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REPUBLICAN. . CLELAND, nr i, City avd Ci DECEMBER 19.: x«a). Paper, sa j r • . Goiratry r«|>e^ I»r Abu , f# 6 month*, (3. (r*TA01.t l.< ADVAXCK.) Aw slid Sea Aiosrt’ arutna, mppnrithotk Paper*. 83* Offic* mbe r artier of Bay »ad Tt.tUilreets, over Mr. 3. B, (l.udry's Store. 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