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Sintid fUtires.
KV A l T IIUKIXV
Hkramalina-Is only cur. '! permanently by
‘ Jjinrk't AsUi-Rheumalic Powders,” as it is the only
remedy extant that attack the root of the discase; nil
others being ointments, embrocations, &.C., arc merely
palliatives.
It is sold, wholesale nnd retail by J. G. Gibson,
Eat.niton, Ga.,aud retailed by James Hetty, Miiledge-
villo. Ga. 21 tf.
Counterfeits! Counterfeits!—Having been in
formed by our friends in some sections of the conn-
try, of the great injury done to their Hair, by the
use of what purported to be the genuine LYON'S
KATHAIRON, but proved to be worthless coun
terfeits; we caution the public against such imposi
tion. Avoid all dealers who attempt to sell the
spnrious articles, for they are not to be depended
upon in any matter. The great excellence and
universal popularity of the genuine LYON’S
KATHAIRON is attested by its immense sale—
nearly 1,0011,000 bottles per year: all pronounce it
the most excellent preparation for the Hair ever
made.
Sold by all respectable dealers, everywhere
for 25 cents per bottle.
HEATH, WYXCOOP A CO.,
Proprietors and perfumers,
28 8t 63. Liberty St., X. Y
Abinutiui. ah a ne»i('i\E,
PHYSICIANS OK THE EXITED STATES.
WOLFE'S CEI.EBUA TED
SCHIEDAM AROMATIC HCH.XAPP’S.
A Medicinal Diet Drink, of eminently salutary quali
ties, manufactured by himself exclusively, at his facto
ry at Schiedam, in Holland.
It is made fiom the best barley that can be selected
in Europe, with the eesense of an aromatic Italian ber
ry of nckuowledgcd and extraordinary medical proper
ties. It lias long since acquired a higher reputa
tion, both in Europe and America, than any other diu
retic beverage.-
In Gravel. Gout, and Rheumatism, in Obstructions of
the Bladder nnd Kidneys, nod in general Debilities, its
effects are prompt, decided, and invariably reliable.—
And its is not only a remedy for these maladies, but, in
all cases in which they are produced by drinking bad
water, which is almost universally the cause of them, it
operates as a sureprerentire.
The distressing (-flirt upon the stomach, bowels and
bladder, of travelers, or new residents, and all persons
unaccustomed to them, produced by the waters of
nearly all onr great inland rivers, like the Ohio, Miss
issippi, and Alabama, from the large quantity of de
cayed vegetable matter contained in them, in a state
of solution, is well known, ns also that of the waters
of limestone regions, producing Gravel, Calculi, and
Stone in the Bladder. The Aromatic Schiedam
ScHXArps is an absolute corrective of these injurious
properties of bad water, and consequently prevents
t he diseases which they occasion. It is also found to
be a cure and preventive of Fever nnd Ague, a com
plaint caused by the conjoint effect of vegetable mala
ria in the atmosphere, and vegatable prutescenees in-
the waters of those districts in which it principally pre
vails. The Aromatic Scieuam Schsees is conse
quently in great demand by persons traveling, or about
to settle in those parts of the country, especially, as
well as by many in every community where it has be
come known, on account of its various other remedial
properties.
In all eases of a Dropsical tendency, it is generally
the only remedy required, when adopted in the early
stages of the disease. lu Dyspepsia maladies, when
taken in proper quantities, as a diet drink, and .-spe
cially at dinner, it is found, by uniform experience, to
be eminently efficacious in the most obstinate cases,
when even the best of the usual remedies have failed
to tlr n temporary relief. In cases of Fla
tulency, it is an immediate mul invariable specific;
and it may be administered in diluted and proportion
ate quant . . young infants, in all those pa
roxysms of griping pain hi the stomach and bowels to
which they are especially suljject, as well as in the colic
of grown persons.
It* judicious adoption in connection with the principal
meals, or when a sense of exhaustion dictates its use,
never fail* to relieve the debility attendant upon pro
tracted chronic maladies, low temperament, and ex
hausted vital energy, by whatever cause induced.—
Tiiese are farts to which many of the most eminent
medical men both in Europe nnd the United States,
have borne testimony, and which are corroborated by
their highest written authorities.
Put up in quart and pint bottles, in cases of one
dozen each, w ith my name on the bottle, cork, mid
fie-tirade of my signatare on the label, For sale by
r!1 the respectable Druggists and Grocers inthe United
States. *
UDOLPIIO WOLFE, Sole Importer,
22 Bever Street, Xew-York.
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
The word Schiedam Snapps, belongs exelnsively
to my medicinal beverage, all others is counterfeit and
imposition on the public.
UDOLPHO WOLFE.
December 1,1857 28 3m
Dr. T. H. Cavanaugh’s Pile Salve is the greatest
i medy of the age. The piles of every form and
i every stage, are cured by external application
• idy. It has stood the test of time—has passed
tiirough the fiery ordeal, and has come out with
ti e endorsements of thousands as being the only
. - aiiable remedy now extant.—Chicago Daily
Tines.
For sale by all druggists. 31 Ct.
13^ BLISS’ DYSPEPTIC REMEDY 1ms been
•/ lining the confidence of the Dyspeptics, until it is now
; ononneed by aii who have ased it, to be the remedy
long sought for but just found. Many have used it and
1 ive been entirely cured of that very distressing disease
Dyspepsia, all who are afflicted with that coinpluint
can have an opporunity of trying this remedy, by ap
plying to either of the Drug Stores in Milledgeville. 8t
EXTRACT OF BUCilU.—Helmbold’s pure
and genuine extract of Buchu, has been highly recom
mended by those w>io have used it nnd been perfectly
cured of the following complaints: diseases of 'he blad-
•■ r, kidneys, gravel, dropsey, weaknesses, obstructions,
cret diseases, female oomplaiuts, &c. This Buchu is
; >r sale by E. J. White, also by J as. He rtt. 8t
1\ Iv.
Opinions of the Press.
Dr. Perrv Davis’ Pain Killer.—This medi
cine has become an article, of commerce—a thing
no medicine ever became before. Pain Killer is
as much an item in every hale of goods sent to
country merchants, as tea, coffee, or sugar.' This
speaks volumes in its favor.—Glen's Falls Messen
ger.
Every mother and housekeeper must often act
as a family physician in the numerous illnesses
and accidents that occur among children and ser
vants. For many of these cases, I have used Da-
vis’Pain Killer, and consider it an indispensiblc
article in the medicine box. lu diarrhoea, it has
been used and affected cures. For cuts and brui
ses it has been invaluable.—Examiner.
Rev. A. Webster, editor of the Christain Era,
writes:—“I have used your Pain Killer for many
years in my family with much satisfaction.”
We have used the article and found it valuable.
The sale of this article in the United States, is be
yond all precedent, as the book of the office will
show.—[Cincinnati Commercial.
Mr. John Jaekson, publisher of “Cslias Adver
tiser,” writes:—I know it to be all it is reeom
mended; having it in my family for six or seven
years.
The sale of that remarkable and truly valuable
medicine, Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, is constantly
and rapidly increasing. During the past year, the
demand for this great remedy has been altogether
unprecedented. Scarcely a week passes by dur
ing which wo do not hear of some remarkable cure
having been performed, within the circle of our ac
quaintance, by the use of the Pain Killer.—Prot.
Gen. Advertiser. «
Davis’ l eg it able Pain Killer.— Notwithstanding
the many imitations of this article, and many oth
er medicines in the market pretondmg to answer
to same purposes, yet the sale of Perry Davis’ Ve
getable Pain Killer is more than the whole of them
put together. It is one of liie few articles that are
just w hat they pretend to be. T;y it—Brunswick
Telegraph. 31—4t
For sale by Druggists, and Grocer dealers gener
ally—John B. Moore & Co., Savannah; and Havi-
land, Chichester & Co„ Augusta, Wholesale Agts.
’ DERANGEMENT OF THE LIVER
Is one of the most common, as well ns the most for
midable of (iisases known to American physicians . It
had for years attracted the closest attention of the
medical faculy in all parts of the United States, and
yet up to the time of the discovery of Dr. M’Lnn ;’s
great Specific, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pitts
burgh, Pa., it was almost beyond the reach of medical
skill. Thousands had perished without even a hope of
relief, and although ihuueauds may yet be destined to
feel the direful effects of this most complicated disua ic,
it is now, thanks to the search of Dr. M’Lane, most
completely brought within tlie scope of medics! control.
The proprietors, Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa., of the
Liver Pills feel confident that tiny offer a remedy
which has been fully tested by time, and which has
never failed of success when fairly tried.
Sold by E. J. White, James Herty and F. G. Grieve.
Milledgeville.
I* tom tbe • AmericanUui.-n.
The Veto .tfessage and the Press.
With tue press, as with individuals, there is ' ax XcT to amend an Act t
eit contra e.y o! opinion i pon the s b c s o: : December 1^47 tu
Brown’s laic Message vetoing th Li.mk Dili
With the majority of persons this difference ot
opinion iz doubtless an honest one; and we have as
little reason to doubt that some are influenced by
private interest in their hostility to the Message.
To the Banks themselves, and those who have long
been beneficiaries of bank favors, the Governor
may reasonably look for strong and bitter opposi
tion, but it will be no very difficult matter for him
to find a justification of his veto in the previously
expressed opinions of even this latter class of his
assailants.
l'he more we think of the matter, the bettor sat
isfied we become that the Governor is right. Now
that the measure of relief for which the Banks
asked has been granted them, what are they doing
to accommodate the public? Are they ruakiuj.
any efforts to relieve the couutry of its financial
embarassmentsf They are not. On the contrary
they are adding to those embarassments by refus
ing either to s« ll exchange or furnish accommoda
tions. Indeed it is a significant fact that not
withstanding a heavy item in the official bank
statements, immediately prior toJsuspension, was
hills uf exchange, they have nolle to sell now that
the Legislature has restricted the price to its for
mer spe. i • b asis! Another significant fact is, that
ati abundance of exchange may now be found in
private hands for purpose of speculation. May
we not reasonably suppose that this latter arrange
ment originates with the Bunks, and that it is de
signed to defeat the purpose of the law whichre-
stricts them to one per cent. as the price of ex
change?
But we designed calling attention to some of
the conflicting opinions of the press in reference to
this subject of suspension. Among the journals
most bitter in denouttetation of Gov. Brown, is the
Chronicle Sf Sentinel. Its editor has long arrogated
to himself the superior championship of tin- peo
ple’s monetary interests, and has promised, time,
and again, that he would be first to sound the
note of alarm, should anything affecting that
interest prove likely to occur Strang*: to say.
now that Gov. Brown comes out on the side ot
tlie people, and insists that the Banks should
be required to discharge faithfully their obli
gations to them, the Chronicle & Sentinel is among
the first to assail him, and that, too, in the most
bitter terms. With what consistency it does
this, we leavee the reader to determine, after he
shall have read a few extracts which we propose
giving from its editorial columns of Oct. 1, 1857.
It will he borne in mind that Gov. Brown holds
the opinion that the Banks ought not to he permit
ted to suspend; that to legalize their suspension
would be an act of manifest injustice to tlie hill
holders. Such opinions on the Governor’s part
subject him to the chaste epithets of‘low grovel
ling demagogue,’—‘a creature,’ who ‘does not
deserve the name of man,’ Are., fiom tlie Chronicle
«fc Sentinel. So it characterises the man who
opposes Bank suspensions now; let us see what it
said upon the same subject on the 4th of October
last. We find the editor expressing himself as
follows then:
“A brief recurrence to tlie history of specie pay
ments, by the Banks of tins country, may teach a
wliolestmie lesson in this crisis, and learn the
people that it is a most desperate resort—one in
deed. never to bo countenanced or acquiesced in
bv any mau who has the true interests of th
sdd the 17 th day of
Auiiioiiz *-parries to l onioel
discoveries at common law, and tor other pur
poses therein mentioned.
Tlie General Assembly of the State of Georgia
do enact as follows:
Section 1st. From and after the passing of this
Act, it shall he lawful in all cases that may he
pending iu Irjv or equity in this State, for Plain
tiffs anil Complainants to examine Defendants as
witnesses, and for Defendants to examine Plain
tiff's or Complainants as witnesses under the same
rules and regulations as ar. now prescribed by law
in relation to other witnesses.
S ct. 2d. Said parties shall be compelled to at
tend Court as witnesses upon being subpoeued in
the same manner and within the same time <\ is
now required by law in relation to other witness
es, and that the testimony of said parties may be
taken by commission under the same circum
stances and under the saute rules and regulations
and iu tiie saute manner as is now prescribed by
law in relation to the taking tlie testimony of oth
er witness' s by commission, and the testimony of
• t.d parties shu.l be entitled to such weight and
consuieivition with th' Jury, as they under ail the
circumstances may see proper to give
Sect. 3d. If the parties as aforesaid are present
at the time of the trial of any case they shall be
compelled to testify as provided in the first section
of this Act, although they ntay uot have been
served with a proc-ess of subpoena.
Sect. 4th. It the parties as aforesaid or any of
them, after having been subpueued as aforesaid,
hall fail to appear at Court according to the re
quisitions of said subpoena, or appearing shall re-
to testify, or shall fail or refuse to appear and
auswer before commissioners when their testimony
is required to be taken by commission, then, at.d
in that case, said cause shall be subject to the
same continuances as are allowed by law for the
absence or uou-atteudauceot other witnesses, and
ter said continuances are exhausted said action
shall be dismissed, provided it be the Plaintiff
who refuses to appear and testify as aforesaid, or
if t lie pat ty who fails or refuses to be and appear as
aforesaid, bo the Defendant in said cause, bis plea
or pleas and answers, if he has tiled any, shall be
stricken out, and judgment given against him
by default, or such other order may be taken and
bad in said cause as in the descretion of said court
may be just and proper, and iu the event said par
ties, I’laiutiff', or Defendant, whose evidence or
d scovery may be required in any action pending
in either Courts by interrogatories shall fail or re
fuse to answer the same, or in case they are
answered evasively, the same rule or order may,
and shall be had as herein before provided in case
ot failure or refusal to attend, and answer when
said parties are subpeened.
Sect. 5th. Nothing in this act shall be con
strued so as to permit any party to be a witness
for himself on his own motion.
Sect. (>th repeals conflicting laws.
Approved December 22d, 1857.
a o.esuiJ, Ttiut this Act shall t:ot exieudjj to, or be j Mr. Pearce thought tlie debate premature
applicable to any case now pending, or any case Nothing hud been read but the Message. They
which may be filed, and served before the first day • did tin know what light the instructions wr" ,J
of April next.
Sect, j 1th repeals conflicting laws.
Assented to Deccmb r 22d, ifc57.
A-Y ACT to auuul the Tux Laics of this State.
The General Assembly of the State of Georgia
do enact as follows:
Sect. 1st. It shall be the duty of Tax Collectors
in the several counties of this State to diligently
search out such defaulters, and the property in
J' fault in their respective counties as may uot be
ull_ I returned by the Receivers of Tax Returns, and to
try at heart. A\ henever a Bank fails to pay its ascertain and enter in a book tone kept by each
itions promptly in coin, or its equivalent, it
should he discountenanced by the whole people,
and firreil hy the Tiw to triad up its affairs and pay
its debts. Indeed the very suspension of specie
payments should he a forfeiture of the charter,
and the subsequent attempt of any persons to
bank under such charter, should be made npen
itentiary offence, and visited with exemplary pun
ishment.”
•So spoke the editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel
in October last, and yet he trie denounces as a
‘low, gravelling demagogue,’ the man who, having
the ‘true interests of his country at heart,’refuses
to sanction Bank suspensions! The editor, in tlie
same article, proceeds to say:
If this were the law in every State in the Union,
the country would be free from the excessive
inflation of the currency of the couutry by the
Banks, and tLe necessary sequents, revulsions,
panics, disasters and suspension, in every State
where banking was required to be done on proper
and legitimate principles, and the rights, interest
and property of the people sufficiently gaurded
against the Banc THIEVES and SWINDLERS. The
idea that the suspension of specie payments will
either give relief or promote the interests of the
people in such a crisis, is the most absurd and
ridiculous; and we never hear of a man suggesting
the remedy, without thinking that Col. Benton’s
operation of “Cutting fur the simples,' should be
immediately perform, d on him.”
Now, if Gov. Brew n is a‘demagogue’ for oppos
ing Bank suspensions, what must the editor of the
Chronicle & Sentinel be/ The other press of the
State can with much more propriety condemn tin-
Governor, in as much as they are uuconimitted to
his views io the extent quoted above from the
Chronicle & Sentinel—that Journal, to be consis
tent, should sustain him iu opposition to Bank sus
pensions.
The Huntsville Advocate of the 1st instant,
say: “Pork continue*! to sell in our market for six
cents, notwithstanding the scarcity of money: the
price being kept up by the large purchases made
by some of our planters to supply their wants.
It is our opinion that raising Pork would be found
to be more profitable than raising cotton to buy it
with. But we may be a sort of an old fogy iu
this opinion.
The Hog Market.—The hog market, says the
Louisville Journ al of the 4th inst, continues dull.
A sale on Saturday of 20(1 head, averaging 230 lbs,
at $4 02, and y esterday sales of 500 hogs, for
those over 200 lbs, $4 00 those under 200 ^4 25,
and those under 150 §4. Hogs to average 200
lbs. were offered last evening at $4 50.
Unfortunate Affair.—We regret to hear that an
unfortunate difficulty occurred at the RaceCourse
yesterday, between two worthy young men ot our
city, Messrs. C. A. L. Lamar and Henry DnBign-
on. A ball from the pistol of the. former took effect
in the right eye of tlie latter, inflicting a most seri
ous and, perhaps, dangerous wound. Mr. DoBign-
on was brought to the city, and surgical aid imme
diately called in, but at latest accounts they had
uot succeeded in ascertaining the lodgment of the
ball, or the exact nature and probable result of the
wound.—Sav. Hep. 8th.
OXVGEIVATiVO UITTKKM IN CANADA.
The Editor of the Montreal Pilot, Sept'2, 1856,
says:
There is no medicine we take so much pleasure in
rei oinmcnding to our friends as Dr. Green’s Oxygena-
tid Bitters. Unlike most proprietory medicines. It
does not profess to cure “al! tlie ills flesh Is heir to,” but
simply Dyspepsia, and its attendant symptoms of de
range of the stomach. It has long been held in favor
with onr first medical mqu; some of whom aro never
backward in awarding merit where it belongs. Its
success in our eity 1ms given it a reputation surpnssed-
by no other similar preparation. Our attention lias
been called to this subject by a young man in our of
fice who had been suffering for some weeks severely
from iu digestion, luss of appetite,? &c., having been
ntirely relieved in a few days by the use of these bit
ters; there are hundreds who rend this who need such a
medicine, and would use it if they had half the confi
dence iu it we have.
Setli W. Fowle & Co„ 138 Washington Street,
Boston, Proprietors. Sold by their agents every
where.
WSIAT IT IS DOL\C FOR THE Mfk.
Win. Schucluun, Esq-, the well known Lithographer,
f them for that purpose, such defaulters and the
aniouut of taxable property iu default setting
forth in ail cases the real value of the property so
in default, and double tax such defaulters and
property so iu default, and uot returned by the
Receiver of tax returns, and collect the same as
now provided for tlie collection of other Taxes,
and to make a return thereof to the Comptroller
General of this State at the time of the final settle
ment with that officer. For this service the said
Collectors shall receive both Receivers and Col
lectors compensations.
Sect. 2d. And be it further enacted, That the
section of an Act in relation to allowing Tax Col
lectors an insolvent list by the Grand Jurors of the
several counties of this Stale approved February
2titii, 1856, be and the some is hereby repealed.
Sect. 3rd And be it further enacted, That
section 2d of the Act approved March 3d, 1850, on
this subject be so amended as in addition to tlie
provisions thereof, to allow the Justices of tlie In
ferior Courts of the several counties of this State
at any time, whether in term time or in vacation,
to assemble and to allow the Tax Collectors their
insolvent lists.
Sect 4th repeals conflicting laws.
Assented to December 22, J857.
AN ACT to amend an Act to Exempt from Levy
and .Sale under Executions certain property
therein mentioned, assented to December ilth,
1841.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, and it is hereby enacted by the au
thority of the same, That from and after the pas
sage of ttiis Act, the aforesaid Act be so amended
as to permit every white citizen of this State,
male or female, being the head of a family, to hold
and possess, free from levy and sale, one farm
horse or mule without regard to the value of the
same.
Assented to December 22d, 1857.
The President s Message 0s Aicaraugua Alialrst
The following is a sketch of the debate which
took place ou Thursday, in the Senate, on the
receipt of the above named Message, which we
published yesterday:—Union.
Mr Houston was anxious to have the documents
printed, because he wanted information on the sub
ject. Wheu the information was made public he
would express his views.
Mr. Seward referred to the fact that the President
had announced in his Message that the arrest of
Walker was without the authority of law, but the
question then came up whether the officer who
committed this act should be censured or punish
ed iu any way for it. Ou that point the President
makes and excuse for Paulding, which was that
the pa. ty who had been arrested bad been indicted
iulhe United States for an offense against our
laws, and tailing to arrt3t them on the high seas,
he naval officers had arrested them in the perfor
in,. oce of the very act they had meditated.
Here were two parties who were delinquent.—
In the first place there was a band of lawless men
who had escaped the vigilance of the police and
gone abroad to levy war i:t violation of the laws
ut the Unit-d States with a nation with which we
were at ami y. On the other band there was au officer
who through excess of vigilance had surpassed his
instructions had himself committed a violation of
the law. He thought the President had balanced
this case with exact justice.
The President hud censured the fugitives,
and while admiring the good intentions of that
officer, hud censured him for violating the law.
W bat more could be asked? Suppose a punish
ment more or loss severe should be passed upon this
officer, what shall be done with the chief off rd<-r
who has been brought buck? Nothing lias been
done toward bringing him to a trial for the offense
tor \Vhieh lie stands indicted, and the President is
defied to his teeth by Walker, in his letter, ill
which he states that no matter who may interfere,
at home or abroad, he is determined to proceed in
; the prosecution of his design.
I If honorable Senators insisted upon it, he was
1 not willing that censure should be passed upon
Paulding, but he must ask them injustice to mete
out some punishment for the greater criminal.
Suppose the Government should punish Paulding
and leave the others to go unpunished, what is
tlie lesson that will be learned from this affair?
It is, that you may go out of the jurisdiction of tin-
United States, and levy war against any natio.i
with whom we are tit peace, provided you can
only escape the vigilance of the police on laud,
and if you shall be arrested after you commence'
your acts, although the State shall be grateful for
the protection they receive, still the officer who
makes tlie arrest shall be punished, audyoushall
be apprehended.
To be consistent they should go further and
propose to restore Walker to the place from which
lie was taken If it was right to invade Nicaragua
it was equally right to invade New Grauada or
Brazil, or any other South American Slate. Why
should we punish the Pawnees or Apaches for
committing depredations upon our citizens, and
claim that our people shall go abroad with impu
nity, and commit depre dations upon the people of
other States. If gentlemen think the principle is
right let them introduce a bill to repeal the neu
trality laws.
Mr. Davis-To what principle does tlie Senator
allude?
Air. Seward, That the crime is altogether in
the offender beiug caught* but if he can escape
from the United States and reach the country
against which the war is to be made the act is in
nocent and right.
Air. Davis: Nobody on this side of the chamber
asserts such a principle as that.
Mr' Seward called attention to what had been
said by Ids [Davis’) colleague (Brown,) that
General Walker had violated no law; but the Presi
dent, on the other hand, thought he had not only
violated the law of the land, but had also violated
the higher law. [Laughter.]
Mr. Davis replied that it was the sacred priv
ilege of an American citizen to bear arms, and
j whenever he chose to leave his own country and
risk his life and lot tune iu fighting for the op
pressed elsewhere,-he had a right to do so. Ii was
iqion that principle the war of 1812 took place,
and it was a principle dear to every American
heart
Mr. Pugh was of opinion that the principles
laid down iu the Message were neither warranted
by the Constitution, nor by any statute law of the
United States, nor by any principle of the law of
nations. The question was not whether Walker
was committing a crime against Nicaragua. Let! IT ' \ ("V.',”'”" — *■- .•.•■-. ..Be
- - " . I possessed he did no more than be had a n
AN ACT defining how many J usstices of the In
ferior Courts of this State shall concur iu opin
ion to make the judgment of said Court.
Sect. 1st. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Georgia, That from and af
ter the passage of this Act, That in all ca.-es brought
before the Justices of the Inferior Courts of this
State a majority of the Justices presiding upon
the trial of the same shall pronounce the judg
ment, which judgment shall be binding, and as
effectual as it a majority of the whole Cqurt
were preseut and agreeing thereto.
Sect. 2d repeals conflicting laws.
Assented to December22d, 1857.
Ml
AN ACT !o authorize suits to be brought upon
Constables Bonds without order of Court.
Sect. 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State ot U< orgia,
That from and after the passage of this Act it shall
and may be law ful tor any person who may have
been or may hereafter be injured by the miscon
duct or neglect of duty of any Constable of any
county of this State to bring suit upon such Con
stables bond in any Court having jurisdiction there
of tor the use, of such person so injured without first
obtaining au order of Court as now required by
law.
Assented to December 22d, 1857.
would
throw on the sufijeet. He believed that the ex
pedition of Walker front tile United States was a tia-
graut violation of the laws of the United States,
and that the President did nothing but his duty
iu authorizing the naval forces to prevent that
expedition from attacking people with w horn we
are at pence. He believed that it was due to the
character of the nation that such steps as that
should be taken to put down these marauding
expeditions, which bring disgrace upon the couu
try.
Air. Alason moved the reference of the Mes
sage to the CommiUe on Foreign Relations, and
that it be printed together with the accompany
ing documents.
Motion agreed to.
Mr. Davis dissented from the arguments con
tained in the Message. The President had as
sumed that the Neutrality laws, which required
that such expeditions as this should be sup
pressed, also conferred upon the Executive the
power to go beyond the jurisdiction of tlie United
States to suppress them. This seemed to b*
the key to the policy ou the part of the Ad
ministration, winch sent the navy down to the
coast ofCeutral America instead of stationing
the vessel wi.ere they should have betn sta
tioned namely, at tin- mouth of the Alississippi
and on the coast of Alabama. Were this expe
dition all that it is described to be, it is only a
misdemeanor instead ot a violation of the Neu
trality laws.
The suspicion that there was an intent to make
war against a nation with which we are at peace,
would have justified the detention of Gen. Walker
and his men within the lim ts of ti e United
States, but not their arrest beyond our own
limits. As we have no extradition treaty with
Nicaragua, they could not have lawfully' been
taken upon her soil even had they been fugi
tives from justice. The President has no more
power to make such arrests than any member of
Congress.
If our neighbors are too wehk to protect them
selves, we should use all lawful means to prevent
our citizens from invading their territory, but it is
not witbm the theory of our Government to fit out
expeditions to catch half a dozen or a dozen, or one
or two hundred men who may choose to leave tlie
United States and land upon their shores. In this
respect lie thought we were making a great
departure from those principles which heretofore
guided the conduct of our Government. If it be
the pleasure of Congress to give the President
police powers over the high seas, and authorize
him to use the army and navy as a constabulary
force, let it be doue by the passage of laws with
that view.
Air. Mason doubted the expediency of discussing
tlie subject without more mature deliberation. The
President was by the Constitution the head of tlie
army aud navy, and tlie laws of the land direct how
these are to be used. He contented himself with
the remark that it was clearly incumbent on the
President to see that the Neutrality laws were
faithfully executed.
Air. Crittenden referred to the President’s ad
mission that Commodore Paulding committed a
grave error. According to his own premises such
a conclusion was altogether illogical, and the
conduct of Paulding was as conformable to law
as if lie had receieved express instructions to do
what lie did.
Air, Blown regarded it as a little singular that
while the President disapproved of tiie arrest of
General Walker he at the same time excused that
act. The arrest of Walker was in violation of law,
tor it Paulding had the right to make the arrest his
conduct is not only to be excused but to be ap
plauded. If he had no legal right to do that act
ti.eu the President owes it to the people of tiie coun
try to condemn it. It Walker tvas guilty of any
violation of law and had been arrested and brought
back to our shores as a fugitive from justice, why
is he not put into the clutches of the law? Why
was he taken to New York and placed in the hands
of the Marshall there, then brought here and
delivered to the Executive,and then set at liberty ?
Wh y was he not carried bark to Louisiana by
the same authority that arrested him, and there
put upon liis trial on this charge of violating the
law?
This was a farce, being played out before tho
American, people which was disreputable to all
engaged in it. There had been trumped up this
charge against Walker when it was known there
bad been no violation ot law. If they believe
that he has violated the law they have been guilty
ot dereliction ot duty in not punishing him for
it, The fitting out of an expedition iu violation
of tlie neutrality laws was one thing, but the
voluntary expatriation of a citizen was an alto
gether different thing. If Walker went to Nicara
gua avow ing that it was his purpose to endeavor
to regain the rights of which he had been dis-
ht to
do.
avenger of her wrongs? Was Walker commit!- \ri -1.11,1 *• , .
ing any crime upon the high seas? What has he I l ( . Bl ® wn . ) l ,md * n K ht * ? k f h i?
done? The .Senator from New York says he has * " P ‘ m ‘ U * sl, °; ll ^ r ’ and °° i\ nd f cl1 \ hti President
- - - I Secretary ot War, and District Attorneys and
meant to wage war
ation. and they
_ him. If one man
is that right, two men or five hundred hare it
The mistake was that the Administration were
intending to punish what the law never meant
made war upon a foreign nation, but this is no A f ,
crime by any law of the United States. It is Marshalls everywhere, that he mea
crime to set on foot, within the limits of the United a « al !‘ s °r any other m
States, an expedition against a nation with whom ! i" 0 /^ A° mo ^ st ! ,“'
we are at peace, but to go outside our limits and
make war is no offense, either by the Neutrality
laws or anything else. We did not want to pnnish 1 . y - : —• - ——7'
any man fer an error of judgment. If Paulding I ®' 0 “‘ t d namety, the intent while in
did right he ought to be rew arded with a medaf, I , ~. nl f e<1 hI » ,es to fit out an expedition beyond
just as Ingraham w as for violating the Neutrality th . e t h T tS * Wlth h ° S,lle Pun>ose toward a nation
laws in fit. key fora praiseworthy objeet. Thl- with vvhiclt we are at peace. He had as high
proposition was in substance that the end justifies I re P irJ for the navy as any other citizen, but if
AN ACT to alter and amend the practice in Courts
of Equity in this State, and speed causes there
in, and prevent delays ot justice.
Sect. 1st. Be it enacted by tlie Senate and
House of Representatives of the State ot Georgia
in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enact
ed by the authority of the same, 'I hat bills shall
be servt d ou Defendants at least thirty days be
fore tlie term of the Court, to w hich the bill is re
turnable.
Sect. 2d. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all equity causes shall
stand lor trial at the second term of the Court,
from the filing of the bill, and service thereon ou
Defendant or Defendants.
Sect. 3d. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That it shall not hereafter be necessary
to file replication, or take any order setting down
a case for trial as now practiced iu this State, but
upon service on Defendants, Plaintiff may at once
proceed to prepare his case for trial.
Sect. 4th. Be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That at the first term of the Court,
tiie Defendant may plead answer, or demur, and
if a demurrer or plea is filed, the said plea or de
murrer, or both, shall be tried and disposed of at
the first term of the Court at which tlie bill is re
turnable, and if overruled Defendant shall file his
. ,, , .. j n 1 * ii n a t>-. answer within thirty days from the time of the
“Ihavc frequently used Barhave a Holland Bit- • d t 0Il suc h demurrer or pleas, and if such
ters, ami find it mvanWy relieves indigestion andde- , J aus ” verls not tu ll, exceptions may be taken there-
>< v. Samuel Babcock, says: “I found speeialre-
lief from its use, for a severe headache, with which I
had long suffered.”
J. W. WoodweU, Esq., says, “I have used Bier-
have’s Holland Bitters myself, and recommended it
to others, knowing it to be just what it is represented."
Alderman Jonathan Neely, of Lower St Clair, says:
says: I have derived great benefit from its use for
weakness of the stomach and indigestion.”
James 31. Murphy, says: “After several physicians
have failed, Beerhuve’s Holland Bitters removed the
pain fr heart and side, arising from indigestion.”
The Editor of the Kittanniug Free Press, sbyss “Af
ter one of the best Physicians in this place had failed,
Bterhave’a Holland Bitters cured me of the worst
form of Dyspepsia.”
Francis Felix, only manufacturer of tlm original
“Extract of Coffee,” says: “I know that your Holland
Bittern is one of the best medicines in the world for dis
ordered stomach or liver.”
I)r. Ludwig, Editor of the ‘Faekel,’ Baltimore, pro
nounces it a medicine deserving the confidence of the
public.
Dr. Ehrharl, the leading Germnn Physician of Penn
sylvania, has prescribed it frequently duriug the lust
three years, w ith marked success, in debilitated states
of the digestive organs, or of the system generally.
The manager of Ballou's Vinegar Factory, says: “I
used it myself, nml was therefoie induced to try its el
ect upon my wife, (troubled with a debility' common
to all of a consumptive habit,) and really it in doing her
more good tlinn anything she has ever taken.”
Sold by Grieve, & Clark, Milledgeville.
A Sure Cere for a Felon.—Hold the part
affected in Pery Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer for
half an hour, and the pain and soreness will eutire-
ly be removed. But don’t take our word for it,
when 124 cts. will buy a bottle of it. 31 4t.
^ u * chasers will be careful to ask for Dr pletelv cured, simply by the use ot Dr. Wistar’s
« Lxxx’s Cklesrated Liver Ptlls, manufactured bv in ni tT —.1 - , . . a
Pi-Euina Bros., of Pittsburgh, Px There araot),.. Chary Balsam. Its soothing aud healing influence
Pills
•tores. None genuine IeUlueut the signature of
**1 FLEMING BROS.
We imve no hesitation in sa ying that Consumption
can always be aleviated, and iu a great many canes com
pletely cured, simply by the use of Dr. Wistar’s Wild
over
the diseased organs is truly wonderful.
fFTo the Ladies.—Yonr attention is respect
fully called to the Advertisement of Dr,' (j. L» merits of tho case
CllEESEMAN, to be found on our First Pa^e.
to. and on ten days notice may be argued and
disposed of in vacation, aud Defendant requireq to
answer fully at such times and on such tortus as
the Judge may order or direct.
Sect. bth. Be it enacted by the authority aiore-
said, That Defendant, if in his judgment he lias
art equitable defence shall not be forced, or oblig
ed to tile across bill, but may sit up such equita
ble defence in his answer, and pray for, and obtain
such relief as he may be entitled to upon the prin
ciples of justice in as full and ample a manner as
he would now be eutitled to under a cross bill,
and may, it ho desires it, in writing in his answer
compel an answer from Plaintiff" at such time, and
upon such terms as the Court may order and direct.
Sect. Cth. Be it enacted by tlie authority afore
said, That either party may examine in open Court
the opposite party on the stand as a witness, not
withstanding the answer may be filed upon serv
ing such party with subpoena, as now provided by
law. when such party resides in the county where
the trial is had, and if such party resides out of the
county, may sue out commission and examine
such party as now provided by law, and if the par
ty is in Court at the time of trial, he ntay be ex
amined without having been served with subpoena.
Sect. 7th. Be it further enacted hy the author
ity aforesaid, 'l’liat Plaintiffs may amend at any
tints, and Defendants shall have reasonable time
to answer such amendment, but making an
amendment shall not open the whole case to de
murrer, unless tlie amendment makes a new bill;
provided, however, Plaintiffs shall not capricious
ly amend his pleadings for the purpose of delay
only.
Sect. 8th. Be it further enacted by th author
ity aforesaid. That Defendants shall only be re
quired when an amendment is made, to auswer
such amendment, and if the amendment is merely
forrttal, the answer may be waived and the cause
proceed, if the amendment is one of substance and
uot of form merely, the Defendant shall have
reasonable time to answer such amendment as
the Court may order and direct.
Sect. 9',h. Be it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That Court* of Justice in construing
this Act, shall give it a reasonable interpretation,
to speed the trial of equity eauses, allowing
reasonable time for Defendants, and discouraging
any unnecessary delay, and no right shall be de
feated, or prejudiced on account of mere tectnri-
cality or form, not affecting the real justice and
Sect. 10th. Be it enacted by the authority
the means. He denied the right of the Govern
ment to arrest persons upon the high seas and ask
them where they were going and what their busi
ness, and send them home it they were not satisfied
about them. The right of an American citizen to
expatriate himself was a sacred right, and w
should be careful how we trench upon it. Wliil
the Administration are talking about the iniquity
of Walker’s proceedings in Central America, they
go on deliberately, in violation of the faith of
treaties and the honor of nations,to invade the soil
of a foreign couutry for the purpose of arresting
him.
Air Toombs thought the Alessage cont:
grave and important errors, and entered his dis
sent from them. Tin- President dared uot defend,
while he endeavored to palliate this outrage to au
Amercau .Senate. After examining some of -rite
grounds upon which that puliation wasattenipted he
said the President assumed a question now jbefore
the legal tribunals of the country. He assumed that
the Neutrality laws had been violated, and it was
his business to enforce them. Mr Tootnbs denied
that there was any proof that such wxs the cas<—
but admitting, for the sake of argument, that this
were true, what right hxs the President to use tiie
army nnd navy all ovor the face of the earth? Thi-
was unsurpation of authority, not only in dero
gation of law, hut in derogation of his oath of of
fice. He must get tlie authority of law to use any
extra territorial jurisdiction whatever. He could
commandjno popular respect as a vindicator of the
laws ofhis country unless lie, hinself, should obey
the laws. But in this case one law has been
violated for tlie purpose uf vindicating another.
Governor Kossuth was in the Senate Chamber to
to show himself years ago. That gentleman was
driven from power by Austria and Russia, and
came here after “material aid” to replace himself
That, was just the case of Walker, and while
oue was glorified the otiier was villified. As t)
the letter of Paulding, tiie coarse brutality of that
correspondence must he admitted by every human
being. It totally unfitted him to be the comman
der of a ship, or even to be cabin boy.
Air. Doolittle understood that it would be a cause
of war by Nicaragua against this country if an ex
pedition was unlawfully set on foot within our
jurisdiction against her. The President was as
much bound to niantaiu the faith of treaties as
any law of the country.
Air. Alallory vindicated the character of Commo
dore Paulding, aud alluded to his Revolutionary
ancestry, hut did not pretend to palliate, this act
If such acts were permitted to be committed by
naval officers, in a very short time this country
would be involved in hostilities with foreign
nations. If you send naval captains to stop fili
busters with loose instructions, they will under
stand them as seamen, not as jurists. We under
stood that the Administration had detached Cha-
tard because he did not arrest Walker. If he is
punished for not doing that act, we ought to ap
plaud Paulding for doing it.
Air. Douglas returned the compliment of Air.
Brown, who had said he admired his (Douglas’s)
pluck for expressing liis opinions. He (Douglas)
found he was getting into good company and
beating up recruits faster than Walker. He
(Douglas) thought it would be found after
awhile that they were all in the party, and were
not to be accused of faction because they happen
to differ from the President in some of their
views. Some strange things happen now-a-days.
Even the Senator from New York was supporting
the Administration, aud defending u, attacks
Democrats.
Air. Seward said the President had announced
that. Walker had not only violated the laws of
the land, but the higher law, and he (Seward)
would be recreant to liis duty as an advocate of
the higher law, if he did uot support the Presi
dent. [Laughter.]
Mr. Douglas thought the higher law very well
in its plaee, but not in executing the Neutrality
laws. He would rather look to the statutes of
the United States, and see where the authority
was for the President to use the Army and Navy.
The law of 1800 defined the jurisdiction to extend
one marine league from the coast, and the
Government had no authority to make an arrest
beyond that distance. He was in favor of giving
the Neutrality laws a fair, faithful and rigorous
execution. This is a Government of law, and let
ns stand by the laws, aud execute, them, whether
we like them or dislike them, so long as they
stand on the statute book. He had no sympathy
for filibustering. Its tendency is to defeat the
very object we have in view—namely, expansion
of the area of freedom. He was in favor of the
expansion of this country, but in a lawful and
regular manner. He was not willing to send our
naval officers with vague instructions, filibustering
ail over the high seas, under the pretense of put
ting down filibustering. He had opposed the
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty because he did not wish
to bind this country not to do that which it
might he necessary for its safety to do—that is,
toamiex those territories only half tlie distance
to California and on the direct road.
anything could bring reproach and eternal dis
grace upon the navy it was this precise course of
action.
First: Commander Chatard allowed Gen. Wal
ker to pass him, and then, seeming to have a
glimmering idea that he mistook liis duty, he
undertook to cover liis neglect by resorting to
mean and dirty attempts to insult Walker in hi*
camp, evidently with the intention of provoking
him to some act so that he might have an excuse
to tire upon him.
Secondly: Com. Paulding appeared, a man of
ripe years, doing what every one knew he has
done, and which it was unnecessary to recapitulate,
and writing just such a fetter as ought to affix
tiie seal of eternal disgrace upon him. It was
a disgrace to the very epaulettes 011 his shoulders.
It was h.gh time that our naval officers should bo
confined to the discharge of their duties according
to law, for there was too much disposition to ex
ceed the law by one and all of them.
He cotind not forbear saying that tho President
would better have discharged ids duty to the laws
and the best interests of the country by pointedly
rebuking the lawless act of Com. Paulding, than
by excusing it. It would net do for the President
to say that Com. Paulding's act was a violation of
law, and then wink at it. No matter if Nicaragua
docs not. complain. It was not for us to violate
our laws, even though Nicaragua docs not com
plain. and execute them when she does complain.
Our duty is to go according to law. If Com.
Paulding has conformed to law, let hint be ap
plauded; if not, let him be condemned.
He admired the spunk of the Senator from Il
linois (Douglas ) in boldly expres-ing his views
heretofore, although lie differed from every view
uttered by that Senator on the Kansas question.
Adjourned till Alonday.
Public R&seting' in Carroll.
According to previous notice, a large and res
pectable portion of our citizens assembled inthe
court house 011 Tuesday the 5 instant wheu W. W.
Morrell was called to the chair and A H. Black,
requested to act as secretary. Dr. James II. Rod
gers being called upon fully explaiued the objeet
of tn? meeting.
A committee of three was appointed hy tho
chairman, consisting of James H. Rogers Thomas
Bonner Sr and W. W. Cobb to report suitable busi
ness for the action of the meeting.
The committee after returning, presented a ma
jority and a minority report, the following are the
resolutions of the majority which were unani
mously adopted by r the meeting. Whereas the last
General Assembly of the State of Georgia passed
by a constitutional majority over the Veto of the
Governor, a bill legalizing the suspension of the
banks in this State, until the loth of November,
1858, on their present liability, We therefore deem
it tho duty of the people in their sovereign capaci
ty, to denounce in unqualified terms, such a course
of unwise and lawless legislation. Beit therefore
rxsolved, that tve wholly approve of the Veto Mes
sage of Gov. Joseph E. Brown ou the bank sus
pension bill.
2. Resolved that in the opinion of this meeting
said bill as passed by a majority of two thirds, and
is therefore the law of the land is not only inex
pedient, but unconstitutional and void.
3 Resolved that our thanks are due and hereby
tendered to our representatitives A. J. Boggess aud
A. O. Embry for their manly opposition to said
bill.
Dr. James H Rogers made a miuority report,
which included the majority report, with the fol-
'owing additional resolutions.
Resolved.that we recommend tlie collecting offi
cers to refuse to give judgement in ail and any cast**
or cases of debt until a general resemption of specie
payment by the batiks.
Resolved, that we recommend the people of
each county in the State to hold meetings and
instruct their collecting officers to refuse to collect
all and any debts until the banks resume specio
payments, and for all tlie farmers that have
not sold their cotton to bold on to it until there is
a general resumption of specie payment, by the
Banks.
On motion it wa* ordered that the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the Federal Union
and Ind. Blade.
W. W. AIERRELL, Chatman.
A. H. Bi.al'K. Secretary.
Two charming women one day discussing what
it is that constitutes bennty in the hand: They
differed in opinion so much as in the shape of the
member whose merits they were discussing. A
young gentleman present presented himself, and
by common cousent the question was referred to
him. He thought of Paris and the three Goddes
ses. Glancing from oue to the other of the beau
tiful white hands presented to him which, by the
way, he had tlie cunning to liold for some time iu
his own, for the purpose of examination, he at last ,
said, “I give it up; the question is too hard for
me: but ask the poor aud they will tell you that
the mo* beautiful hand it that which giccs."
For the Federal Union.
The Votes on the Baak Suspension BUI.
Messrs. Editors: I have spent an hour in ana
lysing the votes on tho bill legalizing the suspen
sion of the Banks, recently passed by the Legisla
ture of Georgia, aud, with your permission, will
lay the result before your readers. It will be
recollected that tho Senate passed this bill at an
early stage of the session, and it was forthwith sent
to tlie House, where it lay on the Secretary’s tabic
till the last Saturday of the session, where it was
taken up and passed by the House also, by a vote
of 04 ayes to on nays. The bill was sent to the
Governor, as customary, for bis approval. He re
turned it to tue Seuate, where it originated, with
his veto. The respective Houses of the Legisla
ture took it up again, and again passed it by a
vote of two thirds, thus making it a law under the
Constitution without the sanction of the Govern
or. Tit • last vote stood ayes 08, nays 34. I shall
confine myself for the present, to tho vote of the
House of Representatives. As this Bank ques
tion is one of great importance to the people, I
think it is proper that they should know how their
Representatives cast their votes ou the occasion,
who voted uniformly, the same, and how—who
changed their votes, aud who omitted to vote alto
gether.
Those ic ho voted both times in favor of the passage
of the Bill are
Messrs. Batts, Braswell, Christy, Clarke, Curenton,
Darden, Delamar, Frederick, Gilbert, Gordon,
Griffith, Grovensteine, Hardeman, Hames, Har
ris of Dougherty, Harper, Harrison, Hines, Hol
ton, Holliday. Holmes, Hughes, Irwin, Johnson,
lones. Kenan, Kimbrough of Stewart, Lee. Alat-
tox, AlcMilli.ui, AlcWiiorter, Alilledge, Alintz,
Moore of Clark, Alott, Neal, Owens, Phillips, Pit-
tard. Schley, Sprayborry, Taylor, Terrell Walker
of Clark, Westmoreland, White, Wilkes, and
Wimberly. 48.
Those icho voted both times in opposition to the bill
are
Messrs. Avery, Barrett, Blade, Conicy, Embrey,
Faiu of Fannin, Fain of Union, Fincanuou, Fort
ner, Gay, Hall, Kirby, Lufftnan. AIcAfee, Mc-
Cauts, vleConnell, McEver, Moore ot Glynn,
Pickett, Price, Roberts of Cherokee, Smith of
Coweta, Smith of Towns, Strickland, Taliaferro,
Webster, Wood, Worley and Wright. 29.
Those tcho voted first against the Bill and after
wards in its favor are
Messrs. Bigbam, Crittenden, Cannon, Coleman,
Davis, Glass, Harris of Cobb, Hays, Hillyer, How
ard, Lewis of Hancock, Shelton, Sherman. 13.
Those icho voted first for the. Bill and afterwards
against it arc
Messrs. Cook and Julien. 2.
Those icho voted the first time in favor of the Bill
. hut dul nut vote afterwards arc
Alessrs. Bailey, Barton, Chapman, Everett, Fuller,
llarkuess, Lazenby, McLean, Alerchison, Mizeli,
Alyers, Powell, Fiuett and Tomlinson. 14.
Those who voted first against the Bill hut did not vote
afterwards are
Alessrs. Boggess, Duncan, Gresham, Hardy, Alar-
shall, Sheffield, Wall and Young. 8.
Air. Faulk voted against the Bill, and Messrs.
Brassell, Daniel and Kitchens in its favor the
second ballot. They did not vote at the first bal
lot. 4.
It will be seen, from this enumeration, that 118
members of the House voted on the Bank Sus
pension Bill, either before or after the veto, 04
voting for its passage and 50 against it before the
veto, making in the aggregate 114 votes ; and 08
voting for it and 34 against it after the veto, mak
ing in the .aggregate 102 votes. The House, I
think, is composed of 102 members, omitting the
Speaker, who does not vote only in case of a tie.
If I am correct in regard to tlie number compos
ing the House, 44 members did not vote on the
Bill at all. Ou the first ballot 48 did not vote, and
on the second ballot 60, or more than one third of
the whole number. I do not wish tn draw any
inferences from these statements, but to leave
your readers to draw thtir own. What caused
this large number of absentees on both occasions
when the ayes aud nays were called on this bill,
who either were not present, or did not vote if
they were present? What caused the number of
changes 011 the final vote, after members had had
a mouth to consider the bill? What caused 12 ab
sentees from Saturday to Tuesday', at the heel of
the session, when suclt important measures were
under consideration? It will also be seen that
only 48 members voted uniformly for the bill at
both ballotiugs. Wliat caused this'vascillatiou?
I ask for information.
An Old Democrat.
Note.—The above classification is accordin
to the list I have used. But the list, as printed,
may uot possib ly be correct, and I have no op
portunity of examining the Journal. According
to another list Air. Boggess was at his post ou
both ballotiugs, and voted on both occasions in
opposition to the bill. Mr. Reed, also, is set
down in this list, as voting, on the last ballot,
in the affirmative, and Mr. Strickland s name is
omitted iu the last balloting.
(Sot. Brown an*] the London Times.
Editors. Federal Union :
Gentlemen: For your manly defense of Govern
or Brown, in his war upon corruption, you de
serve the thanks of all honest men. I cut the fol
lowing piece from the New Y'ork Express of the
4th instant, copied into that paper, from the Lon
don Times; please put it in your paper, aud ask
all your readers tostudy it well, anditsk all the
papers of the State, that are not sold to the Banks,
and are not afraid of them, to copy it into their
columns; that ati the knaves, who have abused,
and ati the cowards and fools who deserted him,
may hang their heads iu shame, while the frowns
of a betrayed people, and the linger of scorn is
pointed at them.
Here is an Editor, right under the nose of mon
archy, and a great Aristocracy, surrounded by the
great delinquents that he denounces, and within
sight of an omnipotent Parliament, aud yet in de-
.. Aenee of the people’s rights, he is not afraid to
proclaim these delinquents felons! in plain terms,
and Parliament no better than abettors of felony,
in relieving them front the penalties of the law
And yet, when Governor Brown uses mild lan
guage in comparison of this, knaves howl, and
cowards skulk! lias it come to this! has the
time so souu arrived, that there is a bolder spirit
of freedom aud independence, under the monar
chy which our fathers cast otf, than in the boast
ed Republic that they founded ? 1 appeal to the
laibought nuterriried people to auswer this ques
tion; let them say, whether they will stand by
their honest friend Governor Brown, or forsake
him, and leave him to the malice of his defamerg,
and their destroyers ? I think I hear their re
sponse .' Listen,to the thundering echoes from the
mountains to the sea! “long live our honest,
fearless Governor.' down with the traitors!”
JOHN HAMPDEN
From the London Times.
Commercial florals in England—Astounding
Developments!
The public are astounded at the commercial
disclosures on every side. Even those most con
versant for years past with all the great operations
of business, had no idea of the degree of corrup
tion that at each turn-was defeating the efforts of
the honest trader. The question is, have they yet
any adequate conception of the extent to which
tlie system has been carried? Persons are dis
posed to comfort themselvs by the conclusion that
every case of delinquency appears iu print and
makes a great stir, while the multitude of ordina
ry transactions arc carried ou with regularity, day
after day, and excite no notice. There could not be
a greater delusion. On ati hands there is a combi
nation to palliate and bush up the practices that
have been prevalent: and no more difficult or dan
gerous duty could be undertaken than that of en
deavoring to defeat it.—Even if any class of obser
vers happen to be aware of organized schemes of
deception of the most objectionable and suspicions
features in the management ofcompanies or firms,
they can do little to warn the community until
some open default is committed, and the final ex-
1,fesiou is consequently at hand. The forces that
were drawn together at Glasgow, consisting of the
aristocracy and wealth of Scotland, to beat down
ati who might attempt to question the position of
tlie Western Bank, and to expose its vile career
furnished a specimen of the obsLicles to be en
countered; and i; is a fact that, while tiiat concern
was applying for help to the other hanks, even the
statem tit that these banks wished to stipulate for
tlie winding up of its affairs was widely denounced
as a muliguant libel.
In another case, a firm whose position was un
derstood, but which had contrived through the
help of the Western Bank to temporarily arrest an
exposure, induced a well known legal house in
Loudon to protest against the damage “recklessly”
inflicted on its credit by the mention of its name,
although within a fortnight of that date it was
shown to be disgrcefully insolvent. When Air
Oliver broke dow n at Liverpool, after a career of
speculation, in tho h' ight of which he had been
presented by his admiring townspeople with a ser
vice ot plate, some of the leading merchants, in
cluding the Chairman of the Borough Bank, and
it is believed, Mr. De Wolf, of the great firm of
Do WolfiSt Co., which has just stopped for about
£200,090, showing 2s. in the pound for its credi
tors, actual ly posted a notice on the Exchange,
contradicting and stigmatizing the announcement
as a wanton injury. It this is the experience iu
the most rotteu and hopeless cases, what would
have to be expected if a breath was uttered regard
ing any concern that might still by possibility be
patched up soas to allow of its defying all impu
tations? The case of the Nortlt of Europe Steam
Company, in which a warning to the public ag
gravated the injury it was intended to avert, since
ii drew forth an unquailified denial from the di
rectors, which led many persons to increase their
investments at high prices, will be fresh in recollec
tion. The habit is universal, and is encouraged
in all quarters. There is abundant sympathy for
' the speculator who has lived in good style for years
and whose position may at last be questioned; but
none for that /rest mass of people, who iu conse
quence of his operations, have been paying higher
prices for all the necessaries of life—none for those
who have been tempted by high wages into over
stocked branches of labor ,aud who are suddenly
thrown into destitution—and none for society '
general, which will suffer through many im,/'*
jtoars from a generation of young meu brought n
to the belief that there is no such thing as "ho- ' P
trade, and that ho is greatest who most excels '
tlie adulteration of goods, the manufacture of s U
cotnmodation bills, and tho management of f r .
duleut suspensions. Such is ever"the case rUU "
The offender in his distress is a tangible ’ 0 bi,.,..
of pity, while the community he has wronged an 1
dishonored is only a shadowy conception; and
eminent in relieving him, even at the cost of vi
lating a taw, merely acts out the wishes of the ml,
jonty. Iu tho circumstances it will be easily
derstood that not one tithe of tho delinquent •*
that now pervade every brauch of trade are l,Ui
to come to light. There is no legal machinery m
promote any such object, but a most extensive
and almost resistless action on the otiier side Tl
Legislature have always been too busy in' ,*1
dliug as to the nature of obligations which com
mercial men should be allowed to uudertake to I
ab led to devote time to the introduction of a la!°
to enforce nader swift and adequate penalties th
simp.e principle that every obligation once avia!
must be lailhtully lulfilied, and to brim* to iu -
every one who has robbed anotherby fal.re mueiic^ 0
There was much display of business in this I* '*
session, but it has apparently effected nothin'
The prosecution of the British Bank directors '«•
a wonderful effort to mark the inauguration^f '*
new reign of virtue, but it is understood th-- e xu *
riineut is never likely to be repeated, the costs an f
confusion having been awful. J
Notwithstanding ati the notoriety of his case
it is easy to prophecy that Mr. Stephens of the
London aud Eastern Corporation, will escane tn
enjoy the remainder of his life on the tnarria-i
settlement acquired from the funds of that e t-"
lishment. From tho first, the other directors
have never even been threatened with prosecu
tion. It is true the daily journals are now filed
with developments of cases of sequestration or
bankruptcy, or of the winding up of fraudulent
concerns; but these are ati exceptional, and anv
oue reading the proceedings will see that they
merely relate to a few stragglers that hive been
caught out of a whole army of marauders Eve
ry word uttered in the various examinations
serves to show how the individual insolvent was
but one of a constantly extending circle—how he
was terrified into lendiug more money or oramino’
further acceptances by creditors who threatened
to fail and expose him, aud how he itt turn got
more from some one else—in most cases the man
ager of a joint stock bank—by pursuing a similar
course.
In one case, now pending at Glasgow, a house
is shown to have had seventy-five real or ficti
tious correspondents, all insolvent like itself,
upon whom it had drawn to the amount uf 8380
000 the whole finally centering iu the Western
Bank. Is this a solitary specimen? are there not
hundreds of analogous but more adroit cases that
might be developed on every side—often, appar
ently with much difficulty, if any judgment may
be formed from the leading figures lateTy present
ed in some of the London balance-sheets; and as
soon as the preseut crisis is over, will not ati these
persons again go to work? In the present state
of the law there is nothing to obstruct aud every
thing to encourage them. The belief, is that, uot-
with tending the recent wrecks and the lateness
of the period to which the “relief’ granted by tlie
suspension of tbe Bank Charter Act was deferred,
the accommedatiou paper still in circulation in
London and throughout the kingdom would
present a total such as few persons not accus
tomed to reflect on such matters would be prepared
to execute. The remedy, of course, would be to
punish the drawers and acceptors for conspiracy
to defraud. Every bill of exchange purports to
have been for “value received.’, If two men con
spire to manufacture such a document, and to pass
it as genuine into the hands of a trade, nothing can
be more obvious than the nature of tbe transac
tion. But Parliament, perhaps, would rather pass
a whole session in discussing whether they could
devise some new measures to interfere with the
natural course of enterprise, and direct it into such
channels as might be fashionable with them for
the moment, than descend to so small a matter as
this simple application of the criminal law.
Wilkinson County Meeting.
Tuesday January 5th 1858.
On this day, pursuant to previous call, a largo
portion of the oicizms of Wilkinson county, ltav-
met at the Court House in Irwinton, to take into
consideration the action of the Georgia Legislature
in relation to the recent bank suspensions Will
iam A. Hall and Leroy Fleetwood Esqs. were called
to the chair, and James C. Bower and Samuel S.
Player Esqs. were requested to act as Secretaries.
The meetng being organized, Dr. R. J Cochran
was called upon to explain the object of the meet
ing, which he ddi in au able and appropriate ad
dress. Dr. Cochran then offered the following
resolutions; to wit:
Resolved, that the veto of the Bank-bill, by h is
Excellency Governor Brown, meets the cordial
approbation of the people of this county.
And be it further Resolved, that the veto mes
sage of the Governor, in the opinion of this con
vention, is elaborate, full, clear, unanswerable.
Al. N. Alurpliey Esq then offered the lolluwing
resolutions, to wit:
Resolved, that it is with alarm, and mortification
that we view the action of the Legislature of 1857,
iu the enactment of the, so called, Bank suspen
sion Bill.
Resolved, that to secure and protect the people of
this State from hasty aud inconsiderate, or corrupt
and|unconstitutioual Legislation, it is our opinion
that the constitution should be so amended that
when an act shall not be sanctioned by the Gov
ernor. and is repassed by a two third vote of tlie
Legislature it shall not become a law until it be
approved by a majority of the voters of tho State.
Resolved. That we recomend tlx: Legislature to
amend the Constitution so that we may have an
nual efections, for Members of the Legislature;—
which resolutions he supported, in an able and
appropriate address.
Air. Jonathan Rivers then offered the following
Resolutions to wit:
R-solved That the conduct of the Hon. John E.
Ward, President of the Senate, in leaving tbe Chair
and making his defence for tho B ink suspension
Biii, and calling the previous question, thereby
depriving others an opportunity to reply, calls
fertile unquailified condemnation of this people.
Mr Raudol Raley then moved tin: reading ot tho
Bank-bill, before further action by the conven
tion, which was carried aud the bill rend.
N. A. Carswell Esq. then b ‘ing loudly and re
peatedly called for, arose and addressed the meet
ing in A speech fuli of wit, humour and sound ar
gument, fully sustaining the Governors action in
vetoing the Batik Bill.
Walker D. Newel Esq. then addressed tiie meet
ing in favour of tlie resolutions otfeieJ.
it was thi n moved, that the resolutions be taken
up separately. The resolutions being separately
put were passed unanimously.
Jonatliau Rivers, Esq. then offered the following
resolutions, to wit:
Resolved, that, we hope other counties favorable
to the foregoing resolutions will proceed at once to
call conventions, and express their approbation.
Resolved, that the pr 'ceedings of this meeting
be forwarded to the Federal liuion, and Southern
Recorder, for publication, and ali other paper* in
tlie State, favorable to tlie cause, are requested to
copy. Which were passed. .
On motion, the meeting then adjourned sinr. die.
WM. A. HALL, \ Pr , edt . s
LEROY FLEETWOOD, ) 1
James C. Bower, ) a ,
Samuel T. Player, j ccr 3
Foreign News.
Lutcr A RBI Tit
Europe. STEAM-SHIP
NORTH AMERICA.
Cotton Advanced.—Money Easier in London—
Consols Improving.—Relief of Lucknow fully Con
firmed.—Portland, Maine. Jan. 14.—The Mon
treal Ocean Steam Company’s steamship North
America, with Liverpool dates to Wednesday
December, 3Utb, has arrived.
Commercial.
Liverpool Markets.—The sales of cotton ou Mon
day and Tuesday reached 17,000 bales, of which
speculators took 4,0't;i and exporters 1,00" bates*
leaving to tlie trade 12,000 bales. All qualities had
slightly, advanced, and the lower qualities tho
most. The market exhibits an improvement of
Id., and closed firm.
Manchester Trade.—The trade in the manufac
turing districts was favorable, and a better leering
was apparent. ,
Lomtou Muncy 'Market.—Money was easier and
Consols had advanced aud were quoted at 93j a * 4
ou account.
. [Second Dispatch.']
At Liverpool Flour was very;dull and had de
clined Gd. to Is. Wheat was firm. Corn dull and
unchanged, aud Rosin quotr d at 3s, lid.
General News.
The North America reached Liverpool on tho
28th December. .
There is a good prospect of a further^ reuuctw*
ot the rates ot discount by the Bank of England.
Lord Harroby will succeeded in the lln.i.'
Alinistry by Lord Clauincakde.
The relief of Lucknow is fully confirmed. 1 1
slaughter of the rcbe.s. great. .....
The United States steamer Alinnesota with •
B. Ref.d, the American Commissioner, had rescue
Hong Kong.
Speedy operations against Canton were pi
K It is sUted that all the exiled Generals have
had unconditional permission granted to diem r
return to France. ,
The Steamer Sarah Sands had been noarO u
stroyed by fire. She succeeded in reaching Man'
tas with troops
Mr Holdon, who was found shot b^ a ‘|
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in July l« st ’
$29,000 insurance on his life, which 1 '
companies refuse to pay, alleged ih.'B
committed suicide for the benefit «•» ll!
family