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>R[- }fPi> 41 'll IT #i # w* S#¥iTi"'ti #1 JJ a ■v ■ i'll' JUJU OLD SERIES, VOL. LX X V. tfluontclc & Sentinel. lI.KMIV IIOOHK, A. n. WIUGIIT. TERMS OK -ril-< KII'TION. j. it. w. johnston, At f.l WTA, t.Ai WEDNESDAY WORM I Mi, NOVEMBER 21. Columbia and Augusta Railroad. We have recently published the report 1 of tho President of the Columbia and Aug'ista Railroad, wlii li presents the im jmrtance of this line in a very clear and forcible light, hut we deem the subject of i such importance —in view of the approach- j ing vote on a subscription to the road In cur citizens— as to justify further illustra tion of the benefits promised by a comple tion of the line. The Columbia »South : Carolinuat justly observes that ‘ there is no line in the country either contemplated or completed which promises richer results and grander achievements in opening anew i avenue for trade arid commerce than the j Columbia and Augusta Railroad. It eon- t nects two important cities. It constitutes j a main link in what is destined to be a principal line of through travel from New Votk to New Orleans. Tt penetrates a fine, healthy and beautiful country, yield ing a fine local business. It reduces the distance from Columbia *o Augusta from one hundred and forty three to eighty miles, making an actual saving of sixty three miles and a prospective saving when other roads now building arc finished, of from ten to twelve hours in time to all who travel between Charlotte arid Mobile. And finally it will force the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad to change from Bumier to Columbia, thus giving to Au gusta as well as Columbia the benefits of much additional capital and business. These considerations are too important to he ignored by the citizens either of C cor gi* or Mouth Carolina, and it behooves public spirited men in both States to lend all the encouragement possible to the en terprise. Considering the obstacles eon rjuered by Colonel Johnson and the direc tors of the road, its progress has been won derful. In less than a year it promises to be an fait accompli , and no human cal culation cm predict the advantage that will follow. But the road requires aid. Columbia although in her robe of ashes, has already subscribed liberally. Augusta has been invited to do likewise, and untouched as she has been by tig.- desolations of war, wealthy, prosperous, recuperative, she can afford to do twice or three times as much as her sister city. She has been asked to transfer stock to the amount of one hun dred thousand dollars, arid there is reason to lmpc her public spirited citizens will recognize the justice oftlic claim, and with out further delay make the appropriation. Let. us see this great line completed. Let us tie our interests with iron hands, and unite in contributing to tho common wel fare of hot 11. ” fdtCU f’adllcutiosi—So-Called. It is stated in a Washington dispatch that “General Sherman goes to Mexico, to remain there only until the Juarez gov ernment is once more completely establish ed, so that in ease it should bo found ne cessary to use United States troops to-en force the supremacy of the Mcxieau repub lic*, an officer may lie present of sufficient prominence to order the entrance of United States troops into Mexico, and to direct their movements when there. V-** ■ »dvwos. ernlnent from Mexico are of such if n.tturc ns to lead to the belief that Gen. Sherman will not be called upon to exercise the au thority with which he is vested ; but his presence there, and the object being known, will serve as an effectual cheek, it is thought, upon those who might otherwise be dis posed to resist the resumption of the gov ernment by President Juarez.’ It is further stated that “instructions were sent to Gen. Sheridan to forward no tice to J uarez of the sailing of Gen. Sher man and Minister Campbell on thcSusque haiina, an 1 that they would meet the rep resenta.ives of the Mexican government, at VefaOruz, or some other accessible point to be named by Juarez hereafter.” These movements indicate the purpose of the United States Government to sus tain the pretensions of Juarez as the head of tho Mexican Republic. In view of the fact that the Mexican people have had no voice in the choice of a ruler since the nom inal selection of M iximilian, it would seem that the surest road to pacifi ition would he, after Maximilian’s reign is ter minated, to give the people a fair chance to vote fora presiding officer. Juarez is as much a usurper as Ortega, or Manta Anna, because he entered upon his Presidency without an election, and when lie entered upon libs second term, so-called, his capital and nearly his whole country were in the hands of Maximilian. If Uncle Sam proposes to take charge of “ the sick man," there can he no doubt of his ability to make Juarez secure in the “ resumption of the government.” But there is no evi dence that a majority of tlie Mexican peo ple prefer Juarez over Maximilian or Or tega, or Manta Anna lloweve-, since minorities and very vulgar and un -crap ulous minorities at that—rule the country at home, it may lie consistent in tho United States Government to force a similar usur pation upon Mexico. We sha'l rejoice at anything that puts an end to tile war of factious in that unhappy country. The Radical Leader Tiiadtleiis Stevens. Prentice of the Ijouisville Journal com menting upon Stevens’s deformity in a late issue of his paper sa>> : Thad. Stevens is “ lame of a ley,” like hell’s blacksmith. It is the fate of thousands to be born lame, and the misfortune, if endured calmly, pa tiently. uncomplainingly, as it very often is. makes a man better than lie would be otherwise. But it has always been observed that some persons, deformed in person, become more so in spirit. The erookodness of their bodies is reflected in their souls. Their envy and malice are excited at the spect acle of eomline.'S. The whole of the gall and bitterness of their natures is stirred at the sight of fair proportions. Thev deem themselves mortally affronted by the ap pea ranee and even by the existence of human symmetry. In their secret wrath, they would see every straight limb made crooked upon a wheel of torture. We have m our lives seen the miserable spectacle of two deformed old men who would occasionally stand together at the corners of the streets and curse and mock openly every uudefonm. and person that passed by. But. as a general rule, the deformed malignants do not express what they feel in words. They may signify it by a scowl, a glare, a compression of the lips, uot ven taring to speak the viper-rage that stings their hearts. It is to be hoped that there are not many such, but there are some, and they are enemies of the human race. The Devil has a club-foot. We don't know whether he was a devil at first or became one from thinking of his foot. And as to Thai Stevens, we can’t say whether he was born with the fiendish disposition he now has or is indebted for it to the in fluence of the clubbings of his hoof. Cer tain it is, however, that he is the friend of no human being, lie hates the wei!-turm ed because they are unlike him, and the deformed because they remind him of him self. He may smile after a fashion with those around him, but the sneer is ever be hind the smile. We should be glad, how ever, to see the question answered : Has Thad. Stevens a elub-foot in virtue ofhav iug been born a Devil, or is Thad. Stevens a Devil in virtue of having been born with a club-foot ? Circular Latter from General Hoed. The following circular letter from Gen. John IS. Hotel will be read with interest j by the officers and members of his old j command. In the absence of official records, says the New Orleans ( rrxeent, the plan pro : posed by General Hood for replacing them ; is the lest that can be suggested. But in i order that it may be attended with success, it is necessary that general publicity be ; given to the circular. The question is of general import, and concerns so deeply the ! history of our times, that we feel we are but discharging a public duty in giving place to this ‘circular, and in urging our 1 brethren of the press to comply with Gen. Hood's request “to a.--ist in accomplish- I ing the undertaking by publishing bis circular.” Wc hope that other gentlemen besides General Ilood, nicy be induced by his ex ample to attempt to render justice to the gallant deeds of the men whom they com manded. ll.story cannot lie compiled from official records alone. Personal me moir often explain points on which official papers are sii cut ; and it is by-a compari son of different authentic accounts of the j same scenes viewed from various points of view, that a just judgment of events is formed. It is too soon to write an impar tial history of the late war. But it will be too late, when flic actors In the struggle shall have passed away, to collect facts which will die with the actors unless col j 1 '.'ted in the mode now proposed, and em ! bodied in.narrative form. We therefore | heartily approve the design of General Hood, and commend his example to the j imitation of other commanders. CIRCULAR. New Orleans, November I.—Deem ing it a duty to the officers and men who i served with me in tho late war, to place j on record a brief account of the operations , they performed, I have the honor to re j quest all commanders of batteries, battal ions, brigades, divisions and corps to l'or -1 ward to mo, without delay, reports of all | battles in which they were engaged while under my direction. This will begin with the companies of Virginia cavalry which 1 first commanded under Col. John 15. Magruder, at York town, in May, 18bI, and pass through the successive gradations of command to the period of the surrender of the lute Confed erate army. I would also request the commander of each separate organization to send, with his report, Lis photograph, and the photo graph of any one of his comrades ki’led in action, together, with such facts relat ing to his career and death, as may be in teresting. All officers who served upon my staff are requested to furnish me withtlieir pho tographs and reports of their labors and observations. The following is regarded as the host form to embody the most important facts:. FORM. Battle of , Date of- 18b—, Hours of action, Position on iii Id, Troops on right, i With diagram Troops on left, j if possible. Troops, front and rear, j Number of officers and men present. Names of all complimented, ) Officers ond men in official report, j Number kilkbl. Number wounded, Number missing, • Capture of officers, men, guns and flags. Losses of officers, men, guns and flags. The battery, battalion, brigade and di vision commanders, who were under my ! direction at the battle of Oliicamauga, are j particularly desired to send me reports of j the parts they bore. The officers who were thus associated | with me are to be found engaged in tlie j occupations of civil life from Baltimore and j Mb Louis to the Rio Gi'ande, and I must, j therefore, appeal to the newspaper press j »«j ill jin-oiwjUisiiiwe any. nudu.r ta k tfig-riv publish ing this cireuTn f. Tt is not my intention to attempt to write a history of the war. My object is j simply to collate facts with regard to mili- ! tary operations. It will remain for the historian, who 1 shall aspire to draw a truths ul picture of I the eventful and interesting epoch, with i which 1 was somewhat connected, to as sign to the facts embraced in these memo rials tlieir proper place and just signifi cance. 1 wish to devote the time I can spare from my business to relate with tne direct ness and brevity of a soldier, what I saw on many battle-fields and arduous cam paigns, and tin 1 part my comrades per formed. Very respectfully, J. B. lloob. Well Done, Columbia. By the following official letter from tho Chairman of the. Committee of Ways and Means of Columbia, M. 0., it will be seen that that city has subscribed $33,300 to the Columbia A Augusta Railroad. If Columbia, just arising from its ashes, can, with commendable enterprise, subscribe this amount to a great public benefit, sure ly Augusta can vote the SIOO,OOO asked as a subscription from this city. Let the mechanics and working men of Augusta remember that it is only by encouraging such enterprises that they are benefitted, and not fail to bring forward every vote in favor of Mi bscrbtton next Monday: Columbia, S. C., Nov. 11, Imsi>. M<t Dear sir: I am gratified to say your ; memorial tothoCity Council lias been acted i upon favorably. Tbe subscription of $33,! to the Columbia A Augusta Railroad inis been made. The Committee were unani mous in their recommendation, and the vote of t he Council seven for and three op i posed. I only wish our condition would ; permit the ciiv to do more in so good a , cause. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, J. Fisher, Chairman Com. on Ways and Means. From a dispatch from Millcdgevillc, in ! another place, it will be scon t'aat the bill repealing the liability clause in the charter, has passed the House, and was read for the first time iu the Senate on yesterday, Relief. We have in hand a large number of communications on the subject of relief, reflecting all shades of opinion—many of them well-written—and still throwing little light on the subject not already before the public, and especially before the Legisla ture, who have this difficult and delicate question in hand. We do not therefore, think the publication of all those communi cations would interest our readers, or pro mote the great end of relief sought to he obtained ; and if we do uot find room for them we trust our friends will not consid er us indifferent to the subject, or wanting in appreciation of their efforts. We have given all sides a hearing, and earnestly sympathize with all efforts that look to the just and legal relief of the people. Titles in- the South.— The llaleigh Standard urges that the rejection of the Howard amendment may lead Congress to the 'reorganization of the State Govern ments, and the consequent making null and void of everything that has thus far been done, and says, “ the result will be that all pardons*granted by tbe President will fall to the ground.” It warns pur chasers, therefore, to be careful about their titles. In reply to this the National Intellijaicer says that Congress is not likely to be guilty of any such folly; but. in any event, it cannot touch the pardon ing power of the President. That is se cured by the Constitution, aud is beyond the reach of a two-tliirds vote. Important Railroad Line. —The Co rinth .Vries says General Howard, of Cin cinnati, has contracted for the building of a railroad from Corinth to Hamburg, on the Tennessee River, a distance of about twenty miles. Geueral Howard contracts to put the cars on the road in eight months. The Neics also states that the railroad from Hamburg to Nashville has been let out. and that laborers will soon be at work on it. From Hamburg the road passes Mount Pieasant, and will intersect the De catur and Nashville road at Columbia. This road, when completed, will greatly shorten the distance between Nashville and Memphis. By this route it will be about 2» miles. The present traveled route via Decatur is about 310 miles. [communicated. J Columbia ar.d Augusta Railroad. It is well known to the intelligent public, that in the year 1564, amended charters were granted by the Legislatures of Geor gia and Mouth Carolina tb the Columbia and Hamburg Railroad Company, chang ing it. name and style to the Columbia and Augu-ta Railroad Company. The Charter * anted by the Legislature of the Mtate of lU'.h Carolina was accepted by the Dir ' (fetor-, shortly after its passage, at a meet ing held in Columbia. At the last Annual ; Meeting of the Stockholders in this City, : on the o h of October, ISflif, the following ! action was taken upon this subject by the j adoption of the following resolution, offered by Colonel B. 11. Hill: Resolved, T.hat tho actiot of the Directors of the Columbia and Hamburg Railroad j Company, in accepting the Charter passed by tlio Legislature of South Carolina, in j J-'it, be ratified by this Convention? and i that the Charter passed by' the Legislature [ of Georgia be respectfully declined. This resolution was unanimously adopted by a Convention of Stockholders in this city, and the acceptance of the Charter, j passed by the Mtate of Georgia, declined, 1 because it contained a clause in it making; tbe Stockholders individually liable. It is, therefore, with some surprise that I see this objectionable feature in the re- ! jected Georgia Charter copied in the! .Mayors .proclamation, submitting the j questioner “Subscription”’ or “No Sub-] scription,” for one hundred thousand do!- j lavs, to the voters of the city of Augusta, as i a portion of tho Charter of the Columbia ; and Augusta Railroad Company. ] This Company has never accepted any | Charter with the clause, or such an one astj ! quoted by his Honor, the Mayor, in his ] Proclamation. Its Charter, granted by the Mtate of South Carolina, contains no individual liability clause, and it is'ex- I pceted that the State of Georgia will grant ours in a few days. Ilia Honor, the Mayor, ; has doubtless been mistaken in quoting this [ extract as a part of the Charter of this | Company ; and it is due to himself and j the public, as well as the Stockholders, I that these facts be made known. Wm. Johnston, ’ President. ■IITB- | The Complexion of the Next Congress. j The Nashville Dispatch says that al i though the full returns of the recent clec ! t.ions have not. yet beeti completed, the po ] l’tical complexion of the next Congress can ]be ascertained almost with certainty. We j append the result: Idem. Rep. Deni. Rep. , Delaware, 1 Missouri, 3 G Illinois, 3 11 New Jersey, 2 3 Indiana, 3 8 New. York, 12 It) J lowa. 6 Ohio, 3 16 j Kansas, 1 Oregon, 1 Maine, 5 Penn., 0 18 j ! Maryland, 4 1 Vermont, 5 ] Mass., —lO W. Virginia — 3 I Michigan, 5 Wisconsin, 1 0 j Minnesota, 2 RECATITU LATION. Democrats, 38 Republicans, 133 ! The States yet to elect Representatives i in the Fortieth Congress, and the number of members to which they are entitled, are i as follows: | California, 3 Rhode Island, 2 j Connecticut, 4 I Kentucky, 9 Total 21 New Hampshire, 3 j Estimating the result of the elections in j these States as that of the last Congres | sional election, excepting that in Kentucky, I which recently chose a Democrat to till the vacancy in the sixth district occasioned | by the resignation of Hon. Green Clay j Smith (Republican,) the grand result will j be as follows: JWW. #“** This, of course, will give tho Republi cans a majority in the House and plenty to spare,-so they will have everything their own way in the Fortieth, as they now have in the Thirty-ninth Congress. In the United States Senate there are eleven Senators to be chosen this winter by the Legislatures of tlio following States, to-wit: Illinois, vice Lyman Trumbull, E. Indiana, vice Henry Lane, E, i- ... , •„ 1 Samuel S. Pomroy, R. lvansns, vice J * Jamea IL Lane /k Maryland, vice Aohn A. •(. Creswell, R. Missouri, vice B. Gratz Brown, R. New Jersey, vice * William Wright, I). New York, vice Ira Harris, It. Ohio, vice John Sherman, It. Pennsylvania, vice Edgar Cowan, D. M iseonsiu, vice Timothy O. Ilowe, R. ♦Deceased. It is probable that, except in the case of Senator Creswell, of, Maryland, every Re publican Senator in the above list will either be re-elected or replaced by a Radical; and, on the other side, the seats of Cowan, of Pennsylvania, qnd the late William W right, of New Jersey, will be filled by Radicals. Maryland, of course, will elect a Conservative in place of John A. J. Creswell, providing that tlie Radicals in that State do cot succeed by some hocus pocus arrangement in ousting the Conser vative members of the Legislature who were chosen on Tuesday. Should this fore- I cast prove correct, the political complexion j of the Senate will be as fo'lows: Democrats 0 Republicans 41 The gist, then, of the whole story is that for the next three years the Radicals will I have complete control of the legislation in j the House of Representatives, and of that j in the Senate for a longer period. The Victory in Baltimore. The friends of law and justice have achieved a double victory in Baltimore, | and indeed throughout Maryland. In spite j of the captious and arbitrary retention of ; their offices, by the Police Commissioners, j until after the election, and notwithstand j iug the outrageous injustice aud fraud practiced under the registry law, the Cou servatives carried the city and State by a handsome majority ; and the telegraph to ; day informs us that, after all their defiant airs and loud boast-, the old Commissioners have quietly surrendered their offices to tlie 1 new board in accordance with the decision of the Court. This act is a proud vindication of the i stand taken by Gov. Swann, and sustained ! by the President, which was so much de : nounced by the Radicals. It is a telling rebuke to the infamous efforts of Forney and others, who sought to stir up a riot in the midst of the exciting contest between ; the old and new board. Calmly relying upon their legal rights, they submitted to imprisonment, and to the management of the election by the old Board, and have now the proud satisfaction of being vindi cated before the people and by tbe iudieial authorities. The Bali Opened. The telegraph informs us that numerous emigrants are preparing to leave Great Britain for Texas. There is no longer reason why the tide of emigration should continue to flow in almost an unbroken channel —as it has so long done—to the : severe elimate of the West, when lands equally as good aud quite as cheap may he m the genial latitude of the Gulf States. W e believe ai, that is needed, to fill up our country with the sterling workers of Great Britain and Centra! Europe. i c to inform them of the true condition of things at the South, and to furnish them lands on favor *u'-° Give them a chance to buv or to lease a portion of the immense tracts now lying idle for want of laborers, and in a lew \earsour population, and agricultural products will be doubled. The teiegraph this morning informs us ,?* % amval « Charleston of 150 German immigrants, who propose to settle in that LAcC. iitt ine stock! work go on. In Canada the Turko-Egyptian army had gained a decisive victory over the in: surgents. Mustafa Pasha with IS,OOO troops captured Corvanuis aud subsequent ly pushed forward to the mountains where he was defeated after four day’s fighting. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MOEfING, NOVEMBER 21, iß(>(>. Events of the Hay. John Mitchell Las arrived in New York, from bis long sojourn in Paris, and is ex pected to reach llichinnnd, where liisfami : iy resides, In a few days. One. :'the most bring results of the etc •! ion in Xt w V ,rk c-itv, is the choice : of ChasiCr. ilalpine, MHrs « UKeiltf, by over l.'.«00 majority. Governor Patton, of Alabama, has issued a proclamation ordering the observance i of the 29th instant a- a day of lasting, hu-* munition and prayer. The Mississippi L sgislatu; e has adjourn ed to meet on the 21st of January. The health of Governor Humphreys, who has been seriously ill,is said to be improving. The aggregate production of wool on the whole globe is estimated at 1,616,000,000 lbs., or a pound and a quarter to each in habitant. The ships which have been ordered for the service of removing tbe French troops from Mexico are ready tq sail. The Moni- . tear of the 7th says that Maximilian will ] remain in Mexico. Judge Delaney, of the U. M. District Court at Topeka, says that lie has lately naturalized about 100 Pottawattamie Indi ans. In the four cities of Cincinnati, St. Louis, j Nashville ami Memphis, the deaths from cholera since August Ist, number over 7,000. The U. S. Clock and Brass Company, which recently commenced operations at Chicago, is expecting to inarmtacturo 100,- 000 clocks per annum. ; Os the twelve hundred and fifty-six i children between tho asos of four and six teen, iu Killinglv; Ct., less than one half ; att< id school. The factoriesjtbsorb them, j The IJerald’s Washington special says : I It is tho intention of Governor Swan to call the Maryland Legislature together at an I early day for the purpose of impeaching | Judge Rond. ! Another playful homicide was committed j in Harnden, Ct, Tuesday afternoon, when j Wm. Dickerman, aged twelve, pointed a j loaded pistol at his playmate, Elizabeth i Lines, snapped it, and she fell mortally j wounded. Frices in Chicago, as compared with last year, are §3 to §3.00 per barrel higher on Hour, 75c to76c per bushel on wheat, S3e to 40c on corn, 15 to 15Jc on oats, 45c oil rye, and 28c on barley. The Berthoud Pass, by which the Pacific Railroad is to cross the Rocky Mountains, is, according to two different surveys, from 10,903 to 11,375 feet above the level of the sea. The entire population of the District of’ Columbia is set down at 122,867, divided as follows: Washington 102,612 Georgetown 14,632 County 5,623 The number of Christian converts in In dia, Burinah, and Ceylon, is 213,183, and the number of English and American mis sionaries is oil. The children of the mis sion schools within tho same bounds are 98,574. The number in all the schools is 500,000. It is stated that Mr. Beecher has given the three months’ notice which his agree ment with the Independent newspaper re quired, and his sermons will, after the ex piration of that time, be published iu some other religious weekly—probably tho Ex aminer. The reason of this change is the hostility of the Independent to Mr. Beech er’s late political course. Col. Slaughter, of the Memphis & Sa vannah road, addressed tlio Chamber of Commerce of Memphis, on Tuesday last, with happy effect. Resolutions were adopt ed promising aid to the Savannah & Mem-, phis road, and offering every assistance in the power of the Chamber of Commerce to promote the' early construction of the road. , Over one hundred merchants of Dayton, j Oiiio, have published a card, Mating that! tho object of tho- attempt to break down the Merchants’, Union Express is to re will give their business to the ri'ew'Ubm pany at fair prices, even though rival lines should offer to do it for nothing. An Austrian drummer is now in Detroit looking for employment, who, according | to his own story, has been in the arrm ] seventeen years, has taken part in fifty- ! seven battles, and boon wounded twelve times, speaks fourteen languages, and j plays on thirty musical instruments. A thousand cavalry horses passed through ] Kansas City last week for Fort Riley. A few days since General Custer passed j through tho same point. lie has bten put ! in command of the Department of Kansas, j with headquarters at Fort Riley. It is sur- ! mised that this means active hos till tier. The A\ ashington Republican charges ] that Secretary Stanton withheld from the President an important dispatch from Gen. ] Baird, sent two days previous to tho New I Orleans riot, and alleges that if the Presi- | dent had received it the riot would not have occurred. National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors. —A very large meeting was held, on the Bth, at Cooper Institute, to aid in the establishment of a i national asylum on the Potomac for disa- j bled soldiers and sailors. .Horace Grecly j presided. Addresses were delivered by j Lieut. Gov. Major Gen. O. O. Howard, Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, and j others. A contribution was raised in aid i of the object. About $25,000 or $30,000 j are needed to establish the institution. Cuban Tourists from the United States i will regret to learn that Mrs. Almy, pro- i prietress of the Almy Hotel, in Havana, the great resort of Americans visiting the ! Island, has given up the hotel and taken a place in the village Marianao, the most ; celebrated summer resort of the elite of ; Havana. The absence of Mrs. Almy from her former sphere of usefulness is deeply ■ regretted by her friends in the United States. An Absurd Lie. —A short time ago, some waggish merchant in North Carolina j advertised that he would take Confederate money, and rather than miss a customer ; would take greenbacks; whereupon even radical paper at the North gravely de clares that “ Confederate notes are again in circulation in the remote South, aud ; the 1 lost cause’ is so far revived that i store keepers advertise to receive Con federate money as currency. Another Steam Fire Engine in At lanta. —Fire Company No. 1, in Atlanta are about to purchase a steam fire engine. The City lias subscribed $5,000 in bonds for the purpose, and Col. W allace, of the State Road, offers to subscribe $1,500 in. : behalf of the State, believing that the in terest of the State in preserving its large property there from fire justifies the sub scription. Soldiers’ Bounties. —Applicationhav- | ing been made for the additional bounty i by a soldier who had lost his discharge, the proper accounting officer of the Treasury deelares that the law forbids the payment : of the claim, and that in such eases, how ; ever hard it may operate, no authority is vested in any offiee of the Government to dispense with a condition which the law has imposed. A Prophecy.— ln his letter to Calvin : Colton, September 2, 1843, Henry Clay wrote: “The slavery question in the free States will destroy ail harmony and finally lead to disunion. The consequences of dis union are: perpetual war, the extinction of the African race and ultimate military despotism.” Cruelty to Animals. —Some of th; Northern papers ridicule Mens. Befgs “society for preventing erneliy to animals” by proposing to administer chloroform to animals before they are slaughtered. It is thought that the slaughter-house may be relieved of nearly all its horrors by the jisc of anaesthetics! The General Land Office. —Returns received at the General Land Offiee from the branch offiee at Topeka, Kansas, show that 9,594 acres of the publio land were 1 disbursed at that office during the past | month. i What Shall We Do For laborers? We proceed, in accordance with the promise made in our last, article, to shfiw how the Coolie may he procured, and wbat profits may be reasonably expected from his labor. On the Ist of Jarman.-. Igor, the Colorado., the pioneer of anew £„ e , o f ships, for the express purpose of importing the Coolie, will <Mil_from_ ?san Francisco, to some suitable port in Chin|. !fi*vßhiij|fes£ of the importation of this description of j labor, which, thus far. has.oomi iruqgfihr i and spasmodic, will assume, thsucefbrth. a ' regular anu systematic ctm, sojthat the orders of planters may be pled frithin cer tain known periods. < u course, it is too late to make a: rangeiitents for the edming . year, except to a iiuiitetbextealf; recourses . being had to coolies already imported. The : newspaper presses hatetdreaJy notieedthe : recent visit of Ah Yue.- an intelligent‘Chi nese, who speaks our language (Means, .with -a view to making contracts j for the supply of coolies to planters. Ah Yue represents a large company of capital mply able to guar antee their contracts, lie proposes tosup : ply healthy, active young iaboreii, bound to service five years, fi* the_snn pf SSSS in gold, on an average of sll7 pet annum, It is estimated that it wit cost $1 Oof this" sum to import the coolie,(and plai e him oh the plantation, Which gives $S| per au num, for labor alone, for each of the.five years of the term; so that when the ex pense of his transportation from. §auF rau cisco to our States shall ty diminished, by ihe completion of the rajh-cad now span ning the Rocky YLounh cost US JiMie rWpk*'* > stateffTwe base tnetwfpw the fwfiPrafgf statement, to which we invite the attention of our planters: Estimate for working a force offiftp coolies for the first pear, on a plantation with Gin House, Ecrrw and Gakins : Dr. 50 coolies, at §245 in gold—(s3ll.so greenbacks) - $15,375 Subsistence of the same, 3,500 30 mules, 4,500 Subsistence of same, , . 2,700 Flows and farming tools generally, 2,000 Meed, ~ 500 Expenses of family, V 1,500 Incidental, i 925 Interest on $34,000, ji 2,720 Total expenses, ’ V $36,723 300 bales cotton —22 cents net, $33,0Q0 j 5,000 bushels corn—soc, 1 2,500 100,000 lbs. fodder, $1 per M., , 1,000 j 5,000 lbs. meat, 15c net, 7 750 ; 30 mules, less 20 per ct. wear, ‘ 3,600 ! Implements, less 20 per ct. wear, 1,600 i Seed, • . ; 42,000 j Total credits, _ | $44,450 ; Making a credit balance of $7,7)0, which I would give $5 r.n acre of rent tbrSOO acres ] of land, and $3,730 to pay taxes)’' owners’ time, &c., &c. The second and subsequent mars, the coolie, instead of costing $245 in gold, would cost but SBS; the plan er would save tbe sum expended in mulei, subsist ence, Ac., as, besides raising, his cotton crop, he could easily produce tw!» or three thousand bushels of corn and bacon, Ac.; all those sums together would amount to about $25,000, to ho deducted from his an nual exponses. Twenty-five thousand dol lar.'t! ducted from $36,720, would leave $11,720, total expenses of cultivation ; and this amount deducted from $44,450,-the proceeds of the cotton crop, would leave a margin of profits amounting to $32,730 per annum. It only remains to remark that the importing company guarantees that ; the coolie shall serve his five years out; i and that it is proposed to import the labor- ; ers in gangs, each under an intelligent over- j seer of their own country, which w r ould greatly facilitate tlieir being worked, and ! governed to advantage. — Mobile Gazelle. Merchant Tailors’ Internal Reve nue Taxes, —-In reply, to a letter from a clothing house relative to the taxes on the tailoring business, Hon. Thomas Harlan, Deputy Commissioner of Ifiternal Revenue, has given the following decision: Under the act of June 30, 1864, as amended by the act of March 3, 1865, the tax on clothing was six per cent, ad valo rem ; and a tailor exclusively! engaged in .mauufacivy-'W s „tp orfe, M ,B whos6 products, Including materials, did not exceed SI,OOO, was excinpt from duty. Under the act of -fune 20, 1864, as amended by the act of July 13, 1866, the tax is about two per cent., and a tailor ex clusively engaged in manufacturing to order, as custom work, whose work, exclusive of material, does not exceed SI,OOO per an num, is exempt from duty. When the work exceeds in value annu ally SI,OOO, the party manufacturing to or der as above can have no claim to the exemption under section 94; but is liable to a tax of two per cent, ail valorem on the entire amount ol iis manufactures, unless ha may be entitled to the exemptions under the provisions of section 93 of said act. The tax on clothing is in all cases on the entire value of the same, including mate rial, labor, and profits, aniTnot on the in creased value given to die materials by making, or, iu other words) on labor alone. ; I'hi.s is the case when a tailor makes cloth ing from materials furnished him by his ; customer, a_s well as when he furnishes the ! materials himself. In this case he has the right ■ to charge the tax to the customer 1 furnishing the material. That Dispatch. —The following is the dispatch already referred to as having been kept from the President by Secretary Stanton: New Orleans, July , 1806.—T0 Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: A convention has been called, with the : auction of Governor Welles, to meet here on Monday. The Lieutenant Governor and the city authorities think it unlawfhl, and propose to break it up by arresting the ; delegates. I have given no orders’orr the i subject, but have warned the parties that | I cquld not countenance or permit such ac- j tion without instructions to that effect j from the President. Please instruct me j at once by telegraph. (Signed) A. Baird, j Brevet Major General. : The National Tntelliyencer -says that if "j this dispatch had been shown to the Presi- ' dent the riot would never have occurred. ' Important Lawsuit in Pitt&burg, Pa. —There is a highly important suit before ilie Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in I volviug several millions of dollars. Chief Justice Woodward, Judges Strong, Reed, Thompson, and Agnew are sitting on the appeal. A. B. Fink’s assignees vs. Ilalde man and others was fully argued, and ex cited much attention. The counsel for appellants were Walterll. Lowrie, ex-Chief Justice ; Thomas H. Marshall, F. Carroll Brewster, of Philadelphia, and 11. Biddle Roberts. Counsel for appellees: F. F. Backus and Heiderick. The decision of the Court will be looked for with great in terest, as the amount involved is immense. This case, it is said, interests especially all stockholders in the Dalzcll McElhenny Con solidated Petroleum Company of N ew i o rk, W ebster, People’s Fountain, Oceanic, Northern Light, and twenty other Compa nies. Georgia. The Era notices the sudden death, at the National Hotel, of Col. Nelson, of Macon, Ga. He was returning from a European tour, and ate some fruit at Chattanooga, which brought on cholera morbus, of which he died as above stated. The correspondent of the Constitution alist, at Milledgeville, says that the death of Hon. Peter E. Love is reported in that city. Mr. Love was formerly Judge of the Southern Circuit, and served one term in Congress from the first district. He was often elected to the Legislature. lie was a gentleman of clear head and kind heart--beloved by all for his genial, social qualities. At. a squirrel hunt in Monroe county. ; the other day. two parties, of twenty-six each, shot 1,940 squirrels and other game. The total includes one coon., one or two ducks, and quite a number of quails, Ac. The largest number killed by any one person was 235, and another shot 200, Jacob Keener, residing near Rome, em ployed a Mr. John White to move him and his family to Guntersvilie, Ala., and when he got to his destination killed him, to avoid paying theprfce agreed upon.’ The Right Spirit, the Freeumen of Macon county, Ala., one of the oest cotton growing districts in the South—recently held 3 meeting and passed resolutions dis countenancing idlers and loafers, and con demning all violations of contracts between j white men and themselves. j - [COMMUNICATED.] The Columbia <& Augusta Haiir.ad and the “Constitutionalist.” i Mr. Editor : The Constitutionalist of • yesterday morning, in an article very far below the average capacity of that journal, ! i weakly endeavors to inspire the friends of the Columbia, A Augusta Railroad with ’ distrust, and to enervate the energies of j otfr people, who are determined that the aid of onr city shall be extended to an en j teeprise of such vital importance as that ■ Road is to our best interests. We believe -that that paper has long since lost the char : acter of a teacher of the public, but never theless wer propose briefly to glance at this article, as there may be some yet left who derive their inspiration from Us utter ances. The Constitutionalist assumes that the subscription of Augusta to this" road will entail certain loss upon the city. This, we i say, is a mere assumption, aud is by no j means justified by the facts of the case, as we think we shall be able to show. The remarks about the condition of the finances and the debt upder which we. labor, and; which is owing—for no mortal man can tell what —are the merest clap-trap, and cannot be seriously intended for tho intel- j ligeut portion of the community. If this argument (we will call it so in courtesy) of the Constitutionalist be true, then farewell to all future improvement of our beautiful city ; farewell to all further enterprise in our midst, for wc shall have to sit down from the slough of debt in which wo areM floundering. No, no, this will never do in this age. Cities are like men—energy and perseverance are needed to enable them to make headway: if they lose on one b ind they must make up the loss on the other. The true question for us (and there is but one question) is this : “Will the Columbia and Augusta Railroad pay ?” If the road will pay, then the investment is a good one, and should bo made. It is admitted that the line of tlio road is through a wealthy and fertile section of country; that when built it will bring a largo and very valuable trade to our city; that it will im prove the value of our real estate; and that it will give employment to large numbers oMSur mechanics and laborers. The his tory of nearly every Railroad in the United States in times of peace, furnishes an an swer to the question we ask above, and this answer is satisfactory to the great majority of our citizens. The Constitutionalist sets out by stating that there is an apprehen sion in the minds of some that if tho city refuses to subscribe, the road will not be built; declares this idea to be an entire mistake, for the road will be built; and further on, expresses doubt as to whether the road will be built or not! We do not desire to remark upon.this blessed state of uncertainty in which that paper exists, further than to say, that under the very terms of subscription advertised in tlio Proclamation of The Mayor, proclaiming the election, lhe terminus of the road, its machine shops and depots, are to be located in tho city of Augusta. Wo hardly im agine that our people would direct a sub scription for a road which should stop at Graniteville or any other locality outside of our limits, under our present circum stances. The great gun of the Constitutionalist is i fired, when it publishes the resolution of j the City Council of Augusta, of 18th De -1 eember, 18GL, resolving that tho South ; Carolina Railroad Company should have ! certain privileges over the rest of tho | world, and in l'agt, giving them a complete monopoly of the city of Augusta and the J dwellers therein. This, he it remembered, was but a resolution, and no further action was ever taken bv Ylouncil; no contract, it is averred, was ever in existence, drawn under solemn formality and authenticated by the seal of the city. But had such a con tract been made, it is seriously to be ques tioned whether a court of competent juris diction would hold it valid, as it would be manifestly contrary to public policy. This .malty, .peed ja> > I.> w „bq argued, however, : as tlio "contract VraST"ft6ve£ 'iHraraflfoit.• That resolution of the 18th December, 1861, was introduced in Council by Mr. S. 1). Heard, a member of that body, and a lawyer by profession. Did tho City Council of Au gusta think that a binding agreement had been made with the South Carolina Rail road Company, by which that "company was to be secured from competing roads? Did Mr. Heard, the mover of the resolution, himself so consider it? .We will see. At a meeting of the Council, held Oct. 7th, 1834, the committee on Railroads made j a report iu relation to the.graut of .right of ; way in the city to this very Columbia and ; Augusta Railroad, which report is as fol- j j lows: REPORT. The application of the Columbia and Au -1 gusta Railroad Company for right of way to this city having been referred to tho i Committee on Railroads, your com- ; ; mittee beg leave to report that, after con i saltation with the President and Treasurer, ; of said Company, they have had under ! consideration tlio subject referred to them, ! and have agreed to recommend to your i Honorable body that the Augusta and j i Columbia Railroad lie permitted to cross i the river and have their entrance into the j cily at Washington street or West of it, and ! locate their local depot between Broad street and the river, subject to such regu ; lations as Council may think proper to : impose, say upon the same tooting as the i South Carolina Railroad. ' Signed, John Foster, Chairman, “ “ Jno. D. Smith, i “ “ Wm. 11. Goodrich, | “ ‘, S, D. Heard, Committee on Roilroads. i It will be-seen that the Committee of i Council on Railroads, didrtot considerth'at I the South Carolina Railroad Company had any such exclusive privileges as tho reso \ lution of tlio 18th December, 1861, propos i ed* to give them. They recommended the ! grant of the right of way to the Columbia ' and Augusta Railroad, only subject tosuch regulations as Council might think proper ;to propose. In their own language, they i proposed to put the-Columbia and Augus i ta Railroad “upon tho same footing as the South Carolina Railroad.” And the people of Augusta, looking entirely ®) their own ; general interests, and notsubsorvientto any : class or clique, propose to open thd doors of ; their city to any and all Railroads, come from where they may, Which will bring trade and travel to it," and add to its wealth and prosperity. An Old Citizen. Look Before you Leap.—The Tus- i kegee (Ala) News cautions its readers ! against inducements recently held out to them to remove to Texas. Men of good judgments hare just returned from that State, and state that the crops reported in that quarter are confined to a few farms, and, take the country at large, the crops are not as good as they are in this section. — They advise farmers to remain here and go to work, for they saw no country west that was doing better than this. They are satisfied that these fine reports from Texas are all the work of men who have large bodies of land in that State for sale, and that they are taking advantage of the un quiet state of the country to press them into the market. Os this we have long been satisfied, and we say to our fellow citizens beware of those tricks in trade. U. S. Cotton Agency.—The office of United States Cotton Agent in New York, made vacant by the recent death of Simeon Draper, is now filled by Mr. Francis Bob- ; in son, late Assistant Agent. The New York Post say3 his integrityand good judg ment are fully recognized by the Govern ment and by New York merchants. Since the establishment of this agency, four years ago, about one hundred and forty thousand bales of captured and abandoned cotton have been received in New lork and sold for account of the Government The sum it brought amounts to between, fifteen and sixteen million dollars. Tire transactions under Mr. Draper s adminis tration, which covered a period of about two years, were over twelve million dollars. Theclcsing of the cotton business of the agency, it is stated, may occupy a } ear or more. Decline in Prices.— The New York papers announce the breaking up of va rious speculating movements in tne neces saries of life in that city, which has caused a most gratifying decline in prices. Pork has fallen four dollars a barrel, wheat from five to eight cents a bushel, and corn eight cents a bushel. Buyers, it is reported, even at these reduced figures, are very I scarce. 1 Exhibit of Whites and Blacks in Six of the Southern States. The following exhibit presented by tho ( census of IS6O is suggestive : ' Louisiana.—Whites, 357,466 . blacks, I | 350,373. There are 4S counties in this State. The blacks have a majority in 32 counties. Arkansas. —55 counties; 8 where the ! blacks are in majority. —Whites, 77.447 ; blacks, 62,- i 677. 37 counties in 7of which the blacks are in the majority. South blacks, 412,326. 30 counties, in2o of which 1 the blacks are in the majority. Mississippi.—Total whites, 353.899; blacks, 436,631. 60 counties, in 29 of which the blacks are in the majority. Alabama. ~2Whites 526,271: blacks, 437,770. 52 counties, in 20 of which the blacks are in the majority. In tu o of the above named States, Mis issippi and South Carolina, the blacks ex ceed the whites in the sum total of popu lation, while iu the other four States j named the difference is inconsiderable. It ; is this mass of ignorance, superstition and improvidence that the Radicals, the South ern’Radicals especially, arc endeavoring to establish as the dominant class in the South with, the view of becoming their leaders. In commenting on the exhibit, the Rational Intelligencer says : ‘‘One fact is worthy of observation— that the white and black population is not MontlmfW ‘nt p, m'uht’o predominates in the high and temperate regions, and the blacks in the lotv lands. Hence, in every one ol’the Southern States j the black population is more or less local ized, which would give it a local control, if it became a distinct political clement. If parties were organized on the basis of an tagonism to the present white race, the tendency would be for a congregation of the two races in each State. The blacks tend to the low-lands, and the whites to tho high-lands. In this way the lowlands might, in time, come to be abandoned entirely to j tlio blacks. Should tho separation of the races take place, what would become of: the black race ? “The questions arising out of the differ ence of races South are o+ immense magni tude. We should advance to their solut.on not as the Radicals desire, per salt am, but feeling our way with prudence, as is tbe spirit of President Johnson’s policy.” Agricultural Report. Commissioner Newton’s report for tho last month is prefaced by the following remarks: Corn has suffered some_ deterioration from early frosts and excessive rains, but the quantity of the crop is larger than the largest ever previously chronicled in the country. A final summary of its amount and quality will be given in the next re port. In the production of wheat, next to corn, (our most important cereal,) our agricul ture lias been unfortunate for the past three seasons. The crops of 1862 and 1863, in the North, were good, and ex- ! hibited a gratifying increase as compared i with the crop of 1859. The year 1864 ! witnessed a slightly diminished product, ! followed by a further diminution in 1865, in_ quantity as well as in quality. Lest misapprehensions of the extent of this de creased supply should prevail, the returns and estimates of these years should be viewed as a group. ESTIMATE FOR TWENTY-TWO STATES. Bushels. In 1859, 132,934,782 In 1863, 179,404,036 In 1864, 160,695,823 5 In 1865, 148,522,829 Tho estimate for the present year, now nearly complete, will not vary much from 143,000,000 bushels, showing a small per centage of decrease, which is fully com pensated by tho comparatively superior | qualtity of tho grain, as was predicted in a ! preceding number. This is ten millions of bushels more than the crop of 1859, and is 1 within five millions of a product in propor tion to the increased population. • The diminution in the South is more .apparent. The estimates point to less than seventeen millions of bushels in tho eleven . .hithi'i .p u t reported—* fiactian loss titan nve-tentns" of the crop of 1859. [t is worthy of remark, in connection with the diminution of the three past sea sons, that the wheat crop of England has ! been likewise deficient since 1864. The California wheat harvest, of which j little mention has been publicly made in j connection with the present crop, is ex- i cessive. In iB6O the product of this young ] State was noarly_ six millions of bushels. Now, it is seriously claimed by leading ' California agriculturists that the surplus i for export will be nearly double that quan- t tity. It is evident that the entire wheat crop will exceed. by several millions that of 1859, when the yield was reported at 173,104,924 bushels. Then there were five and a half bushels to oach individual: in 1866'the es- ; timates point to five bushels to each inhab itant. There is no ground, then, for ap prehensions of scarcity, and little excuse, in the amount of the crop, for starvation prices. . The yield of oats is extraordinary, and the quality excellent. The indications point to anuncrease from 171,497,072 bush elsinlßs9 to 271,912,695 in 1860. Itis tlie only crop in the Mouth that maintains au equality with its last census exhibit. Hay is less in quantity than iu the pre vious year by from one to two-tenths, but is better in quality. An analysis of the Southern returns up to October Ist, do not warrant a reduction of the former cotton estimate much below one and three-fourths million of bales, though it is too early for final estimates. Increasing severity of damages from insects is reported. letter fro;;i the Fenian Colonel Lynch. The Milwaukie Wisconsin publishes the following from “Colonel” Lynch : Military Prison, Toronto. 1 ; Friday, October 23, 1866. J I 31 r Dear : My trial commenced ! on Wednesday, and was concluded last night. I was most ably defended by our old and talented young friend, Itichfrd Martin, assisted by another gentleman named Doyle. It is unnecessary form# to enter into the details of the trial, as you”; will see a full report of it in the New York : Herald and all the Irish papers. I-was unable to produce the evidence that could prove my innocence, as they were liable to arrest themselves, and their swqjij evidence*- could not be received unless they wore pre sent. I was found guilty, and sentenced to be hung December J3th, Jtfljf?. J. am innocent, but it i&iiecessary to satisfr the Canadian people that an example gnould be made of someone. I was the person, selected for this sacrifice, though I had no military connection whatever with the Fenians. But if it is a crime to love my native land, then lam willing to suffer death, for 1 am guilty oftliat crime, aim will meet it like a man. Don’t be uneasy'about me. My death on the scaffold will bring no disgrace on you, the children, or any of cur family, ! particularly for such a _ crime as this, j Many true and noble patriots died for this noble cause, and why should I complain t I have not the slightest doubt but that the I witnesses against me must have mistaken me for some other person. Considering that lam a doomed map. I am in my usual spirits, and in good health. The governor of the prison and all the j officers are very kind to me. You can now ! write. Yours affectionately. . & B. Lynch. yew York Congressional Delegation. The New York Times says the Congres sional results in the State of New York differ from the elections of 1864 as follows : The Union Party gain Mr. Van Wyck in yew York Congressional Delegation. The New York Times says the Congres sional results in the State of New York differ from the elections of 1864 as follows : The Union Party gain Mr. Van Wyck in the Eleventh (Orange) District, in place of Mr. Winfield, Democrat; Mr. Robertson, (reported; in the Tenth (Westchester) Dis trict, and lose the Third (Brooklyn) Dis trict by the election of Mr. Robinson over Mr. Crittenden; the Eighth City District by the election of Mr. Brooks in place of Mr. Dodge, and the Ninth City District by the election of Mr. Wood over Mr. Dar ling. In the Sixth City District Mr. Stew art. Conservative Union, takes the place of Mr. Raymond, and there is a possibil’ty that Mr. Clapp, Union, has beaten Mr. Humphrey, Democrat, in the Thirtieth Erie District. The delegation to the For tieth Congress will stand not over 11 Demo crats to 19 T nion members, including 3lr. Stewart, as follows : Dis. Union. Dis. Democrat 6. Stewart. X. Tabotof 18. Robertson. 2. Robinson. 11. Van Wvck. 3. Barnes. 12. Ketcham. 4. Vox. 15. Griswold. 5. Morrissey. 16. Ferris, 6. Ciianler. 17. Hulburd. Brooks. 18. Marvin. 9. Wood. 19. Fields. 19. Tutbill. 29. Laflin. u - Pruyn. ' 21. Concklin. 39. Humphry. 22. Churchill. 23. McCarthy. 24. Pomeroy. 25. Kelsey. 26. Lincoln, i 27' Ward. 28. Selyo. ; 29. Van Horn, j 31. Van Aeraam. NEW SERIES, YOL.NX Y. NO. 48. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Saturday, November 10. The Senate met at 10 o’clock A. M. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Yarborough. Mr. Blount introduced a bill to alter the time of holding the County Courts of I Stewart county. Also: A bill to regulate the manner of ! the work of convicts. Mr. Carter: A bill to define the juris diction of Courts in cases of bastardy. Also: A bill to provide tor the discharge of insolvent debtors. Mu J. A. AY. Johnson submitted a; memorial from the ladies of Resaca in rela- j tion to the interment of the Confederate j dead. Mr. J. F. Johnson: A memorial rela tive to foreign immigration. Mr. Quillian : A bill to change tho line between Cherokee and Pickens counties. Mr. Strozier: A bill to alter sections 4596 and 4597 of the Code. Mr. Thornton: A bill to authorize and require the Judge oftlic Superior Court of Whitfield county, to enter settled and dis ! missed, a bill of indictment against Jesse I A. (ilenn tor homicide. ; Also: A bill to provide for the education in the State University, indigent maimed soldiers. Mr. Turner: A bill to require Adminis trators. _ Executors, Ac., to advertise the terms of their sales. Also: A bill to increase the salary of tlio Chaplain oftlic Penitentiary to SSOO. Mr. Casev : A resolution to invite Gen. A. R. Lawton ton seat on the floor of tho Senate. Adopted. The bill to incorporate the Savings Bank of Lumpkin, was passed. Ai Bill to amend section 3765 of the Code. Passed. Bill to prevent the destruction of fish in Emanuel county. Passed. Bill to provide for tho"sWtlement of the question of county site in Mclntosh county. Passed. Bill to amend section 2500 of the Code. Passed. Bill to add an additional section to the Penal Code. It punishes white women and colored men for living in adultery, and punishes a white woman for being deliver ed of a colored child. Passed. Bill to amend section 4248 of the Code. Passed. Bili to raise, by lottery, money for the education of indigent children of soldiers. Lost, 16 to 18. Resolution in relation to mail route to ! Reidsville. Passed. Adjourned. HOUSE. Gen. A. R. Lawton was invited to a seat j on the floor. Mr. Tucker offered a bill to make an advance of $5,000 to the State Printer. THIRD READINGS. To extend the aid of the State to the Macon & Brunswick Railroad. This bill was reported on favorably by the commit tee on Agriculture and Internal Improve ments. Motion to postpone for the present was lost. . .Mr. Pottle moved to make it the special order for Thursday next. Motion agreed to. Mr. Moses introduced a bill for the pro tection of Sheriffs and other officers. THIRD READINGS. For the relief of indigent, maimed sol diers, (Bill of Mr. Mnead, of Richmond) — Passed. To amend the charter of the Georgia Ilotue Insurance Company. Passed. General State Aid Bill was withdrawn. To repeal 13915 t section of the Code. Passed. To amend the charter of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company. Passed. To incorporate Mossgiel Manufacturing Company. Passed. To prevent the obstruction of Spring Creek, in Miller and Early counties. Pass ed. To incorporate the town of Marshallville. Passed. NEW MATTER. Mr. Lawson: A bill for the relief of Messrs. Seago, Palmer & Cos. THIRD READINGS. To amend section 324 of the Code. Pnss c.!.; ' To amend 3807th section of tlicUode. Passed. | To repeal Act to perfect service on Ex ] iircss Companies. . Postponed for the pres- I ent. To amend section 4640—-’4l—’42 and ’43 | oftlic Code. A substitute passed. To define house-breaking. Passed. For relief of Benj. L. Cook. Passed. (He had married a wile before the death i of another and previous wife, and wished , )to be relieved from penalties of bigamy.) ] i To amend 638th section of the Code. Passed. To declare it a misdemeanor for persons ; to hunt with guns or dogs on Sunday, i Passed. Adjourned. i The business of the G eneral Assembly is j progressing rapidly. About 200 bills have : been introduced into the two Houses. All | the bills are, up to date, read up, and ; every indication is for an early adjourn i ment. The Committee’s report, on the necessi | ty of removing the Penitentiary, though not presented, is understood to recommend its removal; also to recommend that cou : viets shall not be taught trades. The impression, to-day, is that the islature will authorize the endorsement of tho bonds of the Macon & Brunswick Rail -1 road. All hopes of a general Mtate Aid Bill has, I think, been abandoned. Mr. Snead’s bill for the relief of indigent maimed soldiers, the provisions of which I gave you a few days since, passed today without a dissenting voice. Quite l number of members, who were absent yesterday when the vote was taken on the constitutional amendment, asked' leave to record their votes. Some eight of ten did so ; hut the vote of the minority yet counts but two. L. C. Monday, Novens>er 12. SENATE. The Senate met at 10 o’clock A. M. Prayer by Rev. Yarborough. The action of tlio Senate on the bill to allow certain parties to raise money for the education of poor children of deceased or indigent soldiers, was reconsidered. The Committee to whom the bill to pro pose modifications in the County Court Act was referred, made a majority and minority report The first recommends material modification in the Act creating tl e Court, The second recommends the 1 total abolition of County Courts, the crea tion of six additional J udicial courts, and lhe holding of four sessions of the Superior ! Court each year. The reports were ordered to be printed., HILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. Bill to allow the redemption of real ! estate sold under execution. Referred. Bill to extend the provisions of the Stay Law an additional year. Made the order i'or Wednesday next. Bill for the pardon of Wise, of Butts [ county. Made the order for Friday next. Bill to increase the amount of property of debtors exempt from levy and sale. Postponed for the present. The Governor sent in a communication with accompanying documents including the report of the Commission up; oiuted to report on a site for the Penitentiary. The communication was ordered to bo printed and the accompanying documents were referred to appropriate committees. Mr. Butler introduced a resolution in structing the Committee on internal im provements to inquire into tho-expeuieney of employing the chain gang in grading a I railroad between Eatonton and Madison as a State v.oik and to report by bill or other ! wise. Mr. Strozier : A bill to. allow merchants to sell drugs and medicines without a licen.v. Mr. Pari3 : A bill to provide for the set tlement of contracts made in Confederate money. „ „ Mr. Carter : A bill to exempt from btate tax certain counties in order to pnao.e them to rebuild their Court House.,'and J J The bill to change the time of holding j the Superior Courts of Mclntosh county was passed. The Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Bullock moved to reconsider a bill rejected on Saturday to repeal an act au thorizing arresting officers to apprehend criminals in any county wherever found. The motion did not prevail. The Senate resolution to establish a mail route from Riedsviile to Johnson’s Station was concurred in. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. McLendon : To amend act defining relation of parent and child among freed inen. Also, to amend act appointing vendue masters in this State. IT Also, to exempt Wilkes county from the operations of an act requiring the efection of Superintendent of public roads in said county. Mr. Roberston: For relief of M. E. Turk. Mr. Pottle : To aid by the State in the I completion of the Macon aud Augusta i luulroacl. v ** i L Mr. Winwm, of Terrill: To change line between Terri 1 and Lee counties. ' ! , 11 lock : amend 4112th Section i of Code. Mr. Dodds: To elect U. S. Senator on 20th inst., in place of Hon. H. V. John son whose terfi expires 4th of March next. Mr. Powell: To authorize, the issue of bonds by thelnferior Court of Decatur county, to build u bridge over Flint river, at Baipbridge. Mr. Swerriugcn : To amend the act for the relief of indigent maimed soldiers. Mr. Rogers: To give State aid to Will’s' Valley ltailroad. Mr. Gartnpll: To amend the Stay Law. Also: To appropriate the State Tax of 1867 to certain counties whose Court Houses and Jails were burned during the Also: For the relief of 11. J. Gr. Wil liams. Mr. Morris: To amend section 2,016 of the Code. Also: To allow (?. Clarke to practice medicine. * Mr. J. B. Jones: To encourage Euro pean immigration, aud to appoint an agent of immigration. Mr. liardeman : ; ,To ; alloy! the Kmpiro- State'lron3nd 4 Mining t\mi.aiiy. to estab lish an 'office 'a (LOhafZijirodg.il, ■ . Mr. Stnims: .To'inco/pordfe of. Euharlee. . * "i'sz Mr. Holliday < To.hjtthorixe A.-T: Wart), a minor, to settle with his guardian.' Mr. Peoples: To declare the law in re lation to insolvent estates. Mr. Job us ton rcsalate rates of pas sage and freight on the -this ■ State—s cents per mile Mr passengers) 5w ‘cents per ewt. per 100 miles, 50 cents per cubic foot for 100 miles.) Mr. MeCutehen : To legalize certain acts of the Inferior Court of Ihckens county. Mr. Moses : To regulate continuances. Also: To incorporate the Mechanics’ Steam Company. Mr. Tucker : To constitute Sheriff's aud their deputies guards to convey convicts to the Stale prison. Mr. Humphreys: To repeal an act to elect Superintendent of public, roads in Lincoln. Mr. Lindsay: For relief of Mrs. Nancy Heard. _ Mr. Hudson: To amend section 3,461 of the Code. Mr. Phillips: To supply certain officers with Judge Irwin’s revised coition of the Code. Mr. McWl loiter, of Greene : To punish with fine, imprisonment or whipping per sons who cut offhog’s ears while slaughter ing them. Mr. Hill: To amend the garnishment laws of this State. Also: To amend 2,079t1i section of the Code. Mr. Carter: To legalize certain acts of the Inferior Court of Echols county. BILLS ON THIRD HEADING. To consolidate offices of Clerk of Supe rior and Inferior Courts in Henry county. Passed. To authorize compromise of claims by guardians and others. Passed. To allow Henry S. Harris, of Columbia county, who entered the Confederate ser-. vice in Arkansas, and all others similarly situated, to get artificial limbs at the cost of the State. Passed. To regulate making returns of lands for taxation. They must be given in by county, district, number, &c., in all cases. Referred. To employ the chain gang of the various counties of this State on public roads, &c. Referred. To repeal the law paying $2 per day to overseers of public roads for their services. Passed. To amend charter of Adairsville.— Passed. Adjourned. P. S. Correction.— -In mv report of the Bth instant, I am represented as say ing that Mr. Woods introduced a Hill to tax guns and dogs. Neither Mr. Woods of Floyd, or Mr. Woods of Morgan, intro-' duced this bill. Lt was read from the desk as coming from Mr. Atkinson, of Camden, but he was not in the hall at the time. • L. C. LEGISLATIVE PORTRAITS—TIIE BROTHERS M’WHORTER. • Twr.f tfia. G , - Ilohsc arc the* Brothers fflfcWhorte’r, their united weight being five hundred pounds avourdupoise. One of them is a member from Green, ond the olher is a member from Ogiethrope. In their per sonal appearance, manners, customs and habits as well as in their ways oflhinking— they are 1 ''par no!tile fra! rum. '’ They might have been twins, but they are not--both have hair slightly grey, and one of them, the gentleman from Ogiethrope, “has n*o hair on the top of his head, the place, where the capillary substance” forme-ly vegetated. By the way, his brother from Greene has not more hair on the top of his head than two men ought to have. They are both fond, (as all iatmen arc) of a joke, enjoy good victuals hugely ; in all convivial as semblies are lively and entertaining, par taking freely, but never to excess of a glass of wine or Old Bourbon—and are alto gether two of the most genial and com panionable gentlemen in the House of Rep resentatives. In political opinions they are a unit. On every great measure of Skate policy they work together, freely, fearlessly and zealously. Their x>et scheme before this as before the last session, is relief'—relief for the people—for the struggling poor masses who, having been deprived of the means of paying their debts, are now straining every nerve to earn a subsistence for their starvin'/ families. Nothing short of relief will satisfy them, and although they almost despair of obtaining it from the Legislature, yet they say the people are ripe for it, and the candidate for the next legislature who avows hi ms-elf unfa vorable to speedy and ample relief, will be repudiated in every county in the State. They are not advocates of repudiation, but of compromise ancF’ adjustment of all old debts, on a fair and equitable, basis.' ' Mr. McWhorter, of Greene, is riot un frequently called to the chair, pro tern , when he presides with a wonderful degree of dignity; for, having been frequently a member of the House, lie is a good par liamentarian, and his rapid dispatch of business, and the promptness and accuracy with which lie decides, points of order, elicit the highest encomiums of members. Both these brothers are violently opposed to wild and reckless legislation, and are vigilant guardians of the treasury —are Op posed to excessive appropriations, long sessions, ancflprotracted discussions, their own speeches being.dyort, practical and pointed- r.'. " ,L-y- ‘ " . • .’. 4 -".VstetM*;*'*’" •*. • 4 ', . • 'DeesDay,''•November. I- 3 - - . ' .The senatq ;i**t at-.J D »-’cfisCk’ A.' 3{, Prayer by mv. .Mr. Brooks. - 31 r. Ezzard introduced a billfo change the line between Cherokee and Milton cqunties. 3lr. Gresham: A bill to amend the charter of the Great Southern Insurance Company. , > Mr. Griffin : Jl hill to authorize andre quire the Governor to call a Convention of the people of the State. ' . Also, a hill lb yliange the line between Twiggs and jYiikinson counties. Mr. J. At W. Johnson: ..A hill to incor porate the Memorial Association of lle saca.'' , Also, a bill to inccrporafethe SfWannah Gina! apd Water Works*Company. Also; a resolution that each member of the Senate leave with the Treasurer of the State tv.o lor the Georgia Orphan’s Home, ami. IhaU'thc officers of the Senate have the privilege of doing the same, and that the TAasurCr publish in liis next report the names of those who comply with the resolution. SENATE DILLS ON THIRD READING. Rill to repeal an Act extending the juris diction if -I ustices of the Peace in Savan nah. Passed. Bill to require the -fudge of the Superior Court of Whitfield County to enter “Set tied and Dismissed ”. in the case of Jesse A. Glenn, charged with homicide upon the consent ot the Grand Jury of said county. Passed. Bill to require Executors and Adminis trators to advertise terms of side. Mr. Blount offered a resolution tender ing Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown a seat on the floor during his stay in the Capital. Adopted. * Bill to repeal the act imposing a tax on cotton held as merchandise. Passed. Bill to amend the Charter of the Augusta and Columbia Railroad. Passed. HOUSE DILLS ON THIRD READING. Bill to amend the Charter of Carters ville. Passed. • • * Bill to amend the Charter of the Georgia Railroad. Passed. _ . Bill to change the time of holding, the Superior Court of Clay county. Passed. Bill to extend to lst3larch, 1867, the time of settlement of Tax Collectors with the Comptroller General. Passed. Bill to amend the Act incorporating tlio Water Lot Company of Columbus. Passed. Bill to make J ustices of the Peace ex officio Road Commissioners. Passed. Bill to amend the Charter of Hawkins* ville. Passed.