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®l)c Southern Recall*. meats belong to tlie history of the con- own limits, a spirit of disaffection among li and were intended to exert an in- citixeus and of insubot Jinatiou among her indications, that wl.cre'dm nreatfat S onbosi S ,1 l... Aware of the public anxiety to he inform- lluence at the Capitol. W hether attributable slaves—societies which have boldly entered tion exists, conservative nten, worthy sons of in the 1st 'oY Yl'i’ . ot * lurw ' i * s ® ed of the matter of most importance trails- m any degree to that influence or not, the re- the political arena, seized upon the balance ; patriot sires, are organizing against these 1850 * *»'’ *t•* an ^ l ,art 1 be 3d quar acted up to this moment by the Convention, suit has been strict conformity to the Hue of of power, and obtruded their fanaticism into j contemuers of law and order! are rallvin" to •• Tl* acres. the form ol an extra, the Report policy thus indicated, save in one instance.— the halls of our Federal Legislature. There,! the rescue of the imperiled Union * Three ■ r*„,« ,G - esta blishment of an Agrici of the Committee of 33. This report fol- That one is the admission of California iuto ; measures of hostility are incessantly propos- i exists tin* real d;*nH?./*»h, n , au ,s r ® co ™ me n«le<l by Ui lows ns amended and adopted by the Conven- the Union. Upon the expediency and un- ed and discussed, to the interruption of the The yeas on its final passage were constitutionality of this measure, separately legitimate busiuess of legislation ; deuun- ! made. Calmly awaiting the •£"& iiiWr STS, GSOTfilA: Thursday Morning, lire. It, 1S.10. suit has been strict conformity to the Hue of of power, and obtruded their fanaticism into ! contemuers of law and order! Me ri ; the form ol an extra, the Report policy thus indicated, save in one instance.— the halls of our Federal Legislature. There, j the rescue of the imperiled UfAn of 33. This report fol- That one is the admission of California iuto j measures of hostility are incessantly propos- , exists the real disaffccthi ’ *'"~ TT 1 ~~~ -- 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 ....i— ihe struggle for its pres ., . , - , , , . - . - , | •.•uuw. Calmly awaiting the issu We shall on Tuesday give considered, the people ot Georgia are divided | ciations day by day uttered against slavery a t the South will recognise ns brethren, the minute details of the action of this great in opinion. Surely, then, respect for the j and slaveholders—against^ confederates and ! true defenders at the North, assemblage, together with the speeches and opinions of the other party to the controvcr- j their institutions. *’ ’ ** * * * other proceedings of the great Union Meet- sy, who have so largely conformed to our j the reined, ing held in the Representative Hall on views, a proper allowance, for disagreement | apparent. It was foreshadowed iu the able and would say to them, “Be not deceived the'farm' Wednesday and Thursday nights last. among ourselves, on the latter branch of this patriotic message proceeding from the Ex- ■ l - «' ’ • • • - ' rm ’ The Committee appointed to prepare and question, will enable even those, who hold the j ecutive to the Legislative Department of tlio report for the consideration of the Conven- act inexpedient and unconstitutional, to abide j State of New York, in the year 1836. It is tion, action appropriate to the occasion on by it liouorably and gracefully. j by the uctive interposition of a conservative which they have assembled, having carefully The proposition, that, weighed in the scale 1 public opiuion, and if that be insufficient, considered the papers referred to them, and of interest, the preponderance is vastly on , then by legislative enactment. If the on- freely interchanged opinions, respectfully the side of non-resistance, is too plain for ar- i ward moveincut of this insane crusade is submit the following gument. That act being in its nature unsus-! ever to be stayed, it is time that measures of REPORT* ceptablc of repeal, the only competent mea- j resistance be put iu progress there. The people of Georgia,* responding to a sure *>f resistance is secession. This would j Desiring to be distinctly understood. d Hurt \ purchase „f a ft™ h/he?ie“oity of"h<l Xl'Z I *;?"»' Metropolis, w m ,„ a ^ d needs j dirccluin of die bureau, lias been sugocsteiR i as an auxiliary’in illustrating the best modes- [it,Him,s. In this slate of tilings, j But lot them give I,ceil' the warning ! idea bo'ftv,/ n Scc, ' c . lar >; lta “ 'f‘his - - . ily to be applied by those States is voice of one of the Old Thirteen She mioht > y received, Mount Vernon views, u proper allowance, for disagreement | apparent. It was foreshadowed iu the able and would say to them, “Be not deceived. rh« I r,.... S ,e at propriety become a mode? among ourselves, on the latter branch of this j patriotic message proceeding from the Ex- desiinv of the Union is in your hands. Awake from your fatal dream of security. Iu the integrity of your patriotism, and the strength of united action, rise up against this disorganizing heresy. Assemble in the the venerated hall wherein your forefathers and our forefathers together signed the Con stitution, and redeem the CITY OF BRO THERLY LOVE from the reproach of Tammany and illustrate the progress of that pur- to which the Father of his Country was much devoted.” Post Master General’s Report. The Report of the Post Master General is a rather brief, hut very practical document, giving a view of the present state of the de partment, and offering several very excellent , j suggestions lor improvement in the mail fa- pci from the NA- j cl " l,es °‘ the country. - ' At the close of the fiscal > ^ ^ sure of resistance is secession. This would L?" In consequence of the length of the Proclamatinn'of ilieir Chief Ma-nstrate 5 , have not repair the loss sustained, viz: depriva- J order that incalculable evils may be Commit! pc’a Ropnn, adopted by ilie Stale i met in Convention for tlm inunedimo purpose tion of the right to introduce slavery into | by a timely return to the early policy of the TIONAI. EMPORIUM' ihe genius of .l'i , - Convention, wc are unable to give our usual ! of deliberating upon a law enacted by the California. But u would subject Georgia, country, we rest not this remonstrance upon cord. Convene in time-honored Fanueil, D* 10 “Oth June, there were 5,590 mail variety this week. Several articles that had Congress of the Unifed States, entitled “ An lo . tie additional loss of all she has gain- generalities. The practical results aimed at and in the name of Washington, exorcise the J w,)OSC °§g* e gate length is 17S.672 mile-T been prepared for this paper have been ' f«r the admission of California iuto the cd by the scheme of adjustment, e. g., the by these agitators are Fust, abolition of evil spirit from the CRADLE OF AMERI- m,,n bcr of contractors -1,700. Tho annual prepared tins paper hare becn , Ullion » Were the action of this body limit- provision made lor the reclamation of fugitive I slavery in the District of Columbia. Mary- CAN LIBERTY. Every where, East, "asportation on these routes has been 46 - crowded out. c j to tho consideration of that act, its duty s,a ves; and secondly, it would annihilate, | land never would have ceded a part of her | North, West, decree its banishment from the I 541 * 423 miles, and the cost $2,724 4*; would be easily discharged. But a more ex- forever, all the advantages, foreign and do- territory, nor transferred the jurisdiclionover high places of power. You mcc the countn, | ' ended survey of Congressional legislation mestic, derivable from her adherance to the, a portion of her citizens, had she supposed Mm lustration. As for Georgia, her chow Ilf* In order to give our hands an oppor- ,’Ymled' surrey i.f^Congrcssional legislation mestic, derivable from her adherance to tlie l a portion of her tunity to participate in the festivities of the a!u j „f our Federal position, is not only al- confederacy. It may not be overlooked, ( their social system would he revolutionized Christmas holidays, we shall, next week, lowable, hut necessary re 649 conclusion, *bat, aside from the new issues presented l>v . . - ai d the act under'considcration as the late territorial acquisitions, the position I ed in the heart of her territory, materially the all of measures, each capable of 1 *'-* w • *' *' r 1 1 of the South upon tho Congressional record, variant from, and hostile t i better this day, than ever before. Georgia, then, will abide by the recent i of Congress, herein liefore referred only issue a half sheet, which we shall send ^ out on Monday preceding our usual day of 01,1 . , . „ . J 1 3 i an independent existence, but all directly ... publication. j indirectly affecting the institution of slavery ; _.. _ T.T. * *iTTwT..^.«^ ' each deriving from that circumstance its car- THE STATE CONVENTION. .. , . =? in- : • c c i dinal interest, and all in a crisis of fearful Wo liavc only room, lo-.lay to, lay boforo import, coniiocloj in a scheme of pacific mi ner readers tlic Report and Resolutions of the acts in the series had for their ‘m'"'' 0 a,:,io "- Tu , l!li , 5 cou, ' se sl,e is ‘"'P' 1 '- the Committee of thirty-three, which was 0 i,j cct ihe organization of Territorial gov- e* 1 b y an earnest desire to perpetuate the adopted by that body, by a ..... fraternity and Union, with constitutional i •ainst their will, atm a slate policy establish- j rights—her alternative, self-preservation, by j $ therefore cannot be consummated, without bad faith to her, and lo Virginia, whose territory is coterminous, in the deter- hopeful reliance that the people of the : mined resistance of which they are entitled .. .i„..«i,..i.i:— ”•*»> '-i-t-i —'■»!- 1 •-> tho co-operation of tlieir Southern con- derates. Secondly, that kindred measure, sometimes threatened of abolishing slavery passage, of 237 to 19. Hereafter give the full proceedings. final ernments for portions of the vast domain*re- American Union, and to restore that peace shall , ccntly acquired from Mexico. With them an ‘J Harmony, upon which its value to her- HIRING OF NEGROES. Acts passed l>y llie last L ing of Free Negroes j the slavery iplcaion became ’crmncctcd by selfi tu lici^cuuiederates, and tu mankind, vo opposite movements, tlio one proposing v ‘ pnr "'‘ - ) prohibit, the other to establish slavery i ially depends. ,v» ........ ... ... Here, if a sense of duty permitted, those territories by express enactment, the j would gladly pause; but the ^signs of the Next week wc shall publish the several advocates of these extreme measures, heinj ,r ‘ ° “ last Legislature, touch- alike reluctant to leave the result dependciu , , f . i a •_ upon the future adjudication of the Courts.; avowal of the position vve occupy and r>la\es binng their _i c .» i.: ; Country requires repose. Vain, utter _ all concessions that fail to terminate this This law has, without doubt, thus far one of those territories to he admitted into sectional controversy^ Jihrougli our Rep- proved ineffectual. It is intended to correct the Union as a Slate, under a constitution a K rca. evil. Tlic Grand Juries uf the „ev- by tliemaelvw, in wliicli, fur tliem- . . -. ■ selves, they had assumed tho settlement ol oral counties ought to give particular a cn- ( }, 0 slavery question. The acquisition of this tion to tho matter—at least so far as making territory moreover, had involved the govern- tho presentment of every infraction coming j mentof the United States in a cotroversy of | boundary, pre-existing between Mexico and | the State of Texas, with which also tho slave- question was unhappily complicated.- within their knowledgi A new Post Office has been establish ed at Planters Stand, Madison Co., Georgia and Henry White appointed P. M. CF* A new Post Office has been establish ed at Poplar Springs, Hall Co., Ga. and James Hardage appointed P. M. UF A man named King, lias just been par doned from tho Ohio Slate Prison, after hav ing been confined there six years. The death lied confession of the real criminal proved King’s innocence. Another of Jenny Lino’s Good Deeds. —The citizens of Calais, Me. were pleased by the receipt, on Tuesday last, of a check on tho hunk for $500, drawn by Miss Lind in favor of Sarah W. Clark, widow of the late Joseph N. Clark, male of tho bark So-! pliia, of Calais, who lost his life on the 2d of Sept, in taking off the crew of the Swedish barque Johanna, which was iu a sinking condition. A Crazv Newspaier.—“The Opal” is tho name of a monthly *>aper to he issued by the inmates of the Now York Slate Lu natic Asylum. It is edited and printed en tirely by those who arc commonly consider ed as crazy. The lunatics of ihe Utica Asy lum know too much lo put their niaducss in print. They give us poetry, essays, talcs, speculations, and anecdotes, and all of an average sanity.—Exchange. Mississippi.—Wo find in the Picayune and Delta later telegraph despatches. That in the Delta gives the following account of the final action of the Mississippi Legisla ture: Jackson, Nov. 30—10 P. M. The hill calling a State Convention, to be held on the second Monday in November next, and directing the members to be chnscu at the election of the Monday in Scptcmlx passed the Senate by a vote of 23 yeas against 9 nays, and the House by n vote of 51 to 40. A supplemental hill giving the Governor power to call the convention to gether at an earlier day, in the event of cer tain proceedings by Congress, was introduc ed and passed in the Senate, but was lost in the House, under the rule requiring resolu tions to lie over one day. Both houses adjourned sine die this even ing at nine o’clock. A Tragical Affair. Our readers will recollect that last May, a returned Californian, by the name of John son, of Bangor, on his way thither in the •team boat, left about $5,000 of gold upon tho wharf at Belfast, which was found and returned to him. Mr. Johnson was consid ered to lie a very lucky man, not only in re covering his gold, but in being able to bring home so large a * pile’ considering the short ness of bis absence. Last Friday tliis fortunate Mr. Johnson was arrested by an officer from New York on a requisition from the Governor of Cal ifornia for the robbery and murder of a man in California, some time last winter or spring. Tho most horrible part of the affair is, that two innocent persons were accused as the murderers, convicted and hung, while John son was in the States. Some recent devel opments, however, came out connecting him with the murder, which left no doubt as to his ^uilt, and caused his arrest.—Bath ( Me.) invite to a more extended review of Federal relations, aud to a more distinct m _ The A ilisiiui-t lull'll of tlic subject was Jirescnteii : Country requires'Vcpusc. Vain, utterly by tho application of the people inhabitin' * U “* resentatives in the Halls of Congress, have loug combatted tho aggressive spirit o Representatives of the non-slavelioldin; States. But the sources of this turbid stream lie beyond; they are to be found midst of their several constituencies, dccin this an appropriate occasiou for the sovereign people of Georgia to commune with the sovereign people of those States. Providence per mile. There w roules of 10.969 miles established du- ig llie year, and the increased cost over 1 ar was $3-12,440. California and Oreg ® 110 ^ included in these calculations, ^ r 1 i fi A j ,c increase of mail service for the la^ To the end, therefore, that the position of, h3cal y°ar was about 9 4-10 per cei this Slate may be clearly apprehended by her co ; 1 about 12 7-10 per cent, confederates of the South and of the North, I . c “umber of Post Masters appoil and that she may be blameless of all future j ^ uri,, S *He year was 6,51$, of which In consequences— I were to fill vacancies by removals, and l,97i Be it Resolved by the People of Georgia in ' lo “ ew ly established offices. Convention assembled, 1st. That we hold the! j* 1 ® whole number of Post Offices at thc^ the military posts, dock yards, and other 1 American Union, secondary in importance on-! of the year was 18,417; there were l,979j free holds of the General Government, lying | ly to the rights and principles it was designed I ,1CV '' ones established, and 369 discontinued: within the boundaries of the slave-holding j to perpetuate. That past associations, present, Tl,c S ros s revenue of tlic Department w; states. These possessions were ceded to the fruition, and future prospects, will bind us j $5» 5 »>2,971 48, of which $4,515,668 86 w„ United States for purposes of utility and con-1 to it so long as it continues to be the safe- j rec c ,vc d from letlcr postage, and $919,48; vemence in tho generous confidence, that j guard of those rights and principles, they would not bo used to the detriment of the j Secondly, That if the thirteen original par- ceding states. Thirdly, an amendment of: tics to the compact, bordering the Atlantic the acts organizing territorial governments j in a narrow belt, while their separate inter ior New Mexico and Utah, whereby, slavery | ests were in embryo, their peculiar tendencies shall be prohibited in those territories.— scarcely developed, their revolutionary trials ■thly, the passage of an act for the sup-j and triumphs, still green in memory, found We would address to them the language of calm and frank remonstrance, rather than of defiance or menace. We would recall them to the faithful discharge of their duty, as con federates, by an appeal to their reason and their moral sense. We would premise a few suggestions to the opponents of slavery, which time does not permit us to elaborate. Slavery was in troduced into this country by the enterprizo Thus far, it will be perceived, no one of the pending measures was wantonly or gratuit ously obtruded upon the national legislature for the purposes of agitation. They resulted inevitably from antecedent measures in which both the North and the South were participants. But the difficulties that embarrassed the actiou of Congress arc not yet all told. Just at this critical juncture, certain Representa tives from the noii-sluvcliolding States, im- ,.1-llc.i luinly by appeal, from the ini,aUitants | parity “wljen" ihe MA,-u“of oi tlio District of Columbia, anti partly by aust “ ro aml ^„ co ^ prora iaing religious faitl, the promptings of their immediate consul- I not social i„t c ,course, but nets, pressed with increased urgency the collt ,. ol l e d the opcrutions of government. It suppression of the slave-trade m the District. „„i„ „l,„„ l„„l io this was stiperadded the proposition, fraught with far greater excitement, to abol ish slavery in the District. Furthermore, tlic people of the South, justly excited by the faithless and long continued denial of their constitutional right to the extradition of fu gitive slaves, demanded additional and effi cient legislation upon this vital subject. Tliis brief but truthful statement of the many momentous issues, all surcharged with this one peculiarly exciting element, and crowded into a single session of Con gress, and a bare reference to the alarming agitation which, springing up in protractor debate, extended beyond the halls of legisla tion, and pervaded the public mind, will serve indicate the peril of the day, an to sug gest that tho only escape was /in that spirit of mutual concession, which gave birth to the Constitution, and which in times past had adjusted more than one controversy threatening dissolution. It is not proposed, at this time, to re-open the exhausted argument, upon the merits of these questions severally or collectively. The result is that pavtizans occupying extreme local positions in the country, and holding diametrically opposite opinions upon the slavery question, tn all its phases, have vied with each other in clamorous denunciation of tho settlement. It may well he doubted whether upon the broad territory of the Re public, there dwells an intelligent citizen, whose judgement approves every part of each link iu this extended chain of adjust ment. Georgia, at least, find in it niatrer for objection and matter for approval. But such is likewise her opinion of our Fed eral and State constitutions; so is site accustom ed to judge of the leading measures of every Congress and every General Assembly, as each, initsturn, labors the difficult problem of perfecting human Government, through the instrumentality of imperfect and conflicting human reason. It is not on this, more than or any other occasion,the part of wisdom,or of pa triotism, to subject legislative acts, under re- the rigid test of yielding either the discontinued only when experience had proven its want of adaptation to tho soil and climate. It has been retained at the South by reason of the fitness of our soil and cli mate to its employment. Under its auspices has been secured, beyond contin ue enjoyment of physical com forts utiknown to liis trans-Atlantic ancestors, and elevated in the scale of being. Let any man who questions the truth of this asser tion, go to Liberia and compare the Ncgrc trained under tho influences of slavery with the Negro of the same generation reared his native barbarism. The Southern slave, uninfluenced by the promptings of chievous intcrmeddlers, is sincerely attach ed to his owner, and happy in the condition assigned him by an all-wise Providence.— Familiarity with tlio practical operations of tlio institution would mind that these things But apart from this abstract view, the South is entitled to absoluto security and quiet on this subject. The Constitution of tho United Slates its terms, a bond of political union be tween separate sovereignties, and involves a high moral obligation. The latter is in deed the seal and sanction of the former.— The Southern States, upon entering into this compact, brought with them as a part of their social system, as the substratum of their industrial pursuits, the institution of slave ry, and the Northern States, by the com pact, recognized its existence, and guarantied its secure enjoyment. Beyond the obliga tion thus created, the people of those States have no more concern with it, than have the subjects of the British crown. The framers of the Constitution declin ed, in limine, the purposes to be accomplished by it in the fol lowing terms : “ Wc the people of the Uni ted States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tran quility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos terity, do ordain and establish this Const! will leave a net available hands of the Department amounting t, 132,045 S2. 94 from newspapers and pamphlets. The expenditures have been $5,212,953 43) so that the excess of the revenue over tho. expenditures has been $340,018 05. B„t there are appropriations not yet drawn and other sources ol income to be made availa- - r —-o ,- jj* bio, which after deducting the sum due to pression of the slave trade between the pco- Union impossible without Compromise, the ... , ,l,ah S“ v<,r nmcnt for foreign postage pie of the slave holding stales, which wc re- i thirty-one of this day, may well yield some- wl Ciivft n ,,,,t nYn, f, ,l ° * 1 ' gard as an officious aud unconstitutional in- j what, in the conflict of opinion and policy, I tcrfurence with state policy. The rejection to preserve that Union which has extended of some of those measures at tho recent ses-! the sway of republican government over a sion of Congress, comes within the scheme | vast wilderness, to another ocean, and pro of adjustment, and materially influences the j portionally advanced their civilization and decision of Georgia. i national greatness. One other subject challenges our especial | Thirdly, That in this spirit, the State of notice. It is tho threatened repeal of the | Georgia lias maturely considered tlic action recent act for the reclamation of fugitive | °f Congress embracing a series of measures slaves. That statute was demanded as on for tbc admissoin of California into the Union, unquestionable constitutional right, and as a ibe organization of territorial Governments remedy fora grievous and growing evil, aud! for Utah and New Mexico, the establishment of therefore cannot bo surrendered. I ^ boundary between the latter and tlic State History bears testimony to the importance I of Texas, the suppression ot tho slave trade of this subject. It mingled iu the earliest I >|i the District of Columbia, and the extradi- discussions upon the formation of the Ameri- l ’ on °f fugitive slaves, and (connected with can Union. It commanded the profound them) the rejection of propositions to cx- delibcration of the framers of the constitu-1 elude slavery from the Mexican territories tion, who assigned it u prominent place in ! and to abolish it iu the District of Columbia; that instrument. They ordained, that “no ! o»«l whilst she docs not wholly approve, will person held to service or labor in one state, j abide by it as a permanent adjustment of this under the laws thereof, and escaping into! sectional controversy, another, shall, in consequence of any law or | Fourthly, That the State of Georgia, in sgulation therein, be discharged from such ] tlio judgement of this Convent ion, will and service or labor, but shall l»c delivered up, claim of the party to whom such service or | disruption of every ,y be due/* ( is a last resort,) 3 which biuds her to the Union, any action of Congress, upon the It is universally concealed tliat this prnvi-1 of Slavery in the District of'CoIt.ni- ,n was inserte'd to meet tho case of fugi-1 ^ la or m P'? 008 Ao Jtmsd'ctton of re slaves, and that, without it, the slave! Co " r vcss ' ■"compai.hie with the safely, du- liolding stales would not have entered into 1 '" cs , n,! '!' a,, 1,'“ '!?■ "S’" a an '' l,olu,r the Union. No candid reasoner will con- of “Y l" , t"'*' "'T’T T'” trovort tho proposition, that it is binding j P rcS51l, 3 11,0 slave trade bet ween alavrlioldtii^ li ‘ • 8 btotes, or anv refusal to admit as a Stale any alike, upon the states as sovreigns, upon I . , J „ , . , - - i. ° . territory hereafter applying, because ot tlic their officers, executive, judicial and i tcrial, upon voluntary associations of persons, and upon each individual citizen of the United States. He.ice, any obstructions the recovery of fugitivo slaves, emanati from any one of llio^e sources, involves existence of slavery therein; hibiting the introduction of slaves im territories of Utah and New Mexico,« ipealing or materially modifyit For the current year the Post Master Gen eral estimates that the expenditures will amount to $G,019,S09 90, and the revenues $6,166,616 2S, leaving a net balance of $146,806 38. There are 16 steamships now iu actual service, and 4 more contracted for, engaged in the conveyance of the foreign and Pacific coast correspondence. In relation to foreign correspondence, the Post Master General re commends arrangements to he made with foreign powers, for specifying ami securing mutual and satisfactory terms for the inter change of mails. Such arrangements have been made with Germany. A similar sug gestion is made with respect to the West Indi an and South American correspondence. The appointment of a Deputy Postmaster General and Auditor lo reside in Califor- proposed by bill last session, is sup- o be objectionable; in place of which lie recommends that Congress should author ize the Postmaster General to send tempora rily an officer to the Pacific, coast, to organ ize the service there. Other minor arrange ments aro suggested for the government of the mail department in California and Ore- In relation to a change in the rates of pos tage, the following recommendations made-. “That the inland letter postage be reduced to three cents the singto letter, whet! prepaid, and be fixed at the uniform rate of i five cents when not prepaid; and also, that tho Postmaster General be required to re- tliis prepaid rate to two cents the single the! 1°' whenever it shall be ascertained that uvijves its | ' MVS no "' in ‘" rco for 1,10 '" : " vor y of fugitive! ^ revenue* oHltc ^ infraction. At an ea»lj• period in the hiatory ‘'“p-ft,,, Thnt it is the .Mibontte opinion 1 cec,i.-,l°’i! ! ,"ex|>encli uf the Confederation, tho Con-restt ot the ! of l]iis ,,n„ tho fiilhfitl ; |»r - .«» - of the Confederation, tho Congress of the United States, believing that the character of people furnished abundaut guar fil iV / t, r t 1 T i t i proper authorilics, depends fidelity to the compact, enacted a aw dcw.lv- , • f ‘ mach ,„ v „j u,!;,,,,. ing upon the several state authorities the : , , . _ „ duty of carrying it into effect; and the event Report of tlic Secretary of the Into- consecutive fiscal years;— execution uf the Fagihr, Starr La,r hy'Vho that tho postage lo California and Oreg.,,, be ds the preservation : greatly reduced; and that the postage charg- justified the confidence reposed. Those the purer days of tho Republic, when pa otism was stronger than fanaticism. >thcr sea-going letters be made more simple and uniform.” ■*’ It is also recommended that twenty cents the single letter be charged to and from the rior. Tho Washington Rapublic contains a sy- j Pacific 3 coast. South America, the Eastern ! » nopsis of the contents of this Document, Continent and its islands, and points beyond Then, the constitution of tho United States as it theory, the fundamental Jaw of the land, recognized as the paramount obligation be-1 .« The report commences with a summary j postage, except where such seapostages may •ween states and individuals. But a new school 0 f the varied and important duties devolved be adjusted at different rales, by postal treaty. I wliicli has not yet been published. From . either; and ten cents on all other sea-going j this synopsis, we extract tlie following items: • letters, without the superaddition of inland ofpoliticalcthicslius arisen in the land, a school affecting a morality purer than that of the Apostle Paul who sent back the abscoi Onesimus to liis master; a philanthropy sublimated than that of the Angel who, tution for the United States of America.”— the Department; alludes to the vague- ^nd he recommends that power l>c given to Jici man timi wi lire j ness of the act of Congress which created it, J ,j, e Postmaster General, with the consent of back the absconding! an d veeommends further legUliition to define i |hc President, to reduce or enlarge these with precision its duties and powers, and al- rales> w j t j, v i, e view of making better arrangc- , so to remedy tho incongruity in the law in mcnt w ith other Governments, mg the fugitive Hager in the wilderness reference to its designation. The half cent postage on newspapers sent “said unto her, return to thy mistress, and » It recommends the creation ot the oflice out 0 f the State where they are mailed, is re submit thyself under her hand.” Under the j G f Solicitor of the Department to decide | com incndcd to be repealed, auspices of this school, new doctrines have | questions of law upon appeal; his action to The following rates are recommended for been promulged, public opinion perverted be subject, however, iu all cases, to the revi- , pamphlets, and other printed matter, not or overawed, the arm of the law paralyzed, sion of the Secretary. j newspapers: Two cents for two ounces or and even the records of certain states dis- j •* The estimate for the next fiscal year ex-! j ess> an ,i one ccn t for every additional honored by euacments prohibiting that to be I C eeds that for the present $1,728,070 83.— | ouncc C r fraction of an ounce, ’ * ’ ’ done, which the constitution commands. I The causes ofthis excess, the Secretary fully 1 p or t hc the inland . going charge on such mat- by ter and newspapers, twice the inland rate to ' and from the points where it is proposed that the letter postage shall he ten cents, and four patient under this grievous wrong, and still j “The whole number of personal _ . „ with deferred hope clinging to the Union, • the pension rolls of tlic United States, is 19,- i times the inland rate where the letter full measure of right, or the full fruition of I The people of each State, becoming a party wa . s content to demand such addilional legis-, 75S. But of these, many are probably dead, j twenty cents. •ipated benefit. The praciical ques-i to that instrument, are entitled to all the Nation, as would devolve upon federal officers ; The whole number who have drawn pensions presented for consideration are these : j benefits therein distinctly enumerated, and | an< ^ agents, responsible to fcdcraljiutliorities, during the first aud second_quarters of the May Georgia, consistently with her honor, j are under the most solemn obligation to ab- *' abide by the general scheme of pacification ? stain from all practices inconsistent with j the enforcement of her | Congress has responded to this demand «i t I tardy, but full measure of jusiice. * i I ,ra If she may, then, does her Interest lie in ad-: their enjoyment by tho other parties. , . . . _ herence to it, or in resistance ? A brief re-1 is nominated in the bond” that the people of ; * en g*b all of practical detail, and of penal ference to a few facts of recent occurrence no one State shall disturb the “ domestic Iran- j 8a . ncl i° 11 ’ necessary to the execution of will furnish an affirmative answer to die first quility” of any other. Georgia lays recommended that the franking , .....ilege and that of newspaper proprietors The present calendar year, is 13,070. Tho number of: be discontinued, but that the Department deaths reported within the last year is 846. should he paid for the transmission of > be found iu the statulc- wili furnish an affirmative answer to die first I quility” of any other. Georgia lays open J ftnutionsd law, « w iuuhu m tuc diuiuhj- and most interesting inquiry. The people of the volume of her history, and proudly cnal-1 book. Aow, is the grand test to be applied, Georgia were fully apprised that these great: lenges her confederates to the adduction of; whether or not, in this age^ of ad vanced civil- issues were pending liefore thenational Legis- j a single incident violative of this obligation, i ' za,u ) n ’ m dus boasted model Republic, lature. Their General Assembly, being in ' She does more. In all kindness compatible a,v poteut for tho protection of right, session, and assuming to represent their opin- ] with tho assertion of right, she charges up- ■ dearly defined, and solemnly guaranteed, by ions, took them into consideration—gave a! on tho nou-slaveholdiug States infidelity to j a written Constitution. If not, the expert- distinct expression of their own views, and j this stipulation in the compact. She in- ment has J ail ed. virtually required of the Comrress of the stances the existence within their borders of We draw no hasty conclusion from the United States, conformity to those views.— J organized societies, avowedly devoted to the | clamor raised against this law, by the wick- Numerous primary assemblies of the People,; annihilation of an institution inwrought with ed authors of the mischief it was intended to passed upon the same questions, still in ad- J the frame work of her social system, and in remedy, not yet from their show of forcible ranee of the action of Congress, and whilst, j no way modifying or affecting tboir own;; resistance to its execution. We will predi- in many of these, the requisitions of the i societies employing missionaries and subsi- cate no extreme action upon their menaces General Assembly were qualified, in none, ‘ dizing the press to propagate their destruc- of repeal or of modification. From such tit Is believed,) were they enlarged. These \rive doctrines, and even to excite within her (sources we anticipated such demonstrations. *rhe beneficiaries, under the law de-, ma tter by an appropriation of Congress, signed to provide for the soldiers of the Rev- \ f eW other less important suggestions arc olution aud their widows, are rapidly passing ma ,l Ct an ,l the report closes with a compli- away. But the number of pensioners under men t to the officers occupied in the Depart- other acts has been considerably augmented ment> iu consequence of the war with Mexico.— ; • • The whole amount expended for pensious True as Preaching.—Nothing is truer duriogtliepast jreariscsrimalecI atW.IOO,000. |he f „,f rom Siwt/„n, Prcu. “The whole number oi land warrants is- .... TT . , r u » sued for services in the revolutionary war is “ If this Union rails * * 12,588; in the war of 1812,2S,978; number laid low,must not be forgotten that suh, of claims fur land warrants and scrip in lieu mission will be responsible as well as ag. thereof, for services it, tbe Mexican war. gresston. rho right, of no poop e can 1 vo S84.705. Tho number of claims already on paper. The character of a peopto at tho presented under the Bounty Land Law of only guiantec of ng i , or e\ ' September last, np to tbe 5th of November, Without capacity to understand and spirit to was 9,418, and the number is increasing rap- assert them, no peop e iavo ig . idly. It is estimated that the whole number great magnacharta of human right,s^not^ ox- of claimants will be about 250,000. ’orted from de.pots but grauted by God him-