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levelled point blank, and fired within thirty yards of tho house, and tbn accounts for the terrible exe cution. One account give* the lon of the insurgents at between 800 and 1,000, and that of the troops at about -00 ; but it is evidently impossible to arris* ut anything like certainty at present. Emissaries, said to have come from LondMß and Switzerland, b»\o been arrested, and it is said that the Govern ment are in possession of documents of the great e.--t importance, placing beyond a doubt the exist ence of a formidable plot against the President, wb>h was to have broken out in the course of the week ; and it was ouly on the receipt of this infor mation that ho resolved upon taking tho initiative, and -lealins a march upon the Amunbly. Paris, Dec. B.—Tho following proclamation Is addressed by Louis Napoleon to the French people. “ Frenchmen —Disturbances have disappeared. Whatever be the decision of the people, society is saved. The first pan of my tart; is accomplished. The appeal to the nation to terminate the struggle* of parties occasioned. I knew, no serious risk to public tranquility. Why should the people rise against me t If I have not your confidence, if your ideas aro changed, there is no necessity to >bed precious blood; you have only to deposit in tiie urn a contrary vote. I always respect the decision »f the nation ; but, till the nation has spoken, I shall not hesitate at any sacrifice to baffle the attempts of the factious. The task, besides, is now become easy. On one hand, it has been seen how mad it was to contend agai.ist an army nrited and disciplined, animated by honor and patriotism ; on the other, the tran quil attitude of the people of Paris, the reproba tion with which they stigmatised the insurrection, show for whom tho capital pronounced. In the populous quarters, where formerly the insurrection i recruited itself so quickly among the workmen, easy of seduction, anarchy now encountered only th<-greatest repugnance for its detestable excite ments. Thunks—for such a change is due to the intelligent and patriotic population of Paris. Let them be convinced more and more that my only j ambition is to secure the repose and prosperity of , France. Let tho people of Paris continue to aid the authorities, and the country will soon bo able to perform in calmness, the solemn act which is to inaugurate a new era for the republic." All the small jiosts which were withdrawn at the commencement of the insurrection, to prevent the men from being surprised and deprived ot their anus, have been replaced. This shows that the j i■ o\ eminent fuels perfectly confident as to tho main- . tenance of the tranquility that has boon re-estab- | lished. 11l the nights of Saturday and yesterday, ■ >i long patrols of cavalry and infantry, however, j paraded many of the streets. Nearly all the shoj* in different parts of the town wore rc-opcnod oo t Saturday. At most of th® theatres there were per- j so nuances ; last night they were all open. All the Law Courts hold sittings on Saturday, as , usual. The gardens of tho Tuilleries and of the j Palais Royal, and the Court-yard of tho Louvre, j have again been thrown open to the public. For , tho last three days all the principal scenes of the insurrection, and especially the Boulevards, have boon visited by largo crowds of curious ; at some moments tho Boulevards were so thronged with pedestrians and vehicles, that it was not easy to , obtain a passage. The artillery vote for President stood 244 L for Louis Napoleon, and 43 against. TURKEY. Constantinople, Nov. 20. —During tho last ton | days, the Christian public of this capital has been in a st:Uo ol excitement about tho Jorusalem ques tion. which has grown of a nature calculated to disturb the harmouy existing between the French government and the .Sublime Porte. In order to iuei case the importance of tho question, wild and extravagant reports aro diligently circulated by the friends of Russia. It would appear that the friendly relations between the two governments are on the eve of being interrupted. But until the re ception of instructions from Paris, nothing positive can tako place. In tho meantime, M. Lavalettc refuses to recognize the interference of Russia on the subject, insisting that if that power has any objections or opposition to make, it can do so freely i at Paris. NAPLES. Na/des, Nov. 24.—An order has been issued . from the war office for r new conscription of 19,000 men, which will bring.lho Neapolitan army up to tho enormous number of IXB,OOO. Before 1848, ! •tO,IHM' men wore sufficient for the Two Sicilies ; now we ha\c nearly -*O,OOO in Sicily alone. Tue fortifications are proceeding rapidly at Gueta, and every thing connected with tho army is on a war footing. The Very Latest. Hi/ Telegraph from Paris to Liverpool. * I France. — Paris. Wednesday, Noon, Dec. 10.— Paris, on Tuesday, was quiet. The wealthy proprietor, Muite CJuoto de Ar, was assassinated. The houses of several wealthy legitimists at Ca hestuy and Harault wore entered on the sth, and the proprietors assassinated. At Brisiers several principal personages of the town were murdered. It is said that Marshal Jerome] Bonaparte has ' written a strong letter to the President, entreating him not to establish despotic authority, but to call together the Constitutional Assembly, to frame a new Constitution ft" France. Parts, Monday turning. —A Socialist insurrec tion has placed Clamacy in tho occupation of 5,000 of the factious , but the military force now moving on the place, supported by a numerous artillery, will s.ion suppre.ss the disturbances there, as well as at Capcsian and Beziers. The accounts from the other departments are ge- | nerally favorable. Parts, Tuesday, Der. 0, 1851. —A decree appear® for the transportation to Cayenne or Algiers for a term, fromtt to 10 years, of all persons subjected to ! the surveillance of the high Police, who have be longed to secret societies. The Banquet which was to have been given at 1 the Hotcl-dc-Ville on the 10th December, will not 1 take place. The Siedo re-appears this morning. Paris appea:s tranquil, and tho disarming of the , National <4 wards is proceeding without impediment. The accounts from the Departments are necessarily of an ex parte character. Four more Represents- [ lives of the -Mountain have been*rre»ted. Col. TTegro, commanding at Havre, has declared ; in an order of the day, that the Chamber of Com- ! im-rcc of that town has violated the Constitutive ! Law of its exist* nee, by expressing its opinion of the ' Address of the Executive. He intimates that if the i Chamber of Commerce mixes itself up with politics! he will dissolve it. \ « Cold is 48 per cent, dearer in Paris than London, and 58 |>er cent, dearer in London than in Ham burgh. The formeris merely nominal. The Exchange between England and American i* nominally 92 per cent, in favor of England, leav ing a profit on the importation of gold from the U. States. Brown, Shipley 4c Oo'«. Circular. LIVERPOOL, Doc. 5. Cotton. —The demand for Cotton continued large on the oar y part of tho pre sent week at rather better rates, and a general im pression existed that we should see a gradual im provement until the receipt became heavy. These anticipations have met with a serious dis appointment troiu the late accounts from Paris of another Revolution, received by telegraph on the Istinst- At first the market was but slightly ef fected, and sales were made at a trivial concession on the part of holders, but tb« excitement in Paris being on the increase, much more anxiety to realize has been apparent this evening, and the market closet heavily at a decline generally of }d per lb, whilst in aoinc instance* sales hare been made at fully id per lb, below oar last quotations. The sales for the week ending this evening, ‘are -19,270 bales, of which speculator* have taken 8,710, and exporters 1,080 bales. The quotations are. Tdr Oomoi, 51: Fair Mobiles and Uplands, 61; Middling Orleans, 4}; Middling Mobiles and Up- The atoak es Catfoain this port is 873,000 bales, es which 100,000 are American, against a stock at this period es last y%ar ts 472,000 halos, of which 211,000 were Ameriw— ’ Badness In Yarns mi Oieda to for the moment brought to a stop by theftaaeh news, bat spinners and maanfseturers being well mMt eon tract, prices are without much change. There has been rather m< re Paring it ear Corn market, at a small advene* in prioea Indian Corn '* quoted M. per quarter higher, white heiM worth 28s; yellow 26* a 26s 6d and mixed 25 a 30a. Wen tern Canal Flour 14 a 10s; Philadelphia, Baltimoth and Ohio 19 a 2U; sour 15 a 16a. Od panbbL White Wheat 6s. 2d a 5s lid; Red 4a a 5* 2d per 70 Ih. (From the N. O. Picayune, 23d met.) Lexer from Texaa. By the arrive! on Monday of the steamship Meteor, Capt. Forbes, we have received papers from Galveston to the 19tb pit. A one is the Brazos river haa Wen caused by heavy rains. 4* Thfi laU cefc) aptUw.i* experitoetd I in Tail. mtQ*U | vesta*. H* fiugsr in Srazor county was ! mack in jmed by tta fiust. jTh* Maiafsrda Tribune states that the injury | in Ibpl refloat* lesnth** woooxpectal. Itsaya: We learned last evening by a gentleman from Wharton and Cancy. that aQ the standing cane bao net been arat* natty injasad, and that the sugar crop is turningmut abundantly. Many of the planters, indeed, in those sections are pearly or quite through grinding. The subsequent fine weather has afforded them an oppoitunity to drive their work. Col. Hawkins has already turned out 300 hogsheads; Col. Horton has near ly completed with about the same quantity, and CoL Henry Jones will probably make 200 hogsheads. The Houston Telegraph says it is reported on the frontier that the Camanches were again pre paring to attack the settlements on the Rio Grande. An Austin letter writer says that he candidly believes that the records of the Adjutant Gene ral's office will show that there have been is iasued from that office alone, bounty land certifi cates to more persons, for certain services, than there ever were soldiers in the army; and more issued by the Land Office to citizens than there are voters in the State. There have been, since the organization of the Adjutant General's De partment, six hundred and forty-five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres of land scrip is sued to administrators on deceased soldier's estates alone, and an equal amount to their heirs ®6r their agents, and yet the cry is “still they come.’’ {From the New Orleans Delta.) Late and Important from the Rio Grande. The brig Brownsville, ,Capt. Rogers, arrived j this morning from Brazos St. Jago, and by her we have the Brownsville Rio Bravo to {he 3d instant, inclusive. By the subjoined correspon dence published in that paper of the 3d, it will be seen that active operations have been resumed by Carvajal: Rio Gkandk City, Dec. 2. 1851. Dear Sir: —1 got home from Cerralvo last night. had a very severe fight in Cerralvo. The forces of Carvajal charged the fortifications of the enemy, and whipped them out of the square and the church. When I left, the enemy’s horses and men were reduced to one house. Carvajal captured a great many of their horses, saddles, lances and arms, a large portion of their cannon, ammunition, and their wagons. They have been living on horse llesh for the last two days. We had a good many men killed, amongst them Captain Chinn, J. E. Graham, and a Lieutenant in Walkers company. The force hum Mutamoros is still at •emargo. Capt. McLean and his company fought bravely, he had three or lour men killetf, tiie commander of the artillery of Jauregni has been wounded and taken prisoner, and nine of his men were killed at the suunon. In every yard in the square there are more or less dead mochos —they had no time to bury their dead. 1 saw in one yard ten dead mos hns. and the Seniinoles catched the devil —their captain got killed. Rio Grande City. Dec. 2, 1851. [ arrived heme from Cerralvo on yesterday, about 3 o’clock, I*. M. 1 left Cirvajal with all his forces at Cerralvo. which he had succeeded in taking entirely, with the exception of one house situated on tlie hill at the edge of the town; Jauregui.aud what forces he has retraining, are penned up, living on mule flesh and no water. When I left Ceaalvo, which was on Sunday evening, an hour by sun, they were preparing to 1 make a charge upon tpe house occupied by Jau regui, and did make one charge before 1 lett. in which Capt Chinn was killed. Jauregni still has his two pieces of artillery, t One is a mountain howeitzer of a twelve pound shell, and the other is a long six-pounder, the best gnn in service. Carvajal has all the balls, shells, wagons, lances, and nearly all the ammunition. Carvajal has lost a&but fen men I killed and about twenty wounded. Graham was ' killed on the first day, almost at the commence ment, without a show. Jauregni had eighteen Indians who did nearly all the fighting, and they are all killed but two. We had to take theTity by routing them out. They occupied the entire plaza, and in all the houses on the dour sides of the plaza they had port-holes, so that they could fire on ns without showing any part of themselves. We routed them at length out of them, when they ran for the church, where we succeeded in driving them, and they then ran and got into the house on the hill, in which a small portion were previously stationed.—When we were chasing them from Meir. we were satisfied we could not take them by lollowing them; so we stopped at Punta Aguda. and Jauregni stopped at Cerralvo for the night. After making a short half, we struck into the bushes to get aht*ad of him, which we succeeded in doing about five miles beyond him. ! This was the position of things when I left. I was about twenty-three hours coming from there here. We have taken prisoner Capt. Corona, commander of their artillery, (the balance of his artillerymen are killed.) Capt. Corona has a i wound which will probably prove mortal. Wheat ! got a scratch on his aim. Howell had his sword ! broken by his side by a ball; not hurt. The Mexican soldiers now with Carvajal have pro j ven themselves good fighters. Some three hundred men, cavalry, have gor «■ up to reinforce Jauregui, under command of Gua daloupe Garcia, and will probably get there this morning. We are anxious to hear who gets the i advantage when they arrive. . - . i Arrival of Kossuth—Grand Reception—Large Mill ! tary and Citric Procession—Banquet at the U. S. Hotel. Philadelphia, Dec. 24. Kossuth arrived here this morning, and the city was all astii to meet him. Th-* turnout of the military was immense, and they were joined in the procession by a large number of societies. Germans and others, w ho, with banners, music, &c., presented an imposing appearance. Kossuth will review the military belore the procession moves. After the procession he will be welcom ed at Independence Hall by the Mayor, to which he will respond in an appropriate address, to be delivered in Independence square. A grand corporation dinner will be given in his honor, at the U. S. Hotel, to-night. The procession is now moving. SECOND DISPATCH. Philadelphia, Dec. 24th.—The procession, after passing over the designated route, halted in front of ihe Nlatc House, and Kossuth was con- s ducted to Independence Hall. Mayor Gilpin £ briefly welcomed him, reminding him that in that very room the Declaration of Independence [ was made, and the first steps taken by the Colo nies towards achieving their Independence. , Kossuth replied in a few words, and said that , the words spoken and the acts declared in that Hall were present to his mind when, in his na- | tive land, he sought to do the same for his peo ple. The history of the U. States had inspired j bis people, and the rea r -ou they had not succeeded j was not because they were less resolved, but be cause they were betrayed and overpowered. Kossuth further referred to the various events | of the revolution in this country, and her present proud position, and feelingly thanked the Mayor j and authorities for their kindly welcome. He was then introduced to the corporate au- i thorities, and afterwards conduced to a covered | platform on Independence Square, which was tastefully hung with American and Hungarian flags, tad decorated with evergreens. Kossuth was Ihen welcomed by the enthusias tic shouts ot thousands who had assembled to most him, whom he proceeded to address in brief terms, but the contusion was so great that noth ing eeoH be heard a lew yards distant from the speaker.—-After be had concluded, he was es corted to his londgiug*. There willenly be a limited number, say about 150 persona, admitted to the Corporation Dinner to night at Congress Halt. gwr <e.rs' --.-—ff | Kftvutt) vrill spend to-morrow in quiet. ’ A ! ritoi torchlight procession will be given in his t | hdnbrto-tnorrow night. [third dispatch.] Corporation Banquet to Koasnth. Philadelphia, Dec. 24th, 12 Midnight.—The ’ banquet given by the authorities of the city to Kossuth, this evening, was a most brilliant affair, 1 upwards of 206 persons sitting down to the table, prepared in the din)Bg room of the U. S. Hotel. Kossuth did not appear until a late hour, ap pologizing briefly for his absence. General Riley replied to the assertion that the ; Army was opposed to the views of Kossuth, and was received with great enthusiasm. Judge Kane spoke at length, in behalf of the i bench and bar, in an out and out speech in favor of national intervention in European struggles | for liberty. I Morton McMichael, Esq., for the press, took the opposite ground, in a neat and appropriate i speech. I Several other speeches were made amid much | confusion and collision of feeling. Some of the | speakers were greeted with hisses. Kossuth re ' mained a silent listener. j Farther Intelligence from France—Two American* Killed, Ac. New York, Dec. 24.—Letters from Paris, re ceived by the Baltic, state that the number ol 1 persons killed during the emute at the Boulevards I of Paris is much larger than was reporter! in the j i papers. Two Americans, named Martin and I Stafford, who were spectators, were killed. Col. i | Stewart, of Philadelphia, also narrowly escaped. | AUGUSTA, GA. I I TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30. 1 1 _ 07" No mail last evening from offices North of Charleston. DC7" See first page of this day's paper for in vesting Foreign extracts. Ac. Uonulli lit Flillade’pliia. Thk entrance i f the distinguished Magyar into the city of Philadelphia was a most grand , and imposing | ageant, in which the cili/.ens of i all classes. Military and Firemen participated. | The procession haded at Independence Hail, Kossuth was welcomed by the Mayor in the I same room in which the Declaration of Jude I pendence was adopted and signed, a fact to which pertinent allusion was made, as w ell by the Mayor a* the distinguished guest I At night the Corporation Banquet came oil', at which some 220 gentlemen partook, which is represented to have been a most brilliant affair. | 'i hat it was nut a very harmonious as semblage, we infer from the following corres pondence of the Haliiiuote American : j “Kossuth did not appear until a lule hour, 1 a; ologising briefly for his absence. “General Riley replied briefly to to the asser tion that the army was opposed to the views of ! Kossuth, and was received with great enthusi asm. “Judge Kane spoke at length in behalf of the bench ai d bar, in an out und-out speech in favor of national iuteivenlluu in European struggles for liberty | “ Morton McMichael, Esq., for the press, took the opposite ground, m a neat and appro priate speech. “Several other speeches were made, amid much confusion and collision of feeling. - Some of the speakers were greeted w ith hisses. Kossuth remained a silent listener.” T his must have been a novel and perplexing scene to the Hungarian, so recently from New ork. where the exclusive friends of Liberty, and universal freedom w ere so extremely cour teous and so excessively devoted to him, that j they would not permit any one to dissent fr»ur his views at tlffeir meetings. Hence they refused to hear Mr Webb, and i actually put down Judge Duer, a man of emi nence and distinction on the Bench. Wha l consistency ! In Philadelphia we have Gen. Riley modest ly endorsingfor the army, his views; and Judge Kane, of the Bench, declaring the mostullra doc. trines of intervention, in behalf of the Bench and Bar. Mr. McMichael, however, had the independence to take an opposite position, and strangely, enough amid this furor of liber y fa natics was heard. Kossuth has now pas cd out of the land ot j fanaticism, and he will soon learn something ol our republican character, and have exhibited in his presence some evidences ot the freedom of thought and sjtcerh, to which he is as yet a com parative stranger in this country. Because it ! has been suppressed to a great ext ixt wherever | ho has been by the despotism of a majority of the fanatics and enthusiasts by whom he has 1 been surrounded. Yes, he will yet meet w ith men face to face, who will openly repudiate his doctrines, and expose their absurdity a* d folly, aud w ho w ill he heard. Library Anoeiktion. It will he perceived from an I that the Fourth Anniversary of this youug, but , flourishing institution, will be celebrated in toe I** asonic Hall, this evening. Exercise to begin j at 7 o’clock. j The annual report will be presented and the address wi 1 he delivered by Rev. B. M. Palmer of Columbia, So. Ca. Mr. Palmer is known here as one of the most eloquent and talented sons of the South, and | we hope to see a large audience present to en joy the in ellectual feast in store for them. Legislative Froceedings. Milledgevillf, Dec. 26, ISSI. Mr. Russell moved, and supported his motion with a speech, that the House re-consider its whole action of last Wednesday, on the Tax Lilt bill. l To save the time of the State from being fur ther consumed in argument on points that have j long since been discussed, Mr. McFarland moved the call for the previous question. The call was j sustained by yeas 54, nays 28. | The main question, on re-consideration, was lost—33 to 51. The following new matter was introduced : I By Mr. McLain—To require wills of per sonal property to be executed and proved in 'he same manner as is now prescribed by law for the execution and proof of devises of real i estate. > | Also—To repeal the Sth section of the act ! preventing Lumber Measurers being Clerks or Agents for lumber buyers, and for other pur poses. By Mr. Henry—A resolution authorising the Governor to have printed certain documents re lating to the early history of Georgia, for distri bution among the several States, &c., of the Union. By Mr. Culler—To authorise the construction of a Plank Road from Macon, through Perry. to ! Oglethorpe. ' I By Mr. McDoufkld —To dunce th* time for I electing members to Congress, to the first Mon- | day in October, 18.*)2, and every two years thereafter. A , . By Mr. Harper—To exempt regular practising physicians from,, jury duty, except in certain cases—juries dt lunatiro itu/uirendo. By Mr. Cannon—To add the white poll tax of this State to the poor school fund. By Mr. Seward—To dispose of the assets of the Central Bank, and close the affairs of said Bank. As well as I could hear, the bill provides for the assets to be sold for good paper, to be de posited in the Treasury. By Mr. Russell—A resolution, that a block of marble, prepared and sent to Washington City, by the last Governor, with the inscription, “The Union as it was, the Constitution as it is,” be withdrawn; aud that the present Governor be directed to cause another to be prepared from Georgia marble, inscribed with the arms of this ' State, and forwarded, to be placed in the Na , tional Monument, at Washington. ! The above resolution was agreed to. i The House took up the bills and substitutes | from the Judiciary Committee, and spent the I remainder of the forenoon in discussing and ; amending them. In the Senate, Mr. McCune introduced a bill 1 to amend the 20th sec. 4th div. of the Penal j Code. I The following bills were passed; To amend the Attachment laws of this State. This is Mr. Thurmond's bill, reported a few’ weeks ago, having reference to copartners, co promissors, Ac. To relieve manied woman whose husbands have deserted them—securing all property ac quired by the w ife during said desertion. Three o’clock, P. M. On Mr. Bartow's motion, the House agreed to suspend the order, for the purpose of taking up the bill to provide means to repair and equip the State Road. Ac. Mr. Tift moved to make it the special’ order for Monday next, that the members may have time to look into it, make some calculations as to the actual wants of the Road. Ac. Mr. McFarland thought that if the members had not time to prepare themselves within the last four or five weeks that this bill has been be fore the House, they will not do so between now and Monday. Ihe House refused to (K>st(>one the bill—2l to r,:i. The same being under consideration, Mr. Cannon moved to strike out ST/iO.OOO, {tlie amount ol State Bunds proposed to be issued.) on which motion the yeas were .14. nays 21. Mr. McFarland moved to fill the blank, thus I created, with the sum of $700,000. which was lost—2 I to r,r,. Mr. Bartow promised >0.30,000, which was also lost—34 to 14. Mr. Meriwether (Mr. Floyd in the Chair.) pnqiosed $600,000. which was agreed to—43 to 37. Mr. SexVard moved to adjourn, calling for the yeas and nays on his motion, ami they were 10 to 03. Mr. Seward then proposed an additional sec tion, that the Road and its profits be pledged for | the ultimate redemption of the bonds. Mr. Byrd moved the previous question. Mr. Seward again moved an adjournment, which the House negatived. At the request of a member. Mr B. consented to withdraw his call, provided a vote he forthwith taken on Mr. S’s. amend ment ; which was accordingly done, and the yeas were 26. nays 63. Mr. Meriwether proposed an additional sec tion. that the nett profits of the business of the Road shall be deposited in tlie Treasury, to be applied to the payment of the interest which will accrue on the bonds—which was agreed to. Mr. McDougald offered a section, that no member of the Legislature shall lie appointed Superintendant of said Road. Upon w hich he called for the yeas and nays. They were, yeas 12, nays 60. At this point, in order, doubtless, to put an ; end to all efforts to clog the bill, by useless amendments, which were becoming rather op i pressive, Mr. Bartow moved the previous qiies | tion. which was sustained. The main question—to agree to the rejiort of the Committee of the Whole—was put and car ried. On the passage of the bill, the yeas were 16. and nays 27. Yeas —Messrs Allred, Anderson, of Wilkes, Arm strong, Bartow, Byrd. Barr, Bailey, Clark, of Stew i art, Cameron, of Chattooga, Chastain, Dyor, Daniel, ■ Dawson, of Putnam, Erwin, of Forsyth, Felton, | Floyd, Fannin, Grant, Gilmore, Henry, Henly, Har ris, of Mclntosh, Harris, of Clark. Harper, Hendrick, Irwin, of Wilkes, Janes, Lane, Loveless, Lochlin, Mi fledge. Moon, McAfee, McFarland, Perkins, Richardson, Roberts, Smith, of Hancock, Stephens, Tift. Thornton, Trippc, Wofford. Waldhour, Wynn' of Oglethorpe, Wynn, of Gwinnett. —46. Nays —Messrs. Anderson, of Franklin, Brinson, Baugh, Bulloch, Cobb, of Dooly, Culler, Cannon,' Christie, Cameron, of Telfair, Fowler, Hussey, Hall' Lewis, Lott, Langmado, Merrell, McLain, Pickett,’ Phillip, Pierce. Robinson, of Laurens, Raulerson, Staten. Sumner, Seward, Thurmond, Tillman, of Tattnall.—27. The Senate was in session a short time this afternoon. The Governors communication in relation to the disputed boundary with Florida, was received and referred to a Special Com mittee. Seven o'clock, P. M. The House has passed the following hills : To punish persons for unnecessarily cruel treatment of slaves. To authorise the line of the State Road to be changed, so as to pass through the town of Cass vilie. To stop the running of the Statute of Limita tions, in cases where persons abscond from the State, oi remove to parts unknown. The House went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Milledge in the Chair, on the bill to appro priate $5,000 for the endowment of the Southern Botanic College in Macon. Some of the members were inclined to in dulge in merriment at the expense of this bill, until Mr. Trippe asked them to treat the bill and its Iriends with the same respect that he is in the habit of treating them. The appeal had the effect desired. Messrs. Trippe and Floyd made some remarks in favor of the passage of the bill, but on a final vote it Was lost by yeas 33, nays 37. 4 Milledgeville, Dec. 27. I Mr. Seward made his last dig at the bill passed ! ou yesterday, to provide meant for licking the State Bwdynta ■ teething of a comely form, in a motion If re-coateder. **■ Mr.‘ McFarland raised We point of order— that Mr. 8. voted with the minority. . Mr. Russell isfced if it would be in order foe one w'ho did not Vote, to make such a motion. The Speaker was of the opinion it would. The Speaker was. no doubt, right in withholding the expression of a derided opinion. Though I make no pretensions to familiarity with parliamentary laws, it seems consistent with the of com* mon sense, that one who did not vote, occupies, to say dhe least, an ambiguous position. If present, he might have voted with the minority. If absent, we are allowed to suspect that he in tended to avoid a direct vote. In either case, a member, not voting on a measure, should not only be excluded from making such a motion but he should not be permitted to vote on it f when made by another. Such a procedure seems equivalent to the investiture of one man with the power to defeat the will of a majority. My position is fortified by the long established fact, that absent members must obtain the consent of the House to record their votes on questions oc curring during their absence. And if such votes have the effect of changing the result of a meas ure, it is not in the power of the House to permit their votes to be recorded. Under the decision of the Speaker, (if it could be called one.) Mr. Russell made the motion. Mr. Bartow', byway of abridging an opera tion that had all the elements of tediousness about it, (judging from experience.) moved the call for the previous question, which was most cheerfully sustained. The main question (which was to re-consider.) was then put, and most unequivocally refused. On motion of Mr. Seward, the special order— the bill defining the duties, &c., of Ordinary— was taken up. w hen he moved to postpone it to Monday next. The House refused, although it i might as well have been done first as last. For having spent the entire forenoon, in efforts lo render it acceptable to all, it, together with the substitute and an assortment of amendments, was, on motion of Mr. Harris, of Clark, referred to a Committee of five, with instructions to pre pare a bill from the mass of materials furnished them, and report as soon as practicable. The principal contributors of amendments are Messrs. Henry, Meriwether. (Mr. Floyd being in the Chair,) Seward, Bartow, Tift, Russell, Tiippe. Harper, Thurmond. Stephens, Wofford, and Harris, of Clark. The Committee five, mentioned above, are, the mover, Mr. Harris, Messrs. Seward, Stephens. Bartow, Trippe. and, by order of the House, on motion, Mr. S|>eaker Meriwether. There is certainly law enough in the Committee to concoct a bill that ought to go down—as they say in Charleston—like an oyster. The Senate has passed the re-considered bill to incorporate the Bank of Atlanta, with a capital i of *300,000. Two new bills have been introduced : By Mr. Wellborn : To provide for the pay ment of witnesses in certain cases. By Mr. Slaughter: To provide for a full re turn of the effective militia strength of this State. i It is to be hojied that if the above law will re peal the fantastical militia system of Georgia, it will not prove abortive. The bill to form a new county from Burkeami Emanuel, has been laid on the table for the pre sent. Three o'clock, p. m. The House employed the afternoon in the read ing of Senate bills the first time, and in the con sideration of House bills amended in the Senate. Among the latter was an amendment to a bill incorporating the town of Antioch, in Troup co., conferring certain powers upon the City'Council of Augusta, suth as the election of Mayor, pro tent.. &cc. The Senate passed the following bills : To extend the time of taking out head right grants to December. 1862. To incorporate Oglethorpe Bridge and Turn pike Company. For the relief of 1 eachers of poor children in this State. To compel all agents for Banks from other States to take out a license, and pay a tax of » 1,000. The bill to lay out a new county from Walker and Murray, was postponed, sine die , and the bill allowing Dade county to retain the State Tax tor the next three years, was quashed, that is, killed, as the members reported it to me. They say, however, that Dade has lost nothing, for, under the new law. she will have no taxes to j>ay. Vidtbinius. The Senate has concurred with the House in withdrawing Gov. Town's block of Marble from Washington, and substituting another. Ihe new Tax Bill will be the special order for Monday next. Coif Tift—Our Csrreipoadescr, Having published the letter to which the fol lowing communication of Col Tift refers, we give it u place, as the author seems to think he has been unjustly treated. Although we con fe-s, we consider it a matter of little conseqnnce, unless it may serve to give tiie Colonel a little no toriety, which will doubtless be very acceptable to him. It is almost a universal rule, wc believe, that Legislative, as well as other bores, are the slowest to jerceive how much they trespass upon the time and patience of their associates. Like all other general rules, there may bs excep florist u rwl tlixa Pnlunl urn uons, ami the Coleui may form one. MILLEDGKVILLK, Dec. 25, 1851. Mrstrs. Gardner <s• Smythe — Gentlemen: I find, in your daily paper of the 23d inst., in the report of the proceedings of the House of Representatives, on the motion to re consider the bill passed on the 18th instant, for the government of the State Road, a paragraph which is so unjust, and illiberal in spirit, that I have thought it proper to call your attention to it, believing you would not knowingly be the calumniator of your political friends, or the apologist for the known errors of yoor political opponents. The following is the paragraph to which I refer: u Mr. S. having taken bis seat. Mr. Tift obtain ed the floor by a few seconds before Mr. Chas tain. Hence the House bad to endure nearly an hours speech on a question all were ready and anxious to settle. As soon as Mr. T, gave signs of exhaustion, and had not quite taken bis seat, Mr. C. repeated his motion (the previous ques tion.) He yielded to request of Mr. Bartow te withdraw it on condition that the Houae would jat onre proceed to a direct vote. The vote waa taken, SIkI the motion to reconsider was lost by yeas 38, najp.7*,?’ Against the fobe impression which this para graph is calculated lo convey to the reader pet raft me to slate the bets. The bill for the organization of the State Rc»<j which we were attempting to reconsider, had been passed the day before under the pretended operation of the u previous question." but in fc ct contrary to all parliamentary law and in vloU. tk>n of the constitution of the State. The journ al of the House shows, that so soon esthete)) waa reported to the House, from the Commit of the Whole without amendment, and before any amendment had been adopted, or any mo tion made to agree to the report of the Commit, tee, Mr. Chastain of Union, prompted by Mr. Bartow of Chatham, moved the “ previous ques. tion,” which wae samnded by the House, and the “ main queetkwT was thus ordered to be then put. fa the rules and par liaroentary law, which govern the proceedings of the House, cut off all amendments, and brought the House to a direct vote upon the original bill w ith its unfilled blanks and other imperfection*. But the Speaker, Mr. Meriwether, decided that the “main question" was the original bill,to gether with the amendments proposed by the Committee, though none of them had been adopted,or even moved in the House. I then moved that the bill lie upon the bill for further consideration. This was first in order, according to the Bth rule of the House ; but it was decided to be out of order. The House then proceeded under this arbitrary rule—which silenced the minority and prohibited them from offering amendments—to vote on the several amend ments which were proposed by the Committee, adopting some and rejecting others: the report of the Committee was then agreed to. and the bill i>assed. Immediately after the passage of the bill, Mr. Chastain moved that the bill be carried forthwith to the Senate; the effect of which motion would have been, if adopted, to remove the bill from the custody of the House, and prevent an attempt to reconsider it. I de nounced this movement, together w'ith the pro ceedings on the passage of the bill, in the plain language which I believed the violated rights of the people of Georgia justified. The motion was finally withdrawn. This statement of facts will give you some ap preciation of the circumstances under which I addressed the House the next morning m favor of the reconsideration of the bill—the time to which your remarks above quoted refer. The reasons for the reconsideration were Ist That the people and the press of all parties have been unanimous in their < ondemnation of the present system of governing the road, which is in effect re-enacted by the bill which has passed- The Executive has the appointment ol the prin cipal officers, and they are removable at his plea sure. 2d. The representatives are in good faith bound to comply with the known will of the people and place the Road under such a system of organization as w ill relieve it from the politi cal influences and the consequent injuries which are the necessary result of the preseut system.— Isa majority of the House have determined to continue the present system for two years, let us at least provide that the chief office shall be elected by' the people at the end of that time, and thus provide fora system which has worked well in the managemant of public works of In. ternal Improvement in other States 3d. The proposition of the member from Bibb (Mr. Atkinson) to constitute the Presidents of the Central. Macon & Western, and Georgia Rail roads, a Board of Directors for the management of the State Road, would be far better than the present system. Ith. The violation of the Par liamentary law and rules of the House in the pas sage of the bill, and the denial of the constitution al rights of the minority to propose amendments, or to have the yeas and nays recorded on the proposition w hich they were entitled to make. I have thus given you the circumstances un der which I spoke, and the subjects discussed.— I occupied about a half hour in the discussion, though I have no doubt that the majority of the House who “ bad to endure" the truth w'hich convicted them of a high-handed offence against the right* of the minority, thought it was “ near ly an hour "and were exceedingly “anxious to settle ’the question. The request of Mr. Bar tow'to Air. Chastain, to withdraw the motion for the previous question “on condition that the House would at onre proceed to a direct vote ’ will certainly commend itself to the public as a proposition of extreme liberality under the cir cumstances ! I have learned to expect occasional misrepre sentations from political opponents, but I hav£ a right to ask justice from my political friends, noi tor myself alone, but for any cause in which I may be engaged for the maintainance’bf the rights of the people. With considerations of friendship aud re»pect, y our ob’dt. serv't. NELSON TIFT. \ -leiegra died for the Chat lesion Courier. J Baltimore, Dec. 28, 6..02. P. M. In New \ork, Cotton was dull on Saturday, 1 and the transactions were limited to eight hun dred bales. Two hundred tierces of CaroHna Rice also were disposed of at from «3 a 53,25. Kossuth was greeted here with a grand recep tion. THE BANKER'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK. containing a Treatise on Banking, Remarks o* . Bills of Exchange, Forms of Notice of Protest, As. For sale by THOS. RICHARDS A SOS. Dec 23 ALL who have used the Chemical Hair Regvne- | rater, for Scurf. Dandriff, or for Dressing the Hair, say it is the best Compound now out. It msy by had of dec 28 D. B. 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