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work if. over. I’m half wilh <iisgu*l, and
ha"r.nad with a fretling us humilmlion.
Bu. they are our tools, and we must work will,
them. After our work .» done, it will bo an
e,sy mailer to throw them aside.
Patrick Murphy had been in the countryjust
long enough to secure a legal naturalization,
and thus get the power of a vote in our elec
tions. As to the constitution of the United
States, he had never read the first article; and j
his ideas of the spirit of our institutions was
bounded on all sides by the word liberty. Soon
after his arrival, he became aware that duties
and responsibilities, undreamed of in the “ould
counthry.” were resting upon him. He was
“ one of the people,” upon whom reposed the
welfare of the nation There was a parly in
power, whose aim was to restore the old mo
narchical and aristocratical privileges that were
such a curse to Europe, and who sought to
trample the poor working man underfoot. Pat
was soon politically indoctrinated by the party
that first gained his ear, flattered his self love,
and excited his natural belligerence; and as
whisky, an article to the use of which he was
born, flowed as free as water at the head quar
ters of the party, his affections were not only
won, but firmly retained.
Pat’s first electioneering experience was the
one that brought him in familiar intercourse as
an equal with Mr. R .than whom there was
not. in feeling, a more thorough aristocrat to
be found. He was one of those who really
despise everything below them; but, being a
lover of power and an office-seeker, he could
talk of the dear people, and shake them by the
hand with an appearance of interest and regard,
while in his heart he loathed tiieir very pre
sence. His manner of treating Murphy com
pletely turned the Irishman’s head, and made
him so insolent in his manner to his employer,
a Mr. P , that the latter had been several
times tempted to dismiss him from his store,
where he was engaged as laborer and porter.
On the night before the election. Murphy was
at the public meeting, as he had promised.
While R occupied the stand as speaker, he
stood close beside him, hurrahing and throwing
his hat in the air at every emphatic sentence.
Far above every other voice was heard his.
and anon shouting—“R and the people,
for ever!”
After the adjournment of the meeting, he
met R at the ward house, and was hand
and glove with him for the space of an hour.
When he started for home about one o’clock
in the morning, his mind had become so con
fused by drink or self conceit, most probably
the former, that he was in serious doubt whe
ther he were not the condidate for election
himself, and R only one of the working
members of the political firm.
Murphy had some doubts whether he would
go to the store at all on the next day. It was
the great election day, when a battle was to be
fought, and when every man should be at his
post and ready to do his duty. After some de
bate. he concluded to go and open Mr. P s
store, and put the counting-room in some order,
previous to the arrival of the clerks. Then he
would take the day to himself.
It was about half past eight o’clock, that Pat
rick Murphy presented himself to the owner of
the store, and. with an air of unusual self-im
portance, said:—
“ I effiall be absent the rest of the day, M usther
P ”
“ How so, Patrick?’’ inquired his employer. {
“ It’s ’lection day.”
“Well, what of that? Have you a vote ?”
“ Sure and I have as much as the best on
yees.”
“ Then you're naturalized 7”
“’Dade, and 1 am that.”
“ But it won’t lake you all day to vote. Half
an hour, or an hour at least, is long enough for
you to be absent from the store.”
" I ve something else to do besides vote. I in
one of the ward committee to attend the polls.”
“ \ou are !” Mr. P spoke in a lone of
contempt that rather nettled Murphy.
Yees needn't sash a body in that way, Mus
ther P . Ise got rights and privileges as
well as ony other nmn, if I am poor,” he an
swered, a little indignantly.
“I’ve no wish to interfere with your rights,
Patrick,” said Mr. P , seriously. “As a
citizen, your right and duty is to vote, and time
enough for that I have no desire to withhold.
You can go and cast your vote, and then re
turn to your work, as I shall do. But to re
lease you from your obligation to me, that you
may have time to meddle in what doesn’t con
cern you, and interfere with other men’s free
dom in voting, is what I cannot do. To-day is
a busy day in the store. We have a large
amount of goods to pack, and cannot dispense
with your services.”
“My duty to my adopted counthry”—
“You needn’t talk to me after that fashion,
Patrick,” interrupted Mr. P , impatiently.
“Vote your vote, if you wish to do so, and
leave the country to take care of itself. It will
get on well enough without any of your med
dling interference.”
“ O yis. That’s the way ye nabobs try to
lord it over us poor men, when ye think ye
have us in y’r power,” retorted Murphy, in
an insolent tone. “But I’m notjist ready to
kneel down and let yees put y’r foot on my
neck.”
“My friend,” said Mr. P , sharply—he
was by this time quite angry —“ I don't want
to bandy any words with you. You can go
to the polls and vote. I’ll give you one hour
for that purpose; and you may vote for his
Satanic Majesty, if it please your fancy, for
all I care. But if you are not here at the ex
piration of an hour, I’ll hire a man in your
place.”
“M usther P ”
“ I will hear no more on the subject,” replied
the merchant, turning quickly away, and
walking back into his counting room.
Murphy stood cogitating a few moments,
and then, muttering indignantly—“No purse
proud nabob shall lord it over me,” walked
erectly, and with a firm bearing, from the
store.
What did he care for the loss of a paltry
situation like that, when in a few days he would
be, in all probability, a custom house officer,
enjoying an income of a thousand or twelve
hundred dollars.
All day long, Patrick Murphy worked at the
polls, in his ward and out of his ward, at any
and everything in which those who who had
the superintendence of affairs chose to employ
him. He was an important man—in his own
eyes. The United States was a great country
for nature's true nobility—honor and freedom
attended them as hand-maidens.
The sun at last went down, and the poles
were closed. Patrick Murphy would have
bet his life on the result. His side had won,
of course; and, if the truth were known,
through his important aid. How deeply and
heartily did he despise his old employer, who
had attempted to restrict his political rights,
and to abridge his freedom as an American
citizen. There were times during the day,
when indignation and whiskey raised his
h to such a height that, had he encounter
e r : in the street, he would have been
strongly tempted to insult and even maltreat
him.
After ten o clock, returns from various
wards began to come in. This was the exciting
tune. Now one party was ahead, and now
the other. Ihe poll was exceedingly doe.
Patrick Murphy began to f ee l uncomfortable,
several tunes during the evening, since the
closing of the polls, he had encountered Mr
B . But, somehow or other, the candidate
did not recognize him. He was too much en
gaged with others. What did he care for the
weak, vulgar tool of hisambition now? Noth
ing. Murphy began to shrink towards his
natural dimensions. In other words, to feel
something of his own insignificance.
At last, the result was fully known. R
and his entire paity were beaten. Murphy
was about sober enough to comprehend the
1 lßaa trous nature of this intelligence, when it
came with a shock upon his unwilling ears.
ne more glass of whisky, and, he took
| homeward, at midnight, his disconsolate way
alone, and, tumbling himself in bed. was soon
lost in drunken slumber.
■ OiiiiOMCLE & SEMTIXEL.
3Y WILLIAM 3. JONHS.
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AUaUBTA, G- A ;
SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 22, 1840.
of our ’’’arriers fur the lower part
of the city is indisposed. If this notice should
meet the eye of any of our subscribers who
fail to receive their papers they will please call
at the office and get them.
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Constitution op California. —VVe call the
attention of the reader to this document, published in
to-day’s paper. We have nothing to say for or
against the anti slavery clause in their constitution.
That is their concern, not ours. But we do object to
{heir claim of the entire sea-coast. We say, meet
the California issue upon the question of boundary.
—Southern Danner.
Thus speaks one of the leading organs of
the Democracy of Georgia in reference to the
admission of California with the anti-slavery
clause in her constitution. “That,” says he,
“is their concern, not ours.” He. however
objects to the boundary—that is altogether too
large, and her admission should be opposed on
that ground. Novv, we care nothing about the
boundary, whether the State be large or small;
indeed without regarding it any matter ofgreat
consequence we should be pleased to see tire
Mexican territory divided into as few States
as possible, because of the influence against the
South iu the Senate. It is however a little
remarkable, and would be astonishing, were
we not familiar with the pliant character of
Democracy, that men who were so anxious
and urgent to admit the whole of Texas as one
State, a much larger territory than California,
should find such insuperable objections to the
admission of California because of its size. It
is true there was a tacit understanding at the
time, that it should be subsequently divided
into two or more States, but no allusion to
such an understanding appears in the articles
of cession, or the resolution of admission, and
we opine when the division is attempted by
Congress we shall hear some clamor from
Texas about Slate rights and State sovereignty,
while the non-slaveholding States will he par
ticularly careful to prevent the passage of any
bill dividing it into two or more States.
“ Anti-Bank Democracy. —The Legislature of
South Carolina, on We Inesday, indefinitely post; >n
ed the further consideration of the bill in relation to
the Bank of the Slate, by a vote of 62 yeas to 60 nays*
Unlers therefore this vote be reconsidered, the further
agitation of the question is closed fir the presenlses
sion, anil this unsound institution will be permitted
for another year lo send torih its issues— authorized
too by a Legislature and people who claim tube par
excellence anti-bank men, and in favor of “a divorce
of Bank and Stale.” Oh, consistency, thou art a
jewel.” —Aurrusta Chronicle.
Our neighbor rarely affords us the opportunity of
agreeing with it on any question, nor can we endorse
its views above as to the unsoundness of ihe Bank af
fecting its issues or other obligations. The faith of
the State is pledged for every dollar of liability it may
incur, and will pay the uttermost farthing. This our
Georgia friends know, and this the foreign creditors
know, though both would make affected ignorance a
handle for different pur; oses. Both will learn indue
time that the State sustains the Bank—not the Bank
the State. — South Carolinian.
There is not an intelligent man conversant
with banking operations in all South Carolina,
who is familiar with the condition of this bank,
who does not know that at no period for years,
judging from its reports, has it been able to
meet its immediate liabilities promptly. In
deed for years, it has not had available assets
to pay its circulation if demanded, and yet we
are told it is sound because the State is pledg
ed to sustain it. Any man familiar with bank
ing operations, would laugh to scorn such an
absurd theory in banking. The Bank might as
well have accommodation notes running to
maturity on responsible men, as the faith of
the State to redeem its immediate liabilities,
and the one would be about as available as tiie
other, to the bill-holder who wanted his bills re
deemed with coin or its equivalent. We in
Georgia have had some experience as to the
faith of the State and its availability lo redeem
the bills of the Central Bank. The State was
pledged for all its liabilities, and yet the Bank
suspended specie payments, and the people
submitted to the loss of thousands if not hund
reds of thousands of dollars, before the State
came to their relief, and redeemed the bills of
the Bank. So much then for the faith of the
State, upon which so much reliance is placed
in South Carolina. They may prate about
State faith as much as they please, and it may
ultimately save the bill-holder who is able to
hold on to the bills of the bank, from loss, (save
the interest,) but there is no denying the fact
that the Bank of the State of South Carolina is
unworthy of credit, and her bills should not be
received as a circulating medium in any com
munity where it is desirable to maintain a
sound and convertible currency. It was the
duly therefore, of the Legislature, one which
they owed lo the character of the Stale, and
especially to the people, to protect the country
against its issues by closing it up at once.
Augusta and Waynesboro Railroad.
The following extract of a letter from a
Savannah house to a gentleman in this city,
will attract attention and be read with interest.
Now that the South Carolina Legislature has
adopted the policy of disregarding the State's
grant, and appropriating private property to
the use of individuals without compensation,
thereby imposing new and greater barriers to
the communication with Charleston, it will
well become the people of Augusta to open a
new medium of communication with the At
lantic, and thus make the Charleston railroad
and Charleston feel the full force of their folly
through their pocket nerves.
u As an earnest of what the directors intend doir•/
in the way of pushing the work through, they have
purchased on f aVo rable terms, 200 tons x Bon
weighing 5G lbs. to the yard, 900 tona of which are
now landing, and the remainder on the way. This
will carry the road to Waynesboro, which will be
finished to that point in less than twelve months, and
we think will be the beat work in Georgia. It will
I go through; and Augusta must move quickly if she
! intends to share any of the honors, as she most cer
i tninly must the benefits of this important enterprise.”
Graham’s Mauazink for January, a most
splendid number, has been laid on our table
by J. A. Mhxew. Both in illustration and
typography, it equals any magazine in this
country.
The Whig Almanac for 1850, has also been
received from Mr. Millen. To those who
are familiar with the valuable election and other
statistics contained in this work, no commen
dation is necessary.
Brewer’s Panorama.
This splendid scenic representation of a se
ries of magnificent views, will be opened this
morning, and again in the evening. The faith
fulness of the pictures lo nature, commends
them to every lover of the arts, and the admi
rer of the sublime and beautiful, cannot fail to
be highly interested and charmed by the exhi
bition.
The Northern Mail came through last
evening bringing the two mails due, with a
vast amount of papers and much interesting
matter, some of which we regret must be de
I'erred till our next issue.
The Legislative Recess. — The Cassville
Standard holds the following decided language
in reference to the recess.
We very much doubt whether any of these
excusesAvill s aisfy the people. If the members
could redeem half the time they have wasted
in the idle and foolish discussion of bills and
resolutions, no ways connected with State leg
islation, they could easily get home at the accus
tomed time. But their constituents will find
men next session, who can get through the
business in two months, and let those patriots
who voted for this resolution slay at home.
Tiling!! lit Milledfifeville.
Correspondence of the Chronicle !( Sentinel.
MtAI.EDOEVILLE, Dec. U), 1849.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Fish, the House recon
sidered the bill passed yesterday, regulating
the mode of sueing on bonds of executors, ad
ministrators and guardians, which was referred
to the Judiciary committee.
Mr. Jones, ofPaulding, called up the follow
ing resolution offered by him yesterday:
Resolved, That we disapprove of the course o(
Mississippi. We believe she has been entirely too
hasty. She should have remembered that patience
is a Christian virtue and that the better part of valor
is discretion. Mississippi should wait and still wait.
It may be that a kind Providence will interfere in
her behalf and soften the stony hearts of her oppres
sors and turn them from evil ways.
.Mr. Shackelford offered a .substitute for the
resolution approving of the course of the peo
ple of Mississippi, and concurring with them
in the necessity for a Southern convention to
be held at Nashville.
On motion of Mr. Jenkins both the resolu
tion and amendment were laid on the table for
further consideration. Yeas 91, Nays 20.
The following bills were introduced :
By .Mr. Shackelford, of Cass: A bill to pro
vide for the payment of the several amounts
now due on scrip issued by the Slate, and
which has not been converted into State bonds-
By Mr. Bivins: A bill to incorporate Ma
rion Lodge No. 14 of Free and Accepted Ma
sons of Marion county.
By Mr. McWhorter, ofOglelhorpe: A reso
lution instructing the committee on Banks to
report a bill to the House, providing for the
winding up of the Darien Bank.
Mr. Walker laid upon the table the memo
rial of sundry citizens of Richmond county,
praying for the protection and promotion of
sheep-husbandry in this State.
The following bills from the Senate were
passed by the House ;
The bill to extend the time for the comple
tion of the Ocmulgee and Flint Railroad and
Canal Company.
The bill to incorporate the \ ugustu “Ma
chine Works.”
The bill to authorize certain deeds to be read
in evidence and make legal the registry of the
same.
The bill to incorporate “ the Madison Fe
male Institute.”
The bill to authorize aliens to receive, pur
chase, hold, convey, &c. real estate.
The bill to change the name of the Memphis
Branch Railroad.
The hill to extend the provisions of an act to
admh certain deeds to he proven and recorded.
The bill to amend the several ac f s in relation
to issuing grants so far as to extend the time
for granting the same until the 23d of Decem
ber, 1851.
senate.
The appropriation bill passed the Senate to
day with slight amendments, one of which in
creases the salaries of the Secretaries in the
Executive office to $1,250- It was before
$1 ,000 and the House raised it lo $l,lOO and
the Senate to the amount named.
The Senate passed the following hills of the
1 House :
The bill to authorize the issuing of certain
grants therein specified.
The hilt to amend the act incorporating the
Southern Mutual Insurance Company.
The bill to pardon Sampson Braziel a con
vict in the Penitentiary.
The bill lo incorporate the Forsyth Female
Collegiate Institute.
A bill to amend an act to incorporate the St.
Mary’s Library Society.
A bill to incorporate the Sweet Water Manu
facturing Company.
In order that the singular resolution offered
by Mr. Jones, of Paulding, in the House may
be better understood, 1 would state that the
Honorable gentleman on yesterday, offered a
similar resolution to that offered by Mr. Shack
i ellord as a substitute to his (Mr. J.’s) resolu
tion of to day. But it met with a bad fate hav
ing been consigned to “ the tomb of all the Ca
pulels,” which caused Mr Jones such exces
sive grid'as to make him weep in his place upon
the lloor. Whether indignation had any hand
in the matter I cannot say; but the venerable
member rose and wiping the patriotic drops
from his eyes offered the resolution given
above. Forsooth what shall we have next.
K.
A Long Journey. — The following facts re
lating to a trip round the word, made by Mr.
H owed, of New York, are too interesting not
to be recorded :
Sailed from Hong Kong, Jan. 12, 1849, ar
rived at San Francisco, March 13, 60 days.
Sailed from San Francisco, April 12, arrived
at Panama, May 5, 23 “
Sailed from Panama (on a donkey) May 8,
arrived at (Jhagres, May 10, 2 “
Sailed from (Jhagres, May 12, arrived at
Havana, May 31, •»
Sailed om Havana, June 8, arrived at New
York, June 15, 7 ««
Sailed from New York, via Boston, July 3.
arrived at Liverpool, July 15, 12 “
Sailed from Southampton, July 20, arrived
at Hong Kong, Sept. 11, 53 ««
Travelling days—Total,
Time absent from China, 241£ “
FURTHER BY THE HIBERNIA. |
The N. York papers contain full accounts
of the intelligence pet Hibernia, but the fol- I
lowing dispatch tr» the Baltimore American, j
gives u succint account of every thing of mate
rial interest:
Prussia. Telegraphic dispatches have been
received from Berlin, announcing that the Aus
trian cabinet had made a formal protest against
the convocation of the German Parliament at
r nrt, and that the Austrian government al
ii ed to the probability of armed interference
by Austria in the affairs of Germany. The
same telegraph account stated that the Prussian
government had answered the Austrian dis
patch by a declaration that Prussia would main
tain her rights. These accounts have been par
tially confirmed. A letter to the London Morn
ing chronicle says Prince Schwartzenberg re
cently pointed out to the Prussian government
the dangers likely to arise from the convoca
mn o 1 ar, lament, insisting on the revolution
ary tendency to which it would give rise, and
the reaction that would be felt, not only in the
Austrian States but in Prussia likewise. Sub
sequendy Prussia replied she had duly weigh
ed all these considerations, but that most ele
vated and pressing motives urged her to perse
vere, and as regarded real dangers she would
know how to meet them.
If 1 am correctly informed, says the writer,
A.jsr.a has gone a step further, and has intima
led to 1 russ.a that should the case require it
l,str * a vv| d nothesi.ate to have recourse to an
armed intervention. 80 you behold ns once
more on the eve of a serious conflict.
A cabinet council was held and the F.lecto.
ral law of Parliament adopted.
The council was then occupied with the re
p'y to Austria. A note despatched in reply to
I nnce Schwartzenburg has been already sent
to the Trussian|Envoy at Vienna.
Prussia maintains with energy her right to
carry out the limited federation—a right former
ly guarantied to her. Prussia replies to the
Austrian despatch relative to an armed inter
vention, that she awaits it.
I learn also from Berlin that the upper Cham
ber had declined to retain its old Constitution.
Trie proposition for a peerage was rejected,
as were also various amendments proposing a
direct or indirect election by the highest an.
thonties. Subsequently the following most cau
tious proposition was adopted : The Constiui- i
non of the upper Chamber.is to be fixed by a fu
ture law,which must receive the sanction of both
Chambers, and will then become part and
parcel of the Constitution of the country.
A telegraphic de-palch from Berlin to -he
Cologne Gazette announces that the King
had signed the law for the election of the
representatives to the German Parliament, to
assemble at Erfurt.
Prance. —The personal quarrels of members
of the Legislative Assembly have terminated
in some half a dozen duels. M. Pierre Buo
naparte figured in thr e of these encounters;
none of which terminated fatally.
M ■asnres for modifying the Constitution
are still discussed. It is now suggested to
change the J egislative Assembly into a con
stituent body, lo be invested with the power
of electing the President, and of extending the
term of his office to such period as may obviate
the necessity of frequent appeals to universal
suffrage.
Turkey —From Constantinople we learn that
nothing has transpired calculated lo disturb
the previous pacific cour-e of events. It is
confidently stated that the British fleet has orders
to withdraw from the Dardanelles.
Nothing farther is known relative to the
whereabouts of the Hungarian and Polish
refugees. The Russian Ambassador has once
more been admitted to an interview with the
Grand Vizier, and diplomatic intercourse be
tween Russia and the Porte may be presumed
to be renewed.
The lonian Islands have been restored to
perfect tranquillity.
Morocco — lt lias been officially announced
that the difficulty between the French and the
Emperor of Morocco has been satisfactorily
adjusted.
Hustria.—Austria appears satisfied with
what Turkey has done by transporting the Hun
garian refugees to the interior.
Russia ami Turkey. —Russia demands that
the Polish refugees be expelled from the Otto
man Empire, and the Chiefs imprisoned, with
j out even excepting those who have embraced
Mahomedanisoi.
'The Sultan received these propositions in a
manner that showed they would not be acceded
to. A Council was about to be convened lo
take them into consideration.
'Hie Vienna correspondent of the Daily
News says that letters from Constantinople
mention that fresh subjects of dispute had
arisen between Turkey and Russia, tn conse
quence of the energy of the united diplomacy
of England and France.
Liverpool Market.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30. —The demand for cotton
since the departure of the last steamer has been ex
tremely limited, the business for the week not ex
ceeding 19.000 bales, of which speculators have ta
ken 4,540, and exjKirtors 540 bales.
The increasing receipts into the ports of the United
Slates at ihc last dates, together with the removal of
limits from much of the cotton held in this market on
American account, having materially shaken the con
fidence of holders and speculators, some anxiety to
realize has been manifested, notwithstanding the con
firmed accounts by telegraph of a killing frost in Geor
gia and Alabama, and the certainty of a much re
duced slock of cotton in this port at the end of this
year, and the trade having confined their purchases to
the limited quantity of 14000 bales, holders have again
been compelled to submit to a further reduction of Jd
per lb., the market closing quietly at the following
quotations; Pair Uplands and Mobiles 6Jd ; Fair
Orleans 6fd, and middling qualities 6i to 6Jd per lb.
The American descriptions sold are 7200 Orleans
at 5£ a 7Jd ; 3550 Mobiles and Alabamas at 6 a 6|d;
1630 Uplands at 5| a 6|d, and 370 Sea Island at 9£
a 24 1 per lb.
The stock of cotton in this port is now estimated at
379,000 bales, of which 231,000 are American, a
gamst a slock 0f 475,000 bales at this period last year,
of which 295,000 were American.
We have little or no change to report in our Corn
market. F.our being in limited demand at 23s to 24s
for old Western Canal, and 16s a 20s for new Wes
tern, whilst 24s per bbl has been paid for a small
quantity of Western Canal Flour made out of this
year’s wheat; Baltimore and Philadelphia 24a a 24s
6d; Ohio 25s ; old sour Western Canal Flour 2ls
per’bbl. Indian Corn has been rather more in re
quest at 26s 6d a 27s per quarter of 4SO lbs for yel
low and 28s a 29s per quarter for white. Wheat 4s
6d a6s 9d per 70 lbs. Indian Corn Meal 13s 6d per
barrel.
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser.
HAVRE, Nov. 29. —Our cotton market remains
in a very dull state, and prices are drooping, espe
cially for Uplands. New Orleans tres-ordinaire is
obtainable at 95f, Mobile at 94 and Upland at 92.
Inferior grades are neglected. Hie sales to-day are
only 200 bales.
The Bavaria, with New York dates to 10th inst.
arrived this morning in a short passage of 18 days.
The accounts brought by her, as regards the new
crop, and those from Liverpool up to Wednesday con
tributed to the dull feeling prevailing in the market.
Trial Trip of the Oregon.
The new steamer Oregon made a trial trip
on our river yesterday, which we learn gave
much satisfaction lo all who witnessed it. The
Oregon was bnilt in our city, for the Union
Steamboat Company, and is intended to run
in connection with the H. L. Cook, between
Savannah and Augusta, Her lengtli is 135
feet, breadth of beam 26 feet, depth of hold
5£ feet, and draws but 20 inches of water,
which is by far the lightest draught boat on the
river.
It is computed that she will, when fairly un
der way, make the run between this city and
Augusta in 24 hours, thereby securing a
through passage to persons intending to use
the Georgia Railroad. She is well fitted up,
combines comfort with neatness, having four
I state-rooms with two berths in each, and 28 '
bertha in her cabin ; also, a ladies’ saloon, &c.
j Her whole arrangements are si|C. that she is
prepared to lake 1,000 bales <4Kmloii, with
j out retarding her speed or mfp Quoding her
passengers. The Oregon h% a uee n built in
our city, and is entirely of home manufacture,
her engines having been brought from Ken*
i tucky. —Savannah Georgian.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
In Senate, December 17.
The Senate was occupied in Executive Ses
sion-
House of Representatives.
The journal of Saturday being read,
Mr. Kaufman submitted a resolution propo
sing that if no person should receive for Speak*
er on the next vote, a majority of all the votes
given, then the candidate receiving on the se
cond trial one less than a majority of all the
votes, should be declared to be elected ; and if
there still be no choice, then the rule to be
continued, by lessening the maximum one on
each trial, until a Speaker be elected.
Cries—no, no, the resolution is unconstitu
tional.
Mr. Sawtelle remarked that a resolution was
passed, the other day, very properly and al
most unanimously, to put a stop to all debate
pending the contest for the election of a Speak
er. He was in favor of acting under that res
olution in good faith, and was opposed to any
proposition intervening to interrupt action.
The proposition of Mr. Kaufman was then
laid upon the table.
Mr. Stanly rose and returned his thanks to
the gentlemen who had heretofore voted for
him for Speaker, and begged that they would
forbear to do so, ana to support sou e other
gentleman. There were other gentlemen
belter prepared to discharge the duties of the
position than himself; and he had certainly no
aspiration to fill it. There were other reasons
personal to himself why hedid not desire an
elec ion. On motion the House proceeded to
vole viva voce f or the election of Speaker.
No election having resulted Mr. Thompson,
of Ky., submitted a resolution proposing that
II Cobb, of Ga., Mr. Wmlhrop. of Mass.,
White, of N. V„ Bayiy, of Va., C. Butler, of
I a., Jones, of Penn., Schenck. of Ohio, More
head, of Ky,, Richardson, of 111., Cleveland, of
Ct., Hilliard, of Ala., Bowlin, of Mo., Mc-
Gaughey, of la , and Kaufman, of Texas, be a
committee to consult, devise and report to the
House the mode most practicable for the or
ganization of the House.
Mr. T was understood to say that there was
unequal number of gentlemen from the slave
and the free States—an equal number of De
mocrats and Whigs.
The resolution was laid on the table—ayes
11U. nays GG.
Mr. Goodenow, of Me., submitted a resolu
tion proposing to appoint Robert C. Wintbrop,
| Speaker, J. W. Forney, of Pa , Clerk, and
i John M. Johnson, of Va., Postmaster, of the
i House.
Mr. Kaufman proposed to amend the reso
! lution by inserting after the name of Mr. Wm
throp the words, “providing he can get votes
sufficient.”
Mr. Thompson renewed the proposition sub
mitted by him above for the appointment of a
committee on organization. He substituted
the names of Messrs Haralson and Ashmun for
those of Messrs. Cobb and Wintbrop, and the
name of Mr. Stanton, of La., for Mr. Jones of
! La. He remarked that he had excluded the
! names of all the aspirants He expressed his
j willingness to sustain the action of the commit
tee. All parties aid all sections of the Union
were represented.
Mr. Stanley demanded the yeas and nays,
I and the resolution was laid on the table —yeas
j 111, nays 110. Adjourned.
In Senate .....Dec. 13.
In Senate Mr. Mangum moved that the
Senate proceed to appoint Chairmen of the
Standing Committees.
Committees :
Mr. King was declared to be elected chairman of
the committee of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Dickinson
chairman of the commitee of Finance; Mr. Hami in
chairman of the committee on commerce; On Manu
factures, Mr. Sebastian; Agriculture, Mr. Stur
geon; Military Aliairs, Mr. D ivis, of Mississippi ;
Militia, Mr. Houston; Naval Affairs, Mr. Yulee;
Public Lands, Mr. Pelch; Private Land Claims, Mr.
Downs; Indian Affairs, Mr. Atchison; Claims, Mr.
Norris; Revolutionary Claims, Mr. Walker; Judi
ciary, Mr. Butler; Post Office and Post Hoads, Mr.
Rusk ; Roads and Canals, Mr. Douglass ; Pensions,
Mr. King; District of Columbia, Mr. Mason; Terri
tories, Mr. Douglass; Public Buildings, Mr. Hunter;
Expenses of tiro donate, Mr. Dodge, of Iowa; Pa
tents, Mr. Turney; Retrenchment Mr. Bradbury;
Library, Mr. Pearce; Enrolle 1 Bills, Mr. Husk;
Engrossed Bills, Mr. Jones; Printing, Mr. Borland.
The Senate then adjourned.
House*
Mr. Kaufman submitted a resolution simi
lar to the one introduced yesterday, for the
election of a speaker whch giving rise to
I debate,
Mr. Brown, of Miss., interposed objection
on the ground that it would be a violation of
; the rule interdicting debate pending the elec
! non of Speaker.
Mr. T oombs insisted that the rule only j
i bound the House so long as they wereproceed
iug in the election of Speaker. For one he
would not assent to the introduction of reso
lutions under the rule adopted. The rule
precluded the introduction of resolutions. He
insisted upon his right under the Constitution
to debate any resolution which might be intro
duced.
There was some considerable discussion
as to the right of members to debate notwith
standing the rule
On motion of Mr. Inge the whole subject
was laid on the table. The House then pro
ceeded to vote viva voce for the choice of a
Speaker.
In relation to the personal difficulty a few
days since between Mr. Duer of New York,
and Mr. Meade of Va. Mr. Bayly rose and
made a statement of the affair, and unnoun
need that there had been effected an adjust
ment on terms honorable and satisfactory to
both gentlemen, and a intention of their previ
relations.
Mr. Savage introduced a proposition, pro
viding that should there be no choice of Speak
er on the next vote, all the candidates except
the three highest should be dropped; and so
on until the House should be compelled te
choose be tween the two highest.
The resolution was laid on the table.
Firks in Boston.—The following table ex
hibits the extent of losses by fire in the city of
Boston, for the year ending 30lh August last;
Month. Loss. Insurance.
September, 1843, §35,282 §52,494
j October, “ ... 13,895 9,485
November “ 10,790 9,090
December, “ 45,258 32,953
January, 1849, 30,844 25.614
February, “ 45,532 32J32
March, “ 22,943 18,043
April, “ 26 r Ol6 20,900
May, “ 1,330 930
June, “ 3.917 2,817
July, “ 2,436 2,236
August, “ 12,288 9,698
Total, §300,525 -8216,992
The total number of fires during the year was 203;
number of false alarms, 57; number of alarms raised
by burning chimneys, 14 ; alarms of fire out of the
city, 60. Total number of limes which the hire De
partment turned out, 339. Os the fires, 47 are said to
have been set by incendiaries, 4 originated by cigars
and pipes, 4 from placing hot ashes in wooden ves
sels, 3 from sp ntaneous combustion, and the others
mostly from accidental causes. The Fire Depart
ment is composed at the present time of 11 Engineers,
14 engines, 621 members, and 781 hydrants. The
Gochituate water was first applied for the Extinguish
ment of fire on the 9th of November 1843.
MAIDEN WUnth.
Her home was but a cottage home
A simple home and small ; ’
Yel sweetness and affection made
It seem a fairy hail;
A little taste, a little care,
Made humble things appear
As though they were translated there
from some superior sphere ;
Her home was but a cottage home
S „ A Blru ple home, and small,
Yet sweetness and affection made
It seem a fairy hall.
As sweet the home, so sweet the maid
As graceful and as good ;
She seemed a Jily in the shade
A violet in the bud!
She had no wealth, but maiden worth—
A wealth that’s little fame;
Yet that’s the truest gold of earth—
he other’s bur a name !
A but a co,to ?c home,
A simple home and small,
V et sweetness and affection made
It seem a fairy hall.
A cheerfulness of soul that threw
A smile o er every task
A willingness, that ever flew
To serve, ere one could as V!
A something we could wish '
A humble flow'ret, born, '”' n ’
To grace in its degree a throne
Or any rank adorn 1
Her home was but a cottage borne
A simple home and small,
Yet sweetness and affection made
it seem a fairy hal!!
Special Notices.
O’Keep It before the People, that THE
CHEAPEST place in the Southern States to buy
pure Botanic DRUGS, Thomsonian MEDICINES.
Shaker’s HERBS, ROOTS, BARKS, & c ., &c., and
SPICES of all kinds, expressly for Family use, is at
H7lite's Southern Botanical Depot , next door
above L. E. Warren & Co.’s Dry Goods Store,
Broad-st., Augusta Ga. d 22
LADIES FAIR.
o =Tlie Ladles of the Presbyterian Church
in this City propose to hold a PAIR, for the sale
of useful and ornamental articles, on Christmas eve
(Monday 24th inst.) at the Masonic Hall. The pro
ceeds of the Fair are to be expended to aid in the
erection of a Missionary Church, and the support of
a Missionary, for the benefit of our Factory popula
tion.
Ihe doors will be opened at 3 o’clock in the after
noon, and through the evening. The patronage of
the public is respectfully solicited. J2l
O’ Th e New England Society will hold
their Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting at the United
States Hotel, on SATURDAY 22d inst., at 7 o’clock,
P. M. Members will please be prepared to pay their
dues. The Anniversary Dinner will be on the table
at 8 o’clock.
By order of the President.
d2l-d2 M. WILKINSON, Secretary.
Or 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.
dl9-tD22 JAMES McLAWS, Clerk.
Or Masonic—SOClAL LODGE, ft
No. 1, will celebrate the FIFTIETH AN
NIVERSARY of their Charter, on the jKjdK
Festival of St. John, the Evangelist, 27th / Nr \
instant. An Address will be delivered by Bro. W.
H. Hull, of Athens. Visiting and transient bre’h
rea are cordially invited to attend.
W'm. T. GtiULD,
Lemuel Dwells, f
M -vi- E. Deabi.vq, [ Committee of
Bexj. B. Russell, (Arrangements.
Geo. W. Ferry, |
J. D. Butt, I
dl7-id
u Lectures on Mercantile Law.--The
subscriber proposes to deliver a course of Lectures on
Mercantile Lair , 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)0 WM, T. GOULD.
A. Cunningham, having returned to
Au _usta, tenders to the community his Professional
services. His residence is on Jones-st., near the
Iron Foundry of the late Robert Philips, or the Logic
Foundry. n26-lm
rV Pr. .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, oral the residence
of Ur. Joseph Milligan (over the Bank of Bruns
wick,) will be promptly attended to. 09-3 mo
A CARD.
R. W. PEEL, M.D., of Phila-
and Dr. H. KELLOGG,
" J ~UJLil_7would respectfully inform the citizens
of Augusta and the surrounding country, that they
have associated in the practice of DENTAL SUR
GERY, and will attend promptly to ail city calk,
as well as to those from the country.
Dr. Peel has graduated at one Medical and two
Dental Colleges, having spent in all seven years in
acquiring a knowledge of Dental Science. He is
thoroughly accomplished in date- Work, and can
insert whole sets and parts of sets on gold plate, either
by Atmospheric Pressure , or with Springe , as
scientifically as can he done in any of the eastern
cities. Drs. Peel and Kellogg a! a keep constant
ly on hand a very superior article of I lentt ifee, anti
all kinds of beneficial 1 1'ashes for the teeth and
mouth, all of which are prepared by themselves.
The regulation of first and second Dentition < f
children attended to. Dr. Peel treats with entire
success all diseases of the Palatine Organs, arid
inserts with perfect certainty artificial Palates and
Obturators.
All work warranted. Ladies waited on at their
own resi res, it requested. Office in the Mansion
House, on the second floor, joining the office ot Dr.
Hearing. di-d&wlyt
\v, Wilson begs leave to inform the
■ r that he will remain a
gSmVP citizens of .Augusta,
t and that his room is now in the
short time lon finished Portraits can
Masonic ffall, a
be seen by those vv no
n 8 __ mm .
_ Dodge’s Painting and Da*
GALLERY—E. S. Dodge,
Artist, would respectfully announce to the citizens of
Augusta and vicinity, that be has again opened his
Gallery, next door to the Post Office, and would
be pleased to accommodate all those who may wish
a finely finished Miniature on Ivory, or a superb
Daguerreotype, richly colored. H.c charge for Da
guerreotypes will be reduced to the low price of two
D °Havh.o had twelve years experience as an Artist,
he feels confident he can produce more perfect pic
tures than are taken by most operators. He wM
keep constantly on hand a variety of new and beauti
ful styles and patterns of cases, from which (bersons
may make selections.
Rooms open from 9 A. M. to a P. M.
Pictures taken in all kinds of weather.
Thorough instructions given in Daguerreotyping.
Daguerreotype Materials for sale. 019-6»i
COAL! COAL! COAL!
JUST LANDED,
And for Sale from the Wharf,
7r TONS Red Ash, Broken and Screened
(3 COAL, selected expressly for Parlor use, and
which may be had in any quantity to suit T™'
d22-lf B. F CHhVL__
COTTON YARNS—Assorted Numbers, ami
for sale in lots to suit purchasers.
031 hand, WILLIAMS* CO.