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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1868)
Ovcmicle & Sentinel. W . ilNFSll.lv' itlilHO. All-IST 12. lion. Howell Cobb’s Atlanta Speech. Wedevotc tbc greater portion of our spice j this morning to the able and eloquent speech delivered by this gentleman at the Democratic Convection in Atiwts on the, 23d of .July last. This is the third one of those great i speeches delivered on that memorable oc ■ radon, by bk'U whom Georgia has ever de- > lighted to honor, that we have published —lion. B. 11. UiH’s and General Robert Toombs’ having preceded it. As many garbled and, in some instances, totally fahe reports of these speeches have, been published by the Radical press, especially in the North and West, in order to make political capital? we have taken pains to secure a truthful report of the same and the only one wbieh meet* with the author * approval. Recognizing the value oi these speeches in the present political campaign, and de sirous of securing a large circulation for them among the people, we liave deter mined to strike off a large number io pamphlet form, to bo sold to Democratic Clubs and individuals at merely nominal prices. Election or Bute House Officers. The result ot lift elections I bursday for fiLite House officers, though not entirely unexpected, will cause some surprise to a portion of the people oi the fstate. The defeat of Brown and Biodgett tho Cnitcd States Senate had encouraged strong hopes that competent and honest men would be selected to fill these import ant State offices. The men elected have been chosen solely on the ground of their partisan character. They are without ex perience, and sadly wanting in those qualifi cations so essentially important for the proper administration of their respective office.-. The Radicals, we suppose, went oiidly for the caucus nominees. This we expectod. We had hoped, "however, ilia* those known and classified as Conservti ll,ri(, would liavc had sufficient inde pendence to unite with the Democrats in the selection of good men. Vve have been grievously disappointed tu tbeir iiiilurc to ..tund firm against Radical pressure. “Thirteen Jtouocrctft were ulmnt”~ this accounts for thi disaster. Why were the thirteen absent '. 'liiC coubtry do p,:tnds that some good reason be given for tin , betrayal ol the interests ot tho iitatc. Were the thirteen bought off ? How were they purchased ? Do they secure fat clerk ships for their kin, or do some of their relatives expect to receive executive ap pointments ? We shall, as soon as we can procure tho list, publish the names ot those thirteen who. in this important elec tion, were absent. Congressional Election. Wo respectfully suggest to the Legisla* turn tho propriety of passing a law at onco providing for the election of members of (bngrs»< from the several Districts to rep re.-ent tho State io the XLI Uimgress. The XL. Congress expires on the 4Mi of March next, and as the new Congress will be most probably convened us soon as the present Congress goes out, it behooves us to make arrangements in time,by which the State may be represented in the March session, if it is held. The Presidential election occurring this year it would perhaps be as well, or better, to order the election for Congressmen on the same day. It, however, it should be and .lined advisable Lo fix the election as it stood before the war, on the Ist Tuesday in (huober, no lime should be lost in giving expression to the Legislative will on the subject. Wo incline to the opinion that, owing to the excited condition of the public ipind, it would bo butter to bold but one '.election this tail, and that the Congressional elec tion should be fixed so as to take place on the same day that the Presidential election is hold. a««Jr Demands his Office. Wo notieo a card in the Columbus papers from F. G. Wilkins, Esq., notifying tho acting Mayor, appointed by t|u; irfatrap of Mo. 3, that as the latter oouid hold theolfioo by virtue of military appointment, and tho power under which he ehtiins buipg itself deposed, that be has no longer ally show ol right to the office,.utid demanding that ho surrender at onco nil ’pretence to Nuch a l ight. Mr. Wilkins also advisgs the people Oi' Columbus to refuse further compliance with the behests of the sn called military Mayor and Council, and claims that he is the legal uhd rightful Chief Executive of the city, until a successor shall have been legally elected and qualified. The condition of Columbus is precisely that of Augusta. We have not heard, however,•of any attempt being made here by tho legal Mayor and Council to recover their lost franchise. The Trospee* organise. Prom nearly every section of the State wo continue to receive most flattering ac counts of the progress of the canvass. The people eeern to be duly aroused to the importance of the issues iuVolvod, and are heartily at work in tho cause of Consti tutional Liberty. Seymour aud Blair mass meetings are being held in most of the counties, aud thoso men who, on aeeouut of their disfranchisement by the military bills or for other causes, were somewhat lukewarm in the last canvass, arc more eager aud zealous in tho goodoausa. Able and influential speakers are diligently can vassing tho State, aud everywhere are greeted by immense crowds of the honest yeomanry of the country, who have girded on their armor for tho November eleo- While this is the condition of affairs in mo.- 1 sections of the State, wo are sorry to ftiii an apparent lukewarmucss in some of the counties of Middlo and Eastern Georgia. We have not forgotten, nor have the true people of the good old common wealth forgotten, that the defeat of the party in the last election was caused mainly by the failure of the people in these counties to do their whole duty. There were many palliating circumstances which were pleaded as an exsuse lor their lukewarmness then, and which we were disposed" to give them full credit for. Now. however, the Democracy of the State expects them to redeem, themselves from the complaints which were so justly made against them. In the Fifth Congressional District par ticularly, we urge our friends to be up aud doing. We know that our efforts in the a-t election were not of such a character ns to be a matter of congratulation with any of us. We lost this District simply Imcause the honest aud intelligent white men failed to make the necessary exer tions to secure success. We shall lose it again unless there is a general and enthu siastic arousement of (he masses. Every matt sheuld leel that upon his exertions alone depends the success of the esase. We know that mou are not generally dis posed to take a very decided interest in a canvass which does not promise sue. eess. To this cause, more than any other we attributed the gant of en thusiasm in the last contest. We admit that the late canvass, conducted as it was >y the strong arm of the military Satrap who reigned supreme over the Stete, and managed aud controlled generally by a set oi unprincipled and corrupt carpel-baggers aud scalawags, willing and pliant toois ol the infamous Halbert, was well calculated to chill tic euthusiakiu and dampen the ardor of the honest voters of the county. Then, too, we had a iar.ee number ol our f -t and most influential citizens in the several counties of the St&tc who were prevented from voting by the term* cl the reconstruction measures. In the present contest, neither of these causes exist. The election* will be held under the laws of the Suite, and by cotu peWnt men “to the manor born."’ No man is disfranchised. All those who were kept from the polls in the spring by reason of their laving formerly hold ofhec iu the State, can now come forward aod take their places in the great Democratic col umn as it marches forward, bearing ern blaxoned upon its bright banner the glori ous old mottoes under which Wash iogten and Madison, and Jackson marched to victory. Not only do the Dam cracy unfurl from their stand ards the great principle* of the “tbcConstitution, fho Union and the En forcement of the law”—but they aUo bear aloft the declaration that the Union must be a Union ofequal State*, the Constitu tion rmr+t be enforced a* it is interpreted by the Supreme Judiciary, aud all the co ordinate branches of the General Govern ment-must be protected in the lull exer cise of their con Jitutional functions. The standard-bearers, who have been selected to bear aloft these time honored principles, are gentlemen of unsurpassed ability, ac knOwlodged integrity of character and true and tried friends of constitutional liberty. With such principles and with these 1 Leaders, who can doubt success ? Lt, then, the good men and true of Elbert and Oglethorpe, and Wilkes and Greene, and Morgan and Hancock, and Wellington and Taliaferro, and Jefferson be up and at work. In the other counties of this district we are glad to hear our friends arc already organized and organ izing. Let there be no laggards now. Let each county eater into an honorable rivaity with the others as to whioh shall be 'she banner county in the “old black belt. Keller. The pert, government is that which im pose-i the fewest restrictions upon tLe liberty of the citizen, and interferes least with private conduct and individual entcr pris... The wisest legislator is he who , confine* the statutes of,the .State within th<;_o well-defined boundaries, whose great land marks were established upon Sinai’s Mount thousands of years ago by the unerring finger of God's infinite wisdom. The history of the world’s civilization from the days of Moses, the great Jewish Law giver, down to tho present day, pro c , conclusively that those nations Lave been most respected and powerful) and lli.!" people most prosperous and happy, who have, in the enact in eat of laws for the regulation of their internal affairs, Left to their people the widest latitude iu establishing and fixing the terms of social, business and commercial intercourse, and hav kept the field of private enterprise optm to the fullest exercise of individual me; it and industry. The gr’eat|objcct and end of all good ) government is the protection of the people, j who for this purpose are collectively con- ! sidtred as one, and are dealt with and J ka .to as the body politic of the State. ( Each member of such a government sur- \ renders for the common good some of) tho. e rights and privileges which, in a state of nature, each is entitled to enjoy. But in such, a'government, no man surren der: his individuality or parts with his j right to acquire and enjoy property. Neither docs tlm government acquire the right to interfere in his social relations and conduct, only so far as mAy be found by experience to be absolutely necessary for the public good—that is, for the good of Am- greatest number of the wholo oomuiu ni'y. T’r c experience of more than two thou- j -.Lin! years of the world’s history has ineou tewibly established the great fact that c.t'b individual of a civitused and enlight ifucd g 1 vvftr intent can establish, regulate arid improve his own fortunes more satis factorily to himself and with less danger to his fellows, when left free from tlm interference of Government, except so far as may be necessary to confine lijs conduct toward his fellows within the limits of the rides laid down and preserved in the laws of the “twelve tables.” The cvery-day conflicts of individual life tends to sharpen the wit, expand the intel lect, quicken the energies, stimulate the in dustry and excite the inventive and produc tive faculties of the people. Just as in the physical world bright sparks arc eliminated by bringing into sudden contact the flint and steel, as fire is produced by tho hard and rapid rubbing of a dry sticks, so, iu tho private and social affairs of human life the constant and irrepressible conflict of mtur with man and, mind with mind in grappling with the obstacles which, through man’s impurity, have been placed by Providence in ihg pathways of life, develop and brighten and'strengthen those great qualities both of head and hoart which con tribute so much to the world’s happiness ami progress. • At frequent periods in the history of the past, resort lias been had to tho enactment of laws for the regulation of human conduct in those private, individual and social affairs which, as we have ob served, have been 101 l by the common con sent of the wisest and best law-makers of the past to the control and management of the citizen alone. Os this we have a fair example in those lutile and oppressive enactments known as “Sumptuary Laws’ —laws which undertake to establish and fix tho price of leading articles of neces sary consumption.* In every single case where resort has been had to such expe dients to lesson or control prices the effect has been to increase the price and render it more difficult to obtain those very arti - cles. These laws, intended for the benefit of the poor, have injurod them and en riched and benefitted the wealthy who were the peculiar objects of the law’s ven geance. So with all theso unwise, unjust, and inequitable expedients known as Stay Laws. While their enactment is justified, solely on the ground that some mitigation of the burdens of debt must be adopted for the benefit of the debtor class, to enable to live and afford a competent sup port for tbeir families they invariably lead to tho permanent injury of that very class. It will be found universally true that men or communities who are in such an impecunious condition as not to be able to meet and settle their legal obligations, need credit for the future more than they de time for the past. Stay laws destroy credit. They destroy coofidence. They diminish values. They lessen the ability to pay debts. They do not relieve from the obligation of the con tract. They do not destroy tho promise to pay. They do not lessen the obligation to perform the contract, but only forcibly change one of its most important eleihents— the time when payment Hiall be made. They client and defraud the' creditor, and i uring ruin and disaster upon the debtor. They are mere temporary expedients which arc resOrud to iu times of great l hardships ostensibly for the public good. , They propose to stay the hand of justice i only for a tiree.ift order that the debtor may have a longer period in which he j may be sble to increase his ability to pay at the expiration of the extended time. ft is for the foregoing and other reasons, ) which if wo had time and space we might ) give, that we are opposed to stay laws— ; that they tail to afford the relief which j they promise to the impoverished debtor. Uader ordinary circumstances we should ] opr '0 any and all attempts on the part of ’ Government to interfere, in any way, i with the obligations or performance of eon- ! tracts. Wo are satisfied that, under any j eueututi.voces, it is a delicate and exceed- j ingly dangerous business. But the people of Georgia and of the South found them selves, a: the close of the war, by no fault of their own, left penniless and, iu many , instances, homeless. At the command of the sovereign power in the State they had taken tip arms the Federal Govern ment. That struggle kd to the eiuanei patiem of iherr slaves. This rpeeies ot j roperiy ecmpcasd nearly four-fifth* of the j entire wealth of tb. Slah- For many years previous m the war the I credit system had prevailed so iao-gaiy and universally that almost every property owner. aDd particularly slave-owners, were | largely u*4 bt» Those debts, contracted in i most part for tk. purchase of slaves, were almost, universally bases upon that species I of property as the ultimate security .or .tie j debt. i Now as the debtor is not to blame for ! tbekosof the property tho ownership of ; which at the time enabled him w obtain j credit, aud which was mainly locked to hy j the creditor as the security for the credit; it seems to us that some fair, equitable and honest adjustment of these old debts i should bo made whereby the losses sus- ] taiued by the war which was waged for the benefit c? all should bo divided be- . tween the creditor and debtor class. If, as we, all hoped, and mist of us believed would bo true, the war had ended in our favor all ebwsc-s of the people would hav-.* participated equally in the benefits which might hayc accrued from such a termira fiOn of the struggle. Now that it is too painfully true that immense losses have by that unfortunate issue, is it not fair and just and right that these looses should be equally borne by all. There can hardly be serious division of sentiment ou this proposition. The chief and, as far as wc have heard, the only ob jection which has yet been urged against it, is its impracticability. Every true mania the State feels truly and deeply for the losses and pecuniary troubles of his neighbor. Every man within whose breast the milk of human kindness flows is will ing to fort-car and curtail his demands 1 against those whose heavy losses renders ! their abi ity to pay in fu’l utterly hopeless. The race of sLylocks who would contend i for and demand the last cent—the pound I ofhuman flesh—from their impoverished and ruined neighbor have no abiding place jou Southern soil. The only or chief j trouble in the -way of a true and penoa- j nent relief to the debtor class, is tho diffi- I ; culty of securing the rights of the credit- j ) ora. For it must not be forgotten j that this much abused class have rights, j rights which no honest or just people 1 would wholly ignore or repudiate. As this article has already exceeded the ) U'Ual limits of newspaper discussions, we j ■ arc eomrielled to bring it to a close. Wc ! shall return again to tho subject in a few' day.;. ILaili of General Charles G. ilslplne. Our readers generally will mourn the death of Gen. Ilalpine, which sad event occurred in New York, on Monday last, from an overdose of chloroform, taken to relieve neuralgia.. The editor of the Charleston Mercury was personally ac quainted with the General, and in his pa j per of‘Tuesday, pay. the following tribute to his memory: ! It is with sic cere sorrow that we an- i I nounce this morning the death of General 1 Charles G. Hal pine, late editor of the j New fork Citizen, Register ol (ho city ol i New. York—more widely known from the | rich products of his r;en under the nom de i plume of. “Mile- O’Reilly.” During a i late visit to New York, it was our fortune j to meet on many occasions this brilliant wriicr and brave soldier- An Irishman I by birth and education, Lo was in earlier j life a private secretary to Mr. Fierce. ! During the war he lought with distinction j m th ■ Federal array, and at its close he ! was elected to the very remunerative J office of Register of the eity of New York. ) General Ilalpine was one of those sol | diers who did honor to the Northern ser vice. A gallant foe in war, when ho un ! buckled and luid aside his sword in peace, ! his generous nature was above the paltry attempt to trample on a fallen foe. Prompt in war, he was equally prompt with the generous hand of companionship and friendship in peace. Nothing could illus trate his character better than the simple fact that there are by his appointment no less than eight Southern soldiers among the cletk-i in the Register's office of New York. Asa writer —the songs of Miles O’Rielly have been read with delight everywhere. Full of lire and passion, and sometimes ten der pathos, they are amongst the best i things of tho kind written in this country. I Asa writer of prose, he was uoquestiona My tho most brilliant, sparkling, pungent writer eortuceted with ■ the press of New Yqik. llis ideas seemed to roll lip on his tnind like the surf on tho sea beach—break ing atkl sparUing, and rippling and laugh ing ii tho -on. Sharp in satire, crushing in (It aufnciation, he held tho tnmd of the | redder always iu expectancy, and seldom i without rewaffl. Boor fellow ! —his bright genius that had just found its sphere, and, attracting all eyes, like an eagle had begun its circles soaring upward into fame, is gone. We shall miss his blithe trenchant pen —his sbngsof passion, and hi- gladiatorial prose. Rest to the restless burning mind! Peace to the gallant dead! FROM ATLANTA. I■ • m r Interest Manifested' in Municipal Affairs Condition of Savannah—The Radicals . will accept no Compromise—Dryant has I an eye to the Mayoralty—His Impudence , —Altbills to be Referred to him —Absent Democrats came the defeat—Caucus' j Discipline, (fie,'. - • .. * | sesQiAi. (uti®!’ Sc., if c.ur xioys i s.-niinxl. AxiAnxa, July 5, 1868. Muons. Editors :■ -The telegraph will i have informed you ere this of the activity I manifested in both Houses in reading bills ; of various calibre, varying from the small local to the expansive ones of a general I nature. Even our cities come iu for a liberal share, mostly of a character, how- I ever, affecting the times of holding munici j pal election* I allude to those places in ; corporatou, whose mayoralty and board of | "ldonucu have bee i superseded by the I power of appointment vested iu the buyo ; net. To remedy this evil seems to be the ! purport of a resolution introduced in tho ! House this morning by Mr. Tumlin in i substance : That since military rule is at | an end, it is meet and proper that the old incumbents bo reinstated and hold their of fices until such time as their successors shall have been elected. To surmise the fate of I such a measure would bo folly, but among 1 several gentlemen of prominence the merits !of the resolution meets with favor. The ! principle involved is whether we shall I proceed to legislate in accordance with . General Pope’s orders, General Meade’s 1 prOßunciamento, or follow the plain paths' j pointed out by the law. As evidence of the dilemma,' vte have but to look at the condition of your sister city Savannah. Hero we find her people laboring under tho j military ordcrofthe commandant, appoint ! ing officers in one department and remov ing others incoordinate tranches. The i time fixed by law for election is October ! nex-, and the citizens, for fear that an al- I ready crowded population of blacks, assist !ed ty the number on a shore con ! tigucus and in another State, may | by numbers and fraud, fasten upou them a ! board loss acceptable ffian any which could emanate from the military, have introduced | a bill requesting the Legislature to postpone I the time until 15th December next. The ! provisionsofthe bill arc such that it requires registration and an oath as to citizenship ere the voter can deposit his ballot. Those who seek by fraud to place in power their friends, have advocates in both Houses here, and among them you can readily distinguish Aaron A! peoria Bradley (negro), assisted by one Campbell from j some island in the 2nd District, owned by one Hopkins, said Hopkins being daily j seen iu the lobby, endeavoring to secure . the mayoray of the forest city. Shades! oPAlclntosh, Qglethorpe, Berrien and a host of Chatham's favorites ! How your brothers and friends in districts remote from the last resting place of those your j gifted sops, extend the baud of sympathy ; and drop a tear to their memory ! We j can but pledge you our assistance by argu- \ ment, and with united voice cry “shame” j »pon a Legislative body that goukl assist! in fastening your chains the closer. It is said there are 150) of the citizens oft Savannah now absent, and the object of - movement of the Republicans is to } bring on a ballot without the proviso of j registration. The bili introduced in the , Senate to extend the period to December | was on yesterday referred to the Com mittee oi the Whole, which to-day we i find, on motion of Mr. Highbee, was j reconsidered, and, alter a very lengthy dis- ; cussion, was referred .to the Committee on ; the J mligiary, and there it will likely re main. _ _ j The resolution of Mr. Tamlin, which I j telegraphed you yesterday, will meet with serious opposition from the Radicals, j They want no peace, no compromise, ! which does not give them “Turkey" every | time, and their opponents the other bird. . j I send yon, by telegraph, the bill intro- j daecd in relation to the municipal election 1 in Augusta. Mr. Bryant certainly has some axe to grind in connection with your J city government, as he jumps up mall) occasions whenever anything is proposed, j which ever so remotely refers to your city \ affairs, He has persistently opposed aDy : and everything which looks like a fair sola- ) tion of the difficulties which have sprung from military appointments in our State and municipal governments. So IyDX eyed is he, and so much better does he under stand the mode and manner of Georgia legjs'ation, that he, al most invariably, rhen his seat, j from which 1,5 is seldom absent, that no j hill or resolution is to be disposed of but ■ that E, *.tt-mpts to control its disposition. ' Some bcibßsY proposed that j hi future all Luis cp iho-Ir eqpoild reading should be referred to Mr.' The election of State House o8ieor» t*- ' day has been all the excitement. The } were defeated purely from want of sgtetdiPlC. Thirteen out-and-out: Democrat!) were many of them by ) the merest accident; seine fo' lh;m had gone to Athens to attend tho Commence- , dent, expecting to return by the 7:45 j train this morning, which, from an unfor- ; seen accident, did not arrive tiil 2 p. m., long after the elections were over. The drill of the Radicals, in their party ; caurjses. is the most efficient ever known. I ” uunever a vote is to be taken in the j House on a purely party matter, some | member is posted, who, by a certain signal, tv slap of the hands twice repeated and at- ) I tK t a short interval repeated again, brings up every member of the party—the colored , | °t*es especially, to the point, and they j plumb the track with the precision of the ' ' best trained veterans. Thad Stevens never had the Radicvis in Congress batter ! trained to follow the sound of his party! ' whip, than are the Radicals in this Legis- i 1 mure to follow, blindly and implicitly, the I decrees of their party caucuses. It is said \ that the party has decided in caucus that every man of the party vote against the i ( crj.ulsion of any Radical, nothwithstand | tog it may appear unmistakably that he is l ineligible. I; this be the ease Bradley will : not be expelled-—no examination will be : had into any alleged ineligibility of mom . “Cf3. Now the Democrats court the in -1 vegtigation—yea are anxious to investigate ; plural alleged cases of ineligibility; but , T ANARUS, cau get it? The majority is j tffariyagamst them ia tha Senate, and in the House every man must be present, ana even then, it is doubtful whether they can carry a measure. Constitution. Church liiion—Kc-ptj to Mr. Evans. ' „ Colujibus, Ga.., August 3, 1868. I ixftors of the Chronicle A, Sentinel : I Gentlemen : Some time ago you pub* i hffiud, ia full, a sermon of the Rev. J. E. I Evans, a Methodist Mia.ster of this place, j jn. wi ucli that. Reverend gentleman came . very near obiitcradr.g Bishop Beckwith ; aad the Episcopal Church in Georgia. At I the time ol tne publication of his discourse you were courteous and fair enough to say | that you wuld publish anything that j. might be offered on the other side, j By request of Bishop Beckwith, I shall j avail myself of your courtesy to publish, 1 weekly, in your Sunday paper, a series of | letters addressed Mr. Evans on the ) subject of Christian Unity and other mat | fors mooted is his discourse. Mutta ) tetigit sed non ornavit. Though these letters will appear by re quest ol Bishop Beckwith, it is not to be inferred that he is, in any sense, answerable for them. He will not even see them tiil they appear in the Chronicle. At the ' risk—and it i- no small risk—of having Mr. Evans preach at me, I feel constrain ed to confess that the whole responsibility will rest upon Your obqdient servant, ; JohnFultpn, j Rector of j riuity Church, Columbus, j Georgia. FKOM~IvTsHHfGTOX. Special Correspondence of Ihc Baltimore Gazette Radicalism in the South —Southern Legis latures and the Electoral Votes—Sen timents of tlic Cabinet—The Political Future. Washington, August 2, 1868. Accounts which I have recently seen from the Sooth represent the Radical or ganization there as terribly demoralized. Except in Louisiana, it is now thought doubtful whether the Legislatures of the seven reconstructed States will assume the power of appointing electoral vote*. Virginia, Mississippi and Texas will, in some way, if not prevented by the forces of the United States under the orders of the bogus State authorities, sc’eet electors and send their votes to Congress. It is understood the President has all along ad vised this course. It is probable also that the whites, independent of endeavoring to carry the elections under the reconstruc tion acts of Oongress, will hold separate elections, if permitted by their epaulettcd masters. The moral effect, in a certain contingency, of a united vote of the South may become of vital consequence In respect to the political sentiments of the Cabinet, I learn that Messrs. Brown ing and Welles may fee relied on as sincere friends of the Democratic ticket. Accounts ; are contrary as to other members. Ran | dall is disgusted, it is said, with politics ! and has declared his position to bo that of armed neutrality. Schofield will, of court e, adhere to the epaulettcd candidate. Mc- Culloch is reticent, and, whatever may be said to the contrary,Seward and Evarts occupy doubtful attitudes. In truth, none )of these men have a political future. If j the Democrats succeed in November, a | clean sweep will be made from top to bot -1 tom. If, on the other hand (contrary to aii signs), the Radicals shall triumph, the whole of the present CLbinef, together with Fessenden, Trumbull, Hendefson, Boss, Van Winkle and Fowler, will be unceremoniously thrown overboard. The' Radicals, however, will ho without other patronage, as the proscriptive and uncon stitutional action of ,C° n S ress has left scarcely a single Democrat or real Oon i servative in office. The town to-day is ! without a single item of news. X, The Crops. Report from the Department of Agri culture. Washington, July 30.—The Depart ment of Agriculture has issued a report on the Condition of fhe'etops in July. Corn. —The most remarkable fact in connection with the Corn crop of the pres ent year is the great iecrease of its acre age in the South, the difference in number of acres between the present and pre ceding year being more than two mil lions and a hair. A slight decrease is apparent in the Eastern seaboard States, resulting from the unpropitious character of the recent cold, wet and backward spring, which sadly interfered with- plant ing. A careful estimate of the acreage shows a decrease of 49,609 acres in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jer sey and Maryland, and an increase of 3,108,215 acres in the other States. The figures show an increase of over 3,000,000 acres in corn; making about 36,000,000 in the United States, an advance of 9 per cent. The per centage of Louisiana reaches 65, that of Arkansas 47, that of Kansas 30, Mississippi 25, Nebraska 25, Missouri 22, Texas 18, Minnesota 17, lowa 15, Illinois and Ohio 8, Indiana 4. The drought in the South has retarded somewhat the growth of corn but its con dition in that section is generally good. In the West the average is high wito the ex ception of Ohio and Indiana, where the weather lias been somewhat unpropitious and storms destructive. In the East on the last of' June the growth was small, but the hot weather of July has brought a large portion of iho crop in splendid con dition. Wheat. —The condition of wheat as shown in tho July returns, is above the average for last year in all the States ex cept Vermont, Connecticut, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Nebraska. The season has been peculiarly favorable to the growth and ripening of this great bread crop in all except the Southern States. Cotton. —Returns from the cotton dis tricts indicate everywhere a reduction of the average in that crop, with the excep tion of Texas, which shows an increase of 33 per cent, over last year, and Alabama, where there appears to be no material change in the figures. The falling off in Mississippi appears to be 18 per cent.; 24 in Louisiana, 12 in Georgia, 13 in Arkan sas, 18 in. South Carolina, 20 in Tennessee and 32 in North Carolina The average reduction in acreage is about 10 per cent. With this.diminished breath there is clean er and better eulturc and a more general use of fertilizers, so that the yield may be quite-equal to last year, ths«eason being equally favorable with a like experience as to insects and other'causes of injury. One county in Arkansas—Desha—reports less than a third of the acreage,of last year, while the area in corn is three times as large. Such indications are hoped ul. The correspondent, .as might be expected, de clares that the crops are all in splendid con dition, and if not injured by a drought, the finest yield for many years will be the result. A want of rain has been apparent in the Gulf States, and a severe drought has afflicted Western Tennessee,' but few complaints ol its effects upon cotton are made. So far she plant enjoys a very gen eral exemption from casualties and injuries. \ Rye, Oats and Barley— Promise abundant crops. No serious drawbacks i are reported and few complaints of bad j condition are received. Potato is—So exceptionally unproduc tive last year, are in unusually fine condi tion, and the average is increased in every State, except Rhode Island, the natural result of extremely high prices of last year’s crop. Fruit —Is variable. Apples and peach es are less promising than usual. Ver mont, Nevr Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, "V irginia, Arkansas, Missouri, lowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and West \ irginia make a worse report than other States as to apples. Peaches urii! be less abundant than apples. New Jersey, Ma ryland and Delaware promising but half a crop, and Illinois and Michigan showing a considerable reduction. Tobacco —Covers as large an area as usual in A irginia, Kentucky and Connec ticut, but somewhat less ia Indiana, Eli“ no;s and Missouri. Its condition is good in Kentucky ana Michigan. Elsewhere it is a little below an average. SoßoncM— ls generally doing well in the West. Not so well as usual in the middle belt of Southern States. At North Bridgeport, Conn., a child was recently born with no upper or lower jaw. but a protuberance like 3 chicken's beak. Dr. Burnt cut off this deformity &nd forming a lip by paring the skin from the ehosiks on either side, and fastening it with rnWiH The strange operation bids fair to be suceofotm. It is rumored that a hill will soonbe#in trodueed in(p the Legislature and pushed rapidly through it, establishing a paid Fire Department in the cities of Augusta, Sa vannah, Macon, Atlanta. Americus, Co lumbus, and Rome, woe the volunteer sys tem to be abolished! Will it not be a piece of Radical political machinery ? From the Atlanta Intelligcnci'T, THE GEORGIA LEGISLATI KE. SEXATK. Monday, August 3, 4S6B.—The Seuato met pursuant to adjournment, »nd was ope red by prayer from the Rev Mr Pret ty man. The rules being suspended, Mr Iligbee reported a resolution that, in accordance with the Code, the officers -and clerks do now take an oath before the President to perlorm their duties to the best of tbeir j skill and ability. In pursuance of the same the officers and , clerks came forward and were sworn. The following bills were introduced and I read the first time: By Mr Campbell'— A bill to secure intel ligent jurors, aud provide for tbepavment of the same. By Mr Smith—A bill to loan the credit of tiie State to the South Georgia and .Flori da Railroad Company, and for other pur poses. (Authorizes the Governor to en dorse bonds for §200,000, to draw no more than 9 per cent.) Also, a bill tb eonsoli . date the offices of Tax Collector aud Re ! ceiver of Chatham county. By Mr Nesbit—A bill to Incorporate the Georgia Fire aud Marine Insurance Com pany'. By Mr Wooten—A bill to authorize the Supreme Court tu have published their ; proceedings in pamphlet form, and for ) other purposes. By Mr i.looro—A bill- declaring none ! eligible to Judges of District Courts who ! are not ati.orneys rpgulariy admitted. By Mr Adkins—A bill to punish the ; venders of lottery tickets in this State. I By Air Spear—A bill to prevent the sale of obscene periodicals and papers in this : State. A !so a bill to repeal section 897 of ! the Code. Also, a bill to fix the day of ! election of municipal officer's of this ; State. ByMrHigbec—A bill to prevent fraud and intimidation at elections. By Mr Xunnally—A bill for the relief of debtors, and an adjustment of debts and contracts upon an equitable basis. By Air Wiun—A bill to repeal an act prescribing the mode and manner of elec tions of the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta. « * By Air Brock—A bill to pay each wound ed or indigent soldier, or Ids widow or or phans, a oertain sum of money. (Pro vides that they are not to be worth over §SOO in cun ency.) By Mr C andler—A bill to provide foi setting ap ; rt of homesteads aud the pro tection of tho saute, Ac. This bill provides that the homestead provisions of the Constitution be enforced, upon compliance with certain provisions in said bill, as follows : That a schedule of the personal prop erty claimed to be exempt, be presented to the Ordinary—abd application for order directing the County Surveyor tp enter upon the laud of applicant, audrTay Oil' the homestead, and return the same to the I Ordinary, This schedule *of personal property and,assignment of realty, upou being approved by the Ordinary and re turned to the offico of tpe Clerk of the Superior Court, and then recorded in a book to be provided,for tho purpose, which, being done, it is made illegal for any officer lo levy upou aud sell the same. Provision is made for exempting homes- steads in City and. town realty, and.also provides the manner lu which sales may be .made of homestead exempted, by the consent of those interested. It further provides for tho waiver of the homesterd and exemption provided iu tho Constitu tion, and an acceptance of the homestead and exemptions provided in the Code, in lieu of the same, upon compliance w'ith the provisions of this bill. If this bill becomes a law, while it secures the homestead aud exemptions provided in the Constitution to those entitled, it will enable persons of limited means to obtain credit, and at the same time protect the creditor from loss. By Mr llolden—A bill to legalize certain marriages, and to relieve the parties from certain pains and penalties. By Mr Smith of the BG:h District—A bill to define persons subject to road duty in this State. (From lt> to t>o—exempt by paying §2.50.) By Mr Harris—A resolution bringing on the election, on Tuesday next, of State House officers and State Printer. Air Holcombe moved to strike out Tues day' aud insert Thursday. Mr Burns urged that the bill pending before the llop.so consolidating certain offices, uot having passed, he moved to lay the resolution on the table, which was not agreed to. Ate Witiu opposed the resolution on con stutionai grounds—thatinstrument stating that there shall be a Surveyor General. Mr Spear said ho was in favor of post ponement until Thursday, so that no ad vantage could be taken of absent can didates. The amendment of Mr Holcombe was agreed to, and the resolution am-feed to. Mr Smith, of the 7th, introduced a bill to provide for the election of Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah, in December next. Mr Holcombe—A resolution that the rules he amended so as that the minority can report in seven days, .when tho ma jority refuse to report. MoHungerford said fie had the honor to belopg to the Committee on Privileges abd Elections. We had one way to get those gentlemen together—by sending for persons ami-papers. It was the duty ol the Chairman of these Committees to com pel their attendance. Ho was opposed to the resolution, as being Contrary to all parliamentary usage heretofore practiced. Air Kigbee defended the delay of the Committees. Ouo reason was the want of-suitable rooms, which have riot y'et been provided. The documents were very voluminous, and did not deserve to be passed by hastily. Air Holcombe explained that he alluded to the Special Committee in tho case of the Senator lrom the Ist District. Mr Avunnally said that the Committee last, spoken of would report to-morrow; nevertheless-, he thought thd resolution a good one. * • . ’ Air Campbell spoke against tho measure, favoring old time Usages, and opposing any innovations on them. Air Brock opposed the resolution, and he wpUld say to the gentleman if ho would introduce a resolution, making tho Com mittees show cause why they do not act, he would vote Jor it—besides he opposed it because'it was not the custom. Air lligbee said that as a member of the Committee sii Privileges and Flections, fie would say »o one was more anxious to make a report. He thought that as the evidence was voluminous they might not be able to report at au early day. Air Ho ldo in bo by permission withdrew tho resolution. Mr Higbee reported a resolution, that iu addition to the duties of Standing Com mittees, they shall at their discretion re port the expediency of printing bills re ferred to them—which was agreed to; Also, that tho Secretary Lo directed to hand in bills to the Governor, which have passed both Houses, noting on the journal the time of presentation. Mr. Bradley reported a resolution, that the Committee.on Militia of both Houses be instructed to bring in a bill organizing all üble-bodiod loyal citizens to serve as the Alilitia of the State irrespective of race or oolot. Laid on tho talne ; also, a resolution instructing the Judiciary of botli Houses to determine, by bill, what parts of Irwin’s Code aroincompaUble'with the Constitution. He urged the passage of the resolution because everything in tho Code was in violation of the Civil Rights Bill. He was in favor of striking this part from the statute book, so that the world could see we were abiding by the Constitution. Gentlemen may not like the source from which this appeal comes, but you must remeinber that your greatest men do not always intro duce the greatest, measures. On motion of Air. Spear the resolution was laid on the table. Ffty copies of the Homestead Bill of Mr. Candler were ordered printed for the use of the Senate. The ruies were suspended and the bill to provide for, the holding of Superior Courts in the Fall term was read the second time.. Committed. The bill to extend the aid of the State to the Alacou A Augusta Railroad was read the second time »and referred to Commit tee on Internal Improvements; also, a bill to increase the capital stock of the same, * • , The Senate adjourned until) to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. . • HOUSE. House met. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Spi I man. Mr Turnipseed-moved to reconsider the Senate resolution, concurred in on Satur day, suspending levies and sales under execution, «fcc. Messrs Turnipseed, Flournoy, and Bar num, fayored the motion. * htefcsrs O’Neal and Bryant opposed the motion, which was,finally lost, by ayes (50, nays 63. , . .... Mr Andersoif moved a resolution to ap point a special committee of ten, to meet, such committee as the Seuato may appoint, to take into consideration all the* meas ures Os Relief no-y before the two Houses, and that they lie instructed to report by bill or .otherwise. Adopted. The Senate resolution, to elect Stats House officers and State Printer, was con curred in. . », Mr O’Neal offered a bill to provide for the electiomof Justices of the Peace. Mr Bradford—To amend sections 4,322 and 4,330 of the Code. . Mr Harniiton—A biU *o provide for the election of Mayor and Aldermen fob the city ul'Savannah. Mr Betburie—A bill for relief of J J Staliings. Mr Gardner—Resolution of instructions to Committee of Blind Asylum. Mr Darnell—A bill to amend road laws; also to allow J M Richards to practice medicine. Mr trail,*of Meriwetiier —A resolution of instruction to Finance Committee. Mr Fyali—A resolution of instruction to Judiciary Committee. Mr Duncan—A hill to provide for set ting apart homesteads ; also a bill for the relief of executors, and trustees. Mr Parke—A bill to authorize the pay- i rnent of certain claims against the Western aud Atlantic Railroad. Mr Maull —A bill to protect growing ■ crops from levy and sale under the fore closure of mortgages, and to encourage the cultivation of mortgaged crops. Mr Hall, of Glynn—A bill to incorporate the Brunswick Gas Light Company. Ho use adjourned to 10 o'clock a m to morrow. S SKATE. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1563. — The Senate i met pursuant to adjournment, and was : opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Spill- ' man. The Journal of yesterday was read and Committee on Enrollment reported | that they had examined into the qualifi- ’ cations of the clerks, and found then: com- ! petent. j BILLS ON SECOND BEADING. A bid to incorporate the Etowah Canal and Waterworks Company. Referred to j the Judiciary Committee.' A bill to provide the mode aud manner i of setting acart a homestead. Withdrawn, i A bill to prohibit ail persons from vot- i ing who have not paid all legal taxes. ! Referred to Judiciary Committee. I A bill to declare who are liable to road duty. Referred to Committee of the ■Whole. A bill to prohibit the sale of spiritous liquors on election days. Referred to tbe Judiciary Committee. A bili td> incorporate the Cherokee Manufacturing Company of Floyd eouuty. Referred to Committee ou Agriculture and Manufactures. A bill to protect the citizens in their privileges aud immunities. Committed. A bill to prevent duelling. Referred to Judiciary Committee. A bili to encourage loyalty 1 , good order, and decency. Committed.' A bill to extend the provisions of au act to certain Fire. Companies in tbe oitv of Macon, Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. A bill to prevent stock from running at large. Mr Bradley moved toreferit to the Com mittee on Internal Improvements. Mr McArthur moved its reterenoo to the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum. Mr Wiuo moved to refer it to the Peni tentiary Committee. It was finally referred to the Committee ou Agriculture. A Dill to alter and amend the usury lap's of this State. Committed. A bili to protect the planters of this State from the sale of spurious fertilizers. Referred to Committee oa Agriculture aud Manufactures. A bill to change the laws of this State wherever the word Milledgeviilo occurs. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill to incorporate" the Fort Valiev Loan and Insurance Company. Referred to Committee on Banks. A Dili to amend an act incorporating the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company. Re ferred to Committee on Internal Im provements. A bill to fix tbe place of bolding the Supreme Court. Referred to the Judici ary Committee. A bill to make kills of indictment amendable. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill to incorporate the Georgia Ma sonic Life Insurance Company, Commit ted, 100 copies ordered printed. A bill to declare all offices vacant where the incumbent is disqualified by the 14th amendment of tbe United States Consti tution. Referred to *ihe Judiciary Com mittee. A bill to organize a District Court, and deline its juri-dietion. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr Smith of tbe 7th, moved to amend its reference by instructing the'Commitlee to perfect a bill at an early day. A bill to exempt from taxatibn all foreign capital invested in the manufacture of wool and cotlon. Referred to Committee on Internal Improvements. A bill to authorize the Governor *to ap point a Tax Receiver of Chatham county - a vacancy occurring by the death of W. Hopkius. Committed. - I A bill to declare the charter of the city of Darien null and void. Referred to the | T Committee on Petitions, A bill to incorporate the Griffin Loan, Trust and Saving Institution. Committed. A bill to amend the oath of Grand Jurors in this State. Committed. A bill to incorporate the Georgia Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Com mitted. A bill declaring that none but attorneys are eligible to become District Judges. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill to legalize certain marriages, to relieve certain parties from pains aud penalties. Committed. A bill to require the Supreme Court to publish their decision-* in pamphlet form. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. A bill to incorporate the Central Georgia Life Insurance Company. Committed. A bill to punfeh vendors of lottery tick ets. Referred to tbe Judiciary Committee. A bill to authorize the settlement of debts upon an equitable basis. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. The rules were suspended, and the Sen ate took up the message of th- Hou e. ap pointing a joint special committee on the subject of Relief. Ten appointed in the House—Mr Anderson, of Cobb, chairman. In the Senate, Mr Hun rally was ap pointed Chairman. Mr Smith of the 7th—A joint resolution to appoint three from the Senate, and such committee as may b« appointed by the Houso, to ascertain what amount of stock the State has in the Gulf Railroad, and its condition. Said committee have power to send for persons and papers. Adopted. The committee by tbe Senate consists of Messrs Smith of the 7th district, Burns and Coleman. Mr Nunnally— A resolution that no bill from the Senate be presented until a State Printer be elected. Adopted, A resolution by Mr Dickey, that a sub committee of the Seuate be 'appointed on the Deaf and Dumb Asylum to join such eommiftoe of the House to visit that insti tution and report on its condition. By Mr Hungerford—That the Building Committee be instructed to confer with the city authorities in reference to furnishing more room for legislative purposes. By Mr Wooten—A. resolution that the above committee confer with the city au thorities in reference to furnishing a suit able room for the State Library. MIAS OX SECOND READING- RESUMED. A bill fixing the time of holding elections !in Savannah. (Fixes 15th December noyt.) Referred to Committee of the Whole. A bill to sole«t competent jurors. Re ferred to Judiciary Committee. A bill to provide for the setting apart of a homestead. Referred to Judiciary Com mittee. . , ’ Senate adjourned until 10 to-morrow. House met —Prayer by Mr. Spillman. A resolution to appoint special Com mittee to visit Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Agreed to. Mr. Crawford introduced two resolu tions, looking to investigation of the re turns of the late elefction for Governor, Legislators, and Congressmen. Mr. Hall, of Flynn, a lull to incorpor ate Brunswick Street Railroad Conipauy. Mr. Hopkins—To adjourn this General Assembly to Milledgeville. Mr. Shumate, a bill to carry into effect 13th section, stli article of the Constitution. Mr. Rawls —A bill prescribing tbe time when costs in suits aud actions shall be paid. Mr. Walthal—A bill to revive the char ter of Cedar Town. Petition of Eli S Glover contesting seat of Allen (col’d), of Jasper county, was r ad and Telerred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. TLe petition of Chatters (col’d), con testing the si at of J K Barnum, of Stew art, was read and referred to the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections. Mr Allen—A biil to protect farmers qgainst fox hunters. The Senate bill consolidating the offices of Secrotary of State and Surveyor Gen eral was passed ; also, the Senate bill to fix and establish the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, So licitors General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, aud Comptroller General was read. Mr Warren, of Quitman, moved to strike out §250 aud insert §6OO as salaries of So licitors General, to be paid in specie. Mr Bryant, of Richmond, moved to in sert S6OO in specie as the salary of Solicit ors General. Mr Shumate moved to insert $350. Mr Rawls moved, as an amendment, that no qua should be appointedjas Solici tor who had not practiced law for live years. After a variety of motions the previous question w;as called and sustained. The House adopted and passed the Sen ate bill as a substitute tor the House bill of the same caption. A bit! to be entitled “an act to provide for the election of Mayor aud a Board of Aldermen for the city of Savannah,” was read a second time, and, on motion to re fer, a lengthy discussion sprang up, which lasted for an hour. Mr Bryant moved to refer to a standing committee of the House, to be appointed by the Chair, and to bo called the Commit tee on Corporations. Ayes 68, nays 69. So the motion was lost, when Mr Bryant moved to refer to Committee on Privileges and Elections. Lost—ayes 63, nays 69. Mr Bryant moved to refer to tho Judici ary Committee. Pending the consideration of this vote, the House adjourned to 10 a m to-morrow. , SENATE. August sth, 1868.—The Senate met, and was opened with prayer by the Rev Mr Fretiyman. Mr Higbee moved to reconsider so much of the journal of yesterday as relates to ! the reference to die Committee of the, } Whole a bill to provide for the election of I municipal officers in the city of Savannah. I Messrs Higbee, Harris, Campbell, i Bradley and Spear spoke in favor, of the ; measure ; and Messrs Candler, Smith, of i the 7th, and Xunnall.v in opposition, i The motion of Mr Higbee prevailed—lß ; to 20. Bill referred to Judiciary Commit- I The rules were suspended, and the fol i lowing bills were read the second time : ! A bill to reduce the bonds of civil ofli j cers, and for oth.er puposes. Referred to . Judiciary Committee. A bill to provide for the removal of any I county site. Committed. Mr Higbee moved !o suspend ihe read ying of bills for the i>urpose of making a report on Privileges and Elections. Agreed j to. ! Mr Higbee then moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of having the report i read, which was not agreed to. The Senate resumed bills for second reading. A bill to incorporate the Georgia Loan and Trust Company. Committed. A bill to loan the credit of the State to the South Georgia and Florida Railroad. Referred to the Committee on Interna! Improvements. A bill to consolidate the office of Tax Collector l and Receiver of Chatham coud ty. Referred to Judiciary Committee. A bill to repeal section 897 of the Code of the State. Committed. A bill to prevent the sale of obscene and vulgar periodicals in this State. Referred to'Judiciary Committee. A bill to prevent fraud at elections in this State. Referred to Judiciary Com mittee. A bill to fix the time of municipal elec- ' tlons iu this State. Committed. A bill to repeal an act, Ac, providing lor the election of Mayor andjAlderinen oi At lanta. A bill to pay to each indigent wounded 1 soldier or his widow or orphans a sum of money. Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. A bill to prescribe who are liable to road • duty. Committed. Mr Higbee made a report on Privileges and Elections, The report states in the beginning that the committee could not conceive how they could reverse the de- i cision of higher tribunals. Counsels the Senate to consider Gen Meade's order de daring who was elected as tioai. It winds up by a resolution declaring Gen. Meade’s order No 90 should be the guide. Mr Brock appended a document that it was his opinion that elections held under military rule was a finality, but he was iu doubt. Mr Hicks made a minority report set ting forth that the contesting of seats of Messrs McWhorter and Richardson should be investigated by the Committee on Privileges and Elections. ! Mr Candler moved to lay the majority report on tlie table, with the understand ing that it was to bo brought up to-mor row ; which was lost. Mr Higbee spoke in fityon of the adop tion of the majority report, aud made a motion to that effect. Mr Hicks spoke in favor of the majority re;s,rt. Mr Hinton moved its adoption, taking the ground that the military had aootmi plished the purpose they were sent hers lor, the restoration of Georgia; that being accomplished, tbe Georgia laws Were to be our guide, one of which deolaies that oach House shall bo the judge of the quali fications of its members Mr Bradley spoke in favor of the ma jority report. Mr. Hungerford said that allusion had been made that no majority report of the committee were present when action had been taken, but he would iuform the Senate that there were lour present, and one other gentleman afterward signed it, making five to one. He spoke in favor of tho adoption of the report, giving reasons why tho committee acted as they did. Ponding the question the Senate adjourn ed until 10 o’clock to-morrow, Mr. Uun gerford haviug the floor. HCiOSE. Houso met. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Spill man. Mr Allen, of Jasper, introduced a bill regulating elections in Jasper county. Mr Tumlin—A bill to authorize Colum bus W Gregory to peddle without license, Mr Bryant moved to reconsider the re hi sal of "the House yesterday to refer the bib providing for the election of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah. Mr Ricecalled the previous question— ayes 7*2, nays 70. So the motion prevailed, and the main question was put, which resulted in ayes 71, nays C-9. Mr Bryant moved to instruct the Speak er to appoint a Committee on Corpora tions, which motion prevailed. Tbe Senate resolution, appointing a committee to investigate the allairs of the Gulf Railroad, so far as the State is con cerned. was concurred in. Mr Tumlin offered the following: Whereas, military authority having ceased to exist in this, tile State of Geor gia— Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Geo:gta nov convened, That all persons whomsoever in this State, hold ing any municipal office in this State, by virtue of any military commission what ever, shall be, and are hereby removed from said office or offices. 2. Be it resolved,'That all offices vacatedjjy virtue of section first of this resolution be resumed by those who have been remov ed by military commission only, they be ing required to act in their respective ca pacities, as prescribed by tbe civil laws of this State, until the time prescribed by their respective charters shall have arriv ed for holding elections. Not taken up. Mr Maull introduced a bill amendatory of an act to incorporate the town of Co lumbus. Tbe House spent most of its session in reading bills a second time. A bill to be entitled an act to amend an act entitled au act to incorporate tbe Geor* gia Air Lino Railroad Company and con fer on them certain powors and privi leges therein mentioned, <sc., was read a third time and made special order for Monday next. The House adjourned to 10 o’clock A. M. to-morrow. SENATE. ' Thursday, August 6, 18(58.—The Senate met and was opened with prayer by Rev Mr Smith, of the Senate. Tho Governor sent in a message, ap proving a joint resolution suspending levies and sales uuder execution. The Senate resumed the unfinished busi ness of yesterday, which was tbe consideration of the report of the mi nority of the Committee on Priv ileges and Elections. Mr Hunger ford having the floor, read Order No 77, current series from Headquarters of Gen Meads. General Meade know that this order would have a bearing on the elec tion. Ho was so particular in this trans action that the returns could not be brought to Headquarters unless by some one of the Board. This was all done to prevent fraud, and all know that under this state of things no fraudulent transac tion was intended. The returns of the election, so far as we are concerned, were published throughout the (State, aud all that coftld read might do so. Gentlemen, by reading the Code, wilt find that in par agraph 11. General Moade alluded to It. (Here Mr II cited members to Chapter 6 of Code.) Besides saying you shall look into the subject of contested seats, it says plain ly you shall look into the conduct ot the board, &c. He held that if Gen Meade has taken the place ot Governor, and held the high'-st office, and called ibis board for a special purpose, after it convened, and in quire into the conduct of officials, hethere by offered to furnish within 30 days all evidence desired. If he be the Governor, and called an election according to the Code, which he did, wliat docs the Code say ? It says, and th.s is not only a mili tary but a civil ; ode, that no proceedings can bo begun contesting au election after the Governor lias issued tho commission, therefore if they failed to appear and put in claims it was tiieir fault, and General Meade was not afraid to publish this to the World, as the gentleman says. Mr Hinton—l did not say Con Meade was afraid ; but you, sir— Mr Hungerford—Well, sir, 1 will take you up on that point. Mr H concluded by calling the previous question, which was sustained. Upon the question of the adoption of the initioi-ity report, tlio yeas twid nuvu required to be lecorded, aud are yeas 13, nays 22. Those voting in the affirmative are: Messrs Andersen, Bruton, Burns, Cand er, Collier, Fain, Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, Jordan, McArthur, McCutclien, Moore, Nisbet, Nunnally, Smith of the 30tli, Wel- Jxmrne, and Winn. Those voting in tho negative aret Messrs Adkins, Bovvers, Bradley, Brock, Camp bell, Coleman, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin o! tlie 6tli, Harris, liigbee, Hungerl'ord, Jones, Merrill, McWhorter* Richardson, Sherman, Smith of the 7th, Speer, Stringer, Wallace, and Welch. Yeas 18, nays 22. So the minority report was disagreed to. • Upon the adoption of the majority report, the yeas and nays were required to be re corded, and are yeas 22, nays 18. These voting in the atllmative are: Messrs Adkins, Bowers, Bradley, Brock, Campbell, Coleman, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin of tlie 6th, Harris, lligboe, Hun gerford, Jones, Merrill, McWhorter, Rich ardson, Sherman, Smith of the 7th, Spear, Stringer, Wallace, and Welch. Those voting in the negative are : Messrs Anderson, Bruton, Burns, Can dler, Collier, Fain, Graham, Hicks, Hin ton, Holcombe, Jordan, McArthur, Mc- Clitchen, Moore, Nisbet, Nunnaliy, Wel bourne, and Winn. Yeas 22, nays 18. So tho report was adopted. On the call of the yeas add nays, Mr McWhorter was in doubt as to whether he should vote. Mr Cam ler raised the point of order, and the President declared thftit the Senator had the right to cast his vote. The Senate took a recess of five minutes, when, on re-assembling, on motion, the Senate repaired to the House of Repre sentatives for the purpose of electing State House Officers and Slate Printer. Ou mo tion, the Senate repaired to their Chamber. Attention was called to tho House proceedings as to result of election. On motion, the Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. HOUSE. House met. Prayer by the Rev Mr Spillman. Mr Crawford moved to reconsider the action of tho Houso yesterday appointing a Committee on Corporations. Ruled outol order. Mr Golden introduced a bill to fix the salaries of District Judge and District At torney in the 2d Senatorial District—§l,6oo for Judge, SI,OOO for District Attorney. Mr. Darnell- —A biil to repeal an act to relieve certain officers and soldiers of the army of the late Confederate States from certain disabilities ; also, a bill to allow Rowland W Ingram, of Pickens, to prac tice medicine. Mr Shumate, of Whitfield, a bill to or ganize the municipal government of the city of Augusta. Mr Barnum moved to appoint a com mittee of five to examine applicants for the privilege of practicing medicine. Adopted. Committee: Drs Barnum, Fowler, Drake, Bell anu Gober. A motion by Mr Anderson to hold two sessions of the House daiiy, was not taken up. Mr Ramsey introduced a bill to relieve Seaborn, Montgomery, and others, securi ties upon the bond of Henry L Tison, Tax Collector of Schley coiinty, so far as re lates to the Convention tax. Mr Gullatt —A bill to be <nlitled an act to amend the charter of Atlanta Street Railroad Company to change its name, to lend the aid of the State thereto, to confer banning powe sand privileges upon the same, and for other purposes. Mr Duncan, of Houston—A bill to make uniform all election tickets used for elect ors in this State, and providing a penalty for the violation of tlie same. | Mr Wileher, oi Taylor—A bill to change j the line between the counties of Taylor i and Macon. Mr. Shumate, of Whitfield—A bill to in corporate the Southern Life Insurance ! Company. j Mr Eilis, of Spalding.—A bill for the j relief ofphysiciansjand freedmen. Mr Nisbet, of Bade. —A biii to alter and amend an act entitled, “an act to inooro porate Oglethorpe University at Midway” ; assented to December 21si, 1835. l'he Clerk was instructed to Inform the i Senate that the House was ready to re i ceive the Senate in their Hal), to go into election of State House officers and State Printer. The Senate came In, and on the first vote for Secretary of Stale, I)(i Getting received 102 votes; X C Barnett 90; T A Swearin gen 2. D G Cotting was declared elected. For Comptroller General—Madison Bell received 102 votes; Peterson Thweatt 90. So Mr Bell was declared elected. For State Treasurer —N L Angler re ceived 101 votes; Williams 92 votes. So Mr. Angler Was declared elected State Treasurer. For Public Printer —Dr Sam Bard re ceived 99 votes; J W Bnrke, 93 votes; W A Read 1. So Dr Bard was declared elect ed Public Printer. The Senate retired and the House ad journed to 10 a in to-morrow. SENATE. 1 ridav, August 7, I»6B.—The Senate met at 10 o'clock, a. m. The Journal was read. Mr Candier moved a reconsideration of the action of the Senate yesterday,inasmuch as it related to the eligibility of members. He delivered a long, able and highly ar gumentative appeal in support of his mo tion, but his arguments and ability and j pathos, were alike lost on the body to wliich he addressed himself. Seldom has ; it been our lot to listen to so powerltii an j invective against wrong, and we must, i without hesitation, pronounce him the ! Cataline of the Georgia Senate. There is thjs difference, however, that the old Roi man addressed his eloquent appeals to white men who had brains. We shall ' give a lengthy report of the remarks of j Mr Candler in our issue of to-morrow. i Mr Brock attempted to reply, but he did’nt, and. In the iisual style of his side of i lie house, he moved thojprevious ques- M r Burns also offered some few remarks in reply to Brock, which we shall also publish to-uiorrow. Mr Smith said that as the thiug bad got so far and as it was likely that the open ing up of such an unpleasant affair would lead to a great amountof legislation it was better to hush it up. Mr Brock withdrew his call for the pre vious question. Mr Spear moved to lay the motion to re consider on the table. Mr Higbee moved the previous question. The call for the pevious question was sustained aud the main question taken up. Mr Burns called for the ayes and nays, which call was sustained. The ayes and nays were then called ou tbe motion to reconsider when they result ed as inflows: Yeas—Messrs Brock, Brutton, Burns, Candler, Collier, Fain, Graham, Hinton, Holcombe, Jordan, McArthur, MeCutcb eu, Moore, Nislret, Nuunally, Welbourne, Wfun, Wooten—lß. Nays—Messrs Adkins, Bowers, Brad ley, Campbell, Coleman, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin, of the 6th, Harris, Higbee, Jonos, Merrill, McWhorter, Richardson, Sher man, Smith of the 7th, Sfear, Stringer, Wallace, Welch—2o. Mr Higbee moved that tho Sonate ad journ until Monday. Mr Candler moved to amend by insert ing “to-morrow at 10 o’clock.” Mr Spear moved that tho session of to day bo extended. The motion was sustained. The following message from the Govern or was received: Executive Department, ) Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7, 1868. j To the Sehdte: —The resolution of the Senate calling for all the papers and evi dence pertaining to tho contested seats of Senators, adopted July 25th, 1868, did not reach this office until tho morning of the 3d Inst. After a careful examination of tlie docu ments on file in this office, I find that all the papers then in my possession on ibis subject wore forwarded to the Senate on the" 17th uit. I herewith transmit the only paper referring to Senators that iius since been received, being a protest from the citizens of Cass county in the 42d Senatorial Districtagainst the right of Mr John T Burns to act as Senator, ou the ground that lie had in his possession prop erty belonging to the State unaccounted for. Rufus B. Bullock,Governor. Mr Burns moved that a special commit tee be appointed to inquire, into the eligi bility The President said he believed steps had already been taken in that direction. The motion to adjourn until Monday was lost, and tliat s os Mr Candler sustained. Mr. Holcombe asked for leave of absence on account of sickness in his family, every member ot vvbicli was down sick. After tlie transaction of some further trivial business tbe Senate, on motion of Mr. Holcombe, adjourned. It is to be regretted that the President of the Senate so far forgot himself during the debate on the motion of Mr. Candler to re consider, as to show plainly that party had more ties and endearments for him"than any simple question of justice. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, August 7,1868. —House met aud was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Spill man. The Journal was read and ap proved. Mr. Scott, of Floyd, rose to a question of privilege, and stated that the House had kindly granted him a leave of absence for two days. That by an unfortunate deten tion of the Geoigia train, he had been de tained at Union Point for eleven hours, and consequently arrived an hour too late to take part iu the election of State officers. That had the train arrived on schedule time, he would have been here several hours before tho took place. That such a long detention on the Georgia Road, he presumed, did not occui once iu twelve months. He regretted his absence^but could not prevent the accident to the train. He regretted auother thing, and that was, that one of the papers of this city should have Lliought proper to make an unkind, reckless, aud he thought, unmanly attack upon him and seven other Democrats who were absent, charging them with treachery and infidelity to tne Democratic party, without taking tho trouble to investigate the cause ot tiieir absence. That the au thor of the article in question, knew before his paper went to press, the cause of his (Scott’s) detention, # and the anxiety and impatience he had manifested to get here, and ihe mortifioetion he felt in being de tained. He knew, also, that others who bad been denounced as treacherous and “so-called” Democrats, had good excuses for their absence. That in devotion and fidelity to Democratic and to duty be would not acknowledge the supe riority even of the editor referred to. That tlie article in question calcu lated to produce an erroneous and unjust impression upon the public mind, in con veying tbe idea that eight Democrats only were absent; that every other member of the House was present and that the odium of the defeat of the Democratic nominee is attributable to the absence of tbe eight mentioned. The fact is, 23 were absent, vizl3 Democrats and 10 Republicans, and had every absentee been present and voted it would not have efianued the re sult in a single case. The vote for State Printer was the most closely contested' election. How did that stand? Bard re ceived 90 votes, Burke 03, Bryant 1, Reid 1. Add to Mr Burke’s yote tbe two scat «x:lU Lljf> VOt.w would Unrtt <•>«*,,„] ()=; t .O 99. so bad the a'isen’tees been presont and voted, as they usually have done, it would not have changed the resuit even in the case ol Printer. I have deemed this explanation neces sary in justice tom-,self. Mr Ford’s colleague explained that the child of that gentleman was aud is still ex tremely ill, and hence his absence yester day. Mr Tii('riipseed* a bill to change tlie line between the counties of Clay andCalhoun. Mr Gober, a bill to change election pre cincts in Cobb county. Mr Turner, a bill toextendcertain privi leges of John G Park. Mr Fowler, a bill to compel plaintiffs in fi. fas -to pay for advertising, aud for other purposes. The committee ou Agriculture and In ternal Improvements made a report ad versely to a bill to incorporate the Georgia Mutual Uife Insurance Company. The same reported a bill defining the liabilities of Life Insurance Companies in this State. . Mr Turner moved that 200 copies of the bill just read be printed for the use of the House. Curried. Mr Taliaferro. A hill for the relief of James I Miller, Receiver of Tax Returns of Fulton county for 1834. Mr Perkins offered the following resolu tion : Resolved, That after the 10th of August the House meet at 10 a. m., and adjourn at 12 jl, aud meet at 2 p. m., and adjourn at 4 p. M. Mr Bryant opposed the resolution. Mr Perkins withdrew the resolution. Mr Brassed, a hill to repeal an act en titled an act to prohibit the sale of spirit uous liquors in the town of FayetteyUle. Mr Bailenger, a bil. to change the line between Floyd and Gordon counties. The sub-Committee on Penitentiary weregrauted leave of absence, in order to examine that Institution. The rules were suspended andAhe resolu tion adopted. Mr Madison, a bill to prohibit unlawful living and coliabitingtogether. Mr Seale, a bill to regulate the bond of county officeis in Georgia. Mr Seale, a bill to change the 1456th sec tion of tfie Code, so as to reduce the height of fences to four feet. M r Tweedy, a bill to authorize municipal authorities to define the privileges of pawnbrokers. Mr Tumlin, a bill to relieve people of this State (rorn taxation for four years Messrs Price, Caldwell", Darnel, Carson, and Beard, were granted leave of ab sence. ( Mr Ellis, a bill to relieve physicians and freedmen. Mr Welcher introduced a memorial from citizens of Talbot county, stating on oath, that John J Costin, colored, now repre senting that county,* is not a resident of the same. Referred to the Committee on j Privileges and Elections. Mr \Velcher, a. bill to regulate the amount ot official bonds of Wilkes county officers. Mr Harper, a bili to require Judges of Superior Courts to hold four terms each year. Also a bill to organize six additional ju dicial circuits in this State. Mr Shumate moved to suspend the rules in order to take up a bill offered by the gentleman from Cobb, relating to the pro priety of increasing the number of ju dicial oourts in this State. Mr Bryant said that the matter properly belonged to the Judiciary Committee which represented every part of the State.’ If the House wants that Committee to do any particular thing let the Connniuee be .so instructed. He opposed the suspension ot the rules. The rules were suspended, when Mr Crawford moved the adopiion of the resolution. Mr Shumate moved the previous ques tion. Mr Bryant moved indefinite postpone ment. Ihe Speaker stated that the previous | question must he exhausted before a mo tion to postpone could be taken up. ihe j revious question was sustained. I iiie main question recurred, on which ' the yeas and nays were called, and result ed—yeas 79, navs 65. So the resolution was adopted. Mr Ross<-r, a bill forbidding the in termarriage of white and colored persons in this State. A resolution requiring the Governor to order elections iu the unrepresented coun ties ot Telfair and Irwin, which had been referred to the Judiciary Committee was reported upon favorably, Mr Turner thought that it would be im possible to get a fair expression of the people of Irwin at this time. He should like to see the bill divided. He was not prepaied to vote for so much of it as ap plied to Irwin county. The resolution was adopted and trans mitted forthwith to the Senate. Mr Williams of Morgan, a bill to pro vide lor the collection of debts in oertain bases. Mr Turnlin, a resolution that all an nouncements made from the Clerk’s desk relative to the meeting of committees, be read befoie adjournment. Carried. BIX-US OX THIRD READING. A biii to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors on election days, was passed with out ainendmentsaud transmitted forthwith to the Senate. A bill altering and amending the 410th section of Jrwiu’i Code of Georgia, relating to qualifications of So.'ipttors General, was withdrawn. A bill for the relief of Sarah M Budd, of the county of Pulaski, was lost. Mr Bryant moved that when the House adjourn, it do so to meet Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Mr Shumate opposed the motion. The motion of Mr Bryant was lost. The House adjourned to meet to-morrow at 10 o’clock. GENERAL HOIV ELL COBB'fi SPEECH AT THE MASS RATIFICATION MEETING AT Atlauta Georgia, July 23d, 18GH- Dufareh nn thj chrcxich * Sksidul axd xa: WL r AUTHORIZED REPORT. Mt. President, ladies and gentlemen : I congratulate yon, my friends, that the time lias come iu Georgia when the people can meet together as you have assembled to-day. Wheu I “say the people” I mean just those I see before me—these women aud children, these good men and true, who are the representatives of the men and women throughout our Stale. I con gratu'ato you, that you meet and again bear the voices of your favorite sons— that you can respond in your hearts to the patriotic sentiments which fall from the lips of those sons. While the past easts its shadows over the knd, and my own heart is in full sympathy with the picture which was drawn by my friend, yet I do feel rising up in my soul the promise of a brighter day not far distant in the future. To-day, in common with you, I have heard the familiar vcice of one who, in times past, has aroused his countrymen from the mountains to tlie seaboard. He speaks freely aud there is none to make him afraid. [ Applause. I God speed tho day when the echoes of that voice shall be heard throughout all the land, sneaking from his old standpoint iu tbe National Legislature. My friends, the argument on that branch of the subject which has been discussed by my friend has been presented to you so comprehensively that I shall no: trespass upon your time, nor weaken its power and influence by a recapitulation of it. It was an exposition of truths that will live when you and 1 have passed away and are gone. The people of Georgia to day are passing through a trying ordeal, which, I trust and believe, will be of short duration, and from which they will emerge refined and purified like gold from the iurnaoe. They are living under a govern ment whose days are numbered, but while it exists it is weii that we make the bo=] wc can of it. I shall offer some suggestions here in your hearing for the benefit ot those who are called upon to administer that government in order that, to the ex tent it is in your power, your rights and interests may receive some protection I shall offer some advice to Governor Bul lock. Although he has not sent for mo or summoned me to his councils, I shall waive etiquette arid give him same advice which will do him good ami be of great benefit to the State if he follows it. If he does not follow it, it lias cost him so little, he will have no right to complain of me for having offered it. L would just say to him: Mr. Bullock, the people of Georgia,have done you no wrong. It is your duty to inflict as little evil upon them as possible. Remember the circumstances under which you nave been called upon to execute the duties of your Gubernato rial office, and my advice to you is to be have yourself just as well as- your nature and education will admit. [Laughter and applause.] I would say to hnu, in all kindness, that iu the matter of character and reputation you have everything to make and nothing to lose. [Laughter and applause.] A bettor opportunity never was offered to any man. He is like an adventurous youth who goes into a gambling house without money to play at faro. He has everything to win and noth ing to lose. He may break the. bank, but the 1-auk cannot, hurt him. I would say to him, Mr. Bullock, this Constitution which has been imposed upon the people of Georgia against their will and without their approval, invests you with a great deal of power. Exercise it in a way to do good to the State if you can. You have got a judiciary to appoint. I would advise you to send for the official copy of the ad dress of the Chairman of thelxram and Colfax Executive State Committee written by one Joseph E. Brown, in which he as sumes to announce for you that the Judi ciary of Georgia will be corruptly appointed to subserve base and partisan purposes, and when you get it make a bonfire of the paper, and blot from your memory the rec ollection of its contents. Be not deceived with the idea that becacseyour predeces sor, the author of this paper, was partially successful in adding to his strength and popularity by a corrupt use of his official patronage, that a like success will attend a tike corrupt course on your part. If the argument based on considerations of patri otism and duty caunot reach you, let me warn you, as a matter of policy, not to resort to a course of conduct so un worthy, so base, and which, in the end, will be of no benefit to you, but must produce calamitous results lor the State. The appeal I make tor the appointment ot art honest Judiciary is one which should commend itself to the favor of any man holding the high position you occupy, even though he reached that position by a not over creditable accident, the details of wntch I w il| no t s top to discuss. I beg you to remember that since tlur organiza tion of the Supreme Court of Georgia no one has beeu appointed to that Bench who did net command the respect and confi dence of the people. No one has ever filled that high station on whoso integrity and honesty the shadow of a doubt ever rested. It icmains with you to determine whether the high character of that Bench shall be maintained, or whether it shall become a refuge for destitute and discarded politicians whose infamy and treachery have made them outcasts from the. com panionship of honest men. [Applause..] In the name of the people of Georgia I call upon you this Jay to drive from your presence these bad men who ask you to forfeit the only claim you ca i over have to public respect and confidence, by tlie ap pointment of such men to offices of trust and honor. Rid yourself ot the miserable vermin who ate fastening themselves upon yon, who are calling on you to appoint them to the Supreme Court, the Superior Court and the Dis trict Court, and who, in the better days of tbe Republic, would never have presumed to solicit the appointment of a door keeper or a messenger—men whom you know to be unworthy, and whose only claim to the positions they seek at your bands is tbe record of their own infamy. [Loud applause ] How .strange aud start ling it will sound to tho cars of those who live beyond the limits of our State to hear an appeal made by the people of Georgia to him who exercises the highest executive power to grant tho State an honest judiciary ! And yet strange as it may appear, startling as it is, the rumors which fill the atmosphere of this capital justify the apprehension upon which the appeal is based. Therefore, I say to you, Mr. Bullock, be warned iu time. Commit not these outrages upon a people who, God knows, have suffered enough at the hands of their oppressors. If you heed not this warning voice to day, the time will come when you will repent in sack cloth and ashes tho degradation which you will have brought upon yourself by the infliction of such an outrage upon a brave, a generous, and an honest people, in whose conduct toward you, you can find no justification for toe injury you will have done. All I ask of you is to appoiut. honest men to these high pesJtons, men who will administer the laws of tho State in obedience to the conscientious obliga tions of their oaths. Fill all the offices with honest men. Protect the Treasury from the robber band who are assembled here to break in and ►•tea!. Do these things, and at the end of your service you will have the consolation of knowing that if you have done the S:a*e no good, you wiil have refrained from doing it any serious harm. [Applause. | And for you, this would be a result which your warmest admirers could not have reasonably antici pated. [Laughter and applause.] And now 1 turn from an appeal to those in power to you, my countrymen, and I invoke your aid and co-operation iu the great work before us, of lifting our State from its present fallen condition, and restor ing it to its former prosperity and equality among her sister commonwealths of the Union. It is a noble work, worthy of the best efforts of our people, in which all good men can and ought to unite with an earnest and cordial good will. The day of arms has passed. We look for the dawn of a day of peace—such peace as carries healing on its wings and diffuses blessings over the land—not euch peace as is offered to you at the point of the bayonet, or is contained in the findings of a military commission, but the peace which is found ed on justice, is supported by the law, is accompanied by liberty, and brings rejoic ing and contentment to every heart. Kuch is the peace which will follow the election of Seymour and B sir, an ! the res’oratiou of the Constitu.i n— » ■ w i-.n w-ij be for to-day, te-nt'ini'W. cud u;r ail tunc to come, because it will be a peace that would calm all the troubled waters, quiet all apprehensions, restore confidence and security in ail the departments of life, and cause every one, everj where, to feel that the good old days of the Republic had re turned. Such a peace is worthy of the best efforts of patriots, the prayers o Christians, and will command thebiessingf of Heaven. [Loud applause.] I am here to-day to invoke your aid and co-operation in carrying forward this great and good work. THE WORK FOR THE TRUE GEORGIAN. My countrymen, I care not who you are, I care not what has been your past party bistory, I look to yoyr status to-day. I want to know what you intend to do for your country in the future? She has suf fered much, she has been wounded deeply, her body is covered over with the evidences of these wounds and this suffering. This old State— that has been so kind to you, so genorous to me, beyond all that I deserve, beyond, perhaps, what you deserve—this noble, gallant, bleeding old State calls upon her sons to come forward and aid in the gpod work of redeeming her irom the hand of the wrong doer and oppressor. Is there in all Georgia one single heart, native or foreign, who will not respond in this the hour of hergreatest trial, the hour in which she ia struggling for liberty uid lor the cou-
