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SHOCKING NARRATIVE. The Boston Post {fives the following narra-1 tive <>i tlie scene in ihe long boat ot the Wil liam Brown, a vessel recently lost at sea. It is from one of the survivors, arid may be reli e I on as correct, startling to humanity as it is. I will surprise our readers to learn toat the murderers were examined and acquitted: “ During the whole of the day the weather was extremely cold, and the sea very rough. We rigged a drag with our oars, in order to keep the boat’s head to the sea and to break the force of the waves. Towards nightiall, the mate consulted, in a low voice, with sev eral of the crew about lightening the h af - I was aft at the time with my back against the stern. At last he said to me and another man who was near me, ‘ Wei!, I supp ose y ou “ ave no objections to lending us a hand to lighten the boat! I enquired how he intended to do so, and while I was spacing, 1 heard a splash alongside, and the ‘h ( >le boat was in an up roar—-tho work >*f death had commenced. The other and myself both remonstrated against sm-h cold blooded proceedings, and said: ‘li we are to die, * et us die fair—let us cast lots.’ * Very well,’ said the mate, ‘rhev will throw you overboard.’ I then drew my sheath knife, and swore that who-, ever should iav a hand on me should share , my fate. The mate then called a tail negro, one of the crew, aft, to to-s me overboard, but when he saw my knife he went forward again and lent the others a hand. My companion j stuck close to me during the whole ot the 1 heartrending scene, determined to defend him- i self to the last “ One old man. a native of Ireland, when about to he seized, fell upon his knees and en treated them to spare his life, and lie would give them all he had. He then drew from his purse a number of sovereigns and offered them to the crew, but they were thrown aside, and himself passed overboard. A lad about eighteen years of age requested time to say his prayers, which was granted, ami when he concluded he said, ‘I am now prepared—l do not wish you throw me overboard—l will go myself,’ and he stepped oti the gunwale of the boat into the sea. Os all who were thrown overboard, not one, to my knowledge, succeed ed in getting on board again. There were no hands cut off nor any blood spilt; neither did any one, excepting the young man already mentioned, jump overboard voluntarily. “The unfortunate passengers offered no resistance; prayers and entreaties were all they used. *Ob, spare me! spare me!’ sev eral of them cried, even while they were half overboard. I will not attempt a description of this awful scene—it would melt a heart of stone. I believe there were sixteen thrown overboard. “ The boat was bailed out after she had been lightened ; she then rode very well, and made but little water. The following morn ing I discovered a sail, and communicated the fact to the mate, who said, *By G—, Jack, you’re a lucky fellow; you have saved your life.’ The ship that picked us up, as is alrea dy known, was the Crescent. So strong was mv indignation against the negro, that upon reaching the Crescent’s deck, l seized a hea ver and threw it at his head. “ All of the crew in the boat, excepting the mate and anoter man, were foreigners, or as sailors say, Dutchmen, that is, men belonging to the continent of Europe. Up *n our arrival at Havre in the Villo de Ly on, the American consul, when made acquaint ed with the facts, advised me and my com panion to remain and give our evidence against the mate and crew, but we declined, upon the ground that we conceived the testi mony of the passengers sufficient. As he was not very urgent, we were liberated after an examination before the Board of Police. “ After my health was somewhat recruited, I shipped on board the Angelo, Capt. Jaques, bound for Newburyport, where I arrived on Wednesday last. 1 arrived in Bosh n on Thursday, and have made this statement for the information of the public. JOHN MKSSEtt, Seaman ” War — lTS KISERIES AND PROFITS. —The following excellent extract from a speech of Lord Krksine presents truths which should never be lost sght of by rulers or the people : “The ltte of the modern soldier is ill repre sented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Os the thousands and tens of thousands that perished in our late contest with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke cf an enemy; the rest lan guished in tents and ships, amid damps and putrefaction- pale, torpid, spiritless, anil help less; gasping and groaning unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery, and were at last whelmed into pits or heavod into the ocean without no tice, without remembrance.” * * * “But at the conclusion of ten years war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes, and the expense of millions, but by contem plating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine Ike meteors, and whose pal aces rise like exhalations ! These are the men who, without virtue, labor, or hazard, are growing rich as their country is impover ished; they rejoice when obstinacy or ambi tion adds another year to slaughter and de vastation ; and laugh from their desks at bra very and sciences, while they are adding fig ure to figure, and cipher to cipher, hoping for anew contract from anew armament, and computing the profits of a siege or a tempest.” A per 4on who had drunk too much the night before, was yesterday placed before recorder Baldwin, of the second municipality. “ You were drunk last night,” said the re corder. “ You’re right for once,” said the prisoner. “ I shall send you for thirty days,” said the recorder. “ Oh, don’t,” said the prisoner. “ I will,” said the recorder. “I’m a printer,” said the prisoner. “ Are you]” said ttie recorder. “I am so,” said t ie prisoner—“we invited you, you know, to our anniversary dinner.” “ So you did,” said the recorder. “ How did you like that ham !” asked the prisoner. *■ It was excellent,” said the recorder. “ And the wine I” asked the prisoner “That was better yet,” said the recorder. “ And the toast so complimentary to you ?” asked the prisoner, with a smile. * That was belter than all,” said the re corder. “I know who wrote that toast,” said the prisoner. “ You may go! ” said the recorder. N. O. Sun. The love ol nature ami ti e silent appro hensiou ol tier beauty, is a treely bestowed and far spreading gift. It 1 ves in I lie least cultured heart--as trie beautiful wild t! nvei in the unplougtied heath, ll lives often a pleasant, 1 1 iougo unperceived iruest. It spreads the charm ol ns influence when its possessor lias not ev~n a name lor it ; —yet still it lives, —and they who cannot talk of it. can yet fed H in its sweetness and power.— 11. H nvitt. The \ ankf.ks against the World.— The S lUuiern Literary Messenger lor Octo ber anMomicts iliat a ielter lias been received io Verm nit, from Dr. Cnaries Mathews, who leil the United Stales fnieen years ago, to explore the interior ol Africa, stating iliat he had traveled from Morocco, across lie great desert, loTuubuct >D, thence to the cape, hack jo Timbuctoo, tl nto Abyssinia, fr . m whence J-e writes, mat he v.ill return m ’42 to publish Ins travels. It is said that from twelve o fifteen hun dred journeyman pri i ers are in a veiv dis tressed state, for want of employment, in London, GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, SENATE. Saturday, Nov. 13. bills passed. To require the Judges of the Superior- Courts of the State to write out and place upon the minutes of said Courts, their decis ions in lull all .n cases ot motions for new trial, whether tne same be granted or rejected, and in all cases of judgment upon the writs of certiorari, mandimus and haoeas corpus, and upon ail motions in arrest of judgment, and to provide the collation, publication and dis tribution ot the same, whenever the same shall be of general interest to the people To alter and amend the claim laws of this Sate. FINANCE. Resdced , That his Excellency the Governor be requested to report to tins branch of the General Assembly, t he amount of State bonds that.have been issued and disposed of by the President of .he Western and Atlantic Rail Road, the terms on which they were sold, when they are redeemable, and at what place, what amount of State Scrip has been issued t) coatraciors for work done on the Railroad, and when payable—also, what amount of cash script is unpaid. The Senate took up the report of the com mittee on the bill to require the different coun ties in this State to pay (heir own represen tation to the General Assembly of this State, and to provide a fund for the payment of the same, —when On motion of Mr. Cone, the bill was laid on the table until the 2d Monday in June next, by yeas 54, nays IS. ■RILLS HEAD THE FIRST TIME. Mr. Foster: To remove all disability what ever from persons in this State from testifying in any of the Courts thereof, or having their oath touching any matter or thing, when an oath or affidavit is necessary to secure any right or interest, by reason of any religious opinion they may entertain or express. Mr. Jones : To cause a straight line be tween the counties of Sumpter and Lee to be run, and to provide for payment of the same. Monday, Nov. 15. BILL LOST. To amend an act to protect religious socie ties in the exercise of their duties, approved Djc. 18, 1792, and an act to amend the lore g ling act, approved Dec. 22, 1808. To alter an! change the time for holding the Inferior Courts in the counties of Carroll and Decatur. Tuesday, Nov. 16. BILLS BEAD FIRST TIME. Mr. Cone: To reduce and repeal in part the tax act of 1840. BILLS PASSED. To extend the time for the completion of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia. To amend the first section of an act to ex empt from sa e for debts contracted after a given time, certain articles chiefly necessary lor the subsistence of t lie debtor’s family. Wednesday, Nov.*l7. BILLS BEAD IIRST TIME. Mr. Broddus : To prohibit from sale or gift all printed or written books, papers, pamph lets, writing paper, ink, and all other articles of stationary whatsoever, to any slave or free person of color in this State, and to punish those who may violate the same. Mr. Redding: lo authorise Win. T. Cow art and his associates to construct a Turnpike road across the Pine Mountain in Harris coun ty, &c. BILLS PASSED. To extend the time to fortunate drawers in the late Land and Gold Lottery, to take out their grants To extend the provisions of an act to facil itate the recovery of money out of the hands of Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Clerks of the Superior and Infe rior Courts, and Attorniesat Law, &c. To require Judges to grant rules absolute against Sheriffs in certain cases. tiiezevant’s claim. Mr. Miller laid on the table the petition of Peter Trczevant, citizen of South Carolina, by his Attornics James Hamilton and James L. Petigru, claiming of the State £5,000 ster ling, with interest from the 9th Dec. 1794. Referred to a select committee consisting of Messrs. Miller, Bishop and Williamson. BILL PASSED. 1 o authorise the constables to serve sum mons nine days before the sitting of the Court to which iffy, are made returnable. r l hursday. Nov. 18. The Sena'e was exclusively engaged to day in taking up and reporting bills not finally acied upon, and in the recepiion of bills and resolutions from the House, until the hour ar rived when in pursuance of a previous joint resolution, they proceeded to the House of Representatives for the purpose of electing Suite House Officers and a State Printer. The following message was received from his Excellency the Governor, by Mr. Horne, his Secretary : Mr. President:—His Excellency the Gov ernor has withheld his absent to the bill to alter and fix the times of holding the Superior Courts in the counties of Stewart. Marion and Harris, in the Chattahoochee Circuit, and has directed me to return the same to this branch of the General Assembly, with his reasons therefor. Friday Nov. 19. THE TREZEVANT CLAIM. Mr. Miller, from the select committee to whom was referred the petition of Peter Trez ev mt, reported that, in consequence of the vo uminous documents accompanying it, and the advanced stage of the session, which will scarcely allow time for printing ; 31)0 copies of sa:d petition he printed for the use of the next Legislature. BANK STOCKS. The Senate took up the unfinished business of yesterday, being the bill to authorise the sale of stocks in the Bank of the Stale of Georgia, and in the Bink of Augusta, for the biilsofthe Central Bank of Georgia, and to require the officers of that Institution to take charge of the assets belonging to the State in the B ink of Da’ ien. Mr. Siffoid renewed the motion made by himself on yesterday to amend the report by striking lroni the first section of the lull the concluding clause, viz: “at a discount not greater than ien per cent, below par,” and in sert in hen thereof, the words “at par.” The motion to strike out the concluding clause of the Ist section of the bill was car ried, and on motion of Mr. Safl'old the blank was rilled, by inserting in its stead, the words .‘at no less than par value.” Mr. Dunagan proposed the following as an additional section, which was agreed to, viz: A id be it further enacted, That any moneys which may tie reimbursed by the Government: of the United States for expenditures in de fraying the late War, under the several acts for that purpose, shall be paid into the Cen tral Bank of Georgia, subject to the redemp tion of its bills and payment of the debts of this State • and the officers of said Bank are hereby authorised to receive and receipt for the same. Mr. Will iamson proposed the following as a proviso, which was also agreed to, viz: Provided, That nothing in this act.contained, shall authorise the sale of any Bank stock ol either of the Bulks herein mentioned, set apart for the purposes of Education, by the laws now ol force in this State. On motion of Mr. Black, the report as amen ded was recommitted to the committee of ihe whole, and made the orJerof the day for to morrow. HOUSE OF REPBESF.NTASIVE3. Satukdav, Nov. 13. BILL FASSED. To increase the jurist! c.tion of the Justices of the Peace of the several distr.cls of th - Stale of Georgia, See. -The biil for the re. of of a’l persir swht have been doubly taxed, was laid on the table fortht balance of the session. The bill to legalize and make valid certain acts of the clerks of the Superior and Inferior Courts ot the State of Georgia, was agreed t<>, and reierred to the committee on the judi ciary. BILL LOST. To amend an act to exemnt from sale for debts contracted after a given time, certain ar tides chiefly necessary for the subsistence of the debtor’s family, &c. The bill to repeal and amend the word “pe tition” in the latter of the Ist section of the 3d article of the Constitution was agreed to, and referred to the committee on the Ju diciary. Monday. Nov 15. Ihe House agreed to reconsider the bill to amend an act to exempt from sale for debts j contracted alter a given time, certain articles chiefly necessary for the subsistence of the debtor’s family. ADJOURNMENT. t The House concurred with the Senate in the resolution relative to the adjournment ol the Legislature, without a da} 7 , on Tuesday, the BOtii day ol November instant, or earlier if practicable. RESOLUTIONS. Mr. McYV horter : Resolved, That the com mittee oil Banks he instructed to enquire and ascertain which ot the Banks in this State are now, or have been in a state of suspension of specie payments, with authority to report a bill in relation thereto. UILI.S READ FIRST TIME. Mr. Price : To extend the stay of judgments in the Justices Courts of this State. Mr. Clark, of Newton : To exempt Millers from Road, Jury and Military duties. Mr. Johnson, ot Troup: To exempt the Jus ices of the Inferior Courts of tiiis State from performing certain duties therein speci fied. Mr. Barclay : To repeal an act to compel the several Banks of this State, to redeem their liabilities in specie, and to provide for the for feiture of the charter or charters of any such as may reiuse, and to impose and a-s f, ss a tax upon such Banks as refuse to redeem their liabilities in specie, and to provide for the col lection and appropriation thereof, to the use of the Poor School System. Mr. Reeves: To lay out and organise a new county from the counties ot Coweta, Mer riwe her, Pike and Fayette. Mr. Armstrong: To authorise appeals frem Justice’s to Superior Courts in this State in certain cases, and to prescribe the manner in which the same may be made. Tuesday, Nov. 16. BILLS PASSED. To alter and amend the third, seventh, and twelfth sections of the first article, and the 3d section of the third article, and the fifteenth sect ion of the fourth article ot ihe Constitution of this Stale. To regulate the mode and manner of taking bail bonds in this State. To authorise Win. Moore to erect a dam across a part of the Chattahoochee river, on his own land in Harris county. To admit Charles H. Thomas, of the couniy of Muscogee, to plead and practice law in the several courts of law and equity in this State. To repeal an act to regulate the intercourse between the Banks of this State and other in siitutionsand brokers. The House took up the unfinished business of yesterday, which was the report, of the bill “ I'o reduce the tax imposed by an act to im pose a tax for the support of government for the year 1841, and from thence afterwards;” and the same being read, Mr Lee offered as a suosti ute therefor, a bill, “To impose, levy and collect a tax for the political year 1842, and to inflict penalties upon any that may re fuse or neglect to comply with the provisions thereof, and to repeal an act to impose, levy and collect a tax for the political year 1842, and thence afterwards,” which was read, and on motion of Mr. Colquitt, the original report and substitute was laid on the table for the present. The report on the bill “To make State Scrip issued by the Commissioners of tlie Western and Atlantic Rail Road a lawful tender in taxes due the State,” was amended, and on motion was also laid on the table. Mr. Barlow presented the memorial of a number of Stockholders of the Darien Bank, in relation to said institution, which was re ferred to the committee on Banks. BILL READ FIRST TIME. Mr. Hull: To repeal an act to incorporate the Bank of Darien, passed 15th December, 18IS, and also an act to extend the charter of the Bank of Darien, and the acts now in force amendatory thereto, passed 18.li December, 1834, and to provide for the settlement of the affairs of said Bank. Wedxe'dav.Nov. 17. BILLS READ FIRST TIMF. Mr. Lefils: To amend an act to change the common school fund in the State of Georgia to that of a poor school fund, and to provide tor distributing the same, so far as relates to the county of Mclntosh. Mr. Chester: To alter and amend part of the Till section of the Ist article of the Con stitution of this State. Mr. Hughes : To reduce the taxes of this State 29 per centum, excepting on Bank Stocks. 1 Mr. (leid, of Carroll: To compel Justices of the Peace to give bond and security. Mr. Rucker : To al er and amend the 4lh and iOih sections of an act to authorise the bu siness of Banking and to regulate the same.— Also, a bill to exempt from levy and sale under execution, certain property therein mentioned. Mr. Roberts : To ex!end the time lor for tunate drawers in all the Land Lotteries, and in the Gold Lottery, to lake out their grants, except counties thereinafter excepted. Mr. Hughes : To require the Commission ers of the Western and Atlantic Railroad to cancel all the State bonds and scrip notvin their hinds not disposed of. Mr. Pitts: To repeal the Ist section of an act to alter and amend an act to establish a Bank at Milledgeville to be called and known by the name and style of the Central Bank of Georgia, &.c. passed on the 22d day ot Dec. 1839, and to provide for the protection of the circulation of said Bank and other purp ises, and to amend this act and all acts passed in relation to said Bank, so as to enable the same to redeem its liabilities in specie. Mr. Guerv : To change the tune of holding the Superior Court in the county of Sumpter. Mr. Crane: To abolish imprisonment for debt. Mr. Hughes : To stop and prevent the pro i iongation of the Western and Atlantic Rail ; road further than Cross Plains in this St;.t°, ■ in the direction of Ross’ Landing in the Stale of Tennessee. Mr. Hull: Concerning certain Banks which have suspended specie payments. BILLS FASSED. To enable copartners who are plaintiffs in law and equity in this Sta ! e, to maintain and prosecute their suits in said couris in certain cases, without being compelled to adduce proof of their copartnership. To regulate the sales of articles manufac tured in the Penitentiary of this Slate, to point out the mode of payment for the same, &c. RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Grieve: Resolaed, 1 hat the Senate be reques ed to appoint a committee to join the committee of the House having in charge, the subject of the Lunatic Asylum of the State.l Agreed to. Mr. Lefils: Resolved, That the committee on Banks be and they are hereby authorised 10 send for persons ant! papers on any subject connected with the affairs of the Bank of Da-1 rien. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Mr. Howard, from the j< int committee on the sta:e of tl e republic, to u 1 om was referred the various subjects connected With the relations, of our State Government with the Federal, Government, anu who have had under their consideration the late action of the dominant party now in power of the Federal Govern ment, relative to the several acts of Congress at the late extra session, as also the action of one of the Senators and Representatives in Congress of this State, in relation to the same, reported a preamble and resolutions expres sive of the sense entertained by the General Assembly and by the people of Georgia, which was read, and on motion of Mr. Barlow, 500 copies were ordered to be printed. BILLS REJECTED. To amend the several acts of force in this State relative to priority of judgments, and the trial of claims to property ievied upon. To provide for tho compilation of the Militia Laws of this State. BILLS PASSED. To repeal the 2.1 section of an act to compel Steam and Thompsonian Doctors to pay the annual tax of regular Med.cal Doctors and Lawyers of this State. To exempt all free male white persons of this State, of s.xty years of age and upwards from paying poll tax. To consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in Sumter county. To authorise Justices of the Peace in the several counties of this State to try suits in damages in certain cases therein named. To repeal the 2d and 3J sections ot an act to repeal an act to alter and amend an act | more effectually to secure the solvency of ail the Banking Institutions of this State, passed on the 24th of Dec., 1849, and to relieve per sons who have been taxed under the said act, and to declare the compensation ot Receivers of tax returns in certain cases, and to repeal conflicting laws. CLAIM OF PETER TREZEVANT. A message was received from the Execu tive communicating the report of the cotntms sionejs on the claim of Peter Trez want. * hu usd ay, Nov. 18. RESOLUTION CONCURRED IN. To instruct our Senators and request our Representatives in Congress to procure the establishment of a mail route, ’o be carried in four horse stage from the city of Macon, by tlie way of Fort Valley, Lanier, Tazewell and Lu npkin. ~ ELECTIONS. In pursuance of a joint resolution, the Sen ate attended in the House, when both branches oi the General Assembly proceeded to the election ot State House officers and State rin tor. The ballotsbemg receive 1 and examined, i; appeared that tie following gentlemen were duly elected: STATE HOUSE OFFICERS. John W. A. San|ord,Esq. Secretary of State. John G. Park, Esq, Comptroller General. Thomas Ilaynefc, Esq , Treasurer. Alfred M. Horton, Esq., Surveyor General STATE PRINTER. Wm. S. Roger. l , Esq, State Printer. Friday. Nov. 19. BILLS READ FIRST TIME. Mr. Harris : To authorise a grant to issue to Amos Tate fer a lot of land in originally Lee, now Stewartcounty. Mr. Robinson, of Fayette: To relieve the pecuniary embamssments of the people of this State. BANKS. On motion of Mr. Nolan, the following res olution was agreed to: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the State of Georgia , in Gene ral Assembly met, 1 bat his Excellency the Governor be requested to give to tins body all the information at his command, relative to the judicial proceedings that have bee n ordered against ihe several Banks of this State under the act of 1840, which have refused to take up their liabilities in specie, how far the suits have progressed, and if the law is defective, and the views as contemplated cannot be car ried out, to point out that defect. The House took up the report on the bill to repeal a part of an act tc amend an act to pre vent the circulation of bank bills under the de nomination of livo dollara within this Stale, passed 24th December, 1832, and to prevent the circulation of bank bills of any oilier de nomination than fives, tens, twenties, ffft.es, hundreds and thousands, and the substitute therefor reported by the committee on Banks, which was a bill “To authorise the chartered Banks m this Slate to issue notes of the de nomination of one and two dollars, and to pre scribe the penalty for failing or refusing to redeem such notes in specie on demand,” and the same being read, Mr. Howard offered as a substitute for the original bill and substitute, a bill “To author ise and require the directors of tiie Central Bank to issue three hundred thousand dollars of notes of the denomination of one and two dollars for the redemption of the bills of that. Bank already in circulation of a higher de nomination.” Mr. Preston moved to postpone the further consideration of the sui stitute and original bill for the present, which was lost. Mr. Anthony moved to lay the substitutes, offered for the original bill and substitute, on the table, for the balance of the session— whereupon,rhe yeas and nays being demanded, were, yeas 63, nays 101. So the motion was lost. The substitute for the original and substi tute was then received in lieu thereof, and the same being taken up and considered, and the following part of the first section being read, to wit: “That the Directors of the Central Bank are hereby authorised and required to issue the sum of three hundred thousand dol lars of notes of the denomination of one and two dollars,” Mr. Hall moved to amend the same hv ad ding after the words “two dollars” the follow ing, to wit: “ And the several chartered Bunks of ihis Slate which redeem their notes in specie , each 3 per cent, on their capital paid in.” The Speaker decided the amendment out of order, the same being rejected by die House as contained in the substitute for the original bill. The report was then read and agreed to. The bill was read the third lime, and upon the question, “Shall the bill now pass?” the yeas and nays being required, were, yeas 90, nays 64. So the bill vv s passed under the title tliereof. The Veto Power. —Perhaps the discus sion of no one question has prevailed more extensively throughout the length and breadth of the land for the last nine or ten years, titan that of the Veto power The whigs, ever since the first Veto of Gen. Jack son, have l een united, earnest and boisterous i in iheir denunciation of ihe exercise of tins j power. The consideration of it entered largely into the late Presidential canvass, and although Mr. Van Buren, as President, never vetoed a single bill, the federalists ins.sted that lie must be displaced for fear he migiit. Gen. Harrison, on his accession, occupied a bout a third part of I.is classical and windy Inaugural, with expositions of his plan re striding the Executive in the exercise of the i veto: and on the Providential elevation ol Mr. Tvlur to the Presidency, the federalists took ; (ire at ins twin Vetoes upon the Fiscal Cor- j porosities : It was pronounced monstrous ■ that “the will of one man should stifle the j voice of the whole people.” Th • Veto was I declared to be “ Kingly,” “ Monarchical” and j “Tribunitiai;” and Mr. Clay, the federal dicta- j to-, announced the purpose of the party to be | “ to pluck from the Constitution this last ves ■ j tige of arbitrary power.” If, as appearances seem to idicate, the democracy of New York have carried both branches of llie legislature, these reminiscences may be amusing, if not serviceable.—Albany Argus. Disastrous Storm. —The - oast of New i England suffered areadful by the storm a few j w tks since. The little villages which line j the rock-ribbed shore near which the p.lgrims first landed, are now sbrowded in the deepest j mourning. In the town of Truro, with about 1800 inhabitants, forty three of her young men found a watery grave, almost in sight of their homes, leaving twenty widows and eigh ty-three orphans, in that single town. Anoth er of their vessels it is supposed is lost, which will swell the number of the dead to nearly sixty, and these the most active and enterpri sing of their small population. Out of a pop ulation of 31,000 in Barnstable county, there were recently 900 widows, made such by lo sing their husbands at sea.—Phil. N. Ameri can. T H E T IMES. I j The union of ihe states amt the sovereignty of ihe states I COLUMBUS, DECEMBER 2, 1841 FOR CONGRESS, WALTER T. COLQUITT, EDWARD J. BLACK, MARK A. COOPER. O’The officers of the Inferior Court of this county have issued his requisition for an elec-; tion for members of Congress, to supply the i vacancies occasioned by the resignation of j Messrs. Nes'tit, AHord, and Dawson, to take I place on the first of January. Resignation of the Hon. C. C. Clay.— This distinguished Senator from Alabama sent to the Legislature, on the 12. h ult., Ins i let *er of resignation. He says, m comment ing upon the present and future prospects op the Democratic party, “The regret, which i j would otherwise leel for the necessity which ! imposes on me the course I am about to pur jsue, is much diminished by the consideration j that t ie principles which it lias been my pride and pleasure to sustain, are now in the ascen dant. Indeed, were it otherwise, I know not to what sacrifices of feeling, as well as of in Merest, I would not submit sooner than with draw from them my humble support. Although not in power, the democratic party was never stronger than at the present moment. Ihe people have already detected, and passed sen tence of condemnation on the frauds by which tney were deceived and misled during ihe late Presidential canvass.” In order “to se_ cure the permanent ascendancy of democratic principles, it is only necessary fur the people of this quarter of the Union to understand and appreciate the prophetic truth of Mr. Jeffer son’s declaration—that the democracy of the North is the natural ally of the South. To do this, let them review so much of the Execu tive Journal of the late Extra Session as has been perm.tted to see the light; and they will find that the nominations of Abolitionists, of the most obnoxious characters, were confirm ed by the votes of Southern whig Senators, when every Northern democrat, in his place, voted against them.” From the develope ments of the Extra Session, he concludes the charge is conclusively established, that “a coalition has been formed between the i S lUthern whig leaders (nut the party gener ally) and the abolitionists of the North. This extraordinary alliance, suggested by the vilest treachery, ahould be dissolved. It is no less indispensatde to the prosperity of the Union than it is to the safety of the South.” Several distinguished men are spoken of as being likely to succeed Gov. Clay in the Sen ate. Among others, the names of Gov. Bagby and Judge Goidtlnvaitc are mentioned. Os the latter the Mobile Register says, “We know no one who would add more dignity to the office of Senator, or better sustain the rep utation of the State ; but we should regret to see him lost to the high judicial situation which he now holds, and which he has Tilled with so much ability and approbation.” Levis, the great Philadelphia financier, is still in Texas—he resides at the country res idence of Mora Phillips, Esq., about five miles fiom Galveston, which is now known by the name of ‘ Levis’ Retreat.” At the request of the President of the Uni ted States, a Nolle Prosequi has been entered by tiie Attorney of the United States in the case of the prosecution against the individuals indicted for a breach of the peace at or near the President’s House, in the month of Au gust last, (on the night following the first Veto.) The Sugar Crop. —The Donaldsonville Advocate of the Pith says, in allusion to the various publications on the subject—that “.he cry of ‘short crops’ may do very well to make up a newspaper paragraph, but we believe that the crop of this year will equal, if not exceed, that of the last.” Pirate’s Treasure. —A fisherman named Coanobo, says the N. O. Crescent City, who resides near the old fort at Barataria Island, some ten days ago come across a relic of the days of “the Pirate of the Gulf.” Having , occasion to use some rocks in building a fur j nace to heat a pitch pot, lie set about removing l one or two of the flag stones which form an antique fire place in the interior of the block house. A flag in the centre of the fire place, bv its par. icular smoothness, attracted bis at tention, and on taking it up he perceived a small tin box, covered with rust. On opening it he found thirty Spanish doubloons, a pair of earrings of massive gold, set in polished cor neiians, and a flat silver image of the Virgin Mary, which was most probably used as the loup for a cavalier's sombrero. This d.scov erv caused no small sensa ion on the island^; and set every body to digging for treasure ; but nothing else has been found as yet. j Mr. Clav- —“The rumor 01 the intended resignation of this distinguished statesman, says the Biltimore American, “is probably un founded. We have seen a letter from Mr. Clay to a gentleman of this city, of the date of the 11th inst., in which no allusion is ma le either to ihe writer’s ill health, or to any in tended resignation of his seat in the U. biases Senate. It is altogether likely that if any such cause of retirement had existed, or any such purpose been entertained, some refer ence to both would have occurred in the letter.” ET Rain have fell, and creeks is riz—say the mails in these diggin’s. MILLEDGEVILLE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE COLUMBUS TIMES. Milledgeville, Nov. 27ih, 1841. A bill has passed the House of llepresenta tatives reducing tlie taxes 20 per cent. There were but twenty odd voles opposed to the passage of the bill.. It is not yet taken up in the Senate. Tiiere is some difference among Senators, on the Democratic side, whether the whole of the extra tax imposed bv the last Legislature ought not to be taken off. This would have been done by the House of Rep resentatives, but for the great solicitude to place the Central Bank, forthwith, in a specie paying condition. I think on reflection and consideration the Senate will agree to the House bill subtracting 20 per cent—although it is not absolutely certain that this will be the case. The House has rejected a bill, by a very decisive vote, removing all restrictions against private banking. Although the member from Baker made an earnest and plausible argument in favor of suffering all persons, who thought proper, to bank. lam happy to sta’e that so pernicious and untenable a theory found but few suppor ers in the House of Representa tives. A bill introduced by Mr. Pitts, of Stewart, designed to repeal the present, and revive the old law against Usury, which forieited both | principal and interest, has been rejected by the House of Representatives. This rejec j tion was not owing to any disposition to give the slightest countenance to usury, or to re cognise the modern doctrine, held in certain quarters, that money is an article of trade— i but it was argued that the present laws were | amply sufficient to remedy the evils complain ed of, and that further legislation was unne- cessary. Mr. Pitts, of Stewart, has a hill before the House to repeal the act of the last session which destroyed the Central Bank-—and to place that institution on its original basis. This bill is made the order of the day for ! Monday next, and will undoubtedly pass both j branches. A hill has beer/ introduced in the Sena'e by Mr. Robinson, of Stewart, establishing elec tion precincts at O’Quin’s and Phillips’ in that county, has passed both bra dies. A hill has also passed the House, and will be adopted in ’he other, fixing the third Mon days in January and July as the regular times for holding the Superior Court in the county of Stewart. A lull of a similar character passed both Houses some days since—but owing to some clerical error was returned by the Hover nor. The report and resolutions of Mr. Howard, chairman cf the committee on the State of the Republic, come up in the Senate this evening, at seven o’clock. I presume the Whigs will resist them, or at. least, a portion of them. They are, however, framed in such manner as to render resistance to the grea'er part of them, by the Whigs, a matter of im possibility, if tiie Whig portion of the Legis la’ure are willing to appear publicly, what thy profess privately. Their introduction has evi dently rendered the whigs extremely nervous , and they speak of them as intended to foment political squabbles in the Legislature—as throwing a fire brand into the Legislature— and as something novel and unusual m the history of Georgia legislation-as if expres sions of opinion on subjects of national interest had not, almost ever / year, been invoked from the representatives of Ihe people. The truth is, as the Georgia Journal of last • i.esday re marked in reference to tlie nomination of Messrs. Gilmer, Dougherty and Wright, the great anxiety and aim are to preserve the in legri'y of the Harrison State Rights party ; and it is therefore necessary, to secure this object, to tolerate very great latitude oj op In ion among the members of that parly. There is also a desire to shield Mr. Berrien from the effects of public opinion in Georgia in conse quence ol his imprudent course respecting the veto power, ami the appointment of Mr. Ev eret’, the Abolitionist, as Minister to England The adoption of the report and resolutions of Mr. Howard will attract specially the atten tion of the people of Georgia to the action ol its Senator on these two matters —and his most zealous friends know well that his course will be almost universally condemned. An attempt, too, has been made to avoid a vote on these resolutions by indirect enquiries whether a committee had a right to originate any new i matter, or whether its action was not confined to subjects specially referred to it. I sba!l ) however, be able to furnish you, before your publication on Thursday next, with the action of one branch on the report and resolutions, and the course of the whig portion of the Senate respecting them. ’ I regret to inform you that a bill providing ! for the establishment of a Court of Errors, ! has beer, passed over in the Senate by the ( casting vote of the President of that body. ’ The subject will not probably be called up - again in either House. A bill has passed the Senate (nine oniy vo ting in ‘.he negative) making all persons, ir | respective of their religious faith, competent witnesses in our Courts. It will pass the other branch, and become a law. The deci , I sion of Judge Andrews m the Northern Cir j cuit, excluding Un.versalists, gave rise to the introduction of this bill. A bill is also progressing, and will doubt less become a law, designed to obviate the effects of a decision recently made by Judge W eilborn 01 the Chattahoochee Circuit—that j individuals, composing a firm, suing as plnin : tiffs by the name of ihe firm, must establish ; that they a e members of said firm, to entitle 1 them to maintain an action. A bill has pass and both branches withdraw ing from the Coliege at Alliens the annual appropriation of $6,000, given by the State. (Dejection was made to giving this sum first, j because the S ate had not the money to j spare —and—second, for the reason that it | was agreed by the College a’ the time the sum was appropriated, a certain number of indigent young men should be educated free of charge. At the succeeding session, ’he College contrived to get that part of the bill compelling it to educate gratuitously young men, stricken out. Milledocville, Nov. 28 h, 1341. A bill introduced by Mr. McDougald, o’ Muscogee, has passed the Sena e, giving all persons employed on Steamboats on ihe Chat tahoochee river a lien on said boats for the amount of their wages. A bill has also passed the Senate abolishirg the board of commissioners of the Western and Atlantic Railroad j dispensing with the services of the engineer corps at present em ployed on that road ; and authorising the Go vernor to appoint a superintendant, who shall have power to engage an engineer or engi” neers to complete the fifty twfr miles of the road, now under contract. To defray the cost of this fifty two miles, authority is given by this act to use the scrip and bonds, already issued and not sold, in any manner that may be necessary to raise a sufficient amount’ for the purpose. The vote on the passage of this bill in the Senate was a close one. Its fate ini the House is uncertain —although the impres sion is general, I believe, that the State is unable to furnish means to prosecute the roaib to completion, or, indeed, an amount Sufficient to finish the fifty two miles under contract, unless it can be raised from the scrip and bonds already issued. A bill has likewise passed the Senate, and will receive the sanction of the House, estab lishing election precincts at Halloca and Glenn’s in Muscogee county, and abolishing the precinct at Bail Hill in the same county. I omitted to mention in a former letter when speaking of the tax bill which pastffd the House, deducting 20 per cent—that the bif* was introduced by Mr. Hughes, of Randolph, and that it contemplates no reduction of taxes on bank stock, or money employed in loans. Mr. Hughes is also the framer of the bill progressing in the House to prevent the pro longation of the Western and Atlantic Rail road further than Cross Plains in this State— in the direction of Ross’ Landing in Tennes see—and to require the commissioners of said road to cancel all the Slate bonds and scrip now in their hands undisposed of. The Legislature is progressing in the busi ness before it with great rapidity, and will, ill all probability, adjourn on Saturday. Mii.ledgevili e, Nov. 29ih, 1841. No definite action has been had in either House to day. In the Senate, the report and resolut ions ol Mr. Howard, touching questions of general politics, have been the order of the day. Mr. Miller, of Richmond, opened the debate in opposiiion both to the report and res olutions, and although I am not disposed to’ deny this gentleman the possession of fair talents, Ido not think, in this debate, he met any of the questions submitted hi a statesman like maimer, with the exception of the one de nying the constitutional power of Congress to charter a National Bank. All the other ques tions involved were met by attempts to show the incot sistency of the Deimcratic party, in tunes past, on many of the same points, and by occasional efforts togive to them a plausi ble coloring. The debate was continued by Mr. Echols, of Walton, Mr. Dunegan, of Hal!; Mr. Spalding, of Mclntosh, and Mr. McDou ga!d, of Muscogee, in support of the report and resolutions, and by Mr. Jones, of Lee, in Opposition to them. The Senate adjourned without concluding the discussion. In the House, the day has been taken up with a discussion of the bili of Mr. Howard, of Muscogee, providing a summary remedy against Banks which do not redeem their notes in specie. Mr. Jenkins, of Richomond, pr >- posed a substitute which relaxed materially the provisions of Mr. Howard’s bill ‘The sun stitute of Mr. Jenkins was rejected by a ma jority of ten votes. Although the House ad journed without coming to a final vote on the subject, the impression, this evening, is that the bill of Mr. Howard will pass. The House to day passed a resolution re scinding a former resolution to adjourn on the 30th inst., to morrow. The business is in such a state of forwardness, however, that the Legislature will, without doubt, adjourn on Saturday next. Resolutions have passed the House, and been sen 1 to the Senate, speaking in proper terms of the public services of Mr. Forsyth and regretting his ’css. I ought to mention that additional resolu tions have been introduced by the Senators from Muscogee and Scriven, censuring in di rect terms Mr. Berrien for his course respect ing the veto power, and his approval of the nomination of Mr. Everett to be minister to England, and also for the appropriation of twenty five thousand dollars to the widow of Gen. Harrison. The debate in the Senate to day has been animated, and, at. times, highly exciting. Mr. Kenan, of Baldwin, and Mr. Black, of Scriven, are yet to speak, and perhaps others. I have but little doubt that the Senator from Scriven will make one of his best efforts. He feels keenly the persecution which lias been waged against himself, and Messrs. Colquitt and Cooper—and the course of debate, to-day, on the part of the Senator from Richmond, at tempting to render irreconcilable the past opinions of the Senator from Scriven with those now entertained by him, will tend to keep a'ive the keenness of those feelings. It is reasonable to suppose that most, if not all of the Whig Senators will oppose the report and resolutions throughout—yet there are reports that several of the Whig Senators have ex. pressed their concurrence generally in the sentiments of the report and resolutions. I think, however, that the course which the de bate has taken, and its highly exciting charac ter, will lead the W hig Senators to vote in opposition to the whole subject matter. Millecgfville, Nov. COth, 1841. A meeting of the Democratic members of the Legislature was held last evening, agrees, b y to adjournment, to select a C ngressional Ticket to be supported by the Democratic pary, in October next. On motion, Irby Hudson, Esq. of the county of Putnam, was called to the Chair, and Jo seph Sturgis and F. 11. Sanford, Esqs. appoin ted Secretaries. After a brief discussion it was determined with great unanimity to postpone any nomi nation of Congressional Candidates during the present session of the Legislature ot Georgia, and to request the Democratic party in the several count es of this State to send dele •rates equal to the number of members in both branches of the Legislature elected by the counties respectively, ro a Convention to be field in Miliedgevil e, on the third Monday in June next, to select nine individuals *o bo supported for Congress in October next. The meeting then adjourned. [CrThe Times will be sent for one year so the person who will furnish the best New Year’s Address for onr carrier. They must |,e sent before Christmas. [CrThe Merchants of Savannah have fQrme4 a Chamber of Commerce.