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organized under this treaty. Ample opportuni
ty has been afforded to all those interested to
bring forward their claims. No doubt is enter
tained that impartial justice has been done by
the late board, and that all valid claims embra
ced by the treaty have been considered and al
lowed. This result, and the final settlement to
be made with this tribe, under the treaty of 1845
which will be completed and laid before you du
ring your session, will adjust all questions of con
troversy between them and the U. S. and pro
duce a state of relations with them simple, well
defined and satisfactory.
Under the discretionary authority conferred
by the act of the 3d of March last, the annuites
due to the various tribes have been paid during
the present year to the heads of iamilies instead
of to their chiefs, or such persons as they might
designate, as required by the law previously ex
isting. This mode of payment has given gener
al satisfaction to the great body of the Indians.
Justice has been done to them, and they are
graleful to the government for it. A few chiefs
and interested persons may object to this mode of
payment, but it is believed to be the only mode
of preventing fraud and imposition from being
practised .upon the great body of common In
dians, constituting a majority of all the tribes.
It is gratifying to perceive that a number of
the tribes have recently manifested an increased
interest in the establishment of schools among
them, and are making rapid advances in agricul
ture—some of then) producing a sufficient quan
tity of food for their support, and in some cases
a surplus to dispose of to their neighbors. The
comforts by which those who have received even
a very limited education, and have engaged in
agriculture, are surrounded, tend gradual'y to
draw off their less civilized brethren from the
precarious means of subsistence by the chase, to
habits of labor and civilization.
TIIK NAVY.
The accompanying report of the Secretary
®f the Na vy presents a satisfactory and gratify,
ing account of the condition and operations of
the navy service dui ing the past year. Our
commerce has been pursued with increased
activity, and with safety and success, in every
quarter'of the gl be, under the protection ol
•ur flag, which the navy lias caused to be re
• peeled in the most distant seas. .
la the gulf of Mexico, ami iu the Pacific, the
officers and men of our squadrons have dis
played distinguished gallantry, and preloimcd
valuable services. In the early stages of the
war with Mexico her ports on both coasts were
blockaded, and more recently many of them
have been captured and held by the navy.—
When acting in co-operation with the land
force*, the naval officers ami men have per
formed gallant and distinguished *ervices on
land as well as on water, anil deserve tlio high
commendation of the country.
While other maritime powers are adding to
their navies large numbers of war steamers, it
was a wise policy on our part to make similar
additions to our navy. The four war steamers
authorized by the act of the third of March.
1847, are in course of construction.
In addition to the four war steamers author
izd by this act, the Secratary of the Navy has,
in pursuance of its provisions, entered into
contracts for the construction of five steamers,
to be employed in the transportation of the Uni
led States mail from New-York to New.Or.
leans, touching at Charleston. Savannah and
Hav ma, and from Havana to Chagresfor
three steamers to be etnployd in like manner
from Panama to Oregon, “ro as to connect
with the mail from Havana to Chagres across
the Isthmus and for (ivc steamers to he etn
ployd in like manner from New-York to Liv
erpool. These steamers will be the property
ms the contractors, but are tube built “under
the superintendence anil direction of a naval
constructor in the employ of (lie Navy Depart
ment, and to be so constructed as to render
them convertible at the least possible expense,
into war steamers of the first class.”
A’prescribed number of naval officers, as
well as a post office agent, are to be on board
*l them ; and authority is reserved to the uavv
Department at all times to “exercise control
over said steamships,” and “ to have the right’
“to take them for the exclusive use and ser
vice of the United States” “ upon making pro
per compensation to the contractors therefor.”
Whilst these steam-ships will be employd in
transporting the mails of the United States
coastwise, and to foreign countries, upon an
anual compensation to be paid to the owners,
they will be always ready, upon an emergency
requiring it, to bo converted into war-steam
er* ; ami the right reserved to take them for
public use, will add greatly to the efficiency
mid strength of this description of our naval
force. To the Stea iners thus authorized under
contracts made by the Secretary of the Navy,
should be added live oilier steamers authorized
under contracts made in pursuance of law by
the Postmaster General, making an addition
in the whole, pf eighteen wai steamers, su'ject’
to be taken for public use. As further con
tracts for the transportation of the mail to for
eign countries may be authorized by Congress,
this number may be enlarged indefinitely.
‘X enlightened policy by which a rapid j
communication with the various distant parts :
the globe is established, by means of Ameri
can-built sea steamers, would find an ample re.
ward in the increase of our commerce, and in
making our country and its resources more j
favorably known abroad : but the national ad- j
vantage is still greater, of having our naval ofli- j
cars made familiar with steam navigation ; und
of having the privilege of t thing the ships al- i
ready equipped for immediate service at a mo. ‘
mint’s not'ce; and will he cheaply purchased
by the compensation to he paid for the trans ‘
portation of the mail in them, over and above j
the postages.
A just and national pride, no less than our j
commercial interests, would seem to favor the !
policy of augmenting the number of this dc. j
■cription of vessels. They can he built in our j
oountry cheaper and in greater numbers than
in any other in the world.
Post office Department
I refer you to the accompanying report of
the Postmaster Genral for a detailed and satis..!
factory account of the condition and operations
of that department during the past year. It is i
gratifying to find that, within so short a period j
after the reduction in the rates of postage, and
notwithstanding the groat increase of until ser. j
▼ice, the revenue received for the year will he
sufficient, to defray all the expenses, and that
no further aid will be required from the treu.
•ury for that purpose.
The first of the American mnil steamer* an.
Ihorieed by the act of the third of March. IM*V
DSQ QjJ § © (S) ©ll E)i I]®©MlL
was completed and entered ‘upon the service
on the first of J une last, and is now on her third
voyage to Bremen and other intermediate ports.
The other vessels authorized under the provi
sions of that act are in comse of construction,
and will be put upon the line as soon as com
pleted. Contracts have also been made for the
transportation of the mail in a steamer from
Charleston to Havana.
A reciprocal and satisfactory postal arrange,
ment has been made by the Post Master Gen
eral with the authorities of Bremen, and no
difficulty is apprehended in making similar ar.
rangements with all other Powers with which
we may have communications by mail steam
ers, except with Great Brilian.
On the arrival of the first of the American
steamers, bound to Bremen, at Southampton, in
the month of June last, the British post office
; directed the collection of discriminating posta
• !i e! > oh all letters and other mailable matter,
| which she fork out to Great Britian, or which
’ went into the British post office on their way
to France and other parts of Europe. The ef
fect of the order of the British post office is to
subject all letters and other matter transported
by American Steamers to double postage, one
postage having been previously paid on them
to the United States, while letters transported
in British steamers are subject to pay but a sin
gle postage. This measure was adopted with
the avowed object of protecting the British line
of mail steamers now running between Boston
! and Liverpool, and if permitted to continue,
: must speedily put an end to the transportation
| of all letters and other matter by American
, steamers, and give to British steamers a mo-
I nopoly of hnisness. A just and fair reciprocity
is all that we desire, and on this we must insist.
By our laws, no such discrimination is made
against British steamers bringing letters into
our ports, but all letters arriving in the United
States are subject to the same rate of postage,
whether brought in British or American ves
sels. 1 refer you to the report of the Postmus
i ter General for a full statement of the facts of
j the cause, and of the steps taken by hint to cor
: rect this inequality. He has exerted all the
j powers conferred upon him by the existing
j laws.
j The minister of the United States at London
has brought the subject to the attention of the
British government, and is now engaged in ne
’ gotiations for the purpose of adjusting recipro.
; cal postal arrangements, which shall he equally
i just to both countries. Should he fail in conclud-
I ing such arrangements, and should Great Brit,
i uin insist on enforcing the unequal and unjust
j measure she has adopted, it will become tieces
! nary to confer additional powers on the Post
j master General, in order to enable him to meet
the emergency, and to put our own steamers
j on an equal footing with British steamers en.
! gaged in transporting the mail between the
’ two countries ; and I recommend that such pow
| ers be confered.
j In view of the existing state of our country, 1
trust it may not lie inappropriate, in closing t >is
[ communication, to call to mind the words of
wisdom and admonition of the first and most
illustrious of my predecessors,in hi* farewell ad.
i dress to his countrymen.
j Tha* greatest il t)e( men who served
j his country so long, and loved it so much, fore
! saw, with “ serious concern,’ the danger to our
! Union ‘ of characterizing parties by geograph
■ ieal discriminations—northern and southern,
Atlantic and western —whence designing men
’ may endeavor to excite a belief that there is
Ia real difference of local interests and views,”
; and warned his countrymen against it.
So deep and solemn was his conviction of
the importance of the Union and of preserving
harmony between its different parts, that he de
clared to his countrymen in that address, ‘it
is of infinite moment that you should properly
j estimate the immense value of your national
j Union to your collective and individual hapiness
that yon should cherish a cordial, habitual and
immovable attachment to it ; accustoming your
, selves to think and to speak of it, as a palladium
of your political safety and prosperity ; watching
j for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; dis
i countenancing whatever may suggest even a
suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned;
j and indignantly frowning upen the first dawn
ing of every attempt to alienate any portion of
i our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sa
j ered ties which now link together the various
i parts.”
Alter the lapse of half a century, these admon
i itions of Washington fall upon us with all the
force of truth. It is difioult to estimate the ‘ ini-
I inense value’ of our glorious Union of confede
rated States, to which we are so much indebted
for our growth in population and wealth, and
for all that constitutes us a great and a happy
nation. How unimportant are all our differen
j ces of opinion upon minor questions of public
j policy, compared with its preservation ? and
how scrupulously should we avoid all agitating
; topics which may tend to distract and divide
j us into contending parties, seperated by geo
-1 graphical lines, whereby it may be weakened
j or endangered.
Invoking the blessing of the Almighty Ruler
, of the Universe upon your deliberations, it will
j be niy highest duty, no less than my sincere
j pleasure, to eoperate with you iu all measures
i which may tend to promote the honor and en.
j during welfare of our common country.
JAMES K. POLK.
Washington, December, 1847.
Wilmot Proviso. —The following Kesolu
j lions passed the Senate of Georgia, unanimous,
ly; —Slavery and Slave labor is a part and par
cel of our Governmental system, and made so
! by the very ancestry, in part, of those why now
j are active in its abolition. We do not regard
1 it respectful to ourselves or essential to our
right to enter into a discussion with those who
i are governed by no principle but their fanatic
\ ism. Indeed, the question lias been argued,
but fanticism is deaf to argument—it will not
hear.
The people of Georgia have for a series of
vears been divided and dosturbed by other qttes.
tion*, so much so prehaps as to induce the litis
j hope, that upon this vital question, there may
j now prevail discord and dissention. This it
1 not true. Georgia has hut one mind—is as
! one mult —all political parlies are ready and
willing to plnut llieinsolvei on the same plut
form, and join heart uud hand in the assertion
and maintenance of this, their constitutional
right.
To the end therefore, that the feelings of the
people upon the subject of the Wilmot Proviso
may be distinctly understood and their posi’ion
defended :
1. Be it therefore, by the Senate and House
of Representatives, of the State of Georgia, Re.
solved, That the Government of the United
States has no control over the institution of
Slavery, and that in taking or attempting to take
any such contol, it transcends the limits of its
legitimate functions.
2. Be it further Resolved by the authority
aforesaid, That any Territory acquired, or to be
acquired by the arms of the United Slates, or
by treaty by a foreign power, becomes the com
mon property of the several States comprising
this confederacy, and whilst it so continues, it
is the right of each citizen of each and every
State, to reside with his property of every de
scription within such teritory.
3. Resolved furl her by the authority aforesaid,
That it is the duty of every man, in every sec- 1
tion of this confederacy, if the Union be dear to 1
him, to oppose the passage of any law or reso-’
lution of Congress, by which territory acquired, j
or to he acquired, may be subjected to any re- 1
striction against Slavery.
4. Rcsolvd by the authority aforesaid, That
in the opinion of this General Assembly, the
people of Georgia at the ensuing presidential
election should not and will not support any
man for the Presidency, or vice Presidency , I
who favors the principles of the Wilmot Provi- i
so.
5. And it is further Resolved, That in the
ownership of Slaves we are not only exerci
sing a human, hut a constitute tal and moral
right, and that we allow no power under heaven
to dictate the tenure by which we shall be de
prfved of our property in them.
6. Resolved, That his Excellency the Gov.
enor of this State cause a copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions to he forwarded to
each of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, also, to the Govcuor of each State
in the Union.
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT.
BY L. F. W. ANDREWS.
Am little government ns possible; that little emanating
from and controlled by the People, and tinijorin
in its application to all,”
Col iimt*us, Thursday, Dec. 16, 1817.
O’ To our representatives, Messrs. llakalson anil
Cobb, are we indebted for copies of the President's
Message, by the earliest mails.
President's Message.—Knowing the universal
anxiety of the public to peruse this important State
Caper, we have crowded out advertisements, edito
rial matter, and communications, to give it a place
in our issue of to-day. Os course wc have no room
for extended comment, hut cannot let slip the oppor
tunity of saying, that the Message is an able docu
ment, worthy of the Executive of this great Repub
lic, and breathing the spirit of patriotic devotion to
the rights and honor of the American people. The
President’s views on the war question are such, in
our judgment, as every unprejudiced, right-thinking
man, ought most cordially to approve and sustain. —
” ftJfj mote ll
The Ladies’ Fair. —This evening, at the
Concert Ilall, will come off, the Bth Anniversary
of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the M. E.
Church. There will be on sale, a variety of
fancy articles prepared by the members of the
Association—also a supper for those who may
choose iu this way to aid the funds of the Socic
ty. The object being the education and support
of the female orphans of the city, it is fervently
hoped that a liberal spirit will pervade the hearts
of the people, to-night, and that the hands of the
Managers may be made strong in the cause of
benevolence and mercy. Price of admission,
25 cents—Supper, SI.OO.
Thirtieth Congress.—First Session. —
There were present at 12 o’clock, Monday, 6th
Dec., in Senate, 41 Senators. The Georgia
Senators absent. In the House 219 Represen
tatives appeared and it was organized by the
election of the Hon. Mr. Winthrop, of .Mass.
(Whig) as Speaker, and the Hon. T. J. Camp
bell, ol 1 enn. as Clerk. The oath of oliice was
administered to the new Speaker by the Hon.
John Quincy Adams.
Where’s the Schoolmaster ?—lf some of the
letter writers from Milicdgeville are entitled to credit
there are several of the grave Senators and Repre
sentatives ®f the State that are awfully behind the j
age in the matter of the ‘‘King’s English.” One of I
the Senators is represented as using the expressions,
*■ didn’t saw,” “ howbever,” “ /J/wi-ocrat Editors to
the North,” “ hadn’t seen nary man,” &c. &c. die.
The honorable “ mimber ” of the “Si nit ” must
have been taking lessons from “ Maj. Jones,” of the
Western Continent, or other similar propagandists of
slang literature.
News from Europe. —The steamer Britannia has
arrived, bringing 15 daysjlater intelligence from Eu
rope, and Liverpool dates to the 19th tilt. Her news
is rather favorable, as to breadstuff*, but had as to
Cotton. There had been some improvement in the,
price, but the news taken out by the Cambria as to
the favorable character of the coming crop, caused
prices again to recede and the market to be “ ex
tremely languid.” The money market in England
is still tight and insolvencies rife. The packet ship.
Stephen Whitney, from New York to Liverpool, was
wrecked on the 10th November, on the coast of Ire
land—92 of her crew and passengers being lost, and
only 18 saved. She was dashed to atoms in 10 min
utes after striking the rock, called West CaJj'X
Strange news prom Mexico !—The I.T. S. schoon
er Whig, Capt. Jones, from Vera Cruz 30th ultimo,
arrived at New Orleans on Friday night last, and
brought the following strange intelligence from Mex
ico. We are indebted to the Delta of Saturday for
the brief summary of the news that we are able to
give :
Dates from the Capital, to the 24th November,
had been received at Vera t ‘ruz. Santa Anna, it was
said, had issued another pronitnciamen/n against the
provisional government, and called on the country to
organize a force of 50,000 men to renew the war.—
lie was at the head of a strong force—by some re
ports 16,000 men, ol all arms—ami was threatening
the Congress, in session at Quoreturn. the majority of
which was, it was said, strongly inclined to |>cacp. —
So great were the fears entertained at the Capital, of
Santa Anna's breaking up the Congress ala Crom
well, that Gen. Scott liuci ordered Gen. Worth, with
n strong division, toQuoretaro, to protect its delibera
tion*.
Four members of company D, Ismisitina moiinlnd
volunteers, who left camp on the 2!id to pursue Nome
beeves, having Iteen kil'ed hy the guerrillas, Captain
Kerr went out with a detachment ol 90 meti in pur
suit of the murderers, and succeeded in reaching the
rnnehoof Cel, Zennhii, where a stronf guerrilla force
was stationed. In the skirmish which ensued, five
Mexicans were killed and five taken prisoners, one of
the latter having on the clothes of itie missing volun
teers ! Thereupon Capt. Kerr burned down the ran
cho, and shot the five prisoners.
Masonic.— The public Masonic installation
and oration will take place at the Baptist Church
on the 27th inst. The ‘ pic-nic ’ notion has been
abandoned by the Committee of Arrangement
and we are to have nothing but ‘the feast of
reason and flow of soul ’ without any of the sub
stantial adjuvants usual on such occasions !
Blind as a Bat !—The Atlanta Miscellany says
that the President, in his Message. “ does not name a
solitary victory achieved by our indomitable country
men, or deign to bestow a word of praise upon the
heroic generals in command ” We, however, find in
the Message such passages as the following:— •* Our
army, regulars and volunteers, have covered them
selves with imperishable glory.” “ Too much praise
cannot he bestowed upon our officers and men. regu
lars and volunteers, for their gallantry, discipline, in
domitable courage and perseverance, all seeking the
lost of danger and vieing with each other in deeds of
noble daring.” The only •'family” paper in the
South, should not, we think, be so one-sided anil rabid
a partisan sheet, as the above comments of its Editor
would make out 1
Freedom of the Press. —Our cotemporary
of the Dalton ‘ Eagle ’ wonders how we permit,
led the late tyranical conduct of the Governor of
Vera Cruz, in suppressing the ‘Genius of Liber
ty,’ of that place, as communicated by our corres
pondent ‘ Peter A.,’ to pass ‘ without note or
comment.’ It was our intention to have rebuked
the Governor for his audacity, but then we
thought that it would be like ‘ throwing pearls
before swine,’ and we refrained ! Besides, we
were not sure that his excellency would ever
know of tiie castigation, if we had given it, and
therefore it would have been needless!
State Rail Road. —We perceive that his
Excellency Gov. Towns, has appointed W. L.
(Mitchell, Esq., of Athens, Gu., Chief Engineer
\\ the State Road, in room of Mr. Garnett, who
has gone to South Carolina and accepted a situ
ation on one of the roads in that State. We
presume that the qualifications of Mr. Mitchell
which recommended him to the position of En
gineer on a llail-Road, must be entirely ofapo
, litical character, as it has not transpired, hereto
fore, that he know* any thing about civil engin
eering or the business of building Rail-Roads,
secundem arlem. It may, however, come to him
by ‘ spontaneous combustion,’as the man said
about Gen. Taylor’s election to the. presidency—
but we doubt the propriety of conferring an office
which requires so much skill and practical in
formation as that of Chief Engineer, upon an in
dividual whose only claim to it, is party devotion,
j Some allowance must, nevertheless, be made fur
Gov. Towns, as the Whigs in the Legislature
have left nothing in the shape of‘spoils,’ for the 1
Democrats, but the post in question and that of
: Keeper of the Penitentiary ! Hence the Whig
party have no cause of complaint, on account of
the appointment of Mr. .Mitchell, even if the se-
I lection is not a judicious one.
Stilting. —Our Senator, Rev. R. 11, Marks,
is likely to be well smeared with adulation, by
some of the Whig Presses and Letter-writers,
judging frolicsome specimens of lick-spitth-ism
which we have seen. And in truth, no man in I
the Senate of Georgia, has more need of the j
unction of praise, than this same gentleman, i
since Itis recent vote n gurnet the proposition to
thank certain Nofthern Members of Congress
for the part they took against the Wilmo; Pro*
viseisin of the last session of the National Legis
lature ! His resolution also, denouncing the
President for speaking of the * moral treason ’ of
some anti-war folks, &c. was a ‘small potato’
business for a Senator possessing such ‘a clear
and discriminating judgment ’ as he is said to
have !
Scandalum Magnate*. —There was a pret
ty considerable conglomeration of * black spirits
and white,’ on Monday night last, up Oglethorpe
St., in the fandango line of operations, which
was not at all becoming a moral and religious
people, as we profess to be, here in Columbus, i
The young white gentlemen who are so ‘lice !
and easy’ at such variegated assemblages,;
would blush, we think, to have it known that !
they delight iu amusements of this character, 1
and arc ‘hale fellows, well met,’ with the dark \
Senoritas of Muscogee, iu the mazes of the dance, i
and at the witching hour of two o’clock in the j
morning! Look out, boys! ‘There’s a chid
arming ye, talcin’ notes; an’ faith he’ll prent j
them.’ |
A Whig’s Opinion.—Gen. Bradbury, of Tenues- j
see, who was a candidate for the seat in the U. S. j
Senate which was recently filled by the election of i
the Hon. John Bell, has avowed himself in favor of!
“ giving the Mexicans the very devil ” —of “ feeding j
Saint Patrick and John Bull as long as they pay for j
it,” and in favor of the Tariff of ’46. He knows and j
cares little ahont the Wilmot Proviso, but thinks that 1
Wilmot himself “deserves to he hung.”
j
Another Humbug exploded. —Dr. Graham, the j
vegetable diet man, having tried Nebuchadnezzar’s
plan of living on grass, has at last found it necessary
to use meat, to put flesh on his hones — thus proving
that man is a carnivorous, as well as graminivorous
animal!
Alabama State Gazette —The first No. of a !
large and well-tilled Democratic journal, of the above j
title, has reached us Iron Montgomery, Ala. It is !
edited hy Thomas De Wolf, Esq., formerly of the
Dallas Gazelle, of Cahawb.i. Success to it!
Anti-Catiiolic Crusade. —As the represen
tative ol the Catholic portion of our community, j
the. Rev. Dr. Berniinghain claims to be heard j
in defence of himself against what he conceives j
to be the injurious calumnies of a stranger, under
the cognomen of a ‘converted Jesuit,’ who has,
for several evening* past, had access to the Pro
testant pulpits of Columbus; and wc, accordingly,
give place to a short communication from his
pen. In our opinion, the cause of Christian
charily is much dishonored, by such inflammato
ry denunciations as have been permitted to bo
uttered against the Catholic Church, by this itin
erant Lecturer. The Catholics, themselves, are
not benelittcd, and the minds of protestant hear
ers arc only more embittered against their neigh
bors by the extravagant carricalures presented,
it strikes us, therefore, as not only useless but
decidedly pernicious. It is not, moreover, in
accordance with the golden rule to ‘do unto oth
ers as you would have others do unto you,’ nei
ther is it seemly’ in any one of the protestant
daughters of ‘ old Mother Church ’ to denounce
the latter as the ‘scarlet lady of Babylon ’ —the
‘ Beast with seven heads and ten horns'—the
‘ Mother of Harlots,’ See. Children should not
use these opprohiou* epithets towards their pa.
rent, lest they thereby proclaim their own shame
to the world ! Let this ‘disturber ol tlio peace’
then depart whence he came, and let ‘ love which
thinketh no evil ’prevail in lieu of the‘wrath
and unclmi'itnhlenoss 1 which his labors here
have stirred up.
Ciianceli.or.—.The lion. O. W. Dargan ha*
been elected Chancellor in room of the late
Ut* Judge Harper, of South Carolina.
| To ovr Subscribers. —We give notice to
our delinquent subscribers, tbut we shall positive
i ly decline sending the Democrat, after the Ist
! January, to any one in arrears for the present or
past volumes. This rule is imperative, ‘ without
respect to persons.’ If, therefore, any such de
sire the paper continued to his address, he. must,
forthwith, square up his account with this office.
Cor. cspourtence of the Democrat.
Montgomery, Deo. 11, 1547.
Dr. Andmrg : The great liatlls for the Seun'iitship in
\ the Cmigree* ot the United fist-ntes, commence il lint day
i ui I‘4 o’cl jck. Th Hon. Dixon H. I.i.wis, the Hon. U m.
! it. Ki.ng, unH the lion. Amuck F. H I’Kins, (whig,)
I were put in tioiuinnlion, uml niter fourteen balloting*, no
! choice wan made, and they each withdrew their reaped
‘ ive forces, to renew the contest on Monday next. Tle
: probabilities, I think, tire in Tutor of Mr. Lewis. Below
{ J give the several balloting* :
= r 5 = ir 5
it |
a.J a • ,
It ballot 48 50 34 Bth ballot. ..4*9 56 27
3d •• 43 50 30 9ih •• 48*58 26
3d “ 49 50 33 lOlli •• 43 64 26
4th •• 48 51 32 Util “ 47 61 25
j slh •• 43 50 31 12lh “ 47 58 28
I 6th “ 49 53 30 I3lh “ 48 56 27
j 7th •• 4956 27 | I4lli •* 47 58 28
It is impossible to tell how loop th tcnlest will |at
hut it i. probable u will vluse oailv i.ext week.
Your*, &c. w. b. h.
Moni comekt, Ala. Dec. 13.
Dc<%r Sir: Tbit will inform von that on the 4th ballot
lliia day. the lion, ltixua 11. Lewis wuf re-elected Svtin
lor lu Duugreas, l>y the l.erilaturn of Alabama. The
friend* of Mr. King withdrew hi* name, after the third
ballot, and the l ontrn thru war between Mr. Lewie and
Jtidue Hopkitif—Mr. L. receiviiie 82, and Judge 11. 47.
It is probali e since the great eontcat i- over, tile Legis
lature will go at hiifinrea,'regularly. Tlie-e are several j
offices to fill, however, sneli as Judges of the Sup erne, |
Circuit and County Courts, (if the latter is not abolished, !
ee contemplated by a hill now pending in both Houses.) 1
Solicitors and Chancellor, which will be done “ with do- j
•patch,” &c.
Mr; Perkins, of Tiisralooea, introduced a Bill of great 1
length, to aullioriie a Stock Bank, us suggested by the 1
(inventor in his late message. The length of the hill pre- ‘■
duties the possibility of giving any portion of its details,
as it contains some 25 or 30 sections.
Yours Ac. w. ,i. n.
Prattville. Ala. Dec. 11 th, 1847,
Dr. Andrew!: Dear Sir—Last night Ibis neighborhood
was visited by *• rude Boreas ” in one of bis maddened
antics, demolishing dwelling houses, gin houses, barns
kitchens and oilier oitt-linuses, at u most fearful rate—
while the damage done lo the limber was very great. At
7 o'clock the nulling of the whirlwind was heard, and ill
live minutes llie hardest nl the blmv was over. It passed
thtoueli the upper edge of the village, unroofing two resi
dences, upturning several out houses, blowing down anil
nearly demolishing the frames ot two dwellings, which
bad just been erected, rind smashing one other residence
considerably, by the falling of a large pine tree acpfo.ss it.
I lie in.lin body cl the track which it made, appears to lie
about half a mile wide ; and had it passed its width far
ther down into the village, I have no doubt that everv
tiling ibis morning would have been a complete 1C recti, fa r
where it has passed it has laid nearly everv thing level
before it. The damage done this plac's is small in com
purisnii t“ its extent in the country. Early this iiinrning
I followed the track about a mile, anil such a scene as pre*
i sented ilselt, I have never before witnessed. Hills and
j hollows alike Inara mournful spectacle! Trees two feet
j and more in diameter, have been torn up by the roots, or
| wrong oil,as though they were hut straws, while the tops
j ot some ot them, (as much as 10 inches through where
1 wrung off) I found in an old field, some3oo yards! Large
1 logs we nol-ccd, also, some of which waie lienrlv or unite.
-3 lert in diameter, were moved several rods from where
I they rested—one of them, measuring some 50 feet in length,
wus blown 50 yards, as I understand. I counted in the
i road, within 300 yards, sixty trees lying across it, that
would average ov.-r I foot in diameter, each. The roads
in three directions are filled up in this way.
Yours, dee. Q.
[FOR THE MUSCOGEE IIEMOCRAT. j
Doctor Andrews :— Will you, as a liberal Editor, j
be pleased lo afford me a corner in your next No., to 1
say a brief word to my liberal fellow citizens ?
Hearing that an itinerant Preacher announced in |
the Methodist Church that he would enlighten the I
public, in the Baptist Church, last evening, on the j
subject of Popery, I dropped in to hear with my own j
, CUTS.
11 Ihe beast and his horns —an old thread-bare
; üb,ect —was his theme. Had lie j* single spark oi l
; oratory in his head or heart, he might grapple with |
i the “ beast,” and bruise, at least, the little horn, with I
a furious bolt of declamation. But no; lie lacked
wolully this belligerent requisite, and consequently
!he made a poor, miserable attack on the beast. Ho\v
| ever, like the Fox with the Lion, what lie lacked in
j strength lie supplied by stratagem. He unrolled a
! miserable daub, representing the Pope, Cardinals and
; Bishops ; and then, with a pointer in hand, coolly
! caricatured the group on his chart.
He borrowed or invented for the occasion, two new
) titles—“ His Beatitude,” and “ Omnipotent ” —lor the
Pope, as given lo him, he said, by Catholics ! He
coolly declared that the Pope knows every thing in
the world, “through the Confessional”! It an in
tention of taking the Pope’s life were told to a Priest,
in conlession, be has not the liberty of disclosing it
This is Catholic doctrine. The Preacher said he
“ kissed the Pope's toe 35 or more times.” (Jood !
Perhaps the Pupil's valiet may claim such a chance — |
hut a Catholic gentleman does not make a hall ol 1
himself, and cannot make it ol the Pope. Besides.
Catholics never kiss the “ toe,” but only a gilt Cross, i
near the instep, on the Pope’s while slipper.
He stated, out of so many thousand Frenchmen in j
America, himself is the only one who does not claim to
he a Count or a Baron ! and that every American a
broad, claims to he Captain, or Major, or Colonel, or
General! J had the pleasure of meeting many on
the Continent, and received their cards, without lilies.
He said himself was a ‘ plebeian,’ and to prove the dis
play of titles, mentioned that even lie was caned Itei
trend.
His being a plebeian, I will not question, for in tell
ing the unclean thing he is not remarkably genteel.
I cannot allude further in detail to his many unjust
calumnies: their name is ‘legion.’ He, no doubt i
built largely on the credulity ot Columbus, and on ut-!
ter impunity from notice and detection from Catho-!
lies, who, iie avowed, are learned elsewhere, ami i
therefore are to he shunned; hut who, in Columbus. |
are only ‘ a few servants ’!
Money, of course, was the finale. He asked for |
twenty-five dollars, and said this stun would make the j
Baptist Minister a Member for life of his Society, and i
would serve the Mission; and hoped the amount j
would be made up. He then went round, and called !
also on me. 1 told him, when the Baptist Minister)
would need five or more dollars to buy bread, 1 would •
assist him. When he concluded, I requested the favor •
of a lew minutes’ reply, Irotn those present, but Rev !
l)r. Slade, who has charge of the Church, refused me. !
1 then addressed the Rcv’d Preacher, and told hint: j
j “Ifyou get a dollar for every untruth you told this!
I night, against Catholics, you ran travel at ease.”
I In seif defence, I deem it a duty due to an ••nlight-;
j ened and liberal community, to save from an itineran 1
j slanderer, the ‘ few servants ’ —the unobtrusive Cati.-
! olics—intrusted to the care of one, who is tlic chtel ■
j ‘servant’ among them, and a very humble citizen —
T. BEIiMi.VJUAM. -
Cojuinbii l '. Dec. 15,1847. _____
New Store and New Goods.
i§2? £**• fllliE subscriber li-K removed from hi*
ij'Zi** l * B Oli! Siaml o the corner nbove. (well
known as the llnnserfirril corner,) where he Inis tit’ed up
a more convenient umi elegmii Store,huc! i* fl lnis n with
GOODS klectori in New York by If. Fotter, whone ex
perience in the liUPiIiOAM miu! tnelc in purchueing • 100
well known in thi# community to need u word here.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Lamps, i
Plated Ware, Britannia Ware, iV lancy Goods,
in great variety,
conmitutc a part of hi* stock; and it it is not n* Inrge am! ;
pxtttmivs a* unv that has ever been brought lien I .it u soon i
To ou u morale would be both tedious mid expeuHixe, (for |
those Printer# don't work for nothing.) but if Ladies mol *
Gentlemen will call nml esumioe fur themselves we havr I
not a doubt but they will Hull lilt? Rssortiurnt ns good, uml i
the Good# mm cheep ns ut nuy store in the city.
ITT JOHN W ARD i* nt hi# pot, iend v to REPAIR
Watches Clucks, Music Hones, J *wolry, &e. &e. in the
best mnniiei; and do up Elivrnvillg n lee Hr better tbao
nuv bodv this side the l(io Gruude.
1 am expci'iimr mi nsamlnient of .Musical liutru*
tui'iilM, I t a lew days, ol which mure anon.
|r any should chance to And our door aiicr, remcm
ber il i-closed to keep nut the cold nir, nml not nistoiners,
J'uMh il open and walk in, without knocking.
H. 11. PDIIPLE.
iViilhwHim, Dan. 10* IWh Nil
Christmas is coming I
A LAROB ASSORTMENT OF XTCART’s AND OTKX&
HAVE just been received by the undersigned, at theif
old M-iiid on Brand street, above Randolph.
Al*o, Fruit* and Nu*# of • very da*criptioo, inch
Apple*, Or*Citrip*, Fine Appk# t Filbert*, Al
umm]*, lirix.it .\;jii% Ivaiftinn, Vc. &<:.
Also, ail uiiuU of >l.fj A R ORNAMENTS for fjreasinr
Lake.
p*F*>neb an.] German TOYS, FANCY BOXES, and
i , Christmas Presents* The Ladle* and \oung
people arc panicularly iu-.itsil to *;ive ns a rail.
j „ , , , HOGAN A COOPER.
Colun,tins. Dee. IG, 1847 . 50 t!
i olin K. Bingham,. Principal.
“IN I hi* School iuMrnr.it, n will be given in all ll #
-1. brittle lien ot a Classic*!, Mo the metical and Businas
Education. The Academic. v ear commence* on the sec*
onl 3lcnday in January, and terminate* on the 22d
of November id lowing.
£JT Young Gentlemen wishing a Collegiate Education,
cno here be p epaied for entering any CiHSs in our brut
College*. Barents and Guardians who entrust their chil
dren and wnr *to hi’ cure, innv let I assured that the
Count ? of Sfuili/ trill be moral, systematic and thorough.
The Rates of Tuition wilt ho such us rip usual in thin
city, tonli who me able lo pay them, those who are not
by reference to the Ti uatecs, nm\ have the. benefits of the
! •School upon such term* as myv b agreed upon.
KFThrt location is high and henitliv—sitnutrd on the
liejght* in 11 northern direction, in a beautiful glove- about
one mile from Culnmhn* ; the Building i* undergoing a
thorough repair. Mini no trouble or expense will defer the
Principal from procuring necessary Apparniint and com
petent Assistants, immediately. A** the location in pe
culiarly suited to citizens .nd strangers, freeing tlie for
mer from anxiety for their children in the sired* at noon
mid other times, and affording to the latter,in u great men
sure, nil the advntit ages of 1 lie refined society of Colum
bus, without til** temptations and exposure to the tamp af
im-sphcre to which a residence in the place would neces
sarily subject lhern —the Principal is duly nware that
the prosperity and permanency of the Institute must de
pend wholly on the energy and faithfulness ol the Faculty.
Boaidine can be had quite contiguous to the Institute,
in private residences, at comparatively low puces—and at
a very desirable distance in the touritn, at eight dollars
per month, including lodging and w ashing.
We the undersigned, well acquainted with the location
of the “Coliuulhi* Institute,** certify that we believe it is
nor excelled, in point of health or any local ad* outages so
purposes of education, by any in western or middle Geor-r
gia. ‘ ‘ T. B. SLADE,
THOMAS OOULDI.NO, W. A. KEDD,
G. E. THOMAS, T. RAG LA VP.
Columbus. Dec. 16,1847. 50tf
Additional supply of New Goods.
riMIF undersigned have just received and offer for sale,
su l ,er * or quality, new style ‘Silk and Fur
30 doz. Men's and Boys’ ass -rted Cloth Caps, amongst
them are Taylor’s new shape Guard Caps, of very fine
quality ;
50 doz. Silk and Lairn Glazed CAPS, eorr.e superior.
I UT Also, 200 pair I.ndics’ Kid Slip] rrs •
130 “ thick foie Walk me Buskins;
Half G.UTKKS, patent
Leather, Foxed h- l Tops;
300 pair .Misses Sc Children’s black and bron
zed ISoofces.
KF above Goods, being mannfnrtmcd to CUB Or
der, for this market, we will WARRANT them qual to
representation. The Mats hv Beebe ft i'vSter, N. Y. ft ltd
the Siloes by Mclntosh, of Philadelphia.
CTPenionn wanting t> pnrclotre articles in our line
will do well to examine our Stock, us we are determined
to keep
the newest Styles and finest Fabrics,
that can be procured in tiie Northern Cities. All of w hich
will bo diapoflgd of CHEAP Ibr CASH, or ita equivn cut*
KYLE & BARNETT.
Columbus, Dec. 9, 1347. 49 4t
-ot I>Er¥TIST.
IjJIH J. Uov/€, D.D.S.
A graduate of Baltimore College of
jJarwitL dental surgekt.
/ VI Ha eßtabiii>lied an Office ut the residence of
▼ .Vrs. llOßfiES—Broad street.
Recommendations, &c.— To all people throughout
■ Chvimendom : 77/t# certifits, that Dr. j. \v. t'LOWtS i#
a Dental Operator of the FIRST ABII.ITY. We feel
grout pleasure in recovi irw-mlii.g him to Uie LNLIMITKD
CON KI DEN It of the Public.
J. Smith Dodee.n. and. s. 13 Bond st. N. Y.
1.. Parmely J)Mitist, Washington, I). C.
j C'tmpiii A. Harris, m.l>. d.d.s. Baltimore.
Tlio. K. Bond, jr. m.d. *•
Andrew M. Frink, Mayor of the city of New London.
! [OPTlie public are nUo referred to the very reapectabla
f Moitaes of Nay lor iV *'o..N. Y.,J. Ennis ik Cos., and E. T.
I Taylor St Cos. Columbus.
! >7 T A Lis Operations WARRANTED, nnd dono at tk©
i LOWEST RATES.
Columbus, (la Dec. 9. 1547. 49 6m
I _
DAGUERREOTYPE.
Perry & Brother
W'ILL positively rinse their business in tlicity, in
three week** more! Th -e desirous of bavin*
Pictures, will therefore please e*ii within that period.
Dec. 9, 1817. 49 3t
WATCHES,
Freiicli Fancy Articles &-C.
PIN HE undersiVnfid, successor to 11. E. Dibble, lim
M. just returned from New York, mid is now opening,
doors below iMesar*. \\ imrr & Lppiug's Drug Store, ss
lrge an HHsortiueiii of Gold .uni Silver Goods, as wera
ever oHe red in this city, cousi.-ting, in pur!, us follow*:
Hne Gold and Silver Lever, Anchor, Lepino
and Virge Escapement WATCHES,
from 111. r.li braid Munuiavturics, WARRANTED
to keep good time.
Real Diamond and rich Jewelry, of great variety, etn
bracing the uewe.-t fushons; Cuttieo nud Coral Broaches*.
Cameo Bracelets, gold Miniature Settings nud Lockela, of
every ni/.ohui] pntteru; gold Guard N. Fob Chains*, Kejra
nud .'seals, Pen amt Pencils; real Silver Fish, Knives* and
Forks; Pea und ‘Pablo Spooi b, silver Cops, gold ami sil
ver riiiuibles, Spectacles, &c. Ts>gciher with a good as
sortment of
iincriean ami French CLOCKS, from $! to $75!
French Toys, recently imported: Steel Goods*; Shell, Ivo
ry mid Buijiilo COMBS; Tablets. See. together with a va
riety of other Goods—tli of whit h will he offered at price#
LOWER than have heretofore been waked, iu thin city.
‘Plie public are invited to call aiyi examine (hid new
and inviting stock,before purclmsiug elsewhere.
o*The valuable services of (Mr. WM. B. MOORE are
secured, ie the |{U’\|RING tlepartnirnt. All Repairing
of Clock# and Watched \Y'A UR ANTED, or no charge.
A. 11. DeWITT.
Columbus Ga. Doe. 9,1f!47. 49 3iu
New BOOK STORE.
S pies. -vet! to announce to the
u citi/ *i:s of Columbus and vi
riimv, ihnl he has jM opt?tied n Store next door below
Wintei ot Ejiping'e. wlic.ie he has on limit!, end will be re*
ceiving, a New ami select Uxso tmeul of
BOOKS & STATIONERY:
among w liich may be met.’ Srl.ool, Cubical, Medina',
Law and M i*celli*tie>;,* Wotks; n good nssortmeut of
ANNUALS ami GIFT P>(OKS; together with Sunday
School amt Children*# livks, ot almost any kind and
rjuu lily.
NumarniM kind u of CNVF.I-OPKS; pmwv and Note
Paper; Printing. Vi-iiint’ and Playing t'ALDS; Rriftini
nnd Perforated Boards; I nm-pmc nt and Moils* Walei#;
and all other article* n<u.llv kept in a Book Stoje.
•TT* Teacher# m.d peranna wauling Librurh**, arc* in
vited to * ul! and examine.
Columbus, Dei. 9, 11.47. 43 dm
i\i:c*itoa:s for xnic.
f PMF, snlinciilicr will .pH to Hip hiikloi, on i! n
* first Ton.iln. in .t.imary next, in tfir town oi CL I II
HKK l', Rundolpli ttmntv,
Scv-nt‘i‘ llUel) ISegrootii
<:nnilint iit'tn.M, wonirn nml rliililrc n. Thr Tt t
Ihi ticu’thirds ol litn ninottiU t'o./t—tfin rninninnPr t*t I.
iiinulli.i witli —i„itll .Notnn mid rood ..curitv, wtH’ inntrort
troll, duln, if not 1i.11.v |>id. All drtmnd. llinl ki.
due ugnjit.i tlie uli.cribi r,will fie l.ken . <
DRtinV M. LEHI'EI'R.
rmfifi.it, r.. Dee.Masr. 49 *‘
Tlje M*.nit .l'*’’,*.’ I.’ ,e**T .ill * ,,, P5 a >- >*• >'•