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Washington, Dec. 11, 1851.
‘ftt the Senate, alter u disposal cil'a isia -s of pri
v itc Ifni local business. Mr. Underwood reported
luck from ilio Conunitttee >n Public Lauda the]
join; ri - dution making bounty land warrant* us
r-igtiable. “
The consul station of the resolution of Mr. Se
wajjl welcoming Kossuth. was then resumed.
Mr. Sumner spoke in favor of the resolution,
a id said that when passed it would he an act of
no mean significance in the history of our coun
try.
Mr Stockton al-o supported the resolution: al
though he desired to say that the sentiments ut.
trod by Kossuth and others on the other side of
t'te Atlantic, in re-pict to the monarchy of Great
Britain and its practical workings upon the people
were not his sentiments. In conclusion lie argued
that the destiny of this nation was that of supreme
power, a power great ‘j than any other nation in
existence : and when that destiny fdlonld he fttl
lilled. lie considered that war. as a last resort, for
the settlement ofnational difficulties, would cease
In the power to dictate, the American nation would
dictate peace to the world.
Mr. Clemons said the resolution no‘ only nfford
el a subject for a good speech, hut one which cn
nhled those who knew the host of it to make the
hest speeches For his own part he considered
that much of the sympathy’ which had heen ex
pressed for the cause of Republicanism in Hunga
ry was misplaced. The struggle in Hungary at
its commencement was a war of races, lie read
certain papers addressed by Kossuth to Austria
in which aid was asked again.-t the Selavoniaii peo
]do. His prayer to Austria was to cstabli.-li the
supremacy ol the Magyars, and the suppres'-ion of
the Sclavonians a race double the number of the
Magyars. Kossuth now preached lie uhlieanisni
even under the shadow of a thorhe ; blithe did not
preach it until lie had failed in his claims for an
iron rule in the hands of the Magyars. He went
o.i to say that we could find sympathy for Kos
suth, hut none for the fifty Americans who were
murdered at Cuba,
Messrs. Shields and Foote replied in defence of
Kossuth, after which the subject was laid over till
tomorrow.
In the House a joint resolution making the land
warrants under the act of September, 15.50, assign
able. tjie same as Mexican war warrants, was un
der the operation ol the previous ipiestiou. read a
third time and passed | think it will he eoiicur
re 1 in by the Senate without debate.
Mr. M’alsli presented the memorial of the Na
tional Convention ol Printers, complaining of the
evils of the present contract system of executing
the public printing, and ask ng a remedy It was
referred to the Committee on printing.
Mr. Smith oi Alabama, amidst much laughter,
asked leave to give notice that lie should introduce
a resolution requesting ihc Secretary id” State to
furnish Louis Kossuth with a copy of our laws do
lining treason and misdemeanors: contemplating’
further, that after having understood the law-in
relation to ihe same, he shall continue to make in
cendiary speeches, it shall he (lie solemn duty of
the President to ha ve him arrested.
in reply to a question by Mr. Stanton of Ken
tucky, Mr Smith eo.id to 1 did not wish to re-enact
the Alien and Sedition laws : hut simply wished. to
avoid any future I’ntnpcro expeditions.
After some discussion on points of order, Mr.
Smith tiled his notice of a resolution.
Messrs Robinson and Doty then made ineffee- ‘
tual motions tor leave to introduce resolutions com
plimentary to Kossuth.
Mr. Smart introduced a hill, which was refer
red to the Judiciary Committee, j rohibiting the i
prosecution ol claims against (iovormuent by heads
oi Dep irtments and members of Congress, during
their respective terms of service lie said every one I
knew that Senators and Representatives, and t ab
met officers, had received large amounts of money
as contingent fees in prosecuting claims. There
was a law on the Statute book that no member of
( nngres.t shall make a contract, and yet some t me
i-.inc,\ a member got >'7s OOt) as a contingent fee in
prosecuting a claim.
.Mr, Johnson, ol Tonncsspo, introduced his hill j
giving land to every head of a family iu the Uni- j
ted States, on condition of actual occupancy It
was referred to the committee on Agriculture,
which 1 presume will he the lust wo shall hear of
-it.
Mr McMullen gave notice of a hill asking for
ithe moderate quantity of five hundred thousand
aerosol land in aid of the Virginia and Tennes
see Rail Road Company.
Mr. Rodiseo gave a large party last evening to
the members ot Congress, lie is a wily diplomatist,
aad is aware that n good supper is a formidable
weapon against Kossuth, lie is a daily attendant
of the Senate Chamber, and watches the proceed
ings with much eagerness.
Lola .Montes is expected to vis t this city in a
week or two, when multitudes will go to see her
performance, just out of curiosity.
I see it .•tated that the accounts of Mr. (’lay’s ill
he.-vUii arc erroneous. Pacts arc stubborn tilings.
It is true lie is no worse than ho was on Saturday,
but he is racked by a cough, and is compelled to
recline constantly on bed or a sofa. It is to he
hoped that he will recover, although his friends en
tertain serious concern on the subject.
Messrs. Corcoran 8. Riggs, and Weldon, Sobers
& Cos. hankers ol this city are at war on the sub
ject of the dep cites of the House funds. Speak
er Boyd. wishing to be impart.al. ordered that the
deposites should be equally and ‘voted between the
(two establishments, hut Corcoran & Riggs, refined
.to subiv t t<o the arrangement, and declined re
al .‘iving any
Commodore Stockton has been nominated for
the Presidency, by twenty-two papers.
The Od i Fellows are so rapid y increasing in
this City, that they are preparing for the erection
of another large Hall. The amount they have ex
pended in charity during the past yegr is very
great.
The Post Office Committee of the House, “ ill
without delay, prepare a bill to amend the law rel
ative to the postage on newspapers
The Rev. Mr. Gallshor. of Missouri one of the
candidate* for the Chaplaincy, has been preach
ing for nearly forty years. During the early part
of his life, he lived with his parents in a tort on
tho frontier for protection against the Indians.
Almost every night the incendiaries are at work
j.a this city A large reward lias heen offered by
.the Mayor, but without effect. If the Fire Anni
hila or C impany, of which the first Comtroller of
|’i p treasury is President, can lessen the evil, mw
]is their time. It appears however, that the chem
j ioal compound cannot he manufactured properly
j in this country, and that an agent has heen sent!
to England fi,r instruetions.
In the month of July last, the Pension Office is
sued a land warrant of 100 acres to an old soldier,
named David lluslettcr. a resident of Ohio, ‘i he
j
■ ‘dd man went a journey of over a thousand mints
and after locating his warrant, ic-nt on the eerti-:
j lieatc of location to the land office here, for a pa
tent. But yon’erday Its attorney was notified by ;
! tlieCoiiiiniijs.ioiier o Peiisons. that tho ICO acre’
i warrant hem issued by mistake, and that Jloslct- j
ter was entitled tooiily 80 aero.;. So by the blun
der. he will hive to .-urrmder his former warrant.
: and wait for anew one for half tlie amount, upon
’ the reception if which lie is at liberty to repeat bis
journey to the far we t for another location. He]
was of Hull s army, but refusing to be surrendered
with the other:, he would have been allowed tho
term of hi - iingiv oiiiiieiit, received his pay and full
amount of land
In num trims instances men who served only one ]
day less limit a mouth, are denied their land, al-j
i though they were in many eases participators inf
: hard fought battles. while others who ran away:
at the iiludciiburg affair, hut who kept in the ser- [
’ vice fora full got their*laud without dilii-1
, outiy. It is to be Imped that Congress will so
amend tho bounty and law as to remedy the evil. |
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Washington, Dee. 12. 1851.
11l the Somifff thm morning, among the memo-j
1 rials was one from ‘ .enerul 1 aleolt, late of llic Or-;
dimmer Department complaining of the veidictof
the Court iUurtial, by wlneli lie wasdisin used from
] service, and asking an investigation of all the frets.
Ho has strong hope of getting reinstated.
Mr. Hunter gave no.ice ot a bill to establish a
hoard of Accounts, fur the settlement of all claims
1 against the various Departments of Government.
1 here appears to he a disposition on the part uj
Ihe majority to pass this measure at an cany pe
riod of tin* .-ession. Then, and not till’ then vv lj
| claimants rtsce ve proper attention.
] Mr. Miller gave notice of a bill amendatory of
the patent laws. ‘1 lie cull for such a step is im
perative, for as the patent laws now stand, the poor
inventor is entirely utt lie mercy of the rich de
predator upon his rights
Among the resolutions adopted, was one by Mr.
Fish, calling for a copy of Hie proceedings ol the
l ourt Annual iu the ease of Gen. Jaleott. Luring
I lie discussion upon it, Air. Halo said, that repeal- ]
ed attempts ha i heretofore been made to procure
the proceedings of tlie.-e courts, ill eases where men
naU heen put, to death i .lioininiously, but winch
had always been deiculcd by the txoiuto. lie re
ferred to the ease of the persons put to death on
hoard the brig .'Somers, the proceeding of which
had never been made public lo this day, private
soldiers might he subjected to the most internal
torment tnai could lie devised, aui lew seemed tut
take any interest in Hie mailer, hul vvuen an t ni
cer vv;,., concerned, they were a wavs lead v to have j
Ihe finding ol the court made pubi.e.
On motion oi Mr. Davis, a resolution of inquiry j
into the expediency of amending the passenger
laws was i.mqued. it has especial reference lo me
I gross imposition practiced upon passengers to and
from L aliforma. vv nere the owners ot vessels do not;
tiiHiisii proper food or accommodation. It is to he I
Hoped mat speedy action will be had for alnm.-i
every vessel widen arrives from that quarter fur- j
lushes udditiutitti evidence of these grievances. |
Air. Underwood introduced a bill fur the revi-1
skin of the Mu!iu,■ Laws and Acts of Congress, j
which uro now in force in this District. At pre
i sent the statutes are so mixed up with the old turn
| ot Maryland that much injustice infrequently done j
and many offenders go inipuni ited.
Alter tiie disposal oi some miscellaneous bnsi- ]
ness, the voting for u 1 illinium commenced. Fi- 1 ■
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unity the Rev. Dr. butler, ail Iqiiseo, ill Clergy- i (
; man of this City, was elected.
Ihe resolution of Mr. Seward, welcoming Kos 1
| suitli, was then taken up and debated till a late ! j
hour, when a motion wtu made to adjourn to Mon
day next. This failed, as the majority wish to ,
dispose of the resolution, if possible, to-morrow.
In the I louse there is great dissatisfaction rela
tive (lie (standing Committees, and many of the
Chairmen do not appear at all pleased with their
appointments.
After the morning business, Air. Houston offered
! the resolutions referring the various subjects in
| the President's Annual Message to appropriate!
Committees.
Tho resolutions were taken up in Committee of
tho Win do, when by tho usual licence on such oc
casions, the Pres dent's Message was not referred
to, hut tho whole timo was occupied by a debate
on a hill introduced by Mr. Ha 1 of Missouri, ask
ing land fora certain rail road in that State.
A communication was received from the Secre
tary of War, in answer toil resolution of last Con
gress, calling for information relative to fortifica
tions. This had been called for with t lie view of
mailing a retrenchment of the large expenditures I
annually made for such purposes.
Tho Speaker laid before the House the acts of the
Greek House of Deputies for 18-18 and 18-I'J pre
sented by that body to the American Congress.—
if aP other Legislative bodies would follow the ex
ample the ixvhimge would lie very henetieir.l.
Mr. Houston who appears to bequitc at ease in
his new berth of Chairman of the Committee on t
Ways and Means, lodged a complaint about the ]
non appearance of the Grecian estimate.
■Mr. Brooks laid the whole blame on the printer,
who being an irresponsible s.trt of jersou is better
able to bear it than tho Secretary.
Mr. Aiken of your city asked leave to introduce
j a resolution relative to the granting of Bounty!
Lands to certain volunteer companies of South j
Carol na, who were engaged in the Florida War.
but who were discharged before the expiration of,
one month.
Objections being made, the motion was w th- j
drawn. Those are hard eases, and 1 trust the a
mendatory l and Bill, now before the House will
•Injustice to all who are not now entitled to land
because they served perhaps twenty-four hours
less than a month.
The Hon e then adjourned to Monday next.
Washington. Pec. 13, 18.51.
In the Senate. Air. Cuss called u his resolution
of inquiry, relative to the firing into the Promethe
us by the British on the Musquito coast. He said
he knew nothing of the facts of the case, except
as they were communicated by the officer who
et nmiandi and the vossc : hut it was our duty to see
that our flag was in Ileuses kept snored and invi
olate In the course of his remarks lie alluded to
the statement that France and England have com
bined to protect Cuba, and maintained that if this
were the truth, it was nothing less than a desire to !
establish the right of search in anew p ace.
j The resolution was finally adopted, and the Pres
] idont will no doubt respond to thecal ear y next
week. In the mean time (he answer of Lord I ul
merston on the suljtctvvill he looked for with
much anxiety. If lie should detend the act, mat
ters will wear a serious aspect.
Air. Seward's resolution, welcoming Kossuth,
was again taken up.
. Air. Alallory advocated it, although lie disnp
i I roved of the principle of intervention. lie was
followed on the other side by Air. Badger, lie
. denied tliut Kossuth had ever been invited by eith
er Congress or the Lxecutive. all that was contem
plated being the offer to afford him and his com
panions an asylum, if they should so desire. They
I were viewed as political exiles from oppression and
not a> revolutionary emissaries, having in view
future action on the European continent. He also
contended that Kossuth, in consequence of having
| assumed the attitude of an agitator, had forfeited
! all his right to a welcome.
A conversational discussion arose between Alcs
. rs. Badger and Foote, in which the lat ter repeat
ed his former stati merit that'thc mention hereto.
; fore introduced by him, hut withdrawn, was pre
| pared and brought forward in the .Sena*' 1 at the
j ituggession of Air. Webster, and at a subsequent
I stage of the proceedings, lie said it was not likely |
| Mr. Webster would have made the suggestion, had 1
j lie not supposed at the time that such, a resolution I
! wool 1 bear a construction favorable to the idea of :
Kossuth of an armed intervention in European af
fairs.
Mr. Badger controverted the idea, and contended
that our Government was not committed in any
form whatever,
Mr. Seward rop'icd in favor of the resolution
and finally after the rejection of several proposed
amendments, it was adopted as originally intro
duced by him—yeas 33. nays 0. Ihe negativo
votes were Alex-tr.s. Badger. Borland. ( li-iu -n
Dawson. Alorton arid Underwood, ‘i he re.o'.utionj
being a joint one. will go to the House on Aion-1
day, to which day that body has adjourned.
Our city fathers are ally puzzled iu relation to!
Kossuth. Thu uncertainty as o his coming ori
keeps them in a per dual fever. If lie should
come on, lie will behold the leanest Aldermen!
north of Mason and Dixon's lino, for the city is tec
i poor to afford them turtle sou 1 as in Charleston.
The verdict of acquittal, in the I’hiladclphii
treason trial, is what was expected, and from th*
rocceding it is now very evident that ho jury in
that State could he induced to convict on such an
indictment. Hence the future presents a lowering
aspect.
Mr. Clay rode out this morning, which much j
benefitted him. Yestoyday some mischievous per !
son sent a despatch to Pittsburgh announcing his
death.
John AL Butts is here talking polities, lie
thinks ho ought to have been elected, and trusts]
for better luck next time.
Brown's imn vise Hotel is rapidly filing. If j
properly conducted, he must soon become a mill- ;
onaire. His beefsteaks may at present he justly j
sty ed a ••legal tender,” which cannot he sun! of
some scores of our hoarding house india rubber j
ware, served up to dyspeptics under the name of j
meat. \ short time ago at one of these establish- j
men!s a lady, during the dessert, finding something t
hard in her sham .1* currant jelly, h;uo a j
iio icii, which had had the good luck to ho preser- |
ved in sweets.
Last evening Gen. Foote addressed the Demo
emtio Association. He was ful of lire, anil tie
nouneed all who are not for the Compromise rcso
ution lie ought to represent- the District ofl
Mount Vesuvius. There was to have been a j
speech from General Houston, hut he had a shock
iug bad cold or sore throat, whereupon be was let j
off.
Asa good title lias not been given for the land
selected for the Military Asylum, no steps have j
been taken towards the erection of the buildings, j
Mr. Webster rises at five every morning, and ]
writes all bis important papers before breakfast.
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CF.Oltdl V I.KI.ISI.ATI UK.
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From (lie Savannah Stopiatitirau,
Mtunicrviui:: Dee. 15 3 P M.
Gentlemen :— -The House having passed tin* 51 ,
-It* bill, organizing ‘ Polk ‘ county, took up the re
mainder of the s] eeial order of the day. being the j’
hill to create and lay off anew county from Aleri- j •
wether. Coweta and Fayette. This hit encounter- j
ed much opposition. Its leading friends were
Messrs. Hill and Thurmond, and its principal o -
ponents were Messrs. Harris of Clark, ( lark o
Stewart. Robinson of Macon, and Harper. The
vote on its assage. stood yeas 10, and nays 89.
The House refused, by a vote of 37 to 5-1, to re- 1
lease certain persons in Chattooga county, from t
the payment of a bond for £SOO. for the tip ear- 1
unco of one who had committed a violent assault 1 .
and who has fled from justice. The Legislature
did well. Lot nteu he fought, that when they he- .
come securities for offenders of the law. they must
expect to comply with their obligations to the let
ter. If such in-ecedents he established, the gross
est violators of law will experience no difficulty in
obtaining ureties. anil will lie encouraged to ab
scond. A question full of interest to the law liv
ing portion of our country may be asked, just here,
in connection with the above notion of the House
if it he wrong to re ease the securities of criminals
from their liabilities, what should be done with
those criminals who ask to be pardoned from
I their crimes ! 1 tun sorry to learn that much dis- ‘
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: satisfaction prevails in some parts of our State, in
regard to the action of the present Legislature, on i’
severa eases of murder.
An effort was made this afternoon to procure the
passage ot the bill to establish an election precinct
j nt every magistrate's court ground in the State.—
j The sense of the House may be inferred from the
, vote on a motion to amend it. so as to make it ap
ply to the county of Gwinnett only.— The yeas
were 01, nays 34. These election i recincts should
be established with great caution, as it is well
known that some of them are great political nuis
j anees.
It is impossible to predict the fate of Air. Tift's
bilk reported in my letter of this forenoon. Judg
ing from the vote on a motion to print it, it will!
tare but poorly. At the same time, it cannot be j
denied that the South has the power, if she choose ]’
to exercise it, to bringthc North toils right senses >
in regard to the abolition of slavery and kindred
measures. It Air. ‘1 ift s pro osition cannot reach
slavery agitation in ami out of Congress, the
Southern and western States combining, through
their representatives in the National Legblaturo,
to abolish our Navigation Caws, to remove the !
duty from Sal), or any other such measure, bearing !
1 upon their peculiar commercial interest, would
present to them a plain, practical question of dol
lars-nnd cents, which they would be apt to feel
more sens bly and fervently, than any labored ar
gument about constitutional right and justice, 4:c.
] l do-uot pretend to be no fin in such matters, and
hence barely touch upon them.
December, 10th.
gentlemen’ :—The House has agreed to recon
jq|#r the motion, hut on yesterday, to print Mr,
Tiffs hill.
; ] The hill to which I have alluded above, propo
] sing, originally, to dot the State, densely, with
elcitii.n precinct, was emended by the incorpora
tion of the counties of Gwinnet, Cass, Clinch, Gor
] don, Emanuel, l ike. Spa ding and a few others,
and passed by a vote of 09 to 33.
: On Mr. Bartow's motion, the I louse reconsidered
the hill rejected on yesterday, releasing certain
> sureties in Chattooga county, from the payment of
: u forfeited bond.
The first special order—the Tax hill—was taken
up and postponed to Friday next.
The second special order—the hill for giving the
electi’ n oi Judges to the people—was next ta
k n up.
Mr. Seward offered as a substitute, the hill of
.Mr. Russell, reported on icsterday. hearing a title
similar to that of the original, but more minute in
j ff--ta..'“ which the House is now employed in
perfect ng.
! In the Senate, Air. John Hird kus introduced
a hill to repeal the act of 1849, repealing all laws
prohibiting the introduction of slaves into this
i Slate.
Mr. Hannan laid a resolution <;u the table, ask
ing for the appointment of a select Committee to
consider the expediency of removing tho l’eniten
• iarv from this place. The resolution wa’ 1 taken
up. agreed to. and Messrs. Harman, Calhoun and
i mnlin were appointed said Committee.
Air. i loiirnoy has introduced a hill to incur o
itile the •'Aliimii'aclurers Bank of Columbus.” Al-o.
a resolution, that the Legislature will take a re
|'• -s from the 23d inst. to the second Monday in
’ ..titulary next, and that no new mutter shall he
I brought before the hotly after such recess. The
resolution lies oil the table.
i lie hill to reorganize the Congressional T is
triets of tiiis State, i* made the special order for
t( -morrow.
By the easting vote of the Pres’dent, the Senate
reconsidered the rejected bill, restoring the annual
session of the Legislature. ’lhe vote “as yeas
J !. nays 1..
Air. Simmons from the Judicial Committee, re
ported a substitute for the hill abolishing capital
Tin*
Now, that the law-givers of Georgia have re’
turned tothe seat of Government, and resumed their
arduous duties, we beg leave to throw out a few
suggestions. W’e are almost daily asked some
thing like the fol owing qeiistio-is, viz .
What is tho Legislature doing ! Will it be
likely to utjjourn by January. \\ ill its members
‘■ take a recess during the Christmas iio idays f or,
will they press tiie pub ie business to an early com
pletion,
In answer to these questions, we have to say
that one branch of the General Assembly, the :
Senate is doing admirably we 1. It isenipliatical-!
y a business body. It members though not re
markable for alent, are practical men —men ol
sound judgment-. They are not given to much
j speeciiing. and therefore progress rapid y with
their im-enoss.
The House, on the contrary, is a talking body
It- is composed, to some extent, of unexperienced
ambitious men—men who love to give the ‘dar
gest liberty” to the tongue men who seem to
think that the importance of a legislator depends
t.pun the liiunbe of his speeches, and that the
value of a speech is to he estimated hv its length
rather than by its point and piquancy. For this]
reason among others, th House is far behind the j
Senate in its business rogress.
In connection with these remarks, we feel hound i
to say, for the present legislature, that it is the
most laborious hotly which we have ever seen in
Milledgevil e. It has met car ier. and protracted
its sessions ater. than any previous assembyever
convened at the Capito . Win owe must confess]
th.it there is too much talking, we cannot shut our ;
■ yes to the fuel that there lias been an immense!
accumulation of public business during the last
tear.
There have a’rea ly been resented nearly four
times as many hills as were reported in 1838.
ILeu. wo had annual sessions of eight weeks each
Now. with double population, and four times the
business -with biennial sessions, and al our great
Rai road. Agricultural and commercial interests to
caro for, how is it to be expected that the work
can be done in the same time ? The i lea is pre
posterous.
We do not think, therefore, that the present leg
Mature will he enabed to adjourn until somotini e
in January-perlta s the 2'Jtli of the month.—
There is no reason why its members should take a
recess, unless they arc regardless of the public in
terest. It is abso utely necessary that many of the
more important subjects of legislation should be
sett ed before the first of January The bills for
the State Road, for the Penitentiary, for the Asy
lums. for levying taxes and making ap ropriations,
ought all to be acted upon by that time.
All these bills can be discussed and passed in
ten days—say by the 28tli of the present month-
Let the legislature do this—then, alter the consti
tution so us to provide for annual sessions—pass
the most , ressing loea bil sand adjourn. Al this
can be nccom islied before the 29th of January,
if there is a recess, the session will not be closed
before the middle of February, or the Ist of Alareli
We protest, in the name of the people, against
any such policy, and we ledge ourselves, ir, ad
vance. to holcUup to popular reprobation each and
every man who advocates it. We have sufficient
confidence in the members of tho present legisla
ture. to believe that they will not countenance of,
adopt any such schemes for wasting thepublie time;
anil public money. They arc generally gentlemen I
of character, of consideration, and of sound, dis
criminating judgment. We feel confident, there
fore. that there will be no recess—tlmt the pub ic
bu iness will be pressed to completion with all pos
sible despatch, and that the legislature wi 1 ad
j journ at least by tiie 20th of January. —Tourn il
: if- Mesfgvser.
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The Tieason trills nre progressing i, Phthnlol
In the case of Hanaw.iy. the prospects Ins dosed
and the defence ro nmen -e I on Tuesday.
The name oflhcTtr,-per in wliii h NJr. TJ.n-hrr
s i ed f •rCa liz is the II .spino Cu'vino. He is lobe
, rui'p, rted irotn Cuba to Atrica, tosorye eightviar.-
l at hard labor
(Tljr 3iiirrini.il Union.
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C'hrlstoiai! C'ti iitnus! !
This time honored holiday is now upon us. and
as is customary with the craft to give our J'hy a
little lime to visit their friends, and join in the us
ual hi arities of the occasion ; consequently wo i
shall issue no paper next week.
fiSap-OiR Cahriek requests us to state that it
is his intention, bright and early. < n Christmas
Morning, to sa ute you with a mat little address. |
prepared for the occasion : at which time he will
expect a few of the ■!■•’ .no matter if the t ines
are hard. Look out for hm ! Treat him kindly
and liberally. Christnyis only conies once ai year
Tl- 1 1 ns.
! By reference to our advertising columns! it will
1 be seen that Messrs. Spalding it Roozes’ Circus. |
wil exhibit Itr this city on the 6th January next.
The lovers of mirth and fun will then, have ac op
portunity of witnessing some of the best feats of
the ago, according to the opinion ofchore xaho are .
competent judges in such things. Kosf hoy* save
your dimes, “the circus is coming
JHqyJous 1). Gillespie, Esq., formerly of this
city, hut now of 1 hiladelpliiu. \gent for Messrs. \
Wolf 4c I’avton, is here transacting.business for ;
the concern. Mr. G. is a usUm-w joung'naui and.
will attend to the filling of a orders promptly— j
The livening Bulletin. sp .-.iking. of the firm with :
w hich he is connected, says r
()i,e attention was called- this morning to an im
rotcnn’nt now in rapid progress. at No. 179 Mar- ;
ket street, tin.jectcd by Messrs Wolfe and Leyton. I
the ixtcns.’ve ‘by good* dealers. N. s'. Market
street, whose ri outalion i well known in the Me
tropolis and Mate, and likewise throughout the
South and West. , , I
Ihe edifice is to be four stories m height with
a front of 21 foot, w.bile it will extend in <V th
’ -JO feet. It will be adorned witli an ornamental
front of iron, and tin; end will have a feet sk\- |
light, opening to the cellar. ;u th” rear. 1 lie sec
mid story will run hack 70 feet. 1 l** s v '*) <l
be finished, so as to bo in complete’ l'CUthiiess for
the ensuing spring trade.
Our merchants trading North, we are sa*isfi<sl
:Vi)in what we have seen and know, would Q-‘ “ B j
to stop at 1 hiladelpbia, and make most of tt nr
purchases
I/nlo V nil ati ,tm i Ho y.
The Convention that met in Ilcnry county to ar
range a ticket for county officers, did not request of
us a publication of the proceedings. \\ by we do
not know. No list of the nominal ions having been
furnished, and desiring to give our readers itt that
enurt'y the result of the action of the nominating
convention, we had to pick up the names nominat
ed as best we could. Ihe list we published last
week was as we then thought a correct one, but
j we learn since that we comm tied at least one er-
J i-or. Abram Loobies Esq., who has filled the of
lice of Surveyor for several years was nominated
by the convention but in piekittg up the names!
of those nominated wo did not get lil-l of his. aid
therefore filled the place in the ticket with that o: j
vViu. L. Mackey, who is a candidate for that ot i
lice. These gentlemen are both friends of ours and j
we regret that they arc found running n opposi j
lion. Hut as they are both candidates our friend-!
will have to choose between them at the ballot box j
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l\ i u iqeetiog.
I’v the advice of numero s friends of the Union i
party -f Spalding county, notice is hereby g von
that the Union artv of the county tire requested j
to meet en masse, at the City Hall, in Griffin, on 1
I'hur day. the first day of January next, to consul,
er and determine whether or not. they will accept
and carry out the Compromise tendered by the
meeting on Friday, the lJth inst. And in ease!
they do not accept said Compromise, to proceed
immediately to nominate Union candidates for the
offices in the county Every Union man in the
! ounty is earnestly requested t > attend the meeting
by 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
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TANARUS, tV l’- I> i M o ot* I,U n Couiity.
We üblish to-day. the roeeodings of a meeting ‘
held in this place on FTiduy last, at which resolu
tions were adopted, pro 0.-ing a compromise or
division of the , dices of the county, between the i
two pol tieal arties. We üblish these proceed
ngs at the request of the meet ng. and as we pub
lish them, some v.ews res, eeting them, are perha s.
due from us.
So far as we are . ersonally concerned, we are
content to abide by the w ishes of the In on party.
If the friends of the Union n S aiding county arc
will ng to accept and carryout the eomprom se.
and the other party will do the.same, in good fa th.
wc of course will not o’ ject. lut being aware
tl at many 1 nim nun. ands, me Loulbern Rights
men—among them some of the leaders do not
feel willing to support the coinproni sc. tendered
by the meeting, we intend to await the decision
of a Union Convection, before giving in our adhe
sion to it.
Py the advice of friends from different arts of
the county, we ] üblish to-day. a call for a Union
Convention, to consider of the roposed compro
mise. and act w th it as to the majority of the U
nion party shall seem best. This Convention has
been cal cd to meet before the one proposed bv the
meeting on Friday, in order that the Union party
may determine beforehand: whether they will re
ceive and carry out the compromise tendered. If
the Union party refuse the compromise, they will
have nothing to do but proceed immediately to
nominate a Union ticket for county officers. If
when they meet they agree to adept the compro
mise, they will then appo nt their delegates to
| meet on Saturday and notn nate such candidates as
are assigned to them in the compromise.
The object in calling the Union Convention, is
jto secure unity of feeling and concert of action
l in the Union party. If a majority of the Union
arty are for the compromise, it ought to be carried
out by them, f the opposite party stand up to it
in good faith : but if a majority are o osed to t
it ought to be abandoned and a full Union ticket
nom’natcd.
We hope that every Union man will come out to
the Convention and give his vote, e thcr for or
against the compromise. Let none stay away and t
then com lain against the action of those who do
attend. The Conventioc is called so that every
Union man may be heard
| The weather, for the last t ‘x or eight days
has been excessively cold—so much so that we
are ncariy ..frtie up.” In the middle and lower
counties. Considerable snow. sled. &c.. has fallen
j The Bill which has passed the Senate and will
probably pass the House of Representatives re-or
ganizing and equalizing the Congressional Districts
| of this Mate proposes to arrange them as follows :
First District.-Chatham. Effingham, Bryan. Lib
i erty. Mclntosh, Tattnall, Bulloch. Emanuel, Mont
gomery. Lowndes, Telfair. Appling, Glynn, Cam
den, \\ ayne. \\ are. Laurens. Clinch, Thomas and
Irwin. (20 counties, Representative Population,
j 87.525.
Second District.—Muscogee, Stuard. Randolph,
Early. Decatur. Baker. Lee, Dooly, Sumter, Ma
con. Pulaski and Marion. (12 counties, Popula
ti n. 100.110.) f
; Third District.—Harris, Talbot, Upson. Pike*
Butts. Monroe, Bibb. Houston. Crawford.and Spald.
ing. (1 j counties. Representative Population, 92,
! 558.) .
Fourth District.—Troup Meriwether. Coweta,
Heard, Campbell. Fayette, Henry, De-Kalb, and
• Cobb. (9 counties, Representative Population,
•90.351.)
Kiti b Distafct.—Dade. Walker. Murray. Gilmeiy
| Chattooga. Floyd. Gordon, Cass. Cherokee, l’auldv
itig Carroll and i’olk. (12 counties,• liaprcßeetfcc
i tive Pi pulution, 95.051.)
Sixth DisUiet—l'n on. Lum|kirn, Rabun. Ha
bersham Hall. Fiirsyth. G eiimettTwll
Jackson, Madison and l-'n-ttikim (12 counties,
Representative Popuation, 05V587..)
Niventh District.—Newton. Morgan, Greene,
(Jasper. Putnam. Jones. Baldwin, Hancock. Wash
ington Wilkinson? and T wiggs. (11 counties
Ivipre.-rtiitatL* Population, 90-815.) >
Eighth 1 i-trict.—Elbert, Oglethorpe, Lincoln,
Wilkes, T aliuferro. Wanrci, Cos umbia. Richmond,
Burke. Jefferson and Scrivcn. (11 counties, Rej
rcseatative Population. 92.701.)
Cub-it’ Hitting.
Griffin. Bee. 19, 185 L
Agreeably so a resoihtioij. ot ‘a previous preKmi
iwy meeting, a large and respectable portion of
the citizens of .Spa ding county, assembled at the
City Hall.
On motion If. PK UK PATRICK, of tlie Union,
party, and JAMES (JOKER, of the Southern.
Rights party, were ca lei to pretidh over the mee
ting. On motiotr 11 15. Holliday, of the Uniom
j party. at* I D. N. \ lailt.tn, of the Southern Rights.
‘party, were appointed Secretaries.
On motion it was
Resolved. That a. committee composed of two
persons lrow each District and Fractional District,
of the new county, one from each pirty. to wit :
Griffin District -P B. Cox. W. K Phillips.
Ist of Pik-. —J. V. M. Morris, (. \V. Crowder
2u-| ■■ •• _ I!. Orr, Dr. J. T. Litis.
3rd •• —S. /. Spier, W- Ufemukes.
3rd •■ Henry—J. La coder, \\ Crittenden
Cubbin Dist. —T. 15. Johnson, G. bivn;
Indian (.'reek—John Breed. A. Simpson.
A tlx of Fayette—A. Og etrcc, \V. C. CliainpTn ,
be appointed to rep >rt a plan of compromise to be
submitted to the meeting for action.
After deliberation the commit-tec submitted the
following re ort, which was adopted.
Resolved, That the citizens of Spalding coun
ty. be r--.pio.toil to solur* ihri*L#uJtvi.u£jii,cJnfe
rior court. from the l.'ni >n party, and two from the
‘outhern Rights party ’J he Clerk Su crior court
.ruin the Union party, and Clerk Inferior court,
rom the Southern Rights party. The Ordinary,
from the l mon party, and the Tax Collector, from,
the Southern Rights party. The Tax Receiver
from th Union porty, and the county Treasurer
from the Southern Rights party. The county Sur
veyor from the Union yariy, and the Coroner from
the Southern Rights party.
And be it further Resolved, That the Sheriff
shall be selected from the Union party, whose duty
it slut 1 be to select a Deputy from the Southern
Rights parly, with an equal share of the business.
Resolved further, That we, as a committee,
pledge ourselves to support a ticket selected on
the above named principles.
On motion it was Resolved. That the Union par
ly and the Southern Rights party, of the various
and fractional Districts in the county of Spading,
he notified to send up their delegates, from each
district t” this place, on the first Saturday in Jan
uary next, to nominate candidates according to the
compromise. Each party nominating for them
selves.
Resolved. That the proceedings of this meeting
he publ.shed in the Griffin papers. Adjourned.
H. P. KIRKPATRICK, ) ...
JAN) ES COKER, j U,a,rn -
H. P> Holliday. ) c .
D. X. Martin, } Sec >’
FOR THE AMERICAN UNION.
To All it-.
1 lay my hand uprin your head
To soothe its siekeningpaiu ;
As Angels guard—> guard thy bed,
And watch, and watch again.
Most softly to thy lips I how
And leave an impress there :
Finch saddtsti-ng thought I list to hear—
Each sorrow I may share.
I twine my arms around thy neck,
An 1 fondly there I cling ;
1 lean my head upon thy breast
To hear thee sweetly sing.
When duty ids thee go away,—
I sadly say, good bye :
I watch thee far. far on the way
And lift a prayer on high.
I turn and seek for other joy,—
Alas ! all joy is gone.
There's nought to cheer—there g no cmplqy
F'or I am all alone.
When time rolls round and brings thee near,
And echos round, ‘Tie's come !”
My heart's a 1 joy —the world's all cheer,
To smile on thy “welcome home.”
Then, when at eve the day's works done—
We talk God s mercy's o'er.
’Tis sweet to bow before his throne,
And ask to love Film more.
These jny3 have brought a happy day,
A day I longed to see !
Hush, hush, fond fancy cease thy lay,
My loved one calls for me. *
J SOPHIA.
Under tne Tree. Dee 3, 1851.