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od of, held or claimed, on the fir t day of March last.cr
were interested in or entitled to,either in your own right,
or in the rig:it ot any other person or persons whatsoever, as
parent, guardian, executor, agent, administrator or trustee,
or m any other manner whatsoever ; and thatthcTaluntion
\vhich you Itave affixed thereto, is a just and true valuation
ot tlie same, as nearly as you can arrive at it, to fee best of
your Knowledge aud belief, so help you God.
Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted. That the 15th sec
tion ol said recited act, shall be so altered as to read as
iollows : That the amount so required to be assessed and
collected, shall not exceed the sum of Four Hundred Thou
sand Dollors, annually, exclusive of the commissions of the
Receivers and Collectors.
Sec. 4th. And be it further enacted, That an act sup
plementary to the before recited act, approved January 21st,
1852, be and the same is hereby revived and made supple
mentary to this act. Provided that the amount to be raised
under the first section ot said act, shall not exceed the sum
Fpecilied in the third section of this act.
Caption of Acts—Alabama.
An act to incorporate the Mobile Transportation and
Insurance Company.
An act to change the time of holding the Circnit
Court of Harbour county.
An act to incorporate the Northeast and Southwest
Alabama Railroad Company.
An act to incorporate the Tennessee and Alabama
Central Railroad Company.
An act to continue a Commissioner and Trustee to
close the affairs of the Hanks, and for other purposes.
An act to amend the charter of the Gainesville and
Mississippi Railroad Company.
The memorial of the General Assembly of tho State
of Alabama to the Congress of tho United States, asking
an appropriation for improving Mobile Bay.
An act to provide for a Geological and Agricultural
Survey of the State.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate
the Coosa and Chattanooga Railroad Company, approved
January 6, 1852.
An act to incorporoto the West Point, Georgia, and
Tennessee River Railroad Company.
An act giving the Judge of Pro bate jurisdiction to
compel the administrator or executor of a deceased ex
ecutor, administiator or guardian to settle the accounts
of his testator or intestate as the case may be.
An act to incorporate the Glennville Railroad Com
pany.
An act to incorporate the Eufaula Insurance Com’
puny.
An act to amend the fourth division of section IT 38,
of the Code of Alabama.
An act to repeal section 24Cl and to amend sections
2064 and 2460 of tho Code of Alabama.
An act to amend section 3047, 1180, 3040, and’3o43,
of the Code of Alabama in their application to the coun
ty of Madison.
An act to amend section 3440 of the Code of Ala
bama.
An act to incorporate the Beard’s Bluff and Elyton
Railroad Company.
Joint resolutions on the subject of tho boundary be
tween the States of Alabama and Georgia.
An act to authorize tho Bank of Mobile, the Southern
and Banks of Alabama to issue bills of less
denomination than five dollars.
An act to amend section 397 of the Code.
An act to authorize Courts of County Commissioners
to establish, abolish and change the places of voting in
election precincts.
An act to incorporate tho Opelika and Talladega
Railroad Company,
An act to amend the charter of the Lafayette Branch
Railroad Company,
An act to incorporate the Selma Insurance and Trust
Company,
An act to increase the pay of tho Marshal of tho Su
preme Court of Alabama.
Memorial and joint resolution in regard to public
lands.
An act to repeal section 2467 of the Code.
An act to increase tho compensation of the members
of tlio Commissioners of Russell and other
counties.
An act to repeal section 2501, of the Code, and modi
fy the operations of the statue of limitations.
Joint resolutions proposing a cession of West Florida
to Alabama.
An act to amend the law in relation to the failure of
Circuit Judges and Chancellors to hold tlieir respective
courts.
An act to incorporate the Ilydropathio Medical In
stitute of Alabama.
An act to amend section 2677 of the Code, in rela
tion to tho partition of lands.
Joint Memorial to Congress, asking an appropriation
of Lands for a Geological Survey of Alabama.
An act to prevent the deposit of dead animals in tho
streams of this State.
An act to establish and maintain a system of free
public schools in Alabama.
An act to incorporate the Western Railroad Compa
ny of Alabama.
An act to incorporate the Coal Mining Company.
An act to amend the law of, and regulating the pro
ceedings in, the Admirality in Alabama,
An act to incorporate the Eufaula Plank Road Com
pany.
Preamble and joint resolutions of the General Assem
bly ol the State of Alabama to tho General Assembly of
the State of Mississippi.
An act to subscribe to stock in the Mobile aud Gi
rard Railroad by the city of Mobile.
An act to amend the charter of tho Girard Railroad
Company.
An act to reduce the number, and increase the sala
ries of the Judges of the Supreme Court.
An act to increase the fees of the Clerk of the Su
preme Court.
An act to amend an act to incorporate the Northern
Bank of Alabama.
-An act for the relief of the deaf and dumb in this
State.
An act to Incorporate the Planters’ Insurance Com
pany.
Memorial to the Congress of the United States for
the payment of a certain claim against the General
Government for horses purchased for volunteers during
the Creek Indian war of 1536.
An act to incorporate the Southern Insurance Com
pany.
An act to divide the State into seven Congressional
Districts.
An act to incorporate the Selma and Mobile Railroad
Company.
An act to ascertain the value of sixteenth sections in
this State.
An act to make additional ground for divoree. [This
bill provides that if any person shall have committed,
or shall hereafter commit, the offence assigned in sec
tion 3,235, of the Code of Alabama, either before or
after marriage, it shall be held to be, in proof of the fact,
sufficient ground for divorce.]
An act to define the rights, duties and privileges of
free persons of color residing in this State.
An act to incorporate the East and West Alabama
Railroad Company.
An act to incorporate tho Montgomery Water Works
Company.
An act to increase tho salary of the State Treas
urer.
An act to incorporate the South and North Alabama
Ra ‘road Company.
An act to amend the charter of the Northern Bank of
Alabama, at Huntsville.
Joint resolutions of the State of Alabama in regard to
the outstanding debt, now in the hands of Agents or
Attorneys, due the 16th Section in the State, or due
the State Bank and Branches, now in the hands of
Agents or Attorneys.
An act to authorise the transferance and burning of
certain Bank notes of the State Bank and Branches.
An act to amend the charter of the Alabama and
Florida Railroad Company, and for other purposes.
An act to authorize the renewal of notes for the pur
chase of tho 1 Glli section lands.
An act to aid the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Com
pany.
An act to incorporate the Central Bank of Ala
bama.
An act to authorize the exchange of tlio bills of tho
State and its Branches over five dollars, in amount in
circulation for the bills under five dollars in amount in
the State Treasury.
An act to renew the loan of that part of tho 2 per
cent fund loaned to the Montgomery and West Point
Railroad Company.
An act to amend an act to incorporate the Northeast
and Soth west Alabama Railroad Company.
An act to incorporate the Alabama B.ble So
ciety.
An act to regulate the holding of Chancery Courts
in the Southern Divisions, and to allow decrees to be
made in vacation by consent.
An act to prevent Cite betting at pool tables and bil
liard tables.
An act to incorporate the Wetuinpka and Montevallo
Railroad Company.
An act to provide a summary remedy against Plank,
Macadamized, and Turpike Road Companies, and for
other purposes.
An act to incorporate the society for the relief of
disabled clergymen, and of the widows and orphans of
deceased clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
in the Diocese of Alabama, and to incorporate the so
ciety for the relief of disabled clergyman of the Baptist
denomination.
An act in reference to Trustees of Sehool Townships
in Russell county.
Georgia and Alabama.
The Montgomery Journal is very savage (in
epithets) on the State of Georgia, and charges
it, not only with a violation of comity, but with
dow'nright meanness for refusing the right of
way to the North East and South West Rail
road Company, asked for by the St ate of Alaba
ma. We notice the subject, not for the purpose
ot explaining the course the Georgia Legisla
ture has seen fit to pursue, because we have not
the information before us to enable us to do
that ; but for the purpose of inviting the atten
tion of the press of Georgia to the subject and
asking of it an explanation to clear the skirts of
the good old Commonwealth of charges so dis
paraging and injurious. Without knowing the
reasons specifically, we venture to state that
they are good and sufficient, and will be held
before any impartial tribunal to justify the refu
sul. ‘*>-e policy of Georgia in reference to her
own internal affairs, and in reference to her re
lations with her sisters of the confederacy, has
never been marked by “meanness.’’ On the
strength of the general reputation of that glori
ous old State, we repel the epithets as slander
ous, and appeal to the facts to justify our plea
in her behalf. Suppose for example, (which is
no supposition at fill,) the State of Georgia has
long since marked out and defined a regular
system and comprehensive policy of Internal
Improvement-suppose the State and people of
Georgia have invested some twelve or fourteen
millions of dollars in the practical development
of this policy, and then suppose that a neigh
boring State asks the privilege of a right of way
for one of its roads, which seriously deranges
this policy and conflicts with interests vested in
cairying it out ? We ask, if comity justifies the
demand to grant such a privilege, and does not
self protection, justify the refusal? Is a State
bound by considerations of comity aud good
neighborhood to injure her own fellow citizens
and jeopard the success of her own well defined
policy, for the sake of doing a favor to a neigh
bor ?
It is said that Georgia was bound by grati
tude to grant this request, because Alabama had
just done the same thing for her, and had given
the right of way to the Savannah and Albany
Railroad, with two branches, one from tho
Chattahoochee to Mobile, and the other from
the Chattahoochee to Montgomery. If Alaba
ma made a sacrifice of any interest in making
this grant, comity would require Georgia to re
turn the compliment in kind. But do these two
roads conflict with the general policy of Alaba
ma, or with any interests vested in railroads of
her citizens? Clearly not. Alabama has no
general raiiroad T policy. The two roads which
Georgia has asked to construct through her ter
ritory will be beneficial instead of injurious to
her interests. The cases are not therefore par
allel.
But we repeat that we do not know positively
what are the grounds of this refusal- We only
aver our confident belief that they will be found
good and satisfactory, and we repeat our invita
tion to our cotemporaries of Georgia to clear
up the mystery and come to the rescue of the
fair fame of the “Empire State of the South.”
We will stake our life on her honor and ingterity.
[Mobile Register.
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Mobile and Girard .Railroad.
The Mobile Directors ol this road have made a report on
its condition and prospects to the’Mayor of that city. They
spertk in strong terms of the importance of the enterprise,
say the practicability of crossing the Mobile river and wa
tercourses adjacent, between Twenty one Mile Bluff’and
the highlands beyond tho Tensas, has been clearly demon
strated, and appeal to the city for prompt action in behalf
of the undertaking.
A communication from the President of the Company,
shows how much work has been subscribed in each of the
several counties through which the road is to run : to wit—
Russel 32i miles grading, and 1H miles sup’r.
Macon 26 “ 4 “
Pike 12* “ 4
Conecuh 391 “ 4
Lowndes 7* “ 2 “
Butler 23# “ 31
Montgomery 124 “ 34 “
Monroe 9 0
Barbour 4
Baldwin 2 “ 23 “
Mobile 1 1
Making in all, 109 miles grading,and 58 superstructure.
Mr. John D. Gray, of Georgia, has offered to build tho
whole road,furnishing all the materials, iron weighing not
less than sixty pounds to the yard,to construct bridges, cul
verts, depots, shops, &e., &c., making in all respects a first
class road, to be completed in three years from last Janua
ry for $17,700 per mile, one half in cash, or its equivalent ;
the other half as follows : $1,000,000 to be paid in Bonds
of the Company, payable in ten or twenty years, with seven
percent, interest, convertible into stock of the Company at
the option of the holder. The balance to be paid in the
capital stock",of the Company.
Mr. Grav says :“1 estimate the iron at S7O per ton. If it
can be laid down for less, the Company will be entitled to
the reduction—if it cost over that amount they must pay the
advance.
The following is the secretary’s report of Stock :
STATEMENT OF STOCK TO MOBILE AND GIRARD R. R. COM
PANY.
Cash subscription on the line and by the cities
of Mobile aud Columbus $1,773,000
Grading 169 miles, at $6,000 101,400
Wooden superstructure, 58 miles, at $1,000.... 58,000
Brick, 1,000,000, at $5 per M S,OC(V
Cross-ties 1,400
Line subscription recently obtained 43,000
53,894,400
W. B. HARRIS.
Sec’ry Mobile and Girard R. R. Company.
Dec. 20, 1853.
[From the Savannah Republican.]
An Appeal from the Savannah Mount Vernon Associa
tion.
To the women of Georgia, in every Nook, Neighborhood,
School or College, Hamlet, Village, Town or Citv, to
aid in raising contributions for the purpose of purc-has.
ing Mount Vernon, the Home and Grave of Wash
ington, and keeping it sacred through all time, from
desecrations and common business purposes.
Friends , Sisters, and Countrymen —We of Savannah,
have responded to the call made from a Southern Matron,
to the South, on this subject, by holding a meeting and
appointing committees to solicit donations, and now en
treat you all io unite with us in making efforts to raise a
noble sum to be delivered to our Governor, to aid in the
purchase of Mount Vernon, as a tribute from tbe mothers
and daughters of the Empire State of the South, of their
lve and veneration for our great and glorious Washing
ton.
Do not think, in the most retired nock of our green
and sunny land, where only two or three can meet, that
you are too few to aid. Let all unite ; every two, every
tbree, every five dollars will assist. Send it to the Asso
ciation in your nearest town. Thus let each and all aid in
swelling that stream that shall roll on and freshen and
make green that turf where his ashes repose, and beauti
fy and embellish the walks and grounds around his death
home, and earth bed
Let us canopy it with evergreens, and drape it with
flowers of brightest hues and sweetest fragrance, to show
that glory is r.ot all a dream. Yes ! let us purchase, hal
low, and cherish forever for our country and our children,
Mount Vernon. where lies the ashes of the Immortal Fath
er of our Country.
Pulpit Politicians in Boston. —The Rev. E. N.
Kirk, in his sermon at the Mount Vernon Church, Bos
ton, eloquently and pointedly condemned the Nebraska
bill. The Christian Church, he said, should not close
her eves to the reckless ambition of trading legislators,
nor cease to pray for their conversion to honest and en
lightened principles. lie (Mr. Kirk) had given in his
adhesion to the compromise of 1850, though hardly
with a clear conscience, for the sake of the permanent
peace and unity of the whole country. The passage of
the Nebraska bill would, in his opinion, constitute a
revolution. lie regretted that the author of the bill
should have been born iu New England. In conclu
sion he invoked the prayers of the church for our leg
islators at Washington, and especially for Senator Doug
las and Franklin Pierce.
The Rev. Theodore Barker also made the Nebraska
bill the subject of his morning discourse, denouncing it
and its author with eloquence and sarcasm.
Simts anti Smtinfl.
COIUMiiPS, georciaT~
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 28, 1854,
Public Documents.
We arc indebted to Hon. A. H. Colquitt and Hon. Ste
phen A. Douglass for valuable public documents.
Statistics of Georgia — Census of 1850.
Total Whites. I Total free Colored. | Total Slaved
jiait-s I Females Males. I Females. Males. | Females
266,233 1 255,339 j 1,375 | 1,556 I 188,057 | 192£25
Aggregate Population 906,185
Population of Cities.
Atlanta 2,572 ; *Augusta 11,753; Columbus 5,942;/gTif
fin 2,320 ; Macon 5,720; Miiledgeville 2,216 ; Savan
nah 15,312.
*1852
Nativities of Free Population.
Bom ia the State $97,560
Bom out of the State and in the United States.... §19,890
Bom in foreign countries 6,488
Unknown 565
Number of families 91,471 ; number of dwellings 91,011
number of births per annum 24,858 ; number of and( aths per
annum 9,923.
Progress of Population from 1790 to 18511.’
White Slave
Total Population, i increase per cent, increase per cent.
1790 I 82,548 |
1800 j 162,101 I 95.25 102.99
1810 252,433 | 43 01 77 12
1820 | 340,987 | 30.36 42 23
1830 I 516,823 55.57 45 35
1840 | 691,392 I 37.36 29t15*
1850 | 906,185 | 27.93 35.85
* Between 1830 and 1840 the Creek Indians were moved from
the west bank of the ‘’.hattahoochee, and the land occupied by
them was settled mainly by emigrants from Georgia.
Colleges and Public Schools.
There were in 1850,13 Colleges, 84 Prolessors and 1,535
pupils in Georgia, with a total annual income of $105,430 ;
and 1,251 schools, 1,265 Teachers and 32,705 pupils with
a total annual income of $182,231. Returns of schools,
however, were not received from Clinch, Morgan and Mus
cogee ; nor of income in Clinch, Cobb, Dade, Early,
Floyd, Meriwether, Morgan, Muscogee, Thomas and
Wayne. There were also 219 Academies, 318 Teachers
9,059 pupils with an annual income of $108,983 ; in all
1,483 places of instruction, 1,667 teachers and 43,299 pupils;
with a total income of $396,644 or a fraction over $237 a
head. There 77,016 persons in attendance upon schools
during the year 1850, while there were of free white chil
dren in the State between 10 and 20 years oi age ] 31,331. —
There were 41,200 free white persons in the State who
could notread, of whom only 406 were foreigners.
Professions and Occupations.
Authors 1, Architects 3, Artists 17, Actors 26, Barkeeper,
57, Bookbinders 15, Booksellers 11, Carpenters 2,323, Cler
gymen 715, Editors 45, Farmers 81,364, Grocers 454, Labor
ers 10,859, Lawyers 711, Merchants 2,424, Overseers 2,166,
Physicians 1,295, Planters 1,948, Printers 190, Publishers
1, Soldiers 18, Teachers 1,313.
Farms and Implements and Live Stock.
Acres of land in farms 22,821,379, valued at $95,753,445 ;.
value of farming implements and machinery $3,891,105 ;
number of horses 151,331, asses and mules 57,379, milch
cows 334,223, working oxen 73,286, other cattle 090,019s
sheep 560,435, swine 2,168,617.
Produce during the year ending June 1, 1850.
Wheat 1,088,534 bushels, Rye 53,750, Corn 30,080,099,
Oats 3,820,044,bu5h., Rice 33,950,691 Jbs., Tobacco 423,924
lbs., ginned Cotton 499,091 bales of 400 lbs. each, wool
990,019 lbs., peas and beans 1,142,011 bushels, Irish pota
toes 227,379 bushels, sweet potatoes 6,936,428 bushels,
Barley 11,501 busels, Buckwheat 250 bushels, orchard pro
duce $92,776 worth, Butter 4,640,559 lbs., Beeswax and
Honey 732,514 lbs., Cain Sugar 1,642 hogsheads, Flax
5,387 lbs., value of home made manufactures $1,838,968.
Newspapers and Periodicals.
There were 51 published in the State of which 5 were
Daily, three Triand Semi-weekly, thirty-seven Weekly and
six Monthly and Semi-monthly with a circulation of 67,484
copies.
Libraries.
There were 38 public Libraries in the State, which con
tained 31,788 volumes, one third of which arejat Franklin
College.
Churches.
There were 879 Baptist, 5 Christian, 1 Congregational, 20
Episcopal, 6 Free, 2 Friends, 8 Lutheran, 795 Methodist, 1
Moravian, 97 Presbyterian,B Roman Catholic, 30 Union, 3
Universal ist and 7 of Minor Sects, which have church pro
perty worth $1,269,359 and are capable ©f accommodating
627,197 persons.
The Georgia Legislature—what it did, and what
it did not do.
• The Democratic doctrine is that “that is tho best Gov
ernment which governs least.’’ Tried by this rule, the
last General Assembly was a model Legislature. It did
nothing but lay out thirteen new counties, pardon three
criminals, re-enact the tax bill of last Session, with
some slight improvements, charter several Banks, in
corporate many Rail Roads, democratize the existing
constitution by giving the election of some more public of
ficers to people, the amend a few defective law's, provide
for the settlement of some just claims upon the State
which other Legislatures lacked either the courage or
sense of justice to pay, make provisionsfor the education
of the blind, the deaf, and the dumb, and for the cure of
the insane, and refer the question of removal of the
Capitol to the people at the next general election ; To
all of which we say cordially “well done good and
faithful servants.” Some objection has been made to
the facility with which new counties have been formed
and criminals pardoned. It may be said in justification
that new counties increase the population, intelligence
and wealth of the State by multiplying villages and
towns, and that no county has been formed without the
consent of the people embraced in its limits. The fac
lity with which pardons have been granted is a more
sierious charge and wc freely confess that we think the
Legislature erred upon the side of mercy. Let it be
remembered however, that the old law was defective.
The Legislature had no power to commute punish
ments. it was cither pardon or death. The law has
been amended by the late General Assembly, and if
they did wrong themselves they effectually provided
against its repetition by subsequent Legislatures.
But the Legislature deserves credit also for what it
did not do. A herculean effort was made to repeal the
tax bill of 1851-2 by all the mountain region, and to
revive the old unequal and unjust act of former ages.
This effort was successfully resisted. A combination
was formed by great Capitalists we believe, to get pos
session of the State Railroad and no effort was spared
to procure the passage of a Bill to accomplish this pur
pose. This scheme was also defeated. Too much
praise cannot be awarded to the Legislature for the
firmness with which it resisted these iniquitous schemes.
There were too, a whole cart load of local, selfish and un
wise bills presented which were killed. All this is
creditable. But there were many great sehemes press
ed upon the General Assembly which were also either
ignored or defeated. We allude particularly to public
schools for the education of the people, State aid to
Rail Roads, a geological survey of the State, protection
of married women &c. It may however, be said in
palliation of their conduct that they followed in tbe
footsteps of all their predecessors.
We know that these great interests are dear to many
members of the General Assembly. Let them not be
discouraged in their’ patriotic purposes. The spirit of
the age is fighting the battle for them, and will achieve
the victory after a time.
Georgia and Alabama.
Some excitement has been produced in Alabama by
the refusal of the Georgia Legislature to grant a right
of way to the North east and South west Railroad
through her territory. The right was denied upon the
express ground that the state and her people had inves
ted an immense amount in a Railroad system which
barely paid expenses, and that the charter sought for
would certainly prove ruinous to these great enterprises
by opening a shorter and more expeditious route between
the North and the South. While we do not concur
iu tho views of the Legislature on this subject, we think
every fair minded man will agree that if the views of
the Legislature are correct, that they were bound by
the highest considerations to refuse the request of the
Alabama eormnissiouers. We copy au article from
the Mobile Register, which fully sanctions the course
of the Georgia Legislature. The suppositions of the
editor were facts in the eyes of the Legislature.
Senator Iverson in Washington.
The Washington Union speaking of Judge Iverson, our
senator elect says:
During the brief season he spent as the representative of
the State of Georgia in Congress, he earned a reputation un
surpassed by none who preceded him in so short a time.—
While a member of Congress it was a matter of surprise to
many friends of Judge Iverson, who knew so wellltis bril
liant powers as an orator, that he never disturbed the pro
ceedings with a speech. But when the proper time arrived,
he arose and electrified the house with an effort that will
long be remembered and cherished by the party who hon
ored him with its guardianship, and his more immediate
friends and constituents who reposed in his keeping their
most sacred righ;s. Judge Iverson is an admirer of the
President and firm supporterof his administration. He will
prove a tower of strength to the administration in the Sen
ate: and as far as the rights of the State are concerned,
when they are assailed, his eloquent voice will be heard in
their defence, and felt to a degree which few, if any, of the
great lights in the Senate can surpass.
The 22d February.
This Anniversary was celebrated in our city with„
great spirit by the Military. Thjj.AwTr'vblunteer com
- ponies,-(the Columbus-Glfarils, Capt. Semmes, and the
City Light Guards, Capt. Cooper) turned out in full
force, aud, under the command of Capt. Semmes, exe
cuted various Battalion manceuvers with great beauty
and precision.
In the evening the Columbus Guards were the guests
of the City Light Guards at a grand Military Ball.—
Much of the beauty and fashion of the city graced the
Hall with their presence and smiles. The evening was
bright and balmy, and passed off merrily. Fifteen setts
whirled through the mystic mazes of the dance for long
hours with joyous laugh and bounding steps ; and it
is said that the tinkling of glancing feet ushered in the
succeeding day. It was indeed a beautiful and happy
day.
Alabama Legislature-. —This body adjourned on
the 18th inst. The Governor vetoed the bills making
further appropriations to the Insane Hospital and for
the enlargement of the Penitentiary, and also the bill
for the relief of J. L. Deßurney, of Walker county. —
His vetoes were sustained. The bill to abolish Han
cock county was reconsided and lost.
Andrew J. Miller. —This gentleman has published
an address to his constituents, in which he announces
his purpose to retire from public life. He has been so
long in public life that ho lias come to be regarded as a
fixture in the Legislature of Georgia. His absence
from the councils of the State we can bat regard as a
seaious loss, notwithstanding his politics. lie is a la
borious, learned, judicious and potriotic Legislator.
Court Adjourned. —After a long and tedious session
the Supreme Court adjourned on Saturday afternoon.
There are still about one thousand oases undisposed of,
some of which date back to 1842. Judge Crawford
has presided with impartiality, decision and ability, and
has won golden opinions from all classes. The next
j Term will open on the 2d. Monday in May.
The Auburn Gazette. —The last number of this
paper contains the valedictory of Messrs. Collins and
Slaughter, who have disposed of their interest to G. W.
F. and W. 11. C. Price. The Messrs. Price are accom
plished scholars and well bred gentlemen, and are well
qualified to discharge tho responsible duties they have
assumed, ,
Professor Brantly. —lt is stated in a Philadelphia
paper that this eminent divine has accepted a call of
the First Baptist Church of the city of Philadelphia to
become their pastor. Thus are we loosing one by one
the Professors of the State University by our parsimony.
The Fbesiiet. —The rains on Friday and Saturday
last, have raised the Chattahoochee river within 3 1-2
feet of the water mark of the Harrison freshet. Though
the water is running over the floor of the Variety
Works and is boiling over the dam, no harm has yet
been done to the Factories. The river was at a stand
at 10 o’clock Monday morning.
f COMMUNICATED.]
We are credibly informed that an unsophisticated youth
from the country, afterpartaking of too much of the over
joyful, was recently enticed into a gambling shop in this
city, and was fleeced of four hundred dollars, the savings
of several years hard work. X.
Speeches delivered in the Senate ot Georgia,
Feb. 10th, on the subject oi Removal of the
Capitol of the State to Macon.
Mosely, of Spaulding.—l may not get a boquet, from
the ladies of Miiledgeville, for the speech 1 shall make.
I have always desired to have their good will, but if I
were a young man, I had rather have their hands than
their boquets. Nevertheless, I shall not be deterred
from doing my duty for fear of their frowns, much less
by the anathemas the citizens of Miiledgeville may heap
upon those who favor removal.
Considering the talent on the other side of this ques
tion, I am surprised at the weakness of the argument,
adduced by the advocates of Miiledgeville. Their
speeches contain much more thunder and wind than
rain. I can but regard it as an evidence of the badness
of the cause they advocate. The proposition to strike
out Macon and insert Gordon, I regard as a picayune
business. I will inquire, why has the seat of Govern
ment been twice removed ? It was occasioned by tho
advance of territory and population, and to keep the
capitol of the State in the center of them. Now Macon
is as near the center of territory, and is nearer the
center of population than Milledgeville is, and in this
effort to move the capitcl, we but follow tbe example set
us by our patriotic ancestry. This old House is not in
keeping with the dignity of the State of Georgia. I
ain not afraid of my constituents, and will advocate any
expenditure which may be necessary to erect a State
House equal to any in the sisterhood of States. When
it rained the other day, Honorable Senators scattered
out like mice for fear the plastering would fall down on
them. It is ready to fall down. Better therefore, to
build one of granate and marble, than repair this old
shackling concern. It is the interest of Georgia to
move the c3pitol to some other place.
Much stress is laid upon the plighted faith of the
State by the opponents of removal. Did the State
ever pledge herself never to move the capitol ? There
was no population here when Georgia made this the
seat of Government. Georgia, in the exercise of her
soverignty, located her capitol here, offered her lots
for sale, and with the proceeds built this House. No
body else had any hand in it. Why did people come
here ? They come to promote their own interest; and
if it had not been to their interests to come here, the
owls and batts might have taken the capitol for them.
Having placed the capitol here in the exercise of her
sovreignty, she has a right also to remove it. Shall
Georgia then be deterred from the exercise of her
sovereignty for fear she may not get a boquet, or out of
dread of the anathemas of the people of jMilledgeville ?
I hope not. I make no complaint at the fare we get.
I am called a plowman and can put up with most any
thing. I am perfectly satisfied with what I get. But
what has Milledgeville done ? Look at this old city—
it is in a perfectly dilapidated condition from the capitol
down. For 10 years the people have lived on the gov
ernment, and acted upon the principle to make enough
one session to last them to another. Her citizens
would do better if the capitol were removed. Throw
them on their own resources, and, my word for it, they
would root for a living like a gopher, (hisses) There
are but two creatures that hiss—the snake from its ven
on, and the goose from its folly. lam one of the boys
that fears no noise. Gentlemen are afraid of their con
stituents. The Senator from Newton crouches double
before his, but when he got his boquet, he was so strait
that he bent backwards like the Indians tree. My con
stituents knew my sentiments, and said well done good
and faithful servant enter thou into the Senate again.
lam willing to refer the question to the people, and
if my constituents disapprove my couse, I will bow to
their will, but still do my duty,
Moore, of Lincoln.—(We were absent during the
delivery of this speech, and regret our inability to re
port it.)
Dabney, of Gordon.—The remarks of the Senator
from Lincoln are not only unparlamentary, but relate
to a subject entirely beyond tho jurisdiction of the Sen
ate. His object is to defeat the amendment of the Sen
ator from DeKalb. The proposition of the Senator
from DeKalb never has been acted upon by the other
House ; and, if it had been, it would be no bar to its
consideration in the Senate, and if the Senate agrees to
his amendment, it would be competent for the House
to upon it ara'n.
Stephens, of Hancock.—l desire to present one or
two considerations to the committee upon this question.
The General Assembly cannot remove the seat of
Government from Milledgeville until ample compensa
tion > s made to the citizens for the loss they will sustain
by it. How does this subject present itself to a fair
miijded man ? An act was passed by the General As
sembly to make Milledgeville the permanent seat of
Government. It was a mere act of the Legislature,
Senators say, and may be repealed. Not so, Mr. Chair
man. Commissioners were appointed to select a per
manent seat of Government. They selected Milledge
viiie, and their action was confirmed by the General
Assembly. The city was laid off iuto lots and procla
mation was made by the State, “come up and bid—
this shall be the permanent capital of the State,’’ and
this proclamation was an inducement to the purchase
and part of the consideration.
If a man sell a horse to another as a harness horse,
and he turns out not to be a harness horse, the law will
compel him to remunerate the buyer for the deception
practiced upon him. The eternal principles of justice,
so often alluded to by the Senator from Spaulding, are
as binding upon the State as upon individuals. If this
be so, says the Senator from Lincoln, then the Capitol
can never be removed under any circumstances. Not
so. It is competent for the Legislature to move the
Capitol if the interests of the people demand it, but they
must pay the citizens of Milledgeville the damages they
sustain by their action. That their dearest interests are
involved, witness the display in the gallery during this
long and protracted discussion. The batter classes are
here ; but outside of this Hall there is a still larger num
ber whose interests are involved. The poor are not
here. They have not the capacity to furnish the holi
day array which becomes these Halls, yet your legisla
tion will cause their food to perish from their mouths,
and their houses to totter above their heads. The fiery
visitor from the clouds crushes only the monarch of the
sorest but spares the tender vine which sleeps at its
root. The howling hurricane prostrates the lordly
pine, but stoops gently to kiss the lowly shrub. Will
you be more hardened than the hurricane, more savage
than the the thunder. (Mr. Stephens here read an
article from the Georgia Citizen, in which the action
of the House was noticed, and the hope expressed that
the Legislature would not impose upon the citizens of
Macon the burthen of building a capitol for the State.
“Outlaw” exclaimed one Senator, “not authorized to
speak for the citizens of Macon’’ said another.
Thomas, of Gwynnett.—l protest against the use of
an article from a newspaper in this debate. It is a spe
cies of outside pressure which ought not to be tolera
ted in this body.
The position asssumed by me that this question is
one of expediency and not one of principle has not been
refuted. Senators were not willing to make large appro
priations to repair the Capitol. Then it is clear that
the question of removal was one of time merely. Why
will gentlemen talk of vested rights ? The statute ma
king Milledgeville the permanent seat of Government
was like any other statute—passed to be permanent,
but always in the control of tho Legislature. People
purchased the lots in Milledgeville with the knowledge
that the Legislature had this power. The word “per
manent” used in the statute was therefore mere surplus
sage, and give no strength to the act. Whenever the
interests of the people of Georgia demanded a repeal
of the act it was In the power of the Legislature to
repeal it. I am willing to vote to strike out Macon,
but shall also vote to leave the whole question to the
people.
Williamson, of Newton.—Reference had been made
to his boquet by the Senator from Spaulding. Other
boquets had been passing; and I have notieed how they
had affected him. When I got mine he was as mad
as he could be, but when Mr. Stephens got his, he was
splitting his sides with laughter, I rose, however, to say
that I was the medium through which the newspaper had
passed to the Senator from Hancock. It was not in
tended either as a terror or a threat: it merely intima
ted that if the people of Macon were required to build
the State House, they would not have it. Editors were
powerful men, and when they all joined, they did pret
ty much as they pleased.
Mr. Dean, of Bibb.— l know the source of the article.
The editor merely gave expression to his individual
opinion—he was not authorised to speak for the city of
Macon. He pledged himself that if the bill was passed,
that the city of Macon would build the State House.
Mr. Mosely, of Spalding.—The gentleman from
Newton, says lam mad. “I am not mad, most noble
Festus, but speak the words of truth and soberness.”
It is also written, “verily they have their reward.”
They have got a few boquets, and that is all
they will get. (“Glory enough for one day,” ex
claimed the Senator from Newton.) I have been
to Macon a few times, and the ladies there would
compare favorably with those of Milledgeville, and as
for flowers, it was but a garden of flowers.
The sympathetic appeal of the gentleman from Han
cock, has produced no effect upon me. I never allow
my sympathies to interfere with my vote. Ilis argu
ment is weaker than his appeal. He compares Geor
gia to a horse jocky. There was no paralell. Geor
gia had made no warranty’s. The act locating the seat
of Government at Milledgeville, was an exercise of sov
reignty, and people who settled here took the chances
of its being a permanent location. I am a removal
man. I will vote for Griffin, Atlanta or Macon. The
capitol ought to be moved from here, and I hope the
friends of Macon will come up to the vote like men, in
spite of boquets, hisses and the anathemas which have
been heaped upon their heads.
The motion to strike oat Macon was then put, and
prevailed.
Mr. Collier, of DeKaib, moved to strike out all after
the enacting clause, and to insert a bill to refer the
question of removal or no removal to the people, and
also the place at which the capitol should be located,
and in support of his motion said : This question is one
of importance to the whole people of Georgia, not only
in reference to the expense of the measure, but for the
safe keeping of the archives. I desire to get an expres
sion of public opinion upon it, and when this is known,
it will no doubt be the pleasure as it will be the duty of
the Legislature to carry it out. I object to confining
the voters to specific cities. Gordon, Griffin and Sa
vannah all preferred their claims to be the capitol as
well as Macon, Milledgeville and Atlanta. Let the
neople speak unbiased, and let their will be executed.
I regret that Macon has made this offer to the General
Assembly. Other cities were willing and anxious to
make similar offers, and were quite as able to fulfill
them. So far as my influence extends, I have discour
aged all such propositions. lam in favor of a reference
to the people. This question was not agitated in the
canvass that preceded the election, and the General
Assembly was not therefore prepared to act advisedly
upon the question. ,
Mr. Singleton, of Lumpkin, gave notice that he
would submit a substitne for the amendment of the Sena
tor from DeKaib, which proposes to refer to the people
only the question of removal, and to leave the selection
of the place to the next General Assembly in the event
the popular voice is in favor of removal; and said: My
object in submitting this proposition, is to make the lo
cation of the capital permanent, and I hope the people
will vote in reference to this question at the next elec
tion. for 30 years this question has been agitated in
Georgia. I thought for a long time that it was menace
to make the hotel keepers treat the members better,
when in fact they treated them as well as they could
for the price. I am in general, opposed to references
to the people, but this is one of such general interest
that I am in favor of taking the popular vote upon it so
that it may be settled. This is not an orignial idea of
mine. It was suggested to me by a distinguised Judge,
and my best judgment is that it is the best plan that
can be devised to settle this perplexing question. I in
tend to tell my constituents that removal will cost them
$500,000, and I have no doubt but that they will en
dorse my course by a unanimous vote.
Bailey, of Whitfield, gave notice that he would of
fer a substitute referring the question of removal to the
people, and requiring them to vote for Milledgeville.
Atlanta or Macon, and said: There were but three
places spoken of as suitable for the capitol, and it was
an easy matter for the people to decide between them.
This is an important question—one that interested every
part of the State. It deserves to be treated with more
seriousness than it h3s received. I like the pleasing
smiles of the ladies in the galleries, but Senators must
not allow their charms to cause them to forget those
they 7 left at home. lam in favor of a reference to the
people.
Clarke, of Baker.—l favor Mr. Chairman, the sub
stitute of the Senator from Lumpkin. The first ques
tion to be determined was that of removal. If the peo
ple are in favor of removal, they will of oourse submit
to the taxation which is necessary to carry it out ; and
then their Representatives could determine npon the
most eligible site for the seat of Government- The bill
offered by the Senator from DeKalb, would ereato a
war among the cities, and Irwinton, a cross road upon
the Allapaha, and an incorporated camp ground would
be a candidate for the distinguished honor of being the
capital of Georgia. The only proper question to be
referred to the people was whether they were in favor
of removal and willing to be taxed for this purpose.
The Senator from DeKalb struck a home blow for At
lanta. He wants all the cities in the State to get by
the ears, and then possibly Atlanta can carry a plurality
of votes. In deciding this question, reference ought to
be had to the political as well as the geographical center
of the State. The counties of Georgia were under our
constitution quasi sovreignties, and this view of tho sub
ject ought to be taken in deciding this question. The
great masses eared very little about it, and would be sat
isfied so tho capitol was located in a practical center,
I am opposed to having the question decided by plurali
ty of votes, as one city may have the plurality and an
immense majority of the people be opposed to it.
Collier, of DeKalb.—The voting population of the
State were in the up country, and that was the reason
my proposition is resisted. I have not said I was in fa
vor of Atlanta. That question lam willing to refer to
the people.
Singleton, of Lumpkin.—As many 7 diilerent opin
ions as there are in this body, just so many will there
be among the people as to the location of the capitol.
Under the bill of the Senator from DeKalb, one place
may get a majority of 1000 votes over any other, and
there the capitol must be located, no matter though an
immense majority of the people vote for other places.
Hull, of Clarke.—This question had occasioned
much excitement. It was not anew one. In 1827 we
had the same state of things which prevails now ; and
it was all quieted by my offering a resolution to appropri-
ate $20,000 to repairing and enlarging the capitol. I
am against removal. Something is due the citizens of
Milledgeville. I can see no good reason for removing
to Macon. The capitol is as near the centre of the
State now as it will be if removed there. By the es
tablishment of our Railroad system Milledgeville is ac
cessible to every part of the State and will be much
more so in a few years. I once heard a shrewd man
observe that though Milledgeville was inaccessible, there
were plently of men in every part of the State who
were anxious to put up with the inconvenience, so the
people would allow them the privilege.
I am in favor of a reference to the people, though as
a general thing, lam opposed it. Every voter has a
riglrt to be a candidate for the Legislature, and so far
has an interest in the question. Questions of taste, pro- j
priety, &e., involving expenditure of the public money
ought to be referred to the people. As to many other
things, duty compelled the members to tax the people,
but in a question of this sort, I do not think we ought
to burthen the people with $500,000 without consult
ing them. If the people are willing to bear this tax,
then I can vote for removal. The bill proposes that
Macon shall bear this tax. If she consents to do so,
my opinion is that she will make a bad bargain. If
Macon is the proper place for the capitol, then build it
there. It would be discreditable for the State to ac
cept such a donation from the hands of any city. The
main question is removal or no removal. Let that be
settled, and the Representatives of the people could
manage the c'her branch of it. Asa friend to Mil
ledgeville, I am in favor of a reference to the people.
Since 1827, it had been a mooted question. Nothing
else but a reference will settle It. It was due Milledge
ville as well as to members of the Legislature, that an
end should be put to this agitation. I have no doubt if
the question is submitted fairly, and the expense atten
dant upon removal, is borne in mind that the people
will decide in favor of Milledgeville. When it is once
decided by a popular vote, there will be an end of the
discussion.
Bailey, of Whitfield.— l desire Mr. Chairman, that
every city which is a candidate, be inserted in the bill.
This question of removal has been agitated a long time,
and it is high time it was disposed of finally. lam as
anxious as any other man that Milledgeville should have
her rights, and believe she will be preferred by the
people.
Dunnegan, of Hall. —Let the people be first heard,
and then if a majority is infavor of Milledgeville, I will
go for removal provided the citizens are remunerated
for their losses.
Note. —Several other speaohes were made at night,
but I did not attend the setting. It may be proper to
add that Singleton’s bill was adopted and then amended
so as to refer not only the question of removal, hut the
claims of the several cities to the people at the next
general election.
QUIEN SABE.
Slavery in the Territories—The Nebraska Bill.
By the Missouri Compromise, slavery was prohibited
in all tl'.e Territory ceded by Franco to the United
States which lay North of 36 deg. 30 min. It is con
ceded that there is nothing in that compromise which
by express terms makes 36 deg. 30 min. the dividing
line between the North and the South. But by the
act of 1545 annexing Texas to the United States, the
North insisted upon the extension of that line through
Texas, and the South assented solely upon the ground that
it had been adopted in IS2O in reference to the Missouri
Territory, and was the known, recognised and sanctioned
division line between the two sections of the country.
Then the South acquired a right to insist upon its ap
plication to all future acquisitions of Territory. It was
extended to territory, other than that to which it had
originally been applied, to the weakening of the South
and the strengthening of the North. Hence, the ear
nestness with which Southern men insisted upon its
application to the Territory acquired from Mexico; and
their indignation when it was refused. When our bull
gored the Northern ox, our yankee friends demanded
damages; but when their bull gored our ox, they fol
lowed the example of the unconscionable Lawyer in the
fable. In other words, when the Missouri line curtail
ed the territory of the South, the line was extended ;
but when it extended Southern limits, it was in
sulting by rejected ; and in lieu thereof, the dry bone of
the Compromise of 1850 was thrown to us as good
enough for Southern dogs. By that Compromise the
whole of California was transferred to the North, and
the people of New Mexico and Utah, who were known
to be inimical to slavery, wete permitted to decide
the question of slavery for themselves when they shall
meet in convention to form State Constitutions. “But,”
complains the all enduring South, “this is not fare. If
the Missouri line is good for French territory, it must
also be good for Mexican Territory ; but'if you are dis
satisfied with the Compromise of 1820 and prefer that
of ISSO whereby the whole question of slavery is trans
ferred from the forum of Congress to the people of the
Territories, we will not object; and therefore tender you
the Nebraska Bill. We pray you settle down upon one
or the other of the Compromises and do not cheat us
out of all our hard earned acquisions by jumping from
one to the other as may suit your convenience. ’’
This is the whole issue between the two sections of
the country 5 the North is an earnest advocate of the
extension of the Missouri Compromise whenever it can
be made available to curtail the area of slavery as in
the case of,Texas ; but a deadly opponent of it when
ever it will extend it as in the case of the Mexican Ter
ritory, The South his a right to insist upon a uniform
rule in respect to the Territories. But why argue with
avarice, lust of dominion, unthinking fanaticism ? The
North has no const ie ice on this question. She acts
consistently and uniformly upon the robber maxim in
i reference to it. We feel bound by no former compro
mises with her. She lias violated every one that has
been made, and will violate every one that may hereaf
ter be made whenever she can do so with impunity.—
Her pretended regard for the Missouri Compromise
now is shee hypocracy. We cannot however keep our
temper and write on this subject.
New Counties. —The following New Counties have
been made by the present Legislature :
Catoosa, from Walker and Whitfield.
Calhoun, fn m Baker and Early.
Clay, from Randolph and Early.
Chattahoochee, from Muscogee and Marion.
Coffee, from Telfiair, Irwin, Clinch and Ware.
Dougherty, from Baker.
Fannin, from Union and Gilmer.
Fulton, from DeKalb.
Hart, from Elbert and Franklin.
Hayne, from Camden.
Kinchafone, from Stewart.
Pickens, from Gilmer and Cherokee.
Worth, from Dooly and Irwin.
Great Snow Storm.—lncrease of the Navy, &c., &c.
Washington, Feb. 21.
A deep snow has obstructed all travel around Wash
ton.
A bill has been reported in the Senate, to authorise
the construction of steam frigates.
Sumner made a speech to day against the Nebraska
bill, he will be followed by Toombs in reply.
Tli e House is engaged on the Homestead bill.
Both Houses will adjourn over Washington’s birth
day.
Baltimore, Feb. 21.
A tremendous snow storm accompanied with high
wind prevailed yesterday and last night along tho At
lantic coast. In New York, Philadelphia and Balti
more snow fell to the depth of two feet on the level,
and drifted to a height of from sto 10 feet. All trains
are stopped. The Africa got off at high tide. The
steamships Star of the West, North Star and George
Law, have sailed.
The Erriccson—Yellow Fever—Connecticut Whig
Convention. —This much talked of ship went on her
trial trip, on Friday 17th.
The yellovr fever was raging fearfully among the
shipping.
The W big convention of Connecticut, has nominated
Henry Dutton for Governor. A full State Ticket was
also nominated.
Resolutions were passed against the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise-
Kate Kearney — Free Soil Convention. —The stea
mer Kate Kearney exploded at St. Louis on Friday 17th.
Twenty persons were killed, and many wounded ; Ma
jor Beal cf the army, dangerously.
The Free Soil Convention in Boston,on Thursday IGh,
passed strong resolutions, threatening, if the Nebraska
Bill was passed, to agitate for repeal.
Important Discovery.—A friend from Florida (says
the Charleston Standard) assures us that he has dis
covered a small Guano Island upon the western coast of
Florida.
Tennessee Railroads. —The Tennesseo House of
Representatives have adopted the Senate’s amendments
to the “Omnibus bill,’’ with the exception of the one ex
tending the South Western Railroad. This Bill pro
vides for ten thousand dollars per mile, of State
aid, on both roads, leading from Knoxville to Rabun
Gap, and from Knoxville to Kentucky, and besides this,
money for the Bridges over Clinch, Holston, Little
River, &o.
South Carolina Railroad. —The gross receipts of this
road for the last year, as we learn from the Charleston
Standard, have been $1,215,279, and the sum to be added to
the surplus fund, after paying the current expenses, the in
terest on tho foreign debt, the damages to property, and two
dividends offour percent, each upon the capital stock of
the company is $167,259.
Daily line of Steamships between Charleston and
New York. —The people of Charleston we perceive are
agitating this subject. The Standard remarks : We
believe that it is a measu. e necessary to the further ad
vancement of our city, not alone from the completion of
the Wilmington and Manchester road, but from tho
geographical position of our city. We are not, and can
not he upon the direct line of land travel between the
North and South.
Compliments to Capt. Watkins. —At a dinner given
to Capt. Watkins, on Saturday night by the Merchants
of New York, he was presented with testimonials for his
gallant conduct during the late disaster which befell the
wreeked steamship San Francisco.
Alexander Pilborn, a fugitive from justice, was on
Saturday surrendered at New York, to the English
officials.
Prohibitory Liquor Law in Mississippi. —We learn,
says the Vicksburg Whig of the 26th, that the bid
which passed the lower branch of the Legislature last
week, for the suppression of the liquer traffic, also passed
the Senate on Tuesday evening—but with amendments.
If the amendments of the Senate go through the lower
house the bill will go into effect immediately.
The Clipper Great Republic. —The Boston ,4tlas
says that Capt. L. McKay, formerly of the ship Repub
lic has had an offer from a foreign house to build his ship
as a steam frigate, and would leave Boston on Saturday in
the new clipper Lightning for Liverpool, to make neces
sary arrangements.
CfciT” Donn Piatt, Esqr., of Cine innaiti, is the name
of the gentleman appointed Secretary of Legation to
France.
ICF Mr. D. 11. Mason has issued a prospectus of a
j new Democratic paper to be publiseed weekly at Rome,
1 Ga. It is called the “State Rights Republican,” and
I will be edited by Col. Simpson Fouche.
L7* In the IT. S. Senate on Thursday, 16th, the bill
making Brunswick, Ga., a port of entry, was passed.
O* The Maryland Legislature on Tuesday, 14th, re
elected Pearce, U. S. Senator.
I O” The Woolen Mills of R- S. Denny, Clnpville,
j Mass., were burnt on Tuesday, 14th. insurance, [$20,00f1.
Gen. Alfred Dockery has been nominated Whig
candidate for Governor of North Carolina.
Nebraska contains 136,700 square miles, and
would make seventeen States as large as Massachusetts.
O* Park Godwin, is, at present, engaged in deliver
ing a course of lectures in Savannah.
OCT It is said that Purdy, the manager of the Na
tisnal Theatre, New York, has made $50,000 from the
drama of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’’ Profitable philan
thropy !
Marine Disaster. —The steamer Amazonia, from St.
Louis, for Memphis, was sunk on Thursday; two passen
gers were drowned.
Sentenced to the Chain Gang —lt is stated that the Amer
ican sailors who have been in prison so Jong at Havana,on
the charge of being engaged in the slave trade, have been
sentenced to the chain gang for four years.
A ship is daily expected to arrive at Panama from
Chains with a cargo of Chinese laborers tor the Panama
Railroad.
George M. Dallas, late Vice President of the Uni
ted States, has been nominated by the citizens ot the I ifth
Ward a candidate for Mayor of the consolidated city of
Philadelphia.
The members of the Minnesota Legislature have
resolved to give one day’s per diem to the Wasliington
National Monument.
ice The Boston Courier says that notwithstanding the
cold weather, the amount of ice stored in that vicirflty has
not been more than three-quarters of an average crop.
£3?” James B. Clay, Esq , son ot the late Henry Clay,
Jug purchased a stallion in sciv \ ork, ior which he paid
the handsome sum oi 54,000.
The Virginia Senate has passed a hill making an
appropriation to the Agricultural Society of that State.
Dc TANARUS, Clarke, the father of “Grace Greenwood,” died in
Beaver county, Pa., last Tuesday.
q’he substitute for the Maine liquor law was adopt
ed nit he Maryland House of Delegates on the 16th inst. It
merely provides for taking the vote of the people on the
question. ‘Phe result is to be communicated by the Gov
ernor to the legislature next session.
A great Free Soil, Anti Nebraska Convention was
seld in Boston on Thursday.
DtT” An Australian, from the number of murders con”
mitted in that auriferous region, thinks Mel-6orne i3 t
place Shakspeare speaks of wheu he says, “ that hour.*
from which no traveler, returns.”
A delegation ofStodebridge Indians from Wiscon
sin are now in Washington.
Dr. Bates, of Louisville, Miss., has been driven from
that place by the inhabitants, they suspecting that he caused
the death ol his wife by poison.
[From the Savannah Journal]
Washington, Feb. 22.
Congress is not in session to-day, but obsertir:;,
Washington’s Birth Day.
Rencontre-probable duel.-A rencontre took placa
last night between Senator Clemens, of Alabama, an a