the same referred to the Judiciary Committee. The bill to vest certain lands near the city