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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