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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 STIK Bork* an f \.! ii! .1 h- !t- h:--* af JO'INsON & L >OfC ) \R C. wdl •> •>., H *t fho Office of L. R. Daniel. <>o rtiii Sircm. Griffin, Nov. 2*2, 1 Noli. 4'— J. fc ~lj. DAHTIZ>7 Attorney at Late. Office in the Masonic B lilding, on Hill-j; r, 11 J ‘• 28 - 1} OR. J. E Wi IGHT. OFFicR o.v hill street, oveu <taor?e Mtuhum's Book Ui 11, Muy f>s3 VMV'MMVUkJdMI ;*iw *■?. JU m, Jb * A L.AItG*-. mil i! t f <>l In- pii il'c;ii:.>ri- o i|rp * l-l V h;IV turn r,,, i\.l fn *i;, I ! V.. 1. 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