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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
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LITER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL
of THE
PACIFIC.
COTTON ADVANCED l-8a l-4d.
Charleston, Dec. 8.
Steam Ship Pacific has arrived, with later
advices from Europe.
Cotton Market.— The demand for Cotton
has been good and prices have advanced one
eighth to one quarter penny. The Middling
qualities improved most. Fair New-Orleans is
quoted at five three eights; Middling, five; Fair
Uplands, five one eighth; Middling, four seven
eights. The sales thirty thousand bales.
Tjade in the Manufacturing Districts had con
siderably improved.
For Flour the demand was active but prices
unchanged.
Sugar and Coffee—prices stiffer at previous
quotations.
Consols 981.
1 Charleston, Dec. 8, P. M.
Cotton. —The sales to-day are 1700 bales at
74 to 8i cents. Prices are unsettled, but after
the receipt of the Pacific’s news the preponder
ance was in favor of sellers.
New York, Dec. 8, P. M.
Cotton.— The market is unchanged and in
active.
Washington, Dec. 8, P. M.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Foote delivered a
speech on his resolution declartng the compro
mise permanent.
[From the New York Herald , sth inst.\
Arrival of the Steamer Humboldt.
The United States mail steamship Humboldt,
Captain Lines, arrived at this port about two o’-
clock this morning.
She left Havre at 8 A. M., on the 20th ultimo;
(having been detained one day by the shortness
of the tides on the French coast,) crossed the
English channel, and anchored in Cowes roads
4P. M. of the same day. Having taken on
board the English mails, she departed thence at
5 P. M.
jJKossuth, the illustrious Hungarian patriot,
and leader, is a passenger by the Humboldt. He
is accompanied by Madame Kossuth, and by M.
and Madame Pulski, together with his Aide-de-
Camps and Secretaries, in all thirteen persons.
As the Humboldt came up the bay, Kossuth
was saluted by the discharge of twenty-one
guns, which was returned on the part of the stea
mer. On his arrival at Staten Island, a large
number of the people, notwithstanding the late
ness of the hour, rushed down to the dock to
welcome him. Dr. Boene, the Health Officer
at Quarantine, addressed the nob'e guest, to
which the latter replied in a brief and appropri
ate manner. His fellow countrymen, who have
been for some time awaiting his arrival in this
city—our citizen soldiery, and the others present,
seemed perfectly frantic with joy, and made the
neighboring shores re-echo with their shouts of
admiration and delight.
Lolo Montez, the celebrated dansuese, Bava
rian exile, and European political reformer, is
also among the passengers in the H.
Affairs in France.
The news from France is of an exciting char
acter. The most stormy debate ever known,
even in French parliamentary annals, had taken
place irr the Legislative Assembly, upon the
proposition of the question for appointing an
armed force for the protection of the Assembly.
The project, if carried, would have had the effect
of exciting civil war, inasmuch as the legislative
would have arrayed against the executive pow
ers, a military force, and a collision must have
resulted, the end of which no one can foresee.
The measure was, however, rejected by a majori
ty of one hundred and eight votes, and thus
Louis Napoleon and his ministry completely
trumphed. It was understood, that if the vote
had been carried, the President would instantly
have taken steps to render it nugatoiw; in fact a
coup d’ental was actually contemplated by Louis
Napoleon, which, if successful, (and there is lit
tle doubt but it would have succeeded,) would
have settled the question of French politics alto
gether for the present, and established either a
military dictatorship or the Empire. The Na
tional Assembly has so lost ground by its abor
tive intrigues against the President, that his posi
tion is now pronounced by his bitterest oppo
nents, for the moment to be stronger than ever it
was since his election, and appearances seem to
justify the belief that, unless he is guilty of some
act of indiscretion, nothing can prevent his re
ei|; ion to the Presidency, even if some more
ceftjdn and perpetuated appointment be not con
ferred upon him as ruler of the destinies of
France. The rage and hostility of the several
factions of the Assembly are, however, unboun
ded, and it is hard to say what may be the next
phase in the conflict going on.
Marshal Sou’t was dangerously ill and his de
cease was hourly expected.
All important operations in commerce appear
to have been suspended in Paris, in consequence
of the uncertainty which existed relative to the
differences between the executive and legislative
powers. The principal merchants and manu
facturers, were beginning to feel uneasy at this
situation of affairs, and the orders generally given
at the conclusion of the year were withheld.—
The number of foreigners was daily increasing
in Paris, and the shoemakers were beginning to
complain. The manufacturers of the provinces
were also complaining. Affairs were somewhat
better at Lyons, where large orders had been re
ceived from the United States. The exhibition
of manufacturers which the Americans are or
ganizing in New York, to be held next spring,
had given increased activity to speculation. In
the French grain and wine markets there was
•no change of importance.
Further per— S*eamer Niagara.
New York, Dec. 6.1 A. M.
The steamer Niagara, Ryrie, has arrived,
bringing 3 days later from Europe.
Markets. —Cotton during the week had been
firm but unchanged in price; sales 40,000 bales,
of which 7000 were on speculation. Fair up
lands 5d.; fair Orleans SRI.
BreadstufFs were firm with a good business.
Provisions dull and unchanged.
Trade in Manchester was very satisfactory.—
Money was easy and bank st*cksand railway
shares were advancing. Consols for account
closed at 98 \ a 99.
General News. —The Russians have again
been defeated by the Circassians with terrific
loss.
Jhe news from England is of no importanc
France. —The “Constitutionnell” states that
there is a flagrant conspiracy in the Assembly
against the President. The editor of La Pro
vince, a Socialist journal, had been sentenced to
1 month imprisonment and a fine of 2000 francs
for an article offensive to the President and the
Republic.
The law restricting the exercise of suffrage
would be repealed.
Two steamers had come in collision at Mar
seilles; one of them sunk, and all on board per
ished.
Spain.— Madrid accounts state that the Span
ish Government had pardoned on the demand of
Lord Howden,23 English subjects who had taken
part in the Cuba expedition. Several thousand
stand of arms had been embarked at Cadiz for
Cuba.
Italy. —lt is announced that the Grand Duke
Leopold of Tuscany intends to abdicate.
Denmark. —Another Ministerial crisis had oc
curred.
New York, Dec. 5.
The Patriot Kossuth at New York. —Hrs
Speeches. —Kossuth has been occupied during
the entire day in delivering, speeches and re
ceiving the visits of the people. An address to
the noble chief was delivered by Major Hagadon,
in which the speaker took strqjhg ground in fa
vor of noh-intervenfli’on. Kossuth replied as fol
lows: “To you, sir, I have but simply to return
my thanks and through you to tHose who were
pleased to send you on so pleasant a mission. I
have simply to return thanks because you have
anticipated all those feelings w r hich it would
have been my task to endeavour to have the
people of the U. States entertain. If the senti
ments you express are those of your people, I
have nothing to ask. Then I will have almost
to thank you for the realization of those senti
ments'. ’ The reception I have already experienc
ed relieves me of much anxiety. If the doctrine
of non-intervention is understood as you state it,
tnen the generous and efficient aid of the United
States for my country’s suffering independence
is secured.
We will have fair p’ayinthe struggle which
we have yet to fight, and that is all the people of
Hungary want. I know your history. To-be
sure, there is much likeness in our past struggle
and your glorious effort for independence; but
there is also a great difference. That difference
is that in the stormy period of your revolution
you met lriends: but Hungary did not. You met
with fleets, auxiliary troops, arms, money, and
peace negotiations in your aid. We were for
saken and alone.* We were abandoned by tho
whole world. But what to our past was wanting,
we may yet see bestowed upon our future. There
will soon be occasion and opportunity for it, be
cause I feel confident that one lost battle, or one
lost campaign, does not overthrow a people, but
often stimulates them to greater actions, and I
am strong in the hope that Hungary will yet be
free. I will cling to my motto, which I received
from a laborer of Marseilles, “ There is not dif
ficulty to him who wills.” In respect to your
tendered guard of honor, I will not request it, nor
will I decline it. I teel honored by every mark
of attention, by every token of kindness, from
the American people. In conclusion, then, sir,
permit me to say, accept my best wishes for
your country’s glory and personal happiness.
Kossuth was again addressed this morning by
Dr. Breminghousen in behalf of the adopted citi
zens of the United States, to which he appro
priately replied in German. The grand public
reception in this city will probably come off on
Monday next. Kossuth will deliver his great
speech at 3 o’clock to-day. He may not perhaps
come up to the city before Monday next.
[From the N. O. Picayune, 3 d r.is?.]
Later from Mexico.
We have received our files of Mexican jour
nals, from the capital of Mexico, to the 18th
November.
The Chamber of Deputies of Congress had re
jected a proposition to adjourn on the 15th ult.
The Chamber had been engaged in discussing
the bill for the regulation of the public debt, and
had passed it and sent it to the Senate. The
Trait d’Union promises to give the whole bill
when it shall have become a law.
There had been two slight earthquakes at
Mexico and Puebla. The Pope’s nuncio, Mon
signor Clementi, had arrived at the capital, after
having been joyous’y greeted on the route from
Vera Cruz. He was received, in state, by Presi
dent Arista, the day after his arrival, and each
functionary addressed the other in a harangue
couched in appropriate terms. His arrival has
given rise to an animated discussion in the jour
nals.
The Trait says that the Porvenir of Vera Cruz
states, that a private letter from Tampico an
nounces that, during the seige of Matamoras, by
Carvajal, the French and American Consuls, at
Matamoras. were eye-witnesses of the sack and
pillage of their consular offices.
The Chamber of Deputies had referred to a
spec ; al committee, a proposition authorizing the
Government to subscribe for forty shares in the
electric telegraph line of Juan de la Granja.
A resolution to create Gen. A valos a Briga
dier, and to bestow on the city of Matamoras the
title of “heroic,” had been strenuously opposed by
Arrangoiz, who insisted it was an unpardonable
crime on the part of Avalos to rescind, temporari
ly, the tariff of imposts on importations.
The intelligence of the retreat of Carvajal, had
been received at the capital, and tended to tran
quilize the public mind.
The Mexican cabinet had transmitted to Con
gress a proposition for a law to raise an “army
of reserve,” to consist of 78,000 infantry, 20,000
cavalry, and 9000 artillery..
The journals contain the usual quantity of rob
beries on the highways.
A conducta had arrived at Vera Cruz, from
Mexico and Puebla, bringing two millions and a
half of dollars.
Tehuantepec. —The Governor ol Oajacajhad
lately visited Tehuantepec, and issued various
decrees for the pacification of the Isthmus.
The Universal quotes an article from the Pa
cific Star, which states that the Mayor of Mazat
lan,Don C. Irribarren, had exacted an ounce of
gold from each of the passengers who came ashore,
from the last steamer, at that port, on the voyage
from San Francisco, before he would permit them
to re-embark. The Star comments in indignant
terms upon this imposition.
A steam guarda-costa was daily expected at
Vera Cruz from New York.
The cholera was on the decline at Mazatlan.
[From the N. O. Delta , 2d t'nsL]
From Texas. —By the steamship Meteor
Captain Forbes, we have our Texas exchanges.
Our Galveston dates are to the 25th ult. The
News of that date has the following paragraphs
in relation to affairs on the Rio Grande:
Later from the Jlio Grande. —By the arrival of
the schooner Uncle Bill, Capt. Wood, we learn
that Gen. Uraga had arrived at Matamoros with
800 men, one mortar and several pices of artil
lery to reinforce Gen. Avalos. General Carva
jal was in the neighborhood of Camargo and
daily receiving leintoreements. He is occupy
ing all the roads leading to Matamoros. Briga
dier Gen. Ford has gone into Texas to raise men
and was expected back in four weeks. He pro
bably went to San Antonio. No general action
will occur until Ford returns.
It w r as rumored that Avalos would pursue and
attack Carvajal. The Mexican troops in Mata
moros number about two thousand. Carvajal
had not,at last advice--, more than five or six
hundred men under his command. The tiniver-
AUGUSTA, GA-, WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 10, 1851.
sal opinion, on the Texas side of the Rio Grande
is, that Carvajal will ultimately triumph, and
sympathy, in his behalf, is the predominant feel
ing.
Business at Brownsville was dull.
_ AUGUSTA, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING-, DECEMBER 9.
Shocking Occurrence. —On Sunday last, we
are informed, Zedekiah Skets, of Newton District
Jackson county, shot his son, of the same name with
a rifle. The wound proved mortal and the father
has been arrested. He was to have been taken be
fore the magistrates at Newton on yesterday, for
the purpose of commitment. —Athens Banner .
It is not improbable, we think, if the author
ities of Georgia follow the example of that im
becile creature, Gov. Towns, and the last legis
lature, in respiting and pardoning, and that which
thejsresent legislature seems likely to set in the
same line, the day is not far distant when every
lover of law and order in Georgia will have
cause to blush for the disgrace which this sickly,
mawkish sensibility has entailed upon the State?
when the slaughter of men will become more
common than among the savages, and perpetra
ted with fewer compunctions and far less impu
nity. The root of this evil may be traced to
that most extraordinary decision of the Supreme
Court, whichjdeclared unconstitutional the stat
ute of the State, defining the manner of carrying
weapons, and the tree has been rendered vigor
ous by the extraordinary abuse of the pardoning
power during the last four years.
Indeed, so great has been the abuse of that pow
er for the last four years, which seems likely to be
increased rather than corrected by the present
legislature, that the evil is becoming one of se
rious enormity, and demands the indignant re
buke of the press and the people.
It is almost impossible now, for a case of such,
enormity to originate in any community, that
there is not a successful effort made to excite the
morbid, sickly sympathies of a few petitioners,
who ask of the Governor a respite and the Le
gislature a pardon.
The Governor, (Towns) in his cringing,
crawling sycophancy, yields; a respite is given,
and legislators are found who, ignorant of their
duties, or desirous to make a display of their
generous sympathies for a felon, (who in the
popular nomenclature is pronounced “an unfor
tunate fellow-being,”) disregarding the verdicts
of the juries, and the decision of the courts, turn
loose the malefactor upon the country, to imbrue
his already stained hands in the blood of another
victim.
Is it any wonder that murders, the most foul
and cold-blooded, are of weekly, nay, almost
daily occurence in our midst, when] those who
are charged with the execution of the laws are
thus remiss in their high and responsible duties ?
The Supreme Court has decided that the law
of the State which defined the manner of carry
ing arms, was unconstitutional, infringing that
clause which guarrantied to every citizen the
right to bear arms—hence every man may now
load himself with concealed revolvers and bowie
knives, and go forth to shed the blood of his fel
low. And a Governor and two successive Leg
slatures engage in the work of respiting and
pardoning. In such a state of society, is there
any terror to evil doers, to him who commits
the highest crime known to our laws ? Certain
ly not. The greater the offence, the more cer
tain the prospect of escaping punishment. The
poor, penniless creature, who perchance to save
himself and his crying children from the horrors
of starvation, filches from his neighbor’s corn
crib or smoke house, is made to serve a good
longterm in the Penitentiary; while he who in
cold blood makes desolate the family circle, by
hurrying into eternity the father and protector,
is not only permitted to go unwhipt of justice,
but receives the sign manual of the Legislature
and Governor of the state, that it was, if not an
honorable, a justifiable act.
We have with such authorities, and
the contemplation of the consequences of their
action makes us feel sensibly the degradation
which they are fast heaping upon the people and
society of the state, unless checked in their ca
reer.
Intervention. —The Journal of Commerce
thus disposes of this question :
“ Our Government was created—such is the de
claration of the preamble to the Constitution—in
order to form a moro perfect Union, establish justice,
ensure domestio tranquility, promote the general
welfare and secure the blessing of liberty to our
selves and our posterity ; and as intervention in the
affairs of Europe is not among the objects, it is a suf
ficient answer to say to whoever asks it : 'We have
not the power under our present form of Govern
ment.’ "
If the propagandists of the present day had
sway, our constitution would indeed be a melan
choly wreck. Under their administration the
government would become one of sympathy and
impulse, and would be eternally embroiled by
its intermeddling with the affairs of other na
tions. Our duties as citizens of the American
republic, have been wisely defined to be to gov
ern ourselves well, and to secure to every citizen
the blessings of a well-regulated liberty. Do
this, and we will have an ample field for the dis
play of all our diplomacy and statesmanship j
without seeking to prepagate our principles of
government in other soils and climates. Ou r
highest ambition, therefore, should be to extend
our principles, alone by the force of our exam
ple ; and if we cultivate friendly relations with
all, and entangle alliances with none, it is the
surest and most safe mode of accomplishing this
purpose. It has been by the observance of this
wise policy in our foreign relations, that we
have so rapidly and without disturbance attained
our present elevated position among the nations
ot the earth, and it would be the most extrava
gant folly, not to say madness, now, just when
the influence of our position, principles and ex
ample is shaking the thrones of Europe to their
foundations, to abandon it.
Large Load of Cotton. —Wo observed yes
terday, on the street, a mammoth lead of cottou of
twenty bales, from the plantation of Mr. A. McGe
hec, 9 miles out on the South Plank road. The
bales averaged over 500 lbs. each, an aggregate of
five tons, and were hauled by four mules. This
shows the advantages of Plank Roads. Formerly,
o ver the same country, during wet seasons, it some
times required two mules to a bale.
The Montgomery Journal introduces the above
paragraph as an apt illustration, in which we
entirely concur, of the great advantages to plant
ers, of Plank Roads. The country through
which this road passes is limestone, and prob
ably some portions prairie; and most of our read
ers are familiar with the general character of
roads over such land in the Winter, or wet sea
son. But they are little less advantageous as
compared with the best natural roads in the
country, most of which become almost impassa
ble in the winter season, if much travelled over.
The labor of teams and teamsters thus saved are
of incalculable advantage, as it may be employ
ed in the improvement of the farm in various
ways, and the more thorough preparation for the
succeeding crop, which can never be too well
done.
Gubernatorial Fustain-
As a specimen of grandiloquent Gubernatorial
fustian, we copy the subjoined extract from the
late message of Governor Means, of South Car
olina, which is all his Excellency has to say in
reference to Federal relations :
On the subject of our Federal relations, I have
but little to say. You are fully aware of our
wrongs, and know that the Federal Government,
which was instituted for our protection and welfare,
as well as that of the other States, has directed all
its energies to the destruction of that institution
upon which our very vitality depends. You
know that we have been deprived of every inch of
that territory which was won, in part by our blood
and treasure : that wo have been robbed by a tyran
nical and uryust government of the very graves
of our gallant oountrymen who sacrificed their lives
that the “ Star-spangled Banner” might float in
triumph on the bloody fields over which it waved.
You know that our equality in tho Union has been
denied, by the very act which excludes us from this
territory. You know that the tide of Northern fa
naticism must sweep over us, depriving us of our
property, and desolating our homes, unless it is stay
ed by the bold efforts of freemen worthy to be free.
The noble attitude of resistance which I supposed
the State was about to assume, and which I have
directed all iny energies to place her in, seem to have
been delayed or abandoned by the popular voice as
indicated by the result of tho late elections. I can
not believe that this result has been founded in a
willingness tamely to submit to our wrongs, but in a
difference of opinion as to the best modo of redress
sing them. I know of no other mode to recommend
that which I have heretofore so earnestly advoca
ted, viz : That, as our equality is not acknowleged
in the Union, we should assert our independence
out of it. This course I think our pride, our honor,
our safety alike demand. Others, whose opinions
aro entitled to respect, think differently—and it
seems the popular voice has sustained them in their
opinions. It remains now for those who have de
feated the proposed mode of action, and who have
proclaimed their unalterable purpose not to submit
to our wrongs and degredations, to point out a bet
ter course. I, myself, have none to sugggest.
Whatever is tho action of the State, through her
constituted authorities, it is my duty to obey. But I
solemnly call upon you, as the representatives of
the people, and as guardians of their rights, to re
member that since you resolved upon resistance, and
ordered the State to be armed for defence, no sinele
wrong of which you then complained has been re
dressed ; no indemnity has been offered for the past,
no security for the future. That, under
tho vaunted fugitive slave law, it has cost, in some
instances, the owners four times the valuo of tho
slave to recover him, and in others hit life. But
above all, I call upon you to remember that the
soldiers of the Federal Government are -now sta
tioned on your coast, either to overawe or to coerce
you. That the guns of Castle Pinkney, and even of
Fort Moultrie,| which your fathers so gallantly de
fended and which were coded to tho General Gov
ernment for your protection, are now frowning upon
Charleston. Surely this monstrous insult, added to
our injuries, will rouse the pride and patriotism of
our people. Tho dangers which threaten our country
call upon us to bury the party feelings which have
so unfortunately divided and distracted us, and to
unite all our energies ngaints the common enemy
of our institutions. The taunts, the irsults, the
abuse that is heaped upon our State, should cause
every true son of Carolina to cling to her with an
allegiance still more unfaltering. Gentlemen, the
honor and safety of our beloved State aro in your
keeping. May God direct you in your delibera
tions.
In an executive message it should be the pur
pose of the author to state truth fairly and hon
estly—that the people whose sources of infor
mation are not probably so great, may not be
deceived and misled thereby. This proposition,
we presume, no intelligent mind will contro
vert. What then must be thought of an execu
tor who could deliberately prepare the above
extract ? Can it be possible that any man of
ordinary information can be so prejudiced as to
arrive at the conclusion that “the Government
of the United States has directed all its energies
to the destruction of the institution of slavery ?”
That “we have been robbed of every foot of the
territory” of Mexico and California? That
“ our equality has been denied ?” That “ the
soldiers of the Federal Government have been
stationed on the coast of Carolina to overawe or
coerce her people ?” Or that the “guns of Castle
Pinkney and Fort Moultrie are frowning upon
Charleston?” Charity might ascribe these as
sertions to deep-rooted prejudice or a desire for a
display, however ridiculous, of that Sophomorean
fustian of which his excellency is so prolific, but
a sterner virtue might perchance designate them
as the retult of evil propensities, urged on by the
worst motive that could influence a man who
pretended to aspire to the dignity of a patriot.
Let the people judge.
( From, our Correspondent.)
Legislative Frocedings.
Milledgeviixe, Dec. 5,1851.
The act of the last session to alter tho 6th Sec.,
3d Art. of the Constitution of this State which had
passed the Senate by a majority of two-thirds, pass
ed the Houso to-day by a like majority. It is now
therefore, a part of the Constitutional Law of
Georgia.
It may be interesting to thoso who seldom enjoy
the privilege of examining the printed laws, to
present a synopsis of the act, inasmuch as it is to
bo in force in a few weeks. It vosts the powers of
ourt Ordinary, in an officer styled an
“Ordinary.” Appeals may bo taken Irom his de
cisions, to the Superior Courts. 'The Ordinary shall
be Clerk of his own Court, and may appoint a
deputy. Either officer may issue citations, grant
temporary letters of Administration to hold until
permanent ones aro obtained, and grant Marriage
licenses. He is to be‘elected as other county offi
cers, on the Ist of January next, and every fourth
year thereafter, and shall be commissioned by the
Governor. Vacancies in tho office to be filled as in
the case of other county officers. Until the same
be filled, the Clerk of tho Superior Court shall act
as Ordinary,
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr. Felton, to change the times for holding
the Superior Courts in the Cherokeo Cirouit.
By Mr. Moreland, to establish lost papers in Jus
tices Courts.
By Mr. Thurmond, to increase the Tax on Itin
erant traders in Jackson county,
By Mr. Gilmore, to fix the times for holding the
Superior Courts in the South Western Circuit.
By Mr. Floyd, to prescribe the manner in which
the laws of this State shall be printed and published.
By Mr. Bloodworth, to incorporate the Zebulon
Branch Railroad Company.
By Mr. Dawson, of Putnam, to regulato the
election of members of tho General Assembly—to
point out the mode of taking testimony in cases of
contested elections, and to punish certain officers.
Also, to regulate tho offices of Secretaiy of the
Senate and Clerk of tho House.
By Mr. Carr, to incorporate Bascom Academy, in
Scriven county. >
By Mr. Seward, to repeal tho act of 1825, .’ cen
sing Physicians, and all amendatory acts cr "ting
the Board of Physicians.
By Mr. Hill, to amend the several acts authoris
ing Courts of Ordinary to appoint Clerks Adminis
trators, in certain cases.
Also, to amend the act allowing parties to com
pel discoveries at common law.
The special order of the day, viz : the bill to
lay off a new county from Henry, Pike and Fayette,
to be called Spalding, was taken up, and after tho
reading of memorials in favor and against the pro
posed county, tho House adjourned.
The Senate has but little to do, owing to tho tar
diness of the business of tho House—as somo say.
Mr. Anderson introduced a bill to authorise the
Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company to extend
their Canal to the Altamaha river.
The bill to incorporate tho Coosa and Chattooga
River Railroad Company was passed.
Three o’clock, P. M.
The House spent the as, ernoon in discussing tho
bill providing lor the formation of the new county
of Spalding. Mr. Fall, of Henry, opposed the biil,
as also Mr. Thurmond, who put forth ono of his
best efforts against it. Messrs. W ofiord and Felton
gave tho bill a warm support. Those gentlemen
assumed tho position, in their argument, that a
number of citizens concurring to ask for the crea
tion of a now county, it is the duty of tho legislature
to grant it—that if they aro satisfied to bear the
expense of maintaining their county, tho citizens
of other counties have no right to oppose them.
Mr. Harper rose in reply to Mr. Felton, and pro
ceeded in an earnest argument in opposition to tho
Bill. Before he concluded Jr successful motion was
made to adjourn. He is therefore entitled to the
floor when tho subject is resumed. «
Mr. Felton and Mr. Harper pro two of the most
intelligent members of the House, and are both
agreeable and forcible speakers. They are both
young men. The manner of Mr. Harper is gra re
fill and pleasing—his voice clear and agreeable—
his diction choice and pointed. In personal appear
ance ho is not unlike the late Hon. Edward J.
Black. It is a handsome remembrance. Mr.
11. will be pronounced in any assembly a decidedly
handsome man.
Mr. Felton is tall, with an intelligent counte
nance, tho expression very composed and rather
sedate. His voice is strong, sonorous and agreeable.
Every syllable he utters fills the Hall and is heard
with great distinctness, He speaks with animation
but with a deliberate utterance which gives full
effect to his argument.
Millkdgeville, Dec 6, 1851.
House.
The House resumed the unfinished business
of yesterday, which was the bill creating the
new county “ Spalding.’’ Mr. Harper continued
his remarks commenced on yestereay afternoon,
in opposition to the bill. Mr. Fall followed on
the same side. Mr. Sewart made an argument
in favor of the bill, as also Mr. Russell. Mr.
Meriwether, (Mr. Bartow in the Chair) opposed
it, mainly on the ground of inexpediency. He
was answered by Mr. McDougald.
Before the final action of the House on the
above bill, the Governor transmitted and invita
tion from the citizens of Savannah, to the officers
and members of the Legislature to visit their city
as their guest; which was referred to a commit
tee of 16. In a short time the committee report
ed that the House would accept the invitation,
and spend Friday and Saturday next, in Savan
nah, leaving here on Thursday next, 9 A. M.
A great deal of time was spent in debating the
resolution of acceptance, a number of members
being opposed to it. A variety of substitutes
and amendments were proposed,all of which were
rejected, Pending the discussion a message was
received from the Senate communicating reso
lutions passed by that body, accepting the invi
tation of the citizens of Savannah to visit that
city. On motion the message was taken up, and
after several amendments and substitutes were
offered and rejected, the House concurred in the
resolutions of the Senate by a test vote of yeas
65, and nays 44.
Mr. Tift, Mr. McDougald, and Mr. Walker
were the prominent members in opposition to
this most absurd, undignified and ridiculous pro
ceeding. Mr. Walker very aply and felicitous
ly said that while he fully appreciated the hos
pitality of the citizens of Savannah and their
kind feelings towards the Legislature, he con
ceived that the General Assembly would disrobe
itself of much of its appropriate dignity by going
upon any such expedition. A pleasure excur
sion like this was not compatible with its pro
per functions. In Milledgeville each member was
known and respected as such, while engaged in
the work of legislation. The citizen who meet
him in the street would be as polite as a dancing
master. As one member of the House had ex
pressed it, he w ~s one thirty second, part of a
State. But in Savannah each member was but a
common man, and might be compelled to give the
side walk to any blackguard who might choose
to elbow him off, or get into a row. When the
legislators get to Savannah, as they were but
men, they would yield to city temptat’o is and
visit all sorts of places, and might get all
sorts of scrapes, the result of which m' 'it be
broken heads and perhaps murder, which would
inflict lasting disgrace upon the State. He did
not like to see the Legislature exhibiting itself
in the attitude of a traveling managerie, and the
little negro boys of Savannah following at its
heels and shouting, “ here comes the Legislature .”
The Honorable Speaker would be pointed out as
the grand elephant, the Tippoo Saib of the con
cern, and the leading and distinguished speaking
members as the royal lions, and Bengal tigers,
while the common members like himself will
bring up the rear as the kangaroos and monkeys
and laughing hyenas. Mr. Walker concluded by
stating that he felt a deep interest in the pros
perity of Savannah, entertained a high respect
for the enterprise, public spirit and intelligence
of her sons, and had uniformly, while a member
of the Legislature been a zealous advocate of
measures promotive of her interests upon which
he had been called upon to act. His opposition
therefore, to this proposed visit to Savannah did
not raise from any motive inconsistant with the
kindest feelings towards that city.
Though Mr. Walker’s speech was in a humor
ous vien, and produced some meriment in the
House, affording an agreable relief to a dry dis
cussion not unmixed with a little ill-temper
which was exhibited by one or two members
yet there was much sound sense and much food
for sober reflection in what he said.
The precedent afforded by the New York Le
gislature in its pleasure junketing to New York
city was quoted in support of this movement by
the Legislature of Georgia. As we never saw
a good reason given of State expediency and ad
vantage in that famous legislative frolic, nor
even heard of a single benefit resulting to the
Empire State of the North from it, nor even a
bright idea, or valuable suggestion sprining out
of the brains of the representatives from “the
rural districts” by their trip to the great Empo
rium of Commerce where they saw the great salt
sea and those “ hu";e leviathans of the deep,” the
the great sailing ships and monster steamers, we
are sceptical of the vast acquisitions which may
accrue to the legislative residence of Georgia
from this visit. The Athenians boasted of their
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schools of Peripatetic Philosophers; and with rea
son, for they are world renowned for their meta
physical wisdom. It may be that our peripatetic
legislature may dive successfully into tne salt
water mysteries of luscious by-valves, and pluck
pearls of gastronomic wisdom from their closed
mouths. Inspiration may be wooed in the spar
kle of Champaigne, and the ruby glow of Maderia
which may shed its radiance upon the future
statute book of the Empire State of the South.
If this auspicious result should grow out of this
visit of our modern Lycurguse6 to the City of
Oglethorpe, we shall in common gratitude not
begrudge to that city a fail share of the special
benefits w hich may come out of the aggiegate of
this increased legislative wisdom.
After the resolutions of the Senate were agreed
to,‘the bill for the new county of Spalding was
put upon its passage, and was carried by yeas 59,
nays 50.
The House then adjourned to Monday morn
ing.
Senate.
In the Senate, the following bills were intro
duced.
By Mr. Moore, to incorporate Lincoln Lodge,
No. 78, at Lincolnton, Georgia. There are sev
eral bills of similar import with this, now before
the Legislature, which it seems to me, are all
answered by the general statute incorporating
“the Grand Lodge of the State of Georgia, to
gether with all subordinates now existing, or
which may hereafter exist,”
By Mr. McCune—To incorporate an in
stitution for the pro.notion ofmoral and theolo
gical information, embracing Common School
Education,(the Arts and Sciences Law and Medi
cine, with apparatus, books, maps,charts, &c., in
the city of Griffin, to he called “The First
Southernt Liberal tute.” Institute.”
Mr. Connelly presented the memorial of the
citizens and Grand Jury of Burke county, in re
lation 1 o the License Laws, which was referred
to the Committee on Petitions.
The following bills were passed.
The bill to regulate the practice in the Supreme
and Superior Courts of this State, by yeas 24,
nays 10.
To amend the several acts, regulating the fees
of Magistrates and Constables. This bill applies
to the counties of Richmond, Bibb, Monroe and
Lee.
To authorise the several Banks of this State to
issue bills of a certain denomination, and for
other purposes, by yeas 33, nays 6.
The following bills were lost.
To give owners of Saw Mills in this State, a
lien upon the building, for the payment of the
lumber.
In relation to Bonds, Bills, Promissory notes,
and other instruments of writing.
The Report of the Sub committee appointed
to examine the affairs of the State Road, has been
submitted in each branch. It seems to be a vo
luminous document, and has been ordered to be
printed.
(From another Correspondent.)
Thursday Night, Dee. 14.
Debate in the House, on a bill reported by Mr.
Bailey, of Murray, to allow Baxter Brown, of Mur
ray county, to practice medicine, and charge for
the same: <
Mr. Seward.—l move to amend thnt bill, by an
additional seotion, containing sovoral other names.
Mr. Perkins.—l propose further to amend, by
adding the following words to the amendment of
the gentleman from Thomas: “ and that all other
citizens of this State be allowed the same priv
ileges.”
Brr. rmwsou, ot yroene.— t w- i eaV e to submit
the following resolution: 1 Kesmorrt, ium ran
bill bo referred to the citizens of Murray county,
and that they bo requested to endorse upon their
tickets, at the January election, “ Doctor,” or
“ No Doctor.”
Mr. Bailey.—l hopo the House won’t make fun
of thnt bill. I did not introduco it in jest. I want
it to pass.
Mr. Harper.—Will the gentleman from Murray
state the reasons for desiring this special privileg'o
to be conferred upon his friend ?
Mr. Bailey. —1 was requested to introduce this
bill for a young Physician who stands high in the
profession, but is too poor to be at tho expense of
coming down here to got a license. Ho has got a
liconso from Tennessee.
Mr. Russell.—l hopo that bill will pass. I gave
to my friend, from Thomas, (Mr. Seward,) a couple
of names to bo contained in his amendment. I
have a petition, signed by three or four hundred
persons, in favor of tho passage of a bill of the kind
for tho benefit of Mr. Richards.
Mr. Allded.—l have a counter petition to that of
my friend from Lumpkin, signed by somo sixty or
soventy persons. I hav’nt got it in my pocket,
but it is down at my room. I did’nt oxpoct the
subject to como up to-night. But I believe my pe
tition was got up through malice.
Mr. Felton.—l hopo that this House will not pass
this bill in jest. It is a mattor of sorious impor
tance. This bill overthrows tho whole policy of
our law for years past. Our Legislature has estab
lished a Board of Physicians, composed of learned
and scientific men, and they havo mado it tho duty
of those desirous of practicing medioine, to apply
to this Board, and undergo a thorough examina
tion to test their qualifications, if they havo not re
ceived a Diploma from como Medical University.
Alo'ish this Board, and you turn loose a host of
quacks upon the country with their nostrums, their
panaceas, and their patent medicines.
Mr. Seward : I presume that the gentleman from
Cass, (Mr. Felton,) is a regular Doctor, but I will
venture that he cannot tell how it is that calomel
acts upon tho liver. He cannot toll mo the opera
tion of the nervous system, or why it is that a blis
ter produces stranguary of the bladder. I defy tho
gentleman to explain these things to mo. He can
not do it. lam opposed to this scientific hoard. I
doubt whether they are any better qualified to prac
tice medicine than many of thoso whom they ex
amine. Those scientific men go to your bod side
and feel of your pulse, and ask to see your tongue
and talk about Gastretls, Demulcents, DiagnosisTßi
aphorctics, Diotetics and Diurotics, and always
wind up by giving you a dose of calomel. Away
I say, with all this soiontific hum buggery.
Mr. Russell: Mv friend, preacher Richards, whose
name nppears in that bill, is a Root Doctor, and I
believe he uses all kinds of roots. He is the only
medical man within twenty miles of his residence,
and he is thereforo a useful man in that section of
tho country. My constituents doraand that ho
should have a legal right to practice medicine. Wo
have no sheep skinned quartered amongst us. They
never got up that high, and we must thereforo pa
tronize the Root Faculty.
Mr, Hill, of Troup: If thegontloman from Lump
kin will come down our way, wo can spare him a
cart load of thorough breds.
Mr. Russell: I thank tho gentloman from Troup ;
but I don’t think his stock would thrivo in our clil
mate. But lam serious in this matter. I want
this bill to pass. Tho necessities of my cotistitu
ents demand it. I can inform tho gentleman from
Cass, (Hr. Felton) that thore are medicines that are
not patented, that somvtimos kill. J guess that if
tho balance was struck, it would bq found that th«
- h ru feh D en f^ a . d kn !° d two 40 tho Boot Faculty’s one.
The Root fratomity are not apt to killa man unless
a “°d«r ,he,r *
b,,t rtn“lX4rtS m k o™tag.“““ d ' d ' ™
We copy with regret from the Washington
Telegraph of Friday afternoon the following
paragraph: *
Hon.' l Henry Clay. —The’ absence of this ven
erable statesman and patriot from the Senate
Chamber has been daily noted since Monday.
He has been considerably indisposed, and we are
to-day pained to learn that he is more feeble and
depressed than he has hitherto been.