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THE SPIRIT OP BEAUTY-..by mib* b. m. k.
Oh! a merry and joyous life is mine,
For 1 roam over laud and sea,
Or dance all day in the glad sunshine,
Happy, light-hearted and free.
Oft I float along on the balmy air,
Or rest on a glowing sunbeam,
I breathe the perfume of flowerets fair,
And rove by the rippling stream.
’Neath the graceful willow I oft recline,
On the bough of the oak I swing,
I’ve been on the top of the mountain pine,
And clung to the proud eagle’s wing.
I’ve been in the bed of the deep blue sea,
I’ve hidden beneath its waves,
And seen the mermaids happy and free,
In their exquisite coral cares.
With delight 1 have heard the waters roar,
As hid in some beautiful spell —
I’ve laid me down on old ocean’s shore,
To gaze on a scene I loved well,
p re glistened at night with each silver star,
And sat on the rainbow at even,
1 am joyous wherever earth’s children are,
For their happiness I was given.
I am found in the cup of the blue harebell,
On the dahlia I oft repose,
With the modest violet I love to dwell,
And sometimes 1 kiss the sweet rose.
In the morning-glory I’ve made my bed,
On each blade of grass I am seen,
Wherever the spirit of man is ltd,
The Spirit of Beauty has been.
Oh I a gay and joyous life is mine,
And i would that mortals might be
Allowed to enjoy unclouded sunshine,
From sorrow and care alike free.
Report of the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee having closed their
investigation into the state and condition of the
Comptroller General’s and Treasurer’s office,
take pleasure in saying that the neatness and
accuracy with which the books and papers of
those departments are kept, reflect high ere
creditor! the officers filling them.
They find that at the close of the financial
year, 1848, ending on the 20th Oct., there was
in the treasury, as exhibited by the concurring
report of the Comptroller General and Trea
surer, examined by the Financial Committee
of 1848, approved by his excellency the Gover
nor, and by their report, verified a balance
of.- 8365,587 73
During the financial y ear 1849, ending
on the 20th Oct., there was received
into the Treasury, from varijus sour
ces, as detailed in the concurring
reports of the same officers, examined
and compared with the books by your
Committee, the sura of 263,629 20
Making an aggregate of 629,216 93
During the same financial year there was
paid out by tbe Treasurer, on executive
warrants upon various legislative ap
propriations, as specially set forth, in
their reports, examined and counted
by the Committee .. 274,519 41
Leaving a balance on hand on the 20th
Oct., 1849, of. 354,697 52
By exhibits of receipts and disbursements
from that period to the 22d November,
1849, inclusive, submitted to your
Committee and carefully examined, it
appears that there has been received
into the treasury from taxes of 1849
and other sources, the further sum of* 173,337 08
Making the amount of- 528,034 60
And that there has been paid on execu
tive warrants drawn by legislative ap
propriations, the sum of 24,869 90
Leaving a balance in the treasury, on the
22d Nov , 1849, of- 503,164 70
The assets composing this balance, in the
hands of the Treasurer were carefully
examined and counted by your Com
mittee, and found correct and satisfac
tory. They consist of the following
items;
Bank Stock—Education fund by act
1843 8262,300 00
Stock in Bank State ofGeor
gia- 10,000 00
Western and Atlantic Rail
road scrip redeemed under
act 1845 4,784 75
Packets of Darien Bank, &c.
under Beal of Finance
Committee 2,237 25
Attorney’s receipts for bills
of broken Banks, for col
lection-. .... 7,915 00
Making an unavailable amount of. 287,346 00
The available assets are as follows ;
Cash on deposite at Agency,
Savannah 65,354 93
Cash on deposite at Agency,
Augusta 30,846 24
Cash in vault of Treasury •• 105,046 53
Certificates of deposit in A
gency Banks not charged. 6 917 00
Coupons paid since the Ist
November 7,655 00
Amounting to 215,818 70
To which add the unavailable assets as
above 287,346 00
Which shows a balance in the Treasury
on the 22d Nov., 1849, of 503,164 70
Os the Attorney’s receipts for bank bills, br a
ken and suspended, constituting an item of
$7,915 of the unavailable assets, is that of an
attorney for 4,717 bills of the Commercial
Bank of Macon, on which is an entry of pay
ment of 4,147 collected and paid over—the
remainder being the amount of fee authorised
by the Governor to be retained by the attorneys
employed in the successful prosecution of the
case. We recommend that the receipt now
representing six hundred dollars of the una
vailable assets, be cancelled, and that the
Comptroller General be directed to enter a
corresponding credit to the Treasurer on the
books, and your Committee ask leave to sub
mit a resolution to that effect.
We have carefully examined and counted
the coupons taken up by the Treasurer in pay
ment of interest on the fiscal year just ended,
and find the same to correspond with his re
port; likewise twenty bonds of 500 dollars
each, being a part of those issued in redemp
tion of Central Bank 8 per cents, numbering
from 581 to 600 inclusive, which although can
celled, your Committee thought it best to de
stroy.
We have likewise examined the contingent
accounts and find the disbursement made there
from, sustained by proper vouchers. In con
cluding this report, your Committee concur in
recommending the passage of a resolution, di
recting all the coupons that have been paid and
now deposited in the treasury, together with
the six per cent bends taken up by his excellen
cy tbe governor, . mounting to seventy five
thousand dollars, be consumed, and a proper
entry of tbe same be made in the executive de-
! partment. All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
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Minority Report on tlie Penitentiary.
Mr. Gander, from the Committee on the Peni
tentiary, made the following Minority
Report :—The undersigned, being a part
of the Joint Standing Committee appointed by
the Senate on the Penitentiary, beg leave to
submit the following Report;
That, in discharge of the duties required of
said committee, they have endeavored to in
vestigate the condition of the Penitentiary, and
inform themselves fully of its true state, at the
close of the last qnarter of the year ending the
Ist day of October, 1849; but that owing to the
great labor and length of time necessary to es
feet a thorough investigation of the affairs of
the Institution, your committee have been una
ble to satisfy themselves but little better with
regard to its condition than they were at first
from the Report of the Principal Keeper to the
Governor. Owing to the large amount of ma
terial on hand in the Institution, the great va
riety of manufactured articles to be examined,
the different departments of the Penitentiary,
and the varied duties of each department to be
inspected, in order to obtain any thing like a
true and thorough knowledge of its condition,
your committee would respectfully represent
that they could not inform themselves of its
true state, without devoting the whole of their
time and attention in the discharge of this du
ty, to the neglect of all others. Such, then,
being the case with us, and we apprehend such
has been the fact with all other similar commit
tees, the undersigned would state that they had.
in forming their opinions of the condition of
the Penitentiary, and in conducting their ex
aminations, to rely almost entirely upon the
Reports of the Principal Keeper, and the hooks
and vouchers presented to us by him and the
Book Keeper, from which books the report
was taken. Assuming, then, the books pre
sented to us for inspection, with the accorapa
iiying vouchers, to contain a true statement of
the different transactions of the officers of the
Penitentiary during the last seven quarters of
the years 1848 and 1849,y0ur commit ee would
state that they find the Institution to be in good
condition, so far as they were enabled to deter
mine from the data furnished us aforesaid, a
tabular statement of which is contained in the
Principal Keeper’s Report. Your committee
would further add, that they only investigated
the financial condition of the Institution from
the Ist day of January, 1848, down to the first
day of October, 1849, and basing their calcula
tions, as heretofore observed, upon the books
and vouchers presented to us as aforesaid, they
would report that the accounts current of the
Principal Keeper, contained in the Principal
Keeper’s Report, exhibit the condition of the
Penitentiary as nearly as can be done by an
examination of said books and vouchers, and
the limited inspection of the assets of the Insti
tution, which your committee could give them.
The task imposed on the Penitentiary Com
mittee is a very onerous one, and the duties to
be performed by them cannot, under the cir
cumstances attending their connection with the
Legislature, be discharged during its session,
with satisfaction to themselves or profit to the
Legislature; and in view of this fact, your
committee would represent that the reports of
said committees are always imperfect, and not
s o be relied on, from the simple reason that
they are almost uniformly taken from the -bow
ing of the officers of the Institution. Under
this mode of examining the affairs of the Peni
tentiary, it is easily perceived how immense
frauds can be practised upon the Slate, in its
management, by corrupt and designing offi
cers. without detection. The Principal Keep
er fixes his own value upon manufactured ar
ticles, and reports the aggregate amount of
material on hand. Under the present system
of inspecting and examining the same, these
valuations and amounts cannot be properly in
vestigated ; and how easy, then, is it for the
Principal Keeper to make it appear that its
condition was good and prosperous, when in
truth it was not so. Yonr committee deem it
due to tlie present Principal Keeper to state,
that these suggestions have not been prompted
by any conduct of his, coming under their su
pervision, but are the expression of opinions
formed, and conclusions arrived at. from ma
ture reflection upon this subject generally.—
The undersigned would therefore suggest, that
unless some more efficacious mode of v siting
and examining its affairs be adopted, the Insti
tution be leased out by the State for the term
of five years or longer, upon such conditions
and restrictions as will secure the end of its es
tablishment. The object of the Penitentiary
system is punishment for crime and reforma
lion of the moral character of the convict; and
your committee are fully satisfied that this ob
ject can be as well secured, and as effectually
accomplished, under the mode proposed by
them of leasing out the Institution, as under
the present mode of managing it; and that in
a pecuniary point of view, it would be far bet
ter for the interest of the State. As evidence
of this fact, the undersigned would refer your
honorable body to the action of the Alabama
Legislature on this subject, and the happy re
sults attending that action. The question is re
spectfully suomitted to the serious considera
tion of your honorable body. Your committee
have also had under consideration the question
of moving a part of the convicts to Atlanta, or
some other point on the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, for the purpose of engaging them at
work on said Road, or of constructing cars
and repairing the machinery used thereon, and
would report that they regard the same impo
litic ; believing that the cost and expense inci
dent to the keeping up two separate establish
ments, would much more than counterbalance
the corresponding profits and advantages that
might arise from such change. This question,
however, together with that of moving the In
stitution entire to Atlanta, or some other point
on said Road, the undersigned refer to the con
sideration of your honorable body, without
any suggestion on their part. In the report of
the assets of the Penitentiary by the Book-
Keeper, your committee find that about twelve
or thirteen thousand dollars of them are totally
insolvent and worthless; and that by returning
said worthless assets in the general amount of
the effects of the Institution, a false character
of its condition is given to the public. They
also ascertained that there is a large amount of
valueless material on hand, which has been in
ventoried at high prices, and turned over from
one Principal Keeper to another for several
years. This amount of worthless material be
ing also returned by the Principal Keeper in
his reports to the Governor at such rates, has
d tendency to deceive the public with regard
to the true amount of material on hand. To
remedy this, your committee would suggest
that the Book-Keeper be required to turn over
such insolvent assets to the Governor, and that
in his future returns, no notice be taken of the
same; and they further recommend, that a
committee be appointed by the Governor to
separate the worthless material from the bal
ance, give the Principal Keeper a proper cred
it for them, so that it shall not be necessary for
him in future to pay any further attention to
them in his annual reports. Your committee
have also ascertained that serious injury has
resulted to the Institution, by extending too
long the credit given on the sale of manufac
tured articles; that in many instances of such
extension, the parlies have become insolvent,
and the Institution lost the debt To prevent
this, the undersigned would recommend that
the Principal Keeper be allowed to exercise
his own discretion in the collection of debts
due the Penitentiary, for twelve months after
they become due, and that if not paid then, the
same to be placed in the hands of the Attorney
General for collection, with instructions to sue
thereon. The discipline exercised by the Prin
cipal Keeper over the convicts, has also claim
ed the attention of your committee, and al
tnough they are entirely averse to any thing
like cruelly or tyranny in the management of
them, yet they are constrained to recommend
a more strict and rigid discipline than is now
observed. They do this for the purpose of
making the Institution accomplish the end of
its creation—that of punishment and reforma- I
tion. With regard to the confinement of the |
convicts in their cells during the Sabbath, they
think the suggestion of the Principal Keeper a
good one. and would recommend that he be
authorized to exercise his discre ion in refer
ence to the same. In conclusion, your com
mittee take pleasure in stating that they find
the internal arrangements of the Institution
well ordered and conducted; that a proper re
gard is paid to the health and comfort of the
convicts, by keeping their cells neat and clean,
and that the books of the different officers are
kept in business-like manner. To the Principal
Keeper, and other officers of the Institution,
they tender their thanks for the kindness and
attention manifested towards your committee,
in discharging the duties required of them.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH R GONDER,
B C. FERRELL.
£l)touulc and sautnd.
AUGISSIA, G-A :
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC.2O , 1849.
The Federal Union.
The habitual disregard of truth exhibited by
this journal has become proverbial—conse
quently a gross misrepresentation of any fact
by it excites no wonder in any quarter. The
following paragraph therefore, did not surprise
us, indeed, we shall only be surprised when it
states a truth in reference to the Chronicle 5f
Sentinel and its positions:
The Chronicle & Sentinel. —This journal,
that for months past, lias been denouncing as agitators
and disunionists, all who favored- resistance to the
aggressions of the North, has, since the abandonment
by Messrs. Toombs and Stephens of Mr. Winthrop,
taken the back track and now talks boldly of resist
ance. It has itself become an agitator. Never did
Jim Crow himself make a more perfect and complete
Somerset. But we have no disposition to rebuke it,
when it turns about “ it jumps just so.”
The Chronicle 8f Sentinel occupies precisely
the same position now it has always done, and
entertains precisely the same views. The de
claration of the Federal Union to the contrary
notwithstanding. Perhaps the Union has some
additional lights in reference to the views of
Genl. Cass, and can verify its unblushing as
sertion that “the evidences of Cass’ being in
favor of the extension of slavery were strong
as confirmations of proof from Holy writ.”
Our correspondent “A” should have ap
pended his name; the observance of this regu
lation is indispensable.
M’lle Niecieska’s Concert.
We have seldom essayed the performance
of any act which afforded more sincere plea
sure than that of calling the attention of the
generous lovers of song to the Concert to be
given this evening at the Masonic Hall, by
M’lle Niecikska, assisted by her sister M’ll
Hedwig Gerard and M. Mayer, formerly a
member of the celebrated Gungle Band.
Independent of the attraction presented in
the fact that M’lle N. is a most exquisite per
former on the violin, a remarkable accom
plishment for one of the gentle sex. the noble
object which prompts her and her accomplish
ed sister, the support of an aged and exiled
mother, to appear in public, should meet a
warm response from every generous heart.
Driven from the land of her ntiviiy, this
daughter of down-trodden Poland, has sought
an asylum among •* the brave and the free, ”
in our own land ; and unable to sustain herself
by her humble efforts, her dutiful and accom
plished daughters seek to render her comforta
ble in her declining years.
The Charleston Mercury, in calling the pub
lic attention to a Concert given by them in that
city, thus eloquently appeals to toe citizens:
“ We have been informed that when M’lle Niecies
ka was quite a child, her extraordinary powers on
the violin were displayed before a numerous assem
bly in the City of New York, where she attracted
much admiration; but the delicate reserve of her
mother withdrew her from before the public. Ad
versity did not then compel the sacrifice, and hum
bler industry supplied the means of support. Neces
sity now exacts the exertion, and this true-hearted
daughter of the Exile Nation , with maturer powers
and masculine resolution, presents her claims to pa
tronage before the justly discriminating taste and
well known liberality of Charleston.”
Brewer’s Grand Panorama,
Was visited last night by a large number of
our citizens, and it is spoken of by all, with
unqualified pra se. There will be an exhibi
tion this morning, at 10£ o’clock, and also this
evening, at 7 o’clock.
Mitchell's Universal Atlas.
Mr. Jno. E. Potter, the agent for this val
uable publication, is now in this city for the
purpose of canvassing for subscribers. To
l he intelligent we need not say a word to in
lroduce this work, it will commend itself for
Its intrinsic merits. Indeed we know of no
similar work combining such an amount of
valuable information.
Alabama Sugar.—Five hogsheads of sugar
from the plantation of Mr. Harwell, on the
Alabama river have been received in Mobile.
The Register says: “This we believe to be,
the first completely successful effort made in
this State for the manufacture of sugar, and it
shows conclusively, that we have been in error,
in supposing that cane could not be sufficient
ly ripened in our latitude to warrant its culti
vation. The rich bottom lands in Mobile,
Baldwin, Clarke and Washington counties
should be at once appropriated to this culture.”
Hon. James Buchanan, it is stated, has ad
dressed a letter to the Hon. James X. McLan
ahan, bearing on the present aspect of the sla
very question, and proposing a means of set
tling it. The letter is to be published soon af
ter the organization of the House.
Hon. T. B. King’s Resignation.— The Go
vernor has received the resignation of the
Hon. Thomas Butler King, of his seat in
Congress, and has issued an order for an elec
tion in the First Congressional District, to be
holden on Monday the 4th day of February, to
fill his vacancy.
From Yucatan. —By an arrival at New Or
leans, we are in possession of dates from Me
rida to the 16th November. The papers an
nounce that the war was continued between
the Indians and the Yucatecoes, without any
prospect of a speedy termination. A column
of Government troops had, just before the a
bove date, experienced a slight reverse in a
conflict with the enemy. The Yucatan Legis
ture had addressed a memorial to the General
Congress praying for the exemption of the con
tingent from the peninsula during ten years.
’ and for the appropriation of .$25,000 monthly
during the continuance of the war-
El Boletin Official confesses that negotiations |
are pending, through the mediation of Eng
land, for the pacification of the country, but it
states that the English have limited their views
o a simple offer of mediation, and that the
Government and Legislature of Yucatan would
act as best, subserved the interests of the State
and the Union.
The Boston Tragedy.
The Boston papers contain the verdict of
the coroner’s jury in the case of Dr. Parkman,
which we subjoin:
From the Boston Advertiser of Friday.
Coroner's Inquest on the Remains of Dr.
George Parkman. —The inquest on the remains
of Dr. George Parkman was brought to a close
last evening. After the verdict had beensigned
by the jury, several of the Reporters of the
Press were admitted to the jury room, where
Coroner Pratt slated to all present, that the
suggestion of the Attorney-General, Hon. Mr.
Clifford, the testimony in this case wculd
be kept secret until such time as the case should
be investigated by the Grand Jury, and that In
all probability it would be known only to that
body until the case was brought to a final trial.
The Secretary of the Jury, Mr. Andrews, then
read from his records, the following verdict:
“ Suffolk, ss —An Inquisition taken at the
City of Boston, within the County of Suffolk,
the thirteenth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and for
ty-nine, before Jabez Pratt, Esq., one of the
Coroners of said County, upon the view of
sundry parts of the body of the dead man, viz ;
a thorax, kidneys, pelvis, two thighs, left leg,
and sundry bones—there lying dead, by the
oaths of Osmyn Brewster, John L. Andrews,
Pearl Martin, Thomas Restieaux, Lewis Jones,
and Harum Merrill, good and lawful men, who
being charged and sworn to inquire for the
Commonwealth,' when, how, and by what
means the said dead man came to his death,
upon their oaths do say, that they all have been
demonstrated to be the parts of one and the
same person, that these parts of the human
frame have been identified and proved to be
remains and parts of the dead body and limbs
of Dr. George Parkman, late citizen of Boston,
aged about 60 years ; that he came to his death
by violence at said Boston, on the twenty
third day of November last, or between the
hour of one and a half of the clock in the after
noon of that day, (aboiu which time, he entered
alive and in good health into the Massachusetts
Medical College building, situated in North
Grove street in said Boston,) and the hour of
four of the afternoon of the thirtieth day of
November last, (when a portion of the said
remains were found concealed in and under
the apartments of Dr. John W. Webster, of
Cambridge, in County of Middlesex, in said
College building) in which building the residue
of said remains was afterwards discovered—
that he was killed in said College building by
a blow or blows, wound or wounds, inflicted
upon him with some instrument or weapon to
the Jurors unknown, and by means not yet
known to said Jurors, and that said blow or
blows, wound or wounds, were inflicted upon
him, and said means were used by the hands
of said Dr. John W. Webster, by whom he
was killed. In witness thereof, the said Coro
ner and Jurors to this Inquisition have set their
hands and seals the day and year above-said.
(Signed)—Jabez Pratt, Coroner; Osmyn
Brewster, Foreman ; John L. Andrews, Sec
retary; Pearl Martin; Thomas Restieaux;
Lewis Jones ; Harum Merrill.
A large number of witnesses were examined,
whose testimony covered over 70 pages of
foolscap paper closely writen.
The Traveller alluding to the .verdict re
marks :
“The verdict of the coroner, pronouncing
Professor Webster guilty of the murder of Dr
Parkman, does not seem to have occasioned
much surprise. For some days the public
mind had been prepared for such a result, in
consequence of developments, to which we
have already alluded, tending to show that the
murder was premeditated.”
Tilings In MiHedge vllle.
Correspondence of the Chronicle Sf Sentinel.
Milledgeville, Dec. 17, 1849.
house.
The following bills were introduced;
By Mr. McDougald,of Muscogee; A bill to
alter and amend the act regulating escheats, so
far as to allo w bastards or natural born children
to inherit from their mothers under certain cir
cumstances.
By the same : A bill to protect the character
of females from slander.
By Mr. Nelson, of Cobb; A bill amendatory
of an act to authorize parties to compel dis
coveries at common law.
By Mr. Calder, of Cobb: A bill in relation
to affidavits of illegality of execution.
By Mr. Harris, of Clarke: A bill to provide
for the compensation of certain officers for ser
vices rendered and for the payment of their
fees in certain cases.
The following bills were passed :
A bill appropriating money for the support
of Government for the years 1850 and 1851.
A bill to incorporate the Forsyth Female In
stitute.
A bill to add apart of the county of Fayette
to the county of Campbell.
SENATE.
The following bill was introduced:
A bill to amend the act incorporating the
Bank of Brunswick.
The following bills were passed :
The bill to limit the number of the Secreta
ries of the Executive Department and to fix
their salaries.
A bill giving the election of county Treasu
ers to the people}- of certain counties therein
specified, was reported back by the committee
to which it had been referred with an opinion
favorable to its passage.
The following bills from the House were
read the third time and passed;
A bill to incorporate the Hancock Steamboat
Company.
A bill to incorporate the Griffin and West
Point Plank Road.
A bill to provide for the safe keeping of any
culprit, after a respite from the Goveruor.
A bill to revive and make of force an act in
corporating the Thomaston and Barnesville
Railroad Comuany.
A bill to incorporate the Houston Branch
Railroad Company.
A bill to incorporate the Northwestern Plank
or Railroad Company of Georgia.
At half-past seven o’clock, Mr. Stiles, late
Charge d’Affaires of the United States to the
Court of Vienna, delivered by request, in the
Representative Hall, a lecture on the events
witnessed by him whilst in Europe. We
scarcely know how to speak of this lecture. We
know full well that whenever the trigger of the
gun, Truth, is drawn, by however feeble a
hand, and a report follows, the stupid and timo
rous are sure to be alarmed and enraged. We
believe the most prevalent opinion is that Mr.
Stiles’lecture was just the thing. It was in
our opinion, anything but what it was expect
ed to have been from the announcement. We
certainly looked for something interesting re
lalive to the resources, institutions, condition
and probable destiny of the States of Europe,
which came under Mr. Stiles’ notice, as well
as sketches of the popular movements, of
which we have been informed by every trans
[ and cis Atlantic newspaper, and which could
have been rehearsed as truthfully |if not as
eloquently by the veriest tyro in history. But
instead of this the assemblage was entertained ?
with a ginger bread cast of the revolution and
a panoramic idea of the French Republic. The I
manners, habits, social and general condition
of the people were what we expected and de
sired to hear, but instead of this we were re
galed with the stale and common place gene
ralities to be found in every newspaper. Mr. I
Stiles’ reflections were generally more remark
able for their simplicity than for any profundi
ty of thought. He presented no truth of his
torical importance. We should judge that he
was no great philosopher, though an intelli
gent an educated man. He seems to have
looked but cursorily at whatever presented it
self, and to have made such passing inquiries i
as satisfied a reasonable curiosity, without
greatly disturbing his indolence or retarding
his progress. His lecture was not very bril
liant as a mental entertainment nor very admi
rable as a piece of oratory—yet he sent home
his audience very well pleased with him and
with themselves, and thinking more of him and
themselves than of his theme. K.
CONGRESS.
In Senate, December i 5, 1949.
After the Journal was read, Mr. Berrien rose
and said he held in his hand a resolution which
he should offer for future consideration, with
a view to enable the Senate to proceed in the
discharge of its Executive duties. The reso
lution was read as follows;
Resolved, That a committee of three Senators be
appointed to wait on the President and inform him that
the Senate is organized and ready to receive from him
any communication in relation to matters within the
sphere of their separate capacity.
Mr. Clay rose and said, in resuming the
seat which I occupy in this body, it has been
ray desire to take the lead upon no subject, and
of no parly, but to perform in the best manner
I can the duties incident to ray position. I
should have offered a proposition similar to
that which the honorable Senator from Georgia
has presented, but from this disinclination on
my part to appear to propose or take the lead
in any matter.
Sir. I approve of that resolution, and have
arisen for the purpose of expressing my con
concurrence in it. Indeed, unless some other
Senator desire it, I do not see any necessity for
its postponement. 1 think it might be adopted
now, for by can gain one or two
H itli ?n;.s upon this subject,
I am I have no doubt they
could be the same state of things
existed a few years ago in the House, it is well
known that the Senate proceeded in the dis
charge of its executive duties. But, Sir, in the
absence of all precedents in a case so rare and
so much to be regretted—such as that which
exists in the other branch of Congress—the im
portance of the case will supply the absence of
precedents.
The only difficulty that occurred to my mind
related to the deference and respect due to lhe
other House. But a moment’s reflection satis
fied me that it was impossible that any member
of that House could take umbrage or exception
at our proceeding to discharge our executive
duties. So far from it, I should think that di
rectly the reverse of that sentiment would pre
vail; that it would be a master of congratula
tion to them that, while they labored under an
inability to perform their official functions,
which they as well as we regretted, the other
branches of the government could go on in the
performance of their duties. It does not, there
fore, appear to me that any imputation can be
made to this body ot wanting in respect and
deference to the other branch of the national
legislature, and I am at a loss to comprehend
any objections to this course on the part of the
Senate.
The Senate, as is well known, occupies two
relations to the House of Representatives
both a legislative and a judicial one; and a third
relation, having no connexion with it—a rela
tion to the executive department of the govern
ment. Now, sir, though we are not able to
co-operate with the House, it certainly forms
no reason why we should not perform our du
ties as a component part of the Executive of
the country. 1 need not say. sir, what is well
known to every representative of the country,
that there must be a large mass of executive
business to be attended to. At the commence
ment ofa new administration it must necessa
rily be so. If we can proceed, then, to the
consideration of executive business, so far from
the House taking exception to our course, it
ought to be pleased that we shall be enable to
go on with the public business when they shall
be ready, unobstructed by any of those matters
which fall exclusively within the relations of
this body to the Executive.
These are the views which, I confess, early
presented themselves to me, and I do not think
any one will doubt the propriety of the course
which the Senator from Georgia has present
ed to us. And I repeat, that Ido not perceive
the slightest objection to the immediate adop
tion of the resolution notifying the President
of the fact that we are ready to proceed to such
business, as we can gain two or three days by
this course.
The Vice President said this resolution, ac
cording to the rules of the Senate, must lie up
on the table one day, unless it be considered by
unanimous consent.
Mr. Douglas hoped that, as it required unan
imous consent, there would be no objection
on the part of any Senator.
The resolution was agreed to. and Messrs.
Berrien, Mason and Felch were appointed
The Committee returned and Mr. Mason
reported that they had performed their duty,
and had received from the President an answer
that he would communicate with the Senate on
Monday.
Mr. Dickenson gave notice that he would
on Monday at 12 o’clock, move that the Se
nate proceed to appoint the standing Commit
tees.
The Senate the adjourned till Monday.
House*
The House met at 12 o’clock. The Journal
of yesterday being read,
Mr. Littlefield moved a resolution that the
House do not adjourn until a choice of Speak
er be effected.
Cries of no, no—it might be along time first.
Mr. Thompson, of Pa., introduced a resolu
tion, which was adopted, empowering the Ser
geant at arms and the Door keeper of the last
Congress to enforce the 17th and olher rules of
the last House of Representatives, by exclu
ding from the Hall all persons not entitled to
the privileges thereof; and to exclude from the
ladies’ galleries all except the ladies, the gentle
men accompanying them, and such persons as
are introduced therein by members of Con
gress.
The question was then taken on the propo
sition ol Mr. Littlefield, which was laid on the
table.
M r. Preston King, of N. Y , rose and remark
ed that if the Democratic party were anxious
to secure the election of Speaker, he was au
thorised to say that they could do so by throw
ing their votes for Mr. Strong, of Pa.
On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Ark., the
House proceeded to vote for a Speaker.
A Psychological Fact.— Raspail the
French Socialist, has pointed out, the Medical
Journal says, one of the powers of camphor,
which in a psychological point of view, is
most important—that of putting a stop to that
fearful insomnolence which axcorapanies the
incubation and first developement of insanity
when opium, hysocycamus. coniium, stramon
ium and “all the drowsy syrups of the East”
fail to produce an effect, a grain of camphor,
formed into a pill, and followed by a draught
of an ounce and a half of the infusion of hops,
mixed with five drops of sulphuric ether, is
his usual remedy for procuring sleep.
Resignation of Col Fremont. —lt is sta
ted that Col. Fremont has written to the De
partment at Washington, tendering his resigna
tion as Commissioner to run the boundary lino
between the tenitury and New Mexico. So
says the New York Mirror.
The Growth or the Union —It is within
our own recollection, when a New York
honse, requiring a cargo of Hour, had to pro
cure it from Philadelphia, and when the ex
ports from this latter city, of that article,
amounted to what was then considered the
enormous quantity of 400,000 barrels per
annum.
Contrasting the situation of affairs which
then existed, with the following statement of
the receipts of Breadstuffs at tide-water on the
Hudson river, will give some idea of the vast
increase of the produce and business of the
country. The statement is made up to the
30th November of each year:
Flour, bbls. Wheat, hush. Corn, bush. Barley, bush.
1848.. -3,068,572 3,079,262 2.878,852 1,544,958
1849.. -3,164,054 2,698,597 5.116,227 1,391 138
Increase .95.483 Dec. 380,665 In. 2,237,375 Dec. 153,52 U
IN. O. Bulletin.
Money and Business.— The New York
Courier and Enquirer of Saturday says:
“ There is more demand for money than at
any time since last spring. The rates are
higher for paper of all kinds, and the quantity
of first class offering has increased within a
few days, owing to heavy remittances being re
ceived from New Orleans and Mobile, of short
cotton paper. This is a desirable class of pa
per, and meets generally with ready sale. It
is usually drawn at sixty day.s sight, and is
much sought after by bankers and capitalists.
The current rates under the present state of
the Money Market are from six to seven per
cent, for leading names, and from seven to ten
for fair paper.
There is a large business doing at these rates.
Loans are made at six a seven per cent, but we
hear of none under six. Capital now begins
to find ready employment, and it is no lunger
difficult to invest money at 6 per cent and up
wards in safe commercial paper.
Some of the remittances from the cotton
ports have been in Sterling and Francs, yet the
supply of Foreign Exchange will probably be
large by the next steamer from this port. We
anticipate, however, after the first of January,
a heavy demand on account of dividends Uitt
will be remitted to Europe to pay the holders
of our Securities. Whether the amount will
be sufficiently large to cause any material ad
vance in the rates remains to be seen.
** The business doing in Domestic Exchange
in this city is very small. Southern Funds are
scarce and in request. In New Orleans and
Mobile, (at the last accounts) the supply of
bills on New York was large, and the rates
generally at the south indicate that the balance
of trade is in their favor.”
Special atlas.
I. O. O. F.
U Miller Lodge No. IO. —A Degree meet
ing will he held THIS (Thursday) EVENING,—
The members are requested to be punctual in their
attendance.
, By order of the N. G.
d2O THOMAS SNOWDEN, R. S,
Jj 1 We are authorized to announce Dr. L
C. BELT as a candidate for Jusiice of the Inferior
Court of Columbia county, at the election on the
first MONDAY in January next. d2O
AUGUSTA COTILLON CLUB.
Tlie Second Party, (post
poned from Thursday last on ac
count of weat'ier) will be given on
FRIDAY EVENING, the 21st instant, at the Ma
sonic Hall. Ladies having tickets of invitation to
the last Party, are respectfully requested to attend.
Members of the Club will call on Mr. C. Gatlin for
their tickets of admission. d)9
Georgia, Richmond County, —The
Honorable the Justices of the Inferior Court, for the
county aforesaid, will elect a KEEPER of the Poor
House, on the 25d day of December, inst. Appli
cants will make their proposals to the undersigned.
By order of the Court.
dl9tD22 JAMES McLAWS, Clerk.
O’ Masonic—SOCl *L LODGE, fi
No. 1, will celebrate the FIFTIETH AN- -
NIVERSAKY of their Charter, on the
Festival of St. John, the Evangelist, 27th / V
instant. An Address wilt be delivered by Bro. W.
H. Hull, of Athens. Visiting and transient breth
ren are cordially invited to attend.
Wm. T. G >old, )
Lemuel Dwelle. !
Wm. E. Hearing, [Committee of
Besj. B. Russell, j Arrangement*.
Geo. W. Perry, j
J. D. Butt,
di7-td
O’ Lectures on Mercantile Law,— The
subscriber proposes to deliver a course of Lectures on
Mercantile Laic, commencing on the tenth of Janu
ary. It is expected .hat the course will occupy about
twenty lectures, of one hour each, to be delivered on
Monday and Thursday evenings of each week, at the
subscriber’s lecture room. A sufficient class is al
ready made up to insure the delivery, inevitable
accident excepted.
Tickets, for the whole course only, ten dollars
each.
Subscription papers are left at the Book Stores,
where gentlemen, disposed to attend, are invited to
enter their names. d]o WM. T. GOULD.
Dr. Cunningham, having return
ed to Augusta, will give Lessons on the Piano. Also
in Drawing and Painting in all its varieties Draw
ing with Pencil, Crayoning, Painting on Velvet, in
water colors on Paper, and Oil Painting, A few
Young Ladies or Misses can be accommodated as
boarders in the family, where they can be taught,
and will at all times be under the care of Mrs. C.
Terms made known by applying to Mrs. C.
d!2-twtf
A. Cunningham, having returned to
Augusta, tenders to the community his Professional
services. His residence is on Jones-st., near the
Iron Foundry of the late Robert Philips, or the Ea?le
Foundry. n2fi-lm
13= Dr. -T. A. S. Milligan having returned
to Augusta, will practice in the various branches of
his profession.
Messages left at his office in Jackson street, be
tween Broad and Reynold streets, or at the residence
ofDr. Joseph Milligan (over the Bank of Bruns
wick,) will be promptly attended to, 09-3 mo
Ij 3 Augusta and Wayncsbor®’ R, Road.
—Notice is hereby given, that the Board of Directors
of this Company have called for an Instalment of ten
per cent, on subscription to the Capital Stock, to be
paid at the Banking House of the Central Rail Road
and Banking Company in Savannah, on or before the
22d of January next, (1850.)
ALEXANDER R. LAWTON, President.
Savannah, Dec 14, 1849. lawtJa22
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry at
Home.—We have not unfrequently called attention
to this article in the columns of our paper, and we
have done so with the full confidence that it was a
good one, and deserving the patronage of the public.
We have had a chance to witness its effects upon
some of our friends, which, in addition to the high
encomiums passed upon it by our brethren of the press,
not in paid puffs, but in honest, candid sentiments,
from having derived a benefit themselves, makes
us desirous "of advising all those who have occasion
to resort to a remedy for pulmonary afections, to
avail themselves of it. We have too much confi
dence in Mr. Fowle, the general agent, to believe he
wou'd thrust this, or any other medicine upon the
community, unless he bad full faith in us efficacy
in confirmation of which the proprietor offers a mass
of testimony from the most unquestionable sources.
Neither would we be understood as saying that this
will always cure consumption after it is seated ,
although it seldom fails to relieve the worst cases —
but at this season of the year almost every body is
liable to a cold, which, if neglected, will lead to fatal
results—by taking this medicine, wo doubt not