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ROME COURIER.
Tko Menage.
Tlif^njirst Annual Message of President
Fillmore wn>^3&™ micMed “> the two
Houses of Congress on 2d ' nst
We regret that'our liimw wiTFAiot allow us
to lay the entire message before our readers,
as it is a document well worth the careful
end attentive study of the whole country.—
We make some extracts which will show the
policy of the administration Upon those quo9
lions now prominently before the public.—
He recommends a moderate system of dis
criminating duties—is opposed to a high tar'
ill, because it cannot be permanent, and
stead of benefitting, would injure our domes,
tic manufactures. To prevent frauds upon
the revenue, ho recommonds specific duties
and home valuation He recommends thces
tablishmenl of a Mint in California, and the re
ceipt of gold Bullion in payment of Government
dues—the establishment of an Agricultural
Bureau—the appointment of Commissioners
V to adjust land claims in California—the open-
l ing a line of communication between the
i Af ississippi and the Pacific—the division and
5le in small tracts of tho mineral lands in
California—t(ie reduction of postage, and the
^establishment of a commission for the adjust
jiient of private claim's against tho Govern*
. f m*«nt._ .
The President also says, that ho has no
cioosiitutional scruples upon the subject of
Jemal Improvements, and recommends
mclflEPt to finish those already begun, and
S iment of such others as may
>nd general importance, llo
self in favor of the adjustment
ad at the last session of Con-
mmends an adherence to them
experience shall show the no-
lier legislation to guard against
doubt j,q or abuse, and from the manner in
p'oni'oft he speaks of the veto power, we aro
»oaa. ,j on that the Fugitive Slave Law enn-
•t*l“Repealed during his administration,
those wbw will be found such parts of the
thomat'W “ we ** ave thought would be most
enlly ncqnog-vo the'gencrnl reader:
woVoo! Duties—The Veto.
Faculty ftnh you fellow citizens, as represents-
l»r its luttthe States and the people, is wisely
nsl organiu the legislative power. I shall
terruptC-wM my duty in laying before you,
to time any informat on calculated
Aprlltole you to discharge your high and re-
' >||> trust for tho benefit of our common
CAT/
ions will be frankly expressed
-<ding subjects of legislation ; and
not anticipate, any act should
Houses of Congress whiclt
ear.to me unconstitutional, or any
Ant on tho just power of other do
or with provisions hastily ndop-
e!y to' produce consequences in-
unforseen, I should not shrink
S f returning it to you, with
your further consideration,
performance of these cousli-
ons, both my respect for the
ny sense of propriety will
any attempt to control or
■ proceedings. With you is
1 IT M if ?^ nnd tho responsibility
■\country.
“t^e United States is a
4. to, the
ROME, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12. 1850.
jority of the representatives of the people,
and these representatives are chosen for such
short periods, that any injurous or obnoxious
law can very soon be repealed, it would art-
pear unlikely that any groat numM
bo found ready to SC"* execution of the
i„—- nut it must bo borne in mind that the
country is extensive, that there may be local
interests or prejudices rendering a law odious
in one part, which is not so in another, and
that tho thoughtless and inconsiderate, mis
led by their passions, or their imagination;;
may lie induced madly to resist such laws ai,
they disapprove. Such persons should recol
lect that, without law, there can be no real
practical liberty ; that, when law is trample-
ed under fool, tyranny rules, whether it
appears in the form of a military despot'
ism or of populnr violence. The law it.
tho only sure protection of the weak, and
the only efficient restraint upon the strong.
When impartially and faithfully administer
ed, none is beneath its protection and none
above its control. You, gentlemen, and the
country may he assured, that to the utmost
of my ability, and to the extent of the power
vested in mo. ' shall at all times and in ail
places, take care that tho laws be faithfully
executed. In the discharge of this duty
solemnly imposed upon me by tho conslitu-
tion, and by my onth of office, I shall shrink
from no responsibility, and shall endeavor
to meet events ns thoy may nrise, with firm
ness, ns well as with prudenco and discre-
-lion
tivc elements and properties, and their ndajit- Hon. Howell c •»*»*• *» Mew York,
ation to useful purposes. Ho should Tho following is an extract of a speech
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Aty to guard against any
i just rights of the btiites.
and subjects intrusted to
ative authority is supreme,
ority censes, and every cit
es' the constitution and de-
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^•ely and firmly resist
iperior worlcfiy* . I and Ulie-
work of tho smlisive authority
~ public lira rt'>, citizen Will
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anner ,ind
“The appoiming power is one of the most
delicate with which the Executive is invest
ed I regard it ns asnered trust, to be exer
cised with tho sole view of advancing the
prosperity and hapiness of tho ponplo. It
shall be my effort to elevate the standard of
official employment, by selecting for places
of importance individuals fitted for the posts
to which they are assigned, by their known
integrity, talents, and virtues. In so exten
sive a country, with so groat a population
and where few persons appointed to office
can bo known to the appointing power, mis
takes will sometimes unavoidably happen,
and unfortunate appointments be mndo nub
withstanding tho greatest care. In such
cases the power of removal may be properly
exercised ; and neglect of duty or malleas-
nnce in office will be no more tolerated in
individuals appointed by myself than in those
appointed by others.
Finances.
I refer you to the report of the Secretary
of tho Treasury for a detailed statement of
the finances.
The totnl recipls into the Treasury, for the
year ending 30th of Juno last, where forty-
seven million four hundred and twonty-onc
thousand seven hundred and forty-eight
dollars and ninety cents, ('$47, 421,748,-
90.;
The total expenditures during the same
period were forty-three million two thou
sand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars and
ninety cents, ($43,000,168. 90.)
Tho debt has been reduced, since the last
annual report from tho Treasury Department,
four hundred and ninety-five thousand two
hundred nnd seventy six dollnrs and seventy-
nine conts, ($405. 276, 79.;
But the 19th section of the act of 28th
January, 1947, the proceeds of the sales of
the public lands were pledged for the inter
est und principal of the public debt. Tho
great amount of these lands subsequently
granted by Congtess for military bounties,
will, it is believed, very nearly supply the
public demand for several years to come, and
jut little reliance can, therefore, be placed
on that hitherto fruitful source of revonue.
Aside from the permanent mutual expen
ditures, which have necessarily largely in
creased, a portion of the public debt, amount
ing to eight millions seventy-five thousand
nine hundred rnd eighty six dollnrs nnd fifty
nine cents ($8,075,986 59; must be provi
ded for within Ihe next two fiscal years.
It is most desirable that these accruing de
mands should be met without resorting to
new loans.
California Mint.
There being no mint in California, I am
informed that the laborers in the mines are
compelled to dispose of their gold dust at a
large discount. This nppenrs to bo a heavy
and unjust tox upon the labors of (hose em
ployed in extracting this precious metal;
and 1 doubt not you will be disposed, at the
earliest period possible, to relieve them from
it by tho establishment of a mint. In the
mean time, as an assayer’s office is estab
lished there, I would respectfully submit for
your consideration the propriety of authori
sing gold bullion, which has been assayed
and stamped, to be receivod in payment of
Government dues. I cannot conceive that the
treasury would suffer any loss by sucli a pro
vision, which will at once raise bullion to its
par vnluo, nnd thereby save (if 1 um rightly
nformed) many millions of dollars to the la
borers which are now paid in brokerage to
convert this precious metal into available
ji(l^., jl This discount upon their hrrd earn-
r n -^A?-«tAfuii«g'’tYiv.l > " d every effort should
be made by iheGevermnettr^crfSlkveUicni
from so great a burden. —
Bnr eau of Agriculture.
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mt soils, nnd the manures
i improve their productive
ness. By publishing the results of such ex
periments, with suilap|*-explanatipns, and
by the collection and distribution of rare seeds
and plants, with instructions as to live. best
system of cultivation, much may be done to
promote this great national interest.
The Compromise Measures.
It was hardly to be expected that the se
ries of measures passed at your last session,
with tho view of healing the sectional differ
ences whiclt had sprung from the slavery
and territorial questions, should nt once have
realized their beneficient purpose. Ail mu
tual concession in the nature of a compro
mise must necessarily bo unwelcome to men
of extreme opinions. And though without
such concessions our Constitution could not
have been formed, and cannot bo permanent
ly sustained, yet we have seen them made
the subjoct of bitter controversy in both sec
tions of the Republic. It required many
months of discussion and celebration to se
cure the concurrence of a majority of Con
gross in their favor. It would be strango if
they had been received with immediate ap
probation by people and States, prejudiced
and heated by the exciting controversies of
their representatives. I believe those meas
ures to liavo been required by the circum
stances and condition of the country. I be
lieve they wore necessary to allay asperities
and animosities that were rapidly alienating
one section of tho country from another,
and destroying those fraternal sentiments
which are tho strongest supporters of the
Constitution. They were adopted in the
spirit of conciliation, and for the purpose of
conciliation. I believe that a great majority
of our fellow-citizens sympathize in that spir
it, and that purpose, and in the main ap
prove, and are prepared, in nil respects, to
sustain these enactments 1 cannot doubt
that the American people, bound together by
kindred blood and common traditions, still
cherish a paramount regard for the Union of
their fathors; and they are ready to rebuke
any attempt to violate iU integrity, to dis
turb the compromiso on which it is based, or
to resist the laws which have been enacted
under its authority.
The series of measures to which I have
alluded are regarded by me as a settlement
in principle nnd substance—a final settlement,
of the dangerous and exciting subjects which
they embraced. Most of these subjects, in
deed, are beyond your reach, ns the legisla
tion which disposed of them was, in its char
acter, final and irrevocable. It may be pre
sumed from the opposition which they &;l
encountered, ilnit none of those measures
were free from imperfections, but in thoir
mutual dependence nnd connection (hoy
formed a system of compromise, the most
conciliatory, nnd best for the entire country/
that could be obtained from conflicting sec
tional interests and opinions. J
For this reason I recommend your adher
ence to the adjustment established—bwfltosc
measures, until time and experience shall
demonstrate the necessity of further legisla
tion to guard against evasion or abuse.
By that adjustment we have been rescued
from tho wide and boundless ngitation that
surrounded us, nnd have a firm distinct and
legal ground to rest upon. And the oc
casion, 1 trust, will justify me in exhorting
my countrymen to rally upon end maintain
that ground us the best, if not the only means,
of restoring peace and quiet to the country,
and maintain inviolate the integrity of the
Union.
And now, fellow-citizens, I cannot bring
this communication to a close without in
voking you to join me in humble and devout
thanks to the Great Ruler of nations, for
tho multiplied blessings which he has gra
ciously bestowed upon us. His hand, so of
ten visible in our preservation, has stayed
tha pestilence, saved us from foreign wars
nnd domestio disturbances, and scattered
plenty throughout the land.
Our liberties, religious and civil, have
been maintained; tho fountains of knowl
edge have all been kept open, and moans of
happiness widely spread and generally en
joyed, greater than have fallen to the lot of
any other nation. And, while deeply pene
trated with gratitude for the past, let us
hope that his all-wise Providence will so
guide our counsels, as that they shall result
in giving satisfaction to our constituents, se
curing tho peace of the country, and adding
new strength to the united Government un
der which we live.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Washington, December 21,1850.
More thnn three-fourths of our population
are engaged in the cultivation of tho sou.
The commercial, manufacturing, and naviga
ting interests are all, to a groat exldot, de
pendent on the agricultural. It is, therefore,
the most important interest of the natioAnnd
has a just claim to the fostering cars, and
protection of the Government, so far os thoy
can be extended consistently with the provi-
sions of the Constitdtion. As this cannot
done by the ordinary modes of legislation
respectfully recommend the establishment ol
'em Agricultural Bureau, to be charged with
file duty of giving to this leading branch ot
Tho North Carolina Newliorninn no
tices iho death of Ex-Governor Speight,
in the 54th year ofhis ago. In polities he
was a Democrat, nnd in private life was
greatly esteemed for his kindness ol heart.
Professor Webster’s Family.—The
Cambridge Chronicle slates (hat one of
the daughters only of the late Professor
Webster recently sailed for Fayal: and
that Mrs. Webster, with her two remain
ing daughters,intend to continue their res-
idence in Cnmbirdgc.
Sentence of Mr. Caldwell.—The
Hon. Green W. Caldwell, convicted at
Charlotte, North Carolina, last week, of an
assult on Mr. R. Barringer during the last accept nothing less. The reasoning on this
made hy Mr. Cobb at a Union meeting in
New York, on the 28th ult. Senators Dick
inson nnd Cass also participated, nnd express
ed themselves in tavor of the faithful execu
tion of the fugitive slave law. We regret that
we are unable to give a part ot each of theso
patriotic speeches, but. must content our
selves with giving our readers Mr. Cobb’s
remarks on tho subject, in the face of the
Northern people:
“I will, however, with your permission, in
a very few words, stnto to you candidly what
I believe to be thotruoand honest sentiments
of a large portion of the people of Goorgin
nt this tune. Thoy looked with groat anx
iety to the action of tho Inst Congress, and
to the fato of tho compromise measures which
it passed—measures lor the pnssago of which
the country owes a debt ol gratitude to too
many mon for ino to refer to at this time.—
When those measures wore adopted, I will
not say how the intelligence was received in
other soctions of tho country ; but in Geor
gia a majority of the people received it, as I
believe, in tne truo mid proper spirit. They
believed that while oil of them were not such
ns tho Whole South dcsirod, yet, when taken
as a whole, they were founded on principles
nnd conceivod in a spirit which would enlist
the pooplo of nil sections of tho country in
support of thorn. As a whole, those meas
ures were received witli gratification by the
peopio of Georgia, if I havo correctly inter
preted thoir sentiments. There is no inconsi
derable portion of them who entertain differ
ent opinions ; but as a whole, tho peopio of
Georgia.will stand by you in maintaining in
integrity and good faith the system of com
promise measures adopted nt the last session
of Congress. [Three cheers for Georgia.]
It >s due, in candor, that I should say the
people of Georgia, and those who entertain
sentiments similar to theirs, expect that this
Compromise _ shall ho maintained in all its
parts. Within the last few hours, 1 have re
ceived a telegraphic despatch concerning the
election in Georgin, and that despatch coin,
municutcs a most gratifying result It com
municates to me, and the people around mo,
and to those who ore united with me nnd
are cooperating with mein the preservation
of tho Union, that Union delegates hare been
elected by a decisive majority to the conven
tion about to bo hold there. Perhaps I am
going too far in attempting to anticipate the
action of that convention. 1 will not say
more Ilian that, in all probability, if they re
flect the seotiments of thatlportion of Geor
gia known as the Union party, thoy will de
clare 4jie>r ucquiescenca in Lha-lato—odjest-
inenifnieasurcs of Congress, and their deter
mination to maintain nnd abide by them, on
their part, in all their bearings and provis
ions. At the sanio time they will express
their confident expectation that the people of
tho North will in like nsnner carry out, on
their part, in good faith, the obligations
which that Compromise imposes upon them.
The just and reasonable demand of tho south
on their northern brethren cannot and will
not be yielded. I refor particularly .to the
fugitive slave bill. There is a large majority
of tiur.citizeos who regard thnt measure as
perhaps the only ono of the series which
may be considered as affording any guaranty
that tho compromises of the constitution will
bo adhered to as regards tho rights and inter
ests of the South; nnd when they witness in
different parts ofthe country efforts to repeal
that law, :o ic» slits execution—efforts making
to modify nnd amend it, so as to strip it of
its efficacy—they regard with more intensity
of interest the action of those who are United
td maintain it. Never was. there a truor
sentiment than which fell from the lips of
my distinguished friend, [Gen. Cass,] that
the maintenance and. execution of the fugi
tive-slave bill were necessary to the perpe
tuity ol this great and glorious Union. It is
true, in my honest Judgment, nnd ought to
be impressed upon the minds of the northern
people. I trust my duty to this Union—my
anxiety to preserve it, my feeding of regard
for it, my desire to hand it down to posteri
ty—will not be nt this time questiioned.
Allow me, therefore, to repeat what was
said by my distinguished friend, [Gen. Cnss,]
and to issuro you, and through you my fel
low-citizens of the northern Stales, in the
honest and deliberate conviction of my judge
ment, thnt the maintenance; in all its force
nnd efficiency of tho fugitive-slave bill, and
its faithful and energetic enforcement, are
absolutely necessary not only to the peace,
quiet, and harmony ofthe country, but to the
very existence of the Union itself. It may
appear strange to those who hear me, that
the people ot Georgia should regard the ex-
stencoof this law os necessary to the pres
ervation of the Union, when it can bo of
little practical advantage to the people of tho
Stale. But it is not the mere existenco of
that law—it is not the practical advantage
of that law—which creates anxiety in the
public mind of tho South ; but it is that, in
tho repeal or modification of it, or in the
failure to execute it, the people of tho South
will see that the anti-slavery feeling of the
North has taken such a strong hold on tho
hearts, and affections, and judgment of the
people, that the constitution can no longer
be itiforced, and that it presents no longer a
barrier for the protection of the fights nnd
interests of the people of the South. Here
is Ujepause of the deep feeling which per
vades the southern mind in reference to this
Iaw. The pebplc.of Georgia demund noth-
ig '.more than the constitution—they will
“The Fuoisive Bill.—Mr. Cobb, of
' lustry the encouragemen*tgn
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Congressional election, was sdnloncoi
4nys inigri.ei'inniem in jail; j
B0TANIC0 L.
(2d door bds^A. A,
subject is simple but forcible. It is this .*
if their brethren ofthe North cannot resist
iis torrent of fanaticism so ns to enable
_7to carry out the plain provisions of llie
litulion, how long will it be before, un-
constitutional majority,
torn to pieces under
tyfjjfifM
tho opinion of largo masses of southern men,
tho only ono of tho Compromiso measures of
any benefit to the South was tho fugitive
bill; but that hill was of no practical impor
tance to most of tho southern peopio, as from
tho interior few or no slnvos over run nwny,
or, when run away, wero worth lecovcring.
or likely to bo recovered. Wliut w us of
importance to the South, however, Was (lie
experiment whether an express compact ol'
the constitution could be executed in the
northern States. Tho Soutli saw nnd fell
that if this express contract was broken on the
port of tho North, nnd the friends of its exe
cution woro in tho minority, then, whenever
tho power of tho majority’at the North was
sufficiently great to be excrlod against tire
whole institution of slavery as it oxists in
the States, t here was no pow er in tho com
stitution to protect tho South (rom tho blow
If once it was thus made cloar to tho South
that on express contract was broken up, mid
the friends of it were in the minority, it
could not bo expocted that Iho South would
continuo undor a government which guve
her no protection, no security, hut which
jeoparded the existence of every interest
the Soutli had. Govornnient was insti
tuted for tho protection of tho parlies to it;
nnd if that protection was withdrawn, tho
government was dissolved. The South
could not expect protection who: o the con
stitution did not oxpressiy recognise it, if, in
tho North, the axpress contracts of the con
stitution wero habitually violated.
“This is a very forcible view of the case,
The power of this government, both in the
Senate and House, is now in the free States;
and if the free States violated the constitu
tion expressly, it is very certain, slavery has
no protection whatsoever where there is no
express contract. Hence, tho very same
majority that violates Ihe fugitive principle
may abolish jdavery in Ihe District of Colum
bia, adverse to tho wishes of Maryland, or
g o on nnd abolish the commerce in slaves
etweon the States or slavery in the States.
The fugitive bill is, then, of no practical
importance, a mark to test how far tho ma
jority will go in refusing to executo the con
stitution, and such a mark Mr. Cobb looks
upon it to bo. If northern men cannot on-
force that law against northern ntdlifiers,
these very northern nullifiers can soon abol
ish slnvery in the States, in spito of the con
stitution, and in spite of our resistance to their
action.
“Mr. Cobb, though fresh from tho Union
battle-field in Georgia, whore, with Messrs.
Toombs, Stephens, and others, ho has beon
working for the Union with all his might,
did not hesitate to say that Ihe repeal of the
fugitive bill would be a blow at the Union
from which no effort , of southern unionists
could save the country.''—N. Y. Ex.
A hermit.—It is stated in tho Thomns-
Inn (Maine) Register,that thero has resided
for n number of veors in tho back port ol Iho
town of Mtiillyilto, u hermit of the name of
Barret. He has dwell in a enve, the work
ofhis own hands; dug in the bunk of a small
river, mid carefully secured at the entrance
against the intrusion ol wild beasts, by n.
Inrgo log, sufficiently hollow to admit of
his entering. Ho rejects every kind ol
luxury which may bo offered him, Ihe
fruitS'of tlte onrlh that grow around him
being his only food ; wntcr from the limpid
stream is his only drink. Since his retire
ment from iho word ho has copied the
Bible twice, once on paper, nnd once on
bnrk of iho birch tree. About n year since
ho moved from his cave in Montvillc fur
ther into ihe woods, tho country having
become so much settled around him that
ho was frequently annoyed by visitors,—
He was tho sonol a respectable farmer in
Massachusetts, who obliged him lo marry
a woman lie disliked, having previously
formed an attachment for unotlior. Ho
lived with his wife hut p short time, when,
it is said, rather then enduro the society
of her whom lie could not love, he deter
mined to forsake the world and its plea
sures, nnd secretly left his native town for
Maine, nnd took up his abode in the wil
derness.
Atflesas an Article of Food.—The
importance of apples as food, lias not hith
erto been sufficiently estimated in this
country nor uuderstood. Besides contrib
uting a large proportion of sugar, mucilage,
nnd other nutritive matter, in tho form ol
food, they contain such a fine combination
of vcgetabln acids cxlrnc live substances,
nnd aromatie principles, with nutritive
matter, os load powerfully in the enpneity
of rcfrigcrcnls, tonics, nnd antiseptics ; and
when troely used ntlhe season of ripeness
by rural laborers and others, they prevent
debility, strengthen digestion, correct tho
putrefnciiye tendenciesof nitrogenous loud,
avert scurvy, nnd probably maintain nnd
sirengthon the powers of productive In-
hot*.
Tho operators of Cornwall, in England,
consider ripe apples nearly ns nourishing »s
bread, nnd more so than potatoes. Imho
year 1801, a year of scarcity, apples, in
stead of being converted into cider, wore
sold to the poor; and the Inburcrs asserted
that they could stand their wo-.k on baked
apples, without meat; whereas, a potato
diet required either mo";or fish.
The French and 'Germans use apples
extensively; indeorf, ilia rare that they sit
down, in rural districts, without them in
some shape or other, oven nt tho best ta
bles. Tho laborers and mechanics depend
on them, to a very great extent, ns an arti
cle ol food and frequently dine on sliced np-
Ho-V.anism nFiioMS.—The followtn
tract is from a Utter published in i U
ber of the Medical Journal, from its sccoin-
plished editor, Dr. J. V. C. Smith who is
now sojourning for a short time in the cily
of Home.
A_ Sabbath in Rome differs but little from
ono in Franco. Markets urn active through
Iho day. Grocery and bread shops, and r«-
tutirants, nro open us usual—erics of good
figs, buonn doila uvn, kc., are as shrill u
ever. Tho troops march througli the streets
to the music of a fine hand, und every where
lottery offices have their scheme opposite
thoir doors, and sales ot tickets arc going on;
and finally a splendid hand performs in lh*
afternoon,on 51onto Pineio, where thousands
assemble to I oar it. intorspersed through
iho crowd, arc priests in all kinds of dresses,
quite.associal as others. Last Sabbath,
Sept, 23, bills upon the streets announced a
liorso race m 1 o’clock, P. M. Two Sab
baths, In succession, we drove from church
to church, at ;ho hours of service, and rare
ly saw much of an audience. At high moss
in St. Peters, last Sunday, the priests
wholly outnumbered tho listeners and
worshippers. Better vocnl music is seldom
heard, although thoro was not a female voice
in tho choir. There is unproducire wealth;
enough in ono or two of the three hundred
mid sixty churches of Home, were it but in
circulation, to revive tho drooping spirits of
a miserably-governed nation. No real ee-
lalo is either bought or sold. Terlouia, the
rich banker, lias got possession of lands with
out tho walls, by loaning money to the reli
gious communities by u-liich they were own
ed, and thoy fell into his hands by foreclosure
of mortgages. Coidinol Antonelli, the wily
politican, the mainspring nnd oll-in-nll, iat
matters of state, asserted, in the presence of
sovornl distinguished foroign functionaries,
on a certain occnsion when a French com
pany proposed to light the city with gas,
that the real estate had not changed owners
for soven hundred years ! The Jesuits hold
the most, nnd thoreforo thoil revenues are
enormously Inrgo. The nunnery of St. Ce
celia, tilled exclusively hy noble ladies, no
other boing admitted, was the Saint’s prop
erty, which came to her from her father, a
Roman Senator, perhaps seven or eight
centuries ago. By such menns, the lands
have been swallowed up by different institu
tions. Tho Barglies.lnmily are said to own
une-tength of all the soil in the papRl domin
ions, beyond the city. Two families have
the heredltory privilege of inflicting death,
without accounting to any tribunal—a right
which the head of one ol them exercised on
two of his serfs, within a year or two. It
was a wanton, wicked net, said a foreign
minister, who related the atrocious deed to
us, which the family excused hy saying he
was not in his true mind. No inquiry was
instituted; such would have been useless,
because there is no civil law—ecclesiastical
law being predominant.
Assassination—We nro pained to an
nounce that Ml. IIovall Wrigiit, of this
city, came to his death from wounds inflict
ed by a bowio knile. hy n mnn ofthe nnmo
ol John Robinson. The assault was made
on Sunday afternoon, the deceased receiv
ing three wounds tone in Ihe nbdamcn,one'
in tiro bnck and another in tho brenst.—
Ho lingered until Monday evening when
be exp red. Robinson is' n shoemaker bv
trade, having been in tins place some seven
months, nnd Inst from Atlanta, whence ho
escaped, as we lenrn, from nn arrest for
some breach of tho law. He has made his
esenpo into Alabama.
Mr. Wright wnsn soldier in the Georgia
Regiment, nnd served twelve months in'
Mexico—was buried yesterday afternoon;
with military honors,’ by the Columuba
Guards, of whiclt he was n member, and
with which he servod ii Mexico —Co-
umbus Times.
Mississim and Senator Foote.—The
House of Kcprcsantalives of the Mississip
pi Legislature, have passed a series of res
olutions by a vote of 36 to 50 disoppro ring
of tho action of Mr. Foote on the Compro
mise B.lls, nnd declaring that they do not
consider the honor and rights of Mississip
pi safe in his hands. It is understood that
they will also pass a Bill calling a coaveiK
tLn nftot tho example of Georgia. Ifstv
Mr. Foote need give liimsejfno trouble, as
the people ol Mississippi have too Much
good sense to be guilty of any such folly as
to dissolve the Union. By the way, tho
Fire Enters in that State, aro honest and
open. Thoy avow their purpose to be
disunion. They are entitled, of course, to 1
respect, for tlirir honesty ; but they will, oi» :
that ncconnt, lie more easily beaten even*
thonin Georgin.—four. 4Mes.
The Carolina Banks.—A correspond'-
ent wishes to know, “what effect the action 1
of the Carolina Legislature, will bo likely
to have upon tho credit pf the Clmrlcston-
Banks V
Our candid opinion is, that if she persists
in tho course of fplly and madness indica
ted by tho action ot her Legislature in
another column, that every Bank in the
Stnto will he crushed in less then 6 month)
indeed as matters stand, even now,
less. Carolina money kept in circulutil
Georgin; the better foronr plantoy'“
pi r credits in revolutionary tjg
but little value —Jour. 4*
Mop. M-q ns easily caught
that’s required is a difle
if you would eaten >
bait with a petticoat^
old sinner, f»|
