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> *■« ftika to Volk OuUm.
(N. C.) cormpondmt of the
ftWRvilte Obmw given ll* following «*ne
iMtCMcmkmoflnin named Hoberi liiltiretli,
WtrtmtpUer.oa tbe 9d inrt:
The axe glitter., the tr-tp-efoor fclla, ami Hil
dreth swinge by the neck. For half a minute he
lemaina toouonleaa. Ia he dead? Can hia own
weight. Without falling one inch, hare broken his
arck ? So! Pane follow, he expected one pang,
and that hia tail. But the fatality which often
leada SbetiA to gnaa negligence in executing the
law, muae cort him now a world of woe. With a
convulsive effort he rvachea the platform and
etanda again on earth alive. The cap had fallen
from hia face. The blood waa already fast mail
ing upwards. But hia large muacular neck pro-
Wn u *” ,n , '8* l,enin «- Even tlien hia
aneekneM did not leave him. lie apoke, witliout
complaint, in a dear voice that waa heard with
awe kW*every ear—“Come here and fix the rone !
it won’t choke me to death!" The sheriff did go
to him. First, with an axe, then with a piece of
. acantling, lie endeavored to knock away the boards.
At last he pualied Hildreth's feel from the scaffold,
and hung him, inefficiently, a second time. The
poor fellow made no further effort to recover him
self. Finding that lie waa hung in a way which
produced the moat excruciating, because grsdiml
suffocation,—.with the blood slowly collecting on
his brain thisugh a circulation only partially im
peded,—-the unfortunate man, compelled by the
fangs which momentarily grew greater, drew up
nit Tegs as high as possible, then with all his force
threw them down to tighten the cord. Three
several times, et'interval* of a minute, lie did the
same again. Then: hi* struggles ceased; his
own executioner, ha becomes unconscious of pain.
The scene at Hnrtlhgham, or something equally
shocking, diagaMiug, and abominable, is u! fre
quent occurrence. Tt ia wiineaaed, almost with
out exception, wherever capital punishment is in
flicted in North Carolina.
laaaTt of Uj Jfsw Tsrk BaeUam.
Parties in the New Vork legislature, it is now
pretty well settled, are just equal. This is an ex
traordinary circumstance, certainly, for so largo a
Mtale, though the National House of Representa
tives ia not far from being in (lie aame condition
Wc learn from (lie Albany Journal dial, contrary
to reiterated reports, the Cualitinn have carried the
3 mcinliers of the Assembly in St. Lawrence cn
This untie the House, mulling it shuc,' IV!.;. u
ami Coalition«5. The Senate is Whip hy a lilt-
majority—17 to IS presenting the unexampled
spectacle of a tie on joint ballot I
The popular vote of the State ia also nearly bal
anced. The large anti-rent majorities against Mr.
Beach, the Wing randidalo for Canal Comn.is-
aiouer, has defeated him and elected hia competi
tor. The following are the successful candidates
for State officers:
•tat* ornesas ilictid.
Cuaiavouta Moaoan, Whig, Secretary of Stale, 'l
Wuiunoto* Hoar, Whig Comptroller.
rssKBoaa ti. Jawarr, liam., Judge of Appeals.
. vl s -CHSTViaLB, Hem., Attorney (hmural.
Ai.vah Hunt, Whig, Treasurer.
Ifkzekiam C. Seymour, Whig Engineer, Ac.
medeiioi Follbtt, I)wii., Canal CommiMioucr.
IiARiiTH Clark, Deni., Inspector of Htate Prisons.
AfPRRMR Jdimn Et.RCTKD.
Wsv. I, W«. MlTOIItl.L, Whig.
* John W. Brown, Dem.
3. Hsnrt llooaaooH, Dem.
t. Daniel Cast. Whig.
5 S* , ®* | ues W. IlusSAan, Dmr
S’ I*’ *• •■»II«LAI«B, Dem.
7. raoMAi A. Johnson, Whig.
*• Wing.
_ Here again is a remarkuhfe Istlancc of parlies.
Four end four Slateofficere; four and four Judges:
two Whig majority in the Senate and two Ciwli-
lion majority in tin ilnusc; a tin on joint bnllot and
so nearly an equal vote in tin State that it will be
difficult to decide which party Ima the advantage
The Journal, however, thinkathat in point ofpii'
ronage tho Whips have altogether the heat of it,
whilst the Coalitionists, who coalesced solely get
hold of the “spoils,” have scarcely anything at their
dirpoaal.—Sat. Intelligencer.
<5ih. Tavlor Asn J. M. liorra It appear-
tl.nt these gentlemen met the other day at ll
Baltimore Agricultural Fair and Cattle Hliotv.-
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune relates t|>
followinganecdoto of wltat occurred at llurniin, ,
Motel •
“Mr. Bolts Haiti: 'Genernl I opposed yourfnnm
(nation 'wutiee Henry Clay was my first choir
for the l i’residency.’ 'I don’t fiisl fault with yn,
air. hir that,’ replied the (ioneral, but yon kept tell
ing the people that I waa an ignorant old mail, and
not tit fnrthe I’residency, which maybe very trm
but I don't think you should let everybody know it!
The good uttered quizzical manner in which tie-
reply was given, canaed a sliout of laughter frdtu
those who happened to hear it."
A Fissmsu Hoax.—A I’liiladelphia correspond*
entofthe N. )'. liars Id gives the following account
of a hoax, perpetrated hy Nome maliciotia individu
al on Col. Wallace of tho Philadelphia Sun:
A moat fiendish hoax was yesterday successful
ly practised upon Col. Wallace, of the I'blladol
phis Sun. While sitting at home yesterday after
noon he received a note, signed George Job mum, in
forming him that his son, who by the way assists
him in his editorial labors, had, a Tew hours pro-
vinnsly, accidentally shot himself through the lieurt
while out gunning in the neighborlaxul of Bed
Bank, N. J. Although instant death was produced,
the writer frankly and politely informed fid. W
•‘your son Frank died very easy;’’ a fact which no
one felt inclined lodispute, considering tlie natin
of the wound. Tlw family were, of course, iimn
dial, Iv plunged into the dco|iesl distress, and Co.
W. himself hastened to the Walnut at. wharf, with
InevnMvof chartering a steamboat to cotivev •
luslv from Ked Bank to tho eltv. Cain. McMn-
km kindly placed hia boat (Iho Rdwin Forrest) at
hia disposal, but before steam waa got up, tho hoax
was exposed by the appearance in hia proper per-
*°i n ’ ^nlhea, of ihe unfortunate dec-eaa-
®o. Tih) scoundrel who could thus coolly snd ins-
liciotialy play upon the feelmga of a whole family
deserves to lie scourged at Ihe cart’s tail from tin
Delaware to the Schuylkill and back again.
If Late (From Mexico.—Tlie Mobile Register
gives the following late Items of Mexican news:
A lieutenant colonel of cavalry named Don Fau*.
bo V I Halva, had raised the standard of revolt at
Coeula, - • Tf/tala, proclaiming ,'tmta Anna
general-ill-, In -I of the regenerating anny ol Mex
ico. He had but fifty soldiers with him. lie was
attacked by Gen. Polacioa, Ins party dispersed and
he made prisoner. Villalva waa to lie executed
forthwith. Tho question for and against the r,
e«i blishinem nf ttie Jesuits, wliich has cause
an “ 'v >r between e: ’ -i • I
ture of Queretard, has been referred by the for
mer, Senor Meaa, to the Supreme Government
The journals at tbe metropolis are divided in opin
ion, relative to the advantages anticipated to flow
from those world-renowned intriguing priests. Tlie
Monitor ia for, tlie Universal against, tlie revered
lathers. M. Ifobucq. a celebrated French Krnn-
omist, who dis'ingmshed himself in the cohiniza-
boa of Algieria, lisa arrived in Mexico. He is
about founding a college at San Christobal in
Chiapas.
Mias Dix, so well known for her disinterested ,
and sell sacrificing exertions in behalf of the mi- j 'h^hy*of life would hat
fortunate, ia here to press the establishing of an '
Asylum for tbe Insane before the Legislature.
tier memorial ou the subject baa been presented
to the Legislature, and 3000 copies ordered prim
ed. We trust the printed memorial will soon be
in the hands of members, and thu' the subject will
racstra prompt tad favorable attention from the
guoeral “‘r It eommanda itaalf to ilia
attention of all, alike from the benevolent exertions
of her who so zealously lakes the initiative in the
■natter, and the stricken and afflicted class whose
condition it is designed to benefit.—Montgomery
Journal tU .\oxumbtr.
It will bee sight next winter worth seeing, says
Ihe Gospel Banner, to visit Washington and ace
the 6 following men sitting together in their tests
to the United Statue Senate—Daniel Webster,
Thoa. H. Aetna, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun
and Lewie Cam - frr such men no Parliament or
body of Low given to the world can boast of.
t^The M«fb~h»»» j a England have determined to I
muni a college in one of the most vicious and deati-
tilf portions of London for tbs gratuitous educs- j
lion of ihe poor, in which caaae the Weeleyan
have, for some year* part, been ox-
.tremely aelive.
From tlie N. O. IW, Nov. Iff
AWFUL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.
Frightlni Isa, of Life.
Oae Hundred and Fifty Fano-i* Kilted, and
on* Hundred Wounded.
We arc sincerely distressed nl bfi"ff compelled to
fcrtnl one of ihe most nppalling mtnstroj lie* that ever
occurred in our city. Tlie MrnnilxKit Ijniisiana, Capt.
Connor, t«nund l«» St. I/mts. wan to have. left ye*ierd»y
afternoon tt five o'clock. Either nt ihe moment of start
ing, and nfter one or two revolution* of her wheel*, or
just Irefore hn<-king out from the wharf—for accounts
differ on tlii« point—hoth her boiler* exploded, with a
detonation equal to tl»e drecliarge of n |«rk of nrtillcry
A ffeene «»f deRtnirtion followed w hic h l»«'j(i»nr»- chmerip-
lion. The hoot, it wcnri", w ar crowded w ith rnhtri *rn!
tti enifre panwnpcr»i— many of the BiMTiHtom of the ter
rible event Bvcrrintf that there mu-t have liecri from rum
hundred to one hurnlr«’d And fifty fienuirw on lionrd. The
eipl'toion completely ’dmltered Ihe Jjruifiinrw; nlino t
literally hrrnking her into frnirrnentfi, whieh were hurl
ed into the nir with frishtful inomentnm find velocity,
tein|Nirarily olwctiring the atmfiffphere, And fiillinu nt
dtfftAiit Rjmtu ull ailing the laevee and in the river. Ah
an dlm>tration of tin* tremendiMiR projectile force of the
liberated •team, we will Mnte tliat the main boiler wn-
broken from itn connection*, aimI driven through the no
with irreRMtihle force more limn one hundred and fiftv
vanl". On it" iwumnge, two men and a mule wereMrin l»
hy it and killed. In deRcending it came into coIIim* o
with Mine cotton Iralc*, which fortunately dimini"lie 1
tlie violence of itR courae, and it finally fell, with h pro
digiotiH frnenR, on the pavement nt the corner of I 'anul
Rfreet and the Levee, only a few feet from the door of r»
CuflflQ houie. But for the cotton ImIcr, the hurling
ma** would have inevitably Iwen prpjeeted into the
coffee hotiRe, and iprcnjtiuimd a aeriou* de*tructlon of
both life and property.
It may lie rcaiiily conceived that the J.oumann wan
utterly nmken to piece* hy the eiploaion. An hour af
ter the accident, nothing remained of her nave floating
venture*,nr the <lrf>ri* other hull, which werencattered
rImHII the lyvee, or fl<mling on tlie Mirfnre of the river
Ho much of tlie ImjaI or remained entire Kunk tilmoyt
Immediately.
With rcHpert to the m'*t ulflicting pliit** of iIon aw
ful cnlamity, the detail* are meagre. The limn of life
on Ixninl the l*>at w-n* mirli, that we could not find one
mail who hail e*cnped w ith life and titiHcnthed liinli*, to
Kill hr in calculating the numlM-r*, nr chninicling the
parncR of thone who |M>ri*hed. The U?rrilic HuddenncttH
of tlie Rfttantrophe.nnd ita awfully rapid cotiRnmiimtiou,
muni have involveil much more than the avemg*'
amount of mortality nod RiilTering. Many ImdieN were
burled upon the nhore.and quivering inemlicrN which
had lieen lorn from their WM’ketR, were picked un in our
prenctire ; ImU uudouhtedly a Urge immh’r of tlie crew
*nd |ia*Nengera rnu*t have lieen thrown into the Mih-
•iahippi by tlie nliock, and drowned. Of tlioae who were
on Ininni the Louisiana, the tnir-e* are indeed few and
faint. But the injury and the de*iruction were not con
fined alone to that ill-fated Hteamer. The Storm, which
lind ju*t come in, and wan in immediate proximity to lie-
Lnuimanu, though not Rliattered to fragment*, wit* ter
ribly damaged, her hurricane deck Riiia*hed, her cahiiiH
destroyed, and her pilot hnu*e broken tip. Many of tlie
pn*Rciigeni andcrewofllie Storm wo* dreadfully wound-
ed hy fragmeula of tho Louisiana, or Moulded hy Atei*m f
•lid Rome douhtk’H.i were killed. We, nuivelve*, iMiheld
more than one dead lw*ly curried away from the IhhiI.
The llontnna, another Rlenmer lying in the vicinity of
the Louisiana, Buffered conaiderahle dumuge, nod the
John llunrmk had hor chinmeyu knocked away, and
received other injury.
Till*, we believe, ir one of those frightful tliHOMer*, in
tk’hich publie rumor uiiderrate.* rather than eniggeraie*
Uin I orb of life. From the nature of the entiiRlrophe,
and from itR *weeping and deRolutiug effect*, it i* ticce*-
Runly difficult, |Htrticiilurly in the eonfuRiou and Im-wiI-
derifient lliut ed, to obtainueriimte detail* ; hut we
are morally convinced that the victim* will lie found to
he more numoroUR than those of any *tnular ealainity
w hu h ha* hiiiipened in our water* for many year*
hitch further (ietail*. in elucidation nf the horror* uf tlie
ciunialty, n* we limy lie enabled to gather during the
night, will I** added in a |*»*lHeript.
We have ju*t heard that the iitimbera of tho*e on
l*mrd the Ijiuiiiana, nt the time of the oxnloaion, i*e*-
timnted ut from two to throe hundred. There wo* he
aide* a very large crowd aHRemhled on the Storm, the
lli.ntona, ami oiIut bout* lying ndjarotil to her. II then
be any truth in tie we report*, the vicliiu* mti*l I*; count
oil hy hundred*.
' I'OSThTbII'T.
After mo*i active enqulrle*, whieh eifeuded nearly lo
11 o’eloek la*t nighf, we nre now enabled to lay before
our render* very miiitile detail* of'all tlie horrible event*
connected with thi* dreadful eatahtniplie.
We 11111*t preiniee hy *tatingthat from all theiuforum-
Ijon obtained, the niiiiilN’r of inthoiim on lioard the Lou
isiana, wan two hundred and eight, and uf ihe*e, accord
ing to the lowent calculation, tin Ic*h than one litmdred
and filly mu*t have |M*ri*hed, The Lulie* on hoard,
cmnprndng Rome nix to ten, were re*cued lie ft ire the Iniii)
went down.
The origin tif tho eipluNlott i* not known. Some few
minute - before the di*nHler, i'tiplnin Conner steppeil be
low and naked the engineer whether lie wa* ready
The latter attRwered in the ufUrmative, and then walk
ed lift. Ili-turning, however, nlui«*t nniiiediately, and
when hi tho vicinity of the boiler, he Hiingnot lot'
male “there’* the im*ehief to pay, run for your life
ami *iinultaneoii*ly they ran tmvnrdHthe *iern. T
etplofciun ttNik plare itiNiantnneoti*|y, wounding the
mate *evoro)y, whtl*t the engineer e*eti|N‘d without in
jury. (’apt. Connor wan Mantling on tho boiler dock a
the lime, and although blinded for the moment from tin
effort of the *|enm ami heat, wu* last evening in a fan
way of recovery. If i* brother, .Mr. E. Connor, w ho wa*
Mnnding on the w lmrf in immediate proximity to tin
hoat.HUHtninod no injury, the oiplo*iun |*L**ing over Inn
ami Rcveral other |**r*on*, though it injured miioc indi
vidiiul* who happened to In* nt a greater diNtnuce.
On re|uiiring to the Lever again, at 7 o'clock in the
evening, the *eene wa* mo*t di*tre**ing. A* fiisl um the
dead hmliea were recovered, they were moved to *;»oi*
*e lee ted for the occaaioii, and carta were forthwith en-
guged to carry them to the Bnronne Nlreet waleh-hotise.
Women in the almost mortal Ntnge* of ngony, were look
ing for their htiNlmiid* mid brother* ; whilst strong men,
with tear* in their eye*, might he seen wending tin ir
way through tlie crowd in search of *ome ln*i relative.
Mutilnleil coriwes horribly di*figured, met the eye at
every *te|i, whilst ever and nnon the iiio*i piercing
ahriek* mdirnteil the iinproaeh of noiiic wounded ui li-
vidual, praying for dentil to relieve him from hi* dread
ful Buffering*. May we never again encounter a calam
ity no terribly heart-rending '
But a* Ihe mo*t afflicting scene of woe may lie ame
liorated hy the llllltiniliziilg influence* of heiicvulciiec,
mo also were we most gratified to perceive many of our
prominent eitizeu* actively engaged in adniiiii*leriiig t«i
the comfort of the Niiflcriiig. At the first re|*>rt of the
explosion, several person* hastened to the »eene nf des
truction, and put off in boat*, for the pur|M*<cof rescuing
their drow ning fellow-erentore*.
Our gallant friend, Col. McAlpin, wa* among those
who hail the infinite Rati*fnetioii of saving some liveN.
Then* were other*, also engaged in the IhmicvuIciiI tin-
deriaking, who*e tiutiie* we could not itHeeriuiii, hut
when they laitl their weary heud* on the pillow last
night, their sluudR'r* must have Wen refreshed hy
dream* a* bright a* those w Inch visited tlie couch of the
good Hninnrituu.
Our worthy Mayor, Mr. A. I>. Cmnsiiiuii, w ar oil the
spot shortly afler the explosion, ami remained there until
u late hour, doing every thing that laid m hw power to
comlort ami assist the alllieted.
Mr. Ilenry llier wa* likewise there, Rti|ierititeiitliiig
the removal of the wounded to the Charity Hospital,
ami at a late hour we met him there in hi* official ca
pacity, a* Secretary of that excellent institution, prox i-
ding, in every |Ri*Rihle way, tor the relief of the distress-
ed. In thi* latior of love he wa* actively seeomletl hy
our CRleetned feUnw-cittsen. Mr. Williehnu* llognti,
one of the Director* u f the Hospital. Ami it is almoM
superfluous to add, that the physician and student* of the
Hospital did every tiling in their power to alleviate the
Riilfoniig* of the wounded. Ou the wharf we met Mr
J. M. Bell, who, for upward* ol an hour, hail lveu do
voting hi*svrvit e* to tlie relief of tho Ruffererson bean
of the Storm. Cnpt. Voiienne*. of the Finn Miuueipal
ily, ami Capt. Forno, of the Second, were likewise ot
liatid, and negleried no opfMirtuiiiiy of rendering every
assiBtamv. We forgot to mention that Mr. ('niR*mai
had lit* |RH'ket piektsl of n gold watch belonging to mu
of the victim* on Ixtanl the Storm, ami which helm,
taken churge of only a few minutes previous for safe
keeping.
At 8 o'clock, tvo wended our way to the Charity Ifo>
pital, where we found no le** than forty tiikkk per
son* wounded, and most of them, we regret to say, dan
gerously bo. in fart, only t>ventv-*ix out of the numbe.
were able to give their names. The scene in the ward)
on the lower floor wa* heart-rending in the eitreuie
Extended ou the floor, we saw one individual in the hi
agonies of death, w hil*t the most distressing gnmn* i
Riled from the various cots, telling fearfully of the dread
ful suffering caused either hy contusion* or the inhala
tion ol steam. Two person* had already lieen ainput;
ted, ami another had both of lit* legs cut off. The sect
was rendered still more distressing hy the continued a
rival of (Hirtie* in search of their relative* and friend
Man y were the tjuivering eyes direr ted towards the lw*k
ol udmission*, looking in vain for some trace of a dc
an«l lost name And more eager still wn* the prying
search at the lied side of the wounded. Few were they
indeed whodeiiveil consolation from their visit.
The Storm wa* from I<oui*ville, ami liatl fortunately
landed nearly all her passenger* at IjvfayeUe- «uhei
s» of life would have lieeii v«‘t liltin’ np|*i'
ling. Altout twenty-live bodies were removed frouilh
Storm -all of them so greatly mutilated, a* to !>.• iu*u>
eepnbletif tvcttgiiiuou. On one of the bodies dejnstile
at the Watch House, a letter was found directed t
Friend Wing, and dated Cr.tuhy, August Cfith, I Silk
Tbe Storm caught fire a few minutes iifiertlie explosion
subdued
From Li vcrcooi..—The steamship Calrtluma boa
arrived, bringing ncRotinla of an ndvanci; of l-H to
l-4d. in cotton. Thn faces of our buyers begin to bo
somewhat leaa elongated. Tim article is now wll.ng
in our streetn, briskly, ol H 1-2 to 9 I-Si cl*.
Tiiankkoivim; Dav.—In compliance with a reno-
lution of the Legislature, Gov. Towns has imued his
proclamation, netting apart and rocoiiitnondiiig Nrrt
Thursday, (the 29th inst.) a* a day of thanksgiving
throughout the State. We truat that the recommenda
tion will be renpomlcd to hy our fellow-citizeos.
but the flame*
1 of emigrant deck pov
saved. The entire l.i** of life, including those killed
the Storm and Boston a, ran Imrdly fall short of rw
iu npreii—a fearful catalogue to lie added to tin- many
steamboat accidents that have occurred on the Western
water*. A* to the Inu of property, great though it be.
it is not worth mentioning in the same breath.
Such i* a hasty account of the must dreadful accident
that ho* ever occurred in New Orleans. If any further
particulars tdiould transpire, we shall record them to
morrow.
Mr ... ,
remain*, and then disappeared in Ihe cfowd. Th^a
act was one of touching pathos and nobility of
heart. It moved all preaent.—S. O. Delta AV
vember 16.
Arrest of Capt. Cahsoiv.—An affidavit hav
ing lieen made before Joshua Baldwin, IJ. S. Com
missioner, on Friday last, relative to the explosion
of the I/otiisana, Capt. Cannon surrendered him
self on Saturday, and entered into bonds in the sum
of $(8000 for Iiih appearance before the Commis
sioner, on Thursday next. A warrant has like
wise been issued for the arrest of the second Engi
neer. who had charge of the machinery at the tori'*,
but from what we can learn, he left the city early
on Friday laM. Tho first engineer, whose name ia
John Ijcwis Smith, was absent in |j»fayelte, at the
time a fact which we already mentioned in our pa
per of Friday last.
Another Hxh.o-ion.—We learn that one of tlie
boilers of tli'* steamboat Belle Creole, Capt. Jenk w ,
exploded on Friday evening on tin* Mississippi, off
the battle ground below New Orleans. John
King, the pilot, was badly wounded, and was not
expected lo survive. Tito or three deck hands
were «lno dangerously injured. The force of tie 1 j
explosion lock an upward direction, and, there
fore, did little injury to hull of the boat.
The Belle Creole left Mobile on Wednesday
morning for New Orleans, and went thither, w»-
believe, to run on the Mississippi
C t MliUS ENQUIRE;
I.IBEMTY : THE CONSTITUTION: UNION.
C'OMJMBUS—GEORGIA :
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER T,. 1819
Homiaatiosa in Talbot.
The following gentlemen have been nominated by
the Whigs of old Talbot, as candidates for the various
offices. The nominee for Sheriff, Alford II. Brown,
Esq., was formerly Sheriff of Upson county, and dis
charged the duties of the office with honor and credit
to himself and his constituents. Of Gp.o. N. Fobbeb,
the candidate for the Clerkships, it is superfluous f. r
us to speak. The people of his county have known
him as long as we have, and we have known him
since he was an inch or two taller than the quill we
arc writing with If there is a belter Clerk in the
Slate, the people have been so unfortunate as not to
find him. Of the other nominees we might say the
■arne, hut their friends know them, and will endorse
their pretensions, on the fust Monday in January, in a
more substantial form than wc call do it nt this time.
For Sheriff—\LFOKD II. BROWN
“ U Sh lf WILLIAM McBKYBi:
“ H’k of Sup. A Inf. Court—(. \ FOBBE*
" Tax Collector—DAVID BUSSELL.
“ “ Kec-m r—WILLIAM GBEEK.
" Uorourr—GKOKGE SMITH
“ Count) Surveyor—|SJ|AM BROOKS j
Abuse of the Cabinet.
j Among the number that have poured the bin*rneh* ;
of personal and political utilise upon the members of
the pre*ciit mbiiinistrulion, none have been more m 1-
1 lignaiil or untiring than the editor ol the New York •
j Herald. Ilm cour*e, particularly toward* Mr Clay-
‘ ton, the Secretary of State, lias been *0 unprovoked-
ly ou'rageous as to have excited, not only the contempt
of the slander* d statesman, hut tin* di-gust of eveiy
j honorable and high-minded man. To he *ur<* these
libels have been seized upon and repuhhxhed hy aueh
pajM iH 11H the WuHhmgtnu Union, and retailed hy the I
swarm of more humble prciacs that are taught to pull
down Gen. Taylor and his cabinet—right or wrong—
hut this ran never justifv the original slanderer, or
save from a nation's rebuke the vilhfier of u nation's J
rulers.
It may not he amiss here to premise that the editor I
The:
otl.i 1
1 be.
1 a jsy.p.t, ha a« live a d
enquiring industry; and there i.< iitile douhihut tli.it hy
this system a *timuluR, and disposition to emulation in
the industrial pursuits of the whole country, will be
given, that we have not seen yet. We hope therefore
to sec the plan adopted—and, if we mistake not, some
thing of the kind was suggested at the Agricultural Fair,
at the Stone Mountain, in Angu«t ln-t.
Since the elections have terminated, much of tiic
crowd ha* left, and “old Milledge’’ l**gin» lo look some
what lean—if not sum mint dreary—when you think
al'out a city. She ha- some very clever people residing
in and about it* vicinity, lint they are a quiet jieople—nnd
they have loukml nt their red lull* in all tliei* liarrenness
*0 iong, they have exhibited hut little life and limntion
thi* winter—and ns nearly all the visitor* have left, and
nr in be rsnre “coming down to their work," the place is
indeed getting dull. But, r« ur havn'l got away frem
here 1fit. and are no “ticklish" ground, excuse u* for
sh.lirig m. H„„ r , ngain to the Ugi’-lnture.
Ou Monday, in lire Jf.iiise, the following were the
most important lull* introduced
My dr M D-uignl I: A hill t«» expel «l! free n**gr»“-s
for unless our g'umv at tin imt: if v .. e»: c.us,
$3000 cope’s only of the LiWdund .Iourti.il*, at pres
ent pricee, would throw the Public Printer for a baud-
•ome loss, iiwtead of giving him a profit. W e would
not insure for ,$1000. But we hardly think this bill
will pas*, when it* merit is investigated But
for the present.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
rocE-t-iling* thereon.
AIr. WoimI- reported a hill 1.!
in-lilt in this Siand to fix t
Ai,baii;a I jfliUtnre.
' ■ * ' e •><’•» «!>• Ckamttr&Fdfa, ( |» f. j| ow .
i"K “ ca,u “i of niutlet* ai.d thinj«in anduboul
g'lrnery. Simon Sugp-for «uch is the name hy
which the world is determined to know friend Hooper—
is a 'close observer of men and measures, and relates
wltat It- sees and hears in a way peculiar lo himself
and interesting to his readers. In add.p'.n to the in
formation contained in Ins letter, we ur c rejoi ■ d to
Iwnr that ho lias been elected Solicitor General . f the
Cireu.t iu which he resides. The Julies of this office
will not, we pre.um-, prevent him front attending to
1 Edit
u j,, i hi* busiuf-88 a.,
the xve would be as sorry a
■ j , this meet the eye of bro*
the | if be will, that We
V ^ gratul.iting him hugely 0
-for should i
nly tire privil* hir
h he the case,
‘e are now glad. Should
Sim.in, he may just Slip-
o him by the paw enn-
is triumphant euccess.
DNTt.O.MF.IlY, N..v*ni,h-
- L p to Uus tii'imenl, i»u
been traireacted t •,
. HI'.-.
L’agihl .
I the oil’
• jH'.tpIf
1 h;ll to
muiity out*
a* to give
.•ml iiiti’fii.i! improvement*, u
•stira ion by the diff-reut e<
flit SMigi-s before the IL ii.se,
■ sjiiritlluilH !iqlli.
il.l
B 1 liking syste
|»!.in. I rattier think, 1*
f- ei n the friend* ol tin-
The Free
• Joint Stuck
old.
Mr. Jo
'•f *1— |k<
tin 1
any
Paulding : \ hill t<
will*’.
A Touching Incident.—I*t*t evening durittg
the ter.blo uccnev of the great diaaater whieh In*
ao shocked the ftvling.s and aensibil.ticA of our
whole population, the body of a female, much mu
tilated, lay on Ihe levee almost entirely naked.
A crowd was assembled around it, and many per*
•uns looked with horror upon the spectacle, ot ap
parently a young and beautiful figure, ao disfigured
and blackened. Suddenly a gentleman rushed
from the crowd, and approached the body took off
hiscrat and spread it carefully over the mutilated
Editors and Papon.
IIknrv It Jackson, Esq., having been elected
Judge of thu .Superior Gourt for the EuBtern Circuit,
hum retired from the editorial munngcuieiit of the Sa
vannah Georgian. We trust that he will hear him-
tiH well in hiH new ofliee as he did in hi* lute vo
cation. We differ with tho Judge in politics, never-
thfleiM wu like to see the muinljers of tho editorial fra
ternity duly elevated.
Tiik Tkuk Dki.ta.—Thin in the name of a new
pa|»er, published daily in thu city of New Orleaun, the
first three numbers of whieh we have received. The
True Delta is on thu plan of the Picayune, Delta,
nnd Crescent, mid promises to compare favorably with
its neighlsirs. There seems to ho about the publica
tion a neatness mid ability lliut will deserve, if it does
not command siiecess.
We find among our exchanges also, the Enquirkr,
published at I'T.iueisville, La., under the editorial con
trol ol our late townsman, Fka.ncis M. Lkvison, Esq
The editor promises in his prospectus to ho ultra on
tho Southern question, and sound ou all tho Doino-
cr.itic principles of tho day.
('apt. Lomax, lain editor of tho Eukahi.a Dkmo-
CtUT, bus given place lo Alphous Baker, Esq. The
Shield, iu noticing tho cliuuge, pays a high compli
ment to both these gentlemen, representing tho present
editor as a young mail of line talents, and fully uhlo
to sustniii his present (Misilion.
Mass Railroad Mooting.
At u meeting of the citizens of Maeoii county, Ala.,
on thu I Uh insi., it was unanimously resolved that u
Mash Kaii.hoau Mkktino bo held at the (Tiunnk-
NUUOF.f. ('ami* (tHouNli, on the I 'Ath day of December,
ill aid of thn great enterprise of building 11 Bond from
Girard to Mobile. Thi* is a good idea. By thn* as
sembling together the citizens from the various points
interested iu the undertaking, it cun ho seen at oii'*u
what i* tho probability of its completion, and who are
willing to lend 11 h ’lping hand. It is 11 work of vast
importance to the section of country through which it
iniist pass, and mil doubtless concentrate the energies
and efforts of tho whole population /rom the city of
Girard to Mobile Bay. If thn people urn deter
mined to go ahead with their own great enterprise, as
wo firmly believe they are about lo do, there is nothing
to prevent them from doing their sovereign will. Let
all, then, who feel nil interest in the objects of tho con
templated meeting, go up in mass at the time and place
above designated, and aid in the deliberations of the
meeting. Columbus will he represented hy a consid
erable crowd.
Tho Resolutions.
Amongst the proceedings of the Legislature pub
lished in another place will lie found a l*re nnhlo and
hatch of Resolution*, which taken together are deci
dedly some. These resolutions were present' d to tho
Senate by Mr. Stull, of Fayette—nnd will, wo think,
serve ns a guide and copy for ull green ones that may
hereafter attempt to expound the views of a party, or
the constitution of tho country. Wo have understood
that this misshapen bantling, wliich has evidently come
into the world a little before or 11 little afler its time, is
to l»o the calf, the quivering blent of which the people
of Georgia um to follow in tho crisis that threatens
them. Spirit of compromise, nnd common sense ! can
h a hope lio indulged ? I* any man senseless enough
to believe that such a jumble of nonsense, such a tissue
f foolery, can ever draw together the two great parlies
of the Stute, and induce them to uct in harmony am)
concert, on a great nationul question ? What wiu the
mini a-thinkiiig iilsnit }
Tho preamble and the resolutions must ha taken to
gether. Will any friend of the mover he good enough
to point out what possible connection there is between
them l \\ e have looked iu vain, uud confess wo cun
discover none. Independent of this apparent incon
gruity, there is a palpable contradiction. Iu the pre
amble, tbe conduct of certain men, on n certain occa
sion iu Congress, is highly lauded-—whilst the Oil reso
lution declares that similar conduct hereafter wdl bo
a violation of the constitution, ami met by the deter
mined resistance of the people of Georgia. Now, such
tilings may bo explained by a nun of Mr. Stell’s
ackimclcdfred ability and ducnmiiiufing intellect,
but to tbe plain common sense of ordinary citizens
they are all gammon.
The assault on old Gen’l Taylor for proscribing bis
enemies since his elevatiou to the Presidency, conies
with rather a had grace from a man who, wo venture
to say, has, during the present Legislature, proscribed
every Whig in and out of office, for opinion's sake only.
A man that lives in the thinnest kind of a glass house
should never throw such tremendous brickbats. lie
ought not, |K*invdy.
Palace Mill*.
Wo have received front the proprietor of the Palace
Mills u handsome present of Flour. The article is
of a quality not ouly to look ii|>on, hut to taste. If
there was any such thing now extant, we apprehend
that a member of tlie first families even of Old Vir
ginia might U4c it without making a wry face. It is
the inteutiou of Maj. Winter to manufacture a good
article, and sell nt a small profit. He rarely fails in
what he attempts.
Tiik Wiigklinu Briihik.—The great wire suspen
sion Bridge across the Ohio river, at Wheeling, ha*
been fiuished nnd opeued. The river is bridged by a
single span of 1010 feet. Wo shall soou begin to bear
of a bridge acro&i the Mississippi, and probably of one
from New York to Liverpool. This is a great country*,
and there is uo telling what may be done when the
genius and energies of the people are fully developed.
Since tbe iuventiou of the Telegraph, aud its succewful
operation, we make it a po.ut to regard nothing as
mii>ot*ihle. If a man suys tbe inoou is made of green
cheese, be lias only to prove it, and we are with Imn.
And so of every other strauge thing. We are bouud
lo believe that Solomon’s notion, that there is uothmg
uew under the sun, has uo application to this oouutrv
or the thing* thereof
pub';” priTiti’u* .V. v p**r'’Hi ; also—1-» repeal ad acre for
incepomtiori nf the city ol Mu'-ou—t" sell the Bridg: in
said m puhl.c outcry, ami to dispose of the money
paid for
Mr. Pringle, of Houston : A lull to incorporate a
roinpuny for tie- construction of a branch railroad from
Perry to Mo-ty Creek, fin the Southwestern Railroad.
Mr l^tivmn, of Striven: A bill to provide for the
calling of a convention on the subject nl Southern ritrhts,
and to provide for the payment of it* membe-*. This
bid ve il* in the Governor the discretionary power in
. , regar 1 In said conve -bon. arid appropriate* foO.OtK) for
oi It,a llcndd pruf.wd to lie an early and zealou«»U|.- , „, c lU . f[aynl „ f „, c
|rart'T of Gen 'I aylor for tliu I’rewdency, and tliat he | Mr Culhew.n, of Troop : To altar the fonMitulinn
yet makes s mic pretence of friendship towards Imn. I W i a* to give to tho people the election of Clerk of the
W hence then his hitter wrath against tli” cabinet? Court of Ordinary—a hill to amend the Constitution so
Why his unmitigated abuse of every man selected by , a* to allow Clerks‘ f the c.iurt ■ ; (Jrrl.nury to grant
Gen. Taylor to aid him iu the administration of the j temporary letters, Ac. Ac. in certain cases.
government 1 It wus whispered u bout that the cubi- j Mr. Field; lo extend Justice* jurisdiction to thirty
net refused to be controlled by the opinions of the IL
aid, and some even went so fur as to say that Mr j
Ileum tt had niadu cerium udvunces iu the way of se
curing a portion of government patronage, and had
been repulsed. Bennett d*
ed our
a-red
V.r
lends her?,
* the stronger ol the two. Be-
tivo plans. I do not bd.eve
appear
the beat
concihble f-rliug .Member
■ liberal, iil.d di*
hretbrei
f-ted by
Coin? re-*.
Stale-, llif
tlOMIOg Ihe
phts. Yet imt IV1
.iiii*’.iiidi.nr the uneximp'
I fi.itriotism arid ^eoeriMi-,
Mime of our imn. -d'am
aud our late Chief Magii
Oreg<»
dijei-u- iiiihleuod a provision m-u
or the •■ake of preserving our t»el'
nainteiianc*? ol Uw nod order 1
villi the irtl.-nt Isqie ot Awakening 1
id oppressor* 11 ‘•pint of c
whereby tire I
flitHr. nee- And diffn ulties might Ire amicAhly ntt
t' gettier wit tv the ndditiouiil r«-si on of exhibiting
enlightened World thi
for all tire
d to
; faith, for tin* interests of the Slti*e.
j My impression is that a Join* Steak Bm.k will bo
r 1 chartered aud located here. I would think, too, that
. tho old "Planters’and-Merf It Jins’ Bunk" of Mobile
would bo revived ; but I um told there is a deadly hos
tility ou th” part of certain members, to that institu
tion, growing out of old business transactions—aud
tins, it is said, will deffat lliut project. The .Senate
Joint Stock Bank Bdl provides only for a capital or
$5dO,OhO—which by many is thought loo small.
To-day, the Re|>ort of F. Lyon, E«q , Bunk Com
missioner, was laid before the two Houses. It is a
n^Vnithfii? reicird j t,ocumeul wor ^»y of oxleusive circulation, and I com-
f tin* gr.
•d exhimtetii •
11 igiiaiiimity 1
Bepresentaov
it t!i I tcatnres
1 the South, vet
I Up'll, and lire
ternlorie*. and
tire Iiosoiii* of our
anpromi-e*, uud Inive no di*|v>silioii what* j mend it to the perusal of the people of our section.
"'I' "I”" ll "' 1 "it'll"t’f»!.|!-| we . | ( r ,.rt<'cu the hig'u-,1 credit on the functionary who
; demanding a due regard mini for our ..wn. . . -
tew.lve.t. \r . Tl.nt the prei. q.h- .,f th- | P"-|“'rid it, not ouly hettunae it nets forth tlie financial
Revenue Tariff, of nlt>, ami the rimt.titiiti»ua! TrenMi- t condition of the State in the nuwt comprehenaihlc man
lier, hut because it shows, to demonstration, tliat liis
AI r. Worrill
j tire Sij|H*nor a
1 Mr Mclntyi
ed tins, and charged that j q^'heiwe!
To consolidate the office ««f Clerk*
nl Inferior Court* of 'Palbot county.
I*. of Thorns* : A tall to extend the 1 ri
he hi;d been approached, and thut his honesty
proof against ull proffered temptation. On this part
of the subject the /ample were a little incredulous, aud
to prove the patriotic purity of his conduct he publish
ed some garbled extracts from letters written front
Washington City, hy the very agent that was sent
thereto secure the patronage, if possible.
Tlie following letter from Gp.oriik W. Buko v, the
agent of the Herald, and who wrote to Bennett every
letter on which lie bases hi* defence, w ill show that
no member of the cabinet ever attempted to engage
the. Herald iu die support of the udmmivtration, hut
on the contrary that the advanced of its editor were
steadily and constantly repulsed. This, then, leaves
tho whole matter where the world thought it stood.
We take this letter from tho Washington Republic :
Washington. Nov. IA, 1819
I observe in (lie ,W York //. raid "f III.’ Util III*!., a
garbled publiealinii of letter* addressed by lire III tire ed-
ttor of lliut /taper during la*l *pnng and -uiiiiiier
Those letter* w Inch, ire piihlrelred. are lull of mier/Ht-
latum*, and are garbled and alien’d from lire origuiMl* in
many ni"*l iiii/Hulatil panieular*, were written tty me a*
tlie eoulidennal IVieiitl and agent ft (bill pn/rer, bill w ith-
mit liny siiggeHiion, pnv ily. or htiowlotfg” of'nny mem- ,
1st Ol Gen. They were l.a*tlly |»re- j *be el,
pared, in lire full e<iididenre that then’ did not exist on " ' ""
earth n mini ha*e enough to pubbt-b mid pervert them a*
Mr lleiuu’lt has done I never had nny authority from
nny member of Gen. Taylor'* Cabinet I" offer the pul*
T»timi»** o| tin* C.ttvenmreni. nr nny nrirer consideration
t't 1 lie lb raid lor it* Mippitrt; imr did I ever make -m l
oiler, either orally or in w riling, in tire lew interview*
had with any im-mlter of the Cabinet, who It were al
way* sought by me, and never by eillier of them
the policy
il 1 hi*Stale over lire territory now 111
tin* Stale nnd Florida.
• 1 I’wigj-: A bill io fix nnd limit title
ohoilLI l|*e nr pllbll*li lliel
I that
lor the pill p"*e
or any oilier
Mr. Wiggins, ol Twii
to real estate, based ii/sm po*ne**iou.
The hill to alter tho Constitution so ire to allow di
vorce*, /Ki*-ed the House with but two dissenting voice*. !
Tin* bill Iu* now passed two successive L grelalures by |
lire coi;«titutiounl m.ijorilv. The present lygidiiture 1
will no doubt define hy law lire chiim** fora divorce. |
Am! m lire Senate—Mr Miller, of Ro bmoiid, re/sirt- j
ed a lull loullow alien* to hold property in this Stab—a j
lull to allow tire Supreme < ourt to hold it* sessions here- j
after, at .Macon, on the 1*1 Monday m March ; at Haw- I
kitiHVillo, 011 the 3d Monday in May ; at Americus, on j
tlie Itli Monday in May ; at Decatur.on the 1st Monday
in Septeudier.
Mr. Live : A bill toaholi*h all cost* iu the Supreme
('"iirt, and to allow the ('lerk a salary.
Bills Passkd.—To prescribe the day* of grace, u/sm j
sight checks or bills of exchange—to ullow a support to *
widow and children of decen*”d per*on*, for I - month*,
where no atlmiuistrution 1.* had, and to exempt the -aim* ■
fnan levy nnd *11 le.
On Tuesday, lire House wa* principally engaged in |
the consideration of Mr. McDmigald’* bill, to give the
election of Judge* to the people. The bill wire amend-
the jH’uple of the judicial dut*
when Mr. Gurtrell offered r HiilMlituie for tho
lull, in tire form of a resolution, referring the subject to
the people for tle’in to put on their ticket* nt our next
Governor’s election, “By the Iregislature," or “By tho
People.’’ In this condition, tho House p**st{M»ned the
subject for another day.
In the Senate—Mr Miller, of Uiehinund, introduced
cordial support of the people of thi* State, I
uud that auv attempt on the part of Congress to nib-ti
tut'* for tire former lire protective /mliru, or for lire latter |
a Xahonnl I look, will encounter their untiring hostility. I
•J Resolved, That any legislation by Congress on the
suhji’f I o| slavery, vvhieli has lor Its object tlie /trobliu-
lion thereof, in any territory which m.w belong* to, or
may !*• hereafter acquired by the Federal Government,
or any other subj w bi( li ha* lire «fieri to degrade any
on** «,r more of (he Stale*, or destroy lire equality that
ex *'* Is iween th”inaiid their ree/fctivo citizen*. 1* vio-
laiiveof the spirit "four Constitution, destructive to
tire rigi.t* of the Slate*, an I will lire* hy the drier-
mured re-isumce of tire jsmple of (•eorgiu.
3 Re**dyed. That lire /iresent Chief Magistrate of
tire**- 1 mtetl Slate*, went into office with the profession*
of mod' 'anon lingering ii/nui Iii* lip*, ami with lire *•*>•
tent declaration* that '* he. had no [wirty project* t• * build
uo"—no “ friends to reward imr enemies to punish."
mi I that in no ‘,cu*e could Ire /rerinii hiin<e|f to Ik* the
candidate of any /sirt) .or yield lnin*elf|o party schemes"
— that all such profession* and declaration* have I wren
fu!*ilied hy In* selection of an ultra fifty ('abimt, and
by n prn-i-ription whose f» roeiiy 1* a* appalling lo ilie
iM’ople a- it 1* disgraceful toil* author* And that in re-
iutumto lire appointing )*'W»-r, Ire did nio*i solemnly pro
claim tha: ih- oitly |)rere(pn*iie* to office sluaild Ire
“ hone*iy, c.i/MM ny mid fidelity,” and vet in lire exer-
nl Hi it power in tin* Slat**, in** pr*“>ent Federal ad
ministration ha*, in it* indiscriminate butt Irery, sacrific
ed liren who-- live* are alsive repiiMich, a "I whose only
crime was, ihe exercise ol lire right of private opinion,
“a right iirestimnhic to freemen, and lorniidublo to ty
rants only"
11 lull for the pre-erv
married women, am
llreir estates.
a uud prntei
provide to
lion of tire nghtH
lire distribution
. bill 10 alio
ho
November Iff
Mr Miller presented tlie petition of certain citizen* of
Columbia count,-—asking a change of lire time of h tid
ing tire Supreme and Sii/tertorUoiiri* from the Mondays
now fixed lor ttre same, to lire Tuesday following—re
ferred in Judiciary Committee
The /retitionof ReniAimn II Cameron, of the county
of Troii;., pre-ei,ted hy Mr Ferrell, wa* referred to
Messr* Ferrell, l lurk and Sanford.
Mr. Spurlock, from the cointniitee on Finance, to
W I loill hail Iret’ii Mlbliillted the Governor's .Message rela
tive lit tlie Military claim* of Georgia ngam-t the Gen
eral G’'verninenl. made n He/siri, embracing the follow
ing Resolution, vv Ini h was agreed in, ami directe t lo lie
forthwith re/stried to the I|oii*ho| Rcpre.-enialixe*.
lie*"!vct| tty lire S' uate aud ll"U*eol KepreselitntiveR
of the Stale of Georgia in General A-*euih|y met. That
lit- Exim I to ttcy the (kiveruor be, uud ho U herehy re
quested I" lake such steps a* he may deem ndvi*ahle to
uhta
polled in that /illIIIK'llt
Were wnlteii t»» .Mr II
privale Ireiiefil, and I *11
illre^puhlishedV’ 1
cited either
I
nppi
|iitipo*ilion
In-n I of .Mr. Ileum
luniisirntioii jii -nee
hi mi ices given lo mi<
t"i believe that Ire
mid never have dared to have
f gentlemen vvuh a corrupt
It cxecedinglv anxious 11* n
the p.i|**r should do the Ad-
llic
not Ih’cii able
vatel'v* n 1 id
ealo
I 'uliiuet
cnnfidei
•I* lire
by ^lr lleiineli. I badev-ry re
would glV e ihe A • I ill l u l-t rat l<
aip/strt For uioiith* |
r converse with any me
Iu the lui
I ha
tllv
M, Be
ended policy ol the Admim*-
i*I ma 11 v inference* which have proved luuc-
11 nd in which I wa intnlly mistaken.
• miter H ihe Caltiiiel ever inllinrizeil or request-
;o n-k .Mr. Bennett t • write fir the Vdininistni-
id the Statement-to 1 hi• effect, ire published In-
Mr. Leonard intrndu
! had puri h:i*ed laud* in the I'Jth and 13th «>t Ware
[ j county, to jay up and takeout grant* lor the same, Ac.
Not having attended the Legislature nny length ol
time, yesterday, vve cannot say w hat was done—hut
nothing of importance wu* acted upon in either brunch.
The confusion attending the election*, Ac. has Irern
such that tin sy-tem of laws or of /*»lu y hn«, 10 our
knowledge, Ireen determined by any respectable |*>rtinn
of nu'iiilrei*. It is /iresiiuied lull* w ill /ms*, giving all
tire election* now made by tlie legislature, to the people.
Tire wtuie influence* that have i»|»erated lo change the
views of visitor* and other* here, ilus session, have ope
rated in the smile way ii/m.ii many nreinlier*.
The Governor’s "surer’’ n.iiresoff ou Tuesday next f
and its ciiNloui hit* rendered inviiuliou* lo these ‘ affair*'
qilile proiilisi’iimre, vve ex/rei-t In see most «»f all the city
*.’tllemeol "f tire claim* o
H i •vernureiii—ami if an
ii|i|*iilit mre l"r such pur/Mi-*
eiv
end*’
al iia
1 ihe light
Tavlor’* atm.
the
is/miisibh
* they or any pari of them may Ire construed a* iiupb-
atiug «*r committing any of those gentlemen to auv dc-
lamiinii either of policy or pur/ssie, or vvhii h emt have
ightesl tendency to unpin ale tin in, the spttr
utterly and absolutely false. I re/reat that I never
wa* employed a* an agent by any member ol tire Cabi
net for nny purpose I was an entire stranger to them ;
lnit I was lire agent of the New York Herald, mid by
it* editor, Jmnc* Gordon Rcnireli, I w 11* directed to give
him ull the intoriimtmii I could ohtain in regard to the
policy of tin* A liiiinisiratioii and im nn’inlH-r.-.
I think it further my duty to add. that when I s/w.k*’ to
any nieiulrer of the Cabinet of ihe support ol lire .Y»ir
1'nrA - I heal J, which I had been a*-ure<l by Mr. Beuiieit
Would be given to the Administration, each of those
gentlemen distinctly declared that they desired the sup
port of m> newspa/A’r mile** the independent e«Miv iclion*
of vt* x’ditor led him t« support it; and neit Iter of them de
sired that anv publieation should !*• made of anything
.hey had said ; nor wire it ex/rected hy them, nor did ei
ther of them ever expre** a desire to me tonpeii nny cor-
n’*|H»ndeuee with the .Yuc York Ih raid, or nuy eomiiiu-
niealioii between thenreelves uud .Mr. Bennett.
I vv.i* never llreir organ of cominunicHiiou of a *inglc
line to the Ih raid or ire editor. I received no favor from
them, mid treked none. Neither of them ever knew or
had reUMon to imagine that I had written nny of those
letters. GEO. W. 11 BEG A.
Mi niomsT Missionaries.—Rev. Dr. Borin/j
and R“v. Mr. \\ im, »d tin* (i.’or/ri;t (’onl’eri'iu't*,
have been a/ipoinlod inissionuries to California.
Wo loam from 1I10 “Tivnporanoo Bannor" that
flio Invii-.ition oxtondod by tho Tomporstnco Coil-
vonfion of this Stato to Tb-obald Matliow, to visit
tho State, Ims boon withdrawn. The roason us-
sionod is rival lie fails to give a satisfactory ex
planation of liis views and feeling* on the subject
ol slavery. It will bo recollected that vve, some
time si nee, published a circular from Father Math
ew and others, addressed, some years since, to
Irishmen generally in the United States, on the
subject of slavery. II:s views aud feelings then
expressed, he seems still to maintain, and hence
thojl’rosidont of the State Temperance Convention,
the Uon. Jos. Henry Lumpkin, has withdrawn the
invitation, and, we think, very properly.
Correspondence of tlio Columbus Enquirer.
MH.LKDGKVII.I.K. Nov. «, 1*4J.
Gentlemen - Having irecnuu* your certvs/HUident
whilst here, merely “mr the fun of the thing," or the
friendship vve U’nr to you, vve have /stid hut little at
tention to the journal* of the legislature—and as our
resort has been generally to tire lb<11*0, where “birds of
a feather” an* to he found, we neglected toiueiit.oti tliat
on Friday last our Senator, Mr. Leonard, offered a reso-
lution having for its object the award of premium* to
person* engaged in mechanics, manufactures, agricul
ture, management of cattle and sheep, making and ap
plication of manure*. Ac.
1 he subject has been referred to the Committee on
Internal Improvement, and vve hope shortly to see a re
port, and bill, favorable to this proposition of Mr. Leon
ard. The improvements in all these branches of indus
try are Wnefirial to the whole people, rich and poor, and
it is nothing more than just and proper tliat all should
contribute something to that which a* greatly benefits
all Already our Agricultural Soeietre*. with but limit
ed means, have done much good—hut it has only been
in sections-—which are. however, becoming more exten
sive I*t the State, as a State, show its approbation of
the policy of offering premium* to her most active work*
1 ng tnen, and encourage iu citizen* to improvement in
all these things, by appropriating a few thousand dol
lar*, yearly, to Ire distributed iu the way nf premium*,
and it Will conic !-:« ... many fold in a short tuna.
and ns wife
Wo have hr
’ the
td firm
old
Fredctcli 11. Sanford. Ivq of thi* place, who retclred
lire gold mine* ol California in Sopteutlrer last—tire letter
1* dated 9ilmf October. Fred went out to take a chance
ut the gold there, and though he Iia* gone through many
hankhtps, ha* treen lucky in finding a rich •q*»t, and to
work Ire aud a friend went, and the two had nude a-
h nit $1100 iu IS days, in one instance they gathered a
p mnd of gold in one day—hut this doesn’t hup/ren often.
We lio/** Fred may continue successful, nnd return Is*-
for* long with his “pocket* full,” not “ of rocks" hut of
real pure gold. He however advises those who don’t
want the talle*t kind of Mifferiug, hardship nnd nark 111
tin’ mines, if they can live at homo with any kind of
comfort, to remain where they are. And he further *ay«
that it 1* perfect folly lor person* to bring negroes there
with the expectation cl holding them a* slave*, for they
s ion become inde|A’itdeut of their master and leave him.
O ie gentleman, Ite mentions, carried Ifi with him. and
all have left him hut fire, and they are about ns “free nml
e;\*>” a* their owner. T.
Mili.edgeville, Nov.
(lentlemen — For the past two or three days both
branches of the Legislature have been going ou quietly,
without acting upon or settling any measure of much
importance. Yesterday, the first iu order was the call
of the counties and presentation of bills, and alter that,
the bdl to give the election ol Judges to tho people
came uoxt. The whole morning was consumed iu
presenting uud reading bills, and the bill for election of
the Judges by tbe people was uot taken up. The sub
ject, however, is aguiu up this morning, aud Mr.
Worrill, of Talbot, is now addressing the House iu
favor of the bill, but as several members are anxious
to speak upon the subject, il is not supposed a vote
will Ire taken upou it to-day.
The Senate have passed several bills, most of them
of a local character. Among those of general interest,
is one to exempt Emory College, and other Colleges iu
Georgia, from taxatiou, and lo place them upou a loot
ing with the University of Georgia. Also, a bill to
authorize Railroad Companies to subscribe for at ,ck iu
other Railroad Companies—provided said Company
or Companies, do not subscribe more than one-third of
their stock.
Nearly all the bills introduced in the House yester
day were local bills. Among those introduced were
the following, viz :
By Mr. Biveus of Marion : to make permanent the
county site of Mariou at Bueua Vista, to incorporate
the same ; and also a bill to add u part of Muscogee
to Marion.
By Mr. McDougald: to authorize Solicitor Generals
to retain their own costs first, in the collection of all
fines, S:c.
By Mr. Shackleford : for the election of Slate Prin
ter, and to regulate the priuliug required to be perform
ed, by the Legislature.
This bill provides for the printing of five huudred
copies each, of the Journals ot the legislature, uud
two thousand copies of the Laws. If this bill passes,
the prtsent public primers we guess would much
rather fie out of thua in the passe*siou of such an
office. But to our miud the number of copies to be
primed by tins bdl is entirely too small. But few per
sons would be uble to see either the Laws or Journals
if such a small number be printed. It would be bel
ter to increase the number aud reduce the p ico, than
lire Mate U|M)it tlie
gent f»e necessary,
that 1: .
tlie tul'li’ 11 R'-M.liwimi requesting the
( himtii't in Lave colliM-ted, arranged and bound in Mut
able ■,oluiire* tlie Annual Message* ««f the Governor of
tin- Suite, tire Re/sirU* of the I'riiiri/ml Keeper of the
I’emienliurv—-tire Wc|H)rts of the Comptroller General
and Trea-urer—Reports uf the Chief Engineer <■ >-1 lie
Suite Road -the Report* uf the Trustee* and Resident
I'liv*iciau "I the Lunatu- \»ylum— the Re|*»rt* of the
< oiuiti!**iotieis ol tin- ]),-u! aud Diuiih Asylum—and
Unit an adequate sum to effect the same, Is* placed in
the Xppropn.iiiou hill.
Mr L’onard.»tiered a resolution having for its object
the award of premiums to /rerson* engaged in Mecliun-
11 *, Manufacturer*, Agriculture, management ol cuttle
and sheep, making and application ul manure*, Ac
which
ternnl Improvemen
Mr Purse, a lull
ployed in keeping 1
fd t«» the I oininittee
In-
\ J. Miller reported
tlu
Fifty »
N •veinlrer
l.icd lo the
id Stell vv
Mr. Sieii offered on ye*terduy, nit-
or to have < < llccted, arranged and
re**age%, Report* ot vuriou* kind*,
id other imporiurn .’iK-iinreni", wa* agreed to
Mr. V J. Miller ititrislurcd the follow mg resolution :
Resolve 1 hy tie* Senate. Ac., That hi* Excellency tire
r Ire, ami Ire 1* hereby requ-sted to issue In* Pro-
setting tijiirt Tiutr.*-
a* a day ot Thanks-
•it’s an 1 hlekstiigs of
. and tire S o retary
House of Represen-
llllllee Oil intern
Tbe resolutioi
thurizing the < •«
(’Lilli it loll to tile Jieople nf till:
dav the Vl'Jlhday nf N <\ -im!m
giving to Almighty tint) lor I
the past year—vvl.iehvv.re as
(Iireeled to transmit it at min
Mr. Du'
from the M’iecl conimitle*
1e1110r1.1l o| A Di’larom l
Il-eoiniiiet of the Hull \\ 1;
tire Eastern Circuit, an
or General of the *;nn • <
to vv II'.
trestmved upon lire nteinm
aggrieve I party and the /mper* suliinitied t<
siiieta'.ton, a careful examination, resulting 1
Melton that there i* 110*11 isfactory evidence
deliiiquem v in reference to the matter* pre*e
in theirjn !
nnd there I •
further coin
oJHlia
i-leruti
*e Ingh otlie
warrant furl
•g leave in I
1 of |||>* Mjb
iat the charges
Uoiutrtes are not
Tord j'i*t ground
ion bj tin-, body,
1*urged tiwin the
House of Representatives.
Nov. 15th, 3o’clock, r m.
The II mre met p:ir«iiaut to adjournment, and resumed
l!»«• eoireideratmn ol the hill to repeal all laws respect
ing the importation of slave* into thi- State.
.'Ir. Sha« k”lford moved to a<lj mrn—which was lost.
The bill was put upou it* passage, aud the yeas and
nay* were reqtt.red lo ire recorded, and are—yea* 93—
Yeas—Measr*. Adam*. Akin, Anderson of Wilkes,
Andrew*, Arnold, Avery. Barlow, Hell, Bivins, Blount,
Brandon, Bryan, (’aider, Carlton, Carter. Chandler,
Clark, ( "llrert. Culberson of Fl-n'd, Dawson, Dead-
vvyfet. Dgoy. Dorm iy, Faver ol Meriwether, Fields,
Fish, Hemiug. Fletcher. Fortner, (iarireil. (ta*t<ui, Gil
more. Gray. Gr tli 1. G sNlinan.Gorilon. Hall. 1! imtnell,
Harrisot:. Heard. Hendrix, Hill. II dg - ol Houston,
Hi* lg-*s t-f Raudolplt, Howard. Irwin, J thnsnn, Jones
of Paulding. Jone* nt Warren. Kendall. Lure. Laugh-
ng. McDougald, .McDonald,
administration of the affairs of the Bunks has been 1
miracle worked in our favor. By hocus pocus, cy
pherin', the black art, or some how else, he lias con
trived to reduce the indebtedness on which we are to
pay interest, from #9,000,000 to #5,500,000. The
auuuul interest to bo raised by taxation will be less
than #300,000 : So that with a tax law raising #450,-
000, Otis would leave a little for 11 sinking fund. In
I consequence of the expositions of the commissioner’s
! T*‘|a>rt, the horizon seems brighter, and, 1 think, repu-
. diution sent to the "tomb of the Capulets.” Von may
look out for about these figures in the Tux Bill to be
I /raised; but I doubt not the act will be simple, as far
as it can be made so.
The Senatorial seats are warmly contested. Fitz
patrick, Chapman, Walker, Lyon, Houston, King,
Jerry ('lemons, and Joe Acklen, are all on the grottud,
in the finest possible feather. I have made the ac
quaintance of all of tii-iii whom I did not ku »w be
fore, and find them very pleasant gentlemen. Intel
lectually, Walker aud Clemens are decidedly superior
immensely so—to the rest. Alt .' I beg the pardon of
the lion. David Hubbard, who is also here, seeking a
translation from tho Representative to the Senatorial
chamber.
The Whigs have had strong notions of running
Hopkins or Bekrer. I have never, for u moment, sup
posed that either could Ire successful; but there is 110
telling “what a day may bring forth."
Mr. McGuire, of Tuscaloosa, has introduced a bill,
whose precise point of progress I do. not know, defining
the fi-es of the County Court Judges aud Clerks It
is un admirable document, und I hope will pass.
There is also a hill, somewhere iu the House, providing
fur a Probate Court. These matters, however, call
forth no 9|M'ciul attention.
Numerous charters for Rail and Plank Roads will
Ire applied for and granted. You may depend upon it,
the right spirit is at work in Alabama. Every part of
the State is alive for internal improvements, und we
only need a currency to go ahead with them.
An attempt is making to stop the Montgomery und
West Point R. IL within the line of Alabama, on lauds
of Col. George Reese. If this succeed, the Company
will immediately ntuke arrangements to have the
Road down to Girard—this “is as true as preaching."
Just wait und see if it isn't!
Among the fa-hionnhles bore, Mr. J. A. Acklen
and lady are con.-micnnun. The luttcr is quite
handsome, belonged to the Tennessee linn Am, and
brought Hit* embryo Senator a cool half mill ion!
Really J"»’ was in luck!
Montgomery presents quite a brilliant appear-
nice just now Every body is busy, and the streets
ire thronged with Wagons and carts. New build
ings are going up, and the word is‘’onward" with
the glorious little city. (Jn all hands are the evi-
deiu i’f "| imltiistrv. thrill, prosperity. Izottg may
it he before her hospiub!” citizens will have to la
me! t a reveroe of fortune.
Among the “allows" which astonish tlio eyes of
Fir bat'k-counirv people, at night, is the gorgeous
j-’vvrlry establishment, below the “ILill," of Letv-
is (Jvven. Ii is a perfn Alladdiu’s palace, aud ia
.*0 absolutely thronged, that for a week the genii
about it have not had time to write ail adveritse-
inent for the Tribune.
Stickney's Circus i* here,and I goon the nights
when it is l.kely I shall uteri Boh Murphey, of Do
Kalb, about the arena. Jlis wit is worth that of
lurty downs, and (lows spontaneously like the wa
ter from his native hills. A few nights since, a
half vvittrd fellow whom you nil know very well
(and who is down here to direct tlie Legislature
i:t th • selection of a Solicitor for the ninth,) display
ed ins verdancy by announcing in very uuJiblo
tones “what was to come next” on the Bills ol the
Night. Says he: “Now the Ac rebate!” “Now
*l.t belly Rosa/y/idis going to ride!" and so forth.
Bolt, annoyed hy bis imperii nonce, quietly turned
liis face towards him, and with tlie most bewitch
ing .simplicity asked—“Can you read!" For the
balance of the night “Good Muggins'’ (as he ban
been christened by tbe North Alabama boys,) was
remarkably silent. It would amuse you to see
the cool impudence with which he throws his arm
round Judge D&rgan'a ueck cm ihe strength of a
two day*’acquaintance. “Good Muggins”ia a
citizen of Russell, but I think the delegation from
that county are anxious to transfer him to Mont
gomery. or any other bahwick that will have him.
Col.* Howell Ro>.c is here, “electioneering for
1 Filch*patrik,” for whom he has truly a paternal re-
gard.
It is a remarkable fact that there is less dissi
pation here, than was ever known before at a seat
of Government. This session three drinks is a good
day's drinking. In my time, it didn't bring us to
breakfast.
The election for Solicitor for the Ninth will have
occurred before you print this. I think jour corres
pondent will have beaten just four vutes—but I
take ail the chances.
Y’ours, J. J. H.
M i iiyr
Nt-:*
Mo
N-i
, P-ik.
Nels,
'bp*,
PriitaV. ILimw-y. K-ynuld*. R..!rert>, R .!„n*-.ri ..1 Fay
ette. K ’treoit ..t M ien. K’.hin*'>n ... Ta bm, Smidera,
SHm k-lfurd. Slauchte*. Sii-;!mg. S/kiMh.jt,
Strii’klitn.!, Talley, Tern* 11 of t'mveta, 1'Ii«»iii.t«*ou,
To:.’;ikms, I’tickor, Villaionga. Welborire, We*imore-
hind. \N hitvvortli, U’iigin*, Wilcox, Wil*on, \Volf,
Wooldridge, Yo/i|i.—'.'3
.\mi<—M,••*:>. ll.ir.-ett, Rr*’.vu. Culberson Q r Troup.
Du’»ra i”u. F.t.aii’-r, Faver uf Trutin, Gre*ham. (ir ga*,
Harrs*. Hiite*. Jeukiu*, Kenan. McAllister. McLeod,
Ne d. IV.d.ind, Pickett, Reid, RileV, Shaw. St ’phelis,
Terrell ><: Pi.tnam. Tillman, Trippe, Waldliour, Walker,
Wauon. Wofford, Worroll.-29.
November lfi.
Mr. Fields, a bill to repeal an art further to regulaC
the granting of retail license an I sale of •pirittiou* It
quor*, awented t'» Dec. 27th, l?*3J.
Mr. WiUon. a hill toHii;h.»ri*«* and require tire Judt»e
of t!i-mi rerior I’oitrt* of the t'«)v\-’ta Circuit, to hold
f, ; .-t » week* in D-Kalb county.
The Res !niton of Senate iitrrirird to requesting t!ie
G iver.ior to set apart Thitradav. the^Jih iiot., a* a day
..f thanksgiving M Almighty Got) S »r ' mercies and
ble**i.»g» vv a» taken u/* an l concurred in.
DfilVlKO Swt.NE—bitnitcy knows tL«* ditli-
cnltv «>l (hiving hogs. If you want it. drive them,
while they are ft* ding tie a small r«»pe around one
of their hind legs, und let the n jump. In a tew
moments they will be as tract ah! • as an ox with a
r.ng in hi* no-.*, an I in tv b? driven tv it tout troub
le —D i-71 • Y
Girard and Mobile Railroad.
A meeting of the citizens of ( liuunenug/ree and vi-
citmv relative to the contemplated Railroad to connect
Girard and the Mobile bay, organized by calling Mr.
Edward C aret to lire Chair, and J. R. Henm, Sec-
P Mr^ Carey having taken the chair, opened the meeting
With an able and animated speech upon the great impor-
tauc «>f the contemplated Railroad through this por
tion of our State.
Iht motion, an extract from the Columbus Enquirer of
Novemlrer 13th,«igued a “ Railroad Man," was read.
On motion, Rev. George Stewart wa* called upon,
who a.(dressed the meeting at length, with interest and
ability.
On motion, the chairman appointed Messrs. R. H.
Powell, W. W. Battle, and W. Ii Waugh, a commit
tee to arrange a preamble and resolutions expressing tho
sense of tire meeting. After a short retirement they
offered the following Report, which was unanimously
adopted:
It uouht* have heretofore existed, of the importance
of ILuiroud* to a country, both in a commercial and
social point of view, the evidence before us i* amply suf
ficient to diqiel litem forever. We need go no farther
t c thi* evidence, than our sister Stale of Georgia.—
Within the last sixteen years, we believe there was not
a single mile ot Road completed within her borders—
now the i* penetrated by them from the seaboard to the
mountain, nml very doom site will have extended them
at two, if not at three points, to the border* of the Sstate
of Tettnes-ree, ami our own Alabama. 1 he Mate in
tin* great vv ,rk of improvement, displayed in an eminent
manner the wi*dnm of oer rulers, w ho, although op.
po*e*l with great violence by a largo portion ot their con*