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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 York, which we hope to do yet at a con venient season. In the mean time we clip and publish the following commendatory article from the Athens Herald, To which we cordially subscribe: ’ Messrs. Morris & Willis, so long and so favorably known-in, the literary world, offer extra inducements to the reading public to subscribe to their “'very popular family paper the eusuingyear. When we say that the “Home Journal” is the very best family paper wc know in America, we do not intend it as an unmeaning cofnpli meut; on the contrary, we mean what we say. We have known it long, and read it carefully and profitably, and the above may be taken as our estim te of its mer its. Those who wish a first-rate, high toned family paper next year, would do well to send their names anji mouey to Messrs. Morris tk Willis, 107 Nassau st. New York. The subscription priee of the Home Journal is two dollars, always pay able in advance. 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.