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LEGISLMWE PROCEEDINGS.
On tb* 19th, in the Senate, the bill to
change the county line between Spalding
and Pike wai read a third time, and the
▼ote being taken on its passage, it was
lost by a large majority.
Mr Boggess introduced a bill to attach
Carroll to the Coweta Circuit, and to fix
the time of holding courts.
The Governor returned the bill with his
signature, changing the time of holding
the Inferior Courts in Spalding county.
In the House, on the 25>h, Mr. Stokes
introduced a bill to amend the charter of
iht Zebulon Branch Railroad, approved
12th Jin. 1852, to extend said road, in
crease the capital stock, &c.
Mr. Masters, a bill for the gradual re
moval and permanent location of the
Penitentiary somewhere on the -State
Road, and to appropriate money for the
same.
Mr. McDougald, of Muscogee, a bill to
create the office of Attorney General of
Georgia. Also a bill to prohibit the
introduction of negro testimony, bond or
free, on the trial of any indictment against
any free white citizen of this State or on
the trial of any case at law or in equity
before anv court or tribunal, for or
against any free white ci:izen, in any case
or under any pretence whatever.
Mr. Cos ly laid on the table a resolu
tion, which waa adopted, to appoiut a
special committee to inquire into the ex
pediency of continuing the luferior Courts
of this State as at present organized, or
f electing one Justice of said Court (or
each county, and let him be compensated
for his services.
On the 22d, iu Senate, Mr. Moseley
presented a bill to lay oat and organize a
new county from the counties of Fayette
and Henry. The Jonesboro county bill.
In the House, on the same day, Mr.
Walker, of Richmond, Chairman of the
Committee on Internal Improvements,
made, a report, accompanied by a bill, to be
entitled an act to incorporate a company,
to be called the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company, and to lease and to
let to the said company, the Western and
Atlantic Railroad for the term of twenty
years, which was read for the first time.
‘I his bill is drawn up with great care
and circumspection, and provides for the
lease of the Road at two hundred and fif
ty thousand dollars per annum for the
time mentioned—rent to be paid semi
annually.
The same lull was introduced in Senate
on the same day.
Correspondence of the Savannah Journal.
Milledgeville, Nov. 22.
The disappointment amoiig the friends
of Gov. McDonald, at the refusal of the
Senate to attend on the day previously *-
greed upon, to go into the election of Uni
ted States Senator, was deep and general,
‘l ime, however, haa in some degree smooth
ed this exasperation, and the active mea
sures taken by Gov. Cobb's friends, to
conciliate the Union Democrats, who thus
held out, (but who wexe found to be nn
controllable,) has gone far to re-establish
a better feeling, and the breach in the
Democratic Party which appeared inevi
table from the course of things here, will,
I prophecy, be entirely healed by the elec
tion of a Democrat before the session clo
ses.
It is said that neither Governor Cobb
nor McDonald, should suffer their person
al promotion to stand in the way of the
success of the party, and I shall not bt
surprised to learn, that they both decline
the contest, and that the Senatorial man
tle will fall upon other shoulders. This is
a prediction I hinted in your paper more
than a week ago. Mark the result.
They say if the present state of things
continues, that the Senatorial election two
years hence, will open wide the breach
now seriously threatened, and thus lose
the electoral vote of the State to the Dem
ocratic party, beyond a doubt, in the next
Presidential contest. These views are
controlling the most sagacious of the party
here, and I predict that the result will be
a restored harmony, and the election of a
Democratic U. S. Senator.
Who this may be, of course, is all a
matter of speculation. Hon. R. M. Charl
ton, and Hon. A. H. Chappell, are both
spoken of in connection with such a result.
“But nous verrons.”
To day, in Senate, Dr. Singleton, of
Lumpkin, reported a bill to incorporate a
Company to be known as the Savannah
Rabun Gap and Dahlonega Railroad
Company. The bill seeks the aid of the
State, and proposes the construction of a
Railway from Eatonton, the terminus of
the line from Savannah via Milledgeville,
to Madison in Morgan county, thence to
Athens in Clark county, thence to Jeffer
son in Jackson county, thence to Clarks
ville in Habersham county, thenee to Clay
born in Rabun county, and thence to the
Blue Ridge railroad running from Charles
ton to Chattanooga.
The bill for the pardon of Elijah Bird,
under the sentence of death for the murder
of his brother-in-law in Atlanta, was the
order of the day in the House, for this
morning. The House adjourned at noon,
without coming to any decision.
Ihe correspondent of the Savannah
Republican prescribes the following synop
sis of the bill:
Mr. Anderson, of yonr city, from the
committee on Internal Improvements, in
troduced an important bill in the Senate
this morning. It provides for the lease of
the State Railroad for the term of twenty
years, to a company to be known as the
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company.
The capital stock of the company is fixed
at $500,000. Books of subscription are
to be opened at the same time at Savan
nah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Atlanta
and Athens. No Railroad or Banking
Company shall be allowed to subscribe for
any portion of the stock of said company,
until after the expiration of 30 days from
the opening of the books for subscription,
and then only for so much of it as shall
not hare been taken by individuals. No
citizen or company of another State ahull
be permitted to become a stockholder; nor
shall any person in the employ of any oili
er Railroad Company beau officer upon
this Road. The Company leasing the
Road shall pay for the same the sum of
$250,000 per anuum, in half yearly instal
ments; an inventory of the condition of the
Road at the time of the lease, its cars, de
pots, quality of the iron, appurtcnauces,
lie., shall be made out by three competent
persons under oath, said inventory to be
tiled in the Executive office at the seat of
government; and the company shall return
tne Road and every thing connected with
it in the same condition as when it took
ossessiou. The office of the campsny
shall be at Atlanta. The bill farther pro- 1
vides for the faithful performance of the
duties and obligations of the company, and
secures the rights and interests of the
State, and other Railroad Companies, as
effectually as cun be desired.
Correspondence of Hie Savannxh Daily Genri#n.
MILLEDGEVII.Lt, Nov. 23
There was nothing done in the Senate
this afternoon, except the reading of a
number of bills the second time In the
House the bill for the pardon of Elijah
Bird, of DeKalb, was under consideration,
and after able speeches were made by
Messrs. Rucker, Lamar, and McDougald
for the prisoner, and Messrs. Strot *er and
Reynolds against him, the bill was put upon
its passage, and lost by a vote of yeas 43,
nays 64.
Both house? have adjourned over to
Friday morning, as to-morrow is Thanks
giving day.
We attended to-night a meeting of the
Temperance Convention, in the House of
Representatives. Prof Luther Smith, of
Emory College, first addressed the meet
ing, and was heard with much interest by
the audience until he very unfortunately
alluded to the visit of the last Legislature
to the City of Savannah, and charged
that body with being ‘‘in a drunken
spree,” to the neglect of the business of
the Mate. This assertion called up Mr.
Irwin, of Wilkes, who publicly proclaimed
it to be false. Mr. Smith, iu a subsequent
speech explained himself, saying that he
intended no insult to the members of the
last Legislature, and asked pardon of all
who considered themselves insulted Mr.
Lester, of Forsyth, then addressed the
body, in a very appropriate manner,
giving the grounds and reasons which the
convention have in presenting the petition,
and explaining the nature and substance
of that petition Loud and repeated
calls were then made, from all parts of the
house, for the famous temperance lecturer,
commonly known as ‘‘Uncle Dabney
Jones,” who appeared and made quite a
lengthy harangue, much to the amuse
ment of the crowd.
The Chairman announced that in con
formity to a resolution passed by the
Atlanta Convention—a silver Goblet was
to be awarded to the committee-man from
the county that had the largest number
of signers to the temperance pledge, for
this year. Thin prize was given to the
county of Effingham. Mr. Guyton of Effing
ham, upon receiving it, returned his thanks
to the Chairman, in a short but very ap
propriate speech.
Yours respectfully, McC.
On the question to postpone the elec
tion of U. S. Senator, in Senate, on the
18th inst. the Columbus Times & Sentinel
remarks, after giving the yeas and nays:—
“It may be proper to add, that Stell was
in the chair; of Coweta, sick; Brown,
of Thomas, absent; Deadwyler voted with
the whigs in the preliminary questions, but
was either absent or silent on the last call.
Anderson, of Chatham, was present
when the question was first raised, but
did not vote, and left before the main
question was put.
“We have been thus particular, in or
der that the people may know and mark
the men who have defeated the popular
will, and hold them to a strict accounta
bility for their action. We leave you to
make an appropriate commentary up
on their conduct. It is suspected by some
persons that Howell Cobb is at the bot
tom of this movement. He left the city
yesterday. We earnestly hope that such
is not the case. We learn that he urged
his friends to abide by the nomination of
his party. He owes it to his own good
favor to exert bis utmost influence to
bring his friends (if iadeed they are his
friends) to a proper view of their party
obligations. We do not know that any
of the gentlemen who voted with the whigs
to defeat the will of the party so clearly
ascertained by a vote of two-thirds of the
members of a Democratic caucus, were
present and acting with the party in their
nominations. We have heard that Mr.
Anderson, of Chatham, has never co-ope
rated with the party, since it was ascer
tained that there was no chance for his
election to the Presidency of the Senate;
and it may be the case with others; if bo,
we cannot charge them with bad faith,
but we certainly are excusable if we call
in question their Democracy.”
Correspondence of (he Savannah Republican.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Nor. 241 h.
This being Thank-giving day, neither
House of the Legislature is in session.—
t he Senate was engaged yesterday after
noon in reading bills a second time, and
the. House in discussing the hill to pardon
Elijah Byrd. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Rucker of Elnert, Lamar of
Newton, and McDougald of Muscogee,
for the condemned man, and by Messrs.
Strother of Lit edit and Reynolds of
Newton, against him. A vote was fi
nally taken upon the bill, which was lofil
by a considerable majority. So *he poor
fellow must prepare tor ‘.he gallows.
The removal of ihe seat of government
continues to be an absorbing topic with
members of the Legislature. I find that
some of the leading citizens here are more
indifferent upon the question than I had
•upposed. The seat of government, they
•ay, has been of but little advantage to
Milledgeville; it attracts but little, if any,
business here; and if vra except the
hotel keepers, they say it is of no great
consequauce to a large majority ot the
citizens what is done with the Capitol.
They claim, however, and will insist
that if the seat of government is remov
ed, the Penitentiary shall be also. They
will not consent to have Milledgeville
made the Botany Bay of the State. If
they cannot reap the advantages conse
quent upon the locatioo of the Capitol,
they are resolved not to submit to the
disadvantages arising from the Peniteuti
ary.
This is right, if one goes, let the other
go also. Atlanta seems to be agreed up
on as the most suitable point for the fu
ture location of the Peuitentiary, and I
think it highly probable that a bill will
be passed at*the present session to
remove it to that place.
There is a majority in both houses, I
think, in favor of changing the seat of
government; and yet i doubt whether it
will be done by the present Legislature,
for the reason that the Iriemis of temovai
are not agreed among themselves as to the
place where it shall be carried. A ma
jority would prefer Macon; others again
are opposed to removal, unless it be to
Atlanta; a third class is in favor ot Grif
fin; and a fourth is of opinion that Indian
Springs should be selected as the place
•nd that vra should have summer se<*-
aions.
Milledgeville, N'v. 26.
Mr. Editor.-— Having a lew monte
of leisure, I will drop VOU ■. few tim
upon matters and tneaeur.-? social sod
Legislative, and I trust th;t I shall •><>
he betrayed into expressions too hasty u
sentiments too imprudent, such as nn<
have escaped me in my last epistle. Pei
htp* under the heating \< flueoce of the
moment I may have indulged i* expres
sions too denunciatory and un: r n:-r -e<!
expletives; and my fe*ti-.*s being a little
mollified hv ‘he crowing of the Tor\
cocks over their victory, I coubl not lor
hear an attempt to rasp their spurs a lit
tle
The Mouse has been engaged from
Tuesday morning until I hursday upon
the bill for the pardon of Elijah Bird.
Mr. Smith of DeKalb opam and toe debate
with a speech against tne condemned,
which for preparation of two War
evinced wonderful eloquence and un
equalled legal attainments. He closed
whh the remark that he had with him a
pptiMon from several hundred c'UZet.s of
DeKalb, praying against the pardon of the
prisoner. Mssrs. McDmgiM, L mrr,
Thorn'onan I Rucker addressed the House
in behalf of the condemned matt, an
Messrs. Irvin, Pottle, Reynolds and Btr.
ther against the bill. Mr Lamar, of
Newton made a decided impiessimi upon
the House in an able and truly eloquent
speech, and had the vote been take ii i>-
medialcly upon his close it is the general
impression that the bill would have pas
sed without difficu'tv. He is considered
very justly as one of the most talented
members in the lower House. The lull
was lost by a vote of 42 to 64, hut w.is
brought up for reconsideration, ami, as
Bird's execution is appointed on next
Friday, a respite has been granted by the
Governor until a reconsideration can be
had. He wiil probably be paidoned.—
At least a great many think so.
Thursday being set .apart as a day of
Thanksgiving and prayer, the Legislature
adjourned until Friday morning Dr.
Talniadge, President of Oglethorpe Uni
versity, delivered a beautiful and appro
priate address, of which the House order
ed 250 copies to be printed. The rest
of Thanksgiving day was duly solemnized
at the barrooms and other resorts tor the
refreshment of the people, and the grand
fandango, given on Thursday mghi by
the votaries of the Cyprian queen, wa>
honored with the presence anU paitici
pation of many of our moial Repress.un
lives. At that slime aie laid many vo
tive offerings drawn from iht- S ate 1 reft*
sury, anti the Fart* banks at*- the favorite
place* of deposits fit he p*r diem ti.iun
ces of a goodly nu über
The meeting of the ct-n r-tl com nine**
appointed ai the Aila.'itu S.aie IVmpe
ranee convention, was held in the Ke,irc
sentative Hail, and me auuie readdress
ed by Prof. L. M. Smith of Emmy Col
lege, Mr Les'er ‘*f<On toe cr.cn iiet*.
democracy <>f uppon Ge -igia,'’ as lm cty -
ied bi.nself, i>(l ‘'Ukm D U ey” the
State Te-uperaii'*.- sc- u •••. in if course
of Piot. Smith’;* ‘iiia ks lc (**re
the visit of me ! ?.?•: L- iv* o * • *>a-
naa, and said tha; Georgia L*-g v
tore on a spree .;*. line spectacle t-r
the people, a drunken Govwii'of and u -
toxicated Legislators. Whereupon M .
Irvin of ('ite of me n-scliinn f .)
arose and pronounced it * false impo
lion; *aymg toa* he ‘■■<*. a member o ir,.-
body *ii<! he saw no one •bu k - ,at
all. The speaker thereupon apologized,
but stated that he had only sp k- n upon
the authority of the Milledgeville papers.
One of the members of the assem
bly who was also present on that “spree”
however, informed me that ire helped his
fellow iegi.-lator* to drink belwee., stx
and seven hundred bottles of cnariij.nigne
in one day, and I inferred that if none o|
them became sublimated (we should rmi
call a legis'ator drunk) atter imbibing
that quantity, they must have swallowed
half the sandbar* in toe Savannah River
r The central committee pre.-cmed a peii
tion, signed by sixteen thousand persons,
praying that the voters ofeach county
should be empowered to determine by
oatlot whether or not the retail system
should be permitted in their respective
counties. The Senate rectived the peti
tion by an almost unanimous vole.
Messrs Moseley, Cone, and a few others,
opposing its reception. No action has
as yat been taken as to the passage of
the bill.
A bill was .ntioduced the other day
instructing the committee on the State
Road to proceed to Chattanooga and ex
amine into ail the affairs of the Road, to
which Mr. Trice offeied as an amend
ment, that said committee be required lo
walk from Allauta to the t. rmitiua of the
road.
A resolution offered this morning
>.o crea'.j a chaplain of the House, and
iO appoint a chaplain to open every day’s
exercises with prayer. But being consid
ered, I presume, too old Fogyish, and
very justly thought to be an irreverent
burlesque, as it certainly would be, in the
Georgia Legislature, it* was voted down.
The House, with that self confident, self
reliant spirit so peculiarly characteristic
of all bodies ot wise, great and men,
did not conceive that the Georgia Legis
lature needed the assistance of Divine
Wisdom to guide and influ-nee their
coui oils, or the conltolling influence of
devotional exercises to etnbue their minds
with a sense ot the grave responsibilities
devolving ou them as the councillors ot
a great peop.e and the law mukeis of the
Empire bum of the South.
Ihe committee appointed to confer
upou the expediency of a removal oi the
seat of Slate Government, luve mu only
reported lu favor ul a change of local ion,
but urge it strongly upon l ie Legislature
I have heard none except trie Savannah,
Augusta aud Baida in membeis oppose
the removal, and tuey uni) oppose- tne
measure from motives of sed n.t-ies.
; Savuuuan oeiug iuiere teU 1.1 i..e tan roa;
here, ami tyie people ui Baldwin ot cour.-e
disapproving ot a change, h * ilt ue
several year* neioie a removal can take
place according to consiituit.<ual requite
menls , and me innigueis and wnc pU.i
ert: are uun.g then nand.-mio e*t to ptv
veot the passage oi the mil b. tot pr. se>.t
Aasexhijr. rVlmeogevi.l. i* aiu*pi
worn out ••'reck ot a pi .ee, aon It i.t ed
accommoGa OiiHi.il Uit-mlitin and i-iiuu
gers, and w<im.ui the .> n .i.vt inuuct
uieuts tor visitois, it .s eiaiineu to ot
the centre •! tne diate, nut <t is no
, means toe centre ot the 6uie population
j Atlanta or Gnttn wouil approach nearer
*o a papular central location.
The v t >.f* H< use ne Is enl rzerrenf; ihe
•Pe> t'cnli irv improvement and additions,
everv department of the S'ate under
.Mii'ive control and supervision is
call riji sot and demanding large .-appro
priation- anti extensions. Tiie v report
•<•, “th? present condition rf*pu"lic
oui:.lings; their dilapidated and decayed
situation; their size, structure and appear
'nee, are ‘he of every visitor to
our capiiol, and degr*d : ng to the pride of
every Georgian. Other Stales who are
a qualter of a centre behind ours in eve
*thing that makes a people great and
happv, in wealth and position, in civiliza
tion and refinement, in character at home
and reputation abroad, can boast of pub
lic grounds and legislative halls cotnpa
red with which ours sink into disgraceful
insignificance.” It is proposed to make
toe Stale House the Georgia Military
Vcademy, to eonveit the Executive
Mansion into Li erary Institution, and
to appropriate The other public out u
ings lo similar purposes, ail I
think the suggestion an excellent one.
S tve the interest involved by the propo
sal to temove the Legislature, nothing <(
any public importance is now on docket.
W. F. rt.
A letter of the 26th, from our Millcdge
ville correspondent W F. vwe were
obliged to lay over till next week.
THE JgfffaSMlAS
<*RIFFIW. DECEMBER 1, 1353
Saddle and Harness Making.
We call the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of Mr Jakes L. John
son, Saddle and Harness Maker. If any
one desires any thing neat in his line, Mr.
.Johnson is the man that can furnish it
His work is all of the first rate order.—
Try him and you will find it so.
Removal of the Capitol.
It is remarkable how cautious the bel
ligerents of Atlanta and Macon are, when
speaking on this subject, pever to mention
Griffin asOSjeof the places spoken of, to
whete probably the seat of Government
will be removed. On >, they never men
tion Griffin, although in the test question
before the Legislature, four years ago,
she reeeived seventy-odd vote3, while nei
ther Macon nor Atlanta could command
but about fifty votes. If the State House
is removed, Griffin should be the place of
its location, for many obvious ’reasons.—
But we are entirely easy on that subject,
notwithstanding we were obliged to sleep
iu the garret and eat in the cellar during
a few days sojourn at Milledgeville at the
beginning of the present session. We
think the effort to remove the seat of Go
vernment from Milledgeville will not pre
vail this session—perhaps not for some
sessions to come And yet, it might as
well be done at once, for it is very clear
that the agitation will continue from ses
sion to session until it be done No im
provements - ill be made in Milledgeville
iu the mean time, because whatever one
Legislature may think proper to do, they
have no powej? to biud a subsequent one
in regard to their action on the subject,
and sooner or later the removal will take
place; and when removed, the central po
sition, accessibility, health, good morals,
and ample accommodations, all point to
Griffin as the place of its future locatiou.
Our people had a public meeting on the
subject last Tuesday, and while they feel
no disposition to dictate or press their
claims upon the Legislature, in case of re
moval they will respectfully lay them be
fore that body for consideration, should
removal be decided On.
Our Milledgeville Correspondent is a
little to > tart again, according to our
taste. His denunciations, we admit, will
apply to tome of the members of the Le
gislature, but then there are many others
to whom they will not apply, and his bit
ter irony is too indiscriminate. Members
might return his compliments as we once
heard the celebrated Mrs. Annq ftoyal
turned down. She was ruling away a .
bout this sa~ e (Milledgeville) with
- cordon of fellows aronnd her, more a
mused than edified by her conversation.—
Among others was an ecceutric genius
from Savannah, who appeared to be quite
an attentive listener. Mrs. Anne, in the
course of conversation, remarked that she
had met but two gentlemen in Milledge
villc, and one of them was intoxicated.
Our Savannah friend could not stand that,
but forgetting where he was, or that he
was addressing one who passed for a la
dy, he called out, almost at the top of his
lungs, “Madam you must have kept d—d
bad company while in Milledgeville.” We
are afraid our correspondent ha3 only seen
one side of the picture in Milledgeville,
btill we are under obligations for his cor
respondence, particularly as it is volunta
ry, and of course he must be allowed to
treat his subjects in his wn way.
Sailing or EuiGiuxrs ron Liberia.—
The fine clipper ship ’’Banshee,’’chartered
by the A Qjrioau Colonization Society,
was to sail from Baltimore oil Wednesday
16th She was to take on board 127
emigrants at that porVaad touch at Nor
folk aud take 168 more, and nine white
missionaries. Os the emigrants 24 are
from Maryland, 90 from Kentucky and
Indiana, 9 from North Carolina, and 172
from Virginia. The Sun says they are
well provided With things necessary for
settling in anew country. The ship is
entirely loaded with them a id their provi
sions, n juse told effects, aud many things
are left beuiud t be taken by the next
vessel, to sa l about tne middle of Decern* 1
ber, aud touch at Savannah, Ga, to take
oti board about 200 emigrants.
Meeting •* Xntinsaal BeMMiati.
Such is the caption given to the details
of a meeting lately held at Washington, of
which some account is giren below. This
m*y be the name which this faction has
assumed, for so many disappointed cliques
hare lately sprung up, with such a rarie
ty of new names, that we hare lost the
run of them altogether. “What is there
in a name?” National is quite sonorous,
and ought to be something grand and
magnificent. So is Whig. But alas! how
are the mighty fallen, and the fine gold
become dim. To “steal the lirery of hea*
ren to serre the devil in,* is too common
now-a-days, to allow us to put much faith
in names. See what the Nationals hare
been doing at Washington:
Washington, Nor. 14.—The mestiug of
the adamantine Democrats to congratu
late the hards upon the result of the late
election in New York took place at Copp’s
Saloon to night. Charles S. Wattach was
appointed President, with 15 Vice Presi
dents, and the usual number of Secretaries.
Cornelius W. Wendall, offered a series
of resolutions, declaring that the nomina
tion and election of Pierce was in conse
quence of his unraistakeable national ante
cedents and known opposition to the con
duct and opinions of those who opposed
Cass in 1848; that the Baltimore platform
was not a general amnesty to such; that
the attempts of the departments to crush
the national Democracy in New York, de
serres the immediate attention and correc
tion of the President; congratulating the
New Yorkers on their signal victory over
freesoilism, deprecating the recent attacks
upon Dickinson, lie.
The resolutions hating been read, D. S.
Ratcliffc took the stand, and made an able
speech against the resolutions, charging on
the movers of the meeting hostility to the
President, and a design to sink the ad
ministration. This created great excite
ment, amid which Wendall replied. He
said he was instrumental in calling this
meeting, and asked if the President had
carried out the principles of the Democrat
ic party? Loud cries of “yes” and “no”
—much excitement-three cheers for Dick
inson, &c.
Mr. Overton, after the turmoil had sub
sided, was called out, and brle'dy stated
that the great question was not in opposi
tion to the administration, but whether
freesoilism should be an element in the de
mocratic party
The question on the resolution sras call
ed, when Mr. Ratcliffc reminded gentle
men that this was an attack upon the ad
ministration. Wendall denied it, when
much excitement followed, parties almost
coming to blows. Somebody moved an
indefinite postponement of the resolution.
Another wanted to offer a snbstitute.
Before the question was distinctly put,
Wra. 11. Thomas, deputy collector of this
port, sprang upon the platform and moved
an adjournment, prior to which he propo
sed three cheers for the administration,
which were given. Wallach, the chair*
man, then struck Thomas, knocking him
from the platform, when a general melee
ensued, lasting some time, but ending in
nothing serious. The meeting was of
course effectually broken up.
The Natioual Democrats are now sere
nading Beverly Tucker.
Foreign Intelligence.
The War in the Bast. —The Czar has
issued a violent and threatening manifes
to, declaring his determination to bring
the Porte to terms by force of arms.
By a telegraphic dispatch from the
French Consul at Bucharest, dated No
vember 6, it is announced that the second
and third divisions of the Turkish forces
had defeated the fourth division of the
Russians near Portutai. The Russians
had retired toward Bucharest, with loss 1
of 63D killed and wounded, including 14
officers of high rank.
A Russian war steamer had been burnt I
by the Turks near Arsora. The Russian 1
forces defeated constituted the main body 1
of the army in the Principalities, under j
Gen. Denneuburg.
The Turks have also been victorious in
Asia, under Selim Pasha, and trere pres
sing in along force towards Bucharest.
It is now believed that all attempts to
settle the difficulty by diplomacy must
fail—at least until a decisive battle shall
be fought.
The Russian army has been reduced br
sickness to 80,008, and no reinforcements
could arrive uuder six wogfcs from the last
accounts.
Austria having concentrated Urge bo
dies of troops on her frontiers, the Servian
Government have notified the Porte that
neither Austria or Prussia, should be al
lowed to occupy that territory, and their
population was called upon to arm. It is
reported that Austria thereupon pledged
neutrality, on condition that the Port*
would not give employment in his army to
Austrian r, fugees. There are fresh ru
mors of troops being raised in Egypt.
India. —Tue last overland mail brings
news from India that the Czar of the
Russians had effected an alliance with
Dost Mahomed, whereby the latter was
pledged to declare war against the Indo-
Britaunic possessions, if England contin
ued to espouse the Turkish cause. A
large Russian force was to enter Bak
hardi.
It was reported also that a large Per
siau army was collecting in aid of Russia,
but this is denied at Constantinople.
England.--1 he fleet at Spithead ha and
been ordered to prepare for sea by the
11th The order issued from a full Cabi
net Council, held on receipt of the above
intelligence from India.
France —On the trial of the opera
conspirators at Paris, it wa clearly
proved that a plot was on foot to assassin
ate Louis Napoleou.
Latest from the Ea3T. —The Russian
officers who have been taken prisoners
have been taken to Constantinople. The
allied fleets were in tha Bosphorus It
was rumored that the Turks had stormed
Bucharest.
i he Porte has decidedly rejected all
offers of diplomatic arrangements. It
was curroutly rumored that immediately
ou receipt of dispatches from Gen. Bara
guay D’ Hilliers, announcing his arrival
at Constantinople, 25,000 French troops
Would be ordered there.
Death of a Member. —The death of
Mr. Arnold, a representative from Pike
county, was announced by Mr. Trice in
the House on yesterday. The Seuate
was notified of the same t and both
Houses adjourned to 10 o’cl >ck to mor
row. Mr. Arnold died at trs residence
in Pike county.— Fed. Uni*n.
An Attempt to Murder —Four ne
grow, belonging to Col. Joseph A. L.
Lee, of this county j attempted to murder
Mrs. Lee a few day* since, in the absence
of her husband. They had been admin
istering a slow poison, but finding this in
effectual, they went to her room at night,
and had nearly succeeded in smothering
her, when she had presence of mind to
arouse her little son by pinching him,
whosa outcry alarmed some faithful ser
vants, who came to her rescue just in
time to save her from a brutal death. The
negroes have confessed theit crime, and
are now in jail, awaiting their trial.
They do not impute their evil designs to
any unkind treatment oi the part of their
miatress. Col. Times
Alabama Senatorial Election. —The
telegraph has sent forth from Montgome
ry throughout the Union, the gratifying
intelligence of the election of Messrs.
FiraPATiticx and C. C. Out, as United
States Senators from Alabama. Both
staunch Democrats, true Southerners,
and we take it, warm supporters of the
Administration of General Pierce Next
to tke defeat of Foote, that of Clemens
wae to us an object of strongest desire.
Both these men set out as the most flaming
of Southern patriots—only to astonish
us by a chilling change when the hour of
trial came. They have their reward! —
Reqniescant in pace. Savannah Georgia*.
President Pierce and the Pacific Rail
Road —The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Standard, in a late letter,
■ays:—“Senator Gwiun, (who has been in
this city several days,) called upon the
President, and laid before him all his plans
and specifications for the Pacific Railroad.
He failed, however, to impress upon the
mind of the President, that any one of his
imagined routes would do to construct a
Government road upon, however well any
of them would answer for a private com
pany to build on.”
This is the true Republican doctrine,
and we were satisfied Mr. Pierce would a
dopt it, from the first. Mr. Pierce has
too well studied the constitution to take
any other course.
Run Over it a Car. —A young nun by
the name of Cowan, from Twiggs coim
j ty, was run over by one of the cars of the
South Western Railroad, at Fort Valley,
‘on Saturday last. He was on the back
j platform of the passenger car as it wus
hacking. He fell, raised himself up, and
was ii the act of crossing the cast rail
when run over bv two of the wheel*
Ilia body was dreadfully msshe 1 an and
mangled—both the ancle an 1 thigh on
one sida was broken. He died in a few
Minutes. —Oglethorpe Democrat.
A telegraphic despatch tothe Augusta
papers, announces the su 1 leu death of
Judge Dougherty, at his residence at
Athens,on Saturday afternoon last. The
announcement vri l be read with the sin
cerrst rsgret by all who knew him, and
by many a Georgian, who only know of
him. Judge D mgherty has occ ipied for
many years, a distinguished position an a
lawyer, a jurist and a he
belonged to that class of
honor to a S ate. Nor wadjfl
teemed in the more secluM
life, where his many soci*Ht r
deared him to a large circle
acquaintances.
Cholbba Expbctbd.'—A late letter from
Philadelphia says: “Our authorities arc
urged with much spirit to prepare Phila
delphia for another visitation of cholera,
which appears at present to be sweeping
West from Europe with relentless force.
Ships arrive daily at New York quaran
tine, from Liverpool, with the dreadful
disease on board. I cannot see how New
York can escape this winter from a visita
tion of the epidemic. I sincerely trust
that she may, but it is hardly probable.—
Excellent sanitary regulations in the event
of iU arrival here this wirtcr lone can
save us from all the horrors which attend
the train of King Cholera.”
OBITUARY.
Painful duty calls on ue to record the
death of Wk. TV. Arnold, Esq. who de
parted this life at Zebulon, on
Mr. Agnoldjas is knoyru to many of our
reed.tr;, was out of the members elect of
Pike county to the House of Represen
tatives of the State Legislature He
nad proceeded to Milledgeville and occu
pied bis Beat but a few days, when he was
taken with pneumonia, carried home, and
in a few days expired. Mr A. was a
young man, aged about 33 years, and was
one of the most promising young members
af the bar in the Flint Circuit. The fol
lowing memorials of respect have been
passed by his neighbors and fellow-citi
zens:
T2UB7TS Or KfiSFSOT.
A meeting of the members of the Com
pany of Georgia Defenders was held on
Saturday the 26th inst. in Zebulon, Geor
gia, for the purpose of paying the last
tribute of respect in memory of onr Lieu
tenant William W. Arnold. On motion,
Capt. N. P. Daniel was called to the
Chair The Chairman in a feeling and
forcible raauner recounted to the Compa
ny the many noble qualities of our de
ceased Lieutenant W. W. Arnold.
Oa motion of Lieutenant W. D. Reding,
that a Committee be appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the feelings of
this company, upon the untimely death of
our much esteemed Lieutenant, who de
parted this life on the 25th day of this
inst. ‘1 lie committee beg leave to offer
the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, An inscrutable Providence
has seen fit, in his all-wise decree, to lay
the icy finger of death upon one who was
beloved by us all—yes, Lieut. W. W. Ar
nold is no more! He alas has been borne
to his long and last resting place. He too,
like other men, was mortal; but unlike
some, he left a name behind him pure and
spotless as the driven snow. To say that
he was perfect were to say that he was no:
human, but we deem it not extravagant
to say, that in our departed Lieutenant
he had a combination of every exalted
and ennobling virtue; bis exalted qualities
of mind and heart, his affable and agreea
ble disposition, and his meek and concilia
tory spirit, have won the deep regard of
all who knew him, and caused his ac
quaintances to look upon him as a broth
er and friend. Foremost iu every merito
rious undertaking, his loss will he keenly
felt by all, and especially by as. fie w
the firmest prop to the Sabbath Schoi*
most efficient member in the Church, and ~
the very life of the Georgia Def nders
Possessed of talent which had already dis
tinguished him and bid fair to elevate him
at the head of his profession, he employed
them chiefly for the good of others, and fi
nally fell a victim to a disease brought on
by his zeal for the welfare of the States.
But while we mourn his early death, we
sorrow not as those without hope, for we
have the best assurance that our present
loss is his eternal gain, and that he now
inherits a house not made with hands eter
nal in the Heavens. Sensible as we are
of his many virtues, we cannot
from expressing our admiration
cellenoics of mind and heart.
Therefore be it Resolved, Ist, That
Georgia Defenders tender their
sympathy to those who sustain towards
him the tender relations of wife, child,
mother, sister and brother; our loss tho’
great, is hardly appreciable when compa- -
red with theirs.
2d. That the Georgia Defenders and
society at large have sustained an irrepar
able loss.
3d. That as a slight evidence of our
high regard for our deceased Lieuten-
AUtr— ’
Resolved, That the members of the
company wear the usual badge of mourning
for the space of thirty days, and that our
banner be clad in like habiliment for the
same time.
4th. That a copy of the above resolu
tions be transmitted to the deceased, by
Capt. N. P. Daniel, ami also that they be
published in the Griffin papers.
W. D. REDING, )
J. T. G. CALD ELL. > Com
F. M. HARPER. )
Whereas, by a visitation of : ncrutable
Providence in our midst, our highly hon
ored and much beloved brother, friend,
and fellow-soldier, tVn. W. Arnold, of the
Georgia Defenders, has fallen a victim to
that insatiable archer death, whose ruth- .
less hand has reveled amid the spoil and
ruin of earth’s richest, clearest, fairest
hopes. And Whereas, also the P.ke
county Cavalry, wishing in respect tr the
memory of the deceased, to give expression
to the sensible manner in which they,(in
common with their fellow-citizens, feel the
loss which tho community ha3 sustained in
the death of one of society's brightest or
naments, which the Baptist Church has sus
tained in an official and zealous member,
which the Georgia Defenders have sus
tained in being thus prematurely deprived
of one of their most gallant and efficient
officers, which our county has sustained in
a gifted Representative, and which our no
ble old State has sustained —he waa one
i of her noblest sons, —have appointed the
j undersigned committee in behalf of the
J company, to draft suitable resolutions for
i the occasion, therefore -
j Resolved, That we. as a company of
i volunteers, extend to the widow and or
phans of our deceased friend and brother,
who have suffered an irreparable loss in
being bereft of the kindest of husbands
and a most affection.-.te parent, a soldier’*
heart-felt-syrnp.it hy, and pledge to them a
soldier’s tender undying love.
Resolved, That a copy of this preamble
and resolutions be transmitted to the
bereft, and that they be published in the
American Union and Georgia Jefferso
nian. W. P. JORDON, )
C J. McDOWELL, ( Com
R. V REID, f
G. A.CUNNINGHA M, J
DIED, in Gritlin. Ga , on the 26 ii o'}., Jaceip .
onW ctiiul ot Or. J. N .$* l.*>* i( * Si'ii noni l , • 3
year* 6 month* and 5 day*.
i hi* w.< an infpfi-gtirijr hov, and we <nno*r*!v
aympathiso w th 111* parent* 111 lhn **m !.>• .!*
j their only child.
| ar e requested to innouiu- tdt
j name of Wm. A. AdaMs, as a candidate
! for Clerk of the Superior Court of Meri
wether county, at the election to take
place ou the first M >;ul.iv,in J louary nest
fcjrWe are authorize I to announce rhe
name of A.. M h ebb, as a candidate for
the office of Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Meriwether county, at the ensuing; J n
ary election.
1 J
i ihe T 'otir; of Spnlding cwrntp.
j The undersigned feels thankful for past
I favors and solicits a continuation of the
, same by re election, for the office of T.x
; Collector. R. LAWRENCE.
! *®-Wc are authorized to an ounce the
name of Nathaniel Collins, as a candi
date for the office of Tax t ollcctor, at tho
ensuing January election
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