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Mr* Clay’s Resolutions.
OBSERVER AND REPORTER OFFICE,
Lexington, K. Saturday, Nov. 13, >
9 o’clock, a. m. )
"We are permitted to publish the resolutions
to be submitted by Mr. Clay to the meeting to
day, in anticipation of the hour of meeting, 11
o’clock. They are as follows:
1. Resolved, as the opinion of this meeting, \
that the primary cause of the present \mhap- ,
py war, existing between the XJ. S. of Amcirca, ,
and the U. S. of the Republic of Mexico, was
the annexation of Texas to the former; and that
the immediate occasion of hostilities between
the two republics arose out of the order of the
President of the U. S. for the removal of the
array under the command of Gen. Taylor, from
its position at Corpus Chricti to a point op
posite to Matamoras, on the East bank of the
Rio Bravo, within territory claimed by both
Republics, but then under the jurisdiction of
that of Mexico, and inhabited by its citizens;
and that the order of the President for the re
moval of the army to that point, was improvi
dent and unconstitutional, it being without the
concurrence of Congress, or even any consul
tation with it, although it was in session: but
the Congress having, by subsequent acts, re
cognized the war thus brought into existence
without its previous authority or consent, the
prosecution of it became thereby National.
2. Resolved , That in the absence of any for
mal and public declaration by Congress, of the
objects for which the war ought to be prosecut
ed, the President of the U. S. as Chief Magis
trate, and as Commander in Chief of the Army
and Navy of the XJ. S. is left to the guidance
of his own j udgmeut to prosecute it for such
purposes and objects as he may deem the hon
or and interest ot the nation to require.
3. Resolved, That by the Constitution of the
XJ. S. Congress, being invested with power to
declare war, and grant letters of marque and
repisal, to make rules concerning captures on
land and water, to raise and support armies, to
provide and maintain a navy, and to make
rules for the government of the land and naval
forces, has the full and complete war making
power of the XJ. S. and, so possessing it, has a
right to determine upon the motives, causes
and objects of any war, when it commences,
or at any time during the progress of its ex
istence.
4. Resolved, As the further opinion of this
meeting, that it is the right and duty of Con
gress to declare, by some authentic act, for
what purpose and objects the existing war
ought to be further prosecuted; that it is the
dety of the President, in his official conduct,
to conform to such a declaretion of Congress;
and that, if, after such, declaration, the l’ rD “ l
dont should decline or reluse to endeavor, by
all the means and military,
m uls power, to execute the announced will of
Congress, and, in defiance of its authority,
should continue to prosecute the war for pur
poses and objects other than those declared by
that body, it would become the right and duty
of Congress to adopt the most efficacious meas
ures to arrest the further progress of the war,
taking care to make ample provision for the
honor, the safety and security of our armies in
Mexico, in every contingency. And, if Mexico
should decline or refuse to conclude a treaty
with us,stipulating for the purposes and objects
so declared by Congress, it would be the duty
of the Government to prosecute the war with
the utmost vigor, until they were attained by
a treaty of peace.
5. Resolved, That we view with serious alarm,
and are utterly opposed to any purposes of an
nexing Mexico to the XJ. S. in any mode, and
especially by conquest; that we believe the two
nations could not be happily governed by one
common authority, owing to their great dif
ference of race, law, language and religion, and
the vast extent of their respective territories,
and large amount of their respective popula
tions; that such a union, against the consent
of the exasperated Mexican people, could only
be effected and preserved by large standing
armies, and the constant application of military
force —in other words, by despotic sway exer
cised over the Mexican people, in the first in
stance, but which, there would be just cause
to apprehend, might, in process of time, be
extended over the people of the XJ. S. That
we deprecate, therefore, such a union, as wholly
kicompatible with the genius of our Govern
ment, and with the character of free and liberal
institutions; and we anxiously hope that each
nation may be left in the undisturbed posses
sion of its own laws, language, cherished reli
gion and territory, to pursue its own happiness,
according to what it may deen best for itself.
7. Resolved, That considering the series of
splendid and brilliant victories achieved by our
brave armies and their gallant commanders, du
ring the war with Mexico, unattended by a
single reverse, the U. S. without any danger of
t ieir honor suffering the slightest tarnish, can
practice the virtues of moderation and mag
n mimity towards their discomfited foe. We
have no desire for the dismemberment of the
XJ. S. of the Republic of Mexico, but wish only
a just and proper fixation of the limits of Tex
as.
7. Resolved, That we do, positively and
emphatically, disclaim and disavow any wish
or desire, on our part, to acquire any foreign
territory whatever, for the purpose of propaga
ting slavery, or of introducing slaves from the
XJ. S. into such foreign territory.
8. Resolved, That we invite our fellow citizens
of the XJ. S. who are anxiously for the resto
ration of the blessings of peace, of if the exist
ing war shall continue to be prosecuted, are
desirous that its purposes and objects shall be
defined and known; who are anxious to avert
present and future perils and danger, with
which it maybe fraughtjand who are also anx
ious to produce contentment and satisfaction
at home, and to elevate the national character
abroad, to assemble together in their respective
communities and to express their views, feel
ings and opinions.
{.From the N. O. Della, llt.'i inst.)
From Vera Criaa^
The XJ. S. steam propeller Washington,
Capt. Pratt, arrived last night from Vera Cruz.
'The Washington left Vera Cruz on the sth,
and Tampico on the 9th inst. She conse
quently brings no later intelligence than that
already received by previous arrivals. To the
courtesy of Capt. Pratt we are indebted for
Vera Cruz and Tampico papers to his day of
sailing, and for some items of news not here
tofore noticed.
A good deal of excitement existed at Vera
Cruz owing to authentic information having
been received there, that a Mexican armed ves-
V II I HI — i i ,
sel had been seen in the Gulf, abont 60
miles N. W. of Vera Cruz, on the evening of (
the 2d inst. She was described as a herma- (
phrodite brig, fullot men. She was fiist seen
by the XJ. S. propeller Secretary Buchanan, £
and though not venturing to attack that ves- (
sol, she ordered the Buchanan off shore. She 3
first hoisted a white flag, and shortly after- .
wards run up the Mexican ensign. Com. Per
ry on hearing of the circumstance, immediate
ly sent the XJ. S. steamer Scorpion in pursuit.
That vessel had not returned when the Wash
ington left Vera Cruz, and the result of the
chase was of course not known.
Lieut. Tho?. A. Brady, of the Marine Corps,
died at Tampico on the Bth inst.
Lieut. Ogier, of the La. Regt., and Mr.
Marks, editor of the Tampico Sentinel, came
passengers in the Washington.
[From the New Orleans Mercury, llth inst.]
Reception of General Taylor*
As we fully expected, no lime has been lost
in adopting measures calculated to ensure such
a reception of the heroic General Taylor as
will be worthy of the city, and is due to such
a faithful, efficient, and indomitable servant of
the Republic, whom we are proud to claim as
a citizen of Louisiana. The Council of the Sec
ond Municipality, with characteristic promp
titude, at the meeting last night, on motion of
Alderman Peters, unanimously adopted the
following preamble and resolutions :
Whereas, It is understood to be the inten
tion of Maj. Gen. Taylor to visit this city on
a temporary absence from the army under his
command—
Be it resolved, That a committee be appoint
ed to act with his honor the Mayor, and com
mittees of the General Council and Municipal
Councils of the First and Third Municipali
ties, in order to tend to that illustrious citizen
and soldier the hospitalities of our city, and
to make such arrangements for his reception
as the Guest of the City, as a proper apprecia
tion of his exalted character and distinguished
services require at the hands of his fellow
citizens of New Orleans.
The heroic Taylor and his brave companions
in arms will most assuredly have a warm and
thrilling reception in the Crescent City on re
turning from the fields of glory where they
have so nobly sustained the honor of their
country, shed lustre on her arms, and fought
and bled in her service.
Augusta, oforgia.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 23.
Mr* Clay-—His Lexington Speech and
Resolutions
This restless politician is again on the
political arena and making play for another
nomination for the Presidency. Relentless
time has not chilled the fires of his am
bition. Like snow capp’d Hecla’s volcanic
flames, they glow with undiminished ardor
beneath the snows of more than seventy win
ters. With one foot upon the verge of the
grave, the other is turned towards Washing
ton City, and the eye, so often dimmed by dis
appointment during five or six successive can
vasses for the Presidency, rekindles with the
light of hope as it gazes upon the still distant
Presidential Chair.
But a few months ago, Mr. Clay declared
that he -would never again consent to be the
candidate of any political party. How many
then believed in the sincerity of the declara
tion. h o-r, iiiaay Oelieved that he would ad
here to the resolution,if formed, we cannot con
jecture. It would seem however not to have
made much impression on even his warmest ad
mirers. It was allo wed to pass by as the idle
wind —as unheeded as the coquetish threat
of a capricious beauty—that she never would
marry. No one seems to have seriously doubt •
ed that Mr. Clay would again be a candidate
if he thought he could be elected, and thought
that he could get the nomination from his
party. The last point no doubt seems to him
the first great difficulty. Ills sanguine tem
perament, not yet schooled to moderation by
reverses, would soon persuade him that, the
nomination secured, the grand dream of his
life would be at last realized.
We have assumed that his recent display at
Lexington, Ky. is a demonstration to advance
his pretensions for the nomination. If we are
in error, H is an error shared in by the whole
country.
What success this last effort of Mr. Clay
will meet with, is yet a matter for conjecture.
It appeals powerfully to the anti-war party of
the country, and to the anti-slavery spirit o*
the North. In the former respect, it goes
very far to atone for that dinner speech—no
doubt in his estimation that mi/ortunate din
ner speech in New Orleans, in which he pug
naciously expressed a desire “to kill a Mexi
can,” and talked quite patriotically about
“avenging the wrongs of his country.” In
regard to the slavery question, Mr. Clay shows
himself disposed to do all that any reasonable
abolitionist could require of him when he de
clares himself in his speech, as he is reported,
strongly opposed to the extension of slavery,
and deplores its existence. How much farther
would the abolitionists and the Wihnot Pro
viso men ask a Southern man and a slavehold
er to go ?
But there is a direct and unequivocal pan
dering to abolition prejudice and Wilmot Pro
viso-ism in one of the resolutions offered by
Mr. Clay. It is the following :
“7th. Resolved, That we do positively and
emphatically disclaim and disavow any wish
or desire on our part to acquire any foreign
territory whatever for the purpose of propa
gating Slavery, or of introducing Slavery from
the United States into any such foreign terri
tory.”
Why this disclaimer ? Had the whigs of
Kentucky been charged with a design or a
desire on their part to acquire territory from
Mexico for this sole and especial purpose of
propagating slavery. Had they been charged
with seeking acquisition of territory solely for
the privilege of introducing slavery into it ?
But admit that the charge was made, and is
refuted as to the whigs of Kentucky, is not the
manner of the disclaimer such and so intend
ed as to invite comparisons, and provoke the
charge that there is a party in the South ami
in Kentucky that seeks the acquisition of Mex
ican territory solely for the purpose of propa
gating slavery ? Here is a position for a
Southern statesman to- occupy, with a ven
geance. It is well known that the fanatical
cry of the abolitionists at the North is that
this war with Mexico is the President’s war,
commenced by him and pursued to the subju
gation of Mexico poU the purpose of propa
gating slavery. Every intelligent man at th«
South knows, and none know better than Mr.
Clay, that this war is the trait of no conspira
cy of slaveholders to propagate slavery. No 1
such interests and no such views at the South
originated and sought it. Grant for argu
ment’s sake that Mr. Polk precipitated the war
upon the country by marching the army to
the Rio Grande, and therein violated the
constitution,as the first resolution in the scries
charges, Mr. Clay well knows that it was not
an act which the South desired or any party
in the South desired for the purpose of propa
gating slavery.
Mr. Clay therefore should have introduced
no such disclaimer into a party meeting, for a
party or personal motive. If the disclaimer
were made at all it should have been made as
Southern men,and not as whigs —as men iden
tified with the slaveholding interest, and not
as partizans.
As the matter now stands, one objection to
the war, that exists among the fanatics at the
North, is that it is waged for the acquisition
of territory for the purpose of propagating sla
very. Mr. Clay,and the meeting whose opin
ions he expresses in his resolutions, condemn
the war as unconstitutional in the Ist, declare
their opposition to any acquisition of foreign
territory in the 6th resolution, and in the 7th
resolution disclaim on their part any desire to
acquire foreign territory for the purpose of pro
pagating slavery. The inference is left to be
drawn that there is a party that doss desire
the acquisition of territory and has sustained
the war for this purpose. But Mr. Clay pre
fers to be considered on the side of Northern
fanaticism on this subject, and not giving any
countenance to the designs of the pro-slavery
interest.
But the positionassumed by Mr. Clay in
his speech is one of grave interest to the South.
He declares himself utterly opposed to the ex
tension of slavery. What is the effect of this
if carried out ? It is to confine slavery to its
present territorial limits,while a cordon of free
States will be surely and inevitably girdling
and surrounding us. The South will be “crib
bed, cabined and confined,” and in time grow
■ ing weak and insignificant by comparison,
while the free States will plant their colonies
- and spread their dominion and form new States
• throughout the ample domains of the Union*
1 and in all the territories already acquired and
which as sure as destiny will be acquired on
5 the North American Continent.
: The South must and will unite to frown
down the anti-Southern position of Mr. Clay.
; If the territorial possessions of the Union are
• to be extended, let slavery be extended also ii
’ the interests of the slave owner prompt it. He
’ has the constitutional right to follow the flag
2 of his country with his property and his do
t mestic institutions wherever it waves over ter
ritory, acquired whether by conquest or pur
l chase. No man can receive Southern support
i who declares himself opposed to the exercise
r of that right on the part of the South.
Wc publish the resolutions in full in anothe]
- column.
The Lehmann Family
» This celebrated family, successors of the
- Ravels, gave their first performance at th«
j Theatre lasUevcning, to a full and fashionable
t audience. The bill for to-night is an attrac
l tive one.
The next Congress
; From a statement of the names of the mem
t bers elect of the next Congress, in the Jouma
3 of Commerce, it oppears that the House wi!
1 contain 110 democrats and 118 whigs. The
- Senate will contain a democratic majority o
r if.
The Ocean Steamers
-5 The keel of the Humboldt, the third of the
American mail line of steamers, is about to be
• laid at New York. She is to be 2400 tons
5 burthen and to be completed about the Ist ol
2 May next.
The Capitol at Washington was brillianth
. illuminated on Thursday night by Mr. Crutch
ett‘s Solar Gas Lights. The burners in the
£ great Lantern elveated one hundred feet above
f the dome of the Capitol were also lighted; but
g the bright moonlight was unfavorable to a fail
experiment. The National Intelligencer ex
presses the opinion that Mr. Crutchett has
been eminently successful.
New Paper in Washing ion.
t Gen. Duff Greene announces his intention
1 to publish, forthwith, in the City of Wash
-5 ington, a new weekly paper to be called “ Tht
2 Times.” It is to be devoted mainly to the vin
’ dication and defence of Southern institutions
» —to the exposure of the motives which lie at
» the bottom of Political Abolitionism, and the
r cause of its rapid increase—to unmask some
■ of the sources of corruption at Washington
■ and to suggest a remedy for it —to oppose Na
tional Conventions, and to support for th(
■ next Presidency an Anti-Convention candi
■ date.
Among the Passengers in the steamship
I Washington, for Cowes, Southampton anc
l and Bremen, are Gen. Armstrong, U. S. Con-
L sul to Liverpool; George Gibson, bearer of des
patches to London; and Hon. C. F. Gevckoht
representative of the State and free city oj
Bremen.
f The Washington took $200,000 in specie.
By the Edgefield Advertiser we learn thal
’ Whitfield B. Brooks of that village, lately ap-
L pointed a Lieutanant in the 12 th Regiment, has
• died of the wound he received at Churubusco.
> He was a young gentleman of much intelli
, gence, of gallant spirit, and of courteous man
( ner, and greatly regarded by many friends.
His immediate family, by which he was great
, ly beloved, feels this blow the more severely,
from having cherished the hope of his recovery.
""William B. Blocker, Llewellyn Goode Tur
ner Crooker, —Lyles, of the Edgefield Com
pany, were all killed by the same ball on the
13th ult.
Lieutenant Selleck.—The Abbeville Ban
ner learns that this gallant young officer, who
had the honor of planting the Palmeto Banner
upon the walls of Mexico, the first flag that
waved from the battlement, is recovering from
( the wound he received in executing that act.
The Mexican Revenue- i
The Union estimates the revenue that may be !
raised in Mexico at $30,000,000, and says that
it must be made to pay the expenses of the
war, if that country persists in prolonging the
contest, whenever our military possession is
complete and effective.
The Legislature of Tennessee have reached
the 24thballot and no senator is yet elected.
Mr. Christopher H. Williams received 33 votes;
Nethcrland 25; Reese 3; Topp 2; scattering 36.
. . « _
Forgery-
Charles Lauper, of Salem, Mass,, a graduate
of Harvard University, has committed forge
ries to the amount of $25,000, in the name of
his grandfather, Nathaniel West, and decamp
ed. Dr. Hubbard, of Salem, is a sufferer to
the amount of four thousand dollars.
Pork Trade-
The Cumberland Civilian of 19th inst. says
—“The Hog crop, as they call it, is coming
forward from the west with considerable brisk
ness. The Rail Road convoys to the Balti
more market 1000 fat porkers daily from this
place, and the books of the office show that
nine thousand, eight hundred more,at the pre
sent time,are registered for the same destination
and in squeeling anxiety a\vaiting their turn.
The region of the depot is nightly made vocal
with their peculiar music. The cry is “still
they come !”
The Magnetic Telegraph
Is rapidly extending itself over the Union
There are now finished, and in operation, thir
ty-one lines, with 3,047 miles of wires. There
are also eleven more lines in progress of con
struction, with 2,812 miles of wares; besides
three others in contemplation, with 2,090 miles
of wares. Thus it will be seen that the lines,
finished, in progress, and contemplated, show
' an aggregate of 8,8-59 miles of wires.
We are indebted for the above information
5 to the Baltimore American. The line be
-5 tw’cen Columbia and Charleston is nearly com
-2 pleted, and wo understand, will be ready to
I operate in a day or two.
The Bridge over the Niagara Falls-
The American and Canadian companies,
’ which have been chartered for the purpose of
constructing a bridge over the falls, have met
3° x .
and made joint arrangements for commencing
• the wmrk. The directors, after allowing libe
ral estimates for labor, materials, expenses and
1 contingents, came to a conclusion that the
structure could be completed for a sum not in
n any event exceeding $190,000. They ap
pointed Charles Ellet, Jr., of Philadelphia,
6 engineer, to construct the bridge, and bound
Ls him by contract to have the bridge ready for
e use on or before one year from the first day of
° May next. The bridge is to be suspended
across the river at the narrow gorge between
the cataract and the whirlpool, in view of both,
, immediately over the rapids, about two hun
e di ed and thirty feet above the water, by sixteen
wire cables, about eleven hundred feet long,
r and upward of twelve inches in circumference
each. Its strength is to be equal to six thou
sand five hundred tons tenison strain, and to
be subjected to the most severe and conclu
sive tests before used, so as to render it safe
beyond any possible contingency. There is to
be a rail road track through the centre, so as
to pass locomotives and trains, to accomodate
the twm rail roads that terminate there.
Such, as we learn from the Buffalo papers,
j are some of the general outlines of this work.
That it is one of vast design, and one which
e cannot fail to prove highly important its its
results to the two countries, we cannot enter
tain a doubt.
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist,
B GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, Nov. 19.
s
Resolutions.
By Mr. Tift, for the appointment of a Com
mittee of five to consider and report a bill re
v gulating the fees of all judicial officers of this
State, together with the fees for printing and
e publishing such matters and processes as are
e required by law.
t Also, requesting His Excellency the Gov
r ernor to furnish the House with copies of the
- report of Leonidas B. Mercer, Commissioner
s appointed for the clearing out the Flint River*
By Mr. Bartow, to refer the controversy be
tween the State of Georgia and Mr. James B.
n Holford, to a select Committee.
Mr. Bartow from the Select Committee, to
whom was referred the project of Mr. Asa
Whitney, of New York, to connect the Atlan
g tic with the Pacific by Rail Road, made a re
t port thereon, (a copy of which I will send
e you,) accompanied with resolutions request
ing our Senators and Representatives in Con
t gress to give this measure their prompt atten
tion ; also, requesting His Excellency the Go
c vernor to forward copies of the same to the
• Executive of each State in the Union; and,
on motion to agree to the same, the yeas are
67, hays 55.
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
d Messrs. Alexander, Anderson of Warren. Ander -
son of Wilkes, Andrews, Arnold, Bacon, Baratte,
" Battle, Bartow, Beasley, Bethune, Black, Brinson,
I- Bullard, Cabiness, Callaway, Cameron, Carter,
K Clark, Crocker, Darnell, Dozier, Dubignon, Flem
ing, Gartrell, Glenn, Graham, Gresham, Harden,
>f Harris of Baldwin, Harris of Clark, Harris of Ta
liaferro, Heddon, Hendricks, Hodges, Howard,
Jackson of Sumter, Jackson of Walton, Lawhon,
Lewis, McCarra, McDuffie, Mclntosh, Morgan,
Morris, Neal, Nisbet, Pace, Perkins, Phillips,
Pinckard, Price, Quarterman, Ramsay, Robinson
of Coweta, Robinson of Laurens, Sanford, Shock
lev, Smith of Cass. Smith of Oglethorpe, Terrell,
s Talbot, Walker of Richmond, Williams, William
son, Wood, Zachry—Yeas 67.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Atkinson, Bailey, Barnes, Baugh, Bird,
Brandon, Bryan of Houston, Bryan of Wayne,
I. Candler, Carlton, Cleveland, Colbert, Cone, Dormi
ny, Fields, Fitzpatrick, Franklin, Freeman, Gauld
ing, Glass, Glover of Jasper, Glover of Jones, Hall,
• Heard, Holmes, Jackson of Clark, Keith, Kenan,
Kilgore, Maloney, Martin, McConnell of Cass, Mc-
Connell of Cobb, McDonald, McLeod, Moseley,
Penticost, Pollock, Rawls, Reid, Reynolds, Robin
son of Jasper, Rozar, Sheffield, Spear, Strickland,
, 1 Sumner, Tift, Tillman, Townsend, Vardeman,
' Walker of Crawford, Whitworth, Wilson, Wimbish
—Nays 55.
A motion to direct the Clerk to carry the
> same forthwith to the Senate, was lost,
r The bill from the Select Committee appoint
t ed to examine the Executive Mansion and
i other public buildings, and report what addi
tional furniture or repairs, if any, were neces
amMMBBBafc a. »i x a
sary, came up to-day in the House of Repre -
sentatives, and after lengthy argument by
Messrs. Harris of Baldwin, Lewis and Jack
son, for it, and Messrs. Gaulding and Mosely,
against it, was rejected by Yeas 60, Nays 63,
as follows:
Yeas—Atkinson, Bacon, Bailey, Baratte, Bar
tow, Beasley, Bethune, Black, Bryan of Houston,
Cabiness, Cameron Candler, Carter. Clark, Crock
er, Darnell, Dozier, Franklin, Gartrell, Glass,
Glenn. Gresham, Harden, Harris of Baldwin, Har
ris of Clark, Harris of Taliaferro, Hodges, Holmes,
Howard, Jackson of Clark, Jackson of Walton,
Kenan, Lawhon, Lewis, M irtin, McCarra, McDon
ald, McDuffie, Mclntosh, Morgan, Nisbet, Phillips,
Pinckard, Pollock, Price. Quarterman, Ramsay,
Reid, Robinson of Coweta, Rozar, Shockley, Smith
of Cass, Smith of Oglethorpe, Terrell. Talbot, Tilt,
Walker of Richmond, Williamson, Wilson, Wim
bish—6o.
Nays—Alexander, Anderson of Warren, Ander
son of Wilkes. AndreAvs, Arnold, Battle,
Baugh, Bird. Brandon, Brinson, Bryan of Wayne,
Bullard, CallaAvay, Carlton, Cleveland, Colbert,
Cone, Dorminy, Dubignon, Fields, Fitzpatrick,
Fleming, Freeman, Gaulding, Glover of Jasper,
Glover of Jones, Graham, Hall, Heddon. Heard,
Hendricks, Jackson of Sumter,Keith, Kilgore, Ma
loney, McConnell of Cass, McConnell of Cobb, Mc-
Leod, Morris, Moseley, Neal, Pace, Penticost, Per
kins; Rawls, Reynolds, Robinson of Jasper, Robin
son of Laurens, Sanford, Sheffield, Spear, Strick
land, Sumner, Tillman, Townsend, Vardeman,
Walker of Crawford, Ward, Whitworth, Williams,
Wood, Zachry—63.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, Nov. 20th, 1847.
Mr. Bartow, from the Special Committee, to
whom was referred the Resolution of the
House for the appointment of Joint Commit
tee to consider what action may be had by the
General Assembly, upon the project of Mr.
Whitney, to connect the Atlantic with the
Pacific Ocean by Rail Road, have had the
same under consideration, and report the fol
lowing resolutions for the action of the Gene
ral Assembly.
Whereas, the construction of a Rail Road
across the continent of North America, would
make the U. States the great highway between
Europe and the populous and wealthy empire
of Asia, would greatly facilitate our own in
tercourse with those regions, would tend to
consolidate our Union, and to give fresh im
pulse to our great Agricultural manufacturing
and commercial interests ; And whereas, this
stupenduous work can be accomplished,and the
public lands constitute a fund peculiarly ap
propriate for defraying the expenses of such
an undertaking —as a small portion of them
would furnish the means, and the value of the
remainder would greatly enhance thereby, and
Avhercas, the great plan of Mr. Asa Whitney
of New York, in its great outlines, is in our
opinion, the only practicable scheme for the
, accomplishment of the grand undertaking,
L which should be commenced as soon as prac
: ticable.
f 1. Therefore , be it Resolved by the Senate and
[ House of Representatives in General Assembly ,
convened , That avc cordially approve of the
L great features of Mr. Whitney’s plan for the
, construction of a Rail Road from Lake Michi
. gan to the Pacific Ocean, from the avails of a
portion of the public lands, and can earnestly
recommend the measure to the early and fav
’ orable consideration of the General Govern
; ment,
2. Resolved, That the Senators and Reprc
> sentatives of this State, in Congress, be, and
they are hereby requested to give this mea
sure their prompt attention and support.
5 3. Resolved , That his Excellency be, and he
> is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these
resolutions to the Executes of each State in
the Union, and a like copy to the Senators and
J Members of the House of Representatives
from this State in the Congress of the United
, States.
The rejected bill to appropriate money for
furnishing the Executive Mansion Avas, on mo
i tion of Mr. Gaulding of Pike, reconsidered,
and finally passed. Appropriation SISOO.
Yeas.—Messrs. Alexander, Anderson of War
ren, Anderson of Wilkes, AndreAvs, Arnold, Ba
con, Bailey, Barnes, Baratte, Battle, Bartow,
Beasley, Bethune, Black, Bird, Bryan of Hous
ton, Bryan’ of Wayne, Cabiness, CallaAvay, Came
ron, Candler, Carlton, Carter, Clark, Cleveland,
Cone, Crocker, Darnell, Dozier, Fields, Franklin,
Gartrell, Gaulding, Glass, Glenn, Glover of Jas
per, Glover of Jones, Graham. Gresham, Harden,
. Harris of Baldwin, Harris of Clark, Harris of
Taliaferro, Heard, Hendricks, Hodges, Holmes,
HoAvard, Jackson of Clark. Jackson of Walton,
5 Kenan, Lawhon, LeAvis, Martin, McCarra, Mc
l Connell of Cobb, McDonald, McDuffie, McLeod,
Mclntosh, Morgan, Moseley, Neal. Nisbet, Pace.
' Penticost, Phillips, Pinckard, Pollock, Price,
Quarterman, Rawls, Reid, Robinson of Coweta,
Robinson of Jasper,Robinson of Laurens. Rozar,
Sheffield. Smith of Oglethorpe, Spear, Terrell,
s Talbot, Tift, Tillman, Vardeman, W r alker of Rich
. mond, Weathers, Williamson, Wilson, Wimbish,
Wood, Zachry—92.
Nats.—Messrs. Baugh. Brandon, Brinson, Bul
• lard, Colbert, Dorminy, Dubignon, Fleming, Free
man, Heddon, Jackson of Sumter, Keith, Kilgore,
Maloney, McConnell of Cass, Morris, Perkins,
Reynolds, Smith of Cass, Strickland, Sumner,
) Townsend, Walker of Crawford, Whitworth —24.
t DILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Mosely, to establish a Botanico Med
. ical Board of Physicians in this State, and for
[ the better regulation of the Botanic or Thom
„ gonian practice of Medicine.
BILLS PASSED.
To empoAver the Judge of the Coweta Cir
cuit to compel Jurors summoned for the first
. week of Troup Superior Court to serve tAvo
instead of one week, and the Jurors summon
. ed for the second week to serve two weeks.
To amend the several acts in relation to is
suing grants on head rights in this State, so
• far as to extend the time for granting the
» same, until the 25th Dec. 1849.
Mr. Nesbit, from the Special Committee to
whom was referred the petition of Peter Treaz
\ rant, made a report thereon; and 150 copies
, were ordered to be printed.
• Also, reported a bill for the relief of Peter
’ Treazvant, to appropriate £SOOO.
1
Capt Loyall*
' We arc indebted to the Editors of the Mus
cogee Democrat of the 13th inst, for an extra
containing the following letter from a corres
pondent at Vera Crvz.
Yera Cruz, Friday, sth Nov. 1847.
Dr. Andrews: Dear Sir: —I was aAvakcned this
’ morning, about 7 o’clock, by a loud rap at my
’ door, and who should be there but Capt.Loyall,
’ looking as well as I ever saAv him, I hope the
report of bis death may not reach his family.
’ His friends all believed him dead. He sat down
, and gave Liout. McCurdy and myself a long
, account of the fight at Huamantla, which may
be relied upon. Capt. "Walker was in command
of only 175 cavalry. They charged the town
; w r hen the infantry we<* sor 6 miles off, and
captured three pieces of artillery. The Mexi
cans were commanded by Santa Anna. He
had near 2500 men. They fled in every direc
tion, but were rallied and made fight. Capt.
Walker was shot in the breast; with a small
ball in leas than ten feet of Capt;. Loyall and
.
*v \
did not live more than 15 minutes. He told
the command to fight on,the odds were against
them, but that the infantry would soon be
there. Capt. \\ alker was shot from a house
which had raised a white flag. Capt. Loyall
then took command. Soon the infantry ar
rived and the Mexicans cut out. Lieut Ander
son of Capt. L.’s company, with five men, pur
sued and captured four Mexicans. They prov
ed to be Col. La Vega, brother to the <General,
and Maj. Iturbide, an aid of Santa Anna. The
Major is here with Capt. L. and appears to be
well satisfied—and says he is sure Santa Anna
would like to change places with him. Lieut.
Pitcher wrears Col. La. Vega’s pistol—it is a
splendid one. lam sorry to hear that Lieut P.
has resigned, and will leave for home, soon.
Capt. Loyall’s company (what few’ are left)
arrived here last night. They number, all told ,
46— the balance have been killed, discharged,
and in the different hospitals.
I see here to-day, Murshon, Spencer, Luck
ie, Smith and Barnard, from Columbus, mem
bers of his company. This company lias seen
as much hard service as any one in the army,
and done as much fighting. At this fight 16
of Walker’s men were killed and -wounded ;
one of Loyall’s killed and three wounded.
Capt. Loyall, escorted by 100 Mexican Lan
cers, brought official despatches from Puebla
—they were broUght there by the Lancers.
They will be carried to Washington by Lieut.
Seers. The contents of them are not known
here. In fact, all the < news’ comes here by
New* Orleans. ’Tis said Gen. Scott has order
ed no more to advance beyond Puebla, but to
garrison every point betw’een here and there.
The Georgia Battalion of Infantry are left to
garrison a post called San Juan, 13 miles only
from here. They will remain there until the
next train goes up, and I fear that w’ill be some
time first.
The James L. Day arrived yesterday, with
Capt. Hamilton’s company. The Fashion put
back to New Orleans, which was the cause of
the detention. As yet, only Goulding’s, Nel
son’s and Hamilton’s companies have arrived.
We are looking hourly for the others.
I attended the funeral of Lieut. Stewart
yesterday. He was buried with Masonic and
Military honors. He was the son of'Gen. D.
M. Stewart, formerly of Glynn county, Ga.,
now of Florida. As the procession passed
through the principal streets, I think I saw
more than 10,000 Mexicans, and all appeared
to look rejoiced. I helped fill up his grave,
and saw as many as seven sculls that were dug
up from the place where he was buried.
On the Ist of December, Col. Miles will act
as Governor of this place. He is now second
in command here.... I should not have writ
ten you so early again, but I wished to correct
the report of Capt. Loyall’s death before it
reached his family. I will keep this open un
till the latest minute, waiting to see what has
become of the balance of the Battalion.
One o' clock —and nothing from them, only
that the Maria Burt had put into Tampico. I
fear I shall not get this letter on board, I have
waitad so long. Peter A.
New Discovery.—lt has recently been dis
covered that the life of a Printer is like the
book of Revelations, because it is full of types
and shadows, and a mighty voice, like the
I sound of many waters, ever saying to him,
write !
Special 3Totlces.
R. S. DILL,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
New Orleans.
Nov. 19 —3m
BLACK & LAWSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Counties of the Middle
Circuit. Any business entrusted to them will meet
with prompt attention. Address
Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro, Ga.
John F. Lawson. Augusta, Ga. ly Nov. 18
IJj 3 DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery. in
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
1 one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store;
June 13 6m 215
JOHNSON’S DAGUERREOTYPE
ROOMS.
MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in
form his old patrons of last year, and the pub
, lie generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD
‘ STAND, over Messrs. Clark , Racket Jj* Co.'s Jewelry
r Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA
t TURES in a style superior to any thing he has
> done heretofore.
Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage ot
last season, asks a continuance of the same.
Oct. 21 —-3 m
’ PLEASANT ; STOVAL L.
Renews the tender of his services in the STO
AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTII
ER PRODUCE, at his Fire Proof Warehouse
- Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1847. 8 mos. 35
, O’ Dr. J. A. CLEVELAND has re
> turned to this city, and may be lound at the office
» of CLEVELAND & SPEAR.
Nov. 10
FRENCH AND SPANISH
LANGUAGES.
E* LE BARRIER gives lessons in the FRENCH
(his native language) and SPANISH, either in
private families, or at his residence. For terms,
apply to him, at the United States Hotel, every
morning before ten o’clock, or in the afternoon, be
tween three and five.
* REFERENCES:
H. Gumming, G. T. Dortic,
J. Adams, Dr. Dugas,
J. Gardner, N.Dklaigle,
Gardell &, Rhind,
, Oct. lm
? Chas. P. M’Calla, j Gustave Romaic
McCALL A & ROM AIN,
> COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA.
> Nov. 7 ly
Co mmi vc la I.
CHARLESTON,Nov. 22.~-Cottan.-The Upland
market on Saturday, remained perfectly quiet,
neither holders nor buyers seemingly inclined to
operate, probably on account of the_ proximity of
i the next steamer’s accounts —sales 50 bales at 7^-
Rice The market was rather easier of demand*
than on the previous day but prices continued firm*
-ales about 250 bbls. at a g3§.
By Telegraph-. _ x
i ( Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 19,6 P. M.~The flour market
I 'obeen dull and unsettled to-day mainly on act
count of the steamer Mibern a’s news having been
momentarily expected. The Eastern demand U
moderating.’and transactions on the spot amount to
but 3,CC J barrels, at $6 for Western. The receipts
are nowconsidetableland a large stock will probably
be on hand before navigation closes.
Corn is quiet, and rather heavy. Sales ot biX
t bushels, at 71 for mixed, and 72 for yellow.
Whisky is heavy. Thore were sales of 200 bbl»»
at 26 cents.
In cotton there has been very little movement to
day. Spinners took 500 bales at prices rather
easier. Middling uplands New Orleans 7L
Up to 6 o’clock this evening no tidings have
been received of the news by the steamer Hiber
nia. She has now been fifteen days out, J*