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For the relief ot W. J. William*. — Lost. To change the line,between Johnson and Emanuel counties Passed. Adjourned to 3 o'clock, p. m. . "j The Supreme t’eurt met in tins city this morning. All the Judges u present. Ttf- docket oft he South West- , ern circuit will be fir-t taken up. I nottt'e Hon. R. F Lvnn. Col. Mark Blauford. Mc- rs. Wright, Irwin and Morgan, ot Albany. Cos!. Sam. IJ.JI and Hon. James ; L. Seward in attendance. I will furnish voti. from day to dar, with the minutes of points decided. U U HOUSE —sfcPntHSQOB SESSION. >1 spay. Jleceml>er3. SENATE HILLS (>N THEIR PASSAGE. To incort rate Lumpkin Man ifactunng Company. Passed. To prevent the distillation of cereals and --i<r,ir cane seed into spirituous liquors, j £o amend the laws of equity fur marshal in; the as-ct* ofdeceased persons. House insisted on its amendment For reiief of Albert Field. Passed. Toohang ■ 1 Orion 25'n of the Code (al low, Administrators, Executor* -and Guardians to compromise claims.) 1 asset! To regulate sessions of the Supreme Court. . To modify the law, relative to lotteries. (T. allow money to bo raised by lottery lor educational purposes.) Maj. Moses, of \| liscuifcG. said in a previous debato thi.s day, lie had said we propose to open the (l(M»r of the treasury to humanity , that oraru* might enter. Now chanty pro poses to influence our Legislation that peculation may enter. He concluwd bv proposing that the names of Mrs. W. H. T. W alker. Mrs. J. J. Williams and Mrs. Geo. Polos be put in the bill as associate corporators. Mr. Harri-on moved to iri- S'Tt the name of Mrs. Ph “be 1 emtier. Ihe ladies names were inserted and the bill was passed. SENATE. Tuesday, December 4. The Senate met at 10 o'clock, a. in. •; 1 K R ' Mr. Barw clt introduced a bill to au th lira 1 a re- urv yof lands' in th State, in Pike county. Mr. O. if. Beall: A bill to make val id ami legal the tax.--levied by the Jus tie- -of the Inferior Court of Randolph county, fur county purposes for the year 1860. HILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. Bill to incorporate the Rutherford Min ing, Company. Bill to provide fur the settlement of the question of removal of county site from Marion to JefFersonvill, I wiggs county, by the citizens of said county. Passed. Bill to change the line between Twiggs and Jones counties. Passed. Bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Bibb county to i.,.,ue bonds for the purpose of building a court house ami jail for said county. Laid on the table for the present. Bill to amend Section 980 of the Code by sfrieking out the words “of which he is a resident.” Bill to provide for selecting a judge in case the incumbent is a party to the suit, ft provides that the parties nay select from the attorneys present a Judge to pre side. Passed. Resolution in.- j g current the change bills is-uud during the war by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. THE SPECIAL ORDER. The bill to incorporate the Albany and Atlantic Railroad—was taken up. The bill was amended so as to connect with Columbus, Ueorgiu, and passed. Bill for the pardon of Creed T. Wise, of Butt.- county. Passed, 111 to 5. The bill to provide for the renewal of old bonds that fell due during the war, was under consideration the remainder of the morning. HOUSE —MORNING SESSION. Tuesday. December 4. RECONSIDERATIONS. Mr. Dorsey moved to reconsider bill (lost yesterday. ) To compensate Messrs. Bnui-iiton, Nisbet k Barnes lor printing done in 1X1)4 and 1865. Lost. Mr. Ridley moved to reconsider tire bill (lost yesterday ) to prevent persons from iishimr ami limiting; on lands of others without Tier mission Mr. Brock moved to reconsider bill (passed yesterday) to pay Hon. W. W. Holt bis last quarter’s salary. Motion pre vailed. Mr. Glenn moved to reconsider the bill (rejected yesterday) for the relief of W. J. Williams. Motion lost. Mr. Moses moved to reconsider the bill (passed yesterday) to modify the laws of this State relative to lotteries. Motion prevailed. lieu. L. J. partrell was tendered a seat on t lie floor. Mr. Russell offered a resolution to ad journ this General Assembly on Monday', Joth inst. Not taken up. THIKI* READING To pay W. W. Holt his last quarter’s salary. Tabled (bribe present. , To modify the laws of this State relative to Lotteries. Amended and lost. To prevent persons from hunting and fishing on enclosed lands of others without permission. Applies only to Burke, Troup, Bryan, I’.mnghani, Fulton, Bald win, llaneoek, Randolph. Paulding, Jef ferson, Stewart, (lamphell, Manuel, Tlionx sn, Muscogee, Bullock. Elbert, Chatham, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Camden, Johnson, Mclntosh, Liberty, and Lee counties. Lost. | At this point the Speaker gave notice to the House that it was just 12 o’clock m., and the House was just where it left off at the same hour yesterday; and, if they would make the calculation, they could de cide when they could adjourn.] To allow non-resident executors and ad ministrators on estates of deceased persons in this btato to qualify and act as such. Passed. For the relief of widows and orphans of indigent soldiers. Referred. To give State aid to the Muscogee Rail road Company, to enable it 'to connect its road with Barnesville. (The connection is already made from Barnesville to Thotnas ton ) Lost, House adjourned to 3 o’clock p. m. 1 enclose the message of Gov. Jenkins, accompanying his notice of approval of the hill to aid the Macon and Brunswick Rail road. The Supremo Court heard the argument yesterday on hut one case. The decision was not rendered. Messrs. Bedford and Kutnph were admitted to practice in the Court. L. C. SENATE. Tuesday, December -4. The Senate met at 3 o’clock p. in., and resumed the consideration of the unfinished business —a bill to provide tor the State’s issuing new bonds to supply the place of old bonds that matured during the war. The lull was lost by a vote of yeas 11, nays 24. Mr. Bedford introduced a hill to define the manner of scaling Confederate debts. Mr. Grisham: A hill to (jive lumber dealers a lien on the building tor the value of the lumber furnished. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in reading bills a second time. Wednesday, December 5. The Senate met at 10 o’clock a. m., pur suant to adjournment. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Flynn. Mr. Kenan introduced a hill to increase th'rty-three and a third per cent, the fees of the Clerk of the Superior Court and Sheriff ot Baldwin county. Mr. Owens: A hill to repeal section 2194 of the Code. Also, a hill to give encouragement to the laying of a telegraphic cable from some point on the Georgia coast to the Bahama and other West India islands. The hill to incorporate the town of De potville, in Ware county, was passed. Bill to incorporate the Richmond County Agricultural Society. I’as-cd. Bill to incorporate the Allatoona Mining and Manufacturing Company. Passed. Bill to increase the capital stock of the Madison Petroleum Company. Passed. Bill to authorize the City Council ot Bainbridee to issue $20,000 worth of bonds. Passed. Bill for the relief of Lizzie Glover, ot ; Campbell county. Passed. , 1 Bill to amend the charter of the Plan-I tors’ Tjoau and Banking] Association. Passed. Bill for the relief of James IT.l T . Bryan, of Fu.ton county. Passed. Bill to increase the jail fees of Dougherty countv. Passed. Bill to change the time of holding the Interior Court oi Polk, Paulding, "Floyd ami Campbell counties. Passed. Bill to change the name of the “Augus ta Quoit Club” to the “Augusta Club.” ] hissed. Bill to exempt from the opoTatoiu of the stay law, taxes imposed by municipal corporations. Passed. Resolution for the State to subscribe for copies of A. 0. Bacon's Digest. Adopted. The special order was taken up—a House hill to extend the aid f the State to the Air Line Railroad. The bill was p>assed by a vote of 24 to 9. Bill to prescribe that the salaries of offi cers of tiie Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be the same as those paid by other railroads for similar services. Passed by a vote of 14 to 10. Bill to continue in force for fifty vears the act incorporating the Atlanta and \V est Point Railroad Company. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Cherubbee Manu facturing Company, Passed. Bib to incorporate the Xosgill Manu ficturing Company of Baldwin county. Passed. The reconsidered bill providing that persons interested may give evidence. Passed. Bill tor the relief of H. G. G. Williams. PiWM'-d. _ H Bill to change the time of holding the Su trerior Courts of Macon county. 1 ’assca. Bill to incorporate the TlawkinsviHe Manufacturing Company. Passed. Bill to allow owners of mills to draw water through intervening lands, provided the -asue does not injure the said lands. Passed. Bill to repeal section 1,391 of the Code. Pus-ed. Bill to consolidate the offices ot Clerk of the Superior and of the Inferior Courts of Henry. Twiggs and Clayton counties. — Passed. Bill to amend the road laws of the State. Passed. Bill to authorize Guardians, Adminis trators and other- holding trust estates to compromise their claims. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of the town of Fairburn. Passed. Mr. Moore offered a resolution, which was adopted, providing for the appoint ment of a joint committee, to ascertain how many bills are now before the Gen eral Assembly riot acted on. The House bill to amend section 2204 of the Code, so as to createfrom the Judges of the Superior Court a Chief Justice. Passed. Bill to pay maimed soldiers value of a leg or arm in case such soldiers do not take the artificial limb. Passed. Bill to authorize the City Council of Thomasville to issue Passed. Bill to amend the charter of Mt. \ er non Institute. Passed. Bill to amend the charter of Ilawkins ville. Adjourned. HOUSE—AFTERNOON SESSION. Tuesday, December 4. SENATE BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. To compel Judges of the Superior Court to read their decisions from the bench. Lost. ... , T ANARUS, . To add additional sections to the Penal ! To aivTa ■ n 3,764 of the Code. l ining ii f A; \ - 4*~c 1 To preve'' v e destruction ,ot § T> relinqui s atingent ot I Passed. To repeal 1,437 th section of the Code. ! Lost. To repeal Ist section of an Act altering 4,248 th section of the Code. Referred. To repeal so much of an act relative to assessing a tax on cotton as merchandise. Passed. To repeal an act repealing an act rela tive to the civil jurisdiction of Magistrates in the city of Savannah. Amended and ; passed. | To authorize a vote of the citizens of j Mclntosh county to settle the location of | the county site. Passed. ! To alter the tiire of holding the County i Court in Stewart and Schley counties. : Passed. The County Court bill was read a second time, and made the special order for Mon j day next. House adjourned till 7 o’clock this even- I mg. EVENING SESSION. HOUSE BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. To amend the charter of the Cotton Hill ' Academy. Passed. i To amend the charter of Valdosta. | Passed. To change lino between Dougherty and ! Worth. Passed. i To amend Charter of Brunswick. Pass- I ed. | To amend Charter of Dahlonega. Pass ; ed. j To repeal an act so far as relates to Mc- I Intosh relative to the road laws-Bryan, Liberty, Glynn, also included in the pro i visions of the bill. Passed. For relief of Frederick Cox and Harrison Rogers. Passed. Fur the relief E. P. Loyless. (All the three last named parties are re lieved from penalties for issuing change bills.) Passed. To incorporate the Van Wert Quarrying and Mining Company. Passed. To revise and declare of force tlie act iti | corporating Waynesboro. Passed, j To legalize the sale of tlfe Bainbridge I Academy lot. Passed. To incorporate the Merchants’ & Plan | ters’ Bank of Augusta. | To incorporate the Town of Senoia. I Passed. | For the relief of G. W. Pijckett. Passed, i To change line between Catoosa and I Walker. Passed. ! To change line between Carroll and | Heard Passed For relief of Albert II Kendrick. Lost. For the relief of Mrs. T. Turner. (She j wants pay for the land on which the stock i ado at Andersonville is located. The Cou ! federate Government seized this land for ; the stockade ami paid nothing for it. The ■ Doited States Government lias taken it j and will pay nothing for it. She now asks j Georgia to pay §2,000 for it.) Bill with drawn. To change the time of holding the County Court in Forsyth county. Tabled for the present. To amend the Charter of Fire Company No. J, at Athens. Passed. To change the line between Worth and Colquitt counties. Lost. For the relief of M. A. Drakeford and Helen Lapham. Passed. To make valid the issue of scrip by Lowndes. To change the line between Wilcox and Pulaski counties. Passed. To change the litre between Jasper and Putnam. Lost. Wednesday Morning, Dec. 5. RECONSIDERATIONS. Mr. Wonible moved to reconsider the hill (lost yesterday) to aid the Muscogee Railroad Company. Motion prevailed. .Mr. McCullough moved to reconsider the hill (lost yesterday) to c-hauge the line between Jasper and Putnam counties. Motion lost, BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. For the relief of Nancy Heald Lost, To amend the act fixing the time of holding the sessions of Supreme Court. Lost. | To aid, by State endorsement, the Mus cogee Railroad. Passed —yeas, 76 ; nays, j t)l). Declaratory of the law relative to con- j tracts, liens, Ac., entered into prior to Ist | day of May, 1865. Tabled for the present, j For relief of John C. Dumas' estate) Passed. To lix time of holding the Supreme Court (makes the time Ist Mondays in June and December.) Passed To amend the Ist Section of an Act ap pointing vendue masters in this State. Passed. To define the liabilities of debtors in cer tain eases. 'This bill was introduced by Mr. Moses, of Muscogee, and created con siderable discussion, and was postponed indefinitely, its advocate contending that it established a rule of equity, consistent with the devisers of the Supreme Court, which declared that a warranty of a slave for life ceased with the emancipation act, the same act necessarily modifying the con tract to the extent of the failure of consid eration ; its opponents contended that it was a repudiation of private debts. The mover of the bill has always and is still an active opponent of all measures tending in that direction, and insists that this is but a rule for the fair and equitable adjustment of contests arising out of slave property. The bill was indefinitely postponed on a call of the yeas 7s. and nays 52. The ibilowing is the bill in full: A BILL To l<e entitled an Act to define the lia bility ot debtors in certain cases. lie it tnactni, That, whenever any resident of this State shall be indebted for any person hitherto held in slavery, whether by bond, bill, note or open ac count, it shall be lawful for the debtor to ! plead the failure of the consideration by | reason of the emancipation of said person. ] And upon due proof made that the person 1 se servile t - . . . bility was incurred, basin fact been email- ! eipati ■!. the verdict shall be rendered for j so much as the service of said person was ! worth during the time lie or she continued i to be enslaved. Adjourned till 3 o clock this afternoon, i Is C. ] M epnesday, December 6. .SENATE. f)n yesterday, after the closing of the report, a bill to provide for Georgia a sys tem of common school education was pas- On to-day the Senate was opened with i raver bv Rev. Mr. Mattson of the Senate. ‘ The bill tor the relief of Seago, I miner & Cos. was reconsidered by a vote ot 2 1 to In. and a committee consisting ot Messrs. J. A. W. Johnson, Strozier. Maqson. 1 arris and Turner was appointed to investigate the claim. , TI The stay law as amended by the House was taken up and passed. INTRODUCTION OF NEW MATTER. Mr. F. H. Johnson introduced a resolu tion requesting the Governor to pardon McMahan confined in the Penitentiary for life, in consideration of his having reveaieu a plot of prisoners to escape. Also, a bill to authorize the levy ot an extra tax not to exceed 200 per cent- on the State tax in Richmoud county tor i county purposes. third reading of senate bills. Bill to incorporate the Hall Chestatee Mining Company. Passed. Bill to make valid and legal tax levied by the Justices of the Infetior Court of j Randolph county. Passed. Bill to allow the transfer of retail licenses lin Stewart county. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Lumpkin Ches tatec Mining Company. Passed. Bill to .increase to nine the Directors of the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad Company. Passed. Bill to amend section 19X0 of the Code. Lost. Bill to define and fix tho time when the late war closed. It fixes the time at June Ist, 1 565. Passed. Bill to provide for the confinement of convicts in the county jail, and to fix the fees I>r the same. Passed. Bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of Houston county. Pass ed. Bill to amend the several Acts incor porating the City Court of Savannah. Passed. Bill to define in what newspapers Ordi riarieSheriffs, and Clerks may run their advertisements. Passed. Bill to require ministerial officers to observe as prima facia constitutional all hills passed over the veto of the Governor. Passed. Bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Crawford county to levy an extra tax to pay off the indebtedness of the county. — Passed. Bill to prohibit Executors, Administra tors and < i uardians to relit or lease real estate for a longer period than one year, without obtaining, first, leave of the Ordi nary. Passed. Bill to declare how the Judges shall he appointed, in case any one of them voted for dors not receive a majority of the votes. Passed. Bill for the relief of Administrators, Executors and Guardians. Passed. Mr. Strozier introduced a hill to compel persons having claims against the State that originated between January Ist, 1861, and June 25th, 1865, to have the same passed upon by the courts. The bill to protect the rights of married women was passed. Adjourned till 3 o’clock this afternoon. HOUSE —MORNING SESSION. W ednesday, December 6. BILLS INTRODUCED. J. J. Jones : To make it penal to liunt | or fi.-h on enclosed lands in Burke county. Also, To make it penal to preach or ex hort without a license from the church. Also, To define sedition and make it ! penal- fr , Al,o To amend section 1670 of the ('ode. Dart To aicciiu 1 Ij.jj section of the 7 Mr. Hffl%hds flfW '■ate to aid in clearing the channel of Savannah River ($70,000 worth to he Mr Russell: To change name of Young j America Fire Company of Savannah. HOUSE BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. To carry into effect an ordinance of the i late Convention relative to evidence. Pas- I sed. i To amend section 4112 of the Code (com - pels Judges of Superior Court to appoint I masters in equity.) Lost. To alter and amend act authorizing ad ministrators of J. V. Young, deceased, to I sell property of said deceased. Withdrawn. A resolution authorizing the Governor j to employ suitable person to investigate i the title tocertain reserved lands. Adopted. To amend the 3883d section of the Code. | Passed. For the relief of indigent widows and or | phans, and wounded and disabled soldiers !in this State. Laid on the table for the | present. The following resolution, offered by Mr. | Hill, was taken up and agreed to : ! Whereas, The citizens of Kentucky have voluntarily contributed about one hundred thousand bushels of corn and other supplies for the use of the destitute poor of Georgia, in the name of the widow and orphan, the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, desiring to express its grateful acknowledgment ot tills exalted charity, and for the purpose of making tho same available, therefore, Resolved, That tho General Assembly of this Slate will make such appropriation as shall be necessary to pay the freight upon the same from Kentucky to conven ient points of di.*tribution in this State. To amend section 1815th of tho Code. Passed. An act concerning Sheriff’s sales. Pass ed. To amend the charter of the South ern Insurance and Trust Company. Passed. For the relief of Geo. Downing. Passed. To authorize W. F. White to practice medicine. Lost. To repeal an act pointing out tho mode of paying the Solicitor General in the eastern circuit, &c. Passed. To amend the 2135th section of the Code. Passed. I For the relief of Strother Watkins (to pardon him out of the Penitentiary.) Lost. For the relief of Cyrus Price and A. McArber. Withdrawn. | To alter the time of holding the Superior ; Court of Blue Ridge Circuit. Passed. To incorporate Island Manufacturing Company. Passed. The Standing Committee on the Peni tentiary reported adversely to tho removal of the institution, and a resolution request ing tho Governor to pardon Mr. Gonnley, one of the convicts. The House adjourned to 7 o'clock this evening. HOUSE —EVENING SESSION. BILLS PASSED. ' To incorporate the Grand Lodge o | the Knights of Jericho. ' To change the time of holding County | Court in Clay county. I The residue of the evening session was | occupied in reading Senate hills first and j second times. HOUSE—MORNING SESSION. Thursday, December 6. RECONSIDERATIONS. Mr. Byrd moved to reconsider the bill j (lost yesterday) to define the liability of 1 debtors in certain cases. After a short | speech by Mr. Byrd, in favor of his motion, ! the previous question was called, which j cutoff further debate. Upon a call, the i ayes were 56, the nays were 7-7; so the mo ' tion was lost. The Special Committee on the bill to i purchase the Stone Mountain for anew Penitentiary, reported and recommended the appointment of a Committee to inves tigate and report to tho next Legislature. SPECIAL ORDER. The bill to alter and amend the act or ganizing the County Court. Mr. Ford offered as a substitute a hill to abolish the County Court. The special order was taken up by sec tion-!. Three hours were spent in perfect ing the hill, when Mr. J. N. Jones offered a substitute for both the original bill and the substitute of Mr. Ford. Mr. Jones withdrew his substitute. Mr. Ford’s substitute was decided out of ! order by the Speaker, when Mr. Glenn offered a substitute which j proposed to strike out all of the original: bill organizing the County Court, except j the enacting clause. Pending action on this substitute, the House adjourned till 3 o’clock this afternoon. Thursday, December 6. SENATE. The Senate met at 3 o'clock P. M., pursuant to adjournment. Mr. C. 11. Smith introduced a hill to in- j corporate an Iron Mining Company in Dade county. Mr. Overstreet: A bill to repeal the I oath prescribed for retailers of spirituous | liquors. >Jr. O. P. Beall: A bill to incorporate the National Loan and Banking Associa- j tion. BILLS ON PASSAGE. Bill to allow disabled soldiers to peddle without license. Passed. Bill to allow the city authorities of Savan j null to regulate the building of walls and ! fences in said city. Passed. , Bill to authorize the Inferior Court of I Bibb county to issue $20,000 worth of ! bonds in order to build a Court House and ; Jail. Passed. Bill to give lumber dealers a lien for their protection. Lost. Bill to authorize a re-survey ot land in certain cases. Lost. Biil for the relief of James C. Adams and James M. Hall. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Southern Rail road Company. Passed. Bill to define the amount to he collected on judgments for debts contracted prior to June Ist. Im’io, and to prescribe the mode of scaling the same. Referred to a special Committee of 5. Bill to change the time of holding Superior Courts of Richmond county. Passed. After reading a number of hills the se cond time, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE—AFTERNOON SESSION. Thursday,, December 6. The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of the morning viz : The consideration of the bill relative to the County Court. Mr. Moses made an earnest appeal in favor of retaining the Court. On motion of Mr. DodstJn, the : previous question was called, when the I • vote was taken on Mr. Glenn s substitute, i which abolished the Court in toto. The ! substitute was lost by a vote of veas 04 nays 76. The House then passed the ; Senate bill as amended. Mr. Dodson introduced a resolution to adjourn this General Assembly at 12 M., on" Thursday the loth inst. Mr. Rucsell j cf Muscogee moved to insert Monday 10th ’ a: midnight. Mr. Gertrell moved, as a substitute, the Senate resolution, appointing a joint Com mittee to examine Into aud report upon the condition of the Wsiness before the General Assembly—which subetitute was ! adopted. , , , The House then took up the general appropriation bill. After spending the ] entire afternoon in considering this bill, the House adjourned till 9A. M., to-mor row. SENATE—MOSSING SESSION. Friday, December 7. The Senate met at 9i o’clock A. M.. pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. S. E. brooks. Mr. Turner moved to reconsider the ac tion o? ths Senate yesterday, in passing a i bill to stay executions, &c. The motion was lost. Yeas 12, nfys 28. Those who votpd to reconsider *r- Messrs. Butler. ] Carter. Crawford, Gresham, Kenan, Man son, Moore. Owens, Quillian, Redding, O. L. Smith, Turner. Mr. >Lx)re, from a joint Committee, re ported that the matter before the Gen eral Assembly was in such a condition as to 1 forbid a fine die adjournment bcliaro Friday next A resolution was introduced by the ; Committee that the Genera! Assembly will adjourn fine die on Friday the 14th instant at 12 otelodk M. Adopted. “Mr. Ezzard introduced a resolution to refer the question of the continuance of the County Court to the people at the next i election for members of the General Yssem : bly. Lost. The Senate concurred in the House amendments to the Countv Court bill j Kill to incorporate the Savings Bank of 1 t orsyth. Passed. Bill to incorporate the Lewis Manufac turing Company. Passed. Bill for the relief ot' J. J. Anderson an j employee on the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Passed. HOUSE—MORNING SESSION. Friday, Dauber 7. I Mr. J. J. Jones moved to reconsider hill (passed yesterday) to amend the act organizing the County Court. Lost, i Feats on the floor were tendered to Hons. Henry L. Pennine and David Irwin. BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. ] To change the line between Stewart and I Quitman. To amend the penal code—to define and ; punish sedition and insurrection. Passed. | The House resumed consideration of the general appropriation bill—which was taken up by sections. After making the 1 • usual appropriation' to the officers off the i Government, the following appropriations ; were made : To the Speaker of the House 1 and President of the Senate each §l2 per I day, and $9 per day to members. Mr. Moses moved to strike out §9 as the per diem and insert §6, hut it was lost. §l2 per day to the Secretary of the Senate and I to the Clerk of the House in addition to ' the $590 salary allowed bv tho rode. sl° i per da vto the reading -fin- if and the Senate, atnl.? . : day to the sub ordinate Clerks —$15,000 to the A . :uui i for the blind — s2s,9oo for the Pudt< ntiary ■ e —for 4g>j-ifs oft! <' aa lode, t which is >« inprepat-ttiot! for the press. The * mmittee to examine and report : on the business of the Genera] Assembly, i repoittd 3tX) Gills hclurc Uiu iiou.-i, ;o; ac tion—some of them, yet read but once; 130 in the Senate, besides resolutions. By a vote of 84 yeas and 47 nays, the House refused to concur in the resolution of the Senate to adjourn sine die on Friday next. House adjourned till afternoon. __ w _ L. C. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, REPORTED FOR THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. Milledgeville, December 6,1866. The following cases have been decided by the Supreme Court. The Court has gone through with the docket from the Southwestern Circuit, and is now engaged on the Chattahoochee Cir cuit : Crawford and others | vs. | PUT in error.] |■ Equity from Sumter. Brady and others, j Walker, J. 1. The absence of a party in tho military service did not, under the act of 1861, oblige the Court to grant a continuance. It was subject to discretion. 2. The bond in this ease created a right in the husband as trustee of his wife, and a Court of Equity will carry out the trust. 3. This not being a settlement made by the husband upon the wife, was not, there fore void against his creditors because not recorded. 4. The facts do not make a case of re duction to posse; sion by the husband in his life-time, and therefore the wife’s right of survivorship was not lost. Judgment affirmed. For plaintiff iu error, McCoy. B. Hill, contra. Cook ) vs. j- In Equity from Dougherty. J enkins. ) Harris, J. 1. Where, under an arbitration, one partner Is putin possession of all the assets, with an obligation to pay all the debts, a Court of Chancery will interfere, in a proper case, to secure such assets and see that the other partner is protected against the debts. 2. It seems that the answer of a defend ant, even when discovery is waived, should bo full, and may he excepted to by the complainant; but the Court only intimate this, they do not adjudge it. Judgment affirmed. Samuel D. Irvin, for plaintiff in error. Strozier & Smith, contra. vs. [Plff in error. I Sin ,f c f from The State. ] Lumpkin, C. J. 1. The charge of the Court was not based upon an assumed state of facts, hut upon the evidence. 2. The evidence showed a wrongful tak ing by the prisoner. 3. The evidence showed that the prose cutor was deprived of the possession. 4. There was more than an attempt to steal—tho larceny was consummated. It is immaterial that the prisoner held posses sion but a short time. Judgraent affirmed. Strozier k Smith, and G. J. Wright, for plaintiff iu error. Warren, Solicitor-Gen era!, contra. Manderville ) ~ , r „ vs. | Plff in error.] CaVe !' t fmm Clmj Manderville. j c0, " ,1 - l/ - Harris, J. 1. Interrogatories acquiesced in by a party accused—at least they cannot be urged in tho appellate Court, unless ob j jeeted to in the Court below. I 2. Letters of administration may be i granted to others than the original appli- I cant mentioned in the citation. Judg ! ment affirmed. A. Hood, for Plaintiff in error. J. E. ; Bower, for Defendant in error. I i>f,y 0 (' -i Complaint from vs * crror ' ] j Calhoun county. Walker, J. 1. The formal words of the jurat to the ! answers to interrogatories, may follow the | names of the Commissioners as well as i precede them. 2. Anew suit should not be awarded if ! there be evidence enough to uphold aver- I diet for the plaintiff. Judgment reversed. Samuel Ila'l, for Plaintiff in error. | P. J. Strozier, for Defendant in error, j Ga. Land & Cotton C 0.,) Arbitration and vs. [Plff in error. | > award from Thos. J. Flint. j Dougherty. Lumpkin, C. J. In this case the award was correct, whether the contract for stipulated dama- ‘ ages, made a case of penalty or not as the j actual damages proven was as much as , the sunt awarded. Judgment affirmed. I Samuel Hall, for Plaintiff in error. : ! Wright and Warren, for Defendant in I error. L. C. j I Martin aud Johnson] vs. Decatur. Blood. j Walker, J. Ist. A cause dismissed during the late war on the ground that the plaintiff was a ] citizen of the United States, and therefore j an alien enemy, may be reinstated on i motion. Judgment affirmed. Bower for plaintiff in error. Lyon and ] Irwin contra. : Launy Cox ct al ) vs. Application for Doicer Stewart. j from Webster. Harris, J. The heirs at law have a right to contest the report of commissioners appointed to j assign dower. Judgment reversed. Blanford and Miller for plaintiff in error, j Lyon and Irwin contra. Olive Simpson | vs. )• In Equity from W. H. Robert and Wife.) Lee. Ist. When the word "said” or “afore- ; said” is used, it refers generally to the last : antecedent, but this may be otherwise if the context requires it , j 2d. The Sheriff may take the recogni zance of an offender confined in the jail of ; his county to answer for a crime commit ted in another county. i 3d. A recognizance to appear at the next term of the Court and remain there t is not substantially different from one to I appear at such term and from term to \ term thereafter. _ j 4th. One accused of crime and giving ] bail may indemnify his bail_ with property. This is not contrary to public policy. sth. The wife and children of a person who has created a hen upon his property j may secure their interest in the same by j proceeding under the insolvent laws with- j out resort to equity. Judgment modified. I Jno. West for plaintiff in error. P. J- Strozier contra. Dudley ] vs. • Proceeding against holding over, j Love. ) Walker. J. Ist. A Court of law in a pioper case, grant a continuance to allow a party who ha- an equitable defence to enjoin the proceeding at law. 2d. If a material witness be a surety on 1 the tenant’s bond, the Court hearing the case should allow anothef surety substi tuted, to make the witness competent. Judgment reversed. •J. E. Brown for plaintiff in error. A. Hood comm. Smith ] vs. Beil. ) Lumpkin, C. J. Ist A plaintiff by paying cost, present and future, into Court, and assigning all his interest in the case, may become a com petent witness. 2d. Such assignment may be completed by depositing in Court the instrument making it, up I whose acci tanci w r presumed. I Judgment n | , e ,j B’auford , Njq; . ■ a in error, i Met 'ay and | .. L. C. tfluonj ' Wt finch LED.VESDA .){•.. , , ; MBUR 12* " 4-. .r ■ T The iiies.ssj IVi-skPat Johnson is j j brief and senLj! TANARUS: : e lently the work of stud} ; ;r * “ i> equally evi- ; . 'lent that t| ■ e . : has been j closely direct . ro av Mei 'sing the j exciting top|, of polit' -t which . agitate tho who... o far as 1 it was ; c x,, with the ; demands off. , Our hare questiorjof living i ■ a decided interest in na ' equestion | of bread, sust viiy upon a majority of ;n ,• the utter j i exclusion of u~:~M ■ yal public j policy. Nat]-, . | • attention j will be confined !i A t >f themes-1 sage which ti ot T nt anoma j I°RS political . ;i , ting their i materia] inter ts qplyf Sing all the evils ot a coi J u., they are without any'j . • fi.Sii; a colonial | condition. Tc, , . fij, n for the j I burthens oftr a t,if tlSy are without the j Union for th< nurp , f., iv,.r saltation They are « An . objective i legislation, h # ;,p. in case of: hardships f editions of exile are imposed upon -hot * c cp: tout of re moval. The; . m a. of giving expression to ;u >r makiug known ; wants. The rer>r station of any kind th; , c country , av and • emanates dtoui, or is > . , Executive I - Malisif,. A. 'j r i-;,.. thote fore, to this matter of C!10 deepest it'* IV domestic politics— imc status of the South ern States—the message bears abundant evidence of having been constructed with all possible rega'd to a position of political antagonism. I presents no salient points for a renewed attack, and scrupulously avoids ail thatcan irritate opponents. It reiterates, in a calm, moderate and per suasive tone, ill the arguments in favor of a speedy rctoration of the constitu tional rights .o the excluded States. It sets forth elealy, but without any rhetori cal display, tie object for which the war was wared—“the maintenance of the Union.” It affirms, without emphasis, but distinctly, that this was tho only ob ject, and that it has been so asserted and recognized, rtpeatedy, and with great dis tinction and unform consistency, by all the co-ordinate blanches of the government— Legislative, .Judicial and Executive. It points out the fact that Congress did not, and has not, proposed any plan for con ciliation and reconstruction, and narrates calmly and succinctly the history of Execu tive action since tho surrender of the Con federate forces. The narrative of the action of the Southern States is equally calm and clear: 11 All of the States in which the insurrection had existed promptly amended their constitutions so as to make them conform to the great change in the organic law of the land ; declared null and void all ordinances and laws of secession ; repudiated all pretended debts and obligations created for the revo lutionary purposes of the insurrection, and proceeded, in good faith, to the enactment of measures for the protection and ameliora tion of the condition of the colored race.” Such is the narrative—plain, unvarnished truth ! We cannot but think that, reach ing, as it will, for the first time, the masses, it will hive a marked influ ence upon the good sepse and intelligence of the American pcopk The effect of ad mitting Southern Representatives is clearly portrayed: “It wquld tend greatly to renew tho contidcnee of the American people in the vigor and stability of their institutions. It wouldlSnd us more closely together as a nation, an.l enable us to show the world the inherent and recuperative power of ;t Gov ernmert founded upon the will of the people, and istiilffished upon the principles ofliberly, jusice and intelligence. Our increased strength would irrefragibly demonstrate the fallacy of the arguments drawn from our recent national -disorders by the enemies of lioptblican Government. The admission of loyal members from the States now excluded from Congress, by allaying doubt and apprehension, would turn capital, now awaiting an opportunity for investment, into (ho channels of trade and industry. It would alleviate the pres ent troubled condition of those States, and, by inducing immigration, aid in the settle ment of fertile regions now uncultivated, and lead to an increased production of those staples which have added so greatly to the wealth of the nation and the commerce of the world. Now fields of enterprise would be opened to our progressive people, and soon the devastations of war would be re paired and all traces of our domestic differ ences effaced from the minds of our coun trymen.” Profoundly silent on the new issues raised by Congress, the message is full of warning against tiic evils of consolidation. Citing the words of Washington, Jefferson and Jackson “the teachings of men whose deeds and services have made them illus ] trious, and who, long since withdrawn from the scenes of life, have left their country j the rich legacy of their example and their patriotism”—it calls upon Congress to ] draw frcsli inspiration f-oui their lessons, i and to emulate their love of country ! and respect for the Constitution and the j laws. ! The whole tone of the message is firm j and decided, hut eminently conservative ; and conciliatory. Jfcw Fttgland Immigration. ; We see, by several New England papers, j the oft asserted and as oft refuted assertion, that New England men are not only re ] ecivcd at the South with animosity, hut 1 are actually in danger of losing life and j limb, at the hands of the Southern people, j It is with sonic reluctance that wc notice | the charge. Oar columns have so often j conveyed refutation of this calumny—so of | ten contained assurances oi’ safety, and j even extended welcome to all who will make the South their home, and that, too, i the expressed wish and desire of those ; whom it is customary at the North to I style “blood thirsty secessionists”—that we ! almost begin to think the task of disabus- I ing the Northern mind hopeless and u-e --! less. j In days of yore, Georgia received a con -1 siderahle increment to her population ; from the Eastern and Northern States. 1 Much of this has been highly valuable to her. It was not the chief source from which she derived her best citizens. Scotch j i Irish—lrish Scotch —and Huguenots, toge- j : thcr with immigrants from Virginia. 1 North and South Corolina, have formed the : , basis of our population. But yet even in I | the days of the revolution, the days of ! Greene and Ha!!, she received from this ] | source many who were loved and esteemed I in private, and honored with her highest ; gifts in public. They came to Georgia as set- ! tiers and citizens, not as adventurers. With j the constancy of Ruth, they identified them-■ selves with her name, her fame, and her j fortunes —illustrating the bench, the bar, and pulpit, and all the avocations of life j with the thoughts of their clear heads, and ] adorning society with their noble courtesies, enforced with characteristic energy. The ; names of many of such men, dead and living, will recur to tjie memories of our 1 readers; we cannot particularise them, but - single little New England town will afford | ample illustration. In the small town of Litchfield, Conncc ticut, there stands a grand old house with its quadrilateral- hipped roof, shingle-cov ered sides and doric portico. The walls of its rooms are wainscotted. The tidy kitch- j en. laundry, summer and winter pantry, wood- house and well—and ah the conve niences of comfort, oi ample dimensions are compactly joined under one cover. It ! sets firmly and gracefully, guarded in front bv a row of venerable elms, and surrounded on all sides by a breadth ot green grass as soft as velvet topistry. This ancient mansion, j that has braved the wind and the drifting snows of one hundred and six winters, recalls the name of the head of the Litchfield Law School —citrrum I' vcna-nbile noiitcn —Janies Gould. From him Georgians, as well as very many other Southerners, learned the true principles of Law and Justice and Equity. His son, for nearly two-scorc years our fellow citizen, is thoroughly identified with the history of the Bench and Bar of Georgia, and with the history of Augusta—illustrating the teachings of the father, both as a preceptor and practitioner. Passing up through the streets of this same little town, over among the high hills whose acclivities, almost mountainous, dis close charming prospects and beautiful landscapes—up, from where the stoue-post bears date 1700, to the farther end —brings 1 the traveler to the stone wall of the village grave-yard. The moss-covered head-stones recall the names of familiar patronymics. To some they will suggest the name of John M. Adams, a merchant, whose sterl ing integrity and cool sagacity, combined with genial generosity, has caused his name and memory to be cherished with esteem and affection in Augusta, the city of his adoption. Toothers, now in the meridian I of life, there will spring up, uusuggested, from the days of youth the name of one whose kindly words promoted and encour aged youthful pleasures and enjoyments, and bring back to memory the “halcyon days of Tom Parmlee.” But if much was gained by this immigra tion, much of it—very much of it—was hurtful and injurious. Avery large num ber —after laying the foundations of fame and fortune—gathered up the fruits of their adventure in the morning of life, and; with the prescience of the loaded homy-bee, l old hive from .which they swam •and. It 1 to the annual assessed vad^o'r»ur | property for any dread ■ of years Tor ■ J§.m T the State. There are very many and large enterprises based upon capital so transfer red, and reputations thus achieved, in the Middle, Northern and Eastern States.— Some were actuated by fear—fear growing out of the institution of slavery. But, making all due allowance for the number so actuated by timidity, the class is quite nu merous of those who, having so converted, transferred and secured their profits ac quired either from trading in slaves or in slave labor, are active and blatant in the crusade against the very laud from whence they drew the source of their prosperity. It is hardly necessary to say that this class of Bohemians arc not in favor. But the honest settler is welcome now, as he lias ever been. The Street Railroad. Some months have elapsed since our City Council granted to this Compauy the right of way through our streets,, and entered into a formal contract guaranteeing to the Railroad Company all the rights, privileges and immunities which they asked for. This action of the Council met the ap proval of the people of the city, and it was hoped at that time that the application made in good faith, and with the view to the speedy construction of the contem plated railway. Indeed, the parties inter ested in securing the assent of the city au thorities, assured members of Council that if the privileges asked for were granted, the Iload would be built at once. Good faith required that at least some effort should have been made towards the fulfilment of their pledges. The people would like to know what has become of this .project. Is it dead, or what is equally as bad, is it sleeping ? What is the reason that nothing has been heard of its progress since the contract was signed by the City Council ? Does it languish for want of enterprise in those who have its management, or is it because the necessary funds cannot be raised to accomplish the work ? We thought, last Summer, when appli cation was made for the right of way, and wc still think, that with proper efforts, a sufficient amount of funds could be raised iu this city and Summerville to build and equip the Road. But if this has been tried and without success, our people would like to know thatfact. If the present Company cannot build the Road, we suggest that a proper regard for the interests of the city should induce the Directors to let that fact be known. We have been applied to recently by- a number of our citizens for information on this point, and we hope someone connect ed with the enterprise will give to the peo ple the reason why the work hangs fire. If it is because the citizens of Augusta refuse to subscribe for the Stock, and aid the ltoad, let this fact be known. The gentlemen whose names are associa ted with this enterprise have the entire confidence of the public. It is due to themselves that something should be done to relieve them from the seeming indiffer ence, which many think is shown to the proper and speedy organization and con struction of the lload, and if the fault lies with our leading men and capitalists, let that fact be known, so that the blame for the failure may fall upon the proper parties. Our Position. While giving place to the communica tion, which we do most cheerfully, of our correspondent Forty-Ekuitii Georgia, in relation to the canvass for Judge of the Superior Court of this District, we do not intend to commit this journal to either of the candidates. We shall take pleasure in admitting into our columns such brief statements of the claims of both the candi dates as their friends may desire to make, provided they arc couched in proper lan guage, and betray no fierce partisan spirit. W c are determined that this paper shall not bo made the vehicle for the personal abuse or detraction of either of the gentle men who arc announced as candidates for j the important position of Judge of this District. At bile we have our individual j preferences, and shall exercise what little j ol influence we may possess in favor of our | choice, each for himself, we shall hold the I columns of this paper equally open to the ' friends of both. Indians Still in Florida. —The St. j Augustine Examiner says: It is reported i that there are a large number of Seminole I and Uchec Indians still remaining in Flor- | ida, variously estimated at from one to four j hundred—men, women and children. The country occupied by them is in the vicinity of Indian river Inlet, then south to Jupiter and Hillsboro Inlet, then west through the Everglades, coming out on the Corlosahat chie river. The Examiner says Colonel Sprague, commanding that District, has made arrangements to communicate with them, and will proceed down the coast, in the United States Revenue Cutter to the points referred to, when it is expected that fhock-10-turtenugge, the Chief of the hand. ; will be induced to visit St. Augustine. A Smart Youth.—The New York Herald has a lively correspondent, says the Macon Messenger, at Quitman, Oa., who laughs to scorn the ‘'misrepresenta tions of the Southern press in relation to the cotton crop. He has seen a great deal. He has seen all over Georgia and Florida, and he warns cotton buyers not to he de- : luded by the stuff published in the South ern press. The crop will be over two millions of bales. True, it does not come forward as fast as it ought to, to sustain these figures: but it is held back from the market by producers, waiting for a rise.— All that we have to say in response to this writer is, that sagacious men in the cotton trade Lave Leon gradually reducing their figures as the season advances and the true state of the crop is disclosed. Fifteen hundred thousand bales is now an outside estimate, and many contend for a much , smaller sum total. The result will soon tell who is right. The Canadian officials claim that James Stephens left New York on Saturday for -.Atrpx„. accompanied by a largo military j sta “’ w,l ° were all disguised. Stephens | dressed in black citizens’ clothes, and nac. his whiskers shaved clean from his ; r vf’j *ore accompanied by an Eng- . ash detective, who is Inch in the confidence j of the Head Centre. Com jih'A, S. C. November;.:, !>>'.« IF II ’ /■ phut. Mv Dear Sir.: Iu your reply to my letter on the Constitutional amendment, j yojj express the opinion that ‘thismeasure will be dropp- and by the raditnls for one which they deem more humiliating to the peop.e ot the South, viz : universal suf frage. Hon. Horace Greeley (the most prominent candidate for the 1 npeu States i Senate from the State of New York) writes roc jis follows : 'ln my judgment, the true ! basis of settlement of all our troubles is universal amnesty, with impartial suffrage, i In other words, 1 would have all disabili- ! ties because ot rebellion and because of color, utterly and absolutely abolished; and (coming to the point) 1 strongly hope and trust that a settlement on this basis I will be made at Washington this winter.’ j This he wrote in reply to a latter 1 ad- j dressed to him, in which T put*the ques- j tion as to whether the Southern delegates I to Congress would be admitted, in the ! event of their respective States adopting ; the amendment.” Ido not believe, as it is rumored, that President Johnson intends to abandon his policy of reconstruction, or that he will attempt to interfere with any of the States in regulating, as they [may seem proper, the right of suffrage. N«r do l see any reason to hope that the present or* he next Congress will accept of any compromise without universal suffrage lor all the ne groes in the Southern States. 1 am, like wise, unwilling to believe that the South ern peofle will adopt any compromise which will disfranchise one-fifth of the white votes, for the purpose of enfranchis ing a Jew hundred negroes in the Southern States. Impartial suffrage may be accomplished by permitting all persons, black and white, to vote who are twenty-one years old. This the Southern people will never consent to, as it would degrade the right of suffrage and demoralize the Government and so ciety. It liny he accomplished by restrict ing the right of suffrage in the Southern who have a property qualifies. : *.n amt can read and write. This would disfranchise (►about one-fifth of the present number of j wfcUwvotcrs, and.eoi <>f *”■- i frage on a few hundred negroes who j»vn disiranehise and uciiiUuo vine mm *.il ti.a.. selves, and elevate a few hundred or a few thousand negroes above this fifth in all po litical rights and privileges '! Ido not think so. According to the last census, there are over 200,000 white males over the age of twenty-one in the Southern States who cannot read and write. Many thousands of this number fought gallantly tliroug hunt the whole war for the right pf self-govern ment. Are they now to he voluntarily de prived by their comrades-iu-arms of this inestimable right, and reduced to a level with their former slaves ? it may be that their freedmen, having the qualification of property and can read and write, will be placed above them ! They will have the mortification of seeing themselves excluded from the polls, whilst their former slaves are permitted to vote ! Every Southern man knows that there are a great many men of substance and character in the Southern States who can not read and write, and especially old men. They are men of intelligence, pa triotism and excellent judgment, and as capable of exercising prudently the right of suffrage as any one, no matter how well educated he may have been. They have enjoyed this right, too, throughout their manhood, and valued it as sacred and in estimable. It is well known, too, that there are hundreds of thousands of young men in the Southern States who were gallant sol diers and officers in the army, destitute of the property qualification requisite to en title them to vote. They have been well educated, and are tiie sons of many of our most respectable citizens, and some of them have been Colonels and Generals in the Confederate army. Are they, with ali their respectability, virtue, education and distinction, to be disfranchised by this com promise and placed upon an equality with' the negro, or below him, as to the right of saffrage ? At the organization of the State Govern ments, during, and immediately after the American Revolution, there were a great many restrictions imposed on the right of suffrage. The example of Great Britain had its influence on tho judgment of our ancestors in regulating this right. But as time progressed, and republican principles were better understood and more highly appreciated, these restrictions were all swept away, except in one or two States, by a more enlightened, liberal and just public opinion., All free white male per sons,. over the age of twenty-one, have been allowed to vote in all the States, for many years past-, who are citizens. No other qualification is required. In my opinion, this is right and proper, and should he ad hered to, as sacred to republican principles. Its abandonment at this time, and the dis franchisement of two or three hundred thousand voters, would boa sad grievance. They are liable to taxation, to work on the roads, do military and police duty, and, when necessary, to defend their country at the sacrifice of their lives. If the proposed compromise simply en franchised negroes, who could read and write, and had a property qualification, without disfranchising white persons, it might, with reason and propriety, be ac ceded to by the Southern States. There is sound philosophy, public policy and justice in permitting, as they do in some of the Northern States, negroes to vo(e who have a property qualification, and can read and write. It would be a stimulus to their good conduct‘and elevation, morally and intellectually. It would boa safety-valve to their superior intelligence and industry. Such negroes in the Northern States, as a friend of mine recently informed mo, “gen erally vote with the least radical party.” In North Carolina, when such negroes were allowed to vote in that State, Mr. Stanley declared in tho House of Repre sentatives, “always voted with the gentle men.” In Connecticut, very recently, this class of negroes, voted against conferring general suffrage on their whole race. They said, “let them show themselves worthy of suffrage, as we have done, and they can obtain it.” The proposed constitutional amendment disfranchises all in the Southern States who had ever taken an oath to support the Constitution, and afterwards aided or countenanced the war in any way. The unanimous opinion of the South has been that such terms were dishonorable and self-degrading. I would ask, in all candor and sincerity, if those of impartial suffrage are not equally so ? If it be dishonorable to deprive two or three hundred thousand prominent men in the Southern States of the right of holding office, is it not equally dishonorable and degrading to deprive the same number of humble, though worthy men, who have fought through our strug gle for self-government, of the right of participating at all in the government under which they have to live ? In my opinion it is worse. They who are sacri ficed by the amendment are allowed to vote ; but they who are to be sacrificed by “ impartial suffrage” arc deprived of this right altogether. This exclusion, too, is to apply only to the Southern States. In the North, the same class of persons are allowed to exercise the right of suffrage. I know it has been urged that this quali fied impartial suffrage will only exclude j those who arc not so well qualified to vote, i and thereby improve our representatives : and civil officers. Dr. Franklin illustrated \ his views on this subject by stating a case. In bis day and time, there was a property { qualification of $350 for a voter in Penn- ! sylvania. A man had a jackass worth this j sum, and lie was allowed to vote. Before j the next election his jackass died, and lie j could not vote. “Query,” said the doc-j tor, “ did the man or the jackass vote?” There are thousands, as every one knows, j who are poor, and yet more wise, and vir- ! tnous, and patriotic, than those who are j rich. The last State Convention in South Car olina abolished all property qualification.-; j for holding office, as well as of voting.— 1 There is at this time a great reformation ( in progress in England as to the extension of the right of suffrage, And can it be that we are now disposed to turn back the j clock of civilization and republicanism one hundred years, and commence again where ; our ancestors started in 1776? I have said that I do not believe the j present or ensuing Congress will accept ! anything but unqualified negro suffrage j from the Southern States. This alone j will give them, as they suppose, power and influence in the Southern States, and ena ble them to control the Government in a!! time to come. “Impartial suffrage” will' not do this, as it would exclude, with few , exceptions, the whole negro race, Horace Greely proposes too kind a mode, and is j too generous and liberal in his views, to be ; any longer the representative and expo- , nc-nt of the ultra radical parly. This hon or has devolved on the Chief Justice, and : such men as Gen. Butler, Sumner arid i Stevens. _ . In order to induce the Southern people . to adopt “impartial suffrage,” it is pro posed to connect with it a general and universal amnesty. This h certainly a most desirable boon for the Southern States. But I do not see that they are j in any great peril. Almost every one : has been pardoned by taking the amnesty ! oath, or by special application for Execu tive clemency. There is no danger of prosecution for treason or confiscation, ! whilst President Johnson remains in office. : No matter what unconstitutional legisla tion may puss Congress, it cannot be en forced, except through the President, j Exclusion from Congress will continue ; ; but this is no great vital for the j Southern people to make. Their mem- j bers once voluntarily withdrew from Con- j gress, and it has been six years since we i were represented there. A\ e should be in country. \\ e should devote all our cnc™ gjes to the material improvement of the South, and abandon politics, until the : times are more propitious and there is a returning sense of justice at the North. It is possible that a national convention of all the .States, composed of their best and wisest and greatest men, might revise our Federal Constitution, and adjust all ; j difficulties between the two great, sections i : of the republic. If such a proposition i was made by the North, the South would ; accede to it.. This grand tribunal would I command the respect of both sections, and ! be worthy of settling all difficulties between thirty six sovereign States. The association of wise, patriotic and virtuous men, from i all parts of tlje country, convened for the purpose of restoring peace and harmony to | the nation, would have a salutary influence. I No danger could possibly result from such 1 a convention, for their action would have i to be submitted to the States for their adoption, and be ratified by three-fourths i of them, before it becomes a part of the Federal Constitution. If two-thirds of the State Legislatures will make the applica : tion for such a convention, the Constitu ! tion makes it imperative on Congress to order its assembling. 1 Ido not, never have, and never will despair of my country. There is too much j intelligence, virtue and patriotism in tho j American people, for the rule ot passion and revenge to continue always. The | growth, prosperity and happiness of one section of tliis great Republic is most inti , niately blended with and dependent on j that of the other. Like the limbs of the i human body, when one is broken, paralyzed j or injured, it must affect the whole system. | This truth will soon be seen and felt at the | North. I am, with great respect, Yours, &e.. B. F. Perry. Report of Use secretary of e Treasury. This document has been waited for with an interest second only to the desire to see the President’s Message. It opens with the favorable statement of the relative re 's and ex: en.-c- of the government for the ! •• iis A year, which we have already p; e. • 1 ’• makes the decrease of the that year amount to ■>*"! f ml for tho succeeding four 'lonth:^'. ending Oct 1, 1800,) §99,114,- ‘ livreasc the debt from tho t $206,379,565. The Secretary thinks that, with proper econ omy, a reasonable deduction may be made both in direct taxes and duties on imports, and yet tho whole debt be paid by the gen eration that created it. lie assumes the sole responsibility for ordering the sales of gold, but throws any blame for favoritism or mismanagement of this business upon those who have executed his orders. He assumes (we think without sufficient data) that this country is still largely in debted to Europe. lie gives the official returns of-foreign trade lor the last fiscal year, from which we have compiled with some care the following tables : IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES YOU TIIE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1866. Dutiable merchandise, - $368,508,051 Free merchandise, - - 58,801,759 Specie, - - - - 10,329,156 Total imports, - - $437,038,966 EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES FOR TIIE SAME PERIOD. Domestic produce, - - $408,040,903 For. dut’ble goods, $9,434,203 Foreign free do., 1,907,157 —11,341,420 Domestic specie, 82.643,374 Foreign specie, 3,400,697 —86,044,071 Total exports, - - $505,426,394 In the report these returns are jpnixed and the imports being gold values, and the exports being mostly currency values, are assimilated by calculation, so that the Secretary estimates the balance against us at $8,009,577. We have preferred to pre pare a clean tabic as above, which we con sider the most valuable thing in the whole Beport, and our readers, having thus the raw material before them, can estimate the balance of trade to suit themselves. The Secretary estimates the amount of United States bonds in Europe at $350,- 000,000, Stateand municipal bonds at $150,- 000,000, and all others, including railroads, at §100,000,000, giving a total of six hun dred million dollars. He lays down his financial policy in five distinct propositions: I st. A. central par redemption of the National Bank note currency. 2d. A curtailment of the currency to tho amount required by a legitimate and healthful trade. 3d. A careful revision of the tariff, re lieving raw materials, and removing other, opppressive burdens. 4th. The issue of 5 per cent, bonds, with interest payable abroad, in England and Germany, sufficient to absorb the six per cent, bonds now there, and to meet any foreign demand for further investment. sth. The rehabilitation of the Southern States. . Each of these propositions is explained and commended by brief practical argu ments. The First is one we have long urged upon public attention, and it ought to meet a hearty approval even among the banks themselves’ if" their managers under stood their true interests. The Second is eminently'proper iu its time, but it is not the first thing in importance. Nor do wc at all admire the method of substituting, as preparatory to a contraction of the cur rency, more National Bank notes for the greenbacks now iu use. The Third is too general in its statements, but mainly in the right direction. The Fourth we are op posed to in toto. It is not becoming in a great nation like this to undertake the payment of annual interest in a foreign State. We have passed through a gigan tic war without resorting to such foreign aid ; and as there is now no pica of neces sity, we hope the United States will not be thus humiliated. Yv r e cannot but think the “commissions to the agents through whom the exchanges might be made” have Had more to do with this suggestion than any probable advantage to the country. The report, as a whole, is unusually practical and clear in its statements. The great omission is any feasible plan for fund ing the present floating debt, preparatory to the contraction in the currency so earn estly recommended. The foreign loan is j not proposed for this purpose ; and if’ it were, is not desirable. It is evident that the agents and confidants of the Treas ury Department have no direct interest in a sweeping movement to fund the seven thirties and other outstanding obligations at once ; but this is the great need of the country, and we regret that it is not fully met in the report.—A'ctc York .Journal of Commerce. The Cotton Crop. The relation of sup ply to demand, in cot ■ ton, engages, at this time, the attention of every Southern planter, and the statements made concerning the crop of the present j year vary so greatly, that it is nearly im ! possible to arrive at any sound or satiJiic ; tory conclusion. One estimates the crop j at 1,000,000 bales, while another appears | to prove incontestably that it will reach i i 2,000,000 bales, and the contending parties j only concur in agreeing that the crop is far j below the average. They feel that the po i sition of this country is changed, and know 1 | by statistics that the United States do not j now furnish more than one-fourth of the ] i cotton consumed in Europe, so that the I effect of a failure of the crop in this coun- - I try would he likely to produce general dis- j tress and general deprivation. 1 Messrs. Neill & Cos., who have paid par ! ticular attention to the question, have | made a careful estimate of the yield for t'»e i current year. Alabama is set down, not withstanding a large planting, fora return ! of only 29 to 35 percent, of the crop of i 1859, with 250,000 to 300,000 bales against j 813,000 in that year. In Louisiana and j M ississippi the loss is also represented to , have been very severe, and although other I and more fortunate districts help to swell ; the aggregate at New Orleans, that port is | estimated as likely to receive only 750,000 to 050,000 bales against 2,140,000 in the ! cotton years 1859-'GO, or 35 to 39 per cent. Jof the then aggregate. And these .States are very much the worst. I'r-m the I Carolinas and Virginia 250,000 to 275,000 bales are expected, or 41 t 045 percent, of ) the receipts of 1859-GO: and from Georgia I and Florida 350,000 to 375,000. or 51 to 54 per cent, of the same year. But turning 1 to Texas and Tennessee, the prospect may :be described as exceedingly favorable. ; Texas is valued at 200,000 to 225,000 : bales, or 79 to 89 per cent, of the large I crop year referred to; and the up river ; shipments from Memphis, Nashville, etc., : arc estimated at 250,000 to 275,000, or ! considerably more than those of that year. By adding the preceding figures together, a total estimate is arrived at of from 2,050- 1 000 to 2,300,000 bales, or from 44 to 49 per cent, ol' the crop with which we are comparing—amounted to 4,675,000 bales. ; Deßow, however, in arguing the same question, says, ‘hat in 1867 manufacturers i will require 5,500,000 bales, viz: 4,000,000 ■ for Europe, 1,250,000 for the Northern ; and 250,000 for the Southern States. This is to be supplied from the old sources as j follows: United States bales, 2,000,000 East Indies 600,000 , Brazil 130,000 Egypt 300,000 ; Total 3,030,000 i This calculation results in a deficit of more than 2,000,000 bales from the re quirements of manufacture. The recent reduction in price is ascribed by the same authority to the large stock on hand and cn royie from India, to the amount by- j pothecated, and to English expectations of a great crop in this country. These are | expected to pass away, and then, the Southern planter, by holding his stock, j can make his own price. This view is strongly (contested by the ■ New York Economist , but finds a deciple ! in the Shipping List , which says : “The growth’of the staple in the East !""« !lK . c ,. a 1 11 approximation to ihe truth lro,u pabushed statement.-, and the only COUl ’7: to ,Al ol,t “ t 0 " :,it “id watch euiiis. Cotton cannot go lower, and thero is every reason for its rap'd advance. b v.l it is well known that the early part 01 tho season was cold and then wet and grassy, and tins was followed by a terrible drought of about three mouths duration, tins is a certainty, and U e crop cannot possibly bo anything but very small. This ! I*: ol j-'ourse, a favorable time for buyers. 1 hey know that planters require money to | settle with they hands and meet factors’ j advances, and try to keep quotations down -so as to take advantage of forced rates | After these forced rates have been made cotton must rise to its real value—Chm t lestov Mercury. MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD. Message of the Governor. Executive Department, 1 Milledgevilie, Ga,, Dec. 4, 1866.) To the House of H<prcnsetatives: I have assented to and signed “An Act to extend the aid of the State to the com pletion of the Macon and Brunswick Rail road, and for other purposes;” and also j certain resolutions explanatory of said act, both of which originated in your body. Ihe two were signed at the same time, being taken together as one complete legis i itr>c act. It is duo to myself, and to pre vent erroneous inferences, that I here present my views in regard to State aid to such enterprises generally, as a system, ami the considerations which have con trolled me in this particular case. Georgia, as a State, has already invested m the construction of railroads$10,000,00(), and this has been done so judiciously as to dispense the benefits of her investments among all existing railroads, and through them among the people generally. The chief investment has been made in the estern and Atlantic Railroad, wnich is the connecting link between other railroads in the State and those of the West and Northwest. This I regard as the most safest and most comprehensive plan of ox- i tending State aid to the whole system, and to the citizens, with their diversi fied pursuits and interests. A portion of the debt converted lor its completion is still unpaid, and a considerable one has recently been added to repair the ravages it sustained during the war. Having done this much for the cause, it would be very unwise to embark in a general system of aid in tho form of credits. Certain recent occurrences which need not lie mentioned here, present necessities, and her uncertain future all admonish her to be chary of her credits. Its indiscriminate or lavished ex tention to private corporations, would un questionably give it a stunning shock. Your journal shows that several of these are now asking of her such aid. You have already determined by your action to avoid both extremes, that of granting all such applications and that of refusing all. 1 frankly confess that in my judgment the better course would have been the latter for the present, at least, you have determin ed in passing upon them tc discriminate. Aside from the present embarrassed condi tion of our affairs, it might be conceded that there are exceptional cases, and even nowin deference to the General Assembly, I yield my preferaiice to the general policy to be pursued, on this question, and will carefully consider the merits of each as it may rise. The bill and resolutions have been assented to for the following reasons : The Macon & Brunswick Railroad con nects an important interior commercial city, with one of the best ports on tho Southern Atlantic coast —a port confessedly better than any now in general use on that line. Such a port is of incalculable value —if made aecessable to a fer tile interior region. The railroad com munications which Macon enjoy with every portion of the State and with coterniiuus States, are well known. With two such termini, argument is not needed to prove that this road will be a most important commercial highway. On_c million of capital has been recently paid in by the Company and expended on construction. Three hundred thousand dollars of additional capital has been sub scribed and, though not yet paid in, is con sidered entirely secure. Fifty miles of the road has been finished and in daily operation. Seventy miles more have been graded and made ready for the superstructure. Before the full amount of the State’s endorsement can be obtained, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars of additional capital must be bona fide subscribed and paid m. 'Aggregating the present capita! paid in and subscribed, and the means which this Legislature will place in the hands of the Comj any, 1 am satisfied, after careful investigation, that the road will be completed without further aid from the State—a most important con sideration. The facts and strong proba bilities as apprehended by me are these: 1. The road is a very important one to the Sate. 2. It has now lona fide capital paid in and subscribed exceeding one third of its entire cost and equipment. 3. More than one-fourth of it is finished and in operation. 4. More than one-third in addition is graded for the reception of the superstruc ture. 5. Without the aid asked from the State, its completion will be indefinitely post poned ; whilst, with it, an early completion may he expected—tho necessary means having been secured. 6. The title to the property purchased with the State’s aid will be in the State, and on all the property there will be a lien with the right of entry, and user, or of sale. 7. A limit is placed upon the price at which the endorsed bonds may be sold. 8. A contingent fund of two percent, upon the State’s endorsement is to be an nually invested in tlie State's bonds proper, and deposited with the Governor for the redemption of the endorsed bonds. Having made such security, I have come slowly to the conclusion that an exceptional case bus been made out, and I will not dis sent from your action. Allow me, however, most respectfully to add that it is equally incumbent upon the General Assembly and the Executive to subject each case that may be presented to like scrutiny, that there may be neither peril to State credit nor risk of further ap plication for State aid, and no doubt of the success arid general utility of the enterprise. (Signed) Charles J. Jenkins. j Suspected Murder in Ijaltimore.— i Baltimore , December 4.—James Welsh a member of the Columbia (Jommandery of | Kniglits Temp'ar who was missed by his | associates on the night of the recent de | monstration in this city, and for whom a large reward was offered by the Masons, j was found to-day, or rather bis body, in j one of the docks in front of the city, under j circumstances which leave no doubt : that he had been foully dealt with. His clothing had all been taken from bint ex j cept an undershirt. The deceased was from Wa-liing-tcn. and is believed to have been robbed and thrown into the dock. [advertisement.] To the Aotcrs of the Middle Judicial Circuit. In consenting to become a candidate for ■ the Judgeship of the Middle Circuit, I do not intend to canvass for an election. Were I assured of the propriety of such a course, neither time nor means would permit ine to i adopt it. The past ten years of my life have been almost exclusively devoted to the service { of the State. This service lias been in both i military and civil life—in the legislative ! halls and on the battle-field—in war and in peace. I have always endeavored to dis i charge my duty faithfully, honestly, honor ably. Whatever I have accomplished, I have been made to feel that it has not ad vaneed my pecuniary interests. I desire to abandon the field of politics, and sincerely trust that the tocsin of war will never j again be sounded, at ic-ast in our 'day and : generation. I wish to pass the remainder > of my life engaged exclusively in the duties of that profession to which I have been at tached from youth. Age, physical condi j tion, and consideration for the interests of |my family, demand it of me; but I shall , ever feel proudly grateful to the generous ; and noble people who have so often honor i ed me with their confidence and support. I It is not without diffidence and distrust that I have submitted my name as a candi | date for the Judgeship of the Superior j Court of this Circuit. Pure and impartial I justice and a firm administration of the j laws demand the highest qualities of the i head and heart. I can oqly promise an i honest and constant endeavor to discharge faithfully the duties of the office, and to : preserve the sanctity and dignity of the I position so long, so well, and so worthily filled by the late lamented Judge Holt—• the model Judge. Relying upon the active and generous support which the brave soldiers residing wnhin the circuit have ever given me and upon thatconfidencewith which the people have so often honored me, I trust to your active sympathies for support, at the elec tion on A\ ednesday, the 2d dav of January next. " J our fellow-citizen. . „ Wm. Glßßo>’. Augusta, T)*«. g, jgsg_