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[T.M.UMPK1K & II. J. ADAMS
NEW SERIES—YOL. Ill, NO. 25.
ATHENS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1849.
VOLUME XVII.; NUMBER 37
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Stltrtrtl }'cttn(.
Batgiv* tomethe lip* U»t say
The honcit word*—» Gooi>-Uyk I"
Adieu! adieu! may greet the ear.
Is the guise of courtly speech:
sn we leave the kina and dear.
JHist'IUmj.
A pleasant smile for every face,
And spots of beauty bring.”
r nigh;
Wa would have forer .
The flame of friendship burst* end glows
b the warm, fimm words—- Gooo-Br *!"
The motlier sending Jorth her cluld
To meet lit*’* care* and strife.
Breathes, through her tears, tier doubts and fear*,
For the loved one’s future life.
No cold “adieu,” no “ farewell I" lives
Within her closing sigh * t>
But the deepest w>bof anguish jpvi
" God bless thee, buyl Gooi>-Br* J"
Go watch the pale and dying one.
When tins glance has lew" ‘ *
a the marble »
f* When the brow —.
L<*'. And the world a
the latent t
/^^Thelockoftl _
Yield what the l»cartniu«t understand,
Along—a last “Goon-UvsTj
Malden Wort
but a cottage home,
A simple home, and small;
Yet sweetness and affection made
It seem a fairy hall;
A little taste, a little care,
Made humble things appear
As though they were translated there
From some superior spb—-
but a cottage home,
A simple home, ami small.
Yet sweetness ami affection mads
It seem a fairy liatt.
As sweet the home, so sweet the maid,
As graceful and as good;
Stw seemed a lily in tlie shade,
A violet in the bud!
She had no wealth, but maiden worth,—
The other’s bn
Her Iraiue was b
tnple home
Yet sweetnes
It seem a fairy ball.
A cliccrfulnesa of soul, that thre
A something we could
fftnpilt tBnthrrings.
We do not kmn
^ Until wo com
ltow much wo love
That brings ns back the past again.
Progressive Population.
The territory of the United States is
nearly as large as that of all Europe; its
population, including that of tho Abor
igines and immigrants, may exceed 23,-
000,000, which is not a tenth part of
that of Europe. In August, 1790,
the United States contained nearly four
millions of people, inclusive of about
700,000 slaves. In 1800, there were
6,305,925 inhabitants; 7,239,814 in
1S10; 9,654,596 in 1820; 12,866,020
1830; and 17,063,355 in June, 1840,
Webster on tbc Hungarian Patriots.
At the recent New Hampshire Festi- - ,.
val, Mr. Webster «a. called upon for ; of «•»>“> 14,189,705 were whiles.—
some remarks in n&uu! to foe recent Ithe era of 1813 the or«a.wf the
' ' liberty in the Old World. I Union has more than doubled. During
were very eloquent and 125 years, to 1848, 1,6S8,872 persons
animated. We append the following j hav e migrated from Great Britain and
brief extract: Ireland to North America, chiefly to
“Genllemen, the events of the past 1 the United States.' In the year 1848,
year are many,’they seem to result from ; <»ere arrived at the port of New-York
indefinite purpose of those who wish ! 189,176 immigrants, of whom 98,001
ameliorate the condition of things in were from Ireland, 51,973 from Gerraa-
ny, and 6,415 from Scotland. The
whole number of persons not natives,
to ameliorate the’ condition of things
Europe. They had no distinct ideas.
There may be incidental benefits aris
ing from it. These wars may some
what assuage the imperial sway of de
spots. They may serve to convince
those who hold despotic power that
they may shake their own thrones if
they do not yield something to popular
demands. In that sense some good
may come of it. -
Then, gentlemen, there is another
aspect. We have all had our sympa
thies much enlisted in the Hungarian ef
fort for liberty.. \V,o have all wept at
its failure. Wc thought we saw a more
rational hope of establishing indepen
dence in Hungary than in any other
part of Europe where the question has
been in agitation within the last twelve
who are now in the United Slates,
believed to be nearly” four millions,
or between a fourth and a fifth of the
whole population.
In the year ending September 30,
1848; 229,483 passengers arrived /n
tbc United States, besides those via
Quebec; 136,126 were males and 9$,-
883 females. Of these, only 19,299
landed at New Orleans. In 1847 and
*48, 597,359 parsons left - the Unit
ed Kingdom, in 1846, only 129,851.
Some think that the accession of pop
ulation to the United Slates by immi
gration. will soon reach 500,000 a year.
Were our country filled up like Germa
ny, 172 persons to the square-mile, the
ISiraranms ^rltrtinns.
months; 0 but despotic power from j population would be 500,000,000. Eu-
abroad intervened to suppress it. j . ro P e contained 183,000,000 inhabitants
“And, gentlemen, what will come ofi ,n 1S07 * *n 1848 they had increased
it I do not know. For my pari, at this I lo 262,300,000 in the same area. Ex-
tnomcnl I feel more indignant at recent j ces fJ?. population, enormous taxation,
events connected with Hungary than at \ and 0,6 scarcity of subsistence, lave
all those which passed in her struggle j «™en mdhons lo America within [the
for liberty. (Tremendous cheering.) , * *" “ ‘“ J
Como crowding round the heart.
Lot what will lure our onward way,
Farewell’* a bitter word to say.*
4* i
There is nothing purer than honesty—
nothing sweeter than charity—nothing
warmer than love—nothing richer than
wisdom—nothing brighlcr than virtue—-
and nothing more steadfast than faith.
These united in one mind form the
purest, the sweetest, the warmest, the
richest, the brightest, and the most stead
fast happiness.
, Every man has, in his own life, fol-
s ajicienough ; in his own mind trouble
' enough; in the performance of his du
ties deficiencies enough ; in his own
fortunes evils enough—without being
curious about the affairs of others.
holds himself to be bound by the law
of nations, from the fact that he treats
with nations—that be forms alliances;
he professes in fact to live in a civilized
age and lo govern an enlightened na
tion. Isav, that if under these circum-
staners he’ shall perpetrate so great a
violation, of national law, as to seize
these Hungarians and execute them, he
will siand as a criminal and malefactor
in the view of the Ww. (Loud huzzas
continued for several minutes.) The
whole world will beflhe tribunal lo try
him, and he must appear before it and
hold up his hand and plead and abide
its judgment. (Reiterated cheers.)
“The Emperor of Russia is the su
preme lawgiver in* his own country, and
for aught I know, the executor of it al
so. But thanks be to God he is not the
supreme law-giver or the executor of the
national law, .and every offence against
.*“* " offence against the rights of
Our friend* departed! "With flu* dead. .
Ourselves! Fast hastening to the tomh.
What are earth’* joys! The dews <»f mom.
Its honor*! Ocean’s wreathing foam.
. 'Where’s peace! In trials meeklv borne.
And joy I lu heaven, tho Chrwtian’* liwnc.
Love is the weapon which Omniji
fence reserved to conquer rebel me
when all the rest had failed. Reason
he parries; fear he - answers-, blow for
blow; future interest he meets with
present pleasure; but love, that sun
against whose melting beams winter,
cannot stand, that soft, subduing slum
ber, which wrestles down that giant—
there U not one humble being in a mil- ..Gentlemen, the hones of poor John
cla „y- heafl ,S Wibkliflo were dug out of. his grave sc
against love.—Tnjipcr;
The rust of idleness is far more de
structive both to soul and body,'‘than the
friction of the most intense activity.
Humility.—Of all trees, I observe
that God has chosen the vine, a low
that the Emperor of Russia de
mands of Turkey that the noble Kos
suth and his companions shall be given
up, (Shame! shame!!) And 1 see
that this demand is made in derision of
the established law of nations. Gentle
men, there is something on earth great
er than arbitrary or despotic power.—
The-lightning has v»t®. power, and the
whirlwind has its power, and the earth
quake has its power. But there is
something among men more capable of
shaking despotic power than lightning,
whirlwind or earthquake (Overpower
ing outburst of applause)—that is the
threatened indignation of the whole civ
ilized world. (Renewed . cheers)—
Gentlemen, the Emperor of Russia
last twenty years. At a former period,
religious persecution banished thou
sands from otherwise happy homes.
In a few months we will have the
decennial census of the United Stales
for 1S50, and wc have seen a calcula
tion making the population represented,
21,027,527, and giving the Eastern
States 25, the Middle, including Dela
ware, 58, Western Free 50,. Southern
Slave 78, Representatives in Con
gress, at one member for 100,000 per-
211, which is too small a number
for the transaction of business, and one
representative lo 100,000 constituents
by far too few.
Eighteen hundred and fifty one will
bring us a decennial return from the
United Kingdom, which, in 1S41, con
tained 26,835,103 inhabitants, and may
give a return of nearly 30,000,000 per
sons, notwithstanding an emigration of
more than a million in ten years.
that i
the civilized world, (hear! hear!!) and
if he breaks that law in the case of Tur
key, or in any: other case, the whole
world has a right to call him out and de
mand his punishment. (Right)
“Our rights as a nation are held un
der the sanction of the national law—a
law which becomes more important
from day to day—a law, which none
who. profess to agree to it, are at liberty
to violate. Nor let him imagine, nor
let any one imagine, that mere force
can subdue the' general sentiment of
mankind. It is much* more likely to
extend that-sentiment and to destroy
that which he most desires lo establish
and secure.
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venty years after his death, and burnt
for his heresy, and his ashes were
thrown upon a river in Warwickshire.
Some .prophet of that day said:—
“ The Avon to tlio Sctctd runs,
The Severn to tluxsca,
Am! Wfckliffe’* dust shall spread abroad
- Wideas the water*be.”
Gentlemen, if the blood of Kossuth
plant that creeps up,,,, the Helpful wall;i ; 3 mkcn , an allsn l ulr , unqualified, un-
lie mild and gentlei^govc.justifiable violation of national law,
of an fowls the P, JIMS .
WfouO^npjjfttrrtl in Muses it was whaI wi)l itappeasc-vyhat will it pad-
not in the leliy cedar, nur in the sturdy fy , j, „. m Single with the earth—it
oak, nor in the spreading Ijulm, bat in will mix jviih foe waters of the ocean
Tho Monkey* of Tehuantepec.
The route of the proposed road across
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec presents a
great variety of objects in the animal
and vegetable world. The game, par
ticularly, is very abundant. Pheas
ants, nearly as large as turkeys, swarm
in the woods, and wild ducks of every
variety blacken the surface .of the rivers
and lakes. Mr. James informs us that
lie killed a number of wild ducks of a
species larger tbairsbe Muscovy duck,
aifd so tame tfiat you may approach
within a lew feet of them. Their flesh
is of delicious flavor. Deer and rab
bits, and.birds of the richest and most
varied plumage, abound; tigers and
leopards prowl in the woods, but are
shy, and Seldom approach near human
habitations. But perhaps the most in
teresting Zoological specimens on this
Isthmus, are the Monkeys, or as the In
dians call them, the Chirnos. They are
as thick in the woods, as blackbirds in
a corq-field; and when any person ap
proaches tbeir-dominions, they raise the
most horrible chattering and grinning;
as if they were heaping imprecations,
both loud and deep, upon the head of
the insolent intruder. They follow
him up, too, at a convenient distance,
and swinging by their tails from the
branches of the trees, grin defiance
and hate, shaking lb* limbs in a most
terrible manner.
When the French settlement was es
tablished bn the Coaizacoalco3, the
emigrants were much annoyed by the
ravages of the Chirnos, who depredated
upon their gardens and orchards, and
destroyed their young poultry. Many
plans were invented lo get rid of them.
Some enterpising Frenchman made a
good business capturing them alive, for
exportation. His mode was as follows:
Taking a jar of rum - and molasses into
the woods where he was surrounded by
the whole monkey tribe, he would dip
up the mixture and eat it before them
and then leave. The monkey staffer
carefully looking about them, would
descend from their retreats in the tops
of the trees and approaching the jar of
rum and molasses, ;would proceed to
dip up the mixture, and partake of it
heartily. There was, of course, a great
Scrambling <md—among them
for the largest share of the delicious
morsel. It is proper to remark that no
tec-total societies have yet been estab
lished among the monkeys, and but few
moral restraints have been imposed up
on their habits of intoxication. Indeed,
injustice lolhe animal race generally,we
may add ihat monkeys are the only an
imals, except that monkey—less the tail
—the man, who have any natural pro
clivity to drunkenness. We take the
trouble to state this, because temper
ance orators, indignant wives, and olh-
to him. The Pyrotechnist then pro
ceeded to ornament the monkey’s per
son in trne Ambassadorial style. He
painted his tail with a deep coat of spir
its of turpentine; he then encircled his
neck with a handsome collar of fire
crackers', clone up in blue, red, and
yellow paper; next he bound several
large sized rockets and serpents around
his body. All the while the chimo look
ed as pleased as Punch, with bis adorn
ments. The ambassador thus orna
mented, was then escorted to the favor
ite resort of ht3 tribe in the woods, by
the leading men of the French colony.
The monkeys were assembled in im
mense numbers, and seemed to be
much impressed with the apparently
humbled aspect of their enemy* who ap
peared to be so anxious to propitiate
their indulgence and friendship as to
select one of their own number as the
bearer of the Olive-Branch. They were
not, however, kept long in this pleasant
state of mind, for presently the Pyrotech
nist lighted the fire-crackers around the
neck of the Minister Plenipotentiary, ccn:
when crack! crack! they went then bang;
ban<s! inined in the rockets, whilst
&!ic spirit Itgislatart.
The Sabbath.
If you would befriend one of the best
friends of the human body—keep the
Sabbath.
If you would honor one of the best
frends of the human intellect and gen
eral education—keep the Sabbath.
If you would favor a grand ilumin-
ator of the public conscience, and by
such agency a powerful supporter of
civil law—keep the Sabbath.
If you would sustain a law which
gives great power to all .other divine
laws in the human mind—keep the Sab
bath.
If you would support that which
keeps prominently in the sight of men
all the great truths of Revelation—keep
the Sabbath.
If you would sustain that which pow
erfully guards men from Vice and crime
—keep the Sabbath,
If you would favor an agency pre
eminently efficacious in making men fit
for the eternal scenes of purity, love and
joy—keep the Sabbath.
vanity, or interest,, or complaisance,
bribes their understanding to disbelieve
even their senses. If cleanliness is the
fashion, then cleanliness is admired; if
er strong-speaking people, are in the
habit of libelling Ine whole zoology by
bang! joined in the rockets, whilst
serpents hissed forth their blue and red
flames, and the turpentine coating be-
ing ignited, made a splendid addition, a
Kremlin to the conflagration of Moscow,
of which the Ambassadorial monkey
soon made himself a moving panorama.
Darting madly in among his old friends
and relatives, he caused among them
the most indescribable consternation,
and alarm. In wild panic and desper
ation, they dashed into the woods, and
through the trees,uttering the most pierc
ing cries of terror, and stumbling over
one another in wild confusion. The
woods were soon cleared of them for
many miles around. It is the opinion
of Mr. Trasitour that some of them are
Tunning now; and have nearly reached
the island of Terra del Fuego, by this
time.
Not a monkey has been seen for ma-
ny miles around the French settlement
sihceV Pyrotechny proved, in this case,
the most successful diplomacy affairs.
Q. Delta.
IN SENATE—December 6,1S49.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
On motion of Mr. Chisolm, the Sen
ate reconsidered so much of the journal
of yesterday as relates to the rejection
of the bill to alter and amend the seve
ral acts of this Slate so far as relates to
the counties wherein the trial of claims
to personal properly levied on under
executions, shall be. had, &c.
A Message was received from the Go
vernor by.Mr. Patten his Secretary, in
forming the Senate that he had approv
ed and signed the following acts:
An act to grunt the privilege to the
Stockholders of the Cross Plains and
Red Clay Branch Rail ltoad Company,
to. change the name of said Road, and
for other purposes.”
“An act to authorize Clerks of the
Courts of Ordinary in the several coun
ties ol this State, lo grant Marriage-li
censes to Jewish Ministers, or other per
sons authorized to'perform the Marriage
ceremony between Jews, and to author
ize Jews to be married according to
their own forms.”
Fighting on Equal Terms.
I will tell' you a little incident that
occurred io Georgia many years ago.
Judge T., a celebrated duellist, who had
lost a leg, and who was known to be a
dead shot, challenged Colonel D., a
gentleman of great humor and attain
ments. The friends tried to prevent
the meeting, but to no effect. The par-
lies met on the ground, when Col. D.
was asked if he was ready.
“No, sir,” he replied.
“What are you wailing for, then?”
inquired Judge T.’s second.
“ Why, sir,” said the Colonel., “ I have
sent my boy into the woods to hunt a
bee gum to put my leg in, fori don’t
intend to give the Judge any advantage
BILLS RETORTED.
By Mr. Woods, a bill to regulate the
mode of suing out Ca Sas, in this State,
and to modify the proceedings thereon.
By Mr. Edmondson, a hill to author
ize the incorporation of joint stock com
panies for the construction of Macada
mised, Grade or Plank Roads.
The Senate took up the report on the
bill in relation to divorces, and having raenls *
spent sometime thereon, adjourned to
3 o’clock.
3 o’clock, P. M.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The Senate resumed the considera
tion of the bill in relation to divorces;
several amendments being offered and
rejected, the report was agreed to, and
the Bill passed—yeas, 35, nays, 6.
The Senate then went into commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Stell in the chair,
on the “ woman’s bill,” and after a bard
struggle the substitute offered by Mr.
Love, was lost.
The bill was then taken up by sec
tions—amendments were offered and
rejected. Several motions were made
to adjourn -inni
continued until a late hour, when a mo
tion to adjourn prevailed—yeas 22,
nays 21.
Adjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow
morning.
December 7, 1849.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Mr. Love moved to reconsider so
much of the journal of yesterday,
lates to the action of the Senate upon
December 8, 1849.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. A. J- Miller, a bill in relation
to public offices, and to punish certain
offenders in relation thereto.
By J. W. G. Smith, a bill to alter
and amend an act entitled an act, tolay
off and divide the Stale into, eight Con
gressional Districts, and to point out tho .
mode of electing the members to Con- ,
gress in each District, and lo provide
ngainst illegal voting—assented to, Dec.
28, 1843—50 copies ordered to be
printed. •
The resolution of the House refer
ring the mode of electing Judges of the
Superior Courts, to the People, was
made the special order for Tuesday lltb
day of December.
BILLS PASSED.
A Bill to prescribe the manner of cre
ating Trustees in personal property. .
A bill- amendatory of the Statute of
Limitations.
. A bill to declare the lien of Judg
ments upon equitable property.
A bill to regulate the certifying of
bills of exceptions upon causes for the
Supreme Court, where the presiding
Judge and Counsel or party cannot
agree as to what transpired, and to
prescribe a remedy—with amendments.
A bill to prevent Judges of the Supe
rior Courts within this State, from mak-
ng certain charges or giving their opin
ions to, or in hearing of the Jury, and to
define the same as error—with amend-
pplying the word “brute” to’men i over me * You see he has a wooden
pnlty of an offence which no decent leg!”
guilty
brute was ever known lo think of com
mitting. But to return to our story.—
The monkeys of Tehuantepec having
indulged to an excess in the intoxicat
ing bowl are soon laid under the table
or on the .gra£s, in.quite. a befuddled
state. In a little while the enterprising
Frenchman comes along, and quietly
bags-his game, pretty much in the style
in which Capt. Forns clears Lafayette
Square every morning, by jugging some
half a dozen of its drunken residents,—
These monkeys being caged, when they
are sober, take lo lemons and soda wa
ter,and become very maudein and pen
itent. But alas! it is too late ; they
are boxed up, and sent off* in the first
ship that comes by id some distant land
The Fashion.
Deformity is as often the fashion * —
beaulv ; yet the world in general see[-9 0s liquors. They eqnstitute a -preg-
no other beauty than fashion, and their nant fact, of which temperance orators
where they are rc-tailtd to itinerant or-
gangrinders, showmen and menageries
; —the more decent of them, perhaps,
getting admission into the Jarden des
Plantes. These doleful consequences
all flow from the fruitful spring of woes
unnumberedi-.the indulgence in spirtu-
exposing the
may make good ose>
folly of inebriation.
At last, however, the monkey market
being glutted with an .over-supply of
sink
The whole party roared with laugh
ter, and the thing was so ridiculous that
it broke up the fight. Colonel D. was
afterwards told that it would sink his
reputation.
“ Well,” he replied, “it
me lower than a bullet can ! ;
“But,” urged his friends, “the pa
pers will be filled about you.”
“ Well,” said he, *,* I would rather
fill fifty papers than fill a coffin!”
No one ever troubled the Colonel af
ter that.
A poor shoemaker having plunged
into the water to save the life of ~
ser’s child, the latter was profuse
thanks.
“ What do I not owe you?” said be,
* 1 owe you everything!”
“ Very well, you may just pay
ten dollars of it now,” said the other,
“ and I will wait till you get ready to
discharge the remainder of the debt.”—
The miser sloped—he did !
din, hair-powder, and pomatum are commodity, prices declined, even below
admired just as much, if not more, from
their being disagreeable. The secret
is, that fashion is imitating in certain
things that are in our power and that are
nearly indifferent in themselves; those
who possess certain other advantages
that are not in our power, and that the
possessors are as little disposed to part
with, as they areeaifertn obtrude them
upon the notice of others by every ex
ternal symbol at their immediate con
trol. We think the cut of a coat fine,
becausei
thousand
a fine car
the cost of the rum and" molasses used
capturing them. Tbeconsequence was an
abandonment of thisbrauebof industry.
Don’t Tattle.
What need it concern you if John
Snooks is courting Sal Thompson?
They are undoubtedly rational beings,
and can conduct their love affairs i
becoming manner without any of your
interference.» What if Leb. Short has
got a new dress! It is probably paid
Thereupon, the relations of the captur- for and cost you nothing. Therefore
ed and abducted monkeys resolved io' 'why need you interest yourself so deep-
avenge the injuries done to their rela- ! ty about it. What if the principal mer-
tions, and the insult offered to the whole j chant in this city has become insolvent ?
tribe, so they renewed and extended I You are hot among his creditors, and
ilmir .men > nn r>lar.. fnr hpnvpik’s sntp wtiv ran’l vnn IpI l’np
their depredations upon the gardens | lor heavens’s sake wfiy can’t you let the
and orchards of the poor French to such j man have a little enjoyment! Suppose
a degree; it became necessary for ihelat-J Dorcas Swift does go; to a dancing
meet in solemn council to delib- ; school? It cost you nothing, and as
, (Great enthusiasm.) 1 cannot say when,!
Tue FticnT op X eaus.—^ cars rush j or in in what form; but depend upon it, * Awful Warning.—The only two r one little, cunning-eyed Frenchman,who and byword of a set of gossipping,
.by us like.- the wind, We-seo that if such an act lake place, the; subscribers of ours, that we have heard styled himself Pyrotechnist to his Majes j intermeddling simpletons, merely on ac-
ntm>« mill i.nm-inililioi nrwl anirpre ; from who lfifl ihi? entinl— ... » ll AP mternHnnp '
whence the eddy comes, not whither- ^thrones and principalities and powers' from who left this country for Califor- ty Louis Philippe, arose and proposed j count of inevitable misfortune, ora
ward it is lymling: am! we .-cein our-. must look out for the consequences.— j nia, withont making arrangements to that if a monkey could be caught and
selves io wiisie?s ;!;i ir flighi without a (Overpowering applause.”) .pay their bills, met with a miserable brought to him, he would make him an
sense that wc are changed} and yet j " iend—one being drowned on the Big amba ssador extraordinary to the whole
time is beguiling nian or his strength* A .Sweet Command.—“Now put Platt river, and the other dying of Choi- tribe, and lie thought he could send a
as tho'wiiids mb il.e woods of iljt*ic,loli- iko right where you got it from!” as ' era on the plains without a friend near message by him which would forever
age. He is a wise man, who likii iMic gj r j said when her lover snatched a j him! Be sure that no one can prosper relieve them of their disagreeable neigh-
mill wnghtemploys every gust.— Scott. kissT i long who cheats the printer. bors. A
the bill in relation to divorces—which
was lost.
bills reported.
Mr. Cochran, a bill to protect the
people of Georgia, against the abolition
ists and other evil disposed persons, to
excite servile insurrection.
Mr. A. J. Miller, a bill to declare and
limit the. liability dLhusbands for debts
of their wives, incurred before marri-
Mr. Edmondson, a bill to incorporate
the “Georgia Exporting Company”—
accompanied by a memorial from Duff
Greene,—also,
A bill to incorporate the Dalton City
Company—also, a bill to establish and
regulate the inspection of Flour and
Corn meal at Dalton.
A bill lo change and point out and
regulate the manner in which the re
turns of the several Banking Institu
tions of this Stale shall hereafter bo
made, (with amendments.)
A bill to define the rights of com
plainants in Equity, in certain cases.
A bill to prohibit the Reporter of the
Decisions of the Supreme Court of this
State, from incorporating into such re
ports the arguments and briefs of coun
sel, further than a statement of the
points made and a brief of the authority
referred to by said counsel.
A bill to authorize the legal represen
tatives of intestates, and testators of oth-
States to sue in ibis State,
A bill to regulate the testimony of
AOfltosstuBwfr , - > A —~ ~ r ’ - 1 _
On motion of Mr. J.- W. G. Smith,
the rule was suspended iocir.jble.bim to
introduce the following bill, to wit;
A bill to be entitled an act, to alter
and amend an act, entitled an act, to
carry into effect the alterations and
amendments at this session of the Gen
eral Assembly, (to-wit: the session of
1843) in and to the 3rd and 7th sections
of the 1st Article of the Constitution of
this Stale, assented to 23d Dec., 1843,
so far as relates to the Senatorial Dis
tricts^ ;
Adjourned until 10 o’clpek Monday
morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 6,1849.
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
bills passed
A bill lo provide for the safe custody
f persons convicted of capital offences,
and afterward respited by the governor.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr. J. R. Smith, that his Excellen
cy the Governor, be authorized to have
prepared, a suitable block of Slone
Mountain Granite, and have it convey
ed to Washington City, to be placed at
the disposal of the building committee
of the National Monument, to the me
mory of the “ Father of his Country.”
Mr. Murphey,—Resolved, That the
hours of meeting of the Senate, after
the present week, shall be Ten o’clock,
A. M., and 3 o’clock, P. M., unless oth
erwise ordered by the Senate.
The reconsidered bill for the prese;
vation and protection of the rights of
married women, and the distribution of
their Estates, was rejected—yeas 21,
nays 23.
The Senate adjourned to 3 o'clock,
P.M.
Thg Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
bills beported.
Mr. Woods from _ the committee, to
whom had beon referred the petition
of Lott Warren and others, praying for
the formation of a new Circuit, report
ed* ' " .
A bit! to organize a new Judicial Cir
cuit, to be composed of the counties of
Macon and Dooly, of the South Western
Circuit, and Houston, Crawford and
Bibb, of the Flint Circuit,-under the
igle error committed, is far from be
ing agreeable.
If this class of beings have any busi
ness of their own, we hope that oukof
shame for themselves, and for the cred
it of their relatives they will attend to
name and style of the Houston Circuit,
and to defiue the lime of.holding said
Court.
Mr. Joseph E. Brown, from the Peni
tentiary Committee, made a report up^
on the financial condition of the Institu
tion, which was accompanied by the
following bills:
A bill for the remoyal of a portion of
the convicts in the Penitentiary, lo At
lanta, and to provide fortheirgovernment.
. A bill for the better government of
the Penitentiary, and for other purposes
The Senate then adjourned until 10
m
A bill to authorize tne Commissioners
of the Poor School fund in this Slate to
pay arrearages to teachers of poor chil
dren.
A bill to amend an act to incorporate
the South Western Rail Road Company.
A bill to make a residence io the Ju
dicial District, a necessary qualifica
tion for Attorney and Solicitors Gener-
al.
On motion of Mr. Nisbet, the House
referred so much of the Executive Mes
sage, transmitted yesterday, as relates
Federal concerns, to the committee
the State of the Republic; and so
much as relates to fractional lots on
certain Islands to the Financial comonil-
The House adjourned until 3 o’clock
P.M. .
The House met pursuant lo adjourn
ment.
bills of the senate passed.
To provide for the safe custody of
persons convicted of any capital offence
after being respited by the Governor.
To amend an act to incorporate the
South Western Rail Road Company aud
for other purposes.
To authorize James Gowdy of Lump-
kiu county, to erect and . keep up hie
bridge across the Cheslatee riyer in
said county on bis own land aqd to
charge toll.
To alter and amend an act to provide
for the compensation of Grand Juries of
Lumpkin county, passed Dec.,"*?, 1845
—also, to provide for the compensa
tion of the Petit Jurors in the Superior
and Inferior Gourls of said county.
For the relief of Charles B. -Lombard
and for other purposes.
To revive and make of force an act to
incorporate the Thomaston and Barnes-
ville Rail Road Company, with power to
to construct a Rail Road from some point
on the Monroe Rail Road, at or near
Barnesvillc in Pike county, to the town
of Thomaston, in Upson county, and
to punish those who may wilfully in
jure the same, and to confer all corpo
rate powers necessary to effect said ob
ject, assented to Dec., 23,1839.
To make residence in the Judicial
District a* necessary quaification for