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DECEMBER 19.: x«a).
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
DEBATE ON THEfUERSEY QUESTION.
Moxmv, Dxctvexn 9.
Thu Home having umlcr consideration die ap-
pod of Mr. VAttosnrozt. from the decieitm ol
the Chair tou thing tho vote* to bo contfjetl from
New Jersey, end the immediate quost'.on pond
ing being oj to permitting Mr. Duncan to .read
certain documents—after eevcral gentlemen had
addressed die Hnn*e, ae heretofore pnblUhcd
Mr. NIS BET. of G eorgta, mid -hal the impor-
tanee of tite principle# involved in tliin dehate wan
his apology lor the remark* hewn* about topre-
cent to the comideroliou of the llouvc. In tho
unorganised elate of tho body, (said Mr. N.) it
appear*to be neee**iry that thoio who address
you, Sir. Chairman, should uxjiibit unquestioned
authority to.speslii . rytpi dho of. the dfcfega-
tion front Georgia, sir. 1 mention this fict, not
because I claim for tti» Stalo any paramount
excellence. buthecause l am colic itou* that she
nhonid declare here tho position she occupies
Stringers a* are most of her membiri ill this
Hall, it wonld seem v ; u ll enough that she ha an-
neunecd. I apeak, th on, hy anthorily of one of
the sovereign States of the Confederacy. I ex
hibit to you, sir. ns jiy colleague did n few day*
einee, ifto evidence of her will. I hold III my.
band l!ie cainniiai'ton of Her Governor, with the
great seal of State, appended. That seal speaks
of her soTCrcig iity—it announces me one ofher
UeprcsriitiUwat. Upon its face is tho escutcheon
of the Slate. Her mono D Wisdom, Justice,
and Moderation. And, although what I may ray,
sir, mav not oe stamped with much of wisdom, yet
I truant w 11 bo characterised by justice and tuod-
wr.tion.
Au honorable gentleman asked, the other day,
"‘Where avill die State of Georgia stand npon thi*
question?" He wa* pleased to say die intgnpnim-
siua State of Georgia. Ho made dto inquiry with
pride, an I thought, in the character of the Slate.
I wn sure I fell an honest pride jn hcarinj my
Ml,
.bis deb ilo dial the Chirk, lit- than agent, was
bound to respect tho Governor’s commission,and
proceed at once to din call of dto*o men Who held
it So thought I. But it will not surely bo as
serted that he had then the power of authoritative
control over this nutter, anJ that then was no
power in die Home to object to the judgment ho
might pronounce. You, air, it enema to me, oc
cupy to the House the’same rtdaUve position that
the Clerk occupied before your nomination to the
chair. You are bodi hut die mere agouti or the
body who chose lo use you, ncling only by de
rived authority—having in yourselves, by virtue
of your appointments, no inherent or legal abili
ty to determine conclusively any tiling. Would
it lie contcudiid for o moment dial tho agent has
a power greater thtm his principal—that, eitdng
as yon do in die very presence of tboaa who ap
pointed you, you can bind diem irreversibly by
yonr determinations t Sitvely not. The Clerk
did make a decision, or rather ho declined to call
any of tho claimants from New-Jcr#»y—thus In
fact rejecting the whole.
It was said that he was hound imperiously, by
h\s oath of office, by tho Constitution and laws,
to proceed with tho call of the Jersey Whin.—
He thought differently, and upon that thought he
•Tied. What, then, sir, wot to bo done I Stand
Still 1 Wo did stand still, and rather igttomini-
ottsly still. We presented a strange vpectaclo—
tho van machinery of Government of this great
empire blocked hr tho decision of an anomalous
officer, for whom' no powers have been claimed
hut those merely ministerial. Woe not this tho
ditto at which the voice of the Constitution be-
enne bn! a creature or the mind 1 According lo
he opinion of thoso who deny to die House the
power of acting, were not the Constitution end
tho laws then silent—not in or,ns, but in pt.ve, si
lent ! The Clerk refused even to pat a vote, end
by this rsfusal at) the departments of the Govern
ment went at reel, for mere is ip feet no Govern
ment whilst a co-ordinate department denies to
itself oven the power of preliminary organiza
tion. So, sir, you determined that those who held
iho Governor s commissions should vbte. Wes
your decision imperatively controlling 1 You pro-
uoiinrcd. es I believe, a constitutional truth. But,
sir. .under yonf decision, .yon-yonrixlf, with a
power nboyh' nlM beyond die,Ilbii»,'ptWojvqced.
judgment tinder thihOoustitidjpnatid. fayyai. of
— clothed your tellers, upon a'tRvislpit-of the
Constitution gives her. Tho alternative loft is
for Iho members present, constituting n quorum
of die whole ltniuo, whoso seats are inicontost-
od, to detnmlno which of thoso commissions and
which of their seals is, in truth, aceotdina to tho
lawe of Pennsylvania. Whit I demand is, dint
the very same determination be made in relation
to tho contested seats ortho N*w Jersey delega
tion. Which, air, of thoso claimants, baa the evi
dence, prime/acie in Ite character, of election?
This is the only Inquiiy which we hsvo now tho
power to make, and dint we hare thin power I
have endeavored to show.
Tho most pTauiiblo objection which I here
heard made to this view of the subject is, that it
will always be in the power of parties, by capri
cious objections to tho seats of a quorum of the
whole House, to prevent its organisation. I an
swer, I say, that an extreme possibility is no well
founded objection to any coune of reasoning.
Tho supposition presents a caso when die Gov
ernment wonld ho iu tho act of revolution. A-
g ainst such a possibility neither law, Constitn-
ope, nor religion, call wholly guard. The caao
might occur t so also, then, might arise a Crom
well in our midst, to diisolvo the Congresa of the
Union by railiterv force. Bnt that melt a case
will occur, both llte restraints of law—Iho moral
sense of tho People—tho loro of liberty, the
strongest passion of tho American People—and
the holy sanctions of Christianity, do, and will, I
trust, through the ages that are lo come, forbid.
Then, sir, the mode of action is for this House
to declare and register the judgment of dio Con
stitution and the law. When ptouonneed, it
needs uo further enforcement. It stands self-ex
ecuted. For who shall deny—who modify—who
reverse it I Upon this House fall* tho stern mau-
dato of die Constitution. Upon this House Tails
the sovereign requirement of New Jersey. Upon
thi* House State Right*’ principles make their
equitablo requisitions. Is the Constitution man
datory to pas, sir, lo admit the Whig dclcg'.dan
from NewJersey t go is it lo the IlotlfAre
its requirement* obligatory, accordin'; ro die rea
soning of dto 'gentleman, npon the Clerk f So
era they Upon lltia Utilise. An j, whilst I main
tain the petitions hero aw.med; I-nl the. same
gelled the whole nation with the splendor ofhls
golilcii dreams, and rolled tho Mississippi back to
tta fountain head a solid colmnn of virgin gold,
now barters awsy even the reality ofkis virions
for the rags of a suspended bank I lint probably .
my friend the Colonel, finds a -‘ law in his inem- and Col.. Augustus .
hors warriug against tho law of hi* mind,” mid 'distune*, thirty pace*,
may truly exclaim with one of old—“ The good
that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would
not, that I do.” Yours, G. If.
SAVANNA lit
THURSDAY 1SVENING, DEC. 19, 1830.
Ilmno, with* authority to determine icho did in
fact hold the evidence of election front New-Jer-
xcy. .From yonr decianm an appeal >vnn liken
aud tiic Honin', a.* I believed rightfully, took this
nutter into iteown haute.
But the power to determine at nil in ths c\*e
before ns is denied. It is asserted thnt no tmn
It w a right to question hero the commmlun of ti e
Governor ofa sovereign State gives in conform*
ity with her laws. Sir, I admit the later propose
ton, but I contend tint thero must rest some*
whero a power to judgo nnd determineVV does,
in fact, hold t'le commission of Jersey's Vottrnor,
ziren in cinfjnnityicUli Jersey's lairs. And 1 hold
tint those who present themselves hero pj the
uncontested Representatives of the States arc
clothed with that power; and that, so fur n* tlite
election is concerned, this is tho only power with
which thev arc clothed. This is tho tribunal to
jndgo of that one fact—to declare and record its
judgment, nnd, when pronounced, tho judgment
is final. What, sir, if tho tribunal determine
noMa Stalk XtU tUahmstfL The inquiry^ sir. wrongfnllyl Buppo*eil doe*not pronounce in
thrilled through my .pint, I will tell yon, nr: I favor of ngl,tend law? Why, air, those who
will cctithe genderon:! front Maryland where rite '}?' wrongfully Jetermitm-who infract the
ouad*. Sho standi, whore hhr State Right. Constitution, aud disfranchise araoreretra State,
politician.hava planted her in lime* gone by- we amenable to conieienee, to God, to the Un.on,
iho itand* upon the ramparts of the Constitution. on ? >« manhmd. Such, sir, I understood yonr
She stands where sho stood when you, sir, ad- »P>n:on to be toe other day, when you to car-
minwtored dto Federal Governmonf, when her nesfiy exoorted tho Homo to organize. Such
own great Troup resisted racccesfolly F d- feemsto have been yonr opinion when, at the
oral bayonets brirtling upon her border*, and Fed- ° r Congress, you offered a resolution
cnln*urp«ion .wailing her right*. Sits stand* tomoetlhe contingency which hs. now occurred
where rite stood when one ofher mart eloquent This optnioo came to u. with the sanction of
ran*, now a high officer in ths Government, an- Jo" fiwMage and greet character. You speke
notinceil upon thisfloor that “ lie wa. ready for “ oae n'tthority. It t* die opinion ol une
trial." She .lands now, and I trurt will ever »™"im1 whoso venerable head cluster thickly the
stand, the defender of the right* of die Stale. Dural* of poliucs ahd of literature. For oae, I
guaranteed to them under the Federal Constitn- , «ved tho opinion correct.
^ on I do not claim for the House in its inorganic
rawing over the merely incidental qnostion ‘.‘'to plenary power, over thi* contested elec-
now more immediately before the Ilonse, 1 shall tmn. It cannot go behind the evidence upon
proceed lo consider tho.e point* of controversy 3 ru ;‘ rtab ' e .; It cannot purge the New-Jcraey
which have been so much canvassed. From the F°*?‘ When oreraixed, by U» ConrtitnUon US
Stale or New Jerwtv, dien, ilhaabeen announced >!ie judge of the elecuons, returns, and quab
to us by the Clerk that thole are two sots of ap- dicsliOni of Us own members. Then, sir,'it can
pUcanu fertile right ond honor of representing »nt tho polls, rectify all mistakes, and enforce, in
her in tho Congrev* of the United States. Ten Del. the voico or tho voting power. Tins has
claimants for five seat* in dii* Hall. Both of “" cn demoBtrated by several gentlemen, but
diene contending New Jersey delegations have by none svith more conclusive force than by my
laiduponthe table ofthe'C’lork evidence ofidec- friend and colleague (Mr. Cooper.) Who are
turn*. One of them exhibit tho commiwionof *»/ 1 ,ie Rcprcsentalivc* oftbo I’cople. elected
the Governor of New Jersey, under tho seal of nnder die Constitution of the Union ond dralawg
the sutet the other has ovidinco, which has not of the States from whence we come. By State
been read, but which, wo ore told, establishes tho end constitutional mandate wo ere here, end,
fact thnt they did receive the majority of vote* "'..ea our right* to seat* are not questioned, we
polled by the freemen of New Jersey. Thi* »ra,intrnth,theHoiucofUepreMutaUve.,cloth-
stato of fucU., sir, involves, to my mind, two in- cd with oil powers necesreiy to full end final or-
quirieg ganizaUon. 1 lie Constitution dcchroH tint the
FW;wtetb1fcc legal aail cdWiintiouai rule Representatives *haU ho cotnpwU of
by which, in thw *t.igo of the House, the right* of jncuucrsdected by the several States, &c. Andy
thOFe conflicting claimants to Uio honor of repre* “X constitutional presumption, we are o.ccted
•enting New Jerrev, shall be determined! when no one questions it. Think yon that the
Second, what is the mode of aotiou to be adopt* ^onAUtution, or, rather, its frainari,contemplated
rd in making that rule operative! Upon on in- [or ont momenUhc awcuiblage ofutnob.elaimmg
nuiry made of you, fir, the other dav, you, us 10 “ e 1 Hou;c of Uepresenutivcs t No more
- Chairman of this body, determined that ihoic dele- 80 ,l contemplated uny other net of rebellion
. jratos. from New Jersey, holding the evidence* or or usurpation, rito.Constitution further pro-_
orelcetion according to tho Constitution qf.the mat-tho Uongre«s shall afifinihlc, Ac. Its.
’ UoHediStaics and the laws of New Jersuviyaouid I?ugtyge ;| 8*nk t ft^\qryt ; lUdb&manda is to os-
vote upbri ai question theji dopenditir- You thus SLm , °* a,l “ u Fl 1&nniu to orgauizc. How, ns-
prononnced n riile by which not only the right of ? embl « ** an organized body X No, for that is an
tho claimants to scats in this Hall should be n/cer-1 impracticability. That would be to assume, most
tained; but al«o one by which this Hoti*e should ! ^surdly, tliat to he done, which wo arc command-
regulate its cction. I agree with you, sir, that this 1 lw a^cmjtc for the purpose of doing. In oil
is tho only safe rule. Thd proposition is true— the wwioua ofhoth Houses of Congress tliero is
leffdly* constitutionally true, and is in accordance ! f .P 01 * 11 intervening between the aivcein-
with the principles of Government, which I have
It in taught to honor and revere, in the mode of
not moan to bo understood ns admitting that either
s.t of appucants ran vote in their owncaso. This
is the ’ouly nuojtibn upon which New^Jersey cau-
notoo heard. Tome,common scute, which is
un insUnctof our nature,denies to all persons tho
privilege of, voting Iu a case where their persons)
or representative rights nro concerned. Tho
nucstion is ns to the right of A and B to vote.
AnJ docs it not itivolvo an absurdity upon that
question to permit A ami B to vote, and thus adju
dicate their own privileges f It surely docs.
The rules of tho House which wc have adopt
ed, and all parliamentary usage, so far os I am in-
formed, cxcludothorn, ’it mutters not that they
J ircsentthoniftelvcs in a representative character,
or it is tlicir rights as such that ore to bo deter
mined.
Much, sir, has been said in this debate about tho
sovereign rights of the People. It is claimed that
tho willofthe people of New Jersoyshall prevail.
Yes, sir, lot it prevail. IIow prevail! Through
tho agency ofher orgauic law—and Acre no other
wise. Tnrty have spoken through no ollior voice.
They have not spoken in their primary elemcn-
Du«I.-W* 1
od in tbl4 city r
Tallahassee, C
place, on tho I
Applying this rule 1 uhdii differ with you.
Constitution of tho Union is in thi« case
The
i cue para
mount, authoritative, and commanding; it speaks
in the voice of injunction. By that instrument it
is provided that tee States shall by law prescribe
the time, place, and manner of holding clectioiu
for members of tho Congress ofthe United Stales.
It is uIjo provides for a power in tho Congress of
tho-Uaited States to alter by its owuJcgi-luiion the
time, place, and manner of electiug Representa
tives. And in all cases where the laws ofa State
prescribing the time, place, and manner of end
ing her Representatives have not been repealed
by .Congress, those laws are so obligatory upon
all tho.department* ofthe 8late and Federal Gov-
ments, ju the Constitution itself. By failing to ex
ercise t!ic repealing power, Congress ond the
Constitution do actually confirm, adopt, and rati
fy thoso laws. Tho right ofthe'Steto to enact
them and to hava them enforced becomes thus as
perfect as any other right secured to her by con*
«titutional grant or prohibition. The right of se
lecting hor o*vn Representative*, and tliat, too, hi
her own way, is u sovereign right, whichyou. sir,
and I, and all otliers are bound by all tho sanctions
of the Federal compact to respect. You will oh*
sirve, sir, that tlie Slates nro clothed with power
to de termine tho manner of electing. Tho manner
of electing, nir, must mean tee form of certifying
nnd commissioning the elect when the polls arc
closed, as well as other th ugs. If, then,the laws of
N. Jersoy do declare tliat the rcsnltofher Congres
sional elections shall ho declared, publ’shed, & ok*
curtained by the commission ofherGovsrnor, un
der tlio’groatseal ofthe Stata,nuch commission, so
nuthenticited, is ns obligatory upon us, upon nil,
ns nny provision whatever of the Federal Const*'
tutiou. It, thcreforo, follows to my mind de
monstrably true, thatvou wero right when you an
nounced to the House that thoso who have the evi
dence of election according to the Constitution
and laws of New Jersey aro entitled to sit and
vote upouthi* floor, until the House is fully or
ganized, and the equity of the polls of New Jer
sey have been ascertained by the Committee of
the lionse.
But, Mr. Chairman*, this rule boing conceded,
there must be pome plan of action by which it
msr become particularly available; otherwise, it
is but ait idlo abstraction—a name without pow
er—a judgment' without a process or a ministe
rial agent. Wa are not men, sir, spell-bound
with constitutional fatalicisms. We urc practi
cal men. Our system of govornmsnt is eminent
ly practical; ib provision! aro designed for use—
not for admiration—for deification. The system
must work, and tints far, sir, in the main it has
worked well. It was contended iu the outset of
biiflg aud the organizing of the body. That is the
time being. There is also a stato of poiititical
being, in which we live aud are vital for certain
purposes, but are still tho inorganic embryo of
fall maturity. Buch is our.prefent state. In this
state wc must proceed to throw off our chrysalis
attribute?. Otherwise wo are doomed to per
petual embryo—else yip shall remain forever in
choate, and shall continue throughout all time in
transitu.
The truth i*, sir, disguise it as wo may, unless
we have theuiowerof organization, tho Govern
ment is dissolved. One of the things to be done;
and which is ncce scry to organization, is to dr
termine who, in case of conflicting claims, are en
titled to sit; or, in other words, who, in fact,h<tvo
tho highest and best prima facie evidence of being
elected, according to the Constitution and laws of
the State fiom which they come. Do you not
perceive, sir, inasmuch us we cau do nothing—
can discharge none of our appropriate duties un
til organization—thut, therefore, wo ore necessa
rily clothed with power to organize! It scctns tu
follow as a matter of course. Tho law being si-
lent as to the manner of organization, wo aro left
to tako such course os enlightened reason, draw
ing her conclusion from tlie Constitution by ne
cessary inference, may suggest. Wo ore not yet
a House for the usual and great objects of our <uu
82inbliug. Wo can receive no Menage from tho
Executive. W« can hold no intercourse with
the Senate. We can organize' no cominitteos,
aud cmmit perform a single net of legislation. At
the threshold standi the obligation to organize.—
We must do so by electing un otficef described in
the Constitution a* Speaker. We dare not, sir,
deprive the State of New Jersey of her right, co
equal with thut of Georgia, or any other State, to
veto in the election of that officer. «We Jiave no
power thus to dudVanchise her. Hence, before
thut officer is elected, wo must determine that
somebody docs in fuel, for the time being, repre
sent her. From the Stato ofl’umiylvnnm, I un
derstand, tbero aro two gentlemen claiming sea's
in this Hall, both bringing with them the commis
sion ofa Governor of thut Stutc, under her groat
seal. This is a case not of fancy, hut of fact. Up
on this case we shall be compelled to act, nnd that
too biToro the House is organized. Upon tho as
sumption of gentlemen, that no vote, no act can
be hud by us, when the commission ofa Govern
or with the seal of the State appended is present*
cd. both these gentlemen must come in. It is a
requirement of Uio ConsUtution, say they. Now
the Constitution in Uie case put, commands us
much in favor of Uio oue as Uio other of these gen
tlemen. What shall he donor Exclude both?
No, for then the key-stone of tho arch i» disfran
chised. Admit both? No, for then that groat
St4c will have ouc more Representative than the
tary character. They have held no convention!
I listen, but I hear not the rattling thunders of
popular sovereignty. The Jews ofold heard the
art l!ciy which pealed around the summit of Sinai,
and the sound of a trumpet woxtng louder and
louder; bnt in all tali they heard not the God*
head, it spake in tho still small voice.
So, sir, it is only in tho still small, yet clear and
steady vioco of w: fate, that I con hear upon this
floor the speaking of New Jersey. The organ
ized forms of government do express the popu
lar will; the People have made them their organs.
The laws of the State and ino Constitution of tho
Union are tho restraint which tho People them
selves Lave pbeed upon their elementary sover*
egin'y, & uro so to bo respected until they are re*
ponied or modified. I do not assert that the great
seal of New Jersey is the depository of hor sov
ereignty—that tho aeu ofher Governor moke
him sovereign—bat these acta and that soul are
the evidence and the expression of tho sovereign
will. Suppose, sir, that he who, with unsurpass
ed ability, represents in the Senate of tho United
States the descendants of your own heroic pilgrim
ancestry, should there exhibit the authoritative
sonl of MussnchnseUft nnd the commission ofher
Govurnor, who would there venture to assert
that he came not in the name ofa sovereign State?
Or, if ho who in thnt body represents alike the
genius, and virtue, nnd sovereignty of Carolina,
should at her bar exhibit the seal of that State,
"always prepared, iumind and mean*,” adorned
with iu chivairic palmetto blazonry, would thero
bo onethere so bold as to deny him ontmnest ft s
no or.e A«.e, I trust, will deny those delegates
having the highe.it evidence to enter and situs the
Representative! of New Jersey.
Air. Chairman,I am unlike tho distinguished gen
tleman from South Carolina, who addressed you
the other day, born insensible to fear. I fear many
dungs. I tear to do wrong; but I do not fear the
trammels of party, or the vengeance of the popu
lar will. In tho discharge of tho duty, tho People
wi l scarcely hold me a fit subject for their Wrath.
Should this House, foil to accord scat! to tho regu-
hr’.y nmhoifticatefl members from Now Jersey,
thero will have occurred ocaso of nullification re
versed. This hss been held a remedy for the
Slate*, again.? the Government, bul If we abro
gate the laws ofNew Jeruy, then does nullifioa-
jtim ojipcaj in its most oJio*» form. Sho will then
start, in her forays npon tho CniutitiTjoii, from
the citadel of the enemy«and an unorganized
branch of Conercn oftlm United States, itnelfbut
a co-ordinate department o( tho Government,will
have abrogated, in the House of the People, the
law. enacted hy the People.
I could* hot remark, Air. Chairman, whan you
oddrefsed us on yesterday, haw studiously you
avoided recognising tho State* in their sovereign
character—inditing on the right* of the People.
And 1 thought that, contrary to tho law which ob
tain* both in moral* and physics, extreme, hed
for once met i nnd tliat tfie nationalism of your
day wa. much the seme with the democratio dog
ma, of this.
"Ilhcnlhe H’iclicdIcur rule the People Mourn."
—Iftlic truth of thi* were not vouched by the
highc-t authority known to man,it would bo fully
demonstrated hy tho present condition of the
United States.
If we look to whot wc have been, and to what
ive now are, wo find dial within die lapse ofa few
ihort years, wo have been precipitated from the
highest»tote of nniionul end individual prosperity,
to one in all reaped, directly the reverse. Ar.d
file melanejtoijf change in our condition wo have
cxnerjenced without war, without famine, aud
v 1 bout pestilence. The reason* have been pro*
pi on* to tho husbandman—the ponnlo have been
Industrious—but ull to no avail. Tho absence of
positive cause*,nnd dtu presence of real blssiing*
are frustrated nnd neutralized hy tho domination
of corrupt moil, and their baneful nnd blighting
interference* with dio concern* of the peoplo.
A believer in llolv Writ can »carccly contemplate
our rondilion without die conviction dial our
differing* nro virihitinn* from on high fur pro-
feeling to he e religiou* and moral people nnd,
yottolerating ruler* wbcuo whole live, are in open
contempt of die precepts of religion, and in titter
violation of tho canons of morality .—Richmond
IP-ig.
THE RAG BARON I
ComepondenecoflheN. Y. Commercial Advertiser.’
WASHINGTON CITY,Doc. 7,,}839.
“ Tarn shout, nnd wheel about, end do ju*l»n.
And every time you turn shout, jump Jim Crow. 1
Tl cro is a little merriment eihong ui ju.it now,
at dto cipeuiu of my honored frieud.T. 11. lien-
ton, of Ali.tonri. Ilo received, it hccuis, a epecie
check for one thousand dollars, for hi* mileage
from St. Louis to the canilol; hut such was hi,
•uddou and iiuuncountnldo detestation of the
spate feature in tho cheek, lie iusiaudy sold it to
a broker in thi* city, Corrlrcen hundred in the pa.
per of uttr euspended banks, and is now, lie I un.
deratimij, meeting hi* currentexpensn* with dicta
hank rig*! Verily, truth i» Mrangor than fiction,
| Hs w ho bul a short lime since dazzled and bodi-
THEATRE.
Mr. PaAMoiThu announced hie Benefit for
thw evening; ehd it D with greet loliciletion we
woukl drew public attention iu hie behalf. It U
seldom wa meet with one who ao well deMrvc,
approbation, a* Air. Paxtuott. HU tinging U
not inferior to many who,o finite is grontor—and
as wo predicted ha wquld some weeks ago, ha*
gained a better reputation in the short tiine he
haabecn before a Savannah public, than any other
stranger who ha* over coma among u*. Let tu
shew tliat eldtongh Air. Puxiuott htu not come
among us heralded by ell the pomp endcirettib.
stance ofa Star, yet we can nnd will appreciate
merit wherever wo find it Gog Afaessrirg, tnd
Lore Laughs at Locksmiths, at tho afterpiece, are
offered. Wb perceive lie ha* set to music of hi*
own composition, veraet by - J. MoL.” taken
from Iho Georgian, end of which wc hear Pro-
fcjiora ipeak very highly. • The whole hill offoro
afford* a rich treat, end wo hope to *eo many par
taker*.
LATEST FROM WASlfiNGTON.
Wo learn by a passenger, iu ,lha Wilinington
boat, yesterday, (*ay* tho Charleston Courier of
the ltjth ins? ; ) that three ballot* for ijpedkgr had
tdken place inthoilptuw.of RgptasentnttvO*/ on
tbO evening of iho 14th, without a choice, and
thata determination was manifested to cftect a
choice, if possible, before adjournment. On Iho
first ballot the vote wa* for Bzu. 102, Jottzs 113.
Ou the second ballot Air. Jo-tr.s’ vote wo* ttnili-
niittished. On tho third ballot Mr. Bau. wet.
dropped, and Air. Dawson substituted In hi* place,
and the raaiiltwa* Dawson 103, Jon*. 110—scat
tering votes each tlmo preventing a choice. The
Impression wo* that Mr. Jonzs could not be elect
ed , and that the ultimate contest would be between
Alcesn. Dawwn and PioKZni, end probably, re
sult in favor of tlio latter.
APPOINTAIENT BY TJIE PRESIDENT.
RoeznT R. Rtm to be Governor of tho Ter-
ritoiy of Florida, in tlio placo ofRicuano KCau.
superseded.
Correspondence if the Augusta Chronicle Sr Sentinel.
'AIILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. J4.
Our Legislature Uyet excited on ths subject of
Banks. Air. Alexander ha* submitted to tlio Son
ata a Preamble and Resolutions, authorizing tlio
Governor to issue bis Proclamation lo them to re
sume, and if they should suspend after tho 23th
February next, or those continue in a stats of suit-
pension which have already failed to meet their
notes, after that time, then they are tobehanhly
dealt with. He recites in hispreamblo, tliat there
is no overruling cause rendering the suspensions
which havo occurred excusable. Upon tills pre
position there i* much diversity of opinio'n, many
deeming those institution* fully sustained in their
courra by tho exigency ofthe times, and othors
concurring with Mr. Alexander. Ur is a gentle
man of ability and commands the utmost respect
here, hence wo era authorized in anticipating
something worthy a Senator of Georgia, whan
the to Resolutions come np far discussion.—' 11 Pro.
vided always," (as our Legislative enactments
read) that any thing new or interesting can now
be furnished the General Assembly on this sub
ject.
Air. Lawson Reported a Bill, for the hatter re
gulation of tho intercourse of Georgians with the
Citizen* of Maine and prescribing penalties for n
violation of the provisions nfthe Bill.
Air. Williamson, from the Military Committee
—To authorize tlie Justice* oftbo Inferior Court
in each County ofllto State, to lay off Militia Dis-
trick*.
The Resolution introduced some days since in
Senate, instructing die Central Bank to sue tlio
Darien Bank, should it fail to settle iu bills held
by die former on or before tho first or March, ’40
agreed to on yosterday. It must ho con-
fessed'fiiat it seoms a little quocr, for the Repre
sentatives ofthe Stito lo order the institution of
a law suit against a Bank, acvoit-tcittii* of whoso
stock is ownod by the Stato, and for the ultimate
redemption of which tho faitii of die Smte is ir
revocably pledged.
They pasted tho Bill iiicorporatihg a Company
for the Manufacture of Iron, iu Cow County,
where it is fonnd in rich abundance.
Tho Bill for the amendment of the Control
Bank Chartor, which lias been upon Ihocarpclof
die Representative Chamber for several days
past, and which “kicked up such a dust" thore, is
yot undisposed of, and rccars on Tuesday or
Wcdnosduy next. Thou “ Greek ments Greek,”
aud yve may onlicipale an animutod and highly in
teresting content,
Tho Iloitso havo passed the Bill, to point out
tho tribunal and mode of trial, npon subject* of
Citizenship, and declaratory ofwliat shall be re
ceived a* legal evidence therein.
The Pickett and Pearce (contested election,)
investigation wifi be resum’d onAIonday.very gross
fraud is imputed to the friond* of Air. Pearce in
this matter, aud if I am not Incorrectly informed,
these charges can be clearly substantiated,—Intt I
doubt whedter any tiling will be’accomplished in
this business during tho session.
Tho Senate in the forenoon to-day, passed by
a majority of five, tho Bill abolishing tite Branch
Bank of die Suite of Georgia locatod in this City.
It lias highly incensed the mercantile community
here, and from what I have been enabled to ascer
tain of the merits of the measure, their complaints
tirti just and well founded.
The Iloitso have adopted o proposition to-day
for die forfeiture of tho Charier of tho Trust aud
Jnsurnnce Company ut Columbus.
Bhtit branches ere laboring assiduously and will
adjourn in a week.
tlaitiauwho ftrriv-
it, in tho atngo from
«*f fought near the litter
between Gen. Leigh Read,
ilatou. Weapons, rides—
At the first fire, Gen. R.
shot his antagonist through tho heart, and he ex
pired instantly.' Ilia difficulty, we undoratand,
grew out of soma political controversy.—Bruns-
wick Adnocate, 17tk tael.
Party dominations.—From what wc can Under
eland, probably neither party will duringtito Ses
sion, nominate either a congressional or electoral
ticket. We preraine conventions will be held
by both parties for this special purpose, 101110111110
during the Spring.—MtHedegrUle Recorder, 17A
117 The Governor of Alabama, lit Ids Message
to tho Legislators of tliat 8tote, in relation to the
boundary lino between Georgia and Alabama-
after stating that tho Commissioner* nppotntod
to examine tho line as run by Georgia had par-
fimtied that duty, makes the following sugfta-
tionsi
11 After a earoftri examination ofthe localities of
tlio conntiy, through which the line runs, with a
view 10 ascertain the Into position of tho objects
designated in dio. compact of 1802, botwoou the
United Btates end Georgia, hnvo arrived at the
conetnuun, tiut, although the line heretofore run
by die authorities of Georgia, is not according to
the strict letter of the compact of 1802, thnt it
doc. substantial justice tu both Slntrt, ana had hat
ter be assented to on tho part tof Alabama than to
keep tho quatlktn of an unadjtutod boundary
longer open and uusldod between; the two
atatoi." - - !
Tha name of tho Post Office at Paco’« Ferry,
De Kalb cuutity, hai been changed to Crose
Roads, and !’■ II.Randal appointedPost Aloster.
Illinois' Sft^r.'-f-Cfn tii* margin of the Perm
Register, wS have the fallowingTho rirerclosed
-ou riumluv night 24tlt. tRcamnr Gipsoy lim ed
up 011 Smiduy morning, liud was-frozen in that
nig'
tight.
Caution.—A- young lady at Bqsldtp .named
Megaqn, died from dm ctl'ecta nfKr.(!Osjite,.a pot-,
lion of which, employed by n dentist to relievo a
tooth-ache, got down her throat, into tho stomach.
Cotton ail
King, a W Ander^'nl'n“
boats 3 and 13 to R?«
A B, brig. UEU W-
Ship H. rt .,, 8t£!ffiV,,
8h VrjSS B - MiaoU, Umi
"T®* **** H.vm^
Stoarn packet Savannah?FreSinj, c
CHARLESTON, Doc 1P..A
ranth, M’Naar, Bath, Me. 8*2*"’ 1
Schr Ostrich, Ellis, Nnssmtf n .
ahlp Uoht. Alorris, ofandfrom Cuii'71
Now Orleans, with a carao or ,..
loudly lost on the Be“,?dl&
uioel or tha cargo saved, andfetowl
Capt. Perkins remained at Nuw u "
..le^rcargo—Utenurt, and cr,„; to '«
. PJP k# !* c VandeAfit-U*
toil, NC.; Beaufort District ai«."
vlaBoanfortl Isis, Cltace, «L,vtoS
CM. barque Manta,Hlg,
.mjegtJogo.CobJfU^j
NEW-YORK, Dec. 14_t„
JWijgiiMdjW daft. Antwerp; 1
Hedlund, Stockholm, lOthlwt
Sherwood, 7 da lilt Savannah " °
BOSTON, Dee-U -Areskie,
Barker, New Orleans. *
C|d.ihip Afart'iaWashinxtonW 1
bareunaGulnara, Whcailami Nn&’l
In, Borry, Charleston. 1 ““A |
l or Afotv-YorkHS 1
A- The regular pseket bria?^jj
E
irtofhe
Commercial Journal.
dSteKKSSSj;
enroged, will meet with deiSeS
uf freight or passage, haviug^ wbwW
dattutis^pply onboard at Moo,?.X
L: I! U.iivi
.deb 10
LATEST D.tTES.
From Liverpool, Nov. 15 I Prom Mobile Dec. 5.
From Havre,.... Nov# U J From N. Orleans, Dec. 7.
For Darien,
WneT 5
SAVANNAH EXPORTS, DEC. 18.
Per ship Harriet, for Livcrpool—«Z7 bales Upland
Cotton.
Per George, for Liverpool—l.UAS balos Up
land Cotton.
Per barque Oxford, for II ivro—024 bales Upland
Cotton, 90 culp Rice.
. j^Pcr sloop Stranger, for Wilmington—3,000 bushe's
NEW*YORK, DEC. 14.—The demand
being principally confined to home consumption ope
rations are neceixarlly limited. 350 bags old Java
wero taken at 131 a 13|, 150 Maricabo at 10|, 40USt.
Domingo at 9 a 01,450 Laguira at 11, and l f l50 bags
Brazil, part of which wasTor export, at 9J a 10 Je.
Cotton.—^Although the amount brought bv rec
E rrivals has not yet beon offered In market, there has
een more animatlbn aud more busineia done; prices
have declined about Jc. ainco our last. Wo notice *JOO
bales Now-Orleaua at 10 a lie., and a few bales at 19
a 191,900 Florida at 10 a I0J, 50 Alabama at 9 a 10|;
fine Mobile may be quoted at 11 n 19 and 19| cents.
Flbnr,—Nearly In the week thero waa a cood de
mand for Western and Troy for ahipment to England
and France. Sales amounted to fully 7,000 bbls. at 5
91 a $0| for Weatorn, and5l to $0 for Troy, cash. In
formation boa beon received that all (or nearly nil) the
Flour on the canal, which had been previously looked
up in the ice, has been received In Albany, and little
doubt U expressed that it will reach this city. The
quantity U estimated at nearly 50,000 bbla, The mar
ket coniequantly closed heavily. Saloa of 600 bbls.
Georgetown were made yesterday at $01, time and
interest; 500 do. Petersburg at Cj, and 400do. West
ern Canal 5}; Southern has been but liulo enquired
for.
Molasses,—'Thore has been no change aince our Ian*
New-Orleans maybe quoted at 96c. and Porto Rico nt
the tame rates, at which small lots have been dispos
ed of. .
Oils.—Holders are asking an advance on Whalo
Oil, which has not yet been acceded to; 9,000 gallons
have been taken at 271c. cash. Linseed, both Amer
ican and foreign, rcmafnvdull; small loti of American
have been sold at 58c. caslL Olivo la in limited request
at 95c. 4 a 6 mo*.
VrovUlnn» ~There Usa buoU it* material alteration
in tite Provision market since our last; tales of meat
Beef have been made at 12 a 12Jc., and of Prime at
8 a 8J, and tome at price* % ahade lower. Pork, la
telling in moderate quantities at nurnuotalionrf; thore
it but a trilling demand for Lard, and but little it in
market. The arrival* of Dresied Pork have been
•mall, and the demand it limited, prices range from
51 toCc. Butter continues to come iu freely; ship
ping boa boon told at 19 o 14c.; Western nt 13 a 14c.j
Goshen, dairy 15 a 17, and for small choice lota 17 a 29
are asked.
Rice. -The sates since our last report amount to a-
bout 400 tea. nt from $3 to 3 18J, principally at the
latter price, for export. Some of the best parcels are
hold at $3 J, but there being none strictly prune in mar
ket, it caunot be obtained. Tbo stock «s moderate; at
the cto*c of last week, about 500 tea. having beon ship-
pod from first handa. Import, 1,404 tcs. mid 41 half
do. Rice,
Spirits,...The dullness which has for some weeks
oast characterized the market, continues; operations
being confined chiefly lo the t nde. We notice sales
of small lots of A. Soignctta Brundy at $1 40,50 half
pipes do. at l 37J, J. J. Dupuy at $1 18 a 1 20, 150
obb.WUkc Spanish Brandy, for export, at 75c. Do
mestic Whiskey remains at our quotations.
Sugar.—Wo nave to notice a continuance of the in
activity which before prevailed; the stock of Uhd. Su-
S ura is large, compared with that of last year at this
mo, but they are mostly of an inferior quality, few.
primo Sugars being in market. Tbo following are foe
transaction* of foe week: 250 hluls. Porto Rico ntfil
a 7J, 75 St. Croix at 8 a 9J, 150 New-Orleans (ola
crop) 5}, 70 Cuba Mnscovadoes at 6j a 7, 350 boxes
Brown Havana al7 a 0,150 White Havana at 10J a
lie.
Freights—‘To Europo aro brisk, nnd rates have n-
gain advanced. To Liverpool: Ootton Is taken at Jd
fd; Flaxseed, 9s a 10s; Naval Stores, 2s 6 e3s;Floar,
3jCa4s. To London: Naval Stores, 3s 0 a 4a 3;
Cotton, Jd a Jd; Flour, 3s 0 a 4s. To Havre: Cotton,
1 a ljn; Quercitron, $12; Anhea, $8 o $10; Rico, $U>;
Flour, $1. Freights to tho South are so very dull
that no correct rates can bo given. Vessels are taken
up to carry Cotton from New Orleans at 6-8.
o’clock. . M|
bpt. M.onboard, m a
l. balm
!£TMujor Asiwr, 2d Dragoons, returned fVom
a scout on Sunday last, hiving extended his ex
amination to Totnokn and New Smyrna. The
trail of nn Indian in pursuit of the negro Damon,
who inndo his escape from them, was visible Claghorn & Wood, J
about 15 miles. No other signs were discovered. ■& 1
—St. Augustine News, 13th inst.
CT A melancholy . cuso of suicide occurred
without the gates, on Tuesday text. A Mr. Jz-
noirr. Palmer of Now-York, who had been hero
but a short time, and who had recently exhibited
strong symptoms of alienation of mind, terminated
his lifo by banging himxolf.—/6ti.
wiU dop.TrTToT the -Abort ’ place TfMf)
MORNING at* past 5offi.po <
passage, apply to Cor* ,f *
wharf, or to
deo 19 *
For Darien, Brunswick, si!
l%oK. a0kSOUV1 " 0
b T* 10 stssraerlVANHOE,
afSSSSasSC. Bitiluy, wifi leave for t
eto-esTU-MUKROW,2,1th inst. Mil
M. For freight orpas.wao^o|^| y
N. B.—All freight pntnble hr ehippen. 1
Slave passengers must be cleared m ti.l
tom Ilottse.
ForCharlcston, via Bca..._
The splendid new itunl
SsSteSL BEAUFORT DI8TMCT1
Stmpmm, will leave for the ahovo |
Monday morning at 9 o'rioct.
passage, having splendid accomni
to JAS. A. FAWNS, /
Scolt’s...
N. B.—All slave passengers mart I* dr,
the C'lt.loin House. Freight rrerivrd in J
any hour during the day.
ForClinrloston, via Hilton IlJ
Beaufort and EdWt,
The elegant steam pitku
Chose, nr tutor, will ifqmrt M
ahoro places on MONDAY MOKNING
o'clock. For fVelght or passage, bavi
lent accommodations, npplv nn hoard, w
CLAGllORNiUl
N. B.—Allslavopnssengeramuitbe c
die Custom House,
deo 19
Stonili Pnchnt L
Permanent Arrangement between Sersu
Charleston.—Outside Passage.
Fai»* S8—Tnaoeoii is 9 Ilor-si.
Pq Tiro splendid steam natkrt
JL VANNAH, G. Frcelaiul, t
will depart for Charleston every Tit
Saturday at 6 o'clock in the morning;
will leave Charleston every Thtirsdsy and I
day same hour, l-’or freight or pomp,
0r ‘nov > ?6 ° rtt> COHEN &. FOSPICK
For Brans xvlck,St. jWnrya, Jmj
sonvlllc and Onrcy* Fetrfif
K C— p, Tho regular steam padcelfl
■VnBrtiTTi’. ester, Wambertts, mutrr J
depart for tho above placos on.Sunday,
nt 1 o’clock P. M. For freight or pa«f
having excellent accommodations, apply 08 w
at Hunter’s wharf, or to
CLAGIIORN & WOOD, Agent
All freight payablo by shipper*,
dec 19
To Bent, . . , -
Throo Dwelling Home*. App y JJ
leclO H.F.WtLUSH
Vi
CONSIGNEES PER RAIL ROAD CARS
Arrived yosterday—132 bales Cotton and mdzo
to Wimberly & Jones, R M l’liinizy. Lewlnn &.
Bohn, N A lltmloo, E Sinclair, Washburn, Lew
is it Co, Adams & Burroughs, A Hunter, and
II Best.
PASSENGERS
Pet steamboat Forester, from Black Creek—
Mrs Sallow, Mra Burke and servant. Col Dubig-
non, Messrs Philips,Hawkins,McIntosh, Ilolinee,
Wing, Soarlott, Roberts, Bellow, LeBleaux, Pit
man, Flagun, and deck.
Shipping Intelligence.
TOUT or. SA TASNAll,... .DEOKUDER IU, 18*0
ARRIVED SINCE OlJll LAST.
Barque Tusso, Conilry, Charleston. Ballast
tu Kuier & O'Driscoll.
Brig L Buldwin, Ba-sctt, New York.toL Bald
win. Mdzo to E Bliss &■ Co,CatiipncId & Noyle,
Cohen ifc Fosdiek, A Cliitinpioii, S D Corbitt,
r "~ ' “ ’” ' 1 Dickson, W Duncan, J
Holcombe, Hazard, Dcn-
Shaptnr, F Slteils, Snider, Lathrop Sc Nevilt,
Snider Si Nicliols, WTnylor, 8 W Wight,White
&Burtells, NBAH Wood, Weeds*. Morrell,
J Wagner, Washburn, Lewis &, Co, T Wood,
W T Williams.
Brig Exit, Sisson, Charleston.
Sloop Virginia, Chovi'ellor, Sutiliaa. 09 bales
doe 19
For Sale,
A MOST desirable Farm, «d"»*
Cedar Valley, Paulding County,intW“j
romantic ond beautiful portion or ® e .V 3
country. On die premise* ate all
ling housD) comfortably furuwlwd, anu *
brim and tliroshing machine. , . *.
elm5oSoclfofCntde,flngsand8h»^^*
select brood. Also, 0 mules nn)4 hnrat-
horse wagons, plmtgbs, tStc. Auo, a
bushels of corn, fodder, oats. pea*. P u "tP .
This FARM.consists of LAND
ty to any In Georgia, and tlio fonnt«
to an improved purchaser. Apply , al mn'i'ri
P. WILSON, Brunswick, or to Mr. 1
Cellar Town, Paulding County.
Brunswick, Dec. 10.
CT.Tho Savannah Jlopu-..——. w
Courier will pleaso iisort tho ‘.'t will I
for one raontb, nnd thn Darien *{^[? n r V'
four weekly insertions aud sond bi.l t“
this placo.
' Iteuattn- (1 _ i
T HE first Annual Rcgatti ofthe a - ^
Boat Club,’- will ftko P l “?'£jKwi
on tho Dili day of Jmtunry next, lor Uio
purses; 4 «jnO.
For floored boats,..
Entnutco $15, upon each ofthe „ otI ,J
of nny length or tnidio, may enter ft. h ^ r J
Proprietor# or llnalirwho 'L^ntaM *U
their boats for tho above purse*, b
fy tho same to tho undcWgnaJ at »«•
j'orn January 7th, or on fl»at day.
.,st»«r£rr;sx.»i.-i
Secretary St. M«ry» 1
deo 19 253f«L
Szrr l £. , sB?.»'gj,5fi
lonvo them at tlio Lottery an - ^ p rC .n
ofl*. B. P.ndergust, nnd they will 1
attended lo, or call ffagfif; fOLSOI
dee 19 «53tr Union Ferry W