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ment of the towns, 494 ; conscription act, 494 ; 

 opposition to it, 494 ; action of the Legislature 

 and the courts, 494 ; message of the Governor 

 relative thereto, 494; further action of the 

 Legislature, 495; election of Senators to the 

 Confederate Congress, 495, 496 ; manufactur- 

 ers' association, 496 ; crops, 496. 



III. Scarcity of provision, 447 ; Legislature 

 convened, 447; impressments of provisions, 

 447 ; Governor's proclamation, 447 ; action of 

 the Legislature, 447 ; State election, 447 ; opin- 

 ions of the candidates, 447; reconstruction, 

 448 ; State debt, 448 ; military operations, 448. 



IV. Peace resolutions before the Legisla- 

 ture, 200; disaffection, 405; message of the 

 Governor opposed to conscription, 405 ; invi- 

 tation of General Sherman to the Governor 

 for a conference, 405 ; reply of Mr. Stephens, 

 405 ; do. of Governor Brown, 406 ; views of 

 the Governor on the manner of settling the 

 difficulties, 407. 



V. Congratulatory address of General Sher- 

 man, 391 ; protection of loyal citizens, 391 ; 

 action of the Confederate Legislature, 391 ; 

 dispatch of General Johnston announcing his 

 convention with Sherman, 392 ; under military 

 rule, 392; destitution of the inhabitants, 392, 

 393 ; affairs in Atlanta, 393 ; James Johnson 

 appointed Provisional Governor, 393 ; address, 

 393; proclamation for a convention, 394; 

 order of General Steedman respecting freed- 

 men, 395 ; meeting of the convention, 395 ; 

 oath administered to members, 395 ; Govern- 

 or's message, 395 ; repeal of the secession ordi- 

 nance, 396 ; letter of President Johnson, 396 ; 

 debate, 396 ; congressional districts, 396 ; 

 memorial for the release of Jefferson Davis 

 and others, 397; constitution modified, 397; 

 letter of President Johnson in relation to mili- 

 tia, 397; proclamation of Governor Johnson 

 in relation to militia, 397; address of the con- 

 vention to President Johnson, 398 ; new State 

 Legislature, 398; address of the President of 

 the Senate, 398; amendment to the Federal 

 Constitution adopted, 398 ; dispatches to Pres- 

 ident Johnson, 398 ; his reply, 398 ; dispatch 

 of the President to Provisional Governor John- 

 son, 399 ; inaugaral address of Governor Jen- 

 kins, 399 ; the Provisional Governor relieved, 

 400 ; letter of Governor Jenkins to Mr. Sew- 

 ard, 400; legislative action respecting freed- 

 men, 400. 



VI. Finances, 350; debt, 350; assets of the 



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State, 350 ; valuation, 350 ; decrease since 1860, 

 350 ; four-fifths of the wealth destroyed, 350 ; 

 university of the State, 350 ; appropriations of 

 corn for the poor, 350 ; decrease of laborers, 

 350; mortality of the negroes, 351; maimed 

 persons, 351 ; Governor's views of the f reed- 

 men, 351 ; acts passed by the Legislature rel- 

 ative to, 351 ; proclamation of the Governor 

 on the restoration of civil rights, 351 ; stay 

 law, 351; digest of the school laws, 352; 

 remarks of the Governor on the amendment 

 of the Federal Constitution, 352; reports in 

 the Legislature, 352 ; is Georgia a State of the 

 Union ? 352 ; action of the Legislature on the 

 report, 353 ; other acts of the Legislature, 354; 

 resolutions relative to Jefferson Davis, 354; 

 crops, 354 ; charitable institutions, 354. 



VII. Mass meeting at Atlanta, 361 ; resolu- 

 tions, 361, 362; reception of General Pope, 

 362; mass meeting of freedmen, 362; action 

 of the Governor, 362 ; letter of General Pope, 

 363 ; reply of the Governor, 363 ; further in- 

 structions of General Pope, 363 ; his order, 

 364; registration measures, 364; 4th of July 

 celebration, 364 ; order of General Pope rela- 

 tive to newspapers, 365 ; complaints of injus- 

 tice in the civil courts, 365 ; order relative 

 to jurors, 365 ; action of Judge Eeese, 365 ; 

 voters registered, 366 ; convention of Conser- 

 vatives, 366 ; resolutions, 366 ; meeting of the 

 Constitutional Convention, 367; appointment 

 of General Meade, 367 ; removes Governor Jen- 

 kins, 367; his order, 367; system of labor, 367. 



VIII. Reassembling of the convention, 305 ; 

 subjects of discussion, 305 ; resolutions relative 

 to powers, 305 ; constitution drafted, 306 ; 

 declaration of principles, 306 ; military order, 

 306; the elective franchise, 306; elections, 

 306 ; education, 307 ; finances, 307 ; measures 

 of relief, 307; judiciary, 307; order of the 

 convention, 307; military interference, 308; 

 resolutions relative to political disabilities, 308 ; 

 assassination of Ashburn, 308 ; election, 308 ; 

 military order, 309; opposition convention, 

 309; nominations, 309; address, 310; com- 

 mittee proceedings, 310; orders of General 

 Meade, 310 ; further orders, 311 ; result of the 

 election, 311 ; Legislature convened, 312 ; eli- 

 gibility of members, 312 ; action of Congress, 

 312 ; change of military districts, 312 ; negro 

 members of the Legislature, 313; legislated 

 from their seats, 313 ; details, 313 ; proceedings, 

 314; Senators to Congress, 314; acts of the Leg- 



