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Tl'EliDAY SOKMNG, JAN. 22,
1S60.
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H r c cxlntL’l ft iluwma fruta ^ Octobwa^m
Wrof the "WMJaimltr Usofew.” ** ««Jiiilw«
touixlt^t sod of it conJfMtii•UM'Mttl e* toe views
now .n-.ennioedby lbc»oO*r »»leoiJsMtTatB portion
rfi!> i l*» iti-th ’Hibile cnilto ao1>jectot the »urr© iradt
tbalwcba ■. Ivcras'i Whitht niaeslper
aou is xKu<l<-il to hy (Im* Review, we are uni iofora-
•i}. An article rxpr. .‘Sim; similar view* recently ap-
uvare.l in the "London ttua.-tcrly*" aivl therecanbr
»>iVxiN:tbe: thev ronvey live i. tried ronvictiea.'of
cvriy enlisbtancii ataleanan m Dreat Britain. ilia
merely the pride of opinion aa«l of sclf-ciwaisteucy,
bai ki .i by the oniay fit-aticisai that lint impelled the
■ ■unnim inr on its minion of falao philanthropy, that
prevent* anabanlian: ent ofthc iroitle.'iseJ'erttosoaid
the African coast bom tha operations of the slave
trade. Tho French government. wo perceive. bts el-
reedy diseoverel the felly of a further interference—
a decree bovine been passed i\v it withdrawing the
entire French fleet from tbs African const. This is
ooaaftbs wisest uronsarea that bare emanated from
the sdministratioe of Louts Napoleon. In this country
eery little bas been said or written on the subject It
seems to he considsrsd that we owe it to other n».
tious to oo-opernto with them, without any imjairy
whether noy object be accomplished by the eo opera-
tion or not. The diversity of opinion, wo pretame.
between the north and the south on the main subject
—slavery— is tbocSwso of this indiSercDCeand iust-
ton tion.
Tiic tenth can of bcrself do nothin; to induce the
feds'*) government to abandon the useless expendi
ture nf money imposed upon us by our cooperation—
Wlrilo tbs north could not be prevailed -upon oa any
account to confess an error which would weaken the
belligerent position she has taken against tho. south
on the Abject of slavery in tbc territories and stales
of the Union:
Ureat Britain bis, in re;ard tn this form of crime,
done two noble things snd committed two blunders.
Each noble act has had its accompanying blander.—
Great Britain alHishcri the slave trade at farasshe
coaid. This was a noble aet;lint it was accompanied
by tho blunder nf the Afriran blockade. Great IBri-
tain aholiahed slavery in all her colonies nominally at
• ooat of twenty millions in uouey. but really at
ni icb larger material sacrifice: bat it was accom
panied with the blunder of obstrnctinu the immiera
tion ol free labor into the colonics. Of the last blon
der we shall write first, because we have least to say
on it, because it is in course of ratification, and be-
causa an appreciation ol it will enable bs to deal with
tho blonder of tho African' blockade more easily ami
•atfcfar: r:ly. On alsvcry and the slave trade the
nobleness has been ethical and the blunders economi
cal. Narrowness has been the sonree of the evils.—
Christian ethics had highly cultivated the consciences
of the abolitiouists. Imt they were ignorant of econo
mical science. What n beneficent thing it would
have been IfWilliam Willierfurcocooldliave imbibed
economical truth from David Ricardo! How mnrli
lots and misury would have been avoided, if the
minds fnllofeconomical knowledge could have kindled
Into anti-slavery zeal by tho aacrcd flame ofpbilan.
tbropy I
W’beneltxjnenco was at its height in Edinhorch
and Glasgow, sixteen or seventeen } cars ago. in fa
vor of the immediate emancipation ofihenegro,tlicra.
was a youth at one of the universities to whom an
elderly friend took a plcasnre in imparting ideas —
This elderly gentleman was an extraordinary person.
He was an iutcllcctnsl enriositr. if is mind consisted
purely ofintelligencc. without emotion f asten will,
energy or eloquence. Respecting any subject, he
could do nothing hot understand it. He could nut en
force it by strenuth of character, or by apt illastra
tions, or by exciting sympathies. All be coaid do
with any subject was. to stale tbc very core and e«.
fence of it in a few simple nnd exact wordx. To self
eonfide. t disputations people he could not say any
thing. He gave his opinion nervously, timidly, hesi
tatingly, tremblingly: and few indeed of tboso who
listened to him. perceived in his manner the impres
sive spectacle of n spirit which enred for nothing bnt
the truth. Hoccuhl neither have-written an article
nor have rondo a speech in favor of hi* view of any
■object, at all calculated for effect. Ota slavery and
theslave trade he nsed to aay to the student:
“We cannot nbolisli slavery anil the slave-trade—
" •• can only elenr nnrselves of them; and we may
etrar ourselves of them, saying we are abolishing
them in a way to strengthen them. It is not nbolsihiug
them to shift them from the West Indies to Cuba. If
me o nsnclpate negroes who have nothing to do bnt go
Into the interior of the islands of the Columbian Ar
chipelago to find estates for the taking of them, they
will not work they will squat. Every negro who thus
escapes the labor market adds to the value of the ne
groes who remain in it. The Afrieanslnve* of Cuba
an<l Brexil mnst work. By our way of ridding our
selves of slavery, we nre making slaves more valoa-
bio and the slave trade more profitable, and increas
ing tha iutcreit of other nations in bnying and selling
and keeping slaves. We shall pay twenty.milliona.
and millions niton millions besules. in the piice of su-
parand lessor capital for abolishing slavery and the
alave trade. Toexpectothernationstofollow oorrx
ample, by making it their interest not to do it, is not
very wise. Tho way to abolish slavery is to make it
contrary tn tho interest of slave dealers and alave
owners. We shall pay onr millions, and aacrifice onr
inter*its, to confirm slavery and tho alave trade. Sla
very can only be aboiiahedby being undersold. Make
slaves' free tabor cheaper than alave labor, and yon
abolish slavery, How was slavery in the Scottish
coal mines, and amnne the bondages* of the border
mantles abolished f Not hy speeches, by acts of par
(lament, or by compensation, but by free labor bee ora
ing cheaper. Give the West Indians so many slaves
th.vtit will he ehesner fnrthein to set them free than
e / ’I'ii Our l'n from •
I/av'ng sold one lia!f interest in the
graph " to Mr. Tiioa. L. Uu-s of this city, the
paper will hereafter be published safer tho firm
rrell known as a firm
»*o arc sure his con-
11 not be less gratify-
be may form among
The W'a.-
tvns E. niti
:b'x I.
at fay i Boss. Mr. Rots i
! sih] emanated Democrat, at
asiioe with tbe Telegraph
hig to lire nevr acquaintance
| its patrone, than we know it will bo to the wide
circle i-f friends who already know bits.
Tbe pnljlica) bearing of tho Telegraph will bo
hereafter, as brrctofiirr, truly Democratic. Oor
thoughts, fcrling.- am) affections are with the
pvrty of the people, and we skall coutinne boldly
to labour in Ha behalf. Our locntiou gives us ad-
vantages in tbe collection of news not surpassed
by nay point irr Georgia. Our Telegrapliic ar-
raiigetnenU are aneb as to enable us, at all times,
to give tho latest and most impottant new* in our
columns. A reasonable space will be devoted to
the reports of proceedings in our State Legislature
nnd in Congress, nnd we have made arrangements
for a cnrrrspomlencc during tho sessions of both-
Particular pains will be taken to furnish our read-
era. .luring the business season, with correct week
ly reports of the cotton market, receipts at llto
different ports, extent of the crop, etc. In fect_
it will be ourconstsut aim to make tho Telegraph
acceptable not only to the Democratic party ol
the State, but to the general reader of all parties.
lu this connexion, the former proprietor cannot
omit tbe expretsion of hia sincere and heartfelt
■ hnuka to those gentlemen, in different parts of
the State, who bare so frcqnently and uniformly
givenbint sneb striking procilsof their confidence
and partiality. To the Democratic parly of Geor
gia, generally, and his friends, one and ail, be ten
ders liis grateful acknowledgements, with tho at
surauco that no effort on hi* pan will be spared
to make tho Telegraph worthy of their continued
confidence and support.
Trrriteriul Bill.
n-ti.-n l’n.on of tbe 13th lust. con.
Foote's I>ill ibr the organization of
t.irrcs. Gen. Foote Ik,a brought for.
with the view of compromising llie
darica now claimed by California, and provide a
Territorial Government for the people of that dis
tant region. Texas is to have her boundary to
the Bio Grande. Territorial Governments are to
bo provided for New Mexico and Deseret. The
alaverv quei
Fit O il IllH.F. LM.K VIl-I.I'.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
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u:>:jro.vr>r.NCi: or
MILLEDGEVILLB, Jan. 14. 1849.
Bolh i 1.. a.-veinbleri in their respecti-
bnmbers,according to adjournment, at 10 o’cloc
his tnoruing. The House, after organizing, i
notion, adjourned until 3 o’clock.
3 O'Ct.uce, P. M.
Tho House met pnrsnanl to adjournment, and
;h of tho '
of till'
(pica
\V.
k. '
Macon;
cof
ion to be adjusted in Ikese Territories ns the imi>ortant. bills formerly imrotloced were
pon tbe Missouri compromise line, ami tin- VVil- j called in order; they were passed over for tho
Costxsts or to-dst's rtasT rsox.—Two New
Character*,'by Bol—Gen. Jackson—Tbe Cotton
Trade—Crawford's Model of a Monument to Wasb
inglon—Poetry, to Philip3. White—The Sign, of
Prosperity—Miscellaneous.
vsr W e have been authorized by the Sheriffs
of the counties of Jones, Dooly aud Twiggs, to
state that the Sheriff's Sales of these counties will
hereafter be published in the Gcor.ii Telegraph
Hotels.
U’c would direct tho attention of the travelling
pulil e to the cords of tho proprii tor of ••Wright’s
Hotel” Lumpkin, mid the "Washington Hall" At
lanta, in our advertising columns this morning.—
These Hotel* are unsurpassed in their respective
sections nnd we tukn pleasure in calling the att.n
tion of traveller* to these well kept aud popular
establishments.
thst it will bo cheaper for them tu set them free than
to keop them slaves. Mako emancipation tbs inter
•at of tho pliuturs, and yon may abolish slavery! bat
yuu canii .t doit in nuy other wav. If yoo pass an
r » Kicip linn act, give the planters sn many free Is-
bo-era lli it thoy niny be able m produce sugar cheap-
*r than the slave owners of other countries, and you
en abolish slavery- hy underselling it iu the markets
of tlie world.”
Tl e negro emanripstlon act was a nnble sentiment;
bnt lb it it bas been misdirected hv an crring iiHclli
genre, has now been demonstrated by the course oi
event*.
For tho seke of the tree interests nf humanity, k
Is time that we should profit by the lesson.
Pcruc Ori-Hox axu the Parts.—There are upon
record many eloquent passages ti|>ou this subject,
which bavo fallen from tho lips of distinguished ora
tors, among whom way bo named Burke, Fox, Ei-
akine, Mackintosh mid Curran, Webster and Clay.
Bat there is one in tbe recent speech, in the 8«nate,
of Gen Csss,on the motion respecting the diplomatic
relations with Austria, which is deserving of notice.
Whi rcvor vigor, freshness, terseness, ay uo| tiral ar-
rang intent, nnd freedom from the mere tissue of ima
gery arn vslncd, this will !.o esteemed ss a specimen
of tree eloquence. We are not aw are of any which
approach?* it except some passage* in Sir James
kin:, i .: Vs speech in the case of Politer, indicted
in 1903. for a liho. on Napoleon. The merit, in that in-
stance, however, was diminished by difiusrnes*. Mr.
Webster's sptecli at Boston, nt tho Now Hampshire
celehriti -a. w»s also tnily great. -Tho passage of„
G.-n. Cuss wca ar ioiiows:—l’hilndelphtertneeylva"
sins.
“PubUc opinion, embodied by tho press, in the daily
jpnntal* it poors forth, is boruo through the civilised
workk pronouncing tbe judgment of the present day,
mi ll jut:' ipoliujptuat of posterity. Tliere is none so
h'v-i. u-i : ■ ■ yond its censure—noue so low *r not
•nbu eucouragud by its approbation. Tbe frontiers
•f a co i l r\ may be armed st it* approach, hot it will
pass them. It may be checked but it cannot be stop,
pod. Hit s/rcwyrr tknu lie bayonet, more vigilant
than the 'ryiciom of dapolitm.”
A Wor» aboct Gardkni.no.—No one ran be
t.-nly said to itvo who has not a garden. None ln:t
ih -e via* have enjoyed it can appreciate Mu s^tis
faction—the luxury—of sitting down toa tab), spread
with tbe frails ol nno's own plsntiug and
bunch of radishes—x few head* of let:
from the garden <>f a summer'* morning for
or a tues* of green pens or sweet corn, k quite a dif
ferent sfikirfrom market in a dying condition, to he
nut away in the cedar for ate. And a plato of straw-
Ivrriea or raspberries lose none of their peculiar flavor
by pn9ring directly from tho border to tho cream,
with.iut i ehi? jolted about iu basket autil they have
lost all form andeosseUacss And yet, how many in
the »m» : ir cities and viUr-o*nf.>ur country, possess
ing every facility fora good garden, either, ihmagh in.
dMi-m-e or ignorance are deprived o; this source of
comfort! And huw many farmers, with enongb land
lying waste to furnish them with mi s t of the luxuries
nf life, are content to plod on in tha even tenor of
their way. never raising their tastes above the "pork
Slid l.cniVol theirfother*!
TPnw to Tmprovk tiic Hkakv.—Never lose an op
portuoity of seeing anything^ beautiful. Beauty r»
tliKi's bandwrittuM—a wayside sacrament Wei-
out it in every fair faee-^evory fair shy—every fair
flower,ami *'— LL: — r *’
linen,
rev
Tbe Crisis,
Wo invite tho render’s attention tn llie sound
nnd well considered views of our correspondent,
“Cedar Shoals," in another column of this day’s
paper. Wo agree with our correspondent tliot
tho South should .make no issues but such as all
her people will noite upon and fight for. This is
the only way by which she can settle She slavery
qnestim) now or be guaranteed from future ag
gression. A different course will but postpone a
settlement of this vexed question until the tinnier
ical strength of the North and West in Congress
will overpower us anti render a sectional collision
a* inevitable as it will be disastrous. Whatever
objections there may be to llie people of a terri
tory—connected with ns as yet by treaty alone—
and never recogu-seJ by legislative action as a
territory within, or under the constitutional mean-
ing of that term, arrogating to ihemselvei the
functions of sovereignty, aud excluding slavery
therefrom, w«r think with our correspondent that
there ate other good aud anbstantiul objections
that may be urged against its admission besides
tbe nnti slttvcry principle* embodied in tbe now
constitution. Whether her present population is
sufficiently numerous to justify her in making tho
attempt to conto in as a State, other objections be
ing waived, we Ibiuk exceedingly questionable.
Thu vote cast, to fur as beard from, for Governor
stiil Congressmen, aud on the adoption of the
Constitution did not exceed twclvo thousand.
Should the objection be urged against her admit-
tiou at a State, that her population ia below tbo
required standard, great dilficnlty would be ex
perienced in meeting such a position, and we do
not tee how those who are in favor of immediate
admission could prove the contrary. But onr ob
joct was simply to call attentiuu to tho comment*
of our correspondent, not to write an article
ourselves, and we again iuvoke attention for the
remarks of "Ced .r Shoals.”
mot Proviso omitted. Oar limits to-day win col
I allow ua to make each an an alysis of the sections
having reference to the organization of these Ter
ritorial Government* »* wo wonld like to give.
We will, however, epresd tbe entire bill before
oar readers next week.
Tbe Washington Union accompanies the publi
cation of this bill with tbe following remarks:
“ We publish in today’s paper tho bill which
Senator Foote propose* to iutrodoco in the Senate'
for tbo settlement of the momeotoos question
which distracts and divides the country. We bare
no dnnbt that it will be read with great interest,
and that the thank* of tbe public will bo accorded
to tbo Senator from Mississippi for tbe labor which
he has devoted to this great subject. There will,
ofconrso, be different opiniotis as to the merit* of
bis work; but none, wo are sure, can fail to appre
ciate hit earnest effort to tranqoilize the country.
We have not made ourselves sufficiently acquaint-
rd with tbe details of tbe bill to speak of them at
this time: but wo hail it as a mauifestatiun of that
compromising spirit which ought to preside over
our public councils, and which is so necessary to
tho existence of the Union, and to the preservation
of kindly feelings between tbe Slates.
•* We think it proper to stute that another pro
ject has been thrown nut, in conversation, iu the
same compromising spirit which actuated General
Foote, viz: ndrnit fby way of settling this whole
dark question at once on tho compromise princi
ple) California as a State, but stript of the exteu-
tiro boundaries which her constitution covers;
erect Deseret aud New Mexico into territorial
governments, upon the principle nf non-interven
tion, without any restriction of the Wilinot Pro
viso; establish the State like that of Jacioto, (in
Mr. Foote's bill,) and recognising the boundaries
of Texas to the Bio GtamJe; or, if practicable,
milking some arrangement between the United
Stales and Texas for assnmiug the payment of her
lebts, in consideration of the lands which are in
contest between Iter and New Mexico, and erect
ing that portion of the country into a territorial
government, nr annexing it to tbe territorial go
veriimeut nt New Mexico. We submit this
scheme, also, without comment; yet, whilst there
ureso many schemes of settlement afoot, we can-
not despair of some amicable settlement of the
whole question, if it be token up in a compromis
ing apirit.”
.Martlaxo U. S. Senator.—The Legislature
of Maryland, on Thursday, the lOlh iust., elected
E' -Governor I’rntt a Senator of tho United Stoles,
for the unexpired term of Hon. BeverJy Johnson,
and also fur tbe succeeding full term of six years.
Visit or ths Qckcs to Canada.—The Loudon
Court Journal suggest* that the happy result* of
the late royal visit to Ireland, may lead the Queeu
to a summer excursion to her duuiinioua on tbia
C mtiuent.
present, many of tire movers being absent. The
balance of the afternoon was spent, in tho House,
in the diictuoion of the bill to extend tbe jurisdic
tion of Justices of tbe Peace.
Sxnstx, Jan. 14.
Mr. Clark introduced a resolution to prevent
the introduction of new- matter after Friday, tho
IStb; amended by Mr. Puree, by substituting
Saturday, the JDth, which waa passed the Sen-
ate aud was transmitted to tbe House.
Bills passed in tbe Senate, 14th.
A bill to incorporate the Dry Dock Company of
Savanuah.
A bill to incorporate tho Southern Education
Society.
A bill amendatory of tbo act incorporating tbe
Bank of Brunswick.
A bill to give the election of County Treasurer
to the people, instead of being appointed hy the
Inferior Court.
Tuisdat, 15th.
The Honoe met in much greater force this
morning, aud evinced a disposition to enter upon
the bnsiuess before it in good earnest. The
bill introduced by Mr. McDougald, of Muscogee,
to regulate the taxation aud privileges of all agon-
cie* of foreign Bauks in tbia State, was token up
in its order aud discussed, section by section, and
consumed nearly the wbol-j time of the House
to-day iu arranging its details. Its operation was
designed by the mover to drive such agencies from
the Stole, but it was to modified and ameuded as
only to impose n tax, aud compel them to redeem
all bills issued with gold and silver, at the agency
at which such bills are paid out. This bill makes
it tho duty of all ageuts of foreign banka iu this
State to i ndnrse their names on all such hills issued
by the.-n. The bill, in its first form, was supported
by Messrs. McDongald aud Jones of Paulding, and
opposed by Messrs. Jenkins, Nisbet, Fish and
Wiggins. The yens and nsys were taken, and the
bill pnssrd us nmrnded. late in the evening. After
which the House adjourned uutil Wednesday
morning, at 9 o’clock, A. M.
Blackwood’* Magazine.
We have received from Messrs. Leonard, Scott
& Co. New York, tho Janaary i u.nbtrr of this
sterling productisu. Blackwood, fur January, con-
tains as many iutrreatiug articles as over. The
* Short Yam" it a most complete tea story. It has
reached its sixth part. Some of tho description*
in this article excel any thing of the kind we have
over read of toa life. There are two or three poli
tical articles in this number written with great
ability, and a curious metaphysical narrative—
•• The Vision of Sudden Death." J. M. Dosniman
i* the agent in this city for this Review.
Snuthom Tribune.
This i» the ti'lo id a new weekly paper to bo ed-
ited and puliliiheJ in this City hy W.'B. Harrison,
Esq., late of tho "Southern Museum." the second
noruber of which appeared on-Satuniay morning.
Tho Tribune is a handsomely printed and well
filled sheet, 11 is to ho Democratic in politics.
ELrcTio* or Serokaxt st Arms.—It give* na
pleasure, hays the'Union of the lfitb iiltt. to an-j Proviso by Congress, or the aduiitsiun of O.ilil'or-
Tfsc Governor of .iiwtissipiii oil Ibr Slave
ry tiucaiion.
The message of Gov. Matthews to tha Legisla
ture or Mississippi is before ns. The Governor
dwells at great length on the slavery question, but
we have no room for nil he says on the subject.
The following extract shows tho drift of bis view*
and sentiments:
At the formation of the confederation, about
three-four I In of the territory of tbe Uuiuti belonged
to the present slave States. In tho spirit of t-oti-
ciliutiuti, and for the sake nf peace, we consented
to a deprivation of our rights, first by ordinance of
I7S7, in reference to the uorth western territory,
and secondly, by submission to tbe Missouricom
promise. Here, we supposed, that the spirit of
uggres-iun would stop, and wu might rest quietly,
south of the line agreed on by that compromise.
But iu this we are disanpoiuted. This fell spirit
now demands our exclusion from every foot of
territory belongiug to the Union. It is n univer
sally admitted principle, that whenoueof tl.a par
ties to a compact, without the consent of the
other, disregards aud violate* that compa”, the
other ceases to be humid to the performance of
the obligations into which he entered iu it* forma-
tion. Tho nun-tlarehiildiug States have refused
to abide hy the terms of the Missouri compromise,
and the slave Slnles aro I belt-fore absolved from
' the observance of the stipulations into which they
' entered, and should, at once, fall back ou the
original constitutional rights, by which they held
au equal right with all the citizens of the United
States, to remove to mid settle, with their proper-
ty, in any of the territories of the United Stales.
We have learned, by bitter experience, the con*
sequences of compromising our lights. lustend
of pence, it only invites renewed aggression. Nut
only aro wo denied n settlement in ibe preseut free
States with our property, (n right we have never
refused tu our northern brethren, who wish to
settle among us.) but we cannot travel through
liieir territories without danger of being robbed
of our slave properly. The-e nre the results of
our concessions; nnd since their infidelity to their
e igagumeut* has released us from even any
bnuiirahle obligation to abide by these compro
mises, 1 inuiiituin that duty tn ourselves requires
that we never again consent to any restriction to
the extension of onr southern institutions, fiom
any porii m of the territories of the Union.
"Uiders we come to this ilelerininalioii unit maiii-
tn'n it with unyielding firDim-s,, 1 am convinced
ill t llie days of this glorious Union are numbered.
The spirit ot fanaticism ami aggression will never
lie stayed hy compromises; but it will continue
its wufk of destruction uutil the sacred ties which
havo heretofore liouud us together iu oue great
and glorious brotherhood, shall ho rent asunder—
our preseut peaceful land siinll lie drenched iu
blood, and tbe glorious temple of human liberty,
teareil by our fuibcra, aud cousecrated hy their
blood, shall tumble into ruins, exposed to the
jeers utnl taunts of the minions of despotism.
Jn llie event of tbe adoption of the Wihnol
Renats, Jan. 15.
The whole of this day was Tjient in the Senate
in the consideration of bills of a local character,
which aro scarcely worth reporting.
Wednesday, 9 o’clock, A. M.
In the House, Mr. Nisbet moved to reconsider
the bill regnlatiug foreign hank agencies in our
State, passed yesterday, which, after a discussion
of two hours, was lost. Mr. Nisbet and others
supported the motion with great ability. Messrs.
McDougald, Jones of Tauldiug, and Anderson op.
posed it.
At three o’clock, T. M , the House took up aud
disposed of several hills, some of which will bo
reported, but most of them are or a local charac
ter. The tamo evening, the House took up the
hill of Mr. Jones, of Paulding, authorizing the sale
of the Macon Bridge. After the reading of this
bill, Mr. J. offered a substitute; to repeal the
29th section of the act of 1SI7, which act allows
“the City Council of Macon to pass nil rules and
ordinances necessary for the protection and pre
servation of the bridge, nuil to regulate the tolls
of the same." This substitute was intended to
prevent tbe collection of tolls ou all wagons or
carriages folded with corn nr cottou, and to make
the hridge tree for all produce of this sort, whetlii r
r ecousidor, at the proper time, s »
journal of yesterday aa referred to tl
the bill of Mr. Jones, relating to tbe
orgia TEt.rr.Rsrn.j | i„;jg 0 a t Macon. This he did. and
tion being put for gecoofmleratiim,
d said ho was not ambitious of bi-i
.... o(ficiona defender of tbe j.:ri<-
bnt belelt it his dnty, as on actor i-i tin- pa
the law of ’47—as a vindicator of justice nnd eqi-
ty, that, that net, sbonld not be violated. Mr. " lo
gins said lie differed with the member from Bibb,
on the other side of the isle, as to the propriety of
the law—ho thought it a righteous one wheu pass
ed, and was still of that opinion, nud it was from n
consciousness of the gross iujnstice contemplated
against tbe vested rights of Mncon, nud a reckless
trampling upon her corporate privileges, that in
duced him to mako tiro motion to reconsider. Mr.
W. made a long, earnest and eloqnent speech in
favor of reconsideration. He took tbe ground,
first, that under the net of '2S, when the City ol
Macon purchased tbe hridge, with the proviso
that she should not collect toll on wagons and car-
riages loaded with corn nnd cotton, she and all the
contracting parties understood it to mean those
articles coming to, ood for sale in her own mar-
ket. No Railroads then thundered from the tnouu
tains to the seaboard, passing her borders—That
the produce of Alabama, Tennessee and North
Carolina were not contemplated as coming under
the exception—as free to pass the bridge at the
expense of tbe City. Such was not tbe case at
Columbus and Augusta. They only permitted
produce desigued for their own markets to pass
free. Why should Macon do otherwise? Why
lot tbe bridges nt Colntnbns and Auguste have the
power to regulate their own tolls, and deny it to
tbe City of Macon t Was this fair !—was it right 7
Did gentlemen think that such legislation was
metiug out equal and exact justice to'allT For
his own part, he could not sauction such injustice
—such gross inconsistency.
Mr. W. continued, secondly, that the act of’47
was explanative and confirmative of that of '28,
so that had there been any doubts before, they
were disipated by tbe net of ’47.
Thirdly. That the Legislature could not repeal
tbe act of '47. That it had voluntarily incorpo.
rated franchises into the charter of the City of Ma
con which she could not now nimiil or repeal, ex-
cept by tbe consent of the corporate authorities of
Macon, or where there had been a breach, on the
part of these authorities, made kiiowu to the Legis.
lature by a decree of the Superior Court. No
snch breach was complained of, and Mr. W. con-
tended that the friends of the hill were pursuing
a coarse unparalleled in the history of our legisla
tion. lie gave a history of the manner of charg
ing tolls, and showed conclusively that the city
authorities of Macon had acted iu good faith to the |
SI ite and the people iu their commercial connex- j
ions with thu city, and contended that the State
was bound to observe aimiinr relations towards
the city of Macon. Ha concluded his re
marks by admonishing the Legislature against
passing a law that was to cut off the revenues ol
one of our most thriviug and flourishing cities—to
paralyze the industry and energy of her people.
Macon had never been a special pet of the Legis
lature. She had, nevertheless, by the energy and
eiiterprize of her citizens, outstripped all of her
sister cities. She asks for no special privileges at
your hands—all thut she desires is to be let nl me
in the enjoyment nf tho advantages which Gcd
and nature gave her, to become the first city iu the i
State. Mr. W. alluded to the embarrassments of ]
Macon, incurred by her geuernus and liberal
subsiJy to tbe Central Railroad, which had been
nearly bankrupt, and was compelled to suspend
operations until the City of Macou hod, by her
agent, negotiated n loan of two hundred thousand
dollars iu New York, iu order to iufuse life and ac-
j tiou again iuto her operations, and contrasted that
I in»tance of generous “aid aud comfort" to the
Flttlll WASHINGTON.
fCOBR.1SrO.VDE.ve* OF Til E GEORGIA TE T F CIIA Til .j j
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1S30. j
Fugitive Slaves—'The Election at Clerk.— ;
'.-'he Territories—ComprontiseOj etc.
The Constitution Of the United Sintra, was <
admitted by several members id tho Supreme j
Court, could not have been assented to by the]
Sooth
for tho
ing from one St ite into another; nnd so anxious
were the North fur the Sooth to join them in tbe
confederacy,■ that they even proposed or consented
to tha importation of slaves by the States uutil
1808—the Constitution having gone into operation
tiling 1 Of a lOi
tiling fair 11a I. a „ Ir ...
Rope 61. Su-a.• cUrifci-? ***• ’W/*
6}; brown, cl.o'er <1 s «' *
3| a 3J; common 3| a 3} ; V £* <* .*
acsl9am Fork, mess |D, mS** Msj
prune 8; rumps 35 a 3 J.
t, con Id not have been estebiea 10 uy me . , , • « ~
’ ... shoulders C.t n **'; n. m , s*r
fi, ifitii hi ix>t contained the clause providing , * *' ****** m
.a delivery, to theft- masters, of slave, oscap ^ »«6».
8 j n 11. Cheese 6 a 7. Candles ■>»
J Illinois a $S ; St. Louis 6A a 7 ' o ' ^ fir
inferior 45. Oats, St. Lonfs 7J. n ,Enntf
new 3): old 32. Bran per I 03 I() ' 6
newlS.j; eld 11$. Hay. per ton i*f
03-tne uonsmnuon nuvmg gone into operat.on Tobacc0i Ieafi infer|( '’ 1 ou Lt^T*
1787. Of late year*, however, the former part fill0 6} „ 7 . Excl 5J *8; J
•k.. Pnnelitllflnn lino lion n vmiIaIm! I tv llto Mnrtll ^ 1 'UJ £ ■ a ^
prem.; on the Nor'h, .i ghl) j £ 1 W
dis. Freights, Liverpool, i3.i K „ UUI,
York, jc. F* r lb., ^
-^hocpit 0CUi
From the .V. O. Delta
Messrs. Toombs, Stent,!’
These unhappy gentlemen, fo r J*’. 4t -
for Mr. IV iuthrop.cooe to forapl 0 ^r®<to,
abuse of their own party, whilst
comfort from the democrats, gu., 1 * et
melancholy examples of p nr t T v „„ * l!er jr«ik,
imputation nf gross iRconsi t !f„ cv ? *' w ‘»iiU
peotance—they say that Mr. SteaL"', 5* hie,
mg the Clayton compromise l 0 ,.
Toombs, and supporting Mr. Filin,',,*!?' W «11|
Presidency, they can now only . r ,k « »*,
factions motives in refosin. t n ,„, ““"’“Md !
tlirnp who. on the score of 5xvei» • "’ r 11 r - IT,
objectionable than Mr. ^ Wa.J'nSSH
gentlemen of talent. Messrs.To* i Certa mlr I
state themselves in party f aTor v vql? eoilo iti
they were on the very t-.pmo.t tosad
vnr. chiefs and champions amen- f|
PWyi
, cr o*H
designed for Maccn, Liverpool, or any other mar ! present selfish efforts evinced by Savannah and
ket. After the substitute was read. Mr. Wiggins | the friend, „fbill to ruin her. Mr. W. closed
rose and stated that tbe House, he did not think,
bad given attentiuu to the provisions of the original
bi I or the substitute, or w-t-rc not thoroughly cor.-
of the Constitution has been violated by the North
in innumerable instances ; and of tbe slaves who
escape from their legitimate owners, not one in a
hundred ever Buds bis way back to hi. true friends 1
Theft is, in effect, resorted to, nnd tlms tbe South-
eru people are filched, defrauded, by Northern
scoundrels. Talk to some of tijese gentry, and
they laugh ot their own' villauy. They teem to
think that they do good service to God and tbeir
country by trampling the Constitution under foot,
and doing wrong to their euoffenditig neighbors.
It is in the highest degree humiliating to think
(hat Southern men have constantly to be insisting
upon their rights, which are now, as heretofore,
in jeopardy, from the assaults of fanatics. Mr.
Mason, of Virginia, in the Senate, has brought
forward a bill, with a viiV to compel tbe North
to restore fugitive or stoleu slaves; hot it cannot,
w-e fear, pass Congress, as no dependence can be
placed upon all men uot Southern. The frenzy
of Northern demagogues—the higgling for votes—
tbe love-making to the pretended “tender-in-
conscience ’’ stealers, will go far to defeat all
righteous efforts for justice. But wo will await
eveuts; by accident, we may be enabled to re
assert constitutional guarantees!
The Hoiiso, after trying for twenty times to
elect a Clerk, succeeded on the lest. Eight South-
ern democrats—five of them from South Carolina
—voted for Mr. Cumpbell, of Tennessee. The
editor of the Peiiiisylvauiau, Mr. Forney, of course,
was defeated. He deserved a better fate, con-
sitleriug that he was hated by Mr. IVilawt end
tho other free soilers for having assailed their
machinations aud for having insisted on justice tn
the South. It is true that the Clerk bas no poli il
cal influence, further than any other individual’
but when the really deserving is discarded by
| those w ho ought to befriend them, uo encouragc-
meut is given to others, similarly situated, to pur-
sue an honest and upright course in relatiou to the
great questions w hich now agitate the couut.y. phj „ , hat if Genera , x „ y , or jg
Tile House did not proceed with the voting for | nomination for President, neither they n«r*
the remaining nfiicers to-day, to complete the or- whig constituents would be governed ,• "*
ganization. The discussion of the rules occupied t ' IIM . ’^c convention, but would inn t csodidlu!
against its nominee. Gen. Taylor, twnnfl? *
nominated and elected. Then, Mr. TooisS. -I
openlv alleged here, cast his tbonshts or ,l“. , |
high office ol Secretary ol War; but,
gress. ami finding no bnckfcrs here, hr
prevent his colleague. TfanmaaEntln'Kiw foj
being made Secretary of ibe N*ry, by niwaJ
George W. Crawford for the heailofths \V, r nj
pertinent. This scheme was sneceufn! Vej
Messrs. Toombs & Co. did not wish to see 'i.j
Vinton, ol Ohio, at the head of tbe Trcaunrv D—J
nient; and hence they pressed Mr Eutiti. ohj
Same Stale, so hard upon tho Presidm.'fiv ilsl
office of Posliimster-General, that Gciicri.i Teal
got his dander up. and sent a friend atoncehfel
E.ving. to inform him lint he had been selectedfel
jhnt station. Mr. Toombs did not with Mr h|
iug appointed to a cabinet sfatinn: be bad onlr tsl
ed his name as a cheek-mate to keep MitMr.Vu.l
ton. As Mr. Abbott Lawrence would noti««|
the office ofSerrelary of the Navy, a portion ofiiaj
a rugghug partisans. Stephens
impulsive, powerful kniglitofwl,; “
staunch, vigorous, stern and ind„,n?t a hu
ou of the party. They have eaOZindjt!*
To use the old saying, with which Mr
redeemed a political blander, rw't,' - r *
once. Let them be condemned UT?®,***
party friends of these gentlemen sbonld' P" 1 *
count of this one error, impn-n stl ,1. •
acts—1 bey should not convict tbon- JZ P -T i *
blindness or infidelity to their parte i
past occurrences, in which Messrs
exceeded or disregarded their party 0 |r *•
but respecting which, tliecomnUi.i.,.. "
a profound sticncc at the time. I n ihh ul
must include the very spirited tV*,hi„.i1
poudent of the Bulletin. His letter o? FriitH
rays a terrible list of charges s"»j ns t the '
lunate whig gentlemen, and iu fee w , ‘l "™
attack, be blunderingly iavnlvei others in hi-
putatmns. The followingi, hi.i E dict mco ,^j
Uiese Georgia Majors:
••These two gentlemen were Grit « n J r,
to dictate to the National Cnuven'hm *
all day. To-morrow the election will be resumed.
The President, on the fifth of the present n oath,
withdrew tbo exequatur recognizing llie Spanish
Cousul at New 0. leans, in consequence of it's
agency in the abduction of Rey. This" fact was
to-day communicated to tho Senate.
Mr. Foote, in the Senate, has brought for-
ward a hill, with a view to compromise the
slavery question. He pr< poses a State Govern,
ment for California, reducing the extensive boun
daries now claimed by the people of lhat country.
Texas ia to have her boundary to the Rio Grande;
a portiou of what is now New Mexico is to be
tacked to a part of tbe Tcxns domain, and made a
State, to be called Jacinto, |with the consent of
that State.) Territorial Governments are to be
provided for New Mexico and Deseret. All this
to be adjusted on the basis of the Missouri coin-
promise line, nud llm Wilmot proviso omitted. '
These, we believe, are the promiueut points, or i
something like them. Other gentlemen will pro- |
pose compromises. The whig* look to Mr Clay j
to help them out of their dilemma ; hut (hot gen-
tlernan, wo know, has nut yet made up his mind j
to the course of action he will pursue. If gentle- j
men would confine themselves to the Cnuslitu- |
tion—its guarantees—Ibe protection which it j
his thrilling and eloquent argument by an appeal
to the House to reconsider this bill, and give a j fJ17, iMbeno difficulty’and ih-
seconl sober thought to n measure involving I 0 o j, m would remain firm and llie people quiet
versant with tho history of the act, a section of i g rave iutererts of a large community as well as j aud baj
him ibr it, tbe fiionlsin of all love-
inest, sud dii ilt it in simply and earnestly, with all
r»4reyca. 'Tis a charmed drought—a cap oi blrss-
Porn so thr Question.—•'Sally, dan't I like
jout"
"Law. Jim, I reckon so.”
“Hut, don't yon know it. Pally. Don't yen think
i'd tear the eyes out of aiy tom cat that dare look
cross at yon.’’-
”1 s'pc.-t yo* would."
“Walt, the fact of it 1*. Fully, I—"
"Oh. now, don't Jim—l feel all mIrish.”
"An I. Sally<1 wsosyrm to—”
• Don't say anythim. ire, 1 shall—”
“Hu. 1 . ustswaatv j. Ur—"
"O hush,' don't I.nh—"
J want yon to nighttn get—"
"What, A'lA'E'iit Oh. no. impossible: Father and
Mother will be migiy at me.”
"Hoar. !"■ mad at yoo for doing for me sack a favor
notince that another step has been made in theor-
gatiizution of the Ilotirc, and that Mr. A. J. Gloss,
hrenner was yesterday elected Sorgeant-at-Arms.
The last vote gave Mr. G. 108 votes, aud Mr. Gui
ding* 103—105 being a majority. IV a buvo tbe
pleasure nf being acquainted with this gentleman
first, as a clerk of Mr. French, (when he was Clerk
of the House of Representatives,) iu 1875; and
next, a* a clerk in tho State Department, front
wh ch office he retired before the present admin
istration came into power. Hu returned to his ns-
tive Stale of-Pennsylvania, where bn becume Ibe
conductor of an able republican press. He is a
staunch democrat, and fully qualified tu discharge
tbe duties of tbe office to which.be lias been elec*
ted.
uin iuto the Union by virtue of her late pretended
constitution, the abolition ol slavery in the District
nf Columbia, or the prohibition of the commerce
in slaves between the States, I reconunriid that
llie Governor be authorized to order an election
of delegates, from all the counties in the State, to
a convention, to take into consideration the mode
and measures of redress, nud tu adopt such mea
sures for our future security ns the crisis may de.
maud."
From the Samlcrstille Otorgian.
Public .Heelin',
In another column will be found the proceed,
rngauf a meeting held by both parties, in this
place on Tuesday Inst, fur the pui|Hise of taking
iiit f| consideration the propriety of the suggestion
of the committee ou tbe stute of the Republic, that
Ihc Governor lie authorized to call a convention of
delegates, in eerteiu eveuts. The call oi the .Mis.
tissipj l Legislature for a Southern Convention; fur
designating a ground upon which both partita
will stand, in united opposition to the H’ilniot Pro
viso—tbe abolishment of slavery in the District of
Columbia,aud other measures having in view the
prohibition of shivery iu tbe Territories of the U.
Mates South of the Missouri Compromise line.
This was a large aud enthusiastic meeting, nnd
the unanimity which prevailed throughout its Ue-
N. O. Crescent) we I arn I i'herations, well accorded with the purpo-e of its I 3 e „nle all tbe iuformatiuu iu hi* possession iu re-
. . . . . , assemblage. The chairmen. Messrs. Bunili and , , . r ,, . ..
bin is dead. Th -ugh no KluurnoJ%ddre*aed tho meeting on the exciting * meeting of the citizens of Macon, at tlietr
Yei.
•Rot
l Jo
car i::» * rmaft*ffita»c«!. ,a
irf'i *r>mc niU'ftke,.for
tu—me ui ’* v ihirt collar:
The Law —-Th.
they are *w iuil r i re
t.«re Deeu Mr. Wet
» Letber Ut> liaJ Lrl!
-r't reply to one who asked
study hiw.
• morrow is a
*r)c L.skr
Size or CALironxiA.—California would make
forty-five states of the size of New Hampshire!—
Tbo sen cost exteuds nearly a thousand miles, and
the territory extends in tins interior twelve hun
dred tuile*.
George 'l'obin ia Urud.
By letters received hero tiy the Falcon, from
Sait Francisco, (says the
that Captain George Tobin
particular* are given, the melancholy intelligence, j topu-s which had calfod them together, aud oaru
estly besought that all party lines might be lost
sight of, and all party differences bidden, until the
niiiustroo* I'ntiatiriMn which urges the Northern
portion of the Confederacy to trample upon, am!
v nitrite the right* ol the South, be quelled, and ils
rights acknowledged Jo their fullest extent.
/ The rcsnlutiuiis as reported by the Cuiruiitlee,
met the heui ty response of tho meeting, and we
believe them to be a fair exponent of the feelings
of our citizeus.
The resolution relating to the admission of-Cali
fornia as a State, may,.without tome explanation,
create a misapprehension iu the mind ol the read-
er, .There is uo one we believe, who will con
tend that tbe anti-slavery constitulii n is p r ea
violation of uur federal compact, or au iutriuge-
rueut ou Southern rights, but it was the (haulier
iu which, and the perrons by whom tho constitu
tion was framed, that induced this resolution.
which vvns sought to be r- p a'cd. Could tbe
House enlcrta'n, fur a second, a measure w hich j
waa in open violation of a special grant of power
to the amended charter of tho City of Macon 7
So fur as making any exactions ou the people, by
virtue of her right to charge tolls, the City of M- -
c >ii never charged any tolfo on produce crossing
h r bridge, dcs jiiej for homo consumption or for
her own m irket. That City only charged toils on
thut which wus designed fur foreign markets, and
which, by her charter, she had clearly the right
to do.
Mr. Jones, iu repty to the remarks of Mr. \Vig-
gins, denied this right, and contended that Macou
had got tbe bridge under its value, by reason of tbe
consideration that corn and cotton should pass
freetoull the citizeus of the State—that it was a
question between tbe Corporation of the City of
M icon aud the planting interests ol Georgia, which
should prevail—nud thut as ho hid, at tho pur
chase of ths brid pi, stipulated to pass com and
cotton free, lie was disposed now to force the City
to do so.
Mr. McDougatd was in favor of the bill, and in
sisted ou its passage, basing bi* arguments on the
contract of '28, at the purchuso of the bridge.
Mr. Fish made a short but very able speech
against the bill. He contended with great force
and earnestness that it was a violation of a aolemu
contract between llie Stute and the Corporation
of the City of Macou. Ho also vindicated tri
umphantly aud successfully the City and CorptM
t atiou of Macon from many uukiml ami false
charges preferred aguiust them by members upou
this floor, iu reference to exactions aud demands
made upon produce carried across the bridge,
from depot to depot.
Mr. Nisbet iu reply to au enquiry of Mr. Jones
said be would submit a correct alutemeut of
facts to the House, as be was n representative of
the City of Macon. Ho vveut iuto this statemeut,
showing how Macon lind been tributary to tbe in
trreits of lb« Slate, and how it wus t mght to de
stroy tbo sources oi her income. After Mr. N.
had concluded his remarks, tho yeas and nnys
were coiled, which were a: fellows: yeas 83
nay a 16.
Senate, Jau. 1C.
Mr. Claik: A bill to regulate tbo taking testft
many for the Courts of this State, aud to coufer
certain powers on the Judges of the Superior
Cuurts, when iu convention, to revise the rules of
practice in relation to thissulijret.
Mr. Murphy moved to take up tbe resolution of
the House requesting the Governor to furnish tbe
Geuertil Assembly with a statement, a* early as
possible, of the aggregate value of ;he lands in
this State—alro of the slaver—stock in trade—the
probable amonut of money at interest, including
stocks, etc., and what rate p^r cent, will supply
the probable wauls of the Government Tor Ibe
years '50 and '51. Agreed to.
Mr. Ciatk offered a reajlulion requesting h'a
Excellency, the Governor, to comuiuuicutu to the
FT-
METROPOLIS.
I’StO.tl M, V.'-Oll l.tLANf-
cabinet, as at first decided upon, hat!, subsrq:
!y, tu be icinncleled. Mr. Tccmbs attempiesl i
dictate, aud probably did dicleie mocb oathes
casino."
Here we find llie allegation, that the littlea_
ty pound Stephens, burked by a inmi «kn.|
rows in the name of Tonmlis, dictated a pecaliv]
course of puliLy to tin- great whig psrtr.saiql
their will the sine ,/va era of a great .Nations! CwI
venthiu. Thu rhnrge, too, mines from a «qI
writer, aud is published ill a whig paper. If it ar ]
penred in a journal on the other side, wejbeli]
hold it to he a calmnny. Even now we .<••■!! : il
ro deny what seems to have been intended a :bs|
inference, that the whig party cnidd hecnniwMl
or influenced by the dictation of Messrs.Tsoabl
and Stephens.
Thes> gentlemen required the conreitioal]
of the State.
Mr. Jones replied by charging Mr. IV. w ith offi- j [corrcspondencr of the Georgia telegraph ] j j u "V"mte General Tnylur, or t «y wusU sulk
cion, intermeddling with interests to which he NBIV-OR LEANS. Jan. 14. 1850. !
was a stranger—that I:is pnrpnso was to exhibit It is deeply to be regretted that, at an epoch
himself as the champion of corporate interests when the whole civilized,world begins to perceive
the folly of restrictions on commerce, and the in-
expediency of fostering junnuhicturcs on high
pressure principles, to the injury of every other
branch of industry, the President of the United
against the people's interests—that Macou had her
representatives. He contended that the charter
of 1817 was a fraud upon the Legislature, and said
much ns to the manner of its coming here in the
custody of a high functionary of that city,and that States should return to the exploded theories of
the Senator from that district, at the time, prac
ticed a fraud in prncqiing its passage through
the body of which he wax a member.
Senate, Jau. 17.
Mr. Edmonson introduced a bill to incorporate
the Cherokee Insurance Company
1791, and press the doctrines of Alexander Ham
ilton’s report upou Congress. This action of the
President was anticipated from the moment he
recalled Mr. Bancroft, the ablest and most popu
lar Minister that ever represented this country «t
I tbc Court of St. James, and appointed in bis place
Mr. Stall reported a bill requiring the Cle.ks of | Abbl>u L(uvrenct , . gelltIeman wIloaB reveouo of
the Superior and Inferior Courts of the county of
Pike to appoint Deputies residing iu the city of
Griffin.
Mr. Jones: A bill to incorporate *• Cook’s Sta
bles,” in the town of Albany, to fix tho rate of
charges, and to prevent tbe issuing nf shin-plasters.
received from so many different sources, leaves no
Jonbt of its correctness. A braver soldier never
led a forlorn hope—a wittier one never graced the
jovial circle of the bivouac. IVnce to.bis ashes.
LV Tiie Legnlotnre ol Massachusetts met at
Boston, on the 9(h iust. In the Ssnote. Mr. Wilder
waa-Cleetml.President, receiving twenty . ut of
tbirty-fonrvotes; and Chnrlca Calhoun wasunani-
, u' me mistake,.tor aU I w*&t to have monsly chosen Clerk. .In tho Iloase, Ensign ii.
I Kellogg received oue hundred nml sixty-one nut
r.neh above bnt ,w0 hundred and eighty-eight votes, and was
elected Speaker. Charles W. Storey was appoint
ed Clerk.
E7* Man's bappioese is said to hang npov a
thread lhat v* Rover at burnt to oc* on tbeik'-t ,
Ict'.Cft fo.t is tin: > • off. I
Couucil Chamber, ou the lOtll inst., at 8 P. M., at
which Hi* Honor G. M. Logan presided, and E. J
Stow acted as Secretary; aud all tho information
he has as to !hn truth of thestutemeutsaud charges
made or implied iu the report aud resolutions sub-
milled-hy a committee appointed by said meet-
ing, touching tbe management of tbe State Ruad—
which was agreed to.
J. IV. G. Smith introduced a bill to make it the
duly of superintendents or managers of electiooe
iu this State to cause tho ballets to be numbered.
Mr. Woods: A bill to change tbe mauuer of
electing Justices of tbe Peace nud Constables in
tbia State. This provides that these officers ahull
be elected for two years.
In the House, Thursday, Jan. 17.
After the readinvof tbo journal this moruing,
MILLEDGEVILLE, Jnn. 19.
Since my Inst, both House* have been very busy,
aud a good deal of bnsiuess has been disposed o r ;
I have not limo this evening to giye you full re
ports of tho proceedings of either House, and will
content myself by referring briefly to a measure
wh'ch tins engaged much of the alteuliuu of mem
hers of buth Houses for the last two days. 1
mean tbe kill introduced by Mr. Smith, of Talbot*
changing the Senatorial Districts of the State
This bill was called up iu the Hunse day before
yesterday, which, after an animated aud interest-
iug discussion, waa passed in that end of the Capi-
tol by a majority of five. Yesterday this bill passed
the Senate by a majority uf two; nud this m«ru
i.ig a violent parlizan discussion ensued on a j
motion of Mr. Miller, of Richmond, to reconsider
so much of tbe journal of yesterday as relates to
the passage of the Seuntorisl bid. Tbe motion to
reenusider was sustained by Mr. Miller and oth'
ers, and opposed by Messrs. Murphy, Clark and
J. E. Brown. The motion to reconsider was lost
This debate was quite interesting, but my limits
will uot nlluw me to attempt even a sketch of it.
ONSLOW.
Califorxin a.\d China.—The Liverpool Jour
nal, in speaking of late Califi/mia news, remarks;
Tbe current uf Oricutal commerce has set iu a
new direction. The west coast of tbe United
States is iiovv in communication with China, Aus
tralia, and the islands in the Pacific. Chiuese mer
chants and manufacturers now trade v. ith Califor
nia and Chiuese mechanics who are now working
in San Francisco. Facile communications from
the cast to ihe west of tho New World will soon
be established ; aud probably the revolution of
the Celestial Empire will date from tbe dlscovety
of gold iu tbe sands of the Sacramento.
Mokkt.—Tbe .rgcit.x'avrbokirr bx the world. Mr. tv , ^ i.r ute ...-■.i.o that.he would u*r
Ilnscvgcc Rail RoatI<
At a meeting uf the Stockholders, on Monday
the 7lh iust., tho following gentlemen were elect
ed Directors; Mnj. Johu II. Howard,'Robert S.
Hardaway, Esq., Dr. Robert A. Ware, Geu.Sam’i
A. Bailey, Hou. ft. B. Alexander, Harvey Hall,
Esq., and Maj. James Wimberly. Tbese gentle-
men constituted the board of last year, and by
their efforts in pushing the work forward gave
ample proof that nothing will be wauting on tbeir
part, to complete tbo work iu tbe shortest possible
time.
We see by tbe published proceedings of the
stockholders meeting, that a resolution wus adopt
ed requesting tbe members of the Legislature
from this county and Harris, to ttso tbeir efforts, so
to amend the Charter as to permit the Company
to join the South Western Road at a poiultobu
hereafter designated.
Reports from the Engineer and Treasurer vvero
received and ordered to bo published, which will
exhibit lo !ho»o interested, the progress r.uj pro-
t>e::s of tbe work.—Sn^aieer, 8:h
half a million is derived from manufactures, tnl
who entertains in favor of protection ultra ideas—
ideas directly in conflict with the popular aeuti-
meut of this couutry, and with tho prevailing
opinion of tite nation aud the government to whith
he has beeu accredited. As a gentleman, Mr.
Lawrence maintains a high character, but il cei-
tain’y was neither cuurteuua or sagacious to send
him to England nt the preseut juuclure, iu piuce
of a Minister whose liberal opinions harmonised j
so well with the opinions now ruling in England !
in respect to free trade, and from whose exertions i
the most important result# would have followed.
When Gen. T.tylor was a candidate fur the l’resi
deucy.it was understood that be would not inter-
fere with the existing tariff; even up to a recent
period, it was given out that his Secretary of the
Treasury was any thing but a rcstrictiouist. His
appoiutment of Mr. Lawrence, however, wasc-ou
sldered a declaration of opinion, and in his mes
sage he throws off tho mask eutirely. There is
good reason to believe bis recommendations will
bo defeated.
Amongst tho many good things this new year
has brought in, or more properly speaking, one of
the bad thiugs the late year took with it, wat the
old Briti-h navigation laws. No doubt Darunm
has secured them for, bis museum, as being tiro
greatest curiosity of bye goue times. It is singit
lar, yet it exhibits the unchangeable character ot
au iudustrious people, that those to destroy wburn
these laws were originally Irojoed, should bo the
first to reap the benefit of Iheir repeal. Iu this
port no less than twelve or fourteen Dutch vessels
are up for Liverpool ut lower rates than our owu
or British vessels, aud of course thoy are obtain
ing full freights. These vessels are more econom
ically tnattued and managed than the American or
English, and until we can compel" with them iu
theso respects, lue Dutch bid fsxir to regain much
of their ancient position as common carriers for
the world. But ours is a people not to be out-
stripped in any thing, and except in the manufac
ture and consnniptkm of soar krout. wo w ill uot
surrender evcn-tiTthe Dutch. In the menu lime,
onr shippers aro getting tbo benefit of reduced
freights, which in some measure enables them to
give a fuller price for uur staples.
Since I last wrote, tbe markets have been very
quiet. Supplies have been large but sales mode
rate. Cotton was particularly lunguid, hut prices
were fully nqiiutaiued till yesterday, when North
ern buyers purchased largely at 1c advance. Tho
activity was occasioned by telegraphic news of
au advance in New York, which gave courage
to several bouses to go iuto market. Yesterday’s
sales amounted to 14,500 making a total of sales
for tho past week of 27,000 bales. Out stock on
hand is 185.328 bales. Tbe mails of the Cambria
enmo lo hand yesterday,- but tho letters are of an
unsatisfactory character, the limits being put too
low for English purchasers to cuter the market.
The few factors who have dincrctiouury powers
keep out of the market without operating in it.
New OaieA.sa Quotation.-*, 11th J.is. 1850.—
IIIbv cutvtnporarv, llie Senior uf the Bullrtxi
who was one «f tile chief* mid leader* nf tin fen-1
meat which culminated in llie groat tn#eti»f.W|
at llie State-House, on the 22d «»t February,iWl
in which the determination was dicliitctlyt's* |
ed. In run General Taylor,, nolens rohs,, wi'lnxl
ri forei ce to the Philadelphia Cnuveutwn—sfel
termination to which Colonels Iluliitl and Hate I
Jacob Barker and IL M. Carter sacredly pW;d I
themselves. N"W, why bear n> hardly *(*• I
Messrs. 3'uonibs and Stephens for a fault comot-l
ted hy yourselves 7
Bnt Inrihcr; it seems the gentleman of lb I
doleful name. Tint content with dictsliag to fe I
wh'g party, undertakes to dictate tn (h-oersl TiJ-1
lor ; and. if we arc to believe the Rulletiu’sror-1
respondent, succeeded. He sought to W™* I
Thomas Butler King, for the War Department.t< I
pressing die claims of George W. CrawW -1
“This scheme,"says the writer, “wsssuct>-uf»P I
To defeat Mi. Vinton for the Treasury*^I
Georgia Major put forward Mr. Ewing,•■'I 5 ** I
cceded in placing him in the cabinet. Ja I
ing ibe cabinet, “Mr. Toombs attempted to I
tatc. and probably did dictate muth oa ife*** - 1
sion.”
Now. it is not ourdutvnor province tn d*W
ihe character of General Taylor against mertp*^
teal imputations, especially when they pntew
from his opponents. But what* the mural
ness and manliness or ibe old hero are so r^J
impugned, as they are in the above quutsShj
wo feci bound lo deny and denounce them. "
cannot believe that General Taylor is issdeofte
stuff that would submit to dictation from the f*
real named Georgia Major. The Utillelin IW
the old General.aiid gives foimdntioa for the U*
fabrications of his enemies, that he is a mereK
pet—an automaton—a uoso of wax, in the twf
of scheming partisans. Such is lh« tenor, lb*“
feet of the teller in the Bulletin. TV'eapfe** 1 ’
all candid miudsto say. if tbe letter ad mitt of V
other construction. It is nono of onr buvjae*
deuii crats impose upou the Bulletin, as "sw^-
ton correspondents, so that they do not
national reputation of a gallant soldier and ptin**
“w hu has dime the Slate some service.’’
Cbl.02
•tru-.—y to goes o«.:r.r.ry
rd-
Taxing tub Property op Noz-BRStntf^T
Mai y ol the richest and most extensive ij 11
• rs hi Europe have capital invested 1° 1
amount iu New York, and which entirely VIC*?"
taxation. Anmug those, ns part of thoesps* 1
invested, may be mentioned.
sxitrtt-
Tha Messrs. 11 itchscbilJ, bankers, ^
residing in
Baring. Brothers & Co., banking, resid-
ing iu l. tii,lot 20.000,0*
London and Liverpou! Insurance Coin-
puny of Liverpool, ’
National Loan Insurance Company of n ... jj)
Loudon
British Commercial Company of Lou- «||
don, ?rinOO)
United Kingdom Company of Loudon, ’
Albion Life Insurance Company of
Lrolon, (estimated)
New England Life Itisuraucc Coni|>a-
ny of Boston, Mass...
Couiiectic.ilt Mutual of Hartford, Gown
Trenton Mutual, of Trenton, N. J...*
Many more names might bo added’ V^jjick
the amonut of capital invested here. nir
draws "Ut immense ccYnings vearly Pr,.
ing a penny uf tax to more than
lions of dollars. Haw if these foreign n> e . j
and others were taxed, we have ths satM .v ^
tho “Globe” for saving thut instead °‘ P*r,?tr
New York only 255^217.093 dollar wor ‘l j 0 iun
ble property, we should have 756,2l7,uS>»
worth, and tho tax upon real and person* 1
ty in this city would be reduced fo'in ,' rC j
on the hundred dollars to 50 oeuts on the
dollars, or even less. ,«ef-
We hope that after reading these „ »|si<7
izen of New York will sign the apphe*
to be made to the Legislature for ibe t->>■ ' c :.y,
the capital ot nou-resident *“ 1 11
an 1 at present drawing so I _
Ii itd earned uiouey to other couDtno
Express
.id Lord Brougham.
rued gentlemen who r>
invested i,,0 “ r i„;
2 e au smount m .
£57* “A lawyer,” I
tiousinood, “wait
Yoor estate f-om yr.