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2 jp.wrrllnnrouo. ?, ~ ~ ; - ~ ~ > t (Correspondence of the Baltimore dl mericarp j 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 , i i tn 1 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. I i 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 • ' ’ ' >a. j<»n ot thf l -1 .. ■ .'uVl'fi-.'lW 111 ' ; v.Nj. . 1• V • , ro the c >nii -i’c on b•reign 'elutions, an 4 | to bu jAii.SbCU. 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. J ■ e.. Uat tl •> ■■•'••■ • < the < th, : the ■ . i.h ib»* . ii.. ; • 1 which was teJ. ins . a■ ; •». ’- ■' - ayes n- , s 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.” [jFiwh the N. O. Picayune, ISth 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. . ..... . . ’'-• A l . - _ . 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 ■ .... ......... ... - 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 ■ ■ H 1 . I . ■■ - , - - 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 .. ' ■ - m.iy •_ . r m w road- < > be i. *.C ... 1’ i ' 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 L 1 JkJMMMM 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. ram . ” LE & SENTINEL.- ----- ~ I December 24, 1851, ’ SEND NEW SUBSCRIBERS! If our friend-’ will give ns the benefit of a i slight effort in the way of NEW SUBSCRI BERS, they may easily double our list Let every man who feels any interest in the Chron icle Ar Sentinel, make the trial to obtain at least <hic subscriber. There is scarce a nri'.i i who cannot send one. and many of them can ' end srorts. it ouly. requires a trial. Sap prseour Six Thousand Fivj Hundred Sub-j scribers should each constitute himself an Agent and determine to get ns one nciv advance paying : subscriber. What would be the effect? With ! such an effort, what migh not be accomplished ‘ for the improvement of the paper, and the benefit of every man into whose family it might be thus sent ? We desire to make the paper better and more i useful in every department, than it lias ever j been, and if our friends will only aid us by’ ex- ! tending our subscription list to the utmost of I their capacity, we pledge ourselves to the per . formauee of our duties, and to the accomplish- ■ ment of their and our own des'res in that re- j gar. I. T c ztial Democracy, As it may not te uninteresting to southern ; men, to watch the progress ofevcnls connected i w ith the efforts now making by the Freesoil j democrats of the nonh and the Secession demo- j crits of the South, to unite and reform the Na- • tional Democratic party, we commend to their j consideration the lollowiiig extract from the ■ 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 < —————— - || mu 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 4 .;•* 1? ‘ Ari -' ■-HKP U > ’ u ! ... !, ...1 l’.:;.tl;e L ■■•a ta " ■'!-/. 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 D" -r ........ UMU 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"®-