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;.mv3 BY ALBON CHASE. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1844. GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA. 1*. M JOHN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Oil YWFORD, of Richmond, Governor, term of service expires, Nov. 1845,salary S3.000 iiibvl’tt ~r r>i—». o fu _ „ 3 1 GOO - - “ r,600 - “ 1,600 1,600 GEORGE W NATHAN C. BARNETT, of Clark, Secretary of State, WALTER II. MITCHELL, of Baldwin, Treasurer, - DAVID E. BOTHWELL, of Jefferson, Comptroller General, - M /WkYfivnnvT o n I COMPTON, of Butts, Surveyor General, N S. THOMAS, of Baldwin, Director of th of the Central Bank. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark, President of the Senate. B. F. HARDEMAN, of Oglethorpe, Secretary of the Senate. (JHARI.ES J. JENKINS, of Richmond, Speaker of the House. FERRELL, of Troup, Clerk of the House. REPRESENTATION OF GEORGIA IN CONGRESS. SENATORS—John Macpherson Berrien and Walter T. Colquitt. REPRESENT.YJ'IVES—Edward J. Black, Absalom II. Chappell, Duncan L. Clinch, Howell Cobb, Hut;li A. Haralson, John II. Lumpkin, Alexander II. Stephens, and William II. Stiles. These eight representatives were elected by general ticket. The next election for representatives is to be held by districts, which have been organized as follows First District.—Camden, McIntosh, Chatham, Montgomery, Ware. Lowndes. Glynn, Liberty, Ef fingham. Tattnall, Laurens, Telfair. Wayne, Bry an, Bulloch. Appling, Emanuel, Thomas. Second District.—Houston, Baker, Slewart, Mus- nogee. Irwin, Decatur, Lee, Sumter, Marion, Pulas ki, Karlv, Randolph, Dooly, Macon Fifth District.—Dade, Floyd, Murray, Cobb, For syth, Walker, (.'ass, Gilmer, DeKalb, Chattooga, Paulding, Cherokee, Gwinnett. Sixth District.—Union, Rabun, Jackson, Clark, Lumpkin, Franklin, Madison, Walton, Habersham, Hall, Elbert. Scrcnlh District.—Morgan, Putnam, Jones, Ogle- Third District.—Harris, Twiggs, Bibb, Talbot, thorpe, Greene, Jasper, Baldwin, Taliaferro, Butts, Upson. Pike, Crawford, Monroe. Wilkinson. -pson Fourth District.—Troup, (Joweta, Carroll, Meri- I roup, wether, F..*cttc, Jlcnry, Heard, Campbell, Newton. Eighth District.—Wilkes, Richmond, Jefferson, Washington, Lincoln, Burke, Warren, Columbia, Scriven, Hancock. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. CHARLES S. HENRY, of Chatham. Judge of the Eastern Circuit, JOHN SHLY. of Richmond, Judge of the Middle Circuit, GARNETT ANDREWS,of Wi ikes, Judge of the Northern Circuit, JUNIUS IIILLYER, of Clark, Judge of the Western Circuit, - FRANCIS H. CONE, of Greene, Judge of the Ocinulgee Circuit, - CARLTON B. COLE, of Twiggs, Judge of the Southern Circuit, EDWARD 1). TRACY, of Bibb, Judge of the Flint Circuit, - - JOSEPH STURGIS, of Muscogee, Judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit, AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT, of Cass. Judge of the Cherokee Circuit, - WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb, Judge of the Coweta Circuit, WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Early, Judge of the South-western Circuit, - ID* Lott Warren has been elected Judge of the South-western circuit, and E. Y. Hill, Judge of Uie (Joweta Circuit, for the term of four years after November, 1814. . Johx J. Flournoy, Att’y. Gen. for Middle Circuit. A. S. Wingfield, Sol. Gen. Flint Circuit. salary $1,800 “ 1,800 “ 1.800 “ 1,800 “ 1,800 ** 1.800 “ 1,800 “ 1,800 “ 1,800 “ 2,100 2,100 W. P. White, Sol. Gen. Eastern Circuit L J. OmauL, *• Northern Circuit. J.W. Underwood, “ Western Circuit. J. M. Ashvrst, “ Ocmulgee Circuit. P. E. Love, “ Southern Circuit. SUPERIOR COURTS. EASTERN ClRCl'IT. Chatham. 2d Monday in January and May. Bulloch, 4th Monday in March and September. Effingham, on the Thursday after the 4th Monday in March, and Friday after 1st Mond. in Nov Milton Williams, Richard Junes, Noel D. Knight, W. J. Patterson, Chattahoochee Ct. Cherokee Circuit. Coweta Circuit. Southwestern Ct. j Wayne, . Camden, I Glynn, McIntosh, INFERIOR COURTS. EASTERN CIRCUIT. Last Monday in December and May. 1 in January and June. 1st 2d Camden. 2d Monday in April and 4th Monday in j Bryii'iT”"' 4th November. j t i|j Prl y oj Wayne, on Thursday after 1st Monday in April, and j K ,, |’ T . Thursday alter the 3d Monday in November. \ Glynn. 3d Monday in April, and Monday alter thej Chatham 3d “ in “ “ 4lh Monday in Noveiuberl , j MIDDLE CIRCUIT. Melntosh. till Monday m April and Monday after. ... ..... . , , , Court in Glynn Columbia, 4th Monday m January and June. in February and July, in “ “ Liberty, Monday thereafter, and Monday after ''' as *' n 8* n i4th court in McIntosh. I Montgoin y, 1st Bryan, Friday thereafter and Friday after court in | *jaitnaJI, 2d Liberty. ' [Emanuel, 1st MIDDLE CIRCUIT. : Scriven, 2d Richmond, 2d Monday in January and 1st in June. I Burke, 1st Columbia. 2d Monday in March and September. j Jefferson, 3d Washington, lib Monday in March and September, j Richmond, 1st Montgomery, 2d Monday in April and October. j Tatnall,Thors’y after 2<! Mond’y in April and Oct. . Madison, Emanuel, 3 1 Monday in April and October. j Elbert, Scriven, till Monday in April and October. j Oglethorpe,4th Burke, 1st Monday in May and 3d in Noyetnlier. I Lincoln, 1st Jefferson, 3d Monday in May and 2d in November. [Hancock, 1st northern CIRCUIT. j Warren, 2d Wilkes, 3d Monday in February and 4th in July. Wilkes, 1st Taliaferro, 1st Monday in March and September. [Taliaferro, 1st Madison. 2d Monday in March and September. Elbert, 3d Monday in March and September. Warren, 1st Monday in April and Octol>er. j Rabun, 1st Hancock, 2d Monday in April and October. j Gwinnett, 2d Oglethorpe, 3d Monday in April and October. Jackson, 1st Lincoln, 4th Monday in April and October. [Clark, 4th western* CIRCUIT. i Habcrsh'in,2d Clark. 2d Monday in February and August. Hall, 4th Walton. 31 Monday in February and August. } Walton, 3d Jackson, 4th Monday in February and August. Gwinnett, 2d Monday in March and Septemlier. Had, 3 1 Monday in March and September. and July, in February and August, in “ in January and July. in April and 3d in Sept. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. 2d Monday in January and July. 3d “ in “ “ in “ and June, in February and July. “ in *• and August. ** in “ “ “ in May, 4th in September. “ in June and December. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Franklin, 4th Monday in January and July. in July and January, in June and December, in January and July, in April and October, in July and January, in “ “ in May and November. OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. Wilkinson, 2d Monday in July and January. POETRY. From the Sacattnah Georgian. To II. R. J. . A thousand blessings, brother bard, A thousand joys to thee! A life time—without sorrow marr’d, A death—from anguish free! A sky,—whose tints will softer grow, When youth's bright sun hath set; A love—that e’en 'mid age’s snow, Thy heart can ne’er forget! May dark misfortune’s Gorgon head. Ne’er frown on thee or thine ! May sorrow’s footsteps lightly tread, Where thy affections twine! May Hope still flash her beacon light, Across thy future path, To cheer thee in life’s hours of night, Of trouble and of wrath! Tlio" such my wish, not such thy life, Not such thy fate will be ; Thy bark will meet with waves of strife, As well as summer sea ; Time, thorns as well as flow’rcts strews; But still this moral hear: Thy sky would wear no rainbow hues, If it had wept no tear! Far be the hour when Care sltall throw One shadew o'er thy way ! Long be thy heart as free from woe, As it is e’en to-day, Accept this token of regard. An offering warm and free ; A thousand blessings, brother bard, A thousand joys to thee ! II. M. C. MISCELLANY. llabun, Thursday after the 1st Monday in April October. Habersham. 2d Monday in April and October. Franklin, 3<1 Monday in April and October. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. Marion, 1st Monday in March and September. Harris, 2d Monday in March and September. Talbot, 3d .Monday in March and September. Stewart, 4ih Monday in April and October. Muscogee, 4lh Monday in May and November. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. Paulding. 1st Monday in February and August, (’ass, 2d Monday in Fcbrunry and August. tOhcrokec. 3d Monday in February and August. I ’orsyth, 4th Monday in February and August. I lUinpkin. 1st Monday in March and September. 1 nion. 2d Monday in March and September. G timer, 3d Monday in March am! September. M array, 4th Monday in March and September. W alker, on Tuesday after the 1st Monday in April and October. D ule, 2d Monday in April and Octol»er. Cl lattooga, 3d Monday in April and October. F! oyd 4th Monday in April and October. SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT. Ms .con, 1st Monday in April and October. Ra ndolph, 21 “ ** “ in January and July, in “ ** in June and December. Jones, 4th Jasper, 4th Baldwin, 4th G rccue, 2d Morgan, 1st “ in ** l’utnam, 3d “ in “ SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. [Twiggs, 4th Monday in J.biuary and July. | Lowndes, 1st “ in February and August. Thomas, 1st “ in January and July Irwin, 4th “ in January, 1st in July. Telfair, 1st “ in April; 2d in October. Laurens, 1st “ in June and December. Pulaski, 3d •* in January and July. Appling, 3d “ in June and December. Ware, 4th “ in “ “ FLINT CIRCUIT. 1st Monday in March and September. Bibb, Houston, Butts, Crawford, 3d Upson, 4th Pike, Monroe, Newton, Henry, 4th 2d 1st 2d 4th 4th in January and July, in ** “ in May and November, in “ “ in June and December. in May and November “ in June and December. in April and October. F.J.rly. 4th Dooly, 2d Sumter, 3d Lee, 4th f taker, 1st Decatur, 2d “ OCMULGEE CIRCUIT. ‘Morgan, 1st Monday in March and September. (•Teen, 2d “ Putnam, 3d “ “ Baldwin, 4th Wilkinson, 1st .(ones, 3d J asper, 4th “ • ■*' 44 SOUTHERS CIRCUIT] Laurens, 1st Monday in March and September. ’Twices. 2d “ ’ in April and October. T.llaski, 3d lrwi.i, 4th “ " “ Telfair, Thursday after the 4tli Monday in April and October. Thomas, 4th Monday in May and November. Ejowndcs, Mond. after 4lh Mond. in May and Nov Ware, Monday after Court in Lowndes. Applimr, Thursday after Court in Ware. FLINT CIRCUIT. Crawford, 1st Monday in February and August. in January and July. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. Paulding, 3d Monday in May and November. Cass, 4th “ in “ “ in June and December, in May and November, in June and December. Cherokee,1st Forsyth, 4lh Lumpkin,3d Union, 4th Ch’ttooga,lst Gilmer, 1st Murray, 3d Walker, 3d Floyd, 4th Dade, 1st in Augnst and February, in July and January, in •* “ “ in June and December. COWETA CIRCUIT. Fayette, 3d Monday in January and June. in January and July, in April and October, in June and January, in June and December, in July and January, in June and December, in “ “ ♦» in May and November. Carroll. 3d Meritv’r, 4th Troup, 3d Coweta, 4th DeKalb, 2d C’nipb’11.2d Cobb, 3d Heard, 4th SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT, Randolph, 2d Monday in January and July. Upson, Pike, Monroe, Butts, Newton, Henry, Houston, 4th Bibb, 1st 2d 3d 1st 3d 4th 2d in March and September. •4 -44 *1 «< in April and October. “ in May and November COWETA CIRCUIT. Meriwether, 4th Monday in February and Augnst. Coweta, 1st fayette, 2d DeKalb, 3d Cobb. 4 di Campbell j st Carroll, 2d, Heard, 3d Troup, 4th in March and September. Lee, Early, Baker, Decatur, Dooly, Macon, Sumter, 4th 2d 4th 1st 4th 1st 3d in February and August, in January and July. in April and October, in June and December, in February and August, in ** “ CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. Stewart, 4th Monday in January and July. Marion, 3d “ in May and November. Muscogee,4th “ in January and July. Talbot, 3d “ in June and December. Harris, 4th “ in “ ALMANACS FOR 1844. in April and October. "d Catolina Almanac, Elton’s • ’ *1 From Prescott"a qf Mexico. Montezuma's Way of Life. In the late work of Mr. Prescott—“Con quest of Mexico,” we find the following very interesting description of the “way of life” of the Mexican King : The domestic establishment of Montezu ma was on the same scale of barbaric splen dor as every thing else about him. lie could boast as many wives as are found in the harem of an Eastern sultan. They were lodged in their own apartments, and provi ded' with every accommodation, according to their ideas, for personal comfort and cleanliness. They passed their hours in the usual feminine employments, of wea ving and embroidery, especially in the graceful feather work, for which such rich materials were furnished by the royal avia ries. They conducted themselves with strict decorum, under the supervision of cer tain aged females, who acted in the respec table capacity of duennas, in the same man ner ns in the religions houses attached to the teocallis. The palace was supplied with numerous baths, and Montezuma set the ex ample, in his own person, of frequeut ablu tions. He bathed at least once, and changed his dress four times, it is said, every day.— He never put on the same apparel a second time, but gave it away to his attendants. Queen Elizabeth, with a similar taste for costume, showed a less princely spirit in hoarding her discarded suits. Her ward robe was, probably, somewhat more costly than that ol the Indian Emperor. Besides his numerous female retinue, the halls and ante-chambers were filled with no bles in constant attendance on his person, who served also as a sort of body guard. It had been usual for plebeians of merit to fill certain offices in the palace. But the haughty Montezuma refused to be waited upon by any but men of noble birth. They were not unfrequenily the sons of the great chiefs, and remained as hostages in the ab sence ol their fathers ; thus serving the dou ble purpose of security and slate. His meals the emperor took alone, well matted floor of a large saloon was cov ered with hundreds of dishes. Sometimes Montezuma himself, but mure Cl eminently his steward, indicated those which he preferred, and which were kept hot by means of cha fing dishes. The royal bill of fare compre hended, besides domestic animals, game from the distant forests, and fish which, the day before, were swimming in the Gulf of Mex ico ! They were dressed in manifold ways, for the Aztec artistes, as we have already had occasion to notice, had penetrated deep into the mysteries of culinary science. The meats were served by the attendant nobles who then resign the office of waiting on the monarch to maidens, selected for their personal grace and beauty. A screen of richly gilt and carved wood was drawn around him, so as to conceal hint from vul gar eyes during his repast. He was seated on a cushion, and the dinner was served on a low table, covered with a delicate cotton cloth. The dishes were of the fir.est ware of Cholula. He had a service of gold which was reserved for religious celebrations.— Indeed, it would scarcely have comported with even his princely revenues to have used it on ordinary occasions, when his ta ble equipage was given away to his attend ants. The saloon was lighted by torches made of a resinous wood, which sent forth a sweet odor, and probably not a little smoke, as they burned. At his meal, he was attended by five or six of his ancient coun sellors, who stood at u respectful distance, answering his questions, and occasionally rejoiced by some of the viands with which he complimented them from his table. This course of solid dishes was succeeded by another of sweetmeats and pastry, for which the Aztec cooks, provided with the important requisites of maize, flour, eggs and the rich sugar of the aloe, were famous. Two girls were occupied at the further end of the apartment,during dinner, in preparing fine rolls and wafers, with which they gar nished the board from time to time. The emperor took no other beverage than the chocolcU, a potation of chocolate, flavored with vanilla and other spices, and so pre pared as to be reduced to a froth of the con sistency of honey, which gradually dissolved in the mouth. This beverage, if so it could be called, was served in golden goblets, with spoons of the same metal, or of tortoiseshell finely wrought. The emperor was ex tremely fond ol it, to judge from the quanti ty, no less than fifty jars or pitchers being •-w»red for his own daily consumption! ’ —« wcrc-al lowed for that The general arrangement of the meal seems to have been not very unlike that of Europeans. But no prince in Europe could boast of a dessert which could compare with that of the Aztec emperor. For it was gathered fresh from the most opposite climes; and his board displayed the products of his own temperate region, and the luscious fruits of the tropics, plucked, the day previ ous, from the green groves of the tierra ca- lievte, and transmitted with the speed of steam, by means of couriers, to the capitol. It was as if some kind fairy should crown our banquets with the spicy products that hut yesterday were growing in a sunny isle of the far off Indian seas ! After the royal appetite was appeased, wa ter was handed to him by the female attend ants in a silver basin, in the same manner as had been done before commencing his tneal; for the Aztecs were ns constant in their ablutions, at these times, as any nation of the East. Pipes were then brought made of a varnished ami richly gilt wood, from which he inhaled, sometimes through the nose, at others through the mouth, the fumes of an intoxicating weed, “cnlled tobacco ” mingled with liquid amlier. While this soothing progress of fumigation was going on, the emperor enjoyed the exhibitions of his monntc banks and jugglers, of whom a regular corps was attached to the palace. No people, not even those of China or Hin- dostan, surpassed the Aztecs in feats of agil ity and legerdemain. Sometimes he amused himself with his jester; for the Indian monarch had his jest ers, as well as his more refined brethren of Europe, at that day. Indeed, he used to say. that more instruction was to be gath ered from them than from wiser men, for they dared to tell the truth. At other times, he witnessed the graceful dances of his wo men, or took delight in listening to music— if the rude minstrelsy of the Mexicans de serve that name—accompanied by a chant in slow and solemn cadence, celebrating the heroic deeds of great Aztec warriors, or of his own princely line. When he had sufficiently refreshed Ins spirits with these diversions, he composed himself to sleep, for in his siesta he was as regular as a Spaniard. On awaking, he gave audience to ambassadors from foreign states, or his own tributary cities, or to such caciques as had suits to prefer to him.— They were introduced by the young nobles in attendance, and, whatever might be their rank, unless of the blood royal, they were obliged to submit to the humiliation of shrouding their rich dresses under the coarse mantle of nequen, and entering barefooted, with down cast eyes, into the presence The emperor addressed few and brief re marks to the secretaries; and the parties re tired with the same reverential obeisance, taking care to keep their faces turned to wards the monarch. Well might Cortes exclaim, that no court, whether of the Grand Seignoir or any ottier infidel, ever displayed so pompous and elaborate a ceremonial. A Heroic AVoman. Mrs. Child, in giving an account of an in terview with Miss Dix, the heroic woman who has visited so many prisons and alms houses in this State and New York, relates the following anecdote as illustrative of tlte power of religious sentiment over insane peo ple : On one occasion this missionary of mercy was earnestly cautioned not to approach a raving mauiuc. He yelled frighttully day and night, rent his garments, plucked out rp| )e . his hair, and was so violent that it was sup- ' posed that he would murder any one that ventured within his reach. Miss Dix seated herself at a little distance, and without ap pearing to notice him begun to read, with se rene countenance and gentle voice, certain passages of Scripture filled with the spirit of tenderness. His shouts gradually subsided, until at last he became perfectly still.— When she paused, lie said meekly, “ Read me some, it does me good.” And when, af ter a prolonged seasou of worship, she said « 1 must go away now lie eagerly replied, “No you cannot go. God sent you to rne; and you must not go.” By kind words, and a promise to come again, she finally obtained permission to depart. “Give me your hand,” said he. She gave it, and smiled upon him. The wild expression of his haggard counte nance softened to tearfulness as he said— “You treat me right. God sent you.” On another occasion she had been leading some twenty or thirty maniacs into worship, and seeing them all quiet as lambs gathered into the Shepherd’s lold, she prepared to go forth to other duties. In leaving the room, she passed an insane young mau, with whom she had several interviews. He stood with hands clasped, and a countenance of the deep est reverence. With a friendly smile, she said, “Henry, are you well to-day ?” “ Hush! hush!” replied he, sinking Ills voice to a whisper, and gazing earnestly on the space around her. “ Hush ! there ure angels with you ! They have given you their voice.” j r r« isi Imanac fi>?184\,™4r*Mc bt ffi 6 'a gnCUl ‘ nra,,8 “ l /the Book-Store. by the dozcn or single, at 1 Jr.* 0 thousand uw.- October 5, 1843. 1 1 >l$5 [of hi , Hainan Existence. We find ourselves in this world, in this country, in this age, without any agency or volition of our own ; we find within us cer tain powers and passions, differing in every man from his neighbor, and differing, too, in the opportunities for their improvement and the occasions for their right or wrong employment; and all this seems to be the work of accident. But no rightly judging mind cau believe it to be so. The feeling of thi3 truth gave rise to belief in the dark and inevitable fate, which, according to the Greeks, governed the destinies of gods and men. They attempted, by this melancholy abstraction, to solve the enigma of existence. They found themselves, they knew not how, in a various and Inexplicable sceue. Some found crowns on their brows, some the philosophic gown upon their shoulders some wielded the truncheon of victorious armies; and some swayed the fickle popu lace with their breath ; and all these various fortunes growing from a combination of circumstances and events, over .which they exercised little or no contiol. Surrounded by these impenetrable shadows, men in a later age attempted to derive some light from the stars to illuminate the darkness which was about them; and so astrology arose.— They made the blessed constellations nr> al phabet by which they‘endeavored to spell out the decrees of fate. And this was natu ral enough, before the invention of the tele scope had revealed the immensity of the universe; for men could not believe that the glorious apparitions which looked down upon them from theheavenseverynight,were made only to delight the eye; and there was something soothing to the bewildered mind ol man in thus connecting his unac countable destiny with those beautiful and fadeless orbs of light. It was a sort of an- tepast of immortality. Vanity. Tf you wish to make a mar. your friend, let him do you a favor; if you wish to wean off his friendship, let him feel that you have done him a favor. Pride is the most powerful e- motiou of the heart. Yon may stab the af fection, and the wound, in the course of time, will cicatrize, bmif you stab the vanity, the wound will rankle forever. It is far more easy to win a man’s love, by feeding his ad miration for himself, than by teaching him to admire yon. If you allow him to be No. 1, he will be ready to admit that yon aro No. 2. All men who are popular, either in the world or society, act upon the same princi ple. The polished knight of the carpet flatters the fair, in order that the admiration he expresses may be reflected from them up on himself; and the demagogue dwells up on the virtue, intelligence and majesty of the people, to the end that they may think it incumbent on them to elevate their servant. Each acts upon the well established princi ple. Fill the cup of a man’s (or woman’s) self-love to repletion, nnd all that runs over will belong to yon.—Sav. Georgian. The True Spirit. Professor Longfellow, in one of his beau tiful compositions, in speaking of the human heart, says: “ What I have seen of the world, and known of the history of man kind, teaches me to look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger. When I lake the history of one poor heart, that has sinned and suffered, and represent to myself the struggle and temptation it has passed through ; the feverish inquietude of hope and fear; the pressure of want; the deser tion of friends; the scorn of the world, that has little charity; the desolation of the soul’s sanctuary, and threatening vices with in ; health gone—happiness gone—even hope, that remains longest, gone—1 would fain leave the errringsoul of my fellow man with Him from whose hands it came.” Newspapers. The Newspaper is the chronicle of civ ilization, the common reservoir into which every streampours its living waters,at which every man can come and drink. It is the newspaper which gives to liberty its practi cal life—its constant observation—its perpet ual vigilance—unrelenting activity. The newspaper is a daily and sleepless watchman, that reports to yon every danger which me nace the institutions of our country, and its interests at home and abroad. The news paper informs the legislature of public opin ion, and informs the people the acts of legis lation ; and keeps up that constant sympa thy, that good understanding between the people and legislators, which conduces to the maintenance of order, and prevents the stern necessity for revolution. Every hour that a man is in debt is a year spent in slavery. Your creditor is your "»“>« ; »* iTinttprs not whether a kind or a severe one; the sense of obligation you in cur saps the feeling of manly independence, which is the first charm of youth ; nnd be lieve me, it is always through the rents in moral feeling that our happiness oozes out quickest. A rather peevish sort of a wife, seated herself at her husband’s side, nnd asked why be was like a crazy man. He gave it up, and she answered, “ 1 am vottr ottier self— so you are beside yourself." “ Not the more so now,” said lie, “for if I had not been be side myself while a bachelor, 1 should never have been placed in this situation.” The path that leads to fortune too often passes through the narrow defiles of mean ness, which a man of an exalted spirit can not stoop to tread. Never go about in the night time with your fists in your pockets. No man has a right to carry concealed weapons. To make good Rolls and Riscuits. Put two tea-spoonsful of cream of tartar into one quart of dry flour, and dissolve three-fourths of a tca-spoouful of super carb. soda in warm new milk, sufficient, when mixed with the flonr, to make paste of the ordinary consistence for soft biscuit; then mix and bnke in the form of biscuits or rolls for about twenty minutes. These directions if strictly followed will render the bread extremely light and of su perior whiteness nnd flavor, and is much more healthy than the bread baked in the ordinary way. The recipe above has been for some time in nse by many families in this city, ana 1 am sure that any one who tries it once will not resort to the old fashioned way of pre paring the staff of life.—Nat. Intelligencer. VOL. XII—NO. 49. C ONGRESS. To prevent Monlding In Books* Ink* Paste aud Eeatlicr. Collectors of books will not be sorry to learn that a lew drops of oil of lavender will ensure their libraries front this pest.— A single drop of the same oil will prevent a pint of ink from mouldiness for any length of time. Paste may be kept from mould en tirely by this addition; and leather is also effectually secured from injury by the same agency.—Southern Planter. “That’s a flame afroiueos the said to the fire. Remarks ot Mr. Cobb, of Georgia. DELIVERED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY, 14, AND 18, 1844. On the motion of Mr, Black, of Georgia, to amend the motion of Mr. Dromgoole of Virginia, to recommit the Report of’the Select Committee on the Roles, hy in structing them to report to the House the following Rule, viz: “ No petition, memorial, resolution, or other pa per praying the abolition of slavery inr tlte District of Columbia, or any State or Territory, or ihe slave-trade between the States or Territories of the United Slates in which it now exists, shall be re ceived by this House, or entertained m anv way whatever 3 3 Mr. Cobb rose and said—- Mr. Speaker ; When the amendment now under consideration was first offered by my colleague, [Mr. Black,) I regretted that lie had done so, believing that ihe object contemplated by the friends of the measure could be belter effected after the second re port of the committee, \f the. motion of the gentleman from Virginia. [Mr. Dromgoole 1 to recommit the report should prevail/ But as it is now evident (but the vote abont to be given by the House upon the proposed instructions to the committee will finally settle the question as to the continuance of the present rule of the House, familiarly known as the 21st Rule, 1 must ask the in dulgence of the House whilst 1 present some of the reasons which induce the vote l am about to record. 1 cannot agree with some gentlemen who have preceded me in Ihe discussion of this subject, that we are to abandon all hoj« of retaining a rule, from the salutary influen ces of which the country has derived so many advantages, and which has heretofore received the sanction of (his House on more than one occasion. I will at least indulge the fond hope that the South is still to con tinue in the enjoyment of those benefits wtitcn me existence ot tins rum is so well calculated to guaranty to her. l . Whilst 1 agree in the main with the ar guments presented with so much ability by the gentleman front South Carolina, [Mr. Rlieit,] and the gentleman who has just ta- - ken his sent, [Mr. Reiser,) 1 cannot but ex press tlte deep regret with winch I listened to the concluding remark of the former gen tleman, when he expressed the conviction resting upon his mind, that there now exist ed in the Southern States, and was rapidly growing, an increasing disaffection to :he Union. Sir, 1 disavow the sentiment for tlte State 1 have the honor in part to repre sent upon this floor. So far as I have been enabled to form an opinion of the feeling which pervades the Southern people—the people of Georgia more particularly—their attachment and devotion to the Union of their fathers “grows with their growth, nnd strengthens with their strength.” That at tachment is based upon a conviction npon their part that the whole of this Union—the North, the East, and the West-wili con tinue to guaranty to them those rights and privileges which they have so long enjoyed under the Constitution nnd its compromises: and I sincerely trust that there' never may be any jnst cause to destroy this conviction, or weaken this confidence. We are asked to repeal this rule, npon the ground that it conflicts with the right of pe tition as recognised in the first article of tlte Amendments to the Constitution, and upon this ground alone; the advocates of the measure here disclaiming any sympathy of feeling with the petitioners and titieig prayers, and avowing that they are prepared* and even anxious for an opportunity to place the seal of their condemnation upon the unholy ana rcvotntlon&ry 'pmyefs of these wild fanatics. Surely’, then, if their judgments can he convinced that a refusal ou the part of this House to receive these petitions docs not infringe upon the right of petition, as secured to the people of the Uni ted States by the Constitution, wo may con fidently rely npon their co-operation in con tinuing a rule to the existence of which we attach tlte utmost importance. One of the fundamental rules for the con struction of statutes, as recognised in ottr law hooks, to wit; to consider the otd law, the mischief, and the remedy, will often aid us in arriving at a proper construction of our Constitution, and peculiarly so the pro vision now under consideration. Having token much of the model and many of the principles of our Government from that of the mother country, onr minds are almost involuntarily directed to the grievances en dured by our fathers under the English Government, to account for some of the pe culiarities of our own ; and thus it is, when we come to consider the necessity for in corporating iu our Constitution a prohibi tion for the passage) of nnv law that shall interfere with “the right of the people peace ably to assemble, and to petition the Gov ernment for a redress of grievances,” tfe are irresistibly drawn to a contemplation of the famous and odious “Riot Act,” which so long disgraced the statute books of England. Under its provisions, the people were not permitted to assemble together for the pur pose of counselling with each other about the heavy burdens and oppressions under which they might be suffering, but were li able to be dispersed at a moment’s warning, under certain and severs penalties. Nor were they allowed the humble privilege of incorporating their sufferings in Uie form of a remonstrance or petition to the sovereign or legislative powers, without incurring the risk of being subjected to punishments in flicted only upon malefactors and felons. These truths had been witnessed and re alized by our fathers; and their wisdom and foresight induced them, in the formation, or rather in completing the formation ofottr Con stitution, to throw around these inestimable rights of the people such' guards as would ’ forever protect them froth similar invasions. They hive done so in the clause of the Con stitution which we ere now considering.— Onr people poj.ooaWy nnd quinUy whenever and wherever they please, «nd “ there is none to molest Or make tfceitua- 8 of llis housebMd [