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Frce-soilism, as a party, is .rather Northern Whigs have the right the con- lHlinitsaftr %!t1CS ,
on the wane, and a desperate attempt is; fidence, the co-operation, and the earn- WUlHvalU AUvSJ*
to be made lo/enevr'ii, by an appeal est aid.of their Somhernbreihren in the '7^*'^ — ^ ■———
to poputar pmudice and passion* and support ol that. Administration anil'its ,* *. I>eslr«ctlrc Fire.-
by connecting il Mill more extensively 1 measures. Bui when the threats and • About 1 o clocl; yesterday morning,
with- pOJtilar elections. By keeping up i denunciation are ilealtoot right and left ( - l ” e bouse on Cotton Avenue, owned
a telegraphic-communication between’on the floors of Congiess—when lan- and occupied by Win. Taylnr.as a
BuiTafo and Nashville, mutual exasper- guage is there contemplating the arrest. Cabinet Ware-Roorn, was; discovered
alion will be produced. the wheels of government—contera- ,*° ho on fire. The flames spread rap-
•*The free-soilers of the House wilt plating factious and disorganizing com- * *dly and soon enveloped the building,
make another eflon to rally their forces, binaiions lor the most injurious ends— which with its entire contents, was can
ned, for the special object of being en- wo -must confess that the nationality, sumed; Mr. Taylor’s, total _loss^does
allied to denounce those Northern men and fidelity, and the patriotism of the no « &U much short of $6,0Q0, and we
i ■ . , , who refuse to vote according to their true Whigs, both of lbe'Northand.the . regret to add tjiat lie had no insurance,
no other respemse Irom the non-slave- tRc|ffl . io|| . Mr. Wilroot. it »s said, is South, will be taxed to the uttermost to From ibis point the fire extended to
^politics of tl)t UDaji. '
- Virginia.
The following Preamble and Rcsolu-
passed both Houses of the
’islrtturc. We give lire vote
respectively iq the
’* Whereas, *thc rcwml action o'f the
General Assembly upon the Wilmot
Proviso and kindred subjects, and in
ffUlion Ui fugitive slaves, has met with
no other response Irom the non-slave-
tion and a systematic perseverance in
•the wrongs ol which-«re complained:
And, whereas, it is' apparent that tlie
inevitable result of such a course ot
action on the pan of a portion of the
States must be to excite bitterness.
Jealousy and distrust aiming the rest,
to kindle the angriest passions, to ex
tinguish that spirit of concession mid
destroy that mutual forbearance and
fraternal affection which founded^and
have sustained our confederacy,'and
finally to dissolve the Union itself: And
whereas, we are anxious, if possible to
avert the evils which threaten us, and
believe that the roost effectual means
. o/ doing this are to be found in the
- cordial uoioti of .the whole South for
Ik* raaintaiunnee of tire Constitution,
and lbe preservation of the Union if it
can lie preserved, and for tbeir own
preservation, if it cannot:
Be it therefore, - Reeolred; by the Gen-
being threatened with a withd/awnt of
the sum if she dared to ihsiigataHny
further ingoipes; Bhe* however, did
*o»ond the donation was stopped ; but !
since that time it has been discovered (
that there was a bequest of eight thou
sand dollars made to tbc giH eigbtyears t
ago,. and that she has thus far been
wronglully deprived of it.
Tub Blessing of Little Chiudhen.-
-^-Somebody, and we wish we-koevr
who*..says very beautifully: “As the
small planets are nearest the sun, so
are littid - children the nearest to God.”
How universal is the aspiration of those
Till! SOUTHERN VVBIfi.
without giviu" bis own vote for his own tcr-eud opposition of the combined Lo- Shelton, as, a Tailor shop, which was who arc passing down the steeper de
scheme. The other day he was absent cofoco and Abolition forces. also cousomeiL .together with his entire rclivity of life, for a return once more to
when his name was called.* ; *— -stock of Goods* Clothing, &c. No m-jthe springtime ut.their existence* tbe
Free Xcgrocs in Virginia. su ranee—loss not ascertained. 'season of innocency and joy ? If they
The bill for the removal of free per- j The fire immediately extended to the • have wandered from the straight way
Frum the Washington Republic. -j
The Loco foe os and I be Ahtliti§><
sons of color, now before the Virginia east, along the north side of the Avenue
1 Legislature, “ appropriates $30,000 an-; and communicated to. the following
nually for that purpose; declares the l buildings, which Were consumed, viz:
The sole organ of the Democracy Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Book Store, owned by T. C. Dtmp-
wishes fo know who arc the Abolition- lhe j ti ap j 2nt | Auditors a Board of sey, worth $1,600. Insured, and occu-
•***• .The sole organ ought to know, Conimissioners for the purpose of car-1 P*ed by J. J. and S. P. Richards as a
ing ami co-oper- r y] n g the provisions of this act into el- Book Store. Stock .worth about $-5,000,
they are led to exclaim with the poet:
“Restore my youth to me! Oh God! restore
My mom of life! Oh Father! be my guide,
And let me, let me choose my path once more.”
for it lias been consorting
alin g w «*h them for the last nine rooiuhs Whenever satisfactory proof shall
in a Bitter-end opposition to President ^ pr(K i 1Icei l m the said Board of Cocu-
Tnylor. The Abolitionists are neither mijshmers, that any number of free per-
,Whtgs north© friends of Whigs. They sons of color shall have been actually
have always labored to defeat the Whig transported to Liberia, or other place
candidates. »n the northern States. on ,i, e Western coast of Africa, or that
They defeated Mrj Clay in 1844; they they shall have been embarked for trans
it ,n portalinn thither, from withiu the limits
1848. The Whigs have always been 0 f (f,; s Commonwealth, by the Aineri-
denounced by them; and they are to cnn Colonization Society, it shall he
- , , ’ r tr • • ml this mmnent denounced by them, fbc Isiwfu ,. and lhe said Board ol* Commis-
0/ 1 hat upon, Whigs have always refused to join s : ooer s ore hereby required to issue
qoettimia tho* perai-venngly and reck-; hands or enter into any comb,nations l|ieir warranl on ,he Treasury of the
Ie«»l> forced upon the cutitry, V .rg.ma ( with them, lor the pur,H»se of securing Commonwealth for such sum or sums
Mi l •° r P" s, ," on ', I)OS "? n P? I,,,ta ' P r,wcr - , 11,0 De “ ocr “ ,s l ‘ a ': e tof monev as may be necessary lo defray
will be maintained. Her loyally lo lhe j always been ready lo mate a bargain , be cosl t, f tra „s IK)rl i nf! an d subsis.iog
Unmo ll no mailer of emply profession, w.lh ibem. bolli belore lhe people and - , uch nJ of |. 0 , nr fora | imilet | lim °
It IS stamped upon every page of bis- in Congress. By llicsc bargains, they ' „„ , b ^ sai j coast of Alrica |ro ,. aI> | e
lory. No Slalc lias done as much lo have souglil, at lhe present session ol lbe accrcdileJ age nl or agenls of the
form lbe Union; none is prepared In do Congress, lo make William J. Brown saiJ Amcrican ColonizalioS Socieiy—
rnore lo pcrpelualc it in lhe spirit m : Speaker of iho House of Iteprcseula-; Thr ,|, R . m „„„r „,^
which it was formed, and in which alone lives.
', that the amount
•_ , . ' „ . . , | i nually expended shall not exceed the
it can be preserved.^ But, loyal as she These bargains, between the Aboli- annual appropriation of $30,000, and
If and always has been, it were a fatal nomsts ami Locofocos made Salmon P. not more than $26 to be allowed for the
error to ‘oppose that Virginia will ever Chase, of Ohio, a Senator of the Unit- transportation and subsistence of per-
Consent that that Union, 4o which she ed Slales . They mat i e Chauncy F. son s over ten years of age, nor inorc
,os W 0 ™” * *°orce of happiness and Cleveland, Doren P. Waldo, and Wal- than $15, for persons under that age. 1
bottor, shall be converted into main.- n__.L r . 1 «! 1 °
v i instru- ter Booth, of Connecticut, members of
meal of * degradation and oppression. ^ ,b e House of Represenlalives. All
Ayc&»_SC; ! these men sold themselves to secure
nearly all lost—insurance only $1,000.
Drug Store, owned and occupied by
W. G. Little. Loss $8,000—no insu
rance. V«-
Clothing ^|orc, occupied by Horace,
Filch ifc CcJk Loss not ascertained.
Store, occupied ; by W. H. Bray &
Co., Hardware Merchants, and M. D.
Barnes. Jeweler. Loss about $2,500,
partly" insured. This • building was
owned by T. A. Brewer and insured
!or 1,500. Mr. Barnes’loss trifling.
House, owned by Oldershaw, and
occupied by Jackson Barnes as Book
Store and Bindery—portion oft he stock
saved. Loss about $1,500 over insu
rance.
Store, owned by Oldershaw. and oc
cupied.by Mrs. Sullivan as a Fruitery.
Loss total, say $600—no insurance.
Vacant Store, ownetj l>y Mr. Oldcr-
shaw, who was partly insured, but esti
mates his loss on the three buildings at
about $3,000 over his policy.
The. Masonic Hall, owned by Macon
Lodge No. 5 and Constantine Chapter
No. 4,-the lower story of which was
occupied by J. H..&> W. S. Ellis, Drug
gists. The Lodge and Chapter saved
their Jewejs and Records and some of
their furniture. Also, the records and
Jewels of the Grand Lodge, Insurance
on the building and furniture $3,000,
loss about $1,500. The Messrs. Eiiis
were not insured, and lost about half
their stock, say $1,500.
J. A. & S. S. Virgin, Jewellers, and
dealers in Piano Fortes, Music, See.—
Stock mostly saved in a damaged condi
tion-loss not ascertained.
Tbos. F. Newton, Tailor, loss of stock
&c. amount not ascertained.
North 'and South
’a . j «..« The following facts arc taken from
«• luwvcd. I hot id the event of the (heir election, and the Union hailed I Mr. Elrod Fisher’s Lecture. It pur-
passage of tlic Wilmot Proviso, or of (heir success as a Democratic triumph. > ports to show by statistics, in a few
any law abolishing slavery in the Dis- • Upon the success of the Democratic 1 words, that the South is a more pros-
tn<^ of Columbia, or-in any manner in- and Abolition union in Connecticut, the ■ perous section of country than the
ter.ering with the rights of slavehold- Abolitionists in the ciiy of New York’North; and that all the elements which
acr» therein, or abolishing slavery or swallowed up the Democratic parly, in constitute a great, prosperous and hap-
Ibe slave -trade between the Utaies, the attempt to elect Myndert Van ny people, in the South far excel those
Virginia will bo prepared toanite with Schnick to the Mayoralty. The Union 1 of the North. To begin the relative
ncr sister slavchohhng Stales, in Con- encouraged and applauded the coalition 1 wealth of the two sections. In 1840
ventinn or otherwise in the adoption of — and (j,e Whigs defeated it. About; the average wealth of a free person in
•ny mroiores that may be necessary (he same time, the Abolitionists and , Maryland was $531, while in Massa‘
to provide for their mutual defene, or Democrats of Wisconsin perfected an 1 chusetts in her palmiest days, it was
to secure meir common safety. Ayes, union, under the name of the Cass and • only 406, making the freemen in Mary- • Dr. C. B. Nottingham occupied a por-
^4; nws*S. . . Van Burra Democrats—in order, as the j land, 25 percent, richer. The average J lion of the same huilding, and sustained
.. *^ aolcct h lhat ui the opinoin of ll'uconein lfaily inform us, lo ** secure a) property of a free white person in Vir^ja slight loss in Books,
iws Ucnera I Assembly, a Southern Democratic majority alike impregnable ginia, is $758, in New York it is only) Geo. Jones, Crockery Merchant, cor-
r*nr»a!lntaPi “ . f 1 ", 1 ®,* ore . lo seduction of the Taylor $260, a little more than one third. Tbe’ner of Cotton Avenue* ami Mulberry
U,d C< ! n,,S ! of , dc,t? S ale * AJmini*ration.” ! average value of properly of each free * "
States in ° 3* Ve Si 8°on after, lbe Abolitionists and Lo- person in Kentucky is $456, and in
Ilmulil onrrw wiit. assembled, who co fijco*-of Vermont met in separate con- Ohio, is only $276. In Ohio there are
IIv derived^frnm au, * lor * \ ventions at Montpelier. The Democra- 60,000 pleasure wagons—Virginia with
i r n a .EP 0,nl T Dl ’ ! cy forthwith doled the sittings of their only a third as many whiles has 19,000.
thev ** *** ,bose whom * convention, and marched off whh flying The while people of Virginia are about
a »>„»*» ,V A ^ cs *7* noes I colors intojt he camp of the Abolitionists, the same in number as Massachusetts,
l, a rnii„7„T T /OTf rV Th ’ ? p0n l . he i They nominated a full-blooded Aboli- yet in 1840, Virginia built 402 brick
happening of cither of the contingencies’.?--c _ . r.—
contemplated in the second resolution,
lhe Governor be authorised and request
ed (instead of convening the Legisla-
lurc) lo issue his proclamation fur the
election of delegates to a State Con
vention, to take into consideration the
mode mid men.ure of red res, wilh ” enli “ ns - ■riie'cirabin.rion' was'oV,- 1 The wheat crop ol Virginia, iS 1840,
power .o appoint delegnlcs to n Soalli- ! “*7^ , 1 Wh^T and encommed ' « a » 10,100.710 buslielaf while in New
em Convention, nnd to adopt such mens- I”, ?! w "f' a "„. eD «>orage.l • • natura t
coumy, or clccti™ SuTric! y according \»» f. lD "8 into .be hands „f these | Iralvas'oue
Ui i,. representation in .he House j ^‘7T
- - - • ' —* L - -5 was one lojBve-
r less, upon
i the South pauperism
nronn^ed «-» ' usage, u passport 10 a iree colored man. —•»«"«» In New York there
•n proposed to be held at Nash u„° ce s j, ou , 3 0 f triumnb over eve- are 2000 convicts m the Penitentiaries,
villc,on the first Monday io June next, ne ? c ® snouts oi umtnpii over eve- . white* and 90 Whcka
ns intended to euable the ncoole of the defeat of * h « Whigs that has been *” y ,r g; n, f. UI whites and 90 blacks,
&e^nsr«&”„ n hhZ„^ r,W n'^ ^!vr-i"oto^;;eni P „a ' -rse of slavery, the free white
therehv of no i^rfL thole aa, i""al grounds, rather Ilian to sully P co p!e ° f *!><= South are richer upon an
StatcafnoflTinlmmi^n? peril^y^easoD «•«* *« **«•*»,? »■- cmed«l ,ho « nf ,he
of the «»orse pursued bvriie ima-shuvc- W ,an __ b y r
holding States, and their Hepresenta-
1840, Virgi
lion ticket lor Slate officers, and were, Louses, and the old Bay State 324.—
as usual, opposed and defeated by the j Virginia had the same number of hogs
Whigs. in 1840 that Ohio had, yet Ohio exports
Not long after, the onion was eDect-I Iar 8 e ft uan > ilie « of P°rk.>hile Virginia,
etl in the State of New York between ! on the olher >' a "<! imports large quantt-
the Abolitionists nnd Locofocos. thro' ? es . ?" d lhe , ' vl, ' le P°r ula ''°" « P“‘°
the agency of their committees and con- j® twice as large ns that of > irgima.—
ventions. The c«imbination was op-' The wheat crop ol virgi
• . • .... . . 1 . ' ..... in inn mm
ATdm, SSOH&IA: '■
Thnrsday Morning, F«k. 28, 1850.
e free of postoge.
. _ . . , . ous nnncmies The Nagle Fraud.—A letter from
lL at rt^nt events. The Whigs!'' Va ^i"S* aa »-e Baltimore Patriot,
. of those combinations les * pauperism,-ami more'morality,
of mischievous and danger-
principles.
ilaiion, (and Unit* too, io the most un-, ....
friendly tpirii^ of questions involving S!? l . a '® eC * . » . • t •• me amount oi money goi ouioi
the peace*.the mst unions* and the very ^ concessions ■ fae Gover:ia , ent by Capi. Nagle, with
existence of the Southern Stales; and il»e Abolu.onists. Mr. W.mhron rc- bia f j officer / acco ‘ unts> ia “ j leani
approving the object of said Couven- concessions when they !romoneof lhc Auditors, $59,000. The
lion, ns above set forth, the General,demanded by Mr. Palfrey. H; wbo|e amoont of , hese claim8> M
Assembly doth recommend to tho good ^ aa wcl1 understood that he was a lit- we re originally sold to Capt. Na-
peopleol this Commonwealth to sciu\, | -?.®r‘“ , i ,I ip e *° 1 ,h ®. m vvh |j. n . be ' va * a glefwns probably about S9000, leaving
; clegsues tbrreuq nnd that, to thiserul, a clear swindfing profit of $50,000.
they hold primary meetings m each . C/ar^n^u no such scruples. They were l .»/
city, county, and election district in the ; w dhng to trade with the Abolitionists,, The neat old lady in Virginia who
State, and appoint delegates l«* a^Con-) ai *d they made a bargain—a base, un-; scrubbed through the floor and fell into
vention to he held’in each Congres- j dfrbnhd, disgraceful bargain—the in-; (|, e cellar, is but one omoog the very
sional District in. the momh-of May v e PM on °f covered its authorities1 nice * females with which onr country
next, and ' ijiat the District Convention 'y rta • M ' oa d of ohhHjuy,” from which j abounds. We know a good lady jn New
fo constituted, do each select two per- ■ J vr ^ r ® saved because the Whigs' Jersey who whitewashed all the wood
■ eons* (one from each oftbetwo potirienl k “' *
panics of the country,) who shall- be
. delegates to the said Nashville Conven
tion. Ayes 20, noes 7- ;*-< '
llesoleed, That the Governor of this
Commmivvcahh bc rcqucstcd to send
copy ol them* resolutions <o each nCthe
. States of this Union, aiul also to oar Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress.
The Northern Convention.
Thn Washington curesponndent of
the Baltimore Sun, umlcr.datc.7th •iust,
says: . . - > ••»:
“The Wilmot proviso men of lbe
North a ml West, mortified ui the rej**c-
. lion of their scheme hyth&House of U*^
prevented its consummation; And if; she burnt; and another in Conbeclicut*
any thing were wanting to show that the w ho vised three ,times .a day to scour the
ell j nose pf her lap dog, to keep him from
J: ttfi | * ' * ft ‘ ‘ ‘ * ; ora nt
W ■■ I e —B WHf hiWwwj;
a lbe c . onl . esl , 31 ba3 been waged in the j own fooif.tlirodgb a napkin riiig, to keep
|C fdistrict lately represented , by Mr. Pal- ’ jt from coming in contact with her lips.
firey, where theAM.igs prefer that their! : • ' *
district remain without a representative, > Daniel Tucker.—We have . seldom
thnn he represented by X man-, beard ol "a more beautiful simplicity
] than was evinced by a matter-of-fact
ation of oid Xacli to veto it,
forming a plot for a'new. ami-extension
. . of slavery movement, of a tcry formi
dable character. 4 Tliey propose a con
vention, to meet at Buffalo in June next,
in which ila* anti-slavery men of every
< tftate shall lie represented, and for the
5 purpose of taking measures in opjjosi-
tion to the Nashville convention, which
-^will met* at litc sametime.
street, goods insured, and principally
saved—loss, on them about $1,500.
On Mulberry street the Law office of
Gtesham & Jones was # consumed, with
a small loss of Books. The three last
buildings.owned by the estate of Tlios.
W. Baxter—loss on buildings about
$4,000.
Two buildings owned end occupied
by J. W. Babcock, Carriage maker—
stock insured'—loss about $2000.
On tbe opposite side of the Av
vacant store recently occupied by
Isaac Winship, ami owned by estate of
Tlios. W. Baxter—loss about $2,500.
Morris & Mix, Harness makers—in
sured $2000—loss of slock about 34000*
T. C. Dempsey, Grocery store—loss
of slock about $5000, aud nearly cov
ered by insurance. -
Carriage Warehouse, owned anti oc
cupied by Freeman & Roberts—
considerable loss of stock, but insured
to nearly the full amount'—
A- budding occupied -by Engles as a
clothing store, small loss of stock-
amount not ascertained. Also,as a dying
establishment by John Curtis—who sus
tained some loss in clothing, etc; -
On second street, a Building occupied
as an Auction store,-in which' abo’rt
$2,000 worth ot Jewelry, owned by E.
J; Johnston was consumed.
The large brick- store on the corner
of Second nnd Cherry streets, occupied
-by Logan & Atkinson ata Dr^ Goods
6lore—stock insured, and nearly all
saved. The second story occupied by
tbe Sons of Temperance,and two Lodges
of Odd Fellows; who lost much of
tbeir furniture, &c: Thetwo last build*
, ings were owned by Mrs. Martin.
The’ total loss on buildings and pro
perly cannwt be much short of 1&100,-
000, the entire’insurance upon which
was not .more than $35,000.—Journal
Messenger.
Perpetual Motion again.—The
Maine Farmer*and Gazette stales lhat
Mr. S. B. Walton ofLiverpool Falls, in
that State, has at last invented perpetual
motion, that it can move a.clock,- arid
“has been in’operation,’ unless’stopped
by some foreign, ageto, a year
Itrit Irgislntsrf.
_ From the Georgia Constitutionalist.
Milledgeville, Feb. 18, 1850.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Mr. Byrd asked and obtained leave
to introduce “a bill io make compe
tent the testimony of slaves and free
persons of color in trials of defendants
siding in non-slaveholding Stales, and
who is, or have been indicted for negro-
stealing, or inveigling (iff a slave or
slaves from the possession of tbeir own-
Bills Passed.
The bill pf tbu House, to compel all
persons taking up runaway slaves, to
deliver the same to the Jailor of the
county where taken up, and to prohibit
said persons from detaining in their
custody such runaway slave for a lon-
r time than four days.
The bill of the House, to appropriate
a sum nf money to build a road
the Lookout mountain, in the counties
of Dade and Walker.
The Senate adjourned till 3 o’clock,
PM.
3 o’clock, P. M.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment.-
The bill of the House, “ in relation
to the affidavits of illegality of execu
tion.” Also, .
The hill of Senate, to amend the act,
pproved 10th Dec., 1803, to authorize
the Justices of the Inferior Courts of
this Slate to discharge insolvent debtors
coufined by process from any Court of
this State whatever—were passed.
The Senate took a recess till 4, P. M.
At.4, P. M.; the Senate convened,
and without doing any thing, adjourned
till 10 o’clock, to-morrow morning.
IN SENATE, Feb. 19.—To-day, the
Senate debated a motion to reconsider
the Journal of Saturday, so lar
lates to the passage of the bill,—‘
tend for five years the charter of the
Central Bank of Georgia,” which pre
vailed by yeas 18, nays 15. After
which,
The Senate adjourned till 10 o’clock,
to-morrow morning*.
From the Constitutionalist.
, IN SENATE, Feb. 21, 1850.
The Sentae met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The bill to make competent the tesli*
mony of negroes and tree persons ol
color, iu certain cases, was postponed
indefinitely.
BILLS PASSED.
One of the proprietors ot this paper will attend
e ensuing Spring 'term of the Sperior Court in
the Counties of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Jack-
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
me promptly.
O* All accounts due this office since 1st July
1846, will be put in suit immediately, il not settled
this opportunity. -
/ to. OoJmfMdcnu. ^
We would again remind our friends that all arli-
;s sent for publication must be accompanied by a
responsible name. Again and again have we gir-
tice of our determination to insert nothing
whatever, where the author exhibits so little confi
dence in us as to withhold bis name, and yet 1
frequently receive communications which are o
erwise unexceptionable, and are excluded solely
the ground that the name or olher “ car-mark” ol
the author is wanting. _
It is not often that we have indulged in “ learn
ed disquisitions” on the weather, &c., bnt really
the present winter has been so remarkable—so
like any other one “ in the memory of the oldest
inhabitant”—that a few remarks on this subject
may not be out of place.
First, then, we have in this region had very lit
tle winter so far—the weather having been gener
ally unusually Warm ; and secondly, we have had
such extensive, copious and continuous showers of
as we ha ve never before witnessed any where.
We have been told by a gentleman who kept count,
that it rained here fourteen Sundays, in succession,
while we believe there have not been three consec-
ive dry days during the winter.
These things are considered as unerring signs of
another Jry summer. Wo know nothing of’ u sigr
and wonders,” but one thing we do know, ths
whether the summer shall be wet or dry, if a
‘armors and planters shall bend tbeir entir
energies to the production of: cotton, to the neg
lect of their grain crops, great suffering will p
vail throughout the interior of the Southern States,
as the prices of food of every kind will be
bitanlly high as to place it beyond the reach of great
numbers of our people. We believe, therefore,
that those who raise grain will make as much mo
ney this year as those who raise cotton. Indeed,
we believe this will be the case, 4! wet or dry.”
* f larc-Bp” to Use-Legislature*
As, doubtless, there are raSuy extravagant ato-
_ ,*s in circulation, concerning the recent difficul
ties in the House of Representatives, the following
detailed statement Trum an eye-witness and actor
je, which we copy from the Milledgeville
Recorder, will be read with interest :
■y Millf-dgevills, Feb. I8lb, 1850.
Editors if /)&r Southern Recorder:
Gkxtlsmkr:--! propose to give M you and your
leaders a true’bistory of the acts of oppression per
petrated by the majority in tbe House ot Repre
sentatives lhat recently led to resistance on the
part ol the minority. First, allow me to say that
the. majority in the present Legislature had previ
ously passed a law so reorganizing the Senatorial
Districts aa to secure to themselves a majority of
two-thirds or nearly so, of tbe Senate; and second
ly,* law changing the day of election lor Repre
sentatives In Congress, so as to have that election
held at the same time with the election for Govern-
and members to the State Legislature; those
two hews were enacted to satiate tbe Vasnptr*
thirst of parly after tbe honors and emoluments of
office, this system indirectly, but effectually de
stroyed tho right to be represented in the Senate,
of a large, respectable and intelligent portion of
the people of Georgia, and wrested from them all
hope of a just participation in all the honors of the
State to be conferred by a joint ballot of both branch-
of the Legislature. Just here, there was an im-- -
plied pledge by tbe minority or a portion of them,
that hereafter the tyrant’s heel should tread ligiit/y
the necks of the majority. Thus we were lul
led into a false security ior a few days and while
the midst of transacting die pressing and legiti
mate J»>islationi3f the State on Monday, the Uth
instil 2-o'clock, a motion waa made by Ah.
Wiggins of Twiggs, to suspend the regular order 1
of business for the purpose of taking up a bill from
the Senate to alter and amend an act passed in
1843, to lay off tbe State into Congressional Dis
tricts.
The bill proposed to detach three or four counties
from one Congressional District and add them to
another. One District instead of having seventy
thousand six hundred and eighty representative
population as required by the act of Congress ap
portioning Representatives in Congress among tbe
several States, by the proposed bill, would contain,
say sixty odd thousand, and another District say
eighty thousand. Thus depriving ten thousand
persons of the right to be represented in Congress,
and conferring upon sixty thousand a greater right
of representation than by the principle of equality
and the law of the TJnited States, they are entitled
to.
Tho bare motion itself produced intense excite-
menL Various motions were made with a view
stay tbe tyrants’ power for a moment, but they
availed nanght. All sense of justice was merci
lessly over ridden by the midness of party, and the
motion to suspend prevailed—the previous question
was then moved and on the call of the yeas and
nays, there was no second, and the House then ad
journed until 7 o’clock} and upon*reassembling
again, tho previous question was moted and deci
ded by the Speaker to be out of order, and upon an
appeal being taken, the decision of the chair was
sustained. Mi. Carleton of Campbell then moved
to stipend the order so as to take up bills of the
House, which motion prevailed. The Houso then
disposed of forty odd bills, and at a little past ten
o’clock at night adjourned until 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning. On Tuesday morning the House met
pursuant to adjournment, the journals of the pre
ceding day were read and adopted, and probably a
motion or two to reconsider disposed of.
The Speaker immediately rose from his seat, and
announced, “ lhat tbe business before the Housk
lhe unfinished business of yesterday, which
tho bill of the Senate to alter aud amend the k
o lay off the State into Congressional Dia-
s in ISIS.’* Whereupon almost simultanc-
sly the same gentleman who the evening before
The bills of the House, for the better the in
government of the Penitentiary... Also; ’arc it
for the relief ot the Merchant’s Bank who
This body adjourned on Saturday night last,
after one of the longest and in many respects most.
remarkable sessions of any deliberative assembly j
ever convened in the State.
Some twelve hnndred bills were acted on—either 1
passed or rejected—and a greater number of speech- had moved the previous question which the Speak-
es “ lor Bumcombe” were made than perhaps in cr then declared out of order, again moved the
any State Legislature in tlie Union. For the large previous question, Uie Speaker decided the motion
amount of work done, the people are wholly in-! to be in trder, and it was seconded by the House,
debted to some thirty laborious, patient and indus- | cul *9 debate or amendment, the main
! trious members; while for the great majority of question was then put 9 nd carried, and the bill
Whig people of Massachusetts, __
! their Whig reprewniatives, repodi-! sJfhngttodi^Toui oT'which he ate Sis
i all these Abolition alliances, look at i m eals. The same- good lady *
enly-Jicc hundred Buncombe speeches, they , was then put upon i
ainly indebted to a few thick-headed asses as passed into a law.
ever had any business in any decent assem- *ixtj--six members in the H<
passage, and pronounced
At this timo there waajmly
e of Representatives,
There are three perpetual motions
at present jn the field r one in Georgia,
onq in Pennsylvania, and one in Maine.
of Macon.
: The Senate passed a resolution au
thorising the Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary to have executed by the
convicts, the excavations and embank
ments necessary to extend the Millco’ge-
ville and Gordon Rail-Road to a depot
lobe established on the Penitentiary
square; said Road to run through or
the Penitentiary grounds,, as the
Governor may approve. Also,
A resolution requiring the Directors
ot the Central Bank to forward all the
claims held by said Bank against the
General Government, together with the
evidence upon which said claims are
based, to the Agent of the State,
in Washington City* and direct him to
urge their settlement.
The bill of the House, to appropriate
money to build a Road across the Look
out mountain, in the counties of Walker
nitd Dade, was amended by appropriat
ing $3,000 to build -a Road from Dahlo-
negn, through Cooper’s Gap, lo the
North Carolina lload, near Notley Old
Town* in Cherokee county, and passed.
The Senate, on motion of Mr. Mur-
phey, look up the majority report, here
tofore made upon the message of the
Governor, relating to the mandamus nis,
issued against him by Judge Johnson.'
Mr. A. Ji Miller moved a minority re
port in lieirof the one^made by the ma
jority, upon which considerable discus
sion arose. Pending the motion,
The Senate adjourned till 9 o’clock,
to-morrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Feb. 21.
The House has passed the following
bills of the Senate:
To establish a Fire Company in the
city of Atlanta*
To compensate Petit Jurors. of Ham
cock county* ' •-• ••■ • ,
To amend the several acts in relation
.to'the Supreme Court, so far as they
bly. The large majority of the members, w
preferred taking thfejr ease to tlie arduous duties
'ation, amused themselves in eating pea-n
jccaaionnlly voting When the ayes and n
called.
e Speaker, the Speaker was forced
vote on the passage of the bill, when there was no
tie-in order that he might decide that there was
: then a quorum of the House present and voting.
Now it will be perceived that on Tuesday morning
four hundred dollars,yel knew not from
whence the bounly was derived. Tbe
evils can and ought to be remedied by I the bill was not in its order, ll was no part of the
the people. If such a body ever assembles in this 1 unfinished business of the House when it last ad-
State again, it is their own fault. Ijourned. There had been no motion made and
The Loco press, »e observe, is making a desper- | carried to suspend tho regular order, so as to take
ate effort to turn the tide of public opinion against i it Up- It was thrust upon the House, by lbe ar-
the Whigs who absented themselves Irom the , bitrary act of one man, and when thus Wrongful-
House ia order to defeat the Congressional bill. ; ly and tyrannically placed there, tlie minority
In this they will signally fail, as we are persuaded j had instantly, by the operation of tlie previous ques-
all fair men will feel disposed, under the peculiar | lion, their mouths scaled, their hands fettered,
circumstances of the esse, to justify their course. '. The question picsentcd us then was. u cruven
That u set of men should desert the House for the I submission to wrong or « 5™ resisunce. The
purpose ol .nesting public business, we shall not j minority chose the Utter, .ml when equal mid ex-
pretend to say is right—hot when, n. in this case, j , ct j„ sticc look ils fljjht u,. Hall of Repre-
tliey had hern scdoced into voting for the passage j tC ntatives, we also departed, and hoiated our mot-
of the bill deferrals, for twelve months, the neat j .. m dd „„ , wlen , he p-*.,
Cogressional electron, through the assurance, on | LiUrt u al On -Wednesday a motion
the partof the Democrat,c icdcre, that no bill for | w „ ^ rcconaiJer , be vote o! Tucaday, pas.-
the alteration of the Congreasionu! districts should j j n g , le b ,„. bn , „„ quornm , oUnf .u,u act ul
be passed-and who, immediately turning round, I p>tty oppreMimi remains in a .tale of suspension,
and-falsifying all their solemn pledge., introdneed j T h e minority proposed to the majority to meet
mmniniq.itono mea.ara, which bang tra^K-1 ^ am| ltJinsact ^
legislation of tbe State, provided they would post
pone for a short definite period this insulting
cd-for, inasmuch as there will be a new apportion
ment before tbe next election, can be viewed in no I
Mher light than n, * gmoilon. insult to the j aml , , measure. Thi, rc.aou.bl.
,Wh,g party-wc feel confident thut.il f.,r-mmded I prnpo . kio „ rejected *it# disdain, or rather ac
me, will .unction tbeir course, and feel profound | cfM to CM a uioM atter ,y Ucnai,,.,,, with
the inaintkinance of our honor, our equal political
rights, and that ol* the intelligent people whom i
regret in consequence of tlie defection of thd*
ber from Bibb, which finally enabled the Locos to
consummate their iniqui
mysteries and miseries of Great Cities
The New York Sun oCtbe 5th, gives u
an inkling of a mj'slery in that city, in
tlie following-paragraph:
We some tune since mentioned the
singular circumstance, that..a girl 'in .
this city was iii tlie annual-receipt of relate to. the Reporter ■ and Assistant
directly represent. Upon the heads of oar oppres
sors be the consequouces either for glory or for
shame. They are emphatically the majority—they
- ~~ w-.- of Hesbv Shultz vs The State Bank f,are the power—they have bat to wifi, and it is
of Georgia, which bas been so long before tlie , (} one . They have ruthlessly bereft tbe minority of
Courts of the country, has been at last decided in j aI1 righu> the ^ privilege 0 f resistance to
the Supreme Court o! the United States agonist tyranny—md this we hold is obedience to God.—
Mr. Shultz, which puts an end to it forever. j jf t j ie blood of our ancestors purchased for os the
The Chronicle &■ Sentinel, extra, of the 23d alt.,, bfessings of liberty* bas Georgia a solitary son who,
gives the following particulars: l ' • _ l upoo , pt occasion will refuse to ahed freely bis own
We have been permitted to copy the following for therf pres^ti™ 7 Let every tongue an-
! .mV -J U-. from thaUMi R»*»r. r , fJo. O.NE OF THE SeCEDERS.
Reporter-
To incorpraie tbe Dalton “city com-
Tbc Whigs of ihc Nonh stand on 1 witness in a riot case “ down east.”—
foir aud honorable ground m this re- «• What were the mob'doing when 3*ou
spccl, . They will not bargain aud first saw them?” was one'of the ques-
Irade with the Aboliiionisis. They have; lions asked-by the District Attorney-^— . , I
never bargained or traded with the Ab-1 •» They was a siogin\ tt replied the wit- strange feature ofthis case wiftyrobahly pany. ■ _ , r
oliiionisls. Tliey arc not disposed to ness.. “ SingingV 1 exclaimed the pub- be soon all made public. It appears j* To incorporate lbe BackKiver Wnart
presentalives, and its manifest fate in agitate the question of slaver yl or uied- lie prosecutor; •“what were they sing- , that the girl is rel.ited to certam million- j,Rnd canal company, and for other piff-
.tlic Semite* nnd the supposed detelrmin- die with the institutions of die South.— ; iog about?” “Idon’t know I’m sure,; aires, of Boston, tvlio permitted her for i poses.’ .■>_ ^ l ;
They will never seek to gain or preserve but they was si»gin\ any how.” “Well, years to live in the most extreme want, f To incorporate lbe OOUlbirn Ed ucatioft
political power by anv such huckster- • what was it? Whai were they sing- in this city. Two or three-years since,' Society. *'» - *'-•. j «wv- ...
r —i* . *• * .. X - i- *-«—*‘-* The House has concurred in ^he re-j Preaideut of the Bank:
dispatch received last night, from the Hon. Rever-
dy Johnson, one of the counsel of the Bank oi tbe
State of Georgia la thhi cine-: r "
The Supreme Court lias decided the case of
Shultz vs.. The Bank of the Stale of f*-
of tbe Bank, a nd so a» to settle finally the
Affairs remained in this posture some six days—
until the Locos sent foe two abeeat members, the
presence of both of whom was necessary, after tbe
resignation of Mr. Jenkins, (Whig.) to form aqto»-
rum. One of them returned, and the other *e*t a
The million aud a half of dollars wliieh Mr. message that be could qotdo so. At this point, it
Shultz and friends have boasted be w*» likely to j was found that the Whigs would be able to effect a
recover, have consequently evaporated info thin—; compromise on tlie Congressional District bill; tho
eery thin air! Those persons therefore, whose 1 Locolocoa were abandoning all hope of poesjng it,
• * * **' * •* •'•- a* '*“' T '*' ' * -
fears hare been excited in reference lo tbs ability and were .actually about to submit a satisfactory
of the Bask to redeem iu bills; may rest content, proportion tothe Whigs, when James A. Nisbet,
Since tbe foregoing was wriUen, foe following formerly a Whig; and elected as one, from the
_ j dispatch was received from A. Porter of Savannah,: county of Bibh, most ingloriously capitulatpd, by
ing. Tbcy Lave' m.Je ji“rca»raabio i’ogj’ "WiiV did 7hey"«emTo''teaii4-;ihe girl dicnmcl lhar a fnttone liaci: Tb^Hnosc: has concirrt.1 in j»-| Preaidrat^ dieBanlvv • : . j fifirin 5 in the IW. which,ra.bW ih.
coi.cessiun* lo the SoaiL. Thev have in Hoot*" ‘•Wal. as foul reed-: been bequeathed lo her, ahdso vivirltv pnrtand rcso!uuonsfn>uitl|&eoraroiUeci m,,A e foBomns r.legm,l,ic dopatclr from dominant fart;, to ,or;e thron B h th,ir ntwr unjnat.
come forrvnnl io g,m,l faith, warmly aud iSt,” replied tire witness, “ they was was the impressinuion ber mind, that on Banks, .u«hmn w« refcrretkhe pe- fote R.«ndy J.*—xt *h*k*«. ; *r.. iniqaimn.and««■*«. vtolatinn rf
cordially, to the election and the sun- a talkin'" about a man of the name ot she attempted lo have the matter inves- ntion pf VVjlham Q. Andersop. KaeharrW If, ai*.-TlwBa«lti4s«n«ee4ed^lo|tetlwr in all Uierr eolenur pledseato tliecontrary.^ .
port ot a Southern Presidcm There is Mr! Tucker, who refused to coma home! rignred. Since that rime, until a few J. Willi, and Thomas Anderson. j rfinShnlB ns».. Th, fobud. «—*•- ««,. Sob...,. ngH, in Tes.rna the tW. a
a combination ol Locofocos and Abn'.i-i lo his lea.” ' This supreme specimen ol; weeks since, when she placed the afiatr t A great number of other, bills have j tsontiovsMj. ..A^rqmMr.M^tetenyeat^s^ fitat, he uinsj juv^ coininitted a jrjst wrong in
ironists to break.down his Administra- i ignorance and simplicity convulsed the in the hands or an attorney, she has re- beet, passed, of a local nature, and the .Tlie, Court decided unammoudy in favor of the, re iinujr- to it. M kns aad .hl* .consmnenu
.* rT„.« ._ .1 -i _ l e.;.i,i.u fl u*,r ceivetl four hundped dollars a year, House is sttll in session, at 9, ^ ’Bank.’ r *eiuew»e,point, -
lion. '“-Under tbeso circumstances^ the * whole court-with laughter.*