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. ■■ —-——-3^ . .. limy be ascertained al some future enu- Mr. Harrison, from the military com-j the alterations and amendments made miration that the greatest represpnta* mitlce, reported and recommended;the j at the session of the General Assembly live population is in some other county adoption of the following resolutions : J in and to the 3d and 7th sections of the than that which now forms a district of Resolved by the Senate and House of\ 1st article of the Constitution of this iisclt; and that such county. must he Representatives in General ^Assembly met. State, assented to on the 23d da}' of >i e.4--^g' ^rhat tr*. v.i, 11 * ^ * 1 * - ^* — 1 a hr Mr. Kendall: T« an act entitled an act censing uf physicians in this State, to prevent a|K>thecaries from vending anti exposing to sale within this Slate drugs and medicines without a license from the Board of Physicians, aud to prevent merchants, shoj»-keP|KTS, anti all other persons from compounding anti prepar- drngs anti medicines, or either, ap- ^scarisutJtcd Frmrrtfic^icCvhh^vhjth-ji. Thai His Excellency the Governor be j December, 1343. is now associated, and Chatham con- , re'coiritncn'ded and earnestly requested j Mr. McWhorter: To regulate the ex- nccted wiili one of the counties contigu- to take the necessary steps to ascertain ecution of interrogatories and deposit ous to it. from the colonels commanding the tlif- lions. The answer is that at the time tbelferonl regiments of the militia of this j Mr. Worrell: For the relief of securi- Coiisliiuiion wns amended, Chatham * State, the condition of flits several vo!un- ties, was known, from the last enumeration, leer companies within their commands to have the largest representative popu- that have drawn arms from the State, lation. and if the framers ami enactors'the condition of those arms; and incase of the amendment could have overlook- where such companies have dissolved rd the importance to that county, (con-1 nr ceased to use the arms entrusted to sulcring the diversified interests there-! them, that his Excellency he requested in) of a separate representation in the in cause said arms to be gathered to- Sennle, they cannot he considered as geiher ami pul in order, and proceed as guilty of the folly of requiring the bteak- the law directs against such persons and lug op nnd reorganizing of a large nura- j their securities as have failed to take: „ 0 tier of the districts, after every euumer- j proper care of such arms as have been ' proved. Dec. 24,182-5. niion,for the purpose of providing for entrusted to them. 1 Mr. Harris. To require trustees to one county. It is not *0 expressed, and : Mr.Phillips: Toaltcrand amend an net make annual returns to the Court ofOr- such fully is nut to be presumed. More-j to organise the Lunatic Asylum of the j dinary, to declare the manner in which over, even if it be so, Chatham yet Ims Slate of Georgia, and to provide for the j the same shall he done, and to define the largest representative population— government of the same, and appropri-! their liability for failing or refusing to nnd there can lie no ground for the • ate a sunt of money for the same, as-1 comply with this act. change of districts proposed, until some ! sented to Dec. 10th, 1841. 150 copiesI The House look up the unfinished bu- other county have out-stripped pher in j ordered to he piintcd. j siuess of yesterday, which was the population and this he shown by sep-| Also, to provide for a geological sur-j amendment offered by Mr. Jones, by tenntal enumeration; and whatever j V ev of the State. j way of an additional section to the hill changes may he made in other districts, I Mr. Mintz : To reduce the pay of the supplemental to the general tax bill, should only he such as are necessarily members of tin: present Legislature on connected with the transfer of Senator*!- jland after the 1st day of Feb. next, nl influence from Chatham to the more j Mr. Manning: To niter and amend fortunate county. But the hill docs ! nn act entitled an act to authorize and not propose to interfere with Chatham j empower executors and administrators and thcretbic is without even the Jfioi.ii/ j u> make titles to land in certsi’ support upon which it may he supposed to rest. The undersigned have spoken brief ly and plainly, because they desire to he undersiMwl, when they oppose a measure which they consider violative c.ftho Constitution. AxdcEw J. Miller, Blount C. Ferrell, Peter. E. Love. Resolved, That the refusal, on the part of the non-slaveholding States, to deliv er up fugitive slaves,*' who have escaped to said States, upon proper demand be ing made therefor, is a plain and palpa ble violation of the letter of the Consti tution, and an intolerable outrage upon Soul hern rights. Mr. Jenkins moved the following a- mendmeni: “And that it is the imperative duty and amend [ofCongress to pass laws providing for ulale the li- the enforcement of this provision of the Constitution, l>y federal, judicial and isterial officers, responsible to the 3 ! The Search for Sir John Frmikiin. Senators and Kepresentative%in Cnn-; the purpose of defraying ll>e Mpenccs . ■ „ p | c . n .: i yr i h. has ^chehord moved to amend hy 1 ^ *** ^ ^ "’H inserting after the word Stales,” ex- "On motion of Mr. Worrell, the cnm-| >" die ptoce c ^' n S' * r a'lW Silent- cept the Slates of Vermont and Con- milee arose and reported the additional j •*.' “ " ‘ ‘» »• ^p or ,1*. tea-nn nccticut, which was reeeivedV-the reso-: section hack to the House, without 1 lent ion « ‘ I * . , I it tion as amended was agreed to. i amendment. J W ° luiee of our The House took up the further spe-j The report, as amended, was agreed »r« ^ lhe President was cial order of thedav. which was the re- to. I l,,e ''IV . \*. . „r p„, l<T «, a r , port on the hill to authorize and require 1 Mr. Lawton moved to recommit the »“« able, in.'.he recess of C ngr»**, fur the Governor nf iliis State .« call .L bill, "..t m ."her the , ■" -i. waa, ..I < » ■«««**,,■^7™?“ vention rd the periplenf this State. the prnvisiims nf the bdl as amended .ipphr a tie In i <* J ■ 'J , Mr. M. D.mgald moved to take up the -which prevailed. The hill was read e Xp r <?«.. by h‘.n thrnugh ■ the 3d time, and nn the the Secretary of State m reply to the ou,... I this hill now pass*” the touching letter of Lad} Franklin.) he vests ami , ays were required to here- has let no lime elapse since the organ.- V ..« a * ioG tmv* za,ioM l ^ u lwo Houses was accom- tier the follow- |disltcd in presenting the subject to We do not doubt the disposition Condone! front (lie Southern Recorder'll Report SENATE.—Monday, Jan. 21, The Senate took up the special on of the day—the resolutions in relation the Hon. T. B. King, which, on mot ofMr. Wiell, were made the special der of the day for Monday, the 4th of February next. Rill Passed. To authorize the appointment of a Di rector of the Central Bank. Hills of House Passed. To curtail und simplify civil plead ings. To proleci the people of this Stat from vexatious prosecutions in case where grand juries may hereafter fail to find true hills. Rills Reported. By Mr. J. It. Smith: To regulate the weighing nml marking of c»U»n by the several Kail I tom I Companies of this Elate, nnd to prevent charges for re weighing. Oa motion of Mr. Clark, the Senate passed a resolution resolving not to re ceive any new matter, unless hy-the con sent of two-thirds, after the 22d inst. 'I’lie Senate also, on motion of Mr. A. J. Miller, passed a resolution resolving to adjourn on Friday, the 8th February, or sooner, if practicable. A number of hills were read the se cond ,tiine—others considered and post poned indefinitely. Tuesday, Jan. 22. Rills Reported. By Mr. Stell: A (till to authorize all persons whatever to establish ferries und erect bridges across water courses or streams on their own land. To authorize the Judges of the Supe rior Courts of this Slate to draw a less number than forty-eight petit jurors. Mr. Stell, front the committee on en rolment, reported as enrolled and sign ed hy the Speaker, a number of bills— others were rend the second time—af- cases, pproved February 15. 1799. Mr. Jones of Paulding : To strengtli- u the military arms, and to provide for the defence of the State. Mr. Jenkins : To make penal the cut- ig and carrying away of wood from the premises of the owner from whose land the same is cut or carried away. Mr. Ramsey laid on the table the fol lowing resolution :— Resolved, That after Wednesday next i new matter shall he introduced into this branch of the Legislature, unless hy a vole of two-thirds of the members present—taken up ami agreed to. Mr. Howard, from the Joint Commit tee on the State of the Republic, to whom was referred certain resolutions of the members of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, and other resolutions introduced in the House of Representatives of this General As sembly, relative to a proposed conven tion of the people of the slaveholding Stales, recommended the adoption of the following Resolutions; 1. Resolved, That this General As sembly regards most favorably the re commendation emanating from tin; peo ple of Mississippi, that the people the slaveholding Slates meet in cnnve tion at Nashville, on the first Monday June next, as eminently conducive to harmonious and efficient action among them in defence of the institution of slavery nml all the rights incident there to, guarantied hy the letter ami l»}’ the spirit of the Constitution. And he it further enacted, That the increased capital of the Georgia Rail Road he and the same is hereby taxed thirty-cne nnd a quarter cents on every one hundred dollars worth, which was agreed to—yeas Go, Federal Government,’’ which'was re-; bill by sections which prevailed, ceived. The resolution and amendment i The preamble being read which is as was agreed to. } follows : The Sth resolution being read, which j Whereas, for a series of years there is as follows: j has been displayed a manifest disposi- Rcsofced, That in the event of the pas- .tion on the part of the non-staveholding sage of the W-lmol- Proviso by Con- i States of the Union, to interfere with cress, the abolition of slavery in the : the Institution of Slavery in site South, j and District of Columbia, the admission of ; hy such aggressive measures ofinmler- j of Gi California as a State, in its present pre- \ mice as to render it no longer a ques- tended organization, or the continued j lion of doubt that the Federal Legisla- refusal of the non-slaveholding-Stales,, lure will soon adopt such restrictive to deliver up fugitive slaves as provided j mensuresagainst the InstitutionofSiuve- in the Constitution, it will become the ; ry. as to trammel, fetter, and confine it immediate nnd imperative duty of the ’ within certain Territorial limits, never people of this State to meet in Conven- ’ contemplated hy the original parties to tion, to take into consideration the mode • the Constitutional compact; And and measure of redress. j whereas. Geo gia in her sovereign ca- Mr. Jenkins offered the following as a ] pacify as a State, has delegated no oth- suhstitute for the resolution : [er power to the Federal Government Resolved, That should it become ne-j than those found in the Constitution of cessary to resist any ofthe above enume-j the United States; and believing that rated or any other encroachments of the ! her best interest and her honor as a Congress of the United States, concert, sovereign and independent Government of action among the slaveholding States j requires that she should meet all on- corded. So the hill passed A bill m be entitled nn act If) nuilwrize of Congress to respond tn tins appeal to be Gove.-nnr of the Stale dieir humanity, by enabling I be Presi- , „ Convention of the dent to carry out the views expressed people o'l Ibis Stale, and to appropriate hy him some months ago. which, al the money for .be same. j Q "'l" 7r , . . applauded :—Nat. Intelligencer. Protest. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. We, the undersigned, beg leave *°, To the Senate and House of Representatives?— spread upon the Journal of ibis House,-? of the United States : the f(lowing dissent from the action of . . . . r • • authorizing and I herewith submit to you crqnes of a. of the Slate of cnrrespomlenee will, the Lady ol Sir ilionof the peo- * rattklin, relative to the well- known expedition under his command, to the Ar« lic regions, for the discovery of L-iptof majority « l the Go pie of this State, and I money therefor,*’ by wa to one of the events there caln The fifth section being read, which is J will he desirable, and may be hopefully ■ croachments follows: | anticipated from the action of the pro-j spirit of resists! And be it further enacted. That the posed Convention at Nashville, after the | Mr. Jones moved to strike out the President of the Macon & Western Rail, adjournment of which it will be proper j following: “ Whi ed. The e inerated in her of w called, are ! 1st. The law prohd i appropriate s, , ,,s i conteinplat- s there has been displayed a ti test disposition on the part of the. slaveholding States of this Union t lerfere,” and following: *■ Whereas, lhe States have for a set veringly interfered which motion prevai Mr. McDougald n Road shall, on oath, on or before the 31st j for the hcople of Georg lay cf December, 1849, pay into the . vent ion, tor the purpose of considering Treasury of this State $15,000, as tax j their recommendations and the subjects the capital stock. Railroad and its' to which they refer, appurtenances and furniture, under the j Mr. Kenan moved to amend the sub penalty of a double lax, to be collected j stitute thus : hy execution to he issued by the Treas- { Resolved, That we have confidence in urer, provided the Treasurer be anti he i the fidelity of President Taylor to the is hereby directed to remit $9,000 of said i Constitution of the United States in his last mentioned tax, if the President of j mnintuinance of the rights of the South, said Macon & Western Railroad will I Mr. Wofford moved ter amend the the word ** Territ< oblige himself hy bond under the com-j original resolution by inserting, instead j lieu thereof the word “ pany’s seal to conform his fare to the j ol the words “ Wilmot Proviso by Con- j which prevailed, fare charged on other roads in this Slate j gress,” the following: “over territory Mr. Jenkins offered and his time to the time of the Central i south of thirty-six degrees, thirty min- j amendment to come it Railroad, so that the mail and travelers j utes. known as the Missouri compromise i the preamble : shall not he detained more than two line;” which amendment was rejected! “ After having sought a conference hours in Macon. | by a vote of nays SI, yeas 42. j with her Slaveholding confederates in a Mr. Carlton moved to strike out the The question then recurred upon the j convention proposed lor that purpose,” resolution as amended. j which was rejected. Mr. Nesbit moved further to amend i The first section being read which is hy striking out the Words “ the adinis- j as follows: sion of California as a State in its pre-j Sec. 1st. Be it therefore reenacted tended organization.” t by the Senate and House of Rrprescu- Pending the discussion thereon, a mo-1 tatives of the State of Gergia in Gener- lion for adjournment prevailed. al Assembly met, That should t fie Friday, Jan. 25. | Congress of the United States pass any The House resumed the unfinished ! law prohibiting slavery or involuntary btisiness of yesterday, which was the j servitude in any territory of the United motion of Mr. Nishet to strike out the States, or any law aholr 1 ■ in lieu thereof the non-slaveholding ies of years perse- most wrongfully,” led. toved to strike out J “ Geographical,” close of •ed to strike out the words $15,000 and $9,000, which mo tion prevailed. Mr. Worrell moved to fill the blank with a tax of two per cent, on the nett amount of its annual income. Mr. Shackelford offered lhe following as a substitute for the amendment: “ A tax of thirty-one and a quarter cents on the one hundred dollars.” Mr. Worrell moved to amend the amendment by adding the words “ac tually paid in,” which was received. The subject as amended was then re ceived in lieu of Mr. Worrell’s atnend- counlies to uuuty s ter which the bill to authorize the South western Railroad Company to conduct J district delegates to the Nashville its Railroad through the public reserve! ? ' ‘ ' ‘ adjoining the corporate limits of the city | of Macon, wns taken up, which consum ed the residue of the day without com ing to n final decision on it, various amendments being proposed. Wednesday, Jan. 23. Mr. Stell moved to lay the unfinished business of yesterday on the table for the present, to wit: the report ol the committee of the whole on the kill of the House of Representatives “ to author* ize the Southwestern Railroad Compa ny to construct its railroad through the public reserve adjoining the corporate limits of the city of Macon, and to grant to said Company the use of a part of said reserve lor a depot," which agreed to. Bill Reported. Mr. Spu’dock: To provide for the lection and safe keeping of the revenues of the Western and Atlantic Railroad 2. Resolved, That for the purpose of; ment nml agreed t°- securing to the State of Georgia a rep- I ” r * Worrell moved further to amend rcsenlalion ill said convcnlion, n ,*.! by Mriking nul 18*9 and inserting I860, commend to the people of the several i was :, g re *'“ *°> assemble nl their respective I rh ? tr l™l ** amended was then s on the first Tuesday in °S reet * ,rt * >ne bill was read the third April next and appoint delegates to a | time and passed, convention to be held in Millcdgeville i . Bills Passed. on the first Monday in May next; each j T .° »»cwporaie the Dahlonega and county having two representatives in ^ :l rietta turnpike and plank road cont- the popular branch of the Legislature, . to send lour, and each other county two „ a , a P orU °u of the county of deleoatcs. Hall to the county of Lumpkin. 2. 3 Resolved, That the delegates soap- ^ To r «*«l"<-e the fees of the clerk of the pointed he empowered in general ses- C“ ,,r l ° f Ordinary lor issuing marriage sion to appoint four delegates to said j bee rises. Nashville convention, for the State at . . .T H ^[ l ' D l AY * , n * r ^‘ large; ami in separate sessions of the 7 lot,on Tucker, the House delegates coming from each congression- \ rc wi«idered so much of the journal of al district two delegates to said Nash- J jwierday a* relates to the bill to alter villc convention for such district. an “ amend the Gib sec. and 3d art. ol . n . , m. , ,|,_. ___ *heConstitution of ihe State*. 4. Resolved, J bat the names ol the, n»» u .1 .1 • , , ‘ i he House took up the special order w * 1 1 _ _ 1", • j of the day, which was the report canon S o pppoinied. be reported toche j Joil „ c ,„i milled the rt ,h,e of:!.e Re- i in 111 1 * • lhe , - • • «-f|, a ... ; Joint Committee on the Stale of the ] I general convention in Millcdgeville, ., r , . q . ... . 0 t public to whom was referred those por- aml that thereupon a certificate or cer- '• c.ir> • ... n r 1 • . . lions of the Governor s message nnd the tiicaes as well of the appointment of , ,... , , . the District as of the Stale delegates to i “ Ver "‘. b ‘ ' S ?" d reSolu "" ,,S relalln S >" Nashville, signed hy the President and j ,he „. Sub J“ l , of f l: ' ve O'- Secretary, be issued as their credentials., 1 ho billowing preamble and resolu- 5. Resolved, That in the selection of; lhcn '* ke * °P ?* etl delegates to the convention, we would 1 1 1 1 r AS * a, , G P e .°P e 0 ie n,,,, 1 recommend that the same be done hy S ^re ^rsSin^iJ'Tn «eTXn- theeleciimi of an equal number from c roach ment upon the Constitution nnd each political party tn the several eoun-|, h(J ri hls ion lhe o le „ r ties 111 this btatc. .• o’ .. , ' . . , . ,.l 1 . 0. lhsohcd, That his Excellency the lh,S . C-'dedcracy. xvluch ts al.Ue unjust .Governor he requested to a | ^11^' tivsw of ettcli s^velmldiitg*State^lrT^be! % ! he Sena'P “"^torv south of thirty-six degress thirty T • | ° c . i o. ! House of Representatives of the State laid before the Legislature of such State. p an „ t a,. k .„ The House uJ op the order| laws and meiiti' the admission of Cnlift State in its present pretended organiza tion,” in the Sth resolution of the report of the Committee on the State of the. Re public, and after considerable discus sion, in which Messrs. Wofford, Jones of Paulding, Nisbct, Jenkins, Stephens, Gartrell, Kenan nnd Howard participa ted, the House adjourned til] 7 o’clock. The House met at 7 o’clock and pass ed a number of local hills. Saturday, Jan. 26. The House resumed the unfinished business of yesterday, which was the consideration of the motion of Mr. Nis- het to strikeout the words “ the admis sion of California ns a Slate in its pres ent pretended organization.” in the fol lowing resolution reported l»v the Com mittee on the State of the Republic : Resolved, That in the event of the passage ol the Wilmot Proviso hv Con gress. the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, the admission of California as a Slate, in its present pretended organization, or the continu ed refusal of the non-slaveholding States to deliver up fugitive slaves ns provided in the Constitution, it will be come the immediate and imperative duty of the people of this State to meet in Convention to take into consideration the mode and measure of redress. Upon the motion to strike out. upon the call nf Mr. Nelson, seconded hv Mr. Nisbct, the yens and nays were requir ed to be recorded, and were yeas 45. nnvs 72. Mr. Tucker moved a further amend ment, hy inserting after the word “present pretended organization” the words “ provided it includes any terri- i Sin this hi- bill, on the happen . her first let! ships en !!iy e sl! ■ilized i hiring the aid of the ment in a search lor .. to be *be ccinctly the following: i P r,se Y* . nactmeut by Congress of / s,,, *‘ 11 ing slaverv in any territo- ! affording lli; v....ied Slates. ' vented Iroin J 2,’i. Th^eiiMcnncnt of a law In ahol- I'" 11 <" vi ;' w consoquoovoof iho waal sh slavery in )ho Dlslricl of Colombia, "f veswl* suiiahlr to . ovoantcr the pe- 3,1. A law to ,,rohil.il tho slave tra.lo n|* "f ” proper cxplora the lateness between the States whete slavery now *h u season, tool the want of an ap- j,., I propriation by Congress to enable m< 4th* Should the Governor of this !«° furnish aud equip an efficicni squad- plishi. : slat r slaves ha> sfactory evideo t lbut cl. a Slav this Sint and that refused to lie gi owner hy the a in which the fugilm he found. And lastly, shouh into the United State: Confederacy lhe exu t peopled territory ew Mexico. We believe that tl ,-slavcliolding Stale, ii up to the proper horities of the Suite ive or fugitives may object. All that I could do npliance with a request which I : was deeply anxious to gratify, was to cause the advertisements of reward, promulgetl by the British Government, and the best inforiiialinii I could obtain as to the menus of finding the vessels under the command of Sir John Frank lin widely circulated among our whalers this lid .era lit i v hose lerpiise might lead them t«* she infos] vhere that In office for lhe heiiefii of the 11V des igl.ts. ihev shall or inav pa hie violations spirit of the Con Stales, and din equal political Stales and wanton sacred rights ol om owners of property of lhe biH in its fivor. lest against the fifth or 1 to wit: “Or should C«. to the United States, as Confederacy, the extern ly populated territorie and Nev , who periled f science and rid. were sup- iinmng the ice- desert shore. pn.,u ’ aud expedic "or fitting ou cy of the xpe, . appro- I it ion to Spir idon four of the Co d Slat St* l tO he ' CCCi, H j tllw OtlbllL ctllO i if such Siai«T ! °f Hypresentatives of the State minutes, north latitude,” the Speaker decided the motion out of order. of the day, which was the hill and stitute supplementary to the general »ax | ^^‘cnnnoV^iginftd^"eic^ise any «u- '*”* n " <1 1° ,ax . <:er , l:, "' pr'ipcoy Hiere.n |hilli co ,T lerre / b y lhe Cons.l.u.ion „.ae.l ami whlch has heretofore ^ Th , l , l | ie Conslila.inu In punixh lhose who may auemnl lo ile- • licen cxeinpl from laxalion. , . „ thcrcin'e ollainH Hoase. inuo.lL.ion of slavery in.o'nymr- theresn eoa.a.ne . Shackellor.l ,mro,locvd a b.ll ,o ao !,or-| ri|ory ; IO the U.Tiled Sales. BMPawL ,,se all persons whatsoever 10 eslabl.sh 3d. R.so/rcdr That lhe several Slates lo more efieeloally prov.de for «l.c ;■>">! ««« '>"<>,'"’'S c3 on 1 of .he Union acceded >o .he Confedera-j have asser.ed .he riih.s of Georgia ..... mainlemroce and pro.coon of w.dows own lands-rcad firs. lone. V upon .erms of perfeel eqoali.y, and no mo.e lhan her righls. Ye. for the The question then recurred upon the substitute offered by Mr. Jenkins for the resolution as amended, which was rejected. The question then recurred upon agreeing to the resolution, which was adopted by a vote of 92 to 2S. Mr. Jones of Paulding, offered the amend the first section hy following as an additional resolution .That in the foregoing resolution n the District of Columh prohibiting the slave trade between the fJtatcs where slavery may exist, or ad mit into the United States a; this Confederacy, the extensive a peopled Territory of Californi New Mexico, with a Constitute bibbing slavery or "involuntary lude: or should the. Governor Slate receive at any time satisfiml' evidence, that any slave or slaves h ing escaped Irons this Slate to a n slavehiding Slate, nnd that such si; or slaves is or are refused to he given up to the proper owner by the authori ties of'the Stale in which such fugitive or fugitives may be found, then or in either of the foregoing events, it shall he hereby made the duty ol the of this State, within sixty days thereafter, to issue his proclamation or dering an election to be held in each the people of this State, to convene at the Seat of Government within twenty days after said election. Mr. Wofford offered to amend the section by inserting after the words “in any territory” the words “ South ol thirty-six degrees, thirty minutes, known as the Missouri compromise.” Mr. McDougald moved to amend further the first section by striking out the words “extensive and unpeopled territory,” the negative “ un” and in serting “sparsely”—which was receiv ed. Mr. Lawton moved further to amend the first section bv striking out after the words “ New Mexico” the words “ with a constitution prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude”—which was received. Mr. Jenkins moved farther to amend the first section by striking out the words “ or admit into the United States ns a State of this confederacy, the ex tensive and sparsely peopled territory of California and New Mexico”—which ' the guarani, was rejected. ! to trample up the final pa 5 l” r 5 ships, ; with their officers and crews, is repect- fuly submitted to your consideration. Z. TAYLOR. Washington, Jan. 4, IS50. ss admit in-j £-j^“Tho Washington Republic and .I this . Whig make very justifiable merriment over the following curious paragraph, which appeared, a few days since, in the Washington Union : urarv we “Let the ship hi admitted P***. ™ a .V (k ‘ provided Bul ,hls ' a & ive and sp of Cali I it shall or ed bv us •d ih. for Ge l able a I Tavlo | cnl.-iled to play the Pa I it rlf- :iilier ibis tem- •y other breaker. Tlie pilot has r the ship. As never was cal- rns in the storm. onfi- auts its totality, would It; -he has not the cour- tc to meet ton crisis before him.” The identity here made out between ie tempest and the breaker, and the vsierioiis locality of ilie latter, arc s. We feel assured that Cali- i-.ii id New Mexico, as new States en sooner or later will he admitted into lids B.i Union. We demanded for lhe slave Pa holding Stales, as our line the parallel in ot 36 deg. 30 min. North Latitude, mi lie bn Pacific Ocean, usually termed “ the qn Missouri Compromise to this a major- tic it y ofthis House W'ouhl not assent. This un >dd i all i lo » pen not vet dry from its a General Taylor’s message, ssie allusion to playing the i the storm, is only surpassed. Is of authorship, by the cele- the Richmond En- d;n ullie , lo its de use, because the South lias hitherto, dtlioul tarnishing the honor of her ree sons abided by it. la conclusion we most solemnly pro- irphans. To amend and declare the intention of mi act entitled au act to amend the several judiciary nets now in force in this State, so far ns relates to Justices* , Courts, approved Dec* 14,1311* To amend the. act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, in re lation to. the liability of Railroad Com panies for injury to or destruction oflive stock and other property hy the running of cars or locomotives on their roads, and for other purposes therein contained - To alter and amend the. third section of the first article ot the'constitution of; this State. • - . . _ .1 ... Tuesday, Jan. 22. j that the rights, privileges and imniuni-! sake of unanimity among ourselves and Mr. Wilson moved to reconsider so ties secured by the Constitution, belong for the brotherly love we bear the whole much of the journal of yesterday as re lates to adopting a standing rule of the House requiring two-thirds to lake up any business out of Us regular order, which prevailed. alike to the people of each State. 4ih. Rmo/wo, That any and all terri tory acquired by the United States, whether by discovery, purchase or con quest, belongs in common to the people • i, , , uuesi, iiciiiiiga hi c.imiinm to utt* ijruinu . * ke House look op the unfinished bn- j Q f eac h State, and thither the people of smess of yesterday which was the hill each Slate ami every Slate have a com- su,momentary to the general tax law, i OToa right to emigrate with any proper- and after spending some t line in discus- j ( y ,(,ey may poss. ■ ■ •sion. hills were taken un for ihe tomml .i,:. - - . . ... , j amL Aal any. je- !.}}. !lk VG ^l“«fi!I^i , r;i^ l ^f eCOn * i s,ric,i ? n this riglu, which will op; ti.. '* * crate in favor of the people of one sec tion to the exclusion of those of another, is unjust, oppressive; und unwarranted by the Constitution. Sth. Rewired, That slaves are recog nized hy the Constitution as properly, that the Wilmot Proviso, whether reading the remainder of the day. Wednesday, Jau. 23. -,.‘c - < Bills Reported. ». By Mr. Fish : To incorporate the Cen- — 1 iral Horticultural Association of this HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, j State. ■_ ■ Monday, Jan. 21, • r | Mr. McDougald : To compel all per- Bills Introduced., j sons laking-up runaway slaves to deliv- applied to any territory al any time Mr. Harrison : To prevent Sheriffsler the same lo the jailor of the county • hereafter acquired, or which may br holding the office of Constable. j where taken up. and to prohibit said per- j hereafter acquired, is unconstitutional. Also, to.compensate physicians and I sons from retaining in their custody- . 6tb. Resolved,.-That Congress has n< icons {nr po-t mortem examinations j such runaway slave or slaves for a lon-s power, either directly or indirectly, to ’ " ■■M ^iineriere with the .existence of slavery in.-nlc fir the information of coroners or! ger. time.lhan four days, and for other juries of inquiry for testifying in nuy j purposes therein named, court of law upon matters of medicine Also, to revive and continue in force or surgical knowledge. ; un act entitled an act to carry into effect in the District of Columbia. The 7ih'section being read, which is as follows South, we are^willing to abide .hv nnd pport whatever action the Nashville Convention may recommend, and will advise the. people of Georgia to do the same—-which was laid on the ta ble. The 9th.resolution being read, which is as follows: Resolved, That the people of Georgia entertain an ardent leeling of devotion to the Union of these States, and that nothing short of a persistane'e in the present system of encroachment upon our .rights by the. non-slaveholding Slates, can induce us to contemplate the possibility of a disolution. Upon agreeing to .the resolution hy the call of Mr. McDougald nnd s ccnd- ed by Mr Tucker, the yeas! and nays were required to be recorded, anti were yens 122, navs l. The 10th resolution having been read, ■ wRirJv ^ - Resolved, That his Excellency’ the Governor be requested to forward co pies of these resolutions to each of -our McDougald moved lorthnr to, pie of ihe Southern Stales to the triki the word insertin' s, that “ Llaunilml-like they »«'•*! carry the war into Africa.” Pa- liiiurus was, indeed, the pilot of the ship which bore .‘Eneas, but I he most rc- rnarkanh* event of his hisrory was his falling asleep and falling into the sea. Gen. Taylor was certainly “ never cal culated lo play lhe Palinnrus,” after that dress, lhe inevitable tendency whereof fashion!—Richmond Times. leads to lhe dissolution of this most; “perfect Union,” formed and ordained; Correspondence of tlie JlaHimorc Sun. hv the people of the United States in Washington, Jan. 30. order to“ establish justice—ensure do- 1 Al the instance of lhe Hon. Thomas inestic tranquility, provide for their H. Benton, a warrant was last evening common defence, promote tin* general ’ SJIie d against Mr. Thomas M. Cole- wellare and secure the blessings of lib- ,naa » proprieior of lhe “ Woolly Horse.” erty to ourselves, and our posterity,*’ charging him with obtaining money un- until such time as the action of Con- 1;, !se pretences, by exhihiliiig an gross clearly indicates a deliberate animal said tn lie a nondescript, caught intention hv the free Slates to disregard k .Y Colonel Fremont. The case came •f the Constitution and M P l,,is morning, before Justice God- the rights of the peo- * k, rd. Col. Bomon and II. H. Deni, Fsq.. appeared for ihe pros«*eution, nnd properly in slaves. Mr. Coleman was accompanied by sev- any slave or’ slaves,” and I (Signed) ! era I frieiuls. After a full hearing of ! words “ any person held ■ Alexander McDougald, James A. Nisbct B,e <-'ase, ilie Justice retpiired lhe ac- labor,” which was rejected. Edmund H. Worrell, Y. L. G. Harris, ‘ “» give hail in lhe sum of $500 The section as amended was then David Read jreed to. |Jno. W. Yopp, The 3d Section having been read Rolu. Grtggs, hicli-wns as follows— Edward \V. Hodges “ Sec. 3d. And lie it further enacted, M. M. Mintz, That before entering upon ilie duties of Jos. G. Penick, their office ps delegates, the* delegates A- T. Mclntire, shall lake the following oath, which Jno. C. Wnldiwftir, shall,he administered hy some judicial Joel W. Terrell, officer ofthis State : I, do solemnly Wm L Blount, swear, in the presence of Almighty Adam Jones, God, that I will lo the best of my aliil- Henry Faver. ity demean myself cs a delegate of the We, the undersigned, concur people of this State, und act for the views expressed in the foregoing pfob honor and interest of the people of but voted in the negative on ihe fii Georgia”— { passage of lhe bill, cbiisi rained loth* Mr! McDougald moved to amend it 'by the. «4>jeciions herein specified.- hy sinking but the whole section "which i (Signed ) for hi terra of It. J.Fn W. T. Wofford, »he Criminal Court. W. G. Andrews, i * John II. Johnson, i Mr. Hanxegan, Minister to Berlin John Shaw, ] —Our readers an; aware that Mr. Han- Tfios. Hmes, l negan, appointed Minister lo Berlin and Joseph Duhignoii confirmed by ihe Senate, at the very J. \V. Manning, heel of the last session—nnd even, as E* B. Arnold, , some say, after the session was legally J. R. Clark, [closed—has been recalled, or tas re lied his place. Our correspondent Harrison Riley. Berlin, under date, of 7ih inst., says* the “Mr. Hannegau has I wen for nearly b’SV three months, confined to his room by ia| rheumatism in one of hi* feet. All th» so Americans have visited him. He ex-» peels to leave to morrow, and will mako to England previous lo his W. H. Rnhiirsort, return to the United States.—Boston James B. Neal. 'Traveller. 'Gress of the Age.—A man T.he latest accounts from Europe state, l Gideon Williams, ol Noith Fun’- that Mr. Lawrence, Minister toRngland, was agreed Hi. - ' IV. H- IVrkins,' The.Housc ihen went into committee! T. F. Wooldridge, of,the.whole, Mr. Arnold in the Chair. on the following additional section, of-j fered by Mr. AVoffiird as an amendment.! named Gideon Williams, <>l {V'»nli Frov- thal Mr. Lawrence. Minister toEngland, to the .hill, to come in after the fourth ideuee, was fined last Wednesday, three who had been confined by illness al the section:— . • 1 dollars and costs, ainoumii.g to six d»»l- country seat of Mr. Bates, ot the house ‘ fc Aud be it .fnriher enacted, That j Iars and fifty , cents, for neglecting u», of Bafiug& Co., was so far recovered the sum of 'thirty thousand dollars be,-j return a borroiced umbrella when reqnir- as to he able shortly to return to his and the same is hereby appropriated j ed so ii do—a cheering .evidence of;residence in London, nnd to resume out of any money ■-in the'Treasury for'good morals in "that region. 1 hi« "nnh*ir* Hmw»: 1his pub’ic duties.