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. Mwtancoof to nti-wUtr sir. Henry
Of totter Hire Grin.
ok tn. coorta’s tnouwton.
Mr. Speaker, I’d bo-oUlgctl to some gentle-
• tun to define rny posUton—to loot to me—to
tell me who I nm hud whet I nin.' When I
•tarted to come here, f thought I belonged to
the Bontlicrn lllghte party; my neighbors
thought to, too; I wa3 elected by that party
down lu Lower Wlro-Grass county, and t In-
trul.to stand by that jrarty, provided there Is
•ueh a parly in existence here. But sir, I can
And no such party.
If there Is a “Southern IUght»''.party here,
I wish to Know why It Is kept hid. I sco sev
eral gentlemen that bolongcd to that party—
‘ myinrty—jnst before tho August election.—
But they don’t seem to brother mo now. ns
they did then. It was flrst-mle fraternity when
.we Were all Working and scufflingtosond John
to Congress. Then ono Nnlllflor was as good
at panther, but note most of onr friends are
jiernoerats, and wo—tho Whig Southern
Bights men—are trial He lay slat at l
This may bo very fine, Mr. Speaker, Ibr
gentlemen that are light and active, but a cor-
pulcnt old stager liko, don’t like to be tossed
about like a trap-ball. Wo arc something or
we are nothing. Let tho Southern Rights
Democrats any which. Tho papers say they
To told out but what have they done with
usl that’s tho question. Did they soil us
’gross or net 1
. Gentlemen necd’nt wink, mid say, “keep
rk." If It’s a (blrgiimo, I’ll piny nt It. If
not, I want to know It. If Lower Wire Grass
■ ‘ county has arepresontntlvo, and that repro-
. ecutallvo has a party, it Is tim'o the (hets
should bo known. It won't do for tho know-
. tug ones to whisper to tno, to “say nothing—
. ' It will all bo right directly." I don't want to
• belong to a party that is ashamed of Its name,
- tf tt'sAll Whig and Democrat now. I must bo
one or-'(other; I want you, Mr. Spenkor, to
toll mo whi,clt. The way it's fixed, ovory sub
and soaplail down In Lotvor Wire Grass will
' he poking ftm.antUhat Is whntl won't stand.
1 ask forinformation, Mr. Speaker; I am In
•• a deplorable situation, and unless otherwise
-speedily relieved, must bo referred to tho
Committee on Propositions and Grlovnncos.
.The whole history of my lllb affords no par
allel to this. When a boy, I onco got lost in
•thowoods; at Tuscaloosa,another tlmo, I got
■ loot among them gullies; but now I present
.tudhls House and to my constituents In Lower
.ynre Qrass tho truly humiliating spectacle of
apian last offfrom bis partyl
, it Jeffwns here, Mr. Speaker, or even Tuck
or, I could getsomo Information, and perhaps
■relief. But they are “lying out liko wild hogs
,Abat smell bar." I went down yesterdoy to
tho office of tho "Secession Banner," but I
-.thought from tho signs there was a corpso
laid out within; so I left. I havo exhausted
'ereryothor source of inlbrmation, and now I
appeal to tho Speaker of tho Home. To you,
'Sir,iamy dire extremity, I uppeal to know
,tf iht member from Lowor Wire Grass bo-
^ lengsloa party, and what 'that party 1st—
' Solve tho question, Mr. Speaker, whether tho
-member from tho Lower Wire Grass Is swap-
...pod clean and entirely a foot.—Chambers Tri.
Letter from Gov. Cobb.
Tho ibllotving interesting lotter front Gov.
Copb, was received tn reply to ono informing
him that he hud been constituted a Lire
Member of tho American Sunday 8chool
, of anon from sdn. Wo understand that much disaflbctlon enntln-
■ ■ _ * nnu tn Tin mfinlCnatutl Yiv tlin Ttttllnnu In thn
Lato Prom California.
By the arrival at New York on the 29th
ult. of the Steam Ship Promptlms, wo gather
through the Now York papers, sonto rather
oxciting news from the land of gold. Wo ex
tract a fbw Items, but hope they will not ve
ry greatly Increase the gold fever which has
again mndo Its appearanpo in opr Community
and in a few eases, proved fatal. We are hap
py to know that "Rockland” has not yet
been invaded by Uto aroh destroyer:
, Excitement at Bbar VAt.t.r.v.—Wo learn
from Mr.. Buttling tho aloge driver, throngh
htr, O. D. Dickenson, tho following partlcu,
lars concerning a discovery mnde last wcuk nt
Bear Valley five or six miles South of Quartz
burg, Mariposa Oonnty. Some Mexicans
found a deposit of very rich decomposed
quartz atndopth of from ten to thirty feet
and worked somo tlmo at It bolbre they wore
noticed by Americans. When the secret got
out, tlioy wore driven off by a pnrtyof Amor
cans, and on Paturday last there were between
1.000 and 1 (100 persons on the ground which
was staked offlnto claims ofthlrty Ibct square
each. It was a question, for a tlmo: whether
tho quartz or placer laws should bo adopted,
but tho people finally agreed to ho govornod
by tho latter. Wo are Informed by Mr. Dick
enson that ono pound of tho rock yloldcd
twelve dollars,
Concerning tho rich gold placer which has
lately been opened up In Bear Valiev, Marl-
posn County, and which la creating such a
flirnro In the mining region. The Republican
states ns follows:
Tho discovery was mado In tho first in
stance by some Moxlcnns. who succeeded In
keeping tho mnttor a secret. Thorn were
seven persons In tho pnrly and Major Daniels
minted tn a friend that these men mndo tho
enormous sum of two hundred and seventeen
thousand dollars In eight dnys. Finally thoy
were discovered nt work and they then re
solved to apportion tho land In quartz claims,
Tho miners, howover. ns thoy dropped In un
set thesn arrangements, and very properly
pronounced tliqm to be placer dtgglngs. and
allowed to each man SO feet square, tho usuol
extent of plncor claims In thnt County.
Tho formation In which tho gold exists Is a
soft, greasy talcoso slate, nnrl generally tho
precious metal Isthlekly Interspersed in ex
tremely fine particles, nnd Is separated
throngh tho ngcncy ofqnlck-sllyer. We havo
seen tho speclmous which were brought
down yesterday: somo are of a yellowish col
or. nnd others havo a greenish hue. Tho
same description ofearth Is (bund extensive
ly near Mokolumnc Hill nnd tho neighboring
region, nnd wherever It has been struck It
has proved to bo of astonishing richness. Mr.
Birdsnll, of tills city, has made an assay of
somo specimens sont to him from the Marino-,
sa region, in which tho gold was almost Invisi
ble; nnd ho Informs us that they yielded
nearly #8 to tho pound weight. The now
placer is of great extent nnd It Is believed
thnt it will provo tho key tn now nnd still
greater discoveries. Tho placer diggings in
Mnrinosa County havo nover. wo bollovo,
yielded so hnuntlrttlly ns thoso In tho Tuo
lumne nnd Calaveras regions, but wo imnglno
tho recent developments will give tho County
an Importance In tho eyo of tho miner equal
to. if not surpassing that of any other County
In tho the State.
Tiir Indians in tub Mariposa Rboion.—
The Farmer who had Nothing to Learn. I oat, or pino straw. This preserves an evan
There are, in every community, farmors I temperature, keeps tho ground cool nnd moist
who conceive It Impossible to add anything I and gives the tree an astonishing vigor and
to their already acquired stock of knowledge I ty>ahty.' Thcro iiro four insects •whloh are
Wo tnot one ofthls class a few days sincc.who J great enemies to,the Applo in this section—
lu'answer to our Inquiry whether lio was.a the bhror, tho moth, tho hark louso and the
subscriber tonnagriculturalimfier, Indignant- black worm, which Intestltho roots. Tho
ly replied that “book forming was a humbug, host remedy for tho borer and tho hark louse,’
and that he know more about ihrnilng than is to rub tho trunk and limbs of the treo with
any body could tell him." Wo did not argoo (oft coUntry soap; this not only destroys tho
renin Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Virginia and Georgia.
; . Miu.BDaEVii.LB, Oa., Doc. 23,1861.
,,jMy Dbab Sib:—I havo tho pleasure of ac
knowledging tho receipt of your letter of tho
18th Inst., Informing mo that I havo been
honored with a Life Membership of the Amer
ican Sunday School Union.
.. I bog to assure you that this communica
tion has afforded mo no ordlnnry gratification.
To bo associated with nn Institution, which
•inmy humblo judgment, is contributing more
largely to tho moral and Intellectual Improvo-
f nt of our country than any othor more In-
tutlon—should he regarded ns an honora-
■ble position, highly to bu appreciated. But,
■air, 1 the pleasure to he derived from such an
association, is very greatly enhanced by the
reflection that I nm indebted for this honor to
tfikt' interesting portion of our population,
who ore the direct recipients of thc wlso and
.fonlighcntcd policy of tho American Sunday
. ~ ot t’onn-
Ivnnln, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia my
Atefol acknowledgements for this unexpect-
'ed—nnd I will add, unmerited honor. It
aball bo borne in mind iu» ono of tho most
pleasing and gratifying compliments, I have
q\*er, received from' my fellow-citizens—nor
shall their fluttering kindness go unrewarded.
It* shall stimulate me to reuder more efficient
jtiy tbeblo aid in promoting the interest nnd
Recess of that noble Society with which
J^icy havo so honorably associated my name.
, ^For the kind and flattering manner in which
ySifhavo communicated this cherished testi
monial, he pleased to accept, sir, my sincere
thank".
, jj s I am very respcctftilly yonrs, &c.
Io
IIOWELL COBB.
Rev. Titos. L. IIvmneh, Gcn'l Ag’t Ameri
can S. 8. Union, Millcdgevilie.
Now Speoiea of Cotton,
yiWe Uomopolis (Ala.) Argus has a descrip
tion of a new species of Cotton, called the
li ES.klcU oltaff,” which has been during tho
s^totl cultivated by a few planters of Marcn-
go'.county. Its growth hitherto, it is stated
hai heep altogether confined to a few in
Sumter county. Tho Argus states that
the wqed Is diminutive, and the seed very
gmaJlf Fuf.rtcen, hundred pounds of it in
sccd^ield five hundred pounds ginned. One
of thnsc who have planted it will make eight
bdics to'th® hand. On the plantation of Mr.
IS.. J, l*ppo, forty-two acres will yield sixty
hales. ‘ Others who have planted it seem to
bo equally successful; and all who have ex
amined. itj'say that It yields onc-tlilrd more
fAdn any’ other species of Cotton ever planted.
“ Tho slapio," says the Argus, “is quite fine,
nnd aJUhaljW.0 have seen looks very white
TiictCiiicinnali, Ohio, Commercial, states
,ta fine nujillty of Cotton has been grown
* 'cn of Major J. M. Browne, In that
raiser, of this miniature Cotton
so impressed with tho success ho has
^h^its culture, that he will, it is said,
ititioh of the experiment next
no extended scale.
2.—The Steamer Chat-
ay last with 560
ites to ho mnnifosted by tho Indians In tho
Mariposa region, on account of tho non-com-
plianco with tho terms of tho treaty. Thoy
complain that they do not receive their ra
tions regularly. We understand that parties
are nowin San Francisco endeavoring to ne-
gotluto-for COO hags of Hour. Savage’s squaws
have returned to him.
Tho mines of Mokclumno wore agitating
the subject of tho " bIzc of claims," nnd had
assembled in meeting at Mokclumno III11 to
deliberate on the matter
The Calaveras Chronicle says thnt tho
population of C'nlaveras County Is estimated
nt twenty-five thousand sonla. liy thoso who
have traveled throngh its various townships.
The debt or this County Is Bald to ho nearly
$20,000. wliilo there arc assessments either
collected or duo, verging well upon $B0 000.
Tho papers fr om the southern mining re
gion contains no Intelligence beyond the usu
al unimportant notig^tf individual or com-
' Ja iru!;T a s^UL‘t!'c!S 1 .—lTio'gu!ch!'whlch lias al
ready been worked over three times, is being
tom up again by tho hands of some persever
ing miners, who are making wages, Tho
amount of gold taken out of this gulch would
not lie credited by any hut those who have
been hero and known Its extreme richness.—
It is estimated thnt over tlirco tuns of gold
havo been extracted from this gulch since
Hunt and a Frenchman first struck In there
In the winter of 1848-9.—California Chronicle.
The California Express is agitating tho sub
ject of the construeiion of u railway between
Marysville nnd Sacramento. By It wo learn
that General Whiting hns mado a preliminary
survey nnd lias reported that the expense
would he only about $17,000 a mile. Tho
distance is forty miles
IIansonvii,lb,—This town Is situated upon
the Honcut stream, and surrounded by good
winter dry diggin <. Tho quartz rock around
that portion of thi country Is said to bo re
markably rich. W o understand that capital
ists have engaged extensively in working
their ledgo'i.—Express.
Mining News.—Wearo Indebted to a gen-
tlcninn from Spring Valley for tho following
items of mining intelligence :
The company known ns Hughe's Quartz
Mining Company, have their machinery In
readiness for crushing. It Is driven by wn
terpower, nnd Is only awaiting tho rise in the
river to commence crushing. Thoy obtain
their rock from Brown's Valley, about three-
quarters of a mile from Rattlesnake
Ledge, nnd about thirteen miles from this
city. Their lend is believed to be of exceed
Ing richness. Forty or filly pounds have been
assayed, In which, no gold could be discover
ed. but which yielded an eighth of a dollar to
the pound. We are promised fortlicr intclll
gcnce from this Company as soon as their
mill is In opporation.—Express.
Monc Quartz Mining.—A company has
been formed—name of company not ascer
tained—for tho working of Rattlesnake Ledge,
in Spring Valley. This iij said to he one of
the richest leads that lias been discovered
ylcding to tho prospectors $1 40 to four
pounds of ore, in which but a Ihw particles of
gold could bo discovered. The machinery to
be used for crushing is a wheel of two tuns
weight, moved by horse power. Most of tho
hjnery is now on tho ground and tho bah
water .for ivash-
tho pointwltti him conceiving It to bo worao
than useless; but as wo lolY lllm', we took a
few notes of the condition of tills 'model' for-:
raer's premises, which we present to. tho rea
ders of tho J.onrnal, with tho hopo thnt they
will prove of sorvlco.
Tho imllng fence enclosing tho liousoyard
was broken down in several places ; one of
the hinges was torn offthe gate, and directly
in front of the kitchen door several lank look
ing swlno were wallowing in the mod-hole,
where, no ono knows how long the slops of
tiic kitchen had been,carelessly thrown.. Wo
thought, were ho really as ho conceived him
self to ho, that firnco would have been repair
ed, thnt gate hinge (listened; a good breed of
swlno would have replaced those hungry look
ing ones, nnd tho rich b1o|m of, tho kitchen
would havo been applied to a better use than
to create an unwholsomc and unpleasant wal
lowing place for swlno.
The bam stood on an cralncnco, and dir
ectly In front of It a small stream flowed.—
From the manure heaps to this stream, tho
riclfmanure-water was flowing inasilent.hut
steady stream; anil beneath some cherry trees,
that skirted tho lawn, I olisorvcd largo quan
tities of the excrements of the fowls, exposed
to tho action of tho weather, anil aiding mate
rially tho growth and vigor of tho wilderness
weeds around. Had h j been so very unwise,
he would have chocked tho wasto of that pre
cious manure; nnd instead of permitting Ills
fowls to roost upon tho cherry trees (and thus
uot only expose them to tho inclomcnclos of
tho weather, hut loso In addition the|r very
valuable manure' ho would have given them
a place of shelter, and by thnt means Bccurod
their comfort and productiveness, as well as
their oxcrotnohts,
An orchard of young applo trees was al
most entirely destroyed by tho borer, tho (kn
ees that enclosed his meadows were In a ruin
ous condition; several hogs were in a ruinous
condition; several hogs wore actively engaged
inturning up tho sod; and ns wo attempted to
dose the gate that led from tho main rend to
tho house, wo fonnd It wholly Impracticable,
one hinge completely torn off, tho other so
twisted as to rendor tho effort vain. Want
of time prevented (briber observation ; hut
wo had seen empigh tn satisfy ns that tho eare-
fol perusal of any good agricultural journal,
nnd a practical application of somo ofthe hints
contained in it, would have been hundreds of
dollars’ value to our orer-wiso former.—Pa.
Farm Journal. ■ -
From the Soil of the South.
Fruit Culture for the South.
Wo havo so many inquiries from different
parts oftlie South upon the different branches
of Fruit Culture, that wo deem wo. cannot an
swer all more eilhotnally than to republish our
trenties upon Fruit culture at the South, sub
mitted to the first. Fair of the Russell nnd
Muscogeo Agricultural Society. Since our
visit to tho Macon Fair, we are more than ov
er convinced of the beautiful adnntat Ion cfoor
climate tb’tho growth and full pcrfectionofnll
tho Fruits described. Will some of our South
ern readers add to the list the culture of the
Orange, Lemon, Pino-Applo, Date, Olive and
Gnava as adapted to portions of Georgia, Flo
rida, Alabama Louslana and Texas 1 In tho
culture of tlicso Fruits wo havo no experience
nnd shall feel under obligations If somo ono
having cxpcrlonco will como to our aid.
Apple. ,
All the flno varieties of tills fruit have been
produced from the wild Applo ; and to the
Monks of tho middle ages, are wo Indebted
for the first grant Improvements In fruit cul-
Tho cultivated Apples of tho U. 8tntes
were introduced from Europe hv seeds nnd by
cuttings, and although tho wild crab grows in
almost ovory Stato in tho Union, no edible
variety Is Indlgonuous. Tho great difficulty In
cultivating the Apple hero, is in tho foct, that
almost all tho treos originated in a colder cll-
mute, nnd a change of climate is almost cer
tain tO dimdlicn. ,11—— - I* I- Immaterial
whether a treo cutting or bud Is brought from
a cold cllmnto for the but contains all tho el
ements of tho treo. its health nnd its diseases.
This no doubt is tho reason why most of our
Apple orchards are so short lived, ton to fif
teen yenrs being their average length of life.
If wo would cultivate tho Applo successfully,
wo must propagate it from seeds, nnd improvo
upon them; and when we onco get a good va
riety, pro;ingnte from it by root grafting. Ap
ple seeds should he plantidin the Fall, or if
dclnycd until Spring wnrm water should bo
poured over tho seeds until they sprout, which
will bo inohout three days, and then tho seed
planted, will grow from tltreo to six feet tho
first year, and produce fruit in threo or four
years from seed; out of a lot of seedlings, in all
probability there will ho some good fruit;
tlieso may bo propagated by root-grafting,
which is the most cortnin and speedy way of
propagating in this climate. This may be
done from the first of February to the first of
April. Take seedling roots o’ ono year's
growth; cut them off about ono Inch lower
than they canto out oftlie ground, now split
the remaining stem just enough io take in tho
graft. Tho grafts should he token from fruit
bearing trees, and from wood of last year':
growth; cut the grafts with two or three buds,
and as many ns possible with terminal buds ;
take a sharp knife, and cut tho end of tho
graft in a wedge form, commencing at tho
lower hud; now insert it in tho root, taking
care to keep tho two outside barks together;
plant the root cither in the Nursery, or where
the tree is to stand, leaving tho terminal and
ono other bud nhove the ground; be careltil
in pressing tho earth around the graft, that it
Is not moved from the union of its bark with
the bark of the root. In any good soil, the
graft will grow irom four to six feet tlio first
ytor, and will produce fruit the second or third
year. The graft has now bccoino a treo, and
to bo mado productive, must be cultivated,
nnrsod and tended. It will grow on almost
any rich soil, and it is useless to cultivate the
Apple unless the soil is rich. Where tho soil
Is not naturally rich, the roots should annually
receive a top dressing of some good vegeta
ble matter, with a little lime or ashes. Tho
treo should bo pruned, so as to throw out its
branches low, to shade the trunk from tho
intense bent of our summer’s bud, which fre
quently blisters tho hark, causing disease and
death. Tho ground oftlie orchard shoi' : ‘
Insect.' htfodwigq^ites the tree, and also offoct-
tinll.v prevents rabbits from barking them; for
th« bhickiWirf nrotind tfib base of tlio dree,
ashes or-llme may be used with advantage,
nnd are's-good prevendvo- -but where the
worm hns already begun bis ravages, take , a
sharp knife and pick litm nut, filling np all
tho worm holes nnd wounds with soft soap.—
Tho moth that produces the Apple worm may
bo destroyed by picking np all the fruit thnt
foils, and focdlng It to hogs, or by permitting
hogs to run In tho orchard. ■
If thb people ofthd Smith will discard Nor
thern raised-Apple trees and raise their own
seedlings; we may havo tho Apple In ns great
perfection here ns any whore else; for -where-
vor the wild crab grows, thoro may tho im
proved varlotlcs be grown also. It Is true the
Applo tree will not be os long lived hero as at
tho North, but they come Into bearing so
much sooner. It Is stated of tho celebrated
green Gage plum 'that but of several bushels
ofseed planted and raised to bearing thnttho
green <Jago.was the only one out of tho whole
lot worth cultivating; and lfwo can by plant-
tine bushels of Apple seeds produce one that
shall hold rank as a fruit with tho green Gage,
it Would be the greatest acquisition to fruit
oultnro, that,linaover beamed upon the South
nnd It can he done—rU it wants Is pntlonoo
and poraevemnoo. Tho greatest real difficul
ty that we havo to contend with, Is thesneedy
decay of the fruit aftorithasmnturcd. When
ever we flhd a remedy for this tho South will
havo nothing to (bar In the culture pf the Ap-
plo,
• TUq,Courier Office has been
removed to the second story
of the building occupied by D.
■andmiikovnlld any process heretofore-signed"t* q j',; '
!by an J deputy clerk, or,which may lioreafter *'• * 3anaers '
'bo signed by them.
To amend the Constitution, so otto require
1-6 of tho members of the Legislature, for a
The Senato hns passodl the blit ofthe House
prphlbltfhg tho sale of deadly ivuapons, and to
prescribe, the manner of carrying tho same.—
the bill of tho House, to change the l|nc
ind A. RAll.Road, so that It shall
pass through tho" town of Cossvillo.
Air. Calhoun. introduced a bill to legalise
apoLoGETlo. 1
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
December 80 • 1861.
The House refused tho application for a new
county, frqra'Baker, Leo, Dooly and Irwin.—
A n amusing' Intorchango of words. occurred
between Messrs. Clark of Stewart, and Tift,
during the consideration of the bill. Air. Clark
represented tho applicants nnd Air. Tift tho
prOtesta'id*.' ’.Mr. % was opposed to tho bill;
until he snct|chd In striking out thnt portion
embracing Baker and Leo In tho new county,
no then advocated l tho formation of a new
county from parts of Dooly nnd Irwin. Air.
0. occupied Opposing ground after the amend
ment, had boep mado.
The bill appropriating $10000 to Improvo
the navigation of tho Altnmnha Ocmnlgeo
and Oconee rivers, was passed by yens 58.
nays 84. Air, Harris of Alclntnsli addressed
tho House 'n favor of tho bill adducing somo
Interesting reasons why tho appropriation
should be mado.
Mr, Shcwmnko proposed a resolution that
tho Legislature will adjourn sine die, on tho
10th January next nnd called for tho yeas
nnd nays on the motion to take it up. (I men
tion this to show .that tho time might havo
been more profitably used than in tho taking
up yeas and nays on such matters,) tho yens
were 81, nays 88,
Tho bill to repeal all laws heretofore passed
to cna«g^ r t tie’residences of persons' wlthont
altorlng coupty lines, was passed 68 tn 28.—
Air. Russell spoke against tho bill nnd ho was
answered by Messrs. Barrow and Harper.
The Senate has agreed to a resolution pro
hibiting the Introduction of new matter, after
tho 6th January next
Air. Flowollcn Introduced a bill to revive nn
act to Incorporate' tho Thomnston nnd Barnes-
vll o Rail Road Company, with power to build
a Rail Rond between those points.
On motion of Air. Anderson tho resolution
concerning the number of Clerks employed by
tlio Clerk of the Honse nnd Secretary of tho
Senate was postponed indefinitely.
The following bills of the House were pas
sed :- ' n " ■■■■’•
To compel the Clerks ofthe Superior. In
terior and Ordinary Courts to buy seals of of-
flee. '
To stop tlio running oftlio statute of limi
tation;. when persons abscond or removo be
yond the ljniM»-<»ctlioStnto.
To. punish' persons for Inhumanity tn slaves.
Seven o’oj,(icjcj F, M,—Tho Senate did not
convene this overling.
The nnuso Jinn iiasscd tho following bills:
For tho relief of L. 8. D’L.von and Mrs. A.
Clilter, 49 to 48.
Toniako penal tho trading with free pep
sons of color. 49 to 48.
To prescribe tho mode of laying out private
ways.
Air. Stcplicns„ftoni tho Committee on Pub
lic Education, introduced n bill to provide
more effectually for tho education of tho poor.
The bill to Incrcnso tho per dlein pay of
Jnllnrs for feeding and keeping slaves, &c.,
was lost.
The bill to repeal the 1st. 2d and 8d sec
tions of an net to regulate settlements of crim
inal proseciiijofi;, &c., was also lost. So also,
was the bill to form a now county from Clark,
Jackson, Gwipnotpiind Walton.
December 31.1861.
The Senate was In session long enough this
forenoon to read all the bills of the House,
tho first and second time, and adjourned to 8
o’clock this afternoon.
Tho House reconsidered tho bill declaring
tho trading with free negroes, a penal offence.
The House took up the bill for tho pardon
of Klnclien P. Boon, now in tho Penitentiary
for the offence of mupler. A favorable peti
tion from citizens of Grceno enmity, and the
dying confession of Warren J. Boon, having
been read, Messrs, Dawson of Greene and Illll
argued the case for. the convict and Alessrs.
Harper, Tift,-Clark of Stewart and Meriweth
er (Air. Floytl in the Chair) against him. On
tho passage of tho BUI, the yeas wore 39, nays
82 •
The following bills have been passed by the
House i
To fix the foaatof Sherlfft and Constables,
•In ccrtalnr.cates^ajlo'ving these officers 6
ceuts per mile, gjtng tihd returning, for serv
ing attachments..
To amend the law .regulating the sales of
county offices.' Oh giving due notice, theso
officers may continue'fbbir sales from day to
day.
To regulate the mode of suing the bonds
of Executors; Administrator's and Guardian’s.
Under the provision? pfthisbill, the principal
and security, or either, may be sued In the
first Instance:
i following bills were rejected
- Seven- o’clock. P- M,—The House has pas- - Tho presentatlon of-«undry-llttl<r»ltprbr
sed the following bills: ■ - * -
To allow the Issuing of executions In cortain
cases. This bill permits plaintiffs, upon mak
ing affidavit that thoy are apprehensive of
losing their debt If the Issuing of execution bo
delayed, to have exccutlonjissued within four
days from the, rendition of verdict, provided,
no stay or appeal bo entered.
To change tho modo of taking tho census
of this State, under the amended Constitution.
Tho bill reenacts (by substitute) the law of
1845.
Tho bill to amend tho laws relating to Ex
ecutors and Administrators, and to porfbet
tho titles of purchasers undor void wills, was
lost Yens 16, nays59.
January 1,1862.
Oh motion of Atr, Dawson, of Greene, tho
House agreed to ro-conslder tho bill for tho
pardon of Klnchon P. Boon. The General
Appropriation bill was made the special order
for next Tuesday. Tho bill to amend the
charter of ,hc Southwestern Railroad Compa
ny, with power to extend branches to Albany
nnd to the Chattahoochco river, was passed.
Bills for tho flirmotion of several now coun
ties were indcflnatcly postponed. Several
bills, Incorporating towns, academies, Ac,,
wore passed,
The Senate has read all the Honse bills tho
first and second times, and hns passed tbe
two following :—
To revive the act Incorporating tho Thom-
aston and Barncsville Railroad Company,
with power to construct a railroad between'
thoso points.
To provide for a frill return of the effective
militia strength of this State. This bill pro
vides that tho Receiver of Tax Returns,
shall return tho number of persons In each
family, subject to militia duty.
iiw ihukiiihuuii ui Buiiury' iivuu Blips ui
jiapor at onr oillcq, of rather suspicious as
pect,' wtkhlii thb last few days', fomlnds'ils of
an omission for which an apology may bp due.
If wo have not boon as prompt in refreshing
the memory of bur worthy patrons. In regard
to tlio small amounts, In large numbers, duo
this office, thoy will please attribute It to our
unwillingness to annoy great minds with spinll
matters. Theoxtrcmclyloivcondltionofnur
finances however, admonishes us that ilils
fhlso delicacy must be thrown aside, unless
our patrons como to our rescue; This Is the
premonition of a dun, lot them look well to
tho matter ' 1
Acknowledgment. , .
Through tho kindness of friends, wo have
within the last few weeks received llboral ac
cessions to our subscription list, from various
ports of Cherokee Georgia. Thoy will please
accept onr thanks. With the opening of the
new year wo liopo for continued accessions.
Now Is the time to subscrlhc.
CP* By roterenco to our advertising col
umns It will be soon thnt the bfllco of Dm.
Allllor and Word has been removed to tlfo
rooms recently occupied by Dr. Jones, next
door bolow tho store of Air. N. J. Ombcrg,—
Dr. Jones' office Is a foiv doors above the Htl-
burn Uouso.
Re-FubUoatlona.
Within tho last fbw day}, Blackwood's
AIaoazinb, and tho Biimsn Quarterlies,
with their usual punctuality, have appeared
upon our literary buard, and their contents
partially discussed.
Art. 5, entitled “ Burns and his School,”
in “ Tho North British Review," we have pe
rused with more than ordlnnry Interest.—
Thoso of our renders who can understand the
Bcottlsh dialect nnd appreciate tho rich warb-
llngs of Scotia’s muso, will bo, os wo wore,
fhsclnatcd by tho following simple, but deep
ly touching lines, by Smlbert called the
WIDOW'S LAMENT.
“ Afore the Lammas tido
Had dun'd the blrkcn treo,
In a' our water side,
Nae wllb was blest liko mo :
A kind gndeman, nnd twn
Sweet bairns wore round me here;
Rut they’ro a’ la'ltt-n »nw' - - * ' a
Sin’ tho ih’ o’ tho year.
“ Sair troublo cam’ our gato,
And mndo me, when it cam',
A bird Without a mate,
A ewe without a lamb.
Our hav was yet to maw,
And our corn was yet to shear;
When they a’ dwined awa’
In tho fa' o' the yenr.
" I daurna look a-flcld,
For aye I trbw to seo,
The form that was a bleld
To my woo balms and me;
But wind, and weet, and snaw,
They never mnlr can tear,
Bln' they a’ got they ca’,
In tho fk’ o’ the year.
“ Aft on tho hill at o'etis
I sec him 'ninng tho ferns,
The lover o' my teens,
The fattier o’ my balms;
For there his plaid I saw,
As gloamln’ ayo drew near-
But niy a's now awa',
Sin’ tho fa’ o' tho year,
“ Our bonnlc rigs thelrael',
Roca’ my ways to mind,
Our puir dumb benstics tell
' O’ a’ that I ha’e tyned;
For wltae our wheat will saw,
And whno our sheep will shear,
Sin’ my a’ gaed awa’,
In the fa’ o’ the year 1
“ Aly heart is growing cauld,
And will be caulder still,
And sair, sair in the fhuld,
Will bo the winter’s chill;
For peats were yet to ca’,
Our sheep they were to smear,
When my a’ dwined awa’,
In the fa’ o’ tho year.
“ I oltlo whiles to spin,
But wee wee patterin’ feet
Come runnin 1 out and in,
And then I first maun greet;
I kon Its fancy a’,
And faster rows the tear,
That my a’ dwined awa’
In the fa’ o’ the year.
" Bo kind, O heav’n abuno I
To ane sno wno and lane
An’ tak’ her hatnewards sune,
In pity o’ her mnno :
Lang ere the AInrcli winds blew
Alny she, fur, Kir frac boro,
Alect them a’ that’s awa’;
Sin’ tho fa’ o’ the year."
Terrible Tragedy.
The Texas Stale Oazelte lenmsfrom a pri
vate letter to a member of the Legislature
the particulars of a terrible tragedy which
occurred somo weeks since in tho town of
Gilmer, Upslmr county. A difficulty having
sprung np between a Mr. Millor, and a Air.
Cleavoland, the former was stabbed with a
knifo, by Olcavelnnd, from which he died im
mediately. A little son of Miller, only twelve
years of ago, seeing his fhther murdered, pro
cured a double-barrelled shotgun, with which
he shot Clervoland, killing him instantly.—
The boy was permitted to go at large, the
community regarding the act as one of true
(filial affection and bravery.
1 tax bill has passed the
Fhvannah and Rome.
Quito a sensation was produced tho other
day by tile arrival In our city of a train of
cars direct Irom Savannah. Scarcely had
they readied the depot before thoy were re
volving cotton from our warehouses for re
turn freight. Wo learn that several houses
here have sent down orders, and tbolr is, we
believe, a growing disposition among our peo
ple generally to try the Savannah market.—
If howover. she would command ’our trade
to a large and profitable oxtent, she must af
ford us financial flicllitlcs with which to pur
chase the cotton and othor products which
flnd thcir way to our madnt. With these,
10,000 bogs of cotton might havo gone to tho
Savannah .market this year, and twice that
amount next, with a steady annual increase pf
trade of every kind.
Family Papers.
ArMur’s Home Oaxcttc, is one of tho bo?t
flimlly Journals, that comes to our office.—
To the young It will provo a delightful com
panion these long winter evening?.
Scott's Weekly Paper, has been greatly en
larged, and contains a vast amount of Inter
esting and uscftil reading for a small pricu.—
They ate both published at Philadelphia, for
$2 per annum in advance.
Fletohera Institute.
We are indebted to a friend fora Catalogue
■ItMWl's’Troeiieni Ultf |Hlf>llw ofthls
Institution, by which wo are pleased to see
that it is in quite a flourishing condition. It
is located in Thomasville Georgia. Is under
the patronage of the Florida Conference of
the Aletlmdlst Church and will doubtless do
ueh to advancu the cause of usoful nnd lib
eral learning in thnt section of thu Stato. Mr.
W. 0. Hunt, is principal oftlie Male, and
Rev. Reuben Luukey oftlie Female Dc|iart-
ment of Fletcher Institute. Wo wish It great
prosperity.
Eduoation.
We would commend to public attention the
notice of the Trustees of the opening of the
Academy at Rushes Chapel, some nine miles
from this city. This institution is locuted in
ono ofthe most bcnutiftil and populous val
ues in thu Stglc. The society in thu neigh
borhood, is intelligent anil moral, and the
health undoubted. With all these advanta
ges we doubt not, tlio school will be liberally
patronized.
Select School.
Our readers are referred to tho notico of
Airs. Peck in another column of our paper
to-day. Airs. Peck’s reputation ns an Instruc
tress is so well known thnt commendation
Irom us would bo rniicrfluous.
Religion in California,
It Is quite refreshing to witness tho efforts
of the various religious denominations, to in
troduce and disseminate the Gospel 11 iIiIb
unique and wonderful country. The gold
digger and the fortune hunter have been fol
lowed by the Alinistor of Christ, and insti
tutions of rellgiou, and learning are every
where springing up to adorn and bless this
new aud flourishing member of tbe Ameri
can Confederacy. Seme two years ago, the
Alcthodist Episcopal Church, South, sent out
three Alissionaries to labor in California. Af
ter meeting with much to try their faith and
fortitude, ns well ns test their patience and
zeal, It appears that they have not only ac
complished great good already, but laid the
foundation of large and pormanct religious
operations, which aro destined, we doubt not,
to exert a most happy influence upon the fu
ture destiny of that (hr off land. Inournext
number will be found a prosiicctus of a reli
gious pui>er to be published at San Fruneisco.
The Methodist Church, North, have already
established a religious journal there; also, thu
Presbyterian Church; and wo doubt not, un
der the able direction of Dr. Boiiino. “The
San Francisco Christian Advocate ” will be
eminently usefril if not successful.
Missionaries to California,
Tho demand of the Rev. Dr. Bornig, Su-
perinteudant of tho Allssion established in
Calhornia, .by the Ifethodlst E. Church,
8outh, for two or more Alissionaries, is likely
to bu speedily met, and by next April, wo
doubt net,, both the men, and tho means for
tholr support, will be placed at bis disposal
In San Francisco.' In a lotter to tho editor of
the Southern Christian Advocate, speaking
the wants and. feelings of tho country, the
Doctor speaks as follows:
“Permit us then to say, that our work!
amply sufficient for thirty active men, and
should so many offer of suitable qualifica
tions, especially the one thousand dollars, let
them come, the more the better, at least np to
thirty. Ab to their support, itvrill bo seen by
“ -““ile glance, *•* *'“'**•—~“
pie In this country will tend to tur
resources to our aid. In confirmation of th
foot. It may hore.be stated,jihat, ono of «to
recently arrived missionaries, Isalready/on
tirely supported by hts charge. When <
'recent visit to his work for; the purpAso bfi
holding a quarterly mccttitg, iliis matter
came up Ip conference, and lylthout hesita
tion, his board, expenses of mulo, traveling
and 1 Incidental expenses,, and qu^terage
were all promptly provided fornand an assu
rance given personally, ns wifi as officially,,
that tho whole should bo met monthly with-
.mit a dnllar fWim she missionary funds ofthe
Church. .Ih'anotber case, whpre tho church
was iWdfebt nnd an Instalment to he met In a
day or two, and tho preacher having but just
ly embarrassing, and' know not wha^to do,
his wlfc proposed making a personal p/Tort,
and consont being had, tho went out" In the
city, and in the courso of tho .mornlug' col
lected over four hundred dollara ln cnsli, fiy
which the instalment yraa met and a surplus
left for .tho next. Give us tlio men, ay, and
women too, such ns tho ono alluded to, and
tho people wilhgl t o them tho money.'-' . >•
In regard to the' prosperity of religion, ax
well as tho general prospects of tho count!
Air. Boring uses tho following:encouraging
language:
Allow tls. ln conclusion,/to-oa)(, that onr
k'ls ln "a prosporottii condltldt)’.-.' Hho itrts'--
pipgarles and,families are wblf, i®!>? state of
the country Is neaccfttl and pfdspcrotis. Tho .
mining operations aro constantly Improving,
and a constant increase of gold dust.is mani-
test. A(oro than five millions are shipped
from this port per montli, white a vast amount
is retained in tho country, and no doubtds
now entertained hut that seven mlllionsyjll
ho sont out per month In less than half a year..
Agriculture Is becominggenerpi, (ijid whatev
er may he tho oplnlqna. at fiomVftnd in tho
South, upon this subject, wo hesitate not to-
say, that California will sooti rank wlth ’tho
first States I tlio Union, asaformlng country..
Hundreds and thousands now delving hard im
the Atlantic States, and scarcely getting food!
and raiment in return, would soon find them
selves In easy nnd independent circumstances)
hone .Society is rapidly Improving, ladles;
iflfilii'rctfi schtioM and fchufehes niu row fro
nton in the land, and whore theso nboiina t
there must bo good society,’'
, Frem th« PaxU OorT*epo%U*t trf llto XntUnal Iultlllg*««er.
The Late Revolution in Franoit. .,
Pants, Dec. 1,1861.
Paris is under martial law once morel M-
BonaporWltns affected the military covp d’ et
so.long threatened; so much talked of, so oft
announced as imminent. The Republlo hi
more exists even tn name, j A dictator lords it
ioveri France. 'Its Sovereign.' Leglilatmta has
been arbitrarily dissolved. Two hundred and
fifty of Its principal members have beet —
blttnrily arrested, and are now In prison
Thiers, Al. Borrycr. Michel, (do Dattrgcs,) AI,
Base, with many of the Cblleagues, are somo
in tbojbrtrcss of yhicennos, some In the fot
res’? Jt'Mqnt’.Yolerten Generals
Lamorlclore Cliongamtor, Lotto, and Col.]
Charms aro prisoners In the very fortress <
Horn from which AI. Bonaparte escaped a fen
years since. Bonaparte Is absolute master of '
Franco. The revolution has been thus ef
fected : On Alondny night there was a grand
recoptlon at tlio Palace Elyseo. Tho Presi
dential saloon t were crowded with tlio beau
tiful and the bravo. It was the most brilliant
nnd animated soiree of tho season. ThoPHSa-
blent himself did tbe honors , of tho mansion,
with princely affability, and seemingly with
entire devotion to the entertainment of t
guests, without a thought of the audacioue,.
reckless, perilous dritma of which.'in thieo or
four hours he was to be the prominent actor..
It is said, indeed and I ant told upon good i
thority that though tbe coup d'etat bail been
resolved on and arranged in all the detail
Its exoeuti n for two or three weeks past, tin
moniont of its consummation bad retn'ilncd
undetermined,'and was;net in fact fixed till£'
eoup]e of hours before ttio commencement of
execution. Tlio President |vas called out ,
about midnight fr m a circle of officers and
protects of departments Who-were playfog' fhd
courtier in tho presence of hint whom ttiey
were sure would be one day their Emperor.
He passed into oii adjoin(ngciiblnot, where ho
met a quuple of bis intimate counsellors and
devoted partisans. They told him tliat'ihe
decisive moment find come; that, in fhet, he
must .now choose whether lie wouldgo to pris
on as a captive tir to tho Tufieries as an Em
peror; that the allied factions in Parliament,
intended on tho morrow to introduce and car- -
ry a measure that would Infollibty result tot
his Impoachment and incarceration, tiniest en
ergetically prevented by tho promptcxecutton
uf thu counter stroke that had been tong slnca
proparadt and 1 which homust now lot f
‘Very well, gentlemen, hand me the decree
and tho proclamations; I'll sign them. ']
the Alinistor of the interior is not present; \
have no tlmo now to send for and consult with.
hint; I appoint, at tlio instant, M. da Aforbey-
Minister of the Interior; let him countersign*
tho decree. And now let it be Immediately;
executed,and lot the iiraolamations boissu
The president then returned to tho crow
saloons, and a couplo of friends of mine, i
were at tho Elyseo that evening, report t
he continued io perform his rote of host with
a wonderful sang froid nnd cheerfulness -
manner that prevented tho first suspielon o
the part of his guests that he had just pis
thu decisive game of his fortunes—his I
ugainst u throne 1 Before day the ncxtmoi
ing Gutturals Changarnior, Lamitriclerbfand.
Cavttlgnac were seized at their respcctivof
idenccsby a detachment of troops 'dispute*
for the purpose. Before day, and with tho nt.
most silence, without causing the t
alarm in the city, large bodies of troops v
directed upon the Place du Palais Bourl
the Place do la Concorde, the Champs Elysee
tho Hotel de Vlllo, and tho Place du Cart
Daylight found all these strategic points of tb
city iu tho quiet possession of AI. Bonaparte's
soldiery. The questors of the Assedtb'
were arrested. All the entrances Into
Palace in which tho sittings wore held W
guarded by troops, with strict orders to ]
vont members of tho Assembly from i
In. Tbo first intimation that the Po:
had of tho audacious revolutionary movi
which was.ih process of execution earned
the placards which, by order of the u»uq
Dictator, wore pasted up on -the walla ail <
tho city.
In tbe Monitor at this mor
decree of the Preslocnt,
his desire j
consideratt