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Constitutionalist ont> Uepublic.
13V JAMES GARDNER, JR.
AUGUSTA, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13.
Lola Montez is still in New York. She re
soles, the Herald says, at a private housj, pre
ferring it to an hotel. Her late agent. Mr. Roux
with whom, as we mentioned on Wednesday,
she has had some legal difficulties, is also in New
Vork. It seems that on learning that the fair
danseuse had departed with her new agent, by
the Humbold*, he set out for Liverpool, and took
passage by the America, in search of the fugitive.
He arrived in New York on Saturday, and has
looked for her in every hotel in the city.
A Strange Coincidence.—Mr. Webster. Mr.
Calhoun, Mr. Cass. Mr. Benton, and Mr. Van
Bnren were all born in the year 17Si.
A Crystai. Palace in New York.—A peti
tion is about to be presented to the Common
Council of New York for the use of Madison
square for the erection o! a Crystal Palace to ac
commodate the second Great World's Fair in i
1552. .Mr. Paxton has made the design—soo
by 200 feet, two stories; and the contractors agree
to have the structure completed in three months.
Mr. Riddle. United States commissioner to the
World's Fair, has the pledge of some seven hun
dred contributors of rtaicles.
T he Balance of Trade. —A New York iner- j
cantile correspondent of the Washington Na
tional Intelligencer, in whom the Editors of that
journal place every rtdiance, estimates the bal
ance of the trade against the IT. States for the
last year, at the enormous sum of sixty-four mil
lion four bundled and sixty-two thousand eight
hundred and lorty-tive dollars, as follows ; (
Imports, accord in% to invoices, for the year a
eu'lin* .30:11 June. 1 *if»l ... .$217,725
La** specie 4.907,901
filg.ifis.rrj4
Add probable undervaluations. I
nr. in plainer ternis. fraudu
lent utvoicts 15,000,000
Total imports #227.754004 ,
Exports, foreign artiees 4'!,7;iß,C'.‘r
Domestic products, cost or va
luation at tho time and place (
of shipment 178,540,555
#158,285,251) ,
Deduct loss on domestic pro
duct,, or the difiereoce bo- s
tween cost in the United
States and net proceeds in ’
Europe, ehieflv on cotton 25.000.000 , ,
Haiunrt vs trwle ugninst us tot the year
ml. AotA June. 1852 $04,402,844 I
Nor is this," says the Intelligencer, ‘an ex- 1
aggerated estimate. On the contrary, the esti- 1
mated t nder-valuation of goods at the custom
house is believed to be lielow the reality. That t
under-valuation is calculated by well qualified r
judges at ten per cent., which would make the j •
amount of it twenty one millions of dollars, in- i 1
stead of fifteen millions, and would increase, in | t
that propoition. the balance against the United i i
States." j i
The London Times, in an article deprecating j j
the interference of England with the affairs of
the Continent, states, on good authority, that the j
national defences, which have been mainly and j
substantially international interlerence, have cost .
the ountry during the present century alone, more
than 1,200.000.0u0.i1., rather more than half of
which was spent the loiirteen years of actual war.
1 ~ t ]
The average annual expenditure of the British
navy, army, and ordnance in these fourteen
years was 4 5,259,615£. In the six years fiom J
1809 to 1811, it was 58,092,90G£, the aggregate
being 343,558,438£. In the year 1811 alone, 1
the expenditure under these three heads was 71,- 1
080,707 f. and if to this sum be added the inter- 1
est of the debt, all of which had been incurred in 1
the prosecution of wars, it will be seen that these |
branches of the expenditure amounted, in that
one year, to 101,735,072£, a large p?rt of which
was expended in foreign countries, and conse
quently was abstracted from the capital of the j 1
nation. The aggregate expenditure from 1793 ,
to 1818, amounted to 10,289,159. C, ot which •
about two-thirds (30,552,255£,) were expended ; :
in the ten years that preceded ISM. All the . '
nations of Europe, except Turkey, Italy, and
France, figure in this list, of which it is sufficient
to give the year 1811: —Spain, •130,000.€ j; Por
tugal, 1,500,000£; Sicily, 31G,G67£; Sweden, i
800,000 j£ ; Russia, 2,169,982£ ; Prussia, 1,319,- !
129£; Austria, 1,061,882£ ; advanced to Louis
XVIII, 200,000£; Hanover, 500,000£; Den
mark, 121,915£; total forthe year 1814, 8.442,- j ■
67S£; in addition to the above mentioned sum
of 101,738,072£, war expenses in the same year.
Building and Loan Associanions. —As we J
have two of these associations in operation in our 1
city, we would call attention to \ Report of a
committee to the South Carolina Legislature, pub
lisbed in this day's paper. It is an interesting
document, and throws much light on the bene
fits to be derived from these associations.
Ex-Legislative Proceedings.
The Legislature having adjourned from Mil-
ledgeville to Savannah for two days, in order that .
our readers may be kept well posted, we publish j
below an outline of what will be its proceedings i
while in that city. From the following pro- ,
gramme, which we take from the Savannah pa
pers. some of the members, no doubt, will see
strange sights while in that city. May they all
have a pleasant time of it, and return to Mil
ledgeville, much enlightened by their trip.
General Programme of arrangements for the rectp
turn and entertainment of the Guests of the nty.
His Excellency, the Governor, the State House
Officers, and the Officers and members of the
Honorable the General Assembly ol the State ol
Georgia, having accepted the invitation to visit
this city, propose to leave the seat of Govern
ment, this morning at 10 o clock, and may be
expected to arrive in Savannah between the
hours of 10 and 11 to-night.
Ist. The Joint Committee and Chatham Ar
tillery, will assemble at the Railroad depot, at 9
o'clock to-night. On the arrival of the Cars, the
Artillery will fire a salute of fifteen guns. The
Joint Committee will receive the Guests and
conduct thorn to the Pulaski House, where they
will he entertained at supper by the Committee.
Arrangements have been made for the accommo
dation of the Guests at the Pulaski House.
2d. To-morrow, (Friday,) at 9 o clock. A. M ■
the Joint Committee will assemble in the Coun
cil Chamber for business, and at 10 o’clock, they
will wait upon the Guests and conduct them to
Monument Square, where they will be formal
ly received and welcomed to the hospitalities of
the city by the Honorable the Mayor and Aider
men.
3d. After the reception by the City Council,
the Guests will be escorted, by the Cavalry, to
the South Common, where, at 12 o’clock, M.,
the Military will be reviewed by his Excellency
the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in the
presence of the Geneial Assembly. On the ar
rival of the Governor on the ground, the Chat- i
ham Artillery will fire a salute ot fifteen guns.
At' or the re\ iew, a collation will be served in
Forsyth Place.
4th. At night, a Ball and Supper will be given
in honor of the City's Guests, at St. Andrews
Hall.
sth. On Saturday, the Joint Committee will
assemble in the Conned Chamber, at 9 o'clock,
A. M., wait upon the Guests, and accompany
them to the steamers prepared for the occasion,
on board of which they will be conveyed to Fort j
Pulaski, where they will be entertained by the j
Mayor and Aldermen with a collation.
6th. On the return of the steamer, the Joint
Committee will accompany the Guests to their j
quarters, and at such time as they shall ap|>oint ■
tlie Joint Committee will accompany them to ;
the Depot, escorted by a detachment ol Infantry, j
7th. The citizens residing on each side ol the !
Plank Road, on West Broad street and on Bay |
street, from West Broad to Exchange, are espe
cially requested to illuminate their houses, on J
Thursday night, from 9 to 11 i o'clock.
Bth. It is requested that all the shipping in 1
|K>rt, display their colors oil Saturday, the day of
the Excursion to Fort Pulaski.
Published by order of the Joint Committee, j
Robert H. Griffin, Chairman.
Legislative Proceedings.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 10, 1851.
I feel called upon, if you will permit me, in i
justice to Col. Walker, one of the Represcnta- j
fives from Richmond county, to set him right
belore the country, in regard to the ground he
took in opposition to the visit ol the members of
the Legislature to Savannah.
The Savannah RrpulJii-an has fallen into the
error of publishing to the world, that Col. W.
was impelled, in his course, by motives of jeal
ousy for the growing prosperity of the city of;
Savannah. I am certain the liberal and tin- j ]
biased editors of that journal, as soon as they i
shall have been satisfied that they have been 1 ]
wrongly informed, or drawn improper conclu
sions from the reported action of the Legisla- t
tore on that topic, will relieve Col. \\ . from the
imputation of having taken a hostile attitude to ;
the interests of our sister city, and withdraw a
charge prematurely made.
I was present, during the entire discussion of
the matter in question, and know that Col W's
opposition vvas predicated upon what he n nsid
ered the interests and legislation of the State
demanded. He was careful to disclaim ho tility
to Savannah, and he avowed hostility to any
interruption to the business of the State, only
and exelusivcly. Col. W. is the friend of our
principal, nay, our only seaport. His recorded
votes in favor of measures touching her interests,
attest it. And I feel authorised in saying, that
when other measures, now in progress, in which
she has a heavy stake, Col. W. will be found
“armed and equipped/' to do battle for her.
He. as well as other Georgians, know, that if he
lias to contend with any rival of Augusta, that
rival is up the coast, and not down the Savannah.
I have had the good fortune to obtain one of a
few copies of a memorial from the Legislature of
Tennessee, to that of our State. It has been re
ferred to the Committee on Internal Improve
ments, to consider and report upon. Il the doc
ument did not contain matter bearing upon the
rights and interests of your city, I would have
remained silent till the committee had made
their report. As it is, my intention is to furnish
you with the facts without delay, that you might
examine them, and make such comments as you
might think the truth of the case demands.
The entire forenoon was taken up in the
House, in debating motions to re-consider the
substitute of the Judiciary Committee, and the
original hill to prohibit the importation of ne
groes into this State, lhose who spoke in favor
of the motion 4, Messrs. Hill, Bartow, Stephens,
Seward, and Tift, did so on the ground, mainly
that the bill contains many objections and im
perfections which ought to be removed and cor
rected. Those who objected to the motions,
Messrs. McDougald, Russell, and 1- loyd, were
satisfied with the bill as passed. From the
temper of the debate, which was rather warm,
and somewhat seasoned with personalities, it is
not possible to say how long it would have been
protracted, had it not been arrested by a sustain
ed call for the previous question. The House
refused to re-cousider the substitute by a vote of
49 to 69, and agreed to re-consider the passed bill
j by a vote of 82 to 36.
In the Senate. Mr. Slaughter made a long and
; well written report on the condition, prospects,
and wants ol the Lunatic Asylum. It speaks
! in highly favorable terms of that institution, rc
. commending several improvements', which, if
! carried out by the Legislature, will contribute
j largely to its usefulness. The document is to be
printed, hence I forbear making any further
I remarks upon it.
Mr. Harman laid a resolution on the table
tendering seats, within the bar of the Senate, to
Mr. Kerr Boyce, from Charleston, and Mr. Jas.
E. Whitesides, from Tennessee. I have no right
to suspect the object of these gentlemen's mis
sion ; yet, I have no fears that their influence
will be any greater on the floor of the Senate
than on the benches ot the gallery.
Mr. McCune introduced a hill to change the
; penalty lor the offence of Larceny from the
1 House, in certain cases.
A resolution was agreed to, requiring the Gov
. ernor to inquire into the causes of the recent runs-
I off upon the State Road, and if practicable, not to
‘ prevent the engines lately ordered, to be placed
\ upon the track, till a new organization is effected.
r The remainder of the afternoon was taken up
• in discussing the bill to incorporate the Bank of
Atlanta.
Mr. Calhoun made a long and able speech in
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1851.
favor of the bill, and Mr. Fuller an equally
strong one against it.
The Senate adjourned to 3 o ; clock without ta
king a vote on the bill.
Three o’clock, r. m.
The following bills were introduced ;
By Mr. Nasworthy—To authorise Aug. H.
Anderson and Moses P. Greene to erect a to.l
bridge across Ogeechee River, on their own land.
By Mr. Shewmake—To regulate the retailing
of spirituous liquors in the county of Burke.—
This bill forbids Clerks of the Inferior Court to
issue licenses to any one unless on tlie recom
mendation of a majority of the Justices.
Mr. Moreland submitted the rejiort on the
Lunatic Asylum, accompanied by a bill to make
appropriations for useful and necessary impro
vements. It recommends 350,000 for enclos
ing the premises with a suitable an substantial
wall, &c. It also recommends and increase of
the Superintendent's salary from $1,500 to 31,-
800, founded, very justly too, upon the increased
duties of that officer. It should be borne in mind,
that when the Asylum first went into effect, and
for a few years afterwards, the number of pa
tients was small, and hence required, compara
tively, but a small portion of the time and at
tention of that officer. Now, the number has so
tar increased as to demand every minute of his
attention, even to an encroachment upon those
hours which nature demands for relief from ar
ous labors.
Mr. Stephens presented the memorial of the
Southern Agricultural and Mechanical Institute,
which was, without being read, referred to the j
Committee on Internal Improvements.
Mr. Bartow, from the Committee on Internal !
Improvements, reported a bill to provide means
for equipping, repairing and paying off the lia
bilities of the Western & Atlantic Railroad.—
The bill provides for the issuing of State Bonds
to the amount of $750,000, bearing interest at
6 per cent, per annum, —redeemable 20 years
afterdate—interest payable semi-annually, with- !
in the United States.
Mr. Harper introduced a memorial and bill
for a new county from Newton, Jasper and Mor.
gan, to be called “Marshall/’
The bill giving the election of Judgestothe
people, was made the special order for next
Tuesday, and the bill for the government of the
State Road, for Wednesday next.
The Senate has rejected the bill to incor|>orate
a Bank at Atlanta, by a vote of 17 to 23.
.. -
(Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.)
Thirty Second Congress—First Session.
Washington, Dec. 9,1851. j
Mr. Houston appeared to-day.
After the presentation ol a large number of
petitions and memorials.
Mr. Stockton presented a petition from citi- j
zens of New Jersey, asking the interposition of
this government in behalf of Mr. John S.
Thrasher, lately coiidetiiend and imprisoned after |
a mock trial by the authorities of Cuba.
Mr. Stockton said that he would, at present. 1
wait for information before making any move
ment in the matter, and with that view sub
mitted a resolution calling upon the President to
communicate all the information in his posses
sion, touching the imprisonment of Mr. Thrasher
which was adopted.
Mr. Hale introduced a joint resolution author
iz.ing the President to interpose friendly offices
with the French 1 Republic in behalf of Abdel
Kader.
Mr. Bright introduced his resolution to rein
state the 49th rule, so as to have Senate officers !
elected.
A large number ol bills were introduced and ,
referred.
Mr. Shields moved to postpone the resolution ;
concerning the compromise acts; and to take up
the resolution extending a welcome to Kossuth, j
Mr. Seward addressed the Senate at length in i
support of the resolution.
Mr. Berrien opposed the resolution in a speech I
of an hour, the bearing of which can be best con
densed by giving an amendment he proposed to
be added to the resolution, which was as Hollows;
‘•JJnei be it further resolved , That the welcome
thus offered to Louis Kossuth he extended to his
associate Hungarian exiles who have landed on
our shores; but while welcoming these Hunga
rian patriots to an asylum in our country, and to
the protection which our laws will afford to
them, it is due to candor to declare, that it is not
the purpose ol Congress to depart from the set
tled policy of this Government, which forbids all
interference with the domestic concerns of other
nations.”
Mr. Hale and Mr. Foote replied, and in sup
port of the resolution.
Mr. Miller advocated the resolution, but dis
claimed any idea of going beyond a welcome to
Kossuth, the exile.
Mr. Sumner got the floor, and then the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Alter the reading of the journals, several mem
bers attended and were sworn in.
The Clerk then read the list of Standing Com
mittees, which had been appointed by the Spea
ker.
A message was received from the Senate, in
forming the House that they had passed a joint
resolution authorzing the appointment ol a Chap
lain by each House, who should interchange
weekly.
Mr. Jones, of Tenn., said he would not make
a speech on the occasion, but should oppose the j
passage of the resolution for two reasons —first,
because they have no power, and secondly, be
cause he considered it a burrlesque upon the
Christian religion. He therefore moved that
the resolution be laid on the table.
The ayes and nays being demanded, the ques
tion was negatived by a vote of 22 in the affir
mative and 159 in the negative.
Mr. Henn, of lowa, then moved an amend
ment, that the Chaplain should receive no com
pensation from the Treasury of the United States;
and Mr. Evans, of Maryland, called lor the pre
vious question, which was sustained, and a call
for the ayes and nays was negatived.
The resolution, as originally proposed, was
then put and carried; and the House proceeded to
the choice of a Chaplain, the following Reverend
gentlemen having been nominated: —Messrs.
Cushman, Westbrook, Beaman, Gurley, Wishart,
Wisner, Morgan, Emerson, Freeman, Finney,
Gallagher, Jaley, Jenkins, and Dorsey. The
Rev. Mr. Gurley received 70 votes, but 97 being
necessary for a choice, the list was again called,
when Mr. Gurley had 87 votes, and Mr. Mor
gan, who. at the first ballot, had 35, increased tiie
number to 40.
There not being sufficient fora choice, there
was a third ballot, during which a number of the
members changed their minds, and it ultimately
settled down at eighty lout for Gurley and eighty
two foi Morgan. This number also being insuf
ficient for a choice, a fourth and last ballot took
place, when Mr. Morgan had one hundred and
il three votes, and Mr. Gurley eighty three. The
former gentleman is elected Chaplain of the
House of Representatives.
Mr. Hawes, of New York, gave notice that he
would, at some future day, ask leave to introduce
a bill to amend an act entitled an act to regulate
the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels.
The House adjourned.
Building and Loan Association.
Building and Loan Associations originated in
Scotland, about thirty-five years since. The first
institution of the kind was established under the
immediate auspices of the Earl of Selkirk, a gen
tleman of large tortune, and of libera! and enlight
ened views, who is said to have devoted no little
study to the perfecting of this truly philanthropic
and noble scheme. Since their introduction, they
have spread very extensively throughout Great
Britain; and number, in that country alone, two
thousand and fifty societies, with an annual in
come, of four Millions sterling. On account of
their number, the large amount of active capital
they employ, and the very beneficial influence,
they exert upon the industiious and middle clas
ses, they have attracted the attention of the
British Parliament, and secured several special
enactments in their favor. Such, indeed, is the
legislative encouragement and protection afford
ed them, that all that is now necessary for the
obtainment of a charter on the part of a new as
sociation is a simple application to the Solicitor
of the Crown.
They were introduced into this country about
twelve or thirteeniyears since, and have operat
ed very successfully ill most of the Northern
cities. In Philadelphia and New York, whole
districts have been built up by their exclusive
agency; in Savannah and Augusta also they are
now in prosperous operation. Three associations
have been in existence in Charleston for little
ovet a year; and have, in that time, invested up
wards of eighty thousand dollars in real estate.
Such a sum expended upon this species of pro
perty, has of course very favorably affected it—
creating an increased demand, and thereby en
hancing its value. It has led, also, to the erec
tion of a number of new buildings, and furnished
many persons with houses of their own, by the
accumulation and investment of little sums that
would otherwise have been dissipated and lost.
While, apart from the benefits conferred upon
individuals and families, the impulse given to
mechanical and other branches of industry, has
been very considerable. Nething is now needed
to ensure the complete success ot these institu
tions. and the entire confidence of the communi
ty in them, hut the sanction and support of a State
Charter. Nor can we believe that this will lie
withheld, when the principles upon which they
are based are properly understood. Your atten
tention is, therefore, respectfully invited to the
following brief exposition of their objects and
plan of o|>cration ;
The primary object of these associations is to
enable .every man to become his oirn landlord. |
to secure a home tor his family, by simply pay- [
ing lor a few years but little more than would
otherwise be expended in rent; while, to the i
economical ami thrifty, they afford the means of
vesting their savings to great advantage—to a
much greater advantage than in any other
known institution. By 1 bus promoting habits of
economy and industry, and holding forth to indi
viduals the inducement to become owners of real
property —thus identifying them with the soil
and institutions of the State, and increasing the
amount of its taxable property—their advantage,
in both a moral and political |ioint of view, is
highly important. As to their nature and mode
of operation:
1. They are mutual benefit and stock compa
nies.
2. Each share of stock is one dollar a month,
paid in monthly during the term of the Associa
tion’s existence.
3. The entire amount paid in each month is
put up at the monthly meeting of the Stockhold
ers, and sold to the highest bidder or bidders
among them, at a premium. This premium is
deducted from the gross amount, and the person
bidding receives the balance: and is required to
secure the Association for the advance by a
mortgage on real estate, equal in value to the net
amount which be receives.
4. A Stockholder is allowed to bid for 8200 on j
each share he holds; and after he has borrowed,
pays, in addition to his monthly dues for shares, i
6 per cent, per annum, on the amount for which
he bids. This interest is paid in monthly with :
the shares.
For instance. Suppose the capital stock of
an association to be one thousand shares; one
thousand dollars will then be paid in and sold
out each month. Suppose an individual holding
five shares, bids, at a monthly meeting, for the
whole amount at 20 per cent, premium. He
receives 3800, (the net sum after the premium
is deducted.) and is required thereafter to pay, in
a Idition to his five dollars monthly lor shares, —
percent on a thousand dollars—which would be
sixty dollars a year or live dollars a month. In
other words, he pays five dollars monthly for his
shares, and the same amount as interest, while
the Association lasts.
5. The Association winds up when it is able
to divide two hundred do liars to each share of
stock. The Stockholder who has purchased an
advance, is debited in his account with the pre
mium he has bid. Thus, if he own five shares,
and has bid for a thousand dollars at 20 per cent.,
(as in the case supposed.) he receives eight hun
dred dollars; which, in the winding upot the As
sociation is accounted a lull settlement—the pre
mium being the clear profilt of the Association.
In addition to the profit derived from premi
ums, the Asseciation, by loaning out with its
other funds the amount paid in monthly for in
terest, actually compounds interest twelve times
a year, while its individual stockholders are
paying but simple interest. By this rapid mode
of multiplying money, these societies are gener
ally enabled to wind up in from five to eight
years—never exceeding, as far as we have learn
ed, the last-named period
The advantages afforded to borrowers by these
associations, are many and obvious. In all or-,
dinary loans, an individual borrows fromanoth
er party; and, in the end pays back more than I
he receives—after paying the interest for acer- !
tain time, he is required to refund the principal; j
but a borrower from the association rarely returns |
more than he receives. He borrows from a con- j
! cern in which he is interested, and derives his j
proportionate fro tit from the very interest and I
premium that he pays for the loan. So great is 1
this difference, that an individual borrowing;
from the association even at 40 per cent, pre- .
mium, (a very extreme case.) and paying an !
; interest besides of 6 per cent., does not really
pay as much as the man who borrows in the
ordinary way at 7 per cent. To illustrate; an
individual owning five shares bids for a thousand
dollars at 40 per cent., this would be S4OO on
the thousand, leaving him S6OO net. For the i
use of this 3600 he pays 6 percent, on a thou
sand dollars, beside his shares, which are five
dollars a month; that is, he pays, in all, one hun
dred and twenty dollars a year. Supposing the
association to continue six years, he will have
paid seven hundred and twenty dollars for the
use of six hundred dollars.
Suppose, on the other hand, that an individual
borrows, in the ordinary way,six hundred dollars,
at 7 per ct. interest; this would be forty-two
dollars interest a year. In six years he will
have paid two hundred and fifty-two dollars in
terest. He then refunds the principal; making
in all, eight hundred and fifty-two dollars he
pays for the use of six hundred dollars—leaving
an advantage in favor of the borrower from tug
association of one hundred and thirty-two dol
lars. Which may be thus stated:
Ordinary Loan. Loan from the Asso tion.
S6OO S 5 monthly payn c>t
7 per cent. for shares.
$42 p->r annum
6 years. $lO
$252
600 principal. $l2O annual payment.
SSS 2 total.
$852 3720 total.
720
$132 in favor of Association.
Another, and a very great advantage is, that
the money is returned in small and convenient
sums, paid monthly, and not in a bulk, as in
ordinary loans.
( From the Savannah Georgian, 1 l!/i insl )
Washington City, Dec. 0.
To the Editors of the Georgian:
Gentlemen. —The newspapers containing
much animadversion upon the course pursued by
the late Democratic caucus in relation to the Com
promise measures, and my own humble name
having been prominently used in a gazette of
this city in its strictures, I consider.it proper
to state, through your columns, by your kind
permission, that I attended that caucus solely
I'orthe purpose of aiding in the nomination of
officers of the House. I desired to vote for the
nominations of Messrs. Boyd and Forney, as
Speaker and as Clerk—two of the most decided
Compromise men in the Union: not because I
approved of the Compromise, (which I may nev
er do.) but because 1 believed it to be the wish
of tlie people of Georgia that they should be
elected. I did not go to the caucus to vote down
resolutions of any kind; and I am ready to sup
port, in my place in tlie House of Representa
tives, a resolution expressing the “finality ’ ot
the Compromise, honestly executed. I had no
objection to the terms or spirit of the resolution
offered by Mr. Polk, of Tennessee, in the De
mocratic meeting—was willing to vote for it,
then,and am so now. But 1 believed, with a
considerable majority ot' the members convened,
that it would he better to take no action upon it,
confining attention to the approaching organiza
tion of the House, and leaving to the Baltimore
('o' 1 vention the expression of opinion of the
National Democratic Party. Ido not doubt that
the 'Convention will, almost with unanimity,
sustain the Compromise, and present candidates
foi the Presidency and Vice Presidency, in
whose favor the Southern people may safely cast
their suffrages.
In deference to the will of Georgia, I expect
to give no vote, during the time I may" remain
here, conflicting, in any degree, with the Com
promise laws. I wish themjto be faithfully ob
served, and their merits fully tested; and no citi
zen will rejoice more than myself if all the good
shall result from them which the people of Geor
gia anticipate.
Respectfully.
Your fellow-citizen,
[ From the Baltimore Sun.]
Report of the Commissioner of the G-enern! L-‘1 i '
Office.
The annual report of the Hon. J. Buifei'
Commissioner of the General Land Office, pi.
sents a very minute and interesting view ol the
various operations of this important branch of the
government, but as many of the farts and statis
tics which it sets forth have already been given,
in a condensed form, in the President's message,
and the report of the Secretary of the Interior,
(already published in the Sun.) we must confine
ourselves to the following extracts:
The locations by military bounty land war
rants during the fiscal year commencing July
Ist, 1850, cover an area of 2,154,000 acres, ma
king an aggregate of ca«h sales, and locations by
warrants, during that jieriod, ol 4,300,817 49 100
acres, which, at minimum price, would amount
to 5,376,059 36-100 dollars. The sales, however,
exceeded the minimum price by 62,388 09-100
dollars. The whole number of land warrants
issued to tlie Ist November, 1851, under the
Mexican bounty land act, of 11th February, 1847
is 80,781. Os this number 66,618 have been re-,
turned to the General Land Office as located; and
of these located land wairants 66,200 have been
patented. The whole number ot land warrants
issued up to the same period, under the general
bounty land law of 28th September, 1850, is
54,201. Os this number, 3.708 have been rc
turned to the General Land Office as located; ami
of the located land warrants of this class, 1,050
have been patented.
Since my last annual report, there have been
issued and transmited to their respective destiuz
tioiis, upwards of seventy-five thousand letter
put out lor public laud titles ot all description
and the laborsjof the accountants and book-keep- .
ers have been diligently prosecuted. .
The quantity of public land proclaimed for
market, since the date of my last annual report,
amounts to 7,731,537 acres; and the estimated
quantity available for market during the coming
yeai, will not he less than $12,000,000 acres.
Every precaution has been adopted, by official
regulation and system, to detect and arrest any
attempts to impose upon the office fraudulent as
signments of warrants under the Mexican Boun
ty Laml act of February 11, 1847, the warrants
in that class having been held to he assignable.
Measures have been adopted to secure accuracy
and neatness in the engrossing of all the patents,
and subjecting them to a proper test, by a eare
iul examination of a Board; and the business
generally, in its multifarious details, is satisfac
torily progressing.
Some idea rnay be formed of the official opera
tions of the General Land Office, from the state
ment in the report, that the archives of the office
consists of seven thousand three hundred and
eighty-three folio manuscripts; that about one
million two hundred and twenty-one thousand
patents, ol different kinds, all duly recorded, have
been issued ; and I hat, as preliminary to the pre
paration of these patents, the examination of
about two million nine hundred and fifteen thous
and five hundred title papers were necessary, all
of which are on file.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
New Orleans, Dec. 11, 9.20 P. M.
i Eight thousand bales of Cotton were sold to
: day, at steady prices. Strict Middling was worth
78c. Molasses has declined—prime isquoted at 22
cents.. Rio Coffee has also declined, —two thous
and hags of the new crop were sold at 8J cents.
Sterling Exchange was quoted at from 8 to 10
prem. Freights have advanced, and Cotton to
! Liverpool isquoted at 15-32 d.
Arrived to-day ships River Dale, Mount Ver
non, Caroline & Mary from New York, Sheffield
and brig Toledo from Boston.
Columbia, Dec. 11, 6.25 P. M.
The Cotton market continues active at full
prices, and a fraction higher than the current
i rates of yesterday was obtained in several instan
| ces. The sales comprise 1009 bales.
Columbia, Dec. 11, 9,50 P. M. |
j The Bill to renew the Charters of the "Com
mercial” Bank in this town, and of the “Plan- i
> ters’ and Mechanics’ ” and “Union” Banks in
Charleston, was discussed to-day and the debate
resulted in the extension of their Charters to De
cember, 1854.
NEW ISERIES VOL. VI. NO. 148
( From, the JV. O. Picayune.)
From the Rio Grande.
By the arrival lost night of the steamship Fanny.
Capt. Pennock, we havo received copies of the
Brownsvillo Rio Bravo of the lUth and 26th ult.
We have nothing definite in regard to the posi
tion of C.irvajal. We presume that he is encamped
at a place called Las Palmas, tome distance up the
river.
Gen. Uraga arrived at Matnmoras on the 19 th
ult. with 500 men and five pier es of artillery. His
forces consisted of a fair proportion of infantry,
cavalry, and artillery.
Gen. Jaurcgui had arrived from Monte'ey and
encamped near Carvajal. A let, or from the camp
of the latter, dated November 2.M, says :
Wc aro all anxiously cxpocti.'.g the news of a
battle of a desperate character, and by the time
you receive this, there is very little doubt but the
arms of Carvajal will have gained a victory com
mensurate with the exigences of the great occasion.
Ilis force is now about five hundred of the oest
fighting men of the country. Ho has been, for tho
last ton days, purging his army of the men who
have been so famous for giving a reputation of a
disreputable character, and now probably boas ts of
a set of men second to none in point of honor and
respectability which tho country has ever soon.
He is getting every day more and more qualified to
moot tho emergencies of his great and grc .eing
cause.
By strict attention to his men, and persevering
endoavors to enforce discipline amongst al’ his
troops, he has a force combining the strength of
tho regular army, together with the real and enthu
siasm of tho volunteer service. Wo hear every
day of largo bodies of men preparing themselves
to join him early in the coming month.
Another letter eontaius tho following :
Carvajal is hourly receiving ruin-orcements of
the most desirablo character, and before this time,
we doubt not, he has assaulted and curriod Jaurcgui’*
camp. The gcnoral has about 800 men and seven
pieces of artillery. He cannot withstand Carvr jal s
attack for a singlo hour, llisde'eat will open tho
road to Monterey for the libcratoiand tho seizure
of goods referred to, will afford a most timoly aia in
this critical emergency.
Gon. Uraga, on arriving at Matamoros, issued a
proclamation, calling on the peopio to rally to the
standard of tho Government, and assist in repelling
tho invailcis.
Gon. Avalos has issued and order declaring that
Matamoros is the only port] recognized in thaL vi
cinity, and that the goods introduced into Camargo
and Reynosa are illegally imported. The Rio Bravo
loans that orders have been received from the Gov
ernment at Mexico, that goodsnot contraband, on
tered undor tho late tariff es tho ex-officio Govern
ment, Gen. Avalos, have permission to be taken into
tho interior, bonds being required for the difference
between the rates fixed by la‘6*nnd tho amount*
already paid under the rovolutionarly tariff afore
said. The prohibited goods to remain in store at
Matamoros.
A fatal affray witn pistols occurred at Edinburgh,
San Patricio county, a few days sinco, between a
i>r. Evwarto and a Capt. Ross, which resulted in the
death of Ross From accounts of the affair, the Rio
Bravo says that Ross seems to havo beou in fault
and tho other perfectly justifiable, as it was proven
that lie was acting in self-defence.
Richmond, Dec. 11.
Virginia Ei.ixtion. —At the close of the poll*
to day, in this city, Summers, Whig, lor Gover
nor had 821) ma jority, being a whig gain of 104
since the lust Presidential election. In Albe
marle county, Summers majority is 100. Tay
lor’s majority 218. Staunton, in Augusta coun
ty, gives Summers 400 majority: Taylor’s was
about 200.
Johnson is probably elected Governor. The
•turns of the Legislature are too meagre to jus
i.y an opinion.
Norfolk, Dec. 9.
The democrats made great exertions to-day,
and succeeded in slightly reducing the whig
majority. Johnson’s (dem.) majority in Nor
folk county is 228, in Princess Anne 27, and in
Isle of Wight 400. Summers (whig) has 76
majority in Nansemond.
Kind words in the Family. —There are few
families, we imagine, any where, in which love
is not abused as furnishing a license for impolite
ness. A husband, father, or brother, will speak
harsh words to those whom he loves the best,
simply because the security of love and family
pride keeps him from getting his head broken.
It is a shame that a man will speak more impo
litely, at times, to his wife or his sister, than he
would dare to any female, except a low vicious
one. It is thus that the holiest affections of
man’s nature prove to be a weaker protection to
woman in the family circle, than the restraints
of society; and that a woman, usually, is in
debted for the kindest politeness of |life to
those not belonging to her household.
Things ought not so to be. The man who, be
cause it will not be resented, inllicts his spleen
and bad temper upon those of his hearthstoiu,
is a small coward and a very mean man. Kind
words are the circulating medium between tiue
gentlemen and true ladies, at home, and no polish
exhibited in society can atone for the hard and
disrespectful treatment too often indulged in
between those bound together by God’s own ties
of blood, and the still more sacred bonds ot con
jugal love.
Noble Sentiments. —This is an agreeable
world after all. If we would only bring ourselves
to look at the subjects that surround us in their
true light, we should see beauty where we be
held deformity, and listen to harmony where we
heard nothing but discord. To be sure there is a
great deal of vexation and anxiety to meet; we
cannot sail upon a summer coast forever; yet if
we preserve a calm eye and a steady hand, we
can so trim our sails and manage our helm, as to
avoid the quicksands, and weather the storms
that threaten shipwreck. We are membeis
of one great family; we are traveling the
same road, and shall arrive at the same goal.—
We breathe the same air, are subject to
the same bounty, and we shall lie down upon
the bosom of our common mother. It is
not becoming, then, that brother should hate
brother; it is not proper that fr.end should deceive
friend; it is not right that neighbor should deceive
neighbor. We pity that man who can harbor
enmity against his fellow; he loses half the enjoy
ment of life; he embitters his own existence. Let
us tear from our eyes the colored medium that
invests every object with the green hueof jealousy
and suspicion; turn a deaf ear to scandal; breathe
the spirit of charity from our hearts; let the rich
gushings of human kindness swell up as a foun
tain, so that the “golden age" will become no
fiction, and islands of the blessed bloom in more
than “Hypernian beauty.”
Where is the Dictionabv. —The following
is an exact copy of a note handed a few days
since by a little French boy to his school-mis
tress, as an excuse for absence from school:
“Adolph he coulden com becos he diden fie!
vel”
A lady’s name is signed at the bottom. We
have not the pleasure ol knowing the parties,
but we would beg leave respectlully to repeat the
question, “where is the dictionary 7 — N. O. Pic.
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