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&gmtMn»lißt k HqmHit. ] j JAMES GARDNER, JR., j AND > Editors. I ' JAMES M. SMYTHE, ) j l From the Nt -o York Tribune , CM but.] Arrival of Kos>uth. At 1 o'clock thio morning, the steamer Hum- ; boldt. Capt. Lines, arrived opposite the Quaran tine Ground, and was immediately boarded. Just . before she reached the Narrows, she began to fire signal guns, and more than 30 were fired between , ■ the Narrows and Pier No. 4, where the steamer ; hauled up. On the vessel approaching the Quarantine 1 Ground, the engine was stopped, and immediate communication was had with the shore. 1 his was prepared lor by the firing of several rockets bet ween that point and the Narrows, and when the vessel stopped, numbers of persons were on * the shore anxiously waiting to see the Magyar. < A salute of 31 gui rw as immediately fired, and I during this operation, which was performed by • one of the Hungaiian Artillery, who arrived in * the Mississippi, Irom the center of the Quaran- * tine Ground, Dr. Doane, with Col. Berzenscy j * am' the Reporters of the Press, proceeded to the • steamer and were admitted on board. The boat ■ was decorated with the Hungarian and Anieri- 1 ' can flags, the latter bearing the inscription "Wei- j coin Kossuth to the land of Freedom.” On the ' arri /al of Dr. Doane in the saloon of the steamer, 1 he met Kossuth, and after shaking hands with ,1 him, addressed him in the following words: Noble Magyar I Illustrious Kossuth, we greet ! 1 you from the Western World! Welcome to the 1 land of freedom in speech and in action. Welcome to ti e American Republic, which demonstrates successfully to the world the capacity of man for 1 self-government. Welcome, thi ice to our infant country, the hope and trust of the friends of liber ty in every nation or clime, and which rises as a memento to thi world and to the lovers of free dom, of what Republican Principles can |ierforiu. You come not as a stranger among us, lor Irom the pine forests of Maine to the canes of Texas, from the coal fields of Pennsylvania, to the golden regions of California,and in all that wide spread country which is washed on one side by the waves of the briny Atlantic, and on the other by , the calm waters of the Pacific, your name is known. It will he a passport to every heart— every one will be open to receive you, and your coming will he the signal lor the uprising of 20,0(iO,000 of people, who will give you a cordial, a heartfelt and anjenthusiastic welcome. Governor : In your late desperate struggle for the lilierty of your own beloved native country, for the rigdts of your brother Hungarians, the American jieople took a deep, a solemn interest. 1 Although a broad ocean rolled between your land and mine, and al'hough your battle grounds were afar oil; still your movements were watched with the greatest interest and your successes were greeted with the most enthusiastic joy, and were borne on our electrified shores, w ith the swift ness of lightning, and looked to with such delight, that they excited the highest degree of enthusi asm, and filled the American people with great holies. When we found that you were unsuc cessful, we did not forget you, but animated with the spirit of Huger, who released Lafayette from the Castle of Olniutz, we looked with longing I eyes to Kuialiia. and even consulted upon a 1 scheme to set you free. We thank God that the time has come when youarefree! We thank God that you are ar rived in our land ol freedom, and ■" earnest we ! again welcome you to our tree Republic, and j trust that your coming here, and your efforts on behalf of liberty, will not only he useful to 1 America, but that your words will echo through- j out Europe until you see Hungary free, elevated among the nations of the earth, and in con.se- j ipience of the late struggle, placed in a position of perfect independence. 1 now present von with a letter from the May- ! or of the City of New York, which will inform you of the present momentary arrangements for your comfort. Kossuth said’: I cordially thank yon for your generous senti ments, and for the generous words in which they have been conveyed. I trust you and the peo ple of the United States of America will yet see Hungary free. lam glad to hear such an inter est was taken here in the struggles of my people, and she will yet he as free as she deserves to be. You oiler me a free ami generous welcome, and I am proud to meet you and to thank you that 1 am at liberty by the generosity of the United States. 1 know that every man who longs for freedom in Europe, as well as in this nation, has a kind feeling for Hungary, lam thankful for the generous action taken for my liberation by America, which you say is an infant country, but I say no. She is a giant, and though she has only been a short time in her growth, some 75 years, she has done more than other nations who have been 1,000 years in existence, and as the power of steam has blotted the word distance from the dictionary, with regard to crossing the atlantic, 1 hope and trust that American generosity and American sympathy will not see the day far distant, when the word shall be given to all Eu rope, which shall make it free, and give it per fect liberty. 1 give you my hand, (there he ex tended his hand to Dr. Doane) and 1 hope you will not be disappointed in me. If 1 ant a straight forward man, and have been true to those princi ples which you in the U. States revere, and though my country is not so great as yours, nor are my people so happy and free, as you are, still 1 hope we shall meet with your favor an#your sympathy in the cause of our nation. (Applause.) After this address, Kossuth and the members of his stall', together with Dr. Doane, proceeded to the shore, and a carriage lieing ready, they immediately moved to that gentleman's residence, where the Magyar took possession of the suite of moms prepared for him, and after taking refresh ments retired to rest. On leaving the Dock at Southampton, the Humboldt was cheered by countless thousands who assembled to bid farewell to Kossuth, and us the vessel moved from her moorings the last burst of enthusiasm almost rent the air. On getting out to sea, and at the first dinner party alter clearing the land, Capt. Tines drank to the health of Kossuth, and the whole company of cabin passengers who were at table, rose and cheered him vociferously. He did not make any speeeh in reply, luit politely bowed to the company several tunes during the continuance ofthe cheering. During the voyage, which was very boister ous, no demonstration was made, as the Magyar was very sick during most of the time. He wrote a great deal during the passage, and re mained very select, not even intermingling in the least with the passengers. On the pilot-boat meeting the vessel, as it ap fuoached Sandy Hook, the pilot handed the All owing letter from the Mayor ofNew-York to the illustrious Magyar. City Haul, Nov. 24, 1 So 1. Dear Sir—ln order that our city may have notice to assemble and welcome you Jto oiir city and country, as they desire we would respectful ly request you to leave the steamer at the Quar antine, and remain a few hours with Dr. Doane, who will, with great cheerfulness, tender to you the hospitality of his house, and where we are assured every attention will be paid to your com fort during the time it may be necessary for you to continue his guest. We are, with great respect, A. C. Kinusland, Mayor, Geo. F. Franklin, Alderman. To Governor Kossuth, of Hungary. The passengers oil the Humboldt are not pre possessed in favor of the Magyar, as he has been what they call too aristocratic for them, but as we learned he was much occupied in composi tion during the passage, it is probable that he was too much occupied in mental labor, to be <n* fait in conversation with every one who aspired to his acquaintance. Kossuth is a good-looking man, about five feet seven or eight inches in hight, and with great expression of feature. His eye is all intelli- ] gence, and his brow, though not so broad as it i has been represented on many of his portraits. J towers up to an extreme hight. and is somewhat j expansive. He appears to be a slim man, rather I than full in the chest, as often portrayed, and, as ■ is the custom of his country, he wears a beard ; 1 and moustachios which cover the lower part of j his fare. His hands are very small, and his costume, when he arrived, was the simple unadorned dress j of his countnr, the great coat, the Hungarian hat, with its feather and dangling tassels. Altogether : hr has a commanding figure, and the first impres- ! sion which would strike an intelligent person on looking at him, would be one of respect, on ac count of the intelligence and philosophical ap pearance of his whole exterior man. Kossuth's Departure from Southampton. M. Kossuth embarked from Southampton at 1 I’. M. on the 20th ult., under a salute of twen ty-one guns, fired by the Southampton Battery, on board the stemship Jupiter, placed at his dis posal byjoneof the large Steam-packet Companies at Southampton, for the puipose of conveying him to the Humboldt, in Cows Roads, a distance of about flfuen miles. He arrived from London the same morning, and was received by the Mayor and Corporation of Southampton, who assembled on board the Jupiter, where a grand dejeune la fvurchette wes given, an address to Kossuth from the Corporation, congratulating him on the magnificent reception he had experi enced, and wishing him a pleasant voyage, being presented on board. Just before leaving the Jupiter, he briefly, in a language of great feeling, expressed his emotions at parting with his English friends. An immense concourse of people congregated in the Southampton Docks to witness Kossuth’s departure, and the utmost enthusiasm was mani fested. Several small steamers were chartered specially to accompany the Jupiter, to witness the sailing of the Humboldt. The parting be tween Kossuth and the numerous English friends who had accompanied him to Southampton was i >st affecting, and the Humboldt got under w ighamid the deafening cheers of thethousands of persons at Cows, who were watching the event with the deepest interest. Proceedings of the Southampton Corporation. A meeting of the Council of the borough of Southampton was held on the 18th November, at the Audit House, or Council Chamber, in Southampton. Richard Andrews, E q., the worshipful the Mayor, was in the chair. Itwa moved by Mr. Alderman Laishley, seconded by Mr. Alderman Polk, and resolved unanimously— | ?-■ That this Council, having received from the 1 worshipful the Mayor a communication as to the : intended departure ofthe illustrious Hungarian patriot. Louis Kossuth, from this port to the United States of America on the ,'lOth inst. j The members of this committee cannot refrain from hereby recording their admiration of those , patiiotic and strictly constitutional sentiments which he has everywhere and on all occasions enunciated to the people of this country, and of those prompt and unqualified denials which he has given to the unlounded calumnies of the i abettors of despotism and tyranny, whether re silient of this or other countries, as well as the | surpassing eloquence and irresistable truthfulness with which he has placed before the British j public the countless wrongs and the crushing I oppressions of his beloved country, and tbe claims I which it has on tlie sympathy, moral and ener getic influence of all lovers of freedom throiigh : out tin* world. Most gratifying has it been to , this Council to have oLi trved from day to day , since the arrival of that great and distinguished ! man in our port since the U.'ld of October last, j that the admiration of his ; tihlic good and private i worth, and of his vast sacrifices lor those great | and undying principles of liberty which he so ably and so worthily represented, first publicly ; expressed to the mayor and Corporation of Southampton, have been everywhere most en j tlmsiustically reechoed .by the millions of the British people. For the purpose of further expressing our most l profound and increased admiration of so ill ust ri ! ous, high-minded and gifted an asserter of the rights of human freedom, and our deepest sym j puthy with the people of whom he is so distin guished an ornament, anti after having carefully ' read and considered the statements of his tradu -1 cers, and the manly replications with which they have been instantly met, this Council re solves to invite his Excellency to a de/uncr, on | Thursday next, previously to his departure on his great mission to the United States of Ameri ca, hoping and believing that his visit to Eng land of the Old world, and to the United States of the New, will greatly tend, sooner or later, more closely to unite the two great sections of j the Anglo-Saxon race in the vidicatiun and maintenance of human rights and freedom; and trusting that, by the blessing of I’iovidence, he I will, ere long, be restored to bis country and home, and there realize, in the emancipation of his beloved nation, tbe most ardent wishes ot his noble and generous soul, anil the complete and enduring consummation of his transceudant j exertions and labors. ! Airi- vlof Lola Montes, Countess of Landsfeldt. | Tins woman has obtained an unenviable no toriety throughout the world on account of her i ; romantic disposition and singular conduct, ar- | riveil this morning upon the Humboldt, accom- ! : panied by her agent, .Mr. Edward Willis, broth jerofN. P. Willis, and several servants. She j left Paris to meet the Humboldt, and traveled by j way of Calais and Dover to London, where she remained two days to take leave ot her friends, j She stated in conversation with us, that many j i bad things had been said of her by the American I press, yet she is not the woman she has been re presented to be; if she were, her admirers, she j believes, would be still more numerous. She j has been very lively during the whole passage, i and she does not appear to be very favorable to Kossuth, whom she thinks is an austere and dis l taut man. j Lola is not a masculine woman, but rather j slim in her structure; she has a face of great j | beauty, and a pair of black Spanish eyes, which I : dash fire when she is speaking, and make her, j with the sparkling wit of her conversation, a | great favorite in company. She has black hair, which curls in ringlets by the sides of the lace, and her nose is ot a pure Grecian cast, while her cheek bones are Itigh, and give a Moorish ap pearance to her face. She expresses herself fearful that she will not he properly considered in New-York, but hopes that a discriminating public will judge of her alter having seen her, and not before. —New 1 'rk Tribune. i- ”:ver.— We are gratified to be able to |t‘ c that our river is now in good boating con dit. >n. During the week a number of steam boat-—tiie New Boston, Franklin, (new, around the present season, well trimmed and found, of j light draught.) Alary, Palmetto, Retrieve and ! Wynnton—have arrived at our wharves, giving ! to Water street a cheering and animated appear ance. We have reason to believe that, through tiie indomitable energy and perseverance of onr citizens, Apalachicola has in a great measure re covered from the effect of late disasters, and will now go on. prospering and to prosper.—Apalach icola Advertiser , Ah uJt. Mails across the Isthmus.— The contracts for conveying the U. S. mails across the Isthmus , was let at Panama on the 13th ult. It was awarded to a Mr. Parades, who made the lowest I bid—Sl 1 75 per hundred pounds. The discovery of gold on Queen Charlotte's. Island, off the coast of British Oregon, in latitude 54, in considerable quantities, is announced in 1 the late news from Oregon. Several hundred bushels of rice have been raised this year near the borders of Henderson County, I exas. The average yield was about thirty bushels to the acre. (Corretpondence of the Baltimore American .] I Thirty Second Congress*—First Session. Washington, Dec. 8, 1831. SENATE. Messrs. Butler, Rusk, Rbett, Bell, Downs and Borland appeared to-day. Mr. Underwood presented a large number of petitions praying that no Chaplains be employ- j ed in the public service. Mr. Bright moved, the rules being suspended. ' that the committees be appointed without the necessity of balloting; and he sent up a list em bracing the committees of the last session, which j he moved be declared the committees for this session, and the motion was agreed to. Mr. Hunter gave notice of a bill for the relief of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road Com pany. Mr. Rhett gave notice of a bill to indemnify South Carolina for expenditures during the Semi nole war. Mr. Bright gave notice of an amendment to the rules requiring the election of the officers of the Senate. Mr. Hale gave notice of a joint resolution, di recting the President to open a correspondence with the President of France, with a view to ef fect the liberation of Abdel Kader. The resolution providing for the election of Chaplain was taken up and agreed to. A large number of bills were introduced and re ferred. Mr. Seward introduced a joint resolution, de claring that Kossuth was welcome to the nation. Mr. Shields offered an amendment providing for the appointment of a committee of three Sena tors to introduce Kossuth to the Senate. Objection made, the subject was laid over. Mr. Clemens introduced a joint resolution, au thorising the President to confer the brevet rank of Lieutenant General for distinguished services. Jt|Mr. Foote’s resolutions, declaring the series of measures known as the Compromise Acts to be a definite settlement of the slavery question, was then taken up. Mr. F. addressed the Senate in support of it. He thought it desirable that both Houses of Congress sholud unite in a de claration like that twice made by the President, that the series ol measures known as the Com promise Acts should be regarded as a final settle ment. His resolution had been misrepresented already and his motives questioned, in quarters and by persons for which he and any honorable man could have but little respect.—He desire 1 to avoid any occasion to return revilement, whether it came from north or south of Mason A Dixon's line. His recent success had satisfied him that wicked men, wherever situated, were his enemies. No person was disposed to question the pro priety of the declarations made by the President, and he considered the obligation much stronger upon Congress to declare its opinion of that set tlement than it could lie iqion the Executive. The number opposed to the Compromise was not contemptible.—Opposition had been made— armed opjHisition and other combinations had been made to one part of it. Factious persons were still engaged in influencing the public mind in both sections. He had entertained the confi dent hope that these measures would receive ultimately the sanction of the whole people. He believed his countrymen would yet be satisfied with these measures. But still he be lieved there was something to he done to recon cile that feeling which a long course of agitation had engendered. Coming from all quarters of the nation, he hopedjhey were prepared to re port the opinions of their constituents, and thus shew to the South it had no fear ofthe adjust ment being carried out in good faith by the North, and the North that the Sauth would stand by it. He did not approve of making this a par ty question; no measure having for its object the public tranquillity, should be a mere party issue. Free-soilism still existed, as well as discontent, in other quarters. Many at the North were pledged to endeavor to repeal or modify the fu gitive slave law. Fear of this existed at the South. Hence the necessity for assuring all sec tions that the thing was settled, and could not be disturbed. Mr. Butler considered the resolution unwise and unnecessary. It was an ex-post review of legislation. If the legislation was wise, this re solution was unnecessary. If it was wicked, this resolution could not purify it. He had de nounced the compromise and would continue to do so. He considered all compromises danger ous. They made it certain that this Union would survive the Constitution, and everything at the will of the majority. He could not en dorse now what he had condemned. He could not kiss the r< J. Could not worship at the tree which brought forth fruit of bitterness for his posterity. This compromise had determined the ! question of amending the constitution. The constitution could never be amended. A ma jority would compromise everything. He con sidered the people ofthe South a doomed people, unless her citizens and Senators became united. Mr. Foote replied. He reviewed the several acts and contended that the South had lost notn- I ing. He maintained they were a settlement of I the whole subject. He.detailed the action of I Mississippi and the other Southern States, and contended that the decision of the South had been made. Mr. Butler and Mr. Foote continued the de j bate; and the Senate adjourned. (Telegraphed for the Baltimore American.) Virginia Election. The election in Virginia yesterday, was for Governor, Members of the Legislature, and State officers, under the new Constitution, by which the basis of suffrage has been enlarged. At a late hour last night we received the- following leturns: Richmond, Dec. B— Summers, the Whig can didate for Governor, has 789 majority in this city. The polls will be kept open three days, which will increase his majority. Taylors maj. in 1848 was 719. Henrico county gives Sum mers a small majority.—Petersburg gives lift maj. for Johnson, Dem"., lor Governor. It gave Taylor 59 maj. Norfolk, Doc. B—ln this city Summers. Whig, has 133 maj.; Watts, for Lieut. Governor, 178; Baxter, for Attorney General, 126; Tabb, lor the Senate, 143; and Robertson, tor the House of Delegates, 126—a1l Whigs. In Portsmouth Johnson, Dem . has 327 maj.; Leake for Lt. Gov ernor, 349: and Bocock, for Attorney General, 327. Mautinsburg, Dec. S—ln Berkely county, Johnson Dem., has 200 maj. A Fine Body of Emigrants. —The ship Glenlyon, Capt. Jamison, from New Ross, ar rived here on Monday, consigned to Mr. Graves, owner, with two hundred and twenty emigrants from Waxford, Ireland. We have never seen a finer body of people from the old country than the passengers of the Glenlyon.—They are all healthy looking and well clad, having the air and manners of worthy and industrious people. Many of them come highly recommended in their various occupations.— Savannah News, 10th inst. Hog Trade. — The Cincinnati Commercial of Friday says— We stated a few days since, that the hogs slaughtered this season would reach to almost 300,000. It is now thought by those who are booked up in our pork affairs, that the number killed will go beyond that figue. We never saw better hogs than those now coming to market. The free Banking Law in Alabama, which was passed last session, has, it appears, never been acted on; and the Governor of the State deems the law to be a failure. The minutes ofthe last annual conference of the Methodist Church North, just published, state, according to the synopsis of the Christian Advocate, the total number of members, in regu lar meeting, to be 721,814 —an increase of 32,142 during the last year. AUGUSTA, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12. Aflat rs In France. The political news of most importance, brought by the Humboldt, is the account of the stormy debate in the French Legislative Assembly on the 18th ultimo. A? has been shown, in our report of the Foreign news, the debate arose upon a proposition of the Questors of the Assembly to give the Assembly the immediate and direct control of the army in Paris. This was certainly a singular and suspicious move ment, one calculated, in the state of public feeling in Paris, and indeed throughout France, to produce no common excitement. It evidently savoured of a want of confidence in the President, supposing the movers of the proposition to be influenced by pa triotic motives. Louis Napoleon's devotion to a Re publican form of Government is doubted by many, but it must bo recollected that even if be is govern ed by a corrupt ambition, there are many among his opponents who are under similar influences.— The Rcgentists, the Fasionists, the Legitimists, and tho extreme Radicals, have their views as woll as Louis Napoleon. European journals soom to entertain the opinion, that had the proposition of the Questors been suc cessful, a civil war would have been tho immediate rosult. It was rejected by a vote of 408 to 300- Whatever might have bean the consequences of the success of tho measure, it is clear that the vote up on it has not only shown the strength of Louis Na poloon but greatly added to his power. Wo do not see that civil war would have necessa rily followed the placing the army in Paris under the control of the Assembly, but doubtloss the de feat of the measure was best for peace and good order. It would have been difficult for tho Assembly to havo organized any schoine of change, oither in tho rulos of tho country, or the form of government, and obtained tho aid of the army to accomplish it. Nor could any bold and daring loader of that body have obtained tho control of the majority and the favor of tho army in any grand movement for suoh an object. It would apjiear that Louis Napoleon is a great favorito with tho army, and with no part of it moro so than that stationed in Paris. Ilcnco, without any effort on his part to disturb tho public peace, it is probablo that the Assembly would havo had only a nominal control ovor tho army of tho Capitol. If the present order of things in Franco can survivo the next Presidential election, Repub licanism may be estublishod on a firm and solid basis. Reception of Kossuth. We copy from the New York Tribune , some further account of the reception of the illustri ous Ex-Governor of Hungary, at New York. We also insert an account of his departure from England. We are sure that we can insert no thing in onr columns that will be more pleasing to our readers. What a gratifying change to the great Magyar has it been, to he conveyed from confinement in Turkey, to meet the open arms, the loud and heartfelt greetings, and cordial welcome, of the people of the two most enlightened and power ful nations upon earth. Thrice welcome to our shores the Hero, the Orator, the Statesman, the Patriot, Kossuth. Amusements. This evening there will he no lack of amuse ments in our city. We have the Circus and Theatre both in successful operation. At the Circus will he produced, for the first time in this city, the splendid Fairy spectacle of Cinderilla, or the Glass Slipper. This piece we understand, has been gotten up in splendid style, and at much expense. In Columbia, it drew crowded audi ences, and will no doubt meet with a good re ception here. At the Theatre, the bill is an attractive one —the celebrated Comedy of ‘‘Money.” and the amusing afterpiece “Sudden Thoughts.'’ This hill should draw a good house. Fine Chewing Tobacco. Mr. G. Volger, Tobacconist, has presented us with a simple of the “ Kossuth” brand, which is put up in small twists, and is an excellent ar ticle. Lovers of the weed can satisfy themselves that we speak knowingly, by calling at hi s store and giving it a trial. The Lady’s Book. We have received from Messrs. Geo. A. Oates & Co. the January number of this interesting Monthly. It is the commencement of a new volume, is handsomely embellished, and if a fair specimen of the numbers to follow, it will be a very acceptable and instructive present to a Young Lady. Those who wish to subscribe would do well to call at once on Messrs. Geo. A. Oates & Co., who are the agents for this city- We have also received a copy' of “ Arms and Obstacles,” a Romance, by G. P. R. James, Esq., being No. 162 Library Select Novels. This work can also he had at the Book store of Messrs. Geo. A. Oates & Co. We perceive, from our exchanges, that the work on the Washington Natioual Monument, has been suspended for the season. It has now attained to the height of one hundred and lour feet from the surface of the ground, and, if it ad vances with the same rapidity as it has so far done, it will, in a few years, reach its apex, at an elevation of five hundred and seventeen feet, forming the loftiest structure in the world. The managers cry lor help, particularly' in money contributions and from monied corporations. The blocks of marble, granite, and other stone which they and the several States have sent to be deposited in the Monument, though very ac ceptable to the Board and honorable to the donors, go but little way in elevating the obelisk. Lola Montez, it seems, previous to her sailing for this country, had a quarrel with a Mons. Roux, a theatrical agent she had engaged to ac company her on her professional tour, she giving him 25 per cent, on all receipts, and both parties binding themselves to forfeit 100,000 francs, should either violate their engagement. Roux accused her @f refusing to dance in Paris, sued her for the forfeit, and obtained a decree against her furniture, costume and jewels. Lola, how ever, appealed and procured a reversal of the de cree. The brother of Mr. N. P. Willis of the Home Journal, is said to be her present agent in this country. Mr. J. W. Florney, recently elected Clerk of the House of Representatives has relinquished the editorial control ofthe Philadelphia Pennsyl vanian. He states in the card announcing the fact, that he does not relinquish his connection with the paper permanently, but will look for ward to tHfe day when he may publicly resume the place which circumstances have now induced him to vacate. By the last arrival from California, official new* was received that the letter postage between San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands had been reduced from ten to five cents for an ounce, and to fire cents for every additional half ounce. On letters to these islands, the regular United States inland postage to San Francisco must be prepaid, leaving the Hawaiian portion to be col lected at Honlulu. The Savannah .Republican has been informed by a gentleman just arrived from St. Augustine, Fla., that the argument in the U. S. District Court, in the case of the steam ship Pompero pending at that place, had been closed, and that the Judges decision was to have been rendered on Tuesday last. The Jacksonville News states that the claim of the Government against the arms. Bcc.. tupposed to have been taken from on board the Pampero, and seized by the Custom House officers, had been set aside by the Court, and the property restored to the claimants. Legislative Proceedings. Milledgeville, Deo. 8, 1851. Unsuccessful efforts were made by several members attached to the minority, opposed to the contemplated legislative visit to Savannah, to re-consider various portions of the proceed ings of Saturday last, bearing »n that point. The House also refused, by a vote of 20 to 90' to re-considet the bill passed, organizing Spauld ing county. This vote was a great relief to the several citizens of the new county, who have been here, during nearly the whole session, watching with intense anxiety, the progress of the bill through both branches of the Legisla ture. There is no prospect of an Executive in terdiction, hence its friends may rejoice in safety. Mr. tanning has laid on the table, a resolu tion, that the Legislature will adjourn tine diei on the 23d inst. The following bills were introduced : By Mr. Tift—To authorise parties litigant, in civil cases, to testify, in any of the Courts of this State, on certain conditions, and to author ise plaintiffs to procure the testimony of the op posing party, or any party in interest. By Mr. Merrell—To amendthe Judiciary act of December, 1799, to prevent the enforcement of dormant judgments. By Mr. Latimer, ot Cobb—To fix the times lor holding the Superior Courts in the Blue Ridge Circuit. By Mr. Cobb, of Dooly—To prescribe and point out the mode of proof in cases of forcible detainer. By Mr. Harrison—To amend the Road laws, so far as they relate to Columbia county. By Mr. Picket—To form a new county trom Gilmer and Union, to be called Buchanan. By Mr. McDougald—To incorporate the Co lumbus tk West Point Railroad & Plank Road Company. By Mr. Harper—To exempt the Faculty and Students ol Emory College, and of the Prepara tory department thereof, from militia, road and street duty. By Mr. Walker—To add a section to the 3d art. ol the Constitution. It proposes to change the venue in civil cases, under certain circum stances. By Mr. Wallace—To incorporate the Talbot* ton Railroad Company. By Mr. Seward—To amend the Claim laws of this State. By Mr. Mqrrell—To authorise Attorneys at Law', to perform the Marriage Ordinance. The special order of the day being the bill re lating to the inqiortation of negroes, was post poned, and the bill to lay out a new county from Murray, taken up, and during discussion on its Christian name, (the Heathen name, Conasauga, being discarded,) the House adjourned. The following bills were introduced in the Senate : By Mr. Foster—To prescribe the conditions under which Marriage Licenses may be issued. The consent ol the parents, or one standing in loro parentis , shall be necessary to authorise the issue of a license to marry, for any female under the age of 20 years. The violation of this law is made felony, and punishable by imprisonment in the Penitentiary, from one to five years. By Mr. Harman—To fix the times for holding the Superior Courts in the Macon Circuit. By Mr. Cone—To alter Ist par. Ist sec. Ist art. of the Constitution of this State—restoring annual sessions of the Legislature. By Mr. Hardeman—To re-organise the Con gressional Districts ot this State. The follow ing counties compose the several Districts: Ist District.—Chatham, Effingham, Bryan Liberty, Mclntosh, Tattnall, Bulloch, Emanuel Montgomery, Lowndes, Telfair, Appling, Glynn Camden, Wayne, Ware, Laurens, Clinch, Thom as, Irwin. 2d District.—Muscogee, Stew'art, Randolph, Early, Decatur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Sumter, Ma con, Pulaski, Marion. 3d District.—Harris, Talbot, Upson, Pike. Butts, Monroe, Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Spald ing. 4th District.—Troup, Meriwether. Coweta, Heard, Campbell, Fayette, Henry. DeKalb, Cobb. sth District.—Dade, Walker, Murray, Gilmer' Chattooga. Floyd, Gordon, Cass. Cherokee’ Paulding, Carroll. Cth District.—Union, Lumpkin, Rabun, Ha bersham, Hall, Forsyth,Gwinnett,Walton, Clark, Jackson. Madison, Franklin. 7th District.—Newton, Morgan. Greene, Jas per. Putnam, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Wash ington, Wilkinson, Twiggs. Bth District.—Elbert, Oglethorpe. Lincoln, Wilkes,Taliaferro,Warren, Columbia, Richmond- Burke, Jefferson, Scriven. The Senate having read all its own bills the second time, proceeded to the consideration of the following bills of the H ouse : To incorporate the town of Alexander in the ; county of Burke. Passed. To alter Ist part, 7th section, Ist article of the ; constitution, giving one representative to every j county in the State. Passed. To limit the bringing bills of Review, to three years. Passed. For the relief of Executors, Adrninistrator s : and Guardians, authorise them to receive Let ters dismissory. before lull administration, in cers tain cases. Passed. Three o’clock, p. m. The Senate is not in session this afternoon. — The House resumed the consideration of the bill to form a new county from Murray. From among the several names proposed, that of “ Whitfield” was adopted. Dougald, Russell and Wofford ad-W 1 House, in favor of the passage of the L 1 Mobley against it. On the call for tC 'l nays, the bill was carried. 03 to 5] * "fl The House took up the bill and suW • I relation to the introduction of negtoe, I State, and had not made much progrlJ'' fl sidering it, when it adjourned to 7 oV, ■ evening, for the purpose of reading bilC-fl time, and Senate bills the Ist time° I MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec, & '. I The House refused, by a vote of 54 ♦*’ I reconsider the bill passed on yesterday I ing u Whitfield" county. Messrs. BaiV B Wofford spoke against the motion, and uj Seward. Harper and Hill in favor of it. I Mr. Fuller introduced a bill to carry into M the amended Constitution, in relation to • fl lice of “ Ordinary.” 1 Mr. Walker presented a memoral trorrl City Council of Augusta, which was reierrl the Military Committee without being 1 The House took up the bill to prohibit :T| traduction of negroes into this State, ft gued at length, by Messrs. Tift and s, w -l opposition, and by Mr. Dawson, ol Gre-fl favor. The original bill introduced by I Dougald, and amended by the House, wafl passed by yeas 57, nays 44. As follows I Yeas—Allred, Anderson of Franklin I strong, Bailey, Barlow, Bivins, Blackwell’ :| Brinson, Bulloch, Clark, of Stewart, ■ ris, Dawson of Greene, Dawson of Putnam "lB wylcr, Dorminy, Dyer, Edwards, Erwin f, 1 Fall, Fannin, Floyd, Fuller, Hackney. Hall j'J son, Harris of Clarke, Hendriekj * Janes, Knox, Langruade, Latiuir d \\ M Lochliu, Loveless, Lowe. JlcAfec, Mj McFarland, Mobley, Mereland, .Morris. ■ Pierce, Price, Roberts, Robinson, of Lauren- -1 make, Thornton. Tillman of Tattnall Trip. I ker, Williford, Wofford, Wooldridge, Win;,!" , ■ nett, 57. 1 Nays.—Atkinson, Barr. Barnett of n r! . I low, Bellinger, Bloodworth, Byrd, Cam,.; I Chastain, Christie, Cohb of Doolyi I u y„. r j, fl Fowler, Gilbert, Grant, Gray HarrV. ,f M ; * Henry, Hussey, Irwin of Wijfo.. Latiinor of Cobb, Lewis, McLain,V B Morel, Patterson. Phillips, Pickett, Uaunev.'lifl son, Richardson, Scarlett, Seward, ruatVu "tB inoud, Tift, Waldhour, Wall, Wallace ill Woodward, 44. 1 The Tax bill was made the special -I Tuesday next. I The bill to amend the Attachment I. fl this State. Passed. Also, the bill to lira .1 the Magnolia Steam Packet Company 01 - I nah. 1 111 the Senate, Mr. McCuue introda .1 to prevent the continuance of cases liv. I more t han once by each party. 1 The bill to alter and amend the •.*:•!, ..fl 10th division ofthe Penal Code, in rein fl retailing spirituous liquors in less ipiaiji. . . B one quart. Passed. I To give painters a lieu 011 buildings p.iin -B Lost. I To make four years possession of real j,r, -fl and two years possession of personal, .i B lien by judgment. Passed. I To incorporate the Georgia Mechanim ■ Manufacturing Institute. Passed. I To incorporate the Griffin Synodical (V.fl Passed. j The following bills were introduced ; I By Mr. Moore—To require tbe Justicr, fl Inferior Courts to hire out free persons ol fl for certain offences therein named. I By Mr. Harman—To require persons ay; fl for writs of Habeas Corpus to give notice fl prosecutor. I The Senate had acted on all its hills, read fl ers the second time, and bills of the Hoc- fl first time, prior to adjournment at 1 o'clock I The House employed the most ol the . H noon in passing local bills. I The annual races at Columbia Common ' B Tuesday, and we learn from the Carole... j Telegraph, that there was a good attends; B the course. There were only two entries B the three mile race, viz : Capt. Minor anil MB tey. The latter was the favorite, and bests fl offered and taken at as great odds as two : B against the Captain. The result was contr I all expectations—Capt. Minor winning n. fl straight heats. Time: Ist 6.14; 2d. 0.05. I The subjoined table shows the increase fl cent, of each class of inhabitants in the 1 fl States lor sixty years: I 1790 1800 1310 IS2O IsOO fl Classes. to to to to to fl ISOU 1810 1820 1830 184" fl Whites 35.68 36.13 34 30 34 52 3+72 fl Free Colored..B2 23 72. 27.75 34.85 ».» |'B Slaves 27.96 33.40 29.57 30.75 ii.sl -fl Total C010red.32.23 37.58 29.33 3131 »4v fl To l Popu tioli3s 02 36.50 33 33 32 72 320. fl A most frightful accident happened on tic . ■ ult., almost within sight of Marseilles. >■ steamer La Ville de Grasse, going to Ufi'fl having been run down by La Ville de Marswß coming from Italy. La Ville de Grasse haß great many passengers, nearly the whole ol wnß perished. Among them was the Russian 1" B Haag, with his family of seven persons—ah "I j lost. The Captain, an English gentleman aB ! a child were saved This is far worse than 'fl ! collision which occurred on the Bth July, ; off Elba, between the Pollux and Mongfcfl | on which occasion, the latter was run down. I two lives lost. — t I New-Oeleans, Dec. 9, ' f " fl Cotton was less active to-day, Tuesday. a j fl I 5000 bales were sold at previous rates. 11 I sales for the last three days comprise 19.000 ba-eB [ The receipts are 120,000 bales ahead ol w“ a l j they were at the same poriod last year. J stock to night consists of 120,000 bales. '••‘B Pork is dull at Sl3. I The Steam Ship Philadelphia is to sail • 1 Chagres to-morrow. The Barque Saranac has cleared for Char o-j 1 * on - 'H, I Judge Sharkey has arrived en route lor I |J j vana. Columbia, Dec. 10,5.33 I- -1 Legislative Proceedings. The Senate refused to-day the application 1 the Federal Government for a site lor the coi tion of a Light House on Bull’s Bay. , The election of Bank officers will take p |3 to-merrow. . „ The House has laid on the table Mr. Gis. s solution relative to the Convention, which adopted yesterday in the House. . Columbia, Dec. 10, 11.30 P. -*• There has been no change in this market •<> day, and the demand has been steady and go* at the rates current yesterday. The sales com prised seven hundred and thirty-five bales at lr 5| to Bi. - t MARRIED. 11l Rome, on Tuesday morning 9tli inst., at the r " dence of Dr. J. H. Roberts, by the Rev. Alfred Ma . a, Rev. Jambs F. Pibrcb, of Columbus. »«•»“• Amelia Avgusta, daughter of J. H. Roberts, - Warrenton. G».