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(From the Baltimore Sun.)
Annual Report of the Secretary of War.
The Annual Report of the Hon. C. M. Conrad. :
Secretary of War. occupies four columns of the ,
National Intelligencer. It is a well written do
cument, but as many ofthe facts connected with
the movements of the army, which it specifies,
have been, from day to day during the year re
corded in the columns of the Sun, we must limit
ourselves to furnishing an abstract ofthe more
important recommendations and suggestions
which it makes.
The Secretary sets out with a column and a
half devoted to the subject which, he says, has
most engaged the attention of the Department
during the past year. viz.: the defence of Texas,
New Mexico, and the Mexican Territory adja
cent to our own, against the incursions of the
neighboring Indian tribes. These Indians, it is
remarked, unlike their race on this part of the
continent, are actuated not so much by hostility
to the whites as by motives of plunder. The
Secretary goes on to detail the steps taken to
bring these Indians to subjection. Congress hav
ing failed to authorise the raising of an additional
mounted regiment, as recommended, the regiment
of mounted riflemen on the Pacific was dispensed
with there, in view of the supposed peaceable
character of the California and Oregon Indians,
and ordered to Texas. Several outbreaks have,
however, lately occurred among these Indians,
but treaties have since been made with them.
Chains of military posts were also established by
the fifth Infantry from Arkansas westward into
Texas, and in New Mexico the same thing is
being done by Col. Sumner.
A post has also been established at thejunc- \
tion of the Gila and the Colorado, and examina
tion is to be made by the Pacific commander, as
to the practicability of another still higher up
the Gila. This is all done, looking, as far as prac
ticable, alike to the defence of our own territory
and that of Mexico, and the Secretary well re
marks :
“The United States have thus endeavored to
fulfil, to their fullest extent, the obligations im
posed upon them by their late treaty with Mexi
co. It surely was never contemplated that the
entire expense and responsibility of defending
her territory against these incursions should de
volve upon us. The language of the treaty ad
mits of no such construction, and, if it did, it
would require of us what it would be obviously
impossible far us to perform. As the U. States
have no right to station their troops within the
limits of Mexico, how is it possible for them,
entirely, to protect her against tribes, most of
whom occupy the vast desert lying between the
two countries ? All that we can do is to make
common cause with her; to make her wrongs our
own; to chastise, if possible, the tribes by whom
they are committed; to compel them, whenever
it is possible to do so, to make restitution of
Mexican prisoners and property; and finally, in
our treaties with them, to guard the interests of
Mexican citizens as carefully as those of our own,
and to punish any violation of the one as severe
ly as we do that of the other. It is manifest, too,
t hat whatever efforts we make for the protection
of Mexico, will not only be fruitless, but abso
lutely prejudicial, unless they are aided by cor
responding efforts on her part. The number of
cur military posts, the vigilance, activity, and
courage ol our troops, all tend to drive these ma
rauders from our border towards that of Mexico,
where they can carry on their depredations with
almost certain impunity.”
An idea too seems to have gone abroad among
the people of Mexico, that this Government was
bound by its treaty with Mexico to indemnify
citizens of that country who might sustain losses
by depredations of the I ndians, and the Secretary
says that irom information that has reached the
Department, there can be no doubt that, in some
instances, tales of depredations have been invent
ed, with a view of bringing fictitious claims for
damages against the Government.
It appears that the entire force stationed on
~ the Pacific amounts to only seven hundred and
thirty-six men. This force is deemed entirely
inadequate for protection, particularly in Oregon,
and the General-in-chief of the army therelore,
considers not onlv an additional regiment of cav
alry, but also an increase in the rank and tile of
the infantry and artillery as indispensably neces
•sary.
The entire number of men borne on the rolls
of the army, amount, to 10,538; which, accor
ding to the usual estimate, will furnish an effec
tive force of not more than 8,500 men. When
it is considered that this small force is scattered
over a frontier of several thousands of miles in
extent, its insufficiency will lie apparent.
The report then goes on to show the causes
which have produced the enormous increase in
jhe expenses of the army. These causes princi
pally, are—that nearly one-half the army is sta
tioned on our remote f rontier; the military posts
are removed far in| the interior of the country, i
from navigable rivers, or on the Pacific, where
they can only be reached by an overland journey
of hundreds of miles, or by a sea voyage, of i
thousands—and the military posts, instead of '
being situate in a productive section of country,
as formerly, are now, for the most part, where
but few supplies can lie obtained. The conse
quence is, that while in 1815 the cost of trans- ■
portation (of troo,w and supplies) was
*130,053 52
In 1850-51 it amounted to 2,091,108 51
In the former the cost of forage was.. .99,794 20 :
In the latter it was 1,287,327 91
The great increase in this last item arises not
only from ifthe causes just inentioiled, but , also
trom the great increase of animals in the Quar
termaster's department, which, in 1845, amount
ed only to 847, and in 1850-51 to upwards of
8,000; and also to the fact that the mounted force
has been greatly increased.
The great distance which troops have now to
be transported, in going to and from the several
posts, is another item tending largely to swell
the expense. It may be that the expenses of the
Quarter-master's and Commissary Departments
have been increased by mal-administration on
the part of the numerous agents; and to ascertain
the facts, a rigid scrutiny has been directed. The
department has reasons to fear that its appre
hensions in this particular are not altogether un
founded. i
From statements carefully prepared by the
different bureaus of the department, it appears
hat the increased expenditures in the army re
sulting from our newly acquired territory, (in
cluding Texas,) amounted to 54,556,709 75.
Attention is called to the inadequate appro
priation made to the Quartermaster's Depart
ment at the last session, which will have to be
supplied at the present session.
The Secretary, to carry out the wishes of Con
gress, to reduce the exjienses of the army, has
cut down the number of enlisted men in the or
dinance department to the original number of
250 from 587, the number in service during the
Mexican war. Six of the eight Light Artillery
■■onqianies existing during the war, have been
dismounted. The original number was four.
Two of those dismounted, however, will be re
mounted so soon as means are provided. The
number of clerks and others from civil life em
ployed in various capacities, has been greatly
reduced. The cultivation of farms, by troops, at
the frontier posts, if successful, will also consi
derably reduce the present expenses. Various
other reductions, too tedious to have
likewise been made; but the Secretary says it is
not to be disguised that a great laxity of expense
and disregard of regulations exists in the ai my—
to remedy which, the department, seconded by
the superior officers, has exerted itself, and which I
lias so far been successful that the Secretary has •
the satisfaction to announce that the estimates ;
of the department for the next fiscal year are ;
considerably below the expenditures of the
present and preceding years.
The expenditures for the support of the army lor
the fiscal year ending 30th June
last, were $9,060,268 58 ■
The estimates for the next year are. 7,896,775 83 i
Showing a reduction of 51,161,492 75 I
There are some other measures of economy |
which the department would have carried out, ;
had the aid ot legislation not been necessary to ?
enable it to do so.
Authority is asked for the Executive to abolish
useless arsenals; and the previous recommenda
tion lor power to enlist men specially as team- i
sters again renewed. The removal of obstruc
tions in the Red River and the Rio Grande is
also suggested, as a matter of economy.
But whatever reductions Congress may make,
says the Secretary, the expenses must continue j
to be enormous so long as it is necessary that so ■
large a portion of our troops should be stationed
on the frontier. He therefore suggests that
every facility and encouragement should be at- |
forded to the formation oi a local militia, in .
which our new possession*, like all the Mexican j
States, are very deficient. Ou this subject, the
Secretary remarks:
“As the first step towards the accomplishment
of this object, I would recommend that the Exe
,-iiti ve be authorised to distribute arms among the
inhabitants. lam fully persuaded that the advan
tages that would result from the adoption of this
measure, in familiarising the [>eople with the use
of arms, in inspiring them with confidence, and
iu encouraging the formation of militia com
panies, would more than compensate for the
trifling expense that would attend it. The very
tart that the inhabitants were known to be
armed. would teud to intimidate tlie Indians.
The distribution should, of course, be made with
such precautions as would prevent their being
sold or converted to an improper use.''
The Secretary is ot opinion that policy and hu
manity both require that we should employ
some other means of putting a stop to these de- i
predations than the terror of our arms. We j
should try the effect of conciliatory measures.
There is no doubt that the Indians are frequent
ly impelled to commit depredations by despair
and hunger.
The Indians are often compelled by the whites
to leave land which afford* nourishment to cattle
and game, and seek refuge in arid plains and
mountain* This is jwrticularly the case m
Texas The Vluted States, as the ow nets of the
jiublic ilomain. have always acted on the princi
ple that the aboriginal race had at least a right
«U aoupmay in the soil.and when it was needed
ku settlement this right has been extinguished
by voluntary sale. Texas, on the contrary, as
the owner of all the vacant lands within her limits
ackuowiedges.it is said, no such right, and she
ha*, from time to time, taken possession of the
territory occupied by the Indians, laid it off into
counties, and proceeded to survey and sell it.—
Nothing could be more calculated to alarm and
exasperate ti.e Indians, and to bringalxxit colli
sions between them and the white settlers, than
the adoption of this policy. That such has been
and must cxitinue to be its consequence, there
can be no doubt It would seem, therefore. to be
for the advantage both of Texas herself and of
the United States, that these Indians should be
left iu undisturbed jxwresanxi of a small portion i
ui her »art territory i I
The Secretary, therefore, recommends mea- ]
sures to be taken to furnish, lor a series of years, s
food and other necessaries to such Indians as will s
abandon their predatory habits and cultivate the :
I soil. Authentic information, recently received at i
the Department, leads to the belief that these I
tribes are far less numerous than they are gener
ally supposed to be, and be has no doubt (laying
aside considerations of humanity) that it would
be far less expensive to feed than to light them.
The Military Academy, which the Secretary
visited last summer, is highly commended. He
also visited the national armories at Springfield
and Harper's Ferry, and says he cannot speak in
terms of too high praise of the order and regu
larity that prevail at those establishments, and of
the admirable economy with which they are con
ducted.
The operations ofthe Bureau of Topographical
Engineers have been various and important du
ring the last year.
The survey of the northern lakes, and various
other surveys, are referred to as in progress, and
an increase in the number of topographical engi
neers and commissaries recommended.
The site for the military asylum, near Wash
ington, has been purchased, and as soon as the
titles shall have been examined and approved,
the agreement will be carried into effect.
The expediency of creating a retired list of
disabled officersis renewed again, as it will con
duce to the efficiency and economy of the ser
vice-
The act giving additional pay to the officers
and men stationed in California, has expired, and
it is recommended that it be continued in force,
and also be made to include New Mexico.
The report closes by referring to the fact that
the number ot arms distributed to the several
States, under the act of 1808, are based upon the
number of their “effective militia;'’ but. in conse
j quenceol the imperfect returns, the distribution
is very unequal. It is therefore recommended
that the number of free white male inhabitants
in the seveial States, between certain ages,
hereafter be the basis of distribution.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore .American.]
Thirty Second Congresss —First Session.
Washington, Dec. 1,1851.
SENATE.
This day commenced the first session of the
Thirty Second Congress.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Mr. Buttler.
The Senate was called to order by the Hon.
W. R. King, of Alabama, President pro tem
pore.
The following credentials were presented. ■
By Mr. Seward; of the Hon. Hamilton Fish, ■
of New York.
By Mr. Atchison, of Hon. Henry S. Geyer, |
of Missouri.
By Mr. Chase, ofthe Hon. Benjamin Wade, j
of Ohio. j
By Mr. Miller, of Hon. Robert F. Stockton, 1
of New Jersey.
By Mr. Clarke; of Hon. C. T. James, of Rhode j
; Island. |
By Mr. Cass; of Hon. Charles Sumner, of ,
• Massachusetts. And Messrs. Fish, Wade, Sum- ■
i ner, James and Geyer appeared and took the '
oath prescribed.
Mr. Morton presented the certificate of the
Governor of Florida of the election of Hon.
' Stephen R. Mallery as a Senator from that State
for six years from 4th March last. Also, a cer
| titled copy ofthe proceedings of the Legislature
( of that State in the said election; the said record
being claimed by the Hon. D. L. Yulee as evi
! dence of his having been elected to that office.
| Mr. Bright moved that both papers be referred
I to a select committee of five.
Mr. Clay opposed the motion, and argued that
Mr. Mallery, having the Governors certificate,
was entitled to be sworn now.
Mr. Berrien and Mr. Mason both agrued
' against the admission of Mr. Mallery to the seat
until the matter had been investigated. They
did not consider, in this case, the Governor's
certificate the best evidence.
Mr. Foote and Mr. Hale cited the case of Mr.
Shields, two years ago, as conclusive that the
member having the certificate was entitled to be
sworn in.
Mr. Seward advocated the motion for a com
i mittee.
Mr. Bright withdrew his motion, and Mr.
f Mallery was sworn in.
Mr. Bright moved the appointment of a select
committee of five memebers to whom are to be
’ referred the papers in this case, which motion
was adopted, and to-morrow at one o’clock was
■ fixed for the election of the committee,
i Mr. Foote introduced a joint resolution direct
-1 ing the appointment of a committee ofthe two
• > Houses of Congress to wait upon Kossuth on his
arrival, communicate to him in the name of the
i people of the United States assurance of the
i most profound respect, and tender him in the
name of the people ofthe United States the hos
pitalities of the Metropolis ofthe Union.
i Twelve o’clock was fixed as the hour of meet-
• >ng«
Mr. Gwin gave notice of a number of Califor
nia bills.
After which, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Precisely at 12 o’clock the Clerk of the House
called the roll, when there appered 218 mem
bers, who preceded to the choice of a speaker.
Mr. Campbell, of Illinois, nominated Mr.
Stevens, of Pennsylvania; and Mr. Jones, of
Tennessee, nominated Mr. Boyd, ot Kentucky,
for the office of Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
Mr. Jones, in proposing Mr. Boyd, stated that
he dad so not because he had been. normmited by
the caucus which was held on
j because he considered him a trustworthy and
staunch democrat.
Mr. Brooks, of New York, stated that the
whigs had held a caucus this morning and had
passed a resolution agreeing to the compromise
measure, and stated that, actuated by the same
principles, which had been avowed by the gen
tleman from Tennessee, he should vote for the
member he had nominated.
Mr. Meade, of Virginia, viewed the resolution
which had been jiassed by the whigs as a sort of
ruse, by which to mislead the South, and said he
felt bound to rise and expose the finesse.
A discussion of some length ensued, in which
Messrs. Meade, Brooks, Richardson, Ca be lie and
Fowler took part, for the purpose of defining the
position of gentlemen themselves, and the party
with which they are connected, relative to the
Compromise measures, which, however, was cut
short by Mr. Giddings, who said ample oppor
tunity would be afforded for discussing the sub
ject, which had already occupied too much time
illegitimately, and which would, hefpledged him
self, be repeatedly brought up before two months
had elapsed
The votes were then taken for Speaker, when
118 were cast for Mr. Boyd, and 91 for various
other members, among whom were Messrs.
Evans and Bowie,of Maryland.
The Speaker was then conducted to the Chair
by Messrs. Disney and Stanly, and was sworn
bv Mr. Giddings, being the oldest member ofthe
House.—He then; in a neat speech, returned
thanks for the confidence with which he had been
honored, and accepted the situation to which he
had been elevated, with a fixed determination to
promote the ends for which they were assem
bled, in a manner agreeable to themselves and
advantageous to their common country.
Resolutions were then passed for notifying the
President and Senate that the House wasorganiz
ed: after which the choice of a Oerk was pro
ceeded with, which resulted in the choice of Mr.
Forney, who had 120 votes, Walker 72, and
j there were more scattering.
When the motion was made to continue the
i rules as hitherto in force, Mr. Giddings moved
an amendment, that the subject be referred to a
committee to amend the same, pursuant to a )**-
tition from his constituents ta that effect. The
“previous’’ question being subsequently carried,
the original motion was put, and the former rules
• adopted.
After the election of the other officers the
• House adjourned till to-morrow at 12 o’clock.
Washington, Dec. 2. 1851.
SENATE.
Mr. Hunter, of Pa., appeared in his seat to-day.
A message was received from the House an
nouncing the election of Speaker and Clerk; and
I also the appointment of a committee to wait on
I the President and inform him that Congress was
■ ready to receive any communication he might
have to make.
Mr. Bright moved, and a similar committee
I was appointed on the part ofthe Senate. Messrs.
I Bright and Miller comprising the committee.
Mr Atchison moved, and tomorrow at 1
o’clock was fixed for the election of chaplain.
Mr. Foote gave notice that on tomorrow be
would ask leave to introduce a joint resolution
expressing the sympathy of Congress in behalf
i of Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and other exiled
. Irish patriots.
The Senate then proceeded to ballot for the
select committee on the contested election of
Senator from Florida and upon counting the bal
lots, Messrs. Bright. Mason. Berrien. Davis and
Pearce, were found to be choden.
The annual message of the President of the
U. S. was then received from the private secre
tary of the President, and was read.
On motion by Mr. Pearce, 10.000 extra copies
of the message and accompanying documents
were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Foote then introduced his joint resolution
making arrangements for the reception and en
tertainment oi Governor Kossuth.
He gave notice of a resolution declaring the
acts ot September, 1850, known as the “com
promise.’’ to be a definite settlement of all ques
iona growing out of the system of domestic
; atlavery.
And then the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In yesterday's report it was, by mistake, sta
ted that Mr. Campbell, of Illinois, nominated Mr,
Stevens tor the Speakership. It should have
been Mr. Campbell of Ohio.
After the journal had been read, those members
who were in attendance, and who were not i
present yesterday, were sworn in.
A message was received from the Senate noti
fying the Housed the appointment of a joint
committed to wait upon the the President of tne
United States.
Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, called the atten
tion of the House to the incorrectness which must ;
necessarily arise from the want ot’ proper accom- '
the reporters, and moved a resolu
tion pro' ding seats for them within the body of ‘
the Mouse. This was so modified as to limit the
number to two; but when the question was !
eventually taken, it was lust. there being 62 j
voting in the affirmative. and 72 in the negative.
When the usual motion ot S3O to each member i
with which to supply him with the papers of the
day. was offered. Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee, mo
ved to substitute SSO.
Mr. Bowie, ot' Md.. thought the time bad ar- •
rived when members should raise their voice in
tavor ot' economy, and that this was a proptr op- I
portunity to do so against extravagance. Last
session, he said, the members had voted them
selves SIOO each, for the purchase of books, in
accordance with precedent; and now another
donation was proposed by the resolution before
the House. No one would contend, he said, that
five|daily papers were required to enable a mem
ber to inform himself as to what was taking
place. He looked upon the present motion as
shadowing forth farther extravagances; and, un
less some check were created, the contingent ex
penses of the House would call up the rebuke of
the constituency.
Mr. Hunter, of Ohio, expressed a hope that
the economy that had just been spoken of was
not a picayune saving, but that when the ex
travagant estimates of the army and navy came
under consideration, the opponents of extrava
gance would be actuated by the principles which
they now profess.
Mr. Carter, of Ohio, was of opinion that the
object ofthe resolution was to remunerate certain
papers, and to pay for the employment of repor
ters to draw portraitures of members. He was
opposed to supplying them with newspapers.
Mr. Clarke, of lowa, hoped that the members
would do nothing at the first meeting ofthe pre
sent session of Congress to injure themselves in
the estimation of the country. He thought the
lowest amount that had been proposed would be
abundant for the supply of members, and would
vote to that extent.
Mr. Stratton, of New Jersey, thought that
members, in carrying out retrenchment, should
commence with themselves, and would vote
against all precedents.
At length all further discussion was cut off by
the “previous question,” and the sense of the
House was being taken on an amendment pro
posed by Mr. Hall, of Missouri substituting three
daily papers for the sum proposed, when the
message from the President of the United States
was received, and all other business was suspen
ded. and the clerk proceeded to read that impor
tant document.
Mr. Bayley moved that the Message be refer
red to the Committee on the State of the Union,
and that fifteen thousand additional copies be
printed: which was carried. The drawing for
seatj w • | ostponed till half-mat twelve o’clock
to-morrow, and the House adjourned till twelve
—the usual hour of meeting.
Washington. Dec. 3, 1851.
, SENATE.
Hon. Mr. Stockton, of New Jersey, appeared
to-day and was sworn.
A number of notices of bills w’ere given.
The joint resolution of Mr. Foote, making ar
! rangements for the reception and entertainment
i of Kossuth, was taken up.
■ Mr. Foote moved to fill the blanks so that the
- Senate committee should consist of three Sena-
I tors, and the House of five members.
i Mr. Dawson opposed the resolution. Such
' honors were never conferred on any one before,
i save Lafayette. Kossuth was in no way identi
i tied with this Government, or its establishment,
: as was Lafayette, Kossuth was a great man, and
! all sympathised with him, but he thought enough
i had been done by sending a national vessel for
j him to show our respect, &c. He had nothing
against Kossuth, but he objected to the manner
of extending him this great honor.
Mr. Hale proposed to amend it by adding to it
that tae,committee assure Kossuth ofthe sympa
thy we feel for all victims of oppression, and that
ft is the earnest desire of this Government that
the day may shortly arrive when the rights of
man may be universally recognised and respec
ted .
Mr. Foote replied to the objections of Mr.
Dawson. Kossuth was pre-eminently distin
, guished for all the virtues of warrior and states
’ man. Kossuth had been invited to our shores,
and it was proper that something be done to
provide for his reception. He denounced the
amendment suggested by Mr. Hale as the result
of a desire to fasten upon this resolution the
peculiar notions of the base and miserable faction
who had been laid bare by the recent legislation
of Congress.
Mr. Hale replied, defending his amendment.
Mr. Foote rejoined, and said that the Senator
from New Hampshire could not deny that the
purposed object of his amendment was to obtain
an expression of sympathy for a certain popula
tion in the Southern States.
Mr. Cass followed in supjiort of the resolution
and in opposition to the amendment, as improper
1 and unjust.
Mr. Underwood addressed the Senate in op
position to the resolution. He was opposed to
all interference, by resolution or by act, with the
affairs of other nations.
Messrs. Foote, Cass and Underwood made ex
planations, and then, without taking the vote,
' the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Among the Bills,the titles of which were read
by the clerk as having been introduced yester
. day, was one for bestowing on Louis Kossuth,
the privileges of a citizen ofthe United States.
Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, moved a Joint Reso
lution, explanatory of the Act of 1850, granting
bounty lands to discharged soldiers, having for
its object to permit the sale and transfer of lands,
previous to settlement thereon, and providing for
the remuneration of persons appointed to survey
the same. The latter part of the resolution con- t
tlicting with the rules of the House, Mr. Harris
• projiosed to modify it; which produced a short
discussion, during which half past twelve arriv
ed, and members proceeded to draw for seats.
The House having resumed, Mr. Richardson
of Illinois, said although he was disposed to doubt
the propriety of the Speaker having the appoint
(Swrent ofthe Standing Committees, y£t he should
propose the usual resolution to that effect, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. Harris not being allowed to modify his
Resolution relative to bounty lands, moved that
the House go into Committee on the State ofthe
Union; which was negatived.
The amendment which had been proposed on
a former day, to the resolution, authorising the
clerk to provide papers for members, to the
amount of fifty dollars, again came up fur discus
sion; and the ayes and nays being ordered, there
were 53 votes in the affirmative and 139 in the
negative.
Mr. Stanton of Kentucky then moved forty
five dollars, which was carried.
Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, moved to lay the
■ resolution on the table—negatived.
The ayes and nays being called on the passage
, of the resolution, there were 87 in the affirma
tive and 109 in the negative.
On motion of Mr. Richardson, of Kentucky,
the House resolved to adjourn over till Saturday
next, to enable the Speaker to appoint the Stand
ing Committees.
A committee was appointed to inquire into
the practicability of providing seats for the Con
gressional Reporters within the Bar. On motion
the House adjourned.
Washington, Dec. 4, 1851.
SENATE.
Messrs. Badgerand Douglas appeared in their
seats to-day.
The Chair laid before the Senate a number of
Executive documents—being the lists of invalids,
widows and orphans on the naval pension lists;
copies of the accounts of the Treasurer of the
United States;“report of the Superintendent of
the Coast Survey, and report of public expendi- .
tures by the Governor of Oregon Territory; all
of which were read and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Underwood introduced a joint resolution,
making land warrants assignable.
Mr. Clemens gave notice of a joint resolution
inqutsing on Major Gen. Scott the brevet rank of
Lieutenant General.
Mr. Gwina introduced a number of California
i bills.
, Mr. Fish gave notice of a bill to establish a
branch mint in New York.
Mr. Foote introduced liis joint resolution ex
-1 pressiveof the sympathy ot Congress for Smith
O’Brien and the other exiled Irish patriots.—
, Also his resolution declaring the compromise
acts a definite settlement of the questions grow
ing out of the institution of domestic slavery,
whith was made the special order for Monday
next. Mr. F. announced that it was his inten
tion to leave the Senate en the 20th inst.
' I Mr. Hale submitted a resolution, which was
. laid over, inquiring whether the law abolishing
flogging bad been violated by any naval officer.
11 The joint resolution providing for the recep
’ tion and entertainment of Kossuth was taken
' up.
Mr. Foote said, as the resolution could not be .
acted on by the House in time, and as it met
with unexpected opposition, he had concluded to
• withdraw it. and leave te do so was granted.
Mr. Seward gave notice of a joint resolution
extending to Kossuth a cordial welcome to the
‘ ; capital and country.
' After an ineffectual effort to go into the elec
tion of Chaplain, the Senate adjourned.
‘ The House did not set to-day, having yester
day adjourned over until Saturday.
[From Uie New York Herald, sth
Arrival of the Steamer Humboldt.
The United States mail steamship Humboldt.
Captain Lines, arrived at this port about two o’-
! clock this morning.
She left Havre at 8 A. M., on the 20th ultimo;
' (h a ' ing been detained one day by the shortness
] ot the tides on the French coast) crossed the
i English channel, and anchored in Cowes roads at
’4p. M. ofthe same day. Having taken on
! board the English mails, she departed thence at
■ fl P. M.
gKofisuth. the illustrioas Hungarian patriot
and leader, is a passenger by the Humboldt. He
is accompanied by Madame Kossuth, and by M.
j and Madame Pufski. together with his Aide-de
i Camps and Secretaries, in all thirteen persons.
As the Humboldt came up the bay, Kossuth j
was saluted by the discharge of twenty-one •
guns, which was returned on the part ofthe stea- ; 1
mer. On his arrival at Staten Island, a
number of the people, notwithstanding \ '
ness of the hour, rushed down to the dock to ■ :
welcome him. Dr. Boene. the Health Officer
at Quarantine, addressed the noble guest, to
which the latter replied in a brief and appropri
i ate manner. His fellow countrymen, who have ‘
been for some time awaiting his arrival in this ‘
city—our citizen soldiery, and the others present,
seemed perfectly frantic with joy. and made the 1
’ neighboring shores re-echo with their shouts of j s
admiration and delight. 1
Lolo Montez, the celebrated dansuese. Bava- i s
; rian exile, and European political reformer, is ■ 1
also among the passengers in the H.
A&ir« in France.
The news from France is of an exciting char- | ]
acter. The most stormy debate ever known. ; J
i even in French parliamentary annals, had taken t
place in the legislative Assembly, upon the h
! of the question for appointing an v
•umed force for the protection of the Assembly, p
Vhe project, if carried, would have had the effect c
j of exciung civil war. inasmuch as the legislative f ii
would have arrayed against the executive dow- n
rr*. a military force, and a collision must have n
i resulted, the cud of which so one cau toreaee. ’ft
The measure was, however, rejected by a majori
ty of one hundred and eight votes, and thus
Louis Napoleon and his ministry completely
trumphed. It was understood, that if the vote
had been carried, the President would instantly
have taken steps to render it nugatory; in fact a
coup (Vental was actually contemplated by Louis
Napoleon, which, if successful, (and there is lit
tle doubt but it would have succeeded,) would
have settled the question of French politics alto
gether for the present, and established either a
military dictatorship or the Empire. The Na
tional Assembly has so lost ground by its abor
tive intrigues against the President, that his posi
tion is now pronounced by his bitterest oppo
nents, for the moment to be stronger than ever it
was since bis election, and appearances seem to
justify the belief that, unless he is guilty of some
act of indiscretion, nothing can prevent his re
election to the Presidency, even if some more
certain and perpetuated appointment be not con
ferred upon him as ruler of the destinies ol
France. The rageand hostility ot the several
factions of the Assembly are, however, unboun
ded, and it is hard to say what may be the next
phase in the conflict going on.
Marshal Soult was dangerously ill and his de
cease was hourly expected.
All important operations in commerce appear
to have been suspended in Paris, in consequence
of the uncertainty which existed relative to the
differences between the executive and legislative
powers. The principal merchants and manu
facturers, were beginning to feel uneasy at this
situation of affairs, and the orders generally given
at the conclusion of the year were withheld.—
The number of foreigners was daily increasing
in Paris, and the shoemakers were beginning to
complain. The manufacturers of the provinces
were also complaining. Affairs were somewhat
better at Lyons, where large orders had been re
ceived from the United States. The exhibition
of manufacturers which the Americans are or
ganizing in New York, to be held next spring?
had given increased activity to speculation. In
the French grain and wine markets there was
no change of importance.
Further per—Steamer Niagara.
New York, Dec. 6,1 A. M.
The steamer Niagara, Ryrie, has arrived i
bringing 3 days later from Europe.
Markets.—Cotton during the week had been I
firm but unchanged in price; sales 40,000 bales, ]
of which 7000 were on
lands 5d.; fair Orleans s}d.
Breadstuff's were firm with a good business.
Provisions dull and unchanged.
Trade in Manchester was very satisfactory.—
Money was easy and bank stocks and railway i
shares were advancing. Consols for account
closed at 985 a99-
General News.—The Russians have again ,
' been defeated by the Circassians with terrific
• loss.
The news from England is of no importance
France.—The “Constitutionnell” states that
there is a flagrant conspiracy in the Assembly
: against the President. The editor of La Pro- i
i vince, a Socialist journal, had been sentenced to
; 1 month imprisonment and a fine of 2000 francs
: for an article offensive to the President and the
Republic.
The law restricting the exercise of suffrage
■ would be repealed.
, Two steamers had come in collision at Mar
seilles; one of them sunk, and all on board per-
■ ished.
Spain.—Madrid accounts state that the Span
ish Government had pardoned on the demand oi
? Lord Howden,23 English subjects who had taken
I part in rhe Cuba expedition. Several thousand
stand of arms had been embarked at Cadiz for
Cuba.
Italy.—lt is announced that the Grand Duke
Leopold of Tuscany intends to abdicate.
Denmark. —Another Ministerial crisis had oc
curred.
New York, Dec. 5.
The Patriot Kossuth at New York. —His
' Speeches.—Kossuth has been occupied during
j the entire day in delivering speeches and re
ceiving the visits ofthe people. An address to
the noble chief was delivered by Major Hagadon,
in which the speaker took strong ground in fa
vor of non-interventfon. Kossuth replied as fol
lows: “To you, sir. I have but simply to return
my thanks and through you to those who were
. pleased to send you on so pleasant a mission. 1
have simply to return thanks because you have
anticipated all those feelings which it would
, have been my task to endeavour to have the
, people of the U. States entertain. If the senti
ments you express are t hose of your people, I
have nothing to ask. Then I will have almost
to thank you for the realization of those senti
’ ments. Rhe reception I have already exjierienc
ed relieves me of much anxiety. If the doctrine
of non-intervention is understood as you state it.
| then the generous and efficient aid ofthe United
States for my country’s suffering independence
is secured.
Ilf.. ...11l U.<4i-i>ir<rl** Whil’ 11
We will have fair pay in the struggle winch
we have yet to light, and that is all the people ol
Hungary want. I know your history. To-be
sure, there is much likeness in our past struggle
and your glorious effort for independence; but
there is also a great difference. That difference
is that in the stormy period of your revolution
, you met iriends: but Hungary did not. Yon met
with fleets, auxiliary troops, arms, money, and
peace negotiations in your aid. We were for
saken and alone. We were abandoned by tho
whole world. But what to our past was wanting,
we may yet see bestowal upon our future. There
will soon be occasion and opportunity for it, be
cause 1 feel confident that one lost battle, or one
lost campaign, does not
often stimulates them to greater actions, and I
am strong in the hope that Hungary will yet be
free. I will cling to my motto, which I received
from a laborer of Marseilles, “There is not dif
ficulty to him who wills.” In respect to your
tendered vuard of honor, 1 will not request it, nor
will 1 decline it. I feel honored by every mark
of attention, by every token of kindness, from
the American people. In conclusion, then, sir,
permit me to say, accept my best wishes for
your country's glory and personal happiness.
Kossuth was again addressed this morning by
Dr. Breminghousen in behalf of the adopted citi
zens of the United States, to which he appro
priately replied in German. The grand public
reception in this city will probably come oil’ on
Monday next. Kossuth will deliver his great
speech at 3 o’clock to-day. He may not perhaps
come up to the city before Monday next.
[E/w/i the N. O. Picayune,'3d riw/.]
Later from Mexico.
We have received our files of Mexican jour
nals. from the capital of Mexico, to the 18th
November.
The Chamber of Deputies of Congress had re
jected a proposition to adjourn on the loth ult.
The Chamber had been engaged in discussing
the bill for the regulation of the public debt, anti
had passed it and sent it to the Senate. The
I'ruit d‘Union promises to give the whole bill
when it shall have become a law.
There had been two slight earthquakes at
Mexico and Puebla. The Pope’s nuncio, Mon
signor Clementi, had arrived at the capital, after
having been joyously greeted on the route from
Vera Cruz. He was received in state, by Presi
dent Aris*a, the day after his arrival, and each
functionary’ addressed the other in a harangue
■ couched in appropriate terms. His arrival has
given rise to an animated discussion in the jour
nals.
The Trait says that the Porvenir of Vera Cruz
states, that a private letter from Tampico an
nounces that, during theseige of Matamoras, by
Carvajal, the French and American Consuls, at
Matamoras, were eye-witnesses of the sack and
. pillage of their consular offices.
The Chamber of Deputies had referred to a
special committee, a proposition authorizing the
1 Government to subscribe tor forty shares in the
i electric telegraph line of Juan de la Granja.
| A resolution to create Gen. Avalos a Briga
dier, and to bestow on the city of Matamoras the
title of “heroic,” had been strenuously opposed by
Arrangoiz. who insisted it was an unpardonable
crimeon the part of Avalos to rescind, temporari
ly. the tariff of imposts on importations.
The intelligence ofthe retreat of Carvajal, had
been received at the capital, and tended to tran
quilize the public mind.
The Mexican cabinet had transmitted to Con
gress a proposition for a law to raise an “army
' of reserve." to consist of 78,000 infantry, 20,000
cavalry, and 9000 artillery.
i The journals contain the usual quantity of rob
i beries on the highways.
A conducta had arrived at Vera Cruz, from
Mexico and Puebla, bringing two millions and a
half of dollars.
Tkhuantkpkc.—The Governor of Qajacajbad
lately visited Tehuantepec, and issued various
decrees for the pacification of the Isthmus.
The Universal quotes an article irom the Pa
cific Star, which states that the Mayor of Mazat
i lan, Don C. Irribarren, had exacted an ounce of
I gold from each of the passengers who came ashore,
I from the last steamer, at that port, on the voyage
I from San Francisco, before he would permit them
! tore-embark. The Star comments in indignant
i terms upon this imposition.
A steam guarda-costa was daily expected at
Vera Cruz from New York.
The cholera was or. the decline at Mazatlan.
[From the N. O. Delta. 2d msf.]
From Texas.—By the steamship Meteor
Captain Forbes, we have our Texas exchanges.
Our Galveston dates are to the 25th ult. The
News of that date has the following paragraphs
in relation to affairs on the Rio Grande:
Later from the Rio Grande. — By the arrival of'
the schooner Uncle Bilk Capt. Wood, we learn
that Gen. Uraga had arrived at Matamoros with
SOO men. one mortar and several pices of artil
lery to reinforce Gen. Avalos. General Carva
jal was in the neighborhood of Camargo and
daily receiving reinforcements. He is occupy
ing all the roads leading to Matamoros. Briga- .
dier Gen. Ford has gone into Texas to raise men
and was expected back in four weeks. He pro
bably went to San Antonio. No general action
will occur until Ford returns.
It was rumored that Avalos would pursue and
attack Carvajd. The Mexican troops in Mata
moros number about two thousand Carvajal
had not.at last advice-, more than five or six >
hundred men under his command. The uni ver- ;
sal opinion, on the Texas side of the Rio Grande
is. that Carvajal will ultimately triumph, and I
sympathy, in his behalt, is the predominant feel- j
ing.
Businessat Brownsville was dull.
The’Affair of the Promethei s — Naral
Force Ordered to San Juan. — We learn from the
Republic, that immediately on receipt of the in- .
telligence of the firing on this vessel by the Brit
ish brig of war Express, a competent naval force
was. by the President's direction, ordered to re
pair to San Juan de Nicaragua, to protect Ameri- ;
can vessels from like outrages for the future, and .
inquiries were addressed to the British govern
ment to ascertain whether the conduct ofthe com- I
manderof the Express was prompted by orders ■
from his government. ‘
GEOii(HA LEGISLATURE.
Legislative Proceedings.
Milledgeville, Dec. 4,1851. X
The consideration of the bill which was the
principal topic of debate on yesterday afternoon,
was resumed to-day. Several members participated
in the labor of improving and perfecting the bill
and substitute reported by the Judiciary Committee.
I send you a copy of both, that you may spread
them before your readers, should you think it ad
visable before the final action of the House upon
them. From present signs, I would not be surpris
ed at the consumption of the remainder of this
week in the making of elaborate speeches on the
merits of this bill. It is a fair presumption that
Messrs. Seward, McDougald, Tift, Russell, Robinson,
of Macon, Mobley, Henry, Meriwether, Hill,. Har
per, Bartow and Janes, who have all had more or
less agency in bringing the bill to its present shape,
will be prepared to deliver some views upon it, when
it shall have come up on its passage.
In order to hasten the action of the House, and
bring up the main question at once, Mr. Harper
moved to postpone the substitute of the Judiciary
Committee, indefinitely. Whereupon, an interest
ing and animated discussion sprang up between
Messrs. McDougald, Harper and Meriwether on
one side, and Messrs. Hill, Seward and Bartow, on
the other. The vote being taken, the yeas were 57,
nays 58.
I send you a copy of the report of the Superin
tendant of the Lunatic Asylum, which, you will
• find, on perusal, to embody some useful suggestion
i in regard to the policy of our State towards this
i institution—a proud monument of her benevolent
| and philanthropic intentions, I have had the
pleasure, through the'eourtesy |of its efficient and
intelligent Superintendent, of a personal examina
tion of its internal regulation, organization and
management, and take occasion to bear testimony to
the successful ability with which it is controlled in
all its departments. Cleanliness and order in its
i several apartments, cheerfulness and contentment
j marked in most of the countenances of its inmates
—with fewer exceptions too, than one would expect
■ to find among this class of our unfortunate fellow
j creatures—meet the ‘Satisfied visitor wherever he
may move. The institution is susceptible of nu
merous improvements before it can be regarded as
occupying that enlarged sphere of usefulness origi
nally contemplated by its humane and charitable
projectors. It is earnestly to be hoped that the
representatives of the people will believe the public
mind to be prepared in sustaining them in any le
gislative effort they may make to build up the State
Asylum on a scale worthy of a great, growing and
enterprising State, a liberal and enlightened people.
• and a Christian age.
The Senate did nothing more than pass bills of a
local character, and read bills of the House the
first and second times.
Three o’clock, P. M.
I send you the printed report of the Committee
appointed to examine into the affairs of the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, and also the bill reported by
them to increase the appropriation to that institu
tion.
I suspect the favorablcncss of the report is, in a
great measure, predicated upon an examination of
Deaf Mutes, conducted, a short time since, by Mr.
Fanning, the accomplished Principal of the Asylum,
in the presence of. a large attendance of members
of the Legislature and other citizens. I was pre
sent at that exhibition, and feel no hesitancy in
avowing my high gratification at the proficiency of
the pupils, and the wondcrfql patience and eminent
success of the instructor.
When we come to estimate the incalculable
benefits resulting to an interesting and unfortunate
class of persons —when we reflect, that channels
have been opened, through which valuable know
ledge may be poured into their minds —when we
become fully cognizant of the fact, that such insti
tutions as the one under consideration, furnish the
means of withdrawing immortal souls from the fields
of nonentity, as it were, and bringing them almost
to an equality with the most highly favored of us,
in the knowledge of their capacities and destinies’
what heart does not overrun *with gratitude to the
Supreme Giver •!’ all good, that he has furnished
us with methods by which wo can elevate the con
dition and add to the happiness of the unfortunate
During the progress of the aforesaid exercises,
the audience frequently manifested the high.degreo
of their satisfaction, by involuntary bursts of en-
thusiastic applause ; and I have no doubt, that had
each one present been called upon to contribute
j towards the support and education of Deaf Mutes,
: he would have given vastly more than the small
‘ tax that might be required of him by law, to extend
‘ the capacities of the Institution.
[ The House concluded the amendments to the bill
to prohibit the importation of Slaves into this State
’ and on motion* the amended bill and substitute
’ were ordered to be printed, and arc the special order
for Monday next.
• The bill for the government of the State Road,
5 its second reading, and is the epochal order
for next Wednesday. L.
1 ,
(Prom our Correspondent.)
r Legislative Procedings.
r Milledgeville, Doc. 5,1851.
z The act of the last session to alter the 6th Sec.,
i 3d Art. of the Constitution of this State which had
, passed the Senate by a majority of two-thirds, pass
[• cd the House to-day by a like majority. It is now'
therefore, a part of the Constitutional Law of
r Georgia.
It may be interesting to those who seldom enjoy
the privilege of examining the printed laws, to
present a synopsis of the act, inasmuch as it is to
I >e in force in a few weeks. It vests the powers of
1 the Court of Ordinary, in an officer styled an
t “Ordinary." Appeals may be taken from bis de
s visions, to the Superior Courts. The Ordinary shall
be Clerk of his own Court, and may appoint a
deputy. Either officer may issue citations, grant
temporary' letters of Administration to hold until
permanent ones are obtained, and grant Marriage
licenses. He is to bo elected as other county otti.
cers, on the Ist of January next, and every fourth
year thereafter, and shall bo commissioned by the
Governor. Vacancies in the office to be filled as in
the case of other county officers. Until the same
be filled, the Clerk of the Superior Court shall act
; as Ordinary.
I The following bills were introduced:
> By Mr. Felton, to change the times for holding
j the Superior Courts in the Cherokee Circuit.
By Mr. Moreland, to establish lost papers in Jus
. ticca Courts.
By Mr. Thurmond, to increase the Tax on Itin
erant traders in Jackson county,
r By Mr. Gilmore, to fix the times for holding the
1 Superior Courts in the South Western Circuit.
By Mr. Floyd, to prescribe the manner in which
i the laws of this State shall be printed and published.
> By Mr. Bloodworth, to incorporate the Zebulon
s Branch Railroad Company.
By Mr. Dawson, of Putnam, to regulate the
election of members of the General Assembly—to
point out the mode of taking testimony in cases of
contested elections, and to punish certain officers.
Also, to regulate the offices of Secretary of the
? Senate and Clerk of the House.
f By Mr. Carr, to incorporate Bascom Academy, in
1 Scriven county.
By Mr. Seward, to repeal the act of 1825, licen
-1 sing Physicians, and ail amendatory acts creating
j the Board of Physicians.
By Mr. Hill, to amend the several act< authoris
i ing Courts of Ordinary to appoint Clerks Adminis
, trators, in certain cases.
Also, to amend the act allowing parties to com
' pel discoveries at common law.
The special order of the day. viz . the bill to
; lay off a new county from Henry, Pike and Fayette,
• to be called Spalding, was taken up, and after the
reading of memorials in favor ami against the pro-
1 posed county, the House adjourned.
The Senate has but little to do, owing to the tar
diness of the business of the House—as some say.
Mr. Anderson introduced a bill to authorise the
. Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company to extend
. their Canal to the Altamaha river.
The bill to incorporate the Coosa and Chattooga
! River Railroad Company was passed.
Three o’clock, P. M.
, j The House spent the afternoon in discussing the
L bill providing for the formation of the new county
of Spalding. Mr. Fall, of Henry, opposed the biil.
i as also Mr. Thurmond, who put forth one of his
j best efforts against it. Messrs. Wofford and Felton
■ gave the bill a warm support. These gentlemen
j assumed the position, in their argument, that a
number of citizens concurring to ask for the crea
tion of a new county, it is the duty of the legislature
to grant it—that if they are satisfied to bear the
expense of maintaining their county, the citizens
of other counties have no right to oppose them.
Mr. Harper rose in reply to Mr. Felton, and pro
ceeded in an earnest argument in opposition to the
Bill. Before he concluded Ja successful motion was
made to adjourn. He is therefore entitled to the
floor when the subject is resumed.
Mr. Felton and Mr. Haqx?r are two of the most
intelligent members of the House, and are both
agreeable and forcible speakers. They are both
young men. The manner of Mr. Harper is grace
ful and pleasing—his voice clear and agreeable—
his diction choice and pointed. In personal appear
‘ ance he is not unlike the late Hon. Edward J.
Black. It is a handsome remembrance. Mr. j
! H. will be pronounced in any assembly a decidedly
’ handsome man.
i Mr. Felton is tall, with an intelligent counte
nance, the expression very composed and rather
sedate. His voice is strong, sonorous and agreeable.
Every syllable he utters fills the Hall and is heard j
with great distinctness. He speaks with animation .
but with a deliberate utterance which gives full
effect to his argument.
Milledgeville. Dec 6. 1851.
House.
The House resumed the unfinished business
of yesterday, which was the bill creating the
new county “ Spalding.’ Mr. Harper continued
• his remarks commenced on yestereay afternoon,
in opposition to the bill. Mr. Fall followed on
the same side. Mr. Sewart made an argument
|in favor of the bill, as also Mr. Russell. Mr.
• Meriwether. (Mr. Bartow in the Chair) opposed
• it. mainly on the ground of inexpediency. He i
was answered by Mr. McDougald.
< Before the final action of the House on the
i above bill, the Governor transmitted and invita- ,
! tion from the citizens of Savannah, to the officers
and members of the Legislature to visit their city
as their guest; which was referred to a commit- .
tee of 16. Ina short time the committee report-
i ed that the House would accept the invitation, :
i and spend Friday and Saturday next, in Savan
nah. leaving here on Thursday next. 9 A. M.
A great deal of time was spent in debating the
resolution of acceptance, a number of members
being opposed to it. A variety of substitutes
■ and amendments were proposed.all of which were
’ rejected. Pending the discussion a me=>sage was
received from the Senate communicating reso- I
lutions passed by that body, accepting the invi
tation of the citizens of Savannah to visit that
city. On motion the message was taken up. and
after several amendments and substitutes were
offered and rejected, the House concurred in the
resolutions of the Senate by a test vote of yeas
65, and nays 44.
Mr. Tift. Mr. McDougald, and Mr. Walker
were the prominent members in opposition to
this most absurd, undignified and ridiculous pro
ceeding. Mr. Walker very aply and felicitous
ly said that while he fully appreciated the hos
pitality of the citizens of Savannah and their
kind feelings towards the Legislature, he con
ceived that the General Assembly would disrobe
itself of much of its appropriate dignity by going
upon any such expedition. A pleasure excur
sion like this was not compatible with its pro
per functions. In Milledgeville each member was
known and respected as such, while engaged in
the work of legislation. The citizen who meet
him in the street would be as polite as a dancing
master. As one member of the House had ex
pressed it, he was one thirty second part of a
Stale. But in Savannah each member was but a
common man, and might be compelled to give the
side walk to any blackguard who might choose
to elbow him off, or get into a row. When the
legislators get to Savannah, as they were but
men, they would yield to city temptations and
visit all sorts of places, and might get into all
sorts of scrapes, the result of which might be
broken heads and perhaps murder, which would
inflict lasting disgrace upon the State. He did
not like to see the Legislature exhibiting itself
in the attitude of a traveling managerie, and the
little negro boys of Savannah following at its
heels and shouting, “ here comes the Legislature.”
The Honorable Speaker would be pointed out as
the grand elephant, the Tippoo Saib of the con
cern, and the leading and distinguished speaking
members as the royal lions, and Bengal tigers,
while the common members like himself will
bring up the rear as the kangaroosand monkeys
and laughing hyenas. Mr. Walker concluded by
stating that he felt a deep interest in the pros
perity of Savannah, entertained a high respect l
for the enterprise, public spirit and intelligence
of her sons, and had uniformly, while a member
of the Legislature been a zealous advocate of
measures promotive of her interests upon which
he had been called upon to act. His opposition
therefore, to this proposed visit to Savannah did
not raise from any motive inconsistant with the
kindest feelings towards that city.
Though Mr. Walkers speech was in a humor
ous vieii, and produced some rneriment in the
House, affording an agreable relief to a dry dis
cussion not unmixed with a little ill-temper
which w’as exhibited by one or two members—
yet there was much sound sense and much food
for sober reflection in what he said.
The precedent afforded by the New York Le
gislature in its pleasure junketing to New York
city was quoted in support of this movement by
the Legislature of Georgia. As we never saw
a good reason given ot State expediency and ad
vantage in that famous legislative frolic, nor
even heard of a single benefit resulting to the
Empire State of the North from it, nor evena
bright idea, or valuable suggestion sprining out
of the brains of the representatives from “the
rural districts’’ by their trip to the great Empo
rium of Commerce where they saw the great salt
sea and those “ huge leviathans of the deep,” the
the great sailing ships and monster steamers, we
are sceptical of the vast acquisitions which may
accrue to the legislative residence of Georgia
from this visit. The Athenians boasted of their
schools of Peripatetic Philosophers; and with rea
son, for they are world renowned for their meta
physical wisdom. It may be that our peripatetic
I legislature may dive successfully into the salt
: water mysteries of luscious by-valves, and pluck
’ I pearls of gastronomic wisdom from their closed
mouths. Inspiration may be wooed in the spar
. kle of Champaigne, and the ruby glow of Maderia
, which may shed its radiance upon the future
statute book of the Empire State of the South.
If this auspicious result should grow out of this
visit of our modern Lycurguses to the City of
Oglethorpe, we shall in common gratitude not
. begrudge to that city a fair share of the special
benefits which may come out of the aggregate of
this increased legislative wisdom.
After the resolutions of the Senate were agreed
to, the bill for the new county of Spalding was
' put upon its passage, and was carried by yeas 59,
■ nays 50.
» i The House then ad journed to Monday morn
? iug.
t j Senate.
In the Senate, the following bills were intro
( duced.
By Mr. Moore, to incorporate Lincoln Lodge,
No. 78, at Lincolnton, Georgia. There are sev- i
1 eral bills of similar import with this, now before
■ the Legislature, which it seems to me, are all
» answered by the general statute incorporating
u the Grand Lodge of the State of Georgia, to
’ gether with all subordinates now existing, or
I which may hereafter exist,”
Rv Mr. McCune To incorporate an in- !
ny ivir. ivicvline —io incorporate an in- ,
1 stitution for the promotion ofmoral and theolo
’ ; gieal information, embracing Common School ,
. | Artsand Sciences Law and Medi- ,
I | cine, with apparatus, books, maps,charts, &c., in
I the city of Griffin, to be called “The First 1
Southernt Liberal tute.” Institute.”
Mr. Connelly presented the memorial of the j
1 citizens and Grand Jury of Burke county, in re- i
lation to the License Laws, which was referred
to the Committee on Petitions.
r The following bills were passed.
The bill to regu v te the practice in the Supreme
an<i Superior Courts of this State, by yeas 24,
, nays 10.
t To amend the several acts, regulating the fees
lof Magistrates and Constables. This bill applies j
to the counties of Richmond, Bibb, Monroe and
Lee.
To authorise the several Banks of this State to i
issue bills of a certain denomination, and for i
other purposes, by yeas 33, nays G.
The following bills were lost.
1 To give owners of Saw Mills in this State, a !
lien upon the building, for the payment of the
\ lumber.
1 In relation to Bonds, Bills. Promissory notes, ■
and other instruments of writing.
The Report of the Sub committee appointed !
J to examine the affairs of the State Road, has been
t submitted in each branch. It seems to be a vo
luminous document, and has been ordered to be
. printed.
1—
‘ (From another Correspondent.)
j Thursday Night, Dec. 14.
Debate in the House, on a bill reported by Mr.
Bailey, of Murray, to allow Baxter Brown, of Mur- ,
t ray county, to practice medicine, and charge for <
, the same .
Mr. Seward.—l move to amend that bill, by an
additional section, containing several other names.
t Mr. Perkins.—l propose further to amend, by
adding the following words to the amendment of .
the gentleman from Thomas: “ and that all other
f citizens of this State be allowed the same priv- •
» ileges." ■
Mr. Dawson, of Greene. —I beg leave to submit •
the following resolution: “ Resolved, That this
bill be referred to the citizens of Murray county,
and that they be requested to endorse upon their
tickets, at the January election, “Doctor," or .
“No Doctor.”
Mr. Bailey.—l hope the House won’t make fun
of that bill. I did not introduce it in jest. I want
i it to pass.
Mr. Harper.—Will the gentleman from Murray
( state the reasons for desiring this special privilege* '
' to be conferred upon his friend '
f Mr. Bailey.—l was requested to introduce this
bill for a young Physician who stands high in the
> profession, but is too poor to be at the expense of ‘
coming down here to get a license. He has got a
i license from Tennessee.
Mr. Russell.—l hope that bill will pass. I gave
■ to my friend, from Thomas. (Mr. Seward.) a couple
' of names to be contained in his amendment. I
have a petition, signed by three or four hundred
persons, in favor of the passage of a bill of the kind
■ for the benefit of Mr. Richards.
Mr. Allded.—l have a counter petition to thirt of (
my friend from Lumpkin, signed by some sixty or |
seventy persons. I hav’nt got it in my jacket,
’ but it is down at my room. 1 did’nt expect the ,
’ subject to come up to-night. But I believe my pe- 1
tition was got up through malice.
Mr. Felton.—l hope that this House will not pa=- ;
this bill in jest. It is a matter of serious impor- !
tance. This bill overthrows the whole policy of >
our law for years past. Our Legislature has estab
j lished a Board of Physicians, composed of learned
and scientific men, and they have made it the duty
of those desirous of practicing medicine, to apply
to this Board, and undergo a thorough examina
tion to test their qualifications, if they have not re
ceived a Diploma from some Medical University.
Abolish this Board, and you turn loose a host of
quacks upon the country with their nostrums, their
panaceas, and their patent medicines.
Mr. Seward: I presume that the gentleman from
Cass, (Mr. Felton,) is a regular Doctor, but I will
venture that he cannot tell how it is that calomel
acts upon the liver. He cannot tell me the opera
tion of the nervous system, or why it is that a blis
ter produces stranguary of the bladder. I defy the •
gentleman to explain these things to me. He can
not doit. lam opposed to this scientific board. I ;
doubt whether they are any better qualified to prac
tice medicine than many of those whom they ex
amine. These scientific men go to your bed side
and feel of your pulse, and ask to see your tongue,
and talk about Gastretis, Demulcents, Diagnosis, Di
aphoretics, Dietetics and Diuretics, and always
wind up by giving you a dose of calomel. Away,
I say, with all this scientific bumbuggery.
Mr. Russell: My friend, preacher Richards, whose
name appears in that bill, is a Root Doctor, and I
believe he uses all kinds of roots. He is the only
medical man within twenty miles of his residence,
and he is therefore a useful man in that section of j
‘ the country. My constituent’ demand that he
should have a legal right to practice medicine. We •
have no sheep skinned quartered amongst us. They
never get up that high, and we must therefore pa- ,
tronize the Root Faculty.
Mr. Hill, of Troup: If the gentleman from Lump
kin will come down our way, we can spare him a i
• art load of thorough breds’.
Mr. Russell: I thank the gentleman from Troup :
but I don’t think his stock would thrive in our cli- I
mate. But lam serious in this matter. I want
this bill to pass. The necessities of my constitu
ents demand it. I can inform the gentleman from
Casa, (Mr. Felton) that there are medicines that are
not patented, that sometimes kill. I guess that if j <
the balance was struck, it would be found that the |
hifclutens had killed two to the Root Faculty's one.
The Root fraternity are not apt to kill a man unless <
they take it into their heads to steam and sweat a j
fellow to death.
P. S. —Dec. s.—The bill, as amended, was passed, ! ’
but reconsidered this morning. ' <
~ 2
Later from Havana.—By the arrival of the 5
brig R. B. Lawton, Capt. Gardner, at this port '
on Sunday evening, we have advices from Ha- i 1
vana to the Ist inst. s
There were but few American vessels in port •
at the time R- B. L. left.
The crop of Sugar, it was believed, would be a r
fair average one. Molasses was very scarce.
Judge Sharkey, who has been appointed Con- L
sul, vice Mr. Owen, removed, had not arrived at ’ 1
Havana. J
Mr. Thrasher had been sent to Spain on board
a transport, on the 26th ult.
The city was quiet and generally healthy.— ’ 6
Savannah Rtpubtuan. Sth inst. j 1
WKKKIT
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
Wednesday, December 10, 1851, t
JOB PRINTING.
Having saved our Job Printing
Press, and a portion of our Job Type,
to which considerable additions have
already been made, by accessions
from the New York and Philadel
phia Foundries, we beg leave to an
nounce to our friends, that we are
prepared to execute their Jobs with
neatness and despatch.
In a few weeks, however, we
shall receive our new Presses, with a
large supply of Job Ty]>e and other
material, making our Job Establish
ment one of the most complete, in all
its appointments, in the Southern
States.
The National Democracy.
The following telegraphic dispatch from Wash
ington, contains matter for reflection, especially
lor those unquiet spirits at the South, who, in the
chagrine and disappointment of their late over
whelming defeat, upon an issue which they sought
to make exclusively sectional, hopcing thereby, the
, better to succeed in dissolving the Union, are now
preparing to unite with the “National Democracy :’’
Washington, Nov. 30.—The Democratic Con
gressional Caucus was very inharmonious and has
rejected the Compromise pledge. Governor Foote,
however, will offer it on Monday in the Democratic
Caucus of tho Senate.
As the “National Democracy” means one thing
in one place, and a very different thing in another,
we beg leave, having shown what it is in a caucus
of members of Congress in v Washington. to annex
the following article from the Connecticut
a consistent democratic journal: ’
“Sectional Democracy.—We ask our Demo
cratic brethren to ponder upon the declaration
made by Hon. Charles Allen, at a caucus in Wor
cester, very lately. There was no choice for Repre
sentatives in that town—three tickets having been
run. It was therefore seen to be necessary, in or
der to “whip the Whigs,” to form a more rigid
coalition. To induce the Freesoilers to‘cavein.’
Mr. Allen declared that hereafter there were to be
no other parties in the country but the Free Demo
cracy and the Pro-Slavery Whigs. He said :
“ The Frecsoil and Democratic parties would be
one in the next Presidential election : that the De
mocratic party were carrying every Northern State,
and the Whig party were carrying the Southern
States, which, if so, proves the Democratic party to
be the Northern and tho Whigs the Southern
party,”
‘ Are our neighbors thus prepared to give up
their nationality and sink into a sectional party ?
Are their late victories obtained in the Northern
States the result of Frcesoil assistance ? One
would suppose so from their conduct in Ohio and
Massachusetts—from the late harmonious union of
Hunkers and Barnburners in New York. If these
Coalitions are carried much further, w ill not the
honest men of the Democratic party soon discover
where the true Union party is f . —Connecticut Cur
rant.
A few weeks since, in the opinion of those who
are now trying to unite the Northern and Southom
Democracy, the Democracy of tho North were too
much corrupted by its contact with Freosoilism to
think of again associating with it. Now, however,
an effort is making to unite the Democracy of the
South with Hale, and Giddings, and Seward.
and Allen, and such other choice spirits, who, not
onlyrefusc to adhere to tho Compromise as a final
settlement of the question of slavery, but proclaim
that the Democratic and Frecsoil parties of the
North are one.
Southern Democrats—wo speak not to the dema
gogues and leaders who are seeking to associate
you once more with the national Democracy, who
have shown themselves ready and willing to sacri
filo the South and her institutions, aye, every thing
for office, the spoils, power—we ask, are you willing
to form any such an alliance/ Had you not rather
as patriots and good citizens, shake oft’ all old par
ty associations, and rally around the Stars and
Stripes of this glorious Union, with your consei
; vative brethren of tho North, East, West and
South, whether Whigs or Democrats—no matter
. what their previous politics—to save and perpetuate
) the institutions of our fathers ? We think you
. had. Indeed, we feel assured you had, and that
. you will indignantly reject all alliance with Hale,
I Van Buren, Allen, King <& Co.; with these mon
| you must affiliate if you associate with the national
Democracy, as it now exists.
There are conservative mon throughout the
free States as well as tho slave States, Whigs and
Democrats, who arc ready and anxious to unite
upon the principles and platform of the Union
party of Georgia to put down fanaticism and ultra-
I ism. With’ these, you may unite without any
i sacrifice of principle, bearing aloft the banner of
! the Constitution and the Union. And it is your
! duty, men of the South, to say to all such, “stand
> forth in the majesty of your strength and wo will
| rally under the “glorious Stars and Strij>es" with
i you, shoulder to shoulder, we will sink or swim,
! survive or perish in a common effort to preserve
I the Union and the Constitution.”
j
Commencement of Oglethorpe University.
The Journal Messenger of the 18th ult. con
tains a brief notice of the exercises at the late
commencement of this flourishing institution,
from which we cannot forego the pleasure of cul
ling an extract, although we have previously
; published an account of the ceremonies.
The Rev. Geo. F. Pierce, J). D., late Presi
' dent of Emory College, had been selected to de
, liver the prizes to the successful competitors in
Oratory, and the Rev. E. P. Rogers, of this
| city, had been invited to deliver the Anniversary
. Oration before the Literary Societies of the In
i stitution.
In reference to the address of Dr. P., the Jour-
! nal Sf Messenger remarks:
“ It is impossible to describe his address, as it
has no likeness probably in ancient or mordern
(lays. It was eloquence without rule, dnd yet it
j ruled all before it. It was no model, and yet every
thing done as well, would be perfect. The speak
er discarded all rules, and yet his instructions in
the great art, were living pictures of true and
effective eloquence.
“The Oration before the Literary Societies,
delivered by Rev. E. P. Rogers, of Augusta, was
exceedingly beautiful and appropriate, rich in
I thought, adorned with the most finished diction,
and abounding in incentives to high intellectual
attainments, and elevated moral worth in his
youthful auditors. It is but fair to augur much
good from the delivery of these two addresses.”
The subject of the Oration of Mr. Rogers, we
learn, was: “ The Supernatural Element in Men
: tai Education, and the Bible as its text Book,”
which, at the request of the Trustees of the Uni
| versity, has been given up for publication.
“ The Chronicle and Sentinel offite, a large*
: new brick building, was totally destroyed ; val
ue $15,000, no insurance: in consequence of
which, we suppose, this great Southern enemy
of State Rights and State remedies will be dis
continued, at least for a period.”
We beg the Abbeville from which we
I clip the above quiet exultation at our late cal am*
i ity, not “to lay the flattering unction to its soul”
that the Chronicle and Sentinel will be discon
tinued. And while we assure that journal that
those who can thus exult in our misfortune, can
j only excite our pity, we take pleasure in an
nouncing for its expecial gratification, that the
Chronicle and Sentinel, will long live and i
• continue to maintain with whatever of ability it i
’ may command the great principles which have i
I ever distinguished its course under our control.
We hope for the honor of our species, that the ■
race is not degraded by another who will or can j
thus exult at the pecuniary loss of his fellow ‘
man.
Choice Fruit Trees.
We take great pleasure in calling the atten- }
tion of those who may desire to procure some ■
very choice varieties of Peach Trees, to the ad- |
i vertisement of our friend J. L. Coleman.
Mr. C. has been for the last ten years, without j
reference to the cost, endeavoring to procure the !
very best and most desirable varieties of this ■
most delicious fruit by selecting from the most
extensive nursuries at the North, bringing the I
trees into bearing and then budding only from
the most approved varieties, until his orchard
covers over one hundred acres composing 'the |
most select and choice collection.
As the trees offered belong to his sons, we sin
cerely hope the little fellows may be encouraged
to continue their valuable operations in budding
and grafting, and thus scatter broad-cast through
the South this choice collection of fruit, which
we know glows in this orchard! The fact that
every tree they have is budded or grafted, guar
antees the character of the fruit, for it is uuiver- ’
sally admitted among nurserymen, that no re
liance can be placed in fruits produced from the
seed.
James Hackney, charged with robbing the
mail,which he confessed on the steamer Atlanta
between Whitesburg and Guntersville, on the
Tennessee river, has been committed to jail in
Huntsville, Ala. About $2,500 in bank notes
and checks were found in his possession, he had
spent about S6O. He is a young man and was a
laborer on the boat.
Dane Reconnoitring.
When was that reconnoissance effected which
the Southern Rights men were to make before
entering into 44 the great National Democratic
j Wigwam 44 It is natural that Southern Rights
men should be wary and suspicious.” What can
have occurred to lull their suspicions and entice
these 41 wary ” souls, with their endangered
" principles,” so hastily into the wigwam ?
Have they succeeded already in ascertaining
“ who are likely to get the high seats in the
Councils of the Sachems?” Have they learned
44 what sort of influences are at work there ?”
These questions we have been induced to ask
by the following exposition of the extreme cau
tion with which the Southern Rights party in
tended to inspect the Democratic party before
forming an alliance:
u The Washington Union holds wide open to
the Southern Rights men the doors which lead
into the National Democratic, Wigwam, and in
vites them in.
We presume they will reconnoitre a little, and
watch who go into it. anti are admitted into full
fellowship, who are likely to get the high seats
in the Councils of the Sachems, and what sort of
influences are at work there, before many of them
avail themselves too readily of the invitation.
* * * * * *
It is natural, then, that Southern Rights men
should be wary and suspicious. They should
watch the course of the Democratic party and
note well its dominant influences, lest in trusting
to its support of State Rights principles, they
should find those principles engulphed and over
whelmed.”—Constitutionalist ty Republic., Oct.
Zlst, 1851.
It is very evident that all the important doubts
entertained by the Southern Rights party upon
the subject of trusting to the Democratic party
44 the support of State Rights principles,” have
been solved and their objections vanished into
thin air. With confiding faith, they have ceased
44 to reconnoitre.” and entered— “'for belter—for
worse ” —into the invitingly open doors of De
mocracy. The question whether those doors are
wide enough to admit Prince John and his barn
burning retainers, has ceased to give them trou
ble. Houseless —homeless—worse tkuu all, to
their disinterested natures, offinless, they" iniiSt
enter the wigwam apace and get out of the
weather. Witness the following 44 fixed fact,”
peering forth from the “fog” in which politics
at Milledgeville are enveloped. It is one of the
few things 44 which may be set down as certain
“Upon the whole, political matters are still in
a fog. There are a lew things, only, which may
be set down as certain. Cobb is elected Govern
or—Toombs is elected Senator; but the Consti
tutional Union party has not been democratized.
It may turn out a good old-fashioned Whig party
yet. The Southern Rights party is democratized.
Its uniformly declared principles make it Demo
cratic. and it will be represented in the Baltimore
Democratic Convention.''—Const.Repub. Nov. 14.
It may be proper to state, that the foregoin
remarks were penned and would have appeared
the morning after the late fire. What was writ
ten in the spirit ot prophecy then by the Con
stitutionalist Republic, is history now. The
Sachems of “the Coffin line” have actually de
termined to send delegates to the Baltimore Con
vention, without inquiring who may be admitted
besides themselves. The}' may meet there in
fraternal embrace with Martin and John Van
Buren, Wilmot, Hale, Sumner, Preston King
and a hoJt of other Freesoilers; that is matter
of little consequence, they are houseless, and they
seem willing to seek shelter under any roof, pro
tection under any flag, that promises to reward
them, to give them spoils.
Since the foregoing was prepared, we have met
with the following extracts from the Columbus,
Miss., Standard, a journal that supported, with
marked ability, the Secession party of that State
throughout the late canvass, and cordially ap
proved the recommendation of the Nashville
Convention to send no more delegates from the
South to a National Convention. The article o
’ the Standard was called forth by a published
i call for a State Convention, to send delegates to
the National Democratic Convention at Balti
l more, and the Editor exposes with great power
■ and boldness the inconsistency and dishonesty of
I the leaders of the party in that State. In Geor-
■ gia, the same proposition has been made and
’ adopted by the same party; hence, the appliea
-1 tion of the Standard's remarks:
41 It is now proposed to disband the State
• Rights party in Mississippi. It is proposed to
i say to the people of Mississippi, and of the
I Union, that we have been playing a miserable
game, unworthy of men ; that all our denuncia
tion of the North was mere cant, base hypoeri
! sy, and was done alone with a view to deceive
' the people and secure success—office I office !
It is proposed to meet on terms of disadvantage those
i very nun we have charged again a.ul again with
having aided in not only wronging and defraudi
but actually degrading the South. It is proposed
. to go ir to a convention and again embroil our
1 party, sacrifice our principles, and for what ’
r That we may aid those who have shown a wil-
I ling disposition to sacrifice our institutions to
I their ambition, to obtain the very means—
i power to destroy us ? If the Stale Rights
party is prepared for this sudden change, and is
ready to strike hands without conditions with
the North, for a chance at the Presidency and
the patronage of the government, we arc sincere
ly glad to know that, it is now, and hope it may ever
continue in the minority. If it is so corrupt and so
degrading that it will meet those in whom it hasagain
and again proclaimed it had no confidence, and pre-
' pare platforms asfallaiious as they are deceptive .and
> then attempt to cheat the people into their support, we
think it fortunate that a Unionparty docs exist ca
pable of controlling the action of the Stale.''’
* * *■ * ' * *
“ Was it in fact a mere trick of party, when the
resolutions of the last November Nashville Conven
tion tcercapplauded and. adopted in this State by the
State Rights Press. Really, tec thought the Press
meant what it said ! But we were, perhaps, a little
1 too quick in forming our judgment, for had we de
layed only twelve months, we should have had
' proof that, it was all gammon.
It is not a pleasant consideration, but nothing
I can furnish a lesson so instructive to those who
j follow after us, as the miserable shifts and open
! abandonment by that party which has pretend
ed to assume the guardianship of the institutions
i of the South, to inculcate the doctrine of State
Rights and a strict construction of the Constitu
i tion. Those who proposet o go into a Convention
without couditions.with men who deny the rights
of the States, and war upon the institutions of the
South, clearly abandon all ot the principles they
; pretended bound them together, to the guardian
i ship of their avowed foes. They abandon
■ I under one pretext a line of policy, but six months
. since they were pledged by every consideration
both as to duty and patriotism to maintain ; and
under another they meanly sneak out of appa
rent difficulties, under the invention of some
miserable tale wholly unworthy of the vaun
ted patriotism which it was pretended actuated
them, and into which they not only proudly
strutted, but denounced others for not blindly
following. The v are put to all these shifts and
mean devices, full of mischief and ruin, in or
der to escape doing what they stand pledged to
: do as honest men and true Southrons.
“Can the State Rights party go into a National
organization I Let us examine this. The par-
■ ty lay it down as the first element of its adhe
sion, that a State possesses the right to secede.
The Northern democracy almost universally de
ny this right. The party asserts that the gener
al Government possesses no power to coerce a
seceding State. The Nerthern democracy claim
this right for the genera! government. The par
ty claims that the citizens of the Union have
the right of settling with any species of pro
perty. known and recognized as such by any
State, in any territory belonging to the Union,
and that it is the duty of Congress to afford full
and complete protect ion to the citizen and the
enjoyment of his pro[>erty. The Northern de
mocracy claims for and has exercised the pow
er by Congress, of excluding the slave projierty
from the territory belonging to the Union, and of
i taking actual jurisdiction over it on territory
i owned by the Union, and carrying that juris
diction to the extent of emancipating the slave.
Now, without being factious, we would ask
whether the State Rights party or the .Northern
democracy are to give up their principles ' It
really seems as though the South was not only
bound to be defrauded and degraded, but the par
ity pledged to its support, is the very first to pro-
I pose a coalition in which she is necessarily
I bound to be the sacrifice.
Will the Southern State Rights party go into
i a convention, the controlling mass of whichjjs
i opposed to the extension of slavery ? Will that
party conform to and abide by the action of that
! convention ? What are the leading features of
; the Northern Democracy ? We see in N. York
i that it is partly controlled by John Van Buren,
and is wholly committed to freesoil doctrines.—
The Ohio democracy is essentially rotten, and
Pennsylvania is not sound. It is the duty then
' of the Northern Democracy to propose concessions ;
I the South will listen to any fair proposition, and
] if the Northern Democracy are not disposed eith
er to deceive or cheat the South, it will give us a
man we can support and a platform free from
ambiguities. But if the sacrifices are all to be
! made by the South —if she is to be the entire
victim, it will savor too much of that charity
which sensible men ridicule and fools run after.
•Be ye not unequally yoked? saith Paul, 4 with
unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteous
ness with unrighteousness ?’ And what com
munion hath light with darkness !’
‘And what concord hath Christ with Belial ?
or what part hath he that believeth with an in
fidel ?’ ”
Military Asylum.—The Board appointed to
procure a site in the vicinity of Washington city
for an asylum for disabled and destitute soldiers,
have agreed upon the terms of purchase with
Geo. W. Riggs. Esq., for his country seat, which
is about two niiles and a half from the city, in
a northern direction.
Miss Cushman Jand Ma--. Forrest—Miss
Cushman publishes a card in the Ne w York pa
pers, denying that she has been giving “regular
lessons on histrionics to Mrs. Forrest,” and adds,
“as far as I am concerned, a woman’s earnest
sympathy is the sole claim I can lay to the ad
vancement ot Mrs. Forrest s plans for the future?