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GEOKGIA. 



GKEAT BRITAIN. 



the governor to fill the vacancy, it became the 

 duty of the Legislature at its session in Novem- 

 ber to elect a senator. The names voted for 

 were very numerous, being thirteen on the first 

 ballot. Among them were ex-Gov. Herschell V. 

 Johnson, who was a candidate for the vice- 

 presidency on the ticket with Stephen A. Doug- 

 las for presidency in 1860 ; Judge Jenkins, who 

 a few days previous had delivered the decision 

 of the Supreme Court of the State in sustaining 

 the constitutionality of the conscript act of the 

 Confederate Congress; ex-Senators Toombs 

 and Iverson, late of the U. S. Senate ; Howell 

 Cobb, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. 

 James Jackson, formerly a member of Congress. 

 Of 190 votes cast, Mr. Johnson received 84; 

 Mr. Jackson 59 ; Mr. Toombs 24 ; Judge Jen- 

 kins 9 ; Mr. Iverson 3 ; Mr. Cobb 6, &c. A * 

 new ballot was ordered. Before taking the 

 vote Mr. Whittle, of Bibb county, said he was 

 in favor of sending a man to the Confederate 

 Senate who would not be opposed to the Ad- 

 ministration, and who would support and sus- 

 tain the Government in this trying hour. His 

 first choice was ex-Gov. Johnson, a man of un- 

 surpassed abilities and patriotism ; but he had 

 understood that he was not in favor of the con- 

 scription law, and he could not vote for any 

 man who was not in favor of that law. He re- 

 ferred to a letter from Gov. Johnson, which he 

 understood the representative from Baldwin 

 (Mr. Briscoe) had, and in which his views were 

 defined. He called on the friends of Messrs. Jack- 

 son and Johnson to let the General Assembly 

 know how they stood on these important points. 



Mr. Briscoe, of Baldwin, said the letter from 

 Gov. Johnson, which had been alluded to, was 

 strictly private. He had shown it to a very few 

 persons, not having the least idea that it would 

 ever be alluded to publicly in any manner, 

 and he greatly regretted it. He said he knew 

 Gov. Johnson to be no seeker after office ; that 

 he was actuated by no consideration but pa- 

 triotism, which burned as brightly in his breast 

 as any man's; but yet, with this knowledge, 

 he (Mr. Briscoe) would never have voted for 

 him unless he had known him to be in favor 

 of sustaining the Administration to the fullest 

 extent in the prosecution of the war ; and could 

 not have voted for him or any other man who 

 would oppose the execution of the conscription 

 law. Mr. Briscoe therefore wrote to Gov. John- 

 son, and had received a letter in reply, an extract 

 from which he read, the purport of which was 

 that he believed the conscription law to be un- 

 constitutional ; but since the Supreme Court 

 had otherwise decided he counselled acquies- 

 cence in its execution, and further counselled a 

 most earnest and undivided support to the 

 Government, and every measure thereof, in the 

 support of the war, till the stars and bars 

 waved in triumph over the Confederate States. 



The next ballot was then taken, in which 

 Johnson received 111 votes; Jackson 40; 

 Toombs 14 ; Jenkins 2 ; Iverson 1, &c. Ex- 

 Gov. Johnson was elected. 



The manufacturers of cotton goods in the 

 State, who composed the Manufacturers' and 

 Free Trade Association, met at Augusta during 

 the session of the Legislature, to fix upon some 

 rate of compensation which they should re- 

 ceive for goods furnished to the State and Con- 

 federate States. The subject of the cost of the 

 production of cotton goods was fully discussed 

 by the convention, and a committee was ap- 

 pointed, with instructions to report upon the 

 estimates presented by the various factories in 

 regard to the actual cost of the production of 

 those goods. The report of this committee 

 was embraced in the following preamble and 

 resolution : 



IVhereas, the Manufacturers' Convention, after com- 

 paring notes as to the immense advance upon every 

 article in use pertaining to the cost of producing 

 roods, viz. : Cotton, labor, oil, alcohol, varnish, gums, 

 leather in its various uses, card clothing and hand 

 cards for stripping cylinders, steel, iron, files, hard- 

 ware, shuttles, bobbins, reeds, steel travellers, steel 

 spindles, tin, Babbit's metal solder, nails, screws, and 

 a thousand other articles largely in use, most of which 

 have increased over 1,000 per cent, in value, and some 

 extend to the fabulous advance of 10,000 per cent., 

 therefore, be it 



_ Resolved, That the Manufacturers' Convention con- 

 sider, from actual estimates presented, the present 

 cost of production of cotton goods to be equal to fifty 

 cents per pound, and deem it unsafe to bargain with 

 Government at any fixed price to extend beyond one 

 month, without the establishment of a sliding scale, by 

 which the price may be varied from month to month, 

 as the cost of production may advance. 



These views were submitted to the Legisla- 

 ture for their approval in future contracts. 



On the 19th of November the first General 

 Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 

 the Confederate States assembled at Augusta. 

 The Rev. Dr. Heuckhill, of South Carolina, 

 was elected permanent president, and Rev. Mr. 

 Mitchell, of Alabama, permanent secretary. 



The crops throughout the State, especially 

 the southern portion, were very good. The 

 average of cotton planted was about two acres 

 to each planter. 



GREAT BRITAIN, a limited monarchy, 

 reigning sovereign, Her Majesty Alexandrina 

 Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 born May 24, 1819 ; succeeded William IV June 

 20, 1837 ; crowned June 28, 1838. Area of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, 112,190 square miles. 

 Population, 1861, 29,031,299. Revenue for 

 year ending Jan. 1, 1862, $332,142,639 ; expen- 

 diture for the same year, $342,759,406. Na- 

 tional debt, Jan. 1, 1862, $3,871,757,066.* 



The death of II. R. H. Prince Albert, Prince 

 Consort, on the 14th Dec. 1861, wrapped the 

 whole British kingdom in gloom. He had 

 not been personally so popular as the queen, 

 but the strong affection which had existed 

 between the royal pair, and the overwhelm- 

 ing grief manifested by the queen at his loss, 

 aroused the hearty sympathy of the entire 

 nation. Parliament, which assembled on the 



*In this reduction of the revenue expenditure and debt 

 to dollars the pound aterling is reckoned at $4.84, the par 

 value of gold. 



