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sooebly been anticipate,!. Jt h*a showu
itself worthy of the fostering care extend
-6(1 to it by your predecessors, and should
Continue to receive your patronage and
encouragement. Th appeal in behalf of
the blind—like that made for the deaf
and dumb-—addresses itself to our better
feelings. The heart would be callous
end hardened that could treat that appeal
with indifference. Those of us who have
been endowed by a kind Providence with
all the attributes of manhood, unimpaired
by disease or misfortune, have resting up
on us an obligation in reference to our
less favored brethren, which we cannot
disregard. In establishing and maintain
ing these different institutions, the people
of Georgia have exhibited their apprecia
tion of this high duty. The success
which have attended these efforts, should
only stimulate us lo renewed* exertions
and more liberal contributions.
GKOaoiA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
At the last session of the General As
sembly provision was made by law for
the education of a certain number of ca
dets in the Military Institute, located at i
Marietta. A report is herewith transmit
ted from the Board of Visitors of that in
slitution, which will present to the legis
lature all the information on that subject
in my possession. The system of military
education is growing iu popular favoi
throughout the country. In other Slates
of the Union these Academies receive lib
eral endowments from the Government,
and are becoming more and more the fa
vorites of the people. So far as I am ena
tiled to judge, the Marietta Institute has
been as eminently successful! as any of its
sister institutions, and as diserving of
State patronage.
m. JOHNSON’S INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
Senators and Representatives:
In assuming the duties of the Executive
office, I trust, I duly appreciate the high
and solemn responsibilities which they im
pose My profound gratitude for this dis
tinguished evidence of the popular confi
dence, is equalled only by
trust of my ability to redeem them. Both
thankfulness and diffidence conspire to
make me humble and cautious. 1 bring
to the task, however, the zeal of earnest
patriotism, and the faith of confident reli
ance upon Diviue assistance, to direct me
in the path of “Wisdom, Justice and Mo
deration.” r
Self-preservation is the first great law of
our nature. Government is its out-birth
the organic form which it elaborates for
itself, as the instrument of its power, for
the protection of communities. The ob
ject of such protection, both for the indi
vidual and the social man, is to live, that
he may be free, aud to be free, that he
may pursue happiness. Happiness is to
be fonnd in the anfolding arid cultivation
of our moral and intellectual being, in con
nection with the rational enjoyment of all
the sources of comfort, refinement and lux
ury with which the Bountiful Creator has
endowed the kingdoms of Nature. Its
perfection is the attainment of the best
and purest state of civilization. This then,
is the proper ultimate end of government
—to elevate man to the highest civiliza
tion of which he is susceptible. Hence it
is the imperative duty of those to whom
its administration is confided, to ascertain
the means within their control, and how
they are to be employed, in order to pro
mote the desired end.
In a monarchy, where the will of one
man is supreme, the machinery of govern
ment may be kept in motion without call
ing into requisition the popular mind and
heart. The Sovereign thinks and acts for
the nation. If he be wise and virtuous,
the people are well governed: and for the
mere purposes of government, they need
not be educated. But oar system rests
upon an entirely different principle. It
assumes that the people are capable of
self-government; each man is a portion of
the sovereignty, and to the extent of his
individual influence gives direction to all
the operations of government. But this
assumption is not based upon any inherent
capacity for government as an attribute
of man. It pre-supposes intelligence to
understand his rights, and virtue to give
that intelligence proper direction. Hence,
public education and morality—enlighten
ed intellect and cultivated heart—are in
dispensible to the success of our political
system. They are the main pillars on
which the structure is built; let them be
substituted by ignorance and vice, and the
fabric will tumble to ruins.
If to this consideration we add the re
flection, that education is the most potent
means for the rapid development of a high
civilization—the proper end of government
—how obvious and imperative is the obli
gatioa to foster its diffusion among the
people, with a liberality commensurate
with its importance and the unnumbered
blessings which it procures! The cause of
public education is emphatically the cause
of our State. It addresses itself to every
uoble feeling of our hearts. If, as patriots,
we desire the perpetuity of our free institu
tions—if, as philanthropists, we would
gl&ddcu the children of poverty with the
sunbeams of science, elevate them to use
ful citizenship, and press to their lips the
cup of intellectual happiness, it pleads with
an urgency and pathos that should awa
ken every generous impulse.
E|The natural resources of Georgia are I
almost boundless. No spot upon the
Globe, embracing an equal territo
ry, affords a richer field, or stronger in
centives to enterprise, in every branch of
labor, and in every pursuit Reaching
from the southern spur of the Alleghanies,
nearly to the balmy verge of perpetual
spring, she possesses almost every variety
of soil and climate, and is thus invited to
the cultivation of every product required
by the necessities, or craved by the luxury
of mankind. Ileuce, Agriculture should
be fostered. It is the support of every
other art, feeds and clothes the world, and
energises its commerce with the blood of
life. Fertile rallies and barren hills al.kc
demand the highest attainments of its skill,
to preserve the one from exhaustion, and
fertilize the other, so that both shall yield
the greatest possible reward to well direct
ed industry.
Iu endless variety and cxliaustless sup
ply, the ores slumber in the bosoms of our
hills ami mountains. All that is re
quired is enlightened enterprise, to make
them available for the multiform uses ol
human life. In their dormancy they are
worthless; but roused by-the magic touch
of industry, they will bring to the State
wealth, prosperity and power.
Rut who docs not perceive, that the
successful development of these natural re- 1
sources requires educated mind—energetic
enterprise, directed by the skill of science
and philosophy? What, but science, shall
analyse onr soils, point out the mode of
their fertilization and test their capacity
for production? What, but science, shall
detect the location of ores and minerals
and explain the best method of appropria
ting them to the wants of society? What,
but science, shall measure the motive pow
er of the waterfall, to propel machinery?
It is the lamp to gnide in every depart
ment of labor and art, Without it, indus
try toils and gropes in Cimmerian darkness
and scarcely gains its daily bread by the
sweat of its brow. Is it not then a mis
taken economy, that Georgia has so long
dispensed with a State Geologist and Ag
ricultural Chemist, charged with the duty
to investigate her resources, and to direct
the energies and capital of our people to
their development?
We have just reason to be proud of our
advancement in facilities for rapid tratis
port and travel. Their success has remo
ved the prejudices which, for a time, im
peded their construction, and gives augury
of the prosperity and glory with which
they are destined to crown our State.—
Whilst, therefore, we should not lose sight
of a wise economy, we should be prompted
, by a liberal forecast, to foster our system 1
of internal improvements, in every legiti-1
mate way. It will hasten the develop- j
ment of our resources, augment the value
of our lauds, fix our population and
strengthen our social bonds.
The Western & Atlantic Kail Road is
a magnificent monument of the wisdom of
its projectors and the patriotic liberality
of the people who have cheerfully borne
the expense of its construction. It is an
honor to the State; and, under proper
management, it is destined to empty into
her lap the riches of the great western val
lies. It has cost five millions of Dollars.
It is the common property of the people
—the result of their common adventure
and enterprise—and therefore, neither po
litical party should assume its exclusive
eontroi. All have the right to demand
that it shall be so managed as to yield the
largest revenue and afford the cheapest
and most equitable facilities for the trans
port of their earnings to market. It is as
unjust as it is impolitic, that its fortunes
shall be’ compelled to abide the fluctu
ations of party. It is the duty of the
legislature, in its wisdom, to adopt some
plan which will place its administration be
yond the reach of this fickle influence.
With these subjects are intimately con
nected the Mechanic arts. With us, they
have lagged far behind all other branches
of industry. Comparatively, how little of
inventive genius have we exhibited! How
few of our native sons engage in their
pursuit! How little do we appreciate
skill and taste in their exeentiou! Why
is it thus? It is because, with us, they
are so seldom connected with educated
mind; and this again, is the result of a
false sentiment which assigns the mechanic
a rank, in the social scale, inferior to those
who engage in other industrial pursuits.—
This subject is scarcely second in impor
tance to any other. Can nothing be done
to rescue the mechanic arts from obscurity,
and elevate them to their merited dignity?
Nothing to reuder them attractive to ge
nius and education? If this can be ac
complished, it will reveal inventive genius
and open new channels for labor and capi
tal. It will fill our towns and villages
with the sound of the hamrnar aud the
music of machinery, and substitute, for
dilapidation and decay, comfortable dwell
ings, thrift and prosperity.
It seems therefore, that the establish
ment of a well digested system of public
education, the development of our bound
less agricultural and mineral resources, the
completion of our schemes of Interna! Im
provements, the proper administration of
the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and
the encouragement of the Mechanic Arts,
demand the immediate and earnest, but
judicious consideration of the guardians of
the Commonwealth. They are subjects
which require wisdom in council, and pru
dence in action. But they should not be
neglected, if we expect Georgia to advance
to the stature of full grown maturity, in
the exalted attributes of a high civil za
tion.
It must not be expected, however, that
these great objects can be accomplished
without the use of money. To raise the
requisite amount, we must rely mainly up
on taxation. This involves the most deli
cate and important power with which you
are invested. W hile, therefore, it should
be exercised with great caution, we must
remember, that contracted parsimony is
not synonymous with wise economy. Nor
arc we to limit our policy by the bounda
ries of the present hour. Results are with
the future; and we must look, with patient
expectation, for time to-prove the value of
all our enterprises, and to remunerate ex
penditures for their prosecution. Wo act
for those who are to follow us. In every
succeeding moment of the present, our
conduct involves the welfare of future gen
erations. We are amenable to posteri
ty, under the highest sanctions that cau
influence an organized community. The
patriotism of our constituency is equal to
any contribution which may be levied up
on their labor and property, if they see
that it comports with sound economy, is
demanded by the public good, suggested
by a wise forecast, and that it exacts, from
each, in proportion to his ability to pay.
Be these our landmarks in raising and dis
bursing money.
relation between the General and
State Governments points out the rule of
strict construction of the Constitution of
the United States, as the polar star for
the one, whilst the natnre of the Federal
compact indicates, with equal clearness,
the duty of obedience, on the part of the
other, to constitutional laws. It is the
perfection of American statesmanship to
comprehend fully this nicely adjusted rela
tion It is the perfection of American pa
triotism to demand, that both shall move
in their respective orbits. For it is the
only mode of perpetuating the Union, and
preserving, at the same time, the reserved
rights of the States. Its effects will ever]
be fraternity, harmony and prosperity,!
throughout the entire limits of the Repub
lic.
To the Southern States the observance
of this rule is especially important. The
institution of domestic slavery is peculiar
to them. It is a part of their social, as
well as their political structure. It is re
cognized and protected by the Constitu
tion. It must not be touched by Federal
| encroachment. The agitation and heart
burning of the past must suffice—certainly
so far as Georgia is concerned. For, in
acquiescing in the “ Compromise Measures ”
of 1850, she has distinctly put the Fede
ral Government and its authorities upon
< terms. She has said, it must be a final
settlement; that agitation mast cease; that
the “Fugitive Slave Law ” must be faith
fully executed. !Siie has said it, and she
INTENDS TO STAND BY HER OATH
Senators and Representatives: the inter
ests of Georgia, and her future welfare,
so far as it depends upon our action, are
entrusted to us for the ensuing two years,
by a confiding constituency. In the exe
cution of our solemn trust, let us be ani
mated by a spirit of conciliation and har
mony; and in every measure adopted, let
all other feelings be merged into patriotic
devotion to the public good.
In performing the part assigned me,
under the Constitution and laws, I cannot
expect to avoid error; but I hope not to
deserve censure. I shall intend to do right,
even, if from imperfection of judgment, I
should do wrong.
May God bless Georgia, and may His
wisdom direct the deliberations of her
guardiaus.
THE JEFFEBSQNIAN
GRIFFIN. NOVEMBER 17, 1853
Upsou Superior Court.
We are authorized to state that Upson
Superior Court has been, by Judge Stark,
! adjourned over until the Second Monday in
January next. This is chiefly on account
of the continued indisposition of Colonel
Gibson, we understand.
Thanksgiviug.
We refer to the proclamation of Gov
Johnson, appointing Thursday the S?4tlv
iust. as a day of thanksgiving to Almigh
ty God for all his blessings and mercies
throughout the State.
Judge of the Coweta Circuit.
We perceive that Hon. O. A. Bull, Obe
diah Warner, and John L. Stephens,
Esqrs. are candidates to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Judge
Hill, the election to take place oh the first
Monday in Janauary next.
State House Officers.
The following gentlemen have been e
lected by the Legislature:
E. P. Watkins, of Henry, Secretary of
State.
E. Candler, of Carroll, Comptroller
General
John Trippe, of Putnam, Treasurer.
P. M. Compton, of Butts, Surveyor
G eneral.
J3r. C. P. Crane.
We call the attention of onr readers to
the Advertisement of Dr. Crane, which
will be found in to day’s paper. The doc
tor’s fame has preceded hitn. A friend of
ours, of the strictest integrity, a few weeks
ago, related to us sonic astonishing cures
which he had performed in Athens, and
the doctor has a letter now in his posses
sion, of recent date, from the well known
Rev. Dr. lloyt, who speaks of him in the
most flattering terms, and requests his
speedy return to Athens. We can speak
with confidence that Dr. C. is no humbug,
and his lecture cannot fail to be instruc
tive and interesting to all, and may be in
valuable to the health and sight of many.
Griffin and West Point Plank
Hoad.
I
In the proceedings of the House of Re
presentatives, 10th November, we find
the following resolution introduced by Mr. ’
Trice, of Pike county:
“A resolution instructing and requiring
the Solicitor General of the Flint Circuit
to institute legal proceedings for the for- i
feiture of the charter of the Griffin and
West Point Plank Road Company.”
This is quite a [modest request of the :
Legislature by Mr. Trice, and if granted, !
we have no doubt will be followed by oth-1
ers to take away almost every charter !
from every Plank Road and Rail Road j
Company in the State. The Charters arc
obtained for the very purpose of guarding
and defending the company's rights and
privileges granted under them. I his is
what the Griffin and West Point Plank
Road Company have done, and for this
Brother Trice wants to take away its char
ter. And when, and how? After fight
ing the Plank Road Company for four
years, and putting them to a vast expense
in the employment of counsel and attend
ance on the petty and frivolous suits--af
tcr spending all the money the good peo
ple of Pike county were willing to expend,
and more than they are willing to pay eat
of their county treasury—after the Supe
rior and Supreme Courts have pronoun
ced the Plank Road in the right, and act
ing in accordance with their charter in ev
ery matter of litigation which has been
brought against them, Mr.Trice now very
modestly asks the State to continue this
persecution, sustain a few men in Pike
county in this interminable quarrel with
the Plaiik Kowd Company, and prosecute
it at the public expense! What has the
Plank Road company done? For what is
the charter to be taken away from them?
From the date of that instrument they
have been assailed and’ annoyed by vexa
tious proceedings against them; they have
defended their rights and privileges as men
should defend them; they have been drag
ged into every kind of difficulty and beset
by every kind of annoyance; and now, af
ter their enemies have exhausted them
selves and their own means, Trice makes
the very moderate request of the Legisla
ture to instruct and require the Solicitor
General.to continue the fight at the ex
pense of the State Treasury. But Tom-
J my is not serious; we know lie cannot be;
he has too much sense; all this is for Bun
combe. Mr. Trice was elected by a very
small majority, not more than seven we’
think, and probably ho is under the im
pression that if he can only convincd some
of the enemies of the Plank Read Compa
ny that he hates that company right hear
tily, as a good Christian should do, they
may begin to like him in proportion.—
Mr. Trice was himself a subscribe!* lor
stock iu this company, but has not yet
paid his subscription or any part thereof,
although it has been adjudged that
he is legally bdhijd for the same/
Dnvis,Toouibs, Gaskiltaud Suu
dy.
I We have all heard the axiom, that
there is but one step from the sublime to
the ridiculous, and no dpiibt the caption
of this article will bring the saying to
the minds of many of our readers, as it
did to us. The matter alluded to in the
letter published below is emphatically a
quarrel betwedn Mr. Toombs and Col.
Jeff Davis, the dne a United States Sen
ator of the State of Georgia, the other an
ex-Senator of the State of Mississippi, and
now one of the Cabinet ministers. Air.
Gaskill did but report the substance of
Mr. Toombs’ speech at Fayetteville, which
is attested to by three as trustworthy gen
tlemen as cat) be found in Fayette couuty
or any where else. Thus far, if the quar
rcWbcX of sublimity, it is at
least confined to gentlemen of highly re
spectable standing. But when we see
Sandy trying to wriggle and worm him
self into the melee, it really throws an air
but little removed from the ridiculous and
farcical, over the whole matter. It
puts us in mind of a picture we saw
many years ago, which represented a con
siderable row; there were athletic fellows,
some with chairs, others with table legs,
axe handles, and the like, doing their best.
Among the most prominent was a military
m’au in high top boots, and while he is
lathering away a little poodle is very com
posedly doing his do, with one leg hoisted
over the military boot. We leave it to
our readers to make out who represents
the military man in boots and who the
little poodle. As to the ridicule attempt
ed to be thrown over the character and
standing of Mr. Gaskill, by tire editor of
the American Union, it will fall as harm
less to the ground as did the coarse and
vulgar abuse of Mr. Toombs in his Fay
etteville speech. It will avail as little to
tell Mr. Gaskill’s birth-place. Mr. Gas
ten years ago
a whig, imbued with the principles he had
learnt in his native State, where lie had but
little opportunity of learning any thing
else. But after he came to Georgia, and
had a fair opportunity of contrasting the
principles of the two leading parties of
the country, and judging impartially of
them, honesty and patriotism pointed him
to the Democratic party as the true
friends of the Bepublic, and he marshalled
himself under their banner. This is tbe
head and front of Mr. Gaskill’s offence.—
The editor of the American Union says
himself, he “belmved very well for a while,”
which we suppose means as long as he be
haved as a whig, for Mr. Gaskill’s moral
character has ever boon unexceptionable.
Nor is it true that he has quit divinity for
law. He preached a vary excellent ser
mon at Milledgeville the day preceding the
opening of the present session. Mr. Gas
kill is a young man, not of course as well >
known abroad as Mr. Toombs, but at j
home as well and as honorably cousidered, /
and it is only getting into a difficulty with
the boot black and not Mr. Gaskill for lit
tle poodles to throw up their leg upon him
while he is otherwise engaged.
Favettevilub, Ga , Oct. 29, 1853.
Mr. Murray
Sib —My attention was called on yes
terday to an article in your paper, in
which you used my name rather roughly.
You insinuated that my “inordinate am- j
bition*’ has been guilty of ‘‘false color- \
irig,” and accuse me of being in a “dirty
business,” and hold me up “to be scorn
ed by everv- lover of peace,” and then
very complacently assert that you “do
not wish to do Mr. Gaskill any injus
tice.”
I am thankful to you for yrur kind feel
ings for me, yet I think you have an odd
way of showing them. Why did you not
discuss the merits of that correspendence
to which you refer, and not trouble
yourself so much about my “object in
tended” in “getting up the correspond
ence?” You express a desire for me to ex
plain to the public the object mien ’ed.
1 told you my object, which was to do
right.
I do not tlnnk you for your presump
live charge upon me of dishonesty. So
careful 1 to avoid “false coloring”
in my letter to Mr. Davis, that 1 obtain
ed .he signatures of the clerks of the
Superior and Inferior Oour's and Ordina
ry, in support of its truthfulness. We
were very anxious for the reply to follow
Mr. Toombs during the canvass, hoping
it might counteract ih'e’ impression
which he created against* us, as we
thought in an unfair manner In that!
published coriespundence 1 told you that
1 had been advised to publish it, by wise
democrats, and you also saw that 1 left
its publication entirely discretionary with
the editor of the Jefferson an, and yet you
desiru “not to do any injustice” to me,
supposi g hat I urn * Peking a little r otn
riety.
I have been connected with public life
in Georgia, in one way and another, for
over six years, and it has never occured
to me, before 1 saw’ it in your paper, that,
1 might “build up lor myself a little noto
riety” by doing that which would pro
voke the no:ice of the American Union
Besides, 1 have not forgotten that that
paper, some two years ago, did what it
could to create for me a little notoriety,
in such a manner as ought to make the
blush of shame crimson any respectable
editor's cheek.
If my friend Mr. Toombs is such an
able dSßateVj'tfia# I have to call in Mr.
Davist in my behalf, why did not the
editor-of ihe American Union help Mr..
Toombs’ speech in Griffin, during the;
lasi canvass, to a little notoriety, by giv- 1
ing it a passing compliment, according
to the common courtesy that obtains
among partisan edito'rs, especially, to
wards those whom their party dignify
with high public station? The result, of
the elections shows that even iu Griffin
you needed all the appliances .pf partizan
warfare to keep your boat afloat and save
it from the breakers raised by the influ
ence pf such men as Davis, Johnson, and
others, whom you do uot scruple to call
disuuioiiists if Mr. loombsdoea, by char-/
ging Mr. Davis with holding a position in’
JBSO that would, if persisted in “lead to
a dissolution of the Union.”
Mr. Toombs does not talk in that
roundabout way, and you Jtnpw it. He
is a positive man. Hq , ( tnakes bold
charges and stands to thejfc, “right or
wrong,” as , a distinguished American
once, said of his country. You have
p.tit an explanation for Mr. Tooinbs
which he would “scorn” to pnt up for
himeJf. ; ,
If “the object intended in getting up
the correspondence and publishing it”
was to give Mr. Davis an opportuni*
tv for himself to speak to the, people of
Georgia in teply to charges made
against him, not by Mr. Toombs, but by
nearly all of the stump orators of the
Toombs and Jenkins party, was that ob
ject worthy? Is it right for the execu
tive officers of a nation to be informed by
those who gave them place, and placed
upon them heavy respopsibiliti*s, of
what is doing to break theih down in the
affections of the people? Then I have
done only right. I reported nothing
falsely to Mr. Davis, and I alone am not
responsible for what waa repotted.
There are several that have been en
gaged in this matter, and my friend Mur
ray had better commence on some of the
others, as he has on me, and see how he
will get along with them.
You are greatly worried about “cross
words” between Mr. Davis and To -mbs,
and the peace and quiet of the people,
since Mr. Davis has seen cause to speak
with some severity of Mr. Toombs; but
Mr. Toombs can perambulate the State
and severely handle Mr. Davis, and all
is right—all for the peace and quiet of
the people, in the view of the fair and
honorable dealing editor of the American
Union.
llow much indignation do you sup
pose you have raised against me as a dis
tuiber of the peace and quiet of the
people, by your fears of a national calam
ity? lam a lover of peace and fair and
honorable dealing, and shall only seek
‘‘a little notoriety” at present, by request
ing Mr. Murray to insert this article in
replv to an editorial of hie paper of this
week, headed “Jefferson Davis and
Robert Toombs,” and composed entirily
of an attack upon “V. A Ga.-kill.”—
We do not wish to do Mr. Murray any
injustice, and only refer to his editorial
as we do to give him an opportunity to
explain to tiie public, the object intended
by him to be accomplished by getting up
that ediiotial nnd publishing it.
Hoping that Mr. Murray may be able
to explain to the public that that editori
al was not caused by a little political
spleen, now nearly two year3 old, which
the tooth of time ought to have gnawed
from any honorable bosom long ago, 1
close. Respectfully,
V. A. G ASK ILL.
F. S—We affirm the entire truthful
ness of Mr- Gaskill’s letter to Mr. Davis.
J. L. Blalock,
Alfred Brow's,
Wit. J. Russell.
Governor's Election.
The official returns, as counted out !>y
the Legislature, exhibit a vote for Gov
ernor of 94,772, of which Mr. Johnson re
ceived 47,733 and Mr. Jenkins 47,128,
giving Judge Johnson a majority of 510
votes.
Gov. Johnson waVinaugurated on Wed
nesday the 9tU Just, iu t-ho House of Rep
resentatives, both branches of the Legis
lature, Gov. Cobb, Mr. Jenkins, the Jud
ges of the Supreme and Superior Courts,
members of Congress, and all other dig
nitaries of the State that were in Milledge
ville being present, not forgetting a large
per ceut of the fair, although the morning
was lowering and unpropitious. Governor
Johnson made an admirable inaugural ad
j dress, which will be found in our preceding
1 columns.
The editor, of the Savannah Courier,
writing from Milledgeville, says— ‘The In
augural Address, which I enclose, is a ve
ry creditable and manly document. It is
chaste in thought and diction. In senti
ment, it is wholly uuoxceptionable, and
many of the recommendations are highly
commendable. Governor Johnson seems
to have risen entirely above the foul at
mosphere of party, and like a true patriot,
recognizes his relation and responsibility
to the whole people.”
The Home Journal.
-H id we roam we should publish the
prospectus of this excellent paper, publish
ed by Morris & Willis in the city of New
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Annual Sessions.- —A bill has already
been introduced in bpth branches of the
Legislature to return to annual segsieqj.
1 he feeing is very J^cheraHn
ville in its favor. It wifTtfr doubt be car
. ried; but as it is a constitutional measntu
jit will require two sessions a bill.
Mr. Gaston has introduced a bill in
Senate to change the Mure of holding Su
perior Court in MjprJJvi&ther county, roa :
king its sittings “one ‘week tater. ’
New. York Elections.— As was expect
ed from the rancor and animosity exhibit
ed by the two democratic factions in New
York, they have lost .every thing, the
whigs being entirely bar lying
their whole ticket, except the Judges of
the Court of Appeals. . Thfe Whig ma
jority in the Legislature is 10 in the Senate
k and 60 in the House.
Proceedings of the Legislature.
We intend to give a synopsis of the pro-
C3ed*ngs of both branches of this body,
from week to wsejk, as far as we have
rooni, arid the proceedings are of public
interest.. .
On Wednesday* it being inauguration
chty’ the houses assembled in their re
spective rooms at the ostial time, but noth
ing of. importance was done until the in
auguration of Judge Johnson, as Govern
or of the State, which took place in the
Representative chamber at 12 o’clock, af
ter which both Houses adjourned for the
remainder of the day.
At night the Inauguration Ball took
place, at which the fair daughters of Geor
gia were honorably and handsomely rep
resented. Miss Keziah Stark, daughter
of Hon. Judge Stark, wc believe was the
only lady from Griffin. If any one com
plains that there were not more, we refer
them to the fable of the she wolf and the
iioncss. Miss Ray, daughter of Hon John
Ray, of Newnan, did the honor for our
neighbors of Cow-eta. The night was fair,
and the ball went off quite agreeably.—
he company was large.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday were
taken up by the Legislature, for the most
part in receiving bills and reading them a
first time, and passing resolutions that
required immediate attendance.
On Friday, George Troup Howard.
Esq., was elected Judge of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer in the city of Savau •
nah.
On the same day Gen. Win F. Brantly
was elected directer of the State Bank oil
the part of the State.
Same day L. E. Bleckley, of Atlanta,
was elected Solicitor General for the Cow
eta Circuit.
A large number of petitions for new
counties have already been presented to
the Legislature, and bills introduced for
the same.
Gov. Johnson, reviewed the Cadets of
the M arietta Ins Rate on Thursday. The
display was attended by a large number
of spectators of both sexes.
In reference to the Senatorial question,
the Savannah Republican (whig) makes
the following remarks.
Light begins to break upon the senato
rial question. The democrats met in cau
cus last night, and adopted the two-thirds
rule; —that is, they determined that a
vote of two-thirds of the party should he
necets try to a nominatim.. They adopted
this rule by a majority of five, against the
unanimous vote of Mr. Cobh’s friends,
and that too, notwithstanding there were
18 absentees, McDonald and Iverson men
who refussed to go into causus. The
rule is understood to apply only, where
there are three or more candidates. No
nomination was made, though it was de
cided , I learn, that the party should go
into a nomination at anothei lime.
The Senatorial question therefore, is
still involved in gieat uncertainty.—
Whether either of the aspirants can obtain
a vote of two-thirds, or if not, wheth
er the party will go into the election, or
whether the friends of one of the candi
dates will unite with the Union men
and stave off the election till the next
session, a r e questions which it would be
folly f jt me to attempt to answer in ad
vance. Possibly Mr. Cobb will be able
to unite two-thirds of his party upon
him, for he is an unrivalled tactician;
j possibly Mr. McDonald will be abie to do
the same, and possibly Mr. Iverson will
whip iu and beat them both.
Judge Starnes and Col. Henry L. Bcn
ning wc understand, were elected on
Tuesday last Judges of the Supreme Court,
the latter in place of Judge Nesbit.
Gov. Cobb's Biannual Message.
Wc publish to-day the major portion of
Gov. Cobb’s message to the Legislature,
at the opening of their session, it will be
found by those who peruse it, to be quite
an interesting State paper, taking a gene
ral review of the public atlairs ol the State,
and treating them in a masterly manner-
We shall publish the remainder of it next
week. It is a plain unpretending business
document, just what it should be; no
great flouiL-hcs; no effortr to show what
Gov. Cobb has done, or how well he has
done it; but the simple talc of what has
been done and what is needed for the
j beuefit of the commonwealth,
j In this connection, in regard to the
1 State Road, the editor of the Columbus
i Times makes the following remarks:
j The Governor recommends a lease of
the State Road to a Corporation for 25
years at 5 per cent, on the investment.—
While we approve the suggestion, we ob
ject to the terms of the lean. We are in
formed upon the best authority that 300,-
000 dollars per annum, can be got for the
road, on a lease of five years, and at the
end of that time the profits of the road will
be greatly increased, and that the State
can get a still larger sum for the next suc
ceeding five years.
Under the management of the late able
s jpeti itendents the resources of the road
! have so increased, as to leave no doubt of
j the fact, that under proper management a
large revenue will accre to the State from
this source. This is a strong argument
against the sale of the road at present.—
We are in favor of the State’s holding on
to the road until the State debt falls due.
The bonds of the State cannot be bought,
anil the money arising from a sale of the
road at this time, would either lie idle
in the Treasury, or be squandered by im
provident legislation. If the road is leased
we suggest to tho Legislature to appro
priate the funds to the completion of the
Railroad system of Georgia, at least, uu
til the bonds of the State fall due. The
whole State have contributed to build the
road, and by this use of the money arising
ft'pvp the lease of the road, every part ol
the; State will participate in the benefits
of this great enterprise.
Annual Sessions.— We cordially sanc-
Jatoju the recommendations of Gov. Cobb in
this regard Wc have always regarded
‘bianuial sessions as a humbug. The ex
perience of the State proves that nothing
comparatively is saved in a pecuniary point
of view, by the change, and the public in
terests often suffer bv the delay, incident
46 bianuial sessions.
Western & Atlantic Bailrou
A report is made by the Superinten
dent and Treasurer of the Railroad, to
his Excellency Gov Cobb, on the 30th
September, 1853, from which we copy
the following facts:
The amount of capital invested in the
road, and in the equipment, under the
tmad of construction, up to that date
was $4,578,544 80. This we suppose
includes only the money actually paid
out since the commencement of the wmk.
If interest were calculated on the same,
some millions more would have to be
added to the amount.
The aggregate receipts for ‘he vear
just en led have amounted to $900,485 t
86, and the disbursements to $900,534
40. These receipts were in pari from
the sale of State Bonds issued in conform
ity with an act of our last Legislature.
Toe gross Warnings of the Road from
Ist of October 1852, to th* 30th Sep
tember 1853, amount to $447,876 06
Expenses for working and main’aining
the Road during same peri0d,241,167 05,
about 52 per cer.t on the gross earnings.
The Superintendent estimates that the
gross earnings of the Road for fiscal year,
ending 30th September 1854, will not
fall short of $609,000. These estimates
further contemplate a perfect Road, well
equipped, and a return to the State Trea
sure of upwards of SIIB,OOO in 1856;
$196,000 in 1857; $170,000 in 1858; and
a net profit of 500,0000 r upwards in 1859.
These are some of the results of the
past, and estimates of the future working
of this great State enterprise it has
been a rather Slow Coach so far as profits
are concerned. Some twenty yars will
have e'apsed before the first red cent
of interest comes back to he capitalist
However, we have no complaint to make.
The conception of this great work was
bold and Mutesman-hke, and the Legis
lature of 1836 manifested great fore-cast
in adopting and taking steps to carry it
i into excution. One of the richest and
most beautiful sections of our Slate has
been hereby developed and made to blos
som like the rose. We only hope that
the future results may not fall short of the
foregoing estimates.— Col. R:nqnicer.
On taking the Chair, Mr. Ward ad
dressed the House substantially as fol
lows:
Gentlemen of the. Untie of Representatives:
W bil&t 1 am not insensible of ibe high
honor you have conferred upon me, and
the manner in which you have called me
to this station, I must rely much more
on the kindness which his summoned
me to it, than my own ability. I bring to
the performance of the responsibilities of
this office an anxious desire, that when
we leave ihese halls, its duties shall have
been so peifoimed that the feelings you
now express forme may be increased and
not diminished. The future is before us.
Our lecoid is yet unwritten. When the
brief authority with which we are now
clothed shall have been surrendered hack
to the people of Georgia, what shall that
record present? If we look abroad over
our State, and contemplate her vast re
sources, there is enough to exehe the lof
tiest emotions us pride. It is only when
we reflect on the warring passions of
man that the fears of the patriot are fc
roused. In a iree government, party’
spirit and pariy stiife must exist; —let
that spirit be tempered with personal
kindness, and that strife be to advance the
interests of our State. When we cease
so struggle for this end, vie destroy trie
only jewel that glitters in the chain of
parly. I'e may and w ill commit errois,
but if our acts be directed so to amend
the laws of the State, as to develope her
resources, uphold her honor, and advance
her people in moral and intellectual cul
ture, we may leave the rest to the char
ity of a noble constituency.
The G dveston ■ Jfaivs h is the following
intelligence relative to the Henderson,
Houston and Galveston contemplated
railroad:
We are gratified to announce the arri
val by the Louisiana to-lay, of Col. Li
cy, who has been so anxiously looked for
by many of our citizens. He h is succeed
ed in his great enterprise beyond our ex
pectations. The stock for the whole road
has been taken, the company fully orga
nized, and several hundred hands are now
on their way to this city, some from Eu
tope, and some from New Yoik. d'he fol
lowing items have been furnished us by
Col. Lacy:
‘1 he directors for the above road are:
Richard Kinball, of Ntw Yoik; Aaicn
H. Bean, do ; John ii Hand, do.; W.
J. Valentine, banker, Loudon; Wm. C.
Lacy, Galveston.
The principle office will be at New York.
A sub-board of directors will soon be ap
pointed in this city.
Mr. J. L. Ripley, of London, is the con
tractor, and by agreement, will be here
in about 30 days.
About 300 men have been engaged in
Bremen, and are now on their way to
this city.
One hundred men vice engaged and Lfl
N York for this city by the brig Lamar
tine on the 221 October, consigned to
iVJes rs. R. & 1) G. Niills.
One hundred mote were engaged to
leave N. Y for this place about the 13th
of this month, by one of the Texas line of
vessels, consigned to Wni. He dly & Cos.
Professor Forshey, with a corps of engi
neers, will be here in steamer Peisever
ance, on Friday next.
The road will be graded for a double
track, and the work will be commenced
in this city.
Very bad leg cared by Holloway's Pills
and Ointment. — The foreman at the large
paper-mill near Armagh ( the property ol
Mr. from excesssive confin*.-
nient and being employed so much on
his feet, had one leg swollen to such an
extent as ultimately to break into ulcers,
from which he suffered so severely as to
incapacitate him from attending to his
duties; it was a desperaie case, but this,
like many of the same nature, was quick
ly healed by using these powerful reme
dies. All wounds, abcesses, contracted
and stiff joints, as likewise white swell
ings, tumors and other unnatural enlarge
ments, are readily cured by the use cf
Holloway’s Pills and Ointment.
The Cholera has swept away nearly
one third of the bauds on the sugar estates
in the neighborhood of Cardenas, Cuba,
and labor was very high.
They are building a steamboat in Onio
so long, that it takes two captains to com
mand her, one at each end.