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monstrous great ship of
npc Horn was the bowspvic
k the captain. ' And the cap»
I walking the deck with has
V* every body was looking
p jvondcring wba» he was grtfn
At last he sung oar, *• Put
|; we’ll sail across now and
Band Asha and Africa in tow
for lnrdVegging round
Vest India Isl inui; we can
i op as we come back along—
| sail now and let her have it.**
we went; I never sec a ship
Tho wind begun to blow
irdcr, and then it corne on
'to be falling off; in New YorJ
State they are all faded away into
Parntrarners and Huukera, and it looks
all over the country as if the Whigs
was coming into power ; and if they
should it would be a terrible cal* toiiy,
for they are loo narrow-minded and too
much behind the age to understand the
rights of this annexin business, ami il*s
leu chances to one if they donl contrive
some way to put a stop to iu
I’ve got a good deal more that I want
to say, and some advice I should like
to give you, but I shall be obliged to
leave it till my next despatch. I needn’t
orm, and at last it biowed a'stop to tell you about Oineral Scott in
jrcane. The sails begun to this, cause 1 ’spose he’ll speak for him-
, and she rolled us if shej self. But I must tell you l went out
to opscu Some of the oldest tnthrr day to see Oineral Cushing, and
ilors among the crew tohl the | found him awfully tickled about being
should all go to destruction nominated for Governor of the Old Bay
n*l take in sail, and furl aud ■ Stale. At first he was a good deal
— 1 get things tight, and bring! ntnazrd at it; be was as much surprised
iu to the wind. Mr. Rich-las you was Colonel when you first
ling by his side, and says he, heard you was nominated for President.
Polk, them is all nothing but ' Wluit amazed him so. much was that
as I*ve shown hundreds of he’d always been thinking all along
that be was a Whig till the nomination
come, and then ue jumped* up and
snapped his fingers,* and said lie be
lieved, after all, the Democrats was the
ItJac News.
From the N. O. Ifcii* iVbiatL ” ~
Late aad Important from Vera Cruz.
Santa Anna at the head of 16,000 men—
Hit Pronnnciamiento and threatened At
tach oh the Congress of Querctaro—Gen.
IV>rth
jpigtslatiuc Doings.
Onl
ngrecil
yesten
ervaf
mnrrii
BILLS
and Banking Company, and the Macon
Rail Rtm
and Western
form a junction in or near the limits of
the city of Macon.
On’motion of Mr. Wales, the Senate
reconsidered the bill rejected yesterday,
1 only in tho Union, but years
l ago in the Enquirer. Them
Ay want to give aid and comfort
Vny; dont pay an! attention
Lerc’s the chart, (lie held up
I the resolutions of *99,) sail
d I'll risk her on any tack
Feathers.”
kity-split, the barry-
[i/thdbegun
ribbotV, some
i begun to snap and go by
ilnen all at once there tyas
rth marching front the capital to pro
tect it—Capt. Kerr's Conflict with the
Guerrillas, and the Burning of the Ran
cho of Cvl. Zenobia—Fire of the guer
rilla prisoners shot—Starting of the great
train-—Threatened attack on the line of
the llio Grande—Loss of the bartpte St. CtnirlV
^ta ru, ^tr. I
By the arrival c.fthe C. S. schr. Whig,' fu*
Capt. Jones, at a late hoar lust night, Mr SnJ^-V
we linve been put in possession of dales • •* **°
from V'era Cruz to tlic SOiii ult. The 1 *
Whig lauded at the Barracks, and .toI t-r.i/rw
Col. Brewer and Lieut. J. Waller, of the » fp :
3d Kentucky Infantry, passengers who! * n ^ : ~ aa honze the Hi-
cam, a,, to fb, rilv last night, we are I Vg* Ra 'i l,,i,d Cmnpauy of.l.o Blale
indebted for the following imporlaot I £lT T ‘° 1 ) he,r R “'- ro : 1 '
iieoMofinielliwo,., | from the ftonessce.line tn mo point
on the Wesierg & Atlaultc Railroad of
the State ofgcorgia.-
On motioiVDf Mr. William
Senate took the repjyt; of the
SENATE.
Saturday, Dec. 11.
;ion of .Mr.-Wiggins, it was |V v .
reconsider the. bill rejected J to authorize the Courts of Ordinary to
. lor the protection and pres- j grant letters testamentary to persons
»***— rights and proper!}' of not citizens of this State.
Mr. Gaulden
Road Company to j same—which wj
. After considerable discussion
righC party. He’s in great sperits, and
says he's no doubt be shall be elected.
He goes for annexin now the hottest of
any of us, and says he takes the great
Alexander for bis model, and goes for
annexin as long as there is any country
left to annex. His ankle is quite well,
and Oineral Pillow’s foot is a good deal
belter.
“ breakers ahead!” Tlie v I have the honor to be your private
jumped ns if he was wide embassador and faithful friend, from
says he, “ call all hands fitiy-fonr forty on one side down to
L " “ ** ** * “ L *" * r Cupe Horn on lother.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
[Followin&pfficial example, we defer
the letters from Major Jack’s relations,
which he speaks of, .to some time when
we have more room for them than we
can spare to-day.—Editors.]
fcabout.” But when the of-
* give orders to the crew,
hom would mind or pay any
The whole crew was in a
pd the ship was so large and
“8 such a mixed up mess of
rts of folks tliut lucre was
(twenty different mutinies all
■different parts of the vessel.
* says Captain Polk, “ I wash
T this mischief; if the crew
>oml help, the ship must go
A Speech by Boagh anfl Ready.
finer a
SVtnilor spoke up and said :
wi In lho world could'nt do
ow; the ship was dished,
i plumped on the rocks; her
■pars was gone, tho timbers
d the hold already half full
In a few minutes she struck,
cks gored a hole through her
! the water poured in, and down
ower and lower, till mi lust she
lighly guggle, and plunged all
i water, except n piece of the
that still stuck out. The
1 the waves swept over her,
vholo crew and every body
s lost except a few of us who
I up and clung to the bowsprit.
k ~ \ spring I had to make to get
vsprii waked me np; and al-
1H one that thiuks much of
~ thinking a good deni
erally feel anxious
^tay as fast as
ra fittl
ien and,money n little faster,
isve to break off* here for lo-
i I’ve got to yrile alittle de-
ie President to send by the
I have received some let-
i Uncle Joshua and other rela-
friends in the old United States,
d some oPetn along to you, which
, if you think best, hitch onto my
1 just as Oineral.Scott takes
ofhis under-officers and hitch-
his despatches.
Fl remain your old friend,
t\JOR JACK DOWNING.
(—To James K. Polk, President
United States and all annexed
Referring to the Dinned at the St.
Charles Hotel the N.O.Mepfcury remarks:
When the. toast to G«m. Taylor was
given, the shouts with yrhich it was re
ceived were undisputed evidence of the
feeling for the subject of the sentiment.
The old man rose with an appearance
, . , of diffidence and timidity, which all knew
the limbers j ic never felt in the presence of ourene-.
mies, and replied pertinently and ap-
n—yeas 24, nays 17.
.JRTED AND READ FIRST TIME. ^,
iters: To abolish the office make of force
of Direclr of the Centr.il Bank.
Mr. F^ris : To authorize the Inferior Company,
i Slate to levy and collect j
an cxtrarfUitiary. tax, in certain cases!
I c
regist ry of births,
deaths in this State.
repeal an act passc3
K4jy. v :
Mr.
' wassee J
BILL INTRODUCED AND READ FIRST TIME.
By Mr.. Holloway: To revive and
akc of force an act to incorporate the
Thoinaston and Bartlesville Rail Road
oved to recommit the i the Seat of Government, whicTf was lost
lost, Yens 54 Nays 63. —yeas 42, nays 70.
Mr. r
Barlow, from the committee on
items of intelligence:
Dates from the capital, to the 24lh
Nov., had been received at Vera Cruz.
Santa Anna, it was said, had issued an-
oilier pronnnciamiento against the provis
ional government, and culled on the
country to organize a force of 50,000
men to renew the war. He was at* the
head of a strong force—by some reports
16,000 men, of all arms—and was
threatening the Congress, in session at
Querctaro, the majority of which was,
it was said, strongly inclined to peace.
So great were the fears entertained at
tic capital, of Santa Anna's breaking up
the Congress a in Cromwell, that Gen.
Scott had ordered Gen. Worth, with a
strong division, to Querctaro, to protect
its deliberations.
The Louisiana battalion of Mounted
Men have had something of a showing
with the Guerrillas. *On the 23d, four
of the men of Company D led camp to
procure some beeves. Their long ab
sence alarmed those in camp, and Lieut.
Huplcr, of the same company, taking a
squad of twenty men, proceeded on the
(Horning of the 24ih in search of the mis
sing men. Ashe approached the rancho
of Col. Zenobia, some-18 miles from Ve
ra Cruz, he was attacked by strong guer
rilla force, and was compelled to retreat
to canty. Capt. Geo. Kerr, command
ing Company C, with 90 men and 3 sub
alterns, was ordered out in pursuit of
the guerilla*, taking Lieut. Hunter as a
guide. Uo'tke night of the 24th, CnpL
Kerr reached the raccljo ofCol. Zenobia,
where a strong guerrilla force was post-
the
mil tee of the wtjmle on ih^L^lto esiab-
a system of ifamtnos—seve-
tneudiuents.were proposed, whet*
Mr. Dunagau moved to lay the report
upon tho table..for the balance of the
session—upon which motum the yeas
and nays were called for. and are yeas
PETITIONS AND MEM
By Mr. Hunt: Ol
—praying payment,
hauled arid .furnii ‘
Atlaaric Railroad in’the
rojiriately. He said it was difficult for cdj und a/ler a ' 8 i, ort b ut detisi.e
itn to express bis sense of the honors SUCCCCI 1 C< 1 i n killing five of the en-
which were showered upon him by the
citizens of New Orleans; but of all the
trophies lie received, the approving
smiles and waving handkeichiets of the
fair daughters of Louisiana effected him
the most and were dearer than a thou
sand victories on the battle field. They
were’ triumphs peculiarly gratifying to
him, for they were unalloyed by pain
aud left no sling behind—he knew not
how others Celt; but for himself, how
much soever he might forget in the hour
of battle, the sad consequences of the
strife, they always rushed upon his mind
afterwards—making hishtf4rt.to sink,
«t-«tiualug turn 10 feel like a child.
He had hoped to have done more for
his country than he did—he thought he
might have been enabled to accomplish
an honorable peace—an event essential
to the welfare of both countries, and par
ticularly so to out own—but though he
did not accomplish as much os he de-
si ted, he always endeavored to perform
his duty, and he was more than gratifi
ed, that the people of Louisana, with
whom be considered himself identified,
were contented with his conduct. Gen.
Taylor terminated by offering the follow
ing toast:
The Citizens tf Ncw*Or1eans.—Unsur
passed for intelligence, patriotism, en
terprise of every kind.
I Headquarters, City qf Mexico,
f Annexed United States, Oct. 23* 1847.
a Colonel: Things is getting
tero ns ( well as could be cxpecl-
-idcrin the help we have, but
* gether too weak-bauded to
., »fit« If you want us to hurry
own south, we need a good deal
:lp and more money. It would’nt
Cant. George Kerr, whose prompt and
and decided measures in destroying a
nest of sneaking guerillas, near^Vera
Cruz, was noticed in our paper of^
terday, is another of the many gallant
representatives whom our office has bad
the.honor of sending to the wars. A few
weeks ago, be was killing off* the Mexi-
i to give that three millions of! cans by leaden discharges through the
i to Sauta Anna sow, for the peo- form of the Delta-—in other words he
> got so out with him that he was selling type in our office—when
f himself. So I think you fowl j breast since the summer of 1846—he
*ve up the notion altout peace; was one of Smith’s volunteers—and
tr, it’fl be such a hard thing to j throwing aside the composing-stick, he
I send us on tho three millions ; rushed to the recruiting station—enroll-
bBhr tti along in our annexin. cd himself as a private in the Rangers—
“l standio still in this an- was elected 1st Lieutenant of Captain,
«. It’s like the old wo- J now Lt. Col. Biscoe’s splendid company
t soap; if it don’t go ahead, it goes —went to Vera Crux, and, after a long
, aickoens, has sought and well osed the
first opportunity of distinguishing him
self.
Capt. Kerr, though a long lime em
ployed in word making, generally uses
ery few words to convey his ideas.—
is a man of action rather than of
pch. We doubt if Julius Coesarcould
;e written a more emphatic despatch
a that of Capt. Kerr’s published in
terday’s Delta. He thus closes it:
I h*d ibe nnrbo fircd^Md burned every thingin^u
! f.tcof ihct *>or rat ubvlonging to cuntpanf D. and I had
r iy, !tbein»b«i. M " .'TV
settlers This reminds uvofGen. Putnam's let-
the slack j ter to the British commander in which
army free to; he says : «
on annexin. I ••Cept.B— .nfyottrarmr, waseapritredby nrau
Washington, you
* w. ' -r. S.-He was hanjpd to^ay, atS ». a.
fl
ring to put out such
_ And I think
[‘ a good deal too
was passed. ' j by the Legislature of Tennessee, to
On motion of Mr. Jones, a message struct a Railroad through a port of Dado
from His Excellency the Governor was ! county, &c. •
'read, transmitting a copy of the act of the | Mr. Lewis—So suspend the Militia
GeneralAssemblyotTenncssee.to incor- ,Laws, and to provide ftMj.he encourage-
poraie the Riwassee Rail Road Com pa- j ment of volunteer con^Rriws.
ny,and also the act passed Dec. 11,1S45, j Mr. Phillips—To amend an act ini
to incorporate the Nashville and Chat- ! porating the village of Clarkesville*
bills passed^ liin'ooga Rail Road—which, on morion .the county of Habersham.
To authorize parties to compel dis- of Mr. Bartow, with accompanying doc-j bills passed.
, covcries at Common Law. ! uraents were referred to the committee The bill to authorize all the free whj
or the registry of births,) Also—To authorize the Governor to! on Agriculture and Internal Improve- citizens of the State of Georgia to m|
1 appoint a State Librarian, and to fix i menu . , eculethe businesso%anufaciuring,^®
the salary for the same, &c. J resolutions introduced. I corporate powers and privileges, if
To authorize and empower the Courts ; By Mr. Bartow : Tendering a seat in j 84, nays 33.
of Ordinary to grant letters testamentary j the House to Col. Whitesides, a mem-' The General Assembly convened al
to pcisons not citizens of this State. * j ber of Tennessee Legislature, attending 11 o'clock in the Ilall of the House ol
Wednesday, Dec. 15. ! as an agent from that Slate, under a re- | Representatives, proedded to elect
resolutions ixtroduced. I solution to procure from this Legislature | a Director, on the jprl of the State, of
By Mr. Hunt: Requesting the Gov-.! an act to give the right of way to the the Bank,of the State of Georgia—the
L*r to appoint a committee of three to 1 Nashvslle and Chattanooga Rail Road, ballots having been*received and exam-
iire into the sta^c of education in through the county of Dade—which was . ined, it appeared that Hiram Roberts
agreed -to. j was duly clecled.
Monday, Dec. 13. |
Loywl Hum
antic Railroad m the countyp*' Lie-
lb—which was referred jo-the Com-
tee on Jnternal Improvement.
Ir. Moore : Of John J. Flournoy—in
ition tp polygamy. ,
Ir. Irwin: Of Cooper, Sttbup & Wi-
nny and taking five prisoners. As it
was evident that the four men who left
p on the 23d were murdered by a
portion of Zenobiu’s uieu, (one of the
prisoners taken at the rancho having
the clothing of one of the missing men,)
Capt. Kerr nroceededto take ample ven-
' The rancho was
id, and the five guer-
lowing is Captain
rtofthe expedition:
era Cruz, Nov. 25.
I from camp
rStafl, Peanon and
3 puide. About II
crowing the S«nU Fe Pr»i-
the Orixs.be. road, we beard the barking of
doge, which led me tb believe we were in the neigh
borhood of* rancho—the same from which Lieut.
Hunter and eqnad had been driven on the morni
of the 24th. Pursuing our come, immediately
ter bearing tlie barking of do«s, we were fired upon
by e picket guard. 1 ordered a charge, and es we
:d the ranch, we received the fire of e strong
. which, judging from the firing and yelling, 1
.. need to be about seventy or eighty. They re
treated from the rancho, but continaed, for e short
time,to fire npon as from the chaparral. We rur-
rounded the rancho, took five prisoners (one of
whom bsd on the clothing of e soldier belonging to
D Co.) end found fire more that bad fallenl»y onr -
lire. One admitted tliey were ell gnerrilleroe.— mamder of the day. ‘Many atnend-
Kalb—which was referred
miltee
Mr.
relation r . vg .,. v . . ^ .
Mr. Irwin: Of Cooper, St rt»up _
ley, praying tlie Legislature to permit
them to open tlie Etowah rive/‘from the
Irpn Works in Cass county to Rome,
and for the facilities of depot jit Etowah
Bridge, to be built at thjrir expense, the
State furnishing the tdrn cut—which
was referred to the Committee on Inter
nal Improvement. j
Mr. Hunt t Of sundry citizens of this
Stale, praying the'Legislature to pre
vent the desecration!of the Sabbath by
the several Railroads of this State by
running cars on that day—|antl more
especially to enact a Taw presenting the
Western .& Atlantic Railroad from do
ing so—which was referred to the Com
mittee on Internal Improvement.
RESOLUTION.
By Mr. Barclay : LResolved, That
Messrs. Whitesides* Vaffdyke*and Mont
gomery, distinguished citizens of our
sister State of Tennessee, who are now
in this city on public business tonccrn-
ing alike that State and pur own, be in-
viidd^to take seats wit hin the bar of the
Senate Chamber. :
REPORTS.
By Mr. Lawtpn, from the committee
on the resolution to inquire into the e
pediency of using the' fci-sip’s hands
work on the great Ogecluwriver on t
little Ogechee s.ReporteiKyiat they
not think it would be expdfliemaoidq,
Mr. Terrell: From the Committee
the Judiciary, made a repiVt on the ci
respondence between the Executive a
the attorneys of Jas. Hoi ford in regard
to the execution against t/ie Insurance
Bank of Columbus, returning the same
to the Senate, and rccoiimending its
reference to a select committee.
The Senate proceeded'fo the unfin
ished business of the morning, being the
bill to establish, a system of common
schools, &c«, which ..occupied the re-
inquire into the state
Georgia, the ppenmon of the present
poor school law, and to recommend:
such alterations as they may 'deem ex
pedient.
Mr. Wiggins, from the committee to
whom was referred the bill for the pro
tection and preservation of the rights
and property of married women, made
On motion of Mr. Williamson, his
resolution in relation to adjourning the
General Assembly on the “ 18th inst.”
was taken up and amended to the “24th
inst.”—-which was agreed to.
Mr. Terrell, from the committee on
BILLS INTRODUCED AND HEAD FIRST TIME. | Uc«o!utlou» ol Thank*
Mr. Phillips—To amend an act to or- j hl * ff«**»a* «
ganize the Lunatic Asylum of the State j The following are the Preamble ami
of Georgia, and to provide for the gov- i Resolutions passed by the Senate, on
eminent of tho same, and to appropri-j 1st inst: at the instance of Mr. William-
ate money—assented to 10th Dec., i.^41. j sou, in regard to the gallant Newtonians, ^
ments were proposed, and (after much
discussion, the report of th) committee
- ” ’ to—and so lie bill -mm
We found in the rancho a large quantity <
fridges. Packages of dry goods were o:
bad cartridges packed in the —*~
rancho.fi red, and burnedevery
prisonera preserved e dogged :
of the four men belonging to Co. i
shot. All of whirh I respectfully
GEO. KERR, Capt. C.
To Col ; W. F. Bwcoe, Com’g L.
This successful expediti
trepid Capt. Kerr, and
mode of treailing the
a salutary effect uj
dacily for some
no bounds- r
The 1st Brigadi
vision, consisting ol
and 5th Indiana Reg'
mand of Col. Chei
Vera Cruz on tli
Gen. Butler, with
and an escort of w
command of Capt. Wheal
line of march for the intei
29th the large train, of 700 w! _
27 pieces of artillery, started for*the
ital.
The barque St. Mary, Capt. Nason,
hence for Vera Cruz, with the Tennes
see troops on board, went ashore on the
reef at Anton Lizardo, on tlie 2£tb tilt.,
in a Norther, trying to make a harbor.
The troops and passengers had all ar
rived in safety at Vera Cruz. The U.
S. steamer A. R. Hetzel, Capt. M. Ba
ker, wcut to the assistance of the St. Ma
ry, hut found it impossible to get her off.
There were various rumors afloat at
Vera Cruz when the Whig leff, in rela
tion to. a contemplated attack by the
Mexicans on some of the posts on the
line, of the Rio Grande, the most tangi-
Mr McIoiodL-—To v provide for the pay-' in Mexico.
ment of teachers of poor children in the | Whereas, the Newton County Cavalry
county of Eibert, during the years 1S39 | from Georgia, came to their country’s-
and 1840. call tn quick time, and on the first day*
Mr. Shockley.-—To repeal the charter ; it was known that their services would
of the Central Bank of Georgia. | be accepted—and whereas, too, theyjoin-
Mr. Mosely from the committee on the | cd in the clangor of arms almost from
internal improvement, reported a bill to | Penitentiary—To make it the duty of j the very day they landed upon Mexican
authorize the Nashville and Chattanooga | the Treasury committee to investigate ; soil, and this conflict has been kept up
Railroad Company, incorporated by the | and report the condition of the Peniton- J with short intervals, to a late day—and
State of Tennessee, to construct a Rail- j tiary during those years when there shall i whereas it is Georgia’s pride and boast,
road through the county of Dade, and j be no session of the Legislature, and to j that this gallant Corns upon every emer-
to secure said company certain rights' require the Governor to appoint three gency 'has behaved with the gallantry
‘persons to examine the raw materials | worthy of themselves, and in a manner
and the assets of the Book Keeper, and j honorable to the State,
report upon the same to the Govervor. | Be it therefore Resolved„ Thattbethanks
Mr. Jackson of Walton—To explain j of the people of Georgia are especially
“ an act declaring and making certain* due to the brave and gallant officers and
the law defining the liability of Endorsers j privates of the Newton county Cavalry
and Securities to promissory notes and j now in the Mexican War, forthedistin-
othor instruments, when the holder there- guished manner they have borne their
of shall fail to proceed to collect the same j country’s flag,and sustained its arras up-
after notice”—-approved Dec. 27, 1831. |on every occasion presented to them.
Also—To explain the 5th section of j And be it further Resolved, That his
an act approved March 26,1767, for the : Excellency the Governor cause acopy of
limitation ot actions, and for avoiding the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions
suits at law.
Mr. Tift—To secure the poor school
fund of the State, and to make the iu-
comc uniform and permanent.
BILLS PASSED.
To provide for the establishment and
location of an Asylum for the deaf and
dumb, &c.—-yeas, 110, nays 9.
REPORT.
By Mr. Mosely—On the affairs of the
Penitentiary—two hundred copies or
dered to be printed.
and privileges, &c.
BILLS PASSED.
To revise and consolidate the militia
laws of this State, and to repeal the
cavalry laws now of force, approved
Dec. 19,1818.
A message was received from the
House of Representatives by Mr. Owen,
their Clerk, informing the Senate they
were ready to receive them to proceed
to tlie election of a Director for the
State, to manage the affairs of the Bank
Stale ol Georgia. The Senate having
repaired to the House, on counting out
the votes it appeared that Hiram Rob
erts, Esq. was duly elected.
The Senate went into Corqputtee of
the Whole, on the reconsidered bill for
the protection and preservation of the
rights and property of married women.
Several amendinents were proposed and
rejected. On its passage, the yeas and
nays were called,and areyeas 22,nays 21.
So the bill was passed.
To incorporate the Macon and Madi
son Rail Road Company, and to define
its powers and privileges. _ __
To authorize the Inferior Courts of j f° r the removal of the Seat
this Stale, to levy and collect an extra
ordinary tax it) certain cases therein
named*
For the registry of births, marriages
and. deaths, in this State.
The trills, of the House—To alter and
amend the 53d section, 4th division of
the Penal Code.
To incorporate the Savannah and
Albany Rail Road Company.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr Lawton: To require the pay
ment of all accounts for advertising in
the public Gazettes, before letters dis-
missory shall be granted, to Executors,
Administrators, and Guardians.
REPORTS.
Also—from the same committee, on
the message of his Excellency the Gov
ernor in relation to the connection to
be formed between the Slates of Geor
gia and Tennesse by Railroad cot^nu-
to be forwarded to Captain John Loy
al, commander of the Newton County-
Cavalry,that the same may be communi
cated to the officers and privates of his
Corps.
nmlitee on Ftnanci
mi tt 1 i .i . , i supported by proper vouchers. As the late menm-
1 he House took up the special order . bent in tho 'treasury Office had gone out, and eno-
ofthe day, being the bill to provide *
of Govern-
.state Tail.”
lEFINITBLT.
To authorize the Central Rail Road
:ing Company, ar.if the Macon
and Western Railroad Company, to
form a junction* in or uear the limits of
the city of Macon.
To prohibit the.introdnotion of neat
cattle into the county of Rabun, from
the Stat*-«f Saatb-di
To reduce the number of the Justices
of the Inferior Court of each county in
this State. ' j
To authorize the Courts Of Ordinary
to grant letters testamentary, to persons
not ettizens of this State. -I
To alter and amend the 7th Section,
1st Article of the Constitution.
BILLS PASSED.)
To rc-organize the Judicial districts
of this State, and to equable the labors
ble of which was, that ^Gen. Minon was’of the Judges of the Superior Courts,
secretly organizing a'force to attack the f &c. ‘ * **^ tT ‘
post at Saltillo, now that Gen. Taylor [ To
has left.' We place but little credit in • Bram
place
these rumors, particularly that in,re;
to the valiant Minon’s cont
To amend the charier ofthe Memphis
Branch Railroad, and Steuin Boat Com-
come on fast .of a republican form of Government, in
-which the people would have a voice,
s party adopted as their motto, ** We
, c in God,” the initials or first letter
j of each word combined read Whig, and
e used to name or designate the par-
Tbus the word Whig originally
meaut opposition to kings and monar
chies and friendship for the very form of
’ ini under which we exist. It
I in England a century and a
i our Revolution. the climate.
lack on Gen. Wool’s posiuoryth Saltillo.! a mcfid?an act to incorporate the Sayan-
Minon was there once before, and will na hj ()<jeechee and Altaxiaha Canal
pot be .likely to try it a second rime. j Company, passed 26th Dec., 1S26.
Frightful MorUility.—-Under thisj ^ resolutionsintho
. — Origin of the TfatkeJVlng.—IoJbefcir,- __ _ c ^ ^
igli here tecnlh century there arose in England a heading the New Orleans “ Delta” pub- i By Mr. Smc
hundred thousand at least; ‘ party opposed to the King and in .favor- lisbes a list of our soldiers who died injtion of a Di rec
briu j on.lhe elec-
rt 6f the State
nication: Approbatjye of the views
therein expressed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, Dec. 10.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND READ FIRST TIME.
Mr. Cabincss: To extend the juris
diction of magistrates in certain cases.
Mr. Glenn: To require marriage set
tlements to be recorded.
Also—To prevent frauds and pCiju-
ries, and to require all conveyances,
gifts, grants, or bequests of slaves, to be
manifested and proved by written ev
idence, &c.
Mr. Speir: To limit the times with-
which a mortgager shall
deem mortgaged estate and property.
Mr. Nisbet: To incorporate the Madi-
n and Macon - Railroad Company,
and to define the powers, privileges, and
liabilities of the same.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend the fourth sectionofan act,
ncovide for the education of tbo poor.
The House took up the special order
of the day, being the bill for the coin
plelion of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road, and for providing funds for the
same. The bill was taken up by sec-
tions-rmany amendments were pro
posed and rejected.
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED*
Mr. Harden: That the House will
receive no new matter after Wednes- i
day next, the 15ih inst.
Mr. Harris of Baldwin : To suspend
the further call of the counties for the
remainder of the session—and that,
ontil after the 15th inst., new matter
may be introduced immediately after
reading the Journal of the precedingday.
Saturday, Dec. 11.
Mr. Seward moved to reconsider the
section rejected yesterday, offered by
himself, to the bill for the completion of
the Western and Atlantic Rail Road,
and for providing funds for the_ sarpe,
ment of this Slate to the town of Atlan
ta in the county of DqKalb, &c.—after
several amendments proj»o8oJ, a motion
was made to postpone the bill indefinite
ly—which was rejected—yeas 50, nays
70. Mr. Gaulden offered a substitute
for the first section, providing that the
removal should take place, when satis
factory assurances were given that it
would be accomplished without any ex
pense to the Slate. Mr. Nisbet another
—that the removal should be to the
city of Macon. The vote was taken on
Mr. Gaulden’s amendment, which was
agreed to—yeas 66, nay9 55. After
which the House adjourned.
Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Mr. Shockley moved to reconsider the
proviso offered by himself, rejected yes
terday, to the amendment of Mr. Gaul
den to the bill for the removal of the seat
of government—which was refused.
Mr. Jones moved to substitute the fol
lowing bilLin lieu of one misplaced—
A bill to authorize Cooper, Stroup &
Wiley to render the Etowah river nav
igable—which was received.
BILLS INTRODUCED 9k\S READ FIRST TIME.
By Mr. Phillips: To appropriate mon
ey for the political years 184S and 1849.! under Act of 1845,
RESdLUTIONS INTRODUCED. ** i * te , C ®‘ P ^p ° f AUor “ e y*
_ . . r, , , i late Treasurer for un-
On motion ol Mr. Gaulden, the resolu
tion of Senate to pardon the two female
convicts in the Penitentiary was taken
up and agreed to.
On motion, Mr. Jones’ resolution cen
suring the late Governor, G.-W. Crawford
for the appointment of Cols. James- S.
Calhoun and Isaac G. Seymour to com
mand the Georgia Volunteers in Mexi
co, was taken up. Upon agreeing to
the same the yeas atid nays were called
for and ate yeas 43, nays, 73.
So the resolution was rejected.
The House resumed the unfinished
business of yesterday which was the re
port on the bill for the removal of the
seat of government.
Mr. Jackson of Walton offered an ad
ditional section to fix the seat of govern
ment at Macon or Atlanta, hs a major
ity of voters may determine at the next
general elections—on which the vote
stood yeas 61, nays 61—there being a
tie, Mr. Jenkins, the Speaker, voted in
the affirmative—so the section was re
ceived.
Mr. Freeman offered another in these
words, “ and the place of future location J *
of the Penitentiary”—which was lost * ' ° f t * lis * mou,,t t “ ere
yeas 39, nays 81.
Mr Jones moved to insert “ or Mil-
Report of tbeC
Tlie CommiUce on Finance, in discharge of a
portion of the duties assigned them, have examined
tlie books and accounts of the Comptroller General
and find them correct.
They have also examined the office and accounts
of the Treasurer, and find his disbursements fully
iuppdrted by proper vouchers. As the late inenm-
thcr been appointed to supply his place during the
interregnum between the last and present session,
the examination into the official acts of each has-
been as searching as possible,but not more thorough
than sutisl&clory. But one alight error waa detect
ed, and that in favor of the late Treasurer.
We find that there was ia the Treasury on the
20th October, 1846, a balance of $395,536 68.
To which add total receipts from all
sources, during the past fiscal year,
say to 20th OcL, 1847, * 316,014 20
Making an aggregate of $711,550 78
And deduct the total of disbursements
to the same period 349,299 28
Leaving a balance in the Treasury,
20th October, 1847, of 362,251 50
Since which period, up to 23d Nov.(the
date of our examination) the receipts
from all sources have been 144,056 78
j amined and counted, v
i Certificates of stock in State Bank and
Bank of Auguste $272,300 00
Packet of uncurr’t funds,
under seal of Finance
Committee of 1846, 2,194 72
Western &- Atlantic Rail
Road Scrip, redeemed
current Bank notes
placed in their hands
for collection by Exec-
feretlbyMi
to: yeas 69, nays 51.
Mr. Spear moved to insert “Griffin”
in the same section—which was agreed
to: yeas 73, nays 46. Mr. Jackson’s
_ _ ^ . w section waa rejected by the House.
the general hospital at'Perote Castle to manage the affairs of the Bank of the ! which was lost. Yeas 45 Nays 68. j The substitute offered by Mr. Nisbet
from the first of June to the 30tb October.; State of Georgia, on the 15th inst. j bills introduced and bead first time, j for the original bill to remove to -Macon
mt.i-A-.r——r» a Hi—i L;*e! Mr. Freeman : To authorize anc re- was then taken un and adopted—veas
J. H. Starke lor frac
tion of land sold under
Act of 1839,
Commercial Bank notes
re: eived by late Treas
urer from Attorneys in
settleftont of Monroe
R. Road claim,
Counterfeit end uncur-
- rent notes passed and
allowed by previous
Com’tecs on Finance,
Receipts for payments to
members and officers of
the General Assembly
on appropriation of the
present session,
2,285 00
3,517 to
cy Banks, Savannah
and Augusta, 61,003 28
Certificates of Deposit
snd Bank checks, 5,006 37
Cash in vault, specie sod
specie paying B’k notes 122,463 36
j available only
An/I tina.MMi'a ll
Tbie,the s'
ledgeville” in the additional section of- 1 We count as available the receipts for;
fer& by Mr. Jack.on-which *33 agreed,
476,656 12
The list is forwarded from Perote by the | A message was received from Bis j Mr. Freeman: To authorize and re-1 wa s then taken up and adopted—-yeas
correspondent of the Delta, who thinks Excellency ibe Governor, transmitting quire certain cases herein mentioned, to j 84 nays 40. The report as amended wa*
r. : * . .il ; Stato- of h« rarripd to the Sunmmc Court. I ^nnpnrrsd irw—the bill was read thethu
it correct, with the exception, probably, certain documents from
of some ofthe deaths which occurred Tennessee, relative to the Western and
among members of the Pennsylvania re- Atlantic Rail Road. i
giment. The total number given is 503, 1 Tcesda^, Dec. 14.
of whom one died ol contusion and six On motion of Mr. Cochran, the Sen-
of gunshot wounds. The remainder''ate reconsidered so much oV the Journal
of diseases mainly incidental to of yesterday as relates Jhe rejected
be carried ta the Supreme Court.
i read the third
concurred iiv^-tho bill ^
.The House resumed the unfinished l-ticne,--and on the question, shall this bill
business of yesterday, which was the] now pass ? the yeas and nays were call-
consideration of the bill to complete the] ed for, and are yeas 55, ftays G8.
Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and to . So the bill was rejected by the House,
provide means for the same—the discus- Wednesday, Dec. 15.
yesterday as relates to $ne rejected sion on which continued until the House Mr. Glass moved to reconsider the bill
bill to authorize the Gcntril Rail Road adjourned* to meet at 3 o’clock P. M. • rejected yesterday, for the removal of| Leaving,
ly, end I
for interest oaSute 8 per cent, bonds peid since 1st
November, because they represent cash for which
warrants will be drawn in the operations of Gov
ernment for the politicsl.year 1848.
Your Committee will now revert to the balance •
as before stated, in the Treasury on the
20th October, 1847, _ w > _ 362,251 50
Leaving as available, 63,546 69
Of'this there belonged to the political
year 1848, viz:
General tax of 1847 collected, and divi
dends received on'Edu
cation fur>d, the
And reserved for paym'i
of specific ap’priatioi
ot 16,363 59