The Southern Democrat. (Oglethorpe, Ga.) 1851-1853, December 13, 1851, Image 2

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this subject, and on others connected with his Dc-1 partment in the report of the Secretary of W ar. The appropriations for the support of the army xluring the current fiscal year ending 30th Jon-- i next, wm reduced far below the estimate submit- j ted by the’Departraent The conscqucnceof this | is a considerable deficiency, to which Jl cartv attention. The expenditures of that Department, for the j year coding 30th June last, were #9,060,263 58. The estimates for the year commencing Ist July next rind ending June 30,1853, are #7,898,775 : 83; allowing a reduction of $1,161,402 75. The Board of Commissioners, to whom the man- j agemeut of the affairs of the Military Asylum cre ated by the act of 3d March last was entrusted, have selected a site for the establishment of an Asylum in the vicinity of this city, which has been approved by me, subject to the production of a satisfactory title. The report of the Secretary of the Navy will exhibit the condition of the public service under the supervision of that Department. * Our naval force afloat during the present year has been ac tively and usefttliy employed in giving protection to our widely-extended and increasing commerce and interests in the various quarters of the globe, and our flag has everywhere afforded the security and received the respect inspired by the justice and Ijheralitv of our intercourse, and the dignity The expedition commanded by Lieut. Della yen, despatched in search of the British comman der, Sir John Franklin, and his companions in the Arctic Seas, returned to New York in the month of October, after having undergone great peril and Ruffering from an unknown and dangerous navi gation and tho rigors of a Northern climate, with out any satisfactory information of the objects of their search, but with new contributions to sci ence and navigation from the unfrequented polar regious. The officers and men of tho expedition having been all volunteers for this service, and having no conducted it as to meet tho entire ap probation of the Government, it is suggested, as an act of grace and generosity, that the same al lowance of extra pay and emoluments be extend ed to them that were made to the officers and men of like ratiug in the late exnloring expedition to the South Sea*. I earnestly recommend to your attention flic necessity of reorganizing the Naval Establishment, i apportioning and fixing the number of officers in each grade, providing some mode of promotion to the higher grades of the navy, having reference to merit and capacity, rather than seniority or date of entry in the service, ami for. retiring from the effective list upon reduced pay, those who may be incompetent to the performance of active duty.— Asa measure of economy as well as of efficiency j in this arm of the service, the provision last men tioned is eininedtly Worthy of your consideration, Tho determination of the questions of relative rank betivoeu sea officers and civil officers of the navy, and between officers of the army and navy, in the various grades of each, will also* merit yoiir attention. The failure to provide anv substitute, when cor|>onil punishment was,abolished for offen ces in the navy, has occasioned the convening of numerous courts-martial upon the arrival of the vessel in port, and it is believed to have had an injurious effect upon the discipline, and efficiency of the service. To moderate punishment from one jftadc- to another is among the humane reforms of U ™vid"o iffffirtriulr imforig flssiiiijffcJ by tho JLiMyislnturo iw aspect to any other class of men. It so hoped tint Congress, in the ample opportunity afforded hrjlw present session, will thoroughly ihvestimite tins important subject, and such gradations of punishment ns are consistent with humanity and the personal rights of individuals, and at tlie'satne time shall ensure tho most energetic h ,hl c-tiioieiit performance of duty and the suppression 6f crime in our ships of war. Jllc ridvantages of science in bautical affairs J have rarely been more strikingly illustrated than in ‘ the tact stated in tho report of the Navy Depart- f incut, that, by means of the.wind till'd current 1 charts, projected and prepared by Lieutenant Man- ‘ ry, tlm Superintendent of the Naval (thaervatory ‘ the passage from tho Atlantic to the Pacific ports f ot our country has been shortened by about forty s days. • ‘i The estimates for the support of the Navv and ■Mamie Corps the ensuing fiscal year will bo found to be $5,850,472 10, tho estimates for the cur rent year being $5,000,621. The estimates for special objects under the con trol ot tins Department amount to $2,084 220 90 against #2,240,980 for tho present year, the in crease being occasioned by the additional mail scr vice on the Pacific coast and the construction of tho dock pi California, authorized at tho last ses sion of Congress, and some slight additions under the head of improvements anA s in „ yards, buildings and machinery. ROST-OFFICE. Iho report of the Postmaster General, herewith communicated, presents an interesting view of the progress, operations, and condition of his Depart ment 1 At the close of tho last fiscal year, the fonth of mail routes within the United States was 190,202 nriies; the annual transportation thereon 53,272 - 250 miles; aud the annual cost of such transpor tation #3,421,754. 1 The whole number of post offices in the United v tates, on the 30th day of June last* was 10 TOO There were 1,098 post offices Mnblishod, and 256” discontinued, during the rear. The gross revenues of the Department for the fisca year, including the appropriations for the hscal year, including the foreign postages, collect-- cd for and payable to, the British post office, a mounted to #6,427,800 78. The expenditures for the same period fexclu dmg #20,699 40, paid under an award of the Au ditor in pursuance of a resolution of the last Con gress. tor mad'service on the Ohio and Mississippi nven ~, 1882 and } 833. and the amount paid to the British post office for foreign postages collec payable that office) amounted to $6- 024,j60 79; leaving a balance of revenue over the proper expenditures of the year of #703,299- The receipts for postage during the year (ex cluding the foreign postages collected ‘for and , ? r,tlsh P** l office ) amounted to W4>,345,<47 21,beniganincreiiseof#997,6l0 79, or 1805-100")w?r ceut, over the like receipts for the proceeding year. The reduction of postage, under the act of March last, did not tako effect until the com mencement of the present fiscal year. The amounts for the first quarter, under the operation of the re duced rates, wU not lx, sealed before January next * nd no reliable estimate of the receipts for the -present year eau yet be made. It is believed, h ewevor, that they will fall far short of those of the last year The surplus of the revenues now. on band is, howgver, is large that no further ap- 1 propriation from the treasury, in aid of the rev*W( uos of the Department, is required for the current , fiscal year, but an additional appropriation® the vear endiug June 30, 1853, will probaßy ! found necessary when the receipt* of the finijM ;i)Uaitcrs of the fiscal year are fully In his last annual report the jeral recommended a reduction of postage to which I he deemed as low as could be jirudeolly adopted, I unless Congress was prepared to appropriate from | the treasury, for the support of the Department, a ‘sum more than equivalent to the mail services ! performed by it for the Government The re jcommendations, of the Postmaster General, in j ! respect to letter possage, except on letters from and i for California and Oregon, wore substantially ad- j opted by the last Congress, lie now recommends j adherence to the present letter rates, and advises against a further reduction until justified by the revenue of the Department. He also recommends that the rates of postage on printed matter lie so revised ns to render them more simple, and more uniform in their operation upon all classes of printed matter. I submit the recommendations of the report to your favorable consideration. CODIFICATION OF TIIE LAWS OF TIIF U. S. [The President recommends that provisions be made by law for the appointment of a Com | States,"’arranging tjiem in order, supplying defi- I ciencics,-correcting incongruities, simplifying their langitogc, and reporting them to Congress for it’s action. The work of enlarging the capital at Washing ton is advancing with commendable rapidity, un der direction of an experienced and competent ar chitect. Commends the interest of the DfctricVf Columbia, to the favorable regard of Congress. Recommends again the appointment of aeom mision to settle private claims against the United States. The President concludes his message in the fol lowing declarations of adherence to the compromise J Measures of the last Congress, which we are sure will be eminently satisfactory to the patriotic peo ple of the whole country,] It is deeply to be regretted that in several in stances officers of the Government, in attempting to execute the law for the return of fugitives from j labor, have been openly resisted, and their efforts frustrated aud defeated by lawless and violent mobs; that in one case such resistance resulted in the death of an estimable citizen, and in others serious injuries ensued to those officers and to in dividuals who were using their endeavors to sus tain the laws. Prosecutions have been instituted against the alleged offenders, so far as they could bo identified, and are still pending, I have re garded it as my duty, in these eases, to give all aid legally in tuy power to tiro enforcement of the laws, and I shall continue to do so wherever and whenever their execution may be resisted. The act of Congress for the return of fugi tives from labor is one required and demanded by the express words of the Constitution. The Constitution declares, “That no [®k>n ‘held to service or labor in one State, tindcTtlic •laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in cons ■sequence of any law or regulation therein, bo dis ‘chiirged from such service or labor, but shall be ‘delivered up on claim of the party to whom such •service or taboj may lie .due.” This Constitu tional provision is equally obligatory iijioii the” “of tire*t?iiited l l3tl^Bß' | rii'o -and Judicial Ifonart- Congres*, however,'must, from necessity, first act upon the subject, by prescribing the proceed ings necessary to ascertain that the person is a fu gitive, and the means best to bo used for his re storation to the claimant. This was done bv an act passed during the first term of President . * , . b jE®tpn, which was amended by that enacted i-y the last Congress, and it now remains for the Executive and Judicial Departments to take care t hat these laws be faithfully executed. Thisjn junction ot the Constitution is as peremptory ami as binding as any other, it stands exactly on the same foundation as that clauso which provides lor the return of fugitives from justice, or that which declares that no hill of attainder or ex -post tueto law shall bo passed, or that which provides tor an equality of taxation, according to the cen sus or the clause declaring that all duties shall be Uniterm throughout the United States, or the im porUiit provisions that the. trial of all thosecriincs shall bo by jury,. These several articles and clauses of the Constitution, all resting on the same au thority, must stand or fall together. , In my last annual message, 1 stated that I con . suleryd tlie series of measures, which had been . adopted at the previous session, in reference to tho r agitation growing out of the Territorial and slave ry questions, as a final settlement in principle and substance of the dangerous and cxciSnw sub jeets which they embraced; and recommended ad herence to the Adjustment established by those measures, until time aud experience should de monstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against evasion or abuse. I was not induced to make this recommendation because I thought those measures perfect For no human legisla tmn can be prefect. Wide differences and iarrino I opinions can only bo reconciled by yielding something on all sides, and this result had ■ been • .idled after an angry conflict of manv months, in which one part of the country was ar rayed against another, and violent convulsion i seemed to bo imminent Looking at the interests of ibe whole-cofoMry, 1 foft it’ to be my duty to seize upon tins Compromise as the best that could, he obtained amid the conflicting interest and to insist upon it as a final settlement, to be adhered to by all who value the peace and wel fore of the country. A year has now elapsed since that recommendation was made. To that recom mendation I stilt adhere, and I congratulate you . and the country upon the general acquiescence in these measure* of peace, which has been exhibit ed in all parts of the Republic. And not only is there this general acquiescence in these measures i but the spirit of conciliation which has been mam , i fee ted m regard to them in all parts of the cotin- . try, has removed doubts and uncertainties in the minds of thousands of good men concerning the t durability of our popular institutions, and given renewed assurance that our Liberty and our Un ion may subsist together for the’ benefit of this and all succeeding generations. w rs MILUKD FILLMORE. H xsiiiNQTOv, December 2,1851. a .Mnauurn U S. Sf.nator.-Wo are inform ed sajs tho X icksburg True Issue—how correctly wo do not pretend to say-that Governor Whit field tendered to the Hon. Jefferson Davis the U. 8. Seiitorship, which office was vaoated by Col” , the uomlnee of the “Commit,. tee of Nino, for Governor of the State. Col IH ‘ vis, it is said declined to accept. It is now “sup, I poted that the apjxautnient will be tendered Geo. K. Clayton, Esq. - “ - - ;; *’ v . t \■ ■ t jh’■“;rv v DecembeC2D • Introduced. 1 Mr. FiSja^^Ko'provide for Jhe more speedy ami aecPWflißmngtit and settlement iff sundry claims The SeEpe resumed the >utethe Wo man’s BiliTaud on the passive Sthe bill, the yeas were 18—nays It). So ttojjjis,was hist. . 3. Bills Introduced, t % \ Mr. Calhoun, a bill t“give tiie owners of Saw Mills in this State a lien on the building for the payment of lumber. * Mr. Hardeman, a bilUo regulate ing of Clerks, Sheriffs, and other Statq ami Coun- and for otheßurficsos. A % ’ Mr. Harris, a bill tojbliange the linevbctween the counties of Lee and ijjimterf A . Mr. Reed, a bill an ;“t entitled an act to protect tiie estates of%i]>hans, and to make permanent pro- isions for the poor.. Bills Passed: The hill as amended, to incorporate a Savings pmiK-iimuwcuj „t Augusta. The bill to amend the eighth sectio* of the 4th division of the Penal Code. December 4. Bills Introduced. Mr. Welborn, a bill to INrtlf the ien of judg ments rendered in any court of the Slate. Mr. Calhoun, a bill to limit the time for taking out grants—to the States hall, and the informers half of any lot of land fraudulently drawn in any of the land and gold lotteries of this State, <fec. Mr. Bethune, a bill to amend an act to extend to the several counties of this State the provisions of an act to give Masons and Carpenters an incum brance for debts due on account of work done, Ac., so far is to grant like privileges to painters. Mr. Connelly, a hill to lay out anew cuunty from the counties of Burke and Emanuel. Bills Passed. The bill as amended, to lay off and organize a new conuty from the counties of Paulding and Floyd. „ December 5. Bills Introduced ’ Mr. McCune, a bill to alter and amend tho twenty-seventh section of the tenth division of the penal Code. Bills Passed. The bill of House making it the duty of the Governor when ho thinks pro]ter, r to dvposite the assets of tho Central Bank iu tiie Treasury. The bill to alter the time of holding the Supe rior Courts in Marion county. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. December 1. Bills Introduced. Mr. Harris of Clark, a bill to amend an act to permit all the specie [laying solvent Banks of this State to issue Bills of a denomination less than Five Dollars. Also a bill to idler and amend the 7th Section of the second article of the Constitu tion. Mr. Robinson of Macon, a bill to amend the IStb igctfon of the 9th divisiofi of the penal Code, Mr. Floyd founlfo Ml a hill to appropriate money for the support of Government, for the political years 1852 and ’53. Mr. McDotigald, a bill to igolong and extend tho charter of the Bank of St. Mart’s. Also a hill to authorize and require tiif Governor of this State to lease rent, or farm out the Western A At lantic Rail Road, the Depots thereof and all the appurtenauces thereto belonging. • December 2. Ms- Internal lmprovome7d®JMßß>Tl,for the Government mid management JF Western <fc Atlantic Rail Road. Hie House took lip tho bill for tho pardon of Garland Cornett of Morgan- county for the crime of murder. The hill after,considerable dis Mission was passced by a voA of 63 yeas to 38 nays. ‘ * Pkcemder, 3. Hills Introduced. Mr. Bartow, a bill to provide for the education of certain number of State -Citilets in the “Geor gia Military Institute.” Mr. Bellenger, tel give to the owners of Saw mills in this ‘State a lien oh the building for the payment of lumber. Mr. Cobb of Dooly, a bill to compensate the Grand and Petit jurors of Dooly county. Also a bill to separate the offices of fax Collector and Receiver of Tux Returns of tho county of Dooly. Mr. Culler, a bill to provide for a Registry of births, death, and marriages in this State 3 Mr. Holland, a hill to authorize the Justices of Inferior Courts to graut private ways on certain conditions. Mr. Walker of Richmond, a bill to prevent slaves attempted to be emancipated from remain ing in this State. Also a bill to make penal the enticing away of certain birds and domestic ani mals. Mr. Lowe, a bill to lay out and organise anew county from the counties of Warren, Jefferson and Washington. Mr. Clark of Stewart, a bill In relation to the issuing of change bills and private Banking and punish for a violation of the'same. B ills passed. The hill to alter and amend the third section of the third article of the Constitution. The bill supplemental to an act making it the doty of the Governor whenever the public interest shall require it to cause the assets of the Central Bank to be deposited in tho Treasury of the State a _ December 4. The morning and evening of this day Was spent in the consideration of the substitute offered by the Committed oil the Judiary in lieu of the ori ginal “Bill to prohibit tho importation or intro duction hereafter of any negro slave or slaves into this States, <fcc.” December, 5. Bills Introduced. Mr. Moreland, a bill to establish lost papers in tho Justices’Courts of this State. Mr, Thurmond, a bill tq ame)i;l an a$ entitled an act to alter and amend the several acts in rela tion to itinerant traders, and prescribe tho mode of obtaining license. Mr. Robinson of Macon, a bill to alter and j change the line between the'CoufltiS of Macon and ! Crawford. _ Mr. bVjal, a bill to preset* the manner in ! twhichpthS&vs of this State shall be printed and publish *• Mr. Dawson qf Putnam, a bill.to regulate elec tions for the General Assembly. Also a bill to of the Senate and Clerk of the Ilouse of Representatives.; Mr. Seward, a bill to repeal an act to regulate the licenseship of Physicians in this State. A Mr. Hill, a bill to* amend the several acts au- the eoirtts of ordinary to appoint their administratotse.in certain eases. Also a; pe^^SovermsurPo A JSillPassed. alter and amend the Cth section of of the Constitution of the State of J Re-Oistrietiug the Slate. * grue below the re-arrangement of the Con gressional Districts proposed by the Bill reported bv Mr. Hardeman: Ist district. —Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, Mclntosh, Tatnall, Bullock, Emanuel, Montgomery, Lowndes, Telfair, Appling, Glynn, Camden, AVayne, Ware, Laurens, Clinch, Thomas, Irwin. 2nd district. —Muscogee, Stewart, Randolph, Early, Decatur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Ma con, Pulaski, Marion. 3rd district. —Harris, Talbot, Upson, Pike, Butts. Monroe, Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Spal ding. 4 th district. —Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Heard, Campbell, Fayette, Henry, De Kalb Cobb. sth district. —Dade, Walker, Murray, Gilmer, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Cass, Cherokee, Paulding, Carrol. . 6 th district. —Union, Lumpkin. Kalian, Haber sham. Hall, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Walton, Clark, Jackson. Madison, Flanklin. 7th district. —Newton, Morgan, Greene. Jas per, Putnam, Jones, Baldwin, Ilanekcock, Wasli i iiigton, AVilkinson, Twiggs. Bth district. —Elbert, Oglethorpe; Lincoln, Wilks, Taliferro, Warren, Columbia, Richmond, Burke, Jefferson, Screven. The Jlexicaii Revolution. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEN. CARAVAJAL AND THE FOREIGN CONSULS. The following correspondence passed between GeneraljCaravajal jthe commander of the insurgent forces of Mexico, and the foreign Consuls at Mata moras, before the attack on that city: Headquarters Liberating Armv of the “j Northern Cities, Camp at Rucias, Oct. 18, 1851. ) Sir: —A'oii are no doubt aware that the t\ ran nical conduct of the troojis employed by the gene ral government of the republic has caused the jieo jile of this frontier to rise in arms, and to demand redress for their grievances. I am now liefore this city with an armed and organized force, and without delay, I intend to at tack the troops of the government of General Aris ta, who now occupy it, and, as I desire to protect the persons and property of all peaceable citizens, and particularly those of the nations who are at peaco with the Mexican people, I desire that you will immediately take the necessary steps to place the persons and property of your country men in safety. I have the honor to tender you my best respects and consideration. God and Liberty. JOBE M. J. CARAVAJAL. JoskM. Gonzales, Adjutant and Secretary. Matamoras, Oct. 19, 1851. Sir:- -The undersigned, Consul of the United States of America, and V ire Consul of France, of her Britanic Majesty and of her Catholic Majesty, communication which, under date of yesterday you Were phased to address to each of in. and in’ which you give us the assurance ofvour desire to j protect particularly the property of‘the citizens of ; those nations between whom and Mexico friendly | relations exist m case you attacked this city with i tlie forces under your command. In conformity with general usage, we have hois - I'. “ il S s of respective nations we represent and, m communicating to you this fact, avail our selves of the opportunity to assure you that we have never entertained a doubt that the rules of civihzeu warfare would lx, strictly obsrved by the forces under your command. W e tender you, sir, our respect and considera tion. J. F. WADDELL, U.S. Consul. STO Vice de France. A. I nut, 11. li. M’s Vice Consul. DIMAS J>E TORRES, Vice Consul de Spain. A letter has been addressed to President Fill more by a Mr. Ilord, complaining of the United j Mates Consul of Matamoras, and asking his recall Jon the ground of his opposition to the'revolution! The Editors’ IStii.toKossiith. Die Committee having charge of the banquet to , £ lvon to Kossuth by tiie members of the Press held a meeting on Wednesday, at Jollie’s music store, and passed the annexed Resolutions: Resolved lhat persons connected with the city Press shall have the first right to purchase tickets and that each purchaser’s name, and journal or periodical, shall be registered, and that no tickets shall be sold to persons not connected with the 1 less. Jiesovled, That no complimentary or invitation tickets be issued, except to official personages or persons m the immediate suite of Kossuthrin’all not to exceed twenty in number. The tickets are now selling very rapidly, and persons excluded from this privilege of purchasing on account of nothing in the editorial ranks hate oftered *IOO tor a single ticket, but without success. Invitations will be external to the Presi • lont ami Cabinet, the Governor of the State, Gen. Neott, Captain Long, of the Mississippi, and the 1 Mayor of this city, besides Kossuth and three or tour of his most intimate attaches. — dV. Y Ex- • press. ’ ’ | lIoMictDE. Our city was thrown into great ex Atement on Monday, on account of the murder of ,- V O. Hnlburn, by his brother-in-law, Elijah Ibrtb Ihe wound was by a common pocket ktiife inflicted in the neck, cutting the artery. Os the facts of the ease, we are not informed, and forbear to speak, as the matter is undergoing judicial in vestigation. The defendant has” employed L C Simpson, Col. Collier, J. W. Manning, as his Ate torneys—who are now investigating the matter before justice Shaw and Corry. The State is rep resented by N. Mangum and J. A. Puckett, Esqrs. —Atlanta Republican . 1 Railroad Connection in Macon.-—lt gives much pleasure: to.announce that this longtalk ed-of connection been so far finished that twelve ears loaded with cotton passed from the ! Macon A Western to the Central Road this morn-’ jmg. Cars are now loaded at the Central Railroad | and will leave .to-morrow morning for Rome direct- Cars can no tv pass f-om the Au gusta and Waynesboro, the Milledgeville; and the Central Roads to Oglethorpe “and Rome Georgia, and to Chattanooga and Charleston in. Tennessee. We feel that we are now united to Cherokee Georgia and Tennessee by iron bands, Sav'. Republican, SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT. OGLETHORPE, GA. SATURDAY, : : : i , : : DECEMBER 13, 1851. ft* OR -PRESIDES TANARUS, JOHN M. MASON, f FOR VICE PRESIDENT, C. J. MCDONALD, of Borgia. WASTED. A Journeyman Printer competent to take j charge of the Mechanical Department of a paper can obtain jiermaneut employment by applying immediately at this office. jfgtelt will be seen by reference to the card of Dr. Hornady, which will be found in our adverti sing columns, that he has removed to Buena Vis ta, Marion county, where he will always lie happy to wait on those who may require his professional services. AVe recommend him to the citizens of Buena Vista and the surrounding country as a skilfuil and scientific Dentist. The President’s Message. • Owing to the extreme length ol the President's Message, we are induced to publish a synopsis on lv of the unimportant parts, but give the impor tant parts in the President's own language. Not withstanding vve have condensed it as much as v.e could consistently, it occupies a large space in onr columns to-day, to the exclusion of much oth er interesting matter. Tlic Mails. Complaints continue to flow in, from all quar ters of the irregularity of our papers reaching their res|x’etive destinations. AVe repeat the assurance that the fault is not ours. The Southern Demo cart is regularly deposited in the Post Office in this city, on the day of publication, and we have every reason to believe that our present worthy and enegetic Post Master gives immediate direc tion to them. The blame must rest somewhere on the line. AVe have our eye upon three Post Masters, who we have reasons to Ix-lieve have stopped our paper several times on the route. — AV'e shall spare no pains in trying to detect all such rascality, and in exposing it, if it can be pro ven. The complaints against the mails are very general. The only remedy, we can suggest, as at .all likely to correct the evils complained of, is the election of a Democratic President. The wliigs, have got the wheels of Government out of gear, and thev will remain so, as long as they are in power. Republican Machinery does not perform well when ] repelled hv Federal Steam. The Trade. The trade of Oglethorpe is rapidly increasing, and the number ot wagons, carts, Ac., with which our streets, are daily thronged, reminds us of what Macon once was, before her wagon trade was cut ofl‘. There lias been a heavy trade done at Ogle thorpe, all the while, hut it has increased and is still increasing beyond onr most sanguine anticipa tions. The streets are continually crowded, and the Merchants a great portion of their time are overrun with business. The prices p.’id for cotton here are such that Farmers cannot ship to profit. The merchants ami buyers are determined to,sus tain the cotton maikct here, and so far, tie v have in from the hanks of the Chattahoochee, and the farmers are not only selling their Cotton here, hut are well satisfied as to the honest intentions of our merchants to do the “fair thing.” Below we subjoin a statement of Cotton Re ceipts and shipments to date. Rec'd at Oglethorpe for the week ending Dee. 11th 3.094 hales, lotal Rec’t’s up to date 15.240 “ Total Shipments 9,235 “ lotal Balance on hand 5 920 “ Tin- ColliiiKxvorllt Institute. This Institution located at Talbotton, we are happy to learn lias been thoroughly repaired and newly furnished, and will soon bo open for die re ception of students, under the direction of Rev. H. 11. McQueen, Principal, and a regular Faculty of Teachers. The rates of Tuition are indeed low: : twenty, thirty and forty dollars per year. The i Steward’s Department will lie under the supervi sion of Mr. James Callier and Lady. This is an excellent arrangement, and from a’ personal ac quaintance with Mr. Callier, we doubt whether a bet ter selection for that important Department could have been made. Board can be had at the Steward’s Hall for *9 00 per month. No extra charge except for lights. A\ e recommend the In stitution to the patronage of the public. Mr. Mc- Queen having purchased the Institution bases its success upon its merits. r Fine Knives. s For the information of those who wish to pocket . a fine knife, wo advise them to call in at Messrs. Carson, Greer A Co’s store on the Corner of Sum -1 ter and Cuyler streets, opposite the “Spinkaskins Hotel’ and they can be accommodated in price I and quality. They have a large am] splendid stock of goods of all kinds, and in the knife line they are well posted up. AVe were a few days sinee presented by them with anew style of pocket knives, the “Sountlicrn Rights Knife,” with the appropriate motto engraved “on the blade “equal rights—equal laws—and equal justice to all.” j V\ e like the motto, and the Knife, and we re- ‘ commend those who wish to carry “Southern I Rights” in their putkets, as well as in their heads and hearts, to call and buy. The one presented to us is superior in quality and metal, to any we have ever before used. They also have some them 1 “"= kmves > but we can,t recommend Reorgauixution of (lie Democratic Party. The following paragraph, extracted from a bu siness letter, to the editor of this paper, by an es teemed friend, though not designed for publication, ! so perfectly coincides with our own views, we shall’ j take the liberty of giving publicity to it. It is , from the pen of an old, experienced, long tried, true and faithful Democrat, and an able and in-’ fluential politician. * * * * * 1 Well, I see our Southern Rights friends are re solved upon a reorganization of the Democratic j Party upon old lines, which may in time receive my reluctant assent, for there will be no use in oc cupying an isolated position. But, I feel consid- ‘ ‘-ruble repugnance to a coalition with men who have decided onr federal government to be one of unlimited powers, and that the States are not sov ereign. For this in my opinion was the real issue i More the people and they have decided that this is no longer a Union existing by consent, but by force. lou will perhaps have to lower.your presi deiitial flag; but I would suggest that it be kept flying until after the Baltimore Convention, I see your friend of the gold speech, com, lias been well nigh thrown into ** iJefl of a re-union of the Democratic L n * “Jf tnoftification would afford one of tbestre/’ guments in favor of it with me. UutaJl on Democrats will never return to us. yi* . bv the recent democratic movements tk„ will lie forestalled. They wish us td^? m . ■ ** tional party Jurd- they no doubt believed and tlKqjJfcgro.U °%°til Conventions were.oxer, and th,.i, thruVv„u 1 their allies—which clloic^WflldTplll. t ’ u *e upon'Webster and will thing that may be coustrued into a pledge A'ottr paper does not come very regularly < ly ever on the day it is due. * b"**- nr Sumter Slrect Cotcmp ora , T Tbehopcfu! editor of that three pennv cham ’ published on Sumter Street, must excuse us lT* returning compliments last week, and r , e „te. M to notice his “decidedly kind, becoming, qntl” li/and called for” production of then'wAU AVe plead our absence as an apology f,„ J,;*’’ ting to return the compliments of “the sen*** due time, and but for the very “kind, gentlemanly and catted for” manner ’which !l j young hopeful larrups 11s, few ’‘interfering i says) with the private affairs of fits “ j should not have noticed him this eX'j3 i artful innuendo of our neighbor to imprest : readers, with the conviction that he is v rj j c I mored,” artful ‘inventive,’ ‘judgmatic.’ airi wi ed,’ and that we are “harsh, rude, insolent creet” mcdlesome and overbearing; is indeedtte richest item of editorial gossip, which it j our good fortune to read for many a long dar- It well deserves to be deposited araow'A | archives of the literary curiosities of the ag- )v i may with still greater propriety be placed„„ ; the records of violated obligations. ‘ He complains of our retort, to his “gor<l k, j tnored political hit,” (as lie calls it.) and da ns with “pouncing upon a private inditiduli using him as a hobby to ride rough shod m | the Georgian.” AA’e have only to sav in mk( so puerile and contemptible an insinuation tlj; | “that private individuals, head was as destitabi I brains, as his own, the ostensible object fornk ! his editorial was written (to stir up strife bet. j friends) might have succeeded. But I>r. 11. knows, (and so would anvonedi with a thimble full of Drains) that our retortn dictated with not the slightest feeling of disrs-, ’ or mikindness, towards cither himeif or theta, cions editor of the Georgian. AVe regarded! J ‘hit’ of the Geoigian as a sort of good satire, and replied to it ,in the same vein,aid it was “indiscreet” vve should have thought tk ; that “good humored,” ‘artful,’ ‘inventive,’ y i matical,’ ‘witty,’ ‘learned’ and ‘gentlemanlr.b of the quill, would have thrown the veil of<4 1 ty over the unintentional fault >f a ‘harsli'‘rnde’ ‘ Solent’ ‘indiscreet’ and ‘meddlesome tefnn. \ neighbor ought to remember that he shunt* itakc jokes, should never give them. Mail* (ever lieen the uniform policy of tiie Georgian reeonnoiter onr camp; invite a skirmish-all [ the first return shot, to squeal worse than a f [of a cold windy morning. The ostensiUralji •of which, is to enlist sympathy in its Mil [excite prejudice against us, and in this imtoS tq.on the crumbs of pity, instead of uul.jeM ly demanding the reward of merit. This is the second time that the (Imparl 1 rut mils’ honor, anil has sought to tortun.w j torinls into an intentional disrespect tux* : our personal and political friends, AVeiviil™ j what we h ives-iid 0:1 a farm*r“occasion"tk ! are not at alleonei rued as to the successoftbh ; gian :<i that peculiar department of itshnsia but at the same time r-:in never consent t [ a silent spectator to it.” AVe can infirm 1 neighbor however that “that prirntr iudieiis 1 needs no guardian in this respect, hut is re® i tent and ready to defend himself against anti j all personal or professional indignities, j The most farcical thing liowerer, in the Cc j gian’a article is the insinuation that *eemtiS| ! tronage. For what ! For its extensive circslate j For its popularity with its party? Or fer^ I ability with which it is edited ? i Our neighbor was certainly in the akirtnin'pji toms, about then, and in a high state fp piration about the seat of his breeches, and Aid less felt much relieved when delivered of hi* la ling. If he is sufficiently recovered, vve weuls pleased if he or any one else would inform is,*! there is about either his office or paper,thatca in any manner, excite the least envious emote Envy indeed. Our soul is not little enougil envy it. ! A\ 7 e shall forbear to mention at this times* I tilings which will fix the charge of’metldler, j ‘envy’ where it properly belongs. A\ r e havew i sought a quarrel with the Georgian, or an; I cotemporary, and have not in any instance tot)* | ffed iu any unkindness towards our confreres.3 : eept in vindication of ourself against theirattad But whenever the Georgian or any other pajl j tenders the gauntlet m shall accept it it ‘■> j same spirit in which it is tendered, and contiu ;it if necessary a whole life long. AA e arc mW for the service, and ask no quarters from * I source. The Georgian's use of the term ‘imp® l manly’ would have come with a much k® grace from some other quarter. Our ream hereafter. Later from Eorope- The Steam Ship Pacific arrived at Nw ‘* on the Bth inst., with later advices from The demand for Cotton had been good and)* had advanced 1-8 to l-4d. Middling I®®* improved most. Fair New Orleans is qnotw 5 3-8d; Middling, sd; Fair Uplands a 1 Middling, 4 7-8. Political news unimportant. “■STILL LATER. The Steam Ship Niagara arrived at H JI j on the 11th inst with three days later intellig** from Liverpool.- j The Cotton Market was animated, and ** | sequence of a reduced stock on hand, i |ll probability that imports would be moderate. I had been an eagerness to buy, and a j mand. The papers state that there had | advance of 1 -8d on Fair Cotton, and H on I< . j dling and Ordinary, but on comparing the • | ra’s quotations with the Pacific's, we find 1 the same, with the exception of lair G | which is quoted l-8d advance. Sales of tiie j amounted to 59,000 bales. The stock in :pool is reduced to 395,000 bales, again-* 1 ; OQO same time last year. ! - The excitement in Franco between the dent and the assembly continues. The p°F J ty of .he President is increasing. The Virginia Election*. The first election in A’irginia for GovcnM* the people, came oft’ on Monday last, re