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J HE KEI l ELK . ••Government derive* it* just powers, net from theau tlmrity of Rulers, hut from the consent of the Governed.” MACOy, DEV EM mill 18, 1844. THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY. The next quarter of a century will give birth to great event?. The principles ol our government are reacting with (earful import upon the monarchies and despo tisms of Europe. Even France, that broke loose from the rule of the Bourbons in the latter part of the eighteenth century, ami roamed like a beautiful maniac over feu dal Europe, awakening the nations to ac tion, under Louis Phillipe has grown jeal ous of young America. Sympathising with the cold and ambitious policy of Peele, will she too, write to forbid the bans already published under the solemn form of a treaty, which proclaims to the leagued inonarchs of Europe that the North Amer ican Ret üblic, redolent with youthful vi gor, is about to espouse the Lone Star whose brow is radiant with beauty, and whose portion is the immeasurable domain won by the valor and glory of San Ja cinto! The Lilly of France, blended with the red cross of St. George, descends -upon the Western World, and would plant ■crowns and diadems, orders and jewelled crosses, upon the field of our Republican firmament. Such is the polity of Europe’s kings! N T ot such the feelings or the interests of her people/ They have scented freedom in the balmy breezes, wafted from a re publican soil across the waste of waters. The millions are worn down, toiling for the hundreds. They are becoming impa tient to enjoy an equality of rights and privileges. The ocean is whitened with the fleets ol emigrants! Month after month they pour their hosts of hardv la borers and adventurous tradesmen upon our shores. Steam establishes speedy ■communication. Their messengers of Jove and friendship convey tidings of safe arrival, of friendly welcome, of happy homes, of cheap and inexhaustible lands, of free constitutions, of universal suffrage, and a government formed and adminis tered by a free people, and advancement to its highest offices the measure of merit and ability. The niu-s fills the hearts of their distant kinsmen with indescribable joy and hope. They long to bound across the Atlantic and partake with their com patriots the blessings of young liberty. But inexorable poverty withholds the priceless boon. They look around them and behold twenty millions ol people who glory in the name of Englishmen, and on ly thirty-six thousand landed proprietors. A hereditary monarchy, a titled nobility, entailed estates, and overwhelming mo nopolies, crush the spirit of the people, and curse the inhabitants with a hopeless poverty. Taxes upon earth, air and wa ter, upon the living and dear!, for the pay of fleets and armies that a Brunswick may wield the sceptre of the United King doms and transmit her crown, perhaps, to an idem son.* They feel and suffer, but have no con stitutional remedy by w hich to rid tltem j&clves from die remorseless system of ex action. Do they murmur—a Wellington threatens. Do they rebel—fifty thousand' fegulitr mercenaries ate let loose upon them. They have nothing lefi but to Starve ami to die! The picture is not overwrought. Will the advocates of a legitimate monarchy say that the enslaved millions haven rem edy lor their sufferings in the sure and silent operations of public opinion? If they do, they assert things in the litce of history! Public opinion in Europe can not act. Monarchical power, like the dykes and levees of Holland, erected to stay the encroachment of old ocean’s wa ters, in the same way surround ramparts and repress the free and umlissembled expression of public sentiment. Europe presents the sublime spectacle lothe world of the pent up fires of Democracy raging and roati..g to escape through and above the cncrustmetits of despotism. They can neither be extinguished nor much longer delayed. A lurid glaie already reddens up the eastern hemisphere! And once aroused, irrisisliirle as tire lava from Ve suvius’ summit will he the rush of the people’s strength and the people’s will! The ditge of despots,, hoary with ini quity, unrighteousness and oppression, is already heard amid the muttered thun ders of a redeeming and regenerating De mocracy! The reign of kings is about to end, and the sovereignty of an eman cipated people to begin. Another half century and the old world will have east aside its tawdry robes of royalty and donned the snow white gar ment of constitutional freedom. Then will millions that have for the last hundred years been jxmring forth from the Eastern t/pettt (he Western shotes, develop their uiiextinguishable hatred to tyranny and imperishable love for the “Asylum of the Oppressed.” Then will the seed sown by tyrants in the sunshine of power, be reaped amid thewbrhvind of revolutions. Then will the sea open to the march of republican armies, and whelm beneath their destroying billows the taskmasters of a thousand years! Then advancing towards each other midway, shall the Democracy of the Old World and the New meet —and amid the tumult of old ocean’s waves, and the stormy noise ol contending elements, high above each will the welcome fraternal shout be board that announces the triumph of the people and the reunion of worlds! What a grand destiny awaits the hu man race ! The millenium ol govern ments:** when the lamentations of the op pressed shall be bushed, and the voice of • Seo Sydney Smith’s works. ihc tmtie heard Ift every land. When tticn shall yield homage to no diadem save that of Ireauty, recognize no liege hut genius, and worship at no shrine but that of Religion and Y’irtue! When the world shall be one great Commonwealth, where right shall be inflexibly maintained, law rigidly enforced, and an equality of privileges forever secured. 1 bis is no Utopia! Behold a young Republic with twenty millions of strong armed freemen, waving the torch of lib" ertv, breaking down toe strongholds of power, her temples, hr r cities, her vallies and her hills, vocal with the glad voices of her freeborn sons, as the rich cadence of their patriot songs is caught up from her plains, and re-echoed from her moun tain heights. See how she flaunts the stars and stripes before the sanguinary tyrant as he sits lording it on the throne of the Montezumas. Now the subjects of the Brunswick fleeing from the rage of the populace of Nankin, is comp iled to receive protection beneath the wings of the youi.g eagle. Alike the tawny sons of Alric’s shores, the unfettered tribes that roam o’er Tartary’s wastes, the slave of the Ottoman, tlie serfs of the Czar, the children of the grande monarqve, honor the flag of" our glorious Republic. It is the emblem of liberty ! The spirit of De mocracy! Its votaries are a free people —its trophies a free constitution and eqoal laws; its object, the security and welfare of unborn generations; its end, the dis semination of free principles and the tri umph of civil liberty in every “land and kindred and people.” When the civil millenium cometh, then and not till then, may we expect that of the religious and spiritual. For it is written on every page in the book of life, that God will not visit tbe nations until the oppressors of the poor, the enslaved and the down-trodden are scourged from the earth! THE HON. K. H. KIIETT. Some gentleman in a conversation with the late Judge Dooly, of this State, allud ing to some strange eccentricity exhibited by Joint Randolph of Roanoke, remarked that he must be mad. ‘Faith, (replied the Judge,) l should like to be bit by the same d "S ! Many of the wbite-livered politicians of the present day are wont to charge the Hon. R. B. Rlietl with hot headed ness, im prudence, JoH.y, madness, &e, &c. They are incapable of appreciating the lofty' patriotism,sagacious penetration,and fear less courage of ihe ardent statesman. It is out of fashion to be honest and inde pendent. Rome has seen her best days; and when the Spartan fires of South Ca rolina go out, tfie States will become de pendent provinces subject to a Central Government, and controlled by governors and officers as corrupt as ever Verres was. Nine in every ten of our leading politi , inns n w* seek preferment without one solicitous prayer tor the wrlfaie of then country. And when in office, instead ok devoting the ir care in preserving tbe pu rity ol its institutions, their whole thoughts are bent on the main chance— -their contin uance in power. Thank In a veil, there are VM some* hon orable except ions; and among the noblest ol the noiile ot these, R. B. Rlielt, ot South Carolina occupies a lofty niche. — His madness is the amor pa trice which lifts him above the sordid and grovelling pas sions of the age in which he lives. It is the dirmus aflatus, the inspiration of the patriot, dial sees and foretells the storm that I,roods over the State, and would save it from impending desolation. Let him go on and fulfil the high destiny for which lie is intended. And let him he cheered in his careei with the leflection that even in these de generate times there tire minds that ap ptecinle his position, and men that will stand Ity him to the death in the defence of our constitutional and blood-bought rights. Hear him on the subject of abolition : “To quail or to seem to quail, is to be lost. We must without a hue of fear, face our assailants, and look the madness ol fanaticism with unflinching courage stea dily in the eye. Our spirit of resistance! must tower with the rage of our enemies, j and above the loudest winds of the tem pest,'our stern voices of command and de fiance must lie heard. The temper ofj slavelioliling Greece before the battle of. Salamis. and of slaveholding Rome after the battle of Cannjjc, must lie ours—tint onlv spurning submission, but gathering! up mightier energies as dangers thicken, and working mil a deliverance more glo rious, in proportion as it is more desper ate, in its splendid aehievrnents. Fortu nately for us, our liberties tire a part of our existence. We must be free—tree in the use of our property —free in having it protected, or we must be destroyed. We cannot submit to the dominion of other States, foreign or internal, and preserve our forms of civilization anu tree Gov ernment. We must rule ourselves abso lutely or leave our country a howling wil derness. And will not this great truth, which all nature around us proclaims, with that proud intolerance <>f tyranny which j has ever characterised the people ol South Carolina, make us invincible against a ■ world of arrtis!” TEXAS, MEXICO AXD EXGI.AXD. From the subjoined extract of a letter addressed to the Hon. R. J. Walker, it seems that England is determined to come in fitr her share of the spoils or involve herself in a war with this country. If such propositions as this letter contains have been actually submitted through an authorized agent of Great Britain to T x as, it is of itself a sufficient cause of war. Under such a state of circumstances, Mr. Tyler, in the language of General Jack son, ought to “ plant himself upon the treaty of 1803, and erect our flag upon the plains of Texas.” If the old hero occupied the Executive chair, he would without a moment’s hes itation pursue this course, and the people of the United States would applaud the action by acclamation. Si range that Mr. Tyler with the ability and moral courage winch are his characteristics, should not at once follow the advice of Gen. Jackson, and thus immortalise his name forever in the annals of American history. Our re lations with Mexico would justify the measure; why then should we hesitate for fear of a war with England. If we engage in the contest we shall have right on our side, besides the sympathies of Europe, and we should come through tri umphantly. We have submitted long enough to the interference of that haughty power and it is time that her dictatorial spirit should be humbled. A war of ’44 would be a very different affair with the war of’l2. And brother Jonathan would make John Bull roar a note or two higher than he ever diil liefbre in nil his martial experience. Without further comment we refer the reader to the followin'! ex tract : Philadelphia, Nov. 27, ISI4. Hon. R. J. Walker: Dear J*ir—Capt. Elliott left a few days since lor Texas, to resume his official du ties as minister from H. B. M. Govern ment to that country. Since he left I have learned a piece of intelligence, which (coming from a source that can lie relied upon,)when publicly known, will kindle a burning flame in the mind of the peo plr, from one end of the Union to the oth er, which cannot be easily quenched un til the final annexation of Texas to the United States. In substance it is this:—Capt. E. is in structed by hisgovernmenl to proceed im mediately to Texas, and is “instructed to propose and guaranty the Independence of Texas from Mexico within ninety' clays and is authorized to say that Her Majes ty’s government will appropriate e£loif,- 000 or SOOO,OOO per annum, lor ten suc cessive years, to def ray the current expen ses of Government, &c, making $5,000,- 000, provided Texas will abandon annex ation with the United Stales, and enter into a Commercial treaty with die British government, admitting British goods free of duty, and agreeing to charge 20 per cent ad valorem on goods Horn all other countries.” In talking over “day’s lang syne” with a circle of fireside friends an evening ortwo ago, after paying the usual tribute to “die old well,” “the orchard.” “the school house,” “church,” &c. &c\, a lady in the company broke out iri the following poet ical and plaintive lamentation—“and that o!d later house, I ever shall remember.” DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL FESTI VAL IN CPftON. O.i Wednesday evening, ihe 4th in»t., a portion ot tlie Democracy ol Upson county, assernnted in i'lioniusion lor the purpose ol celt dialing an event ■.viocii lias wrested Irani lire violating hands ot old Ftdei atisill , l lie consul u lion of our gu-ui coutedeiu cy; ami piese: ved U iu ils pristine purily, uiilianii c.l ami unsullied. On mat nietnnrah.e day llie li.celor.il Colleges ol tllleen ol mese liee, sovereign, and in.iejiemlenl Siaies. casi I lit* i r votes lor J AMLS K. CUL.Iv and GEORGE i\l. DALLAS; ami, un der me ingn and iui|HMiiiig sane non ol Hit* supreme ,a\v ol llie laud, solemnly declared llieiii lo be, lor ion. ~ears, President ami Vice President ol this great and glorious Republic. i'iie weal tier which hail been unuruatly gloomy and inclement tor Some llitre pievions lo Ihe even -Img selected Ibr t he teshval, suddenly changed, and a origin and brilliant day burst upon us with nil tlie softened lustre and soothing bland ness ol spring's “eihenat mildness.” li nas an Indian summer-day ot smpassing beauty. The lancilul and pretty conceit til May lingering m ihe tap ol Y\ mler, stetned lo tie realized, and, as Ihe lasi roses ol a gorgeous Autumn, sen! lorlli llieir fragrance, and me sylvan warblers made ill air Vocal with harmony, M required no aid frcin imagination lo feel Ilial nature and nature’s Coil sumeed auspi ciously upon us, jusi as “Tue morn in russet mantle clad, Peep’d o’er the brow ol me lai -eastern hills,” a national salute, including one gun lot the lone and lovely Star, proclaimed the arrival of a day which tvili fie marked as a memorable epoch m llie calendar of Liberty. The previous inclemency ot ihe weather and the harvesting engagement* of our agricultural friends, necessarily diminished the number ill l would olii erwise have been present in do honor lo ihe occa sion. The sturdy democracy of ihe country, how ever, conluiued to pour pn until llie evening, at which lime the village was pretty well crowded.— Throughout ihe day, the clieertu! graiulattous iliai were interchanged, and me buoyant air and ani mated lirres of ihe Democrats vividly pnunrayed their patriotic feelings, and plainly indicated that lliey had met together to enjoy “a least ot reason ami a How of soul,” —not luenthruie t lie high aspi rations of a moral triumph by tire senseless c.amors ol a bacchanalian orgie, or the mere gialiticaliou ol a sensual appetite—no, no, no—but that they laid met together to proclaim the noble triumph .it De mocracy, and to do honor lo the nten whom and lias been truly and emphatically said, that they did not seek office, but il tons the office that sought them. As madam Cynthia was m Iter last quarter, and the atmosphere mild mid serene, llie tiigld was ad mirably calculated to show off the festival to the best advantage—indeed, every tiling in heaven, earth and air, seemed iu unison with the occasion, and all conspired lo brighten the scene with a bril liant beauty and heighten Ihe joyous sensations that bounded from soul to soul, bo soon as the ••sable goddess front her ebon throne, stretch’d tiirih Iter leaden sceptre,” llie exhibition commenced. The houses of the Democrats in the vtll .ge were bril liantly illuminated and decorated with attractive transparencies, bearing apppropriat” ami patriiflic inscriptions, with this, from the numerous windows of the court-tutuse, (which is situated on a gentle eminence in the centre of the village,) a flood of light poured forth in dazzling brightness, and uniting wiiti the spiral columns of sparkling flame which ascended Irom bonfires at each angle of the Public Square, and oilier pyro technic exhibitions, presented a scene of grandeur so magnificently splendid that it elicited the most heartfelt and rapturous shouts of applause and ad miration. The glowing feelings thus excited hud not subsided beloie we were unexpectedly called upon to witness another exhibition equally, if not more grand ami imposing. Casting our eyes lot lie north-west we saw the summit of Polk's Mountain, situated about five miles from Thomaston, wrapt iu flames which illumined the horizon almost as laras the eye could reach, with the lustrous splendor ol the Aurora Borealis. The birds of the forest sprang from their sylvan perches to sport their plumage in the flood of light, and an Eagle 100, was seen to dart from his eyrv, and after wheeling maje-tically through the bright expanse of ether, the noble bird of Jove slowly disappeared in the distance. What an omen would this have been to the old Romans! They would have hailed it as a presage of glory more certain and durable than that which Ihe Eagle of the Corsican predicted, when they combatted the enemies of the Republic amid the clouds ol the None Alps. When the illuminations and bonfires began to fade away, a Torch Light procession was lormed, which marched several times round the Public Square and through the street* of the village. The procession was preceded bv music and suitable transparencies, and afier various demonstration*ol jnvful exultation, it moved into the court house, where t meeting of the Dent •cracj was organized j bv calling Dr. D. Kendall to llie chair. Dr. K. addressed the meeting in a moderate arid | dignified manner. He congratulated the demo cracy on the logit and momentous occasion linn brought tlisiti together, briefly and ably reviewed some of the leading subjects of the recent canvass, and concluded by exhorting the party to a zealous and untiring support of llieir principles. Mr. L. W. Paine was called for. HeexpnseJ in a strong argumentative speech, some of the most popular fallacies of our opponents, and reverted with much good humor and irony to the “ways and means” they employed to snnport llie thrice beaten ant! broken down nag of A h inti, whom the people had finally discliatged and sent out tograss. Mr. P. having closed, 1 J. J. Carev, Esq., addressed the meeting. Af ter congratulating his fellow-democrats on the great , victory achieved bv the democracy oft he Union, j Mr. C. went into a lucid and searching investiga i t ion of the claims upon which the friends of .Mr. |Clav based his pretensions to the Presidency. He exhibited the great discrepancies and striking con trasts which were to he found in the conflicting doctrines which even his advocate* maintained made up his political character, and also in the ve ry equivocal positions in which Mr. Clay had plac liimseir ill reference lo several leading questions ~f public policy. His Irrquetil modified and c.onlra | dictorv opinions relative to the compromise, and | his final abandonment of that pacific and judicious i measure, together with Ins see-sawing and amhi i lions letters on the subject of annexation, were in- I stanced as conclusive evidence ot an oscillating anti | time-serving policy that fully proved Mr. Clay to be tm statesman, or, if indeed lie was one, that the reins of government could not Is* safely trusted in : his hands. The ridiculous charge that the Demo crats had no principles was indignantly repelled hy Mr. Carev. The principles of democracy, exclaim i ed Mr. C. are embodied in our glorious constitution, | 1 and it is for llieir preservation that we arc anti have j : been contending in opposition to the heterodox i doctrines of old Federalism. Does not our opposi- II ion to a Bink of the United States, to n high pro tective tariff to a tna! appropriation o ( ' llie public j domain, to a virtual abolition of t fie veto power, lone of the greatest of the checks and balances which preserves the equipoise of our government, involve no principles? They do, said Mr. C., and the principles they involve are ol high order ami vi tal interest—they are the fundamental principles ol our constitution—that great political luhle which j was conceived amidst the fire and smoke of out glorious struggle for liberty, am! handed down lo I us hy the fathers and apostles of the Revolution.— | To preserve these principles unsullied and unim- ■ pared, in opposition to the innovations and usurpa tions of Clayism, has been and will continue lo be 'fte great work and the sacred duly ot the cham pions of democracy. These are our principles! After Mr. Carev sat down, lie was billowed liv Wms. F. Jackson, and T. A. D. Weaver, F.-.qrs. The first named gentleman rose (or the purpose o repelling a scandalous charge which his former as sociates had broogh' against him in consequence of his refusing to how his tu ck to the yoke of Unity Clay; and most triumphantly did Judge Jackson vindicate himself bv fixing upon his accusers the charge of inconsistency and subserviency which they impoientlv attempted to listen upon him.— Judge Weaver spoke of the grand result as a great moral and political triumph which would strength en ami invigorate our institutions. He concisely ami very felicitously alluded to the monstrosities of a United Slates Bank and a protective tariff, and concluded bv an animated appeal to the Democra cy to maintain the great victory they had won bv a vigorous ami faithful adherence to their princi ples. It will be seen that we have but barely alluded to the several excellent and eloquent speeches that were delivered, anil that 100 in a manner hy no means commensurate with their merits—the speak ers weie frequently interrupted bv tlie prolonged and animated plaudits of the meeting, which was characterised hy great good humor and a Courteous bearing towards our discomfitted adversaries. The meeting closed with the following song, writ ten by an Upson detnocin! for the occasion: TllE DEMOCRATIC PILLAR OF GLORY. Tithe- -Hail to the Chief. Now do we see the bright Pillar of Glory, Thai proudly arises front Liberty’s base, Emhliirdfr’d with names immortal in story, The pride and the boast of democracy’s race. Long shall the Pillar list , Lighting our earth and skies. With splendor as bright as the blaze of the sun, “ ’Till earth’s remotest” men, “Stud back the shout again,” Democracy triumphs, ami liberty’s won. Our patriots now sainted, will look down front heav’n, And smiling approve the great work they begun; ’TVs Jhiish'd! they’ll shout’till the blue vaults are riven, With tbe loud hymn of praise, led by a great W ashmgton. Long may that shout arise, From the earth, seas and skies, ’Till corruption aghast shall shrink back to his hell; There may he wail in vain, Never more to break Ids chain— Democracy has sounded his funeral knell. Our Polk and our Dallas Ihe monster has strangled, Like Hercules they rose Ihe world to surprise; Corruption fled from them polluted and mangled, And hid from the Truth that Jitr flush’d from llieir eves. Then Georgians raise the strain, Democrats Ibrever reign, Our Polk and our Dallas shall heighten their way, \\ ith pure and heavenly light, Blasting the Traitor’s* sight, Who deceiv’d with a kiss, his Slate to betray. The lost Pleiad now, we soon shall recover, That lotieiy and lovely, that bright beaming Star, ’Twill blaze with a beauty more splendid than ever, And shine ’mid our lustres more brilliant and fair. Then shout iu ecstacy, Texas and liberty ! Embrac’d by our Union, O, soon may she be; Texas and liberty, Shout again in ecslacv; “The land ol the brave and the home of the free.” Now do we see tbe bright Pillar of Glory, That proudly arises from Liberty's base, Emblazon’d with names immortal in story, The pride and the boast of Democracy’s race. Long shall that Pillar rise. Lighting our earth and skies, With splendor as bright as tbe blaze of the sun, “ Till earth’s remotest” men, Send back ihe shout again,” Democracy triumphs, and liberty’s won. The meeting adjourned at ar. early hour, and thus terminated our little (estival without a solitary incident occurring to mar the social harmony and fraternal feelings which prevailed throughout the evening. The elevation of Polk and Dallas to the first offices in the gift ofthe greatest and purest He public ujvin earth, leave a moral impression upon llie minds of the people iluit will do more to |M r- i peiuaieoor republican institutions and preserve the equal rights ot man, than all the military achieve ments which have emblazoned the pages of history sinre the fiat of Omnipotence spoke man into ex istence. On the evening succeeding Ihe Democratic (esti val, ilie ladies of Thomaston, favorably inclined to IFhig doctrines, compassionating ilie discomfiture of llieir cavaliers, prepated a neat and mcc little fete Ibr * lie purpose of moistening their Clay and consoling them hv an exhibition of Ihe joy of grief. Ttiis evidenced a fine and charming spirit on the part of the ladies, whose peculiar taste and tact can make even defeat itself wear the triumphant |>ort of victory. If ihe elegant manner in which they displayed tneir delicate and well-timed sym pathy had heen re*ponded to in a congenial spirit, ihere could have been nothing to censure, but much to approve. As it turned out to be however, the * Ren-ten. h iori.-li and braggadocio-like conduct of Some ol the *] >eaherß, who alluded in Ruarse anil abusive terms to several of our most eminent and distin guished statesmen, was but a poor and unmanly re- j turn lb* ltic kind and delicate courtesy which | sought to assuage the pangs of defeat, and mode- ; rate llie onextingoisbed passions that still rage in j tbe hearts of the vanquished party. As it may be | regarded* political maxim, that lie tvbo is insolent j in defeat would tyrannise iA the hour of victory, j we have an additional incentive jo cheer us on in j our opposition to a faction which Ibses its cqnnui itniiy in its overthrow, and would suppress in ils j success every emotion of moderation and forbear ance. 'The little lievy of comely matrons and beau tiful maids, whose condescension was thus shabbi ly requited, must have hung their beads abashed and blusbeu “celestial red” to lie Compelled to list en to tlie slang- whanging jargon that assailed their ears—tor whatever may lx* their opinions, they can never transcend the bounds of the most scrupulous and refined delicacy, and, “If to their share some female errors fall, Look in their eyes, and you’ll forget them all.” By thf. Committee of Akkanuement. CONGRESS. Iu tlie Senate to-day, Messrs. Brrese, Archer, and Moreheud, appeared in llieir seats. The Hon. Henry A. Foster, and the Hon. Daniel A. Dickinson, appointed hy the governor of New York to lili the va cancies in t lie Senate ol the United Si tiles occaWnned hy the resignation of the Hon. Silas Wright ami tlieHon. Nathaniel P. Talmadge, appeared, were qualified, nml took llieir seats. Several Hill of a private j character were introduced and committed. Mr. McDuffie gave notice of his intention, to introduce a joint resolution for the an-1 nexat ion of Texas tothe United Stales, and Mr. Merrick to introduced bill to re duce the rates of postage, and to abolish the franking piivilege. At the instance of Mr. Woodbury, the Committee on Com- j meree was instructed to inquire into, the propriety ol extending the present ware house system. The several standing com mittees were also announced hy the Pre sident protein. No other business ol im portance was transacted. The House, alter lHe announcement ol the standing committees, resolved itsell into Committee oftlie whole, anil took up and discussed Mr. Duncan’s hill lor hol ding the election of President and Vice President on the same dnv throughout lltej Union; which being passed over inlbrmal- Iv, the message ol the President was re-! lerred lo the appropt iate committees, and the House adjourned. Dorr's Case. —Gen. Fessenden, from Maine, is in town, endeavoring to do some thing for the liberation of Mr. Dorr, upon a Writ of Error, and Habeas Corpus.— We learn that he yesterday made an ap plication, to have an interview with the imprisoned man, through the Mayor of the city. What will be the result of the ap plication, remains to be seen. We have no idea that it will be successful. Mr. Dorr can only he liberated hy a change of rulers. Since writing the above, we learn that the application has been denied.—Provi dence Gazette. A Steamer propelled by a Fan. —We learn from the English papers that a boat con structed on the piuiciple of a “lan” pro peller has been launched at Greenwich, and a very successlul experimental trip performed in her. The boat is named the Mystery—is about til'iy tons burden and twenty horse power. The engines | are fixed lengthways in the vessel. The propeller is similarly constructed to the fan of a windmill, and, like the screw, is fixed to the stern. It possesses a twofold action—one perpendicular, which regu lates her speed, and the other horizontal, which describes half a circle, and regu- I lates her steerage. This latter action of the “fan” is ofsucli power that while il supersedes the use of a rudder, it can wheel the boat round as if site moved upon a pivot, and continue to spin Iter round like atop, wilhott mak ing bead or stern way, except what little the tide or wind may effect. This pecu liar action of the “fan” can be attached It) any sailing vessel, from a line-of-battle ship down to a collier, and can be worked by hands, totally unconnected with steam. — j ! Its power, though not so great as when worked by steam, is such that it would enable a ship of the line tobiing both her broadsides to beftr against an enemy in about two minutes.— S. Y. Com. Ado. Oregon and the British • —lt is stated that Mr. Dunn, agent for the British Hudson Bay company, has furnishad the Montreal Courier with a statement of the complete 'occupation of Oregon, animo remanendi, by the directions of that company, as the re presentatives of tlie British nation. The Pork Season. —The Cincinnati Chronicle, says the great winter business of cutting pork has commenced. Bome six or eight thousand have been slaugh tered. The quantity of pork packed will of course lie large, much larger than at; any other point iu the United States. Judge F. 11. Cone, of the Supersorj Courts of die Ocmulgee Circuit, has re signed his office. TheGovcrior will have to appoint a successor to serve until an election by the legislatute in November, 1848. The legislature of Ohio have rlert e( l Thomas Corwin, Senator ill Congress, t° serve for six years from and after the 4dt ot March next, when the term of Judge Tappan will then expire. “ Hurrah for the girls of’44! ’ cried ti j j politician at a caucus the either night.— j j “ No, no, hurrah for the girls of 16!” re- i spondee! another; and the sentiment was enthusiastically cheered. MARRIED. In this City, on the 12th in*l. by the Rev Mr. Pavne, Mr A. Leadi.v, to Miss Akathvsa Kir bot. In thisCilv, on llie 12ih inst. by the Rev. Mr. Kendrick, Mr. A. G. Killisosworth, lo Miss Elisabeth McCoo*. In Vineville. on the 11th inst. by the Rev. J. ! R. Kendrick, Dr. J. Brut.!., to Miss fVrxxriMK 11. S*vnrßs. •firs. iJt it stub’s Hotel* CRirFIN, GEORGIA a rs * a, TAKES this method of informing Iter frit ml* i»m<l the public generally, t Lai she w lit ! still coulint.e to keep a Hotel in this place, a lew i doors below llie Monroe R il Ronil ami Bankirjf House, just across the street from where the for** inerlv kept. Her charges will eorre*|*ind with the j hardness of the times. The bouse will be filled ;upin a superior style. She will lake tbe bouse ou tlie 201 h flay of Dcreuber, when every tiling lull ! be in complete order. AMP.UA HUSON. 1 Griffin, the. 9, 18-14. 10 2m Floyd House* Mtiie connexion subsisting between tbe undersigned heretofore, under the firm of B. S. NEWCOMB St CO., was dissolved on lite lath ins!. The debts previously contracted hy the concern w ill be paid bv B. S. Newcomb, and the sole proprietorship of the Fl.otfl Horse front : the dissolution above staled, is vested in B, S. New comb only. B. S. NEWCOMB, WM. CK A FT, C. C. USHER. Macon Nov. tD, 184-1. N. B.—.Mr. Craft, I have the jtleasure of saying; lias eimsenteil to remain with n;e, anil assist in llie management ol the House. B. S. NEWCOMB. Nov. 27. 3t 8 JIRS. F. MI.BLK, OF I* Alt IS MILLINER AND FASHIONABLE Ores* ,1/aker. Store next door to Messrs. fValts St Moulton's, Commkkce Row. RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of A/acon and Vicinity, that she has just arrived from New Fork, Willi a netv and well selected stack of new SVJTNLJ3 OJP B VEL VE TS, SILK. .S’ TRAIV, it LEG HORNS, which wili he sold very low. Old bonnets repair ed at the shortest 'notice. A call is respectfully so licited. December 11,1811. 9 if SELLING OFF AT COST FOR CASH. HAVING a very la roe Stock of Goods on band, -and being desirous of reducing it very low by the spring, I am iml need to offer rnv present STOCK AT LUST FOR CASH. The G.iods are new and butight in JYete York for Cash. The stock consists of UffiJT Ck QO JD $ , READY MADE CLOIHING,. HATS, SIIO S AND ROOTS, SXDDI.LRV II \ If DWARF, CROCKERY, uoi.ting clotiim, .mill saw PAINTS, oil. W INI)OW GLASS, PITTY M'. 4C. embracing every article usually kept in this Mar ket. Country Merchants, Peddlers, and oilier person* wishing to buv, would do well to look at mv Goods More Purchasing, as great bargain* rnav be bad. WM. A. ROSS. Macon, December 11, 1844. 9-ts JAMES 11. HENNETT, IS announced as a candidate for Justice of t lie Peace, for tlie TtCib District, G. M., at the eu siting election in Junuaiy 1845. December 4. 8 t.le HEADY MADE CLOTHING, just received .Wen’s, and buys’ clothing of every descrip tion, which will be sold at gieatlv reditcftlDrices. S. J. RAY it CO. Nov. 8, 1844. FOUR MON THS after date application will be made to the honorable tlie Interior Court of Bibb county, when sitting fir ordinary purpo ses, tor leave io sell the entire estate real, and |>er aonal, of Henry Flanders late of said county de ceased. DAVID FLANDERS, Adm’r. December 18, 1841. 10 120 HOLLA UN REWARD. RUNAWAY from the subscriber, his negro man JUBITER, on the night of WU the 30ili ol November last. Jubiter is about 2t> years old, ;i empemer try trade, Sf/Tj supposed to fie about 5 leet 9 incites high. ■fcarjsfcfc. Hia complexion is not pci fectly black, as lie is remotely mixed with the Indian. He is toler ably broad across the shoulders, a little knock kneed, considerably more so in the right knee than (lieleft. He Inis* small sear on the under lip, I be lieve on the right side oftfic lip. He ’.s intelligent, strong and active. Winn heard from last (the night mi winch lie left my residence,) Jubiter was in company with a white man, bv the name ol_ Brown. Brown is probably about 25 years old, of rather more than a medium height, not very stout, has a ilaik complexion, lias, or had when last heard front, a modarate pair of whiskers, mustaches, and 1 presume from his complexion, lias dark hair and dark eyes, and had on an over coat or surtout, ex tending to about llie middle of his legs, and a black hat, with an oval or round crown. He is a young man of some intelligence, with n tvalk which con veys the idea of considerable self esteem, and lot* railier a genteel appearance, if well dressed. Yfe' mav |>erhnps pass hiinsell olfas Dr. Brown, as lath of opinion, tie once attended a course ol medical leciures. He is said to Ik 1 fond of spirits. Ido not know whether lie is married or single, or il married, whether his wife is in ibis State < r Georgia. On the same night on which mv negro man Jubiterlelt, two horses were stolen. One ol tlie horses, a bay of ordinary size, a limit 12 years old, tviili a while spot on his forehead, and one or more white spots on his hack, occasioned by tlie saddle, fie pact's ve ry well. The other horse is a sorrel with a blaze face, lie is of moderate size, also paces, hut not so weil as the other horse, and is what the jockeys sometimes call a Hide cat liamed, and about 9yearn old, with plain marks ol the collar on his 7'wo saddles and bridles are also missing. One of the saddles is very much worn, and has a saddle blanket cut llie size of the saddle pad. sewed sc curely to it, ilie#aildle was originally a good quilted saddle—the other saddle is not much wonted, and worth, if perfectly new about twenty-five dollars. Eighty dollars reward will be paid for Jubiter. if delivered to meat my residence in Barnwell Dis trict, South Carolina, or if lodged in any safe jail in South Carolina nr Georgia. And forty dollars for the detection arid conviction of any white man that may have Ihvii instrumental in carrying him off. .Ur. IF. B. TFarren has offered a teward of g»5 for his two horses above referred to. WM. R ERWIN. The Savannah Georgian, the Augusta Con stitutionalist, ihe Colutnbin South Carolinian, Ma con Republic. Athens Banner, will copy the above once,and send the bill to Dr. Erwin, at Erwinton., Barnwell District December 9, 1844. H CITY ELECTION NOTICE. City CoexctL, Nov. 22, 1844. K EVOLVED, That at the approaching Elec rion for .Uiyor and Aldermen, on tlie first Saturday in January next, no person be allowed to vole whose names is not on tlie Register Rook °f the city. Resolved. That at said Election sa person shall be allowed to vote who has not paid all arrearage^ ; of Tux to the city. Resolved. Tha t the Treasurer publish the foie gning Resolutions in the public Gazettes of the 3,V, so that all iiersons msv have due notice there-, of. A- R- FREE.UAN, Treas. Nov. 27, 1844. 7 ltJ i NOTICE. r*NHE ROOK lor Registering names of Voters i for .Upvoc and Aldermen of tbe city of .Yacon is l.ept at mv office in the .Market-House upstairs j - <tM ( will be open Mm 9to 12 o’clock everyday, i fSiindavs excepted,) until the day preceding the f Eh-otion, as required by the charter ofthe city. | Per*xns whose names are on the city 'lax Book ! of this veararc not acquired to register. December 11 9 ' A Tt. FKF.E.V\N Trca