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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.f JA IVI £S GARDNER, JR. TERIVIS. ailv. per annum.. t , $3 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum.... 6 00 If paid in advance .....5 00 W eekly. per annum 00 li paid in advance 2 50 ( To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE i COE IK.S are sent. This will put our Weekly pa- ; per in the reach ol new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. who will pay up arrearages, and j Send four new subscribers, with the money, can gel the paj>er at $2 00. [CTAII new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [From the Chat lesion Patriot. J M.*- Gillian's Seventh Lecture- Mr. Gliddon’s Lecture on Thursday night was principally occupied with statistical infor- I mation on the subject of the Pyramids. In describing the Great Pyramid, he said, it 1 was built upon a small hill and that the stones of which it was composed were limestone quar ried from the Libyan hills. It avus cased with beautiful limestone which was brought from a | distance of fifteen miles. All the Pyramids were i originally smooth on the outside. Col. Howard i Vyse, who expended $->O,OOO in his researches in Egypt, discovered by digging down, some j of the blocks of the outer covering of the Great Pyramid. Each one of these casing stones, Mr. Gliddon said, ho had some recollection of hav ing heard an architect who measured them, estimate at eight tons. The vertical height of the Great Pyramid was originally 280 Egyptian Cubits or 480 feet, and each of the faces was about 7<56 feet at the ; base, making the proportion of the base to the | height as 8 to 5. Mr. G. here exhibited a cop}* j of an ancient measuring stick which was found ■ between some of the mason work when the! propylon of Carnac was blown up by order of the Pasha. This measure agreed with the cubit by which Solomon built the Temple, Noah the j Ark, and was the same as that mentioned in Fzikiel XL., 5 and XLIIL, 13. By this stick ! every monument in Egypt can be measured. Mr. Gliddon now proceeded to describe the i interior of the Great Pyramid, and by means of his splendid illustrations made his auditors fa miliar with the various passages, the great.hall, the King's and Queen’s Chambers,the Well, &c. The painted arch at the entrance is admirably adapted to support enormous weights. The I Sarcophagus,which stands in the King’s Cham ber, formerly contained the body of Cheops, i the builder of the Pyramid. In the sides of this 1 Chamber are the openings of two air passages. 1 Similar openings were tound on the outside of the Pyram d a id an Arab discovered that they communicated together, by the simple expo dient of placing a eat at the mouth of one and her kittens at the oTier. The mother soon 1 found her way through the Pyramid to her children. Previous to the discovery of those passages the air in the pyramids was quite suf focating, so much so indeed that in 1834 a daughter of Commodore Patterson fainted in the King’s Chamber and was obliged to be car ried out. The former area occupied by the Great Pyr- j amid was 13 acres, 1 rod and 32 poles. The present area of the base is 12 acres, 3 roods and 3 poles. The perpendicular height is now 450 feet 9 inches, and the inclined height 611 feet, at an angle of 51 deg. 50 min. The original . amount of masonry was about 89,028,000 cubic feet, equivalent to 6,848,000 tons. It; wa°, said Mr. G., the opinion of a practical builder, that If the liraestome in the Great Pyramid was made into bricks, they would have been enough to construct all the dwellings houses in Philadel phia, while the granite which lines it, would be enough to build all the churches and public edifices. About lifteen-hundreths of the Great Pyramid is occupied by the chambers and passages, while all the rest is solid masonry. Mr. Gliddon next directed the attention of the audience to the second Pyramid. f i his ap pears larger than the Great Pyramid, in conse quence of its being built upon higher ground But the fact is that it is smaller, covering only eleven acres. It was opened in 1816 by Belzoni. The ascent is difficult, though the Arabs go up with great intrepidity. Much of the casing is entire. It was built by Cepron and is older than the Great Pyramid. The age and buil ders of the Pyramids are discoverable from the quarriers’ marks on the stones. The third Pyramid is the smallest of the three, but the most beautiful, and surpasses the others in the magnitude of the stones of which it is composed. The lower part is encased with red granite, but the apex is white and towers up like a snow-clad mountain. It was opened in 1837, by Col. Vyse. But the Arabs had anti cipated him, as he found within it only the broken cover of the King’s coffin. This cover is of wood, and bears the cartouche of King, Men-ke-ra the builder. The hieroglyphics of the cartouche read as follows: “ Hail Osirifled Men-ke-ra, overliving—boon of Heaven: defend ed of Na-t-pe (mother of the gods) flesh of Seb —thy mother Nu-t-pe is over thee, in her name (fracture in the wood) she has made thee to be with —(another fracture) the god chastising thy impure enemies , King Men-ke-ra, living forever.” The Saracen Caliphs attempted to destroy this Pyramid but did not succeed. Mr. Gliddon mentioned nine smaller pyra mids in the vicinity of these three, and gave the names of the kings who were buried in them. lie described the pyramids of Gheezeh, and proceeded to speak of a large number of others, Col. Vyse, he stated, has described 39 of these monuments, and Lepsius has found the substructure of 30 more, all within a line of 22 miles, each of them being the sepulchre of a king who once lived and reigned in Mem phis. There are Pyramids at Mcroe in Upper Nu bia which Dr. Lepsius’ recent visit has shown to be of modern origin, not one antidating the second century B. 0. Most of the pyramids of Gheezeh arc built of limestone; four of them, however, are built of sun-dried brick. To give some idea of the immense masonry of these structures, Mr. G. stated that the weight of the three large pyra mids alone, was estimated at 12,859,460 tons, and that the materials in the 39 pyramids described by Col. Vyse would built 3,814 light hmses of the size of the Bunker Hill monu ment. The stone of the Great Pyramid would build 1,062 Bunker Hill monuments. The word “ pyramid” and its signification admit of some discussion. The Greeks derived it from pyr —fire, or pyros —wheat. Others found its roots in the Coptic words pi and ha ram; The pyramids are referred to in Job. iii., 13,14: “ For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I shou d have step’ j then had I been at rest. *• With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves,” The word here translated “ desolate places” is. the original Hebrew, haraboth — ruins. By changing the b into m, a common mutation, we have haramoth —pyramids. The Arabs ot the present day call the El-Haram —the ruins. At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Gliddon described, by means of a diagram, the mole in which the Pyramids were built. When a king commenced his-reign* the first thing he did was to excavate the chamber intended for a tomb, under ground, with a passage comrquni cating with the surface,-and erect a course of masonry above, vrhi.h served for the nucleus of the pyramid, in the following manner ; ; * : : i *.. it < If he died at the end of the year the mason ry was immediately cased over and a small pyramid was formed, —if he continued to live, ■ another course of stones was added in height, and the length of the lower course increased, thus : a, a, a, being the new stones added, a a \ a During the next year the same process was repeated and the pyramid assumed at tnc end of the year the following form : a i <••••• • • • a; : a I • . » . . a '. I 1 \ a \: : 1 he pyramid thus continued to be increased every year until the death of the king in* whose reign it was erected, one course being added each year of his life. When the king died, the work, ceased, and while the priests were engaged for seventy days embalming the body the case wai put on the pyramid begin ing from the top and working downwards.— This was done by filling up the angles of ma sonry, a, a, a, with smaller stone and then placing obi mg stones one upon another so as to form steps, from the base to the apex, after j which these stones were bevelled off at the 1 corners so as to form one uniform angle and give a smooth surface to the pyramid, leaving 1 a perfect triangle. The philosophical deduction from all this, is that the size of the Pyramid is in direct pro portion to the length of the King’s reign in which it was c nstiuctcd, having been begun at h’s accession and fin shed at his death. : — pyramids indicate long reigns and small pyramids, short reigns. The 69 pyramids tnerefore represent some 70 or 84 kingly gene rations, (two kings having been sometimes buried in the same pyramid,) the last of which race died before Abraham was born. j ]FVca» the New Orleans Pi< a uneflth ult ] Later from the Army of Gen. Taylor. We have had a later mail from Buena Vista, Monterey and Cerralvo. In another col umn we give several interesting letters from | our correspondent touching Gen. Taylor’s movements and affairs on his distant line. We have a letter from Cerralvo of the 4th | inst., which says a report had just reached Lt. 1 Col. Webb, stationed there, of the 16th Infan try, that one of his scouting parties had fallen in with the guerrilla chief Elmojah Martinas | and his party,and that in the engagement Mar tlnus was killed. There are known to be many parties of gucrrillcros and robbers in the vicin ity of Cerralvo under Canales, Bosques, Men dez, Arispe, Col. Travinia and others. Col. Webb has three companies of mounted men, and four of his own regiment, under his com mand, and hopes are entertained that he may succeed in destroying or dispersing some of ' these bands. Gen. Taylor was expected at Cerralvo on the 10th inst. Monterey, Nov. 2, 1847. Since my last nothing new has transpired of any consequence above,at Saltillo and Bue na Vista, and scarcely anything here. This morning a private of the 3d Dragoons came into Gen. Taylor’s camp with the intelligence that the command of Lieut. Campbell, 2d i Dragoons, about twenty strong, had been at tacked last night by guerrillas near Agua Frio ■ in superior numbers, and that they were still j fighting when he left for assistance. The dra g ons, one company of the 2d and one of the | 3d, Capt. Butler’s, were immediately ordered t > horse, and started off to the relief of Lieut. ;C. and party. From other sources it was known that there was a considerable force of guerrillas between here and Cerralvo under , different leaders,, and considerable apprclien i sion was entertained for Lieut. C. This even ing, however, he returned with ten men un i ! harmed and seven wounded. Five of the com ■ | mand were missing when they succeeded in , | fighting their way through the guerrillas, and I;it is supposed are killed. Possibly they may I I have escaped in the chaparral, although it • ; would be strange if they did, as the attacking » party were supposed to be vastly superior to ■ the dragoons, ten to one. The party sent to aid Lieut. C. met him some distance from ’ Gen. Taylor’s camp and were furnished by him with a guide to lead them to the vicinity of the robbers and it is to be hoped that they will succed in pouncing upon them. Lieut. C. received a slight wound in the fight. , We have a report here that the Camanches have appeared in the neighborhood of Pes queria Grande and killed several persons. The • expedition sent to Parras had not returned ( when I last heard from Saltillo. We have a report here that there are about five hundred of the late Mexican army at San Luis Potosi who have pronounced in favor of Paredes and a monarchy, and the report is gen erally credited at Saltillo and by many Mexi cans here. Gen. Taylor vail leave on the Bth unless he should receive unexpected intelligence from | headquarters at Washington before that time. ; He will be accompanied by Gen. Wool as far i as Camargo, and perhaps Matamoros, as it will be advisable for him to see his whole command before entering upon his extended and respon sible duties. It is said that there is considerable yellow fever at Matamoros, bnt that it is of a mild type to Americans, but very fatal t J the natives. The weather is quite warm here—in the mil dle of the day hot and very little rain. There is to be a review to-morrow in town of the 16th Infantry. Yours, &c M u. e. e. Columbus, JNovcinber 27. Snow.—For several weeks past we have had the soft, balmy, pleasant weather of Septem ber, but on Wednesday night last a change came over the spirit of the season, which gave us feeling tangible evidence, that cold winter would soon reign tremendous o'er the con quered year. Thursday morning was bitter cold, and we had quite a sprinkling of snow, the earliest we recollect having seen in this latitude. The prospect we much fear is, that we shall have a long, cold winter. —Muscogee Democrat. The Weather. —For a few days past has been extremely cold, with high winds, and cloudless sky . The rain fulling on Tuesday hist after a two months drought, ushered in the season of ice and snow, which had been ■j so long delayed. On Thursday last we were visited by run, hail, a snow, and sleet, within the limits of eight hours, each being very light however. Again on Friday a few flakes oi snow fell.- —Sandersville Georgia ft; 30 th ult. DcEalb Cotton Factory. I A friend has politely tarnished us, with the | following statistics relating to this well man ! aged concern: There is in the Factory, 1680 Spindles; 20—30 inch Carding Engines ; 40 Looms ; —and it Manufactures about 10,000 yards Osnaburgs a week ; and 2,000 pounds Yarn per week. It employs upwards of ninety hands, and pays between SBOO and {s9oo a month tor wages. About one half the operatives are i black, and partly owned by the establishment, : —which consumes 80 bales cotton per month. We should be gratified to receive for publi cation from time to time, any information touching the developement of our manufac turing resources. The DeKalb Factory, we have learned, is doing a tine business. Success attend it, and every similar establishment in South Carolina. Columbia (S. C.J Telegraphs Patriotism of Printers. —Probably no sin gle trade has supplied more men for the war than that of printers. Hundreds in all parts of the country have abandoned the composing slick for the shooting stick. Gen. Scott had | some forty printers in one regiment. If the war continues, American publishers will have to import a fresh lots of journeymen from Eng land. A New Project.—The New York Sun ad vises Secretary Walker to establish a Mint in Mexico. It thinks that a great stream of bul lion would flow in, and adds: ‘•Our smooth shining dollars and eagles bearing the figure of Liberty and the motto E. Pluribus Unura once in circulation among the Mexicans will have a powerful converting In fluence.” Augusta, 0 1 org i a . SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. I : I# 3 The mail failed again last evening from offices north of Charleston. There will be | three due this evening. Mr- Clay.—The Issues of the next Presi dential Canvass- The secret circular put forth by the friends of Mr. Clay just prior to the recent Lexington meeting, and which has come to light, dis closes the fact to the world that he is striving hard for a nomination, and will be the candi date of the whig party if he can. The whole grand manoeuvre of this meeting, and the speech and resolutions were got up for this purpose. Whether this object can be es- I fected, is a matter about which there is much contrariety of opinion. The opinion prevails in some sections that this move has strength ' enod his prospects for the nomination—in others, that he is utterly, hopelessly, and Ir revocably shelved and prostrated. I We venture no opinion as to how it will af fect his chances for the nomination, but we do not doubt that he will meet with a perfect Wa terloo defeat if lie is the candidate. The peo ple of this country will elect no man who op poses all indemnity— especially territorial indem nity, from Mexico, and advocates a total aban donment of our magnificent conquests. This ; nation will not be guilty of such astounding forbearance and self-stultification. History fur nishes no such precedent in ancient or modem times. Human nature is the same in the nineteenth century that it hu» ever been. The i world has never witnessed such a case as a nation having engaged in war with another, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, conquered her, taken possession of much coveted terri tories at great loss of blood and treasure, and then, without consideration, without indem ! nity, without a cession of territory or payment -of money, having voluntarily, of her own magnanimous forbearance, or from a belief that she was in the wrong, and the conquered nation in the right, abandoned the war —aban- doned the conquered country and made peace on such terms as the conquered enemy, had ’ they triumphed, would have proposed. Such a case the world never will witness while it turns on its axis. But it is very certain that this issue will be put before the American people, for its action L in the next Presidential canvass. Whether L Mr. Clay be the whig nominee or not, he has been the means of committing his party to this r issue. Corwin of Ohio did not have influence > enough with the entire party to commit them, t There were many whigs in many States who 1 were not Corwinitcs. This was especially so , in the South. But Henry Clay has gone as r far as Tom Corwin to j lease Northern fanati • cism—to court the favor of the haters and re vilers of the South. lie has thrown Corwin’s . prospects completely in the shade. But he i has done more. He has committed the whig 1 party in the South —at any rate, the whig par t I ty in Kentucky and in Georgia to the “no in x j demnity” issue. No man but Henry Clay f could have done this. In Georgia the whig ' I party was not prepared, until the Lexington resolutions appeared, to espouse this princi . pie. The re-election of Judge Berrien does l not prove the contrary; for the same party ■ elected Judge Dawson, who stands diametri cally opposed to Judge Berrien on this ques tion. But wc now know the issues which in Georgia, and probably in the United States, ; will be involved in the next canvass. They are all new issues, for the whigs are pretty • thoroughly and completely- used up on all the ! old ones. They do not relish an allusion to L them even now; and by the time next sum mer arrives, if a democrat mentions protective tariff—bank —distribution —free trade sub- treasury —veto, to a whig, he will exclaim with ’ Falstaff [ “No more of that, Hal, an thou lov’st me.” There are three prominent subjects treated oi ' in Mr. Clay’s speech, which must arrest univer sal attention and create a vast deal of discus | sion. In fact the opinions of men on them ; will decide them to vote with the whigs oi ’ with the democrats, since upon them the whiga and the democrats are directly opposed. j First, The origin of the war. Who is re- sponsible for its commencement, and for its consequences ? v Second, The objects of the war. Has Con ! gress the right, and is it its duty to declare to „ iniIIIIMHIIIIIJI the world what purposes this country aims to accomplish by it ? Third, The terms of peace. Should this country refuse to demand indemnity for the expenses of the war, either in territory or mo ney, and give back to the enemy- all that we have conquered, except one or two harbors on the Pacific, which are to be purchased and paid for out of our national treasury- ? These are the prominent subjects of Mr. Clay’s speech. His opinions on them all are freely given. We will now enumerate them. ! We shall hereafter discuss them from time to ! time, as they may bo now considered the opin ions of the whig party. He says not a word against the Wilmot Proviso. Mr. Clay contends that “though a state of war necessarily resulted from the fact of an nexation of one of the belligerents to the Uni ted States, actual host.lities might have been probably avei’ted by- prudence, moderation and | Mise statesmanship.” To sustain this position ! Mr. Clay commits the gross and unpardona- ! ble error of a misstatement of a historical fact, on which, as a public man aspiring to the leadership of a great party, he ought to have been i properly informed. The statement is as fol- | lows: “V\ hilst Mr. Slidell was bending his wav to Mexico with his diplomatic credentials. Gene- | ral laydor was ordered to transport his can non and to plant them in a war-like attitude, ' opposite to Matamoros, on the east bank of j the liio Grande, within the very disputed ter- I ritory, the adjustment of which was to be the j object of Mr. Slidell’s mission.' 1 The refutation of this monstrous assertion, | copied from the Washington Union, has al ready appeared in our columns, Mr. Clay contends that Congress ought to declare to the world, the objects, designs and ‘ purposes of this country- in prosecuting the war, in advance of any pacific overtures of the enemy-, and even though she continues posi tively- to refuse to make any-. Mr. Clay contends that this country should abandon her conquests —make no demand of indemnity-, and take no territory but what she , pay-s for out of the National Treasury—thus , virtually acknowledging to the world that she is in the wrong, and the aggressor in this war. Mr. Clay- contends that slavery is a system of existing injustice—that it is “a great evil —a wrong’’—and that he “should rejoice , if not a single slave breathed the air or was ! within the limits of our country.” From this we infer that he opposes the ex tension of slavery under any- circumstances. This inference is irresistible from the bitter i ness of his lamentations over the evils and in justice of slavery and his great desire to see it L abolished. This is certainly- giving “aid and comfort” ! to the abolitionists and Wilmot Proviso men, ! as well as curry ing favor with them for their » votes. It is calculated to foment and ea • courage the prejudices and the hostility of the North against the South and her institutions, and is fraught with many other evils to the Southern States which must suggest them ■ selves to every intelligent mind. Kew York Circus i The Juvinile portion of our community will no doubt be pleased to learn that the Proprie- | L tors of the Circus intend giving a performance : This Afternoon, for their accommodation, com- ! ! mencing at 2 o’clock. It will also be a good 1 opportunity for the ladies to pay the Circus a ; ’ visit. I , i | Maj. Wade, Capt. Robert Anderson, and [ Capt. Henry Wayne, of the United States Army, have arrived in Savannah from Mexico. : Thanksgiving - . The City Council of Savannah has appoint s e l the 16th insc. to be observed in that city as 1 a day of public Thanksgiving. Reception of Gen- Taylor i Great preparations have been made in New 1 Orleans for the reception of Gen. Taylor. Col. 1 C. A. Labuzan, has been appointed Chief Mar j shal, and has twenty-four assistants. Debt of the State. By the Report of the Comptroller General, we learn that the Funded Debt of the State j* of South Carolina on the Ist October, 1837, amounted to $2,536,067 94. Luck- T. Cucullu, late Sheriff off the Parish of St. ' Bernard, is the lucky holder of ticket No. 11,- 3 875 in the recent drawing of the Havana Lot s | tery, which entitles him to the prize of one i hundred thousand dollars. Noble Conduct. 3 The Savannah Republican, of the 2d inst., e ga y S —Two or three years ago, one of our mcr l chants, as noted for his retiring modesty- as for " strict integrity, being unfortunate in his oper " ations, effected an honorable compromise with y his creditors. A few- days since, the same gen l man, who has since been successful in busi -1 ness, came forward and paid up the entire ’ balance due to each of his creditors at the 3 time of the compromise. Such mercantile 7 honor as this, is its own reward. We refrain, ’ through motives of delicacy, from mentioning ‘ the name of the individual. We have in our midst two other merchants who have lately 1 honored human nature by similar conduct. 9 Y [communicated.] Y Mr. Editor : —Understanding there is a strong b probability that Judge Colquitt will resign his 3 seat in the Senate of the United States, it is - legitimate to suggest to His Excellency, Gov. e Towns, through the organ of public opinion, - (the press,) a gentleman in whose elevation i the democracy of Middle Georgia feel a deep interest, and whose services to the party-, and devotion to its cherished principles, entitle him f to an elevated position in its affections—l - mean Col. H. Y. Johnson, at the mention of ■ whose name every democrat feels a pleasura i ble association with the memorable campaign r of 1844, and whose efforts in 1847 havecontri s buted in no small degree to the elevation of our present able Chief Magistrate. It has - been Col. Johnson’s misfortune always to have s been a resident of whig districts, and hence could not be honored by his party with a seat - in th i Representative Hall of Congress. He 3 has labored faithfully aa an Ajax of dcmoc racy, and ills now time Ins freinds should as- ' sert his claims, and I feel confident Governor lowns will respect them. I have heard of I °nly one gentleman’s name having been sugges- l ted as likely to interfere with the appointment of Col. Johnson, and that is Gov. McDonald—a gentleman whom I, in common with the par ty, have in times past, delighted to honor; but | Gov. McDonald has had his s'"are of the hon- j ors from the party, and occupies too elevated I a position, as ex-Governor, now to seek an execu - j live appointment for so short a time. I hold to the maxim that rotation in office is the life of j I a party, and our young men must not be post- ; poned too long because older members of the party wish to hold on to office as long as the 1 party will honor them with appointment.— i Should Gov. Towns select Col. Johnson, none * can doubt that the Democracy of Georgia will • n him, be ably represented in the Senate, and 3 his eloquence will give withering rebuke to whigery, whether in the form of Wilmot Pro- j 1 visoism or in opposition to their country’s ! 1 i w ar. RICHMOND. _ 1 [ Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. 7xV SEX ATE. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 184". Mr. Williamson laid upon the table a series |of resolutions complimentary to the officers 1 and privates of the Newton County Cavalry, j • under the command of Capt. Loyall, now in | Mexico. | The Senate have to-day been engaged in ar- I guing and amending the resolutions of Mr. : I Dunnagan, which are literally a declaration of | the Democratic faith, with the : r views upon ; the justice of the war, &c. The debate has h been very heated indeed, and the words “ aid 0 and comfort” have been the burthen of the ; * most of the speeches. It is now sundown, a and Mr. Dunnagan is peppering the Whigs I without mercy. As promised in my last, I send you the Re port of the Committee on the state of the Re- I public, with the amendments. 1— e Report of the Committee on the State of the Re public. The Committee on the State of the Repub lic, to whom was referred a resolution of the Se- 1 nate, instructing the committee “ to make such a report on the subject of the Wilmot Proviso as is a just exhibit of the feelings of the peo ple of Georgia,” beg leave to submit the fol- . lowing as the result of their deliberations, ful ly confident, so far as we give any expression, j that it is in unison with the public will. t The acquisition of territory is legitimately ( associated with the Wilmot Proviso. We will abstain from any utterance upon that subject, * at this time, for the reason that w r e may not | all agree. But forasmuch as the ulterior ob - I ject of the Wilmot Proviso, is to effect the Abo i Ution of Slavery , and about which there is no difference of opinion— and forasmuch too, as : we desire to present an unbroken front, we will \ therefore regard and consider the question in its ulterior purpose, leaving the acquisiton of I Territory for a future report. Slavery and Slave labor is a part and parcel of our Governmental system, and made so by the very ancestry, in part, of those who now' are active in its abolition. We do not regard it respectful to ourselves, or essential to our right, to enter into a discussion with those who are governed by no principle but their fanati cism. Indeed the question has been argued, j 1 but fanaticism is deaf to argument —it will not hear. The people of Georgia have for a series of i ' years been divided and disturbed by other j I questions, so much so,perhaps, as to induce the ; ! false hope, that upon this vital question there f ■ may now prevail discord and dissension. This 1 is not true. Georgia has but one mind—is as j one man —all political parties are ready and I willing to plant themselves upon the same | 1 platform, and join heart and hand in the asset- j tion and maintenance of this their constitution- ! al right. To the end, therefore, that the feelings of the 1 people of Georgia, ucon the subject of the ; Wilmot Proviso, may be distinctly understood and their position defined : Be it, therefore, by the Senate and House of ; Representatives of the >tate of Georyin. Resolved, i That the Government of the United States has j no control over the institution of Slavery, and that in taking or attempting to take any such control, it transcends the limits of its legitimate functions. Be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid. ! That any Territory acquired, or to be ac quired, by the arms of the United States, > or by treaty "with a foreign pow'er, be comes the common property of the several States composing this confederacy, and whilst it so continues, it is the right of each citizen, of each and every State, to reside with his pro perty of every description within such territory. Resolved further by the authority aforesaid. That it is the duty of every man, in every section of this confederacy, if the Union be dear to him, to oppose the passage of any law’ or resolution of Congress by which territory acquired, or to be acquired, may bo subjected to any restric- j tion against Slavery. Resolved, by the authority aforesaid. That in the opinion of this General Assembly, the people of Georgia, at the ensuing Presidential election, should not, and will not, support any ! man for the Presidency or Vice-Presidency, who favors the principles of the Wilmot Pro viso. Resolved, That in the ownership of our slaves, w T e are not only exercising a humane, but a constitutional and moral right, and that we al low’ no power under Heaven to dictate the terms by which we hold them, nor to devise j the means by which we shall be deprived of : our property in them. I And it is further resolved, That his Excellency 1 the Governor of this State, cause a copy of the i : foregoing preamble and resolutions to be for- I warded to each of our Senators and Represen ■ ■ tatives in Congress; also to the Governor of , I each State in the Union. Upon the passage of the Report with the : amendments, the vote w as yeas 46, nays none. | ; IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1 DILLS PASSED. 1 To authorize the Governor to appoint a ■ State Librarian, and to fix the salary for the • same. Also to compensate the Clerk of the 1 Supreme Court for his services as Librarian, | 1 heretofore rendered. !■ To simplify and curtail pleadings of Law. i To authorize DeWitt C. Hargrove, of the - county of Stewart, and other persons therein named, to plead and practice Law in the seve- I ral Courts of Law and Equity in this State, on 1 certain conditions named. ■ i BILLS INTRODUCED. ? By Mr. Harris of Baldwin, reSpccting pro , ceedings in Chancery, and to regulate the , same. , | By Mr. Bailey, to authorize improvements | to bo made on the Reserve at the Indian , Springs, and to protect the same from trespass, j and for other purposes therein mention id. 1 f Mr - reem » n . tolacUitate the collect ot interest on the public debt. Bv Mr. Sanford, to regulate'the punishment of white persons for gambling with negroes and free persons of color, and to regulate the evidence on trial for said offences, and for other purposes therein mentioned By Mr. Moseley, to prohibit Attorneys and otner persons from bringing an action for the recovery of real property without a power of Attorney from the person in whose name the action is brought, and for other purposes there in named. By Mr. Howard, to incorporate the “Varie ty W orks Manufacturing Company,” in the e muty of Muscogee. By Mr. Walker, to levy a tax upon Dogs in the county of Richmond. Also, to make it penal to kill Deer in Rich mond county at certain periods. By Mr. McDonald, to invest the Governor with power and authority to have surveyed and to sell certain lands therein named. The House took up the amendment of the Senate to the bill of the House, to appropriate m.mey for purposes therein stated, and which amendment was as follow's; To strike out $1,500 and insert $2,500. Mr. Jones moved to concur in the amend ment of the Senate, upon which motion the yeas and nays were required to be recorded, and were yeas 53, nays 58. Special Notices. BANK OF AUGUSTA, ) DECEMBER 1, 1047. $ An election for Ten Directors on the part of the individual stockholders in this Bank, will be held, on Monday next, the 6th inst. at tUeir Banking House, between the hours of 10 o’clock, A. M-, and 4 o’clock. P. M. Dec. 2 —o J AS. W. DAVIES, Cashier. TAX COLLECTOR. [TP We are authorized to announce Robert A. Watkins as a candidate for re-elec tion as Tax Collector for Richmond county, althe election to be held in January i^xt. Dec. 2 HT We are authorized to announce Leon P. Dugas as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts of Richmond county, at the ensuing election in January next. Nor. 24 O’ We are authorized to announce James McLaws, Esq. as a candidate for re-elec tion to the office of Clerk of the Superior and ln!e rior Courts of Richmond County, at the ensuing election in January next. Nov. 24 AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders, that an instalment of fifteen per cent, is required to be paid in on the 15th of December next. By order of the Board of D : rectors. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec y. A M. Co. Nov. 14 \ MEDICAL CARD. [Jj’Dr. MEALS tenders his professional servi ces in the various branches of Medicine, to the cit izens of Augusta and vicinity. Hej«ay be found either at the office, formerly occupied by Thos. & J. J. R. Flournoy, Esqrs., on Mclntosh-street, or at the residence of Mrs. Wa terman, on Broackstreet. Dec. 1 firno KT 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 one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 Gm 215 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. 13 \ET Dr. J. A. CLEVELAND has re turned to this city, and may be lound at the office of ' CLEVELAND Sc SPEAR. Nov. 10 JOHNSON’S DAGUERREOTYPE ROOMS. MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in form his old patrons of last year, and the pub lic generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD STAND, over Messrs. Clark, Racket Sf Co.’s Jewelry Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA TURES in a style superior to any tiling he has done heretofore. Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage of last season, asks a continuance of the same. Oct. 24 —3m OBITUARY^ Died, at Mewberry C. H., on the 11th ultimo, Mrs. Caroline A., consort of Rev. E. F. Hyde, in the 38th year|of her age, after a protracted and painful illness, which she bore with Christian forti tude. Her robust appearance, and exemption ordinari ly from sickness and her comparatively early de cease, warn us that in " the midst ol life we are in death.” The memory of the good should never die. They are given as examples for imitation. The fruit of their uprightness, is the influence they ex ert On the living, long after they are gathered to the tomb. And Society at iarg-e. is interested in the record, and accords its appreciation, of those characters, w’hich illustrate the benignity of Chris tianity ; and sympathizes with the bereaved, who lament their departure, and extol their virtues, Such a character, in many respects, was the sub ject of this notice. Os aflectionate and amiable disposition, of high intelligence and winning manners; eminently pious, and enthusiastic in preaching rightousness though her limited circle—in all things exemplary—ever y acquaintance, became to her a friend, and her memory is embalmed in the hearts of all who kne't Her later years were much employed, in reli gious duties—and the last scenes of her hie, were %{ rarest holiness, and beauty. Momentary re luctance, to sever the endearing ties, which link ed her to husband and child, and to her mother who, in deepest affliction, watched the gradual decline and departure of an only daughter, was natural; yet i she joyously turned fromearthly, to eternal hopes. When her last hour approached, she was calm, resigned, and happy. And when beyond the power of utterance, she signified to her disconsolate i band, her firm belief of a blessed immortality. » was consoling to the many, who came f s»r the time to see their friend, to witness her perfect. And it was cheering to the I ? ro J s ! u * : of the Lamb, to behold the grentle and bhssful stO^ | gle, of a Christian’s death. Her bod> has o that rest which in afllic tion, she so muc j a And her spirit purified ol earth, end P e . r C K the light of Heaven, has sought, and wefainbel has found, the bosom of its God! Be loved P after sinking so surely, into the arms * h * B j cke d I er, as irreparable as our loss is, it wou troobl i and selfish, to wish thee again upon the t ed scene of life. Thy trials are all over be 1 dowv vale is passed, thou hast entei j Holy of Holies, and art b.essed forevermore.