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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAiVIES GARDNER. Jr7 TUBBS. ally, per annum (X) Tri-Weekly, per annum G 00 If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum 3 00 If paid in advance ...2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES arc sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. (Ur’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00 fFT’AII new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. [£jTPostage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [ From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce , 9th ins'.] ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. Fifteen Days Later from Europe- The steamer Britannia was Telegraphed at Boston, 35 miles out, at a quarter past two o’clock yesterday afternoon, and reached the wharf at 7 P. M. The following intelligence we received by Telegraph: Liverpool, 19th Nov., 12 o’clock, M. The British Parliament was convened yester day, no business was transacted beyond the mere ceremony of opening, which was done by Royal Commission. The French loan of two hundre 1 and fifty millions of francs has been adjudged to M. dc Rothschild at 7o|, which was the minimum reserved. The adjudication had little or no effect upon the Englsili mar ket. An announcement reached London on Mon day, r. m., that a formidable conspiracy had been discovered in Paris, which had the effect of seriously depressing the English funds fora short time. The committee of the Stock Ex change had commenced an investigation into the circumstances connected w Ith the report, but it could only be traced to Folkstone, from •which it -was received by the electric telegraph. Hostilities have at length commenced in Switzerland, between the Federalists and the Sunderabund. The forces of the former, under Gen. Dufour, hive invested the fortified city ofFribcrtz, occupied by the army of the latter. Some skirmishing had taken place, in which the troops of the Sunder abend were worsted. Count Brisson, French Ambassador at the court of the Two Sicilies, committed suicide on the 2nd inst., and a short time previously Count Mortin, also French Ambassador at the court of Turin, attempted to murder both his children and to cut his own throat while labor ing under a fit of insanity. i_)r. Felix Mendellsohn Bartholdy, the emi nent composer of Elijah, died suddenly at Leipsic on the 4th, in the 39th year of b : s age. A convention has been entered into between tl;e Pope, the Grand Duke of Tuscany and Lucca, and the King of Sardma, for the for mation of a tariff based upon the principle of the German Commercial League. The measure has been hailed throughout Europe with the greatest possible satisfaction. The state of Ireland is truly frightful. A system of agrarian resistance is every where manifested, —landlords daily falling before the vengeance of the people. The French mail steamer Union, will not leave Havre until the 24th in consequence of the injuries which her machinery suffered upon the last voyage from N. Y. The Sarah Sands will resume her trips on the 22nd Jan. The British and N. Am. steamers will con tinue to run fortnightly during the winter, until the new vessels shall, be ready,—when the spring will commence with a weekly mail. This new arrangement will take effect on the Ist of January, upon which day the Cambria will start from Liverpool for N. York. General Intlligence. —Loss of the packet ship Stephen Whitney. —This noble, but unfor tunate vessel, was totally lost at 10 o’clock P. M., on the 10th inst. on her voyage from New York to Liverpool, under circumstances the most perfectly appalling that the inagina tion can by possibility conceive. Mistaking the light upon Rock Island, near Capo Clear, on the South coast of Ireland for the old Head of Kinsale, she continued her course,intending to make Cook Harbor; but in less than a quar ter of an hour, with a suddenness which defied all human effort to avert her fate, she came broadside on a rock called the West Calf, about 4 miles inside the Cape, and in less than ten minutes after striking was dashed to atoms, overwhelming not less than 92 of her hapless crew and passengers —18 only, of 110, succeed ing in clambering upon the face of the rock, which forms a wretched three fishermen’s huts. The following is a list of the officers and crew that perished’:—Charles W. Popham, master, Irishman; Robert Gill, 2d mute Englishman; Thomas Bills, Geo. Ray mond, and William Brown, New Haven; Chas. Brown, James Crawford, and Robert Hope, New York; William Briggs, Bath, U. S.; Cleary, Baltimore; William Hicks, Mass.; Benj Evans, also a native of America; John Williams, Caernarvon, Wales; Andrew Deall, Denmark; and Rosalie Cormack, and Eliza Miller, stewar desses. All the Ist and 2nd cabin passengers perished—comprising Dr. Svvyny, Cork; Mr. Robarts, Mr. Fordyce, Scotland; Mr. Robinson, Liverpool; Mr. McCayne, Ohio; Mrs Thorn, Exeter; Eng; Jas, McSlaskey, Mary Connor Isabella Quinn, David McGrattan, Martha, Dunsliffe, and others. The eighteen who were saved are —Thomas Allyn, Ist mate, James B. Mackay, 2nd mate; Jos. Miller, steward; Win Johnston, boy; John Hathaway, David Fer guson, Wm. Smith, Henry Hume, Daniel Graves, Thos. Jackson, John Pearson, George Prince, Adolphus Jackson, and Jos. or Jas. Saunders, seamen; Edwd Lkin, Patrick Pat terson, Jr., and Jas. Butler, passengers. So compleet was the destruction of the doomed ship, that the only vestiges of her to be found were small pieces of timber, not more than four feet long. [The Stephen Whitney sailed hence oa Monday, Oct. 18th.— J. of C.] Although the price of money is still high, <md insolvencies are rife, the fury of the panic has been stayed, and the prestige of brighter and happier days can be distinguished amidst the darkness of the past, and the gloom of the present. Trade is evidently making vig orous struggles to rise, despite the forebodings of disheartened, and in many instances, dis honest theories, and still greater discourage ments of forfeited confidence and extinguished accomodation. Money is yet most difficult to be had. Commercial distress has not material ly assuaged, but hope is high, and the future is promising. Towards the latter end of last week, there was a decidedly more cheerful feeling exhibited in the manufacturing districts, and ua increased business was done, particular ly by private treaty. The failure of Truman % Cook , before alluded to, cast a serious gloom upon the market, and although the casualty does not affect Manchester or its neighborhood to any considerable extent, yet it must_ pro duce results unfavorable to general credit, and retard for awhile that gradual ap proach to well revived confidence, so csscntail to the commerce of this country. The Eng lish funds for the past fortnight hive suffered less fluctuation than for a considerable time previously. Though they have suffered many changes, they have displayed greater firmness, with an Unequivocal tendency to ascend. Their steadiness has been considerably promoted by the importation of foreign gold, amounting to nearly a million and a naif pounds sterling. — The Bank of England still demands the high rate of 8 per cent discount, while its branches generally refuse to advance under 9 per cent., —but many of the private establishments of the country have discounted bills, of course of indisputably good reputation, at 7 and even per cent. In the money market yesterday, a better feeling prevailed, and no new failures were reported. Consols closed at 83§ for mo ney, with extensive transactions ; and for ac count at 81] aBl j. A considerable sale of stock, however, dampened the market. Foreign bonds command very trifling attention. The friends of the Royal Bank and North & South Wales Bank,both of which recently suspended payment, entertain strong hopes that they will be in a position to resume business early next month. Very great contempt is felt in this country for the alarmists who correspond with the Americans, particularly a portion of the U. S. press. Mr. Horsley Palmer’s in discretion is much regretted, and it is trusted that the untoward expose with which he has been visited will operate prudentially upon the prophetic scribe of this country. . Packet ships arrived —R. M. S. Cambria on the loth; steamer Missouri at Havre, on the 12th ; Sea, 10th ; Cambria, lltli; Liverpool, 8 ; Kalamazoo, 13; Constitution, 18; Wyoming, William, Philadelphia, 13. Sailed—Queen of the West, 7th; Montezuma, 7th; Peter llat trict, 7th. List of failures of Merchants and Bankers in England .and. other parts of Europe since the publication of the Euro pean Times of the 4th Nov. Abbott, Nottinvhau <fc Go. Warehousemen London. David Ainsworth, manufacturer Manchester. A. Arkoll, Stock Exchange London. G. &, J. Blake, Soap Boilers Liverpool. J. B. Branckcr & Son, Brokers Liverpool. N. Breebart, Merchant \mstcrdam. Garter & Bains, Merchants Liverpool. Campbell & Batty, Yarn and Goods Agents... .Glasgow. J. F. Glarke, Merchant Leicester. Cohen, Judah & Sons, West India Merchants. ..London. Coleman & Todd, Share Brokers Liverpool. P. Cowsill, Calico Printer Manchester Ewing,Anderson Sc A:rd,.Morc’ts and Manuf’rs.Calcutta. Robert Farrand, Corn Factor London. Figgs & OMharn Dublin. Flood & Lott, Bankers Honiton. Gundry & Co. Bankers Bridgport. Hargreaves <!fc Co. Merchants Liverpool. Johnson, Cole & Co., E. India Merchants London. Z. Just, Manufacturer Manchester. William Henry Kayo, Merchant Huddersfield. K rshau, Holland Co. Manufacturers Manchester. D McKenzie, Jr. E. India Merchant Glasgow. Maryland, Veitnian Sl Co Manchester & Stockport. David Nagier, Iron Founder Glasgow. Oglevie, Clark & Co. Commission Agents Glasgow. Faieugat Co. Corn Mercirants Bayonne. Patterson & M. Gibbon, Calico Printers Glasgow J. S. Harvey Pendleton, Merchant Manchester. llotham & Co. Bankers Amsterdam. Eoothaan& Co. Bankers Antwerp. J. H. Rape & Son, Sugar Refiners Amsterdam! Ryder, Wrenbolt &. Co. India Merchants London. Thurburn & Co. E. India &. Egypt’s Merchants. .London G. & C. Young Calico Printers Glasgow From the 6th to the 17th alt. inclusive, there have been gazetted in England, 116 bankrupts and 63 insolvents, and in Scotland, 30 bankrupts. IV. Clare V Sons’ CircvJ *r. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.—Sir—'The market, previous to the arrival of the Cambria steamer of the Ist instant, on the evening of the 15th. was progressing steadily, and the prices of Friday last were fully maintained, but as the accounts’of the crop show an increase in the estimates of it, the firmness of our holders has given place to anxiety to sell, and fully | decline on the previous current rates has been conceded, the market presenting a dull and heavy apperance, the tendency at present being in favor of still lower rates. Your obedient servants. WILLIAM CLARE & SONS, Brokers. 21 « nst a, 0e o r a . TUESDAY MORNING. DEC. 14 BSiPThe northern mail failed last evening from offices north of Charleston. The Charleston Mercury of Friday, fxitur i day and Monday, the Courier of Saturday and Monday, and the Patriot of Friday, came to hand last evening. Gen- Shields- The fallowing gentlemen compose the Com mittee of Reccoption who went up on the curs on Saturday evening last, to await his ar rival. Capt. D. W. DILL, Chairm'n. W. K. Kitchen, J. C. Fargo, W. Evans, W. S. Roberts, J. A. Fanning, W. H. Maharr, W. Mealing, John Bridges, Thkod. Bridges, E. Peck, T. Fleming. H. O’Neill, Capt. Carpenter, W. M. Olin , S. H. Oliver, Col. G. F. Parish, A. 11. Me Laws, N. B, Thayer, T. F. Magrath, Antiquities- Mr. Gliddon, who has been lecturing on this most interesting subject, in the principal cities of the Union, is expected in* Augusta, this week. No person can be more competent, as he was, for some time, our Consul at Cairo, and has obtained his information by laborious examination on the spot. In explaining the history and antiquities of a people, so long at the head of all civilized nations, he is aided by numerous illustrations, views, mummies, and other curiosities, which he exhibits and explains. A more deeply interesting subject was never presented to the public. We trust it will receive the patronage it merits. An Elegant Car—The Cincinnati- Business and the fatigue accompanying the getting out of the Presidents’s Message, pre vented us from enjoying a ride, on Saturday last, in the splendid |new Passenger Car, Cin cinnati, just finished, under the direction of Mr. W. H. Ilight, for the Georgia Rail Road. The following notice of it we find in the Chron icle of Saturday. In company with a number of gentlemen, we had the pleasure on Saturday of a ride twenty miles out and back on the Georgia Rail Road, in one of the most splendid pas senger cars wc have ever seen, which has just been completed at the Car Factory of the Com pany in this city. The “ Cincinnati” is suffi ciently capacious to seat in the most comforta ble manner forty-eight passengers, with berths for eight more. The whole interior is fitted up in a style of magnificence which seems more in unison with a piece of elegant drawing-room furniture than a passenger car, the ceiling and panncl work being of handsome black walnut, highly pol ished and finished. The seats, which are of the same material, with spiral springs, cover ed with scarlet figured plush, with elegantly stuffed backs, remind one more of a splendid spring-seat rocking chair, than any thing to which we can compare them, and one feels quite as comfortable in them when travelling at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour. In deed, wo have never seen a car which jarred or trembled so little. This great desideratum has been attained by the important invention of Mr.W, M. Right, the intelligent architect of the establishment, of a series of springs on an entirely new prin ciple, which so effe.tually relieves the Car from tremor that a passenger may read with great facility when at the highest speed. We arc incompetent to a description of the springs, but the reader may form some idea when informed that there are eleven distinct springs to each truck, all performing their functions in the most harmonious manner for - the comfort of the passenger. These springs cannot fa l ! to be universally adopted on Hail Roads, and will certainly se cure for Mr. flight the gratitude of all Rail Road passengers. The car was despatched to the head of the road on Saturday evening to bring General Shields to the city this morning. C Olff GYiESSIONAL • Our Pony Express due on Saturday evening failed to come to hand. It was however received on Sunday evening. Wo learn from it that in the SENA TE, Thursday, Dec. 9, The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Treasuary Depart ment, made agreeably to law, accompanied by copies of the Treasurer’s accounts with the United States for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 1846, and Ist and 2d quarters of 1847, as ad justed by the accounting officers of the Trea sury. The Vice President also laid before the Sen ate a communication from the 2d Auditor of the Treasury, made agreeably to Lw, transmitting copies of'such accounts as have been rendered ”by persons charged or intrusted with the dis bursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, bom the Ist October, 18 15, to the 30th September, 1816, inclusive ; together with a statement containing a list of the names (if all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been de livered within the same period, specifying the amount and object for which they were in tended, the amount accounted for, and the balances (under each specific head) still re maining in their hands. Mr. Clarke presented resolutions of the State of Rhode Island and ProHdence Plan tations, in favor of a railroad from Lake Mich igan to the Pacific coast, and the appropria tion of public lands on the route, for the pro pose of effecting that object. Mr. Hale asked and obtained leave to with draw from the files of the Senate the petition and papers of William Fuller and Orlando Saltmarsh. Mr. Sturgeon asked and obtained leave to withdraw from the files of the Senate the me morial of Titian R. Pcale and accompany lag documents. Mr. Pearce submitted the following resolu tion : which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to : Resolved, That the Secretary of War be di rected to communicate to the Senate a copy of the military reconnoiss.mce of the route from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, by Lieut. Wm. 11. Emo ry, of the topographical engineers, with the map of the said route, and of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers ; as also the report of Col. Philip St. George Cooke’s route to California, after diverging from the track of Geu. Kearney. Mr. Niles then announced the decease, since the last Congress, of his late colleague, the Hon. J. W. Huntington. The honorable mem ber paid an eloquent and affecting tribute to the private and public virtue and worth of the departed senator ; and moved the usual reso lutions of respect. The Senate then adjourn ed till Monday next. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. i Mr. Henley having moved the usual resolu tion for the appointment of the standing com mittees, a brief debate arose on a proposition submitted by Mr. Vinton of Ohio, to create a now committee, to whom should be committed the charge of all questions concerning the trade between the several States. This propo sition was strenuou dy opposed by Mr. Khett, on the ground of its inexpediency, and the difficulty and danger which would attend its adoption. Messrs. Vinton and Schcuck spoke in favor of the proposition. Mr. McClelland regarded it as unnecessary. The committee of Commerce was quite co npetent, he main tained, to discharge all the duties intrusted to it. Finally, the original resolution of Mr. I Henley was adopted. Mr. Petit oppose 1, in a speech of considera ble length, the resolution providing for the appointment of chaplain, which was offered by Mr. P ollock, and adopted. Communications from the State Department, of the Treasurers accounts, second Auditors ac counts, of the Indian Department for the year ending Sept. 1810, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, were then re ceived. Mr. Holmes then offered a resolution for the appointment of Committees of Smithsonian Institute, which after some debate has referred it to a select committee. A resolution was then adopted supplying members with papers not to exceed S3O. The House then adjourned until Monday next. In a second despatch, our correspondent gives us an account of Mr. Secretary Walker’s sudden and dangerous attack, but as we find it more full in the Union of the 9th, we take the account given in that paper, which w 111 be found in our columns this morning. Our correspondent also furnished us with the following information of the New York market on the 9th iust., P. M. “ Our Merchants are anxiously awaiting their private advices per steamer. Stocks have receded slightly to-day and Treasury Notes fell J below par. “ Cotton —Sales 700 bales, at £ cent decline. “ Corn has advanced 2 a 3 cents per bushel, with an active demand for export. “ 100 hhds. Now Orleans Sugar, by auction, at4d a s|, 100 bbls. Molasses 29 a 30. Rio Coft’oe 7 a 7.1, Laguayra at 7£.” All of the above information should have come to hand on Saturday evening and been published in our Sunday’s paper, one day in advance of the mail. In a despatch received by Sunday’ small our correspondent writes : Washington, Dec. 10. Secretary Walker is better to-da5 r ,and in a few days will probably be restored to his usual health. No news from New York —the Telegraph is out of ordeigbetween Wasf ngton and New York. by our pony express. 21 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL. From the West- The Western mail due yesterday, failed to come to hand from offices west of Columbus. On Sunday our Pony Express came through, bringing us advices 'V’om New Orleans to tbc Bth and from Mobile to 9th inst., which makes our advices, by the failure of the mail yester day, forty-eight hours in advance. No later advices from the Rio Grande or from Vera Cruz had reached New Orleans. The U. S. steamer Iris, sailed from Pensa cola on the sth in c t., for Vera Cruz with troops on board. Bygaman Course. —The great race, 4 mile heats, for a purse of SIOO0 —entrance 10 per cent, added, between Peytona, (the victor over Fashion) Fanny King and Verifier, came off over this course on the 7th. This race Created much excitement, and large sums changed hands; The follov lug is the result : W. J. Minor’s ch. g. Verifier, by imp. Bcl shaz/.er, out of Britannia—iy. 12 1 S. T. Taylor’s b. m. Fanny Kin?, by imp. Glencoe, dam. by Sir Hicham—> y. 0.. 3 12 Isaac Van Leer’s ch. m. Peytona, by imp. Glencoe, out of Giantess— q fLi; * Time, 8:10—3:20—3:03^. Gen. Shields. —We learn from the Mobile papers of the 9th, that this distinguished offi cer arrived in that city on the Bth inst. in the steamer James L. Day, from New Orleans. The Tribune says—“ He dined at the Mansion House in company with the authorities of the city and the military officers. In the evening. * D* a collation at the expense of the city, was pre pared at the Mansion House, where the citi zens generally were invited. After this Gen. Shields went to the concert at the Waverly House, and thence proceeded to the steamboat Daniel Pratt for Montgomery. “4 he reception of this gallant soldier was very earnest and cordial. During the day the speeches and toasts were full of compliments to his heroism in the field. In his responses he took occasion to vindicate the character of the volunteers from Alabama. He praised their gallantry, and regretted that they were not permitted to take a part in the great events which occurred subsequently to the expiration of their term of eiWstment. He des-’red to lead no better soldiers than those who went from this state. “During his progress in the evening from the Waverly House to the boat, the air was rent with shouts. The procession was lighted by torches ami rockets. On board the D miel Pratt tire Cadets were drawn up in line in the cabin, and reviewed and complimented by the General. He then briefly thanked the citizens assembled on the wharf for then- cordial and southern reception, and hoped at some subse quent time to cultivate more closely the ac quaintance he had made in the city. The boat pushed off amidst the cheers of a thousand voices.” NLM ORLEANS, Dec. 7 p.r Cift/wi.-Tbe sales of the day rcacli 5,0* ) bales at rather easier rales, factors having been free sellers, and the purchases were very generally divided among Northern and i European buyers.* {Middling 6.V a C2c. : Good Middling G 3 a 6gc. Sugar. —Good*Sugars continue in demand and command full prices, while Common and Inferior are of slow sales. SonVe .700 hhds. changed hands including some parcels of Prime at 4J a 5c Molasses. —. Some 800 bbls. were sold at 18 5 a 18ic. Flour. —The market continues firm. Sales 3,300 bbls. Ohio at £5 25; 100 St. Louis at So 75 : and 200 at $6. Com. —Sales HI sacks White at 55c. ; 1,000 at 56c. ; 7»K3 Yellow at 58c. Oats. —l,oo9 bushels in sacks were sold at 40c. 3 | and 158 sacks at 41c. Whisky. —Market dull, small sales at 17-J a 18c. Lard —The demand was active and was freely met by holders we notice the following sales —lO2 bbls. at 6 jc. 3 and 58 tierces strictly Prime at sgc.; 3(9 kegs at6*c. } 300 at G£c. 3 510 at G£c. 3 and 100 at 6|c. Racon. — 2o.oo9 Jbs. Bulk Sides were sold at 4 50. Rope. —4so coils sold at Bc. Freights. —A ship taken for London at 475. Gd per ton of Oil Cake. The progress of Gon. Taylor up the Missis sippi was a continual triumph. Cannon were fi red all along the coast, and flags were flying | from almost every x Hla on the banks of the 1 river. Even the negroes, according to the Delta, caught the general enthusiasm, and sang their songs of rejoicing at the return of “Old massa Rough and Ready.” At Donaldsonville, the reception was very warm and eloquent. The ladies, particularly, were eager to pay their respects to the old warrior. As he entered the reception room there, a gancral rush was made towards him to grasj) his hands or, (says the Delta) to snatch the long-to-be-remembered kiss from bis weather-beaten cheeks. The first chance the general got he repaid j their warm approaches by the following toast: The Ladies of Donaldsonville. —Unsurpassed in beauty and grace: health and prosperity to those who have husbands, and early marriages to those who have not. Advices to the 27th ult., from Havana have been received at New Orleans. The Queen’s birth-day had been celebrated with great pomp, j The new English Minister to Mexico, Mr. 1 Doyle, had airived at Havana. The city of Mayaguez was devastated by fire on the 3d ult. Some days previously to this an earthquake had shaken and alarmed the island. (Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.) GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. IN SENA TE. Thursday, Dec. 9, 1847. BILLS REPORTED. By Mr. Camp, to alter and amend the sev enth section of the first Article of the Consti tution of this State. By Mr. Lawton, to authorize all free white citizens of the State of Georgia, and such others as they may associate with them, to prosecute the business of manufacturing with corporate powers and privileges. By Mr. Wales, to authorize and empower the Courts of Ordinary of this State, to grant letters testimentary to a person or persons who are not citizens of this State. By Mr. Montgomery, to amend the Charter of the Memphis Branch Rail Hoad, and Steam Boat Company. Mr. Forman laid upon the table a resolu tion excluding the introduction of now matter, alter Saturday the eleventh inst., except by the consent of two thirds of the Senate, which was taken up, read and agreed to. j The Senate took up the special order, it being the bill generally known as the “Wo | man’s bill.” The first section being road, Mr Chastain moved to strike the whole of it out, upon which motion quite a spirited discussion was raised —pending which, the Senate ad journed until 3 o’clock this afternoon. 3 o’clock, r. :,i. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the unfinished business of the morning, which was the motion of Mr. Chastain to strike out the Ist section of the bill, where upon the yeas and nays were required to be recorded, and arc: , ® as -Messrs. Camp, Chastain, Cochran, Collins, Dunagan, Glenn, Henderson, Hilliard, Hunter, Little, Raiford, Stapleton, Stewart, Wales, Watters. Willingham—l6. Kays—Messrs. Barclay, Boj nton, Clayton, Coifee, Darden, Farris, Forman, Fort, Hol loway, Hunt, Irwin, B. D. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Lawton, McArthur, McLeod, Marks, Maxweß, Moore, Montgomery, Parks, Rees, Simmons,Smith, Snider, Terrell, Wiggins—27. The seventh section being read, Mr. Sim mons moved to amend by striking out the whole of said section and inserting the foliow j ing in lieu thereof, to wit: “And be it further i enacted that in all cases the property of the wife shall be first liable lor any debt of hers, in -1 curred before marriage.” Mr. Moore moved to amend the amendment by inserting after the word “before” the following words, to wit, “or after” which was agreed to. Upon the motion of Mr. Simmons to strike out, the yeas and nays were required to be rc ' corded, and arc : j Yeas—Messrs. Barclay, Baynton, Clayton, j Darden.Farris,Forman,Fort, Holloway, Hunt, Irwin, B. D. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, Lawton, McArthur, Parks, Hces, Simmons, Smith, I Snider, Stewart, Terrell, Wales, Wiggins—23. Nays—Messrs. Camp, Chastain, Cochran, 1 Coffee, Collins, Dunagan, Glenn, Henderson, ! Hilliard, Hunter, Little, McLeod, Marks, Mar i t‘u. Maxwell, Moore, Montgomery, Raiford, Stapleton, Watters, Willingham—2l. The question then recurred upon the motion of Mr. Simmons to amend by inserting, which was lost. Mr. Hces moved to amend further by an additional section, providing that the law shall not take effect until the Ist day of Jan uary, 1849, and upon condition that the peo ple by endorsing upon their tickets at the next general election in October, “Woman’s law,” or old law, and authorizing the Governor to issue his proclamation declaring the same to be the law, provided the people shall so de cide. Pending the discussion upon the vari ous motions, the Senate adjourned until half ! past 9 o’clock to-morrow morning. Friday, Dec. 10, 1847. The Senate proceeded to the unfinished bu siness of yesterday, it being the consideration of Mr. Rees’s amendment to the bill, “to pro vide for the protection and preservation of the rights of monied women, &c.” —and on the question of reaching the same, the yeas were 24, nays 19. Mr. Darden moved to recommit the bill to a Committee of the Whole House, yeas IS, 1 nays 26. On motion, the question recurred on agree- ing to the report of the Committee as amended: Yeas—Messrs. Clayton, Farris, Irwin, B. D. ! Johnson, Lawton—s. Nays —Messrs. Barclay, Boynton, Camp, 1 Chastain, Cochran, Coffee, CoPins, Darden, ; Dunagan, Forman, Fort, Glenn, Henderson, Hilliard,Holloway,Hunt, Hunter, AY. J. John son, Little, McArthur, McLeod, Marks, Mar tin, Maxwell, Moore, Montgomery, Rees, Sim : mens, Smith, Snider, Stapleton, Stewart, Ter rell, Wales, Mutters, Wiggins, WilUamson, Willingham—3B. Mr. Mutters reported a bill to incorporate the Macon & M*estern Rail Road Company, and to repeal the act therein named. Mr. VYales reported a bill to incorporate the Madison & Macon Rail Road Company. Saturday, Dec. 11, 1847. Mr. Mhggius moved to reconsider so much of the journal of yesterday, as relates to the rejection of the bill “for the protection and , preservation of the rights of married women,” Sec., upon which, motion, the yeas were 24, nays 17. dills reported. By Mr. Cochran, to repeal an act passed on the 17tlx day of December, 1845. By Mr. Snider, for the registry of births, I marriages and deaths in this State. By Mr. Terrell, to authorize the Iliwassee Rail Road Company of the State of Tennessee to extend their Kail Road from the Tennessee j line to some j oint on the M'estern & Atlantic Hail Road of the State of Georgia. By Mr. M'attcrs, to abob’sh the office of sole director of the Central Bank. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, Dec. 10. RILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Bailey, to make permanent the Ferry ! known as Hardy’s Ferry across Flint River, in the county of Jasper. By Mr. Fields, to incorporate Sharp Moun tain Baptist Church and Camp Ground, in the county of Cherokee. By Mr. Cubiness, to extend the jurisdiction i of Magistrates in certain cases. By Mr. Glenn, to require marriage settle ments to be recorded. By Mr. Gaulden, to incorporate the Pres byterian Church in Griffin. Also, a bill to prevent frauds and perjuries j and to require all conveyances, gifts, grants, or bequests of slaves to be manifested and proved by written evidence, and for other pur poses. By Mr. Spier, limiting the times within which a mortgager shall apply to redeem mortgage estates and property. By Mr. Graham, to change the times of holding the Superior Courts in the counties of Telfair, Irwin and Pulaski. By Mr. Gresham, to make the person hold ing the office of Clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts, or either of them, eligablc to the office of Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Burke county. By Mr. Ncsbit, to incorporate the Madison and Macon Rail Hoad Company, I llc House took up the special order of the day, on the bill for the completion of the Western and Atlantic Hail Hoad, and for pro viding funds for the same. The Ist section being read, Mr. Baugh of fej ed a proviso, “ that the provisions of said section shall not go into operation until the state of Tennessee or a Company authorized by her, shall overcome the difficulties of crossing the Tennessee river, by building a bridge across said river suitable for a Hail Hoad, and shall have graded a practicable route for a Hail Hoad from Chattanooga to some point north of the Cumberland Mountain.” Rejected, yeas 29, nays 7b. Mr. Seward offered the following additional section—“ And be it further enacted, that the people of Georgia shall in no event be taxed for the redemption of said bond*. Rejected, yeas 47, nays 68. Mr. Carlton offered as an additional section; ‘•That a Capitation Tax of one dollar shall be, and is hereby levied on all slaves within this state, in order to constitute a sinking fund for the redemption of said bonds. Rejected* Mr. Jones then offered the following as a substitute in lieu of the whole bill —“That his Excellency the Governor, be and he is hereby authorized to sell the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, if a sale can be effected for dollars. Mr. Phillips moved to fill up the blank with $.3,000,000 —and on motion to agree to the same, the yeas were 76, nays 36. Yeas—Messrs. Anderson of Y T a r ren, Ander son of Wilkes, Andrews, Bailey, Barnes, Bar atte, Battle, Bartow, Beasley, Bethune, Black, Brandon, Brhison, Brown, Bryan of Houston, Bullard, Cabiness, (Jalaway, Cameron, Carter, Clark, Cone, Crocker, Darnell, Dorminy, Do zier, Fields, Franklin, Freeman, Gar troll. Glean, Graham, Gresham, Harden, Harris of Baldw in, Harris of Clark, Harris of Morgan, Harris of Taliaferro, Heard,Hendricks,Hodges, Holmes, Howard, Jackson of Clark, Lawhon, Lew is, Maloney, Martin, McCarra, McConnell of Cobb, Nisbit, Pace, Perkins, Phillips, Pinck ard» Price, Quart erman, Ramsay, Reid, San ford, Seward, Smith of Oglethorpe, Shockley, Talbot, Tillman, Townsend, Walker of Craw ford, Walker of Richmond, Ward, Whit worth, Williamson, Wilson, Wimbish, Wood and Zaehry —76 Nays—Messrs. Arnold, Atkinson. Baugh, Bird, Bryan of Wayne, Carlton, Cleveland, Colbert, Fitzpatrick, Gaulding, Glover of Jas ver, Glover of Jones, Hall, Jones, Keith, Ke nan, Kilgore, McConnell of Cass, McDonald, McDuffie, Morris, Moseley, Penticost, Pollock, Rawls, Reynolds, Robinson of Coweta, Robin son of Jasper, Rozur, Sheffield, Smith of Cass, Spear, Strickland, Sumner, Tift and Wea thers —3S. The question then recurred upon the sub stitute offered by Mr. Jones, which was re jected. The report as amended was agreed to, and pending the question on the passage of the bill, the House adjourned. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Satukuay, Dec. 11. Mr. Lewis introduced a bill to repeal so much of an act to provide for the election of general officers, so far as relates to the regi ment in the county of Hancock. Mr. Atkinson introduced a bill to extend the limits of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, so as to‘ include the residence of Littleberry B os t wick.- The House resumed the unfinished business I of yesterday, which was the consideration of ! the report on the amended bill “to complete I the Western and Atlantic Rail Road,” Mr. Jackson of Walton in the chair. The discussion was continued at great length by Mr, Speaker Jenkins, Messrs. Seward, Bar tow, Jones, Moseley, Freeman, Reynolds, Tifft, Kenan, Phillips, Harden, Gaulden, Bailey, Sanford and Clark, and the final vote on the pa- s igc of the bill was, Yeas —Messrs. Anderson of Warren, Ander son of Wilkes, Andrews, Arnold, Atkinson, Barattc, Battle, Bartow, Beasley, Bethune, Black, Brandon, Brov n, Bullard, Callaway, Cameron, Carter, Clark, Crocker, Darnell, Do zier, Dubignon, FrankHn, GartrelT, Glenn, Graham, Gresham, Harden, Harris of Bald win, Harris of Clark, Harris of Morgan, Har ris of Taliaferro, Heard, Hendricks, Hodges, Howard, Jackson of Clark, Lawhon, Lewis, Maloney, McCarra, McDuffie, McLeod, Mcln tosh, Morgan, Nisbet, Pace, Perkins, Phillips, Price, Quarterman, Ramsay, Robinson of Cow eta, Shockley, Smith of Oglethorpe, Talbot, Tift, Tillman, Todd, Townsend, Walker of R chmond, Ward, Williamson, Y ilson, W im bish, "Wood, Zaehry—67. Nays— Messrs. Alexander, Bailey, Baugh, Bird, Brinson, Bryan of Houston, Bryan of Wayne, Cabiness, Candler, Carlton, Cleveland, Colbert, Cone, Dorminy, Fields, Fitzpatrick, Freeman, Gaulding, Glover of Jasper, Glover of Jones, Hall, Holmes, Jackson of Y alton, Jones, Keith, Kenan, K ilgore, Martin, McCon nell of Cass, McConnell of Cobb, McDonald, Morris, Moseley, Penticost, Pollock, Rawls, Reynolds, Robinson of Jasper, Robinson of Laurens, Rozar, Sanford, Seward, Sheffield, Smith of Cass, Spear, Stri ddand, Sumner, Terrell, Vardeinan, Y’alker of Craw ford, Yril liams, Weathers, AVbitworth —52. The following Message was received from His Excellency the Governor, by Mr. Smith his Secretary: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ) Milleugeville, Dec. 11th, 1847. ) I have the honor to transmit to the General Assembly, a resolution of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, adopted at their pre i sent session, the object of which is to obtain » grant from this State to the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road Company, with simi lar rights and privileges to that railway in the county of Dade that have heretofore been grant' ed by that State to the State of Georgia, in re gard to the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. By a joint resolution of the General Assem bly of this State, assented to 7th December, 1837, a direct pledge was given to reciprocate all “ privileges and protection” to any Rail Road authorized by the State of Tennessee that should be extended to the Y r estern and Atlantic Rail Road. In view of this pledge, the Legislature of Tennessee doubtless passed an acton the 21th of January, 1838, entitled “an act to authorize the State of Georgia to extend her "Western and Atlantic Rail Road from the Georgia bue, to some point on the eastern, margin of the Tennessee river, wnica act declares that the State of Georgia “sha* be entitled to all the privileges, rights and iw