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Thirty-Second Congress—First Session.
Washington, Dec. 15. 1851. 1
SENATE.
Mr. Sebastian appeared in his seat to-day.
Mr. Bell presented the credentials of Hon- J- |
C. Jones, of Tennessee. t
Mr. Hale presented petitions from sundry
American exhibitors at the World s Industrial ,
Exhibition, in London, statins that all other gov
ernments had aided their exhibitors in defraying
their expenses, and asking Congress to make an
appropriation, for the same purpose.
Mr Foote gave notice of a bill granting land
to Mississippi to aid in the construction of a rail- 1
road in that State |
Mr Geyer presented several memorials trom ,
the General Assembly of Missouri, praying
grants of land for improvements in that State.
Mr. Hunter, from the committee on finance,
reported back the bill to establish a branch mint
in California, with an amendment.
Mr. Gwin urged that there would be immedi- 1
ate action, and, alter an explanation of the bill
by Mr. Hunter, it was ordered to a third reading.
Mr. Hunter introduced a bill to establish a
Boa-d of Accounts.
Mr. Foote's resolution declaring the compro- ;
mise measures a definitive settlement of the ques
tions growing out of the subject of domestic |
slavery, was then taken up.
Mr. Butler explained, that his design in again ,
takingpart in this debate, was simply for the ;
purpose of replying to some allusions made by ,
Mr. Foote in his speech the other day. The !
endorsement of the compromise was something !
unusual in legislation. He defended himselt
against any imputation of having at the session
of 1850, delayed the action of the Senate on the
fugitive slave bill.
Only three Senators from the Northern States ,
had voted for that bill—the two from lowa, and ;
Mr. Sturgeon, of Pennsylvania. Why, he asked. :
were the Northern allies of the Senator from
Mississippi, the Compromise men, absent on that
vote ? He read his report on the President s ,
Message asking for amendment of laws to enable ;
him to execute the Fugitive Slave Law, and re- ;
peated his views. He was opposed to clothing
the President with the power to call out an arm- j
ed militia to enforce a law with bayonet and ball. ,
Thought that request an ominous one.
He did not believe the law would be executed, |
<lid not believe it had been executed. The charge .
of treason had faded. Those who resisted the ,
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i ’.it der. be tufmw-
sion of Ua>» tnrr,m oa au oUl * < *6 c aa i
nreC aJent; new California was admitted
Za other States. He traced the meeting ol
Southern Congressmen and the adoption oi the |
Southern Address, as proceeding altogether from
the Senator from Mississippi. The Nashville
Convention was, to a great extent, the result oi
that Senators movements.He asked the Sena
tor from Mississippi if he would now vote for a
proposition to divide California, one-half or both .
to be admitted as Slave States.
Mr. Foote answered in the affirmative.
Mr. Butler said the gentleman asks Congress
to declare the Compromise immutable, and yet
will vote to-morrow to disturb it. The Missis
sippi Convention have resolved that certain acts
that State would resist by revolution. In such a
war he would ask on which side the Senator
would take part/
Mr. Foote said that when the case anh ed he
would deliberate and determine.
Mr. Butler said that in such a case his allegi
ance to his State would give him no time to de
liberate. and in such a case he would not consid
er as traitors those who defended their fireside
and State. He alluded to Mr. Calhoun’s con
templated amendment to the Const i tut foil and
the ducal executive, and was not prepared to
say but what such a government would be bene
ficial to the Union.
He alluded to the internal struggle in South
Carolina, and said that the jjossition assumed by
the Legislature of that State was the result oi
movements made in Mississippi.
Mr. Foote repeated his condemnation of those
persons who, in South Carolina, had lecommen-
Jed war upon the U. S. ports. He also referred
to a speech by Mr. Rhett, in Charleston, where
in he declared that he never desired the proposi
tion of the Nashville Convention of 36 30 to be
adopted; that he was tried of tbeUnion for twenty
years. &c.
Mr. Rhett alluded to the enithets which
had been applied to him. Gage denounced
as demagogues and traitors the leaders of the
Revolution; Arnold spoke with a sneer of Wash
ington, the rebel and traitor. The people he re
presented were secessionists, were disunionists,
and he was free to declare that, under present cir
cumstances, he was a secessionist and disunion
ht. He was not such for twenty years, but ever
since 1815.
He then took up the several acts of the com
promise. and contended that the act admitting
California was unconstitutional. That the Ex
ecutive bad appointed Judges and Marshals for
the territories, who were pledged in favor of the
existence of Mexican laws abolishing slavery,
and that out of a vast territory, sufficient to form
4b States as large as Ohio, the South had been
utterly and forever excluded. He had not con
cluded when the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Immediately after the reading of the journal,
a message was receiver! from the Senate, com
municating a Joint Resolution which had been
passed by that body, tendering a welcome on
the part of the people of the United States to
Louis Kossuth.
Mr. Robinson, of Indiana, moved that the Re
solution be taken np and considered; which lin
ing agree to. he moved the ‘ previous question;”
which was carried and thus cut off all debate.
The Joint Resolution was then read a first.sec
ond ond third time; and the ayes and nays wore
taken on the final passage, which was carried by
a majority of ibl to 15; and on motion ot Mr.
Robinson was ordend to be laid on the table.
Mr. Smith, of Alabama, rose to make a person
al explanation, with reference to the subject em
braced in the resolution, his conduct having been
assailed publicly; which was at first objected 10.
but he was ultimately allowed to proceed, and
went into an investigation of the conduct of Kos
suth since his arrival in England and the United
States.
Another interruption took place, and the
Speaker decided that Mr. Smith had not wan
dered from the subject; which he might legiti
mately discuss, under the vote of the House al
lowing him to make an explanation. This de
cision having been apjwaled from, the ayes p,nd
nays were taken, which resulted in its being I
sustained by a vote of 123 to 38.
Mr. Smith occupied upwards of an hour in re
viewing the proceedings of Kossuth, principally
mucp his arrival in New York, his afterdinner
speeches and declarations at other times, attack
ing the policy of the Government of the United
States. in retaining its Minister in .W'W. which
he considered at variance with its declarations
in favor of Hungary. He denounced the pre
tended republicanism of Europe which recog
nizer royalty, and instanced the present republic
of France as being at variance with those prin
ciples upon which this Union is founded, and he
quoted from Kossuth's declarations during the
Hungarian struggle, to show that h«i himselt con
templated establishing a kmgdotn. In conclu
sion he condemned interference with
religion as calculated to irritate a large portion ot
the population of the United States, as well as
the reuia kshe had made in the country that
were calculated to create warlike feelings in the
breasts of an excitable people. He concluded by
moving that the Joint Resolution be reconsider
ed, and that his resolution be laid on the table.
Mr. Fitch, of Indiana, submitted a resolution,
in effect rescinding a former resolution of Con
gress. declaring the Mexican war to be unconsti
tutional.
The ayes and nays having been demanded- it
was earned by a vote of 103 to 51.
Mr. Meade, of Virginia, moved to call upon
the President for any information he may pos
sess, and shall think proper to communicate,
touching any treaty between England, France
and Spain, that may have been entered into lot
the guardianship of Cuba, which was carried
Mr. Evans, of Maryland, introduced a bill to
provide for the punishment of persoog guilty oi
incendiarism in the District Columbia.
A bill to refund to California sums that had ; •
been paid into the Treasury before it became a ’
State, created considerable discussion. chiefly as *
to v hat it should be referred ; and tiw
ayes and nays being ordered. on a motion to re- t
fer it to the Committee of Ways and Means, a s
motion was made and carried that the House ad- I
iourn.
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Washington, Dec. 16, 1851. , 4
SENATE. <
The Senate met at twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock. T
Mr. Jones, of lowa, presented joint resolutions •
of the Legislature of lowa, maintaining the obli
gations of the people of every State to observe
faithfully the provisions of the Constitution, and
asserting their determination to sustain the Com- j
promise
Mr Jones slid that the people of lowa had ■ fl
uniformly discharged their constitutional duties, v
and had given to others an example of patriotism. p
Abolition fanaticism had never been successful iu t
lowa There were some few Abolitionists and •tj
Free-Soilers in the State, and these few had been v
rewarded with offices by the present Administra- n
tier.
The same class of people had been rewarded in A
the same way in other States, and he thought if t<
the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Footed was 11
informed as to the State ot thu gs, he would be
more sparing m his commendations upon the pre- S
sent administration tl
The revolutions wen* ordered to be printed. a
Mr. Bradbury, of Maine, presented a petition g
from publishers of newspapers, complaining of
the discrimination in postage against transient tl
newspapers o
Mr. Bradbury, ot Maine, introduced a bdl pro- b
riding tor the claims of American citizens tor
French Spoliations, which was referred to a se- •’
leet committee of five ’ ii
Mr. Shields of I’d., moved to take up the it so- n
hiti on providing ibr the appointment, bv the i.
chair. ot a committee of three, to wait upon Louis
Kossuth, the Governor of Hungary, and intro- n
duce him to the Senate—ayes 20. noes 11 —no v
quorum
Mr Badger sa d that as the resolution tvcog;z- ir
mg Kossuth as the guests of the nation had pass- !c
ed and he was opposed to ’he whole thing, hit st
•his ought now to ba paused el
Ase cond vote wa* taken, and the vaas 'veir* t<
30—noes not counted. The resolution was there
fore. taken up.
The resolution was amended so as to provide
thatthe committee wait on Kossuth on hrs arrival
in Washington. .... .. ..
Mr Walker is now speaking in favor ot the
resolution. He welcomes Kossuth for his prin
ciples. and also because he saw in this measure
the insipient step towards a departure from our
present unwise policy of neutrality. He had
long desired to see the policy of neutrality on
the part of our government overthrown. The
weakness which induced the neutral policy of
Washington no longer existed.
After Mr. Walker, of Wisconsin had conclud
ed his speech, endorsing Kossuth's views in favor
of intervention, the resolution appointing a com
mittee of three to wait upon Louis Kossuth, after
a short debate, was agreed to—yeas 30, nays 15-
The compromise resolution was then taken
tip: and . . ~
Mr. Rhett concluded his remarks against the
resolution, and giving reasons for recession.
Mr. Mason obtained the floor, and the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker, immediately after the meeting
of the house, announced the committee on rules
to consist of .Messrs. Jones, of Tenn.; Stephens,
of Georgia: Chandler Robinson, Stanly, Seymour,
of N. York. King, of R. I.; Olds, and Wallace.
Mr. Marshall s bill for the prayment into the
treasury of California, of certain moneys collected
on imports into ports of that State, after the trea
ty with Mexico, and before her admission into
the Union, was referred to the committee on
; ways and means. ,
Mr Darby, of Missouri, was reported to the
‘ House as suffering from paralysis, and in a help-
I less condition. The Speaker was authorized to
pay him his mileage and per diem from the
commencement of the session.
The States were then called upon for petitions,
I and several bills asking for grants of land for rail
road purposes, were introduced and referred to
! the Committee on Pubic Lands.
I In the House among the many bills introduced,
was a bill to prevent the issue of circulating notes
of less denomination than 85 in the District of
Columbia, and a joint resolution to continue in
i employment the workmen engaged on the ex
i tension ot the Capitol: the work on v\ hicn bas
been stopped owing to the fact that the appro
; priation for that object is exhausted.
Washington, Dec. 17tb, 1851.
SENATE.
Mr. Mangum appeared in his seat to-day.
' a message was received from the President of
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Also a message from the same, in reply to Mr.
Cass' resolution calling for information respec
| ting the firing into and seizure of the Ameiican
ship Prometheus by the British vessel of war on
' the Mosquito coast.
The President sends in the complaint made,
and states that upon its receipt instructions were
immediately sent to the American Minister in
! London, and that no reply has yet been received.
J He declines communicating those instructions
at this time, forjreasons of public policy, butthey
will be sent in a*s soon as the public interests will
permit. He sends to the Senate the instructions
sent to Commodore Parker, desiring him to leave
for that coast, and protect American vessels and
interests there. Ordered to be printed.
Several other executive communications were
i presented, enclosing estimates, &e.
Mr. Bioadhead presented a petition from Phi-
I ladelphia. praying the restoration of flogging in
I the Navy.
Mr. Stockton was surprised that such a petition
coul 1 find signatures: and, he desiring to speak
on the subject, the petition was laid on the table
till Tuesday next.
Mr. Hunter reported a bill to provide compen
sation to such persons as may be designated by
I the Secretary of the Treasury to receive and
i keep the public money, under the 15th section
! of the aet of Gth August, 1816, for the additional
1 services required under that act—and it was or
-1 dered to be engrossed.
Mr. Underwood presented a memorial ol
Messrs Salomon & Washington asking lor a con
| tract to supply Washington city and George
town with water from the great falls of the l'o
• tomac.
.Mr. Walker introduced a resolution directing
an inquiry, by the committee on foreign relations,
into the expediency of an open declaration by
Congress to foreign nations and the world, that
the U. States hold strictly to the policy and prin
ciple that each nation has sole right to manage
and settle its own affairs, without any interfer
ence by any foreign power; that such interfer
ence isan infraction of the law of nations authori
i zing intei jrasition to prevent such infraction. Al
so the expediency ol requesting the President to
! cause negotiations to be opened with all con
stitutional powers, to obtain their co-operation
in defending and maintaining that principle.
Laid over.
A bill granting a pension to the widow ot
General Worth, was, after debate, passed.
Air. Foote’s resolution concerning the compro
mise was taken up.
Mr. Mason defended his course on the fugi
tive slave bill in the session of 1850.
Mr. Foote made several explanations.
The debate was further continued, nothing
new being elicited, by Messrs. Rhett, Brodhead,
; Foote, Hale, Butler, and Underwood, and the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Carter, of Ohio, submitted a resolution
ap|X>inting a committee of five members to wait
’ o;i Louis Kossuth on his arrival in Washington;
■ which was objected to, and the unanimous con-
I sent of the House being required where a motion
interferred with the regular order of business,
j it was withdrawn.
The Speaker then proceeded to call for peti
tions from States and Territories, when a num
ber were presented, which, with the accompany
ing motions, took up the time ofthe House till
; nwai oiip o’clock.
Air. Ciingman, of N. C . gave notice that he
should move an amendment of the rules, which
render imperative the reading petitions.
Mr. Weightman, from New Mexico, submit
ted a resolution authorizing the translation of
the Presideiii’s message and accompanying docu
ments into the Spanish language, for the benefit
of his constituents, and that five hundred copies
be printed.
,The reports of committees were then called for,
but nothing of general interest was reported.
Mr. Goadenougli, of Me. moved that during
and after the present session, each member be
furnished with newspaper*, not to exceed four
daily papers; and also moved the previous ques
tion.
The S)es and nays were demanded on a mo
tion for the rejection of the resolution, but nega
tived by a majority of 160, and the original reso
lution was carried.
A bill providing for the claims of Ameican
citizens fortlie spoliations committed by France,
was referred to tb*» <'ommittee on Foreign Al
fairs.
Mr. Allen.of Mas., introduced a resolution
the Committee on the Judiciary be instruct*
rd to report, by bill or otherwise, on the expe
diency of amending the Constitution it that is
necessary, so as to authorise the election ot Post
masters; which lies over under the rule, which
pi events action on the day a motion is nwdg.
A bill was introduced to regulate passenger
ships; also, a joint resolution for granting 150
acres of land to tho?e Htingacaps who have been
brought here by Government.
A bill was referred to the Committee oh Pat.-
-nts extending the Wood worth patent.
Tiu* Houm* wxs then occupied iu the reading
of bills and receiving resolutions.
The Committee of Ways and Means was in
structed to inquire into the expediency of alter
ing the coin of the United States, so as to make
tin* real and nominal value the same.
A resolution was referred to the Committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads, relative to the
Uh warding a marl from New Jersey and New
York to a pojt ou the Western coast of Ireland.
The House in the early part ot the day refused
to take up the resolution ol yesterday, relative to
the employment of workmen; and a resolution
was subsequently moved authorising tne archi
teel mJ continue in employ as many workmen
as he may ijdvantageous to government.
Air. Evan*, ol Alaiylgpd, moved that the Sec
retary of the Treasury report as what mea
sures are necessary to prex ent the of
com and if he recommends any mere value. .
any
Mr. Bowie, of Maryland, submitted a resohi
liot; directing an inquiry relative io ths issue of
small notus :n the District of Columbia, uiamr
five dollars.
Mr. Stanton made a report relative to bonding
for the committee on printing.
Mr. Ciingman, of Ai. C., moved the suspen
aion oi the standing rules, and the 17th rule be
extended to Governor Kossuth—which lays over
according to the routine of proceedings.
The calling upon States and Territories for
resolutions having been finished, the House ad
journed.
Washington. Dec 19. 1951.
SENATE.
Air. Underwood presented a petition sitting
forth that the amount ofthe State bonds of Texas
was twalve millions, and that tbe Treasury De
partment refused to pay the hoidera more than
their proportionate share ofthe five millions re
tained for that purpose, and asking that Congress
would make some suitable provision ior the pay
ment ofthe bonds in full.
Air Borland presented the memorial of Robert
Alills. asking an investigation by som: commit
tee of the Senate, of the causes of his removal
fro n the office of architect ofthe Patent office.
Air. Hamhu reported a bill authorising the
Secretary o('the Treasury to issue a register to
the brig Ann, formerly the British brig Josephine,
and the bill was considered and ordered to be en
grossed.
Mr. Foote introduced a bill granting land to
the State of Mississippi to aid iu the construction
of a railroad in that State, and it was ordered to
be engrossed for a third reading
The joint resolution, authorizing a contract
with Messrs. Donaldson and Armstrong for print
ing the returns ct the census, was taken up and
made the special order oi the dax* for Monday
next.
Mr. Foote’s re«e’ .tion. declaring the compro
mise measures a definitive settlement of the sla
very question, was taker, up.
Mr Badger moved; to amend the resolution by
mserting m lieu of the ;alter part of it the rot
owing. A Wtlement in prir.sir.is and sub
stance—a final settlement or the dangerous and
•x .".*.ng subjects which they embracedjiad oug:it
:o be adhered to by Cor.grws uatri n&» and ex-
perience shall demonstrate the necessity of fur
ther legislation to guard against evasio n or abuse.
And the amendment was adopted.
Air. Foote addressed the Senate in dirfence of
himself and his resolution from the sp< reches by
Massrs. Butler and Rhett. Without concluding,
he gave way and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES.
The Speaker laid before the House a. commu
nication from the Secretary of State, reporting
that $5,943 remains unexpended, ofthe 810,000
appropriated for the reception of the agent of the
Sublime Porte; which was ordered tn be laid on
j the table and printed.
Mr. McCorkle, of California,introduced a bill
■ for establishing a Branch Mint of the United
States in California: which was read a first and
second time.
A communication from the War Department
was received and referred to the committee of
ways and means.
The Speaker then called upon members for pe
titions from States and Territories, which were
chiefly of a local nature.
A resolution was introduced, which lays over
under the rule, for establishing a steam commu
r niration with Liberia.
i Mr. Florence, of Pa., presented a memorial
, from haibor-masters. pilots, and other persons,
. praying that piers and harbors may be established
i in Delaware bay.
> Mr. Chandler, of Pennsylvania, called the at-
I tion of the House to the exposed situation of
. members, occupying seats on the rear benches;
> and conceiving, as he said, the comfort and con
i venience of members to be the chief object of the
laws of the land, he submitted two resolutions—
» ! one authorising the Speaker to provide for that
. j of the members, and the other that, if it were
> found necessary, the doorkeeper provide another
* ■ assistant. The first of these was carried, and
i other withdrawn.
The petitions having lieen gone through with,
. the Speaker called for reports of Committees.
Mr. Olds, of Ohio, Chairman of the Post office
Committee, submitted a report, embracing a
joint resolution, legalizing some mail contracts,
i that w’ere entered into in California before it was
t : known that the bill had passed authorising the
i ’ measure and directing the Postmaster General
tofufilll the same, which was agreed to.
i The chairman of the committee on printing
reported a joint resolution providing for one hun
dred additional copies of the journals and public
documents, to be distributed by the Secretary of
| State according to law.
It was then resolved, that when the House ad
journ it shall stand adjourned till Monday.
A metion was then made to adjourn, and neg
s atived—yeas 73, nays 81.
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The motion was renewed that ttie House ad
- journ, which being carried by a vote of 82 to 74.
1 I it stands adjourned till Monday next.
1 The following is the resolution introduced yes-
■ terday by Air. Ciingman, viz:
’ u Resolved, That so much of the seventeenth
■ standing rule as provides for the admission of
1 certain persons therein named within the hall oi
the House of Representatives be so modified as to
» embrace Governor Louis Kossuth, of Hungary.
’ and that the Speaker of the House be requested
I to communicate the same to Governor Kossuth.”
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Later from Mexico.
By the arrival this {morning of the brig J no.
' Williams, Capt. from Veia Cruz, we
have received files of papers from the city of
Mexico to the 29th ult.
1 The principal news of tbe day in the capital,
was the arrival of five English vessels of war be-
J ! fore the harbor of Vera Cruz—the Indefatigable
" of 50 guns, the Admiral’s vessel, the Cumberland,
e of 70 guns, the Wellesley, of 70 guns, the steam
er Express, of 6 guns, and the steamer Calypso, of
'lO guns. The reason ior this unexpected visit is
\ not distinctly known.
The Siglo absurdly enough contends that it is
I for the purpose of putting an end to the slave
1 trade, whilst the Trait d’Union is confident that
it has some reference to the English intervention
in the Cuban affair.
’ There bas been a row at Acapulco, in the
' course of which the surgeon of the steamer Uni
corn and some passengers were wounded.
The cholera still continues at Mazatlan.
though its violence is subsiding, in fact it dis
’ appeared almost entirely immediately after at re
’ mendous tempest which did a vast amount of
damage io the shipping in the harbor and the
1 houses of the town.
’ The Trait d'Union ot the 29th, considers it
c certain that the insurrection on the Rio Grande
is not suppressed. It learns from the Genio. a
paper publisher at Victoria, the capital ot Ta
i’ rnaulipas. that a portion of the forces of Carvajal
had attacked the tow n of Cadareyta Jimenez.
° This place is thirty leagues from Victoria and on
.ly ten from Monterey. A courier sent by Gen.
n Uraga to the authorities of Tamaulipas had been
waylaid and his despatches were taken from him.
.. The Constitutional, Arista’s official organ, main
’ tains an obstinate silence on the subject of the in
surrection.
’’ The Matamoros Bandera Mexicana contains
an elaborate defence of the conduct of Gen. Ava
los. It says, very justly, that had he not reduced
the tariffi he would have been unable to make
head against the movements of Carvajal.
r 'I he pronunciamento ofCordova is not yet sup
’ pressed, notwithstanding the late assertions of
e the Mexican papers to the contrary. The leader,
Romero, bad not fled with ten men only, as had
been reported, but had retreated with a respect-
n able force. Afterwards he renewed hostilities
t by attacking and dispersing a detachment of
i; sixty dragoons. Finally, however, proposals
. were made to Romero, which it is thought he
n will accept, and so put an end to the contest.
Congress seems really to have some idea of re
forming the tariff system of the country. The
. discussion on the subject is cariied on very
. warmly. The committee has made a report
. 1 favorable to the project but it was very fiercely
1 attacked by Messrs. Hierro, Acevedo, Beistegiii.
Cnnto, and Arrangvnz.
e Tbe hurricane at .Mazatlan, to which we re
i ferred last evening, was very devastating in its
effects. The rain fell in torrents, the sea rose,
. anil the streets were flooded so that the water
f penetrated into the houses. The vessels in port
_ were driven from their anchorage and dashed
t against each other with violence. If the tempest
s had cont.nurd two hours longer, the whole town
would have been reduced to a heap of ruin*. As
it was. all the frame houses, and those which
were badly constructed, were prostrated. Ofthe
r eight small vessels in port, four were destroyed
’ and twojstranded. The English corvette of war
r Daphne lost her masts. In the city, twentv two
persons were killetl and a large number wound
ed. Three sailors were drowned. The office of
the Estrella del Pacifico was so much injured
that it had to suspend publication.
An American writes to the Trait d’Union,
stating that some time ago. nine Americans ar
rived at Mazatlan from California, determined to
pa~s through Mexico in order to see tbe country.
While travfrtuig through Durango they were at
tacked by a large number of Indians, w ho wotm
! ded one of the number and took his hm*sg, his
baggage and 8300. Two days afterwards, a party
. tv/enty-two Americans encountered the same
t Indians. gav£ thz*m battle, dispersed them in a
few moments, and retook the horse and the 8300
t stolen from the wounded Amencah.
Great complaints are made aga nst the muni
cipal president of Mazatlan for his conduct to
i wards travelers coming from California. It is
l said that he demaiida of them letters of security
befi re be will give them their passports. As they
do not intend to remain in the country, the c ;n
--ii£t joinjily with this demand, and he then char
r ges their.« doubloon or refuses to give them
passports.
A diplomatic dinner wasgueu iu the Spanish
legation at the city of Mexico on the loth i;\.
in honor of the birthday of the queen Four ot
the Mexican Secretaries and the Foreign Minis
ter were present.
On the 20th ult.. the steamer Edgar, built in
New York for tbe Mexican Government, arrived
at Vera Cruz. Her name is to b»* changed to
Estado de Mexico.
The Indians still continue their ravages in Du
rango and Chihuahua.
A large number of dead bodies hare been found
on the plain ofthe Sepultures, ten leagues west
o‘ Parras. It is supposed that they are bodies of
persons murdered by the Indians.
A Free Soil National Conventl? I'* 1 '* Uas been
by the Free-Soil members of
shall be held next Spring at Pittsburg, after the
Whig and Democratic National Conventions
shall have taken place Among those named as
candidates for the Preridjfcy. the most promi
nent the Hon. John«M|Dix, of New York;
Joshua R. Giddings anefflffin P. Hale.—Balti
more Sun. lust.
The Na tional WelcomiS© Kossvth.—Wil
liam Hunter. Esq.. Chief Clerk in the Depart
ment of State, was despatched to New York on
Tuesday, bearing to Loins Kossuth the resolutions
of Congress giving to him. in behaifof the people
of the I States, a cordial welcome to the capital
41 the country.—/\
W-
New York. Dec. 16—11, P. M.
Castle Garden was densely crowded to-night
with an imposing military demonstration in fa
. vor of Kossuth.
Gov. Kossuth was escorted from and to his
hotel by an immense throng of enthusiastic ad
mirers, who kept up a continual cheering at
every step of his progress
At Castle Garden Kossuth delivered an elo
quent and thrilling address, without notes, which
was received witn the utmost enthusiasm.
New York, Dec. 17.—Kossuth has determined
on vising Philadelphia next week, and will pro
bably leave here on next Wednesday morning.
He received the Pniladelphia committee of invi
tation to-day.
Tae amount subscribed to the Kossuth fu.idin
this city up to this morning was $5,000.
The Forrest divorce case is now progressing to
a final close, and excites a great interest
CoNSTI'TIONAL Ux’.ON CANDIDATE FOR SPEAK
ER. —We are pleased to observe that our imme
diate Representative, the Hon. Junius Hiilyer,
received the vote of the entire Constitutional
Union party (consistingof Robert H. Toombs
and A. H. Stephens!} for the office or Speaker.—
We congratulate the Judge on his Mattering pros
pectsof promotion! Only think of it! A spank
fire new member, and of course not an expectant
of any office at the hands®! the House—to re
ceive unsolicited, the tMtammofeJ rare ot an enftrf
party, the first ballot!! and such a part?*, too—a
party whose high mission was to ’ prevent this
glorious Union from being '“6u srcrf wp —Jrim
; GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
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Frocecdngs.
Milledgeville, Dec. 17, 1851.
From some remarks that fel from members
ast night, during the debate on the Jane Young
resolution. I was led to the belief, that to-day
would have constituted a new and handsome
leaf in the histoiy of the present Legislature of
Georgia—that the members would, to use a
homely phrase, pull off their coats, roll up their
sleeves and pantaloons, and go to w’ork. zealously
and faithfully, to bring up an immense amount
of business which is wofully behind the times—
i. e. 17th December, 1851. That the Legisla
ture can. if it will, (as several working members
said to-day.) transact all the business now before
it, and in away to do full justice to the people
and to the measures themselves, does not admit
of a doubt. Men do not know, really, how* j
much they can accomplish, until they shall have
put forth their best exertions. But if they spend
their time in piling up before them, all they
have to do. without disposing of any thing, they
' will, presently, have erected a htapof labor, that
will startle and appal the stoutest heart. Let
them but close their eyes to the height and
thickness of the mass of work, and begin, grad-
I ually and industriously, to diminish in
less time than gentlemen have
about their labors, it will
In the modest belief breathed have ;
been disappointed. Air. Russell called up a re- I
i solution, providing a recess in the sessions ofthe I
j Legislature after the 23d inst. Mr. Wofford,
offered a substitute, that the Legislature will ad
, journ side die. on the 30th inst. About two hours
were consumed in discussing them. Messrs. ,
Russell, Hill and Tift, favored the recess, and
. Messis. Wofford. Floyd. Meriwether, (Mr. Sew
ard in the Chair.) and Thurmond, opposed it. On •
a final vote, the substitute was rejected by a vote
of 51 to 61. and the original by a vote of 26 to ■
82—a tolerably decided expression against any
j recess.
Air. Smith, of Hancock, introduced a bill to
amend th<* Uws regulating the town of Sparta.
j'i <*’ •>•, • . -n ru;> the «eorghx Raiiroad
Company • > TL.
ijftGxhlirh a .» >•/. • < city ot JV-* ..ILT-l
?...•! to faci’hn’<* urnt:;* ■•‘•or beiv.
said Companies, on certain conditions.
Mr. Carr—To exempt the Military Corps of
Sciiven county, known as the Seri ven Troop,
from jury duty.
1 Mr. Fannin—For the benefit of tbe Atlanta
‘ & LaGrange Railroad Compasy.
, Mr. Langmade—To compensate Petit Jurors
. in Washington county. Aho, to change the
' name of Wm. VV. Owens to Wm. W. Bost
wick.
The following are the leading features of the
bill passed on yesterday, giving the election of
Judges to the people. The fi st election under
■ the law is to take place on tae Ist Monday in
October, 1853. and every Ith year thereafter, ex-
, cept in the Coweta, Alacon and
Blue Ridge Circuits, said elections
1 shall be held on the in Ootober,
I 1855, and every Ith year thereafter. The elec
-1 tions are to be conducted, and the returns made
■> under the law now controlSng those for mem
bers of Congress, &c. The Governor is, by pro
, clamation, to announce who are elected, and
t commission them. The qualifications for voters
1 are one year’s residence in the Circuit, six
months in the county, and must vote in their
’ own county- Elegibility to a seat on the Bench
consists in ten year’s residence in the State.
■ three in the Circuit, and five years' practice of
' the law. The bill does not provide for cases ot
f tie votes, nor for several candidates for the same
a office, and no one receiving a majority ol votes.
In the Senate, Air. Simmons introduced a bill
* to prevent poisons evading payment of tolls on
t the several I‘laiik Roads in this Stale.
Mr. Flournoy's resolution,thatthe Legislature
'* take a recess after the 23d inst., was protracted
ly discussed, and finally lost by a vote ot 26
’ to 15.
i On Air. Foster’s motion, that poition of tbe
• memorial of the Tennessee Legislature, which
’ applies to tbe city of Augusta, was referred to
the Committee on Internal Improvements.
s Mr. Calhoun, from the Select Committee, to
- whom was referred the petition from citizens of
1 Columbia county, reported, that the Toll laws
of this State need no modification.
o'clock, P. AI.
The House went into Committee of the
1 Whole. Mr. Floyd in the Chair, on the bill for
- the government and management of the Western
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and Atlantic Railroad. The afternoon was ‘
spent in discussing slight amendments, which
do not change the bill materially from the form
in which you have iU
Tbe following bills were introduced iu the
Senate:
Bv Mr. J. L. Bvid—To prevent, more effectu
ally. the furnishing of intoxicating liquors to,
‘»nd the Use of if* 4 * •««*>«-. by hirvps.
By Air. Harman—To regulate the
medical nostrums, Ike.
The following bills were passed :
To re-organise tbe Congressional Distric ts of
this State. I send you the printed bill, with the
representative population of each District. You
will perceive that the new county. ” Polk.”
formsa part of the ’th District. It passed by a
vote of 29 to 9.
[The bill did not come to hand by yesterday’s
mail.]
To incorporate the acts heretofore passed, in
corporating the Brunswick & Florida Railroad
Company, by yeas 20. nays 16.
Tbe resolution ofthe House, touching the dis
tribution of Cobb’s new Digest, was concurred
in by yeas 32, nays 7.
Sevt.s o'clock, P. AI. j
1 h*» beuu.c .. no s j n session this evening.
1 he House is engaged in passage of local
bills, among them are the following, which mny
interest some of your
To change the name ofthe ■ Relief Society of
the Georgia Annual Conference ol the Methodist
i’jiiscojXil Church South,” to that of the “Preach
ers’ Aid Society of thp Georgia Conference.'*
To exempt from pilotage over the Savannah
Bar, and up the Savannah River, all steam ves
sels carrying tbe U. S. mails between the State
of Georgia, and the States of South Carolina and
I- lorida.
M:;.l.,i> i Dec. 1-S. Issi.
4 r ‘solution has been agreed to in the House,
anti cor»«.ittrfc*i ii: by tbe Senate, providing ior tbe
appointment of a Joint Committee to examine
into ’.he nature and amount of tire business yet
to be transacted, and report whether, in their (
judgment, it can be dispatched by the 30th inst.
Un motion o* Mr. Bartow, the House went
into Committee of the Whole. Mr. Floyd in the
Chair, on the unfinished business es yesterday—
the bill for the government. &c.. oi the State
Road. The entire forenoon was spent in dis
cussing amendmeuts. and had g°i«e through with
the original bill, at one o'clock, wren they rose,
i and had lea' 6to sjt again. The House then ad-
journed. .
The Senate has refused, by a \ v J
to re-consider its resolution to take a recess.
On Mr. Harman's motion, the Senate also re- <
tused to re-consider an amendrneit adopter! in
the bill passed on yesterday, appropriating the *
unsurveyed parts of Okefenokee Swamp to the ’
Brunswick <Sc Florida Railroad Company. Yeas j
lA. nays 25.
Tiie bill to prescribe conditions to the issuing
of marriage licenses, was lost. Yeas 17. nays
24. The leading provision is. that no marriage
license shall issue, unless the consent of th?*?-
it rents. Aic., of the female, shall have been ob- '
- tained.
The bill to empower justices of the Inferior ;
. Courts, to hire out free perscns of color, as a
t punishment for certain offence*, was passed.
Three o’clock, P. M.
h The House again went into Committee of the
Whole. Mr. Floyd in the Chair, on the unfinish
ed business of the forenoon.
Mr. Atkinson’s substitute was taken up, read
. and amended. A motion was then made to
adopt the substitute in lieu of the original bill,
1 which was lost. On motion of Mr. Seward, the
j Committee rose aud reported the bill to the
House, with amendments. The Speaker having
resumed the Chair. Mr. Chastain called for the
• main question, which was to take up the Report
of the Committee of the Whole, as amended, to
agree thereto. Mr. Seward moved to adjourn.
: and the Speaker announcing a doubt, apon the
• sound, Mr. S. called for the yeas and nays,
which were, yeas 5, nays 91. The vote was
then taken on the call for the main question,
and carried by 69 to 36. An amendment, made
' in Committee, that “ the Superintendent to be
appointed by the Governor, shall hold his office
till the Ist of January, 1854. and his successor
shall be elected bv the General Aseembly every
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second year thereafter." was agreed to by the
House. The report, thus amended and agreed
i to, was put on its passage, and carried by yeas
87, nays 27.
The bill to provide means for repairing and
equipping the State Hoad, is the special order '
for Monday next.
A bill was introduced to encourage the forma
tion of Volunteer Corps in every county in the
State.
The Military Committee reported a resolu
tion requesting our Senators and Representa
tives in Congress, to use their efforts in procur
ing the establishment of an Arsenal in Au
gusta.
The following bills were passed in the Senate:
To change the penalty for larceny from the
house, where the value of the stolen article does
not exceed S2O. to imprisonment in the common
jail.
To require all who apply for Writs of Habeas
Corpus, to give notice to the prosecutor or his
attorney.
To require from administrators on the estates
of minors, bonds in double the amount of such
estates.
To amend the 7th sec. 2d art. of the Constitu
tion, conferring upon the Legislature the power
to commute to inferior punishments.
To incorporate a Southern Liberal Institute at
Griffin, in Spalding county.
Seven o'clock, P. M.
The following bills were passed in the House:
To appropriate 85.000 for improving the navi
i gation of the Coosa River. Messrs. Price, Fel
ton, and Bartow, advocated the passage of this
bill. Mr. Felton, in a clear and strictly prac
tical manner, demonstrated the advantages that
would enure to the State, by making the appro
priation. Among others, he alluded to the
' wealth of the valleys of North Alabama. This,
; he said, was worth contending for—that it must
j go to Mobile, Savannah or Augusta—grant the
! aid asked, and its direction is at once determin
' cd—it must pass up the Coose river at Rome,
and thence to Savannah or Augusta. The re
marks of these gentlemen, without doubt, pro
cured the passage of the bill, as its late seemed to
lie sealed < -cunf'iig the 1* ’ ■ ■■':■ '■ ..«■ ;«?•< i . .-s-
■ wi .. ' ■
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allow both parties to re-marry, was opposed by
Mr. Thurmond, and others, and supported by
Messrs. Tift, Seward, and a few others. It was
lost by a majority of 25 votes to 87.
The u Doctor's bill " was tinkered on a little
this evening, and postponed for the present. It
is already, by amendment, strung out to an in
ordinate length, and by the time it shall have
been physicked to repletion, its longitude will have
to lx* determined by a tape-string.
Milledgeville. Dec. 19, 1851.
Mr. Russell moved to re-consider the bill, pass
ed on yesterday, for the government of the State
Road. He avowed himself opposed to the whole
bill in all its details. He desired to correct some
gross incongruities to be found in it—ibr instance,
the petty officer, called the Auditor, is clothed
with powers co-equal with those of the chief.
He. in fact, possessed a veto on all the acts of the
Superintendant. He wanted the principal offi
cers elective by the people. It had been made
an engine in the hands of political pedagogues
long enough.
Mr. Russell, by the way. in the heat and hur
ry of debate—or perhaps, if. consequence of the
’• noise and confusion " around me. 1 cannot hear
distinctly—employs some very queer expressions.
Indeed, I might style them unique. 1 confess
my inability to appreciate their peculiar and sig
nificant force and bcau‘y. Nevertheless, it is
rather desirable that an Auditor should under
stand the meaning of the words and phrases
used by public speakers, if he expects to be influ
enced in his opinions by the arguments to which
he is listening. Mr. R. is of a warm tempera
ment, and speaks with much tire and enthusiasm,
which, perhaps, furnishes the reason for his using
expressions not exactly suited to convey the idea
in his mind. He should notice this suggestion,
and endeavor to profit by it.
In addition to the phrase italicised above, he
has others that he occasionally introduces into his
speeches. They have quite a rotund and lusty
sound, it is true, yet I cannot say that they are
particularly appropriate. Twice on yesterday,
and once to-day, he pledged himself to assist in
corroborating the bill, if the House would adopt
certain amendments be proposed. Again, Mr.
Bartow, in the course of the debate on the same
bill, had occasion to refer to the accumulation of
produce at Chattanooga and other points, for the
want of cars to take it off. Mr. R., in reply,
wished to know if these goods should be stidti
fied !
Mr. Chastain succeeded, remarking that he
had determined, as far as he could, to stop ail
proceedings going to impede the progress of the
j business of the House, lie did so on yesterday,
with the call for the previous question, and if in
’ order, he would make a similar motion again.
The Chair ruled the motion to be in order. At
< the request, however, of Mr.Seward,who wish
ed to make some remarks on the Journal of the
House, bearing on Mr. Russell's motion, Mr.
C. agreed to withdraw his motion tin ten minutes.
AI r. Se waul the* es s *d Ahc LLka***- ' f -
half an hour, which, tnou'gn longer than the time
allowed by Mr. C.. was patiently received. Mr.
S.. though opposed in politics by a large majority
of the House, and as prone to speech-making as
any other, almost always commands attention.
I can re“«M one or two occasions wherein his
temper seemed to obtain a mastery over bis
t judgment But Ido not remember his ever hav -
ing left the House in any other than a pleasant
: humor.
Mr. S. having taken his seat. Mr. Tift obtain
ed the floor by a few seconds before Mr. Chas
tain. Hence the House had to endure nearly an
hour's speech on a question all were ready and
anxious to settle. As soon as Mr. T. gave signs
of exhaustion, and had not quite taken his seat,
Mr. (.’. repeated his motion. He yielded to a re
quest of Mr. Bartow, to withdraw it, on con
dition that the House would, at oner, proceed to
a direct vote. The vote was so taken, and the
motion to re-consider was lost by yeas 'is. nays
Mr. Seward, from the Committee 4 o examine
into the amount of business yet to be acted on
by both branches of the Legislature, reported,
that it will be possible, by close and unremitted
attention, for the Legislature to adjourn siue die.
on the 3d of January next, and that a recess is
wholly unnecessary.
Mr. Bartow, in a short and feeling address.
i communicated to the House, intelligence of the
death of H. R. Dedwyler, Esq., late member
from Elbert county. He was followed by Messrs.
Harris, of Clark, and Hill, who, in a touching
manner, an»*a< i t., tj u » manv nioral and social
virtues oi the deceased. iq u . addresses of ali
these gentlemen were received wm, a strong
ly marked, and solemn attention, an eviu.» *?,.
• o t the profound respect entertained lor their de
parted friend.
Mr. Thornton then offered a series of resolu
tions, exprcb®ive of the grief oi the members for
the loss they had sustained—tendering to the
family and immediate friends of the deceased,
Ibe condolei ce of Ibe Le slat ure, and ag ■ • g.
as a mark of the respect they felt ibr him while
in life, and of sorrow at his death, to wear the
usual mourning during the remainder of the ses
sion. As a further tribute to his memory, the
House agreed to adjourn io half-past nine to
morrow morning.
Mt. Clark, of Oglethorpe, presented a resolu
tion, that, as the deceased had expressed a wish
to be conveyed to his own home, in case he
should die during the present session of the Le
gislature. a Committee of two should beappoint
ed to repair forthwith to Savannah, and thence
attend the remains of the deceased to his home
in Elbert county.
All of the foregoing resolutions were unani
mously agreed to.
Messrs. Clark, es Oglethorpe, and Thornion,
were appointed the Committee, pursuant to the
last resolution.
The Senate has re-considered the bill. loxt on
yesterday, prescribing conditions to the issuing
of marriage licenses.
The Committee on unfinished busiaes, made
•-* tue Senate similar to the one present
a repo..
ed to the House. .. ; nt .
Mr. Calhoun introduced a bill to carij .
effect the amended Constitution, providing for
the election of an ’ Ordinary." I will forward
a copy of the bill as soon as it shall have been
printed. And
Mr. Wellborn, one, to define the mode of ex
a.v>>n.r <» 1.- i ♦ AC? ri ♦ a LUt'Oral
amining witnesses in the tevera! Courts ci thi:
State.
The Senate was engaged in debate on the bib
to prevent frauds in elections, and to detect and
punish the same, when the Clerk communicatee
the action of the House in reference to the late
H. R. Dedwyler.
J The message from the House, was, on motion
. forthwith taken up, and after a few remark?
from 3li. Hardeman, concurred in.
The Senate also adjourned to half-past nine
to-morrow morning.
December, 20,1851.
On motion of Mr. Walker, the rule was sus
pended, that a bill, to exempt from levy and
sale, on all contracts made from and after the Ist
of July, one negro slave, that may be the proper
ty of each and every free white citizen, male or
female, over twenty-one years o! age, tor its
third reading. The provisions of this bill gave
rise to a long and an exciting debate, in which
Messrs. Walker. Allred. Felton. Russell. Wof
ford. Janes, Clark, o! Stewart. Bartow. Merrell,
Harper, and Seward, participated. It was re
jected by yeas 12. nays 91. The Speaker, by
permission ot the House, recorded his vote in the
negative.
The following new bills were introduced in
the Senate :
By Mr. Anderson—To amend the act incor
porating the New York & Savannah Steam Nav
igation Company.
By Mr. Cone—To encourage the organization
of Volunteer Corps in the several counties of this
State.
By Mr. Harman—To prescribe certain rules
to be observed by the several Railroad Compa
nies in this State, in running engines upon their
respective tracks, and to annex a penalty for vi
olations of the came
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The following bills were passed
To incorporate the Cherukee Railroad Com
pany.
To alter the 7th sec. Ist art. of the Constitu
tion. 1 his is the bill, the provisions of which I
have already noticed. The maximum number
of members of the Legislature is fixed at 135.
Whenever a new county is created, one of the
37 counties, now entitled to two members, loses
one, inorder to provide a Representative fur the
new county. On the passage of the bill the yeas
were 38, and nays 2.
To prevent frauds in elections, Kc. Yeas 21,
nays 17.
To preserve and protect the rights of married
women. Yeas 21, nays 17.
To incorporate Crawfordville Academy.
To repeal the act repealingall acts prohibiting ;
the introduction of slaves into this State. Yeas
31. nays 7.
To prevent persons evading the payment of
tolls on the several Plank Roads in this State.
To prevent, more effectually, the furnishing of
intoxicating liquors to. and the use of the same
j by.slaves.
Three o'clock, P. M.
The Senate devoted the entire afternoon to
the reading of bills the second time.
The resolution, reported some weeks ago, re- j
j quiring the people, at the next general election, j
■ to endorse upon their tickets. "Lien" or “No '
Lien," was postponed indefinitely.
In the House, the following bills were lost.
To pre vent the abatement of that class of per- I
sonal actions called actions in tort.
To exempt from levy and sale, certain prop- |
erty—(one yoke of oxen.)
To make one verdict oi a special jury’ suffi
cient, in actions for divorce. (Lost, as nnconsti- j
tutional.)
The following bills were passed:
For the relief of married woman whose bus- '
bands have deserted them. This bill secures to ■
the wife any property she may acquire during •
' said desertion.
To make penal the cuttingand carrying away .
for sale or otherwise, wood or timber from lands, I
without the consent of the owners.
To amend the act authorising the guardiansol
minors to receive, recover, and remove from the I
State, property belonging to their wards, ami to ■
prescribe the mode of doing the same.
To prohibit the sale of deadly weapons, and j
to prescribe the manner of carrying the same:
and to repeal the act to protect the citizens ot ,
i this State against the unwarrantable use of dead- ■
ly weapons, &c.
Both Houses adjourned to half-past 9 o'clock, ■
Monday morning.
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Washington correspondence of the Baltimore ‘
Sun. a nei.tr-il paper, although the writer of the ,
letter is a democrat.
To those familiar with the history of the '
' Southern w ing of ths new coalition, their twist,
iugs and turnings for the last few years, it will
excite no siftprise to see them now’ follow ing in j
the lea l plKying second fiddle to Thom
as li. Benton, md Francis P. Blair: the latter;
of whom acquired so much notoriety during.;
the last Presidential canvass by his support of
.Mr. Van Burm, the Freesoil candidate, for
which lie was denounced by them in no mea
sured terms. Nor have they been less severe,
since that period, on Mr. Benton who they I
have ass'.irecfthe country was coalescing with
the I’ieesoilers, and would willingly sacrifice '
the South, to secure himself a place
These facts are matters of history, as well as
- the inovemcns of the Southern wmg, to send
‘ d legates to the Nati mnl Convention. If, there
for.: the correspondent <»f the Sun, who isSn in
i ft lliireiit. obst rv in <r ilpnmf.rat ffon-i-npf exx_uitxi&
* judgment of the nresent purposes and intrigues
of the two wings the alliance of these two ex
treme factious will be consummated, 'rims form
ing a coalition, without reference to th** extreme
principles of each other, and intlnenced alone
by their love of spoils. So patent are thev,
th.-J they bring together in fraternal embrace
in the caucus, and will doubtless
in the Convention, Chase, of Ohio, and Davis
of Mississippi, Rantoul and Meade, Prost n
King and Brown, Halo and Soule, Cleveland
and Jackson, Seward and Mason, and a h >st of
others occupying equally extreme positions. Ard
to accomplish such a union. Southern met. a?c
invoked to unite in .ending delegates to the
National Democratic Convention, and that too.
by men who but a few weeks since, wore in st
vehement in their denunciations of aii parties
at the north—as unsound and not to brj iru.4 d.
Indeed, so averse were they to any political al
liance with the north, that they stood pledged to
abide by the resolution of the Nashville Con
vention, which recommended the South to send
no more delegates to the Nati »nal Convent i >n
to nominate a President.
Washington. Dec. 18.
Il i- an error to suppose that it is intended by
the frec-soilers to organize a party on the old
abolition platform.
The fr e-soilers from Maine to Kentucky and
North C. rulin’, are perfectly happy and con-
Vr U! ’‘ v ,,<n y the lead of Thomas 11. Bentrii
Martu. i\ an fcnu p. B! ,,; ri A ;u|(l
as by themselves, even under such i f j... v
are too weak to effect anything, they are
fcc'ly willing to come back into the folds ol the
old demccraclie party, provided the latter, in
return for such magnanimity, is willing to fol
low their lead.
Now it has been ascertained that Wm. O.
Butler is sntliciently of a Northern man to be
put forward by Col. Benton and hk friends ;
while the extremists of the South, of the school
; Jeff. Davis and others, deciare themselves
s-iii.’ficd with Butler being a slaveholder. If the
fiee-soiiers and di-nni••nists can, in that way.
sandwituh the old liners, they wi’l give the
government what direction they please, both as
regards internal and external affairs.
\\ hat the Free-Soiiers now want, is to appro
priate to themselves the name of the pro-
and then start anew with the popular
p/ in their forw. I mention these things,
not with a view to second the Intelligencer, in
its dally cries of anguish about arnisd interven
ti n . but merely to show what the real motives
of some of the philanthropists are, who are
now foremost in preaching popular doctrines
with a view of making themselves popular. N
Fhiirs of ixiELiZKE.YCE.—The London
Tinies deems this a proper occasion to refresh
the memory of the English people as to the
coi interference in the affairs of
. ‘ ■ j - ---I* denrecatinz the
other nations, and in an an.v._ °
interference of England with the affairs of the
Coiitinent, states, on good authority, that the
national defences, which have been mainly and
is *,
substantially international interferences, nave
H cost that country, during the past century
d a'oue. more than £ 1,20. ,000,000, rather more
than half of which was spent in the fourteen
• e years of actual war. The average annual ex
penditure of the Brisk navy, army, and
}• ordnance in these fourteen year.-, was £45.259,-
,s 615. In the six years from 4509 to 15 14. it was
£s’'.' 92,9u6, the agregate being £343,557,432.
e ’ Ln t:.e year Io 14 alone, the expenditure under
these three heads was £7L&s6,7b", and if to
this sum be added the interest of the debt, eJi of
which had been iucured in the prosecution of
! j wars, it will be seen tnat these branches of the
. expenditure amounted in that one year to
£ 101.735,972, a large part of which was expen
ded in foreign countries, and cenaecjuently was
,r abst acted from the capital of the nation. The
’ aggregate expenditure from 1753 to Ixl4
l a.u unted to £46,229,4'9. of which about
two-thirds 3 i.'*? 2". O) were expended in the
ten years that preceded 1514. All the nations
of Europe, exc.pt, Turkey, Italy, and France.
" figure in t'.is list, of which it is sutheient to give i
the vesr 1'14: Spain, £4s‘ '-00 : Portugal.'
£1,500.0011; Sicily’ £316.667; Sweden, £so<»,- .
4 000 ; Russia, £2.169,5'2 ; Prusia, .<1,319.-
122 : -Austria, £1,064.252: advanced to Louis
. XVIII. H ■ 0.000 : Hanover. £SOO 600 : Hen
mark, £131.915 : total for the year 1-14. £-.-
44?..’>7-. in addition to the above mentioned ’
3 sum of £191,735,072, war expenses in the same ’
s > ear -
g The South Western Railroad was opened ■
. from Maeon to Oglethorpe in July lasi, and the
r ’ ompany is doing a large and profitable biwi
- ne.-- The travel and trafie on this Road ex- 1
ceed oux most sanguine expectations. I i
“Rail Ro'i Augusta.”—The
article in our c ■ uultvn Times, with
this caption, e> .. exactly the views of those in
, terested in the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
It is unjust that the City of Augusta should be al
lowed to levy !. on the travelling public
nnd the producers and consumers of the country,
and to subject them to inconvenience nnd delay, for
the sake <.f munstering to her prosperity. Her self
! hshness nnd ilhherahty »ro unGeeoming the spirit of
t ho age, nnd ought not to be tolerated by the people
of Georgia, bhehas fattened on her selfish policy
long enough, and ought now to be able to stand
alone, without blocking up the highways of trade
and travel and interposing obstacles to human pro
gress. If she has no fertile back country to sustain
her, nnd is so effete, commercially, as to require
I foreign stimulus, it is the fault of her [»osition, and
| she has no right Io complain that "all the world and
' the rest of mankind ’are unwilling to be taxed for
j her benefit. If the benefit were at all reciprocal,
I the question would be open for argument, but, in
fact, “ the reciprocity is all on one side”—the side
of the public out of Augusta. Her interests ought,
therefore, to be reeanled as subordinate to the pub
lic convenience and the pecuniary interests of mil
lions who look in that direction for an outlet to their
trade, and employ the railroads ot Georgia and South
Carolina as media of communication with the sea
, board. Wc have no ill-will toward Augusta: on the
' contrary wo wish her the greatest prosperity, but
I not by the robbery of others. If her prosperity is
, dependent on the blacL mail she levies on wayfarers,
tho Georgia Legislature ought, as we humbly con
i ceive, to put an extinguisher on it, by taking from
l her the exclusive privilege of bridging the Savan
[ nah river. Down, we say. with monopolies, not
I only barren of benefits, but replete with evils, to the
public, and yet fostered at the public expense !
' Wo are gratified to learn, that Mr. Patton, of
Lauderdale, has introduced into the Senate a joint
, meirorial to the Georgia Legislature urging the pro
priety of a law authorizing the construction of a
I Railroad Bridge at Augusta, so as to remove the pre
transportation. We hope the me-
I morial will be unanimously adopted.
The above ai\. the comments elicited from the
Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat, by the article from
. the Dalton Times on the same subject, which we
; published a few days since. The Democrat
while approximating nearer the avowal of the
; socialist, agrarian doctrine, of “ vote yourself
a farm,” than any journal that we have noticed
i in tho Southern States, evinces a remarkable
intellectual perversity, or a total ignorance ol
, the subject which it attempts to di-cuss, and
j consequently indulges in the application of epi
l diets as coarse as they are vulgar, and unbecom
ing any journal that aspires to the observance
of the courtesies and proprieties of honorable
and dignified journalism. Thus the citizens of
Augusta, through their corporate capacity, (a i
majority of whom would certainly not sutler by
’ any cbnipanstin~ii ‘>iU Ute editor of the Huntavilia
j (Ala.) Democrat, are denounced as-* “ robbers"
and charged v. ith levying **iilack mail" upon the
people and merchandize transported over the |
Bridge on the Savannah river in this city. Such ;
a charge, from any source, carries its own refu
tation upon its face, and can only injure, (if it
> can be iniure Iby the recoil of its own vulga- i
rity,) the source whence it emanates. j
The city of Augusta owns die Bridge over i
i the Savannah river within her limits, which she
purchushed at a cost of one bundled thousand
j dollars, of an individual who owned the land on
which it rests in the two States, and held a char,
ter from each State for a toli bridge. He also
j held a deed from the State of South Carolina
guaranteeing and warranting the laiuP/omtfr. i
“ forth? abutment, of a toll bridge." and the charter :
was made perpetual by the action of the
j Legislature of Georgia. And it is for charg- j
: ing those who cross this bridge toll, that the
I citizens of Augusta are charged with 1 levying ■
i black mail' 1 and denounced us “ robbers" by the
editor of the Huntsville Democrat. As well |
might the editor proclaim himself guilty es ;
' levying black mail du, and robbir:* his subscri
bers, because of his requiring them to pay for i
I his paper. He might with the same propriety |
i and equal truth and justice, make the sune ;
charges against every Steamboat, Railroad or
I other transporting company, for charging freight ’
i and passage money for the trail portalion of
produce merchandize an 1 The
charges would be equally well grounded and
contain ns much truth, but we need not consume .
time or space to expose a calumny so gross and i
j palpable.
it may not be out of place in this Connection,
to enquire of the Dwiorraf and those who so cor
•iiah'y unite with it in traducing Augusta, be
i cause she charges toll for crossing her Bridge,
i while they have no words kind enough for the !
Charleston Railroad Company, whether they I
' are aware that the Charleston Railroad Compa
ny pocket annually thousands of dollars by charg- ■
ing more for the transportation of freight across ;
the Agusfii Bridge than they pay for it ? Per
haps, however, when the Democrat learns the
fact, tlkit while the Charleston Railroad Compa- <
ny unite most cordially with it in denouncing j
the obstruction of the Bridge, they are pocketing
thousands of dollars by charging wwri? freight j
then thcv’nnv fnr-lxansnortinv merchandize and ;
■.l • :n * 1 of‘i ’'
■' h*' ‘ k • ■ • ■ -r ir-ntH • Sm’h a
erdict we think would conform most auimiamy
with its code of political ethics, as indicated in
the above article. Yet the citizens of Augusta, fr
charging much le s t ii than they are authorized
by law, are denounced as robbers.' 1 and for
levying •• black mai;." Will the DwwrruZ give
its readers a touch of iis quality in reference to
this conduct of the Charleston Company ? We
confess we feel some curiosity to see the chaste
and elegant Irrms it will cull from its familiar
vocabulary, to ex ; ress its admiration of such an
act.
In conclusion, however, we would suggest
to the Demo'-rat, and its eo-laborers in detrac
tion. that there is au honest and honorable way
to obtain the property of other men, som> times
resorted to in ordinary bu-ine-s transactions
among honest men. which in common parlance
is d -nominau d paying for il z and perhaps it
would as well become those w ho stickle so much
about tho toil, paid for crossing the Augusta
Bridge to acquire that property in that wuy.
To our hmnbl * comprehension it would savor
more of th it homely virtue denominated common
honesty.— What say you .Mr Democrat?
Congressional Districts
Tm. v<-ry great inequality in the population
■ < the present Congressional Districts in the
State as bh.j-.vn by the late Census, has rendered
a change necessary in the opinion of all those
who favor equality of representation. Hence
the subjoined Bill has been introduced into the '
Senate, with a view to approximate more nearly •
that desirable object. A friend to whom we are
indebted for a copy of the bill, has kindly fur
nished us with the aggregates of the population
of the several districts, which we annex to ;
each :
A Bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act (
entitled an Act to lay oil and divide the State |
into eight Congressional Districts, and to point (
out the mode of electing members to Con- ]
gross, in each district, and to provide against (
illegal voting, so far as to re-orgonize said dis- (
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprc- j
ntat i ''• .• 'G’ rgia in
s: mbly met. and it A. hereby enacted by authority of (
the same. That from and after the passage of this j
a< t the counties of Chatham, Effingham, Bryan. r
Liberty. Mcliftosh, Tattnall, Bulloch, tmanual. £
Montgomery. Low, ; de . Telfair. Appling, Glynn, t
Camden. Wayne, Ware, Laurens-, Clinch, Thom c
as and Irwin shall compose the first Congression- >
al district. Population 87,525. t
The counties of Muscogee. Stewart. Randolph, t
Early, Decatur, Baker. Lee. Dooly. Sumpter, t
Macon, uu’u?.’.'.' shall compose the a
seconil C ongrAsional district. I’opulation 100,- j
000. . e
The counties of Harns. Talbot, Upson, Pike.
Butts. Monroe, Bibb, Houston, Crawford and
Spaulding shall compete the third Congressional |
district. Population 92,516.
That the counties of Troup. Merriwether, i
: . C Henry. De-
Kalb an ! Cobb hheii compose the fourth Con- |
gressional district. Population 96,351.
That the counties of Dade, Walker, Murray, '
Gilmer. f hattooga, Floyd, Gordon. Cass. ■' hero- ;
kee, Paulding. Carroll and Polk, shall com- >
pose the fifth Congressional district. Popu'a- ’
ii0n55.6tl
'I at the counties of Union, Lumpkin, Rabun, ,
HabeiHall. Forsyth. Gwinnett, Walton, j
( lark. Ja .kson. Madison, and Franklin, shall !
npos th sixth Congn ssional district. Popu- |
lation 95,587.
That ‘he counties ol Newton, Morgan, Greene, .
Jasptr. Putnam : Jones Baldwin, Hancock. |
Washington, Wilkinson, and Twiggs, shall com- | ,
;,ose the seventh Congressional district. Popu- '■ ,
lation 90.815. a (
That the counties of Elbert. Oglethorpe, Lin
coin Wilkos. Taliaierro, Warren. Columbia. (
Richmond. Buike. Jefferson and Seri ven, shall |
compose the eigtL Congressional district. Popu- (
lation 92.761.
A Sample of Cold Weather.
We understand that Moore's Lagoon, on Lov
er’s Lane, about a mile and a hah from the city, <
is covered with ice some three inches thick. A
few of o.sr citizens enjoyed good skating on it '
yesterday, an ’ we understand, should the weath
er h'/.d good, a sow more will enjoy the same
novel sport to-day. 1
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Tt.. An x a.ta Bridge.
I liis structure seems to bo attracting
inconsiderable attention, just now, in the Ii
of Legislation in the Several States of Sc
Carolina, Al bania and Tennessee, who s< -
to be quite disposed to thrust it nlso upon
consideration of that of Georgia. Tennoi
and Alabama have contented themselves i
getting up memorials, but South Caro
would even do more. Tho Hon. Wm. 1
Porter from Charleston introduced into
Senate the following preamble and r
lution.
Whereas, Passengers and goods passing <■ a
the Bridge across the Savannah River, betw .
the city of Augusta, in Georgia, and the t< :
Oi Hamburg in this State, are subjected to
payment of tolls, said to be levied by authc,
ol the city of Augusta, and, whereas, a k
part ol the said Bridge is within the territcr. !
limits and jurisdiction of this State, and the < i .
ol Augusta has no charter for the same, un v
any law ol thia State, and, whereas, it is bigm
important and desirable, that so serious an
structiou to the commerce and intercouSe
tween the people <>f the two States should :<
removed, provided that object can be elle.
consistently with the legal rights of the cit
I Augusta and olheis, therefore,
AcsaZect/, Tlrat the Governor be requestei
communicate with the Governor of Georgia •
the subject and to take such other suitable m- •
ures as may lead to a full exposition and um
standing of the rights of all parties conceri 1.
and a frank and friendly settlement of t| lP w i o-.-
matter.
This certainly reads exceedingly smooth,
might very proper'y ba denominated a sor
Oily Gammon production, the more especj
a s the Senator entirely omited, either ignore
ly or intentionally to state in bis preamble
fact, that the city of Augusta holds the. S<
Carolina end of the Bridge under a deed I
l hat State which guarairees the land ‘ for i
abutment of a toll bridge forever,” in consi
ration of which the State received more I
fifty times its value for any other purpose w
ever.
That the Senator was moved by a siir
desire to relieve the passengers, goods and :
duce. passing over the Augusta Bridge, f
the payment of tolls, &c., and thereby pron
the interests of commerce and the people ol
j interior, no one can doubt. It is, theres
i passing strange, representing, as he does.
City of Charleston, that it did not occur to
to propose the relief of the same class from
charge of Omnibus fare and drayage in
: city, by extending the Charlson road ___
I wharves. Very remarfcble, indeed, ai
suppose may be accounted for on tha
principle as ail the’bcts of modern phila
pists, who always to seek object
home. Mr. Porter is certainly a very v:
Senator in tlie removal of all obstruent
commerce except those which put money
pockets of his own constituents! He is i
a far seeing, if not a very "selfish and sag
statesman.
If the Senator from Charleston has
himsell a party to the action of the Legiv
of South Carolina, in reference to tho 1
for tee last three years, w e should imagii
cheek must have beon suffused with the bl
shame, when he aieomp mied his preambl
resolution with '.he following Bill:
A BILL
i To provide for the grunt of reciprocal priv
to citizens of Somh Carolina and us Ge
in relation to the building of Bt idges pv
Savannah river.
Whereas, It is highly important to the
ests of the citizens of South Carolina ahd
gia. that some common system of providi i
bridges and feiries over the Savannah riv
the passage of the same, should bo hdop:
the tw o Slates, und that no obstacle should
from the want of concert in ihsir legislati ■
this subject.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1
of Represcntati es now met and sitting in
eral Assembly, and by the authority of the
That any chatter or franchise granted ot • e
granted by tho s tate of Georgia, for the pu
of building and establishing bridges or 1
over tho savannah river, shall have full
within the limits and jurisdiction of the Si
south Carolina, notwithstanding the rig
the said state, to tho s une extent in iilljre
as if such charter or franchise bad been gi
by the State of “South Carolina : Provide!
before this Act shall go into operation, the
of Georgia do by law provide that equal
be given in the Suite of Georgia to charts
franchises granted by this State; and that
this Act Mia I go into operation, the legal i
v :y and effect us a charter grunted by eitl
the said Stales for the purposes aforesaid,
be subject to this limitation and restriction
n > such charter from either State shall pr
the other Slate from granting a charter
bridge or ferry over the Savanmih river a
' place, liowevor near the place where n bl iu
terry is or may be e.tablished under a cl
from the State: And provided also, hitno
herein contained shall be taken or held to
o-otn nr ir»inn : r »h>r V AKfprl' hfa of nnu
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" ■'!-/. tl.iy t ri ■* 1 .jfajjM
:m x<cw iork to Kossuth, he delivered a i>. ,»
and elaborate speech, which having been pi
oitsly written with great care was red t<s .;
audience by him. in this speech ho be
laid his whole plans before the peo io as
viously indicated, an J byway of comment
them the more favorably to the considero
and approbation of the American peo. ’
perpetrated the very mo Jest act of Jectu)
them upon the principles of our own g.ivi.n
mentnnd of the views of Wash ngton in re
once to certain principles.
The Baltimore American, a journal ahv
distinguished for its calm, dispassionate t
profound investigation of all questions, not
than its sound, practical conservatism, publis
this speech of the distinguished Magyar, ;
ifitoduces it to the re-ider’s consideration v
the following comments.
•• It is altogether a remarkable speech. <•
cannot rea lit without astonishment. A in
ingenious, plausible, eloquent exposition I
never put in words. There are in it some f
>ages that wciild I e sufficient to rank the ntte
among the first (f orators living or d-ad.
“ Whatever may be said of Kossuth
friend or foe the acknowledgment ofhishon
ty is beyond question, lie marches up to
subject face to fice. a d blinks no part of
A bolder proposition was never made to
nation than that which he announces w. ■
the clarnness of a man who seems to think th
he Is advancing nothing but what is perfec 1
reason .bk, and in full keeping with the wh(
spirit and practice of our institutions. !•
gives us lectures upon our system of goven
ment. and informs us how Washington unde,
stood it. A most extraordinary speech?
“ When we come to consider for a moment
the consequences of the policy which Kossuth
would have us embark in, the mind bccoms co>.
fused and cannot see clearly. Bepublicanis
in Europe! To fight for that ! Soni thin
better, ifyou please. Republican! iu in Euro} •
would be too much like a patch of new clo ■
on an old garment. We have enough to do r.l
home where a virgin soil, free from the e
cumbrances of <id institutions, lies before •
upon which we are to rear the edifice of Fra
dom. Why go abroad to tear down before i
can erect, and then have no confidence wh;
ever in the foundation that has to be artific
from the beginning ?
“We are free to confess, that we have 1
confidence at all in the possibility of tree i
stitulions in Europe, in of the ten
There are two msrirurs in
and perhaps they are of nearly equal force
the propensity to throw off restraint, and tl
desire to b? governed. Singularly enough,
would seem, the two sections of the world
the East and the West—are representative <
this two-fold instinct. The Oriental habit ■
obedience contrasts with the Western impuh
after independence. We are accustomed i
look at one side only. With uh all ideas »
greatness, of nobleness, of worth and digniti
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are as ociated with struggles against authority
against power—which in its place isa very goo
thing aud a very necessary thing. Thus it i
that we descended from Western Europe, an
more western than all others, are peculiar!'
fitted for republicanism. We pail no man mat
ter : we recognize no allegiance save that whici
binds us to the throne of the Eternal. But othp.
races as J tptipps are hot so, and if would b ;
folly to expect thorn to become so. Itepiibl
canisrn in Hungary If living man could es
t.b ish it, then Cossnth is the man—but it is be
yond his power. The domination of Russia
the exponent of the great instinct of obedieuct
and government per se and of concentrate!
power, is cerla-n to prevail oyer the distracted
irresolute counsels ahd efforts of European lie
eration, such as it Is.
“ Why should we mix ourselves up in the
business ’ It is not becoming to the dignity p
this Republic that it should do anything ineffec
tually or attempt apythmg in which it could no
command sticcess. Let r.ot thp hand be raise!
in mockery, nor raised at all except to deal t
conclusive blow. Let the European Eph rain
be joined to his idols: it is not for this Republic
to purge that temple, so full of abominations.’
A deliberate attempt was made at New York
on Monday night to burn out a store on Broad
way. occupied as the agency of the V nio ?t
' ilove Manufactory of Paris. Its early discov
ery by the police alone preven’ed the entire
destruction of the building. IL Brandenbur
ger. the agent of t!;e concern, was arrested the
next morning on the charge of having been the
mcendia y, his alleged object being to secure
the insurance 0f30,000 dollars whieb he had es.
fected on the contents of the st"®-