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We copy the following poetical tribute to the
permanence of the “Union” from the prolific
pen of the gitted Mrs. L. 11. Sigourney :
{From the T /dan Magazine for Junnanjj .)
The Thriving ’family— A Song--
BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.
Our father lives in Washington,
And has a world of cares,
But gives his children each a farm,
Enough for them and theirs, —
Full thirty well grown sons has he,
A numerous race indeed,
Married and settled, all, d’ve see,
With boys and girls to feed.
And if we wisely till our lands,
We 're sure to earn a living.
And have a penny, too, to spare,
For spending, or for giving.
A thriving family are we,
No lordling need deride us,
For we know howto use our hands,
And in our wits we prid .* us j
Hail, brothers, hail.—
Let nought on earth divide us.
Some of us dare the sharp north-east,
Some, clover fields are mowing ;
And others tend the cotton plants
That keep the looms agoing.
Some build and steer the white-winged ship?,
And few in speed can mate them ;
Wliile others rear the corn and wheat,
Or grind the dour to freight them.
And it our neighbors o’er the sea,
Hare e’er an empty larder,
To send a loaf their babes to cheer
We ’ll work a little harder.
JCo old nobility have we,
No tyrant king to ride us ;
Our Sages in the Capitol
Enact the laws that guide us.
Hail, brothers, hail, —
Let nought on earth divide us.
Some faults we have, we ean’t deny,
A foible, here and there ;
But other households have the same,
And so, we 11 not despair.
Fwill do no good totiime and frown,
And call hard names you see,
And ’t were a burning shame to part.
So fine a family.
T is but a waste of time to fret,
Since Nature made us one,
For every quarrel cuts a thread,
I bat healthful love has spun.
So draw the chords of union fast,
Whatever may betide us,
And closer cling through every blast/
For many a storm has tried us.
Hail, brothers, hail, —
Let nought on earth divide us !
THIRTIETH COHG-RE3S—lst Session.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Election's.—Messrs. Richard L. Thompson,
la.; Joseph Mullin, X. Y.; Lucian B. Chase,
Tenn.; Nathaniel Boyden, N. C.; Timothy
Jenkins, N. Y.; Jno. Van Dyke, N. J.; SamT.
N- Juge, Ala.; J. Dixon Roman, Md.; Hcze
kiah McWilliams, Me.
Ways and Means.—Messrs. S. T. Vinton,
Ohio; Robert Toombs, Ga.; J. J. McKay, X.
C.; Chas. Hudson, Mass.; George L. Houston,
Ala.; Charles T. Morehead, Ky.; James Pol
lock, Pa.; Samuel D. Hubbard, Conn.; Henry
Nicoll. X. YU
Claims.—Mes rs. J. A. Rockwell, Conn.;
J. C. Crowell, Ohio; R. R. J. Daniel, X. C.;
Wm. Nelson, X. V.; D. Wilmot, Pa.; George
C. Dunn, la; T. W. Ligon, Md.; T. S. Flour
noy, Va.; J. H. Thomas, Tenn.
Commerce. —X. Hunt, X. Y.; J. R. Grin
ned, Mass.; R. F. Simpson, S. C.; Moses
Hampton, Pa.; R. G. Thibodeaux, La.; D. S.
Gregory, N. YU; A. Atkinson, Virginia; K. S.
Bingham, Michigan; John Wentworth, Illi
nois.
Military Affairs. —Messrs. John M. Betts,
Va.; Armistead Burt, S. C.; Jas. Nelson, X.
II.; H. A. Haralson, Ga.; John Dickey, Pa.;
Linn Boyd, Ky.; D. Marvin, X. Y.; W. L.
Haskell, Tenn.; D. Fisher, Ohio.
Manufactures. —Messrs. Andrew Stewart,
Pa.; Amos Abbott, Mass.; J. A. Woodward,
S. C.; J. X. Houston, Del.; J. E, Edsall, X.
J.; —. Nicoll, X. Y.; X. G. Brown, Va.; J.
W, Crisfield, Md.; Jas. 11. Johnson, X. H.
Indian Affairs.—Messrs. M. P. Gentry,
Tenn.; J. M. Barringer, X. C.; A. R. Mcll
vaine, Pa.; Jacob Thompson, Miss.; Charles
N. Cathcart, Ind.; J. R. Giddings, Ohio; Lu
cius B. Peck, Vt.;. A. Buckner, Ky.; R. H.
Johnson, Ark.
Mileage.—Messrs. IT. Belcher, Me.; Thos.
Richey, Ind.; Cornelius Warren, X. II.; W.
A. Richardson, Illinois; J as. S. Green, Mo.
Engraving.-Messrs. L. C. Levin, Pa.; H.
C. Murphy, X. Y.; Green Adams, Ky.
Revival of Unfinished Business.—Messrs.
J. W. Hornbeck, Pa.; F. N. Lord, N, Y.; A.
Hale, Mass.; T. J. Turner, Illinois; H. IL L.
Hill, Tenn.
Public Lands. —-Messrs. J. Collamcr, • Vt.;
A. II- Stephens, Ga.; J. A. McClernand, Illi
nois; O. Duncan, Ky.; R. Brodhead, Pa.; 11.
Putnam, N. York.; J. Jameson, Mo.; Alex.
Evans, Md.; X. R. X. Cobb, Ala.
Post Offices and Post Roads.—Messrs.
Wm. L. Goggin, Va.; J. M. Root, Ohio; Chas.
Brown, Penn.; D. B. St. John, N. Y.; Jno. S.
Phcdps, Mo.; Elijah Embrce, la.; George X.
Jones, Ttnn.; Abraham Lincoln, Illinois; D.
S. Kauffman, Texas.
District of Columbia—J, G. Chapman,
Md.; T- A- Talmadge, X. Y.; Jas. Mc-
Dowell, Va*; W. Barrow, Tenn.; Orlando B.
Picklin, Illinois; Wm. Henry, Yt.; A. D. Sims,
S, C.; T. O. Edwards, Ohio; B. B. Thurston,
R. I.
Judiciary.—Messrs. J. R. Ingersoll, Pa.;
George Ashmun, Mass.; John Pettit, la.; N.
K. Hall, X. Y .; J. W. Lumpkin, X. J.; James
Dixon, Ct.; H. R. French, Ky.; J. L. Taylor,
Ohio, R. K. Meade, Va.
RevolutionaryClaims.—Messrs. D. P. King,
Mass.; C. Butler, Pa.;. F. W. Bourdon, Ala.; K.
L. Rose, N. Yq A. Iverson, Ga.; D. Outlaw,
N. C-; Jona. D. Morns, Ohio; Wm. A. Newell,
X. J.; E. K. Smart, Me.
Private Land Claims.—Messrs. John Gayle,
Ala.; John E. Bradley, Pag J. B. Bowlin, Mo.;
H- W. Wick, la*; D. Ramsey, X. Y.; J. IL.
Harmanson, La,; P. W. Tompkins, Miss.; R.
S. Cunby, Ohio; A. Johnson, Tenn.
Public Expenditures.—Messrs. Thos. L.
Clingman, X. C.; John Strohm, Pa.; Henry
Bcdinger, Va.; A. Hale, Mass.; W. P. Hall,
Mo ; John N, Jones, Ga.; E La Sere, La.; F.
Clark, Me.; U. S. Conger, X. Y.
Naval Affairs.—--Messrs. T. B. King,
Ga.; I. E. Holmes, S. C,; R. C. Schenck,
Ohio; H. White, X. Y.; J. 11. Bayley, Ya.; L.
C. Levin, Pa.; F. P. Stanton, Toun,; E- D,
Cabell, Fla.; A. Tuck, N. 11.
Foreign Affairs. —Me??rr, T. Smithj Conn.;
I 11. X. Hilliard, Ala.; C. J. Ingersoll* Pa.;
1 George P. Marsh, Vt.; William Duer. N. YU;
! R. McLclland, Michigan; D. Duncan, Ohio»
Revolutionary Pensions. —*XU W. Cocke*
Tenn.; P. K. Silvester, Ky.; J. IL Cummins*
; Ohio; John Needles, Pa.; T. S. Bocockd, Va.{
! R. S. Donnell, X'. C.; David Hammond* Me.;
N. Strong, Pa.; S. Lawrence, X". Y.
Invalid Pensions.——Messrs. Henry Xcs*
Pa,; A. S. Fullon, Va.; George Fries, Ohio; X'.
T. Lawrence, X T . Y.; A. W. Venable, X. C.; I
R. A. Thompson, Va.; Geo. X, Eckhart, Jas.
S. Wiley, Me ; Geo. Petrie, X'. Y.
Roads and Canals.—Robert C. Schenck,
Ohio; E. B. Holmes, X. Y.; Robert Smith, 111.;
Alex. Irvin, Pa.; A. W. 11. Clapp; S. O. Pey- j
ton, Ky.; W. A. Newell, X. J.; Job Mann,
Pa.
Patents. —Messrs. John X T . Farrellv, Pa.; !
X. B. McCiay, XU Y.; Thos. J. Henly, Ind.;
John X. Jones, Ga.; J. K. Miller, Ohio.
Public Buildings.—Messrs. John W.
i Houston, Dei.; W. B. Preston, Va.; James J
j Faran, Ohio; Robert M. McLane, Md.; Gideon
! Reynolds, X T . Y. 1
j Joint Library Committee. — Messrs. J. Q.
| Adams, Mass.; X'. B. Preston, Ya.; 11. C. Mur- .
phy, X, Y.
Agriculture,——Messrs. Hugh White,
X. Y.; A. 11. Shepherd, XU C.; Wm. Sawyer,
Ohio; J. G. Palfrey, Mass,; J. X. Harris, Ala.;
Wm, Rockhill, Ind.; 11. Belcher, Me.; Y\ m.
Thompson, Iowa; J. J. Stingerlaud, X. Y.
Militia.—Messrs. J. B. Thompson, Ky.;
J. A. Black, S. C,; J. Blanchard, Pa ; R. M.
McLane, Md.; J. M. Holly, X. Y.; C, 11. Peas
lec, X. II.; R. T. L. Beale, Va.; W. L. Feath
erstonaugh, Miss.; R. Diskiuson, Ohio.
Territories. —Messrs. C. B. Smith* la.;
R. B. Cranston, R. I.; H. Cobb, Ga.; Julius
Rockwell, Mass.; James Johnson, Pa,; l>. Gott*
X'. Y.; J. E. Morse, La.; W. Evans, Ohio; T.
Pillsbury, Texas.
Expenditures of State Department
Messrs. D. M, Barraugcr, XU C.; J. 11. Crosier-,
Tenn-; S. Lahm, Ohio; James Dixon, Conn.; '
Wm. Bollins, XU Y.
Treasury Department.—Messrs. Jos. M.
Root, Ohio; R S. Donnell, XU CU; A. Birdsall,
X. YU; A. Buchner, Ky.; U. S. Featherston, j
Miss.
War Department.—Messrs. John 11. Cro
sier, Tenn.; R. \VU Thompson; la.; W. Ken- 1
non, Jr. Ohio; I). S. Jackson, XU YU; Abraham :
Lincoln, Illinois.
* Accounts.—Messrs. Linn Boyd, Ky.; D. S.
Gregory, X. J.; G. A. Starkweather, X. YU;
William Kennon, Jr., Ohio, Wm. Henry, Y’t.
Expenditures of Navy Department—
Messrs. P. X". Tomnkins, Miss.; XU Bovdon, X'.
C.;X, B. McCiay, XU YU; B. 1.. Clark,* Ky.; A.
Tuck, X. J.
Post Office Department.—Messrs. Jas.
Wilson, X. IL; O. Kellogg, X.Y',; E. E. Steuart,
Michig m; S. Leliler, Iowa; John B. Thompson,
Ky.
Post Office Buildings.—Messrs. E. C.
Cabell, ot Florida; James G. Hampton, XU J.;
Wm. Sawyer, Ohio; E. B, Holmes, XU YU; W.
A. Richardson, 111.
Enrolled Bills.—Messers. James G. Hamp
ton, XU J.; J. L Robinson, la.
Death of Mr. Gathright.—lt becomes our
painful duty to announce to the public the
departure of one of our most useful and dis
tinguished citizen, Milton Homer Gathright.
He died at one o’clock, P. M., on Friday last.
He was truly a pillow among the worthies of
our country. —With the first settlement of our
Cherokee country —with the organization of
its courts—with its education system —with
almost every important improvement in its
roads and bridges, the name of Gathright is
intimately connected and associated. He was
emphatically the guardian of the rights and in
terests of Lumpkin county, and among the
first to disseminate light in newspaper form to
the people in this part of the State. He has
been a resident amongst us for more than thir
teen years and has been known only to be
revered.
On Saturday last his remains were depos
ited in their long resting place, whilst a large
: concourse of our citizens in solemn procession
testified their respect to his memory, and tire
Masonic fraternity, of which he was a member/
aw’arded to him those solemn pledges of honor
1 and friendship which his high standing among
them entitled him. And the citizens also
testified their deep feeling of regret by ap
propriate resolutions, which will be found in
another column. Requiescat in pare.—Dah
lonega Watchman, 1 6th inst.
, The YVoman’s Bill.—After this bill had
once been rejected by the Senate, on motion
of Mr. Wiggins, it was referred to a special
I committee, which committee reported on Wed-
I nesday, and the bill finally passed the Senate
iby a majority of one. To the persevering ef
| forts of Mr. Wiggins, the friends of this mca-
I j sure arc largely indebted for its passage in the
. Senate. What will be its fate in the House,
i no indications have yet been given, upon which
, any opinion can be formed. —Milledgeville Fed
eral Union.
Ireland. —A Liverpool letter of the latest
date, Xov. 19, says that within the last week
( or two, the potato rot had appeared again with
. greater virulence than ever. Some kinds
; 1 which were never before effected had been at
. ; tacked. The same letter states that the ac
counts from Ireland are most frightful, and
adds, “the starvation will be much worse this
year than last.”
A postscript to a Dublin letter, written on
the 18th of November, says that the deficien
cy of food in Ireland this year will bo equal
to the production of one million of acres of
potatoes.
Fires. —YVe regret to learn that the dwell
ing of Dr. John L. Y'arnellof this county, vras
entirely consumed on Friday night last. The
whole of the Doctor’s household effects, to
gether with several hundred dollars in cash
was- lost. The fire was accidental.
Another.—The splendid and costly Cotton
Factory of Messrs. Crisman & Dcckerd, four
1 miles from Winchester in Franklin county,
| was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning last.
The estimated cost of the house, machinery,
&c., is $7,000, and no insurance. It is sup
posed that the fire was accidental. The loss i
'to the enterprising ow ners is very serious.— !
j Chattanooga Cifizette, 18 th inst .
“Shopkeepers is not enough thought of,”
said Mrs. Partington, after having been out j
i making some purchases. “How they do toil,
and how they suffer ! One dear pretty young
; man, with a nice black coat on, and a gold
chain and a starched collar with a carivan on
his neck, told me with tears in his eyes, that
j ho w'as selling to me at less than he gave for
it, and I bought it out of pity, tho’ I knowed
I could get it five cents a yard cheaper next
door. Talk about Moses being executed on
one string, indeed I These poor creatures are
| Rogerses, every one of ’em, by the yard stick,
and are all the time a dying.”
On! —Some transcendental Miss thus breaks
forth in the columns of the Louisville Courier:
“In after years, when the lurid flame of
j criticism, prejudice, and malice shall, like the
schoolboy’s rocket, blazing meteor-like for a
moment in serpentine brilliancy, expire, leav
ing but their blackened fronts, shall the name
of John X'. Maffit, bathed in the sunlight of
immortality, phocnix-likc, rise from the smoul
dering ashes of departed glory, spreading her
ruby w ings heavenward, cleave the blue dome
and lay her trophies at the feet of the Angel
of Eloquence, ’.vho, rising from her celestial
throne, shall inscribe, his autograph upon the
brightest gems that deck her coronal of glory.”
California. Horses*—The domestic and
trained horses of California are really great
curosilies. Col. Fremont rode 800 miles in
eight days on one of these animals.
They eat almost anything in the way of
j vegetable food, or even drink, that their mas-
I tor uses* by Whom they are petted and ca
ressed, and rarely sold. Bread, friiits, sligar,
coffee, and even Wine, (like the Persian horse,)
; they take from the hand of their master, and |
I obey, with like docility, his slightest intima- ;
| tion. A tap of the whip oil the saddle, springs ;
| them into action; the check of a thread rein |
(on the Spanish bit) would stop them; and ;
stopped short at speed they do not jostle the :
j rider or throw him forward. They leap on any
thing—man, beast or weapon, on which their j
master directs them.
Schoolmaster —“Bill Tortipkins, what is a
widow:” Bill —“A widder, sir, is a married
woman, what ain’t got any husband, cause
he’s dead.” M istcr —“Very well. What is a
widower r” Bill —“A widercr is a man what
runs arter the widers.” Master —“Well Bilt, !
that is not exactly according to Johnson, but it ;
will do.” —Boston Post.
“Hiram my boy,” said a tender father to j
his son, “you must be more careful of yourself
than you arc; you have not the constitution of
j some.” “Don’t believe it, bad; don’t believe j
a word on’t. Golly! I’ve got the constitution
of a boss. There aint no break np nor down
to mo. Darn it, if I don’t believe I’ve got the i
Constitution of the United States.
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51 npsta, (Georgia.
SUNDAY MORNING, DEC. 19.
One of the Northern mails due last
! evening came to hand. Our advices by it from
New York and Washington arc no later than
; those published in Friday’s paper.
The telegraph was out of order on the 14th
hist, which will account for the failure of our
j Express.
1 LIP Among the bills passed the House of
Representatives, on the 15th hist., we observe
one for the relief John 11. Mann, Executor of
| the estate James G. Stallings, deceased.
[ Editorial Correspondence j
Milledgeville, Dec. IG.
You will perceive by the proceedings of the
Senate herewith sent, that two important Rail
Hoad bills have passed, which had previously
passed the House —the West Point and At
lanta Rail Road,and the Washington Rail Road
I bills. Ido not know at this time, not having
j been present in the Senate, what the amend- !
ments are, but believe they are not important.
Mr. Miller oiFcred as an amendment, that the
rc ad should not cross the line of the Georgia
Rail Road without the consent previously ob
! tained of the Georgia Rail Road and Banking
Company. This amendment received only 7
votes. He offered another: that the two
roads should not run on the same level. The
object of this was to require one to pass over
the other by means of a bridge or other struc
ture, so as to avoid the possibility of collisions
I in cases of trains on the two roads meeting at
the intersections.
This amendment was also lost by a large
vote. A division was not called for.
1 send you the yeas and nays on the bill for
j the relief of Peter Trezevant. and take great
pleasure in congratulating the people t>f Geor
gia on this vindication —tardy though it be, of
j the plighted faith and honor of the State. A
j more just and sacred claim, I believe, was
never made out before any body of la?gisla
tors in the world. The facts and arguments j
in its favor, and which I presume are familiar
to very many in Georgia, as the debate on it
at the last session was extensively published j
: in the Georgia papers, were urged with great ;
| clearness and ability by the several speakers.
The arguments urged against the claim had
j not even the poor merit of plausibility, though
j ingeniously urged and with great apparent,
| probably I should say real sincerity, by the
able opponents of the bilL The speakers in
favor, were Messrs. Nisbet, Gartrcll, Clark,
Bethune, Kenan, Jenkins, Bartow and Phillips.-
Against, Messrs. Jones, of Paulding, Jackson,
of Walton, Sanford and Bailey. Their argu- 1
■ ments were overwhelmed and demolished by
the strong, impassioned, patriotic ai.d convinc
ing reasoning of the advocates of the bill.— !
Messrs. Gartrcll and Jenkins made particularly j
able speeches.
One fact mentioned by Dr. Phillips at the
close of the debate, should have had, and
doubtless did have its effect. That is, that the
| then commissioners appointed by the Legisla-
I ture of 1838, to examine this claim —all able 1
and distinguished jurists, and every member
of every special committee at every Legisla
ture appointed on it, have uniformly, unani
mously reported in favor of the claim.
I presume that the attempt made to recon
sider the bill will fail, and that the bill will
pass the Senate and become a law. When
this takes place I shall feel prouder of my
State. I shall feel assured that Georgia
stands exalted-in the scale of sovereign States.
She will have redeemed her escutcheon from
tarnish, and have shown to the world that
she, though subject to no earthly authority to
force her to do justice, yet yields obedience to
the dictates of an enlightened sense of honor, '
| and right, and good faith.
The bill provides for the delivery to the pe
titioners of 6 per cent bonds of the State to the
amount of twenty-two thousand two hundred
i dollars. The original claim is for five thou
‘ sand pounds sterling.
The mail beyond Warren to iv failed to-day,
| owing probably to the snow on the Georgia |
Rail Road obstructing the progress of the en
gine, and we are without advices from Augus
ta and further north. There was a heavy fall
of snow here yesterday, and hills and house
tops are covered. Even now, this second
night since its appearance, it glitters brightly,
though in diminished quantity, in the - clear
and brilliant moonlight. Another bright and
sunny day, such as this has been, will dissi
pate the unwonted spectacle. It will fade
away “like the baseless fabric of a vision, and
leave not a wreck behind.” G.
Death of Col. Echols-
It is with feelings of the deepest regret,
that we have to communicate the death of
this gallant Officer. A letter received in this
City yesterday, dated National Bridge 2d inst. r
mentions, that at that time he was severely in
disposed. A Postscript to the same letter, dated i
the 3d inst.*mentions that Col. Echols died that
morning at 1 o’clock, and would be buried in
the afternoon with military honors.
The same letter mentions that Lieut. Dye
had also bedri. seriously indisposed, but was 5
better and Considered convalescent.
Mr. Gild don
We mentioned, a few days since, that this
learned Lecturer on the Antiquities of Egypt,
was about to visit our city. We are pleased
1 to find that he has arrived,and will, this week,
| give us two Lectures, for particulars of which
We refer to his notice in another column;
If a subject of the deepest interest, illus
trated by the remarks of a man who has de
voted a largo portion of his life td its investi
gation, can commend attraction, these Lec
tures will be fully attended. Mr. Gliddon’s
knowledge of Egypt and her history has been
I obtained on the spot , and ho exhibits numerous
; and splendid views, the sight of which alone
is well worth the time arid money.
What docs this Mean?
At a meeting of the Whig party of Wash
; ington county, recently held to nominate can
didates for county officers, Silas Floyd was
called to the chair, and Edward Tattnall Shcff
| tall, Esq., requested to act as Secretary.—
Among the resolutions adopted was the fol
lowing :
Resolved : That in the reflection of the
Hon. John M. Berrien and the election of the
Hon. Y\ illiam C. Dawson, the Legislature of
Georgia deserves our warmest approbation,
and that we tender to those Hon. Senators
our continued confidence in their integrity and
devotion to the great principles of the Whig
party.
The proceedings arc signed by the chair
man, and the following significant note ap
pended by the Secretary.
The Secretary declines subscribing the
above proceedings, in consequence of the in
! troduction of the resolution approving the
election of J. M. Berrien to the U. S. Senate.
Death ofChancclior Kent-
The New York papers bring us the melan
choly intelligence that the venerable illustrious
Chancellor Kent is no more. He expired on
Sunday afternoon, at the age of eighty-five
years. His death occurred at a period when
his career seemed to have reached the utter
most point at which a gifted and puje intellect
could be exerted for the benefit of the race,
; and he departed from the life which he had so
long adorned, fully ripe in years and honors.
The Washington Union Sf the 14th inst.
says—We are happy to understand that Mr.
Walker is better; but it will require several
days to recover his strength, and restore his
Capacity for undertaking the arduous duties of
his office.
During the indisposition of Secretary Wal
ker, Mr. McClintock Young, the able and cf
j °
ficicnt chief clerk of the Treasury Depart
ment, will act as Secretary of the Treasury
jad interim. At the request of the Secretary,
Mr. Buchanan, the Secretary of State, lias
i consented to aid Mr. Young, w henever it may
be necessary, with his counsel and advice.
Medical Department ot the Army-
The Army Medical Board which convened
on the 27th of October, in the city of New York,
for the examination of applicants for appoint
ment to the Medical Staff of the regular army,
adjourned on the 7th instant.
Os the candidates who were examined, the
folio wing* were found qualified for appoint-
I ment, and were accordingly approved: Lyman
IT. Stone,VermontjJolm M. Hadcn,Mississippi;
Charles Il.Cranc,Massachusetts; William Ilam
i
mond, Missouri; Henry S. Ilewit, Connecticut
Thomas A. McFarlin, Maryland.
The English Ocean Steamers—The New
Arrangement-
The Liverpool Tunes, of the 19th ult,, con
tains a notice from the British and North
American Royal Mail Steamship Company,
relative to the future departure of their ves
-1 sols to and from the United States. Their
! ships will sail on the following dates:
Departures from England. | Departures from America.
December 4 Boston.
18 Boston.
January 1 N. York. January 1 New York.
15 Boston. 15 Boston.
2!) N. York. 39 N. York.
Feb’y. 12 Boston. Feb'y. 12 Boston.
26 N. York. 26 N. York.
! March H Boston. March 11 Boston.
25 N. York. 23 N. Y ork.
After which the departures become weekly
from England to America, and from America
to England.
[ Correspondence of the Constitutionalist .]
GRORGIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, Dec. 16, 1847.
Mr. Freeman moved to reconsider so much
of the journal of yesterday, as relates to the
rejection of the bill to change the time of hold
ing the Supreme Court of the State of Geor
gia. The House refused to reconsider.
The bill “to amend the 12th section of an
act to carry into effect that part of the Ist sec
tion of the 3d article of the Constitution,
-which requires the establishment of a Supreme
Court for the correction ot errors and to organ
ize the same and to regulate the proceedings
i thereof, assented to on the day of December,
1845,” w T as passed, yeas 83, nays 25.
The bill “for the relief of Peter Trezevant,
■was passed.
Yeas —Messrs. Anderson of Wilkes, An
drews, Arnold, Atkinson, Bacon, Bailey, Ba
-1 ratte. Battle, Bartow, Bethune, Black, Brown,
Bryan of Houston, Cabiness, Carter, Clark,
Crocker, Dozier, Du big non, Fleming, Gartrcll, |
Glenn, Glover of Jasper, Graham, Gresham, I
Harris of Baldwin, Harris of Clark, Harris of !
Taliaferro, Hodges, Holmes, Howard, Jackson
of Clark, Kenan, Lewis, McDuffie, Mclntosh,
Neal,Nisbet,Pace, Perkins, Phillips, Pinckard,
Pollock. Price, Quarterman, Ramsay, Reid,
; Reynolds, Robinson of Coweta, Robinson of
Laurens, Seward, Shockley, Smith of Ogle
thorpe, Talbot, Tift, Townsend, Walker of
i Richmond, Ward,Williamson,Ward i h, Wood,
Zachry—62.
Nays—Messrs. Alexander, Barnes, Baugh,
Beasley, Bird, Brandon, Brinson, Bryan of
Wayne, Bullard, Callaway, Cameron, Candler,
Carlton, Cleveland, Colbert, Cone, Darnell,
Dorminy,Fields,Fitzpatrick, Freeman, Gauld
ing. Glass, Glover of Jones, Hall, Harden,
Harris of Morgan, Heard, Hendricks, Jackson
of Walton, Jones, Keith, Kilgore, Lawhon,
Maloney, Martin, McConnell of Cass, McDon
ald, McLeod, Morgan, Morris, Moseley, Pcnsti
eost, Rawhq Robinson of Jasper, Rozar, San
ford, Sheffield, Spear, Strickland, Sumner,
Terrell, Tillman, Yardeman, Walker of Craw
ford, Weathers, Whitworth, Wilson—sß.
IN SENA TE.
Thursday, Dec. 16, 1817.
The Senate took up the special order of to
day— it being the bill of the House of Ilcpre
i sentalives, to incorporate the Washington
; Kail Koad Company, with powers to construct
I a Kail Koad from the town of Washington, in
I Wilkes county, to a Depot on the Central Kail
I Koad known as Tennille, or some other suita
j ble point on said last mentioned Kail Koad,
; &c., which after lengthy discussion was pass
ed with amendments, &c.
Ihe bill of the House of Representatives, to
incorporate the Atlanta and West Point Kail
Koad Company, with powers to construct a
Kail Koad from Atlanta to West Point, passed,
yeas 21, nays 18.
[From the New Orleans Delta.]
Babble about Boarding - fefotiscs
\ esterday evening Mrs. Babble and a vener
able spinster by the name of Miss Pink, took
tea together. Mrs. Babble fluttered about
like a wounded bird, whilst Miss Pink very
calmly rocked herself in a chair. When the
tea-service came on the table, Miss Pink smiled
sweetly, and Mrs. Babble bowed most graci
ously.
“Now, my dear girl,’’ said Mrs. Babble,
clutching the handle of the tea-pot with an
iron grasp, “what will you have ? Here is
! chipped beef, cheese, light biscuit and spring i
I Goshen butter. And here, my dear girl, is a
; cup of tea —I made it myself, and I know you i
will likd it.”
Miss Pink managed to wreathe her fadeed j
fetaures into a smiie, and nipping the end a of
| biscuit, replied, ‘‘thank you, my dear Madam;
j I’ll take a biscuit, a little tiny piece of the
! cheese, the smallest bit of the chipped beef and
I a cup of tea.”
When Miss Pink was helped to her proven-
I der, Mrs. Babble, after having drank a cup of
i tea, dangled a silver spoon in her cup, and
raising her spectacles, remarked, “ How dis
-1 ferent, my dear girl, private life is from public
boarding. See how clean every thing is in my
house !”
“ Yes,” answered Mrs. Pink, as she swal
lowed about half a biscuit, “ every thing is so
i nice. The cheese on this table we know ain’t
i got any ‘skippers’ in it —the meat ain’t mil
dewed —the butter has not a bit of lard in it—
and as for the tea, I know it hasn't got none
of that ‘ villainous Salt Peter’ in it, that that |
wicked man Shakespeer used to make his gun- |
! powder tea out of.”
“Ah, my child,” said Mrs. Babble, with a j
motherly sigh, “ you don’t know this world —
and you’ve yit to learn what boardin’ houses
are. You don’t know the difference between
’em, and time only can tell you. What do
you think I heard Dr. Dumkins say Tester-
I day r”
j “ Why, what did he say inquired Miss
Pink, as she cast her eyes toward the plate of
cheese, and requested “ another cup of tea.”
“The Doctor,my dear,who everybody knows
is a blessed good man, told me that he would
be oblcegcd to leave his boardin’ house- Ho
j said that he liked the landlady, but he hated
: her soup. Says he to me, ‘My dear Mrs. Bab
ble, it was only the other day that the servant i
I brought a' large tureen of vegetable soup upon
| the table. 1 was helped to a plate of it. It
1 was composed of the essence of beef-bones —
i the marrow, vulgarly speaking, I mean ma
dam, together with slices of carrots, turnips, !
potatoes, sprigs of parsley and thyme, and sea
soned admirably. But, what do you think?
After having taken* two or three spoonfuls in
ray mouth, 1 discovered that it had a bitter
taste. I, however, madam, am a det© mined
man, and I resolved to go on. Diving my i
j spoon down to the bottom of the plate, I
| brought up something that looked* like a bit
of turtle ; but when i inspected it,- what do
you think I found it to be ? Nothing more or
! iess than a piece of brown soap l ' ”
“La, me!” exclaimed Miss Pink, “firat teas
j bad; but do you know what was said about
i Mrs. Lambkins ? Do you know that people !
do say, that after her husband died, she used
to make padding-bags out of his okl shirts r”
“Take another cup of tea, my child,” said 1
Mrs. Babble. “You young girls do’nt known
; half that is going on in this world. I’ll tell
' you something, but you must not reveal it for
anything in the world.”
• “Between you and me, Mrs. Babble, every
thing is sacrid,” replied Miss Pink, as she j
; sipped her third cup of tea.
j “Well then, the young man who used to be !
! clerk for my poor husband, when he was in the
' wood and coal line, came to my house yester
-1 day. ‘Mrs, Babble,’ said ho, ‘can’t you’ com
i modate me with board —I’m tired of stayin
where I am.’ ‘John,’ said I, ‘your landlady is j
an excellent woman, and I'm ’stonished that
you arc going to leave her. ‘lt’s all on account
of the coffee, inarm,’ said poor John, as the
tears rushed into his eyes. ‘How is that, John:’
said I. ‘Why, you te ?, inarm, the lady is quite
fat, and has got a young child that hollers all
night and won’t let nobody sleep; she’s got a
big tin coffcc-pot that holds about five gallons, I
which she divides between her forty-seven j
| boarders. T’other morning, when I was drink- ■
j ing my coffee, it did’nt taste like coffee, and
j the next morning when I come down about
daylight I see her— ’ ‘Doing what,’ said I,
‘John?’ ‘ Washing the child's feet in the big cof
fee-pot, mar in,’ said the poor fellow, taking out
his handkerchief and—”
Here the servant closed the door and we
i heard no more.
Ax Imfokt'anT Pact.—One of the best busi
ness men in New York, who made himself
rich by liberally advertising in papers of large
circulation in that city, in writing to a friend
and alluding to the real cause of his success,
while others have only made a living, and in
many instances failed entirely, says, “ the
time is not far distant, when the merchant j
whose rent costs him more than his advertis- !
ing, will be universally regarded as one who |
don’t understand his business, and will not
I long have any business to understand.”
DIED.
In Monroe county, Anthony Tw, a member of ;
Capt. Sergeant’s Company (I) 13th Georgia Regi- j
raent Volunteers. The deceased contracted his
disease in Mexico from which he never recovered.
Special Notices.
NOTICE.
The Installation of Rev. E. P. ROGERS, as
Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church, in this
city, will take place This Morning, at £
past 10 o’clock. The Sermon will he preached by
Rev. John VV. Baker, of Milledgevilie, and the
I other service will be conducted by the Rev.
Messrs. Bowman and Goulding.
Dec. 19 _
SECOND LECTURE to YOUNG MEN
The Second Lecture in the Course to YOUNG
MEN, on “ The claims of the Bible” will be de
livered in the Presbyterian Lecture Room,
This Evening, at 7 o’clock. Subject —“Tne
Bible a system of Religious Truth j better adapt
ed to the wants of man than the various systems
of Heathen Philosophy.” The public arc invited
to attend. Dec. 19
holiday presents
One of JOHNSON’S SUPERB DAGUER
REOTYPE MINIATURES will > K
. , will be a suitable
memorial from one friend or relative to , nn( i
*— « ovor M. J: ct*
Racket &, Co. s Jewelry Store, Dec 19
T e , are authorized to aanounco
James McLaws, Esq. as a candidate for re-elec
tion to the ollice of Clerk of the Superior and Inte
rior Courts of Richmond County, at the ensuing
election in January next. j^ OT °
, ? Ve are authorized to announce
E. C. Tinsi.kt as a candidate for the office of Tat
Collector, at the election to he held in January
next. He will be supported by
[ I)ec - K > * many voters.
IT We are authorized to announce
Alexaniiku Philip, as a candidate for the office
oi Receiver of I ax Returns for Richmond county,
i the election in January next. Dec 15
IT We are authorized to announce
; MIDDLETON SEAGO, as as candidate for the
office ol Tax Collector of Richmond county.
Dec - VOTERS.
QT We are authorized to announce
GIDEON G. BUNCH, as a candidate for Tax Re
ceiver ol Wilkes county, at the ensuing election in
January. c Dec. 12
IT 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.
Nov. 21
[IT We are authorized to announce
| F. V». DARRICOTT, as a candidate for Sheriff
cf Wilkes county, at the election in January next.
Dec. 12 c
TAX COLLECTOR.
QT We are authorized to rtirnouncC
Robert A. Watkins as a candidate for re-elec
tion as Tax Collector for Richmord county, at the
election to be held in January next.
Dec. 2
IT Dr. J. A. CLEVELAND has re
turned to this city, and may be lonnd at the office
of CLEVELAND & SPEAR.
Nor. 10
JOHNSON’S DAGUERREOTYPE
ROOMS.
MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to i«*-
; form his old patrons of last year, and the pub
lie generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD
j STAND, over Messrs . Clark, Racket Co.'s Jewelry
j Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA
TURES in a style superior to any thing he hr*
done heretofore.
Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage ol
ast season, asks a continuance of the same.
Oct. ft —3rrf
Sands’ Sarsaparilla.
Lord Chesterfield says a good appearance is at
all times a letter of introduction. How can a ma»
make a gcod appearance’ with a face covered with
pimples,pustules, salt rheum, barber s or Jackson’*
itch, and various other cutaneous diseases that fre
quently disfigure the human face “divine.” These
and similar disorders hare their origin in an impure
i or depraved state of the blood and general fluids of
the system, and spring is the time to thoroughly
eradicate them from the system, by the timely use
of the right medicine. Sa nds’ Sarsapari Wsfr, a pure
j ly vegetable preparation, which operates on the sys
tem strictly in conformity with nature’s laws, will
j entirely remove all impurities from the blood, the
grand source oflile and bodily vigor, and the patient
j will speedily feel its healing and regenerating infla
ence on the system, and by its use soon regain
health; the skin is rendered clear, and the com
plexion much improved. <s thousands can test
the use of this valuable remedy.
For further particulars and conclusive evidence
i of its stfperior value and efficacy- see pamphlets
which may be obtained of agents gratis.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A.
B. D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists. 100 Fulton
corner of William-street, New York.
Sold also by
HAVII.AND, RISLEY & CO,
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
i ted States. Price £1 per bottle, or six bottles for
$5. Dec. 8
OPINION OF THE PRESS.
From the Sentinel Sf Reformer, Worcester, Mass,
rte 1037.
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry-
The beneficial effects of this remedial composi
tion are astonishing to the world, and mik * it one
of the most popular medicines now known. For
; Coughs. Colds, and Consumpiive cases, its curative
powers are established by numerous testimonials of
the highest character. In the first stages of diseases',
termed “Catarrhal Consumption,” originating front
neglected Colds it has been used with underiating
success, and hundreds acknowledge they owe the
! restoration of their health to this invaluable me*
i dicine.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
From the Cinriwuiti CaUtj 'Times, *f May 20th.
WfSTARS 1 BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY.
We would advise our readers who are laboring
under an affection of the lungs, to make immediate
| trial of this truly excellent medicine. The most
i intelligent and respectable families of our city have
adopted it as a favorite family medicine; and per
sons predisposed to Consumption —who have used!
it speak in the highest terras of its efficacy.
Scores of individuals have been eu red of Asthma,
the early stages of Consumpti' n, Bleeding of tha
Lnngs, oh>-tinafe coughs, <fec. by this Balsam —after
hope had well nigh yielded to despair. W e say
this in all candor.. It is indeed a melancholy truth
' that thousands fall victims to Consumption every
year, from no other cause than neglected Colds;yet
■ we find hundreds and thousands who treat such
complaints with the greatest indifference, and let
them run on for weeks and even months without
; thinking of the danger.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
HA VI LA ND, RISLEY & CO.,and also by THOM
AS BARRETT & CO. T and Dealers La Medicm**
generally in August*.
Dec. 8-
€ommcrc ia L
LATEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL NOV. 4
LATEST DATES FROM HAVRE.*.... OCI J_
CHARLESTON, Dec. IS.—Cotton.— ■Th*
| Upland market was very quiet on Friday ias£
when we closed our inquiries, as indeed
had been throughout the day. A telegrap 1
despatch was received at our office at an ear
hour, but as nothing beyond this simple ta
was communicated, the trade, as stated m o
former report, seemed to come to a tacit un
standing to await further developments,
only 100 bales were sold during the day.
Saturday last, a synopsis of the accounts ca
to hand. but. this did not satisfy de*i crs.. »
there was no disposition evinced on tnc
i