The Southern Democrat. (Oglethorpe, Ga.) 1851-1853, December 06, 1851, Image 2

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oramiiii last of the foregoing re- jf S. Bailey. B. S. Jordan. ’ CW6.—C. J. McDoSirid. ptr ’ Cherokee. —Joseph E. Brffwn. Chatham. —Thomas Purse. \ •* toe. —L. B. Mercer. 4 The meeting then adjourned fine die. JOSEPH BAY, Ch’tn'n. A. E. Cochran, 1 „ J. C. Burch, \ Secretane*. EOitCif A uiuHLATFRE. IN SENATE Milledgeville, Nor. 24. Sills Introduced. Mr. Foster, a bill in relation to Bond*, Bills, Promissory Notes and other instruments in writ ing. Mr. Cone, a bill to extend the time of taking; out Head Eights Grants to 25th Dec. 1862. Mr. Anderson, a bill to authorise the several! Rail Road* of this State to establish through rates for the transportation and conveyance of produce, merchandise and passengers. . Sills passed. The bill to authorize the consolidation of the! stocks of the Georgia Rail Road Cos., and of the Washington Rail Road or Plank ltoad Cos. November 25. Bills Introduced. Mr. Slaughter, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the fees of Attorneys and Solici tors General. Mr. Simmons, a bill to change the time ofhold mg the Superior Courts in the counties of Floyd, Cass, Gordon, Murray, Walker, Dade and Chat tooga and the Superior Courts of Floyd Cos. November 20. Sills Introduced. Mr. Foster from the Judiciary Committee, a bill to dispose of personal property levied uj>on and claimed, and for other purposes. Mr. Moore, a bill to incorporate a Savings Bank in the city of Augusta. Mr. Bethune, a bill to extend the charter of the ‘Augusta Insurance and Banking Cos. Mr. Foster, a bill in relation to the issuing of Change bills and private banking to punish the same and to authorize the Banks of this State to issue bills of certain denominations. The Committee on Finance reported a balance in the Treasury, Nov. 24. 1851, of 8517,534 50. The Cotmnitte in closing their report, spoke of the late Treasurer, Mr. J. M. Patton, in very credita ble terms. Mr. Knight reported a bill to require the Stock holders on the Brunswick Canal and Rail Road Cos, to pay an assessment to complete said canal. Mr. Flournoy, a bill to incorporate the Colum bus and Greenville Plank Road and Turnpike Cos, and the Columbus and Lannalmssee Plank Road and Turnpike 00. f NaiVEMIIEK 28. Bills Introduced. Mr. Calhoun, a bill to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Coweta and Blue Ridge Circuits. Mr. McCune, a bill to alter and amend the eighth section of the 4th division of the Penal Cede of this State. Sills Passed. prohibit owriFfes, over-, ’ seers oronplovers of slaves, from'jiermittirig suul slaves to do unnecessary work on the Sabbath. The bill to point out a id define the mode of ser vice of writs of scire facias. The bill to compensate owners of unenclosed ground through which the Inferior Courts may grant new Roads. Tlio bill as amended, to authorise Justices of the Peaco to recognize witnesses tor their appear ance at Court at any time as well as at ‘lie time •f the trial for commitment. The hill, as amended, to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the mode of partitioning lands and tenements in certain cases. November 24. Bills Introduced, Mr. Harmon, a bill to amend the several acts now in force regulating the fees of magistrates and constables in the State of Georgia so far as relates to tho Cos:, of Bibb. Also a bill to incorporate tho Georgia Mechanical and Manufacturing Insti tute of the State of Georgia. Bills Passed. Tho bill to extend the charter of the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. 1 ho bill to dispose of personal property levied upon and claimed. The bill to authorise the several Rail Road com panies in tho State to establish through rates. Tho bill to require the stockholders of the Brunswick canal company to pay an assessment ID compieto the canal. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. November 24. The House met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. 8. 11. Blackwell member elect from Jasper appear ed was qualified and took his seat. Bills Introduced. Mr. Baugh, a bill to add an additional section to the 10th Division of the Penal Code. Mr. Roberts, a bill to incorporate a Bank in the towu of Fort Gaines in F'-arly co. to be culled the South Western Bank of Georgia. Mr. McDougald, a bill to prevent deputy sheriffs of this State from holding the office of Sheriff or deputy sheriff for the term of two years after the expiration of the term-of their principal. Also a bill to rejieal certain parts of an act to point out the mode for tho collection of rents. Also a bill to cnrry'ihto effect the last paragraph of the eighth section of the third article of the Constitution Ac. Also a bill” to authorise the Rock Island manufac turing Cos, of Muscogee co. to issue and sell the bonds of said company. Also a bill to prohibit encroachments upon the sovereign rights of the State of Georgia by foreign banking institutions and their agents within the limits of this State. Mr. Clark of Stewart, a bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate and extend the South Western Rail Road. Mr. Caste ns, a biff to amend an act compelling the several Banks of this State to redeem their lia bilities in specie and provide for a forfeiture of such as may refuse. Mr. McFarland, a bill t 6 define the duties of the Grand Jury and to alter tho oath of the Grand Jury, Mr. Bartow, a bill to incorporate the Savannah and Amsterdam steam navigation and Banking oompany. Mr, Atkinson, a bill tochangc the time of hold- ing the Superior Court of Bibb coi Bills Passed. The bill as amended to limit the bringing bill* of review to three years from the date of their de cree. The bill to alter and amend the Ist paragraph of the 7th section of the constitution of the State. Thebillto authorise and enable James Stewart an alien bom resident in the county of Pike i purchase hold and convey real estate in this State, j November 25. j The House in the morning was engaged in tlie consideration of the case of Brinkley Bishop. The bill for thejmrdon was passed. * ‘M November 26, • The House took up the’ Report Tin “she bill (Sri ! the pardon of James Johnson of Baldwin county, j j for the crime of murder. The bill was read the ; third time and passed. The House took up the Report of the bill for; the pardon of Garland D. Cornett of the county of Morgan. Pending the discussion on this bill, the hour arrived for certain elections, which were proceeded with, snd are reported in another col umn. 3 O’Clock, P. M. Mr. Atkinson laid on the table a resolution to wit: That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby respectfully requested to pardon the two females, Jane Young and Sarah Manning, now confined in the Penitentiary. November, 27. The day having been set apart as a day of; Thanksgiving and Prayer, neither House was in session. November 28. j Bills Introduced. Mr. Tift, a bill to amend an act entitled an act! to authorise the Savannah ami Albany Kail Road Cos, to make and use a plank road and branches. Mr. Smith of Hancock, a bill to compensate the owners of slav es executed for capital offences. Mr. Mobley, a bill to regulate the practice of ! law and equity and define the powers of the same. Mr. Thurmond a bill to authorise husbands to j collect, sue for and recover all the property, real and pemonal, of their deceased wives without ad ministering on their estates. Also a bill for the ; relief of Joint M. Wilhite of Jackson county. | Mr. Bailey, a bill supplemental to an act to in corporate the Cherokee Insurance and Banking Cos. 1 Mr. Clark of Stewart, a bill to provide for the payment of the creditors of the Bank of Darien. Mr. Bellinger, a bill to alter the time of holding tiie Inferior Court in DeKalb co. Bills Passed. The bill to ratify the contract for tho purchase of iron for the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. Tho bill to secure the Rock Island manufactur ing Cos, certain privileges. Novemukh, 24. Bills Passed. Tlie bill, as amended to authorise Obadiah T. Dickenson surveyor of Rabun co. toresurvex apart of the first and second district of said co. Koasiith and O’Brien. Wednesday, 3P. M. 1 On motion to suspend the rules, Col. Milledge of Augusta, in a few appropriate remarks, intro- j duced the following preamble and resolutions, in j relation to Kossuth and the Irish Exiles: Whereas, ‘The people of tho United States en joy in a high degree the blessings of a just, wise, j and free government—where differences of opinion are tolerated, equal rights protected and equal j privileges extend to all: And Whereas, the very genius of our Institutions awakens an interest in tho oppressed of other lands, and prompt us | to extend to them both sympathy and relief; Be it Resolved , That the Gencneral Assembly of the State of Georgia highly approve of the action of the General’ G©vet.:ent, in interceding for the relenso and in offering an asylum, to the patriot Kossuth and bis companions in exile. Resolved, That wo tender them a hearty wel come and tiust that they may continue to enjoy a happy home in our country, until the chains of tyranny in the old world are broken, and until Kings and Emperors have ceased to oppress the wise and good. Resolved, That as our Government has began j good in tlie case of the Hungarian exiles, we trust that Congress may take sirailiar action in regard - to those Irish patriots who are now lingering in exile and in prison on account of their devotion to tlie cause of political freedom in their unhappy country. Resolved, That as Irish blood was freely shed ; in the cause of American Independence, and as ; Irish patriotism has ever been prompt to sustain our government and its institutions, wo tender to Smith O’Brien and his Compatriots in misfortune, our heartfelt sympathies, and would gladly wel come them to a home in our free, prosperous and happy country. Resolved, That his excellency tlie Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions i to each of our Senators and Representatives in i Congress, with a request that they take such ac-! tioti in the premises as may appear appropriate, i But little business of public interest was trans acted this afternoon, Mr. W. K. DeGaaffenried, of Macon, has been elected solicitor for the “Macon j Circuit,” and Mr. E. D. Chisolm, of the “Blue ] Ridge Circuit.” Election of Judges, Ac. Botli Houses of the Legislature convened in 1 the Representative Hall on the 26th for the pur- 1 pose of electing Judges mid Solicitors of certain ‘ Districts. The following is the result: Judge—Macon District. A. P. Powers, 70 92 elected. J. L. Stephens, 52 54 J. L. Gresham. 29 12 Blank, 33 Judge—Blue Ridgf. District David Irwin, 87 elected. J. W. Underwood, 71 Blank, 2 Judge—Coweta District Edward Y. llill, No opposition. Judge—South Western District. Win. Taylor, 42 52 66 93 elected. W. 11. Jno.ll. Jones, 34 36 35 25 P. J. Strozier, 15 6 withdrawn. Richard Sims, 15 10 withdrawn A. M. D. King, 16 8 withdrawn. Blank, 2 6 Solicitor—Macon District. W. K. DeGraffenried, 73 elected. Geo. W. Norman, 45 Philip Cook, 22 Blauk, . 1 Solicitor—Blue Ridgf. District. E. D. Chisholm, 53 63 66 76 elected. A. R.Kellam, 37 47 49 63 J. T. Ratchfie, 25 32 27 withdrawn. Jas. Gaston, 7 1 withdrawn. A. R. Blackwell, 13 withdrawn. W. A. Lewis, 7 withdawn. Blank, 4 Generous Tokens of Regard.—As the wid ow of Dr. Judson was embarking for tho United States at Calcutta, a number of noble-hearted and disinterested friends made her a present of 3,000 rupees, or nearly 81,500, as a testimony of the rev erenoe in which they held her lamented husband, and tho respect and interest they felt for his be reaved family, 7lwiippi State Conycnnoii*- The following are the Resolutions which adopted bv the late State, Convention in pi. This body was called, on. the tion of < lov. as a mam State reri^Kj^ygain*t the Copiprom^B ftturned a Convention which j passed the following strong resolves, disavowing ; the purposes and recommendations of the Govem- I or, and giving their firm adhesion to the Compro mise which he assailed: 1. Resolved, That in the opinion f this Con- 1 vention the people of Mississipp, in a Spirit of con- j filiation and compromise, have maturely Consider ed the action of Congress, embracing a series of measures for the admission of California, as a 1 State, into the Union, the organization of territo rial governments for Utah and New Mexico, the establishment of the boundary between the latter and the State of Texas, the suppression of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the extradition of fugitive slaves, and connected with •hem the rejection of the proposition to exclude slavery from the territories of the United Staffs 1 and to abolish it in the DistriJrof Columbia; and, whilst they do not entirely agplo.e, will abidemy jit as a permanent adjustmewta&f this sectional | troversy, so long as it is faithfully observed ISi I enforced in all itsfeatues. 1 2. Resolved, That * perceive- I ‘above recited legislation of tlie Congress of the j United States which should lie permitted to dis turb the friendly and peaceful “existing relations j between the Government of the United States 1 and the Government and People of the State of ! Mississippi.” | 3. Therefore, Resolved, That, in tlie opinion of 1 this Convention, the people ofthe Slate of Missis sippi will abide by the Union, as it is, and by | the Constitution of the United States, without i amendments. 4. Resolved, further, That, iri the opinion of j this Convention, the asserted right of secession from the Union, on tlie part of the State or States, is utterly unsanctioned by tho Federal Constitu tion, which was framed to “establish,'’ and Hot to destroy the Union of the States; and that no se cession can, in fact, take place without a subver sion of the Union established, and which will not virtually amount, in its effects and consequences, to a civil revolution. 5. Resolved, further, That whilst, in the opin ion of this Convention, such are tho sentiments and opinions of tho people of the State of Missis sippi, still, violations of the rights of the peoplo of tins State may occur, w hich would amount to in tolcratc oppression, and would justify a resort to measures of resistance, amongst which, in the opinion of the Convention, the people of the State have designated the following: t-asts®,**''* 1. The interference, by Congressional legisla tion, with the institution of slavery in the States. 2. Interference with the trade in slaves in the States. 3. Any action of Congress 011 the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, incompati ble with the safety and domestic tranquillity, the rights and honor of the slim-holding States. 4. Tho refusal by Congress to admit anew State into the Union, on the ground of her tole rating slavery within her limits, 5. Tlie passage of any law by Congress prohibit ing slavery iiumy of the Territories. 6- I J I 1 -.ri IitfcJß l i■ the neglect or refusal by tlie Gencl*il Government to enforce the constitutional provisions for the re clamation of fugitive slaves. 7. Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Con vention, the people, in the recent elections, have been governed by an abiding confidence that the said adjustment measures of Congress would be enforced, in good faith, in every section of the land. 8. Resolved, That, as the people of the State of Mississippi, in the opinion of this Convention, desire all further agitation of the slavery question to cense, and have acted upon and decided all the foregoing questions, thereby making it the duty of this Convention to pass no acts within tho pur viejv and spirit of the law under which it was call ed, this Convention deems it unnecessary to refer to the ballot box, its action in the premises. The JlonnoaiN. Various accounts frmn Utah represent that ter ritory as in a state of revolution. The United; States officers, judges, Indian agents, Ac, have been forced to take to their heels. A eorrespoti-'! dent of the St. Louis Republican states that the 820,00, appropriated by Congress for public build- 1 ings, has been taken to pay off the debts of the j Mormon Church; and only a short tiife before the ; U. S, officers left, the Mormon Governor, Young, called the Legislature together,secretV, and pass ed resolutions, and issued orders for the seizure of twenty-five thousand dollars more from the | hands of Harris, the Secretary. Harris persisted in retaining it and it was only by the aid of an i injunction from tho Superior Court that lie was able to do so, and get away with tac- money. A correspondent ot'the N. Y., Tribute, states that Harris was pursued, overtaken ana searched by - the Mormons, but that they did lint succeed in securing the cash. The same write says that the ! Mormon Governor declared at a nieeting of near ly 3000 Mormons, that 110 aeknowedged no alle- i gianoe to the United States Governm-nt, and thatl he would resist to the death, any attlmpt to exer cise power over him. lie also state! that he had lately came from Heaven, that Ger. jfaylor was in Hell; that the United States Govonnient was go ing there, and lie didn’t care how/soon. This Monuonistn is the vilest wd the most ox-! traordinary imposition of moderntimes. It orig- I mated in Western New York, tha; hot lied of Ab ! olitionism, and of all other isems. Joe Smith the | discoverer of the Mormon Bible, vas a notorious | blackgguard-coarse, sensual and chut Big. lie first 1 established a Mormon colony in Olio; from there, j in consequence of their vicious practice!, they were ; forced to move to Missouri; there, t(eir crimes soon made tlie country too hot to holothem, and they pitched their tents in Illinois. Uheir con duct in Illinois was abominable beyotl descrip tion, and they were rooted out by tlie ail author ities at the point of the bayonet, and joe Smith, their leader, was slain. Up to thejay of his overthrow, Joe Smith lived in the moashameless I immorality. He had at least a dozemvives, aud 1 upon the slightest provocation, would iurse like a i pirate. Such was, unquestionably, thitrue ehr-1 actor of Jo3%mitli, anil his Apostles iffre worthy followers of Their cbeif. The Mornjms have at last settled in the great western wiherness, witljj no one to molest them, or to make diem afraip. 1 and yet they cannot keep quiet, but ttrn upon tjfe United Stiles Government, and like ripers, strive ; to sting the bosom which has shelter*! them frtm destruction. The great principle of Mormon practice /is a plurality of wives. It is that which gets theAv so many converts. Asa matter of course, they de ny this, but all decent men who have been so un fortunate as to visit their settlements, say there # lias been introduced “in opposition to the com mands of the Chnstain Bible, which they * r f to believe, in opposition to the custom zed nations, and in accordance only with their own brutal appetites.— Richmond Dispatch. State Retaliation. Mr. Popenheim’s notice of a bill in the House : of Representatives to forbid the use of our Courts for the recovery of debts to those States which impede the execution of the fugitive law, is in the right spirit of retaliation. The other forms of re tailiation which have been suggested are liable to this objection—that they are not of entire practi cability. Non-importation and non-consumption ;igreements of the products of the offending States ■ leave open too wide a door for evasion. 1 hey xe pose individual cupidity to too much temptatation. j ; They require a machinery to give them due effect I too complicated. But the remedy for preventing the execution of legal process is entirely practicable —is simple, ami | the only defect with widen it is chargeable is, that it would be not sufficiently comprehensive. It would not reach those States which have not com mercial relations with South Carolina. It would lie inoperative on Vermont and Ohio, although it would tell on New York and Pennsylvania. 1 here is |*-rliajis no mode of reaching the two former States in the way of retaliation, still it the two latter do not repeal their enactments which obstruct the discovery ami saf) keeping of fugitive slaves, we do not perceive why countervailing legislation | should not apply to them, as evidence of the sense of Southern w rong and injustice, if not among the means of comprehensive redress. To the objection that one violation of the Con stitution is not to be redressed by another, the ar gurnent is at hand, that the Constitution is in this I particular a compact implying mutual obligations, and the violation on cue side releases the other, | according to every principle of natural justice and the rules of international obligation. To hold 1 j one of the parties to the bond, wbeih depends tor I its sanctity on good faith, and the reciprocal ole : servance of its positive stipulations, w hilst the oth ier is governed in its construction and action on | the compact, by abstract notions of right, is to j invert all the received notions of political equality. The fault is here with the/test violators, and not w ith the party that rights itself by a remedial process by which it is placed, or attempts to place i ; itself, ot. a footing of equality. — Charleston News. Affairs on (lie Rio (irnnde. The New Orleans Delta of the 19th says: The i retirement of Carvajal from Matamoros, w hich lie | had besieged for ten days, with a force superior to ; the Mexican garrison, naturally excites much snr i prise in this community. With forces smaller i | than that of Carvajal, the Texans have repeatedly : ! scoured the valley of the Rio Gande, and never re tired, save before a vastly prepondering force.— ; ; lint, then, it should also ba added, that they were j commanded by Texans, by Americans, whilst in I the late operations before Matamoros, it is quite i evident that Caijaval did not possess the qualities | effectively. The mode of of rrieTFmnettite Texan Rangers is sui"p?H cris ; it disregards the approved system and sei- I ence of military tactics. The main principle of ! the Ranger’s tactics is a reliance on individual skill, bravery, and nerve. Each man calculates to do j his own amount of fighting, and docs not trouble : himself about his neighbor. He rushes ahead— , and determines to do or die—never turns his back | until his point is carried. Such troops must have inevitably taken Matamoras irthoy had been left ito themselves. But, no doubt, from good motives, Carvajal restrained their ardot, and finally vvith -1 drew from before the town—intending to recuper ate the force, obtain more artillery, and resume bis i operations in it more effective manner, nis force, ! according to the hist accounts, was held together i at Tbreseilas, and w as receiving fresh recruits every | day. Several of the officers had gone over to j Texas to recruit, with a view of shortly renewing operations near Matamoros. Wo have seen a : letter from one of these officers to it gentleman in ; this city, stating that the campaign had just begun, jand that Caijaval would soon be in the* field again i with a much larger force than his first command. In the meantime the Mexicans will probably strengtnen their position, and thus we shall have I shortly a pretty brisk little war on the Rio Grande. The Irish Exiles. I Avery large meeting was held in Philadelphia on the 19th inst. with a view of obtaining the iu | terferenee of the Government in favor of the res toration to liberty of Smith O’Brien, Mitchcl, Mca- j gher, and the other Irish Exiles. Governor Jolinsou presided, supported by a largo number of vice-presidents and secretaries. 1 The Governor spoke at considerable length in sup port of the movement. Robert Morris introduced an address to the President of the U. S., urging that the influence of the American nation Ixs ap plied to obtain from the British Government the 1 release of O'Brien, Mitchell, Meagher and their ; companions. The address supports the application with strong arguments, contending (without discussing the lawfulness of the condemnation) that they could not be convicted of high treason by English law, and constructive treason being prohibited by the laws of the United States. American sympa thy is excited in their favor by even the means of their conviction. Archbishop Hughes a Cardinal at Lust. A correspondent of the Newark Advertiser, wrttingfrom Rome, underthe date of October 2Cth, announces that: “Archbishop Hughes is to wear the scarlet cap, after all. His grace has made a Cardinal at last, , in spite of all opposition. The important fact was made known, as I am well assured, to the “con gregation,” on Friday the 10th instant, so that the effect of his late visit to the Holy See has been under estimated. The appointment is said to have been made, with what degree of truth I do not know without the approbation, if not in the tace of the express protest of all the Roman Catho lic Bishops in the United States, save one, and : However the fact may be, the statement is current here, and is generally believed. I Russia in 1852 will celebrate throughout j the vast expanse of her empire the completion ot I her thousandth years of national existence, which i will be kept with” all the solemnity due to the im portance of the event. The Russian empire was ! founded in 852, in which year the Russians or Ros sions, probably of Scandinavian origin, made their I appearance on the shorts of the Bosphorus as Warraugiens, j’ ,t * CA. PRESIDENT, A • JOHN M. MASON, of Virginia^ FOR VICE PRESIDENT, C. J. M C DONALD, of Georgia. To Correspondents. The real name of all correspondents must ac company their communications, or they will not: be published. Hence, “Anon.” can account for his lines not appearing in this day’s issue. This is a rule from which we never vary. Tlic alwence of the Editor during the pre sent week will account for any deficiency in our editorial columns to day. From Congress, Congress assembled on Monday last and the House was organized by electing Hon. Lynn Boyd of Kentucky, Speaker, and Mr. Forney, of Pennsylvania, Clerk—both on the first ballot. The” President’s Message was read before both j Houses on Tuesday last. Mr. Foote lias given notice of his intention to! introduce a bill expressing sympathy with the Irish Exiles. No other news of interest ha* as ytt reached us. . | The President’* Message. We have received the President’s Message, which was read Ix-fore both Houses of Congress on Tuesday last, but owing to its extreme length ! and the lateness of the hour at which it arrived, j we are unable to publish it in this day’s issue.— We shall not attempt a lengthy criticism upon j this specious document, remarkable only for its prolixity and ilisingeiiuousness, but we shall no tiee only a few items contained in it, and next week lay it before our rcadojs that they may : judge for themselves of its merits, j lie sets out by giving a history of the Cuban Expedition, and attempts to excuse himself for is-; suing the proclamation denouncing as “roblxT* land pirates,” all those engaged in said Expedition, and rather intimates that they deserved the sail fate they so heroically nu t. lie says, “1 lie pi r ! sons engaged in the expedition were generally. I young and ill-informed.” That they were “gene- j I rally voting,” is a fact, but that they were “ill-in-j I formed” is a libel upon them, as all contempora- 1 neons accounts will go to prove. They h; v ■ been ! i generally represented as a set of intelligent, tine looking, heroic fellows, and we doubt not those i representations were true, Mr. Fillmore to the eon-! ; trary, notwithstanding. After ail his denuncia-} . tions against “these offenders against tile laws,” as, he is pleased to term them, he hypocritically pro fesses to “entertain sympathy for their unoffending families and friends, as well as a feeling of com passion for themselves.” As soon would we ox-; pcct sympathy or compassion from a robber that would sho t us down on the highway, as to ex-; ; pect sympathy from Fillmore for the Cuban Pa-j j t riots, for wo regard him ns the prime cause ofj : their murder, and their imprisonment. A large portion of the message is taki n up with ; an expose of our Foreign relations, in which it is j shown that we are not only “at peace with all the world and the balance of mankind,” but that tliot | United States is regarded as “some punkins” by | ; some of our foreign confreres, for which we are in , duty hound to return thanks to Millard Fillmore. He recommends that Congress take steps to i “improve the harbors of our great lakes and sea const, and the navigation of our principal rivers, and that appropriations should be made for com pleting such works as had already Wt cowmen j iced, and for commencing such others as might j jseein to the wisdom of Congress to be of public land general importance.” This smacks pretty j strongly of the old Whig doctrine of Internal Ini j proveraent by the General Government, and we j j apprehend it will not set very well on the stem-! | aehs of the Fillmore and Cobb Democrats. Mr. Fillmore winds up this lengthy message bv j ! glorifying the Compromise measures of the last; ! Congress, and exhorting the people of all sections! ,to abide by them, as the Ixs-t settlement of the! j slavery question which could lie made under the; , ciremnstnices, but vaguely intimates that when the obstreperous spirit of the South is a little more tamed down, tiiat the North might do a little , Ix'tter. j We have neither time nor room for further 1 ! comment, and hero we shall let the matter rest! until we can lay the entire message before ourrea-: ders that they may draw their own conclusions from a perusal of its contents. Our Or rive-Yard. We paid a visit to our grave-yard a few days since, and were struck with the lonely and drearv appearance it presented. There was nothing to j indicate that it was the last resting place of “the loved and lost,” save a few lowly mounds of earth.; Not a solitary bush or shrub which the hand of! j affection had planted above the hallowed remains of! : those who have passed away forever from our sight, was visible ill the broad expanse which has been alloted as the burial ground for those who may die in Oglethor]M. There is not even a tern- i parary protection thrown around many of the graves against the depredations of the cattle and ; swine which roam at pleasure over the hallowed spot. This should not be. The graves of those we loved should be protected from the intrusion jof unhallowed feet whether human or equine.— Whatevci other public improvement is neglected this should not be. It is the last act of affection that we can show to those we have loved here, to protect their ashes from molestation and insult.— It is but a reasonable service and we should per i form it with alacrity. It is true that six far as j concerns their ultimate destiny, ill witters not | what becomes of the body when the sold has ta ken its flight to the spirit land—when the jewell has been abstracted the casket is worthless, but we cherish the casket as a memento of the jewel! it once encased. If the spirits of the departed are , ever permitted to review this world, and we doubt not that they are, we opine that they would rest more easy in their etherial abode if they could i see jtiiat their memories were cherished, and their i that has’ a- *•* —v, does not fondly hope that when lie lies down m the owe forever, that some kind hand will plant the “flowers of affection over his remains; and who has not felt breathing in his soul like the soft whisperings from the spirit land, the beautiful sentiment, “Plant ye a tree that shall wave over me. When I am gone t” As for our part, we bad rather sleep beneath an bumble flower placed there by the hand of affec tion than to repose in tWS most costly sarcopha gous * * . i “!■ H Iff -j . • i:-• • jiiiiiJ will la °" n nmprTW I, ■i„ • sure evidence ofil*ffineincnt oHi peorTe’frk their dead properly cared for, and, vice vers, j We are aware that our citizens have had ren. j calls on their purses for public improvements l as they have not responded to them we I can well afford to respond to this. A dollar f <'! each man in Oglethorpe would be amply s ' ! cient to erect a neat enclosure around the vaP and another dollar from each would be stiff'.:,. j to decorate it in such a manner as to make it ‘* ■of the prettiest grave yards in Georgia. f\\! ! gest to our City Council the propriety of tjl t a meeting of the citizens at an early day tui4 the matter into consideration. “ ‘ : The Democratic meeting in T*iu t . d „ ville. ™ In another column of to-day’s paper triii ■ ; found the proceedings of a meeting of the pi’ cratic party held at the Capital on Tuesday p,j of last week. To so much of those procedfc „ I ! relate to the forming an alliance with the j ern Democracy, and going into a National ... volition for the purpose of nominating candidal for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, we e® our most solemn protest. It is not our disrwitu to be captions about small affairs, or to breed cord and dissension among our friends, but at-! same time, we cannot throw up our cap, and h; 100 “Bravo !” at every act of our party, ukr;)* that act coincides with our views or not. \y, differ with our Democratic friends lxrth as” tub propriety and practicability of the step tlu-v so taken, for by that step we conceive they hatA only relinquished the vantage ground they in the late contest, but they have opened te 4, : enemy their stores and magazines. We propose to argue, first, as to its preprint j We do not agree with the proposition m Ui ! Ue preamble passed at the meeting, that themj. ; sion of the Southern Rights Party lias been | eomplished, and that, therefore, there is no ned [of its longer existence. According to onr under standing of the mission of that party it has ; I begun, and not the first single object of that mis sion has been accomplished. That mission j to guard, protect and defend the rights, the how | and interests of the South. Has this beemk! i Is there no danger of future aggressions beb j perpetrated against the South by the rapaciuu’ ; spirit of Northern fanaticism \ Has the cor®. ! rant appetite of that spirit been appeased l.yik ! luscious banquet it enjoyed at the first session of : the last Congress, when the Clay Ponipmub was served up foi its epicurean palate ! 1!... :'n j South been suffered to enjoy in peace the eA j prepared for lierat that” bampu t. to-vl.tl* ! Fugitive Slave Bill l Let the Abolition 1 tions, the Boston Rescue., the Christiaan Sink i tlic Syracuse Riot, ai.d the liunh-mas rcseaorf Fugitive Slaves in other sections ul ‘Vnaiwik*. ; answer those questions, and if onr Siathcm 1; j friends are satisfied with (heir answers ncj.l | have nothing further to. snv. In what put:. . wo would the mission of the j wa;. .•■•i •’ and \ course, it has wccnmplisiiai dofeat arid nvi-rtlmi. ] and now as the cwwurng point of its .-u-ts offoik. | it is to lx? di-sbanefed, and that too at a time h | its services, arc most needed. The residi : i recent elections in Alabama, Mi.ssissip|'. and South Carolina, will have the teiuiemy tuit eile the Alxilitionists to renewed aggnssieiis :M 1 Rights Party strikes asnd-erel i gives np tine ship, we will have to trust tetv . tender increiev oi’ onr enemies. If the lieWnt* j ic Party Sora& coalesces with the ik ioersir i Party North, i.t the nomination of c.mdidalot’ ; the Presidency’ aod Vice Prcsidenry, tin; rlw: i presumption, nay; fire almost absolute certainty j is, that a Nortlieau man will be Eominntrd fr ! the l’residenry, ami some- hikerrarm South''.’* j man or doubtful Western man for the N ice FV j sidenev. And what has the Sc nth to exjcft | from such men in a contest for equal rights, ite ; North and tire South arrayed each ajsiimt ! other I On which side would: titeir frrilng'k i enlisted ? The Pfesidcnt, in ■eonscqueiire of to i locality and erhieatiori’ would of coarse fhvec Northern side or? the question, and tlioutl’a might occupy a ncntrai’i'.xrifiixi tiliriag the e*- ; test, yet when the North had achieved then* ry and enacted laws-inimical to the b'st interest* ; of the South, lie w-xdd not withhold Ins assent’ ; Even Buchanan himscffis not free from t!ie|> dices against slavery, wtlioh are minds of the Northern-people, it is us rt s * for him to he prejudiced against ifas-itisM.® son or McDonald to be prejudiced 1 in its We regard Mr. Buchanan’ the muat'fousm 36 * oil the slavery question of any man North son’s and Dixon’s line, and while we believe tint* would act in accordance with the dictates dl* conscience, his prejudices wc>nfd so waq* kf*? meat that his conscience wottld impel hint towards the North, in all qncsliwis invof' a antagonism of interests between the two sf®* The Vice President, except in the event “ death of the President, we regard as a UH'A and even if his inclination so led linn, he *° be impotent to interpose in behalf ot the o'® further than his personal influence would ?>•’ It is uot enough for the South that the I’retuW should be willing to abide by the Coaipw l ® 1 measures of the last Congress, for that is 1:0 f 0 deuce of his soundness upon the slavery quest:* Even F’illmore himself, in liis late message mends that the peojile of all sections ■ these measures; and the Whig meuifors °( gress, at a caucus recently held at M ashing declared, their willingness to abide bv them * There is, therefore, but little, if any, different the slavery question, between the Northern oerats and the Northern Whigs, for botlifa'W Compromise. If then the South knows “* Ijest for herself she will keep aloof from * n J ’ ance with cither of these parties, for the tour either is a poison to her best interests. Wo will, in the second, place, consider t ie p position as regards its practicability. dM can be an effective reorganization of the oh. .sr ocratic Party at the South, we do notAipyr* A divided:that be dertaking to attempt to get them to B The leading Democrats who 1 0U ‘ • par tv. ® party lost ail cast with , tlie lull they never will l>c received bac | ien ce_ !i agivin. They know this full well, ■ pci will remain where they now re > “ polii Whig party. All their hopes of j, 1 preferment are from that party, ai ‘ ; s i predominant party, and altogether warding proselytes, it is hardly pro