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Ha looked somewhat surprised, hesitated, sur-
veved my person, and stretching himself over
the counter, looked particularly sharp at iny
feet. Finding he did not know me, l gave
him m f name, and after a few minutes conver
sation he agreed to pay me the money. After
ho had done so, 1 asked him why lie hesitated,
and particularly why ho thought it necessary
to take such a searching look at my feet. He
said ho did not know me,and his object was to .
satisfy himself from my personal appearance
that f was good for fifty dollars ; and he thought j
the best evidence .would be afforded by the kind
of hoots I wore, which, unfortunately, on that
occasion, wore not such os to recommend me
to his confidence.*’—Mississippi Free-trader.
THE TELEGRAPH.
IAJBC 4C9
Tiicstlayj December 9, 1845.
Jit publican domination for the 3d District.
FOR CONGRESS.
GEORGE W. TOWNS.
Of Talbot.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
We arc indebted to the courtesy of the Sa
vannah Georgian for a copy of the Charleston
Mercury and Patriot of Saturday last, received
by M. S. Ball & Co’s Express, containing a co
py of the Message. It was received at too
late an hour yesterday for this day’s paper;
and we will not mar it by publishing a part-
to-morrow we will publish it in an. extra entire.
CONGRESS.
We received no letter from our Washington
correspondent by yesterday’s mail, and have
not received a Washington city paper since
Wednesday last. For tho following account
of the organization of the House and the elec
tion of Speaker, we arc indebted to our friends
of the Georgian:
T W EN T Y-N1NTB CONGRESS.
Washington, Dec. ISIS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The first session of the 29th Congress, was
ushcied in by a deluge of rain, but in spite of
the storm, the members of the dominant party
met in caucus at the Capitol for the purpose of
reconciling their differences relative to the
choico of a speaker. After a rather warm
discussion, Mr. J. W. Davis, of Indiana, receiv
ed tho nomination.
At twelve o’clock, the House was called to
order by Mr B. French, the Clerk, when 212
members answered to their names.
On motion of Mr Ilopkins, the House then
proceeded to the election of a Speaker.
The result of the first vote was as follows:
Whole number of voles cast 21 J*of which
Mr J. W. Davis (D.) received 120; Mr Vinton
of Ohio (W.) 72; Mr Norris 7; Mr Miller 5;
Mr Stewart 1; Mr Barringer 1; Mr Chapman
1; Mr Wiuthrop 1, and Mr Campbell 1.
Mr. Davis, who is one of the most portly
looking gentlemen in the House was then con
ducted to the Chair, from which ho returned
thanks lor the honor confcried upon him.
Thu oath having been administered lo the
members present, a motion was made to the
effect that tho rules and orders of the last
House bo adopted for the government of the
present House.
After several resolutions wore offered and
some discus.'ion had, Mr Holmes of Soutli Car
olina, with a view of getting rid of the difficul
ty, moved that the rules of the last Congress
be adopted for the present, and that a select
committee be appointed to report what altera
tions arc necessary.
After some noisy proceeding, this amend
ment was agreed to. The resolutions as amen
ded was then adopted.
There is lo be another caucus at seven o’
clock this evening for the purpose of deciding
upon the minor officers.
SENATE.
The Senate met at noon, wlion Vice Presi
dent Dallas took the Chair, and called lo order,
and forty-three members answered to their
names.
The credentials of the members elect or ap
pointed by the Governors of the States they
represent since the last session, were then re
ceived, being for Messrs. Turnoy, (of Tenn.)
Chalmers, (of Mss.) Davis, (of Mass.) Jenning,
(of N. II.) and Levy and Westcott, (of I'la.)
The customary resolution appointing acorn-
ni'ttco to wait on the President, in conjunction
with a similar committee from the House of
Representatives, to inform him that Congress
was organized and ready lo rcceivo any com
munication that he might have to make, was
then adopted, togeth r with a resolution to fur
nish the members with newspapers.
Thu Senate then adjourned.
of Col. Towns, as well as of every member of
tho Georgia delegation, with the exception of
the late lamented Glascock.
But even though Col. Towns had made him
self objectionable on account of this vote, it
strikes us such objections would conic with an
exceeding bad grace, lo say the least of them,
from a party who have thrown themselves into
the arms of such consistent friends ol Southern
rights and institutions as Adams, Geddings,
Slade, and Seward. • Have not the \\ hig party
of Georgia acted with these men in their oppo
sition to measures involving ten-fold more tbo
integrity, and permanence of Southern institu
tion than did the resolutions of Mr. Pinckney:
and do they blame Col. Towns for his vote on
these resolutions? Did not their own Senator,
in whom they have lately reiterated their con
tinued confidence, address unnumbered thou
sands of whigs and fanatics with an abolition
banner waving over his head! and did they
condemn him for that? Was not Mr. Giant-
land oneoftheir presidential electors; and did
he not vote in Congress in favor of the same
resolutions which are now brought up in judg
ment against Cc*l. Towns? If Col. 4 owns is
obnoxious now for his vote, was not Col.
Grantland equally so then? Out upon such
unblushing hypocrisy.
John Forsyth, Esq. of Columbus, and F. H.
Sanford, Esq. of Millcdgcville have been ap
pointed by the monument committee of Wash
ington City, to collect funds in their respective
districts for the erection of the proposed eques
trian statue in honor of Jackson.
REPUBLICANS OF THE THIRD DI'TIUCT !
But a few more weeks remain until this di
vision of the Republican army must engage!
Arc you ready for the battle? Your position
is one of peculiar interest to your compatriots
throughout the State, as it will he of honor
to yourselves, if on this occasion you prove true
to your principles and to Geo-gia.
Up, then, noble republicans of the third Dis
trict, and achieve a victory which will not only
show your true sense of public measures and
their influences upon you, but win ihe distinc
tion of being pioneers in the redemption of
your beloved State from a thraldom which is
disreputable to every man who has been educa
ted in the true principles of human freedom.
Besides, know ye not that,
u Men at some time are masters of their fates,
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Let every Republican then, be ready for ac
tion. Let not the insidious whisper of a doubt
as to the election of our candidate, prevent any
one from discharging whatever duty may call
him to peilet m.
Do this, and be the result as it may, you
cannot be robbed of the reward that you will
have in the reflection that you at least have
cast your mite in an acceptable spirit towards
the political redemption of your Stale.
Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, Wayne, Camden
Ware, Lowndes, Appling, Montgomery, Tatt
nall, Bulloch, Effingham, Scriven, Emanuel,
Laurens, Wilkinson, Telfair, Irwin, Decatur,
Thomas, Baker, Early, Lee, Sumter, Macon,
Marion, Pulaski, Dooly, Twiggs. Jefferson,
Taliaferro, Baldwin, Crawford. Heard, Carroll,
Campbell, Fayette, Butts, Lincoln, Madison,
Paulding, Forsyth, Rabun, Union, Gilmer,
Murray,°Walker, Dade, Floyd and Chattooga
shall be entitled each to one Representative.
By this apportionment it will be seen that
the coundcs of Lumpkin, Cherokee, Cobb,
Cass, and Randolph, will gain one Representa
tive each, and the counties of Hall, Jackson,
Morgan, Hancock and Jones, will loose one. Its
effect upon the relative strength of parlies in
the House, will bo a gain of four for the Re
publicans, taking the present complexion of
parties, in that body as a basis of calculation.
the legislature.
Tho Bill passed by the Senate for the estab
lishment ofa. Court for the Correction of Errors
passed the House of Representatives without
amendment on Monday last by a majority ol 11
A motion for reconsideration in the house was
lost by the same majority. So that the ques
tion of a Court is now settled.
In the Senate most of Tuesday and Wed
nesday was spent in the discussion of tho Bill
for the extension of the Central Rail Road from
Macon to Columbus ; several amendments
were proposed and lost. The hill finally pass
ed the Senate without a division, by a vote of
30 yeas to 11 nays.
In the House the remainder of the week was
taken up in the discussion of unimportant bills
and the introduction of new ones: among the
iattcr a bill lias been introduced by Mr. Jenkins
of Richmond, to change tire time of hold
ingthe general elections in this State to tho first
Wednesday in October. Mr. Mustian of Mus
cogcc, a bill to incorporate the Muscogee Rail
Road Company, to construct a road from Co
lumbus to the Monroe Rail Road.
We had prepared for to-day an editorial in
regard to the advantages of the proposed Rail
Road connexion between this city and the
Apalachicola river at or near Chattahoochee,
but have been compelled lo defer its publica
tion untii our next.
SMALL BUSINESS.
We will not insult the intelligence of the
Legislature, or the press, by multiplying words
here to point out the injustice of the Bill intro
duced by Mr. Green of Crawford, to regulate
the adveitising of Sheriff Sales, &c.: no one
can mistake its object; and we have too much
confidence in the justice and spit it of the Leg
islature to believe that any such bill will be
passed by it. We arc pretty well advised as
to the origin of this movement; and we tell the
parties concerned, in all candour and with no
feeling of unkindness, that if they would not
sink into suspicion with all their cotemporaries
tliCj must hereafter act with more fairness and
less arrogance themselves.
The author of this bill doubtless supposed
that he was discharging an important public du
ty and not lending himself lo the petty combi
nations of a few individuals. But we venture
;0 assert that no other man but himself would
have failed to make the discovery. Verbum
sat sap—.
CENSUS OF GEORGIA.
From the report of the joint committee ap
pointed to examine the late census returns, it
appears that tho population of this S:atc is as
follows:
Free while persons, 45S.169
Blacks, 316,156
Total, 774,325
In 1S3S, the population was as follows:
Free white persons, 394,191
Blacks, 265,982
COL.
TOWNS’ VOTE ON PINCKNEYS RESO
LUTIONS.
' Tlicsillv objection raised by one of the Fe
deral presses of ibis district against this geoile-
man, for Ids vote on these resolutions, we did
not think of sufficient importance to notice
when it was first made; and would not do so
now were it not that efforts have been made in
different parts of the district to create errone
ous impressions on the minds of the people in
regard :o it.
The facts arc simply these. At the time
these resolutions were introduced in the House
ol Representatives, ihe treasonable design of
the abolitionists in presenting their petitions lo
Congress, was comparatively a new question.
Mr. Pinckney, as did a large inajoritity of the
members from lire* sluvebold ng Stales, believed
then that by aciing on these petitions
as was contemplated in his resolutions the great
body of ihe northern people, who contended in
common with the abolitionists for the abstract
right of petition would be separated from these
fanatics, and ihe influence of this latter class
thereby greatly diminished, if not entirely
oierihrutvf). Such at the time were the views
Increase in seven years, 112,152.
663.173
AP PORT!ON M ENT OF REPR E-
SENT ATIVES.
The jnint committee of both branches of the
Legislature, to whom was referred the re
turns of the late census, bare reported a bill to
apportion the Representatives among tho sev
eral counties of this State, as follows:
lie it enacted, That until the next apportion
ment of Representatives among the several
counties of this State, the representation of the
several counties shall he as follows, to-wil: The
counties of Chatham, Muscogee, Meriwether,
Monroe, Troup, Harris, Henry, Talbot, Upson,
Burke, Gwinnett, Lumpkin, Newton, Rich
mond, DeKulb, Elbert, Houston, Clark, Colum
bia, Coweta, Franklin, Jasper, Greene, Ogle
thorpe, Putham, Stewart, Walton, Warren,
Washington, Wilkes, Bibb, Habersham, Ran
dolph, Cobb, Casa, Cherokee and Pike, being
ihe thirty-seven counties having he greatest
representative population, shall each have two
Representatives, and that the counties of Hun-
cock, Hall, Jackson, Jones, Morgan, Bryan
THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE
BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
We have heretofore endeavored on all suita
ble occasions to impress on the minds of the
Republicans of Georgia the paramount impor
tance of making the great truths contained in
the resolutions adopted at the Baltimore Con
vention the test of political orthodoxy in others
as well as the guiding star of their own political
faith. These resolutions constitute the princi
ples of the republican party from its first or-
anization hy Thomas Jefferson, down to
the present day. They formed the basis of
every great conflict between tho two political
parties of the country in every struggle which
has marked its histoiy: and they must never
be abandoned if we would preserve the Consti
tution as it is, or deem it of any moment to
transmit the grout inheritance of freedom unim
paired to our descendants.
At this particular juncture we desire to call
the attention of the people of this State, the re
publicans especially, to these Resolutions.—
Congress has commenced its session under cir
cumstances of peculiar interest. Another
great battle has commenced between the Re
publican and Federal parties of the country.—
The result of which for weal or for woe to the
people of the South will be fell for years to
come. For our own part we are tired, hearti
ly tired of seeing men from other sections of the
country swearing allegiance in common with
ourselves to this great republican creed, but
failing us year after year in Congress on the
faith which it teaches. It is time that such hy
pocrisy was rebuked. If these resolutions arc
an exponent of our opinions and principles, to
be consistent with ourselves, wc cannot tolerate
such audacious perfidy any longer: already
have we been sufficiently dishonored by men
whose principles have hung about them like a
loose robe, and if wc would preserve either our
unity or the moral influence of our principles,
these camp-followers should not bo permitted
to embarrass us any longer. Let these resolu
tions be inado the test on every occasion.
It is for that purpose we lay them before our
readers t»-day. Let them be made the test
question of Republicanism with whatever is
done or omitted in or out of Congress:
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
May 29, IS44.
The President presented several political
communications for the action ot tho Conven
tion : which were a letter from Thomas Ritch
ie, president of the central democratic commit
tee ofVirginia, aud a letter from the democracy
of Rhode Island.
The letter from Mr. Ritchie being read—
On motion by Mr. B. F. Butler,
Ordered, That a committee of twenty-six bo
appointed, consisting of one delegate from each
State, to prepare an address and resolutions to
the people of the United States; and that the
above mentioned communications be referred
to said committee.
May 30, 1844.
Mr. Butler, of New York, chairman of tho
committee to prepare an address to tho people
of the United States, reported the following res
olutions, which were unanimously adopted;
and, on motion, leave was granted to the com
mittee to prepare the address at their leisure :
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That tho American democracy
place their trust not in factitious symbols, not
in d-splays and appeals insulting to the judg
ments and subversive of the intellect of the peo
ple, but in a clear reliance upon the intelligence^
the patriotism, and the discriminating justice of
the American masses.
Resolved, That we regard this as a distinc
tive feature of our political creed, which we are
proud to maintain before the world as the great
moral element in a form of government spring
ing from and upheld by the popular will; and
we contrast it with the creed and practice of
and faith of a free representative government,
and appealing to their fellow-citizens for the
rectitude of their intentions, renew and reassert
before the American people the declaration of
principles avowed by them when, on a former
occasion, in general convention, they presented
theii candidates for the popular suffrages :—
1. That the federal government is one of
limited powers, derived solely from the consti
tution, and the grants of power shown therein
ourrht to be strictly constructed by all the de
partments and asents of the government; and
that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise
doubtful constitutional powers.
2. That the constitution does not confer upon
the general government power to commence
and carry on a general system of internal im
provements.
3. That the constitution does not confer au
thority upon the federal government, directly or
indirectly, to assume the debts of the several
Slates, contracted for local internal improve
ments, or other State purposes; nor would such
assumption be just and expedient.
4. That justice and sound policy forbid the
federal government to foster one branch of in
dustry to the detriment of another, or to cher
ish the interests of one portion to the injury of
another portion of our common country; that
ererv citizen and every section of the country
has a right to demand and insist upon an equali
ty of rights and privileges, and to complete an
ample protection of persons and property from
domestic violence or foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch of the
government to enforce and practice the most ri
gid economy in conducting our public affairs
and that no more revenue ought to be raised
than is required to defiay the necessary expen
ses of the government.
6. That Congress has no power to charter
national bank ; that we believe such an inslitu
tion one of deadly hostility to the best interests
of the country, dangerous to our republican in
stitutions and the liberties of the people, and
calculated to place the business of the country
within the control of a concentrated money pow
er, and above the laws aud the will of the peo
pie.
7. That Congress has no power, under the
constitution, to interfere with or control the do
mestic institutions of the several States; and
that sucli States are the sole and proper judges
of everything appertaining to their own affairs,
not prohibited hy the constitution: that all ef
forts of the abolitionists, or others, made to in
duce Congress to interfere with questions of
slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation
thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alar-
niing and dangerous consequences; and that
all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to
diminish the happiness of the people, and en
danger the stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be countenanced by
any friend to our political institutions.
8 That the separation uf the moneys of the
government from banking institutions, is indis
pcnsable for the safety of the funds of the gov
ernmunt and the rights of the people.
9. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of independence,
and sanctioned in the Consti'ution, which makes
ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the
oppressed of every nation, have ever been car
dinal principles in the democratic faith ; and
every attempt to abridge the present privilege
of becoming citizens and the owners of soil
among us, ought to be resisted with the same
spirit which swept tho alien and sedition law;
from our state book.
Resolved, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the nation
al objects specified in the constitution; and that
we are opposed to the law lately adopted, and
to any law for the distribution of such proceeds
among the States, as alike inexpedient in poli
cy mid repugnant to the constitution.
Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed to
taking fiom the President the unqualified veto
power, by which lie is enabled, undpr rcstric
lions and responsibilities, amply sufficient to
guard the public interest, to suspend the pas
sago of a bill wlmse merits cannot secure the
approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House
of Representatives, until the judgment of the
people can be obtained thereon, and which has
thrice saved the American people from the cor
rupt and tyrannical domination of the Bank of
tho United States.
Resolved, That our title to the WHOLE
of the territory of Oregon is dear and unques
tionable; that no portion of the same ought to
be ceded lo England or any other power; and
that the reoccupalion of Oregon and the rcan
nexation of Texas, at the earliest practicable
period, are great American measures, which
this convention recommends to the cordial sup
port of the democracy of the Union.
Resolved, That this convention hereby pre-
ents to tho people of the United States James
K. Polk, of Tennessee, as the candidate ol the
democratic party for the office of President,
and George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, as the
candidate of the democratic party for the office
of Vice President of the United States.
Resolved, That this convention hold in the
highest estimation and regard their illustrious
fellow-citizen, Martin Van Buren, of New
ork; that we cherish the most grateful and
abiding sense of the ability, integrity, and firm
ness with which he d'seharged the duties of the
tigh office of President of the United States,
and especially of the inflexible fidelity with
which he maintained the true doctrines of tho
constitution, and the measures of tho democrat
ic party, during his trying and nobly arduous
administration ; that in the memorable struggle
of 1840 lie fell a martyr to the great principles
of which he was the worthy representative, and
wc revere him us such; and that we hereby
tender to him, in his honorable retirement, the
assurance of the deeply seated confidence, af
fection, aud respect of the American deinoc.
racy.
Resolved, That an address to the people of
the United States, in support of the principles
of the demneratte party, and of the candidates
presented, as their representatives, by this con
vention, be prepared by the committee on reso
lutions, and be published by them.
Resolved, That the ptoceedmgs of this con
vention be signed by its officers, and published
in the democratic republican newspapers of the
United States.
THE LADIES’ BILL.
The interest elicited by this bill in and out
of the Legislature has induced us to publish it
to-day that persons interested may examine
its provisions. The following is the Bill as it
passed the Senate:
A BILL,
To be entitled An Act lor tiie protection and
preservation of tiie rights and property of
married women, and to provide a remedy
for the recovery and sale of their property in
certa n cases, and tho defence and prosecu
tion of suits in relation thereto :
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the
same, That from and after the passage ot this
act, any marr ed woman may become seized
and possessed of any property, real or perso
nal, by bequest, demise, gift, purchase, or dis
tribution, in her own name and of her own
property, free from any control or interest in,
to or by her husband; prodded, the same does
not come to her from Iter husband, after cover
ture, which in law and .equity are bound for
the payment of then existing contracts.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, by the
authority of the same, That hereafter, when
any woman possessed of any property, real or
personal, or who may be entitled to any proper
ly, real or personal, either by purchase, as heir,
devisee, legatee, donee er distributee, shall
marry, her properly and its natural and arti
ficial increase, shall continue on her as her sole
and separate property, notwithstanding her
coverture, and shall have, hold and possess the
same as her separate property, exempt and
free from all liability for the debts or contracts
of her husband ; provided, this act shall not
be so construed as to exempt the said property
from previous liens and liabilities, incurred by
the operative effect of the present laws of this
State.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, by the
authority of the aforesaid, That when any
woman during coverture, shail purchase with
the proceeds of her own and her children’s la
bor, or 3hull become entitled to or possess any
property, real or personal, by conveyance, gift,
inheritance or distribution, or otherwise, such
properly, together with its natural and artificial
increase, shall inure and belong to the wife, as
her separate and sole properly ; and she shall
have and hold the same exempt and free from
any liability for the debts or contracts of her
husband.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all deeds, or other
evt fences of ownership of property, under this
act, shall set forth the fact by inserting the
caption of this act; and said deed or evidence
of ownership, shall be recorded within six
months from its execution, in the same man
ner as is now required for the record of deeds
in this State.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the control and
management of all such property, and the re*
ceipis of the rents, profits and productions there
of, shall belong to or remain in the husband, for
the use and support of himself, his wife and
their children ; but if at any time the said hus
band shall divert the use and enjoyment of
said property from the purpose above desig
nated, or shall mismanage tile same, or otlier-
wise defeat the objects of this law, or attempt
or threaten to do so, then the wife, by a pre-
chcin ami may apply, to the Judge of the Supe
rior Court, sitting as a Court of Chancery, by
Bill or.Petition, setting forth the facts of her
case, succinctly, and upon hearing said cause,
the Chancellor shall appoint a Trustee to take
charge of and manage said property above sta
ted, if in the opinion of said Court it will be for
the interest of said wile and children to do so;
andsuch Trustee so appointed shall be govern
ed by the laws now in force governing trustees
appointed by a Court of Chancery.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That on the death of
the wife, such property shall go and descend
to the children and her said husband, share
and share alike ; but on the death of the hus
band, the wife surviving, her properly shall go
to and descend upon herself and her children
jointly together, share and share alike; and in
case either the husband or wife shall die, leav
ing no child ot children, when all such prop
erty shall descend and goto the suivivors of
his or her heirs.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That if at any time the
said husband and wife may desire and wish
to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any
or all of said property, the-same may be trans
ferred by deed or other instrument, made and
executed jointly by the husband aud wife, in
the presence of two freeholders of the Militia
District in which they reside, and one of the
acting Magistrates thereof, who shall subscribe
as witnesses to the fact; but in no other man
ner whatever.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That all suits to recover
such property or ihe possession thereof, shall
be prosecuted or defended, as the case may be,
in the name of the wife, by herprochein ami.
From the Colurobui E'iqmr, r
SMALL POX.
Below Will be found the Procl an ,
of his Honor the Mayor, and the certifi ^ 1
the President of the Board of Health of* 4
city, in relation lo the health of Colutnb u *
PROCLAMATION.
CpuNCK. Chamber, Cotv MBt .,,
Dectmber 2d, 18-45 ’}
The undersigned has the satisfaction f
Bouncing to his fellow-citizens of q i? I
and the Public in general, the entire I
in this city, of that dreadful scourge it, T’ 5
Pox.
The President of the Board of He H
furnished a statement of Facts ralatinj? . I
disease, which I have the honor of sub 'v *
herewith. I confidently assure all who t!*’I
any desire to visit our city, that il» e ] q
Vidiich lias been but trifling at the woist ° i*' 1 1
entirely passed away. He would respe c ’fj
request all who have innocently aided in •’ I
hiring the false and terrifying'rumors wjlfH
g;ard to the extent of the affliction among 0 tS
afford us their assistance in spreading -*! 11 1
ligence of its total disappearance. °
JOHN G. WINTER,
HEALTH OFFICE.
City of Columbus, Dec. 2J 154.5
To the lion. Mayor and Aldcmen «/.,
City of Columbus : 1 - <t
I have the gratification to state tl lat |t
Small Pox has disappeared from unoo«
and that the city is entirely exempt fro®
disease. There has been but ten cases of *
disease in all ; five cases have been discl^
cured, and but five remaining in the HoJh
and these will be discharged in the course-}
the week. No death has occurred, and t ,
new case has shown itself for nearly tl R
weeks.
Your honorable body can with proprietv t -1
tiounce to the public the entire extinction of ■. [
disease. Very Respectfully,
THOS. HOXEY,
President Board of HfaJ
MISSISSIPPI FLECTIONS—DEMOCRAT’’
TRIUMPH,
The democracy have again won a gloria
victory in Mississippi. VVe have elected
entire State ticket, by a majority ranging fa
eight to ten thousand votes, and all fair-a
bers of Congress by a corresponding vote.-
Thc whigs, even before the contest began,ds.
spuired of electing their stale ticket, anddirtf.
ed all their energies to the election of mt «
two members of Congress. To litis end, siny.
were proposed, and to some extent tiie ini:
in votes took place. But the strong arm ofdj
mocracy bore down all opposition.
In the legislature, the democratic majoritda
joint ballot, will be about 56 ; in the house44,
in the senate 12.—Alississippian, 12thintt.
Authorship of Junius.—According to lit
Inverness Courier, Sir David Brewster b
discovered among some papers helongirj'j
his father-in-law, Ossian Macplterson, pruoi
that Junius was one Lachlan Maclean, thes*
ol an Irish Presbyterian clergyman, butdeset
ded from the ancient Scottish family of tit
Macleans of Coll. “He was bred to thest
of medicine, but became a political writer at
adventurer in London, and rose to sotnet*
net»ce. He was once an under Secretur
Slate, in which capacity he might have beco
acquainted with State secrets, llavirg feel
sent out to India by Government iu 17i6>
was shipwrecked and drownedon the passer;
a circumstance that may account for the m-
re vealmeat of the secret as to the authors:
of Junius. His papers were all lost et
same time.—Phil. North American,
Coincidences.—We wore struck, the otlr
day, in looking at a work called the “Lite
the Presidents,” with a few curious coinci r
ces of numbers which relate tc the line uf f*
Presidents, beginning and ending with 1
Adams II<-re is a table, fir instance,rfi
periods iu which they were born and wentc:
of office:
Born.
1733
John Adnias,
Retired,
1801
1743
Thomas Jefferson
, 1805 1
1751
James Madison,
1817 1
1823 1
1759
James Monroe,
1767
J. Quincy Adams,
1829 1
Now, it
will be seen by this
that Jefrsl
federalism, under whatever name* or form,
which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent,
and which conceives no imposture too mon
strous for the popular credulity.
Resolved, therefore, That, entertaining these
views, the democratic party of the Union,
through their delegates assembled in a general
convention of the States, coming together in a
spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrines
THE PRESIDENCY OF SO. CA. COLLEGE.
It will he gratifying to the numerous friends
of the Hon. VVm. C. Preston, to learn that he
has been elected President of the Sooth Caro
lina College. From all that we have heard,
this selection will prove highly satisfactory to
every person interested in this institution; and
there is an abiding confidence manifested in
relation to his eminent qualifications for exer
cising proper government over its pupils; whilst
his distinguished talents will be devoted in full
vigor and maturity, to their instruction in the
department which has been assigned to him.
We cordially congraiulute the Stale at large
on this event, and at the same time, ore bound
to regret his loss to the legal profession, in
whose ranks, as an aduocate, he has for so long
a time stood pre-eminent.—Carolinian,
THE COMMENCEMENT OF SO. CA. COLLEGE,
Took place on Monday, 1st December.-—
The following was the Order of Exercises in
the Chapel:—
PltAYEB.
1. 22. Garlington.—Latin Salutatory Ad-
resses—The Importance of Eloquence in
ree Governments.
3. J. J. Pope.—Torquato Tasso—His Mis-
rtunes and Madness.
8. E. H Martin.—The Progress of Society
originating Revolutions, and meliorating the
Condition of Mankind.
4. C. Alston.—The Influence of Commerce
upon Patriotism.
10. E. C. Whaley.—A Navy, the most
Advantageous Means of National Defence.
6. T. DHL—(Excused on account of indispo
sition.)
2- T. S. Courdin.—The Merits of Modern
as Contrasted with Ancient Art, derived from
the influence of Christianity.
7. J. S. JVinn.—Chivalry.
5. G• IF. Landrum.—The Merits of Alex
ander and Aristotle compared.
DEORCFS CONFERRED—ON
C. Alston. B. F. Arthur, J. S. Boone, R.
Boyce, A. T. Broyles, T. Carpenter, H.
Chappell, M. P. Crawford, J. E. Cresland,
R. H. Deas, T. Dill. J. A. Dubard, T.
B. Fraser, E. Gailluird, R. Garlington, W. J.
Goin, T. S. Gourdin, C. Henry, E. B. Hey
ward, C- G. ilume, H. Kinsler, G. W. Lan
drum, B. Manning, E. H. Martin, T. B. Neil,
J. J. Po;e, T, 4 aylor, C. R. Thomson, P. A.
Waller, E. C. Whaley, J. H. Wideman, L. E.
Wilson, J. S. Winn—33.
ADDRESS BY TIIE PRESIDENT.
2- T. B. Fraser.—The Choice of a Pro
fession, with the Valedictory Addresses,
Adams; Madison eight year* after hup-l
cessor Jefferson ; Monroe eight yean “j
Madison, and John Quincy Adams eight re*,I
after Monroe. Another curious fact tow l 'l
served is, that Adams was just sixty- 5 **
old when he retired : Jefferson was sixty-*-1
Monroe was sixty-six; and John Quine.' • •
ams, had he been elected to a secondte-•
would have been sixty-six. Adams,4®**
and Monroe, all died on the 4th ofJuly.—
Journal.
THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS* I
The Savannah Republican of Friday **I
in an Editorial article arraigns the
portion of the Senate, for an attack, k f I
they have made upon the liberty 01 P'v I
in the person of its correspondent.
determined to take tn» notice of the
the Senate
upon that subject, further -j 1 I
have done in another c0 ^‘j’I
The vto.e--
gtve as we
brief histoiy of it* proceedings. - y#.,
however, of the Republican and its gr°^ |
tipe, prompt us to change the course " f e *. ^ I
tended to pursue. Does not the Wit° r J, I
Republican know that there is a ma [ } e p^l
fcrence between the liberty of t c ^. : , I
and its licentiousness? The ^I
nizes this distinction, and it protect! ■ 4
and punislies the other. The tseiiate
infringed the former, in its effort to rep res5
latter. , n e ?j |
But why does the Editor hold t' e ^ ^,1
cratic members responsible for theL a ^ a j g ^il
vote stood 2ti for the expulsion* 1° 3 =
Are there 26 Democrats in the Senate
number of tho Whigs reduced to 15 • Sfr3 :?,i
The attack upon tl e President of t • ",;j|
is unworthy of notice. It carries w*
own refutation, its own condemnation I
Journal that has made it. That it nu :1
and by itself be refuted we give't P u ^
The bane and the antidote go to3 et e 'g- Jf *ci'|
The Republican, speaking of t,e
its friends says; ,u« obst'^l
“ But they were thwarted by 1 p*
thrown in their way through the P°
tion of the President of the Senate, ;;
Chappell, who has, since llS „ e I
Congress by tiie Whig P a [- r ’,i° an d 8fa |
to the Democracy body aud s
for them ,
■■ with all ihe «al ^
That new and fii-ry conv |g|(6f‘‘|
This dignitary refused to present t
our reporter to the Senate, an r^* F ?^ ar( j bc^l
to decide against his right to be > up jr |
that body, when the Resolution ca
consideration.”—Federal Lnion.