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M. BIiLiS Si 00., Proprietors.
Volume XVIII.
{'Oin! IUS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, ISSS.
To Advertisers.
lie have a word to sav to our friends and pat
ron* who address the public through our columns,
and, especially to the patentees uutl vendor? of
medicines 4V ohave receiveduum erous applications
for this privilege, which we have felt it our duty
to reject, front the laet, thu! the advertisement was
expressed in language which- is oiijpusirc to pro
priety and delicacy. We make it a rule not to in
sert anything in the wav of an advertisement
winch decency would not sanction in otureditorial
columns.
The propriety of this determination will be con
ceded, when it id known that our paper ia a daily
visitor to the parlor and fireyde of nearly every
family iu -onr city, and to the homes of many re
fined and modest people beyond those Limits. The
idea that our poor thoughts are scanned by their
fair inmates, we dearly cherish. It is one of the
chief rewards and comforts of our toiL We shall
b j parJcned, therefore, we trust, whenever we* re
fuse them. When they may not be excjn
tied by these considerations, we shall always be
“thankful for small favors—larger ones in pro
portion.” m
Colusa bus guards.
This gallaut company, Capt. Semmes, com
mander. paraded on yesterday afternoon for tar
gfet practice. The weather was iuclcment and
their number was not so large as we are accustom
ed to see in their ranks, hut the njarkmanship will
make a favorable comparison with auy we havu
yet heard of. Hcsidesthe averages reported be
low, the shooting was remarkably line and the
general average was, perhaps, superior to auy
thingever before achieved, in that exercise, by the
company. Lieut. Hodges was the successful con
testant fur the prize—a massive aad beautiful
gold pen and holder. The following are the three
best averages of shots.
Lieut. Hodges, I'%.
Private,Sheppard 3%.
A (iovirnor El, chd.
Colcwbia, S.C., Dee. IJ. l’ue fonrth ballot J
for the Uoverusbip was taken to-dny, throe Lav- j
ing beeu had yesterday without, result, and was
reported as follows: % !
W. H. Gist, ... si
Jas. 11. Irby, * - - 78
urn . . . m
Nccessary to cleet, - 80
It will be £u;u tbu? YV. U. Gist is aeeoruingly I
elected Governor of South Carolina ter the next
term of two Voiys, from D c.. 12th, Di6B.— Char .
Courier.
Choked Arrival of a Slaver,—The Sa
vannah Republfcau of the 11th ifiat., says: “We j
learn from pretty good authority, that a vessel j
has at last snreeeefed in evading the vigilance of j
our cruisers and laußinga cargo of slaves pon j
the soil of the L uiied State-'. The vessel, we \
learn, is the schooner which onr in- [i
formant states, arrived in St. Andrew’s Sound, j
near Brunswick, Monday last, and landed a car- j
goof Africans on*oue of the neighboring islands. I (
*equeutly s r nt up the Sa-tilfa on board oi’ a steam- \ =
—— mn 1 I \
The FtramvjE Slave Law in Vermont.— J 1
The Legislature of Vermont, which adjourned a |,
few days ago, had before it a bill, the practical i I
though not the avowed effect of whicV ,|Fould be M
to render the execution of the fugitive slave law j ]
impossible in that State. This bm wa* enercrct- 1
* .
ieally opposed as being unconstitutional, which j
- ft* -
Interesting to the Coffee Trade* —All the j
rominent firm.- in the coffee t rude in New York I
aau, in a response to representations from the
trade in Baltimore, agreoAto allow no tare on Rio
coffe sold by them on and after the Ist of Janu
ary next, but to render bills to the purchasers at
the gross weight per weigher’s return.
MILLED GEYILLE CORRESPONDENCE.
Milledgeville, Dec. 11th ISSS.
In the Federal L'uiou of this morning under the
head of bills on their passage in the Senate ap
pears the following. The bill was taken up
To open the Chattahooe&oe river 30 feet in the
channel from its mouth to the mouth ot the t hes
tatee river.
Mr. Colquitt said he he hoped the bill would be
laid on the tabic for the balance of the session.—
lie was surprised that a bill aifeetiug so directly
the interests of his constituency should have es
caped the vigilance of his colleagues iu the other
branch of the General Assembly, ft cleared out
lor the passage offish one-third of the channel of
the Chattahoochee river from the Florida line to
the Chestatee iu Ilali county. It would destroy
the water power <ff the city of Columbus. It
would interfere with vested rights and was a most
iniquitous bill.
- The bill was laid on the table for the balance
of the session.
I am informed by one of my colleagues, Mr How
ard, that he was not present in the House at the
time of the passage of this bill, and also that Mr.
Mott was under the impression, that all obstruc
tions were to be removed from the river commenc
ing ut West Point instead of the Florida lino. 1
say this much injustice to those gentlemen, whose
fidelity to the interests of a common constituency
I shall be tuc last to question.
PEYTON 11. COLQUITT.
IVASHIN GTO-N COR RES PON DEN CE.
Washington Litv, f
Dec. bin. l£>sS. j
GcniUm o': 1 take the liberty of enclosing an
interesting article upon Texas, which I thiuk
weald be acceptable to y our readers. I cannot
say that there is anything now here. The,- mess
age dues nut give universal satisfaction to the
Southern Democrats- -M. ioy of them object to
“the specific duties", recommendation, and some
to the Mexican policy of taking armed occupation I
of Chihuahua and X doubt whether Mr. |
Buchanan bus strengthened his administration by
the message. It is undisguised!}’ announced hare
by Cobb aad bis friends, that war to the knife is
to be waged against Douglas in the South as well
as North. To this I should not seriously object,
fit were not coupled with the understanding that
the war is for the benefit of Mr. Cobb. If be can
become the main instrument in breaking down
Douglas, then be is to receive the renown of the
conqueror in a Presidential nomination at
Charleston. This movement, if persisted in, must
create division among the Democratic party at
the South, as it is evident that Douglas has many
warm friends even in Georgia, and however unac
ceptable he may be to the largo mass of tbo De
mocracy of the South, it cannot be disguised
that Cobb is scarcely less so. If Douglas is to be
ostracised at the South, and I think he ought to
be, Cobb is not the man to rise upon bis ruins.
His ultra “I T nion” proclivities, and bis unweary
ing courtship of Northern favor and support,
would make him tbe weakest of all candidates in
the ranksof the State Hights Democracy of bis t
own section, and give an easy victory tosiiiv repu
table Southern candidate of the American party.
Lot ail true Southern Democrats keep aloof trorn
this internecine war of two rival and vindictive
champions who have only their own selfish ends
in view, and neither of whom have sufiioient
merits or claim* or hold upon popular sentiment
‘ S ‘** “ j
o justify a division of our ranks and an angry
contest. Tbe speech of Judge .Jackin at Mii-
Icdgev !<*, during the present session, was the
commencement of the war of Cpbb upon Douglas
in Georgia. Jackson is the relation of the former,
and-doubtless speaks his sentiment* and wishes.
I have neither political faith in or partiality for
the -little giant” and l am decidedly opposed to
hi* nomination as the Dorn. r;i tic candidate for
the Presidency at the next electiou. I consider
the South entitled to the candidate, and there are
many men of eminent talents and sound political
i views ami character who would combine elements
ot strength an'd success, far superior to either of
the parties above named—such i- Hunter, of
Va., Pearce, of Maryland, Brcckenridge of Ky..
and if we have to travel out of the slave state* for a
champion, Hen. Jo. Lane, “the Marion of the
Mexican war,’ would bear our standard a* proudly i
and As bravely and I hope and believe as tri
umphantly, as he did the glorious banner of our
many a hard fought field of Mexico.
He is irPoutffern man by birth, education and
sympathy, he is sound in politics and in judgment;
he is “honest, capable and faithful to the consti
tution —and would arouse an enthusiasm in his
behalf amongst” the masses of every section of the
Union which would sweep every thing before it.
More anon.
Yours, Jkc. f
A SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT.
Washington, Dec. 10, 1853.
The recent movement, in yotir State Senate, !
growing out of a decision of the Supremo j
of Georgia has risen to the rank of a national ques- j
tion, and the able speech of your Senator on the
occasion, will hereafter find a place among our
national annals ; “obsta principiis” is a safe rules
md never more applicable than when our judi
ciary is to bo assailed because its action does not
harmonise wi;h the ephemeral tone of popular
caprice. The urn and the shell arc only wanting
t > make the system complete, if ostracism is to be
■ the test of the integrity of our J udieiury. 13 at I < niy j
j wish to say that the action ofyour Senate on the mat j
! ter is the subject of general approval and eongrat*
i illation, not’ouly in the Federal Metropolis, but by j
J the Press of the county so tar as I have seen. I !
enclose you a paragraph from the Journal of
: Commerce, copied tins evening into the Natiouul !
J Intelligencer.
Your 6eu*tor (Iverson) has already made a
| good movement towards retrenchment by a uu -
[ uorf ofVhibb lie has given notice to the Senate
f relative to the abolition of the Franking prev*.-
I oge. This is the great monster abuse of the day.
; Ine impeachment of Judge Watrous oi Texas is j
! tin*only matter of any importance yet up in the j
! House. A trial it ia believed will be ordered wih j
I what resulr no one can predict.— S/arte vir tutc ! j
From the New York Day Book, Dec. 4.
Progress and ResourffN.
In answer to inquiries as to the ability of tbe
State of Texas to ttaii.dy laud ciium* donated by |
her for railroad purposes/ cow due and to become {
due, I herewith present such information a* I !
I gather from my ndte* and other evidences at hand, j 1
mostly taken from, ofiioiai and statistical record*. |
Other and general information here giv’en being j 1
the result of my personal observations, made j 1
while traveling over the State lor several cousec- j ‘
utive years to the present season. No one fainil- j >
mr wun the -übjeet will presume <o controvert the ‘ 1
siatemeut.
me area “t tne m it* u .. | •
ted liv uiont frcogrtiphfr? to eontain 257.504 3( ( ure | ]
.ultra'.
The Cwtumissioner of the General Land Offline :
of the State, iu Ilia olficial Report dated Mevem- i’
her lit. 18A7. gives the area at 27f,3365j square |
miles, or 17>,594,560 acres. This estimate is j *
probably accurate, aa tin* calculations are made j !
from actual survey* returned to his olliee. 01 the j {
various claims of land grants and claims w hich
have been sjUisfietl from ‘this vast lemtuy, are j ’
rt„)sc originating under the Governments of Spain. !
Mexieo, and the State of Coahttila and Texan, the ] ‘
itepublie of Texas, and the State of Texas. — : ‘
These from ispniu. Mexieo, C'oahuila and t :Na.- !
being originally written and recorded in the Span- j ‘
ish language, are usually called Spanish grants, j
tit these thero have Been titled 22,05f.f Sf acres.
The titles to about 1.2U0 leagues or 0,M3,600
acres have been declared void by the Constitution j
and courts as having been fraudulently issued, lcav ;
iug 17.270,384’ acres of valid Spanish grants.
There have been other grants and claims con- j
firmed by the State Legislature amounting to j
.1,741.241 acres. _
Claims originating under tlio Republic and
State of Texas, amount in the aggregate to 47,-
7SS 449 acres, and may be divided as follows :
irstand Second Ola;". Reported Recommended and
FContiniiedby the Courts, amount to 30,471,010 acres.
Ctuims issued under special acts 1,310,411
Bounty and donation lands -‘ l -V s -yO’--
Land Script ; • .*,<*4.^o6
Colony Companies, viz ; Fishers and I
Miller’s Colony 1,735,206 acres; Mer- I
r's Coionv 811.720 acres ; Peter's j 4,05. . 9W
Colony 2.111,040 acres, equal to J
University and whool lauds ~...2.275,992 •
Special grants to seminaries 12
Deaf and dnnlh, lunatic, blind and or- I
asylums 400,000
i're-empiion rlaims reported * J 3s.2tw
Settlers’ claims within Miss, reserve... •fO.arivl
Claim* of railroads filed 51 A, 000
Patented lo the National R. R 27,1U>
To which add the amount confirmed by
Act of 1854 “
Moking total amount returned for patentol,s*2o.6oo
Add to this the amount covered by valid Span
isil Grants and we have 68.860.071 acres already
appropriated from tbe gross amount. And leav
ing 10(1,795,986 acres as Public Domain yet to
be absorbed by railroad and other enterprises.
The State of Texas has granted 44 charters
to railroad companies, of which 17 have been
forfeited, leaving 26 charters still in force. Os
these there are 11 iu progress of construction,
to wit:
Houston and Tr’xas Central R. R when cumplt
ted win be about • ■ „ _ fifj
liuifuo B.i>ou. Brazos and (’oiomtlo R. R
Gaivestt'P H*'ust>ii and Henderson R. R
II uston Tap H U *• * .1
Jlous. ui Tap and Brazoria R- R
5 .n \:;t ‘ ia amt Mcxi. an Gulf P.. R J&j
Mexi itu Giiifand Henderoou R, U.
W.ishimrt’ i) Colli ty K. K ••V” v
6 ,bi e tiul Ga.vestoii Bay R. R and Lumber
Memphis*ei Paso and Pacific R. R-- to c*nrifcct
wi ll S. P. K U
M iking their aggregate length when completed J
.About” ,
Some of the railroads whose charters are sun j
i„ force run nearly parallel and so near other* al- j
rondy in progress of contraction, that their neces
sity is obviated for the present, and will no doulfi
ne abaudonod for some time to come or until the
•■rowth of the country demands them. Os tbetx
the LaSalle and El Paso Railroad will be obvia-
I ted by the construction of the San Antonio and
1 Mexican Gulf Railroad and its connections Lht
I Texas and La. Railroad by the Southern Pacific
Railroad—-the Sabine and liio Grande Railroad,
i>y tbe Sabina and Galveston Ray Railroad am.
Lumber Cos., and its connections—the Powder
Horn. Victoria and Gonzales Railroad, by the
San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad, making
live roads whose aggregate length is about 1.. on
miles, “ hat will must likely be abandoned for tbe
reason assigned.
Os the remaining charters in torce no efforts
are bein* made to prosecute their work so far as 1
am advised, and I am ot the opinion, from their
localities, that the public do not require them to
he built s-d capitalists in this age ol railroad ex
perience are too tenacious of their means to raves
ivaea the probabilities of remunerationarc agam.-L
them. If, however, they should be built in the
comae ..f time, their aggregate length would be
about 98E miles. Those in actual progress o.
construction, will, when completed, answer all tbe
wants of tire country for many .years to <mule.
From tko above ealulation, it will be seen that the
railroads now being constructed will bo afoot
•> “>2B miles in the aggregate, and the roads w hich
will probably not be built would amount to about
•> 738 miles, making in ail about 4.501 utiles it all
were completed whoso charters are ip torce. sup
posing the full amount of 4.961 miles were to be
built bevond a doubt, and tbe liberal donation
of 16 sections per mile granted by the Stateahou i.
be required, the appropriation would absorb i V
376 sections, or 50,860,640 acres. Add to this
tiß 800,574 aeree, less 512,000 acres included in
the classification of claims returned for patent.and
we have 119, 0ey,214 acres to satisfy every valid
claim against the public domain.
It has-been supposed by persons not acquainted
with th gtttt of T* h*t a l*rg*
THE HXIOS OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.
| her territory is a desert or barren plain, unfit fin
j cultivation, and that a considerable portion of th-.
j lands which would inure to railroad companies,
j is worthless. This idea Lanot well foun* led, and
only provoke* a smile from one who is familial
with the State; for it a well established foot thu*
there is not. to be found within the limits of the
United States an urea of equal extent with Texa.~
where the soil is so universally good. These ap
prehensions arise mainly from the fact that. the n
is a large scope ot’ country about three hundre.:
miles iu lengttofrom North to South, and an
average width of 90 miles,known as tbo Llano
Es lac ado or Staked Plain. This section of the
country lies iu the Northwestern part of the State
aud embraces about 27,0) square miles, and be
ing mostly destitute of timber and water i/ sup
posed to be of no value for agricultural purposes,
although it produces a good coat of gras*, and
water is found iu some places. The govern moot
of the United States has made attempts to pro
cure water on the Llano Estacado by Artesian
wells, but whether the experiment will succeed is
still in doubt, although geologists and others con
fidently believe an abundant supply of water will
be obtained. Should this be the result, the Sta
ked Plain will be profitably occupied as a grazing
country for extensive herds of cattle.
Rut allowing4be Llano Estacado to be a sterile
waste, and entirely useless, it would only reduce
about 10 per cent, of the whole territory, or about
27,000,000 acres, wheu added to the 119,089,214
acres admitted as valid claims to be satisfied, and
we will still have left 29,505,34 C acres of produc
tive soil belonging to the State.
I have suggested that of the 4,961 miles of rail
roads whose charters are in force, 2, 7J8 mile* will
/ not be built. I think the estimate fair, and the
friends of the roads thu* excepted would not be
slow to concede the point. Should this calcula
tion prove correct, there* would be 43*808 sections,
or 28,037 120 acres to be added to the 29,505,346,
* which would sw T ell tiie amount of Public Domain
‘to 57,542.466 acres. Thus, aftc*r deducting every
j valid claim of all classes of titles, whether em ana
j ting from Spain, Mexico, Gothuila and Texas, the
Republic or State: and all claim? for railroad pur-
I poses likely to ace rue for many years, and the
j large allowance for waste land, wc find the vast
amount of over 57.000,000 acres of productive
soil belonging to the State of Texas subject to
further enterprises.
The resources of Texas are not well understood
by persons whose interests have not led them to j
inquire, and especially in the northern State*, ex
cept to a few enterprising merchants in the com
j lncrciai cities of New York and Boston. Her soil
> and climate are diversified, producing almost ev
ery variety of grain, fruit and vegetable grown 1
| North aiur South—all the cereal grains, the or- i
! ange, almond, banana, fig, apple, pear, Ate. Asa
! wheat producing country she has no superior oast !
of California, the average yield being about 25 !
and often 40 bushels per in re, weighing fv* in 65
to 70 pounds per bushel. I have Seen while j u*s
i iug in the northern counties—Collin. Grayson
anil Fanuiu, whola crops of wheat that I wu* in
formed would weigh 72 pounds to tbe bushel, and
I huve no reason to doubt it. The average yield
of moat wheat growing States of the Nonh is
about 15 to 18 bushels per acre, and the Jtafeud&rd
weight of GU pounds is uot generally attained,
while the soil of Texas will produce one-thfrd
more petnerfc, and hold* at least 15 per cent, ad
vantage in weight. Northern Texas i* well adap
ted for raising wheat, and harvesting is done m
May, and the day is near at hand when she will
export flour of superior quality much earlier than 1
other States Asa grazing country she ranks
among the first. It has been ascertained that the
cost raising a cow three years old, is 80 dollar*
in New York and New England, aud in the Wes
tern States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Ac., it costs to raise u three year old bullock about
15 dollars, whjyUs in Texas the actual cost of rais
ing a throe year old steer to the large stock raiser
will not exceed fifty cent*. Sheep thrive remark
ably well, and wool-growing will soon be one of
the great staples of Texas, She is already one of
the principal cotton growing States, ami is be
ginning to attract the attention of the whole com
mercial and manufacturing world interested in
that important staple. She is a part of the great
when her Syrian of railroads is earner ifir, wnl ;
be the distributing Depot for the product* of all |
countries that pass over our Continent. And j
resting as she does, several hundred mile* on the
Gulf of Mexico, railroads must and will be reliev
ed of their heavy burden* by their seeking ma
rine transportation at her seaports —whether they
consist of the rich product* of China or the heavy (
metals from the mines of Mexico. And here l
will add that sooner or later the seaport? of Texas
will receive the products of northern Mexico for j
distribution ; for wc have practical evidence that ,
even now without railroads but with pack mules, ..
the article of lead can be delivered from the mjnes j
of northern Mexico through Monterey at Corpus [
Christi on the coast of Texas at less than two j
cents per pound freight. The lumber from her
vast pineries in the East will afford profitable cm ‘
plovment for railroads in carrying it to supply the j
demands in the West; and her grain growing j
North will send it3 products to the coast and re- ■
eeive in exchange the sugar from her own soil.
Texas is in her infancy, but she is growing in
moral, physical aud political strength, and will
soon stand a giant State in the South. Her popu- j
lation is rapidly increasing, and the inhabitant* |
alive to the importance of early development of j
her resources, and ere long her infnence will be
felt in every department of agriculture, manu
factures and mechanics; and although she was
conceived in anarchy and born in a rebellious
struggle for Political Freedom, her moral and in
tellectual powers arc subjects of admiration. So
will she continue under her present liberal views
of education. Her educational fund is $2,000,-
000. 3,000,000 acres of land, and ten per cent, of
the revenue of the State. The last Legislature
made a liberal appropriation for the endowment pi
a State University of the first class* and if I am
informed aright, this Institution will bean im
provement if possible upon the model schools of
learning in both the Old and New World. The
design is to present her youths with a finished
education , aud during the Lecture season Ameri
can scholars of every class—Lawyer*/ Doctors
and Divines, Poets and Painters, Orators aud
Statesmen, manufacturers, tradesmen and mo’chan
ios. will have free access to her Libraries, and
without expense share alike the knowledge ac- j
quired under her hospitable dome.
That Texas will be a manufacturing State is
certain, for she i pregnant with materia! tor
manufacturing purposes; such a* cotton, wool,
hide*, ccal, iron, lead, &c., with unlimited water
power to propel machinery. The climate will al
low of white labor, and I think I may venture the
assertion that in a few years San Antonio. Gauda
loupe, Blanco and Ban Marcos rivers, will drive
machinery rivaling the* spindles of New England
an l w hy ? Because the manufacturing capital
ist will discover that Texas will be a mere profit
able theatre for bis operations. It costs less to
live.and operatives of the North will seek employ- I
ment where their labor is barer remunerated, and j
where they < an enjoy tbe advantage of a mod am. :
healthy climate, and where they can ocu py a
l ‘jciaJ position equal with the mere bast pnmt f i ;
I sovereign planter. In Texas the laborer i* w t rtl y
| of his Lire, and in social portion h* stands upon j
his moral worth, and is not a menial like ms t ms?, j
! , r hired “help” in Massacfi.usetle. >'< ir ■}* lj; * u *’
oauper in the State. The luxuries o. he are u
hia command —wild game of ail kinds m abun
laucc; the brook trout in her mountain streams,
aid < VBt< rs in her hays equal in quantity to the
best Saddle Rock oysteru. New York, ‘1 uej/raj'e
■ rows spontaneously, anil a superior quantity ot
vviiic may bo ltad fur tbe simple „eo*t ol matiu
acturing.
Though Texas is an infant State she possesses
he element* to sustain an Empire—rayyshe is an !
Empire of herself. She has capacity to yield in or
bales of cotton than is now produced*™ all tlic
cotton-growing States of tho Union, .ae can
supply the whole South with first quality oi flour
000 month earlier than any other gram prodm
iutz section. Her natural pastures are extensive
enough to supply the inhabitants ol every city in
the United States with superior quality ol bed at
an actual cost of raisins lea. than one cent per
pound. Her streams can farmsh water power tor
ail kinds of hydraulic purposes to an indefinite cx
tent Her thousands of bills and fertile vafleys
arc covered with herds of horses, cattle and sheep
while the herdsman surveys his fleck gracing,
with joy and satisfaction. Her mountains, hills,
valleys', plains ami streams, for landscape scenery
surpassingly picturesque and bcantitid—and the
traveler, while pursuing his journey trom bill to
bill or mountain to mountain, is enaJtan.ed wtth
tho over changing soeue, as a child with the trans
posing powers of the
II is announcedTfor the Fvncfit of those
persons who did uot get a sight of the comet,that
it will again appear before tbe puohe,, for a ...
nights only, iu the autumn of the y eat -14,.
i'ront seats reserved for old bachelors.
r#rWhile Prince Alfred was asleep ra his
hoard tho Eurvata?, two of his brother
middies blacked hislcc. He made no complara.
about tho ioke. but tho nest morning be got
square on tho offenders, by cutting theirhaur
mock strings. *nd letting them down on the
mn,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 1858
COLUMBUS* WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, ls5S.
Major Howard's Letter,
We publish below a letter ‘front Major Howard
Deu jl.erty. E??q., in denial of certain
charge? preferred by the latter, against Judge
Refining, in a eommimieatiou lately addressed to
ihe public. Aside from the character of the wri
ter. hi* presence iu Milledgeville, at the time the
tacts in controversy occurred, aud the opportunity
for correct information in respect thereto, which
uis relation .to the canvass afforded, entitle his
statements to implicit credence.
Columbus. Dee. 14th FBSB.
William Dougherty, Esq : *
I noticed fo-dav, irf your address to the public,
that among other charges, you charge Judge
Beiming with living promised not to preside in
rbe Dank cases, if elected. It is not tny privilege
to pas? an opinion fipon the decision so much
complained of. whether it he right or wrong. Nor
will I enquire into the motives of the Judges—
that is left to you and -the public. My knowl
edge extends only to a fact about which you are
mistaken: for from my personal connection with
the canvass for Judge of the Supreme Court, I
do know, that Judge Bcnning, fipon hearing the
rejM>rt that he would not preside in tbe eveut of
his election, in the bank cases, rebuked the state
ment, and called upon gentlemen to correct it.—
lie stated, with great solicitude to bo understood,
that in all cases where he had been employed as
counsel he would not preside, but stated distinctly
that in ail other cases, referring to the Bank ca
ses, he Rut himself bound to preside. One of the
occasions of the statement of this determination,
wus in McComb’s piazza, before a number of gen- j
j tlemen. I believe further, that notwithstanding i
the statement, which you say was made by the
.Senator and Represent utive from Muscogee, of I
which I know nothing, still, Judge Henning's po
sition was generally understood, as ho took pains
110 undeceive ali who were under a different im
j pression. Ido not make this statement at the re
quest of Judge Banning, hut as a voluntary ti i
i bate to justice and to truth.
Rcspeetftilly,
J. 11. HOWARD.
Ifi ft Eli.
The Act in relation to the Supreme Court,upon
which we lately commented, provides that alide- !
cirions which have been heretofore made by a I
full bench—all three of the Judges concurring,
shall bo the law of the land. Now, suppose that a
decision, pronounced by all the Judges, has be* n J
overruled in the same manner, “what’s the law?” I
Wc presume 4kom the reversal-phobia of width I
the Legislature exhibited such distressing symp- j
toms, that if that body could sit in judgment on
the question, they wuukl decide in favor of •
i the former authority; but a Court, in order to es- !
fectuate the clearly expressed intention of tho
law-making power, has no authority to make an
, election between them, and must give equal force
and effect to both. It’ the former docisiou estab
lished the right of the plaintiff to a recovery, the
latter guarantees the same right to the defendant,
and from this dilemma neither ancient nor mod
ern jurisprudence pres nt any possible means of
escape but through a “trial by combat”—the par
ties must Jlrjht it out. Perhaps the champions
of the bill can enlighten us upon this subject.—
M e are compelled to make the mortifying a.l
----“• ** is vuisr an v legal surger.v
! ifEAtn OF OITTEF .IrSTIf e Nash.—lt is with
| the deepest regret, says the Ruhngh, North Caro
lina. Standard, that we auuounce the death of the
vciH*ruble aud beloved Chief Justice of this State,
Frederick Nash, who died at his. residence, in
Hillsborough, on Saturday last, in the 77th year
lof his age. He was the son of Abner Nash, G<>v
! ernor of the fctato of North Carolina in 1799, and
J was a nephew of General Francis Nash, who fell
mortally wounded while fighting tor his country
[attho battle of Brandywine, Judge Nash was
i born in Newborn in 171. and was consequently
iin his 77th year. He represented that borough in
j the House of ('ominous iu 1804 aud 1805. In
18.18 he was elected aJudgeof the Superior Court
| which he resigned in 1819. in 1-7 and ’2B, he
| represented Hillsborough iu the House of Com
jmo us. In 1836 he was again ciected.a Judge of
j the Superior Court, from which in 1814 he v. as
transferred to the Supreme Court Bench, which
dignified posit ion ho has sin. os ciq i witu credit
to himself aud satisfaction . • the State.
Senator Douglas Removed from the‘Com
mittee on Territories. —Iu a Democratic Sena
torial caucus Thursday night, Senator Douglas
was stricken from the Chairmanship of tho Com
mittee on Territories, and Senater Greeu, of Mis
souri, chosen in bis place. The vote stood 17 lor
Green, and 7 for Douglas. The seven were Messrs.
Drown, Clingman, Shields. Bigler, Hunter, Green
| and Thompson, of New Jersey. On the last vote
only four were for Douglas. The President, it is
stated, was opposed to this step, and it was also
denounced by Brown 01 Mississippi, aud Ligler
of Pennsylvania. So says a Richmond paper,
Visits of officials from Japaf.—lt is stated
that President has received information from Ja
pan tiiat a full embassy from that country will
make its appearance in Washington some time in
May or Juno next. They will be brought to Pa
nama in an American steam frigate, and thence
proceed to New Turk. It ‘'ill bo marked by
snlendid presents to tho government from the Ja
panese Kuiptror.
Tut: Island of Navaza.— The London Times
of the 17th ult.. ha-, aa article in referenco to the
recent flare np between a Maryland guano com-,
puny and the Uaytieu government, with regard ;
.0 ihe lalaud of Navaza, from which we make the |
following extract:
Happily, matters nf this d'S'ripti .n are now ‘
beyond ilie p owibiliiy of permanent diapu.e, since
chi laws tint r-g.tUU th.-m .ira well dahued.—
The United Stat-.s showed iu the ttnalaguus ease
that occurred with P.-ru about five years back. ;
that they were prepared to deal with such cases
according to exact ami liberal interpretations, and
there is reason to anticipate that, if the Ilay lien
proofs are as irrefragable us they are represented
and believed to be, there will be no resolution to !
~t them at defiance merely by the exercise of thu :
strong hand.
War on Loct-ri s ant! NVasp tp. rs.
New York. Dee. id.—Warrants were issued in
this city on Saturday, to arres parties connected
with Swan’s lotteries: also, against proprietors
of a Sunday weekly paper, for publishing adver
tisements. Many arrests have been made, but
the principals are still at large. A requisition will
be sent to Augusta.
Ho'E’l-'istp.ess.EP Whzts \Vo.men#ue Reliev- t
et> in the North.— ln a Northern paper we find
the following paragraph :
A young woman, Ellen Wheaton, who has for
saken tbe Shaker community at Pleasant Hills,
Ky., has made her appearance in Rochester, ask
ing for aid. She was brought tip by the Shakers,
but became weary of their way of life. All the aid
-he was able to discover in Rochester was receiv- *
.•A f r om the police, who accommodated her with a
cell in the station house.
flgf* Rt. Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk late Bish
op of Pennsylvania, died at his residence in Phil
adelphia, on the 6th instant, ki tho. 70th year of (
his age. g ; j
Washington, Dec. 13.—Intelligence received
here confirms the recall of Lord Napier, but no
change in public policy is apprehended to result
to of hi* wfiorii.
Congressional.
IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE WATROUS.
Washington, Dec. 10.—The House resumed
, the oonsideratioiyif the report of the Committee
on the Judiciary iu the case of Judge John C.
Watrous, of Texas.
Mr. BILLIN’GHURBT, of Wisconsin, said the
House was called upon to say whether or not the
conduct of Judge Watrous was such that he should
1 he put upon his trial before the Senate, that they
| may reach an urjusfc and corrupt officer of the
Houses After reviewing the evidence, he held
j J udgo Watrous guilty of the charges made against
’ him. He sat in judgment in cases in which he
j was interested, and .charged the jury that the title
j was good, and it was gross indecency fur him to
j thus give a judgment which might be cited in New
Orleans.
Mr. REAGAN, of Texas, referred to the state- :
ment of Mr. Bryan, that he had in his possession
the statement of Mr. Austin that he had purchased
tho three ck vcn-leeguo grants of laud, ami that
Samuel M. Williams hud full power to sell them.
That statement, coming from his colleague, must
have an important bearing on the ease, and he
desired to ?isk him, if it was convenient, to lay a
copy of it before the House.
Mr. BRYAN replied that he had made the state
ment, and he trusted that his eolloage would not
require the paper.
Mr. REAGAN inquired whether the gentleman
who had made the statement would be a good
enough to place it before the House.
Mr. BRYAN replied that lie had the paper, but
it was not necessary to present it. At the prop
er time and place he would lay it before tho
House.
Mr. READY’ then proceeded to argue in favor
of tho dismissal of the case, and replied at length
to the speech of Mr. Billinghurei. He contended
that that portion of the comqiiUee in favor of the
impeachment of Judge Watrous had abandoned
tho charges made by Spencer in his memorial to
Congress, and had not alluded to them in their re
j port.
J Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, asked the gentleman
to state whether or not there was any evidence
that Judge Waitrou* ever engaged in a series of
j speculations in hind in Texas with parties who
| were thou litigants in hU courts; and if ao, how
many ?
Mr. Ready replied that there was not a sylla
ble of testimony in tbe record, from beginning to
end, showing that Judge Watrous ever engaged in
the purchase of a tract of land ac any time or
anywhere except tho eleven league tract, and nu
vor engaged in such a transaction with persona
lifigantß in his courts except iu this single rn
h tan eo. The proof, on tho contrary, exhibited the
fact that he had no means to speculate. He was
a pJor man, and the fact was that he had never
paid one dollar for the land he bad pure based,but
u and executed his note bearing interest from the
d* of purchase, and yet he owed the principal
j u. i the interest. He had been led into the pur
-1 chase as a uu re matter of favor, because through
him, persons in Alabama, who had the capital,
J were enabled to engage iu the purchase and en
! rich themselves, lie then resumed the line of his
argument, referring to the evidence to establish
j the fact that he bad not used his official position ,
j to pr .mote h interests or the interests of those
i ass ciated with them. j
I Tho Speaker stating the question—
j Mr. C'iark, of New York, said 110 desired to
; speak, but preferred that Some gentleman who
wis in favor of tbe impeachment of Jttdge
Watrous should precede him: but if tile Vote was
tube taken to-Uav he would.go on rather than
lose tno opportunity. |
Mr. II us‘on, of Alabama, stated that it was
his intention to ask fi.r a vote'some time to mor
row He also intended to propose the previous
question for terminating the debate at some stage
that would be agreeable to the House; and then,
the resolutions being reported, be desired to make
a few remarks himself. Whenever d< bate should
be terminated, he would claim this privilege. Tho
geutleman from Louisiana, [Mr. Taylor,] who
had been detained by sickness, desired to address
the House, but. was not able to do so in conse
quence of the fatigue he suffered on his journey.
If the gentleman from New Y’ork desired to ad
ot four speeches to nc made in favor of the im ,
peaelimcnt of Judge Watrous, was desirous that
one of these speeches should precede his : but he
would speak at once rather thau lose tho oppor
tunity.
Mr. Houston. If the gentleman prefers it, let
the case go over until to morrow,
Mr. Reagan dorired to address the House, but
ning.
Mr. Stephens, of ‘Georgia, trusted the gentle
man w .iild take the. floor and let the House ad
journ till Monday. He moved that when the
House adjouru jtudjourii t meet on Monday next.
Mr. Morgan, of New York, demanded the yeas
and nays : which were ordered.
yeas and nays being taken, resulted—yeas
81. hays 90. So tho House refused to adjourn
over.
Mr. Reagan obtained tbe floor, but gave way to
Mr. Underwood, who moved that the House ad
journ : which motion was agreed to.
And then the House adjourned.
Congressional.
Washington, Doc. 13.—Tho standing commit
tees of the Senate were elected to-day. Mr. Cling
man introduced a resolution strongly favoring the j
abrogaiion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and bo
made a speech expressing the same views. Mr.,
Gwin made a speech in favor of the Pacific rail
way bill.
In the House the Watrous case was up. The
debate on this question will probably terminate to
morrow.
\ resolution was adopted calling f<<r infor
mation in regard to British outrages in the
Gulf.
Intense excitement prevails in relation to the
boarding of the steamer Washington by the Brit
ish.
Matters look squally. The government dis
patches, in relation to the boarding of the steamer
Washington, have not yet been divulged;
but, regarding the newspaper reports as correct,-
persons inhigh federal positions consider our re
lations with Great Britain in an exceedingly criti
cal condition.
From liie Washington States.
The First Jolie of the Session.
There were some foriy-six or forty-eight Sena
tors present during tiie reading of the President’s
message. Some read it for themselves from the
Supplement to the States, issued simultaneously j
witn ns Commencement by tne reading clerk,-ami j
others preferred listening, as the song says, liko |
coru-fieids, “with all their ears.'’ Many aud va- !
| riuus were the expressions on the fare, sol Inchon- j
; orahie gentlemen, and it would have been worth j
j the wuiie oi Swine physiognomist to have hired a |
! ep.rite.a.isl medium anti rapped up Lavuter, that
eyes and noses ol the head ol the Legislative body j
ui this Republic. Many us were the expressions
Oil the laCtS, but Oiieoi them sought the mouth of
au hoaoraole Senator, and issued tuerefrom.
Every body knows tLat Mr. lime, of New
Hampshire, is a joker; and worse tuau that, he
knows that every body knows it. He rather likes
that every body snouid say, “Hale is a great jo
ker,. but alas! us more by the quantity than the
quality oi his jokes. He is a generous joker.—
i lie Very often strains a point ; but however com
i mouduble to do this f>r a friend, it is utterly rep
rehensible to do it for a joke. In fact he is no
true friend of a joke who strains a point for it;
and it may bo laid down as an axiom to be daily
conned by Mr. Ilale, and other inveterate jokers,
that the point of a joke is all the stronger for uot
being strained.
Mr. Hale, then, being a very great and a very
generous joker, was very fidgety throughout the
reading ot the message. He wished to say some-
I thing, though he had nothing particular to say.
He no doubt thought there were many pas
sages iu it through which he might kick a joke
iuto the Senate; but, taken as a whole, it rather
| nonplussed him, and he was forced to admit that
the message was no joke. While all the other
Senators, iuoluding those of Mr. Hale’s color, kept
up a decorous amplitude of patience and silence,
the Souator from New Hampshire was, to use a
homely but sugestive simile, as restless as a hen
on a hot griddle. Indeed, if there were two beu3
on a very, very hot griddle, they would afford a
; still more suitable simile for the man aud theoc
| easibp. When Senator Bigler offered the usual
’ resolution for tho printing of ihe message, and
had sat. down, it seemed as though be took the
safety-valve off Hale's pent up humors. He was
; on his feet instauter; and kept on them to tkeex
! tent of two columns of the Globe, lie thought the
President had abused his eons;lttffibnal prerogative
and he was determined to abuse tbe Pres
ident. I Foil, be did abuse him and his mes
sage iu a variety ot ways and mean#. He
j io9rd tt fcb* pitfy of tb* Prwidtßfc, y*t tmittd
with its purpose. He was not sure but he would
vote for a large edition of the message; then again
he was sure he would do no such thing. Then
he bad a vision of•• Old Buck’’ wander iug over
the battle field of “old Berks,” and compared
him to Florence Nightingale,
Ther e was more “flattering unctiou” in this
than is usual iu the jokes of Hale; for if a man.
or even u President, dues not totally object to he
compared to one of the opposite sex, he might
well ho proud of a comparison to so gentle, but
so courageous u specimen of it. He would ‘’ask
tbe country aud the Senate” this and that; and
he did ask them many things of the name sort,
and promptly replied to his queer queries on the
part of the country and tho Senate—nobody in
the lattei risking a joke with the basso profundo
of jokers. Ho repudiated the charge made upon
his friends aud himself, that they aud he are con
stantly attempting to agitate. For himself, he in
directly felt aggrieved ; he was not so much of an
agitator as of stnytUng else—a joker mayhap,
lie was accused of standing iu tho way of peace :
on tbe contrary, ho was making it got out of his
way. One of his happiest* hits was at his own
head, when he said, “as 1 heard the President’s
message read I thought .some light flashed upon
my mind.” It appears he was mistaken; in
thought wrong, lie was in the same situation as
tho Atlantic cable. A message was sent over him,
but not through him. Probably he had the cable
in bis head at the moment, and thought to make
a joke on it, without remembering, however, that
it couldn’t carry one.
Mr. ilale said rnnch and little, excused hie de
sultory manner, of which painful subject there
was no need to remind the patient Senate, and
concluded his two columns by saying he would
say no more then, as he did not wish “to weary
the Senate.” Whether bo felt that the Senate
were beginning to weiyy, or looked upon his ef
fort, so far, as a good or even a bad joke, does not
appear; but it is quite clear ho reserves his right
to weary it on some future occasion. He may
have his right to do so, but we differ with him as
to his being able to do so. He does uot weary 11s.
We coulees we like his burly frame and outspoken
tone, and respect his cousisieucy in polities—oven
to the joking.
From the Mobile Register.
startling Proceeding*.
The Commercial flitjhtn of Alabama trampled
upon by Federal Force. !
Below will be found a plain report of the inuo
lent and unparalleled proceedings of the agents oi
tin; Federal Government to interfere with.the law
ful movements of a vessel belonging to the com
merce of Alabama in tho Baj’ of Mobile. If the 1
people of Mobile aid of Alabama, and of the ,
whole South, can submit to this insulting invasion j
of their rights and liberties, then let them meckh
wear the yoke which Northern aggression anu I
Federal force have together prepared for them.— 1
We have heard it suggested that a meeting of tin *
people bo called hero to consider and take aetioi j
on this unparalleled outrage upon Southern “Fret i
Trade and Sailor’s Rights!” We approve th j
suggestion. J.t is time for the people to act ii j
While bearing down Mobile Bay on Monday 1
December 6th, at halt past 12 P. M.. the sehoouti !
Susan, 11. Maury, master, to the northward of th< j
Fleet, was brought to and boarded by tho U. S j
IT venue Cutter Robert Me Lolland, J. J. Morri ;
son commander. The bearding officer was S. P. j
Caldwell, 2d Lieutenant of said cut or, who de- l
rnunded to see the schooner’s papers, upon which j
Mr. Maury replied that he had not cleared, bu,
was bound into the Fleet to get ready for sea, Uk
Schooner then having her signal flying for a watei
boat. Lieutenant Caldwell then returned to tin
cutter.
Soon afterwards he (Lieut. C.) re-visited th*.
schooner, and claimed her as a prize in the naui
of the United States, and ordered the schooner t
return to Mobile. 110 ordered the schooner to b
tilled away and *.ho helm to be put up, whereupon !
Mr. Maury, master, denied his right to do so, anu
immediately brought the schooner to aniffior; bu;
Mr. Maury stated to Lieut. Caldwell, that ht
had no objection to an officer of the cutter remain
ing on board as a guest until the schooner was
lmineuiuceiy sein. uuuiucr uuat m
command of Lieut. Geo. F. White, who cairn
alongside, and stated as the orders of Capt. Mor
rison to Lieut. Caldwell to take the schooner to
Dog River Bar and anchor, and if he wanted an
armed crew he (Capt. Morrison,) would send it t<
him. Lieut. Caldwell replied that he would j.o
back to the cutter and see the Captain. Lieut.
White, with six men, remained on board of tin
schooner.
Soon afterwards, Lieut. Caldwell, accompanied j
by Capt. Morrison, returned to the schooner with
arms, (pistols aud cutlasses) in their boat. Capt.
Morrison, upon stepping on board, inquired,
“Who commands this vessel ?” Upon which Mr.
Maury replied, “I am the commanderthere
upon Capt. Morrison claimed the schooner aa a
prize to the United States.
Mr. Maury asked under what auth#ity he made
the capture.’ Capt. Morrison replied that he did
boas a government officer, and by virtue of ordere j
from the Custom-house at Mobile, not to let tlu \
schooner pass below Dog River Bar. Mr. Maurj
replied that such a course would be illegal, anu
that he would most assuredly resist any such at
tempt. Mr. Maury also gave orders forbidding
any armoa men coming on board, aud stated t<
Capt. Morrison that he intended taking his vessel
into the Fleet. Capt. Morrison then said by vir
tue of tbo Custom-house orders he would sink the
schooner Susan if she undertook to got under way
from where she then lay. After some further con- |
versatiou between Capt. Morrison and Mr. Maury j
in which the former expressed his determination
to take the schooner to Dog River Bar, as a prize j
c the United States, and the latter expressed him- j
self also determined not to be taken as a prize, in- i
asmuch as he had vUfritcd no law, Capt. Morri
son and Lieut Caldwell, returned to tbe cutter,
leaving on board Lieut. White as a guest of Mr. j
Maury. The schooner then got under way and
proceeded on her course to the Fleet in Mobile j
Bay. The cutter also got under way, and stood to
the “Westward with her starboard tacks on board. 1
the wind being to the Southward.
IIARRY MAURY,
Master of the Schooner Susan.
Nicaragua.
Under our telegraphic head will be found a des
patch in relation to the steamer Washington,
which sailed recently from New York with a large
number of emigrants to Nicaragua, uud which
has some significance, when read, in view of tin
late movements of Nicaraguans at this port. Ii
was said at the time the Washington cleared for
Central America that her passengers had obtain
ed passports and would laud at their point of des
tination without difficulty, whilst clearances o
the same kind were forbidden at the South. Bui
it now appears that tho Washington has returned i
with her passengers. Two hundred and fifty ol j
them, however, it is believed were landed at the j
Colorado (a branch of the San Juan) river, before ;
sue arrived at Greytown, and that the remnant on j
board (about one half) have been refused a land
iug by the English and American vessels of wai j
tbvre surveying the operations of the emigrants.
This is an important announcement, if true, ant ;
we suppose it is, for it proves that the Government
is actively on the look-out for the prevention oi
any armed descent upon tbe territory of Central
America, and that it is uring all means to proven;
a disturbance of the peace of Nicaragua by the
present attempt to settle upon its soil.
It forebodes difficulty to the party of emigrants
who recently departed on the fchisan from this
port, escaping the vigilance of our revenue offi
cers, iu their attempt, whatever it may be, in
gaining a foothold upon the sands of their desti
nation. Whether they can succeed in landing, or
whether the party that has debarked at the Col
orado can sustain themselves or receive further
support, under impediments like this of the
Washington, are questions of the future.
— %
Mind your Stops. — Do not stop at the bar
room. Merry laughter may ring out from it as
you pass by, ami voices of friends may call you
to enter. Within, it may shine brightly with
light thrown back from polished mirrors, and
gleams from crystal bottles, and the voices oi
rayrth and gaiety may be heard there; but ‘stop’
uot; there is danger in its brightness. Those
gleaming bottles contain potions that lead to pov
erty, dishonor and death. The merimeut therei*
the laughter of fools and may and the in horrible
laughter of tho maniac. “Avoid it, pass by it
turn from it and pass away.”
Do not‘stop’ at the gambling house. Those
close shutters conceal treacherous fascinations,
you may find yourself too weak to resist.
Revcngcis longer lived than gratitude. En
dorse Mr. Smith’s note to keep him from bursting,
he will forget all about it in a month. Pull Mr.
Smith’s nose, and he will cherish a secret desire
to burn your house down for the remainder of
his life. Revenge is a passion. Gratitude ap
pears to be only a sentiment. We can all hate;
but it is only one man in a hundred that poetesses
tense enough tab* thankful.
I COUMBrS, TIURSDAI, DECEMBER 10, 1858.
The Legislature—lts Arts.
The Legislature of Georgia, after a session of
forty days has adjourned, and ttye Members have
reffurned-home to give an account of their stew
ardship. In advance of the enquiry, “what has
it done?” wo propose to tell what it has not done,
as we ha ve more to fear from bad legislation thau
no legislation at all.
Iu the first place, the wild and extravagant
schemes of Stato Aid were defeated, and we trust
are buried so low that the hand of future genera
tions will never resurrect them. Only three mil
lions and u half of the people’s money were asked
to build Railroads, and that, too, with such ample
security (?) that the corporations interested would
not subscribe for stock! Many legislators, how
j over—as dispensers of other men’s means and
j >ther men’s money, were liberal and exceedingly
j geuerous, and would have run tho 6 late into an
I enormous debt and prostrated her credit, had not
i the more cautious been iu tho ascendency. The
j cry of enhancing the value of laud and diminish
ing the price of transportation on goods, was a
: syren song, which lulled legislators to sleep, white
placed as custodians.of the State’s credit.
The fight, however, is over, aud the policy of
the State is to leave works of internal improve
ment to the instincts of individual enterprise.
The Supreme Court was the subject of much
discussion. Some bills have passed iu relation to
cases being carried up from an inferior tribunal, :
which will diminish tho litgatiou and cost of the i
Court. For instance, under the law just passed, i
no points unless touching the merits of a cause can j
bo carried up and all points must be reserved im- I
ill a final hearing. The bill conferring upon the j
Judiciary law-making power, and the res-. Jut-ions i
requesting the judges to resign, we do not believe !
will meet with tho sanction of the people. They j
.ire too honest to bo led away by designing poli- j
licians and interested parties.
Seven now counties were forraod during the pres- .
out session, which, together with tho mmC . r
made one yeqy ago, makes fourteen iu the lust two
years. The log-rolling principle is carried on to
so great an extent in our legislative halls ihat if
is almost impossible to defeat q new county bill, f
Ton miles across i3 territory sufficient for a
county, and the consequence is, we find little red
and green spots on our map about as iurge as the
uall of one's thumb called a county, and not {
paying tax sufficient to support their members to 1
uc Legislature. There is one county iff the b'tutc
sow that has oaly seventy-six negroes within it
.units.
The penally of two per cent, a mouth upon th.
capital stock is now to be inflicted upon bank.
.Finch do uot comply with tbe provisions of th :
nil passed last year for the relief of suspended j
.auks. This bill was passed the lust night of tlm !
session, after a stormy debate.
We will at some future time allude to other acts
passed the Legislature, as want of space forbid.- j
our treapassiug iouger upon the patience ol’ our }
readers Let it suffice to say, the Legislature ad- ;
journed without finishing the work before it—that j
die business ol the session was crowded to the Js -t j
few days, that members would not vote to eon- ;
4 inue the session a day time agre- and ‘
upon by a joint resolution—that the greatest con
tusion prevailed—that sixty bills were left in the •
ilouseand more thau thirty in the Senate that j
were either not acted upon or noted upon were
their homes and firesides regardless ol their duty
to their constituency, and the blame is justly at
tributed to those who, (for buneomb) voted toad- j
journ at all hazards.
Georgia Conference M. E. Church.
The regular annual session of this body conven
ed in thie city on yesterday—Bwfcop Piero© pre
siding.
After religious exercise by the President, tin
organization was effected by the appuiutinnt of
Rev. J. Blakely Smith, Secretary, and Rev.
Charles R. Jewett aud Rev. J. W. Burke, Assis
tant Secretaries.
The regular Standing Committee? were then
appointed.
Communications were received from the Book
Agent, Financial Secretary and the publishing
committee of the Southern Christian Advocate—
read aud referred to appropriate committees.
Reporters for tho city papers were admitted to
seats within the bar.
The regular business was then token up and
twenty-six ministers were admitted on trial.
Conference resolved to meet at 9 A. M. and ad
journ at 1 P. M., and hold all its meetings with
open doors.
Dr. C. Taylor, General Secretary Sabbath
School Society, Rev. Mr. Laney ol'Alabama, and
Rev. A. Graham of Florida, were introduced to
the Conference.
Conference then adjourned to meet at 9 o’clock
this morning.
A New E.vikui hisu. —T .c Journal of Com
merce learns that a company has be a receii ly
formed in New York city, wkuk prop.v sto ob
viate the delays, dangers a. and uiui< .Lies of the
passage round Cape Horn, by establishing a line
of powerful tug steamers to tow vessels from oroan
to ocean through the Straits of Magellan; aud
that, provided the government of Chile.agre. to
certain proposals which the company has already
addressed to them, steps will be immediately taken
to carry the design into execution. The protec
tors of the enterprise are very sanguine of its suc
cess, and assured of its beneficial results. They
issert that the passage of the Strait? may be made
quickly by vessels of any tonnege, with
tucir assistance of steam tugs, and they calculate*
that the saving of time to vessels passing the
.'straits, as compared with “doubling the Cape’
would, on ati average, be fully 20 days, basing
heir calculation on Lieut. Maury’s statement that
he average time required for rounding Capo Horn
525 days. They calculate that the saving of 20
lays in interest and in insurance on vessel and
•argo, and on wear and tear of voesol, te., would
be not less than §1,000,000.
The Sugar Crop. —Tho New Orleans (La.)
Delta says: Sugar is twenty thousand hogshead?
md molasses wenty thousand barrels ahead of
ast year. We do not think it extravagant to say
mat the aggregate value of the receipts of the pro
tects of the valley of the Mississippi at this port,
ip to the present period, is double that for the
same period last year.
Sad Expiation or a Flirtawox. —Sarah
Coffman, daughter of Mr. Joseph Coffman, near
Columbia Furnace, in Shenandoah eo., Va.. com
mitted suicide on the 20th ult,, by taking half a
paper of arsenic. The cause of the act is said to
j i ia ve been, that she unfortunately promised two
young men to marry them, and the day for the
olcbration of the nuptials was fixed: both lover?
•xpeering to lead her to the alter at the samp time.
She could not think of meeting them both under
such circumstances, and hence the act of sui
cide.
The Walker Expedition.— A correspondent
in Mobile writes os follows:
The Capt. Maury who is at the head of the
expedition of 140 men who left ou the schooner
Susan, but was overtaken and Wrought back by
I the Revenue Cutter McClelland, is the person
who wounded the famous De Itivierre in a duel
last Spring, and his second, Col. McDonald some
time after, llis name has been associated with
the emigration scheme for somo time. Ho is a
good sailor and man of courage.
Here there is no effort made by its friends to
conceal tbe character of this expedition, whft-h is
i perfectly understood in Mobile, and the \\ alkcr
| organ hero, the Register, seoms to ‘make uo bones’
I ovar ite pnrj?oM.
reYiON H. COIdUITr, (-Friito...
JAMES W. WARK4N. S Edltors ’
Number 50
FOR THE TIMES.
Supreme Court—Judge Kenning.
Messrs* Editors :
i My attention having been called to a “eommu
• mention of Win*Dougherty Esq., on tbe Bank
j oases, and decision at Macon” in reference to the
j position of Judge Bcnning before the Legislature
I at tlfe time of his election upon those cases, I
j deem it but an act of justice to Judge Bennirg to
state what is my recollection of that position, more
| especially as lain the only living member of that
5 Legislativ e from this eounty. Judge Sturgis the
i Senator, aad Col. McDcugald one of the Reprc
! sentatives having died.
! Mr. Dougherty, iu his communication, states
j that it was ihe understanding before theLegisla
; lure tb?, Judge Benning, if elected would uot
1 preside ; n any of tho Bank cases, and remarks,
1 “As proof cf the fact, if any be needed, bis most
j intimate frijuds, including the Senator andoneof
j tho Representatives from his county so elated
j emphatically and repeatedly.? I was one of tho
! members of the House of Representatives from
| his county, and I am certain aud positive that I
: mfidq, no hitch representations to members, er any
one else, what \v;i j said or done by Juage Sturgis
! or Mr. AL Donga but T never heard
| of either es Gum making any such rep re Ft rs;
j tios>F. T had no conversations with Judge I
I ning or his friends on the subject, but behq a
j Repress:vivo from his county, I was frequeni
! ly asked by other members what was his position
jon ‘iLe Bank cases.” I invariably stated from
| my knowledge of Judge Bcnning's character, that
Ibo would not preside iu any case in which he had
1 been of < uu.re-i or iu which ho was personally in
tcrestc >■ hi all other* ho would preside. This I
felt autii ,vised to slate from bis known character
forkon ;\ and integrity, iu the community in
wkteb hi At thai time I was opposed to
Judge Brnnh.:; po llii. ally. This statement is not
made l y hi re. • r from any consultation w ith
him. It a y other < r further pledge was made by
Judge Bonn ire; or any of bis friends during the
ear.va -i the Legislature, I am not aware of
it and 1 wire h member, and present all the time.
Yours truly,
B. A. Thornton.
We are pemutted by a l'riend to whom it was
written, to publish tho following beautiful and
aublim pa-'s-iges of a private letter Horn Gov.
Henry A. Wise of Va. We have seen nothing
m -re truthful er.d touching iu the language. It
is a -sun-set scene, crowned with the gloriee of
morning, aad illuminated by lightning
“ There L: ;> qraege sympathy mingling in hu
man ai: .ii’.s here- ecu strangers 10 each othiT’s per
song. Your letter reads to me os film on old time
friend, wil t wlum I have long been familiar and
more than confidential. Has the chaster.mg of
dom it ? Ah ! What a power Here is in
sujfenvy! i: w blight how beauLiul Lew so
lacing the Divine Idea that there couldn’t bo
Atonement without suffering ! We can’t pray Jo
God without r. 11 re our cyct—mental
eyes. Wo may reject image woi>hi| —it is seiflN.i
---!. Blits; ill I !rr pi tit as well as seus-o requires,
cltmunds a. image. What ic it ? An old man
in the cioud- : A spirit? What like? flame?
flood? vapor - : No! no! no! lUfelotmi, bless
ed be Orel, reveals the imaj.fr oi onr Gcd—il.e
•:.Iy spirii wc ..an worship in spirit truth
in the term re man, crowned with thorns—nailed
in hands and fee! and pierced iu the side—a suf
ferer —a pain-strieken, bleeding sufferer! Suf
fering .V part of tin Cod ! 1 take.it then as pajrt
ofth Divinity w bieh stirs within me, and then
I mny set my nerves to bra, iug all, and chloro
form ;u)d e-K-trier it can’t eafift cam. like that wqr
inieud r Did you ever apply buffering ns a Lumi
to suffering? It is good—it is good to say
“ Wcarg and team me Suffer on, bear on, tLen,
your old disorder, watch at the bedside of your
child,-and take on every care and labor. Every
suffering is a precious gift of Heaven, if you will
but recognize th© the angels—take ’em in, and
treat them at your board, and talk with them uud
scan thi iii close. Sit down in solemn, sacred com
munion with them, and you will leel your heart
burn within you and you will rise up and lie
stronger !
ow this sweet philosophy bursts from every
wriihtn pore! If consoles me often “so to sireat
out the agony of this mortal strife. The sweetest
perfume that ever went up'from earth’s gardens
to heaven, went up from sweet Getheemanel Oh!
how terrible! Not that agony—it was of the
earth, earthly—but that uwildness of Divine
Love and Justice in the mingling drops of Hu
mility’s tears and perspiration. I bear this hum
ble testimony to the subtimest internal evidence
that contradicts sense and selfishness and proves
we are immortal and may be divine.
‘•Ah! if I could only imprint your Christian,
manly counsel on my truly good son, who is c apa
ble oi so much greatness. It they .don’t kill Urn
bo will hike care ol himself and 01 me too.
“One of my sons is in the fold of the Almighty
Sufferer and pointing the way to sinners. The
other is iu the snare of the fowler, and dying to
light up the ways of this world. Strange re;
r .st! it makes me suffer much but to jo 01 1
too!
•‘What has this letter run to? I sat down ;•
write polities, full of worldly and it may K w • 1 .j,
ed thoughts, and here am 1. a poor, unpro.t.Sßi •
sick and sore sinner, pouring out some drips .
piety. They came and exuded of thent-i vis.
touched by your sympathy in suffering—blessed
he suffering!
i‘l am hardly fit in tone to continue a word
about polities. But you Lite the nail on the Lt ad.
Caucuses and cliques are doing the lniselitl i< r
our country in all its pares and especially in its
metropolitan places. And Jam glad they arc my
enemies. 1 m surely their enciny—miturally
and eternally. You have hit ’em a blow. I hope
you’ll repeat it.
‘•My preacher son mny visit Alabama for his
health. When you see him you’ll see me.’ lie
re said to be much like me. God be with you—
Adieu ! HENRY A. WISE.”
Congressional.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, Dec. 11.
Mr. Smith of Tenin, reported a resolution from
the Committee on Printing, authorizing the print
ing of 20.0HU extra<opi( sos (lie President?* mes
sageund accompanying dr.cuments. Agreed to.
Mr. S. also n ported fr< in the same committee a
resolution to print 15,(M!U extra copies of the re
port of the Secretary of the Treasury; which was
agreed to.
Mr. Scales, of rth Carolina, introduced a
resolution, requesting the Secretary of tbeTreasu
ry to furnish the ll.iuso with a statement of the
payments from the- Treasury of the United Staffs,
from 1819 to 1858, ordinary, extraordinary, aud
lor tho liquidation oflhe public debt.
Tne consideration of the- report of tbe Judiciary
Committee, on the charges against Judge V airous,
was resumed. * m
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, read a speech sustaining
the report of the committee, beginning with tbe
charges contained iu tbe memorial ol Mussina.
Cincinnati Hog and Provision Trade.
The Cincinnati Price Current, of Wednesday,
puts now the number of Hogs received ihere this
season at 231,142. against 137,810 for the tame
time last year. The same paper says:
The fjpceulativc movements in the hog and its
products is unabated, and a further improvement
has been established in mess pork and lard, tbe
former having been taken largely lor future de
livery, at an advance of fully SI per bbl. during
tlic week. . „ . ,
Thu Virprinians are selliui; pork lor March de
livery, freely, and yesterday ihcy could not find
takers ou ’change at SIS for March, autii a bull
who was at another point, was asked by telegraph
would he take 2,000 bids, mess for March at Sl9,
and ho replied “yes.”
Lard is in quiet demand at 11 cents on the spot,
! , m ,i n 1 ; rant's for future delivery. They did not
I seem to be slmrp n,i<!r lmlk Tnea > • bn, > notwilh
i standing good business has been done. Green
meats have been sold slowly during tho week,
: partly owfug to tho bad weather, and the mar
ket closing dull at a and cents for shoulders and
‘Tioga have arrived qu>*e freely during tbe
week, but tbe short crop men are now looking
confidently for the “tapering off,” though, for onr
part, we cannot perceive nny indications of it.—
Tho sales during the week add up 5,000 head,
closing at S6@6 60 for those averaging 140 to
ISO lbs.; Sfl 7d@6 85 ,)or those averaging 200
lbs., and $7(5,7 20 for those averaging 210(g250
Ui. The market closes rather tome.