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GEORGIA. LEQI8LATURE.
SSNAf E—BltXS tlEPOBTSD.
Mr. Flowellin reported a Bill to - create n
Dow county out of the counties of Cobb, Cnr-
roll,' Cumpboll nnd'Paulding, to bo dulled
Eldorado.
Mr. llyrd for tho relief of Teacbcra of poor
children (br the years 1844 and ’40 in the
county of Hull.
Mr. Uariuau to amend the several Acts re
gulating tho fees of Magistrates and Consta
bles, as far ns relates to the county of Bibb.
Also, to Incorporate tho Oooigia Mechnni-
csland Manufacturing lastltutc, of tho • Stale
ofQoorgia.
hills VAssrn.
To extend the Charter of lira Augusta In-
•urauomana Banking Company to 1878.
•To dispose of personal property levied upon
wtd'claimed.
House or Itr.rncsENTATivns,
Nov. 20.
, Mr. McDounld’s Bill against tho Iraporta-
llon of.slavery Into this Stnto j, together, with
Uic Substituted report by tho Judiciary.Com
mittee : somo amondraents to which wero of
fered, and it wits agreed after argument, to
havo a 150 copies of the snmo printed, and to
make tho whole tho special order for Wednes
day noxt
SENATE.
Dec. 1st, 1851.
Mr. Parris, to incorporate tho Coosa and
Chattooga Railroad Company.
Mr. Chappcl, io Incorporate Mount Zion
Church In Murray county.
Mr. Watters, to incorporate tliu village of
flprlnff. EMajm! minify
"Tho Senate wont Ipto Committee of tho
whole on tho “ Woman's BUI,” Mr. Audorson
In tho Chair.
Tho Bill was reported with an amendment.
Various araoudments havo been prepared and
will be offered by Senators, and tho “signs”
are that wo shall havo a protracted debate, un
less, tho previous question is called and sus
tained.
House or ItKPREIENTATIVES.
Dec. 1,1861.
• Mr. Atkison, ft Bill to incorporate “ the
Goorgla Academy for the Blind ” at Macon.
Also, to amend an AOt giving tho election
of Marshal aiid Deputy Marshals of the city of
Macon, to tho people.
: Also, to incorporate tho Georgia Mcchani
cal and Manufacturing Institute in tho city of
Macon, and to confer on it certain privileges.
.^r. Wofford, a Bill to provide for tho Edu
cation of tho Poor children in this State.
‘Mr. Harris, of Clarko, a Bill to permit all
tho spcclo paying Banks of tills State, to issue
Bills of a denomination less tiian five dollars.
Also, a Bill to alter and amend tho seventh
section of tho 2d article of tho Constitution.
Mr. Barr, to incorporate tho Clarksville and
Tugulo Rail or Plank Road.
,Mr. Floyd, Chairman of Finance Committ
ee, reported a Bill appropriating money for
he support of tho Government, for tho years
1862 and 1853.
Mr. McDougald, to extend tho Charter of
Ike Bankof St. Maryland for other purpoecs.
. Also, a Bill to lease and form out the Wes
tern and Atlantic Railroad. and for other pur
poses.
Mr. Clarko, of Stewart, a Bill In relation to
tho issue of Change bills and private Banking,
anil to punish for a violation of its provis
ions, dec. «
The ilonse then took up tho Bill, passed
last Session—now on its third reading—to add
~ an additional Section to tho first Article of the
Constitution. Tho object of which is to trans
fer to tho Justices of the Inferior Court, tho
power to Incorporate certain Institutions,
Joint Stock Companies, Legltamati/.iug nnd
Changing tho Names of children, and a num
ber of other powers. Tho subject is undergo
ing Considerable discussion as the mail closes.
and the law takes |>ossession of it. The pro
visions of tlie Bill encroached upon the rights
of freemen. Wlmt law belonged to him, ho
wanted to use and enjoy without my shackles.
Mr. McCune had not intended to soy any
thing more, but th) enemies of tho Bill had
shown a disposition “to fight it to the death,"
nnd so long as he could raise ids voice, it would
bo done in favor of tho measure.
Mr. Harman thought It very doubtful,
whether the passage of this Bill would add
anything to the “progress of tho ago.” Tho
Bill would revolutionize tho whole social sys
tem. It will tie up property and will have
the same effect as the law of entail, which our
(U'thcrs long since abrogated, os contrary to
tho principles of Republicanism, Ac.
Mr. John L. Bird—ho was tho only “singlo"
man in the Senate, and thereforo felt somo
delicacy in opposing tho. Bill. However, ho
was hot actuated by selfish or interested mo
tives. He believed the general policy of tho
Bill was bad; it would destroy to some extent
at least, that unity and community of feeling
and interest between man and with, upon
which in his opiulous (though h * had not ex
perienced it) domestic happiness so much
depended. Ho believed that it would have a
tendency to encourage and increase divorc
es, Ac.
On the passago of the Bill the yeas wore 18,
nays 19.
Those who voted in:tho affirmative wero
Mes8.ni. Anderson, Bethune, Conolly, Colhoun,
Day, plckihson, Flournoy, Illcks, Hardeman,
McCune, Reed, Stroud, Simmons, Tumlln,
Wolfb, Wellborn, and Watters.
Tboso who voted in the negative were
Messrs, Bryan v Butlor, Beavers, John L. Bird,
Philip M. Byrd, Co.Ohe, Chappell, Farris. Har
ris, Harman, Knight, Llttlo,. Mosoly, Mooro,
Russ, Slaughter, Walthour and Wlight.
I think tho Bill will ho reconsidered In tho
morning and pass tho Senate. Its fate in tho
House is more than doubtful. X.
House or RerResENfATives.
Dec. 2.
Tho Act passed last Session, to alter and
amend the 8d Section of tho 3d Articlo of tho
Constitution, providing for thu election of tho
State Attorney and Solicitors General by tho
people was called up, ami after debate, was
passed by yens 01, nays 6. Tills may he con
sidered as a test vote on the Bill, soon to ho
acted on, providing for the election of the
Judges of the Superior Courts by the people.
Tho Bill requiring tho Governor, whenever
ho shall deem it ex{)cdient, to transfer tho
a ssets of tho Central Bank of the Stnto Treas
ury, &c., was next called up and passed.
Tho remainder of the afternoon was occu
pied witli rending Senate Bills tho first time.
Tills morning, Mr. Tift moved to reconsid
er tlie Bill lost yesterday, in relation to amend
ing tho Constitution by an additional Section
to the 1st Article, transferring certain powers
to tlie Inferior Courts, Ae.—motion lost.
Mr. Bartow frem tlie Committee on Internal
Improvements reported—
A Bill for tlie government and management
of tlie Western and Atlantic Railroad; pro
viding for tlie np{>oiutmcnt of a Superintend
ent, Chief Engineer, mid such other officers
and agents ns aro necessary therefor, Ac.
Tlie balance of tlie day was taken np,
chiefly, witli the special order, which was,
tlie Bill for the pardon of Cornett, convicted
of murder in tlie county of Morgan. And
the House, upon mature deliberation decided
by a vote of yens 03, nays 38, that it was not a
case of murder—and tlie hill passed.
A number of Bills having been mad a sec
ond time, tho House then adjourned.
A bill to authorize the Justices of tho Infe
rior Court of tho county of Floyd, to lovy an
extra tax to build a jail in said county.
Senate.
Dec. 4.
Mr. Wellborn to limit tho lien of Judgments.
Mr. Calhoun to limit tho time fbr taking
out grants, for fraudulently drawn lota.
Mr. Betlmnc to glvo Painters an incum
brance for debts, on the buildings painted.
Dec. 6.
Mr. McCune, to amend tho Penal Code, so
os to lcavo tho amount of tho flne fbr retailing
liquors, discretionary with the Judgo.
BILLS PASSED.
To Incorporate tho Coosa and Chattooga
River Railroad Company.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
To wind up the affairs of the Central Bank,
and transfer its assets to tho Treasury.
House or Rrprescntatiacs.
Dec. 6.
Tho House ro-conaidercd tho hill authoriz
ing B. Brown and others, to practice Medi
cine—yeas 64, nays 48.
Mr. Bartow presented a memorial from the
Southern Central Agricultural Association—
160 copies printed,
BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. Moreland, to point out tho mode of
establishing lost papers in Justices Court
Mr. Dawson, to regulate the elections for
General Assembly, to point out tlie mode of
taking testimony iu cases of contested elec
tions, etc.
Mr. Felton, to cliango tho time of holding
tho Superior Courts In tho Cherokee Circuit.
Mr. Seward, to repeal the act to regulate
tho licensing of Physicians in this State, and.
all acts constituting a board of Physicians.
Tho hill passed last Session altering the
Constitution so-as to detach tho Courts of Or
dinary from tlie Inferior Courts, and vesting
tho powers of Courts of Ordinary in an Ordi
nary or Judgo of Probate, etc-passed by a
constitutional majority.
senate.
Doc. 0*
In Senate this morning, Mr. Conally pro
sented the memorial of a largo portion of tlie
|K*oplc of Jefibreon, praying tho passage of a
law, leaving it to the people, whether lloense
shall be regulated to retail spirituous liquors
or not—relcrrcd to tho committee on Pfcth
tions. •
Also, the hill In relation to the Issuing of
change hills and private hanking, to punish
the same, aud to authorizo tho hanks to issue
small bills.
To limit tho time for taking out grants to
fraudulently drawn lots.
The Committee dispatched to examlno into
the condition of tlie Western A Atlantic Rail
road financially and physically madb their re
port. One hundred copies were ordered to
ho printed fbr tlie use of the Senate.
demented negroes upo^
within tho cnclosuro. * -
Tho report wns ordered to he printed for the
use of the Senate.
Bills reported and read the first time; viz s
By Mr. Bethune i Amendatory of tho act of
1847, so as to extend tlie time within which
to raise an amount to pay tiio subscription of
tho eity of Millcdgcvlllo for stock in the Mil-
ledgcville and Gordon Rail Road Company.
county, of ackhoWieufecur-viewnwp^i—i——
moral worth. The decisions of such a person
Senate.
Dec. 2.
Mr. Farris, to provide for tho moro speedy
and acurato adjustment and settlement of sun
dry claims against tho W. A A. Railroad.
Mr. McCune, for tlie relief of certain Suit
ors In the Supremo Court
This hill authorizes parlies to cases, dicid-
ed before tlie creation of tho “Macon” Circuit,
U carvy such case a to the Supreme Court, in
either the old or new Supreme and Judicial
Circuits to which tho counties forming the
“Macon” Circuit were or are attached.
Mr. Bethune, from tho Committee on Fi
nance, mado a report, from which it ajqiears,
that tho liabilities of the State on account of
tho Central Bank, after exhausting all the
Assets of tho Bank, will be $340,047 00—a
vefy pretty sum for tho peoplo of Georgia to
pay, to sec a bubblo “ float and busst" upon
tho stream of speculation. The indebtedness
of tho State, when accurately ascertained
will astonish even tho late Administration
itself. On this subject moro anon.
The Senate resumed tho unfinished business
of yesterday, to wit, the “Woman’s Bill.”
Mr. Anderson in the chair—Mr. Miller
made a close, argumentative speech in favor
of the passage of the Bill. This gentleman
lias been the early, constant and zealous ad
vocate and friend of .this measure, nnd if it
ultimately becomes the law, the women of
Geprgia—its wives and daughters, mothers
and sisters, will owe the Senator from Rich
mond aud Columbia.a'debt of gratitude they
can never repay.
Mr. Mosely replied. This gentleman has
warred agninst thia Bill, with all the powers
and energies of his whole “ soul, body and
wind.” In the course of his remarks he had
frequent reference to the Bible, Indeed he
made it the foundation of his speech. His
object was to prove that the provisions of the
Bill. were violative of the Divine law, Ac.,
and therefore sinful, and that the Senate of
Senate.
Dec. 3.
Tliis morning tho “Woman’s Bill" was re
considered, by a vote of 20 to 10, and made
the special order for Thursday, lltli inst.
Mr. Calhoun reported a Bill to give the
owners of sawmills a lien on the Building, tbr
tlie payment of tho lumber.
Mr. Hardeman, to regulate tho advertising
of Clerk’s, Sheriff’s, and other State and coun
ty officers, to provide for the preservation of
newspajicrs containing the same.
Mr. Reed, to alter and amend an Act to pro
tect tlie estates of orphans, and to make per
manent provision for the poor, so far as relates
to tho amount of tlie bond to he given by Ad
ministrators.
Mr. Flournoy, to secure to Walter T. Col
quitt and others, tho use of that part of tho
waters of the Chattahoochee river belonging
to tlie State, atand about the city of Columbus.
Till COURIER.
RQME,QEQRQ1A.
FRIDAY MORNING, DEO. 19, 1861.
£3TThe Editor’s absence must he our apol
ogy for tho wantof tho usual amount of origi
nal matter.
Auctoin Sales.
Our readers are referred to tho advertise
ment of Messrs. Dennis A Hunt, in this days
paper, who proposo4> sell a Targe lot of Dry
Goods at Auction The hoys will all he there
certainly to hear, friend Allen Cry.
The Savannah Viait..
We havo omitted an account of tho visit of
tho Governor and Legislature to Savannah,
with a view of giving-it moro fully next week.
Tho Address of tho Mayor and' tho reply of
Gov. Cobb, on their ..formal reception, aro
chaste and eloquent. .
To incorporate a Saving’s Bank in tho city
of Augusta.
The House hill to ratify the contracts for tho
purchase of ivon for tho Western A Atlantic
Railroad, mado by Governor Towns nnd tho
Chief Engineer, and to provide means for the
payment of the same.
Tho Bill to incorporate the Columbus and
Greenville Plank Road and Turnpike Comjia-
pnny, nnd tlie Columbus and Lnnnaliasfcec
Plank and Turnpike Road Company, and tlie
Sweot Water Plank and Turnpike Road Com
pany.
To amend the I’ennl Code, so as to fix ihc
time of punishment for “Manslaughter” at
from three to ten years In the Penitentiary.
To revive tlie charter of the Brunswick Ca
nal and Railroad Company.
House or Representatives.
Dec. 3.
BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. Bartow, a bill to provide for the educa
tion of a certain number of Cadets of tho Geor
gia Military Institute, nnd to defray the ex
penses of tho same, (asking an appropriation
of $5 000 therefor.)
Mr. Bellinger, a bill to give the owners of
Saw Mills a lien on the building for the pay-
SENATE.
Tuesday, Doc. 0.
Bills roported and read the first time, vis :
By Mr. McCune: To shorten litigation,
and to regulate continuances.
By Mr. Foster from the Judiciary commit
tee. reported favorably to the passage of the
following hills:
To alter and amend the 27th Section of tlie
10th Division of tho Penal code—also,
To limit the lien of judgments rendered in
any of tlie Courts of this State—also,
By Mr. Mooro : To require the Justices of
the Inferior Court in tho several counties In
tills State, to hire out free persons ofcolor up
on the commission of certain crimes thereto
specified.
By Mr. Harman: To require persons apply
ing for a writ of Habeas Corpus ad subjiciea-
dum in any State case to give the prosecutor
notice of tlie time and place when said appli
cation will bo heard.
By Mr. Griggs : To abolish tho election
precincts of Jasper county.
Mr. Foster from tho Judiciary committee
reported against the passage of the bill to ex
tend to provisions of the acts giving liens to
Masons—also,
Against tlie passage of tho bill to allow de
fendants in execution limited time to redcom
real estate sold under execution,
BILLS PASSED.
Amendatory of tho various acts in reference
to tho city of Savannah—also providing for
tho registry for tlie namo of all persons enti
tled to vote for Mayor and Aldermen of said
city.
To incorporate the village of Cave Spring,
in the county of Floyd, provide for the elec
tion of commissioners, Ac., and to amend tho
act of 1849.
To amend the 27th Sec. of the 10th Divis
ion of tho Penal code.
To amend tho act of 1846, in relation to
itinerant traders, so far as respects the coun
ty of Lee.
To change the namo of John Sheahan of
Chathum to that ol John Theodore McFar
land, Ac.
To limit the Hen of judgments rendered in
any of the counties of this State.
To incorporate ccrtatu Lodges, os named
above.
To incorporate tho Georgia Mechanical and
Manufactural Institute of the State of Geor
gia.
Unreasonable.
Our good Southern Rights friends appear
quite afflictod that Union men will not at onco
tako them into their contidenco nnd make
them, their guides and leaders. Now we have
no desire to.rcpol from.the Gonst'tutlonal Un
ion, Ibid, any. who-in a proper spirit knock for
admittance. But hefbro they aro entitled to frill,
followsklp, and can oxpect to receive tho con
fidence of Union men, they must repent of
tbelr post follies, and renounce their old he
resies. After their demonstration at Nash
ville, at Macon, and at Millcdgovillo last May;
their avowal of. the right of secession; their
repudiation of national conventions; their ad
vocacy of a Southern Congress; their abuse
of Gov. Cobh, Gov, Foote, Messrs. Toombs nnd
Stevens, Chappell; Johnson, Chastain, Mur-
phoy, HUlycr, indeedi oflevdry prominent Un
ion man north or south, it is not atoll surprising
that they ore not vefy promptly nnd eonJiHing-
ly selected as politioal leaders^ How longdias
Uio Southern Rights press ceased to traduce
Mh Gbbhl And if wo recollect rightly, at
the great Democratic meeting recently held in
Milledguvillo, Mr. Colquitt was not very com
plimentary elthor. to tne Union party or their
cause. And yet we aro told that we are un
willing to unite with Southern Rights men, A
repel ail their overtures of fraternal alliance.
This is not at all strange, nor Bhould it be oth
erwise, so long as they 'adhere to their old-
dogmas, and indulge in their old habits.
The Southern Cultivator.
Tho Prospectus of this old and valuable
Periodical for 18^2. should have been pub
lished somo weeks since hut was mislaid. It
appears in our columns this week, by which
it will be seen that tho publisher is by no
means disheartened or discouraged by his
late heavy losses, hut proposes to issue the
next volumo of the Cultivator, enlarged and
improved. A pioneer in tho cause of Agricul
tural improvement at tho South, wo bespeak
for it a liberal patronage. It should be in
the hands of every frlond of improved hus
bandry.
We also refer our readers to the prospectus
of “The Soil of the South," an ablo and in
teresting coadjutor of the Cultivator. Let
those valuable monthlies bo liberally sustain
ed, and they will aid largely in promoting tho
wealth, happiness and independence of tlie
South.
Application of Eleotrioity.
A friend has handed us the following state
ment of the circumstances whicli led to the in
troduction of the magnetic Telegraph, hy Pro-
fossor Morse .*
“In the yerr 1832, on my voyage home from
Europe, the Electrocal exjicrimcnt of Frank
lin upon a wire some 8 miles in length, was
casually recalled to my mind in a conversa
tion with one of the passengers, in which ex
periment it was ascertained that the electrici
ty travelled through tho whole ctrcuit in a
tlmo not appreciable, but apparently instan
taneous. It immediately occurred to me that
if tho presence of electricity could bo made
visible in any desired part of the circuit, it
would not bo difficult to construct a system of
signs by which intelligence could be instanta
neously transmitted. The thought thus con-
coivcd, took strong hold of my mind in tho
leisure whicli tlie voyage afforded, and I plan
ned a system of signs, and an apparatus to
carry it into effect. I cast a species of type
which I had devised for tilts purpose, the first
week after 1 arrived homo; and although the
rest of tho machinery was planned, yet from
tho pressure of unavoidable duties, I was com
pelled to postpono my experiment, and was
not able to test tlie whole plan until within a
few weeks. 8. F. B. Morse,
^Georgia, hy its passage would render itself
obnoxious to tlie declaration, “Sin is a re
proach to nay people.”
Mr. Calhoun spoke iu favor of tlie Bill—the
Bill Was a good ouc, and if passed into a law,
and,^lip>ycd to remain upon the Stutute hook
forilftfj rear., the peoplo ol'Georgia could not
be indiicod to repeal it. The Dill simply pro
poses to secure to tho women, tho property
.for which her father lias toiled and labored—
to save it from gambling shops and the vor-
tojc of, reckless speculation. The law had
operated well wherever it had been tried. It
can bring injury upon r.o no, and must be
productive of good in thousands of cases. It
detjs not tend to build up m aristocracy.—
j'jir the property g ;; to tho children and
" toy may dispose of it.
Mooro was a friend h the Mies, and
' that reason ho wo3 opposed to tbo bill.
Ul proposes to tako the little patrimony
nnot bo usod. A serious objection
, that it, discourages marriages,
haMltJ'.wbiiaa l.jows "
at so
rnent of tho lumber usod therein, Ac.
Mr. Culler, n hill to provide for the registry
of births, deaths and marriages, A c.
Mr. Walker, a bill to prevent slaves attempt
ed to be manumitted from remaining in this
State, and to provide for tho sale of tho same
on certain conditions.
Also a hill to hiakc penal the killing, pur
loining, or enticing away of certain birds and
domestic animals.
On motion of Mr. Chastain, a resolution was *
taken up and agreed to, to refer the question
of -lien’ or no lien,’ to the people at the next
General election, iu cases where liens not nt-
taeli on property ofdefendents passed by vir
tue of Lona fitic j$1c, into the possession of
third per*c«y* 4
NlGl.r SESSION —BILl.3 PASSED.
On the i>as.sago of this hill, Mr. Perkins
moved an amendment, that all jiersons in tho
State be allowed the same privileges aud ex
emptions—lost.
daughter by her fatburand lock it up, Mr. Dawson, of Greene, then offered a
K&onot bo rood. A serious objection lution that the question be referred to the
citizens of Murray county for decision, by
.endorsing on tin ir tickets, at tlie next general
oleetteu, “Doctor” or no'“Doctor”—lost.
Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Mr. Slaughter from the Committee on the
Lunatic Asylum, made a report, highly com
plimentary to tho Superintending Physician,
Dr. GnKEN, in tho treatment of patients and
the management of the Institution—being
one now in which Georgians may well he
proud. The report recommends that the sal
ary of the Superintendent be increased from
81 600 to 81.800 per aunum—that 87,615 be
allowed for tho pay < cnt of the Trustees,
Treasurer, Sub-officers, and hire of servants
for tlie Asylum—nnd that 810,000 ho allowed
for tho support of pauper patients—making
the sum total hy way of a regular annual ap
propriation of 819,445. Tho report States
the Institution to be now full of patients, and
many more .applications made, wttnin several
niotuh*’ past, that cannot be receivcd-that ac
cording to our lute census there are between
six and seven hundred lunatics, epileptics and
idiots in tlie State, besides those in the Asy
lum—one for every eight hundred inhabl’ants.
That tho committee flud it necessary to re
commend that no more patients be received
in tlie Asylum from elher States until we
shall first have accommodated all our homo
applicants.
Tlie Committee say that they feel compell
ed to recommend that an additional appropria
tion of 83,000 for the purpose of property en
closing the Asylum grounds, of erecting a
suitrblo building for convalescents, for build
ing dormitories for giving increased facilities of
water, and various other very important and
almost indispenablc arrangements. That pro
vision also he made for the accommodation of
For the Courier.
It is generally known that the Constitution
of our State has recently been so altered by
tho passage of a bill, as to create a Judge of
Ordinary in each county, iustead of allowing
the Inferior Court to sit as a Court of Ordinary.
This is looked upon, os well as greeted by the
people generally, as a very important and sal
utary change. The necessities of the peoplo,
nnd the loose manner in which Estates too
frequently have been managed, to the great
would bo respected, not only In xonsequonce
of their being made in strict justice nnd mor
ality, hut also on account of their being in ac
cordance with legal principles. All his decis
ions will more or less cmhraco some of tho
most difficult legal points arising in any of
our Courts, and the office should command no
less legal talents than that of Judgo of tho
Superior Court.
It has been suggested by many citizens,
that John R. Alexander, Esq., will accept
tho office, for tho county of Floyd. No per
son In Cherokco Georgia, is more capable of
filling that reponsiblo station, with honor and
credit to our county. All will concede that
ho is not only a profound professional Lawyer,
hut also a gentleman of high moral stundlng.
It Is to ho hoped that the- citizens will think
well of tills matter, and should they judgo of
tlie capacity and worth of Mr. Alexander in a
manner due to his eminent qualifications for
the office, he doubtless will be tho choico of
the citizens of Floyd, and no doubt will he our
Judgo of Ordinary for tlie noxt four years.
MANY CITIZENS.
To the Citizens of Romo—to Parents, and
to the frinnda of Eduoation in General.
That community which lias secured tho
services of ennpotent and faithful teachers
has provided the most effective assistance par
ents can have iu conducting tho education of
their children. They ore sometimes called
Professor Masters and Mistresses, hut hy
whatever name they may bo designated, or
In whatovor estimation they may bo held,
they are really and truly the helps, or the
agents of parents in training tho minds of
their children, and in guiding them tiirongh
the field of knowledge to pluck th) flowers
and gather the fruits thereof. They desire
thus to he regarded, aud not only expect hut
have a right to claim that interest on the part
of parents, in their resi>onslblo work, which
will promote their usefulness. However great
may he their merits, or however high their
pretensions, their influence is not intended to
supplant that of their patrons over the mind*
of the young, and their responsibilities aro
perfectly consistent with tho obligation* of
parents, which cannot he set aside, innocently
or safely. The competency, fidelity and.suc
cess- of teachers aro insufficient rcasous to
justify parents in devolving upon tliemi tho
undivided care of conducting tlie mental cul
ture of their sons and daughters. Yet, is it
not true that many fathers and mothers give
themselves no anxiety in regard to tho pro
gress of their children, and employ no mentis
of giving efficiency to tho system of instruc
tion and government under which they have
placed, them. Children rarely have that
fondness for study which excites them to
close application. They w ill be easily divert
ed from their hooks while at home, and will
foel restive under the restraints and applian
ces of the school-room, if they know their
parents are indifferent in regard to.the manner
of their attention to. the work in which they
are engaged. Those teachers must possess
peculiar force of character and singular influ
ence over tlie puri>oses and habits of their
pupils, who can. so interest and control them
as to secure their dilligent attention to their
respective -tudics, when a contrary AJpoworful
opposing influence silently and undcsigncdly
exerted, is acting upon their minds. Such
parents transfer the whole work of education
to their teachers, and, as if to hinder them in
their arduous toils, countenance, if thov do
not encourage their children in n neglect of
those mental efforts which they should make
in the mornings and evenings, while in tlie
domestic circle. Hours of subsequent vexa
tion and intense application, tlie temporary
suspension or interruption of tlie regular ex
orcises of the school are unnecessary tax
upon the patience and time of tlie teacher and
unreasonable complaints against his fidelity,
are a few of the consequences of such paren
tal delinquency. It is evidently an easy, nnd
It should be a pleasant duty to all parents to
manifest to their children a deep interest in
their success ns students, and to exert upon
their minds such an exciting influence as will
awaken all their youthful energies to vigorous
action in thp pursuit of knowledge. It is not
difficult for nn intelligent teacher, who-re
quires of the pupil a dilligent and thorough
study of every lesson, to tell what parents do
their duty, and who among his patrons, with
out giving him the aid lie has a right to ex
pect, impose upon him the entire labor and
resiKmslbUity of leading their children through
a regular course of instruction. It is a fuct
frequently and most clearly developed in tlie
history of education, that thoso children
whose parents regard their teachers as their
assistants and as their agents, nnd who co
operate with them as their opportunities and
abilities enable them, make tlie best scholars
—tho most pieasnut pupils nnd tlie brightest
ornaments of society. Parental pride and af
fection furnish arguments to urge to tho con
sideration and performance of this duty.—
The law of God requires and tlie interests of
society demand of parents, not to neglect the
minds and hearts of their children even when
blessed with thu influence and labors of tlie
most competent and faithful teachers. A lit
tle reflection will suffice to convince every
parent of tho importance of theso remarks,
nnd may, I ask of you, that reflection 1
J.M. M. CALDWELL.
Tie Report ofthe Committee just presented
is hut a synopsis of tho developments mado,
and ofthe facia elicited by this cursory inves
tigation; yet it is frill enough and precise en
ough to convince every unprejudiced mind.
|Whnt the affairs oftlio Road havo boon
most carelessly and bungllngly managed,
2. That tho message of Gov. Towns and the
reports of Ills Chief Engineer do not glvo the
whole truth.
8. That the Road is in a most dilapidated
condition, and deeply Involved In debt—
4. That tho State must make a largo expen
diture to relievo the work from embarrassmont
and place It in a condition to subserve the pub
lic interests.
Let us look at tho Ihcts
The gross receipts ofthe last year, it seems,
wero 8286,000
Tho cash expenditures 202.000
The Charleston papers announce the death
of Hon. Joel R. Poinsett.
The State Road Report
The report ofthe Comniitee to examine in-
and ruinous losses of Legatees, have hitherto j to thq condition and uffairsofthc State Road
called loudly for somo such change, and n-
doubt theso facts, brought tbo matter to the
serious attention of our Legislative body.
Although this change, l s effected, and the
bill creating an Ordinary lias become a law,
hut few ’understand what will become the du
ties or jurisdiction of a Judge of Ordinary.—
Suffice it to say, that he will be called upon to
decide all legal questions that may or can pos
sibly arise in regard to tho administration of
Estates, cither by Executorship, Administra
torship, Guardianship or otherwise, and the
rights of tho widow and the orphan, will great
ly depend upon the direction of his decisions
and opinions. Tho legal responsibilities de
volving on this officer, aro considered of so
so much importance, that in most of the States
where it exists, none other than a profound
professional man is pligiblo to an office of tlie
kind. The object of creating it ip the State
of Georgia, is to facilitate tho settlement of
estates by preventing tjio multiplicity of spits
and consequently costs and damage to the dis
tributee and orphan growing out of appeals
and harrassing litigation, resulting from tho
loose manner in which such business is too,
frequently transacted and
sent. Now.to aid in tlic^--
neks, suspenders.
f)t hr revise th«
Process.
was presented to tlie Legislature on Saturday
last. It evinces great industry on the part of
tho Connnitteo, and jiarticulnrly on tho part
of its intelligent ohnirmnn, Col. Fannin of
Troup, whose practical experience in rail-road
mattci-s admirably fitted him for the discharge
of tlie important duties imposed.
The Report is couched in mild and digni
fied language. Its censure is rather sugges
tive than direct; and is the result of a convic
tion forced upon the mind by the nrray of
figures and facts, rather than by any harsh
terras employed. The Commiteo were prompt
ed hy no censorious feelings. They proceed
ed to the discharge of their unpleasant duties
evidently under a strong desire to protect the
honor and credit ofthe State. Hence, abuses
are rather hinted at than exposed—suggested,
rather than held pp to the public gaze.
It js npMJ&r pf regret that circumstances
and the pressing necessities of the cases did
not allow the Committee as many weeks as
they had days, to discharge their duties. A
thorough investigation of tho affairs of the
Rond is absolutely required, and we trust that
His Excellency, the. n —r; Tm
cyle straw Bonnetj, Ribbons,
Leaving an apparent balance of $83,000
This amount, however, it seems, will ho
nearly, if not entirely absorbed hy tho out
standing liabilities created'on* account of tho
business of tho past year, Tho exact extent
of those liabilities of course could not ho as
certained in so cursory au examination.—
Enough, however, U seems to havo been do-
vclopcd-to convince the committco that tho en
tire indebtedness oftlio Road will amount to
about $300,000! I The unadjusted claim of
the Georgia Road, so carefully concealed by
Gov. Towns In his late Message, is over $100,-
000! 1
Tho wholo business seems to havo boon
loosely managed. There has oxlsted no rigid
system of Accountability or settlement. Credits
havo been given to shippers in Violation oftlio
law. Tho deficiency st the various agencies
from this cause alone amounts to over $63.*
000! When called to account for this defici
ency, tho Agents presented unsettled* accounts
against private indlviduals-for freights charges,
Ac., Ao. These accounts may or may not bo
gonuino. If they are found to ho genuine, tho
State must realize a heavy loss upon their col-
lbctiom
The outlay for motive power, transportation,
maintenance of way, cars, Ac., has been en
ormous. Tho Expenditures for thesopurposcs
on the principal roads in the Union range from
37 to 00 per cent, on their gross incomo. The
average per cent, Is about 60 and two-tenths.
Tiio expenditures on tho Western nnd Atlantic
Road'tlie-past year wore nearly if not quite
100 |>cr cent 1 In plain English it took all the
income to pay exinrascs. Indeed, it is not im
probable that it may yet ho made apparent
that, instead of making 21 percent., ns stated
hy Mr. Mitchell, the Road lias actually lost
money on the last year's operations l What a
commentary on tlie truthfulness of tho Met-
ago nnd Ro|M>rts!
The Committee relieve the Engineer from
nil oil urges of corruption. They compliment
his heart, hut not his head—Ids honesty, hut
not his effiuiency and fiiithfulncss. The in
ference is humiliating in the extreme. An
eminent divine once said that “weakness nnd
wickedness are closely allied.” It will cor
talnly require all the mathematical genius of
tho Chief Engineer to discover the degreo of
affinity as set fortli in tiio modest suggestions
of this Committee. How Gov. Towns could
have consented to retain such an officer, on
tho one hand; and how Mr. Mitchell- could
have retained the situation, on the other hand,
will doubtless remain a mystery, exoopt to the
initiated. Had tho Road been private prop
erty, the owner would certainly not havo re
tained suoli an agent for a single hour, The
late Executive, however, was ‘ a pliant nnd fa
cile gentlemen " and did not allow Ills consci
ence to he disturbed hy trifles.
Both the Message nnd Report now before
ua8ecm to recognize tho impolicy of hiring
cars and transportation of tho other roads.—
An attempt is made in those {uipcrs to excuse
tlie policy, upon the ground that it was deriv
ed from tlie previous administration, and that
no power existed to make tlie purchases of ro-
qusito cars, Ac. Tlie pretext is a shallow one.
If Gov. Crawford, before tiio road was com
pleted, yielded to tlie necessities of the case,
und adopted an unwise policy, that is certain
ly no reason why it should ho undorsed nnd
perpetuated hy ids successors. Tlie same
fooling which impelled to tho dismissal of
Gov. Crawford’s officers ujion the Road, would
have prompted nn abandonment ofthe policy
in question, had it not been “tliegoose which
laid the golden eggs” for tho Georgia Rail
Road. The plea of a want of power is equally
futile. If the Governor and Ids Engineer
could.purcliase * iron with authority of law,
they might havo been impelled by a similar
necessity to purchase an equipment. The
Legislature would have sanctioned the act in
tiio one case as promptly as in the other.—
The claims of tho Georgia Road upon tho
State Road for freights, Ac., for tho last year
alone, amount to a sum nearly sufficient to
furnish a complete equipment for tlie latter.
The report of the Committee contains somo
tabular statem nts of interest to tho general
reader. The suggestions in regard to putting
tho work in proper condition will doubtless
receive due consideration. Here the Commit
tee emt the issue openly and boldly. They re
commend an appropriation of $750,000 to put
the track, bridges, depots, Ac., in complete
repair. They show that it would he truo
economy to do so, and give plausiblo reasons
for bolieving that, in case this is done, the in
come from tiio road will soon rcaoh half a
million of dollars i»er annum. Every Geor
gian must regret tho necessity of this expendi
ture at tlie present time. If, however, the
public exigency require it wo hopo the legis
lators will have firmness enough and foresight
enough to act with becoming promptness, nnd
appropriate nn amount amply sufficient to
pluco the work upon a safe and substantial
basis. This iwlicy, we think, would be wise,
whatever may be the disposition hero after
made of the work.
In regard to tho future management of tho
Road, thu Committee are silent—thnt subject
not having been submitted especially to their
consideration. A Bill, however, has been re
ported from the Joint Committee on Internal
Improvements, to which we will refer more
particularly hereafter.—Journal Messenger.
(£^“It is pretty well settled now that tbo
democracy in Wisconsin have been beaten.—
Thu whigs have elected their Goremor, Su
perintendent of Public Instruction, and other
State officers. The State Senate is democratic
over both whigs and abolitionists, while tho
House is whig. On joint ballot the w;h»gs and
abolitionists have a majority over tho demo
crats.
, j • ci.*-V.nu- — - - *J. M. BEAN,
-i-4 Tabs, Flowers and Feathers..
'DENNIS A HUNT.
rpHUMS, Volice* and Travelling bags, at
4- mauuiactun/rs’ prioes, by
|i;^Tho Rev. Andrew Wylie, D. D„ Presi-
vnriety, CARPETING, very entnp.' t'lnno
Fortes and Music, with a great vnriely of
otl^er articjes, fill of which wBl he gojtj at/qt'r
prices. ‘.V”
Books Ordered in the shortest possible timo.
Lope,| JHWMM-
sunt to Bpaln to take their trial for tho offlmco-
which they hod committed.
GTTho Narratlvo of tho Stato of Religion,
published by the Synod of Indiana, contain!
tho following pleasing Item:
“ The Sabbath is generally well obserred
In tho central portions of our State; and on
nono of our railroads, six In number, Is a car
allowed to ruu, for either ftolght or passen
gers on tho Lord’s doy.”
I3TIt lias boon proposed. that tho Govern
ment cause envelopes to ho raanulhcturod with
tho pre-payment stamp engraved upon thorn.
Thera aro but tow peoplo who send letters
without pro-paymont now, and thoeo letters
which aro not pro-paid ought not to ho taken
from tho post offleo. Therefore, tftho envel
ope could bo purchased with the stamp upon.
It, a groat deal of troublo and vexation might
be saved.
observed yestorday, 09 tho itroot
a mammoth load of cotton, of twenty bales,,
from tho plantation of Mr. A. McGuhco, 0 mile
out on South Plank Road. Tho bales avora-
g -d over 600 lbs. each, an aggregate of flvo
tons, nnd wore hauled by four mules. This
shows tho advantages of Plank Roads. For
merly, ovor tho samo country, during wet
seasons, It sometimes required two mules to a-
hale.—Montgomery Journal.
5,yfhe contracts for conveying the U; Si-
mails across tho Istlimus wos lct at Panama on
tho 13th ult.. It was nwarded to a Mr;‘. Far]
ades, wllDunatlb tho lowost bid—$11 76 per-
hundred pounds..
lyTlto freo Ranking Law .In Alabamk,
which was passed Inst session, has, It appears,
never been notad on; and tho Governor of the-
Stnto deems tho law to ho a failure.
jy Tho discovery of Gold on Quocn Cliar-
lotto's Island, oil' the coast of Urlttsh Oregon,
In latitude 61, In considerable quantities, Is an- -
nounced In the late news from Oregon.
gyrhc year 1862, It Is said, will form a
now ora In the aditlrs of Texas. A great ex
hibition Is to ho held at Corpus Christ!,- In
May, which will lie qulto a splendid example
of what this juvenile State can do. Actlvo
proimratlons aro now on foot to rccolve the
numerous visitors, whom, it Is anticipated,
will be present. Handbills are about being
dispatched to all parts of the globe, nnd from
twenty to thirty thousand visitors are expect
ed. '
LVJ. Whitfield has liecn chosen acting .
Governor ofthe' Slate of XI isslsslppl,
5y Ther 1 wero twcnty.flvo deaths from •
cholera at New Orleans during tho week end
ing the 22d till.
tyi’he young men of Now Orleans aro
preparing a wjtjofallvor plato, which thoyln-.
tend presenting to Mr. Smith, the English,
Secretary at Hnvana.
lywc learn from tho Now Orleans Doha,
that Gen. Delknnp recently died on the Bn-
r.os In Texas. This Is the tenth General who ; .
lias died since the Mexican war. Gem Belk
nap was In the principal battles, tinder Gen,"
Taylor, in the Mexican war. U the battle of '
Ducua Vista ho was Adjutant General, arid'
commanded the advance. . • ’
liyi'ho people ofXIehile decided by popu
lar vote at their recent munlci;ial election, to -
have tho streets paved, and to prolong the
term of ollleo of the Mayor nnd Councilman.
||y In somo remarks which Kossuth made
at Staten Island the other day, he seld: "II*
know no other ambition Ilian not to be nrabl- . ;
tlous." This reminds us of the saying ofthe-
old Roman: " I am never less alone than wheb -
alono.” -
By*Tho Hon. Hknrv Ci.aY, hns been utia*
lde to attend the Senate Chamber regularly,'-
slncu the meeting of Congress nnd tho Wqsh-
ington Telegraph states that he is moro de.'-
pressed nnd feeble than he has hitherto been. 1
tyTho Southern Convention, for tho dlvl- .
sion of California, which met at Santa Barits-'
ra on the 20th of October, dhl not effect any *
thing. Only a few counties were represented, • I
and theso were not by any means harmonious. j
They adopted a set of resolutions declaring • j
their grievances, but disagreed about tho I
boundary of tho proposed territory, nnd ad- j
juurnud without tnkingnny action. .;]
ly.Muchofthc cxerciso of truo religion '
consists in gratitude; very much oftlio slri of'
God’s peoplo consists in ingmtltudo.
For such lovo as that of Christ, there should,
be an overlasting flow of gratitude f om our
hearts, nnd a continual song of praise from our •
lips.
lyThoRev. Wm. XV. Eddy and wlfo, Hen
ry Lobdell, wlfo and child, and Rev. Joseph
XV. Sutphcn and wlfo, all missionaries for life ,
Syrian station, liavo taken pnssage In th*,
barque Sultana, soon to sail from Boston for ■
Smyrna.
|y Tho Court in tho case of tho Methodist
Book concern have ordered tho share of th*
Church South to bo placed in tho hands of -
trustees or agents appointed by them, to «»-.
certain what form of transfor would bo most
convenient or Advantageous to both parties. ’
(y XVc are informed, says tho Vicksburg :
True Issuo—how correctly wo do not protend J
to say—thnt Governor XVhttflold tendered. to. <
tho lion. Jeff. Davis tho U. 8. Sonatorship,,
which ollleo was vacated by Col. D. when ho
became tho nominee of the “ Committco of'
Nino,” for Governor oftlio State. Cdl. DnvU' 1
It Is said, declined to accept. It is now sup-,
posed that tho appointment will Ivs tendered
Geo. R. Clayton. Ksq. -1*
By'Vo learn from advices brought >jr. tt»,
Africa, that it is stated that tho )((**, mov*-:
ment of Louis Navoleon, In rekUion. to unt-. .
vcrsal sufl’rago, has alarmed tho Gorman, S*r. «
verutgns, nnd that ns a consequence, not a man,
in the army will be discharged until after th*
spring of 1852. It hns been decided, too, that.
the troops of all German Statos shall ho in,
readiness to tako tho Hold early in tho coining ■
year, and the garrison of the westaro to be soj
disposed, that they may bo concentrated and
directed towards tho frontier ot tho shortest
notico. Theso measures are said to be- only
precautionary. ” There is no reason,” ob
serves tho Vienna correspondent oftho Lon
don Times “ for supposing that the nor
powers will actively interfere in tho ini
affaire of France ; but anything like a
gandist pr offensive policy on tho part of
French Government would assuredly lead
an armed intervention.”—Char. Cour
uy Things which belong to thoaiglit may.
bo doubled, tripled and quadrupled by rc8ee-|
iton, os in mirrors. Things which
hearing tuay be also echoed and
tut where the heart is concerned, there
apfitspe. Love admits of, butone obji
ty A Scotch paper tells us of a
urc)ilm .whp said to Ills insl
OTO’VES.—'I'll,' und,
V-J good assortment
wl>io]> 'here i 8 o>!e v
Tavern upe; also nfe'
offered very lo