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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. \ C*rrr*p#!idptceol the Savannah itopuMion 1 Millkdgeville, Jan. 28. The evening session of Saturday was occupied in both branches of the General Assembly in reading bills the second and third times. Several bills were passed in the Senate, among which was a bill to give the election of Solicitors to the peo- ple; also a bill to charter the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. A bill to compel testamentary guardians to make annual re turns to the Courts of Ordinary was passed; a!oh bill to make the acts iu relation to lunatics ami idiots applicable to all other persons unable to attend to their business ‘roai other causes, and a bill iu relation to the taking of answers to bills in equity from persons residing without the State. Iu the House, on the same evening, the tax bill, which had ben lost the evening before, and reconsidered that morning, was again lost. The committee on Inter nal Improvements reported against the application of the Alabama Legislature in relation to certain Railroad privileges in this Stte. The following are the proceedings for this morning: IN THE SENATE Mr. Ridley moved to reconsider so much of the journal of Saturday as relates to the employing of a lawyer to litigate ertain claims iu Tennessee against the Western Sl Atlantic Railroad, so ns to al i > v the counsel to settle the matter by ar bitration or otherwise. A communication was received from the Hon Whi E. Dearing, Mayor of the city of Augusta, in reference to the late Bridge difficulty in that city. A special committee of five was appointed to whom the communication was refered, consisting <>f Messrs. Anderson, Miller, McGehee, Hull and Green. Mr. Ridley introduced a resolution pro viding that an effort be made to adjourn by the fourth of March, which was super ceded by a resolution of Gen. V* illiain son, that a committee of five be appointed in the Senate to confer with a committee of seven from the House, to fix upon some early day for adjournment. ‘I he Senate committee are Messrs. Williamson, Ridley, Cone, Greer and Green. The resolution of Mr. Moon from Jack son, providing that the voters at the next general election be requested to endorse , their ballots with “court” or “no court,” i so as to establish or overthrow the Su-1 preme conrt, was taken up, and voted down by yeas 63 nays 23. The Senate then proceeded to the House of Representatives for the purpose of electing a U.S. Senator, which result ed as stated in our last, in the election of Hon A. Iverson. Milt.edgetim.e, Jan 24. Since the election on yesterday, the members of the General Assembly seem to have gone in good earnest to the busi ness of the country, ns will appear from the fact that more bills were dispatched yesterday evening in the Senate than on any other day during the session. The House also became so industrious as to hold a meeting ufter tea, the first of the session. Besides severnl local bill?, several others of a general and important character were passed. Among the latter was a bill to fix one place for holdiug the Supreme Court; a bill to compel Ordinaries to re port upon the condition of unrepresented estates, and to issue letters of Administra tion for the same; a bill to admit certain instruments as evidence, and to give many persons not now authorized to do so, pow er to administer oa'lis; and a bill to pro vide for bringing on the election of Judges of the Superior Court at the general elec tions in January and Oitober. Excepting the night session, which was consumed in reading bills the second time, the House lias done nothing yet except debate upon the tax bill, which is no near er a settlement now, perhaps, than it was a week ago, for the probability is the House will not be able to agree upon any law as a substitute for the one now in ex ist ance. IN THE SENATE. BUI fused A bill to authorize Plankroad companies to recover $ 10 damage from tres passers, who travel upon their roads with out paying toll, provided no Plank Road be so constructed as to stop up any public road. Bills ini rad need. Mr Moungcr. A bill to lay out anew county from Macon, Sumter and Marion, to be called Charlton , inhonor of your lately deceased and much loved fel low citizen, Robert M. Charlton. Mr. Hailey: A resolution to exclude new matter after next Thursday. As we have said above, nothing was one this morning in the house, the tax bill (rather bills) being still before that body. In that branch, the signs of the times seem to be inauspicious for the ad valorem system. Rut in the Senate, I believe, there prevails a different sentiment. Most respectfully, Y. Milledgeville, Jan. 25. The evening of yesterday was occupied ie the consideration and passage of several bills in the Senate, mostly of a personal or local character. I here were others however of a more general interest. — Among which were, a bill to impose a penalty on ail judicial officers who fail or neglect to deliver their books to their suc- cessors in office; a bill to incorporate a Normal School at Irwinton Ga., a bill to amend the act to prevent fraud in elec tions, so far as relates to the oath to be taken by the Superentiudents, which proposes to exempt them from obligation to keep secret all votes which are not folded up; a bill to repeal all acts consoli dating the offices of Tax Receiver and Col lector; a bill to incorporate the “Georgia Western Railroad Company,” with a capi tal of $1,000,000, to build a Railroad from Atlanta via Villa Rica or Carrollton to Alabama line; a bill to incorporate the “Submarine Telegraph Company ” to build a Telegraph from Cuba, through the States of Florida and Georgia, and to such other points as they may de termine upon. The House was occupied during the evening with the further consideration of the Tax bill, which was finally laid pn the table for the balance of the session, and thus the vexed question is perhaps put at rest. Several local bills were passed at the night session. The Senate has been engaged this morn ing in reading bills for the first time, among which arc a bill to incorporate the “Georgia and Alabama Railroad Com anv,” with a capital of $500,000, for l-v U wu.lun.f, .. Jk.vsuu WOW 1 Rome, Ga., to the Alabama line, with! privilege of connecting with the Rome :Road; a bill to incorporate the Eatonton and Covington Railroad Company; a bill ’ to allow ordinaries to joiti persons in wed lock, and several bills of a local character The Senate then repaired to the Hall of Representatives for the purpose of elect ing a Solicitor for the Southern Circuit, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resig nation of B F. I) Scarborough. Wm. Wynn, of Thomas county, was elected on the fifth ballot, over Mr. Coch ran of Laurens, by a majority of six votes On motion of Gen. Knight, the Senate took up the bill proposing to loan the State’s credit to the “Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company;” which was superceded by a substitute offered by the mover, differing from the original bill prin cipally in giving the State greater securi ty by making the Stockholders personally responsible. The vote on the passage of the substitute was, yeas 36 nays 43. IN THE HOUSE. Nothing was done this morniugbut one j or two attempts to reconsider portions of | yesterday’s journal. The motion to recon- j sider the tax bill, which had been laid on the table, was lost, yeas 54 nays 62. Both Houses have adjourned till 3 o clock, P. M. Yours, &c. Y. Milledgeville, Jan. 26 j Several important bills weie read the third time and passed yesterdav evening, in both branches of the General Assembly. Among others, I will mention (in the House) a bill to allow Justices of the Infe rior Court, Ordinaries, and Clerks of the , Superior and Inferior Courts, to attest deeds, administer oaths, &c., and a bill to ! incorporate the Mechanics and Planters Bank in your city In the Senate, a bill to define the liabilities of Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, was passed; also the following bills: A bill to allow the Clerk of the Superior Court to issue writs ol ne exeat*- a bill to fine shop keepers from SIOO to S2OO for trading with negroes or free persona of color, with closed doors, also to make it a Penitentiary offence to buy cotton, rice ic., from these people, without a written permit from their master or guardian: and a bill to allow the Georgia and Warren ton and Maeon Railroad Companies to unite their stock, and consolidate the two : roads into one. SENATE The greater part of this morning was consumed in this branch of the General Assembly iu reconsidern'g the action of yesterday. After a long and interestisg discussion, Gen Knight succeeded in recousidering his bill, which was lost yes terday, to loan the credit of the State to the Brunswick and Florida Railroad, by a vote of 46 to 44. Mr. Hull also succeeded iu reconsidering the bill passed yesterday, urn ting the Georgia and Warreuton and Macon Rail Hoad Companies The bill to incorporate the Dahlonega Mining Company was lost. A bll am. udatory to the Poor School acts so far as to make it obligatory upon Tax Receivers to report, and Ordinaries to judge ot the propriety of sendiug such children to school, was passed. A bill to incorporate the Wills Valley Railroad, wiih an additional section to incorporate the Augusta Railroad or Plankroad, to connect the city > f Augusta with the Savannah river Valley Railroad, passed. HOUSE oy REPRESENTATIVES. A bill authorizing the North East and South West A abama Railroad Company, to extend their Road from the Northwest boundary of the Mate of Georgia to some one of the Roads leading to Knoxville, Tennessee, was taken up. The Committee on Internal improvements reported against this bill, but this morning Messrs. Rowell, and McComb, two of the members of the committee, presented a report recommend ing its passage. Tbe bill was warmly advocated by Mr. McDougald and Mc- Curdy, but as vehemently opposed by Mr. Walker of Richmomd, Mr. Reynolds of Newton, Mr Pottle of Warren, Mr. Fannin of Troup, and Dr. Phillips of Habrrsham Ihe ground of opposition taken by these gentlemen was that this road would deprive the LaGrange Rail Roads and our State Road, of all the benefits of travel, now accruing from p is , sengers going or coming from the North The bill was lost, yeas 35 nays 81. Mr. McCurdy of Whitfield then offered a resolution that the Hon. Joseph W. Taylor of Alabama, a delegate from that State, appointed to advocate the passage of this bill, be allowed the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives, for the purpose of addressing members upon this subject Strange to say, this resolution was opposed by Mr Walker and Mr. Ward, in such a manner,as to force Mr. McCurdy to withdraw it. The following bills were introduced: A bill incorporating the Mechanics and Farmers Bank iu Rome. A bill laying out anew county out of Carroli, Campbell, Paulding and Cobb. A bill allowing widows of persons (tying intestate, in taking their proportionate share of negro property, to select the same. A bill requiring gardians of fi ee persons of color to register their names. The House then adjourned until 3 o’clock. Yours, &c. Y. MILLEDQEVILIiE, JaN. 27. The Senate was occupied for the greater part of yesterday evening in reading bills of the ilonse for the first and second time. IK THE HOUSE. The most of the morning was occupied in a debate to reconsider the bill which was lost yesterday by a vote of 33 to S4, to grant certain Railroad privileges to the State of Alabama, and on taking the yeas and uays, the vote was 45 to 69; thus showing a considerable ebauge since yes terday, which Mr. Taylor may flatter himself was the result of his speech; and it is believed but for the looks of the thing, the bill would have been reconsidered.— Messrs. Stapletou, Young and Gartrell speak for, aud Messrs. Ward, Thornton, Fannin and Riley agaiust the reconsidera tion. Other matters ca ne up, but nothing further was done in the House. IO THE SENATE. The chair auuounced the committee of one from eaeh Congressional District to re gerrymander the State. The committee are: Mr. Morel of the first, Mr. May of the second*. Mr. Moseley of the third, Mr Col ’ ier of the fourth, Mr. Boggess of the fifth, Mr. lldl of tiie s.xih, Mr Cochran of tha seventh, and .Mr. Moore of the eighth. The bill to charter the Hiwassec Rail Hoad Company was passed—capital sl,- 000,000 to $2,00 1,000. Both houses then adjourned to 3, P. M. Yours, &c., Y. P. S. In the House, yesterday evening, a bill was passed; to incorporate the Mad ison & Eatonton R. II Company; also a bill to lay out anew county from Marion, Muscogee and Stewart, to be called Chat- tahoochee. The House adopted some amendments ; to the bill proposing to lease the W. & A. Railroad, but the bill lias not yet been put upon its passage. Milledgeville, Jan. 28. IN THE SENATE. Considerable time was consumed in an ineffectual attempt to reconsider the bill passed on yesterday to incorporate the Hiwassee railroad company. The motion was lost—yeas 31 nays 50. The bill incorporating the “Interior Bank of tae State ot Georgia” in Griffin, J was passed—yeas 43 nays 29. 1 he bill to make the selling of Liquor i to negroes a penal offence, subject to a fine of S2OO, wass passed. The Senate adjourned till 9 12 o’clock, Monday morning. IN THE HOUSE. I The bill and amendment passed yesler-j day incorporating the Augusta Plank or j Railroad Company was reconsidered this, morning, and so amended as to subject I the Company to taxation. T lie committee on Ranks having report ed in favor of the bill to incorporate the Exchange Rank in your city, the bill was , read the third time and passed, j The bill for the pardon of George W. i Ray of Houston, was made the special order of next Monday. Thn bill to change the name and grant certain privileges to the Marine & Fire Insurance Bank of Savannah, was passed. The bill authorizing the Governor to appropriate $75,009 for settling the State bonds, passed. Also the bill to incorporate the Eaton ton a--d Covington Rwi- Road Company. Adjourned till 9 1 2 M mday. Yours, &c. Y. THE JEFFERSOMiAN GRIFFIN. FEBRUARY 2, 1854 Mr. Editor: The following names are suggested as suitable persons to represent J the city for the next municipal year, at the election in April next. No objection, it is believed, can be urged against any of them. MANY VOTERS. For Mayor, L. S. SALMONS. For Aldermen, M. WESTMORELAND, A. MERRITT, W. II HANCOCK , S. W. MONOIIAM, A. FLEMING, W. M. CLINE, A. PORTER E. W. ROBINSON. Air. Edito , —Please publish the above ticket for Mayor and Aldermen, to be supported at the ensuing election in April next. GOOD ORDER. For Mayor, WM. M. CLINE For Aldermen, ALLEN FLEMING, H. W. BROWN, W. 11. HANCOCK, C. II JOHNSON; JOHN SPRUE l, W. J.JOSSEY i A. MERRITT, G. J GREEN. Temperance Meeting. There will be a meeting of the friends of Temperance at the Baptist church on next Friday Ladies and gentlemen ar respectfully invited to attend. The President’s Proclamation. On our first page will be found a por tion of the debate in Senate on the Sono ra Expedition, and the late Proclamation of the President of the Did ted States, to which that expedition gave rise Wc shall publish the remainder of ihe debate in our next issue, containing some further remarks of Dr. Gwinn of California, Mr. Badger of No v th Carolina, Mr. Brod head of Pennsylvania, Mr Mason of Yir- i ginia, and Mr Dawsou of Georgia. The I debate is quite interesting, and we hope onr readers will give it their patient time and attention. We arc indebted to Hon. S. A. Doug las for a pamphlet copy of his speech in the U. S. Senate, on the River and Har bor bill. Also to Hon. IV. B W. Dent for a! copy of the Journal of Captain Howard Stansbury to the great Salt Lake in Utah. The editor of the Temperance Banner lately received a turnip which, he says, measured thirty-two inches round, accom panied by a few smaller ones—and then adds, “these little attentions from our friends are by no means unpleasant.”— What a crop ‘‘Uncle Ben” must have Worse than a pouter pigeon. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Salt Lake of Utah, including a res j connoisance of anew route through the ; Rocky Mountains. By Howard Stans bury, captain of corps of Topographical Engineers of the United States Army. We have been favored by Hon. W B. i W\ Dent with a copy of the above report, put up in handsome form, with accompa nying drafts and maps. Col. Dent will please accept onr thanks. We have not yet had time to peruse this work; when we do, we think it probable we shall make some drafts upon it for the entertainment of our readers. Quite a Fortune.— Hector Jennings of Sandusky, Ohio, has been notified b y his attorney in London, that, he is rndia puted heir to one-half tho Jennings estate in England—-abettl Aid to Hail Hoads. We have been opposed to appropriating the bonds of the State in aid of Raitfoads, principally for the reason that it Will open the door to an interminable line of appro priations, until they are extended over the whole State, and finally affect and control every section of it. ‘1 he South-Western Road now asks for half a million, because, and to balance, what lias been appropTia* ted to the State Road in the Cherokee * counties If the South-Western Road obtains her elaim, the Brunswick Road will ask for as much more, and the State dare not give it less. Savannah and Al bany will put in foT another five hundred thousand, and how can you deny it to that company after giving it to the others?— Tiien come in tbq. Wayn rt sboro and War reuton roads for frftif a million each, and the i at least a dozen others, all under the same plea, have given it to the first. Which will you deny? Can yon deny any, after giving to one? Well, say the credit of the State is so good that it can and docs sustain the whole of them, ( appropriating half a million of her bonds to each of some sixteen or twenty rail roads, what will be the consequence?— | Simply this: The railroad interest will be ! so powerful and overwhelming throughout ! ! the State, that it will overshadow and con trol every other interest, and in a short time they will entirely throw off this debt, and the State bonds issued for their bene fit will be funded as a public debt, and sooner or later the people will have to pay it. This will be the final result, in our opinion, of loaning the State bonds for the purpose of aiding to build railroads. When the Central, the Georgia, the Macon and Western, and the Athens roads were built—when railroad building in Georgia was an experiment, and quite a hazardous one—when they cost nearly twice the sum per mile that they do at the present day—when the Monroe railroad company expended and lost more than a million of dollars—-railroads had to strug gle on as best -they could, and the stock- holders of the company had to pay their expenses from their private purses—and even if an appropriation was made by one Legislature at one time, it was repudiated at another. If then nothiug could be had i to aid these first aiid inscipieut efforts to improve the State, we cannot see the ■mallest apology for appropriating the funds of the State to such purposes uow. If the State has any money to spare in this way, they cannot appropriate it more righteously than by paying the old stock holders in the old Monroe railroad their respective losses by that enterprize.— Chalk up, gentlemen,, if there arc any funds in hand. We were not a sufferer, hut some mighty clever neighbors of ours were, and there ai'eseveral widows and or phans hereabouts who would be benefitted by the act. A Dark Day coming. There will be an extraordinary eclipse of the sun op the 26th of May next, such as has not appeared since the celebrated eclipse of 1806. It will be partially an nular in the United States, as w.is the one just referred to. We were a small boy then, living with our parents in Philadel* phia. We have, however, a distinct recol lection of the eclipse. It was in summer time, for the leaves were oat. As the shadows and darkness siole slowly over the face of nature, the rays of the sun gra- dually iqst their golden sheen and changed to the pale and silvery light of the moon; ! animated life assumed a sobered air; the leaves of the trees were shadowed forth in scallops, the shadow of a tree having very much the appearance of a scalloped bed quilt, and all reflected things took the crescent shape of the moon in its first or last quarter. Animal nature was awed, hashed cud -subdued —mou and women passed silently along, haif curious half terrified—the cattle ever and anon uttered a low jimn-r-the swipe looked wild and ap prehensive—therdog- inquiringly or alarm ed, and the fowls retired to roost. Fast er and faster came on the growing dark- uoss, until at its depth you might barely sec to read abo-k of large print —a state between twilight and darkness. At this time, the thermometer suddenly fell at least six degrees, perhaps ten, for we re collect it became cfaite cold. Bat the dark est hour of the eciipse was not the most appalling. Nature did not at that time wear an aspect so dismal as at that which had just preceded it, when the sun was visibly losing its light, and throwing its Scalloped shadows over the land. At that time too the brute creation appeared to be most alarmed Soon however the darkness disappeared —the scalloppcd shadows came again in their silvery light } but iu a reversed position—the sunlight became stronger—the shadows deeper, and assumed the shape of the object re flected —the fowls descended from their perches, the <|attle turned to grazing, the i Jog to play—the rays of the snn shed his ! genial warmth over the earth again, nature assume*! hoc and the eclipse was over. ’We Wire dot a minute in the house during the vyliolc time, and young as we were, was-aji interested and observant! spectator of the whole sceue. With re gard to the actual darkness during the eclipse, there was very little difference .be. tween the one of 1936 and that of 1834. The whole day after the eclipse, and we think for several days afterwards, remain ed clear and cold. The Legislature of Kentucky, on the 10 h ult. elected the Hon. John J. Crit en len to the United States Senate for 8 •trm >f six,years.. Hoik A. Iversori. tt Is an did adage timt ‘‘theft! afe al. wayj two ways of telling a story.’* We have been reminded of it by the different ways itt which the organs of the two polit* cal parties in this State announce the elec tion of Hon. A. Iverson to the Senate of the United States. The Democratic pa pers speak of him in plain terms as a gen tlcmau of much ability, who will do honor to the State. The Whigs can say no less; but then there is a faint, reluctant manner, interlarded with so many qualifying exple tives, that their commendations are more than deprived of all liberality. he Ma con Messenger , for instance, says:—“Al fred Iverson, the successful candidate for Senatorial honors, is an accomplished gen tleman, an able, fearless and independant man in his opinions and his actions, with as much claim to the honor he has won, as any of his competitors—with more in tellect than any of them, who were promi nent in the scramble for it, and as well fitted perhaps, by personal qualities, and | by intellect, to take as high position in the Senate of the United States, as any Dem ocrat within the limits of the State. He is an Administration man—a member of j that shapeless and objectless political or ganization that styles itself the Reorgan ised Democracy of Georgia—a Southern Rights politician, though not fierce or fie ry enough for the hot latitude in which he lives—and whilst we regret the defeat of Judge Dawson, we are glad that the suc cession has been given to one, whose char acter and intellect we may admire, though | politically opposed to him He has the j ability, if he will exert it, to reflect honor upon the great State he will represent.” Now if the fling at the “shapeless and objectless political organization,” of which he is a member, had bean left out, this would have been a very handsome, as it is a just and well deserved compliment, and would have reflected honor on its donor; but that sentence spoils all, and shows that the other is only awarded, because every body who knows Judge Iverson, knows him to be deserving of it Again —The Milledgeville correspond ent of the Savannah Republican, who we believe is also the principal editor of that paper, writes as follows: “Mr. Iver>on, we are informed, is a Georgian, and a na tive of Burke county, is a son in law of the late Hon. John Foesyth, aud is regarded as one of the most able and brilliant speak ers on the Chattahoochee. We earnestly hope he will prove equal to the responsi bility which has been thrown upon him, aud above all things that he will not take any of his secession or and snnion doctrines with him into the Senate. His brother in law, Mr. Forsyth, the editor and the fire eater of the “city of the Wes',” will have a demand for all those at home.” “Mr Iverson, wo are informed!” how ridiculous this sounds from the pen of one who has resided in Colu nbus, and known Judge Iverson from his (the writer’s) boy hood. ■ He is verily inf ormed that the Sen ator elect is a Georgian, and a native of Burke county, and is a son in law of the late Hon. John Forsyth! All this the gentleman is informed, while so well known is Judge Iverson throughout his native State, that, with the exception perhaps of the place of his birth, the writer might have gathered the whole of this infor mation from any one of more than one half of the grown white population of Georgia. Mr. Iverson has been a promi- nent member of the Legislature, a member of Congress, and twice elected as Judge of the Superior Court. Judge Iverson too, is brother in law of that famous fire eater Col John Forsyth; that must needs be told to the world, to eke out a little prejudice against him from the Union sido of the house Well, as long as the writer is obliged to admit that he is “one of the most able and brilliant speakers on the Chattahoochee,” we will pardon him all the rest of which he has been informed. Dignified and Commendable. It seems Miss Bremer is getting some hard hits from the critics on account of her last published work, “Homes in the New World,” in a series of letters to her sisters. The Savannah Republican, in no ticing these reviews, makes the following kind and gentle remark in regard to the fair authoress: “Miss Bremer’S book is an un doubted error—it should never have been published—it does her genius much injust ice, but it does not deserve one tithe of the abuse which the critics are heaping upon it; whatever may be its style, and whatever its indiscretion, it is full es char ity, loving kindness and true warm heart edness. In common with a reviewer of the same work in Putnam’s Monthly, we would commend to all American critics, the generous sentiment of Sir Lucius 0* Trig • ger—“When affection guides the pen, he must be a. brute who would find fault with the style.” r .ft, •. The Mormons.— About one thousand of these people have settled in San Bernardi no, about 800 miles from Salt Lake City, 60 miles to Los Angelos, 15 to San Pedro and 80 to San Diego. They are located iua beautiful valley which possesses gre*t natural advantages. Jefferson Hunt has been elected as the next representative in the Legislature. Crosby is their spiritual leader. They are said to be in a highly prosperous condition . —San Francisco Chronicle. Ths New Expehimsvtal Stea\i3Hip —Toe new steamship W. Norris, which is intended to cross the Atlantic in five or six days, if the calculations of her con structors are not fallacious, is completed in New York, and she will probably be .•(.float in a fortnight. Noutkern Fiunkiei “This name is now generally applied/’ ■ays a Whig cotempdrat'y, “to those jam l -* rials ahd politicians which, for the sake of ! Office and emolument, support tlld freeaoil j prdclivitles of Marcy and his colleagues.” j Well, Sir, who are they? If it is the | “Hards’’ and the “Softs” of New York you are harping upon, our honest opinion is that, in the aggregate, there is but little difference between them, and it is poorly worth while for the Southern people to give themselves much trouble about the insoroutsof either party. As to Mar cy and his colleagues, when their “freesoil proclivities” are shown, it w ill be time enough to defend them. We have seen nothing of them ourself, except in the live ly imagination of such writers as the one oefore us. But perhaps, after all, this is v)nly a feeble attempt to draw off South ern Democrats from the support of the administration, by involving “Marcy and his colleagues” in the interminable and un fathomable labyriuth of New York politics, and drawing in Southern journals aud politicians with them. If so, it is a shal low device, and has already been fully and irrefutably answered in most of the De mocratic papers. In referencs to this ve ry point, a late Richmond Enquirer re marks:—“lt has been the misfortune of President Pierce that the principles which have determined the policy of his admin iitration in respect to the great interests of the country, have been lost sight of in the dust and smoke of the controversy a bout issues of no consequence or signifi! cacy. Now that the public mind is turn ing in disgust from the squabbles of an ephemeral faction, it may be possible to direct attention to the conduct of the ad ministration in regard to the more impor tant interests and relations of the coun try;” and then the editor goes on to show the foreign policy of Mr. Pierce’s adminis tration, iiiiler the co t but of Mr Marcy. As to the term, “ Young America” is so full of slang and nicknames, that it is not only this, but a thousand other names and terms, of the present day, that have no meaning whatever. If we go on at this rate, we shall soon need another lexieo. grapher to compile a slang dictionary.— But the term is not even new. “Flun key” is at least as old as the paper called the “New Yorker,” where we have seen it time and again, and where it appears to be a favorite word of the editor, applied to almost it try body aid every ih ;ig, whom; he does not like. So it has not even the merit of originality. Senatorial Election. Mr. Reynolds, the gentleman in charge of the Cassville Standard, and pr j tempore editor, states as follows: The editor writes to us from Milledge villc, under date 23d iust. as follows: We give his own language, that his readers may fully understand how ha regards the recent choice of his party: Dear Reynolds —lverson has been elect ed United States Senator. 1000 cheers for the Democracy. Mr. Dean, Senator from Bibb, withdrew Gov. McDonald's name brfore the last ballot, which noble act lias endeared him to every true De* niocrat. Yours, W. T. \V. We do not understand from the above note whether the “noble act” has “endear ed” Mr. Dean or Gov. McDonald, in the estimation of the writer. If the former is meant, wc confess we can see nothing ve ry noblo in withdrawing another gentle man’s name from a canvas for high office* Wise and prudent it might be termed, because it was clear that neither Gov. McDonald nor Gov. Cobb could be elect ed while the name of cither was used as a candidate. Gov. Cobb’s name had been withdrawn, and Mr. Do in did well to withdraw Gov. McDonald’s also. But the nobleness of the act was oil on the part of Gov. McDonald. Mr. Dean, it m said, acted from instructions. Gov. Mc- Donald, rather than longer embarrass his friends an 1 jeopardize the interests of the Democratic party, came nobly forward and gave his sanction to any arrangement that would better subserve the harmony and success of the party, and absolved his friends from all further allegiance to him by virtue of the nomination: This was a noble, self-svcriftcing act on the part of Gov. MjDoiaH, which should doubly “endear” him to the members of the Democratic party. Perliaps it is to him the editor alludes, but the note cer tainly reads as if the words were applie 1 to Mr. Dean. After the above was written we read the last Marietta Alvooatc, which would lead us to believe that Mr. Dean “took | the responsibility,” and withdrew Gov. McDonald’s name without any authority from him. We copy the concluding part of the Advocate's article, in reference to this point, as follows: “This is now the second time that Gov. McDonald has received the nomination of his party for U. S. Seuator, and the se cond time his name has been unceremo niously withdrawn, without consulting him. And in both cases bitter opposition comes from, the same county. These things need explanation. We have no doubt that all the action of ths Legisla ture in regard to the election of U. S. Senator, will be fully discussed by ths press of the State during the present and the next year. This discussion will show that the democratic party has been egre giously imposed upon and wronged. It is known to some of Gov. McDonald’s friends iu this plaeo, that after fruitless efforts had beeu made- in the Legislature to bring on the election, he wrote to the delegation from Cobb county, authorizing them to withdraw his name, in case it should appear that the election could not otherwise be brought on. In the mean time, the resolution passed both houses fixing upon the 13th for electi ig a Sena-/ .tor. Gov. McDonald .could not then,.con iisteutly, send this letter, writteu for the i.irpjij of removing an obstacle to bring ing dn the election by withdrawing his name, since the election was already to be brought on, and the nomination of him | self had been already rescinded in party I meeting.” I Mr . Editor: Sines my sojourn in your city this wiuter, I have remarked a singu j lar peculiarity characteristic of the young gentlemen in Griffin. They all seem to be or are really armless. The sleeves of their over coats go flapping about in deep sorrow and melancholy for the loss of their most intimate friends. Taylors need not make sleeves to coats for young Grif finites, they have no arms. You see this in church, in the streets, and at boarding houses, and everywhere. Do tell me what is the cause. Were they so from birth, or do the young men hare their arras cut off because they have nothing for them to do, or have they met with some disastrous fatality, or have they been the victims of some great gigantic cannibal or nwneater or yahoo that devours and lives on human limbs? If so, they are objects of great pity aud commiseration In their lamen tations, they may well use the language of Alexander Pope in his Rape of the Lock: “Old liad'st tlioii been CMilenl to er:!”. Tilings leer in right or iny thing* but ll’.w# “ SHI.YIMUC. We are surprised that our learned friend should not understand this matter better. Ihe young gentlemen referred to hare been reading Kienzi, where they have found something said of the’ Roman toga, used among the elite of that day, anti seeing how easy it was to convert an over coat into a semblance of that gir nenst, if they could only get rid of the sleeves, hawe’ thus easily accomplished the object bf j letting the sleeves droop by their sides. — Ed. Jew. Lom of the Sau Francisco. Last week we published a thrilling ac count of the loss of this gallant st earner ATI the passengers, seamen and soldiers which were taken from the wreck by ves sels bound to ports in the United States,- have arrived, with the exception of a few that died on the passage. In U. S. Senate, on Monday, the 16th ult. the following resolution was passed, and concurred in by the House on tha | day following: “Resolved, That a committee of five members on the part of the Senate be ap pointed to join such committee as may bo appointed on the part of the House of Re presentatives, to inquire and report in what form the acknowledgement of Con gress, and the gratitude of the nation, may be most appropriately expressed to those benevolent and courageous men, who, utv der Providence, were the means of rescu ing from death 90 many citizens of this- Republic.” Kossuth has not yet gome to Constantin o plej though he says he has been invited to visit Turkey by the government. The de lay of his departure has arisen from the necessity of further preparations. He says’ that provisions will be made to transport thither, from the United States, all Hun garians who proved themselves good sol diers in their war for independence, and who may desire to go. Lord Dudley Ste wart is in Constantinople endeavoring to persuade the Sultan to authorize the for mation of a regiment composed of Polish •xile*. Ex-Governor Albert G. Brown has been elected a Senator in Congress, by the Legislature of Mississippi, lor the term of six years from the four h of March last. The election look place on the T'h ult- The vote was, for A G Brown 76 votes, H. 8. Foote 22, VV. L. Shar key 7, an l 10 scattering. Mr* Brown, had, of course, previously received the nomiuetion of a caucus of the Democra tic members of the Legislature. Accident on the S ocra- wester v Bravcii Road. —On the 18th inst. the freight train ran off the track in the duss cut, on the Columbus side of the Flint river, damaging four freight cars and com pletely blocking up the road. The passen ger train, which followed a short distance behind, was brought to a stand stilT for several hours, which were spent at Rey nolds Mr. Forsyth, the conductor of the freight train, ran np to Fort Valley and returned by four o’clock, with a b iggage car, and took the passengers and baggage to Macon, which point they reached at T P. M. It is thought that the obstruction will be removed to morrow. The creeks in Muscogee county had overflowed all the low lands, but the Muscogee Road was sound and safe.— Times. Railroad Accident.-Tlic mail train from Augusta for Charleston, ran off the track on the 24th ult., near Lowry’s Turnout,. S C. Three cars were smashed; the Rev. Mr. Baird, Editor of the Southern Pres byterian, and a brakeraan belonging to the train, were badly injured. The First Born at Mount Vernon. At Mount Vernon, on Saturday night, Mrs-. Washington, the accomplished lady of John A Washington, presented her hus band with a large and beautiful son. This is the first male child ever born in the- Washington Mansion. This mansion was built, except the wings, in the year 1 *46, by Lawrence Washington, who left it to the general It is, consequently, 108 years old. Wild Pigeon Shooting. —The Cassville Standard says:— An unusual number of* this bird has risited us this season. No hour of the day but wc see them flying* o ver head. A great many are being kilted* at their roost and elsewhere. A few weeks since, as wc learn from a friend, nn individ ual from about Cedar Town, visited their roost, taking with him a musket. The first fire brought him 40. Wishing to have 100, however, he put in an extra charge, which, when fired, bursted the gun, and- tore a way the most of his arm. The Ship Great Republic. —This no ble vessel, says Y. Herald, proves; upon to be in not so bad a condition as was al first supposed. The hull is entirely good, and all her timbers as sound as when first set in their places.• The burning is confined to-the light wood work amidships and- on the after- deck. Thousands will be glad to learn that the noble vessel will again float upon the wa ters in all her former greatness,.
