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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 >- >*• >'•