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THE TIMES.
COLUMBUS, GA.
’Wednesday, February 23* ISI.
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and Boston, and is fully authriri7eii to receive
fMyment, and receipt for if, for dii ttew adver
tisement* ami Subscribers he may obtain.
We regretTs petceivcthat Mr. Griffin flic
s>ioprietor of the Stage Line between this
place and Macon, has seen fit to reduce it
fiom a daily to a lii-weekly connection
We learn front Mr. Griffin himself that he
lias been led to this step by the heavy and
unrequited expense of a daily line. If a
xlafly Tine will will not support itself, it seems
to us, that a tri weekly one will not. The
change will divert from the route the
through travel, and there is much of it, that
would prefer tbe comfort of this route, arid
the saving of* many miles oi staging, to the
superior speed of the great mail route, above.
The line of Steamers between Charles
ton anrJ Savannah, runs tri-weekly. The
lint is spoken of, as excellent/one, punctu
al) safe, and Hue accommodations.
Tbe Januaty No. of tbe Southern Quar
terly Review has jqst icached us. Tbe de
lay of tbe number was owing to a disap
pointment in receiving tbe paper which is
expressly manufactured for the work. Wc
have had time only to glance at one of the
articles—ilia! on the “Jesuits.” The table
of contents is as lollows :
t. Unity of the human race (a letter trom
our accomplished fiiend Dr. J. C. Noll, of
Mobile, to the Editor, upon a very curious,
interesting and learned subject )
2. The Isthmus of Suez.
3. Tbe Wandering Jew.
4. The Tariff.
5. ‘‘The Jesuits”—(This is a defence of
that celebrated otder, by one apparently not
ot it. himself. The work reviewed is en
titled “ le-.s Jcsuitas ct Inirs entiemis, I'eglise
/ Us libres penseurs, ou Re pi ms e Pun Catli
clique and MM. Michelet tt Qitincl. Par P.
X. Vat.
6. Life aud speeches of John C. Cal
houn. .
7. Tiock’s Gestiefelle Kater.
6. Internal Improvements.
9. Critical Notices.
The whole work appears iu u dross of
bow type.
Gen, S: \V. Downes has been elected
Senator it) Congress for the State of Louis
hnana, for six years from tbe 4th March,
1047, to succeed Mr. Barrow. The vote
was 97 for Downs—4s for Juo. R. Giymes
atoo democrat.
BHINFLASTERS AGAIN.
We understand that Mr. Winter regards
our article of last week as a personal attack
ii|>on himself; and futther that it was an
attack pointed by a gentleman, not connect
ed with this press. It is sufficient to say in
feply, that the article was penned by the
editor whose duty it is to write editorials for
this pa|>er. It was not only not wiitten by
tho gentleman referred to, but without his
knowledge, or indeed the knowledge of uny
one. Nor have we ever exchanged a sylla
ble of conversation u'pdii this slihjeCt with
that gentleman. The laltei i3 not iu the ci
ty, and we doubt whether he yet knows that
each an article has been written, or was even
m contempfation.
Mr. Winter ought not to be surprised at
tucli sentiments front this paper. We have,
nt least a half dozen times during the last
two years, given utterance to similar viows.
an>l when we saw with pleasure the
movement of the City Council towards
a too long-deferred assert too of the public
rights afftl fritefcsts in tegard to Sliinplas
ters, we seized u|k>ii it as a measure which
tor many years had tho approbation of our
best judgement.
That the movement is an attack upon M r.
Winlet’s personal interests, he may truly
say—but further than his interests arc inci
dentally iuvolved in the matter, our efforts
have nothing to do with him personally.
We have always been upon civil terms
with’ R# t. Winter—we have no feelings of
ill-will against him to gratify, and per
sonally wo wish him well. But this is
a controversy betwixt him and the pub
lic. So lbiig as Mr. Winter uses his
real capital in legitimate banking business,
bis operations wi.'k be beneficial to this com.
muniiy. But when he oversteps the boun
daries of law, ami sets at defiance the well
established principles’ of cuirency, by a
system of irredeemable Shin plasters, of
which he is the sole benctieiafv, and the
advantage and convenience of which to the
public are not even problematical; ho can
s'* avoid the issue or its consequences, by
thfc cry of “ psisecution,” and by the alle
gation that he is the victim of a personal
assault. We at least have never assailed
hint fur the good he has done. We shhll,
however always oppose the false system of
which be is the centre, and never test until
the sound principles which it violates are
Completely re-established in this cominum
fy.
If arty otie have doubts of the wisdom of
putting down a small bill currency, at a
time of general specie payments by all the
Banks whose bilk chcula'e at all, let them
express them. Our Columns are open to fair
argumentaod truthful encpiiry on either side.
Our own mind has long bfcen made up. A
system of individual Sliinplasters is not ad
missible in a period of general suspension,
nor then defensible on the plea of the
necessity for a small change circulation.
In the time of Bank suspensions, necessi
ty vfas the only argument used to justify an
aeknotrtedged violation of la-sr and just prin
ciples. Bw, even then, the argument was
unsound, for the fact (so to spCak)'was false.
It is an established law of currency, that
coin will flow to'the point of dehiand lot
ir, and the teason why gold and were
banished from rirculation. diif*rjfc-'t!ie sus
pensions, was, that the latter wtfre driven
out by the large infusion of Shinplasters.
A good and bad currency ■will not circulate
in the same channels—the good is hoarded
and the bad is passed off, and this upon a
principle which the experience of every’
(non will suggest. If a person have in his
pocket, a silver dollar and a shioplasterone,
he will spend the last first. If the commu
nity had resolutely set their faces a
gaiust individual rags, there would haVe
been no lack of spede to supply their place.
But at this lirife, th'e pica of necessity
does not exist. All Bank aotes in ciicula
lion are convertible into coin, and the latter
is abundant.
Scarcely a momentary public inconven
ience would besuflered, if Mr. Winter and
the other issuers of Shinplasters, were to
morrow, to withdraw every dollar of their
paper from circulation.
Ujron what principle then, of good, of
convenience, or necessity does this rag cur
rency rest? We know of none. And if it
is admitted to be against law, against sound
principles and opposed to the security of
the public, what obstacle in the shape of
reason, can be interposed to their immediate
explosion ?
We hope then that the City Council will
refuse them at the Bridge and at the City
Treasuiy. We hope our merchants and
citizens will refuse them. One week of re
solute resistance by the public will drive
them hence and banish them as a rotten
fungus upon a sound cuirency.
RAIL-ROADS.
Our neighbor of the Enquirer, whose in
terest in the success of Rail-Road piojects
connected with Columbus, is woitby of all
praise, has on several occasions twitted the
company of capitalists, who have purchas
ed the Monroe Road, with something like a
breach of faith (implied) in respect to the
branch to Columbus. We learn from a
gentleman connected with this company,
that the Enquirer does injustice to their mo
tives and to their purposes. At the tifhfe of
the first editorial complaint on this subject,
the Monroe company had not consummated
their contract of purchase, in the acquisi
tion of a perfect title. Indeed it was only
on the day, subsequent to the appearance of
the Enquirer’s comp.aint, that the title was
perfected by a decree in Chancery, and the
purchase money paid. Anterior to this, of
course, the company could not with proprie
ty take any steps for the extension of their
hiad, by btariches.
The title being now complete, we are as
sured by our informant that it is the inten
tion af the company to take the earliest
practicable opportunity to cause a recon
nuisance to he made of a suitable route be
tween Columbus aud some puint on the
Monroe Road.
Takingodr inlrJfihnfiofi to be ccrrebt, ivhat
are the people of Columbus to do? Will
they remaiu passive over their interests,
and wait for the cnlerpiize of others to bring
blessings to their doors? Will they call
Hercules to their aid, without putting their
own shoulders to the wheel ? Clearly we
should do something—we should give some
earnest, though it be a pittance, of our zeal
and interest in the iittpfoVement* What is
to prevent this city, from undertaking to
finish one third of the road J A general in
terest in the work, distributing the slock ac
cording to the means of individuals, ren
ders the project altogether feasible. We
suggest a movement on the subject. We
have now, the game in our own hands.
There is no telling what another Legislature
may bring forth.
MARINIS DISASTERS?.
The late storm report of which we copy
ft out the Charleston Courier, has extended
along lire Atlantic coast far to the Eastward.
The suffering at sea has been’ very great.
The ship John Minturn, Capt. Staik, from
New Orleans to New York, wfent ashore
near Square Inlet. Only six of the crew
were saved. The Captain, his wife and
two daughters, passengers, whose names
were not knoWn, and a part of the crew, ftr
all.abGul 30 souls ate believed to have per
ished.
The caigo, estimated at $60,000 total loss,
$30,000 of it insured.
The Journal of Commerce gives a long
list of losses on the coast. The storm was
mote severe than has been experienced in
20 years.
The Virginia House ol Delegates has set
at rest a question which has been the sub
ject of hot contest from the opening of the
session. The project of a convention to
amend the constitution, has been definitely
postponed by a voje of 85 to 46.—Westeitf
Virgiuia demanded that the convention be
constituted on the basis of the while popu
lation, and the difference on this point was
irrcConcilcable.
Taxation. —The amount of next year’s
tax for the city of New Yotk, is estimated
at $2 362,732 46, being 98 cents on every
hundred dollars of real and personal estate
in the city, as returned by the assessors.
A New Claimant. —Connecticut Iras put
in a claim to Oregon uuder a Charter of the
time of Charles the Second.
The Slate of New York, with a popula
tion in 1843, of 2,500,00dfc returned 183,-
363'militia.
Twenty physicians have been employed
in BaltiT?rOre to persons in every
house in the city.
BetweenAiOOd and 5,000 Valentines pass
ed through the New York Post Office on
Saturday the 14th inst.
Industry or 1 M assa’chUsetts.— From
documents recently published it appears that
the value of the manufactures of tli’e State
of Massachusetts foY the year ending April
1, 1845, was $114,478,443 —capital invest
ed, $59,145,767 —hands employed, 152,766.
Os boots and shoes ihdi'e were manufactur
ed, in value, $14,799,5*t0-—of cotton goods,
sl2 193 449. The whale fishery produced
$10,371,167 —employing 11,378 men.’
Georgia Manufactures. —lt is estima
ted that more than sl i ooo,ooo’are nb'w in
vested iu manufacturing establishments,
JM tt. TOOMBS ON OREGON.
The last Constitutionalist contains an able
and patriotic editorial on tbe subject of ar
bitration. We regretthat we have not space
for it in this paper. The same paper remarks
upon Mr. Toomb's speech,
“The IJferouicle & Sentinel has saved us tbe trou
ble of preparing on analysis of Mr. Toombs’ argu
ment a3 to ih American title to Oregon. We copy
its editorial on that point. We presume thi* speech
meets the approbation of that print. The editor
savs, “We take great pleasure in laying this speech
in its corrected form befoie our readers.” We have
no doubt the British Minister will a'so take fcreat
pleasure in laying it before the British Cabinet.
Such zealous efforts again? t the American title
must contribute to make the exorbitant demands of
England still more unreasonable, and diminish the
chances of an amicable adjustment.
The orator states “England has no right to demand
and I woulu not yield by negotiation, an acre south of
49°.” Yet he says “it ought to be settled by nego
tiation, or in any other honorable way.”
If this will embrace, and is intended to embraco ar
bitration, how does lie propose to prevent England
from carrying her point by that means, and getting
south of this designated southern limit ?”
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun; tinder date of the 15th iust.
writes the following upon ihe subject of ar
bitration and the Tat iff t
“Public opinion has settled down here in the con
viction that the President acted wisely in rejet fng
arbitration. The independent Whigs ul the Senate
who go for the notice, all approve ofthe rejection of
aiburation. It would not probably have had any
effect but to increase the difficulty by delaying a set
tlement ; and it may well be doubted wh'-thei, in a
representative government, territorial rights can be
surrendered without, the assent of the sovereignty ■ —
It does not cotire Within the limits of ihe treaty making
power. The l’nsident is, no dodbl, right in the po
sition that he cannot put this question b yond the
control of the representatives of the p> ople. I was
very glad to see that Mr. J. M. Clayton does not
disapprove of the ProfiUent’s course on this subject,
and is decidedly of the opinion that, by giving the no
tice in a conciliatory form, we shall secure an early
ai jusUiient of the question.
The tariff will be reported next week, with the
final amendments of the committee of wavs and
means--six of whom are in favor of fr*e trade. Any
bill that they agree upon will pass, for the free trade
doctrines are popular in the House. The Western
members are pledged to sustain them, and that se
cures their adoption. lhid tho notice failed to pass
the House, the western nun hs.d threatened to vole
agaiust a reduction of the tariff. But the passage of
that measure secures the modification of the tariff,
even against the opposition of all Pennsylvania. The
large manufacturers of cotton in the East are, I am
tolu, very much pleased at the proposition of the Se
cretaiy ofthe Treasury to put itie duty on cotton at
20 per cent. It will stcurc them from the effects ofa
dangerous competition at home, which had arisen
under the high protective tariff. The sugar and iron
ioferesis are bo'h put on a par—with a protection of
thirty percent, ad valorem , which, is believed, will
sustain them. It is not believed, however, that the
representatives of those interests will suppoitihc
bid.”
We mention the suspicion contained in
(he annexed paragraph from ihe Mobile Re
gister only to express the hope and belief
tliat it cannol.be well founded. We can an
swer lor tbe Whigs in this part of the coun
try at least, that they would rather go with our
Deitiofcfalic Mr. Polk for the ** whole of
Oregon” than with Mr. Packenham, aud
Mr: T. B. King lor arbitration. The truth
is the Georgia Whigs will not Wear the par
ty collar of anti Oregon which the leaders
are endeavoring to.fitto their necks. Neith
er the sputterings of Mr. King, the epistles
of Mr. Stephens, or the eccentric course of
Mr. Toombs, who rows one way and look?
atiother, ere able to persuade the people of
all parries, to deny to the President, the tneed
of great wisdom, patriotism and firmness,
throughout this Oregon affair. And of all
his steps in the matter—his last—the une
quivocal rejection of the proposition to arbi.
Irate a way Offr unquestionable rights of
American soil, has met with the deepest
response of public approbation. When we
offered 49 to England, we tendered the last
possible inch that this country can part with.
It is senseless to think of yielding to arbi
tration, What we refused to diplomatic nego
tiation. We would just as soon think of
submitting a claim to S. Carolina or Geor
gia to arbitration) as Oregon below tbe 49tU
parallel.
“ It ig a singular fact that the offer 1 ct arbitral ion
by the British minister, was known in Ne w York by
the wings. some days before it was known or bdn ved
at Washington by the democrats. The infoiination
was doubtless obtained fiom Mr. Pakenham, and it
is believed that that'functionary was in communication
with tho wliigs, and that arbitration was to
be the whig scheme in Congress, had not the
President and Cabinet anticipated and blocked it.
—Mr. O. J. Ingeisoll alluded very distinctly to
this, when he in his speech in Congress pointed out
the identity cf expressions employed by Ms Pakon
ham ?n his coirespondence, aiyl a leading whig in de
bate. He found in it a strong sigrrof concert, which
was denied. It presents a very strange fact for the
consideration of the people of this country if it shall
be proven that the chiefs ofa party in Congre.-s, were
acting in consultation with the British Munster, a..d
shaping their ac'iou in a national controversy m hos
tility to’ the administratibo upon diplomatic Cotainnni
cations derived secretly from him;
CSrrespondcnce of tho Charleston Courier.
Washington, Feb. 17.
While the Oregon debate ‘drags its slow
length along” in the Senate, the°public ap
pear to have made up their tnindon the sub
ject. The general opinion seems to be that
a fair compromise with Great Britain ouMit
to be made, and that the 49th parallel and
Vancouver’s Island is the proper basis of
compromise. The prospect of war is so much
diminished, that noone seems now to appro
hend such a result. An honorable adjust
ment, by negotiation, lias been called for by
the Douse, and will bo by the Senate. The
notice, it seems now to be agreed, will hasten,
an adjustment of the difficulty.
In the Senate to-day, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs reported without amendment
the joint resolutions of the House, for tho ab
rogation ofthe Convention with Great Britain
of 1827, and their Chairman, Mr. Allen, was
instructed to move that they 00 niade the
special order of the day, for this day at one
o’clock, which was agreed to. YVheu the
Senate come to the vote, it is extremely pro
bable that they will adopt the House resolu
tions, that there is a majority in that
body in lavor of the notice, there is now
no doubt. At 1 o’clock, the Senate resumed
the consideration cl the Oregon question and
Mr. Colquitt, ot Geo., spoke at length on
the subject ;. much interest was felt Mr.
C’e. views, as he was regarded as one of those
upou whose vote the question hangs, and who
was well known to be opposed to any rash
measures. Mr. C. took very much the same
ground with that ol Mr. J. M. Clayton.—
He was for the notice as a peace measure,
and believed it to bo the surest course to se
cure peace.
The Turpentine Region— -Tnis part of
our State lias never, to our knowledge, been
in so prosperous a condition as at present.
Lands have risen one two oi three’ Hundred
per cent., negroes hayfe risen probably fifty
per cent; and labor is so profitable thin rlifc
country is full of money to make invest
ments. At a late public sale iu Wilming
ton of fifty negroes, the average price paid
for men women and children, is stated to
haVe been $550. In the lower part of Bla
den, hands hired for from $126 io sl6l. A
gentleman who had gone to Wilmington
’ to-sell his turpentine, in pocketing SI9OO,
remarked that that sum was'the produce of
the labor of four hands,”
Asa consequence of this stale of things;
and for the tiist time, probably, many per
sons from the upper country arc moving
down. The tide of western emigration may
be said tu'have ceased entirely.
[FaijClhville Obt crier.
Correspondence of the “Columbus Times.”
Washington, D. C., Feb. 14, 1846.
Dear Sir—Tbe letter due you on the 7th
inst. was delayed iu consequence of a journey
which I was obliged to make to Philadelphia
—and since my return I have been unwell.
Having nearly recovered, nothing but a re
lapse will render it necessary to make an
apology for lack of punctuality in future.
As you are already aware of the termina
tion of the Oregon debate in the House, and
its result, it is unnecessary to present you
with details connected with the subject.—
Permit me, however, to notice the vote upon
the resolutions which passed tho house.
A few days previous to the transmission
by the President of the last correspondence
between Mr. Buchanan and the Pritish
minister, anil the letter of Mr. McLane,
it was generally believed that the vote on the
resolution for giving the notice would not
exhibit a majority of more than sixty—tbe
effect of that correspondence, aided sortievvhat
by the slight amendment which was maco to
the original proposition as preseniented by
committee of Foreign Relations, increa'ed the
anticipated majority to 109! The ‘‘Daily
Times” of the 10th contains an analysis of
the vote, by which it appears that 120 demo
crats, 3S whig?, and 5 nativists voted for the
resolutions, and 16 democrats, 37 whigs, and
L nativist, against them. Os the democrats
who voted in the negative 7 were from Vir
ginia, 6 from South Carolina, 2 from Alabama,
and 1 from Mississippi. Os tho whigs who
voted for the resolution there were—l from
Massachusetts ; from Road Island 1 ; New
York 6 ; New Jersey 2; Pennsylvania 8; N.
Carolina 2 ; Ohio 6; Indiana 1; Kentucky 6;
Tennessee 2; Illinois 1; Aiabatna 1.
This vote would indicate that party feelings
and party views (I mean those usually at
tributed to democrats and whigs) had but
little inlluenco in producing the result. The
democrats who voted in the negative were
perhaps honestly persuaded that the better
policy would be, to leave the matter wholly
v ilh the Executive branch ts the government*
and doubtless believed that such a course
even should it tend to procrastinate the ar
rangement of any boundary wi th England)
would eventually give us great advantage
over her by means and the immense emigration
ol our citizens to the Oregon territory, which
it was their desire to promote and to protect
by every expedient measure.
The long and impoitanl debate which pre
ceded the passage of the resolutions iu the
house, it ill not be without its beneficial effects,
should the dispute with England lead to hos
tilities—for the speeches of our representa
tives, which will be published by thousands
and scattered throughout the country, cannot
lail to convince every American citizen of the
justice of our cause. Indeed, in some of the
speeches which have been rnadb, cur title to
the whole territory is proven to be good agains t
England, by even stronger facts than those
adduced by Mr. Buchanan, [see the speech
of Mr. Owen] aud all will go to convince our
people of the justice of our cause and unite
them in resisting to their utmost the hostile
efforts of England; should she arrogantly at
tempt to drive us from our position.
It imay not be improper hue to state,
that a number ofthe members who voted for
the two resolutions were not pleased with the
last. They looked upon it as wholly unne
cessary; and if it were to be construed as a
Knit to the Executive to seek for further ne
gotiations, or as an intimation to England that
the house would fain have her renew them, it
was worse than useless. However, unan
imity was desirable, and as the resolution
contained nothing very objectionable, unless
it were by a forced or imaginary construction,
it was deemed best not to make it a matter
of contention among the friends of the notice.
The comments upon tho late dofwpon.
deuce are various. Some contend that it af
forJs additional proof that the English aris
tocracy are determined to hasten the conflict
between free and despotic institutions, in
which they expect the aid of some of the mon
archies of Europe. Some,indeed, will have it,
that the proposition of Mr. Pakenham to sub
mit our claims and those of England to “the
whole of Oregon,” to arbitrators, is a down,
right insult to our government and and people;
for Ihe reason that the British goverurrien
and its minister well knew, from the declara
tions of the Executive arid the movements of
our entire people, that no nation would be ad*
mined to have even the’ shadow of claim to a
foot of soil south of the 49 th degree.
Lord-Aberdeen assures Mr. McLane tha*
the vast preparations of England were riot
made with a view to hostilities with the U.
States—they were, forsooth, nought but the
productions of a provident forecast, which
warned her majesty’s governmentthat in peace
it was proper to prepare for war. No one
could tell, quoth his lordship, what would
turn up in Europe— and as a proof that these
armaments went not intended for the United
Slates, he points to the vast coast defences
which are being mado along the shores of
England. But his lordship did not speak of
the extensive military wotks now going on
in her majesty’s province of Canada;—and
touching the coast defences of England he r
majesty’s ministers have doubtless learned
from history that England’s shores are not
.impregnable—it is quite possible that they
are troubled, wheu dreaming of military tri
umphs on our free soil, with appalling-spec
tree, arrayed in blue jackets, canvass panta
loons and Tarpaulin hats ; a brace of pistols
hanging at the :r belts, and bearing in thei f
strong right hands a heavy boarding cutlass
With such war steamers as our ingeniou
and active mechanics could soon put afloat,
it would by no means be impossible for our
hardy tats to disturb “the pigs” along the
shores even o,*thc “fast anchored isle.”
You will have seen that Senator Allen, iu
his speech on theseverai propositions relative
to the notice to Boland, dues not look for war
if we present a bold and undivided front to
Eng'and. Acting thus, he declared that
England would not, because shd dared not,
go to war with ns single handed. Ilis ample
view of the situation of that power, and her iu
ab.lity to concentrate her force to bear’ upon
us, was a strong justification cf Bis belief that
she would not venture upon hostilities with
out the aid of other nations of Europe. If
that aid was sought and given, then, indeed,
would come the great struggle between re
publicanism and inonar.by.
The democratic press so far as heard from
approves the course of the administrat'd! in
refusing the last proposition ot the British
minister, while the National Intelligencer,
New Yoik Journal of Commerce, and a few
other leading whig papers are absolutely
at the refusal to arbitrate —they are as fast as
possible cutting up the whig party, root and
branch. Let me here present you with a
few sentences from the pen of the editor of
the Journal of Commerce, and endorsed by
the National Intelligencer :
*’ltfelt nrtt only that Hie great interests cf
peace are put nt hazar4, hut th<>t the nfltioji and its
tree institutions are disgraced, before the world.”
“The conduct of Great Britain is generous, and
such as becomes a great Christian nation ’ outs, a!iy
thing but w lint it should be.”
“From the beginning, all the generosity has. come
from Great Britain, all the. illibtrali y from us, a I
the good news from London, all the had from
Washington,” &c., &c.
The debale on the resolutions, on Monday
next will be continued in the Senate, Mr.
Hannegan of Indiana leading oil. He is one
of the fervid orators of the west—and he means
and feels every thing he says.
Tne proceedings of the House are not very
attractive at present, consisting, for the last
four or five days of discussions upon pension
appropriation bills.
On Wednesday a laughable scene occurr
ed. The deep interest felt by the represen*
tative in the debate going on in the Senate’
drew so many from the house, that the speak’
er found himself left without a quorum. A
motion for a call of the house was agreed to,
which was immediately followed by anothe r
motion to close the doors while the call was
going on, which was assented to by nearly
all present. The doors were closed and the
call proceeded—in the meantime many of the
absentees were notified by tbeir friends of
tne movements in the house, and they hurried
from the Senate to get their seats before the
call was finished. Arriving at the doors,
they found no admission. Determining not
to be frustrated, from the doors they hastened
to the galleries, and several of them actually
let themselves down from the gallaries to the
floor of the ha!!. The scene was so novel
and ludicerons that that the house was con
vulsed with laughter ; and the punctual mem
here, who had determined to punish the run
aways, were restored to good nature, and the
call was suspended. This may be noted as
anew item in the history of congressional
proceedings. Yours, Z.
SUPREME COURT RULES.
.RULE 1.
All aftbrneys who have been admitted to
practice in the Superior Courtsot this State,
may be admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court, on application: prov ided they shall
exhibit to the Court satisfactory prool ol good
private and professional character, and pay
to the Clerk of ihe Supreme Court I tie usual
fee of five dollars, who shall issue to each
applicant a license under the seal of the
Court, upon each applicant taking and sub
scribing the following oath : I
do solemnly swear (or aliinn, as the case
may be,) that I vv ill demean myself as at
torney or counsellor of this Court uprightly
and according to law; and that I will support
the Consti:u!ion of the Mtate of Geogia, and
the Constitution of (lie U. S:
Rule 2. —The vviitlen recommendation
of any one or more respectable members of the
bar, certifying to the good private and pro
fessional character ot an applicant for admis
sion, shall be sufficient evidence of chaiac
ter, and vviil in all cates be required.
Rule J —Any attorney from other States
or Territories thall be admitted to plead and
practice in this Court, who w ill produce sat
isfactory proof that he has been regularly
licensed in the highest judicial tribunal of
such Slate or Territory, ami is at the dated
his application a practising attorney of the
same.
R&le 4.— A brief i t the oral, and a copy of
the written evidence adduced iu the Court
below, shall be embodied in the bill of ex
ceptions, and shall const lute a pail of the
same.
Rule s.—Every snot i m for any rule, or
der or judgement shaii be submitted to the
Court in writing by the counsel who makes
it, and it granted, shall be handed to the
Clerk.
Rule 6, —No paper belonging to the
Clerk’s office shall be taken theielrom, with
out leave of the Court; and when such leave
is granted* the parly receiving papers shall
receipt to the Clerk (or the same.
Rule 7.—A1l cases returned to this Court
shall be entered on the Bench docket and
numbered, on or before the Court meet on
first day of the term to which they are res
pectively returned, and the cases fiist re
ceived by the Clerk shall be first entered.
Rule 8. —The Clerk shall furnish a tran
script of the Bench docket for the use of the
bar; and the Bench docket shall not be sub
ject to inspection during the sessions of ihe
Court.
Rule 9.—Ail cases entered on the Bench
docket shall be called & tried in the order in
which they are there entered. It shall, how
ever, be Competent lor the Court, upon spe
cial cause show, lo set down a case, for hear
ing- out of its regular order.
Rule 10.—The attorney who makes oul
and tenders ihe bill of exceptions, shall sign
his name to the same, and shall be. with ihe
counsel representing the case before the
Court, bound for costs.
Rule 11.—When all cases are called for
hearing, and there is no appearance by the
Plaintiffin error, the defendant may have the
plaintiff called, and move the Court to d's
rr.iss the Writ, or may open the record and
pray for affirmance of the judgement; and in
case the writ is dismissed, or the judgment
affirmed, the plaintiff in error shall pay the
cost; and should the defendant fail to appear
then the plaiutiff shall be entitled to have him
called, and open the iecord, and pray for a.
reversal of the subject.
Rule 12.—Upon the reversal of anyjudg
ruent, order or decree, of the Superior Courts,
the party in whose favor thy reversal is had,
shall be entitled to collect in the Court be
low all the costs, which have accrued in the
cause.
Rule 13,—Upon the Clerk cf this Court
producing satisfactory evidence by affidavit,
or the acknowledgement of the parties, their
sureties or attorneys, of having served a co
py of the bill of costs due by them in tl is
Court, on such parties, sureties or attorneys,
an attachment may - issue against such par
lies, sureties or attorneys, to compel payment
of costs,
Rule 11.—The counsel for the plaintiff
in error shall furnish each of the Judges and
the Reporter, with a copy cf the bill of ex
ceptions, and note of the points or questions
intended to be made, and a statement of the
facts in.the cause, which shall be submitted
to eacli of the Judges and the Reporter, at
or before the first day of the term to which
the cause is returned, with a list of the au
thorities expected to be relied on. No a
greement or admission between the patties,
or their attorneys, shall be binding, unless
the evidence thereof slia'l be in writing,
subscribed by the party or his attorney, a
gainst whom the same shall be alleged.
Rule 15. —Only two counsel shall be
permitted to argue for each party, plaintiff
and defendant, in a cause; ami the counsel
for plaintiff in error shall begin and conclude,
reading all the authorities upon which he
expects to rely, in his opening argument,
and in all special matters springing out of a
cause at issue"or otherwise, the actor party
submitting a point to the Court shall begin
and conclude ; and no cause shall be argued
by brief alone.
Ruld 16. —The remitter shall contain a
copy of the judgement of the Court
to the bill of exceptions and a transcript of
the proceedings below as brought into this
Court under the seal of this Court, and
the same phall be delivered to the party in
whose favor the decision shall be made, on
the payment of fees, by whom it shall, to
gether with the bill of cost, be transmitted
to the Court below.
Rule 17. Whenever, pendinga cause in
this Court, either party shall die, the proper
represenlatives of such parly may voluntari
ly corns in and be admitted parties to the
suit upon motion; and thereupon the cause
shall be heard and determined as in other
cases; and if on or belore the first term suc
ceeding the decease of a parly dying, there
shall be no representation cf bis estate,
or if represented, parties shall not bo
thus voluntarily made, then and in ei
ther of said events, the other party may
at that term suggest the death on the record
and thereupon,on motion, obtain an order
that unless such representation be had, and
parties made thus voluntarily, as herein be
fore authorized, on or before the second day
of the term then next succeeding, the party
moving such order, if defendant, shall been
titled lo have the writ of error dismissed, and
if the plaintiff, he shall be entitled to open
the record, and proceed to a hearing; provi
ded, a copy of every such order shall be pub
lished in one of the gazettes at the seat of
Government, three successive weeks, at
least sixty days before the said last named
term of the Court, or served on the adverse
party thiity days before the first day of said
term.
Rule 18— No cause shall be heard until
a complete record shall be filed, containing
in itself, without references, aliunde, all the
papers, exhibits, depositions, and other .pro
ceedings which are necessary to the hear
ing in t.his Court, and all objections to the
completeness ofihe record shall be made in
writing, and verified by affidavit, on or before
the filial day to which the cause is re
turned; and in all cases where such excep
tions are filed, the cause shall be eonsideied
as returned to the next succeeding term,
and the Court shall on motion award a writ
of Certiorari, directed to the Court below,
for the purpose of causing to he sent up the
entire record, which writ shall be served by
the party or h:s attorney moving the‘same,
and shall be returned to tbe next term alter
it is awarded; provided that nothing therein
contained shall prevent this Court from a
warding a process of contempt against any
officer, in any case, where he may bo con
sidered in default, , . ....
Rule 19—In all cases where a bill of ex
ceptions has been certified and signed, a
writ of error shaii be made out by counsel
for the plaintiff in error to this Court, which
shaii be directed to tbe Judge of ihe Supe
rior Court so certifying.and signing, togeth
er with a citation to the defendant in error to
appear and auswe f.
Rule 29.—Such writs of error shall issue
in the name of the Governor of the Slate,
shall beartejt in the name of ihe Judges of
this Court, shall be signed by tbe Clerk, and
sealed with the seal ol this Court, and shall
be refuriiable to tne next succeeding term,
and tlie citation shall bear test in the name
of the Judges of this Court, shall be sinned
by the Clerk, and sealed u nh us seal.
Rule 21. —The vvrrts of error, with medi
tations thereto annexed, shall be filed with
the Clerk ol the Superior Court, at ihe time
of tendering the b.il of exceptions, copies o!
winch, made out by counsel of the plaintiff
iu error, shell be served on the defendant ii
error, or his counsel, by the sheriff of the
coun'y, or by counsel for plaintiff in erroT,
within ten days from the s going and certi
fying of the bill of exceptions, and an entry ol
ilie same shall be made on the original writ
by the counsel or slieaiff, who makes it effi
daily; and it shall be the duly of the Clerk
of the Court wherein such biil is signed at-d
certified, to send up to this Court, with the
record of the cause, such original writand ci
tation, duly by him certified to be the origi
nal filed in his office.
Rule 21. —It shall betliedutyofthe Clerk
of this Court to keep on hand for the use of
the bar, blanks, writs of error, and citations,
according to the form adopted by this Court,
duly by turn signed and sealed, tube furnish
ed to the bar on application therefor.
Rule 20. —The plaintiff in error shatl, on
or belore the fust day of Ihe term to which
the writ of error is returned, or immediately
upon thejfiiing of the record thereafter, file in
the Clerk’s office of this Court an assignment
of errors; and the defendedt in error shall on
or before the se'coud day of that term, or
within twenty-four hours after ihe assign
ment is filed, make out aud file in office a
iraverse of such assignment; and upon fail
ure of plaintiff to tile his assignment as herein
required, the defendant shaii, upon motion,
be entitled to have the writ dismissed ; and
should the defendant,as herein required, fail
to file his traverse, then the plaintiff” shall be
entitled to proceed ex parte with iiis cause;
provided that no error shall be assigned ex
cept such is expressed iu the bili of excep
tions.
Rule 24. —The following shall be the form
of Writs of Error, to wit :
The Governor of the State of Georgia
To Judge of the Superior
Courts of Circufi, Greeting:
Because in’the Records and Proceedings, as
also in the rendition of a Judgment in a cause
in the Superiot Court ot County,
before you, between _ and
a manifest Error is charged to have been
committed to tbe damage or the said
as by his complaint and Bill cf Ex
ceptions by you signed and certified appears
and we being willing that die Error compiaiu
ed of, if any bath been, should be duly cor
rected, and full and speedy justice be done
to the parties aforesaid in this behalf, do com
mand you, if judgement in sad cause as com
plained of be given, that I hen under your
Leal distinctly and openly you cause to lie
sent t'ie records and proceedings aforesaid,
with all things concerning the same, to the
Supreme Court oft hie $ ate of Georgia togeth
er with this writ, so that you have the same
at on the day cl;
next in the said Court, to tel
then and there held, that the records and !
proceedings aforesaid being inspected, the
said Court may cause further to be done there
in, to correct that Error, what of right and
according to law, should be done. Witness
the Honorable Joseph H. Lumpkin, liiram
Warner, and Eugeuius A.Nisbet, Judges ol
the Supreme Court of the Slate of Georgia,
tins day of lS : f
j-L. s. R. E. MARTIN, Clerk.
Rule 25.
CITATION.
State of Georgia
To Greeting :
You are hereby cited and admonished to be
and appear at a supreme Court to be held at
on the day cf -
next, pur-uent to a writ of Error filed in the
Clerk’s office of _tlio Superior Court of the
county of in the said Slate, wherein
is Plaintiff, and you are De
fendant in Error, to show cause, if any iliere
be, why the Judgment m said writ if Error
mentioned should not lit* corrected, and speedy
justice should be dene to the parties iu this
. ; —i ~
behalf. Witness the Honorable Joseph 11.
* Lumpkin, Hiiatu Warner and Eugeuius A.
Nisbet, Judges of the Supreme ’Court of the
State of Georgia, this day of
„.. 184
8. i R-E. MARTIN, CJeife.
Rule 26.—A1l opinions delivered by th&
Judges of this Court shall immediately upon
delivery thereof, be handed to the Clerk
whose duty it shall be to record., the same*
and then to deliver theoriginals, wifjia trans
cript of the judgement ot decree of the Court
thereon, to the Reporter.
Rule 27. The papers belonging to the
causes brought before this Court shaii biy
handed to the Clerk in person, or transmitted
to him at Milledgeviffe.
Rule 28.—1 t shall be the duly of the Clerk
tonite the time of filing assignments of Error
and of traverses of such assignments, and no
causes shall be considered as ready for hear
ing until entry is made on the Docket of “U T
sue joined,” which entry shall be made only
in cases where Errors shall be assigned and
traversed, as provided in these Rules.
A true extract from the minutes, February
12th, 1840.
ROBERT E. MARTIN, Clerk.
ITE M S
AN ENORMOUS NEST OF COUNTER, r
FEITKRS BROKEN UR.
A letter from fiardensburg, Ky., says the
citizens of that county and those of Lame
have recently broken up the largest band of
counterleiters and horse thieves ever discov
ered in the Uniied States. Eight or ten of
the scoundrels have been caught at Ilar
densburg and other places in the county, and
still a larger number in an adjniniug county.
The head quarters were at Beaekam’s, in
Laure county, where a large amount of spu
rious money was found. They are said to
number 30 or 40 in Laure, and the gang ex
tends as far as Nashville. They are a part
cf Murrell’s band.
Fp.ee Trade.—What a jubilee of liberty
will the world have, when the shackles of trade,
in both England and America shall be broken
at. once, and lie useless at the feet of truth.
That jubilee is evidently near at hand. Time
tvas, when men wotld go to war to keep on
restrictions arid mpnopojies, Now the desire
of Ires intercourse is sufficient to preservo
peace. Give us more pens and ink. N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
Drummond Light—lt is pro-osed in New
York to light Broadway, from the American
Museum to Eigththstreet, by a single Drum
mond light, to be kept burning all night on
the top of the Museum. A large concavo
reflection to be placed near ihe new Grate.
Church, in a direct line with the Jight. The
rays here collected, will be again thrown
down Breadvvay, illuminating tho whole st.
for nearly two miles, as if.y/ith a moon /
Hnlbier, ihe famous artist, painted a pic
ture, representing the last judgement. The
painter vvas married three time--, and he in
troduced all his spouses in the picture, tho
second awaiting her judgment upon earth, tho
third mounting with him to heaven
Tiie Gutl’ Squadron.— If tho reports
which have reach us from various pointsUu
true, there will soon be concentrated in tho
Gulf a more powerful squadron than tho
Uniied Stales Government.often places uu-,
dcr the command of any one officer. When
Com. Ferry shall hoist 1 1 is flag on the In-.-
dependence, the fleet, according lo alt ac
counts, will consist of ihe razee Indepen
dence; the steam frigate Mississippi; tho
frigates Potomac, Cumberland, Raritan and
United Slates; ihe sloops St. Marys, Joint
Adams, Falmouth, United Stales, and tho
brigs Porpoise, Somers and Lawrence..
Some uncertainly may exist as to ilie des
tination of some of these vessels, but it is,
evidently the intention of the Department
to be prepared fur any contingency that may
occur in regard to our relations with Mexi
co. All parlies, we believe, approve tliis
policy. In this connection we would call
the attention of our readem loan interesting
letter from our Pensacola correspondent in.
another place. It appears therefrom that
the ships now in the Gulf aie either active
ly engaged, or kept ready to sail at a mo
ment’s notice.—[iV. (). Fir.
A Pertinent Reply.--It is said that .a
subject of the King of Prussia, a lamented me
chanic, beirg about to emigrate was arrested
and brought before bis rnajeslv.
“Well, my good friend,” said tho King”,
‘‘•how can we persuade you lo remain iu
Prussia!”
“Most gracious sire, only by making Prus
sia what America is.”
lie was allowed to emigrate.
William Cobbett, a son of the celebra
ted political writer of the same name, has, it
is stated, been forty years in the Queen’s
Prison for contempt of the Court of Chancery.
This contempt consisted in his inability to
defray the costs and fees of that Cotirr, m a
trial had against him, which inability iu
called a refusal, and construed lo mean a
contempt; and this is law and juslico ini
England—by the grace of God defender of
the Faith, and Patriarch of all modern Phi!-
arithrppy.
Recruits for the Navy. —Since the
18ih of June last there have been shipped
in New York, for the naval Service, nine
hundred and and of these,
only 27 are of foreitru oirfflfrL
The first newspaper/printed in Norm
America was issued at Boston in April, 1701.
It was a Government journal solely, and
published by the Postmaster. Philadelphia.
Haims the next honor, iri 1719. In New
York no paper was published until 1725.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Raff Road Company ate now en
gaged in lay down anew track with T tails,
between Philadelphia and Wilmington,
which uil{ he completed in a short lime ;
after which it is intended to run their pas
sengers through from Wilmington to Pliila.
dclpiiia in one hour;
St. Bartholomew Massacre. — When
the orders for the massacre of St. Bartholo.
j mew wete sent to the governors of the pro
j viticesof France, there were only two or
three that refused to obey. One cf them,
Montmoria Governor of Auvergrrc, wrote to
His Majesty the following letter, which de
serves to lie transmitted to posterity :
“Sire : 1 have received an order with the
seal of your Majesty, to kill all the Protes
tants in niy province. I respect your Ma
jesty too much, not to believe that this or
der is a feigned one ; hut if tire order should
really have come from you, which I hope
to God, may not be the case, I respect your
Majesty too much to obey it.”
A Montreal letter, published in the New-
Yotk Commercial Advertiser , mentions a
rumor that Lord Cathcart had received in
structions ('mm the home Government to
expend §1,000,000 in fortifications and
works of defence. “It is certain,” adds the
letter, “that extensive works havg been com.
mencediit Kingston and Totonto, and attfte
citadel cl 4 "Quebec. Opposite Montteal, oil
the Sotnh side of St. Lawrence, extensive
military wotks are in contemplation.’ Thu
experiment of the it e redoubt on the river,
opposite the city, lias been successful-—two
day’s artillery practice having made Siltie
i impression off it.”