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President Johnson Impartial Suffrage
The Washington letter-writers have at
last meoeeded in ascertaining the true
position of the President upon the que-tion
of reconstruction and the adoption of the
Constitutional Amendment. !-’• »r some
weeks past the reporters of the Northern
republican journals have been, from time
to time, predicting that the Pr-tideat
would yield to what they are pleased to
call the judgment of the great masses of
the .Northern States, and accede to the
plan proposed by the late Congrc and
that hi* would, in his forthcoming Message,
advise the South to accept the amendment
as tii only mode by which the l.'niun can
be restored. , . J
Tie, President, it seems, has had repeated '
interview , with leading Republicans and
Democrats of the .North, who advi e him
to yield his opposition to the I'ongre-sional
plan, and boldly throw himself forward iu
rcoomnw ndiri-r the South to accept the’
terms offered. It has been said that the
Prc.-ident’s popularity at the South would
enable him to carry the Southern States
in favor of the amendment, were he lo take/,
I>o!d ground for it. lie is also reported to
have had several lengthy interviews with
leading Southern gent'emen, in which the
propriety of such a course has been freely
discussed, and that they have yielded their
assent to such action, provided no further
termS are to be exacted prior to the
admission of Southern representatives in
Congress.
It now seems that these prognostics of
the Press reporters have no foundation in
fact, and that Judge Chase and General
Grant have recently been in consultation
with the President, in which the whole
matter of compromise and reconstruction
Las been fully investigated—and that the
re.- ult, of their action has been to induce
the President to offer to Congress a
compromise noon which, it is asserted, the
South can bo brought to stand. It is
insisted now that, in accordance with this
arrangement, the Presid mfc will advise a
settlement of the vexed questions now in
dispute between the North and South, by
the adoption on the part of the South of
what is call 4 impartial suffrage, in return
for whi h the North will advise a general
amnesty and pardon for all who were
engaged in, or assisted the South in, the
late civil war. This arrangement is to be
perfected by and through the m ans of
amendments to the Constitution ; and it is
claimed that if the restriction as to suffrage
is made to apply equally to all the States,
the South will not object to it.
There are several reasons why we can
not, believe the President will give his
assent to this plan of reconstruction, fore
most among which is the fact that the
question of suffrage is one that, under our
system of government, belongs exclusively
to the States. President Johnson will
falsity his whole Lie by accepting such a
plan of compromise or settlement. If the j
rights of the different States upon this j
most important question of suffrage is to '
be withdrawn from them and given to the
Federal Government, a blow is given to ;
the institutions of this country, from the,
effect of which we will never recover. The
objection of President Johnson to the. con- |
gressional plan of reconstruction was that
it sought, to deprive the Southern States
ot the regulation of a question with which •
they were alone interested —to wit: the 1 ,
elective franchise. The objection is not
removed by making the regulation by the
Federal Government oneof equal force and
effect throughout the entire Union. The
constitutional objection still remains, and
even with greater force; for if it be uncon
stitutional to interfere with this domestic
regulation in ten of the States, hew much
tinre is it so when applied to all the States?
tint we are not disposed to enter into the I
argument of this question now. It will be 1
time enough to meet it when it is pressed
upon us. Wo do not believe that there j
is any more truth in the statement that J
the President favors “impartial suffrage
and universal amnesty” than there was in
the previous reports of his having yielded
hi., opposition to the amendments pro- j
posed by Congress.
AA o of the South are not iu a condi
tion to take any active part in the great
light which is now being made by the Pres- j
ident and conservative men of the North
and West on one side, and the Radical de- j
structionists on the other. Rut wo are j
none the less interested in the settlement of i
the question involved iu this controversy.
Ihe future of this country depends, in a |
large degree, upon the speedy and proper
adjustment of the present exciting questions, j
We have been impoverished by the war, and
we need the assistance of foreign ca pital and
foreign labor, to restore to our unhap- !
py section, a portion even of our former
prosperity. The longer these old sores are
kept open, the more difficult will i: become
to heal them. The interests of both see- ■
tions alike demand* that the present anoma
lous condition of our affairs should have a ,
speedy solution. Ourin lustryis paralyzed;
our people disheartened: our trade de
pressed : our commerce destroyed, and our
farms neglected on aeeouut of the political
clouds which hang over and threaten us.
The great manufacturing, commercial, and i
financial interests of the North, are also
suffering trom tlve same cause. The price
of gold and of government securities will
continue to fluctuate so long as the political
condition of the country is unsettled and
threatening. The value of our national
currency will continue uncertain, and our
people distrustful of its ultimate redemp
tion so long as the two sections are arrayed
in seeming hostility to each other. Every
interest in every section of this great country
would be promoted and advanced by the
speedy and just settlement of all matters of
disagreement between the 'North and the
South. We trust that the approaching
Congress may be able to adopt some rea
sonable. liberal and just plan of restora
tion. We of the South have nothing more
to offer. \\ e have kept our faith in every
particular since the surrender of the Con
federate armies. AA e have submitted to
the emancipation of our slaves by force,
and without compensation. W o have an
nulled our ordinances of secession. We
have repudiated our war debt. We have
submitted cheerfully to the laws of the
l nited States. \\ e have promptly paid
our share of the taxes imposed upon us, by
a legislative body in which we were denied
representation. We have enacted wise
liberal and humane laws for the protection
ot the freedtnen, and have freely accorded
to them fair and impartial participation in
ail civil rights. We have borne true faith
and allegiance towards the L nited States
Government, and have conformed our ac
tion iu all things to the rule of the Federal
Government. We can do no more. AA e
have no compromises to offer. We have
already been deprived by force of every
thing which a free people holds dear, ex
cept our honor. We are too poor to part
with this. We are not disposed
to be defiant: neither are we willing
to become supplicants at the foot-stool
of Power. If we cannot be permitted
to enter the Union as equals, we shall
have to remain in our present condition,
unpleasant, ruinous and distressing as it is.
We hope that the good sense of the North
ern people will lead them to adopt a wise.
conciliatory and magnanimous course to
wards us. A truly great and brave people
cannot lie oppressive and insulting in their
conduct towards those who are subj. ot to
their power. While it is too true that we
1 cannot prevent the infliction of injury upon
US by the dominant power, it is also equally
true that honor forbids that we should
becopic a party to cur own shame and dis
honor.
To our own people we would say,,be firm
; in your determination to abide in good
faith the terms of your surrender. Go to
: work manfully and resolutely in rebuilding
your lost fortunes and restoring your former
, comforts. You have a mighty work before
yon. It is one which challenges your ut
most exertion.-. There i : no time now for
j despondency and gloom. You have a fer
tile soil, a salubrious climate, and magnifi
' cent mineral re sou re-/. *1 im-e you must
bend to the promotion of your future pros
perity. Look not too much to the Federal
Government for relief, but, like men re
solved to succeed, take time by the fore
lock. And now, while the whole North i
aroused and excited upon the question of
your future relations to the Federal Gov
ernment, lay the foundation of your future
fortune and prosperity broad and deep in
the natural resources of your favored soo
th n.
The Cotton < rops.
According to the National Intel! i./enerr,
the latest i- •wspaper estimate#
qOantitylfci c it ton needed for the general
consumption of Kurope this season —that
is, from the. first of .September, 1806, to
1 September, 1 SOT— allow fifteen hundred
f thousand bales as the product of the
United States for the pre uit season. Rut
this quantity cannot lie furnished hy this
| country. It the East India supply should
fall below the estimate, as now appears
probable, the price of cotton must advance.
The American holders of the article are,
I therefore, advised, by some who are
■ familiar with the cotton trade, not to sell
at present. Our planters are, however,
1 for the most part, compelled to sell as soon
as their crop is ready for market. It is
probable that the present price will be
1 maintained, even if no great advance takes
place.
No large sums of money are going South
for the movement ot the cotton crop. This
is accounted for by the supposition that
the ciop is barely sufficient to meet the
Southern demand for Northern goods, im
ported and domestic, and to pay for com
modities clready obtained this season upon
I credit.
! There are no good grounds for the belief
; expressed in some of the Eastern papers
j that the cotton crops of the next and future
j seasons will be very large So far as this
calculation is based upon the supposition
that the labor of freedmen maybe better
! relied-upon, it will prove fallacious, as the
: most experienced planters arc now con
: vinced. Then, again, there will he no
i adequate increase of the amount of capital
employed in cotton-planting. We learn
j from private and authentic sources that
: Northern men who embarked in planting
in Mississippi and other Southwestern
States the past season, are quite discour
aged, have lost money, and have no inten
tion of continuing the experiment another
season. Then, again, the relations of the
cotton-growing States with the Federal
Government are not improving. The legis
lation of Congress at the ensuing session
may render them worse. There is no cer
tainty even that they xviil repeal the op
pressive tax on cotton, which is a premium
upon foreign competition with our own
cotton-growers.
The gross receipts of the New Orleans
Custom House, since the Ist of January,
on the tax of two cents on cotton, up to the
30th of J une, and of three cents per pound
since that date, amount to 51,831,50S Off.
The Radicals, says the New York Ex
press, ought to blush with shame for thus
levying this burdensome tax upon a people
whom they will not permit to be repre
sented in the councils of’the nation.
Speech ol’ Karl Derby on American
Affairs.
The speech of Earl Derby at the Lord
Mayor’s banquet in London, already refer
red to by telegraph, contained the follow
ing: “With regard to that great country,
our natural friend, our relation I may call
it, that great Republic across the Atlantic,
the storm of war has indeed ceased there,
but the surface, nay, I may say the interior
of society, is still ruffled and agitated. Yet
I cannot but believe that that great and
powerful nation, which lias made such glo
rious efforts for the purpose of keeping
down the burden of debt which that war
lias entailed on its national finances —which
is making such efforts to recover its finan
cial position—l cannot but believe that a
country so deeply interested in the science
of self government will as speedily know
how to compose the agitation which at
present prevails, and exhibit to the world
at no distant period the gratifying prospect
of a great, proud and a prosperous commu
nity. I may he permitted to say, if, in the
course of that dreadful war which has so
long devastated that country, any questions
may have arisen between that and our
country which have produced the slightest
amount of unpleasant feeling. I have a con
fident expectation that the two Govern
ments, approaching these questions in a
spirit of mutual forbearance, and kind con
ciliation, will arrive at such a solution of
those questions as not only to remove all
remnants of bitterness, but place on a bet
ter foundation than evoy our relations with
that great country, to which we are bound
by so many t ies of interest and •regard
Win. 1. Prime, Esq.
This gentleman is being freely discussed
in our community, and many harsh things
are being said of him. The origin of this
discussion is a controversy between Air.
Prime, as President of the “ Associated
Press." and4'. 11. Craig. Esq., late Gen
j i rai Agent of the same Association—now
President of a joint stock News Company.
Our acquaintance with Mr. Prime dates
back twenty three years. We have known
him as a classmate and as a college-elium— :
a genial friend, and a scrupulously honor
able and candid man. Air. Prime, during
his college course, was distinguished as a
Latinist. In later years, he is knowu by
the public as the senior editor of the
Jut 'ii 0 i if (ornate at, of New York city,
and by his travels in Egypt—being the
author of “ Boat-Life on the Nile.”
Puviug the war he was, which is of a
rare occurrence, an active Conservative,
opposing openly and manfully the extreme
measures of both sides. His course during
those stormy periods, as one might have
expected, did not command much support.
He was condemned as being too timid at
the South, while at the North he wa§
thrice arrested and once incarcerated in
Fort Lafayette.
We kuow him well, and we know him
to be a high toned honorable gentleman,
incapable of a dishonorable action ; an ac
complished man, an able editor of a com
mercial journal which has’no superior.
The Associated Press.
The Press of Augusta consider them
selves legally and honor bound by the
terms of agreement with the "Associated
Press.” They have, therefore, not ac
cepted the reports of the “News Associa
tion," having lull confidence in the “Re
ports' as telegraphed by the old Associa
tion both with reference to reliability and
fair dealing.
The disappearance of two merchants
doing business in Boston in different, lines
of trade, with liabilities behind them ol
one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars, is announced, and creates no little
stir among the busiuess men of that city.
An investigation into their stock in trade
shows that what they have left as assets is
nine pairs of boots and two hhopskirts.
LKTTEK FROM jiILLEDGEYILLE.
From Oar Special Correspondent.
AIILLEIKjEVILLE. Nov. 25, 1866.
The business of the session is progres: ing
slowly. The great number of private and
local bills which crowd the caliendur,
are of no importance except to the immedi
ate locality or the particular individual
named in the caption, fine, on reading the
aptions, a- they appear in rt ports of the
daily proceedings is struck with the great
number of relief bills; and the question is
i asked, "What do they mean?" To give a
detailed account of all these would encum
ber the reports, and render tlurn too
voluminous for publication. They are,
many of them, of too trivial a character to
demand notice at all, but that otherwise
the report would be incomplete. Ilow
strange is it that the constituent of any
man fill insist, fir instance, upon his
Representative presenting a bill to allow
him to peddle without a license; to prac
tice medicine without a diploma; to make
a f ,n> sole of a married woman. Ac., &c..
when it i remembered that the United
States Revenue Law declares that no one
■.hall be licensed to peddle who is not a
discharged soldier of the ledral army;
that there is a medical board before whom
applicants to practice medicine must go for
license ; that the Code points out the mode
of making a fa.a- sole, of a married woman,
Cos., Ac. II ail the-u tilings were properly
thought of’, much valuable time, and, conse
quently, much money would he saved to
the country, and the Legislature would be
much more dignified and partake more of
the character of a law-making assembly.
I am led to these reflections by the fact
that 25 days of the 40 allowed for a session
by the Constitution have passed, and but
two or three bills of general importance
have been acted upon. And out of the
300 or 400 bills introduced into the House
alone, probably not one-tenth will ever
become laws, and the country will probably
be better oft’ if they do not. Rut fifteen
•Jays now remain, in which the important
legislation of the country must be enacted.
'ihe policy of this Legislature is to give
State Aid to all Railroads, on certain con
ditions, which members think ample secu
rity against loss or damage. What effect
this action of the General Assembly is to
have on the market value of State securi
ties is yet to be seen. Reasoning of States
as we would of individuals, we should
think the credit of the State will not be
improved by endorsing Railroad bonds,
while the justice of making Railroads, al
ready built by private enterprise, a. party
to an endorsement to build competing lines,
may be doubted. As, however, the policy
is inaugurated, those who arc opposed to
it must submit with as good a grace as
possible. “The thing is done, and there’s
an end on it”—for the present.
The debate on State aid, on the bill to
appropriate money to bury the Confederate
dead, and on the bill “to enforce the ob
servance of the Lord’s day” was participa
ted in by nearly the same speakers—-and
having given most of them a notice
on one or other of these questions, I trust
they will not consider themselves slighted,
if I say but little of them in this letter.
Never having given Air. Dußose, who
is known here as the speaking member
from Hancock, more than a passing notice.
I shall be excused for noticing him as the
advocate of the bill last mentioned above,
which provides that no steamboat or rail
road shall run on the Sabbath, ior the pur
pose of transporting freight or passengers.
Air. I>. set out with the proposition,
that the Bible is true —that we profess to
be a Christian people—ihat we should obey
the command which says “ Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”
God only knows, said he, how much we j
of the United States have suffered, be-j
cause we have ignored the claims of re- j
ligion—disregarded the precepts of the
bible. 110 was not to be frightened from
his advocacy of this bill by taunts of Puri
tanism, of Connecticut blue laws. The
State had prohibited working on farms and
in work-shops—this was right, why then
should not soulless corporations be pro
hibited from working on the Sabbath, j
If you punish individuals for violating
the Sabbath, why allow these associ- j
ations of capital to violate it with ini- j
punity? Gentlemen say, “let the Rail
roads manage this matter for themselves;
they are now consulting on the propriety of
discontinuing Sunday trains.” Well, said
Mr. D. let us pass this bill, and help the
Railroads to consummate what gentlemen
say they are consulting about doing them
selves. That other States do not have
such a law is no excuse for us let j
Georgia speak and soon the either States 1
will follow her example. When you, who !
oppose this bill, see wc have the power to |
pass it, you propose to compromise the
matter, by passing a resolution, requesting
the various Railroad Companies to do,
voluntarily, what pc have the power to do,
and which our duty as Christians should
prompt us to do. He should boldly 7 and
fearlessly advocate this measure without .
regard to consequences. He had hid the j
misfortune since being a member of this j
House, of being on the weak side so often, j
that being in a minority had no terrors for |
him —ho had rather bo right, than De in j
the majority.
The above skeleton of Air. D.’s remarks j
does him but feeble justice. He is a ready j
debater, a forcible speaker—never yield- j
big a point or giving up a case till he has '
exhausted the argument. Having cn- ,
joyed extraordinary opportunities of he- |
coming acquainted with constitutional law, j
ho is a most useful and very influential
member of the Judiciary Committee. His j
opinions on constitutional questions .before !
that committee, probably, being held as !
second only to those of its accomplished
chairman, Alajor Aloscs, of Aluscogee.
After some remarks by Air. J. B. Jones,
ofßurke, in opposition to the bill, the sub
stitute of Air. Russell was agreed to and
passed. L. C.
Important Decision.— A firm in Phila
delphia. having failed and made an assign
ment to preferred creditors, the assignee
refuses to pay the government claim for
taxes, although he has some $50,000 worth
of property in his possession, on the
ground that the government claim cannot
supercede preferred creditors. Collector
Sioanaker submitted the following propo
sition for the decision of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue : Does the govern
ment claim for taxes owing and due before
failure, as shown by the sworn return
presented to the Assessor, and returned by
him far collection supercede preferred
creditors, and if not so would the collec
tor be justifiable in proceeding to distrain
property in the hands of the assignee ?
The following reply was received from
Deputy Commissioner llarlan: If the
tax against the firm alluded to was due at
the date of their assignment there is a lien
upon the property assigned in favor of the
United States : the claim ot the Govern
ment takes precedence over all others, and
should be enforced by distraint if necessary.
Counterfeits. — A new ls.-ue of coun
terfeit notes of the denomination of fifty's
are in circulation. Tne notes are exceeding
ly well executed : the imitation of the lathe
work. which is considered to be the be e
1 protection against successful imitation,
i being engraved with skill. The vignette of
' General Spinner is accurate, and the green
color used is said to be the best ever seen
upon a counterfeit These notes may be
best detected by observing the letters of
the words: " Receivable for ail United
States stamps, at the bottom of the notes,
the outlines being quite imperfect, especially
in the words “ States stamps.”
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1806.
The Associated Press—its Relations
y, ith the Press of Other titles.
Inquiries which frequently reach us from
i conductors of’ . '-'/papers and others out
of the eit v, render proper a statement of
f sojjsue facts coocennatr thc; ‘inunirements ot
thf? A~ / •iiit'jJ JV’.'a for the coli- *tioii, re*
tiou "f foreign and
There has been no "breach” in the As
sociation. It still consists of the Times.
B f, Tribune, World, Journal of Com
merce, Sue and Express, as it has for
many years. Until a few weeks pastMr.
1). li. Craig was the General Agent, who
attended to the details of its business in
this city—engaging correspondents, re
ceiving dispatches, making and distributing
copies of them, making up the accounts,
collecting the bills, Ac., Ac. A lortnighl
ago or thereabouts the Association dis
missed Air. Craig and employedAlr. Simon
ton in his place. This is the only change
of any kind tlfht has taken place in the
affairs of the Association.
The primary object of the Association is
to collect by telegraph the news from all
quarters which the journals composing it
require in common—and to share the labor
. and expense of collecting it equally among
them. Having thus procured it tor tliem
• selves, they have also furnished copies of it
to newspapers in other cities throughout
the country—at such rates and under such |
regulations as seemed necessary and proper. 1
This, of course, they continue to do.
Air. Craig, being no longer in the employ
j of the Association, proposes to collect news I
i for himself, at this point, and furnish copies \
of it to newspapers out of’ the city, on his .
; own account, and for his own profit. He!
has. eil’couffic, a perfect right to do this —ii
: he do it honestly and fairly. But he has been :
; doing everything in his power to retain j
: control of the machinery of the Associa- j
i tion, its clerks, agents, correspondents, j
I Ac., and has been giving assurances on
| these and other points to newspapers at a j
j distance, in order to detach them from tire J
J Association and induce them to procure j
their news from him instead. He promises j
great reductions of expenses, participation j
in profits, Ac., Ac., as inducements. The
journals to whom they are offered will nat- |
uraily inqui:e into the means he may have j
for fulfilling them before they render them- j
solves dependent upon him for their supply j
of news.
The Associated Press must procure this
news for their own use at all events,
! whether they sell it again or not. They
can share the cost with those who take
it from them. Air. Oraig cannot, lie
procures it solely for sale—paying no por
tion of the expense himself. lie must gee
back all it costs, with his own profit beside.
He says lie has established news agencies
which are to supply merchants, hankers,
speculators and others with the news in
advance of the newspapers, and that their |
payments will lessen the cost to the Press.
All we need say on this point is that the
Associated Press can do precisely the same
thing, under much more favorable eireum- i
stances and wil li a certainty of distancing j
competition. The Association, moreover, j
has contracts with the Telegraph Company !
having four or five years to run, by which j
very large reductions of the cost of tele- j
graphing are secured, and which the Com- j
pany is precluded from extending to Air. j
Craig or to any private dealer in telegraphic \
news.
Under these circumstances journals out j
of New York can judge for themselves
whether they will best consult their interests
by continuing their relations with the As
sociated Press or by severing them and
placing themselves in the bands of its re
cent Agent.. —New York Times.
Arrest of Express Robbers.
It will be remembered that a band of •
land pirates robbed tlio Express car on
the Louisville A Nashville Railroad, a I
short time since. Their success was, how
ever, short-lived —the robbers having been
traced up arid arrested.
This prompt detection is due, in a
measure, to an admirable detective sys- i
tern, under control of the old Express
Companies, by which the arrest and pun- j
j ishinent of thieves is made as certain as
fate. Wc find the following account of |
I their arrest in the Nashville Banna • of j
the 17th:
We are able to announce that all but one j
! of ths hand engaged in the recent robbery 1
on the Irjntsvttfc and Nuslivilnritaihorad, j
are now in tho hands of justice.
Lute last Thursday night, after a long !
and diligent search, a party of citizens, i
living in the neighborhood of Franklin, I
Ky., succeeded in tracing a white man j
named John Calvert, and a negro, Rob
Hoy, to their place of concealment. The
arrest was effected without any difficulty
whatever.
Yesterday evening the rascals were sent
to Louisville, to join their accomplices.
The negro was formerly a slave of Air.
Hoy, who owned the mill where the rob
bery was planned, and is as villainous
looking a specimen of the African race as
could be found in the country. He is fully
six feet high, and as muscular as lie is
malicious.
His white companion, Calvert, is a rath
er quiet, ordinary looking man, and, up to
the time of the robbery, bore a tolerably
good character.
Only one ol" the band is now at large,
and his capture is hourly expected.
Captain Harris and his party came down
as far as Rowling Green, yesterday, on the
train, lie stated that a person well ac
quainted with the circumstances of the
outrage, and the names of its perpetrators,
had offered to bet §I,OOO to §IOO that the
men already airested would be convicted
when tried, so positive is the’proof of their
guilt. .
—«ras».
A Beautiful Extract.
The following eloquent passage we clip
from the address of Col. Alanlove, of the
Vicksburg Herald, before the Mississippi
State Press Association, recently convened
in Jackson:
“Tiie Southern Cross no longer gleams
out ’mid the wild light of battle; the
sword of the vanquished is sheathed, and
the .land is gloomy with the harmless se
pulchre* of our martyred dead. Rut when
years- Upon years have passed away —when
the list'of the present generation sleep with j
their fathers, and new forms throng the J
old familiar places—when faction shall j
have hushed, and justice holds the scales .
then, then, as bright as day, and as free j
from blemish and stain, will stand forth in
bright relief upon the scroll .of historic i
fame, the record ol’ the South, ucarcr to
the hearts of her children now in the hour j
of sorrow, than when, on the march to vie- \
tory, she won the admiration of the world, j
Pilgrims from other lauds shall tread, with
reverent step, above the spot where mould- j
ers the dust of our loved and lost; while i
those who are to follow us wiil cheerish as
household gods, the names of those who. j
carving a way through the fiery path of
war have written their names where they
can never die. The principle for which so
many laid down their hies may not be :
recognized until their names have grown ,
feeble on the tongue of friendship, and j
been dropped, like dead silence, from the
ear of the world. But it will struggle back
from t'm hollow bosom that once uled lor
it and ascend the heights of government
And when the faithful historian shall
descend into the vaults of the dead past
iu quest of traditions of liberty, lie will j
then discover, to whom the world is in- ’
debted for their perpetuation.
Xop.tii Carolina and the Constitu
tional Amendment. —The Legislature of
North Carolina met on Tuesday last, and
the Alessage of Governor Worth was sent
in and read. The Governor takes strong
I ground against the Constitutional Amend
ment. After alluding to the anomalous j
and distressing political situation of the
Southern States, he says :
“How long this unnatural condition of
our relations is to continue, it seems, we
shall be allowed to have no share in deter
mining. No time has been set, and no .
conditions proposed on which it may be
terminated. In the meantime, I trust,
we shall meet events as they arise with a
reasonable and manly fortitude, ready at
I a ll times to fulfil! our duties as patriotic
! citizens, but under no circumstances will
ing to sacrifice the honor and rights of the
State, as a member of the Union, not in
the sense of the advocates of secession,
hut as taught by Iredell and Alarshall, and
Store and Kent'and Webster, and in which
moderate men everywhere, North and
South, before the war. were supposed to
concur.- Anxious as I was to avert the
late war. and have at all times been to
compose our troubles on the basis of the
Union, as our fathers framed it. I can per
eeive in this proposed amendment nothing
calculated to perpetuate the Union; but
ten dency seems to me better suited to
sectional alienation and es
traneement. and I have therefore no hesi
tation iu recommending that it be not rati
fied." . „
A rival magazine to the Atlantic
Monthly is to be published soon, in Boston
and New York, under the management
of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the famous
poetess and writer.
FKOII KASIimION AND SEIY YOKK.
Special io tic W estern Press.
New York, November 22.— The lE
lune publishes a lit est of diplomatic cor
respondence bet won Air. Seward and AI.
Drouvn de L 1 fuy, on the subject of cer
tain favors show to Confederates bv
Alaximilian. Aloit the first-of July, 1865.
Air. Corwin was dc-irous of sending im
portant dispatebts from Alexieo to the
United States Gov.-r.mient; Colonel Don
Erique A. Alejii, thin about to visit this
country, offered to jo the bearer, but his
! offer was only parthlly accepted, for Air.
Corwin feared that ike officers of Alaxiwil
ian’s government would not hesitate to
violate the sanctity fffen of embassadorial
: correspondence, in til hands of any pri
vate person,, in orders to know the state
secrets of this goverrfliout. He therefore
; sent his dispatches b/ private opportunity
to Vera Cruz, and they were put into Don
Mejia’s hands after he had gone on board
the steamer. Ru? thj| events which hap
pened justified All. ( irwin’s fears.
Don Erique had uftu seized, his papers
all taken from him and opened. Not
finding the expected, dispatches of the
United States AlimAer he was released
: after a few days imprisonment, and his
papers returned to'him. Among them
was i’ound a bundle of .otters belonging to
some other _ traveler, but accidentally
mixed with his at ike examining rooms of
the Custom-house. In this bundle were
the following letter- . from Duke Gwyn,
showing that lie stodjiigli in the estima
tion of both tii, Ini] dial and French Gov- j
ernments, and that e: was about to ob- :
tain large tracts of la A and that his sor,
was to have enfftrof« the largest gold
mine in the world. But Air. Gwyn did
not confine himself to Es own prospects
but speaks of Air. J ohnsoi’s succession to
the Presidency in no flatte.ing terms.
Col. Alejia promptly Awarded these
dispatches to Air., Romero, the Alexiean
Alinister, who sent them t> Air. Seward
through our embassy at Paris. They
were transmitted' to the French Govern
ment as containing full proofs of the com
plicity_ of that Government rith some of
the principal leaders of the reiiellion. Air.
Bigelow, in representing the case to the
French Government, said: By these
letters it appears,
First—That Dr. Wm, Gwyti and family,
though citizens of the United States, are
disloyal to its Government.
Second—That they are engaged in ob
taining from Alaximilian, Emperor of
Alexieo, grants of mineral lards in the
States of that republic adjoininj the Uni
ted States, and that Dr. Gwyn is to be the
chief directing agent in working these
mines.
Third —That a large *aece3sion of
capitalists and emigrants into these
States from_ parties _in rebellion
against the United States is expected.
Fourth—That they assure die said Alax
imijian and the Emperor of France that
their contemplated proec-ediigs will tend
at once to promote the projects of Alaxi
rnilian in Alexieo and inure to the injury of
the United States.
Fifth—That they claim to have tho
patronage of the Emperor of the French,
with assurances of military aid.
In reply to these intimations that
France and Alaxilmiiian were violating the
principles of international enmity, M. de
L’lluys answered with considerable sharp
ness.
We shall always ho ready, sir, to respond
frankly to demands for explanations com
ing to us from an allied nation, when they
are inspired by a conciliatory spirit, pre
sented in an amicable tone, and based upon
authentic documents or positive facts, but
I must add that the Emperor is resolved
to reject all interpositions whicl may come
to us in a communicatory tone ajout vague
allegations and based upon documents of a
dubious character, for you wiil understand,
sir, that it is not for me to 'enlighten you
concerning the speculations of such or such
person who has emigrated to Alexieo ; but
what I know of the intention of the Alexi
ean Government enables me to say to you
that it proposes to let the emigrants from
the Southern States enter upon its terri
tory only individually. They will receive
such help as humanity requires, but will
be immediately dispersed through the pro
vinces of the Empire and bound b abstain
in their conduct from everything which
might awaken the just susceptibility off
neighboring nations.
Air. Seward afterwards opposed the ac
tion A Ms. Big«Kw in the nj’.-foiv
The French government has received
from Gen. Castelnau a telgram corroborat
ing the intelligence of the Emperor Alaxi
inilian’s firm intention to remain at the
headquarters in Alexieo, even after the re
turn of all the French troops. On the
18 th of October last, at a moment in which
tho health of tho Empress was in an
alarming situation, the Emperor of Mexi
co sent a telegraphic message to Miramar,
declaring that although suffering in his
dearest affections, he could not possibly
abandon even for a moment the post of
honor in which he had been placed by the
desires and confidence of the Mexican peo
ple. He consequently addressed the most
pressing recommendations that the atten
dants on the Empress Carlotta should ob
serve strictly tho instructions of Her
Majesty’s physicians.
From the Courier Italiano , of Florence,
November 9 : Air. Gladstone found the
Pope calm as usual. They did not speak
on politics till near the ciose of the conver
sation. His Holiness complained of the
Austrian government. While admitting
that the events in Germany had rendered
it unable to assist the Holy See; that most
excused the conduct ol'the Vienna Cabinet.
Mr. Gladstone congratulated him upon
the arrival of the Antibes legion at Rome.
He said to this terrestial legion, “What
matters it to me wliat may happen? Be
lieve mo, that when the French have gone
I shall be none the less protected, seeing
that the legions which defend the church
arc never wanting,” and His Holiness
raised his eyes to heaven.
Air. Gladstone turned the conversation
upon Italy, and he asked what truth there
might be in the preliminaries for negotia
tions with tho Government of Florence,
mentioned in the papers. This is what the
Pope answered : Ido not read the journals,
and on this subject I know nothing what
ever. All I kuow is that when I die I shall
not leave to my successor the sacred and
inviolable heritage of, Saint Peter. The
conversation respecting Italy having ceased,
Ireland was spoken of, and the Pope warm
ly recommended to Air. G. his well beloved
iiock,then smiling he added: If I am obliged
as some say, to leave Rome, even although
Ireland be distant from the centre of Chris
tianity, I would not perhaps disdain to take
up my abode there (Malta,) a place almost
altogether commercial.
In conclusion, he said lio_ would go
wherever Providence determined; that
great Providence which never failed to
judge men who were eternal.
The following paragraph contains the
substance of the appeal issued by the as
sembled Fenians of this city :
To the men of Irish birth, and all lovers of
republican institutions everywhere :
Countrymen, friends and brothers : Ev
ery item of information reaching us from
Ireland proves it to be certain beyond all
question, that our countrymen at home are
determined on war to the knife, and that
this very year the final struggle of our
people with the foreigner will lie soon in
augurated. The oppressed will meet the
oppressors foot to foot to battle for the
very existence of'our _ race, and of our
nationality. The issue is potent; either
we must succeed iu this our final struggle,
and take our place among the nations of
the earth, or be defeated and scattered
broadcast as a people dispersed, pointed at
only with the finger of scorn, and ready to
do battle for every country but our own,
advocates of universal liberty, but especial
ly of liberty in Ireland.
' \Ye have’resolved to do all in our power
to sustain those of our kindred who keep
garrison at home. That the struggle now
so imminent may be short and effective, we
appeal to all your kindred and American
men and « omen, and to the lovers of free
dom everywhere, to give what oar brothers
require. That no one_ claiming to have
Irish blood in his veins may have any
longer an excuse for not contributing in
proportion to his means, a committee of
gentlemen, properly accredited, will call
upon all Fenians from whom aid is expected,
that a permanent record ot those who will
do their duty to Ireland at so important a
i-risis as this may be_ kept for the future for
the purpose, as well a- tuoao who by their
non-action wish it to be recorded as their
opinion that our race at last is conquered.
The committee instructed to collect arms,
war material, and money for the use of the
Irish Republican army will hand in their
lists weekly at the Central office, No. 19
Chatham street, in this city. In the name
of liberty, justice and humanity, we appeal
to all in behalf of a but noble
minded people to subscribe liberally and at
once.
It is stated in official circles in Wash
ington that Louis Napoleon has notified
the government that he cannot possibly
withdraw his troops from Mexico before
spring. Under the arrangements pre
viously made one detachment should have
been withdrawn in November, but so far
there appears to have been no preparation
made for an embarkation.
FROAI WASHINGTON.
Washington. November 25. —Alany of
the W ashington correspondents are specu
lating as to what will he the contents of the
President s forthcoming annual message,
and some of them broadly assert that he
will make terms with Congress on the res
toration policy, in view of the result of the
recent ifitate elections. This, too, is mere
speculation, an l it were, therefore, better
to wait, for positive information, for the
message itself. 1 1 will be remembered that
in ihe many speeches which the President
made in his late trip, North and West, he
said lie had no new policy to announce,
and that his future would be best indicated
by his past course.
Washington, November 2.5. —A com
mittee lias been dispatched North by the
eading Radicals here, to collect money to
defray the expeuses attending the formal
ceremonies ol‘ welcoming hack the Radical
members of Congress, and giving them a
banquet next Saturday.
Washington, November 25.—Another
negro regiment, the 107th, from Kentucky,
lately encamped on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, has been mustered out of service,
and the men are about to leave for Louis
ville, Kentucky..
Washington, November 25. —Official
dispatches, which have reached Alinister
Romero, from Alexieo, state, that Colonel
ilufali Garcia has been appointed Military
Governor of Puebla, and has established
his government at Taeopocableaux, and
issued a proclamation to the people of the
State, calling on them to take up arms
against the invaders. Governor Garcia
reports that the French have lost the whole
of Puebla, keeping only the lino of the
main road from Vera Cruz to the City of
Alexieo.
Washington, November 25. —Nothing
definite has yet been received by the Gov
ernment in relation to the claims upon
Great Britain for damages to commerce,
caused by the Alabama or other Confed
erate privateers. The correspondence be
tween the two Governments is still in
progress. It is a fact, however, that the
present British Alinistry is more disposed
than the former one to give due and fair
consideration to the entire subject.
Washington, November 26.—Our Con
sul at Trieste, reports the entire cessation
of cholera at that place.
It is not true as stated in some of tlie
Northern papers, that Jacob Thompson
lias obtained from President Johnson per
mission to return home.
No visitors were admitted to audience
with the President to-day. He is closely
applying himself to his forthcoming mes
sage. It is no secret that he will adhere
to his former position, respecting the full
restoration of the Southern States.
Hon. O. N. Roberts, Senator from Tex
as, arrived last night. lie reports the
material interest of Texas flourishing, and
tho people generally in good spirits.
The steamer Rhode Island, the flag-ship
of the Atlantic squadron, sails to-day from
Hampton Roads, to visit, stations on the
Southern coast.
The Revenue from imports during the
past year foot up two hundred millions of
dollars. It is estimated that the amount
this year will be one hundred and seventy
five millions, but that the receipts will fall
short.
The probability is that the press will
be furnished with copies of the President’s
message in advance of its delivery.
Washington, November 28, noon. —A
report prevails that a collision actually oc
curred between United States and French
troops. There is nothing reliable, how
ever. Sheridan dispatched the troops on
• ■ •* ■' s'p 'pP t
Snerman is intrusted with large discre
tionary powers, and his original instructions
comprehended a project for a joint French
and United States protectorate, pending
the popular vote for Juarez or Alaximilian.
A special dispatch published in the
Washington Post, which the Government
received from Sheridan, wherein he men
tions the rumor of the occupation of Alexi
ean soil by American troops, is discredited
by the Government. The reports arc no
doubt exaggerated.
John Surratt.— The New York Her
aid (not the best authority) has a report
per Atlantic Cable that John 11. Surratt,
the accomplice of Booth in the murder of
Air. Lincoln, was discovered serving in the
Papal service under the name of John
Watson. He was, so the story goes, ar
rested upon the demand of Air. King, our
Alinister to Rome, hut subsequently man
aged to elude the guard, leaped over a
precipice, and escaped into Victor Emanu
el’s dominions, the authorities of which
country arc endeavoring to recapture him.
This story may be true; but it is, to say
the least, very improbable. There are
probably more Americans visiting Rome
than almost any city on the European con
tinent, and it is very unlikely that Surratt
would place himself in a position where he
l would always be liable to be recognized by
people from the United States.
The Alabama Claims. —The State De
partment sent out in the steamer which
i sailed from New York on the 23d, import
• ant dispatches to Alinister Adams. Beyond
i the fact that they related to the Alabama
1 claims, outsiders do not pretend to know
their contents ; but it is stated with confi
deuce that Secretary Seward and President
Johnson, in a conference held at the for
, mer’s residence on Alonday evening last,
felt assured that the British Government
had made an offer for the settlement ot
those claims which will he entirely satisfac
tory to this Government. The Secretary
of State, since August last, lias sent out by
every steamer additional lists of claims for
damages sustained by the Americans from
1 tho rebel cruiser Alabama.
Facts of Progress. —Our railroads
cost a larger sum than lias ever been ex
pended in any one century on the means ot
i transportation. We have 36,000 miles of
I railway, which have cost $1,330,000,000.
i In Europe there are 30,000, which cost the
I enormous sum of $3,500,000,000. The
j construction of railways in an old, closely
! settled country is, of course, more expen
sive than in anew, while European roads
are more solidly and permanently built.
But the saving in the transportation of
freight and passengers amounts in
| each hemisphere to $500,000,000 per an-
I num. The telegraphic lines in this coun
try are estimated at 90,000 miles jn length,
I and those in Europe at 60,000. So that
. the New World decidedly leads the old in
its facilities of communication.
1 National Banks. —No new banks have
■ recently been organized, the whole number
now in operation being 1,658, with an
aggregate circulation of $297,065,059, of
; which notes amounting to $978,955 were
issued during the past week by the Acting
Comptroller. Notes valued at $12,100
were redeemed. Treasurer Spinner has in
possession United States bonds amounting
to $340,291,400 as securities for circulating
I notes of national banks, and bond-, \ alued
at $39,423,950 as securities for deposits of
public moneys in designated public de
positories. Total securities he1d,5379,715,-
i 350.
The First Cotton Ship for Liver.-
pool — Valuable Cargo. —Alessrs. \V ild
er a: Fullarton yesterday cleared the
American ship Ellen Hood, Capt. Pennell,
for Liverpool, with a cargo consisting of
2.818 bales of Upland cotton, value $454,-
• 662 23. weighing 1,314,492 pounds, and
234 bales of Sea Island cotton,, value $60,-
871 S6. weighing 75,210 pounds. Total
value, $515,554 09. Total weight, 1,389,-
702 pounds. This ship is the first to clear
for Liverpool front this port this season,
with a cargo of the staple. She sails this
morning from A enus Point. —Savannah
Republican, 24th.
Selected Telegrams,
FROM WASHIAGTOA.
New York, November 23. —A Herald’s
: Washington special says : The investiga
tion which ’is going on by the llctrench
: ment Committee has developed facts which
implicate parties occupying high and in
• flueutial positions under the Government,
iu tne cotton frauds. A great deal of
fraud, more than was at first supposed,
Mias been practiced upon the Government
and citizens of the South, by the cotton
agents. It appears that these agents were
in the habit of’confiscating large quantities
; of cotton in the name of the Government,
: and after it luul remained in their hands a
; short time, they turned it over to outside
: parties, who sold it and divided the pro
: coeds with tho agents.
Another game which was resorted to
; extensively by these men, was to release
the cotton upon payment of a handsome
sum.
Wc had a report here that prominent
Radicals had a meeting in Philadelphia,
on the 20th instant, at which articles of
impeachment against the President were
prepared. They arc to be submitted to a
i caucus of Republican members of Congress
on the Saturday prior to the meeting of
: Congress. The names oftlie parties attending
the caucus in Philadelphia will be furnish
ed in due time.
Washington, Nov. 22. —The following
i items of appropriation have just been offi
cially compiled from the acts passed at the
late session of Congress:
Pensions, §17,940,000; deficiency for
1 sundry civil expenses, $4,804,514 46; na
val service for the year ending .Line 3.0,
; 1807, $18,904,667 50; Post-office depart
| ment for the year ending June, 1867, sl,-
j 947,955; Military academy for tho year
| ending June 30, 1867, $301,457; fortifi
cations and other works of defence, sl,-
540,000 ; completion of public works, $3,-
I 698,047 91 ; army for theyear ending Juno
30. 1867, $38,003,241 83.’
The legislative, executive and judicial
expenses for the year ending June 30,1806,
were $25,430,450 89; consular and diplo
matic expeuses for the year ending June
30,1867, $4,778,535 45; sundry civil ex
penses for the year ending June 30,1867,
$7,074,126 76 ; deficiencies for the year
ending June 30, 1867, $5,151,576; mis
cellaneous, $12,705,635 00. Total, $155,-
881,181 16.
Presbyterian Church South.
Alempiiis, November 22. —In the Pres
byterian general assembly in session iu this
city, the committee appointed at the last
session to consider the relation of the
church to the freedmen, submitted an ela
borate and lengthy report, which elicited a
protracted discussion, and was made the,
official order of the day for 10 o’clock, A.
AL, to-morrow.
Among those who participated in the
discussion of the subject to-day were the
Revs. Dr. Baird, Atkinson, and Alexander
of Virginia, Dr. Adger of South Carolina,
and Dr. Palmer of New Orleans.
Though unwilling to acknowledge a so
cial equality, the disposition of the church
seems to be to receive the freedmen eccle
siastically as brothers and co-laborers in
one faith. A separate religious organiza
tion was enacted but strongly opposed by
the leading members of the assembly.
Another Philadelphia Sensation Report.
Philadelphia, November 23.—The
Bulletin publishes a Washington dispatch
which states that the President, after ma
ture deliberation, has decided to abandon
his opposition to Congress. He will set
forth fuliy in his message the reasons in
ducing him to take this step. Letters have
been addressed to leading Republican
Senators and Representatives in regard to
the matter.
Learn a Trade.
Why is it that the proportion of youug
men in this country who turn out badly is
so much larger than it used to be ? Every
moralists, and, in fact, every close observer,
knows that the proportion of shiftless,
good-for-nothing young men has largely
increased within the last few years, par
ticularly in this and other large cities, but
those who discuss tho subject seem to he
at a loss for the true explanation. In our
judgment the question is one of very easy
I solution. Wc attribute it to the spirit of
I false pride which induces parents to put
I their boys in stores and offices rather than
! apprentice them to good trades. Iu this
! city, at the .present tiuic, Aucrch-::! • Link
ers,'insurance men, and others of this class,
: are,overrun with applications from parents
who want situations for their boys; but
manufacturers find it almost impossible to
get apprentices. It was not so in former
times. Fifty years ago —much later, in
sact —parents generally regarded a trade as
something essential in the preparation of
tlieir boys for the battle of life. Even men
whose circumstances did not require them
to do manual work', made it a point to
have their hoys learn trades, in order to
give them practical ideas about business,
to make them industrious, and also to
furnish them something to fall back upon
in case of adversity. 1 low is it now ? Me
chanics and laboring men, even, have too
generally imbibed the idea that they ought
to place their boys a peg above the drud
gery of manual labor. They seem to think
that they are not doing justice to them
unless they place them in positions where
they can wear “hobby” clothes and keep
their hands white. There never was a
greater mistake. Look at the leading men
of our country, from the President down,
and you will see that, as a rule, it is the
men who learn trades in their youth who
have become the foremost if! every branch
of progress and enterprise. The boy who
is placed in a store or office usually gets
his head full of vanity and self-conceit be
fore he has been long in his position. He
acquires an inordinate love of dress,
and soon becomes so puffed up in his
own estimation that practical com
mon sense can find no lodgment in
his brain. His aim is to dress as well and
live as high as those with whom he comes
in contact, and he is quite likely to go from
habits of extravagance to habits ofdissipa
j tion. Wc do not wish to be understood as
j saying that this is the road which all boys
J travel who do not learn trades. We simply
I say that such is the tendency, and it re
| quires a boy of good mind, fortified by
j good, early training, to resist the tcuipta-
I tion. The hoy who is put to a trade, on
j the other hand, gives vanity but little
j chance to get hold of him. IL - acquires
| practical ideas about business ; his habits
j are moulded by frugality and economy, and
; he lays the foundation of a good, useful
and industrious citizen. The idea that
| manual labor is not “respectable,” is one
| of the most absurd things in . this age of
j absurdities. No person with a thimble-full
| of brains will say anything of the kind,
| and those silly creatures who do say so are
! generally the degeuerate sons of hard-work
ing mechanics. Every boy, whether rich
or poor, high or low, ought to learn a trade
—not that he should always work at it, but
that he may have it as reserve capital, to
gether with its influence in forming his
character. — N. Y. Sun.
Captain Carlsen, of the Swedish bark
Ostindica, which arrived yesterday, reports
that on the 13th inst., three hundred miles
Northeast of Nassau, he saw a bark,
waterlogged. She was American built,
with white scroll work on her bow painted
black. No uamo was seen on stern or
side. Her main and mizen-topmast and
flying jibboon were gone. The foremast
was still standing, but sails cut away.
Forward house was evidently carried away,
I all boats gone, and decks lifted, with
| hatches bursted open. It appeared as if
j the vessel had been but a short time at
I sea. A large portion of her studding rig
i ring and sails had been cut away, leading
I the Captain to the opinion that she had
been boarded and relieved of her crew
i and portion of sails and rigging. Asa.
i heavy sea was running, Capt. C. was una
| ble to board her. —Savannah Advertiser.
j T"£ Pacific Railroad.—The work on
! the California end of the Western Pacific
; Railroad is pushed as rapidly as possible.
Twelve thousand Chinamen are employed
! on the road bed, and ten thousand more
will be set at work next spring. The track
j is now finished to within sixteen miles of
! the summit of the Sierra Nevada, having
i reached an altitude equal to the summit of
Mount Washington. Some of the struc
tures are of unequalled size and grandeur.
- The culvert at Cannon Creek is described
as very massive, twenty-eight feet in height
and fifty-four feet in breadth.
: Distinguished Visitor—Ex-Lieut,
j Gen. Longstreet arrived in this city on
i Thursday night and is stopping at the
( Chewaliu House. Our city band paid him
I their respects in the way of a serenade on
j the night of his arrival, to which he re
sponded in person by cordially receiving
them and acknowledging the compliment.
1 The General is looking well_ and is closely
| eyed with pride and affection by our citi
zens when he is on the streets. Long may
he live to enjoy the honors and affections
of a people for whom he so gallantly and
j nobly fought. —Eufaula News.
Dispatches from various parts of Wis
consin and Minnesota, state that there was
| a considerable fall of snow on the 21st inst.,
averaging two inches. At Lake Ci t ty,
j Wenona and St. Paul there was good
| sleighing last evening.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXV. NO. 50.
(iEOKSIA LEGISLATURE.
RKroRTF.n FDR the chronicle and sentinel.
SENATE.
Saturday, November 24.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment,
! and was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr.
Yarborough.
| A message was received from His Excel
lency tho Governor, in reference to employ
ing convicts on the work to be done on the
Western & Atlantic Railroad. The mes
sage covers communications from Alaj. C.
'Wallace, Superintendent W. AA. R. R ,
and from Col._ Frobel. State Engineer.
The message,, with documents, were refer
red to the Committee on the Penitentiary.
House resolution of thanks to Rev. E.
\Y. Warren, of Alacou, for his Fast-Day
sermon before the General Assembly, was
agreed to.
Resolution providing for supplying coun
ties wi<h lost books was passed.
.Mr. Butler introduced a bill to authorize
the Governor to issue new bonds of the
tftate in lieu of such bonds as matured dur
ing the war, and were no: paid.
Air. Daley: A memorial from AY. AT.
Edwards and Y. De Loan, in relation to a
turnpike from Jonks’ Bridge to Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Internal Im
provements.
Air. Strozier: A bill to allow farmers
and planters to transport, during, the year
1867. for their own use. free of charge, 500
bushels of corn and 2,000 pounds of pork
or bacon.
Also, a bill to change the time ofholding
the County Courts of Dougherty, Worth
and Baker counties.
Also, a bill to incorporate the. Albany A
Atlantic Railroad Company to run from
Dawson, Terrell county, to “No. 7,” on
the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad.
Air. Casey: A bill for the relief of Justen
Ileath, of Burke county.
Air. Owens : A bill to repeal the act re
quiring a specific taxon liquors sold within
the State.
Also, a bill to allow the Central Rail
road Company to change its line of road
track on certain conditions.
Also, a bill to require tho creditors of
an insolvent bank to present their claims j
within a limited time.
Air. C. 11. Smith : A hill to remit the !
tax or. liquors for the first quarter of 1866.
The bill to incorporate the People’s Sav- I
ing Bank of Dalton. Passed.
Bill to change the name of the Planters’ j
Association of Georgia. Passed.
Bill to require costs in suits at law to be j
paid in advance. Referred.
Rill to legalize certain sales of land by !
J ulia A. Burnside. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Cartersville and
Van Wert Railroad Company. Passed.
The Governor returned without his sig- j
nature a resolution donating to certain
counties lost books.
Air. J. F. Johnson, from a joint com
mitteej madea report on the books of Jared
I. Whitaker, late Commissary of the State.
The report compliments Col. Whitaker,
and recommends that his books be deposit
ed in the office of Secretary of State.
A resolution to that effect was adopted.
Air. Gresham introduced a bill repealing
all laws ou the statute books of the State
forbidding aliens holding real estate in
G eorgia.
Air. Kenan : A bill to make it a capital
offence for convicts to excite insurrection.
'Jliie bill to exempt from taxation for
ten years capital employed in the manu
facture of cotton and wool was after some
discussion, recommitted.
Senate adjourned till Alonday morning.
IICUSE.
Saturday, November 24.
reconsiderations.
Air. Aloses moved to reconsider bill, lost
yesterday, to extend State aid to tho Air
Line Railroad —Messrs. Alorris, Harde
man and Boynton spoke in favor of j
the motion, and the vote stood yeas 79; ■
nays 42. Alotion prevailed, and the bill j
was taken up and put upon its passage, i
It passed by yeas 71. Nays 3.
BILLS ON PASSAGE.
To amend Act making uniform the rules
for the collection of costs. Passed.
For relief of Frederick Cox and Harrison
Rogers. Referred.
To grant the North, South and East
commons of Columbus to said city. Lost. j
To enforce the observance of Lord’s |
day. After speeches in favor of the bill by
Messrs., 1 lußose, Pottle, J. B. Jones and
Render in favor of the JAIL-gnd Messrs
Barnes, Glenn, Russell, of Muscogee,
Adams and Gross in opposition the vote
was taken on a motion to postpone in
definitely, and resulted in yeas 64 and nays
66 —after various propositions to amend
were lost, as also a motion to postpone for
the .present, Air. Pottle moved the previous
question on the passage of the bill, which
resulted in yeas 66 ; nays 68. Some dis
cussion sprung up on these amendments—
participation by some oftlie speakers men
tioned above, and also by Mr. Hardeman
in opposition to the bill, and Mr. Baker
in favor of it.
Under parliamentary usage and law, the
Speaker voted nay, saying ho deemed the
bill impolitic; so the bill was lost.
Air. Hill, Chairman of the Special Com
mittee on the Governor’s message, relative
to the business of Col. J. I. Whitaker,
Commissary General during tho war,
recommended that the papers connected
with Col. Whitaker’s papers be deposited
in the Secretary of State’s office, among
other archives of the State. The report
was agreed to.
Air. Adams, Chairman of Finance Com
mittee, reported a bill for the relief of
Alessrs. Barnes, & Cos., to pay for public
printing done hy them in 1864 and ’65.
A resolution for the benefit of maimed
soldiers, and appointing a committee to
examine Dr. Byrd’s invention of artificial
limbs, was adopted.
Adjourned to 3 o’clock this afternoon.
Alonday, November 26.
senate.
Senate met at 10 o’clock a. m.
Prayer by Rev. L. Pierce, I). D.
Air. Casey rfioved to reconsider the ac
j tion of the Senate in rejecting tho bill to
| define and prescribe the liabilities of stock
holders of banks in this State. Carried,
t The Senate took up as the special order
the bill to provide for Georgia a system of
common school education.
| The bill was taken up by sections, and
pending its consideration the Scnatq ad
’ journed.
HOUSE—-AFTERNOON SESSION.
| Saturday, November 24.
i lie afternoon session was spent in read*
; ing bills a second time.
Alonday, November 26.
House met and journal read.
Prayer by Rev. Lovie Pierce.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Air. Bennett: To regulate punishment
| of crimes less than felonies.
Air. AlcComb: To compensate the clerks
of the Adjutant and Inspector General.
Air. Williams : To make permanent the
1 county site of Bulloch county, at States-
I boro. . j
I Mr. Doddson :To amend .sections 2.114,
I ]5, ’l6, ’l7, ’lB, ’l9, and ’2O of the Code. ;
! Air. Harrison :To amend certain sections \
j of the Code. (To compel persons in certain
I cases to pay jail fees in advance. )
: Air. Durham: To make it a misdemeanor
I to maltreat or misuse a horse or other ani- ;
i ilia!.
Air. Hand: To reduce Sheriff’s bonds
in Baker county.
Also, to amend the oath of retail liquor 1
dealers.
Mr. Watkins: To change the line be
tween V, orth and Colquitt counties.
Air. Green: For relief of Anderson
Look.
Air. Hill: For relief of certain persons.
, Also, to point out the rules of evidence
in establishing lost papers.
Air. Mitchell: To alter and amend sec
tion 63 of the Code, and section 1,337.
| Air. Morris offered a resolution which
was adopted, appointing a committee to
1 examine certain maps prepared by the Sec
; retary of State.
Air. Hudson : To amend the charter of
Hamilton in Harris county.
| Air. Fraser :To authorize J. A. Stan
; field to settle with a minor ward.
Air. Baker: To make valid the issue of
1 scrip by Lowndes county.
1 Also, to change the line between Echols
and Lowndes.
AJr. Dixon: To compensate the Ordinary
of Alacon county for administering the
amnestvjjath.
Air. Bush : To chnnge time of holding
the County Court in Aliller county.
Air. Moses : To allow the Southern k
Western Alarine and Accident Insurance
Company, of New Orleans to establish
branches in Georgia.
Also, to amend the Penal Code.
Also, to amend section 3,530 of the
Code.
Also, to amend the mode of establishing
lost papers.
Also, To enable the city of Columbus to
establish a public school in said city
Mr. Barnes: To amend charter of Au
gusta and Summerville railroad.
Also, to alter charter of Christ Church,
and change the name of the same.
Also, to compensate AY. AY. Alontgom- ;
ery for certain services.
Also, to incorporate AA’ashington Fire
Company No. ], of Augusta.
Also, to enable married women to re
nounce their right of dower.
■ „'V SO ’ *° aluen( l charter of Savings Bank
! of Augusta.
Mr. Shaw: To define the amount of
resistance which will justify arresting offl
cers m killing persons accused of crime.
Mi. Stanfield: To allow 11. Denmark to
. practice medicine and charge for the
same.
Humph: 10 amend the County
; Court Act.
Mr. Picket: A resolution instructing the
! -Finance Committee to inquire into the
i payment of G eneral 11. C. Wayne’s salary
Adopted.
| -'lr. Weaver: To amend section 4,447
i of the Code.
Mr. Morrell-: To remit tax for 1806 of
Effingham county.
| Mr. Hill: To incorporate Kellogg Gold
; Mining Company.
Mr. McCord : To extend State aid to
, the Augusta and Macon Railroad Cornpa
! ny.
Mitchell: To authorize Mitchell
and Thomas counties, to issue bonds for
{ stock in the Florida and South Georgia
Railroad Company.
A resolution to allow- the introduction of
i :u> new matter after next Wednesday,
! adopted.
THIRD READINGS.
To pay civil officers, during ‘6l 2’3 and
i ’4. Lost.
To authorize Administrators to perfect
| titles to land in certain cases. Passed,
j To give a lien upon the growing crops
to persons who furnish planters on the
faith of the crop, with stock provisions Ac.
This lien is .prior to all liens except for
rent of land.
j Te punish persons who cut off the ears
of hogs when slaughtering them with the
inient to conceal the mark.
The chairman of the Finance Commit
tee reported. The general appropriation
bill and the revenue or tax bill which were
read first time.
1 To reorganize the fire department of
Savannah.
Mr. llussell, of Chatham offered a sub
stitute accompanied with a memorial and
a lengthy list of petitioners for the passage
of the bill. A counter memorial was also
read.
Seats on the floor were tendered to
lions. G. N. Lester, John P. King, and
Gen. Sorrell.
House adjourned to 3 o'clock, p. m.
L. C.
Monday, November 26.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 3 o’clock P. M.
i A seat on the floor was tendered to 1 lon.
George F. Lester of Cobb county, during
his stay at the capital.
The rest of the afternoon was spent in
reading bills a first and second time.
Tuesday, -November 27.
The Senate met at f 0 o’clock A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. J. E. Brooks.
The bill to provide a system of common
school education which was passed on yes
terday, was reconsidered by a vote of IS
to 12.
Mr. O. I‘. Beall introduced a bill to in
corporate the Lewis Manufacturing and
Mining Company.
Also, a bill to exempt factory employees
from road duty.
Mr. Casey : A bill to change the time
of holding the semi-annual sessions of the
County Courts of Columbia counsy.
Mr. Gresham : A bill to incorporate the
Rutherford Mining Company.
Mr. \an Dusen: A bill to provide for
the appointment of a Judge in case the
presiding Judge is a party interested in
the pending suit.
Mr. W. R. Ball: A bill to authorize the
owners of land lying on Middle river, in
the county of Burke, to remove the ob
structions from the same.
Also, a bill for the relief of James 11.
Holland, of Jackson county.
Also, a resolution providing for the dis
tribution of the laws and journals.
Mr. Butler: A bill to provide for the re
organization of the Deaf and Dumb Asy
lum, and for locating the same in Macon.
Mr. Ezzard; A bill to incorporate the
Middle River Mining Company.
Mr- Grisham: A bill to define and fix the
time wh in the late war closed. The time
fixed is June 1, 1865.
Mr. Parris: A bill to authorize the con
finement of convicts in the jails of the
counties.
" Mr. Strickland:, A bill to allow the Or
dinaries of this State to issue letters of ad
irrittisiraiUjir,~i»rnrmiarrsTfrp;Tct'. —
Mr. Owens: A bill to amend an act in
corporating a permanent board of education
in Savannah.
The bill to allow the Masonic Fraternity
to raise by lottery money for building a
Widows’ and Orphans’ Home in Atlanta
was taken up, and occupied the remainder
of the morning.
HOUSE —AFTERNOON SESSION.
Monday, November 26.
THIRD READINGS.
To incorporate Chestatee Blooming and
Mining Company. Passed.
For the relief of maimed and indigent
soldiers—(includes as beneficiaries of the
bounty of the State all who were Confed
erate soldiers, and who are now citizens
of the State.) Passed.
To extend State aid to the Wills Valley
Railroad. Lost.
To change the line between Lee and
Terrell. Passed.
To amend the Act prescribing the rela
j tion between parent and c-hiid, among per
! sons of color. Passed.
To amend 2519th section of the Code.
Passed.
To amend the laws of this State relative
■ to the issuing of garnishments. Passed.
| For the relief of 11. J. G. Williams.
i Passed.
i To incorporate town of Euharlee.
! To change sections 4249 and 4250 of
the Code (punishing rape with death.)
i Passed.
i To authorize Magistrates to change the
place of holding Justices Courts and
election precincts. Tabled for the present.
To incorporate Pogue Shoals .Manufac
turing Company. Passed.
To provide maimed soldiers with trans
portation, going to and returning from the
place where they are furnished with artifi
cial limbs. Passed.
Adjourned.
Tuesday, November 27.
RECONSIDERATIONS.
Mr. Barnes moved to reconsider the hill
passed yesterday to regulate the relation of
parent and child among persons of color.—
Motion prevailed.
.Mr. Wicker moved to reconsider the bill
lost yesterday to aid in the completion of
Wills Valley Railroad. Motion prevailed.
Mr. Shaw, of Stewart, moved to recon
sider the hill lost yesterday, defining the
duty of persons owning adjoining lands.—
Motion lost.
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY —BILLS ON
PASSAGE.
To extend aid to the Griffin, Savannah
and North Alabama Railroad. Lost.—
Yeas 62, Nays 74.
REGULAR ORDER—BILLS ON PASSAGE.
To pay Messrs. Seago, Palmer & Cos.
for 6,080 bushels of porn furnlslmd by them
for the poor of Georgia in May, 1865.
Passed.
To explain the third section of an Act
regulating the relation of parent and child
among persons of color. Passed.
■ To promote the Agricultural interests of
the State. (To authorize the State Road
to transport lime for agricultural purposes,
over said read free of charge.) Indefinitely
postponed.
To amend 3883d section of the Code. Re
ferred.
Concerning publishing citation for letters
of administration, &c. Lost.
To authorize Rev. W. B. McCann to
practice medicine and charge for the same.
Postponed for present.
To amend an act incorporating the town
of Americus. Passed.
To locate the Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb. Lost.
To change the time of holding the Supe
rior Courts of Macon county. Passed.
To allow all physicians who have prac
ticed medicine four years, to practice with
out license and charge and collect for the
same. Lost.
It will be seen, that the House this morn
ing refused State Aid to the Savannah,
Griffin A: North Alabama Railroad. This
is receding from the position taken and the
policy inaugurated by the House on the
Macon & Brunswick and on the Air Line
Eailroad. This making flsh of one and
flesh of another, is very distasteful to the
friends of the defeated measures. They
bear their defeat with considerable chagrin
and mortification. An effort will be made
to-morrow morning to reconsider the bill—
and no doubt it will be successful. _ Its
reconsideration will, by no means, be. indi
cative of final success. The bill to aid the
Wills Valley R. R., lost yesterday, was re
considered this morning, and the mover
wished it laid on the table for the present.
The far remote and almost inaccessible
county of Bade —I believe you have to pass
through a portion of Tennessee to get to it
—deserves the aid of the State, as much
as any other locality. The immense beds
of coal and iron beneath its soil needs soma
mode of transportation—an outlet to the
outside world, from which it is now com
pletely shut out by its Southern Mountain
boundary. The road runs but twenty
seven miles, as I am informed through