, 1866-01-20
LATE 8oUTHxRN NEWS,

TEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY or GEORGIA
The Anaasa fnteufgtnctr, Of the 1;th. SAYS
the General Assembly OF GcorEra Will con
vene again In the capitol on Monday nshs. s1.
ALREADY several members Of bosn re " 10
Their xsy 10 iasa he aent OF Of eoSernment: Tle
session VIII be N important one. ~ cgos h,,
prepared By the EcVtnm1sslon appolnseo ,ti;1 ~
tho State Convention for that patpose, Man
command much Of the tune o1 oot1 o1@osaEs, LIE
pronptnnss with but few a1tcrauona or
.amcnttncnts VIC shall be agrceably disap-
pointed. This done, and comparatively ne
eees1on will De short one. Nc uFEe Ine
Ecuato,s and Representatives. to place implicit
Eeliancc and conhdancc in their E1ecatire; to
rive hin all he asks for The public good, and
sustain liu by their acts in his patriotic pRr-
pose 10 serve Georgia with all the zeal and
ability of his nature. This done, aud Georgia
win sooa reeover, II pa1t a11 q. least ,hat grp..
lle late war.
eotoAsn TROOPS MusrEREn OUT.
AL the colorcd troops In tqis vicinity hay
been mustered out aud paid OF Nearly All
of them will leave for their homes in Abba
ma and other States Several hundred took
their departure on the Georgia Railroad ~ YES.
terdaY afternoon. special train having been
provided for their accommodation. The Id
1ercsts 81 the whole country, md the peace
and security of this aud other sections where
this class Of troops have been on duty, will
lie subscsred hy the mastering out or removal
OF negro aoldiers--Aug. Con-, sA-
TIE ErI8corAL CLERGY OF ALABAMA
It Is with pleasure that re inform our
readers Of the formal withdrawal Of onr re-
strictious under which Episcopal c1ergymeu
have becn laburing aud that diyina service
viii be leld In each bf the churches Of this
city today. The Intelligence Will create real
satisfaction among that class, who have 50
1nnn hnpn hPhHrrad from NJ nfn
God tn their OWL churches and according to
their own forms.-no5lle Tribune, 7th.
MEETING OF FREEDMEN At MONTGOMERY.
the celebration on Monday. by the colored
nremcn, has had good effect upon the freed
men generally. Tho coIored speakers, We
learn, care timely and wholesome advice,
upon which hundreds began 10 act that very
afternoon, hunting mp employers and con-
Tactfng for this rear. We were glad to Wit
ness stronger mud more general disposition
yesterday on the part OF the freedmen to
nuke coDtracts- The idea OF distribution
Of the lands has heretofore hlndered the work
OF securing laborcrs; and this has been dis
PEELED Christmas mud New Ycar have passed
and no lands given 10 the freedmen aud no H.
ttnlntion from my authorized source to that
elect. The Government nor the Freedmen'a
Bureau has not held out my such idea; q
few unpriDclplcd, Irresponsible men hive
done 1t, much to the injury Of the freedmen.
AS the thing Is now working, doubtless by
the end Of this mouth, nearly all the freed
men In this section will hare found good
homes upon the Plantations, and tho labor Of
preparing for the crops of 1866, will be com
Hcnced In good earnest. So mote 1t be-
Montgomery Ledger, Sd.
AN INTERESTING COTTON CONTRACT CASE.
A case OF muc!, interest to The public, aud
OF official importance to officers Of the army.
is n6ely to grow out Of one OF the large cot
ton contracts adjndica.ej ly the Military
Courts in Georgia. Charges were filed some
weeks ago ut the War Department a.ainst
Thomas S. Metcalf and William A. BealL for
corruption, the alleged offence being the offer
ly these parties Of two hundred thousand
dollars as bribc to the Provost Marshal Gen.
cral Of Georgia for decision In their favor.
Curious Developments may be anticipated,
as one ot-thc parties implicated in the al
Of the Contederncy during the rebellion, and
is said to have the sagacity 10 make even SO.
cesslon md sectional bankruptcy profitable
IN pecunlary point Of vfew.-Sar1nnah
-Ners.
AFFAIRS IN CHARLESTON.
The atiadrs Of Charleston, says the .Ne,os,
are at last becoming somewhat settled. Civil
government has been restored. Its Mayor
And Aldermen are in office. The military
forces, to great extent, have been With.
drawn; its citizens, exlled By the war, as fa1
as their means admit, have returned; ita diff
terent lines Of business, as far as possible have
been re-opcntd produce is coming in-slow-
~, OF course, from the continued interruption
Of Its most important roads; houses have
been re-opcncd !; the damages to streets aud
''-ldings from the protracted and terrible
flbhrdmcnt, have been repaired