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TW Coekwr* Wn got t new Meek “ lion”—»
*n»nof color 1 ' whoa* very appropriate namo la
-*lly Brown. We lean from the London paper*
that he i* a fugitive slave; but from wbat jor lion
'Of the United State* be levanted, the Engliisli
Vasa, carried away by its enthusiasm for Billy,
•fcrgots to inform the world.
Billy Brown arrived 'in England about the mid-
l month, and of course “ the irreelati n ‘
pniua of universal emancipation”—which shut
otfceyea whenever it pa raw the blackened slaves
f the English collieries, bet opens and uplifts them
(holy horror at the very thought of eentlemci.
bmisbed |by nature with a suit of black bcin;>
eld in bondage—made proclamation of the im-
mtant (act.
On the 27th of September a great meeting of
■tied and untitled phUonthropim. was convened
at Music Hall, IzxMoo, for the purpose of taking
Billy’s eaaa Into consideration. Of course the
*distinguished guest" (who, a> wc judge from the
description, la a likely nigger, worth three or foul
hundred dollars in Maryland, but ten times thut
amount, as“a man and brother,” to the London ub-
olitionists,) tigered prominently in the excrcis,
As in duty bound, he denounced the Atnorii:m
alavcocracy” with great emphasis, and assailed
Father Mattnev for truckling to the slave pou
George Thane >n, the Ethiopian Albino, wh
owes his white hide and straight hair to one o!
those oversights of nature which occur in the best
regulated families, followed in due course. The
oharacter of one George Washington stiflercdaw-
InUy under his lash. According to Mr. Thotnp-
oon, that WMtohed individual aunk himself “below
the vilest, meat blood stained, and outlawed felon
that ever committtd a human crime." Every
slaveholder, he said, waa considerably worse than
a higliwaytna^, and he insisted that any man who
should dine with a southern planter to-day and
with a branded thief to-morrow, would bo hound
to apologise for contaminating the robber's table
with hit presence after having put bis feet under
« slaveholder^ mahogany. This brilliant hit was
received with “ kmd and prolonged cheering.”
Reader, at the very time when this powwow
Was in progretu, human, naked, white Alglu-Nax-
«n ftmdle beasts of burthen, harnessed with col
lars and traces like mulos or horses, were drag
ging ears lsdcn with eosl, a thousand feet below
the level of God's sunshine, in llio Lzuca.liire
coal-pits ! Only a few years ago it was proved,
before a committee of (he British House ul Com
mons, that hundreds of English girls were llm-
employed; that they cohabited indiscriminate ly
with their male lellow laborers without knowing
that prostitution was a sin; that many of them
were ignorant of the existence of a Savior; and
that thus Iheylived and died. In the meantime,
slave-bating "England—pious England—England
upon whose soil poetry says Hint, slaves cannot
breathe—ia sanding out missionaries to preach the
Gospel to the heathen, and weening over thn Buf
ferings of onr woolly-headed Hilly Brown. Bali!
hatful Condition of Ireland.
The London Times thus describes tlto political
und social condition of the “ sister kingdom
“The main symptom of her present «tnn
ntter antagonism of ranks and classes. The i
cord which first existed between Papist ami lb
testant, or Orangeman and Ribamlman, lias no
became the discord between landlord and tenm
between the poor and the rich; between those wh<
have, and those who have not. There ia now in
progress a war, determined, obstinate, and not u
frequently sanguinary,between property and wa i
Rent is no longer evaded, but pillaged by the tei
* ‘eh tho low lias pr<
ant. All the socuritiea whirl
vided for its payment have become a nullity tit'iil
mockery. Armed and multitudinous force van
finishes thn law, and secret deliberations givo ad
ditional dippott to force.
“ Whore there is not a detachment of soldiers
ready to aaaist in the collection of rent, tho ma
rauding tenants triumph, and (lie landlord is plun
dered without redress. Already blood Ims horn
shed In a vain attempt to vindicate tho rights of
property, and while we write most probably a fresh
outage has been followed by Iresti carnage. A
few weeks more, auclt at the last six has keen in
some ol the Irish counties, and the idea of liropi r-
dl socie
ty will liavo been extirpated, thn lios of civil
worse that any
tv irreparably broken, and a nest
physical malady perpetuated tlierein.
1 This is not the worst part of tlie crime or its
consequences. It is not onlv |KT|>etml('il bv tlie
ignorant and (lie uneducated, but it is tolerated,
encouraged, and defended by men of knnwledi'
and education. It ia hailed hy patriots as the re-
tributivo war of tho oppressed against Ihooppri"
nor, of thn injured ana plundered serf against Ins
domineering s”' extortionate master. In the re-
menthranroor M wrongs and old neglect, nre In
ried the stiggamioos of conscience and tlie dictut.'
of law.
“Some landlords wore cruel, and others indif
ferent ; therefore all landlords should bo rohlted. -
Such is the fofpc with which Irish patriotism ad
dresses tlie most inflamablo minds in Europe.—
The lesson is not tost. Tlie siiark falls on tlie
gunpowder, as it waa meant that it should
While tlie men of learned case write and advise,
the melt of la" ' aro beggared, and witli them all
wheee subsistence depends upon tlie purveyance
of elegant lUxsneeor necessary comforts. Trade
is hampered; commerce dulled; and llio thousand
arms which put tlie industry of cities ill motion are
{kralyxed by a brutal violence which wants the
dignity of revenge and the coi.rage of war."
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■sn of Osscgia KaUrpriss.
Poax asu Beef Packixo at Chattanooga .
—We copy the following from the Augusta Chron
icle and Sentinel:
Wo are happy to learn from the Gazette that
Messra. Armistead & Turner will soon commence
“cashing all nork hogs and beef cattle that may
bo offered in that market”.—with a view to barrel
their meat for export. If this business lie con
ducted with common prudence, it can hardly fail
of eminent success. Chattanooga is a district of
country where corn often sells at ton cents a bush
el, and where grazing can lie prosecuted with eve
ry advantage of soil and clirnale lo an indefinite
extenl. Georgia railroads and cities have a deep
interest in this new enterprise; for it is not easy
to fix a limit lo tlie capacity of tlie largest corn-
growing State in the wholo Union to prrxltico [Hirk
and lieef, and send both over our invaluable iron
ways to Atlantic acaporls. Nothing into re-led ns
so much during nur recent visit toCincinnati as the
admirable working ol machinery lor limbing begs
ami barrels, in which lard, porb and licet an to I.
sent abroad lo market. l)no factory turns on
from 800 to a 1000 remarkably neat casks it day
Tlicso, however, are much smaller than porb bar
rels—taring filled with lard oil. Nevertheless, w
have reason lo believe that good moat barrels etui
lie fabricated throughout, by steam-propelled ma -
cbinery. as flour liarrcls now aro in Rochester and
otlior milling cities.
The economical production, parking and
porting of beef and pork sre matters of great im
portance to tho-South.
Our Atlanta friends, when
they get their noble steam-null in operation, will
be likely to make that city a good market for all
the fat hogs and entile which the Cherokee coun
try can produce. Nor will our own enterprising
business inon long overlook the handsome gains
to lie realized in the provision iradc. Augusta
should lie ns good a market for fat hogs and heel
cattle, ns Chicago, Cleveland or Cincinnati now
are. Create a demand for these, and wo venture
to say, from our knowledge of Georgia and South
Carolina farmers, that limy will promptly meet the
mndant supply of chc
market with all abundant supply
mals.
choice ant-
From tlie Mobile Advertiser Nov. H.
Dreadful Shipwreck and Loss of Lifo.
Tlie following melancholy account of the loss
of tho hark F.lijnh Uicift, was furnished us last
evening:
The hark Elijah Swift, I). A. Nyo, master, from
New York bound to Now Orleans, with ;t!l sniils
on hoard. Gurcaiiin passengers, eight in number,
were all women and children ; two infants one nix
weeks anil the other five months old. (In Monday,
gillli tilt., at g I 1 , M., anchored oil'tlic Great I-lines,
about two miles from the shore, in iiitut iitlhoms
water; the wind moderate From tlie S. S. \V. with
pleasant weather. At 1 A. M. tho wind hauled
suddenly to tho N. VV. and Idew violently, with
constant heavy rain. Thu ship commenced drag
ging her anchors with the entire length of lioili
clminaoul; we cut away llio foremast, and while
in the act of cutting away llio mainmast,she struck
tho rocks, and in olio hour went lo pieces. Dur
ing the lime we were on tho wreck, tlie soil was
continually breaking over us. After several in-
eflbctual attempts to get a rope on shore, wo at
length succeeded, und landed all on hoard, though
initiiy of them very much bruised and lacerated try
driftwood and surf dashing them against the
the
Rr. Loins, Nov. 6.
IloHKiBL* Chute—Doum.k Mukdeb—The
Pehfethatob Bn be Burned Alive.—A revolt
ing case of rape and murder took place the ether
day, near Pnlayra. A negro, belonging to Mr.
Glasscock, committed violence oil Miss Bright, nil
Interesting little girl, 14 years of age, and then
of beingdeteci
murdered Iter. For fear of being detected, tho in
human monster turned round und killed her broth
er, aged 1 l years. The wretch has been arrested,
and will be burned olive on Friday.
Young Barnurn, who waa shot in St. I-ouia by
the French brothers Montesquieu, is much better,
and hopes an entertained of his recovery.
More Alabama Makble.—The editor of tho
Alabama State Gazetto has seen specimens of mu r-
bla from a quarry recently discovered on the premi
ses of Mr. Edwin Reese, adjoining tho village of
of Auburn, Macon county. The quarry, or vein,
it supposed to be very extensive—running thro’
several plantations contiguous lo thut of Mr. It.
The specimen exhibited isof tine grain and capa
ble of beautiful polish; aud is pronounced as good
as the Talladega marble, and of as great variety in
colors. One ol the neighbors of Mr. Reese has
already commenced operations, in raising and
Mocking It oat; and when all those in whose land
it has been found commence working their quar
ries, it is said there can be enough of it obtained to
build a city out and out! This marble, too, lies
almost immediately on the Montgomery and West
Point Railroad.
A Soldieii’s Death.—Lt. Col. Dickinson, of the
Palmetto Regiment, being wounded at the storm
ing of CburutMisco, was left in the hospital at Mis-
coac, where he died. The Buffalo Courier says
that in the delirium of fever he heard a drum beat
the reveille at early morn. Raising himself with
an effort, he looked calmly toward the window and
aald, in his deep tones ot command: “ Battalion,
halt! order arms! rest!" and falling back he ex
pired.
Slavery of white men still exists in all its force
in Russia. Th< Count Kutaisou owing to the Gov
ernment the sum of j£A2,000 sterling, which lie
ties not been able to pay, the Directing Senate has
authoriaed the Minuter of Finance, to cause tu
sharp coral rocks. On landing, wodoemrd it saf
est lo gain (he highest or soulli eastern part ot the
Island, u» tho sea hail already commenced
ini' over the north-western point where we Mood
Wo hud scarcely proceeded fifty yards on onr way
leading the Indies ill n slow pace, they being in
llioir night dresses and barefooted, when u tremen
dous sea broko over the racks nml washed away
twenty of our number, night of which wosavod-
tlu* oilier twelve were drowned. Among tho-
lost were Parker Flower, 2d officer, amf.lutm
Lane, seaman, both ol New York, who lost their
lives in endeavoring lo save of Mrs. N. A. Bai
ley aud Miss llenriettal'. Ray. two cabin passen
gers. The rest of our number succeeded in reach
ing a place of safely. Our feet lacerated and
bleeding at every step, many gave out and were
obliged to lie carried. Tho next morning, in
searching for fresh water, we found an infant six
weeks old, the hoii of Mrs. Bailey; it had been
‘washed upon the rocks the morning Indore and
'had remained there 26 hours, it was alive nml ap
parently sustained hut little injury ; we immediule-
iy enrried it to die surviving ladies, to whose moth
erly care it owes its life.
VVo remained on the roekp two days and a liulf,
destitute of clothing, food or water, with the excep
tion of some suit pr. visions that washed asln
which wo could not eat on account of creating
thirst. On the third day we were rescued by tin
ship Bangor, Cnpt. IV. J. I’hilhnxdt, who kindly
answered our signals of distress, look us on bniird
and treated us with all the kindness that disinter
ested humanity could suggest.
The survivors, twenty eight in iiumlier, arrived
here last evening in llio ship llangor, in a desti
tute condition. Everything,except the scanty elo-
. thing they had ott at the timn of tin- disaster, was
lost. Cunt. Nye, Mr. Hay and llio ladies were
provided forat ttio Fiinklin House, where they will
'remain until the departure of the mail boat to.
day for New Orleans. They uracil in wed of
clothing and means to convoy thcnim their home
ami wo are sure tlmt we need but state ibis fact
to onr citizens, to secure for them that assistance
of which they stand so much in need. It is an ap
peal lo sympathy which cannot pass unheeded.
A Northern Frojoct.
Auoution or tiii: Distiuct ok <T»i.t-atni.\.—
Slavery in tho District of Columbia lias boon a
breeding enuse of contention between Northern
and Southern fanatics. The N. Y. Sim snys
A movement is on foot to remove this bone of
contention, by retroceding the Maryland hull'(like
the Virgina half) of tho District, to the Statu that
granted it to the Federal tioverment. Iiitliioncos
are at work to induce dm Maryland Legislature
to petition Congress for the retrocession of her orig
inal half, and upon this petition a formidable coa
lition of members of (’engross, ,'! both parties, and
some lending Free Soil Democrats, w ill lie prepar
ed lo endorse the petition and force llio rctroces-
Rlcifbocity betwerx Canada and the Ubitkd
States.—Tlie Montreal Courier says:
“ For ourselves, we do not believe that the Amer
icans will giant the reciprocity, which some of our
people seem to think will prove so great a boon.
>Vc know tlmt ail that party in the Republic who
are desirous of seeing Canada annexed to tlie
United States, are opposed to the grant, because
they believe it will retard annexation for many
years, and wo confess that is also onr opinion.”
, COLUMBUS ENQUIRED.
mjikrtt: tiik conktitution : union.
roMijuni’s—f:l:om;ia :
TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20, 1819.
State Election!.
Wo ore very much in the fix, in reference lo the rc-
ccut election* in other .Staten, that dbtre&Ked uh -so sore
ly when the lute disaster in Georgia fell upon uh, wo
can hear nothing very interesting on the subject.
In New Yoiik the fit in about bh tight us was tho
fellow’s garment who wan incite/] and run in his r- ady
made pantaloons. It is believed, however, that tho
Whigs have succeeded in electiug a majority ot the
State officers, and a majority of tlie legislature, fiy
tlie skin of their teeth. Thin whh better than was
expected, considering the combination of all the isms
with which they had to contend. Since writing the
above, wo find the following dispatch in the Baltimore
Clipper:
New Yoiik Election.—Tho Whig majority in the
State is 3,*155. Washington Hunt, for Comptroller, has !
5,000, and tho Whig Secretary of State, Engineer, |
Treasurer, and Surveyors something |i-sh. The Dein- I
oerats have two or throe of the State officers. Tho 1
Whigs have both brunches of the Legislature.
In Ixh/isiana, there has been also a close race.—
The Democratic candidate lor Goliernor h»s been
elected, whilst it is thought the Whig candidates for
l,t. Governor and Auditoi luvo succeeded. The Leg-
isl-.tmi* ih Whig On joint ballot, i*j I rum ibrei to five J
majority.
In Mississippi, according to tho figures, mid they \
ore awful figures at that, tho Democrats have, as is
th' ir way of doing things in that State, carried every
thing before them. Quitman has b> en elected Gov
ernor by a large majority, und the four members of i
Congress are of the sumo stripe. This is u loss to the j
Whigs of one member. Tho other elections in the
Stale, were ditto, ditto.
In Mahhaciiusktth, the Whigs have succeeded over I
tho Democrats and Abolitionists, in electing a large
majority to both branches of tho Stato Legislature.
Tlie Whig candidate for Governor wants about 1201)
votes of an election hy tho people. Hhicgh, Whig,
bus 50,000 votes; Hoctwi.i.i., Democrat, 2 M ,000;
audfl'Aii.Lirs, Abolitionist, 23,200. Hriggs will he
elected without doubt hy llio L"gisluture. Pai.kiilv, ;
the Abolitionist, who him (.tiled to be elected to Coil- j
grem ut four or five dials, seems to be advancing back
wards, wanting at the recent race about 3000 votes.
Hold him at that old Massachusetts.
Tiiomah W. IIavmond, Whig, has been elected to
Congress from tbu Wheeling District in Virginia, to
fill a vacancy. This is u Whig gum.
Claim against the United Staton.
Gov. Towns, in uiHwer lo a retolutioii of the Sen
ate, requesting him to state whether (In* unlit.in
claims of tho State upon the general.government have
been settled, or what progress has been mudo in settling
the same, Ims replied that no money has been received I
from tlmt source for tlm Inst two years. The claim ;
originally amounted lo the sum of )Kfi 13,509, of which ,
sum there Ims been paid at different p riods within the
last eight years, }jj{150,0110, leaving still due the State j
of Georgia .ft112,(i12. It is the opinion <a the Gov
ernor tlmt from the length of time tlmt Ims elapsed
since the debt was due, and the delay ol justice on the ,
part of the generul government, resort should he hud !
to some other modi* than Ims hitherto been pursued in
pressing the subject on the att« ntion ol tin* authorities
ul Washington. Apprehending thut legislation by j
Congress may he found necessary, he suggests tlmt, j
ill such an oveut, an ugent he appointed to propuro the
cluims, und represent tho interests of the Stale before
that hotly.
We nre glad tlmt this matter Ims been noticed hy the
Legislature, and trust tlmt it will he urged upon the
early attention of those who
good Inith to settle the claim,
pay her own debts, and carry
Improvement, is compelled to
at ion of her ritr/.cus. In ord.
:hound i
justice and
Georgia, in order lo
ii her works of Internal
•uso money hy llio tux-
■ tlmt (his taxation mav
lie as little biirdriisoino us possible, it is important that
she collect whatever may be duo her. The money,
alluded to in tho statement of the Governor, is a por
tion of a debt long siut'o incurred, and which the gen
eral government Ims all along been ublo to pay. Why
then Ims it not been discharged I Why Ims Georgia
been thus long and thus wrongfully kept out of her
rights/ Surely the authorities at Washington have
not delayed doing justice until time Ims lluug doubt
over former certainty, and rendered it necessary to a
full understanding of (be matter tlmt nil agent shall
be employed to represent tlie rights of the State before
the Congress of the nation? If sncIl is the case,
however, we hope the Legislature will authorize the
Kxcculivo to place the claim in such a train as will
ensure its early settlement. There can he no belter
time to have it attended to than at the approaching
session of Congress. The longer the matter is delay
ed, tho less likely it is that justice will he done.
This movement, suggested by ti coalition ol p ar
ties, if they unite,cannot be turned to political ac
count by either or any party, but it will result in
vast benefit to the Cnion. It will forever settle the
question upon which the North and West never
can cense agitation, while slavery exists on n soil
of the whole people. Remove slavery from the
District of Columbia, hy returning the District to
its original owners, und tlie Union will In'relieved
from tho only cause to which there can be gene
ral or sectional objection. The people will hail
with pleasure such a retrocession, both ut the
North and at the South, and no excuse will bo loll
for the onslaught of fanaticism against the insti
tution. Slavery will then be confined to where
it belongs—to the South—and no man in the tree
States, who values the peace and perpetuity ot the
Union, will offer or consent to interference with it,
gave as warranted hy the constitution.
be seised all the peasants that M. Kataisou po*.
j districts of Tambo. This mean-
j in the two
ire has been put in execution, and the civil Gov*
eminent has posted op placards announcing that
the peasants in question, which are to the number
of 8702 men, women and chidren, will be sold
publicly to the highest bidder, in the town of Tambo,
on Monday, the 30th of October next, and the fol
lowing days.
*?■ Singular Charge.*—A man named Abraham
Beckett was arrested in New York on Saturday
on suspicion ot Wealing a certificate for $1,000
U. S. stock. Tlie certificate was mailed about 10
years since at Boston for Barnstable, and nothing
has been since heard of it, uutil a few days back,
when it was found in the possession of a man in
Boston, who says be received it from Rackett u»
a pledge for ten dollars which he lent him —Ifo*.
torn DmHy Admrtmr.
Mrs. Partington aaya that her minister on
rbankagiving cajr preached about “ the parody of
tM.fnmi kp*
Deaths from Chloroform.—A recent num
ber of the Medical Times relates the following:
“ An accident of a very melancholy nature lias
just occurred in Glasgow. Dr. Adams, resident
physician to the Clyde street Hospital, having oc
casion to use chloroform, inhaled it himself to try
its strength, hut without serious consequence; re
peating however, this experiment, and incautiously
increasing the dose, the effect was fatal; he fell
back and immediately expired.**
A late French medical journal details another
case of the same sort:
44 On the 23d August, Md'me Labrune, a healthy
married woman, residing at Langres, in France,
died from the effects of chloroform vapor. She
wished to have a tooth extracted, and prior to the
operation inhaled the vapor, winch was given to
her at her own desire. Complete insensibility
was not pr«*luced at the first trial; in ire chloro
form was placed on the handkerchief, and she
drew a lull inspiration. Her countenance imme
diately became |iahd; her features were visibly
altered ; there was a dilatation of the pupils with
a convulsive rolling of the eyes, und no pulse
could be felt. Every attempt was made to restore
life, but without success. She died as if atruck
by lightning.”
Free Nogroua.
The resolution of Mr. Wai.kfk.o!' Richmond, which
wc give in connection with this short article, is the first
move thut has been made in the Legislature, for a num
ber of years, on a very delicate but highly important
subject. Tho policy of permitting tho free blacks to
reside among and indiscriminately mingle with the
slaves of tho South, has always been regarded as of
doubtful propriety. There are. und always have been,
many reasons why it should not he allowed, hut in
what way best to get rid of a species of population of
no service to the whites, and doubtless of positive in
jury to the blacks, Ims puzzled the wisest statesmen of
tho country. They are here, aud what is to be done
with them ? Instead of diminishing in number they
increase every year, until sound policy requires thut
something should be douc to limit, if not entirely re
move the evil. We sincerely hope that the able
committee, to whoso wisdom and discretion the sub
ject Ims been referred, may devise some plan which
will place both the freedmau aud the slave in a condi
tion less likely than the present, to be some day injuri
ous to both. Here is the resolution :
7iy</, Tlmt the speaker appoint a select committee
i‘ from each judicial district. and that said «■
i the practieabil-
Ih* instructed to imeMij
it y und proj riety ofr« m i \ mg all
w ithin tlie limits of the State, u
snler whether an appropriation
of removing said free persons of
ony of Liberia, will not Ih* mur
inanity nml sound policy, than
might l>e adopted
Tie* Rules being sus|H*nded, tlie Speaker appointed
the following committee: Messrs. Walker, Spall
McIntyre, (Tartroll, Keuan, Howard, Nel
Jones of Paulding. Harris and Tucker.
id that they further con
i' mom v for the purpose
olor to the State or t'ol-
m accordance w till bu
nny other mode which
The Resolutions.
The resolutions below havo been introduced by Mr
Clayton in the Senate, and Mr. Gartrkll in the
House of Representatives. They seem to ub to be of
a character that must recommend them to the accept
ance of all parties. There is uothing of L..ster about
them. The powera of the Government Under the Con
stitution ure correctly stated, as well as tho rights of
the South in the property held by her citizeus under
that Constitution. The denial, or limitation of these
rights, by any uct of Congress prohibiting slavery in
the territories of the United States, ia declared
to be a violation of the Constitution. This is true. It
matters not where the territory is situated, by what
means it may have been acquired, whether by treaty
w ith England or by couqocst from Mexico, the people
of the whole country have a common right to all the
advantages that can result from the acquisition. The
Constitution grants, and wa? intended to guard, this
right from all usurpation on tlie part of Congress, and
no act of that body which contravenes its enjoyment
cun fuil to endanger tho stability of tho Union. There
is a point where ii is necessary that aggression should
cetse, a limit beyond which injustice may not pass.
The resolutions plainly indicate that point, and dis
tinctly mark that limit.
Wo can Reo no good reasou why these resolutions
may not meet the approval of every member of the
Legislature. Temperate, calm, dignified, and deter
mined, they place tho groat question of Southern
rights on the corner-stone of our political edifice, where
Mr. V. B. Palmer has issued Ins iiurtm j
Worthy to be Remembered.
Gen. E. R. Miuj*. Superintendent of Transporta
tion on the Stute Road, says in bis report to the Chief
Engiueer, that not the first accident has occurred
during the punt year, neither freight nor passenger car
has been entirely off’ the track. There has been but
one mail failure, which was caused from a wash m the
track during au excessive flood of rain in May last.
Ho gives the credit of this unprecedented good luck lo
the conductors, cug.ue runners, supervisors, &c. whose
strict attention to their busiuess justly entitles them to
it. We record this fact, so complimentary to all con
cerned, with great pleasute. The Road, we are pleas
ed to learu, will be completed in a few weeks to Chat-
Men's * tnnoogu, wheu—instead of beiug, in the language of
Almanac for I860. Besides the usual aMron-j a distinguished Senator from this couutv, “the most
tlct ' - **— —’’ , ** , **“ “ 1 — 1
omical calculations, this work contains a large
amount of very useful information for buidnesa
men, to which reference mav always be made with
advantage. Mr. Palmer’s Book is altogether prae.
tical, and the reader will liud in every page some,
thing ag—aside tu read lit well as useful to know
stupendous monument of humau folly that human ig-
nor.nice ever erected"—it will beyond all doubt prove
a monument of the wisdom of its projectors, aud a
source of couvcuieuce aud prosperity to tho people of
Georgia.
Oar Co temporaries.
The New Orleans Picayune cornea to us dressed in
an entire new suit, and looking ns bright as u gold
dollar. We did not think this valuable paper could
have been improved, but the proprietors have this time
most pleasingly disappointed us. The New Orleans
neutrals are, one and all, first best.
The Ralkigh Register.—This time honored sheet,
which has battled for the tight for more than fifty yeare,
has lately been enlarged, redressed, aud improved in
all its outward appearauce. As to »ls contents, there
was but little margiu ever left to make it more accep
table. Wc wh h its young editor, who fills so ably and
honorably the place of his departed futher, all good
fortune in his useful and laborious work.
Alteration of tko Judiciary. ! I further wtsb to call your attention ajfut favorable
The following resolution, .raou ? *■»». Ha, braulu- j SttSrfS'ifc
troduced into our Legislature by Mr. Riley, of Lump- the exi-iing law. Tho military, or abstract form, pre-
fcj n . many objections from the fcet of its being so com-
*Wsrf. Thut the Committee on the Jndimry b- wlJiT .fe’ntT
four yeunt, and g.vmg U n otary nr t . an tt ,| ditional Uo( , k | {t . „ r n ' rk b » app „ £,3
Jwnu.e.1 by fee. taxed in hill, of co.1 m caw. tried llial ^ k<pl ttle cnnfll ,V, af
•.■j.* inn. .. ! Prison walls. The object in creating this offio
W e are glad to see the Legislature moving m this keep a full and correct account of all the raw material
matter, and hope that some such bill as that content- consumed hy the various shops of the Institution, us
Correspondence of the Columbus Enquirer.
sMILLt.DGCV Ll.K. Nov. 17, 1 i 19. 1
(irnflrmni: Since I last wrote to yt u, nothin* of gen
eral interest has been acted upon hy either hrau' lmf the
Legislature, except that the Senate |4i*w.**l unanimously '
the bill altering the Constitution so us to allow divorce**, ;
and the ]louse, hy a large majority, ha** |<isned a hdl to j
repeal the Act prohibiting the introduction of Slaves in- ;
to this State. Tins hill produced much discu-sion, and
perhaps the discussion would haie been continued much
longer, hut for the proposition of Mr. Ill i.ky of Lumpkin,
on Thursday evening, to meet again after rnjrpr.r. t«»
continue the debate. This seemed to put a stop t<» the .
anxiety of member* to speak, the vote was taken up-.n
the hill of Mr. Jones, and .t was carried hy about 3 to 1.
I intended noticing more fully lliii bill—the effect of it*
••-man. These Books should be con*
ducted upon the double entry system. By a change of
th.t the present sv.tein '!"* ki "' J - V“'t will readily psrreiva, that it ..liwrreJe,
1 . • trie necessity of an Inspector. By giving to the Store V
Keejier the purchasing, paving over of monies, and re- j
ceipiiin. in li>*u of the present circuitous plan of tested f
duplicates, many of the inconveniences would he avoid
ed. wire i now subject customers und purchasers to un- »
necessary delay and loss of time. H
1 will not here omit tu recommend an abandonment f
of ilmt portion of the law requiring the Keeper and sales
man to make quarterly report*. The requisition is at-
body's," and tended w ith much inconvenience without any resulting
benefit. Beside*, a minute detail is embraced iti our
nual reports. I can see uo use in such super-
oil inon of nil imrtion conjoin and battle for th-ir »c j |«iwot(c—tho principal roiine of it. mrce.-. nod the very
curity, oven unto tho bitter end. It ia the only place j R r, ' : ' ' m "V laii "" in dehole, Ac. but limp will not admit,
whore the contest can be waged with the hope of sue
Cop. - -). The, Constitution i* the ahoct-auclior of our
safely, and to this it behooves our Representatives to
look, in the war which they must wage with the jhf.v-
ers of fanaticism. Let the Legislature, then, rally
upon these resolutions, pass them in one solid column
without tiltci ation und without debate, and present ; plank
them to the Congress of tho country as the united ' crats
voice of Georgia. It may bo that such a course will | except in tli<
induce our enemies lo believe tlmt at least one South- ' nml r le r<»k
ern State is in earnest in her determination*. We
havo paid more lliau we at first intended, and shall
leave tho resolutions to speak for themselves.
Ye-terday Mr. Clayton in tho Senate, and Mr. G.ir-
trell m the House, of Representative*, offered the follow
ing resolutions, and they were made the order of the
day for this day week in the House.
Whereas tin people of the nou-slaveholding Smtey,
have coinineneed and are »p|»arently j^rsMing in a »>■*•
tent "I eui ri iielmnint upon the Coie-nnnion arid the
right** of II P’litiou of the people of iln» Confederiu y,
w hieh is ftliK** unpi't ate! daoe**roii« t'i the peace and
d r
is on- of Itiii
any ntillmriiy
2.1 It. Milxed, That tli
|t> I 'ongre‘"4 to proliilol tft
On Tuesday, the election of Judged and Solicitor Gen
eral of the Coweta (Circuit t«*ik place, and resulted in :
the election of all the nominees of tlie democratic party,
(puhli.-died in yofir lout except for Ju lgo of the > .utbern j
Circuit. Am. II. IIansell, a noble fellow and a ster
ling Whig, was elected on the first ballot—tlie vote being !
:l! 9i), Win. L. Morgan, Mem.; of Lowndes, 85, ;
In tie; balance of the elections, the Demo- j
mI np pretty well ifi the nominated candidate*, |
the .*!ei tion of Jo I gov of the Eastern, We.-i.*rn !
tH. There whh some baulking nod t
nevcral tiallols in each ease, lint tlie nominees were fi
nally elected. For Judge of the Cherokee Circuit, but J
for the help of the Whigs, the nominee .lion. John II. j
Lumpkin; would hi\e I .ecu beaten ! Being generally
known, mid hy many Whigs esteemed, personally, very
highly, whilst bin opponent* were hut little known, a
few Wings Noted for him on the fourth ballot, and lie
“ got in,” with nothin/? to spare. In the election for
Judge of the Northern Circuit, Ihi'.Ii of th- gentlemen
'Col. Baxter and Judge Sayre) were so unexception
able a.id universally esteemed hy their respective par
ties, that each received the full parly vote. It is true
,f Ki-preivnla- | bul Hl " a -"" n "' 1
f th.* Coiled States | no Whig could possibly think
t rightfully exeruce i particularly hr u Democrat
misntution. ,, ,
laud.
It is apparent to evory
of our Inferior OurLi is very defective. Five Justices,
a majority of whom are necessary to constitute a Court,
renders it very difficult at times to get a Court together,
to the no little inconvenience of individuals, and o ten
to Die great prejudice of estates of dec-used persons
and minors. It is a trite saying, aud a very true one,
that “ what is every body's business is
wc see tli a verified to its fullest import in our Inferior
Court system. The responsibility is so divided that fluous repetition,
each member thinks a sufficient number of theCou t j
will be present without him, aud hence, if the least ia-
Coiivcui-nt, he do-*s not attend : the consequence is no
quorum, aud no Court. Parties from distant counties
are thus compiled to return hum**, tin ir business in the
Court untrausacted, to come back again with perhaps l | mt *^ey
a similar result.
Let the system bo altered, reduce the number Lo one,
give him such compensation for his services us will
make it his interest us well as his duty to attend faith
fully to the duties of his office ; then the public interest
will nolong r suffer in this particular.
Ail objection was raised, as we understand, at tho
last session of our Legislature, to the reduction of the
number of the Justices, on the ground that the Consti
tution would have to be altered. We are satisfied, oil
examination, thut no such alteration is nec
1. S. BRANCH MINT, )
Daiiloneua, (»a., Nov. 3, 1849.$
Messrs. K litors Southern Recorder .*—If there, is any
vacant space at the end of some column, you may, for
the encouragement of our fellow citizen*, let them knoxv
get Gold yet in our glorious go-a-head old
•State, and m my opinion cheaper and at much less dis
tance und ri>k than hy going to California.
I have received during the month of October past
835 ,500,(X)—and coined during the *
5,1 I t half Eagles,
quarter do.
Id Dollars,
e time,
$25,570 00
3.892 50
3,957 00
$33,439 50
Aggrejiate for the month of Octol>er,
It I could clothe iny thoughts in fiu-hiouable wordy
style, I could have a subject at hand. At this moment ‘
th** mountains, 'Blue Ridve) 12 miles diMant are on fire,
presenting the most splendid fine works on their -** own 1
saury. The hook"—forcibly presenting to the mind the idea of the
fid’s bun
1 might have mentioned in connexion with the Gold, .
j that a small portion ($500) of the above receipts was.
| from California—it is poor gold, that is, it is too murhr
allowed with silver, assaying at 882-1000, that is, 882$
ports in the 1000 is pure gold, and the remaining 118 ia|
“l-orgia Gold runs about an avernge of 955. |
iwriM-iinty "l our cherished I'nion. Im* it , . , . , , .
I. It Iv. il hy the Senate und ll-.u-e of Keprescnta- | was coiintiil ror Judge > and as it was thougli
fir a Democrat, inqiiiric
at missiny Wlfig; hut upon c.until
•ction immediately follow iug. the uivi
In that election, tlv<* total vote was 17S, om* mart 1
au the NNhole L*gi*la:iin*, und among the ImllotM whh :
e uain • • if Siiyn—and the presumption wa* that this!
. * wa*-in’he hat, hut overlooked, and consequently
it counted hi the election previous.
On W-due-day. both branches of the Legislature hav- <
Resj»ectfully, your faithful friend.
•d, That (In
i tiiuiion grants no power !
rodneiion of slavery into i
I mted States.
•ml States of the Union i
f perfect equal- j
id imnimiiti
erritorv acquired
y, IIlid licit the rights, privileges ;
ired hv tli- Constitution belong id
tcli Situ**.
-Jtli Resolved, That any mid all
y tlie United States, whether hy
r conquest, belongs in common to the people of each
tale, mid t nlier tin* peopb* of ea.' li and every Stale
live a common right lo ouugrute u iih any pr<>|s*rty Ih**y
lay possess, and that any re-»riclioii upon tins right
which will o|M*ra|c in favor of the |s*op|e of one section
of those of II
hive, and unwarranted livthe cou*-tiiiiti<*n.
.5ili Ri*-olv**d, Thai -lave. ,.re recognised hy the
hlilution ii- propertv. aiel c.m the WTlrii •* |*r"\i*.o,
whet I-r applied to Oregon, California N-u M mi*o. .. r
territory hereafter to be acquired, i. nnconstimiioniil,
mill rliotlld llle* I W lib tlie detc rimc l n q r-lt| .i| of |hi*
Soiitliern |ieople, vvIiom* rights an* thereby ntlerted.
full Re-olvd. Tl.al Congre-s !,:i m piiw-reither di
rectly or iichrci tly
Till, lb
Mil ll.e
ing accepted the invitation of Oglethorpe University to
attend th** " Commencement,” neither body met ; and
on Thursday the House was prmetpally engaged iqsin
Mr. Jones’ \ ill, wIiDbi umliiog of nnjortAnce was done
in the Senate.
Yesterday b«»lh branches convened in the R* present a-
tiv •* Hall, and proceeded to tie* election of State II"ii-e
Officers, State Printer, «Vr. On the 9th ballot, James
It Betts* of Houston, was elcen*! S*irveyor General—
Mr Cornp , on, ih** v**ry wortl.v and popular u- miibcnt,
e.iue* witbin two vote* ol ;.n , lection on the lirst ballot.
On the 5ib bidb.t. Mr C v\lit.i it el fiirroll, wa* elected
:i-iil
Hill. Rest
till* WlllllHl
rv in the lb
of tl
the C*
•d". Tl
gills
proper dc
.Ipilble \ lo!
intolerald •
ibe
-Id Ira
Bo
II. both t
i ll.* bill
i hallo
niry
I die
Si.11
by (5
hi sliivcbolding Stales
prov i f d ui tll<* • Oil-tit
e and imperative dud
pa-
of of St;,
lot
the
- Will be
ie p. o|
. fugitive Ihhb. ll.vititisos of Rn
the 1
^ f tills j
er tb«* 7tli bnlb
i k this morniic
tie*
, the:
9th. Resolved, That the |«*ople ■>( Georgia etiU
no ardent feeling ol devotion | ( , do* >1111011 ot these s
und that nolliiug short of a |M*r-isiauce in the pr
system of eiicmnclini'*nt upoq <11 r rights bv tie*
sliivcbolding Stales can induce us to couteiuplati
pohsibllilv ol 11 dissolution
mill. KehiilVeil, 'I'liUt III- Evcellcliey tln*(k>\eru
requested M forward coplesul ll.c-e rcMilutlou- to
of our Senator-mid ffopreseulalives in Congre-N, 1
I.egl latlirehof tlie several States, and to ill!* I’l'es
ol the I lilted States.
I m
, ; unuerstoml,
1 | w idi bun. -
• pres
Who Emigrates 1
A correspondent ol the N. * •. Crescent, writing fro
Little Rock, Ark., speaks of the continual streum
emigrants which daily pass that place on their w:
from Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Alabama,
Southern Arkansas and Western Texas. This mi
I* all well enough. But still vve rejoice to set* that, ' '
let men move from where they will, very few are leav- , r ‘
ing the State of Georgia. Through this city, when j 1
the mania of removing westward vvu.s on the people, a ! *
caravan was almost constantly passing; now it is a !
rare thing, during the month, to see a solitary family ;
quitting the home of their youth to settle in a distant j
laud. Our citizens have discovered thut Georgia is at j.
Inst the sunny spot of all the South, that here resources
aro just beginning to he developed, and that after all,
it is most pleasant as well us most profitable, to abide
within her borders. We intend during the emigrating
season to ascertain how many families puss this plucq,
from any part of this State, on their way westward.
We do not btlieve there will he a half dozen. They
may emigrate from North aud South Carolina, aud
the Southern part of Virginia, hut from good old Geor
gia. uever. never.
inir to ’•keep dark," but are
n the " old notion " that n
Mill"Inn tllr ought to Ih-
I... will -in eeed, enu »nl\ I
iall' l non** but Dcinoenils Im>-
* tvv. n Mc-*r*. Atkinson . f
lolpli, und Tkiim'K of I'utnam.
I, the IsCgKIniure iidjoiirnad till in o’-
In the efforts to obtain tlie office of
t* in more tnidmc au>l bargaining than
run*. One Democratic Editor, it is
1 candidate for, or Ims " inUrested"
sen besides Ins own. viz : three l)e-
Wing Another, it ii said, lias three
two Democratic, one Wing whilst
Milledgev ille, are ” lying low " and 1
•rking together lo mum-
first Section 3d Article of the Constitution vests thn
Judicial Powers of tho State in a Supreme, Superior,
Inf* rior and Justices Courts, and such other Courts as
the Legislature may from time to timo ordain aud es
tablish. And Sec. 4 of the same Article {mints out
the manner in which the Justices of thelufcriorCt/Hrfff
•hall be elected. Now this latter Section, it was con
tended, evidently meant there should be more Justices
than one, or it would not have spoken of them in the
plural. Now this no more follows than it does from
the wording of the 5th clause, Sec. 1, Art. 3d, that
there should be more than one Judge of the Superior
Court. That clause reads thus, “The Judges of the
Superior Court rhall lie elected,” &,<*., using Judges
in tho plural, and Court iu tin* singular. Again, in
See. 7, Art. 3 : “The Judges o( the Superior Courts, 1
or any one of them, shall have power," Sic. It much j
more ele.,rly follows from these two clauses, that th : i
Constitution requires more than one Judge of the Su- t
p**rior Courts in each Circuit, than it does from Sec. 1 :
that it intended there should be more than
of the Inferior Court of each coauty.
Let us examine the language of Sec. 4 : ” The
Justices of the Inferior Cnttrts ” Tins form of ex
pression would Ih* just as applicable, and just us ne
cessary, if there were bul one Justice of the Court ill
each county, as it would be were there twenty. If
the language were, “The Justice of the Inferior ! dered to be printed for the
Courts,” it would imply that there th mid bo Imt one
Justice of all the Inferior Courts in the State. There
a: one Inferior Court in each county, aud if there were
hut om* Justice for each Court, wo would speak of
(hem all as M The Justices of the Inferior Courts,"
just as we now speak of the Judges of the Superior
(duris, and such is the iuteut and meaning of the
Constitution. It 110 where specifies what number of
Justices shall con.sti’ute the Court, whether one or five
or t'*u—leaving dial matter to be settled by the Le-
•.},l .lure, when carrying this provision into effect The to^extend die time lor granting the
} ot Decemlier, 1851
\V. REDDING.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
Wednesday, November 7.
Mr. Leonard introduced a bill to authorize the Treas
urer to refund the purchase money, with interest, to pur-
rhn.sers of fractions that had lieen previously drawn for,
and afterwards sold by mistake; und also the grant A
when paid.
Thursday, Nov. 8.
Mr. A. J. Miller introduced a bill to authorize Rail
road oompnniei 10 Mibicnbe for, purchase and bold stock
in other Railroad comjianies.
Saturday, Nov. 10.
Mr. Murphy offered a resolution requesting the Gov
ernor i<> ( '‘'nmiiiiicate to the Senate, at as early a day as
practical'!* . whether the military claims of tlie State
up'll the General Government have been settled, or
Justice I what pr igr.*~f has been made in the same ; and wlint I10
i*ccH«ary to Ih: dune tlierein; which resolution
1 and agreed to.
House of Representatives.
Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Mr. McD'incald introduced a bill to provide for the
»*ction of Judges of the Superior Courts by tlie sove-
1 reign people of the Slate of Georgia—J150 copies or-
of the House.]
Wednesday, Nov. 7.
Mr. Shack • I ford introduced a hill to alter and amend
the lax laws of this State to encourage sheep husbandry
in the came, and concerning dogs.
Mr. Morns introduced a hill to repeal an act of 1840,
abolishing the office of Adjutant General of the State
of Georgia, and to revise an act passed on the 28th De
cember, 1836, organizing the same.
Friday, Nov. 9.
'Ir. Terrell introduced a bill to amend an act incorpo
rating 11 iu Atlantic and [.aGrange Railroad company.
Mr .Morris iiifrodm cd a bill to amend the several acts
in relation to is-uing of grant.** and bead rights, so far ns
until the 25tli
isl.iture has nettled it at five, but the Act
Mr. Riley introduced a bill to exempt all free white
m
thug mav be altered or amended, just as any other Act 1 inhabitants of this State from the payment of a capita-
may be altered or umeuded. Wc trust such alte
tion or {Hill tax.
Air. Uulmi.iiii intnxliK-e.l ii bill lo nmi'inl an art to in
ti"" >»■•>>• Mlnrli*, Bill! till' number reduced lo one.— rorimrnle tlie (imiul Ie>il|>enf lliu Iude|iendetil enter of
!l :t treiiorul Hill to that effect cannot lie named, ive 11,1,1 Fellows of llio Siatenf (ieuriiia, passed in 1843.
hope onr own Senator and Representative, will look to ' " le luW " uf Oglethorpe, in the
it. that such special provision be made if {KKwible, for old Mr. McDoiigald introduced a bill lo prohibit encroach
Museogee.
up 4 "* the sovereign rights of the State of Georgia
by foreign banking institutions and their agents within
(Tout the Savannah Republican.
Report of the Kooper of the Penitentiary.
rmn tins statement it ap|H*
xl. .do
th.it there ha-
!• hint of Hckn<*.-s anm
1 the limits of this State, and further purpose! therein
' sjH'cifie I.
■ Mr. Snell ing introduced a hill to establish certain ad-
! ditionnl election precincts in the comity of Stewart.
.'Ir. Tncker—to change tlie name of Richard L.
u*s, of Stewart county, to that of Richard L. Pra-
I the
■>tt in.
Lt ult. is 1.153, of whom the
nf III I g i
'•I her—the
ut. that
» petm jury .s
<.i of the pr*•!
. he
debts .
Ibe
•Mr. Nisbet intriHluced a bill to vest the management
in I Mi-ierinfcndence of the Western and Ailantic Kail-
•iiol in a Board of Public Works, and to define the iiovv-
n, and duties of said Board.
Saturday, November 10.
The lull providing lor the election of Judges hy the
"pie wa-. taken up and made the order of the duy for
Awful Steamboat Explosion.
One 11 c.nuked and Fifty Lives Loit!—A tele-
grapliic despatch to the Editor of the Mobile Adver
tiser, lUlai New Orleans. Nov. 15, 5 1-2 j>. nv, says,
“ 1 have just witnessed n most horrible steamboat cx-
The L
nt L'gKbuun* in vice-
•re no nominations exi-i, and a general s, rum-
ad. Such ha-' been the stale of things thus far,
ly n'rry one is m lav or of, or he is tv coming in
not only the election "f Judges, hut nil the
State House Ojfu < rs, hy the pci pic. F«*r one, I have be
come a convert to tlmt system, and to see the Con
stitution and laws altered as soon ni possible.
A large eompany attended OgletliorjH* University on
Sunday. to.hcar the Bachulaureate Sermon, hy Dr. T.vi.-
MAiiK—and lo say that all were pleased, would not he
saying enough. Suffice it to say, that it was one of th**
best of Dr. Tu!mage's sermons—not only interesting Imt
instructive,mid could not but impre-s iqion the latent r
how ungrateful Ii • wa-, and Iiovv little lie appreciated
and improved the blessings given him by God. His re
ntal ks and farewell to the graduating < lass, were pecu
liarly interesting, and Ins sentiments were such, upon
the subject of Education, as not only to arouse and com
mand the approbation of every Christian, but they must
have been mo t cordially approve I and responded to by
every soul present. 1 trust the serin m w ill he printed.
The exercises ot Commencement Day were attended hy
a large number of visitors and others. Fourteen young
gentlemen graduated, and good judges say they not only
acquitted themselves handsomely, hut in a manner high
ly creditable t'» the Institution. The proceedings of t!.e
tlie
Friday n**xt.
ia buret her boilere at the wharf, xv ith the Anniversary Oration, hy W.m. II.
tearing herself to pieces, and at the same timo almost
totally destroying the Rost ma and Storm which were
lying alongside. I ilunk at least one iundrf.d and
fifty lives were lost, tit the lowest estimate. 1 saw
fifteen dead that were killed standing on the wharf."
I II a vv FOR D-
out her /
language ofr
practical vie
Tlie subject of the Ad Ire**?, was—*‘Gkor-
*.•',“. resources anil prospects,”—an !. in the
uother.lt was replete with sound sense and
vs, and for the in *>t part met a ro^ionse in
•very Georgian. Rut this letter is already
clud.
T.
The Temperance Offering.
We unintentionally omitted last week to notice the
receipt of this splendid Annual from the hands of our
young and worthy friends, Messrs. deGraffeinied tf-
Robinson, booksellers of this city It is indeed u
handsome, well executed, and well tilled Book
paper, the plates, the outward covering and the
contents, make it nt once one of the most beautiful j Floyd 4, blank 1. I'pmi the ninmiii int'ou of this
an.! valuable prewuW that could to offered by the hand | 'I"‘Su"*'flns7VI-'Kde^hia’.w 1 .? ?l»“w
of friendship, or the heart of love, to the object of the m this or any other co intry. lie lm> unde as g
young soul's idolatry. We !.ope, ns wo believe, that ! Dcasurer as toe 8tate ejver had. I lie «. lei ;i< a fur State
/» .v —This morning Kith Houses again went into the
electi'in. aa»l un the llth ballot elected Mr. Harrison
of Runduiph. Secretary of State. Ii e ut tlie
heavy bond ,$200,001!: required of the Treasurer, there
were Imt few candidates announced. Mr. Wii.uavi B.
Tjnsi.ey .vvliig.t the pre-eni mcutiiKMit. and M«-4.r«,
The I Wm Ti uk "f Franklin. I*. B.\NCROKrof Ja-|vr.aiui j
.j I H Fi.ovd of Monroe, were announced as candidates. ,
Outlie first ballot, Tin.-k
W
'ol the Keeper! is $21 f
confess that vve are ti
dmlar statements fruir
a, the actual cunditioi
ainie exhibit more eosil
r. will Ih.* required by the legislature
extract such portions of the Report
3. ' By ll.e Book-Keeper's
hand of $53,794 57. Me
able to comprehend, from
ivliirli wc take the alstve
»f the Iiistitutioii, and to
'I In* lull to perfect the Railroad communication from
the Atlantic to the Western waters was, on motion of
Mr. Jones, made the order of the duy for Thursday
Hi- Iv
Georgia Penitentiary, )
of Principal Keeper, Oct. l.t/, 1849. S
cy George \V. Towns:
Sir:—I have tic; honor to present for your information
and tint of the <n*ncral Assembly, the following Report
of the condition ol tins Institution for the two last pilit-
n al years, terminating on the first Monthly of October,
1849.
My report of last year slievved that the number of con-
vi- ts remaining in this prison on the 21 of OetoU*r,
1818, was tnnely-'*ighi. During the iHiliitcal year end
ing on tiie l>t of OcIoIht, 1819. there have been receiv
ed m th:* 4 Penitentiary thirty males and one female, ma
king a total of one hundred and twenty. In the same
period of t.me, the number discharged from pri*on is ria
f.illows : By pardon from the legislature of 18l7, one
male; by Executive pardon, thirty-two males and one
fem i'e ; and in the interim three have die I, leaving still
in Pri-'Hi, Oct. 1st, 1849, innety-one. Of the number
pir.loned by the Governor, three were represened toy
the Hospital Surgeon as in a dying condition, and twen
ty-one. whose turn*, under sentence was about expiring,
were liberated in conformity with an Executive order,
p:i.--etl the 14th December, 1811. with a view of restor
ing them to th**ir c iv il rights; the balance wen* jwtrdim-
ei irom strong {tetilions of citizens in their liehalf and
>d and orderly conduct on their part, during confine-
I’hc bill lo repeal all laws respecting the importation
of slaves was made the. order of the day for Wednesday.
S*v,*ral bills of a general character, touching tho
I i.i ti... 4„.„..rnl *J u, bciary system, were referred to the Committee on the
i uy un. gt ntiui Judiciary.
The bill to lay out and organize a new county from
the counties ol Cass and Murray, was made the special
order for Thursday, 22d in»t.
1 he hill to incorporate the Hancock Steamboat Com
pany, alter be ing discussed and amended, was recom
mitted.
flit.
From the Federal Union.
ELECTION OF JUDGES.
Both Houses convened in the Hall of the House of
Representatives on Tuesday last, lor the Election, and
the following is the result:
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Hiram Warner, ]G9
Blank, j
JUDGE OF THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Eli II. Baxter, Deni.,
.\. C. Sayre, Whig,
JUDGE OF THE EASTERN CIRCUIT.
II. R. Jackson, Dem.,
W. B Flemming, Whig,
Sayre,
Dougherty,
Harden,
Iverson,
Blank,
1st.
87
0
JUDGE OF TIIE SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
W. L. Morgan, Dem.,
A. II. Hansel, Whig,
Blank,
JUDGE OF THE MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Ebenezer Starnes, Dem.,
W. W. Holt, Whig,
ing of every one on hand long enough before the
Christman holvdaj**. when stu.lt things ..re alwqys iu
great demand.
L 0. 0. F
Our friends of the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows celebrated their Anniversary tn tins city on Sat
urday last. There was a handsome turn out, and
every thing indicated the progressive prosperity of the
brotherhood. Nut being of the Order, vve can only
speak of what we saw in the procession, aud what
we heard in the Hall. An Address appropriate to the
occasion was delivered by Ciiakles A. Nisbet, Esq.
of Laii range, aud received by the large audience with
demonstration* of eutire approbation. As we are in
formed that his Address will be published, vve retrain
from any remarks upon it further than to say that it
was a production of superior beauty, moral in its tend
ency, elegant iu its diction, aud every way worthy of
its author and the occasion.
. \U DM.)
the
Augusta
■t:i*Mial.M' HI; IM . t Vul'BKi.l.. ..filleFcleral
22. it wan believe.! Mr Gardner would be
. hut 'ir. Kay's n<mhiti:itii n« were t«*o numerous
re mi*. Tuaddf.u.1 SrURUtS, Esq. h.n tills
i l ecu elected .Solicitor General of the Southern
, after serai ballot.n^s.
JUDGE OF THE FLINT CIRCUIT.
J. II. Starke, Dem.,
John J. Floyd, Whig,
OC.MULGEE CIRCUIT.
II. V. Johnson, Dem.,
A correspondent of the X. O. Delta notices, as
an interesting historical fact, that the chair occu
pied by the President of the Memphis convention
is tlie identical one in which John Hancock sat,’
when he signed the Dec »ration u Independence.
This truly valuable and venerable relic belongs to
a gentleman of West Tennessee, who married u,
,,Cr *’< B.rran,*into whoao hands J ^ ^
Pit nxanv v««m _ Rvhia.—Nothing new from this quarter.
Telegraphed fur the Charlest*:n Courier.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMER AMERICA.
Baltimore Nov. Id.
The steamer America has just arr ved.
THE LIVERPOOL M UIKET8.
Cotton.-—There was a S|H*.:;!. ;ive demand for Cot
ton hi th** Liverpool Jlarket during ibe wetk, and also
a demand from the trade. The lower qualities have de
clined an }d. w hile the other grades are unclunge t in
value.
The Cotton Committee's quotations at Liverpool on
the 3d lust, were as lo'lows:—Fair Upland and Mobile,
did.; Fair Orleans, 6fd. The sales for the week reach-
42.000 bales.
Flour and Corn.—The market for these articles
has been dull: and prices have slightly declined. Wes
tern Canal Flour, 22 to 24 ; Baltimore. 23 a 24 ; Indian
Corn, white, 27 to 23 ; yell >vv do., 27 a 28.
Provisions.—The market was steady at full prices;
Bacon improv ed ; Beef slightly de. lined in price. Pork
has been in moderate demand. Nothing has l»eeii done
m Lard. Sugars lively at full prices. Tobacco has
been m active demand; the sales t>r the past mot it I,
reach 43.000 hhds., the largest rver known in the same
period ot time—prices have impreyed.
French Affairs.—The French Ministry Ims resiun-
ed owing to adiainrlinu'.'oii on their their (Art to
i candidate.
lt tell many years ago.
In the early part of November, 1848, about 2 "'clock
i.i tiie t’v»rii;ii>', our ceil building was discovered to l»e
• •ii lire :« ff 'rts were immediately made to extinguish tlie
tl imes, hut in consequence of the dryness of the shingles
«oristou'.ly fanned by a considerable breeze, all effort*
fir the entire preservation of the building were unavail
able. Tlie prisoners, (assisted by many of the citizen*
of 'Iill**dgeville, for whose prompt and efficient aid, the
State i* under peculiar obligati ms.) labored with un
tiring pereevemnee in pretecting public pro|H*rty, and in
prevfiitn.g a further spread of the fire. The . ngve
wa- pi>ed with much skill and ability, and certainly did
signal service in preventing apjneral conflagration. . .r \i . whia
Thu fire was wholly accidental, snp|H.-ed to have J !1 * -'ternvvetlier, big,
been communicated to the roof by a spark from the iron j CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
Itinnc Hindi »» at that time m 0(wmiiun. OnOw. ' Alfred Ivciwn, Dtm.,
in this burning t*estimated to he not c*ss than $2,409 13 j{ y Alexander Whig
t eats 'Flu* building was immediately refitted and cqv- ’ ’ 0 ’
cr»*:l with a substantial fire-proof covering of the best | JUDGE of THE CHEROKEE CIRCUIT,
material of tin. > 1st. 2d. 3
Wc have had considerable sickness ; three death’, John II. Lumpkin, Dem., 83 83 !
two of w hu ll were caused hv measles, a disease against K 8. Barclay, Dem., 4 9
which il wa* timnd impossible vvli dly to guar .t. No I Martin. Dem., 2 3
rau**e lor the origin of disease being allowed to rest about Trippe, Whig, 8G 80
the Penitentiary, a strict observance ol cleanliness about < Wright, Whig, 0 0
the cell*, yard, and different shops, having been ddh- Walker, Dem., 2 0
gently attended to. The typhu- fever, by which vve \ Bl un k. 0 2
were also visited, and of which, one convict d.ed ,vvtis
generally of a mild character, and >ielded to the skill
uml nmemitted attention ol tlie attending physician.
F-t the health and comfort of ll.e convicts, 1 led it my
duty to recommend a change in the law, compelling t e
lvreper on Sabbath days to detain them in their cell*
until the hour of 8 o'clock, A. M., and confine them at
the hour of 4 in the afternoon. In the summer, the time
of«lose confinement is to long, to say nothing of the in
convenience experienced from excessive heat. In win
ter the cells are disagreeably cold, and at times severely
so. The infliction of unnecessary punishment, should at
tunes ami under every circumstance, us far as ix*sihle,
Ih* avoided. 1 therefore advise that this law be so al
tered as t" leave the hours of confinement on the Sab
bath, discretionary with the Keeper.
* It is with pleasure I am enabled to state that there is
not a single female convict in this institution. The un
fortunate creature sent us last Spring tor vagrancy, l*e-
ing regarded of unsound mind, and deserving of commis
sion rather than punishment, was pardoned by your Ex
cellency. The law requires female convicts to t*e kept
apart from the males. We have no o tier mode of doing
tins, than hy confinement in their cells. Tuis ojierates
m> nearly like solitary tamfnietneiil as to render i»» legal
ity doubtful, in cares, where that kind of puin«hnieni
i- n t prescribe I, by the judgment tl,..* Court. Unle*.
mmii.- l*et»er urrang-ment i« ma le, far the a -comtu • «
n .<* . female eouxut*, 1 vvouol recomin-mi, a-u ,.. :
remedy, t hat the sentence of such convict* tie reslriclod
lo the lowest term allowed by law.
6
'WESTERN CIRCUIT.
James Jackson, Dem., 86 83 88 92
Chas. Dougherty, Whig, 86 85 86 83
Barclay, 10 0 0
Hilyer, Dem.,* 0 112
Blank, 3 2 2 1
•Judge Ililyer, a defeated candidate in the democrat
ic caucus, was announced as a candidate by the Clerk
of the House, after the first ballot.
OVER AND TERMINER OF TIIE CITY OF SAVANNAH.
A. Drysdale, Den. ,
M. 8heftall, Whig,
Blank,
SOLICITOR COxVETA CIRCUIT.
93
79
M. L. Tidwell, I)em.,
W. F. Hall, Deni.,
C. McKinly, Whig,
l*ry»T.’
A. It. Wright,
1st. 2d.
82
87
Blank.
A gentleman looking t:pon a large conflagration
v; *esi *d i is surprint* re three words, fttcii
an Kti^lisu author-—" Dickctis, ilowiu,
Burns,”