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THE SOUTHERN WHIG, cr ln P rc<ffic b ™ ae, f° r his P ar *y frie ? <l8 - . **^*j*wi.y vauAu. ,o ;i nr-ativc—:hat IS, to say what they i would not do. If. Maryland abolished The Canens. . .. . , slavery, the gentleman from Georgia [dissatisfaction, and promote desirable AS soon as fins orgimzation took , even uoiijd not object toils abolition in intercourse Im? tween the extremes of the place, and after a short preliminary ad-: lhc Dlslricl of Columbia. Why then dress, selling Iniih that he had well pj e jg C ourselves Car all time to a pega- considcred what lie wnsalKiui, and thaV ( - ve ^ Then as to Califoroiaor New mated at 15,500,000, so that the reduc- ns n matter of duty, he could not avoir, j 5f cx j co g r8 , it might not be necessary lion/if there should then be no increase it and would not withdraw, if, Mr.' —»»—** gj g 1 Toornlje :Tbe reduction of the ten cents letter Ob motion of Mr. A. J. Miller, the postage to five cents, would, it is; said, simplify the- accounts, remove much intercourse between ihe extremes of the Union. • The number o! tep cent letters is esti* of correspondence, would deminish the revenue S775.000—which the receipts wou.d not wit lid raw. ii, Mr.’ -.olegisUite at all j next an eflori might , Georgia ofiered the follow-j j^, ma de there to enslave Tndiansi Sand- •- , ^?. r ^ 80 . /■* * wich Islanders, or Mexicans, to make i of the Department can well bear, s ' Unsolved, That Congress ought not t jj, eln work in the mines. To all that The length of the railroad routes is In pass- tiny law prohibiting slavery, in i spcc j e8 of slavery the whole country thclcrnloncs of California or New Mcx- g a , oppowd . Why ihcn require a iro.oor u-.y hw aWishutg slavery ... • pIe d g e from the Whig Members of Con- thcDistnct of Columbia. gress. who might even he in the mitior- No sooner hail tho Secretary read f, y , lhntthe y SoaU net pass any law inis resolution than an intense excite- . prolnbiting any sorl-of slavery ? mem wan, aroused; but it did not ex-, Mr Cli “„ m a n . „f N orth Carolina. was press itself in action or in violent words . f aV orable to the resolution, and should —bm a discussion ensued, and, as I un- voloforilt ifprc3Scd so lo d o; bul he oersfand.tne calmeilnmicooleslin man* rC g re neil its introduction here, and hop- oer. taking all things into consideration,: C1 , M[ Toom |, s wou | d will,draw it. erer known under such circumstances.; Mr. Toombs said he had well con- BIr. Stanley of North ^ Carolina was i 3 jdcred this whole matter, and under no the first to start in opposition; for, as a i c i rcu mstanccs should be withdraw it. Southern man, as he well said, there He boped to sec it mclf fairly and man - could be no doubt what he thought on ‘ j- u jj y ‘ these •object,; Inn this was no place j jjJ. Aslirou „ f oC . Ma.saehosetts, re- rorlhctrd'icessmn-thiswasnotime- m!lrkc , 1|bal ,|.„u . r h 0 wasin lavor ol and he therefore moved to lay the reso-f, he wl , m „, and of abolishing lotion upon the table. slavery wherever it could be constilu- Tho motion was seconded by several | tion;1 |f.. abolished, yet he was not for g entlemen, but before the vote was ia- making any such ifiings a test for the eft n great many speeches were made, j ^j n ,i ona [ Whig. Party, and when, in What these speeches were, and even J Massachusetts, such athinghad been at- vrho were the speakers, I am unable to! lcmplC( | at lbe Springfi eld Convention, sav with accuracy, but as rumor or reoe- hCf }„ common w j lb Mr. Winthrop and others, had successfully resisted any such new interpolation into the Whig j creed. I Mr. Schenck remarked that he would say with accuracy, but as rumor or repe tition announces them—and the city is foil of both—all tongues being busy in tho matter, and nil attention being di rected to ibis subject.. Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, nnd - Mr. Brcck, of Kenluckyi opposed the reso- luion. They agreed with every word of it, but it was not necessary to com pel every body to agree with them, es pecially "upon mailers that might never come up for legislation. When they did * . ° . . i . i nmiuiut' uta iuuiiuii »v IUUi.k'M VITO s up it was time to resolve; hut, be- loblo . which he did, when he subsli- rules were suspended, and the Senate took up the report of tho committee of the whole, on the bill to -authorize the issue of bonds of the Stale in lieu of others outstandings Mr. A. J. Miller, moved to amend the first section by adding,“said cou pons to be issued under such guards and checks as the Governor may .deem and practice law-ii Stale. the Courts of this A bill for the reKef of Mary Louisa Pritchard. A Message was recieved from the u. a Mr. Phillips*-.from the financial com- T .. . ...... mittee made an able and lengthy report i Qur readers are doubtless aware that the domi- 11- OcrrrmanacriDS^C«^*ibnai District Governor, containing a communication bn the state of finances, 150 ordered n5U1t party i n the Legislature, after sundry caucus to be printed. j meetings and numerous drillings of. their forces, Mr. Phillips, A bill amendatory of an j have at length introduced bills for altering the relative to the boundary line, between the States of Georgia and Florida. A bill to be entitled an act, to alter and amend -an act, entiled an act, to advisable, to prevent loss to the Slate.” , carry into. efTect the alterations and 6138 miles, and it is almost daily creasing. On these routes the mail now transported 5,749,040 miles an nually. It is true that this service is done with more despatch thin the same amount of service in any. other way, yet it is at a much greater cost. And the Department is sometimes embar rassed by the refusal of the Companies to contract subject to its regulations as lo hours of departure, - &c. The For eign end the California mail service oc cupy near a column ol the Report.— More clerks are called for in the De- pnrment. In the Inspection office alone 136,437 communications have been re ceived during the year. Some 1926 depredations were reported, involving $199,107, and 29 depredators have been arrested and $77,779 reclaimed. We repeat, that lha-Ileporl through out is sensible, business-like and com prehensive, and every way creditable to the Department. Estate Irgislntnrt. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Drceubbu 7, 1849. The House met pursuant to adjou ru ns soon vote against the converse of this ment. proposition as against'this ; the whole' On motion of Mr. Reynolds of New- —the amendment was received and the bill was passed. BILLS PASSED. The bill to abolish costs in the Su preme Court of lhc Slate of Georgia, and to provide a salary forthe Clerk of said Court. Mr. John Jones offered a substitute for the bill, which was rejected, bill read third time and lost. A bill to authorize the Savannah and Albany Rail Road Company, to make and use a Flank Rond and Branches in connexion with their Rail Road and Brnuchesc r in lieu thereof. A bill to incorporate the Talbotton Branch Rail Road Company. A bill to amend-an act to incorpor ate the Georgia Conference of the Meth odist^ Episcopal Church, and to vest therein the title to certain property with authority to dUposeu of the same—as sented to, Decl - X$3fe41. A bill toamcmian act to incorporate the Relief Society of the Georgia Annual Conference of the JHethodist Episcopal Church;- assented in, Dec. 22, 1838, by adding the word—South—and to confer certain power upon the first Presbyteri an Church in Augusta. A bill to appoint certain Commission ers for Savannah river. A bill to add a portion of the county of Habersham, to the county of Lu act to revive and keep in force the laws Congressional andSenatorial districts, nnda regulating the licensing of Physicians to | said every Loco in the'Legislature has pledged practise in this State. j himself, at their caucus meetings, to support the— Mr. Shaw, A bill to amend the laws ! measures, there is scarcely any r of this Slate so far as relates to the ad- i their ultimate passage. a left to doubt subject was irrelevant, in h;S opinion, j ton, the House reconsidered, so much of j kin, and to designate the county \ine be am! ought not to be introduced into a ! the Journals of yesterday as relates lot tween said counties. Whig caucus. ! the passage of the bill to provide for the j A bill lo alter and change the county Mr. Conrad begged Mr. Stanley to! payment of arrearages to teachers offline between the bounties of Jackson withdraw bis motion to lay upon «ro! poor children* f • , a *. . ; IUUIU j which IIO.OKI, WUCII lie SUU5U-, BILLS PASSED. loro wo agreed upon a Speaker and \ lulc d f or \\ a motion to postpone. This, j By Mr. Fish of Bibb, a bill to provide other officers, and when we only assem bled to select them, it was |mrty in the North had disclaimed any such test, nnd repeatedly declared that considered it a national not a sectional party and were unwilling to found a party on such a test. It was well known that the Whigs differed on the subject of slavery, as they did upon many other things as to which they had not agreed to act to gether, and as a national party they did not expect to coerce individuals to think •like on such exciting questions. amid cries of “question,” “ question,” t for the encouragement of the arrest and time to was Carr j e d j nearly the whole caucus J apprehension of persons committing rising for the postponement, and only ; Homicides in this State, eight in the negative, being three gen-1 By Mr. Nelson of Cobb, from the tlcmcn from Goorgia, Mr. Hilliard of committee on lbe:Pcniteniiary. A bill Alabama, nnd four others, whose names i to remove a portion of the convicts to I have not yet been able to ascertain, j Atlanta to be employed on the Western When this vote was announced Mr.! and Atlantic Rail Road. Toombs, of Georgia arose and left the ! Also, a bill for the bettor government , and tcithhim four other gentlemen, of the Penitentiary. ~ *"r. Wofford of Cass, a bill to the action of Magistrates upon l»y oat a chart for legislation. It sufficient to try and agree after it was found, first, that there was a disagree ment, and tlien a necessity for agree ment. The first Northern man who had any thing to say wns the Hon. Mr. Duer, of New York. He was surprised to find here an cffiirt la f.iun.l a parly upon an wh „ wer0 so b se quently followed by Mr. I By Mr. Woflord exclusiveilavery lest, when the Whig Hilliard, of Alabama, who said hi left regulate lb. ivoul misrepresentation, bul that he peace warrants. should take pleasure in voting, for Mr. Winthrop for Speaker. P. S.—Messrs. Tdombs, Stephens, and Owen of Ga., also Mr. Cabell Fla.. Mr. Morton ofVa., and Mr. Hilliard of Ala., left the caucus. Mr. Hilliard, H>f first gentlcripin “ the views o* ” agreed, he a visowos no j that it was not slavery in the District of' Columbia, why not say so, nnd .start in caucus with sach n declaration 1 Other gentlemen followed, among them Mr. Evans, of Maryland, who was in f Avor of the' resolution, but opposed to any action upon it there—nnd Mr. Ba- From the Pennsylvania Inquirer. Postmaster General's Report. The Annual Report of the Postmas ter General,^-wbicb has alreadyappear ed, in ou; ' ^ ^ id abounds with excellent stions. It cannot but make a most r flVorable impressionas to the efficiency and business qualifications of the head of the department. The total number of post offices at the end of the year, June 30ih, was 16,747. The number of Postmasters appointed within the year, was 6,333i ‘ Of these, 2782 were -ppointed in consequence of rcsigna- By Mr. Riley of Lumpkin, a bill for the construction of a road from the North Carolina line, to Allanta. : " . By Mr. Stephens of Talliaferro, a bill lo define the effect of absence from this State of. legatees and dislributeej certain cases; and to fix the lime o sliiuling actions for the recovery of acies and distributive abates—referred to Judiciary Cbmjnitlee. . ^ Also, a bill to prevent careless sboot- erpst-: ing : towards the highways, and other {roade in this ■ Stpte. BILLS?' PASSED. kcr, of Illinois, was also opposed to such | ijons, 183 in consequence of death, 284 octinn, nnd not left nt liberty to vote j in consequence of the changes of sites any where for such a resolution, either of offices, and 2103 in consequence of in caucus or in the House. | removals. Mr. King, of New Jersey, also ex- i Tho number of mail routes on the 1st pressed opposition to the passage of the [ day of July, 1849, was 4943, and the resolution here. It was no time to be t length of these routes was 167,703 distracting ourselves when we had a J miles. The average cost of transport- common enemy to.face. J ing the mail was six cents per mile.— Mr. Owen, of Georgia, warmly urged I The gross revenue for the year was $4 - the adoption of the resolution. It was • 905,176. The gross expenses $4,479,- necessary, he said, to settle these mat-{049.. Excess of gross revenue for the ters now. \Ve could not act together year, $426,447. . unless they were settled. We must I Theestimnteforthecurrentyearend- umlerstaml ourselves and each other. ; inc next Jane, anticipating tho in ane 1 Clarke, so as to include the resi dence of certain persous within the county of Clarke; and to change the line betwen the counties of Madison and Clarke, so as to include the resi dence of George A. Jarrell in the coun ty of Clarke. The Senate adjourned to 3 o’clock, P. M. • .. 3 o’clock, P.' M, The Senate met pursuant to adjourn ment. BILLS TASSED. A bill to repeal an act passed on the 22nd Dec., 1343, authorizing the Gov^ ernor of the State of Georgia to sell the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, fora sum not less than one million of Dol lars. A bill in relatipa^to the assignment ameninents at this session of General Assembly, (to-wit: the session 1843,) in and to the 3rd and 7th sections of the 1st Article of the Constitution of this State, assented to 23d December, 1843, so far as relates to the Senatorial Districts, made the special order of the day for Tuesday next. A number of bills of the Senate were read a secoud time. Adjourned until 10 o’clock Monday morning. Decelber 12. The Senate met pursuant to adjourn ment. Mr. Anderson moved to rconsider the journal of yesterday, so far as relates to the adoption by the Senate, of the proviso of the House to the bill of Sen ate, amending the charter of the Georgia Rail Rohd & Banking Company—the Senate agreed to reconsider. Mr. A. J. Miller moved to. reconsider the journnlof yesterday, so for as re lates to the repeal, to refer the bill known as the “ Senatorial District Bill.” The Senate refused to reconsider—yeas 19; nays 20. BILLS REPORTED. By Mr. J. R. Smith, a bill to alter and amend the third section of the first ar ticle ol the Constitution of this State. Mr. Cochran offered a resolution, that the Finance committee enquire in to and report lo the Senate, what amount of the assets of the Central Bank are available, how the assets have been ap propriated, what amount of the capital remains unappropriated, and for whaf ertising of estates by Administrators; j , Are the pcopleof.Georgia prepared to adopt and Guardians, and Executors, where theyencourage this new system of legislation? Are do not exceed one rbousand dollars. | they willing to sanction tho acts of an irresponsi- Mr. Riley, A bill to add.a portion, of, ble Caucus-acts so monstrously unjust ond ini- the county of Hall to the county of quitousrthftt the most hardened among them dared Lumpkin. not propose them in broad day light, until they had Also, a bill to alterant! amend the ' been first “ licked into shape" by a cabal at a mid- 19th section of the 1st article of the night conclave—they loving darkness better than Constitution. j light, “ becauso their deeds were evil ?” Mf. Lawton, A bill to prohibit Lutn- If we do not orer-cstiraate the honeaty ber measurers from being cleiks_ or teliigenceol the people of*Georgia r they wi agents of Lumber buyers. Lumber , the very first opportunity after the passage ol Mills &c., ! »cts (if the majority shall dan force their ink The House adjourned until 3 o'clock, j 0 us measures through the Legislatare) rebuke' P. M. ; their injustice in such way at cannot be misumter- 3 o’clock, P. M. stood; for corrupt a9 party leaders may be, we be- The House met pursuant to adjourn- j-lieve there is still too much honesty among the ment. : people to admit of their subraiiting to such abomin- The afternoon session was devoted to able proceedings without a word of complaint, reading bills the second lime. j The Congressional district bill (a summary of The House then adjourned ’till 10 . the provisions of which is appended) is intended to o’clock to-morrow morning. THE SOUTHERN WHIG. purpose, the propriety of abolishing the offices of Director and Cashier—place JOHN H. CHRISTY, EDITOR. __ jill to alter and amend Ufe several Judiciary acts now in 'force in this State, so far as relates to Justices Courts assented to, 14th Dec., 1811. December 11th. The Senate met pursuant to adjourn ment. Mr. TurocmwGxi to reconsider so much of the journal of yesterday, as the effects of the said Bank in the hands of au agent to wind up the same, and that the committee report by bill or otherwise, agreed to. - A message was received from the Goi-crnor, by Mr. Patton, his Secretary, laying before the Senate a communica tion accompanied by a Report from thcChief Engineer, in answer to a Reso lution of the Senate, asking information in relation to the contract for the com pletion of the W&AR Road from Dal ton to Chattanooga, which on motion of Mr.jMurphey, was read and referred to the committee on internal improvement, and 1 ' fifty conies ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. A message was also received from the Governor, in relation to the bounda ry question between Georgia and Flo rida, accompanied by a letter from the Governor of Florida, all of which referred to the committee on the stale of the republic. BILLS PASSED. atjidts, (Ptntjia: Thursday Morning, Dec. 20, 1819. CSS" Communication* for the paper, ete^ Should be w-We were shown a few days since, by Dr. John S. Linton, bf‘this town, two full grown pc«rs —grown in the open air, in his garden, and of course of the stfeond crop. This is strange indeed -—perfect fall and summer fruits in the up-country of Georgia, after the middle of December ! give the Locos fie certain or the eight members of Congress to which the Slate ia entitled, and m chance, for the sixth !! Now, this is a beautiful sample of Locofoco liberality ami love ol justice, in a tce-saw State like Georgia, where first one and then tho other party is in the ascendant !— But let the leaders perpetrate this great fraud and abominable outrage on the rights of the votera of tho State, and the People, who, however much they may differ on abstract questions of policy, all love.justice and fair dealing too well to suffer such a perfect monstrosity of iniquity long to disgrace our statute book, while the remedy remains in tU*' f own hands, will at once apply it. It the present bills should pass, let the honest ' men of all parties raiso the standard of Riteal, and let them AGITATE—AGITATE the ques tion until our disfranchised fellow-citizens are al lowed their rights. The bill (which was introduced in the Senate, on the 7th'inst., by Mr. J. W. G. Smith) provides that the county of Scriven shall he added to the First Congressional District Butts, Jasper, Jones, and Walton, to the Third. Harris and DcKalb to the Fourth. Union and Lumpkin to the Fifth. Newton to the Sixth. Hancock, Washington and Lanrcns t cnlh; and Elbert to the Eighth. Sev- A bill to be entitled an act, to amend j relates to the rejection of the bill, to the lllh and 13th sections of the 6th di-1 abolish costs in the Supreme Court, and sion of the penal code. • j to provide a salary for the Clerk of A bill to protect the people of this • said court. The Senate refused to Slate from vexations prosecutions, in consider. A bill to change the time for hold! elections for members to represent this Slate in the 'Congress of the United States. A bill to authorize the Incorporation of Joint Stock Companies, for the struction of macadcmised, graded or Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, pressed the adoption of ihe resolution in some thing liko the same tone of argument. Jiwas unnecessary now, he urged, for Northern dr Western Whigs to be press ing the Wjlmot Proviso upon Congress. California was about to present , a con stitution, which would save them the necessity there, nnd spare them , from inflicting upon the South any such tifiealion. When this, territory creased expenses of the new routes, California mail, &c, will amount to $4,- 750,133. To meet this, in addition lo the S200,- 000 appropriated by the act of 1847, to pay for the franked matter of the depart ments, the entire reliance is in receipts from postage. These, however, will not be so large as the last year, which H were much beyond the natural growth of ; the country. Qaving to temporary cases where Grand Juries may hereaf ter refuse to find true bills. Adjourned till 3 o’clock. 3 o’clock, P. M. The House met pursuant lo adjourn ment. The House look up bills of the Sen ate for a first and second reading—and j plank roads, haying gone through with that order, The rules being suspended, on mo- adjourned ’till 9 o’clock to-morrow j tion of Mr. A. J. Miller—the bill ofSen- morning. ! ate, entitled " an act to amend the sev- December Sth, 1849. i eral acts in relation to the Georgia Rail The House met pursuant to adjourn-1 Road and Banking Company,” was menu ! taken up—when Mr. Miller moved to On motion of Mr. Brown of Burke, j disagree to the following proviso, added the House rescinded the resolution pass-! b y the House of Representatives, to-wit: ed yesterday requiring the House to j “ Provided, That’the amount of the meet at half past 6 o’clock. P.‘M.;j increased stock of said Company, shall and read bills the.first time. - i not be exempted frpin taxation, as is se- bills repored. j cured to the present Stock by the latter Mr. Pickett orGilmcr, a hill^ lo l iy j clause of the 16lh section of the charter county from parts of Gilmer \of said company, but shall be subject about to be acquired by an ynconslilu- causes of disturbance, the Increase was tional war, he opposed the war, inborn-j over 15 per cent, being double the in- mon with nearly all the whi« parly, crease of; the preceding year. The among other things, because it must | natural increase is estimated at 9 per ct. lead to ihe acquisition of territory in j per annum, and p^suming this as the which* tfslavery^wcrc admitted or. ex-i rate, the report shows that the revenue eluded; it must jeopard the pence ol- 1 of the Department this year will greatly this Union- As he foresaw, the very j exceed its ‘expenditures, and leave a state of things, life inevitable result of | balance in June 1S50 of $1,033,710. tho war, i and Cherokee. Mr. Worrell of Talbot, a bill to tax the Macon and Western Rail Road Com pany. bills passed. A bill to regulate the fees of Attor ney and Solicitors General. The special order was then taken np, to wit: the bill to repeal the 3rd section act, approved 29lh December, Ocj- The Rev. Mr. Lakdecm, pastor of the Bap- st church in this place, has, we understand, ac- We Imve in another place givei cepted a call from the church at Macon, and will regard to the bill introduced in the Legislature for leave here about the first of January, for his new ; tho purpose of ‘‘Gerrymandering* 5 the Congrcs- field of labor. j sional districts, together with a synopsis of the j provisions of that iniquitous measure. Below, ■icplicna. wilt be found the details of Uie bill for “ Gerry- NVe give in another column a detailed acconnt j mandering’’ the Slate Senate upon reference t To he entitled a of the proceedings of the Whig cuacus at Washing- j , * lC provisions of which, it will be ton for the nomination of a candidate for the Speak-! instance, Locofocoistn “ out-IIcrods Herod, ership, that oar readers may have an opportunity i 1* of judging of the propriety of the Whig Representatives in Congress (Messrs. Ste phens, Toombs and Owen.) We hazard nothing in saying that the whole pebple of the State most unhesitatingly endorse their bold and fearless 1S47, entitled an act to authorize the course ’ Central Rail Rond and Banking C< ny and the Macon and Western Rail Road Company or either of them lo form a junction of the Central Rail Road and Macon and Western Rail Road to unite in or near the limits of the city of ... i , „ Macon, after some discussion. On mo- | wh »- b » tk,! 'vay, l.ave been denoanecd by lbe U-. IhM (n) ,„ ,„J .Her linn the Senate adjourned till 3 o’clock : c f 0 ?, c “ F " s ‘ 1 «£«"“ S Ac '' U ”' .. . J : of Southern rights—these patriotic, high-souled and IS evening. _ „ ,, ! chivalrous sons of the South, have had the manly What a striking contrast does the conduct of that i noble band of Southern Whigs present to the course ; pursued by Southern Democrats under a Democrat-1 ic administration! They even went so far—some ; of them—as to vote for the Proviso and eulogise J House of Rcpre*cntat\ their President who signed ft I These gentlemen, j tn Gcaeral Assembly A BILL. :l to alter and amend an Act “entitled an act tc carry into effect the altera tions and' amendments at this session ot tho General Assembly, (to wit: the session of 1843,) in and to the 3d and 7th sections of the 1st Arti cle ot the Constitution of this Stateassented to, 23d December, 1843, so far as relates to the Senatorial Districts. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and of the State of Georgia, , and it is hereby enacted to such tax as the Legislature may here after impose.’* The yeas and nays were required and are as follows, yeas 18, nays 19. Yeas—Messrs. Anderson, Elias Beall, Blacksbear, James E. Brown, Clayton, Cochran, Eberhart, Hines, Thomas The bill to amend the several Acts, Johnsion, Andrew J. Miller, James A. in relation to the Georgia lin'd Road Miller, Moseley,' Purse, Quartcrman, Banking Company—^was amended and ! John W. 6. Smith, Ira E. Smith, Spul- passed. j lock, Tomlinson.. The House adjourned lo - 3 o’clock j Nays—Messrs. Augustus Beall, Byrd, — ' Joseph- E, ^Brown^ Bryan, Chisolm 3 o’clock, P. M. The Senate met pursuant-to adjourn ment. The Senate resumed the considera tion of the above bill, and after some further debate, the bill was passed— yeas 28, nays 6. The Senate took up the bill of the House for a second reading. Mr. Gonder. from the committee on the Penitentiary, made a minority re port, which being read, on motion of Mr. A. J. Miller—fifty copies of both Re ports were ordered to be printed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. December 10,1849. The House met pursuant to adjourn ment. BILLS REPORTED. By Mr. Fish; A bill to repeal an act to require the Jailors of the several counties to publish runaway slaves in one of the newspapers in Milledgeville this afternoon. 3 o’clock, P. M. The House met pursuant to adjoura-< ment. The rule beiug suspended, Mr. Wig- »w existed. As tu slavery! A Reduction ok Letter Postage gins, introduced‘a bill, the same as^that in the District of Columbia—a’ matter (to a uniform rate of five cents is then | introduced in the Senate by M'r.J. W. Clark, Edmonson, Ferrell,'Gondor, Mi- cajah Johnston,-*W3li»«a^anes,., Joln?|. Jones,' Leonard* McRae, Murphy, Rawls, Slell, Turner, anil. Woods. So the motion te. disagree .was lost. The Senate adjourned. to 3 . o’clock, in principlelo llu; South of the utmost. recommended. The Report adopts the j G. Smith, relating to a re-organization" this afternoon, importance—all lie had tosay was, and doctrine that the Department ought to, of the Senatorial(Districts.—150 copies : . Three o’clock, lie said it not in threat but in sorrow, j be neither a source of revenue nor ex-' ordered toibe printed. The Senate met pursuant to adjourn- nnd lor information, that, if attempted ; pense to tlie Government. It estimates I kills passed. *•*■;»> |h and persisted in by the men who now; the whole number of postage letters! The bill to authorize Wra. A. Carr had power, that is, the numerical ma- 'through the mails the past year at 62,and Peter A. Summey to open and jorily in this Union—the Union must; millions, on which the postage was $3,- keep open the North Oconee River from and would bo dissolved.. The Union J 882,762: ditto on newspapers and could not be held together; it was not pamphlets, $319,016. Tho franked in the power of South to hold ii the District of by the action filiens. begged express their views. Mr. Brooks, of New York, said, Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, asked for the cd t " jtft Northern 4 ten ehis. As to coaches' the District * r a colleague 1 his opinion at toge in’ll i the city of New York, that it was not expedient to press oelivi any such efforts now. ^o far. on ibis. Ins income —— J with tho resolution for annum. income in the mail matter was enormous. The prinl- layery in ed documents and speeches of the last "bolishod Congress, numbered over 7 millions. Mr. Sic- and weighed a million of pounds. If it ntlemen to had paid postage the sum would have :i f' bui ii , also sul> - pent of the money „ >y the letter pos er. By law, two cents gSi 1 pa; >f $2000 : could see no necessity for that cents each on the ismuch as California had pass-; ducting one-tenth \ lumber de- 1, which is independence to refuse to vote for their party didate for Speaker,when that party failed to declare its opposition to interference in the question of Slavery!! Let the canting hypocrites who have heretofore denounced tlic.-e gentlemen hang their heads in shame, and never raise them again until they purge their own parly of the last dregs of Pro- soism. But this is not a proper time to indulge in { -imination and recrimination. We want united 1 rtionon the part of the South. The time has ar- ' ved for her to present an unbroken front. We believe all parties now unite in this opinion. Noth ing else can save the Union of these States. Let our Northern brethren see and feel that we are in earnest, and surely they will not force us to take that step which all good men myst deprecate. But, “ death rather than dishonor.” In this connection, it may not be out o! place to remark that we esteem it a great misfortune to the South, at this time, that her Democratic Represen tatives, under Locofoco Administrations, have here tofore,from attachment to party .submitted to any sort of treatment at the hands of their** Northern allies.” This, of course, emboldened tbe North, and she became daily more exacting—until, finally, having Whigs to contend with, who were “ made of stern er stuff,” and loved their country more than party, the independence of our Whig Representatives has perfectly astonished the North—they bad been so long accustomed to the truckling of Southern Loco- foerlsm, that thieyAlsbggtit'il'chAraHorisfie k'rinbe A bill to revive an act incorporating the Madison & Macon Rail-road. Mr. Brown of Burke: A bill to reg ulate the duties of persons erecting post wires or fixtures for a Telegraphic line. Mr. Thomasson of Carroll; A pre- Southern convenuon ami that two W- «Soathen l»J done. No wonder egajes.be sent losaul. convenuon from ^ cooduct 0 , 00r wi,;,. Represent.- each congresstoha Dtstnct. I ,ive. w», to ,h. Nonb. like . thnndcc!.,, from . Mr. Shackelford ol Cass. A rcsnlo- i clwdlcutk ,. jft.,„re now hgiwii.gio-aiimaK lion requesting the Chief Engineer P r 1 wluc of „ ur hrim , Vnim * ,„d ,, t, ope th , t the State to furnish information relative Ptovhtellce 0V e m ,lc the present critis an to 2d Senatorial District of this State shall be composed of the counties oi Liberty and Tat- nall. The 7th Scn<ttori;tl District simll bo composed of the counties of Bulloch and Scriven. The 8th Senatorial District shall he composed of the counties of Effingham and Bryan. The 9th Senatorial District shall be composed of tho :ounties of Burke and Jefferson. The 13th Senatorial District shall be composed of tho ountics of Early and Randolph. Tho 14th Senatorial District shall be composed of tire counties of Stewart and Muscogee. Tbe &h Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of I<ce and Baker. 16th Senatorial District shall be composed of: counties of Troup and Harris. The 17th Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Houston and 1'ulaski. -The 18th Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Marion and-Macon. The 19th Senatorial District shall be composed of the couuties of Dooly and Sumter. * The 20th Senatorial District shall be composed ol the cou nties of Twiggs a nef Jones. The 21st Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Washington and Emanoel. The 25th Senatorial District shall be composed ofthe counties of Putnam and Jasper. The 26th Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Monroe and Bibb. ^The 28th Senatorial District shall be composed ofthe "Jh ment. • . ■; bills passed. : A bill to provide for the admission in evidence of exemplifications, ofthe Ju- . .... . dicial proceedings had in other Slates tiler’s Bridge in tbe county of Jackson in the several courts of law anti equity was passed. ^ of this State/ By permission ofthe House Mr. Jones; Bills of the House passed. of Paulding, reported a bill to alter and j A bill to amend the acts in relation to amend an act entitled an act, to incor- i issuing Grants on Head rights in this •jnrate the Ocmulgee Rail Road Compa-; State, so far as to extend the time for anti to punish persons violating the granting the same until the 2oih Dec. , „ not only requir- same. .. . |1S51. -I propria ted for lhc this matter, of- The House adjourned ’till 9 o’clock j A bill to establish additional election j j n sa jd memorial. of additional Monday morning. V . precincts in the county of Habersham. | Mr. Nelson of Cobb : A bill to pre- ?. -i i- IN SENATE—December 10. I The rule was suspended, and Mr. j vent excessive charges of*Executors, The Senate met pursuant to adjourn- Chisholm introduced the following bill. * Administrator- J ~' t ^ — r»i—i— menu. - - ^ r A bill to uuthorize tlte Alabama and 0 f Ordinary f to any advantage arising from the pro position ol Cooper & Wiley. Mr. Wofford of Cass: A biU to make it legal for any constable to levy fi fas from Justice’s courts against any magis trate. ' Mr. Harrison of Chatham : A bill lo amend an act relative to tbe govern ment of Banks, &c. Mr. Harris of Clarke, from the com mittee to whom was referred-the .me morial oft lie Georgia Historical Socie ty, a Resolution that 600 doIIars.be ap- justice to be done to all, and save us from the evils which, to human sagacity, appear now almost inevitable. Mr. Roxy, or Luams.—In the Milledgeville correspondence of the Journal & Messenger, we find the following allnsion to this gentleman, whose speech, on a recent' occasion, it is said, has been grossly caricatured by some of tbe Reporters : “ Mr. Riley, of Lumpkin, introduced a resolution which was agreed to, that the Speaker shall strict ly enforce the will of the House, “ that no member be allowed to speak more than iwi wipe.on i counties of Meriwetfier andTalliot. - Tl»e ' 29th Senatorial District shall be composed ofthe counties of Heard and Carroll. The 30th Senatorial District shall bo composed of the counties of Campbell qnd Coweta. The 31st Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Campbell and Coweta. The 32d Senatorial District shall be composed of tbe counties ot Blitts and Pike. The 33dI Senatorial District shall be composed of theET counties of Newton and Henry. The 36th Senatorial District shall be composed of tbe counties of Franklin and Madison. The 37th Senatorial District shall be composed ofthe counties ol Oglethorpe and filbert. The 38lh Senatorial District shall be‘composed ofthe counties of Clarke and Walfon. Tho 39th Senatorial District shall be composed ofthe counties of Gwinnett and Forsyth. And the 4 a id Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Hall and Jackson. ' Sectios 2. And be it further enacted by the «u. thority aforesaid. That all. law* or. parts of have militating against this Act bo, and the same are hereby repealed: have seen several very illiberal reports ofthe re marks made by Mr. Riley on the' bill giving the - _. , election of Judges to the people. - No one will deny Guardians or Clerks . lhat hU rem8rks wero pertinent and correct, and A ott, to uuu.or.ze --vtauau,.j a„u Ordinary tor atvertts.ng, and. to re- the i roijclii „., lich KMI . „}rsl time. Georgia Rati Road Company of the quire vouchers for the same, also a bill | ce3sary Uebatc . Riley isau efficient member of . a bill for the relief of Slate of Alabama, to extend their con-; to provide compensation lor owners ol i thj) Hou ^ and p0E£CJili „ at least as much intelli- eachers of poor children of the template*! Rail Road from the-Alabama land covered with wa'ler by reason of ( genceas ^e Honorabte President ofthe “ Smft/' county of Hall, for the year 1845. line through a portion of the county of the construction of dams and mills. rr— . — Also, a bill for the relief of Henry W. Floyd, to some point near the city of. Mr. Johnson, A-bill to amend an act( - tD"We have been compelled to lay over tni? |fining the proceedings of the Convention for fram- ofthe county of Hall. ■ Rome in said countv, to secure to siad to niter and amend the 9th section of, week an interesting letter; from California, and ( i n „ a State const i tut i on . Tlie news contained ia ize the Justices‘company certain rights and privileges, the Judiciary act of 1799. ;• other matter, which we shall present m our nextj this luimber ofthe “California” has been antici- Forsyth county,*and for other purposes. Mr. Akin, A bill to levy and collect a.‘ 38 »e- ! ...—jP a ’ in the general tax of said county j The order was resumed and the fol-! tax for the political years 1850 and *51. j A colored man, named Charles Robertson, died ( p»| - . ^ . lowing bills passed. I Mr. Thornton, A bill to prevent the recently in Carroll county, Md., at the remarkable j in * ii™** Bn f running of Freight' trains on Rail Roads age of one bandied wid three years and seven Uo . - ID* We are indebted to the- courtesy of A»'t Surg. Dr. A. A: F. Hill, formerly of this place, for, /i copy ofri>0 “ Alta California? *■' weekly paper published at San Francisco, and dated Oct., 25, 1849, togetherwilh a supplement to Uie s I some weeks through other r^ia published weekly at twelve dollars rvance,and adtertUemenU inserted ma