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“ Ye Citizens of Georgia.”
Ye citizens of Georgia!
Ye have a noble State.
And blest with every element
To make a people great;
She stretches from the mountains
Through every' varied clime,
To where the hoar old ocean
Makes melancholy chime
From an out-gushing bosom
Your wants she well supplies.
Her generous soil beneath your foet,
Above —her generous skies.
There is no trace of beauty
You find not on her brow,
With her hills, and floods, and forests,
And her fields of mimic snow
Look forth upon her surface !
Could you ask a brighter home 1
Yet her life is in its morning still,
Her noon is still to come.
Within her breast are treasures
More precious far than gold ;
She needs but zealous spirits
Her ricnes to unfold.
Then why should vou desert her 1
Oh ! where, in South or West,
Can ye meet a sweeter realm of earth
More generously blest ?
Not in the wild adventure.
Not in the restless mind,
Does the exile and the rover
A true contentment find
All broad may be the lore»ts.
All bright may be the stream*,
The sun amid the western skies
May shine with golden beams.
And yet in vain ye'W wander.
Ye cannot ail forget
That you were born of Georgia.
And she your mother yet 1
Then citizens of Georgia !
To the loom, the plough and faor 1
Let the din of toil be loud and long !
'Tis all that’s wanting now.
Tite hand of earnest labor
Can make your noble State.
What Nature lias designed t.er,
Rich, beautiful, and great! h, »t j
C Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. )
arrival OF steamer
EUROPA AT HALIFAX.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM LIV
ERPOOL.
A dispatch from our Baltimore correspon
dent, dated “ Friday morning, at 9 o’clock."
announces the arrival of the Br. steamer Eu
ropa, at Halifax, the preceding morning. Her
news was conveyed from thence to St. Johns,
New Brunswick, and from that point it reach
ed us by Telegraph.
The Europa left Liverpool ou the 10 th, in
stant, and brings intelligence fourteen days
later than previously received.
Our correspondent has given us the most
ample and detailed accounts, which we pro
ceed to communicate to our readers, and will
he read by many of out patrons, without
doubt, even before the vessel which conveyed
them reaches New York, her port of destina- '
pun.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS, FEB. 9.
Cotton. —The demand for this article has
continued to be extensive during t! • fort
night that has elapsed since the sailin' of the
Niagara, and the sales have been to an unus
ually large extent.
During the week ending 2d instant, r. 7,850 1
bales were sold, 31,600 of which were Ameri
can.* The prices of these [referring ctMibt
less to American] experienced but little ;i ; try
change, but Brazils and South American de
scriptions being in very active request, noth
fir consumption and speculation, had advnuc- .
«' d a half penny per pound.
Throughout the week following, ending m
the 9th Instant, the market was firm and
tive, and the sales during that time amounted
to 61,000 bales, of which speculators tt%.«. ,
12,500. and exporters 6,500; of these 52,m>0
were from the United States.f
The official quotations were as follows : fair
Upland and Mobile 4£ ; fair Orleans 4|; mid
dling Orleans 4 g to 4* ; ordinary Orleans In
to 4d.
Breadstuffs.—The trade in Breadstulfs of
»li descriptions, has been steady since the first ,
of February, and whatever of changes that
have taken place since that date have been
generally upwards. The market, however, at
the latest period, was somewhat dull, and the
demand for these articles rather more languid
than during the previous two weeks. Ame
rican Western Flour is quoted at 26 a 27; Or
leans and Ohio at 275. 7d. to 28s. 6d. Ame
rican and Canadian white Wheat 7s. 3d, to
7s. 6d.; red 6s. 6d. to 7d. Indian Corn has
latterly declined. The present prices are 30
«* 31 for white, and 31s. 6d. to 325. for yellow, i
American Productions.—Cured Provisions, j
Naval Stores, and other articles generally, of ;
American productions, are in good demand, |
and bring remunerating prices.
Manufactures.—From the manufacturing |
districts, the accounts are decidedly encourag- i
mg. Holders of goods are firm in their prices,
and sanguine in their anticipations of a good
Spring business.
Monetary Matters.—Money continues I
plentiful, and easily to be obtained. The
Atock market continues to improve in Eng
land. Both English and American securities
are on the rise. United States six per cents
continues to be in demand, and an advance of
an eighth per cent has taken place, and ap
pearances Indicate that they will command a
higher rate. Very large amounts have been
invested in this stock. Maryland sterling
PC I Cents have been Bold at 7610 78 and
0, and an advance to 85 is anticipated by the
•anguine. Pennsylvania quoted at 74 to 75.
at°92i f ° r money sellin S at 92 i* and closing
’There ig unquestionably an error in the state
ment, as the proportion ol American must he
Ur i? er thatt here stated
e.aave doubt that thi* amount il. »-
•ale*** > ° Te Ooted f*fers to imports, ami ui in
Fngi r^ lll a9 v AL intelligen C L.
nnoried hv ® r itish Parliament whs
opened by the Queen in person. The speech
which was more , 8 s P*\ Ln>
indication that it waa theintenti^f 1 e f} e ' ai
,0 * dhere * C^V h .;«em;
J
1 and to carry out these principles to final con
summation. The Government were equally
decisive in reference to the navigation laws,
and a new bill for their modification was to be
I introduced. The Ministry had expressed their
determination to pursue every course of re
trenchment compatible with the complete ef
ficiency of the various branches of Civil, Moral
and Military Departments. This decision,
which has given general satisfaction, and the
liberal policy that has been determined on, in
reference to trade, will probably prolong the
tenure of Office of the present Ministry far be
yond what was anticipated previous to the
opening of Parliament. Sir Henry Lytton Bul
ger has received the appointment ol Minister
Plenipotentiary to the United States. 'J he
cholera still continues to prevail, its progress
being about the same as at last accounts. The
! California fever has considerably abated.
1 Ireland —Charles Duftee lias been brought
! up before the Court on a new bill, and is to
r take his trial at the present term under the
i Crown and Government Security act.
j France. —Another breach between the As
i sembly and President of the Republic, the na
ture of which is not stated, is said to have
! arisen, which excited fears that a general out
| break was in prospect, A real or sham plot
waa reported in the French Ministry, and for
i a short time Paris again assumed the appear
ance of a beleaguered city. The streets were
occupied by the military, said to be 80,000 in
numiaer, and Gen. Changarnier gave out that
the first, attempt to create a disturbance, or
i raise a barricade, should be the signal for a
general slaughter, without regard to the poli
tical opinions of those who resisted the gov
ernment. The malcontents, whether taken
by surprise by the prompt movement ol the
authorities, or unprepared for action, in the
face of the extensive military arrangements
that were made, did not move. Marshal
Beaugaud was despatched to bring up a strong
division of the army of the Alps, ostensibly
to command Bruges, during the time the
State trials were in progress, but the true
i object was, without doubt, to overawe the
Red Republicans in Paris. The capital, for
a few days, appeared to be on the very verge
of a Revolution, the issue of which, how
ever, from the prompt action of the gov
ernment, could hardly have been doubted.
The differences between the Guard Mobile and
1 the troops of the line, added fuel to the flame,
which hourly increased in intensity. After a
vote to get rid of the dissolution of the French
Assembly, w'hich was defeated bv a majority
of only eleven votes —416 to 405 —more tran
: quility prevailed. The struggle consequent on
the excitement created by that question, pass
ed off without personal strife, although nu
merous arrests were made in the National As
sembly on the 26th ult. The Minister of the
Interior announced that he had been instruct
ed by the President of the Republic to pre
j sent a bill for the suppression of the clubs. —
i The Assembly had already enacted a hill im
| posing penalties, with a view' to prevent ex
. cesses, and dissolve these alarming and dan
gerous associations. Government ordered a
j number of the clubs to be closed in the Capital
I and in the departments, and denounced the
offenders, and declared it impossible that con
fidence could be restored, while the clubs con
tinued to exist, as they attempted to govern
the State, and no free government could per
mit such an anomaly to exist, without endan
gering its own existence.
Prom Washing ton-
Proceedings of Congress Yesterday.
In the Senate, the bill granting bounty
lands to substitutes serving in Mexico was
passed. The Civil List Bill came up—the
amendment providing for the temporary gov
ernment of California, was debated by Messrs.
Dayton, Webster and Foote, without anv final
result.
In the House, the Post office appropriation
bill came up. and a slavery debate ensued.
Mr. McDowall made an eloquent speech
against Northern aggression, and a number of
other members addressed the House.
GENERAL TAYLOR.
The family of General Taylor arrived at
Washington ou Thursday evening. The Gen
eral himself was at the Relay House at 4 o'-
clock yesterday afternoon, and was to have
! entered Washington last evening at 7 o’clock,
. with a large escort.
NEW YOKK MARKETS.
Our Baltimore correspondent, writing under
date of “ Friday, 4 o’clock,” states that a dis
patch from New' York says that the news by
the steamer has put holders of Cotton up to
the highest figure attained after the reception
lof the news by the Niagara. There had been
sales at an advance, but a general disposition
w as evined to hold back for letters and papers,
which were momentarily expected.
An advance of about one-eight had taken
place in Flour, while Corn continued sta
tionary.
The foreign news had caused quite a furor
in the Stock market. Government Stocks
were held at a considerable advance on the
highest point previously reached.
Solomon Chase had been elected U. S. Sen
ator from Ohio. He is said to be a Free Soil
Democrat.
[Reportedfor the Baltimore Sun.]
THIRTIETH CONGRESS—2d ion.
SENATE.
! Washington, Feb. 20, 1849.
After ti e presentation of memorials and
petitions, and ot a few unimportant re-solu
ious and reports from committees the Senate
look up and passed the bill relating to the 5
; er cent, funds of Alabama.
A No, bill from the House to provide for
I >.vo instalments of the Mexican indemnity.
The consideration of the Civil and Diplo
i mafic Appropriation bill was resumed, and
ti.c remainder of the session was occupied in
j tin- l onsideration of the proposition of Mr.
! Walker, before ordered to be printed, extend
i ing tfe revenue laws, &c., of the United States,
ovei nil the territory west of the Rio Grande,
acquired from Mexico by the treaty of peace,
and authorising the President to prescribe and
j estlish. temporarily, such divisions, districts,
j port officers, and all arrangements proper to
I rubble said laws to be executed, and appoint
i mi- 1 cixnmmission such officers as may be ne
i ( --*3ary to administer such laws, in those ter
» rips.
Mr. Walker modified his position, so as to
itu ‘u -.\e some of the provisions of Mr. Foote’s,
,.e etotoi e ordered to be printed, and in
man) -espects essentially the same as Mr.
\\ aikerN.
A long debate ensued on questions of order
raised, as to the introduction ot such amend
ments into an appropratinn.
These were finally laid on the table, and
then Mr. Bell offered a substitute for Mr. Wal
ker’s proposition, providing for the admission
oi the "State ot California’’ into the Union,
including all the territory acquired bv the
treaty ot peace with Mexico, and proceeded
to address the Senate at length in explana
tion of his view.
Mr, B. said he was for doing nothing, or
effectually settling all the questions involved
leaving nothing open to produce future dis
cus'iou. If nothing were done at the pre
-5.-nt session, there was a perpetual tende/vous
of speculators. But he would rather it should
become the rendezvous of outlaws, pirates,
and robbers, than that the quest ons involved
sliouid not be settle as to give peace and ae
cumy to the country.
B - ifc favor either of the actual admit
pion of California and New Mexico at once, or 1
in form, conditionally, that they shall, in a
griven time, present ft written constitution.—
But he did not think that the bill from the
select committee (Mr. Douglass’) could pa**
at the present session, so far as it related to
New Mexico, without a proviso, however un
objectionable tliat bill might be. His own ,
proposition whs to admit the whole territory 1
—.all west of the Rio del Norte—forthwith,
as a State into the Union.
He contended that there was no constitu
tional objection in the way of such immediate
admission—that the organization which al- i
ready exists was sufficient to warrant such an
admission, under the most strict construction
of the doctrine contended for by the Judiciary
Committee. Without concluding, he gave 1
way for a motion to adjourn.
Mr. Atherton ottered a resolution to rescind
the rule which requires that private bills ex
clusively shall be considered on Thursday.—
Lies over.
Mr. Jefferson Davis made an explanation of
sundry errors occurring in the Intelligencer’s
report of his remarks yesterday, on Mr. Ben
ton’s amendment to the civil and diplomatic
appropriation bill.
Adjourned, at half-past 4 P. M.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 11 o’clock, A. M., at
which hour it will meet hereafter.
Mr. Hilliard introduced a resolution calling
on the President for a list of the Consuls of
the U. States, and the statistical information
in regard to the tonnage, &c., ol the ports, at
which they severally reside.
Mr. McKay reported, from the committee
on ways and means, the bill providing lor the
coinage of gold dollars and double eagles,
with an amendment. The bill, as amended,
provides for the coinage referred to, without
variation as to character of appearance from
the present gold coin of the United States,
except that on the reverse of the gold dollars
the figure of the “eagle” is to be omitted.
Mr. J. R. Ingersoll opposed the bill as un
necessary, and uncalled for, by the wants or
wishes of the country. The director of the
mint, in Philadelphia, was decidedly opposed
to the project, and on a former occasion had
written a letter to that effect,though he did not
know whether he had or had not since changed
his views. He hoped that silver coin would
not be abandoned, for these gold dollars in the
use of which we would be perpetually subject
to inconvenience, from the size of the coin,
and the liability to loss and mistakes. The
project had been long before the country, and
had been universally condemned. The coin
age of double eagles, he considered perfectly
useless, and unnecessary.
Mr. Hudson, as a member of the Committee
of Ways and Means, had opposed the plan
there, and was opposed to it now. The di
rector of the mint had said that there would
be no utility in such a coinage, and that it
was not desired. There were many serious
objections to the dollar gold coin. The half
dime was of nearly the same size and appear
-1 ance. Tiie committee had been furnished
with specimens of the proposed gold dollar,
and also with specimens which were spurious,
to show the difficulty of distinguishing be
tween the two. And though the committee
j had thus been put upon their guard, it was al
i most impossible, from the difference of weight,
to detect the spurious from the genuine.
Mr. Nicoll supported the bill, and said that
it would be quite as easy to distinguished oe
tween the genuine and the spurious dollar here
provided for, as it would be to distinguish be
! tween the genuine and spurious paper dollar.
1 He moved the previous question.
Mr. Rockwell moved to lay the bill and
| amendment on the table. Lo<t, 37 to 127.
The previous question was then sustained,
1 j and the amendment agreed to. The hill, as
I amended, was then read the third time and
1 | passed.
Mr. McKay, from the committee of ways
J and means, also reported back the bill to re
gulate the mileage of members of Congress,
■ Sic. It provides, Ist. That the distance shall
be computed by the shortest continuous mai
route. 2d. That no constructive mileage >hali
be allowed tor extra sessions, &c. 3d. That
j deduction shall be made for absence without
leave, unless from sickness. 4th makes re
strictions in regard to books; and sth requires
the mileage of officers of the army, &c., aLo to
j be calculated by the shortest route.
Mr. McKay was proceeding to address the
House in favor of the bill, when he was inter
rupted by a motion of Mr. Ashmun to pro
ceed with the business on the Speaker’s ta
ble, which motion prevailed—B2 to 53.
The Speaker laid before the House acorn-
I munication from the War Department, with
the army list, and another from the Post-ottice
Department, in reply to a resolution of the
House, of 20th June last, in reference to some
private case in the State of Maine. Ordered
to be printed.
A motion to go into committee of the whole
on the state of the Union, with a view to
take up the territorial bills, was negatived, 88
to 90.
Bills for the relief of several persons, were
i read the third time and passed.
Joint resolution to distribute copies of the
.American Archives to colleges and other liter
ary institutions in the several States and Ter
ritories, was read a third time and passed.
I Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Taylor,
j introduced at the last session, was laid on the
1 table, having been previously provided for in
another resolution already passed.
The House refused to take up the bill to
; prohibit the introduction of.slaves, for sale or
■ hire, into the District ot Columbia.
A motion to go into committee ot the whole
' on the state of the Union, was negatived—6o
; to 93.
i Bill to establish an additional land office in
Missouri, was passed.
Also, bill to repeal the s;h, titli and 7th
j clauses of the act relating to the shipment and
| discharge of seamen.
Mr- Hilliard moved to go inlo committee of
the whole on the state ot die I'nion. Lost.
Bill to provide tor the officering of the army,
by providing a retired list of officers, was, af
ter debate. laid on the table—l 27 to 33.
Bill to provide for Invalid Pensions in cer
j tain cases, utter debate, laid on the table
I —72 to 53.
Joint Resolution to provide a copy of the
“Blue Book,” or “official register,” to each of
the State libraries, was passed.
On motion, adjourned—ayes 91, nay* 82—
at 15 minutes past 3 P. M.
He Will forgive you. Father
He stood leaning upon a broken gate in front
|of his miserable dwelling. His tattered hut
i was in his hand, and the cool breeze lifted the
■ matted locks which covered his once noble
brow. His countenance was bloated and dis
figured, but in his eye there was an unwonted
look—a mingled expression oi sadness and re
gret. Perhaps he was listening to the low,
melancholy voice of bis patient w ife, as she
soothed the sick babe on her bosom; or per
chance, he was gazing upon the sweet face of
his eldest daughter, as at the open window,
she plied her needle to obtain for her mother
and the poor children, a scanty sustenance.
Poor Mary! for herself, she cared not; young
as she was, her spirit w;.s already crushed by
poverty, unkindness and neglect. As the in
ebriate thus stood, his eyes wandered over the
miserable habitations belote him. The windows
w ere broken, and the doors hingelest; scarce a j
vestige ot comfort remained; yet memory bore j
him back to the days of his youth, when it i
was the abode of peace and happiness, lu
I fancy he saw again the old arm-chair, where |
sat his father, with the Bible upon his knee; j
and he seemed to hear again the sweet notes •
of his mot her, as she laid her hand upon the !
head ot her darling boy, and prayed that God j
would bless him and preserve him from evil. ;
Long years had passed away, yet tears came
‘ into the eyes of the drunkard at the recollec- i
j ti<>n ot his mother’s love.
“Poor mother," he muttered, “it is well that j
thou art sleeping in the grave: it would break J
thy heart to know that thy sou is a w retched :
and degraded being—a miserable outcast from ;
j society.”
He turned slowly away. Deep within an
adjoining forest, was a dell where the beams !
of the sun scarce ever penetrated. Tall trees |
I grew on either side, whose branches, meeting
above, formed a canopy of leaves, where the
birds built their nests, and poured forth hap
py songs. Thither the drunkard bent his
steps. It had been his favorite haunt in the
days of his childhood, and as he threw him
self upon the soft green sward, the recollec
tions of past scenes came crowding over his
niind. He covered his face with his hands,
and the prayer of the prodigal burst from his
lips —“O God, receive a returning wanderer!”
Suddenly a soft arm was thrown around his
neck, and a sweet voice murmured—“He will
forgive you, father.” Starting to his feet, the
inebriate saw' standing before him his youngest
daughter, a child of six years.
“Why are you here, Anne:” he said, asham
ed that the innocent child should have w it
uessed his grief.
“I came to gather the lilies which grew upon
the banks,” she replied; “see, I have got my
basket full, and now- I am going to sell
them.”
“And what do you do with the money?”
asked the father, as he turned his eyes to the
basket, where, among the broad green leaves,
the sweet lilies of the valley were peeping
i forth.
The child hesitated, she thought she had
said too much; perhaps her father would de-
I maud the money and spend it in the way in
which all his earnings went.
“You are afraid to tell me, Anne,” said her
father, kindly. “Well, Ido not blame you; 1
j have no right to my children’s confidence.”
The gentleness ot his tone touched the heart
|of the affectionate child. She threw her arms
around his neck, exclaiming —“Yes, father, I
1 will tell you. Mother buys medicines for poor
i little Willie. We have no other way to get
it, Mother and Mary work all the time they
j can get, to buy bread.”
A partg shot through the inebriate's heart.
I have robbed them of the comforts of life,”
■ he exclaimed; “from this moment, the liquid
| fire passes my lips no more.”
Anne stood gaiziug at him in astonishment.
■ She could scarcely comprehend her father’s
j words; but she saw that some change had taken
j place. Shethrev back her golden ringlets,
- and raised her large blue eyes, with an earnest
! look, to his face, “Will you never drink any
more rum?” she whispered timidly.
"Never! Anne,” her father replied, solernn
i ly.
Joy danced in her eyes. Then we will all
be so happy,” she cried, “and mother won’t
! weep any more. Oh. father, what a happy
home ours will be.”
Y r ears passed away. The words of littls
Anne, the drunkard’s daughter, had proved
true. The home of the reformed man, her
j father, was indeed a happy one. Plenty crown
j ed his board, and health and joy beamed from
i the faces of his xvife and children—where once
| squalid misery alone could be traced. Ti e
i pledge had raised him from his degradation,
and restored him once more to peace and hap
piness.
Postmasters. — For the benefit of Postmas
ters as well as subscribers to Newspapers, we
publish, at this time, the following:
Law nf Newspapers. —The following are set
; tied rules of Law:
i 1. Subscribers who do not give express
j notice to the contrary, are considered as de
j siring to continue.
I 2. It subscribers order a discontinuance of
j their papers, the publisher may continue
i to send them till all the cash charges are
| paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the offices to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bill and order their paper
discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
| out informing the publishers, and the paper
: is sent to the former direction, they are held
; responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that, refusing to
take a paper or periodical from the office, or
removing and leaving it not called for. is
“ priina facie," evidence of intentional fraud.
[from the Columbia Telegraph . I
District Meeting
Pursuant to previous notice, a meeting of
the citizens of Newberry district took place at
the Court House at Newberry village, on
Monday the 19th fast., to respond to the Ad
dress of the Southern Members of Congress,
on the subject of the anti-slavery aggressions
of the North.
On moiton of Hon. F. B. Higgins. Drayton
Nance, Esq. was called to the Chair, and A. C.
Garlington was appointed Secretary.
The Chairman having explained the object
of the meeting, Thos. H. Pope, Esq. moved
that a committee of nine be appointed to re
port resolutions for the consideration of the
meeting; when the following committee was
appointed by the Chair :
Thos. 11. Pope. Esq., Dr. J. N. Herndon,
Capt. James Maftit, James Wilson, Sr., Major
P- Hair, Col. G. S. Cannon, Hon. P, C. Cald
well, Dr. J. K. Gary. 11. G. Gilliam.
The committee having retired, in a short
time returned and report* d the following re
solutions, which, after a few remarks by Thos.
Pope, Esq., and A. C. Garlington, were un
animously adopted:
Ist. Resolved, That the thanks of the whole
South are due to the Southern Delegates
for their able address to their constituents,
which contains an exposition of our rights’
and of the encroachments upon them, and of
the dangers which beset us, so clear and for
cible as to demonstrate to all the necessity of
united action.
2d. Resolved, That we heartily approve the
recommendations to the people of the slave
holding States contained iu the Address—to be
f united among themselves; and that the peo
ple of this district stand ready to co-operate
with the people of the other districts of this
j State, and of the other slaveholding States, iu
j resisting the Wilmot Proviso, and all other
kindred measures, at any and every hazard.
{ 3d. Resolved, That a Committee of Safety
be appointed, to correspond with the citizens
of the other Districts of this State, and «f the
I other slaveholding States, for the purpose ot !
i devising tue proper measures for their com- i
mon safety; and that they have power to call
j public meetings of the people of this district,
w henever, in their judgement, it shall become
necessary.
On motion of W. C. Wiseman, it was re
solved , that the Commitee on the 3d resolu
tion consist of forty members; when the fol
lowing persons were appointed by the Chair to
act as the Committee of Safety :
Hon. F. B. Higgins, Thos. H. Pope, Esq.,
Henry Summer, Esq.,Col. S. Fair, Hon. P. C.
Caldwell, Dr..J. N. Herndon. Nathan Whit-
I mire. Col. Jas! W. Duckett, Jas. Bonds, Dr. J.
| K. Gary; Dr. G. W. Glenn, Maj. J. P, Kinard.
j W. W. McMorris, Dr. Thos. J. Lyles, W. E.
Hard}'; Capt. D. L. Wicker, Jos Caldwell, il.
] Suber, David Heaty, Capt. E. Suber, M. Bar- I (
re. Daniel De Walt, Col. John Hair. J. Her- T
i bet, M. M. Higgins. M. Wi«t«, Dr. D. Moore,
! Jno H. Williams, Daniel Kudu, Henry Bur-
I ton. Wash. Floyd, Col. l>. F. Griffin, Maj- P.
I Hair, Joseph Davenport, Capt. James Maffit,
James Wilson. Sr.. John Cook. Capt. J. A. (
Kibler, Col. G. S. Cannon, Captain George j
. Turnipseed. _ (
, On motion it was
Resolved, That the proceedings ot this meet- i
! ing be published in ihe newspapers of the ,
State, and that copies of the same be forward- ,
ed to our Senators and representatives in
j Congress.
On motion, the meeting-adjourned.
DRAYTON NANCE. Chairman.
A. C. Garlington, Secretary. ,
THE t-ON ST ITI IT lON A LIST.
3uausta, t&corcjia.
SUNDAY MORNING, FEB 26
Sons of Temperance
W e are pleaded to learn that this benevo
lent and useful Order is making great progress ;
in Georgia. It it but a short time ago that it ;
first got foothold on our soil. It is now flour
ishing in a giant growth, and if it continues at ;
its present rate, will soon encompass, with its
genial shade, every community in our State,
and, by its protecting arms, be a blessing to
every family circle which now feels the deso
lating presence of Intemperance.
We learn from “The Mistletoe,” a journ
al devoted to the cause of this Order, publish
ed at Cassville, Geo., that the Order was iu- ,
troduced into this State iu 1845, by Mr. Win.
S. Willford, who, in conjunction with a few
others, established a Lodge, during that year,
in the city of Macon, under a chatter from
the National Division.
In December, 1840, the Grand Division ot
the State was ius ituted. At its annual ses
sion in October, IBf7, there were only fifteen j
subordinate Divisions under its jurisdiction. j
At its last annual session, iu October, 18sS, |
the number of subordinate Divisions was one I
hundred and fifteen, showing an increase of
one hundred iu twelve months.
Since then the number oc Divisions has
been steadily increasing, and the number ot |
members iu tho e already established i« also;
increasing at a wondetful ratio. We were
quite astonished to learn, on inquiry, that in
some towns, they number their members by
hundreds. In one village in the State there
are two hundred and thirty members of the
Division. Os course many are residing out
of the limits of the village, as the whole voting
population in it does not come up to that fig
ure. Many members ride from distant parts
of the county to attend regularly the meetings
of the Order. In another town in the State,
[ we were told that almost every male adult in
• it was a member. We are personally ac
quainted with many wiio, we believe, were
rescued from the very threshold of ruin by
. joining the Order, just al that turning point
, of time which was to decide their fate for life.
A few' more months, and they would have en
tered the gloomy and desolate path of the con
firmed inebriate. They turned aside just in
■ time to enter that fair and tiowery utie which
is redolent with the perfume of domestic love,
and around which cluster the sweetest duw
, ers of social affection. On the one the way
farer plods on through increasing darkness
; and ever sharpening throns, accumulating
misery fur himself and all that are dear to
him, till he plunges into a dishonorable grave.
1 On the other, he goes on cheerily, feeling
even the cares of life and its misfortune.- as no
clogs to his energies, receiving and disposing
happiness to those around him, and accumu
lating, to the last days of his serene life, bodi
ly comforts and sources of mental enjoyment.
These thoughts on temperance were sug
gested h\ reading the following poetic pic
, winch has so many counterparts in real
• life. How many more would there not be
1 but tor the noble Order of the Sons of Tem
perance.
( h'r&in the Baltimore American .)
The Drunkard’s Wife
She her lonely chamber and awaits
In calm and silent patience his return ;
i Hut who may tell the dark and bitter wave
Which thought pours on her lacerated heart,
Strewing on niem’ry’s bleak and barren shore
Its dark and hojieless wrecks ? What of her pas t!
i The oft repeated tale of woman’s love,
Deep, fervid and impassion’d, that stilt clings
Unwav’ring to the idol of her youth :
There was a time when, in the hues of Spring,
■ It painted all things—and her sinless heart
Was cheated with illusions—nursing hopes
Bright as the skies of Italy. Love closed
' Its eyes on ev’ry fault, and even knew,
I With its peculiar alchemy, to turn
His very faults to virtues; and it made
, The earth shine with his presence—only dark,
When his lov’d shadow blent not with her own ;
’ If taught her heart to flutter and her cheek
To flush with joy tumultuous, when her ear
But caught his music footfall draw ing near.
' Where are those visions fled—w hat hath unseal’d
Her eye- to truth and cold reality !
Oh for a Lethe stream to wash away
The agony of her awaken’d soul.
When she did find her gold all turned to dross.
The countless treasures of her throbbing brea«t.
Her life, and love, the essence of that life,
All wasted on the wortnless slave of drink !
With sane pointed, desecrated shrine.
Where shall her spirit now its homage bring ?
But the pale cheek, which paler grows each day,
And the dim eyes, where tears refuse to come,
And the dark shadow resting on her brow,
And tiie soft touching sadness of her mein.
Attest her constancy. She worships still, ’
And at the altar sweeter incense brings,
As flowers exhaV more grateful odor still
\ hen bruised or crushed beneath some careless tread.
Proportion to Convort tho New Territo
ries into One State-
We are pleased to see that in all probability
this plan, embraced in the Bill of Mr. Win. B.
Preston of Virginia, will be defeated in Con
gress. That Bill would be an entire surren
der of the whole of the new territories to the
Anti-Slavery demands of the North. It
would be a surrender to Wilmot Provisoism,
without the consolation to the pride of the
South of our having the slightest voice in form
j ing the new government. The South has apill
j od some precious blood, and borne her full
share in the expenditures to acquire this vast
territory. Y’et amidst the blustering, and inso
lent demands of the Anti-slavery men, which
the election of the “Louisiana Sugar Planter”
was to quell, the South has not ventured to
take possession of any portion of the territory, j
She would not therefore have a voice in’desig
n*.ting the nature of its social institutions and
laws of property. But the South was told
that if she voted for the Whig candidates tor
President and Vice President, her rights to
her full share of the new territory would be
protected. Mr. Toombs m ids speech at the
City Hall, in Augusta, said Congress must
DU'-s a law giving and securing to the South
tlu: right t>» carry her slave property the e,
“or tee /nnsf fight■"
NS hat nas he done to have such a law pass
ed, and thu- avoid the necessity of displaying
his pugnacious taste-? Has lie, or has Mr.
Stephens or has any S mthem Whig moved
on this matter, and ever made a demonstration
towards realizing the promises they held out
to the Southern people ; They talked valiant
ly and blunderingly enough about Southern
rights, and the duty of Congress to protect
then'. They loudly “thundered in live in
dex," bat they have murmered very softly m
the close.
It a State government is allowed to be
formed by the present residents of that im“
mouse territory, extending over near ten de
grees of latitude, and embracing country
large enough for ten large States, the South ia
b frayed, and her rights sacrificed.
It would be practically just as w ell for the
South to let New York or Massachusetts form
a government for the whole of that territory,
as to yield the right toils present inhabitants,
for they are oil Wilmot Proviso men.
We suppose however we must wait and
see what “Old Zack’’ will accomplish for the
►South, as nothing is expected to be d ne
session.
In the meantime it is well here to remark
that this scheme of Mr. Preston, a Virginia
Whig, seems to find tavor in the eyes of some
Southern prints, among them the Augusta
Chronicle & Sentinel, which holds the doctrine
that the South ought not to desire any more
slave territory.
Congress—Mexican Treaty-
W e leai a from the Washington correspon
| dent of the Charleston Mercury, that in the
House on tire I9th last, the debate on the bill
1 making appropriations to carry out the Treaty
| with Mexico was resumed in committee of the
j whole.
Mr. Donnell ami Mr. Boydeu, of North Ca
i rolina, and Mr. Vinton, were all that hud time
’ to address the House beiore the resolution to
stop debate came into operation, and then the
j shower of amendments commenced, all which
j w ere offered, however, were ruled oui of or
| der, until
Mr. JScheuck, of Ohio, ofiered u substitute
tor the bill which directed the President to
open negotiations with Mexico, tor the pm
pose of proposing to recede to ht-i ail the ter
ritories lately acquired except the 'Krritories
1 bounding the Bay of San Francisco, and the
I waters draining into it, providing she would
release the United States from the payment of
thw twelve millions ot dollars promised by the
Treaty.
This was, on motion of Mr. Hoot, amended
so as to strike out the reservation of the bay
of San Francisco, fee., as he said if it were to
ibe receded it should be all given bark. He
went for all or none. This amendment hav
mg been adopted, the question came upon the
adoption of the substitute as amended, which
j uas carried in committee, chiefly by the votes
of the Democrats, for the purpose of getting
the proposition before the House, where they
| could call the ayes and noes upon it. Tha
vote in Committee wa-, however, very close
being 86 to 84.
Immediately on the bill being reported to
the Home, with this amendment,the previous
tjuestion was moved, and then the ayes and
nays ordered, and the amendment was re
j cted by ayes 10, noc s 194
The ten ayes were: Ashmon, Mann, and
Palfrey, of Massachusetts; li ~ w \ v; axont;
Cranston, ot Rhode Island; Crowe,., oiddings,
and Schenck, of Ohio; Stephens and Toombs,
of Georgia.
And the bill was then passed, 183 ayes, to
8 noes.
The Whigs do not thank Mr. Schenck at all
for putting them in the unpleasant predica
ment of voting against the return to Mexico
of the Territories, the acqvisiti n of which
they have so often, and so bitterly denounced
as so unrighteous and unholy. As Mr, Tur
ner, of Illinois, said it is an old rule of the
common law, that the receiver is u- bad as the
thief, and now that the \S higs, who had so of
-1 ten said that Mexico had been robbed of this
territory, had voted against returning it, as
they were particeps crimi .us, they would, per
haps, say less about it.
It will Ire seen by the above vote, that our
worthy Representatives, Messrs. STEPHENS
and TOOMBS are in tine company—the only
members of Congress voting with them, the
rankest Abolitionists in the House. This one
t ict ought to satisfy the Representatives from
the 7th and Bth Districts of Georgia, that In
gratifying their personal feelings they are
misrepresenting their constituents, and the
sooner they return home and give up their
seats the better.
Important to the Pkess —The New York
i Supreme Court ha- decided that newspapers
have the right to publish police and judicial
reports, and that any true and fair leport is not
a libel. This has heretofore been i disputed
point. This decision also settles the question
that it the facts contained in an article are true,
it cannot be the subject of a libel suit. Fair
criticisms are also declared to be privileged.
! The XU S. mail steamier Herman, Captain
Crabtree, sailed from New York, for Southamp
i ton and Bremen, on the 20th instant, at her
appointed hour It i- stated that the steam
er United States hi* been sold to one of the
German provinces for the sum of $270,000.
I ~ - '
Alexander Newm tin, esq. of Wheeling, h&e
been nominated in Virginia, as the Democra
tic candidate for Congress, to succeed "W. G
Brow'n,. esq. w'ho has withdrawn.
, Ax Incident up Undeserved Srpi-ekino.—-
i M e give place to the following from the New
\ork Commercial, in the hope that the lesson
it inculcates may not be lost;
A few weeks since a poor and appt.reutly
respectable woman went into a store in the
Sixth avenue, where childrens cloths are made
and sold, to ask lor work. Her dress did not
well comport with the intense cold without,
and she was found to be almost entirely des
titute of under clothes. The young women
employed in the store furnished her with some,
and raised among themselves three shillings
for her. She went away “clothed’' and grate
ful. A day or twm since she called again, pale
and seemingly miserable. In a few minutes
she tottered and fell, and some time elapsed
before she rallied. She exhibited so much
v,eakness that she wa« asked “how long is it
since you have eaten anything?" “Nothing
since yesterday morning,” was her reply. “A
lady" (she said) “had kindly given her some
work, which came to fitty cents, and aha had
from Chvry thaa a