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rector itio\. Testimony or Alexander H. Stephen; Before the Keron-trurtion Committee. Tbe testimony reported yesterday from the CommnUe on Reconstruction embraces the examination of a dozen witnesses, relating to the condition of Arkansas. Mississippi, Ala f'arna ami Georgia. It is conflicting in its character in respect to all the States except the former, about which all the witnesses so far examined agree in testifying favorably. Tbe following Is the testimony relating to Georgia: Alexander H. Stephens sworn and examined: By Mr. Boutwell : Q. Ktate your residence. A Crawiordville, Georgia. Q. What means have you had since Lee's surrender to ascertain the sentiments of the people of Georgia with regard to the Union ' A. I was at home in Georgia at the time ot tire surrender of General Lee, an 1 remained there until the Uth of May, and during that time conferred very freely with the people in my immediate neighborhood, with the Gover nor cl the htate, and one or two other leading or prominent men in tbeKtate. From the 11th ol May until my return to Georgia, which was the 25th of October, I had no means of know ing anything of the public sentiment there, except through the public press and such letters as I received. From the time of my return un til I left the State on my present visit here, I had very extensive intercourse with the peo ple, visiting Augusta, visiting Milledgeville during the session of the Legislature, first on their assembling, again in January upon their reassembling, and again in the latter part of February. While there I conversed very freely and lolly with all the prominent leading men, or most of them, in the Legislature, and met a great many of the promiucnt, influential men of the Staws not connected with the Legisla ture; and by letters from and correspondence with men in the State whom I have not met, I believe that embraces a full auswer to the question as to my ineanß of ascertaining the sentiments of the people of that State npon the subject stated in the question. Q. As to the result of yoor observations, wnat is your opinion of the purpose of tbe peo ple with reference to the reconstruction of the Government, and what are their desires and purposes concerning the maintenance of the Government ? A. My opinion, and decided opinion, is that an overwhelming majority of the people oi Georgia are exceedingly anxious for tbe resto ration ol tbe Government, and lor the State to take her fotiner position in the Union, to have her Senators and Representatives admitted into Congress, anil to enjoy all her rights and to diHcnarge all her obligations as a State under the Constitution of the United States as it stands amended. Q. What are their present views concerning the justice of the rebellion ? Do they at pres ent believe that it was a reasonable and proper undertaking, or otherwise ? A. Aly opinion ol the sentiment of tho peo ple of Georgia upon that subject is, that tho exorcise of tho light of secession was resorted to by them from a desire to render their liber ties and institutions more secure, and a belief on their part that this was absolutely necessa ry for that object. They wore divided upon the question of tho policy of tho measure; there was, however, but very little division among them upon the question of tho right ot it. It is now their belief, in my opinion—and I give it merely as an opinion—that the surest, if not the only hope for their liberties is the restora tion of the Constitution of the United States autl of the Government of the United States under the Constitution. Q. lias thero been any change of opinion as to tiie right of secession, as a right in the people or in the States? A. 1 think there has been a very decided change of opiniou, as to the policy, by those who lavored it. I think the people generally are satisfied sufficiently with the experiment, never to resort to that measure of redress again, by force, whatever may be their own abstract ideas upon that subject. They have given up all idea of a maintenance of these opinions by a resort to force. They have come to tne conclusion that it is better to appeal to the forums ot reason and justice, to the halls of legislation aud tile courts, lor the preservation ol the principles of constitutional liberty, than to the arena of arms. It is my settled convic tion that there is not any idea cherished at all in tho public mind of Georgia, of ever resorting again to secession, or lo the exercise of the right ot secession by iorce. The whole policy of the maintenance of their rights, in my opin ion, is at this time totally abandoned. <1 But the opinion as to tho right, as I uu deistauil, remains substantially the same? A. I canuot answer as to that. Some may have changed their opinion in this respect. It would be an unusual thing, as well as a difficult matter, for a whole people lo change their convictions upon abstract truths or principles. 1 have not heard this view of the subjectide bated or discussed recently, and 1 wish to be understood as giving my opinions only on that branch of the subject which is of practical character abd importance. Q. To what do you attribute tbe change of opinion as to the propriety of attempting to maintain their views by force ? A. Well, sir, my opinion about that—my in dividual opiniou, derived from observation—is that this change ot opinion arose mainly from the operation of tho war amoug themselves, and the nsuits of tho conflict, from their own authorities, on their own individual rights of poison and property —the general breaking down of constitutional barriers which usually attend all protracted wars. Q. In 1801, when the ordinance of seces sion was adopted in your State, to what ex tent was it supported by the people ? A. After the the proclamation of President Lincoln calling out 75,000 militia, under the circumstances it was issued, auji blockading the Southern ports, nud the suspension of tho writ of habeas corpus, the Southern cause, as it was termed, received the almost uuauimous support of tho people of Georg a. Before that - they were very much divided on the question of the policy of secession, but after ward they supported tho cause, within the range of my knowledge, with very few excep tion, (there were some tew exceptions, not ex ceeding half a dozsu, 1 think.) The impres sion tlieu prevailing was, that public libe ty was endangered, and they snpported the cause because of their zeal for constitutional rights. They still ddlered very much as to the ulti mate object to be attained, aud the means to be used, but these differences yielded to the emergency of the apprehended common dan ger. Q. Was not the ordinance of secession adopted in Georgia earlier in date than the proclamation for 75,000 volunteers ? A. Yes, sit. 1 stated that the people were very much divided ou the question ot the or dinance of secession, but that after tho proc lamation the people became almost unanimous in their support of the cauie. There were some few exception iu the State—l think not more th in half a dozen among my acquain tances. As l said, while they were thus almost unanimous in support of the cause, they differ ed also us to the end to be attained by sus taining it. Some looked to an adjustment or settlement of the controversy upon any basis that would secure their constitutional rights ; other* looked to a Southern separate national ity as their only object aud hope. These dif ferent views as to the ultimate objects did uot interfere with the general active support of the cause. Q. \V is there a popular vote upon the or-, dinance of seeees.ou T A. Only so lar as in the election of dele gates to the convention. 0. There was no subsequent action ? A. X'o, sir ; the ordinauceol secession was not submitted to a popular vote afterwards. (J. Have you any opiuion as to the vote it would have received, us compared with the wnole, if it had been submstted to the free ac tion of the people f Witness. Do you mean alter it was adopted by the convention ? Mr. Boutwell. Yes, after it was'adopted by the convention, if it had been submitted forth with, or withiu a reasonable time. A. Taking the then state of things into consideration, South Carolina. Florida, aud Mierissippi, 1 thiuk, having seceded, my opiu ion is that a majority of the people would have ratified it. and perhaps a decided or large ma jority. If, however, South Carolina aud the other States had not adopted their ordinances ol secession, lam very well satisfied that a majority ot the people of Georgia, and per haps a very decided majority, would have been against secession if the oruiuauce had been submitted to them. But as matters stood at the time, it the ordinance had been submitted to a popular vote of the State, it would have been sustained. That is my opinion about that matter. Q. \\ hat was the date of the Georgia or dinance ? A. The 18th or 19th : I think the 19 jf of January, IStil, though 1 am not certain. Q the question of secession was involved in the election of delegates to that convention, was it not ? A. Yes, sir. Q. Aud was there on the part of candidates a pretty general avowal ot opinions ? A. Very general. y. What was the result of the election as far as the convention expressed any opinion upon the question of secession ? A. 1 think the majority was about thirty in the convention in favor ot secession. Ido not recollect the exact vote. Q. In a convention of how many ? A.' In aCon .-n ion base upon th number of Senators and member-of the House in the General Ass* rnbly of the State. The exact number Id > not recol! ct, but I thick it was near three hundred, perhaps a few over or under. Q. Was there any d(T rent parts of the State in tbe strength of Union sentiment at that time ? A. In some of the mountain counties tbe Union senti me at was generally prevalent The cities, towns, and villages were generally for secession throughout the State, ,1 think, with snme exceptions. Tbe anti-secession senti ment was morjj general in the rural districts and in the mountain portions of the State ; yet the people of seme ot the upper couatie were very active and decided secessionists 1 There wag nothing like a sectional division of the .State at all. For instances, the delegation from Floyd county, in which the city of P»ome is situated, in tbe upper portion ot the State, was r-.n ab.e me, strong for secession, woile * the cmn y of J -fferson. down in the inferior of the cotton belt, sent on" of the most promi neni delegations for the Union. I could de signate other particular counties in that way through ;ut t htate, showing that there was not what might be termed a sectional or geo graphical division of the Btat )on the question. Q. In what particular did the people be live their cocssitut'onal liberties were assailed or endangered from the Union ? , A. Mainly, I would say, in their internal social polity and their apprehension from the general consolidating tendencies of the doc trines and principles of that political party which had recently succet del in the choice of a President and Vice President of the United States It was the serious apprehension that if the Republican organ'zrtion, as then consti tuted, wouid succeed to power, it would lead ultimately to a virtual subversion of the Con stitutipn of the United States,.and all essential guaranties of public liberty. 1 think that was tne sincere and honest conviction in tbe minds o; our people. Those who opposed secession did not apprehend that any such result would necessarily follow tho elections which had taken place ; they still thought that all their rignts might be maintained in tbe Union and under the Constitution, especially as Ihere wore majorities in both Houses of Congress who agreed with ibcin on Constitutional ques tions. Q. To what feature of their internal social polity did they apprehend danger ? A. Principally the subordination of the African race as it existed under their laws and institutions. (j. In what spirit is tbe emancipation of slaves received by tbu people ? A. Generally it is acquiesced in and ac ceptud, I think, iu perfect good faith, and with a disposition to do the best that can be done iu the new order oi thmgs iu this particular. Q. What at present are the relations sub sisting between the white people and black people, especially in ihe relation of employers and employed ? A. Quito as good, I think, as in any part of the world that ever I have been in, between like classes of employers aud employees. The conduct of things, in this respect, on my return last fall, was very different front what it was when I left home for my present visit to this city. During tho fall, and up to the close oi the year, there was a general opinion prevail ing among the colored people that at Christmas there would be a division of the lands, and a general indisposition on their part to make any contracts at all for the present year. Indeed, there were very tew contracts, I thiuk, made throughout the State untill aiter Christmas, or about the Ist of January. General Tillson, who is at the head of tho Bureau in the Ktate, and whose administration has given very general satisf«ction t« our people, I think, wis very active in disabusing the minds of the colored people from their error in this particu lar. He visited quite a number of places in the State, and addressed largo audiences] of colored people, and when they became satis fied they were laboring uuder a mistake in an ticipating a division of lauds after Christmas aud tho Ist of January, they made contracts very readily generally, and since that time affairs have, in the main, movod on quite smoothly arid quietly. Q. Are the negroes generally at woik ? A. Tea, air; they are generally at work. There are some idlers; but this class constitute but a small proportion. Q. What, upon the whole, has been their conduct ? Proper under the circumstances in they have been placed, or otherwise ? A. Asa whole, much better than the most hopeful looked for. Q. As far as you know, what are tho leading objects aud desires ot the negro population at the present time in reference to themsolvee ? A. It is to be protected in their rights of persons and of property--to bo dealt by (airly and justly. Q What, if anything, has been done by the Legislature of your Ktate for the accomplish ment of these objects ? A. The Legislature has passed an act, of which the following is a copy: •‘[No. 90] “An act to define the term ‘persons of color,’ and to declare the rights of such persons. “Sec. 1. Be it enacted, Sc., That all negroes, mulattoes, necessary, mestizoes, and their rjp sceudants, having one-eighth negro or African blood in their veins, shall be known in this State as perspns of color.’’ Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That persons of co'or shall have the right to make aud en force contracts, to sue, he sued, to be parties and give evidence, to inherit, to purchase, and to have full and equal benefit of all Taws and proceedings for the security of person and estate, and shall not be subjected to any other or different punishment, pain, or penalty for the commission of any act or offence than such as are prescribed for white persons committing lik i acts or offences.” The third section of this act simply repeals ait conflicting laws It was approved by the Governor on the 17 th of March last. Q. Does this act express the opinions of the people, and will it be sustained ? A I think it will be sustained by the courts as well as by he public sentiment. It was passed by the present Legislature. As an evi dence of the tono of the Legislatuie of the State,a* wetlas that of tho people of the State upon this subject, I will refer you sinply to a letter I wrote to Senator Stewart upou the same subject. I submit to you a copy ot that letter. It is as follows. Washington, D. C., April 4, ISG6. Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiries touch ing the sentiments aud teelings of th people of Georgia towards the freedmen, and the legal status of this class of population iu the State, &c , allow me briefly to say, that the address delivered by me on the 221 of February last before the Legislature (a copy of which 1 here with hand you) expresses very fully and clear ly my own opinions aud feelings upon the subject of your inquiry. This address was written and printed as you now see it, before its delivery. It was delivered verbatim as you now read it, that there might be no mistake about it. It was as it now stands uuauimously endorsed by the Senate in a joint resolution, which was concurred in by the House without dissent,, and was ordered to be spread upon the journals ot both Houses. This I refer you to as a better and more reliable index the feelings aud views of the people of the state on this subject than any bare individual opinion I might entertain or express. The Legislature of the State, it is to be presumed, is as correct an expose of the general feelings and views of the State upon any political ques tion as auy that can be obtained from a any quarter, lu addition to this, the Legislature subsequently evinced their principles by their works in passing an act, which I also enclose to you. This act speaks for itself. It is short, concise, pointed, as well as comprehensive. It secures to the colored race the right to con tract and to enforce contra'cts. the right to sue aud to be sued, the right to testify iu the courts, subject to the same rules that govern the testimony of whites, and it subjects them to the same punishments fir all offences as the whites. In the?e respects, embracing ail essential civil rights, all classes in Georgia now stand equal before the law. There is no discrimination in these particulars on account ol race or color. Please excuse this hasty note: I hare no time to go more into details. Youts, most re spectfullv, Alexander II Stephens. Hon. Wm. H. Stewart, Duited States Senate. Q What, if anything, is being done in Georgia with •regard to the education of the negroes. ei;ner children or adults ? A. Nothing by the public authorities as yet. Schools are being established in many portions ot the State, under the auspices, I think, of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and quite a number by the colored people themselves, encouraged by the whites. , Q. What disposition do the negroes manifest in regard to education ? . A. There seems to be a very great aesire on the part of the children and younger ones, and with their parents to have them educated. Q. What is the present legal condition of those who have lived together as husband and wile? Do the laws recognize and sustain the relations and the legitinv-cy of their offspring? A. Our State laws do. 'They recognize all those living as mau and wife as legally man and wife. A geod many of them took out licens-'s aud were mariied in the usual way. There i_. no difference in our laws in that re- I spect. Licenses are issued lor white and black alike, only they are prohibited from in- ! termarrving with each other. The r:i* es are not permitted to intermarry. | Q Were tne amsadments to the constitu tion of the Ktate ot Georgia, recently adopted, subm tied to the people ? . A. No, sir; tnev were not submitted. I have no hesitation, however, in expressing the opinion that nice tenths of the people would have voted for them if the constitution had been submitted. That is but an opinion. I heard no dissent at aT in the State. I was there all ihe time. I got home before the convention adjourned. The state eoflstitntion as made bv the convention, would have been ratified almost without opposition. It would have been ratified nem, con. if it had been sub mitted. This, at least, is my opinioti. q. What wm the voting population of your State in 1800 ? . A.. Something upwards of a hunared thou sand. Q. What is probably the present voting population ? A. The voting population of the State, uuaer the present constitution, is perhaps eighty thousand. That is a mere estimate. Q. Has there been any enumeration of the losses of Georgia in the field, in the military gfcrvicf? • A. No accurate estimate, that I am aware of. q What is it supposed to have been ? A. I am not able to answer the question with anything like accuracy. Q. What is the public sentiment of Georgia with regard to the extension of the right of voting to the negroes ? A. The general opinion in the State is very much averse to it ? Q It a proposition were made to amend the Constitution so as to Dave representation in Congress based upon voters substantially, would Georgia ratify such a proposed amend ment, if it were made a condition precedent to the restoration of the Ktate to political power in the Government ? A. Ido not think they would. The people of Georgia, in my judgment, as far as I can re flect on or represent their opinions, feel that they are entitled UDder the Constitution of the United States to representation without any further condition precedent. They would not object to entertain, discuss, aud exchange views in the common councils of the country with the other Slates upon such a proposition, or any proposition to amend the Constitution, or change it in any Os its features and they wouid abide by any such change if made as the Constitution provides, but they feel that they are constitutionally entitled to be heard in both Houses of Congress upon this or any other proposed amendment. 1 do not therefore think that they would ratify that amendment suggested as a condition precedent to her being admitted tore presentation in Congress. Kucb, at least is my opinion. Q. It is then your opinion that at the pres ent the people of Georgia wouid neither be willing to extend suffrage to the negroes, nor consent to the exclusion of the negroes from the basis of representation. A. The people of Georgia, in my judgment, are perfectly willing to leave suffrage and the basis of representation where the Constitution leaves it. They look upon tbo question of suffrage as one belonging exclusively to the Stales; oue over which, under tho Constitution of the United States,Congress has no jurisdic tion. power, or control, except in proposing amendments to the States, and not in exacting them from them, and I do not think, therefore, that the people of that State, while they are disposed, asl believe, earnestly, to deal fairly, justly, and generously with the freedmen. would be willing to consent to a change in the Constitution that would give CoDgress juris diction over the question of suffrage. And especially would they be very much adverse to Congress exercising any such jurisdiction, without their representatives in the Senate and House being heard in the public council upon this question that bo vitally concerns their in ternal policy, as well as the internal policy of all the States. Q, If the proposition were to be submitted to Georgia as one of the eleven States lately in rebellion, that she might be restored to po litical power in the Government of the country upon the condition precedent that she should, on the one hand, extend suffrage to the negro, or, on the other, consent to their exclusion from the basis of representation, would she accept either proposition and take her place iu the Government of tbe country ? A. 1 can only give my opinion. I do not think Bhe wouid accept either as a condition precedent presented by Congress, far they do not believe that Congress has the rightful power under the Constitution to prescribe such a condition. If Georgia is a State in the Union her people feel that she is entitled to repre sentation without conditions imposed by Con gress. And if she is uot a State in the Union, tlieu she could not be admitted as an equal with the others if her admission were trammel led with conditions that do not apply to all the rest alike. General universal suffrage amongst the colored people, as they are now, would, by our people, be regarded as about as srreat a political evil as could befall them. Q. If the proposition were to extend the right ot suffrage to tuoss who could read, aud to those wno hud served in tho Union armies, would that modification affect the action of the State ? A. I think the peopio ot tne state would be unwilling to do more than they have done for restoration. Restricted or limited suffrage would not bo so objectionable as general or universal. But it is a matter that belongs to tho State to regulate. The question of suf frage, whether universal or restricted, is one of State policy exclusively, as they believe. Individually, I should not be opposed to a proper system of restricted or limited suffrage to this class of our population; but in my judgment it is a matter (hat belongs, of conni tutional light, to the State to regulate exclu sively, each for itself. But the people of that, State, as I have said, would not wiilingly, I think, do more than they have dorie for restc raiion. The only view in their opinion that could possibly justify the war which was car ried on by the Federal Government against them was the idea ot the iudissolubleness of the Union —that those who held the adminis tration for the time were bound to enforce the execution of the iaws and the maintenance .of the integrity of the country under the Consti tution; and since that was accomplished, since those who had assumed the contrary principle —the right of secession, and the teserved sov ereignty of the States—had abandoned their cause, and the administration here was suc cessful in maintaining the idea upon which war whs proclaimed and waged, and the only view in which they supposed it could be jus tified at ail—when that was accomplished, I say, the people of Georgia supposed their State was immediately entitled to all her rights un der the Constitution. That is my opinion of the sentiment of the people of Georgia, and I do not think they would be willing to do any thing farther as a condition precedent to their being permitted to enjoy the full measure of their constitutional rights. I only give my opiniou of the sentiment of the people at this time. They expected that as soon as the Con federate cause was abandoned, that immediate ly the States would be brought back into their practical relations with the Govern ment, as previously constituted. That is what they looked to. They expected that the State would immediately have their representatives in the Senate and in the House, and they expected in good faith, as loyal men, as the term is frequently used— I mean by it loyal to law, order, and the Con stitution—to support the Government under the Constitution. That was their feeling. T hey did what they did, believing it was best for the protection of constitutional liberty. Towards the Constitution of the United States, as they construed it, the great mass of our people were as much devoted in their feelings as any people ever were towards any cause. This is my opinion. As I Temarken before, they resorted to secession with a view of main taining more securely these principles. And when they found they were not successful in their object, in periect good faith, as far as I can judge from meeting with them and con versing with them, looking to the future de velopments of the r country in its material re sources, as well as its mora. and intellectual progress, their earnest desire and expectation was to allow the past struggle, lamentable as it wasin its result, to pass by, ard to co-op erate with tne true friends of the Constitu tion, with those of all sections who earnestly desire the preservation of constitutional lib erty and the perpetuation of the Government in its purity. They have been a little disap pointed in this, and are so now. They are patiently waiting, however, and beiieving that when the passions of the hour have passed away this deiay in restoration will cea3e. They think they have done everything that was es sential and proper, and my judgment is that they would not be willing to do anything further as a condition precedent. They would simply remain quiet and passive. Q. Does your own jndgmeiyt approve the view yon hive given as to the'opinion of the people of the State. A. My own judgment Is very decided that the question of suffrage is one that belongs, under the Constitution—and wisely so, too— to the States respectively and exclusively. Q. It is you; opinion that neither oi tho al ternatives suggested in the question oucht to be accepted by ihe people of Georgia ? A. My own opinion i-, that these terms ought not to be offered as conditions precedent In other words, my opinion is. that it would be best for the peace, harmony, and prosperity of tbe whoie country that there should beau * immediate restoration—an immediate bringing j back of the States into their orig.uat practical j reiat ons—and let ad these questions then be discussed in common council. Then the le- j presentatives from the South could be heard, i aud you and air could judge much better of the tone and temper of the people than you could lrom tbe opinions given by any indivi duals. Yon may take my opinion or the opinion ol any individual, but they will not enable yon to judge of the condition ot the Ktate of Georgia so well *> for her own rep resentatives to be heard in your pub'iic coun cils in her own behalf. My judgment, there fore, is very decided that it would have been better, as soon as the lamentable conflict was over, when the people ot the South abandoned their cause and agreed to accept the issue—de siring, as they do, to resume their places for the future in the Union, and to look to the halls of Congress ami the courts for the protee tection ot their rights in the Unioa—it would have been better, to have allowed that re sult to foUcw, under the policy adopted by the Administration, than to delay it or hinder it by propositions to amend the Constitution in respect to suffrage or any other new matter, I think the people ot all the Southern States would, in the hails of Congress, discuss these questions calmly and deliberately ; and it they did not show that the views they entertained were just and proper, such as to control the judgment of the people of the other sections and Ktates, they would quietly, patiently, and patriotically yield to whatever should be con stitutionally determined in common council. But I think they feel very sensitively the offer to them of propositions to accept, while they are denied all voice in the common council of the Union under the Constitution in tiiß dis cussion of these propositions. I think they feel very sensitively that they are denied the right to be heard. And while, as I have said, they might differ among themselves in many poiuts in regard to suffrage, they would not differ upon the question of doing anything further as a condition precedent to restoration. And in respect to the alternate conditions to be so presented : Ido not think they wouid ac cept the one or the other. My individual gen eral views as to the proper course to be pur sued in resptet to the colored people are -ex pressed iu a speech made beiore the Georgia Legisleture, referred to in my letter to Sena tor Stewart, that was the proper forum, as I conceive, in which to discuss this subject. And I think a great deal depends iu the ad vancement of civilization aud progress, look ing to the benefit of all classes, that these questions should be considered and jtept be fore the proper forum. Q. Suppose the States that are represented in Congress and Congress itseit should be of the opinion that Georgia should not he permit ted to take its place in tho Government of tbe country except upon its assent to one or the other of the two propositions suggested : it is then your opiuion that under such circum stances Georgia ought to decline ? Witness. You mean the Ktates now repre sented, and thoae only ? Mr. Boutweli. Yes. Witness. You mean by Congress, Congress as it is now constituted, with the other eleven Ktates excluded ? Mr. Boutwell. Ido. Witness. And you mean the same alterna tive propositions to be applied to all the eleven States aa conditions precedent to their restora tion ? Mr. Boutwell. I do. A. Then I think she ought to decline under the circumstances, and for the reasons stated; and so ought the whole eleven. Should such an offer be made and declined, and these States should thus continue to be excluded and kept out, a singular spectacle would be presented. A complete reversal of positions wouid be presented. In 1861 these Ktates thought they could not remain safely in the Unioa without new guarantied and now, when they agree to resume their former practical relations In the Union under the Constitution as it is, the other Ktates turn upon them, aud say they cannot permit them to do so, safoly to the'r interest, without new guarautiea on their part. The Southern Ktates would thus present them selves as willing for immediate Union under the Constitution, while it wouid be the North ern States opposed to it. The former disun ioniats would thereby become Unionists, and the former Unionists tho practical rlisunionists. Examinational Alexander H. Stephens re sumed : By Mr. Boutwell . Q. Do you mean to be understood in your last answer that there? is no constitutional power iu the Government, as at present organized, to exact conditions precedent ,to the restora tion to political power ot tho eleven States that have been in rebellion ? A, Yes, sir. That is my opinion. Q. Do you entertain the same opinion in reference to the amendment to tho Constitu tion abolishing slavery ? A. I do. I think the States, however, abolished slavery in good fatb, as one of the results of tho war. Their ratification of the constitutional amendment followed as a con sequence. I do not think thero is any con stitutional power on fho part of the Govern ment to have exacted it as a condition prece dent to their restoration under the Coristffu. tion, or to the resumption of their places as members of the Union. Q What, in your opinion, is the legal valuS of the laws oy uougress and Jap proved by the President in the absence of Senators aud Representatives from the eleven tates ? A. Ido not know what particular law you reler to; but my answer, generally, is, that the validity of all laws depends on their constitu tionality. This is a question for the judiciary to determine. My own judgment, whatever it might be, would have to conform to the judi cial determination of the question. It is a question for the courts to determine. Q. Have you formed any opinion upon that question ? A. I cannot say that I have formed any matured opinion in reference to any particular act of Congre s embraced in the question. Q. Assume that Congress shall in th s ses sion, in the absence of Senators and Represen tatives from the eleven States, pass an act levying taxes upon all the people oi the United Ktates, including the eleven : is it your opi nion that such an act would be constitutional? A. I should doubt if it would be. It would certainly, in my opinion, be manifestly unjust, and agaiost all ideas of American representa tive government. Its constitutionality wouid, however, be a question for the judiciary to decide, and I should be willing to abide by that decision, whatever it might be. Q. If the eleven States have at present an immediate constitutional right to be represent ed in Congress on a footing with the States at present represented, has that been a continu ous right from the formation of tbe Govern ment, or from the time of the admission of the new States respectively, or has it been inter rupted by war ? A. I think, as the Congress of the United States did not consent to the withdrawal of the seceding States, it was a continuous right under the Constitution of the United States, to be exercised so soon as the seceding States res pectively made known their reaaiuess to re sume their former practical relations with the Federal Government, under the Constitution of the United States. As the General Gov ernment denied the right of secession, I do not think any of the States attempting to exercise it thereby lost a&y of their rights under the Constitution, as States, when their people abandoned that attempt. Q. Is it or not your opinion that the Legis latures and people of the eleven States, respect ively, have at present such a right to elect Senators and Representatives to Congress; that it may be exercised without regard to the part which persons elected may have had in the ra beiiion? A. I do not think they conld exercise that right in the choice of their Senators and mem bers, so as to impair in the slightest degree the constitutional right of each House for itself to judge of the qualifications of these who might be choseu. The right of the constitutional electors of a State to choose, and the right of each House of Congress tojudge of the qualifi cations of those elected to their respective bodies, are very distinct an 1 different quee. tions. Andfin thus judging of qualifications, I am free to admit that in my opinion no oue should be admitted as a member of either House ot Coogres- who is not really and truly loyal to the Constitution of the United Ktates, and to the Government established by it. Q. State whether from vour observation the events of the war have produced any change in the public mind of the South upon the question of the reserved rights of the Ktates under the Constitution of the Luited Ktates. A. That question I answered in part yester day. While I cannot state from personal knowledge to what extent the opinions of the Southern States irnon the abstract question of the reserved rights of the States may have changed, my decided opinion is that a very thorough change has taken place upon the practical policy oi resorting to any such right. QJ What events or experience of the war have contr buted to this change ? A. First, the people are satisfied that a resort to the exercise of this right, where it is denied by the Federal Government, wiil lead to war, which many thought before the late attempted secession, would not be the C3se; and civil wars they are also now vety well satisfied are dangerous to liberty; and moreover, thtir ex perience in the late war I think satisfied them that it greatly endangered their own. I al lude especially to the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the military conscriptions, the proclamations of martial law in various places, general impressments, and the levying of forced contributions, as well as the very de moralizing effects ot war generally. Q When were you last a member of the Congress of the United States ? A. I went out on the 4th of Alarch, 1859. Q. Will you state, if not indisposed to do so, the considerations or opinions which led you to identity yourself with the rebellion so far as to accept the office ot Vice President of the Con federate States of America so called? A. I beiieved thoroughly in the reserved sovereignty of the several States of the Union under the compact <_f Union or Constitution of 1787. I opposed secession, therefore, as a ques tion of policy, and not one of right on the part of Georgia. When the State seceded against my judgment and vote, 1 thought my ultimata allegiance was due to her, and 1 pre ferred to cast my fortunes and destinies with hers and her people, rather than to take any other course, even though it might lead to my sacrifice and her ruin. In aceeptihg position under the new order of things, my sole object was to do all the good I could in preserving and perpetuating the principles of liberty, as estab lished under the Constitution of the United States. If the Uniou vas to be abandoned, either with or without force—which I thought a very impolitic measure—l wished, if possible, t > rescue, preserve, and perpetuate the prin ciples of the Constitution. This, I was not withonthope, might be done in the new Con federacy ot States formed. When the conflict arose, my efforts were directed to as speedy and peacelul an adjustment of the question as possible. This adjustment I always thought to be lasting, would have ultimately to be settled upou a constitutional basis, founded upon the principles of mutual conv enience and reciprocal advantage on the part of the States, on which the Constitution of the United States was origi nally formed. I was wedded to no particular plau of adjustment, except the recognition, as a basis, ot the separate sovereignty of the several States. With this recognized as a prin ciple, I thought all other questions of difference would soon adjust themselves, according to the best interests, peace, welfare, and prosper ity of the whole country, as enlightened rea son, calm judgment, aud a sense of justice might direct. This doctrine of the sovereignty of the several States I regarded as a self-ad justing, seif regulating principle of our Ameri can system of State government, extending, possibly, over the continent. Q. Have your opinions undergone any change since the opening of the rebellion in reference to the reserved rights of States under the Constitution of the United States? A. My convictions on the original abstract question have undergone no change, but I ac cept the issues of the war and the result as a practical settlement of that question. The sword was appealed to to decide ihe question, and by the decision of the sword I am willing to abide. I.YFEIIiUL BEVEME. REPORT BY THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE OF THE AMENDATORY BILL. Washington, April 2G, 1860. The bill to amend the Internal Revenue law, as reported to day, provides that ou and after the Ist day of July, 1866, in lieu of the duties on manufactured cotton, there shall be paid by the producer, owner or holder, upon all cotton produced within the United States, and upon which no taxes have been paid, a tax of five cents a poutffi. Upon articles manufac tured exclusively from cotton, when exported, there shall be allowed, as a drawback, an amount equal to the internal tax which shall have been assessed and paid upon such arti cles in their finished condition, and in addition thereto a drawback or allowance of as many cents per pound upon the pound of Cotton, cloth, yarn or other articles manufactured ex clusively, to the same extent as on raw cottou. The bill further provides that distillers shall pay SIOO tax instead of SSO. Distillers of app'es, grapes and peaches distilling or manu facturing less than 150 barrels per year shall pay S6O. Brewers are to pay SIOO mstead of SSO ; those making leas than 500 barrels per year to pay SSO. Insurance agents are to pay $lO tax. When the receipts do not exceed SIOO they shall pay $5. Any person who peddles jewelry, distilled spirits, fermented liquois or wines is to pay SSO license. Express carriers are to pay $lO license. Builders and contractors are to pay $lO in stead ot $25. No tax is to be imposed on apothecaries, confectioners, keepers ot eating houses or keepers of hotels, inns or taverns, or tobacco nists, or retail dealers, except retail dealers in spiritous and malt liquors, when their an nual gross receipts ou sales shall not exceed the sum of SI,OOO. On illuminating, lubricating or other min eral oil, the product of distillation, redistilia tion, or the refining of crude petroleum, 20 cents a gallon ; and all coal oils between- the specific gravity, by the beaumetists of 36 and 55 degrees, inclusive, sbali be deemed refined illuminating coal oil; such oil, refined and pro duced by the distillation of coals, asphaltum or shale exclusively, shall pay a tax of 10 cents per gallon only ; produced by the same mater ials, peat or other bituminous substances, 10 cents a gallon ; spirits of turpentine, 10 cents a gallon. Molasses, from sugar cane, three cents a gal lon. Syrup of molasses or sugar cane juice, when removed from the plantation, concen trated molasses or milado and cistern bottoms of sugar produced from sugar cane and not made from sorghum orumphee, a tax of three fourths of one per centum. Sugars above No. 12 and not above No. 18 duties, standard in color, a tax of 1J cent, per pound. On sugars above No. 18 duties, standard in color, 2£ cents per pound. Ou all soap valued at above three cents a pound, not perfumed, and on all salt water soap, made of cocoanut, a tix of half cent a pound. On all other perfumed soaps, three cents a pound. On salt a tax of three cents per one hundred pounds, instead of six cents. Ou reapers, mower, scales, brooms and wooden ware, three per centum ad valorem. Ou tinware ofall descriptions, not otherwise provided for, five per centum ad valorem. The duty on railroad iron of three dollars a ton is continued ; on tubes, made of wrought iron, five dollars per ton. Ou copper, zinc and brass nails or rivets, and ou shot, sheet leid and lead pipes, five per centum ad valorem. Oa articles of clothing manufactured or pro duced for sale by weaving, knitting or filling, and on hats, bonnets and hoon skirts, and on articles manufactured or produced for sale as constituent parts of clothing, or for trimming ot ornamenting the same, and on articles of wearing apparel manulactured or produced for sale from india rubber, gutta percha. or paper, or from fur, or fur skins dressed with the fnr on, five per centum ad valorem. On boots and shoes two per centum ad valo rem. to be paid by every person making, manufacturing, or producing for saie, boots and shoes, or furnishing the materials, or any part thereof, or employing others to make, manufacture or produce them : Provided, that any boot or shoe maker making boots or shoes to order, as custom work only, and not for general sale, and whore work does not ex ceed annually in value oue thousand dollars, sh-rll be exempt from the tax. Oa ready made clothing and on gloves, mit tens moecasins, caps and other articles of dress for the wear of men, women ana children, not otherwise assessed and taxed, one per centum ad valorem, to be paid by every per son manufacturing or producing for sale cloth ing, gloves, mittens, moccasins, caps and other articles of dress, or furnishing the mate rials or any part thereof, or employing otiiers to make, manufacture or produce them ; pro vided, that any tailor, or any maker of gloves,) mittens, moccasins, caps and other articles of drees to order, as custom work only and not for general sale, and whose work does not ex ceed annually in value one thousand dollars shall be exempt from this tax : and articles ot dress made or trimmed by milliners or dress makers for the wear of women shall also be exempt from this tax. The charge on sm - king tobacco of all kinds, and imitations thereof shall be twenty-five cents a pound, instead of thirty-five cents ; on smoking tobacco made exclusively of stems tea cents instead of fifteen cents a pound. The cigarettes, or small tobacco made of to bacco, enclosed in a wrapper or binder, and not over three and a half inches in length, the inar»et value of which, tax excluded, is not over six dollars per thousand ; a tax of two dollars per thousand; when the market value is over six dollars and not over ten dollars per thousand, tax included,- and oa cheroots and cigars, known as short sixes, and on ail cigars made with or without pasted or twisted heads the market value of which, tax included, is not over ten dollars per thousand, a tax of four dollars per thousand. On all other cigars, cheroots and cigarettes, made wholly of to bacco, or of any other substitute therefor, ten doilars per thousand. Section 90 provides that all. sales made by brokers and bankers doing business as brokers, w hether made for the benefit of others or on their own account, at the rate of five cents on every hundred dollars; and upon all sales and contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver, bullion and coin, uacurient money, promissory notes or other securities, two cents for every hundred dollars of the amount of such sales or contracts ; and on all sales and contracts for sale negotiated and made by any person, firm or company not taxed as a broker or banker of any gold or silver, bullion, coin, nncurrent money, pro missory Dotes, stocks, bonds or other securi ties, not his own property, a tax at the rate of five cents for every hundred dollars ot the amount of such sales or contracts. A'l of schedule Ais stricken out, excepting the tables and carriages valued above three hundred dollars ;in other words, these are the only articles in that schedule now relieved from taxation. It is provided that on and after the Ist day of July, 1866, the receipts derived from trans porting property for hire shall be exempt from the tax imposed by the 103d section ; but such exemption shall not apply to any receipts of railroads, ferries or bridges, nor to transporta tion of the mails of the United States upon contracts made prior to the passage of this act. The tax on express companies is increased from three to five per cent, on gross receipts ; when the gross receipts do not exceed one thousand dollars they are exempt. The banking section is amended by adding the deposits in associations or companies, known as provident institution, or savings banks, having no capital stock, and doing no other business than receiving deposits to be loaned or invested for the sole benefit of tbo parties making such deposits, .without profit or compensation to the association or company shall be exempt from tax or duty on so much ot their deposits as they have invested in se curities.of the United States, aud all deposits less than three hundred dollars made in the name of one person. The income tax in five per cent, on excess of one thousand dollars in lieu ot the former tax. Ihe deductions are about the same as under the present law. The stamp duty on gaugers', measurers’ aud weighers’ returns, and all receipts, a-e strick en out of schedule B. and the following is in serted in lieu of the same. Receipts ior any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt, exceeding twenty dol lars in amount, not being for the satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment or decree of any court, or by endorsement on any stamped obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfilment, for each receipt two cents ; provided that when more than one signature is affixed to the same paper, one or more stamps may be affixed thereto representing the whole amount ot the stamp required for such signatures. There is to be one grade of tax on playing cards, name ly, five cents ; one and two cents on canned and preserved meats, vegetables, &C., accord ing to value. Ground coffee, or any com pound or mixture ground or prepared for sale as a substitute for coffee 1 one cent per pound, and one cent lor each pound in excess of one pound ; provided that any portion of a pound shall be considered as £a pound and stamped accordingly. Ground pepper, cloves, clove stems, &o , or any mixture intended to repre sent them, one cent per half pound. Sections two, five, eight and nine of the act of March 3, 1866, are repealed. The effect ot this is to remove the tax on lucifer matches and reduce the tax on manufactures from Bix to five per cent. It removes the tax of one dollar per barrel on crude petroleum. ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM TAX. From and alter the passage of this act the following articles and products shall be ex empt from internal tax or duty : Animal charcoal or carbon, beeswax, barrels and casks other than those used for the reeption of fluids, and packings boxes made of wood, besides coffins and burial cases ; crucibles of all kinds, crates and baskets made of splints, crutches and artificial limbs, eyes and teeth, leather beds, mattresses, paillasses, bolsters and pillows, fertilizers of all kinds, flasks and patterns used by founders, gold cap and gold toil, keys, actions and springs for musical in struments, lamps and lanterns, the glass and metals of which have paid the tax assessed thereon ; medicinal and mineral waters of all kinds, in bottles or from fountains; mineral coal of all kinds, oakum, photographic or any otter sun picture, being copies of engravings or works ot art when the eame are sold by the producer at wholesale at a price not exceeding ten cents each, or are used for the illustration ot books, and on photographs so small in size that a stamp cannot be affixed ; paper of all descriptions, books, maps, charts and all print ed matter aud book binding ; productions of stereotypers, lithographers and eDgravers ; re pairs of articles of all kinds ; starch, soap valued at not above three cents per pound ; umbrellas and parasols and umbrella sticks ; the value of bullion used iu the manufacture oi wares, watches and watch cases, and bullion piepmd lor the use of platers and watchmak ers, steel in ingots, bars, sheet, plates, coil or wire, and steel springs and axels made and used exclusively for vehicles, cars or locomo tives ; metallic nickei, quicksilver, magne sium. aftoainium, spelter, copper, lead and tin, in ingots, pigs or bars ; metallic zinc in ingots or sheets, robed copper aud yellow sheeting metal, brass not more advanced tbau rods or sheets, huils of ships and other vessels, masts, splits, ship and vessel blocks, sails, tents, awnings and.baga made by sewing or pasting ; building stone of all Kinds, including state, marble, freestone and soap stone ; burr stones, millstone and grindstones, rough and uu wrought ; monuments of stone ot all kinds, not exceeding in value the sum of one thou sand dollars; rootling slate, stabs and stiles, Roman and water cements and lime, bricks, firebricks, draining tiles, earthen and stone water pipe, ploughs, cultivators,, harrows, straw and hay cutters, planter’s seed drills and winnowing mills, hubs, Bpokes and felloes, wooden handles for agricultural, household and mercantile tools ; implements mould ings for looking glasses and picture frames quinine, morphine and other vegetable alka loids and phosphorus ; tin cans used for meats, fish, shellfish, fruits, vegetables, jams and jellies ; hemp and jute prepared for textile and telting purposes, yarn and warp for weaving purposes exclusively ; provided that the ex ceptions aforesaid snail in all eases be con fined exclusively to said articles in the state and condition specified in the foregoing enu merations, and shall not extend to articles in any other form, nor to mtnfatures for said articles, vinegar, alum, aniline colors, bleach ing powders, bicksomate or potash, blue vit riol, copperas, oxide or zinc, paints and.pain ter’s colors, putty, soda, a6h, Baleratus, bicar bonate of soua and slicite of soda, sulphate of bartyes, slats of tin, verdigris, white lead, whiting, vegetable, animal and flesh oils of all descriptions, including red oil or olive acid, paraffine oil of a specific gravity, not exceeding in specific gravity thirty-six de grees ; bounias hydrometre, the product of a residuum of distillation, crude petroleum and crude oil, the product of the first and single distillation of coal, thale, asphaltum, peat or o.ber bituminuoua substances ; tar and crude turpentine, and illuminating gas manufactured by educational .institutions lor their own use exclusively ; pig iron, blooms, shades and loops, railroad iron, rerolled iron ; provided that the term rerolled shall apply on ly to rails for which the manufacturer receives pay tor remaDutacturing and not for new iron ; iron castings for bridges, malleable iron, cast ings unfinished, spindles and castings of all descriptions made for locks aud machinery, upon which duties are to be assessed and paid ; railroad chains, railroad, boat and ship spikes, axe poles, shoes for horses, mules and oxen ; riveis, horse shoe nails, nut washers and bolts, anvils, vices, iron chains and anchors, when such articles are made of wrought iron which bas pieviously paid the tax or duty assessed thereon ; stoves, composed in part of cast iron and in pare of sheet iron, or of soap stone, or free stoue, with or without cast iron or sheet iron ; provided the cast or sheet Iron shall have paid the tax or duty previously assessed thereon. Ihe above are the principal features of the bill, which also contains amendments to the administrative sections and reorganizes the In ternal Revenue Bureau. A Mvcisaiocs Disappearance.— Yesterday morning at the opening ot the Freedman’s Court, no clerk was either visible, tangible or in anywise come atable, A little inquiry elicited the fact that the clerk had gone North on one of Saturday's steamers. We congratu late tile North on his arrival, as he took with him tunds belonging to various parties here, which must necessarily be disbursed in New York. There is no Freedmen’s Bureau in session in that city, and as horses and buggies can be oniy bad by paymentjin advance, the de faulting party will find that his S3OO, or there abouts, will not last long. We do not men tion his name, for the reason that he has a namesake or two here who are eminently res* ponsible and deserving, but those who are posted will know the party. Among the suf lerers are two or three poor men. S3OO is a small sum at which to sell reputation and hon or .among one’s fellow men. Savannah, Be. publican. It is understood that Secretary McCulloch will shortly dispose of, at public auction, such of the revenue cutters as he shall find ill-adap ted to the purpose of the revenue sevice. The President baa recognized J. Marten Lewis as vice consul of Denmark for the State of Maryland. The Lost Tales of Biletus. With the same genius aud skill with which the artist restores an ancient statue, of which he has only some mutilated fragments, Buiwer has created out of a few Greek myths aud ob scure hints, a fluttered through a wide range of classical literature, a s.ries oi tales which are probably quite as good as the lost tales of Mi letus, if not very much like them. These tales are told in rbymcless meter, and in new com binations closely resembling those of the classic poets, and never before followed wub any suc cess in England. We think the success in this case will be considered perfect and wonderful. In power and beauty of imagination these po ems remind us of Tennyson ; in severe, classi cal simplicity of language, ot Longfellow ; and their distinguished author will heneeforta rank as high among the poets as he already does among the novelets. How Sisyphus, au an c.ent Mark ( Tapley, found comfort fkiough hope, in the endless labor imposed upou him in Hades, is well told : But, by a priest of Sars, I was told A tale not known iu Greece, of this man’s doom, That when the Thracian Orpheus, iu the Shades, Sought his Eurydice, He heard, tbo’ in the midst of Erebus, Song sweet as his Muse-mother made his own ; It broke forth from a solitary ghost, Who, up a vaporous hill, Heaved a huge stone that came rebounding back, And stiil the ghost upheaved it and still sang, In the brief pause from toil while towards the night Reluctant toiled the stone, TheThrac : an asked in wonder, “Who art thou, Voiced like Heaven’s lark, midst the ri ghl of Hell V “My name on earth was Sisyphus,*’ replied * The phantom. "In the Shades “I keep mine earthly wit ; I have duped the Three, They gave me work for torture ; work is joy. Slaves work in chains, and to the clank they sing.” Said Orpheus, “Slaves still hope “And could I strain to heave up the huge stone Did I not hope that it would reach the hight ? There penance ends, and dawn Elysiau fields.” “But if it never reach ?” The Thracian sighed, as looming through the mist The stone came whirling back. “Foot,” said the ghost, “Then mine, at worst, is everlasting hope,’'’ Again uprose the stoue. I'niicr the Moon. Under the moon at the twilight breeze Ripples the water in pulses bright, We stand on the bridge by the sycamore trees, And list to the voices that comb through the night ; Under the elm row misty and dark, Love’s sweetest laughter rings from the bark— Sprinkled with mauy a deep red lamp, Stretched away through the distant damp— Hark! ’mid the foliage blossomed with June, Tinkles a serenade under the moon. Under the moon in the village street, Gossiping groups in the shadow meet; Seated at dusky doorsteps there; Red-lipped maidens taste of the air ; Whispering now of their lovor’s eyes, Live as the beuutiful summer skies; Whispering now of their flatteries sweet, As autumn’s fruitage dropped in the beat, Until the} cadence a trembling tune, bolt as their pulses uuder the moon. Under the moon, by the cool sea shore, The wind walks over the spacious floor, Courting the scowy-bosomed tails Daintily azure vales; Over the crisp foam bearing along The musing mariuor’s miduight song; As by tberising helm, with hands j Lit iu the compass lamp, he stands, Thinking of those he left at noon, Sad on the green shore under the moon. Under the moon, by the dusty road, Face wo on to the old abode : The listless splendor floating flails Over its sycamore roof and walls, Peering into the casement nook Piled with many a brown old book; Spirits aid they whose pages teem With thoughtful ditty and pictured dream, Spirits, amid whose silence soon Our own shall number under the moon. SUBSTITUTE Full PERUVIAN fcUASO. BAUGH’S Haw bone Super-phosphate oflirne 13AIJG1I AtiSOiVS, LI ANUFAOTUREKS AND PROPRIETORS 20 South Delaware Avenue, Phil, This valuable MANURE has been before the agricultural public, untfer one name, for twelve years psjst and its charac ter for vigor of action and permanence in efiect is well estab lished. Before the war it was introduced t o some extent in the Southern States, and was found to be highly adapted to Cotton, Tobacco aud all Crops. And as a perfect substitute for Peruvian’Guano—afforded at less than ore half the cost—it has been adopted by agricul turists of known intelligence and discrimination, it is war ranted not to exhaust the soil, but on the contrary perma nently to improve it. The sales now amoant to many thou sand tons annually, and the facilities tor its manufacture are extensive and complete. Pamphlet describing its distinctive claims may be had on application to the undersigned agent of the manufacturers from whom the MANURE may at all times be obtained. J. 0. Mathewson, . Aug-usta, «KNKRAr, AWEMFOIt UEORUIA. Imd&l3w3 Mill Furnishing Ware. rVNfJK undersigned would respectfully inform this old cue M. tomersauo the Hillers in general, that he is now pre pared to furnish the best quality of FRENCH BURR, ESOPUS & COLOGNE MILL STONES, Bolting Cloth. Smut Machines, Belting, Wire Cloth, Mill Picks, aDd any other article required in a good grist and flouring mill. Orders solicited and punctually attended to WM. BKENNEK, apl6lywl7 103 Broa street. Augusta Ga. Notice. Georgia, Richmond county. All persons having claims Mrs. Anna make, li’e of said county, i*, are requested to preseii t he-n in te»ni3 of the law; and tho 3 e indebted *re requested to make payment, JuilN T. bHE iVMaKB, ay2Blu£owl9 Adm’r. To Cotton Planters. THE sibfcriber* would respectfully inform coPon plan ters tba-. they have on uan l, ana are orep nei to make to order OJTTO.% GINS, of a s .pjnor qualify, which they offer lor sale on reanor ab e terms. Parties purchasing from us may rely oa being furnished with the te-t, quart /of gins. We are also prepared to repair ''ldgin ands make them penorm well. As there i* a larg num be of old gins m the hauds of planters, we suggest tue pro piiety and ec.>n jmy of having them repa.re :. To owners of such who wish them repaired, we sa7 82nd them ta us early, aud we will repair them in good order, aud at charge*. orders for new Gin3 respectfully solicited, and promptly attended to. Twenty years experience in the manufacture of cotton gim waT&nt us in saying our nuke sh all not be cur- assed by any other J. D. & i£. T H^MMAOK, apr4 12d&2w Crawfor*.ville,foa. Legal Advertisements. Georgia, gkesne county. whereas, Nancy D. Gentry aud Svmuel T. Gentry ap piy for letters of administration on the estate of John D. Gen tly. deceased; These are therefore to cite and require all persons concerned to show cause (if any tney have) way said letters shoul 1 not be granted at the Court of Ordinary be he.d in and for said county, on the first Monday in June nex'. Given under my hand a: office; in Greerusboro, April 2 let, 1854. EUGEMUS L. KING, ap24 4w19 Ordinary. OTIC E—- Court of Ordinary of Richmond county, for leave to sell the aud br-iong.n4 to the es.aU: of juaxans Howell, late of said county, deceased. THOb, H. FItGiER. mh2l Administrator. j\ Twconontlis after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary ot Richmond county for leave to sell the real ardpersotsl property belonging to the estate of liweile. late ol aatd county, mill Bwl3 Admin.atrator. CIEOKGIA, JCLBEKT COUNTY. r -wiles is hereby given to ail peaons concerned, that ju it£ ctovsia.Q James W. stoval. minor ch.lie) of Georee W btoval Ire ot tai 1 county, naa a legacy comitgto them from the estate cf -aid Ge rg: W . Mo.al. and no per.on La- appned for letters of guard .n h ; p cfthaperaoaand pop erty ofaaSd roi ore, and iu terms of ihe raw s»id guardianship will be vested in iha clerk of ihe Superior Cou»t or some oth *r fit aneprorer person, thirty days alter the publication of this ciiatio.i, unltsssome valid Objection is made to his ap- P Given under my hand and offliial signature, this ?4th C*Y of April, A. D. iB6O. W. H. EDWARDS, apSs# 4«r)9 Ordinary- EORGIA. GREENE COUNTY— _ ■jf v\ hereas LittJeton D. Gaiowtii applies for Letters of iteration on the esta'e of Aha McLeilan. deceased : Tneee ar* therefore, to c’.te and rt quire ail yenona concerned to show cau=e, if any they have, why said letters should not Le granted at the Court of Ordinary, to be held m and for said couDty on the hrst Monday in June next. Given under my h uiU at office in Greener boro, Aprii2lit, IkGti. KUGKNJfUiS L. KING, ap23 4w19 OiCinary Legal AdvertisemunK N COUN t Y. V l . To a''-whom it may cor ceru—Wil iara D Tutt and cxranJ. having in proper lorm appll-d to in“ lor permanent. Iritevg of aomiuistia l >non tl.e esta l e of John Leveve t, late of said county : this cite all s ngu -r the kir, of John Eev et, io be aim appear at m> office whhin theumeuilowe 1 hv law, am* snow «.ru c, lran v th y permanent admluisirat o i hould not he grantee to VVm.D Putt an . Saran j. L vevett ou John Le vevt-tt s estate. Wim t» my hand and official signature, March 23d 1966 a P rl 6w15 B. F TATvM, Ord’y QT ATE OF GEORGIA, RIOHMON D COUNTY hereas, Win A. niton applies to me. f r Lp*tp-s of Administration on the estate of j*mea Bro*n late ot Mid county, ccueased. ' These are, therefore, to site and admonish all and singular the knulred and creditors of said deceased to he and in’'! ai at my office on or before the first Monday in May next to show cause, if any' they have, wky said Letters Jhoiiid not be granted. Uiveu uuder my handand official signature.at ofliceln Au. gusta, this Hist day of Ala.cti, lS6fi. JULii w is DAVID L. ROATTI Ordinary. CTATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNT 1 "" IO » hereas, Tim thy O. 'tu phy applies to me for Letters ot Administration on the Estate of i'lii ip -McGee lute ot said county, deceas.d. These are therefore, to cite and admonish ail, and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, on or before the orst Monday m M y next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at offleein Ah gusta, this Mst day of Match, iB6O, aprl 4w15 DAVID L. ROATH. Ordinary. UTATffi OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COU *TY. w hereas, Gordon Gaiiduer applies to me f r le ter' of ad ministretiou de beais i on on the Estate of Thom s G-rdner. fate oi rai l county, dece’s and. These are therefore to cite admonish all and singula* th kind cut and creditors of said dece sand to b?. and upu.ar at ny cfiLe, f 'U or b.iore ihe flrsr Monday in my next to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should iu.t be giant ed, Given under my hand and official signature, at office ia Au gusta. this 81tft day of Match, 1866. apl 4w15 uaVID L. ROATH. Ordinary. Georgia, tali as euro county— Whereas, G rnett Andrews applies to me for letters of administration on the estate of Robert C. McJunkiu. late of s »idc ounty deceased: Tnase are therefore, to c’te anl summons, the kindred and creditors of said deceased to appear at my offic • on or ' y the first Monday iu M*y next, to show ca**se if any they h;.ve, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my baud and official s’gnuture. this Ma ch Btst, 1866, J. D. HAjiMAGK, Ordi a y. apl 4 vls OF GEORGIA, RIOHMOMD COUNTY— . k* m h rea 3 . Mary Collin- applies to me for Letters of Ad ministration with th* will annexed, on me estate cf Tennis Colons, 1 ite oi said cour.ty, dte.a-ee: The e are theic or , to c te and a imonish, all and B‘t gular. the km red and creditors of said and ceased, to be and atn e. r at mv u.fiLe. on or before the first Monday in May nexc, to show cause, if auy they have, why said Letters should not be nam ed. Given nndrr my hand and official sUnature at office in Au* gusta,thisßJ dry ot April, 1866. _apr4owß> DAVIDL. ROATH, Ord’y. TB OP GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY— Whereas, Farah K. McC.-rßle Admiaistratix on the es tate of Eltzabe'h Skinner, decehse l , aup ies to me for Letters of Dismission, Tnese are there r ore, to cite aud admonish, all aud singular the kindred aim creditors of said deceased to be and appeal at my office, on or before the first Monday in f.ugmt next, »o snow cause, if any they have, why saul Letters euouiu not be granted. Given under my l aud and official signature, at office in Au gusta, this fith day ot February, IS***, tet>6 *26wy DAVID L. ROATH Ord’y. OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY Whereas, Edmund Hudson applies to mi l\>r Utters of administration in the Estate of Jasper Keliy, !ate of taid county, deceased : f nese are therefore to cite and admonish, all ad singular the the kindred creditor * of said deceased, to b ? and appear at, ray office on or before the flrT Monday in May n xt, 10 show cause, it any they have, why said letters should uo» Le granted. Uive’i under my hand and official signature, at tffice in Au gusta, this 7th day of April. 1866 ap7 4\vl6 DaVII) L. R )ATH, Ordinary tXKCUTOira haugi WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May next, before the Court Home door in ihe town cf Madison, Mor gun county, between the usual hours of tale, twenty three 1 undred acres *'f laud, lying on the waters ol Indi .11 <‘ieck twelve miles fr mi the town of Mudisqn. on the Toad leadiuir from Greensboro to Monticello known as the r. Ha well place, aojoining the lauds of the estat of Carter Shepherd deceased, Wns Leaver port aud ofht- re: raid lands said as the property cf Littleton T. I*. Harwell, deceased, for the benefit ot sh creditors and' legatees Fentons oeslrous to see ihe lands, can cal on ell her of the executors. Terms made known ou the day of sale. J. H. HARWELL,) Vvonnfn , D J. fc>. FANNIN, 5 Executors, March 18th, 1856. Also, will be sold on the firs* Tuesday iu May next, between the usu'il hours of sale, before the Court Ho-tse door in ti e town of Eatonton, Putnam corn tv, the undivided Intere i iu aix huudrtdand thirty acres of lands,moie or less, on the wa f era ot Indian Creek, adjoining Wm. Hearn ano ethers: said lari * sold asthe lands belonging to the e-tate of Lit* let n T. P. Harwell, deceased, foi the benefit of the cred t-rs aud legatees. Persons <ied;rousot seeing the lauds can call ou J. H. Harwell, who resides on the lauds and Is mtercsLed iu the other interest. Terms on the day < f tale. Jxi HaRV Kil'LJ Ex prut or a J. 8. Fannin, s Executors. March 18th, 1866. mh2l 6w14 CN EORuIA, GREEN COUNTY— FT Whereaß, Junius Wingfield applies for Leiters of Ad * iLii.istraHon de bonis non, on the estate of Mrs. {Sidney w ingflel late of said county and ceased : Thesa are, therefore, to cite and require all persons concern ed, to show cause if any tney have why said Letters should nor, ~e granted at the Court of Ordinary, to he held in *nd for said county, ou the fl at Monday in Ma» next - Given uuder my hand at office, in Greensooro, March *Ur!i, 1866. EU'-iENIUS L KI*G. mht6 4wlß Ordinary* ttOKGIA. GREKNCOU NT X VPT Whereas, Junius Wingfield applies for Letters of Auinifilfctraiton de b.nis non, ou ihe estate of Wil iam C. Dawton, late of naid county deceased : 'ihese are, therefore, to cite and require all person 4 * con cerned toshow cau*»e, if an* thevha'e. why sa*d L« ttrrs ehould uot be granted at the Court of Ordinary, t.D be held in and for said c untv, on the first .Monday in May ne t Given under my hand at office iu Greene boro, March 14th, 1866. EUGENIUS L. KinG. mhl6 4wlß Ord nary. STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY. Whereas, Am*nd* bucamaster applies to me for Letters 01 administration on the Es'atu of Edward J Bjc-ul.u ter, late of sail county, dece sed. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceaofd, to be and appear at my office on or before the first Monday in May next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters shouid not be grant ed. Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au gusta, this 6ih day of April, 1866. ap7 4w17 DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary. iri EORGIA, GREENE CoUNTYT "* Two months afterdate, to-wii: at the next June oilheCou tot Oidinary ts said county, app iextion will le made to s»id Court for an order to sell ail the re 1 estate of Jesse K Battle, deceased, f>r Urn purpose of paying the debts ol said deceased NaNOY E. BA iTeE, udm’z rah2r» Bwi4 of Jesse ,-s lialtix. WOTICE— Two months alter date application will be made to the coiiit of Ordinary, of Ri hmcud county, for leave to re'l tue real estate belonging to the estate of E'nzt A. Bvrd, late of said county, deceased. AMANDA C. OA KMAN, apß Bwi6 A mmistritrix (%fOITCE. IXI Two months after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county ior leavn to sell the I erßonal property belonging to th« estate ot Thomus li h mith, deceased. JaME.S T. BuT 4 w LL. ap7 9wl* Adini istraior mforiOE. iM All persons Indebted to the Estate of Thomas B bmith, deceased, are notified to make immediate ) the undersigned ; and those having Claims against aid Es tate are required to present them. ddyatiFSie- w.Unnihe time prescribed by law. JAMES T. BOTH a EL'-, at)7owl6 . Adm 11str tor. mjUTICE. Two months af.erdate application will be made to Hie Honorable the Court of Ordinary ot Richmond county for leave to sell a home and lot on Walker street, in the ci y of Augusta, belong to the estate of diaries Aufenn r, 'ate of said c unty deceased. ERNESTINE AUFfc KMAN, inhl4 Bwiß AdrLinislri.ior. Georgia, elbekt county. Notice is hereby given 10 all persons concerned, that on iliri —of —, .865 George E. Turman, iateoi sud county, dcparteitliis life, intvstae, and no person lias h for Administration ou the estate of said George E Turman, and th tin te ms of the law, ad a iuistrtt on will hev stsj n the Chrk • f t e .'u eriorCo irt or some other fit nnd jr >p r err on tnir y dais a'terthe Duplication of th a el ation, u less s me valid objection is madet»his a •r oin rmnt Given under my hand and official signature this 22 1 of March. 1860. WM. H El»WaHd>, Ordinary of Elbert, c ut ty, mh9B 6w15 and Ex effleio clerk. £«TATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY. Wheress. vvi iam A. v*alt-n mplies tj n e f r lett<rs of Admir i tration on the Esta.e of Richard T. Moon, laic of sui 1 county, dece»s.d: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and "ingular the Kindred and creditors or said deceased, to b< and aj»r ear at rny office, on or before trie first m out ay in May n xt, ti show caUfce, if any they have, why said Letters shuuld not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at office 1q Augusta, this Mat and ty or March, 1866 DAVID L. RO * TH. aprl 4w15 Ordinary. fIkIOTIOE. Ali persons indebted to the estate of William J. Rhodes, laie of Richmond county, deceased, are hereby no isled to make immediate payment to the undersigned; and those Lav lag claims against said estate are required to pr^suet them, duly attested, within the time prevcribpa by law. WILLIAM vw, RHODES, JAMES W.RHODES, apßiwl6* Executor TATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY Whereas Th >mas w. hackleford, applies to rre for Letters of Administration on the Estate of Enzaueth Fuller, late of said county, decease 1: '1 hese are, th re or**, to cile and admonish, all ands Dgular the k indreu and creditors of said deceased, te be an.. appear at my« fflee, on or before the firs, Mont ay in M«y n xt, t> tfr.w cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be grant ed. Diveil under my h and and official signature, at office in Augusta, this 31st day of March, 1866. DAVID L ROATH, aprl 4w*6 oid.Lary. ELLEN E. EVANS. ) vs. / Divorce. ROBERT C. EVANS,) The sheriff having returned thatthe Defendant as not to be found, snd it being shown that he is not a resident of the Slate, urde *d, Thai service be perlected by pubiifeD’ng a copy of ibis order in or e of the pun io gaze t-o cl Augusta, nice a m. nth lor four months, previf u t the » ext term 01 th e c^urt. I.iafaye’te McLaws, Clerk Superior Couit of Richmond county, do certify that the foregoing iat ue copy r th<* minutes of the BupeHor C, urr. ol Kith tu nd 'OUDty. April Term, 1866. ;LAFaYETTE MoLa Wfc, Clerk, [l. a | p2J m4m EORGIA. ELBERT COUNTY. VJE To a. whom it may cone, rn.—Susan E. Lovinggocd having in proper f ,rm applied 10 me for permanent .tt rs of administrarion on the estate of ilfred II Lovnggon, at-oi sad county. dec°ased. tins it to cite all -rd sing . ar the ore Ti to sand next or k n 01 fald . eceatcd. to be and appear a my office within the time ail ,wed by law, xi.d show cuure if ar y ’ thev ciu.vhy penraaent admnis ration shoo and sot be warn td to S;fcan E 'Lovicgod on Alfred H. Lovirggood’s e ta e. Witnc.-s roy hand and official signature April 2ith • api94wlli W. il. EDWaROS, OrciLaiy. G 1 EORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY* f To ail whom it may concernDczifr J. ha u i a.lngfn proper ler app’id to me f< r p.rma- ent i. tters ofa n.m.sHa'im on the eita eor Jorhua Ite of baid county this li to cite all a-d m.gu a- the creditor aud u'x of kin of suio decta-ed to be aad appear at m • mce within ihe time allowed r>v I - w. and 8f ow c .use, if u r y*l ey can, why p>'ma'.eu r adrrii i tra'ion should not be granted to ■ail Loiier J. on said Joshua A, Neima’e?- Wltnrss my Laud and official signature this 24ih day of April. 1856 WM. H. EuWA Da. ap294 -19 < 'ruinary; OTATE OF GEORGIA RICHMOND COUNTY. O Whereas,-Mat 1 a Bugg applies io me for let'erscf ad ministration on the estate of Jtase Bugg, -ate or saij county, deceased: The.seare,therefore,to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear atmy office, on or befoie the first Mo day in June hex, to shew cause,if any they have, why said lettersahould not begrai.t.d. Given under my hand ana official signature, at office, iu Augusta, this cOih day .o i April, 1866 DAVID L.KO*TH, mayl 4w20 Ordicury. Sale of City Property. Georgia. Richmond county. By virtue o f an order of the Court of Ord : of said county, viil besold atpub k-o-t ry, on the flret Tuftday in •>ul? next, at tb^- miiket tousi in the cit ot Augusta, between 'h? usual hours of sale, the dwel ing anc ot, No bJ on north si e Bioal street, iu-t l-e.cw the «aete n ena of tne lower market— la;eiy Ihe i evidence and property o» Mrs. Anna Shewmake, dceewetl. Term, mKyfHAK]t , ap-28 ii&lw AOm'r.