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SENATE.—'Thoksdat, J«n. 24.! The rerolntionto appointaj.H« com-
On motion ol Mr. W.eelr, tint Sennio miiire <-f l»ih brancbwof the Legisla-
rrco.uiilere.1 ro much of the Journal of tore, with power to send for persons and
vrstrrday as rel.lr. lo the passage of! papers to examine into the grounds of
the bill to more effectually provtdo for romplutnl alleged by the Macon ami
the protection of widows and orphans. I Western Railroad company against W.
B'tUi Introduced ! L. Mitchell, Chief Engineer ol the State
Mr.Jerrillj Toamcnd au act in re~ KwlJ ;
lation to thy duties of clerks of Courts of BMTmm*.
Ordinary and (fe appointment of ».l- Tn l>hj ,, «= , «»* »»<« m-
ministrators and guardians in certain geons “dm shall he summoned by tbe
cases, passed Dec: 21. 1339. ehertffnr coroner of ilte cout.ty to make
Mr. i. E. Brown : To exempt physi- ? P°« “°'*5'. n cxam ! na "°" f ' ,r lhe
cinna,'surgeons, accouchers from jury format.on of juries of mquest.
(Jmr, ys/.; Thursdays Jan. 31.
7 Bills PatteH. Mr. Napier asked and obtained leave
To authorise certain aciion at law, 10 rrpon a bill tu incorporate a banking
and to prevent the abatement of certain company in the city pf Macon, under
other cases, the name of the Manufacturers’. Bank of
which thay have arisen, in the court* of j {he creditors, and also. what amount oil
law and equity of this State. . debts due the Penitentiary trill, proba-
To amend an act to re vive and amend 5 ! bly be collected during the current
‘ — —* -- act to incorporate the ■ year.
the act entitled
Milledgevilie Railroad
The order being suspended, the re*o-
To provide for the election of a Pub-! lotion was taken up and agreed to.
lic.Printer, and to regulate the printing —— r 1 —
required to be perforate*!, by ihti-Leeis- \ . '
latiire. I IN SENATE. Feb. 5.
To authorise bis Excellency the Gov- i TI»* bill to alter the time of the
ernor to dispose of certain laods belong- meeting of the General Assembly of
ing to the State of Georgia. , *be State of Georgia, was passed.
To authorise the granting of injunc- ‘ The resolutions reported by the Com-
tions in certain cases. mil tee. on the State ol the Republic,
To amend the first section of an act were adopted, as originally presented
passed Dec. 7ih. 1S24. authorising the *“ «*»? House—Yeas 32, nays 3.
Superior Courts of this Slate to ap-; Afeys—EliasAnll, Thomas Johnson
point person* to assign anti set off an< * Andrew J^BUer. ...
dower and topresciibe the mode lor ‘ bill ofrfle House, authorizing
proceeding therein. : ' the Governor to call a convention, after
J Thosspat, Jan. 31- many amendments being offered and
.lion of Mr. Reynolds, the \ ejected, was passed—yeasi31,.nays 8.
To awboriiir, noinric. public to m.1- Mucou-wbicb w» read the first lime. House reconsidered so much of '!>“! p ?*?• 8S2!:
inislcr oath.: 1 R.H. journal of yesterday as relates lo lhe, Thos. Johnson, A. J. Miller
minister oaths, &c. I Bills Patted.
To make-lt U*« duty of superintend;, To lay out and organize a new coun-
ents or managers pf-elections in this ly from the counties of Floyd, Cass and
State to cause the ballots ol certain to- Murray.
Urs to be numbered. To authorise and empower the Mus-
To incorporate the Coopers Gap engee Railroad Company to connect
Turnpike Company of .Lumpkin and their Railroad with the Southwestern
Union counties., and to grant-certain Railroad, and for other purposes there-
privi|ege«;ioibe same." in named.
To authorise thr; Judges of the Supc- Friday. Feb. 1.
rior Courts of this State to draw a less On motion of Mr.'Glark, the Senate
number limn forty-eight petit juror*., j reconsidered so moch of the journal of
Fciday, Jap. 25. yesterday as relates to the passage of
•/ . Bills Patted. the bill oftbe House of Representatives
To alter and amend an act to carry toamend an act to incorporate theSoutli-
itito cfleet the nlieratious nnd amend- western Railroad Company, and lorotli-
tuents made,at the session of the Genrr- vr purposes.
id Assembly of 1543, in and to the 3d : The Senate look up as the special or-
«p*J 7lb tedious of the 1st article of lire,' der of the day tbe preamble nnd resolu-
Coustiluiion of this Slate, assented to lions of the House of Representatives
Dec. 23d, 1843. so far as relates lo the reported by the joint committee on the
Senatorial districts. ; State ol the Republic upon tbe subject
To render Sheriff’s deeds mlmissahle of slavery,
iu suits as priinn facia evidence without Mr. A. J. Miller moved to postpone
the production of the execution under the special order for further considcra-
which the Sal? was made, or of the judg- lion—which motion was lost,
mrnt ujton which the execution issued,! On motion of Mr. A. J. Miller, tbe res-
.viili an amendment.
To amend nn act passed December
olutions were taken up scriaiimt
~ id ing the 8th resolution as fol-
29, 1838, to define amj nfiix tl>e punish- lows, to wits
luent of a crime or misdemeanor com-! Retoleed, That in the event of the
milted by a slave by the counsel, per- passage of the Wilmot Proviso by Con-
suasion or procurement or other means gres», the abolition of slavery in the Dis-
nf free white persons. j trict of Columbia, the admission of Cal-
To regulate the weighing nnd mark- ifornin as a State, in its present preten-
ing of cotton by the several Railroad ded organization, or the continued refu-
t-ompaniVs of this Slate, and to prevent *al of the non-slaveholding States to de-
ebarges for re-weighing. j liver up fugitive slaves as provided^ in
To incorporate tke Cherokee Insur- lhe Constitution, it will become the im«
once and Bonking Company. * mediate nnd imperative duty ol the peo-
To provide for the collection and safe ' pie of this State to meet in Convention
keeping of the revenues of the Western lo take into consideration the rootle and
and Atlantic Railroad, to punish those measure of redress,
who may attempt to defraud the same ! Mr. Chisolm moved to amend by
and for other purposes therein contained serting after the woid “Congress,”
To alter nnd amend the 3d section of lhe following, to wit: “south of thirty-
thc 3<J article of the Constitution of tbe,«x degrees, thirty minutes, known as
State of'Georgia. j the Missouri Compromise line.” Pend-
T«-extend the provisions of the act of ing the discossibn Ihercon, the Senate
1799, ii| relation to notices to produce | adjourned. v
papers, books, writings, &c. so as to j Saturday, Feb. 2.
embrace causes in equity, See. i Bills Reported.
To alter and amend the 12th section j By Mr. Stell: ;Foi* the protection of
of the 2d article of the Constitution of j bona fide purchasers of negroes, and
the Slate of Georgia. i other moveable property
journal of yesterday
passage of the bill to appropriate ten :
thousand dollars for the purpose of mak
ing a road from the State line between
North Carolina and Georgia to the Wes
tern Sc Atlantic Railroad.
Bills Passed
To authorize the seven! clerks of the
Superior and Interior Courts and of the
Courts of Ordinary of the several coun
ties in ibis Slate to act as Justices of the
Peace so far as to empower them to ad
minister oaths in cases of bails, attach
ments, garnishments, claims and all
other oaths appertaining or relating to
any writ, suit, or other action or pro
ceeding in their respective courts, and
to compensate them for the same.
To direct the manner in which exe
cutions against incorporated joint stock
companies shall be enforced.
To authorize the Treasurer lo re
fund the purchase money, with inter
est, to purchasers of fractions that had
been previously drawn for and after
wards sold by"mistake, also the gram,
fee were paid out.
To amend tbe 4ih section of an a
tn provide for the education of the po<i
To amend an act approved Dec. 17,
1847, entitled an net to authorise parties
compel discoveries at common law.
To incorporate the Eutontnn Branch
Railroad.
To define and fix the inode ofelecting
the field and company officers under
the militia laws of this Slate.
Friday, Fob. 1.
On motion of Mr. Jones of Paulding,
the House reconsidered so much of the
journal of yesterday as relates to the
passage of the bill to incorporate the
Ealonton Branch Railroad.
Bills Passed.
To incorporate a Banking Company
at the town of Fort Gaines, in the coun
ty of Early, under the name, and style
of the •* Southwestern Bank of Geor
gia.'*
To prohibit Sheriffs and their depu
ties from becoming directly or indirect
ly purchasers of property at Sheriff's
Sales; to vacate all titles taken or held
by them for property so purchased
to make penal the violation of this act.
J. A. Miller and Quarierman.
The memorial of-Thos. R. R. Cobb,
vill not
relax their vigilance nnd determination.
The change of opinion, or of policy, on
the part of the Northern members, is
a tribute to lhe firmness nnd resolution
manifested by the South, and to the
views made public- in the speech of Mr,
Clingmnn. That speech has not been,
and will not be, answered by the
Northern men; because, they could not
answer it in any.terms but those of a
determined defiance—which they are
not prepared to adopt.
It is much to be hoped that Congress
ill expedite the passage of two bills
before them—the Revenue Collection
Bill and the Census Bill.
relative to digesting the statute laws »r| h„p e <l that the Southern
Georgia, was agreed to. *
The resolutions of the House provid
ing for-the election-of delegates to the
Nashville Convention, was taken up,
amended and agreed to, as follows :
Both branches of the General Assem
bly to meet in the Representative Hall
on Thursday neit* and elect four del
egates—two delegates from each Con
cessional District, to- be elected on the
irsi Tuesday in April next. The Gov
ernor to issue his proclamation making
known the day—and the election to be
held in the same manner as for mem
bers of the Legislature. Vacancies lo
lie filled by the party in which they
occur.
The hill to incorporate the** Manufac
turers' Batik of Macon,” was lost.
Tbe bill “ to amend the several acts
relating to the Western and Atlantic
Rail-Road ; lo provide a Board of Direc
tors for the government of the same,
and for other purposes,” was passed.
(This is Mr. Stell's substitute for the bill
to elect the Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary and Chief Engineer of the
State Road by the Legislature.)
The bill of the House to make valid
commissions which have heretofore, or
may hereafter, issue in blank, for the
purpose of taking lestamony in cases
of law or equity, passed.
A 1 so, the bjll to authorize the
granting of injunctions in certain
Also, more effectually to protect pur- j To furnish and complete the Georgia
chasers at executors* and ad mi nisi ra- {Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and to
appropriate money for the same, and for
. nr Vleucrul* for services' rendered the! The Senate took np the unfinished ! other purposes.
State in the Supreme Court in criminal business ol yesterday, on the Preamble ; For the relief ol Edward A. Flewel-
cuses. ; and Resolutions ol the House of Ropre- len. of Monroe county.
Saturday, Jan, 26.
Bill Reported. (
By Mr. Love: To compensate Solic- ( |ors * sales.
Bill Patted.
I sentatives, 011 the State of the Republic j To provide for the survey and sale of
Tn incorporate a Bank in the city of, upon the subject of slavery—the amend-! all unsurveyed and unsold Islands in
Savannah, to be called the Bank of Sa- of Mr.. Chisolm beinp under con- ! the Chatahoochee, Ocmulgee and Flint
vannah. sideration, and after considerable dis-. Rivers, within this State.
Monday, Jan. 28. cussion, the amendment was lost, by a i To revise and amend an act entitled
By permission oftbe Senate, Mr. Mur- vote of 30 to 13. nn act to incorporate the Madison and
phy reported n bill to alter the time of Those who voted in the affirmative! Macon Railroad Company, and
meeting of the General Assembly of the 1 are Messrs. Anderson, E. Bell. Black- , fi . ne »»*e powers, privileges and 4tab.li-
Slafe of Georgia—read first time. shear, Jas. E. Brown, Chisolm, Grubbs, ,, ®®‘ > f , * ie 8anic » assented to Dec. 29
Bills Patted. 1 Thomas Johnson, A. J. Miller, J. A. 1
To alter and amend the several acts ' Miller, Murphey, Quarierman, Wofford,
of this State so far ns (dates to the couii- i Woods. ...
tie* wherein the trial of claims to per-! Those who voted in the negative are
sonal properly levied on under execu-' Messrs. Bailey, Aug. Beall, Byrd, Jos.
tion shall be had, &c. , E. Brown. Bryan, Clark, Clayton, Dur- j ^ ttmemi an
..To authorise all perrons whatever ham, Eherbari, Edmondson, Ferrell, ■]**£«mend an act passed Dec.22,
In establish ferries and erect bridges Homier, Hines, Win. Jones, John Jones,! ,B4U ' anu lor " ,llcr
across, water courses or streams on tbeir Leonard, Long, Love, McBee, McRae,
To amend the garnishment laws.
To prevent running of freight trains
upon all Railroads in this State, on the
Sabbath-day.
To amend an act entitled an act to
To amend i
purposes,
act to revive and keep
Correspondent* of tbe Charleston Conner.- -
Washington, Feb. 3*
The continuance of tho^ agitation, in
Congress and elsewhere, of 1 be slavery
subject, will have one important politi
cal effect. The Northern Democrats
are, as l have reason to know, much
alarmed at the prospect of the reelection
of General Taylor, by tbe force of his
devotion lo the Union. Some of them
have confessed to me that they will be
obliged to support General Taylor, at |
the next election, as the friend of the
Union. The re-action, at the North, is
begining. and the ultra VVilmol Proviso
men will be unhorsed. That is very
evident. One of the most prominent of
the Northern Whigs assures me that the
Wilmot Proviso cannot pass the House,
though it could have been passed, by a
majority of thirty, at the begiuinng oftbe
session. The Uuion is safe—the pros
pect of immediate danger is passed.
1 do not think that the slavery discus
sion wili, hereafter, lie of so irritating a
character as it has been; but it is to be
President Taylor* message (n Eng
land.
.President Taylor’s Message was re
ceived in England bv the Hibernia. It
has been extensively published and
largely commented upon by jtb® English
press. The general expression ofpub-
lic sentiment is very favorable iu regard
to it. *1 : ’ . .i ' •
The„London Times, speaking of the
President's Message, says:
“ The tenor of the Message is -pacific,
and we learn, with pleasure, that there
»* .no disposition on the part of the
American Cabinet to magnify the dif
ference which was supposed at one mo
ment to affect its relations withithe most
liberal E jropenn powers. The conten
tion with France has originated in the
impatience of M. Poussin and the irre
gular vehemence of Mr. Clayton. That
with England also has taken its ■ ise
from some misconception-with refer
ence to the views >of this country rela
tive to ihe Musquitocontest and the Ni
caragua const; hut there is every rea
son to anticipate that the Mission of Sir
Henry Bulwer, \vill have the effect of
uniting both countries in the prosecu- 1
tion or a common object which is ac
knowledged to be of so much impor
tance to the commerce of the world.
“ The more recent occurrences which
arc said lo have taken place on the Pa
cific coast of jhe.tslhmus, is the alleg
ed seizure of the, Island of Tigre by
order of the' British Government or
Consul. The grants in Guatamala are
very imperfecily known in the coumry,
and we are satisfied that if any unseem
ly altercation had occurred between the
British and American Agents in Cen
tral America, it would not have disturb-
within the limits ol the United States
ifiat can be passed in winter, and the
one bpon ‘which will concentrate the
winter tmvH to the Pacific.
Very respect!oilyr your ob’t serv’t,
- - W. H. EMORY.
Col. J-J.Abbrt.
Chief Corpt Topog. Engineers.
THE SOUTHERN WHIG.
ATHENS, GEORGIA:
Tlmt-sdiy Morntoff, Fek, K, 1350.
• boaId b* ttddrrooed It
There is no part of the country, and ed the friendly relationship of die two
own lends, Moseley, Napier, Purse, Rawls, J. W. ■ in force an act entitled on act to regu
Supplementary ’ lo the general tux G» Smith, J, IE Smith, I, E, Smith, Spu-, lute the licensing ofPhysicians to prnc-
law, and tn tax certain property there.; lock, Stell, Turner. «n this Stale, assented, to Dec. 24,
in mentioned, and which has heretofore; . — ! ... . ,. '
been exempt from taxation, with amend- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.' To amend the laws nfihis State, so
inrnts. i Monday, Jan. 28. j far as relates to the advertising of es-
, To alter nnd amend an act approved Most of the forenoon of to-day was ta-1 *»y Administrators, Executors and
Dec. 22, 1S32, which requires the jail- , up in discussing the bill for the im- j Guardians, where they do not exceed
or* of the several counties of this Stale , position and collection of taxes for the- one thousand dollars,
to advertise or publish all runaway year 1850 and thereafter. To prevent lumber measurers from
slaves in one of the papers of Milledgc- i TrBSDAY, Jan. 29. being the clerks or agents of loro her
villa. j By permission, Mr. McDougald in-! buyers and lumber mills, and for other
•' T» add a part of the county of Hull • troduccd a bill to alter and amend the ! purposes therein mentioned.
(a the county of Lumpkin. 3d section ol an act to incorporate the j To designate the holydays to be ob-
. To iocprporpie tlit Deldonega and Muscogee Railroad, and lo.punish per-! served in the acceptance and payment
j^aVietia turnpike and plank road com- eons for violating theprovisions,apprnv- 'of bills of exchange and promissory
pnuy. and for other purpose* therein i *d 27th Dec., 1845, and to authorise said j notes, and to disalow the three days,
mentioned, with amendments. ' company to i^fce and hold in lee simple commonly called days of grace, on all
TUESDAY Jan 29. 1 ^ 8 rouni * g raa *cd io the same J sight drafts or bill* of exchange, drawn
Bills Pasted ' * * by the mayor and council of the city of; payable at sight.
T,t exempt nbyw-mm. from jury .luty.! Culumbo,. paired Dec. 27. 1647. so fir To protect the character of females
. - To compeosnte solicitor geuriali fro a ‘*° change the name o! said plot of against slander.
Also, the bill to amend an act to re
vise and amend the net to'incorpo
rate the Milledgevilie Rail-Road Com
pany.
Also, the bill to authorize the sub-
sreiption by the Slate to the capital
stock of the Milledgevilie and Gordon
Rail Road Company.
The Senate adjourned until 9 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Etfcia PASSED.
A bill for the relief of all offenders
gaints the late laws of this State, pro
hibiting the introduction of slaves into
the same for the purpose of sale, and
prohibiting the sale, offer to sell or the
purchase of slaves within a certain
period after their introduction into this
State.
A bill to amend the act which author
ises parties to compel discoveries at
common law.
A bill lo repeal an act passed 23d
Dec. 1835, authorising the Surveyor
General to have recorded all plats of
surveys on head rights.
A bill to incorporate the Cherokee
Plank or Rail-Road Company.
A bill to make a penal offence for any
Conductor, Fireman, Engineer,oi other
officer conducting or managing any Rail
Road Car, in this Slate, to allow a slave
lo enter and travel on the same in the
absence of the owner or overseer, or em
ployer, or without a written permit for
that express purpose.
House adjourned till 9 o,clock lo-mor-
row morning.
compensate solicitor general* .... .. —u
rervicu* reuilrreil tire State tu the Su- grot™'. »n<l fro other purpose, thereto
preme Court, iu criminal case*. . nieutioneu.
, To. revive, alter and amend an act en- ’
titled inf act for preventing controver-
Billt Patted.
February 2.-1798.
Tu authorise .ml require the Ju.tiee, i % . ■ . .
«f the Peace of I heir respective district* For the imposition
in the counties of Lumpkin and Union i > h «, W« ,,ca ] 1850 and
to examine and pass opon the qualifica- thereafter, \\ith amendments.
Wednesday, Jan. 30.
On motion of Mr.. La wiou. tbe House
To alter and amend an act to explain
an act to regulate escheats in this State,
_ .... and to appoint escheatnrs, passed De-
To authorise and empower (tie Mas- j cember 13, 1810, so far as to allow
‘ '* children to in-
certaiu
purposes ^
1 collection of
h-Si rr* “r'T 1 ,o t , c " nnoci ot h* nl '? rn
un.l fro proce.Vtnt.iog the route, ttpprov- rotlrouJ w.th the Sou.hwcierr. lorn from the.r mother., uotler
»-d F^hrmirv a .fsos 11 ' Railroad, and for other purposes there- circumstances therein specified.
I pass upon the (prolific;
kuo* of tbe teacher* ol |ioorcliildfen.
To amend tbe^ several law* ol this
Cross Readings.—A droll fellow,
being requested by an old lady to read
the newspaper took it up and read as
follows:
** Last night, yesterday morning, about
two o’clock in the afternoon, before
breakfast, a hungry boy, ahnut forty
years old, bought a fip custard for a levy,
and threw it through a brick wall nine
feet thick, and jumped over it and broke
his ankle right off above the knee, and
fell into a dry mill pond and was drown
ed. About forty years after that
the same 4ty,an old cat had nine tur-
key-gobblers, the wind blew Yankee
Dooly into a frying-pan, and knocked
the old Dutch churn down, and killed
a sow and two dead pigs at Boating,
were a deaf and dumb man was talk
ing Freneh to bis aunt Peter 1”
The old lady raised up both her hands
and exclaimed—“Du tell ! r *
It was hot woman who slept during
the agonies of Gethsemnnc; it was not
woman who denied her Lord at tbe pa
lace of Caiaphas; it was not woman
public man in the couniry, that does
•l desire the information sought for in
the propositions of the Census Board.
true, however, that some of the
Southern men are averse to that part of
the plan which provides for the collec
tion of full and comprehensive details
and statistics concerning commerce,
vigniion, agriculture, dwellings, schools,
products, and the condition and re
sources of the people. Some of the
Southern and Northern members object
that these statistics cannot hut be im
perfect, in regard to the Stales where
the population is sparse, and that, there
fore, they will lend to make erroneous
impressions, adverse to their interests.
An effort is to be made, by a Southern
Whig Senator, to prevent the proposed
statistical inquiries, upon the grounds,
first, that the Constitution does not re
quire them ; and second, that they will (
not do justice to the South ; and, third,
that the Northern States, can make them
for themselves.
Washington, Feb. 4.
I learn, from a good source, that it is
known to the diplomatic circles here,
that the Captain General of the Island
of Cuba, ha3 been directed, by his Go
vernment, to liberate all the slaves, in
case of a serious attempt at invasion or
insurrection. That the Spanish Gov
ernment has giveu out this hint, in an
ifficial form, I know. Perhaps it is in
tended merely to be held in ierroremover
the Government and people of the Uni
ted Slates. Of late yeaas, the Soul her n
people have been accustomed to con
template the probable annexation of
Cuba to the slaveholding Stales. It is
one of the objects held in view by South
ern statesmen now here, though they
do not wish to expedite an event, by
premature measures,which must happen
in the natural course of things. In view
of the future, the possession of Cuba by
the United Slates, is very important, and
particularly to the “United States South”
—a country recently begun lo be talked
of, and whose boundaries are not yet
defined.
In all this struggle bet ween the South
and North, the object, on the part of the
fiirmer, has not been so much to secure
the right of carrying slaves into Califor-
to prevent the adoption of a prin
ciple. which would forever confine slave
ry within its present limits, and deprive
the South of any hope from the future.
To possess Cuba, other than, as it is, a
slaveholding country—would be ol no
advantage to the South. It is easy to
see the object ol Queen Isabellas gov
ernment, in giving the above named in
structions to the Captain General of Cu
ba. It is to interest the Southern Slates
of this Union in opposition to the pro
jects of tbe Cuban invasionists. Cuba
has more lo fear from tbe recklessness
and cupidity of Northern adventurers
than from the South. I know that Mr.
Caihoun is utterly opposed to the acqui
sition of Cuba, under present circum
stances. He and his colleague, Mr.
Butler, were, you know, tbe earliest op
ponents of the acquisition of any part
of Mexico.
great Governments.
“ It seems that, whilst the treaty has
been concluded between the United
States and the Republic of Nicaragua
for the construction of the Canal, all
other States areinviied to enter into the
same treaty stipulations ; and, as Pre-
i.j sident Taylor observes, the work con
structed under these guarantees, will
become a bond of peace, instead of a
cause of contention and strife between
the nations of the earth. In other re
spects the relations of Great Britain
with America are of the most friendly
character, ami by a removal of the
strictions of laws in regard to naviga-
One oftbe proprietors ol this paper will attend
the ensninj; Spring Term of the Sperior Court in
lhe Counties of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Jack-
son, Hall, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Habersham and
Franklin, for the purpose of collecting all dues,
either for subscription, advertising or job work,
and hope to find all indebted ready to discharge the
same promptly.
ID* All accounts due this office since 1st July
1846, will be put in suit immediately, it not settled *
at this opportunity. E • . >
Our thanks are due the Hon. T. L. Clirg-
max, of N. C., fora pamphlet copy of hia very able
speech recently delivered in the House ot Repre
sentatives, on the Slavery question.
This paper, which for some time past, has been
under the able management of Mr. A. P. Burr, has
passed into the hands of Mr. Chester, under
whose control its character as an able advocate of
Whig doctrines, is not likely to suffer, but will be
fully sustained.
Tbe Cmssvllle
tion by both parties, of the propriety of
which both countries are justly convinc
ed, there becomes an era in the com
merce and commercial intercourse
which promises to be the brightest in
all history.
Upon the - whole, this message of
President Taylor is highly creditable to
the American people and to the govern
ment, and should prove satisfactory to
this as well as their own country, Tor
the state of their finances is shown to
be unencumbered, with outstanding lia
bilities, except for the excesses conse
quent upon their late victories in Mexi
This, however, is the price of con
quest and of. war, no matter where,
when or wiUi. whom.”
We omitted ti
last week, i
specified,
To incorporate the Lumpkin Guards,
and to gran, .ham CYrtaia privilege*. His
cross oh the hill of
Satcbday, Feb. 2. ! Ca , vory ButU , . . .
The following interesting letter from
Major Emery has been handed to us
for publication:
Camp Riley, South or San Diego, Califorria, )
Angus! 20,1849. }
Sir—A very remarkable circum
stance has occurred in that portion of
the country .between the mouth of the
Gila River and the mountains, usually
called the “Desert,” sometimes the
“ Jornada.”
A river, forty feet wide and more
waist deep, has appeared in the
middle of this desert, affording deli
cious water to drink, making an oasis
at the most convenient spot for the tra
veller.
The first parties that came in by the
Gila route arrived in San Diego about
the 20ih June. Amongst them were
many intelligent persons, who passed
over the rout of the advanced guard of
the Army of the West in 1846, and
who saw no river inthedesert, and suf
fered dreadfully with thirst- The par-
lies that came in about the 4lh of July j is
first stated this remarkable circum-'tii
stance of encountering a river where
none before bad existed But they I “ Besides the ‘ orders' already named, many
were not. duly credited. Others have! Others of an equally childish and simple natnre
since arrived in great' numbers, all
bearing testimony to the truth of the i still very annoying tome,and i
of which ha'
statement.
From the best informattr
gather it appears— j
1. The event must have taken place;
between the 20th June and 1st July.
been, and :
ight, under other.
“For instance, the Chief Engineer gave orders
the Watchman at the Dalton end of the road,
awake me of a morning, under any circura-
2. Its source is to the south of the j Stances, norenfferany of the black hand* belong-
route traced on my map. It crosses | ing to the trains or depot to do so, at the peril of a
that route about midway of the desert, I discharge or a thrashing. These orders weregiv-
trn p j. -—wutjian that dar-
M , . ", * a ** t *', # - ;cd totestify her respect for hi* corpse,
To authorise the subscription by the j ^nt procured spices for embalming it,
St-k of Md- an j (hat was fouud last at night, and
To regulate the taking of testimony j eacn o. „.c ,.o.years xoou anu ot.. capita, s.oc* to Mhiij. . 1 Now. as formerly, she is most ready
I>y inlcrrogalnrii’X tar .lie curl, of «W» , ? Ir - Jonr3 MfSj ,he ,al,Ie (*>* nr * ,er To '.".fT* 1 ™!' ,h , e CMumbu* and enlt . r , mos , r J lucwnl 1o )cave ,(,e
Stale, .tad fur other |>urpcs« .herciu ; »S •<*J*nd«l) ««taino» .hat .lie; GreenvillerPtank and Tump.ke^ ttnod rf Now, a, formerly, i,
x l*eajay<t v , r ,^ , n»'* " **“*
y. - , L j L , , .rt«
pml Female Academy and appoint trus-1 Macon, tn the county of Bibb.
Jcps,(«ir tbe sqme. > rA. , j._ 'Bills Passed.
•n-mv anil X Vnnnn pfank nnd ‘ cd * *« ■tainting head, wipe from i # The danger, so much apprehended,
1 -SatL o.hro i ,he dim eye .he tear of aaguUh. and ?■ P a «» f Congress,
i „ , , j TronpAe Road Cotapaoy, and Tor other r , 001 ,h ec0 !d forehead ihqdewofdeaib.! ' 0 ‘ b ?„^V!p 41 q ue «''“ n - “
. On motion,of Mr. J.; It- Souib,. the;. -Ta.appropriate $10,000 for.ihepur-j pufpore*. . V—l)r. Mott.
Senate tiMik up the resolu'ionaTrotp the , pose of making a road fn»m the State; ■ Dy P cn ™* 8, ” , }.» H r *^?T ,n . s **Uro-;
House of Representarivvs in relation to: line tielweeu North Carolina and Geor-|.“ l,Ce ^ *he following resolution : | An lrtsltr
more correctly, abou t half way be
tween tb^camp of the 26th and 27ih j
November, noted on the map, and its
Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Envoy course is a little east of north. j
here, had a quarrel with Queen Isabel- \ a connexion with this subject it may
la's government, and the Cuban inva- l >e stated that a fine ftesh-water lake
sion-men circulated rumors, that the has also been formed a few* miles to the .
British Minister would not cordially act south of the camp of November 26th. i d»e office to instruct me in the duties of tbe Mail
with Mr. Calderon in guarding, with This is evidently Irom the back water of Agenct on the road! Fortunately for myself and
watchful care, this jewel of ihe Spanish the Colorado, the indication oftbe baro-, for u,e m,lil » h « nature of my business
crown. Bui, the British Minister is un- meter iu 1846 showing it to be near the j heretofore, h*d been such ■* to render me pretty
der some orders upon the subject, and level of the Colorado. i f*"*' 1 '**' wit, ‘ tI,e P fn er*l duties of my newvoca-
will be prepared to remonstrate against) My first impressions were that the tion > * n ' 11 h * ve ,hu */ ar been eiwb, « d - in »P ite
any relaxation of the policy of the Gi»v- i new river was furnished from the same nl1 ,l,e Ch ' ef En Jt ine 5 r ’* ‘ ordeM ’petty tyranny,
eminent of the United States, in rela- | source,and the barometic measurements lo d,scbar S e ^ enli ™ of
tion to its obligations of neutrality on • „f forty-six are not adverse to this sup- lh< J* b “ t< » n * ,,Red
this subject. i position ; but its direction, nt arly north, i ‘ . are ’ m
It has come to my knowledge that the ant j other circumstances, seem to forbid m * r I *.* miLnMr T . ,, ...
reln.ions between .he British and Span- ,hi s eonjeclure. It cannot he supplied “'‘‘TT L c! T,7°l
ish Mniis.ers here are very cordial. | from the mountains, which, in that par- k
'By the way, the President's first grand alleland to the south, do not reach the
diplomatic dinner came off on Thursday regions of. snow. Whence it comes,
last. It was'well got up, and did cred-1 and where it g«**s, is a matter yet to be ^ ^
it to the Presidential establishment.—-! determined. I will lake an opportunity j j*
All the arrangements were liberal and to detach a party to examine it.
I has been sustain- la stelut- though not extravagant. -
The danger, so much apprehended.
when the mail train left Dalton a
in the morning. . ,
“The Mail-guards, Conductors and.all others
connected with the trains, were specially charged
give me any information relative to the mails
\il bags. * Orders’ were also given to mate
pay full fare in case I should take any oiie in
n another part of his statement, re-
intended to do, that the Cassville Standard, edited
and published by Mr. J. W. Burke, formerly of
this place, has been considerably enlarged and im
proved. We are pleased at this evidence of Jiiend
B's success, and are glad to find that inasmuch »
the people of the Cherokee country are “joined lo
their idols,” they exhibit one redeeming quality,
that of wisely discriminating in lavor of such Dem
ocratic sheets as make some pretensions to decency
The “ Standard" is now quite crediLi hie to the-
ability and industry of'its worthy conductor, as
the discrimination of its patrons. The
only objection we have to the sheet is the abomi
nable political heresy into which it has fallen
the advocacy of the doctrine of “ progressive De
mocracy.” \
Tke Vklef Engineer of ike State Uoa*. *
The Rome Bulletin of last week contains a cor
respondence between Mr. A. G. Ware, and a gen- -
tleman whose name is not given, concerning i)» .
treatment received by Mr. W. who it Mail Agent,,
at the hands ot Mr. Mitchell, the Chief Engineer
on tbe State Road. Mr. Ware's statement con
tains many grave allegations, and we have not yet
seen any defence on the part of the Engineer-in-
Chief.
It appears that Mr. Ware received the appoint-'^,
ment ol Route Agent lor the rond, on the 81st of
November, and entered upon his duties on the 22d.
Mr. Ware says:
** I w *« immediately informed by the Conductors
and others connected with tbe trains, that the Chief
Engineer, Wm. L. Mitchell, had given orders that
no one in the employment of the road should speak
lo me, or show me any respect, trhdlcter. Any white
man who spoke to, or associated with me in any
manner, was to be discharged forthwith; and any
negro who waited on me, was to be chastised se
verely ; and the Conductors were psrticularly
charged not to allow me a seat in the passenger
car, without charging me the regular fare. This-
last order has been particularly hard on me, as there
has been much very cold, wet weather within tho-
past two months, during all which lime I have been
nnfined to the baggage or negro car, where there
fire kept—not having the privilege, at any
of going into tbe possenger car, even to
my fingers.
already past. The Wilmot proviso is
. - re • - . | obsolete. Even the House refused to
Irishman writing from the west, fi>rce it to-day. The yote. oo tbe mo-
our Federal Relations and authorising >gia lo_ ihe Western aud Atlantic Rail--- Resolved, That the.Coromittee on'the. 8a ys pork is so plenty that “every third ; |jdn to lay Mr.'Root’s resolution on the
ti»e Governor to call a Convention of 1 road. j Penitentiary be instructed to ascertain j man you meet is a hog.” liable—i. loreiect it—wa* veas 105.
Jbe People of Georgia, upon , the Imp-j Tp make valid all commissions which and re'port to th:» House the amount of
'-t events, and[made tip.[have heretofore been’qr/niay hereafter! prfncipal and interest dot?on liquidated 1 - - ... ,
* n ' ‘ay, the | Ins issued iii blank, forthe purpose ofand outstanding debts of the j Peahen- ? per said when be put water in his bran- fain that the House seeksJo evade the
! taking testimony in any case arising, or tiary now past due, with the names of dv. ( ‘' {question.
mm
you. meet is a hog.'
Union is.not strength,
table—i. e., to' reject it—was yeas 105,
nays 79. Nearly thirty Northern mero-
Ibe old to-! bers' voted in the affirmative: •' It is ceir-
ater i
greatly interior to that on either of theoth-
Roads, snd is, besides being too small, utterly ua-
for the purpose designed—has but one window,
and looks more like the cell of a felon than any
compare it to.**
0 . , r ■ These statements are made i>y. Mr. Wure over
Seeing vast number, of | bU,. n toitaim.fcetar.
now conntig over this route, most ot aad oj}, er white men connected wiA the road for
whom v as they inform me, have no other
guide than' my report, I will be glad if
you will have inserted a notice of thU
new fiver in any new edition of the
journal and map that may be publisher)-
The existence of water musi soon be
followed by the growth of grass.; and,
proof of their truthfulness. If true, says the Jour
nal & Messenger, they nefcd no comment. They
exhibit a degree of malignity and an extent of petty
tyranny, which cannot fail to excite the.'contempt
and scorn of every correctly thinking man in the
State. If Mr. VVare has offended the Chief En-i-
that officer certainly can
if the river continues, the route by the I mode of redress. As a professed Christian and
G!Ta,. brtw—much travelled, will stand gentleman lie ought to be asffth
fair to ri val air overland routes to Cali- j the Legislature ought lo setttt .
fornia. It is probably the only route devatedimpalsesL v ^
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