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fcatitutioiiiifet t lUptiMir. | JAMES GARDNER, JR., ) ANn / Editors. JAMES M. SMYTHE, ) (f >O,ll the Halt'more Sun.) DOCUMENTS Aocpaipanrine the President's Message -The Lo paz Expedition. Copies of the several documents accompany- ; mg ‘he President's Message, consisting ot cor-; on sc* u.ral important topics, are be- 1 fore us. from which we make the following con- : dense d exhibit of the general facts and results j pert uningWo each. In the inafter 01 the Lopez expedition, a letter date from the Department of State, Washing ton. August ‘.' id, 18.01. was addressed hy Mr. Deri ck Acting S-eretery, to Commodore Par ker, commander ot the Home Squadron, vesting in Inin authority to confer with the Captain Gen ual of Cuba on the subject of the execution of the titty persons ‘ak<ui anil shot as invaders of the island, and nl i with reference to the firing upon the U. State., mail steamer Falcon. He was istructcd to inform the Captain General that‘it is expected that, if citizens of the United States were among the persons shot, the offence with v. hich they was charged wit satisfactorily prove' ” He was further to “request a copy of proceedings of the Court which sentenced the pris oners.' 1 This w.s expected to embrace the names of the accusal, their native countries; the jwsition of the boats at the time when they were captured; the course they were taking, and whether the persons on board of them were armed: •'You will assure the Captain Genera! (flie m atruetionsproceed) that everything within the power of this Government has been and will continue to he done towards discharging the ob ligations of the 17. States to Spain. You will also assure him that if hereafter, unhappily, citi zens of the United States should he so forgetfu' of their obligations of obedience of the laws of tlieir own country, and of regard to the rights of Spam, as to 1m; engaged in hostile expeditions a"ai' the Island of Cuba, the President earnest ly desiresthat they will not he punished except upon the clearest proofs of guilt, and without an obvious necessity. A contrary course on the pari of the Spanisi. authorities will he sure to in crease the difficult,.-s in the performance of the duties of the U. Scutes as a friendly neutral Pow er an I might render the discharge of those duties impracticable."’ On the 6th September, Com. Paiker writes to the department from Havana; he has had an in terview with the Captain General, which was promptly afforded. The annexed extract con tains the principal item of interest: “He (the Captain General) regretted the ne cessity of executing the prisoners captured in the boats oil the Cayes of the island, hut deemed it an act of necessary severity, in the eircumatan* oes, and he felt it to he his duty to make an ex ample of them, in order to deter others from ma king a similar attempt. He stated that he con sidered them as pirates and that they had so been d uounced in the proclamation ol the President of‘be U. States; Hurt they were tried in a sum mery manner, and ‘litll proof made of their guilt,-' and of their participation in the invasion ol the island hy Lopez, lie did not consider himself at liberty to furnish me with the proceedings on the trial, but would send them to his own Gov ernment, and to die Spanish Minister at Wash- ! ington, who would do whatever was right in the matter, on the cab of the Government of the U. States. The exec ition was delayed from half past si veil o’clock. A. M.i to eleven, in order to give the prisoners an opportunity of uniting to their frinuls. during which period they made the declara tion that they constituted a part of the forces of Lo ses. “These particulars, he stated, were given for my personal satisfaction, inasmuch as he was not inves'ed with diplomatic powers, but referred our Government to the Spanish Minister at Washington, in whom diplomatic powers were j vested by her Majesty's Government. “As to citizenship, he said that a majority of j them clamed to he citizens of the United States, but they werejiom various countries; and that it was of no consequence to what nation they had belonged, as they were captured in the waters of Cuba, with arms in their hands, endeavoring to escape in boats Iroin an expedition in which they had engaged against the island of Cuba.” In relation to the affair with the Falcon, the Captain General maintained. “That, in the present condition of the island, r Spanish cruiser has a right to ascertain t' character of merchant vessels in the waters o Spain; that one expedition had already landed from a steamer, and that reinforcements were daily expected. The Spanish eruir.er had fired three unshotted gnus to leeward to show the J friendly character of the vessel of war, of which ] no notice was taken by the Falcon, atul that the i firing ot the shotted gun was rendered necessary j by the course pursued by the Falcon. The gen- j eral of marine was oil board, and it was to be j presumed that the shot was fired hy his order. He declared that he had requested Mr. Rogers, the commander of the Falcon, to call on him, and give him a correct statement of this affair, hut that he had not done so. He expressed some surprise that Lieut. Rogers did not come t > at once, as the man of-war was only doing what, by the laws of nations, she clearly had a right to do.' 1 The residue of this correspondence contains nothing that is new of any general interest. It relates, mainly, to facts and circumstances which are already familiar to the public. Com. Parker was not allowed usee the prisoners, captured with Lopez, it being contrary to the rules order ed to be observed in the case. One fact of some interest is contained in the subjoined extract of a letter ol" Com. Parker's, written on the ‘doth September: “On the 22d Mr. Letcher had an interview with the Captain General. In the eouise of conversation respecting the release of the prison ers, (citizens ol the United States,) the Captain General alluded to the ill treatment the subjects of Spain had received, and the insults offered to the Spanish flag at New Orleans. Air. Letcher remarked that it was the act of a mob, and not the citizens of New Orleans generally; and that the Government of the United State, nor any other Government should be held responsible i for the acts of an assemblage of that character, j Mr. Letcheralso remarked that our Government i regretted the circumstance, &c. “The Captain General asked emphatically I whether Mr. Letcher was officially authorized to | make such a declaration, who replied he was ! not; but he was sure that such were the feelings i of the Government of the United States, as well j as of her citizens generally. “It is Air. Letcher’s opinion that had he, or j any one else, been authorized to make such a - as cuming officially from the Gov ernment at Washington, the situation, of the Srisoners would have been ameliorated, and per aps they might have been released. “I am authorized by Air. Letcher to make this statement to the Department of State.” The Assaults on the Spanish Consul and other Spaniards at New Orleans This correspondence is opened by Air. Calde •Jj a Barca, in a letter to Dr. Derrick, Act -01 '’ tate an, l is continued hy these ® . ien through all the original statements j Tu c e “''fortunate affair at New Orleans. ! ial sf-atom *t' Ce r’* accom P a nied by several i official statement, f roin Mr Bradford! Acting District Attorney at New Orleans, and Mr j Crossman, Mayor ol that city, which embrace a w'ation of facts corresponding to those already ! puMished, and exhibiting an active zeal and a 1 consistent effort, in various quarters, for the sup pression of the riot. * j A letter from Mr. Calderon de la Barra, dated i at Washington, October 14th, after that gentle. | man had corresponued with his government,and 1 addressed to Mr. Crittenden, contains the offieia) statement of the grievances of Spain, and the ’ proposition of redress. The subjoined paragraph embrace* the gist of the letter; “Apprised of all the facts, her Majesty’s Gov ernment has ordered the undersigned to persist in asking, as he again asks, in the name of said ; government, for full satisfaction for the aggra | vated insults committed upon the Spanish llag. and upon her Majesty's Consul in New O leans ; : and also that the Spaniards residing in that city j shall be indemnified for the losses they have sus- ! tained at the hands of an infuriated and licenti- j | ous mob.” The res|ionse to this letter is from Mr. Web ! ster. He affects no justification of the acts com ; plained of, hut holds them to he disgraceful ; he j submits, however, that no agent or officer of the | United States government, or of the State of i Louisiana participated in them. He recognizes ■ the duly of the government to punish the oti'end ! ihg parties upon arrest and conviction. In the matter «_f indemnification, Air. W. remarks,'that •• while this government has manifested a will ingues.. and determination to perform every duty which one friendly nation has a right to expect from another in cases of this kind, it supposes that the rights of the Spanish Consul, a public officer residing here under the protection of the I United States Government, are quite different from those of the Spanish subjects who have come into the country to mingle with our own citizens, and here to pursue their private busi ness and objects. The former may claim special indemnity ; the latter are entitled to such pro tection as is afforded to our own citizens. The letter concludes as follows, and wc a glad to find that the proposal to salute th ! of the ship originates with our Govern, i The Spanish Minister says nothing about • j “Iff says Air. Webster, “Air. Laborde sii 1 return to his post, or any other Consul lor Nt ! Orleans sha‘l he appointed hy her Catholic A! josty's Government, the officers of this Govern ment, resident in that city, will be instructed to receive him and treat him with courtesy,and with a national salute to the flag of his ship, if he shall arrive in a Spanish vessel, as a demonstration ol respect, such as may signily to him, and to his Government, the sense entertained hy the Gov ernment ol the Uniter! States of the gross injus tice done to 1 is predecessor hy a lawless mob, as well as the indignity and insult offered hy it to a foreign State with which the United States are, and wish ever to remain, on terms of the most respectful and pacific intercourse " i To this Mr. Calderon do la Barca replies: “ I'he undersigned will lose no time in bring i in/ this document to the knowledge of his Gov- I <inu)"iit: and he entertains the confident hope J that .Mr. Webster’s note, both a* regards its sub- I stance and as regards the friendly spirit in which | conceived, wilt prove satisfactory to the (, u. s Government, and will not fail to have ! tii - . Ilirct of re-establishing those friendly rela tions which have so long and so happily subsis ted between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States that accustom ed footing of cordtality which it lias ever been the earnest desire, as well as the duty, of the un d, signed to see maintained between the two nations” Relative to the Americans who were takeu pris oners and sent to Spain. On this subject a pleasing interest is mani. ed hy the U. S. authorities. The correspond'un e originates with a letter from Mr. Derrick to Mr. Calderon de la Baron, and sets forth the fact that "during the several hostile attempts which have ' lieen made upon the island of Cuba, the Govern ment of the United States has never hesitated to pursue the course which was |M>inted out to it by ilie stern dictate* of duty, whether in puttin, forth all its executive energies to prevent any violation of existing laws, or to punish those of its officers who ha 1 failed to execute, or exhibit ed any criminal backwardness in the execution of such laws. In view of these considerations ’ and other circumstances, the interposition of Air, Calderon de la Barca is sought in behalf of the prisoners captured upon the island of Cuba. The government of the U. States claims no right to intervene officially ill this mutter, hut indnU'/r imply in the expression of its wishes on the , ore of humanity. Mi Baiiinger, our representative at Madrid, is i a .’lessor! on this subject hy Air. Crittenden; ami At. Owen, consul at Havana, is addressed hy the same gentleman, in behalf of the friends of those who were executed and who desire to obtain their remains lor interment. The following touching extracts will indicate the view in which the erring victims are, no doubt, justly regarded hy M r. Crittenden; “Those who met this lute were mostly inexpe rienced youths. who have evidently been enticed and beguilded by false lures and misrepresenta tions; hut it is not doubted that they were animat ed at the same time hy impulses which. uiuW proper circumstances, would have done tli * n honor, and secured lor them the approbation o r i the world. I “They were unquestionably the dupes of Lo- I pez, a Spanish subject, and of other individuals, whose motives this is not the time, nor indeed l have 1t" e disposition, to criticise. The lives of j these victims have atoned for all the follies they , committed, and the royal authority of Spain, j against whom all their acts were aimed, has ex ! erciseda terrible retribution upon the invaders, j “The most of the victims we know were very young, and I venture to declare my own convic tion that they had not the remotest idea of the j crime they were committing, but were inflnenc- I ed rather hy a misguided enthusiasm for liberty i than hy auv criminal motive. Had they indeed j comprehended the cruet deceptions really practis ; ed upon them, and which many of them discov ered only when it was too late, they never would | have embarked in the ill-fated, the criminal en- I terprise, the catastrophe of which has rendered i necessary this appeal from their surviving fami lies." Mr. Webster addresses Air. Barringer at Ma drid, with instructons in behalf of the prisoners, and from this excellent letter we make some ex tracts. After speaking ol" the correspondence which has taken place here, and of the active ef forts ofthis government for the suppression of the expedition, he adds. “Her Catholic Majesty's Government is quh r 1 well aware that the principal instigator of criminal invasion of Cuba, and loader of c <"• * pedition. was one of her Majesty’s subject ■, • I came to this country and abused its hospitaht . ■ ; inducing American citizens,mostlyjyoungan,’ j informed persons, to embark in his cause and low his standard. There is good reason to o’- l lieve that but for his agency,and that of other Spaniards who had come to the country, no ex- ! pedition against Cuba would ever have been set on foot. The policy of the United States is the policy of peace, until there shall arise jrst cause' ol war. The colonies of Spain arc near to our; own shores. Our commerce with them is large ■ and important, and the records of tne diplomatic j intercourse between the two countries will ; manifest to her Catholic Majesty's Government ! how sincerely and how steadily the United; Staies has manifested the hope that no political charges might lead to a transfer of thes* colonies ; from her Alajesty's Crown. ‘lf there is one among the existing govern- j ments of the civilized world which lor a long course of years has diligently sought to maintain ; amicable relations with Spain, it is the govern m<.u f of the United States. Not only does the eon -pondence between the two governments show this, but the same truth is established by the history of the legislation of the country and j the general course of the Executive government. ; In this recent invasion Lopez and his fellow sub- | jects in the United States succeeded in deluding ; a few hundred men, by a long continued and ! systematic misrepresentation of the political con- | dition of the island, and of the wishes of its in- 1 habitants. And it is not for the purpose of re viving unpleasant recoHections that her Majes ty's government is reminded that it is not many years since the commerce of the United State* suffered severely from armed boats and vessel* which found refuge and shelter in th* ports of th* Spaniih island*. "These violations of the law, these authors of I gross violence towards the citizens of this Repub lic were finally suppressed, not by any effort of the Spanish authorities,but by the activity anil vigilance of our navy. This, however, was not accomplished but by the efforts of several years, nor until many valuable lives, as well as a vast amount of property, bad been lost. Among others, Lieut. Allen, a very valuable and distin guished officer in the naval service of the United | States, was killed in an action with these ban ditti. '‘All this is not said for the purjioseof making or renewing complaints, either of the violation of treaty obligations or of un justifiable remissness against the government ofSpain or the authori ties of the islands. Bat it may lie brought to the notice of the Spanish government as one of the consequences which may sometimes llovv from the conduct of men disposed to carry on criminal enterprises id favoied, in the execution of such enterprise,' y the contiguity of the possessions of the two •• rvemments.” Mr. Webster, proceeding to urge some reasons for clemency in behalf of the prisoners sent to Spain, remarks that they have no legal claim up on the protection of this government, but that as ignorant and deluded men, as most of them are, it cannot he denied they are, as such, objects of comjiassion. Ilefeiring to the subject in the light of punishment as an example to deter oth ers, Mr. W. says: “That example has been set by the infliction I of a punishment as prompt as it was awful, by ! the execution of fifty persons. The knowledge of their miserable late has been carried to every nan in this country and spread ail over the .vorld. “Is not this enough ? Can example be made lore teriific ? Certainly an act of clemency on .lie pait of the .Spanish Government could not now bethought a symptom of weakness. May not the sword ol justice be now sheathed witli j out danger, and the voice of Christian humanity , lie allowed to be beaul? # * # w “The President thinks that it is wise to suffer oblivion to cover the jiast. He is anxious for | the removal of every cause which might tend to keep alive ill will between the citizens and sub ! jects of the two countries. So long as these pris i oners shall continue to be suiTeringa seveieand | lingeiing punishment in a foreign land, so lung , will efforts be constantly made by their friends . to procure their release by appeals to the good offices of their Government. The tendency of these applications can only he to keep alive a i very considerable irritation. It is in considera \ tion ol this, and fiotri a strong wish for the ex tinguisbment of all feelings ol that kind, that, in the judgment of the President, nothing would be more useful than the granting of her .Majesty's pardon to the residue of these prisoners, and suf j sering them to return to theirown homes. | “Those who were pardoned by the Capta'ii ; General of Cuba appear to have been among t^ . most prominent and well-informed members of i the expedition. The friendless are left to toed' fate, although less culpable, a* being less inform ed of their duties and obligations. It seems in vidious and unjust to make distinctions of this kind. You say that the existing belief in Spain i is, that the result of the expedition has strength ened the hands of the Spanish Government and i given new security to its possession of the isl | and. A similar sentiment prevails, to some ex tent, here. “In answer to your inquiry as to whether, in any event, and to wl „t extent, assistance in clothing, or other necessaries, might be lurnislied to such as might need and apply for the same on account of the United States. 1 have to remark that it is expected that none of the needy among the prisoners will be allowed to suffer for the want of the necessaries ol life. You will ar eordigly take care that their wants are piovided lor. An application will he made to Congress lor an appropriation tow ards defraying any expenses which may thereby he occasioned. Kxittino Machine.— There is a knilting ma chine in o| -ration in Philadelphia, which knits three hundred ami eight y stitches at each turn of ; a small crank, which crank may he easily tinn ed by hand from one hundred to one bundled and fifty revolutions per minute, making Horn j forty to sixty thousand stitches jier minute, or at the rate ot about three million per hour. Tiik Power ok the Press. —The Methodist Book concern, in New York, employs S presses and 200 hands; the Tract House 13 pressss and 275 hands; the Bible House 10 presses ami 300 hands, and the Harpers 20 presses and 400 i hands—total in the four establishment’s, 01 presses and 1,175 hands, of whom about 420 aie females. The Appletons also keep IS presses running a good fait of the time. . An American Cemetery has been construc ed in the city of Mexico, under the direction of the Rev. G. G. Goss, who, at the last accounts, was about removing thither the remains of the American soldiers who died in that part of Mex iio. The cemetery occupies two aoes, and is enclosed by a thick wall, fifteen feet in height. i IxmcvaiENT of a Senator.— The grand jury in the United States couitof Indiana, in session at Indianapolis, lias found a true bid against .1. , S. Hester, senator liotn the counties of Monroe and Brown, ami editor of the Bloomington Re porter, for forging pc pc is to obtain land war rants. Mux r( km ic.— Pile New 'o. k.Exnress states that Be potal ion of Trinity Episcopal Church, New ' t . c tv, is expected soon to open a free . education toall in that city, and that thisia to he accomplished not by enlarging the privileges of i collegiate education, hut by establishing Chris tian free schools in all parts of the city. Boston. Dec. 14. The steamer Niagara reached her u narf at 3 o'clock this morning, and liar mails for New j York and the South left in the early train. AUSTRIA—A REVOLT STOPED. Advices from Hamburg to the 23d Nov., state j that an armed revolt.had been organised among i | several regiments of the Austrian army in Hol stein, which was on the point of breaking out, in open defiance of the Empire, when it was discovered and checked. Many of the regiments were composed most- j jj’y of Hungarians, who were said to he incited by agents of Kossuth and the revolutionary pro pagandists in London. A large number of oili cers and soldiers had been arrested. Several Hungarian nobleman are implicated. Count Potoski.au agent ol Kossuth's,lias been arrested at Presburg, and proclamations found in his possession add' essed to the soldiers, exciting them to revolt, llealso had with him copies of Kossuth's s; eecbes in England. The Hungarian residence of General Haynau has been destroyed by fire—the work of an in cendiary. Haynau came near being burned to death in the house. Hon. R. Frothingham, democrat, has been elected Mayor of Chailestoa, Mass. Jenny Lind's Concert at Boston, on Saturday evening, was well attended. The Hudson River is still navigable, the ice being loose trom New York to Albany. Mrs. Mowatt, the distinguished authoress and actress, arrived at St. Louis on the Ist inst. Yucatan. —Advices to October 10th state that the Indians have again taken up arms, and had massacred many of the inhabitants of Chichancha. Miss Catharine Hayes gave her first concert in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, to a crowd ed and fashionable house. Col. Bigler, the Governor elect of Pennsylva nia, has been elected a member of the Harris burg Typographical Society. Mr. Edward Willis, who has been generally announced as the man-of-busiiiess of Lola Mon tes, we now see it stated, is not in any wise associated with her. AUGUSTA, GA. j; THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18. Who are the Agitators now? During the late tremendous excitements which disturbed the popular rnind of this country, on account of the territorial and slave questions, and which, since the passage of the Compromise measures, have so wonderfully subsided, many 1 litPe men, for whom Fame has not leserved a niche in her temple, rose upon the high tide of Union sentiment to a factitious importance. ; Now, that the waters are rapidly settling down to their accustomed level, these little great men : are seen struggling desperately, to keep them selves up conspicuously to view, as great patri ots and saviours of their country. They have gained so much by the agitation that they have a deep interest in keeping it up. They cannot bear the idea of sinking back to their pioper po sitions. and being lost sight of by the industrious, busy, onward moving millions of our country men who, tired of agitation, desire to devote themselves to their peaceful pursuits, and to the i development of the great principles of repub- , lican government under which our country has advanced to her present imposingattitude among nations. Others, again, of not less restless am bition, but of greater abilities, are aiming to j keep up the agitation with a view to escape from uncomfortable pjolitic.il alliances which, if , preserved, would doom them to struggle in hope less minorities, and to form new combinations ! which shall cany them into power and place. Others, again, finding their po'itical principles ; have been repudiated by the Amciican people on every occasion oil u liicli a lair vote lias been obtained, seek to keep up agitation in the hope of restoring their principles, under false colors, and by new names, to the ascendent in the ex ecutive and legislative departments of the Fed eral Government. Conspicuous, among the first class, is that lo quacious and effervescent little man, Foote, of Mississippi, whose course in the Senate is thus graphically presented by the New York Keening Post: The fussy behavior of Senator Foote, in regard to the Compromise, reminds us of a juvenile ex peiimenter in horticulture, who, having planted a young tree, went every morning and dug it up, to see whether the roots were growing. Mr. Foote isa firm believe^in the finality of the Compromise, hut hois for agitating the question as olten as once a fortnight, to make the finality mote final. There was no more to he said about the slavery question after tlu- passage of the measures w hieh go by that name: the quarrel was to he buried in |erpetual oblivion and silence: that was understood.and on that con dition many, wlio should have known better, siipjiorfed it. But how are you to know, says Mi. Foote, whether the quarrel is at an end unless you giro people an opportunity to dispute. How are you to know whether people are disposed to be silent unless you try tu get them to talk. On this sound principle Air. Foote proceeds. He calls upon the Senators to make speeches on the ques tion of theCompromi.se. Several of the Sena tors have just been elected; what,asks Mr. Foote, have they to say.' Some did not vote for these measmes, who are yet in Congress: what, asks Mr. Foote, is their opinion concerning them' I let them make their speeches,“let them vindicate themselves from unjust insinuations.” In short let us make—for this is Mr. Foote’s proposition in plain English—as much noise about the mat ter as we are able, in order to show how much we aie disposed to keep silence; let us agitate and agitate, that we may go home ami tell our constituents how completely we have put down agitation. He is but a type of a class at the South, who owe all their ephemeral greatness to the capital they' have made out of the strong Union feeling in their several States. If the political elements remain perfectly calm then “ farewell, a long farewell, to all their greatness," and better men whom they have overtopped, will take their places. The second class, who also favor agitation, are suchUivon Whigs as wear their principles as loosely as they do their old slippers, and finding them worn out and valueless, desire to kick them oil ami assume democratic principles, which they inward'y detest, and have vilified for a life time. The third aie the genuine ol 1 Federal Whigs, who are dyed in the wool, and will struggle un der one plan and another, no matter what party disguises they assume, to restore tiem to power. Democratsshould watch this Union cry and dis counteearce this agitation. It bodes no good to toeir principles, if allowed to make head. It is a cat in the meal tub. The Democratic parly has proved itse'f a good enough Union paity. The records of Gongress show that the Compro mise received such a support from the Noithern poi lion of it as is security against its disturbance from that wing, while the Southern Rights wing have generally indorsed the declaration made by Gov. McDopalJ the candidate of that party in Georgia, last summer: “ The Compromise ought not to hediUUibcde' Kosnuii at the Municipal Banquet in New York, This was oue of the most showy and elegant ovations to the cause of human liberty of which the emporium of American commerce has ever been the scene. It was a tribute at one and the same time to a great principle dear to every Ame rican heai t and to the patriotism and genius of an illustrious stranger who has devoted his life to its establishment in his native land. Under the fire of his eloquence, sympathy for the fate of down-trodden Hungary was kimfied to an irrepressible enthusiasm ir: the large and imposing assembly which listened to his great speech. It occupied two hours and a half in the delivery, and was listened to throughout with in tense interest. The following appropriate comments are made upon it by the Washington Union : “Th-'s oration will be universally read, ard cannot fail to’produce a profound and permanent impression on the public rnind. Without un dertaking. aiter the very cursory perusal which we have been able as yet to give it, to concur in all its conclusions and suggestions, we cannot re train Irom expressing strongly our admiration, and even our astonishment, at the vast and va rious ability which it exhibits. Besides argu mentation and rhetorical power of a very rare and high order, the speech displays a familiarity with the history and policy of our government which, under the circumstance, is little less than marvellous. It is characterized thoughout by a spirit thoroughly practical; and it sets forth, in an attitude and light at once most original and imposing, all the great ideas and priciples to which the life of its author lias hitherto been.: and is hereafter to be consecrated. " The effect of the speech upon the numerous j and highly respectable company which listened j to it. appears to have been quite as remarkable as is its character. The orator was throughout | cheered and applauded to the echo; and when. , a at the conclusion ol'the address, a member of the ; p city council proposed that the three practical suggestions which it contained as to the action ' of the government of the United States, should 1 stand as the resolutions of that meeting, the vote ° was < arried with unanimous acclamation. j "This was more than an oratical triumph; f though, considering the character of Kossuth s piopositions, it was in that sense alone almost I unprecedented in this country liefore such an ! auditory. Such a vote was the declaration of : that intelligent assemblage that the coming oi ' Kossuth to our shores was a political event, and i ; that both his invitation and his reception have a political significance. I “It is now. as we conceive, altogether too late ( to deny either of these propositions. The action which has been taken in one branch o! Congress ' upon the subject will likewise, beyond question, ; both here and elsewhere, receive a similar inter- i pretation. The action which we may antici pate in the House of Representatives will also be regarded as of the same character. Nor can any doubt be entertained at this time that such ac tion will, in its whole significance, be loudly and generally approved by the people and by the public press. Here and elsewhere oar govern ment will be regarded as joining in the mani festation of their cordial appioval of the Hun garian cause, and of their stern and unhesitating condemnation of that absolutist policy by which, for the tune, that cause has been broken down. Beyond this point, nothing which our govern | ment at this time will do or demonstrate is, as we conclude, to proceed; and up to this point. | we hold it to be clear that onr jieople and our government, both in respect of principle and po licy, are assuredly in the right. It is proper in itself, and lit upon this occasion, that our country i should go thus iar. As a nation, we oppose cur national opinion, in high and solemn forms ofex piession, to the bayonets ol Russian intervention. It is a moral and not a material power—yet, as we believe, pot the less mighty in its ultimate J consequences because it is not material.” Legislative Proceedings. Miu.eiiGevili.e, Dec. 15, 1851. The Executive uud Legislative departments of | the State of Georgia have returned to their rcs i pectivclv legitimate functions. It is presumable that : they were “wined and dined" in a style worthy of the reputation of our sea-hoard brethren, for hos pitnlityand high breeding. I have been informed i by some who were participants in that magnificent gala, that, in view of the small population of j Savannah, compared with that of our large North- I : ern cities, and the short time allowed for making ! neecssnry arrangements, it will compare favorably 1 with any display of the kind ever undeitaken any where in this country. It would have becngratily ■ ing to me to have the opporl unity of speaking ‘ more at length, and fiom personal observation of , an event that will long he remembered in Georgia, l for the benefit that may accrue from it, both to . 1 visitors and visitne. But owing to some flaw in I the catalogue of iir.-iteet, tho representatives of 1 some of our presses were eheriei/, whilst others were forgotten. Among the latter class was tho ’ ! representative of the Augusta press. If all of the class cited had been ; led witli tho same spoon," I . would not have deemed the transaction of sufficient i moment for the slightest notice. lam charitable t enough to presume that they, to whom tho citizens ’ of Savannah delegated the authority to carry out their w ishes and iutontions, ill the multitude of their . duties, inadvertently and unintentionally commit* ~ ted the error charged against them. ‘ The first thing iu older this tnorn<ng was tho cull , of tho counties. In answer to that call the follow , ing hills and other documents wore introduced: t | By Mr. ltuscell —To provide for the election o* 1 all the Judges of tho Superior Courts of this State j by the people , By Mr. Ilr.rtow—To protect the citizens of this , Stato from danger, by tho running at large, ofluna i tie or insane slaves. i By Mr. Seward—To authorise the State of tleor j gii to lend money to aid in tho construction of tho I Georgia A Florida Railroad, Ac. ! Also, to prescribe the manner in which actions of ’ ejectment and writs of forcible entry and detainer 5 l shall be laid out. ’ By Mr. Bird, from a Special Committee—To com ! pensate certain physicians for services rendered sun r dry persons wounded by accidents on the State Road. By Mr. Wynn, of Gwinnett—To appropriate m.o --s noy to pay a firm in Tennessee for damages sustain ; cd from the same Road. These two bills, it is sup [ posed, will lie over uniil the Road is re-organised . [ and placed under a different and n better manage , ment—when all such matters will be referred to the proper officers of the Road for their investigation and adjudication. By Mr. Stephens—A resolution that the Lcgisla* , lure will adjourn from the 23d inst. to the Ist Mon day in November next. This resolution has to lie on tho table, under the rule of tho House, at least one day. > j By Mr. Tift—To provide for the protection and , defenco of the lights of the citizens of Georgia against unjustifiable attacks, encroachments, and usurpations by other States, whether acting under their individual sovereign capacity, within the limit 1 of powers not delegated by the Constitution, or through their Representatives in the Senate of the I United Stales. This bill provides, that if Congress shall abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, or any other place under its jurisdiction—or suppress the slave trade betweeu the slaveholding States—or refuse to admit any new Sia'c on account of the existence of . slavery therein—or prohibit the introduction of! slaves into the territories of Utah or New Mexico— ■ or repeal, or materially modify the Fugitive-Slave j Law—every State whbso Senators shall have voted j for any such act oracts, on its or their final passage, shall be deemed as having violated its faith plighted j to Georgia in the Constitution of the United States. ' That if any State, by her constituted authorities, obstruct the laws of Congress now in forco for the j recovery of fugitive slaves, or shall, after the Ist of - 1553, or thereafter, have any law in force, | i intended to obstruct the recovery of fugitive slaves, j our Senators and Representatives in Congress and every other public officer of this State, shall inform the Governor of the fact, who, upon investigation, and finding the same to be true, shall issue his pro clamation, warning all persons of the provisions and penalties of this act. That if any citizen shall buy, sell, or consume articles produced or manufac tured in such offending State, or imported through such State, or brought from it, ho shall pay a tax of 100 per cent, on tho original eost of such ar- : tiele3. That ail persons holding office in this State, ■ shall take a prescribed oath to carry out the provi sions of this act. That Tax Receivers shall admin ister an oath to all taxable persons bearing special ly upon the contraband articles stated above. That this act shall remain in fall force against every of- j fending State, until the faithless acts complained of shall have been repealed by Congress, or until such ! State or States shall pay the full value of negroes whose recovery has been obstructed, or until such State or States shall have repealed her faithless \ statutes. That all officers refusing to take tho oath ! prescribed, shall bo fined SSOO, and persons refusing ( to take tho oath to bo administered by the Tax Re- | | ceivcr, aro subject to a fino of SIO,OOO, which fine j : may bo discharged by taking ih» oath, Ac. Ac. , i By Mr. Tift—A petition from Messrs. Barnes and Williams, the lately ejected members from Ja*. per county, including the affidavit-«f eighty. t h ree citizens who voted at Slaughter's precinct within tho legal hours. Mr. Tift requested it to he entered on the Journal of the House. Some members oh jected, but at length it was ordered to lie on the table for the present. The bill for 4 the formation of a now county from Paulding and Floyd was next taken up and passed You will notice a singular coincidence connected with the action on this bill—its name, “ Polk." and its passage by 54 to 40. In the Senate, very little business of general in terest was transacted. It has rt-eonsidend the bill to incorporate a Bank in Atlanta, and has postponed indefinitely, by a vote of 19 to 16. tho bill to alter the Constitution, so as to restore the annual ses sions. Three o'clock, P. M. The bill to form a new county from Mcrriwethor Coweta and Fayette, was advocated by Messrs. Hill and Thurmond, and opposed by Messrs. Harris, of Clark, Clark, of Stewart. Robinson, of Macon, and Harper. On its final passage, the yeas were 10, and nays 80. The bill providing for the establishment of elec lion precincts at every Magistrate's Court ground in the State, was lost. I suspect it will pass in a local form, as to Gwinnett county. The bill to release certain persons in Chattooga county from the payment of a bond for SSOO, on which they are sureties for one who has committed an assault and battery, and who has absconded, was also lost by a vote of 3“ to 54. Cold Weather. The thermometer, on Tuesday morning, at I o'clock, was only 18 degrees above zero, and at same time yesterday, 10 degrees. The ice was thick enough to bear a man's weight. This is unusually cold for so early in the season. It i* . the coldest weather experienced here for several years. Office of Ordinary, f As there is a general desire to know the pro ( visions of the law creating the new office of t Ordinary, we subjoin a copy. The officer is to P lie elected on the first Monday in January. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tlie State of Georgia * in General Assembly met. and it is hereby ch i’ acted by the authority ol'the same. That so soon v as this act shall have passed agreeably to the re - quirements of the Constitution, the following ' snail be adopted in lien ol the section above re f cited, to wit: The powers of a Court of Ordinary or register of probates shall be vested in an Onli ’ nary for each county, trorn whose decisions there 0 may he an appeal to the Superior Court under * such restrictions and regulations as may be or f may have been prescribed by law. The said s Ordinary shall be ex-officio Clerk of said Court 0 and may appoint a deputy clerk. The Ordinary. j as Clerk, or his deputy, may issue citations and . giant temporary .letters oi administration to hold, until permanent letters are granted, and said 1 Ordinary, as Clerk, or his deputy, may grant c marriage licences. The Ordinaries in and fur s the respective counties, shall be elected as otliei t county officers are, ou the fust Monday in Jan r nary, eighteen hundrenl and fiftv-two, and every loiirth year thereafter and shall be commissioned by the Governor for the teim of four years. In case of a vacancy iu said office of Ordinary, from I any cause, the same shall be filled hy election as is provided in lelation to other county officer*, amt until the same is tilled, the Clerk of the Su perior Court, for the time being, shall act as Clerk * I of said Court of Ordinary. o : Approved, February 93, 1 SAD. s ; Virginia Election. —We have retrrns front . | sixty-eight counties and cities, leaving seventy two yet to be heard from. Johnson, the dem . - ' cratic candidate for Governor, has a plurality so a farof 5,138. Gen. Cass' maj. in the same coun ties was 154. The dem icrats have elecldd twen -1 ty-five Senators and the whigs twelve; to hear 1 from thiiteeu. Some Cotton, equal, it is said, to Sea Island - has been raised on Long Island, by Mr. A. 1’ e Ricker, of Newton, and it is believed tl.at it can be made a profitable crop by a little attention. * Tobacco lias also been raised on the Island with satisfactory results. j Miss Camilla Scott, daughter of General Seol I, - was married at Washington, on the 9th, to L > Goold Hoyt, Esq., of New York. 1 There were 52 deaths in Providence, R. I, during November: died of consumption, 13. Hon. Caleb Cushing has been re-elected May or of New bury port, Mass. ' At Turk’s Island, on the 25th u!t.. there was no salt to be had. The Butchers, numbering 3,000 men, all ap- I i propriately dressed and on horseback, will march r in the procession to receive Kossuth in Phi lade! - t phi*- r The markets of the first and second Munich : parities of New-Orleans were recently leased foi one year, for 5-193,550. The gross amount col i lected by the city for all its markets exceeds f $200,000. / The Washington correspondent of the Charles f ton Courier, under date of the 1-lth instant, says : f j “ Mr. Clay was well enough to attend the | Supreme Court on Friday; and on Monday he | will, if his health permit, close the argument in * ! an important Kentucky case, in which he is j concerned.” ' The Washington correspondent of the Bahi ’ j more Sun, es the same date, says: ’ i “Mr. Clay is not dangerously, but seriously ill ' I Dr. Jackson, from Philadelphia, has been sent ' j for, and is now attending him. The disease is f; bronchitis, of some years’ standing. The doctor , j insists on Mr. Clay leaving Washington, and on j taking him to Philadeiphia, to his own house, to ['betaken care of. I think Mr. Clay will con sent.” We learn from our exchanges that the great Tele graph case between the Bain end Morse jarties lias been finally end amicably adjusted by compro mise, which will prevent its being carried to the $u premc Court. The Bain party have agreed to amalgamate interests with the Morse or Magnetic Line, extending from Washington to New York. They have consented to allow a certain per centage on their profits or receipts !'or the use ol the Morso , patent, thus substantially giving up further contc-n ! tion, and acknowledging their invention to be an infringement. The interest of both lines will hence forward be as one. though they will bo kept sepa rate and distinct linc3, as heretofore. — Ch. Cow , 17 t!t inst. U. S. Frigate St. Lawrence vvll sail from i Brooklyn, in a few days, to join the Pacific Squad ( ron. | Mr. Calvin D. Gay. of Jamaica. L. 1., but do | ing business in New York, fell dead on Tuesday, j while running to catch up with a train of cars. I We received no telegraphic intellince from the 1 North last evening, inconsequence, as we unm-t- I stand, of the destruction of the Raleigh office by fire on Monday evening, and the consequent de ragementofthe wires thereby.— Charlestoti Cou i t ier, lltk imt.