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w/AMES GARDNER. JR.
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; -I~OF~TJIt. BAS'D ia.il' TILL Tiff. I.ASD.
ia of the band that till the land,
And draw fron earth her store ;
Riirht happt i<*d ed's the liie we lead,
While our da) s are parsing o’er.
Ninny lucre are, in riches far
Surpassing the farmer’s purse,
While other pursuit- may yield more fruits,
Vet often bring loi ih much worse
We envy not the statesman’s lot,
Still clamoring for his class ;
Nor his that lights tot glory’s rights,
At some redoubted pass
No risk- have wo ou boisterohs sea.
Nor fears least tempests whelm
All we possess, with ut redress.
White laboring at the helm
The hruitiul held its bounties yield
A rich reward for toil
He ours the trade to ply the spade
Aad deeply plough the noil.
We walk abroad o’er carpet sod,
And llow’rets kiss our feet,
Whose odors rise to catch the skies
A tribute pure and meet.
I c ail we eive the means to live.
As brother -hares with brother.
And thus lull'd the holy will
That Lids U-: • love each other.”
Oh' life secure from guile, and pure.
To thee ray soul clings ever
VS i'.ii all it> might, in fotid delight,
To change from thee no, never.
(from tht Ai r Orleans Picayune, Gth inst.)
The Latest fxoui California -Arrival of the
Steamship Alabama.
Uu- steamship Alabama, Captain Wright,
arrived h re yesterday ,'rorn Chagres the 29th
Noveral *r, bringing us the Alta California and
the Pacific News to the Ist, and the Panama
Fcno and the Star ot the 24th of the same
month.
The steamship California lelt San Francis
co on the 2d November, and arrived at Pana
ma on the 22d, at 12 o’clock. M., with 270 pas
sengers and about $ 1,500,000 in gold dust, ma
king the passage in rather less than twenty
one days.
The British steamer from Valparaiso anived
at Panama on the 22d, having on board §750,-
000 in specie and silver bars.
There sailed from Panama to Sau INancieco,
on the Bth November, bark F.liza Anne, with
about 220 passengers, and on the 10th the
steamer Oregon w ith 390 passengers. A party
of eighty stockholders had purchased and
were tilting oat a schooner at Panama with
the same destination. In addition to these,
there were two British brig?, named the Sea
San the Ist December.
Nearly all their passenger berths and cabins
were engaged.
At the. latest datas there were about 500
persons waiting at Panama for a passage to
.San Francisco, who were unprovided with
tickets. Must of these, it was expected, would
go by the Sea Queen and Hellespont.
The following list of arrivals at Chagrea has
has been handed to us by a friend. The
individuals therein alluded to are distinct from
the 500 mentioned above. On the 11th Nov.,
the schooner Louisiana, from New Orleans,
w ith 80 pn seogers ; ou the 22 J, the British
at earner liom Kingston, Ja., with 52; on the
23d. the steamer Orescent City, from New
York, with >l2; on the 23J, the Alabama, !
from New Or* - ns, with 220 ; on the 26th, the |
Falcon, from New* Orleans and Havana, with i
608 ; and on the 21th, the baik Byron, with ,
34 —making in all 1207 passengers on the Isth- i
mus bound for California.
.Several vessels w ere daily expected to arrive
at Panama w hen our informant left, which
was the 24th ult. They would immediately
be put up for San Francisco. The steamer
Unicorn was also confidently looked for from
fu** iatt» r named port, so as to he able to leave
Panama on or about the 25:h ult.
The California was to return to San Fran
cisco on or about the Ist in.-t.
The steamship X'alcon, with the California
mails on board, left Chagres for this port, via
Havana, on the evening of the 23th ult.
Died, on board the Alabama, on the 2d Lost.,
m lat. - P north, long. 43° 45, 30 west, Mr. j
Tre . tt, of 1 i.nois, near St. Louis. The do- I
ceased, who was between forty and fifty years j
rs age, was ill \ re viously to his departure from .
California, and was advised by his friends ;
there not to undertake the voyage. His effects
are in the hands of Mr. \Vm. C. Davis.
The bark Montgomery and schooner Friend- j
ship, from tins port for San Francisco, had ar- j
rived at th ir deni nation.
Passengers.— Oscar fiuyger, T. 11. Sand- j
eis, W. T. Powell, Mr. Toot and son, Win.
Foster, E. 11. Harris, W. IJ. Simmons, Alex. |
O. Freeland, Fianklin, Paine, F. C. Varran, |
John Vi' zal, T. 11. Norland, Wrn. Norland, O.
W. Henstin, Win. C. Dav.s, Mr. Macastopp,
David Hinton, Nat. Huntley, B. Stevens,
Them.aa Chittick, John Bailey, Joseph Bailey,
Thomas Trescott, W. K. Bain, J. A. Bennett,
J. W. Double lay, Wm. Wolff, A. Patterson,
David McCausland, C. Brandt, \V. B. Kei- j
logg, G. W. Kellogg, Geo. W. Muller, John
Mailer, Charlec Fi.siier, N. S. Howard, W. O.
Russtil, Robert Smith, E. S. Park, F. A,
Rutherford and servant, It. F. Cook, R. Wil
son ana ludy, Usury Wilson, W. D. Forsyth,
L- H. Cowen, Alex. MeGurry, Micheal Brown, j
Geo. Graham, Richard Edwards, R. W. 1
Briggs, Geo. K. McLaughlin, W. L. Rohde, j
A. B. Maker, W. Nelson, J, S. McCormick, I
John Alraham, 11. B. Smith, F. Wilkinson, :
Oliver Highton, W. R. Davis, Samuel Harry- {
man, A. M, C. Friedley, Frank Slersch, T. S. ;
Welsh, Robert .Mitchell, Christopher Hughes,
John H. Long, W. U. Casey, Mathew Riley,
S. K. Fleaming, Francis Mooney, M , H- Jiut
ier, James Maine*, P. Stevenson, J. H. Dde*,
Oliver P. Hryner, James Fraley, Frank W, j
Brunt. John S. Lester, G. W. Lee, Robert
Wilson.
The news from Califoania by this arrival is 1
of the same character as that which has suc
cessively reached us month after mouth, since
the placers were discovered and held forth
their attractions to theladvenlurera, Popula- 1
lion w&a increasing at a tremendous rate, ty 1
the daily arrivals at San Francisco and over- '
land, and the miner's labors were as proclnc- l
tive as ever. *
The principal subject in agitation w hen the £
California lelt was the organization of the j
State. The constitution was to be submitted 1
to the popular vote lor ratification ou the 13th £
of November last; on which day the Governor 1
and the other State officers, with two members C
Congress, were to be elected The follow- j t
ing proclamation, in relation thereto, has been * i
issued by Gen. Riley : i
PROCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE Os CALIFORNIA. |
-he delegates of the people assembled in ,
conveation have formed a constitution, which. J
is now presented for your ratification. The
lime and manner of voting on this constiiu- 1
tion, and ot holding the hrst general election, i I
are clearly set forth in the schedule ; tl •». whole
subject is, therefore, left for your unbi and
deliberate consideration.
The Prefect, or person exercising t’’e func
tion of that office, of each district, will desig- , ,
nate such officers as they desire to make and
execute the laws. That their choice may be
wisely made, and that the government so or
ganized, may secure the permanent welfare
and happiness of the people of the new Sta'e.
is the sincere and earnest wish of the present
Executive, who, ifthe constitution be ratified,
w ill, with pleasure, surrender his powers to j
whomsoever the people may designate as Lis
successor.
Given at Monterey, California, this 12th I
day of October, A. Id. 1849.
B. Rilet, Brevet Brig. Gen. U. A.,
and Governor of Cali"" nil.
S. W. HALLECK,Bevt. Capt. and Sec’y. j
As was to be expected, a great many endi- j
dates are in the held, both for Congro and
the higher State offices. The Hon. Tl ,* s j
Butler King is supported by a large bo fi
influential men as a candidate for the I . >.
Senate. A meeting of citizens took place at
San Francisco, on the 23d ult., when a com
j mittee of ten was appointed to take measures j
|to secure his election. The Alta California is |
j inimical to his success, whilst the Pacific News
i comes out boldly in his favor.
Gen. Riley has appointed the 29th of Nov. j
as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, j
to be observed by the inhabitants of California.
A naval general court-martial convened on
the Bth ult on board the U. S. ale up of war
! Warren, at anchor in the harbor of San Fran- |
cisco, for the trial of a boat’s crev., consis- I
ting of five seamen belonging to the U. S.
surveying schooner Ewing, found the .reused,
John Black. Jonathan Biddy, William Kale,
Peter Black, and Henry Commerford, guilty of ,
mutiny, and deserting w ith a boat belonging to |
the United States, from which they i d pre
viously thrown overboard Passed Mid-ha-man
1 Will iarn Gibson. The court them I
’tr i suffer death. On the 23d ult. two of them
were hanged, Black and Peter Black: j
: the sentence on the other three was commuted
1 by Com. T. Ap Catesby Jones in o corpon 1
j punishment and imprisonment. )ae jf the
wretched men was hung at the yard arm of the
| Savannah.
We take the following from the Weekly j
Pacific News of the 30th of October:
The Overland Immigration.— Wc have
news from the Plains by persoi - who crossed
the Sierra Nevada on the loth ult having lett
the Missouri river on the 21st of June. This
party came in the rear of the greats; ing emi
gration to California, and suffered r. :n the j
loss of animals and outfits, because of the great i
scarcity of forage on all the travelled routes.
These persons represent that the emigration
had about reached the foot ot the mountains [
on the “Carson” route by the sink of Mary's
river; and that near the summit of the range
on this ruu. J ., they met relef trains going for
ward to those who might need assistance, i
Moat of the belated emigration were indt. ed
by representations on the way to take the
“Lawson route,” which diverges to the north,
on the right, about eighty miles abov - the sink
of Mary’s river; but subsequent information
says that they have taken the most difi a.ilt I
road, and will be from one to two week
arriving at the settlements.
’l’ViuiP bn« hfun « deal of trouble, loss
and toil from losing teams, ic., on n.. ......
but the people were pretty well provided with
provisions, and ther# were no particular rs da
dies among them, with the exception ofsiight
scorbutic symptoms among »one trains.
We neglected to say above that relief has
also been sent to the Lawson route, and that
there is no apprehension of any setk us calami
ty befalling any- person or party on t c ioad.
On the 13th hist. it commenced sn<; ,h a on
the Sierra Nevada mountains, for the fir. ‘mis
during this season. It fell to about the uc->th
of eight inches.
Gen. John Wilson, of Missouri, navy agent •
! for this port, with his family, will be here in
i the course of two nr three weeks. He has
j come overland, and is most probably on this 1
■ side ol the mountains at present. Fie is a gen- I
j tleman of high moral worth, and Ms residence
in our community, with his accomplished
i family, will be received as quite an acquisition
: to the social circle of this city.
The steamer McKim, from New Orlear a,made
j her first trip to Sacramento City, leaving San
1 Francisco on Friday last (26th October j at
half-past 12, M. Through the politeness of
Messrs. Simmons, Hutchison & Co., we were
included among the invited guests who went
up on the McKim on this occasion. 1 -c Me- 1
Kirn had on board cn her upward passage about I
150 passengers, and we should judge about the
same number on her return. She had a large
quantity of freight in her hold, and drew about
eight feet of water, but performed the passage
without difficulty, touching bottom only once,
I and then in consequence of being forced out ,
; of the channel by a large vessel which filled
the passage way. The detention, however,
| was of short duration, and she arrived at Sacra
-1 merito City in seventeen hours from San Fran- .
cisco, running time.
The arrival of the McKim yvas greeted ac
I Sutter’s landing and at Sacramento City with
j the most enthusiastic evidences of grntilica- i
! tion at the occurence of so interesting an in
cident in the history of Cal fornia, b} which
• the yvaters of the Sacramento presented one
| bound a degree of advancement in civiliz itiua ,
and enterprise by the introduction ol a team ,
I navigation equal to the oldest State ii, t
i Union. The discharge of cannon, and the in a *
! plaudits of the assembled multitude on the
I banks of the river, made the welkin ring- Ihe
India as encamped a few miles below Sutter’s
mills, as the steamer passed exhibited a degree
of amazement quite amusing to those on
board, and we venture to say if their thoughts
could be known, the)’ would pronounce the
white men the most incomprehensible beings
they ever dreamed of.
The Pacific News says in relation to the
present population of California:
From the best means of information within
our reach, we judge that the population of the
Sacramento district is usually estimated at
about 40,000. The San Joachim dist.ict is
also estimated to contain 40.000. The popula
tion of San Francisco and its environs r ay !
doubtless be safely put down at more than
000. Here are 100.000, and this population
is made up almost entirely of men —adult men I
the great mass of whom it is to be hoped I
will go as they ought to go, to the polls.
Mr. Hall Me Alhster, of the firm of Lippltt, |
McAllister Sc Turk, has received the appoint
ment of district attorney.
The schooner Honolulu, Capt. Newell, ar
rived at San Francisco from Honolulu, Sand
wich Islands, in the earl v part of October bring -
ing passengers O. P. Judd, Envoy Extraordiaa- i
ry of the Hawaiian Goverment, Alexander Li
hojiho, heir apparent of the Hawaiian crown,
and Lot Eamehameha, son of Kekuana a. of
Oahu, eu route for tha United States, Engl : i i •
and France. They were to proceed on °their
journey in the November bteumer. i <
Numerous complaints have been made
against Uncle San’s post office arrangements
in California. Jt is a standing cause of dis- '
content among the inhabitants. An indigna- j '
lion meeing took place on Portsmouth Squar§, <
Sun Francisco, on the 24th October, to “adopt '
measures in regard to the mails between San
Francisco and the U. States.”
In regard to public health at Panama the
Echo of the 14th uU says;
We have had this week some very heavy
rains, but notwithstanding the health of the
city La? generally been improving. There
have been, however, some colds, rheumatism,
and intermittent fevers. The California emi
grants enjoy, generally, good health, and very
little, or no disease, would they experience,
were they to observe good regimen and diet.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
3,uqusta, Georgia.
WEDNES3DAY MORNING, DEC. 12
Thu Sentiments of Georgia in reference |
to slavery in the New Territories
At the present juncture of affairs, true pro- I
prioty would suggest the Chronicle 4 Sentinel to
exercise a little of its characteristic modesty
and wai'. for the expression of the sentiments of j
Georgia on the Slavery question, through the j
Legislature now in session. This will be a
better index, at least, than the assertions of a
paper whose editor has never yet asserted his |
belief that tha Wilmot Proviso is unconstitu
tior 1, and who holds the doctrine that the j
fu.tlrer territorial extension of slavery is an
evil. Yet it undertakes in oracular vein to '
assert what the South wants, and what she
will, and what she will not be content with.
It thus speaks in its issue of the 11th inst, on i
the subject of Slavery in the new territories. |
“Unless the North, therefore, desires a dis
ruption of the government, and all the evil
consequences attendant thereon, her course is
a plain and simple one. Let her not interfere
In the question of slavery in the Territories
of California and New Mexico but leave its
1 adjustment to the people of those Territories
I in the formation of their State Constitutions. 1
This the South (at least the reflecting and pa- 1
1 tri tic, and no one care? for the clamor of the
dc ■ igogues and agitators) will cheerfully ac
■ qu .se in. This policy is based upon the plain
■ es and broadest principles of justice and sound
u .ijon, and this is ail the South wants, and
she will not be content with less.”
As it is now a practical question, soon to be
submitted to Congress, whether the whole of
California is or is not to be admitted into the
Union as a State with a clause in her consti
tution prohibiting Slavery, it is proper that
! Georgia, as one of the States of the South,
I should express her sentiments on this ques
| tion. This she will do in a manner not to be
| mistaken. The Legislature is in session, and
we have no hesitation in predicting that it will
. declare the determination of the people of
| Georgia, not to be juggled and swindled out
* of her share of that immense territory, and not
! to a low the balance of power between the
; slave-holding and non-s!aveholding States to
be destroyed by any such arrangement. The
right cl the mongrel raoes of California, from
all ck:n and countries, a small minority of
whom on v are American citizens, to exclude
: slavery from that entire country by the sham
lof a Convention is not yet recognized. The
claim : the South to the extension of the
’ VTitionri Compromise line to the Pacific is not
yet yielded.
The : robabilities are that a Convention of
the people of Georgia will be called by tha
Governor, under authority of tire Legislature
to act on this and other questions connected
whh «lav- ry. The crisis is at hand, forced on
X rlhern fanaticism, and Georgia is ready
u eke her position.
Elections at IVlilledgevillo-
After the close of the elections for Clerk of
the House, for Judge?, State House officers,
and State Printer, we took occasion to express
the sentiment common to the Democratic
party generally, of strong disapprobation of
the course of Democratic members of the
Legislature, who had secretly cist their votes
in some instances for Whig candidates. It
was in view of the bad faith exhibited by
those who stealthily' vote! against their party,
and from motives they were unwilling to
avow, that we used the following language in
a letter dated Milledgeville, Nov. 18th :
“ Honorable and right minded members have
been bcr.et ad nauseam with solicitations lor ,
their votes and influence, while the managing j
and intriguing members who revel in trickery 1
and chicane, have enjoyed ample scope lor
the excr .se of their peculiar talents, and the
“dupes and victims” have been freely made i
use of to be afterwards laughed at, and the
treacherous and false have, in a few'instances, j
achieved a triumph over their party and their |
professed principles. There have been some
weak, and some rotten materials composing
‘.he Democratic majority in the Legislature',
and the Whigs have used them to some ex
tent, to achieve partial triumphs over us. It
must be confessed that the Whigs have done
better in the elections, by adroitness and man- |
agement, than it was reasonable to anticipate, j
taking into view the decided majority against
them,”
It is due one gentleman, Mr. Spalding, of
Mclntosh, who, in two instances, voted lor
Whig candidates, that he should be excepted
1 from opprobrium of those remarks. It
was well known at Milledgeville from the be
ginning of the session, as it was openly de
clared by him, that he would so vote, and the
Democratic party were at no time misled in
| reference to his intentions. Both his votes
| sud his reasons for them, w ere 50 well known
! there, that the remarks above quoted could
I not fairly be considered as applying to him.
But as many readers not there at the time, and
not conversant with the state of the facts in this
particular case, yet knowing that Mr. Spald
ing was pledged to vote for two Whig candi
dates, may have considered, and as we are in
formed, d d consider the remarks applicable
to him, and as intended to be applied to him, 1
we take p oasur? in disavowing anv such in
tention.
In c<. iicaxsioa, we will add, that there were !
■ Democ at* who were not like Mr. Spalding, !
trank, open and above hoard, in their votes and
their reasons, and to this day it is a matter of
conjecture und doubt who all the Democrats
were who voted for certain Whig candidates.
It i° know n that they received a certain number
Democratic votes. Bat it is not known in
i every case who so voted, or why they voted.
Some are known, or suspected, and their mo
tives also. Some are not, and the votes thus
: cast for Whig candidates took tho Demo-
I watic party by surprise, and provoked criu- j
cisms similar to those in which wc indulged. (
The reasons influencing Mr. Spalding, and
which were of a personal nature, are with him
and his constituents. They will decide on
their sufficiency. Our only object now is to
relieve him from the implication of having in
dulged in “ trickery and chicane,” nr having
been “ treacherous and false.”
The votes given by Mr. Spalding were for
Augustus Hansell, whig, for Judge of the
Southern Circuit, and for Wm. Tinsley, whig,
’ State Treasurer.
There were two other Democrats, the Sena
tor from Pulaski and Houston, and the Repre
sentative from Pulaski, who were pledged to
their constituents to vote for Mr, Hansell, and
■so voted openly. In this respect, al-o, there
I could be neither treachery nor falsehood,
1 trickery' or chicane, on their part. It is an
account to be settled with their constituents,
j Those two were elected a- independent Demo- |
crats.
Congressional District Bill
j A bill was introduced on the 7th inst. in
! the Senate, by Mr. J. VV. G. Smith, to reor
j ganise the Congressional Districts.
The bid provides that the county of St riven ;
I shall be added to the First Congressional j
j District.
Butts, Jasper, Jones, and Walton, to the j
Third.
Harris and DeKalb to the Fourth.
I Union and Lumpkin to the Fifth.
New ton to the Sixth.
1 Hancock, Washington aiui Laurens to the
i Seventh; and
Elbert to the Eighth.
By reference to the tables of election?, which
we presume our readers who feel much inter
est in this question, have preserved, it will be
seen that something like justice is done the
j Democratic party by this arrangement. It
’ was not to be expected that the Democrats,
j who are in the majority in the State, would
, tamely submit to be gerrymandered oat of
, their fair and just representation in Congress.
Georgia is a Democratic State, and should
this bill pass, she will hereafter be repre?ented
| by a majority of Democrats in her Congres
sional delegation. It secures, in all proba
bility, five out of the eight districts, for the
Democrats, with a chance for a sixth.
; This bill, and also the Senatorial District
i bill, introduced in the Senate by Mr. Wm.
I Jones, and in the House by Mr. Wiggins,
I were agreed upon in caucus of the Democratic
members of the Legislature, and each Demo
crat present pledged himself to their support.
Those who were absent are known to be
friendly to the bills. There need be no fears,
i therefore, but that these bills will pass both
! Houses and become a law'. There will proba
-1 bly be some acrimonious debate, and some
| bitter remonstrances on the part of the Whigs.
They will not take their own medicine kindly.
The bitter chalice that even banded-justice
1 will commend to their lips will not be swal
lowed without grimaces. If they will show
half as much practical philosophy and indorn
! itable energy as did the Democrats under the
1 same circumstances, and will adopt a better
| set Ot principles than they now have, they
j may yet retrieve themselves. Who knows?
Fire .’
About 8 o'clock last evening, a fire broke
out in the kitchen attached to the residence
i of Mr. Charles Dugas, on Telfair-street, which
j was consumed. No other material damage
j done.
Two Cotton Factories are about going up in
Decatur county, (Ga.,) one to be propelled by
i water, the other by steam.
A new Cotton Factory of 5,000 spindlesTTs
about going up in Roswell, and another of the
same number in Columbus.
The First Cara
i The Chattanooga Gazette of the 7th instant
> says The first cars loaded with cotton left
j the depot yesterday afternoon. It was a eight
we had long and anxiously looked for, and
marks an era in the history of Chattanooga.
| Cap!. Fulton, the attentive and police Agent
of the road, informed us that he would make
j daily trips hereafter if necessary in keeping
; the platform clear of Cotton and all other
freight. Col. Mitchell ha? written to the Post 1
j Oihce Department concerning the daily trans
portation of the mail from Chattanooga, and !
J expects an answer with the schedule shortly, j
! The agent of the mail line is willing to give it
up any day, as the bad roads between here and i
Dalton, and the transfer of most of the passen- !
gers to the railroad, makes it rather unprofita
ble. By the present arrangement on the road
I to Dalton, all freight will be taken both ways
withou. delay, and passengers who are willing
to go on freight cars whenever they are run. !
Freight is taken over Tunnel Hill at the ex- I
i I pense of the road, but passengers have to take '
themselves over, or pay about fifty cents to an ■
1 Omnibus. In a few weeks every thing con
nected with the regular running of the cars
will be straightened up.
■ Woolen Factouies in Michigan. —The De
troit Tribune says,Michigan has gone into the j
growing of woo! at a rapid rate, and is destin- 1
.led to keep on increasing. Last year the sur- :
i plus that was exported was over 1,200,000 lbs.;
and the small manufacturing establishments
scattered throughout the State are estimated
to have consumed 600,0)0 lbs. mire.—This *
reason the amount exported will not fall short !
of 1,600,000 lbs., and at the same rate anoth- j
er year it will reach 2,000,000. At a fair esti
mate, (says the Tribune,) there.are a million
sheep within the Slate. In IS 10 there were
1 but 89,954.
Fast Steamboat.—The steamer Alida, from
New-York to Albany, on Saturday week,
reached the latter city in seven hours and six ;
minutes running time—an average of some
thing over 21 miles an hour.
The steamship McKim had arrived in San
Francisco and was sold for £65,000. She is i
to run between San Francisco and Sacramento {
! City.
The steamship Alabama, arrived at Niw-
Orleans, brought from Chagres. on freight,
I $300,000 in gold dust-
Mrs. Miller.—The Rochester American, it | t
appears, was mistaken in stating that this wo- r
man had been arrested In her flight from Nia- 1 1
gara Falls, at Syracuse. The Syracuse Star
says the statement of the American lacks one j
important feature —that of truth. 1
Breach of Promise.— Sunday Contract (
A suit for damages for the breach of a marri- i
age contract, was lately tried in Philadelphia, 1
- * " j
the defence set up was, that the con
tract was made on Sunday, and therefore void.
On this point, the Judge’s charge to the J ury
is thus reported :
“ That the law in regard to Sunday contracts
j did not extend to contracts of marriage, which,
by many religious sect*:, were considered as
solemn sacraments, to be only sanctioned by
impressive ceremonies.
“The contracts made on Sunday, which are
void,are those relating to worldly business, lo
hold that marriages solemnized on that day
were void, would be to disturb thousands of
j marriages which have been contracted, and to
render illegitimate a very large number of citi
zens. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff
for S3OO.
Universal Suffrage in Virginia.—The j
Governor of Virginia very strongly urges a
j reform n the present suffrage qualifications,
and the adoption of the principles of universal
suffrage :
“Justice requires it, and the spirit of the
age demands it at the hands of the Common
wealth. Ever}’ free white man, a citizen of
the State,over twenty-one years of age, should
be allowed to vote in the county where he re
sides. but no where else. The right to vote
in as many counties as can be reached by a
I man holding real or pretended title land there
in is an insult to reason, and an outrage up m
popular rights ; it is calculated to give to the
cities and towns a control over the interests of
the surrounding country, which result in no- j
thing but injury and discontent. This is one !
of the crying evils —a nuisance rendered sa- }
cred by constitutional enactment, wh ch the i
public mind revolts at, and will have reme- >
I died." *
[COMMUNICATLI>.]
WARREXTOX, Dec. 10th, 1849.
j Whereas, by a mysterious and all-wise
Providence, our Masonic brother, John R.
Reviere, Sr., has been taken from our midst,
full of years and from a large and affectionate
family circle; and whereas, it has been our
custom, from time immemorial, to commit the
bodies of our deceased brethren to their re
pose in the grave with proper Masonic cere
monies—
Resolved, That we mingle our sympathies i
with those of the friends of our deceased bro
ther; and while we commit his body to
the tomb, we bow with humble submission
to their bereavement, and recommend to a
weeping family tke consolations which alone
spring from the words of Eternal Truth, by
which life and immortality are brought to
light.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be enteced upon the minutes of the Lodge,
and a copy be sent to the family of the deceas
ed, signed by the Worshipful Master and Sec
retary.
Resolved, That a cop)" of these resolutions
be transmitted to the Augusta papers, request
ing their publication.
TTS* - Chronicle &. Sentinel and Republic |
will please copy.
JAMES CODY. Sec’y.
[Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.]
Baltimore, Dec. 10.
More of the Intelligence per Euhopa.—
Affairs in India and China are in a tranquil
state. Troops are being raised in Lombardy.
The Pope, it was expected would return to
Rome on the 23d ult. Tke French licet was
still in the Dardanelles.
The steam ships Ohio and Cherokee, have ar
rived at New York,
Washington, Dec. 10 —4.20, P. M.
U. S. House of Representatives stilt, i n
oroaxizbd. —Up to the time of writing, thirty
five ballots have been taken for Speaker, with
out any election having been effected. The last
vote stood —Winthrop 101; Potter 78; Green
[Democrat from Mo.| 10; Wilmot 6; Gentry
|5; scattering 23. The name of Mr. Pottor was
j withdrawn from the canvass, after this bal-
I loting.
N>.w-Orleans, Dec. 10—12, M.
j The Market.—On Sunday, there were
j barely one thousand bales Cotton disposed of.
j Last night, the accounts by the Europa were
| received, which unsettled the market, and
I only a few bales were sold this afternoon,
i Sugar has declined an eighth. Molasses is
1 dull at 20A.
(From the Washington Union, Pec 9.)
Congress
j The Senate had again a short session yes-
I terday, and adjourned, before 1 o’clock, until
i 12 o’clock on Monday.
In the House, the process of voting for
Speaker was still continued. There were six
more votes taken—making in ail 2S unavailing
attempts to effect an election. The whig pha-
I lanx stands united and firm for Mr. Winthrop.
In all the ballots, except the last, he stood st
the former number of 102 ; but on the last
ballot, lie descended to 101. Mr. Potter, of
Ohio, rose to 76, when the House adjourned,
and principally by the operation of the whi®
vote. ‘ °
The most amusing part of the whole pro
ceedmg of the session was the motion of Mr. i
Chester Butler, of Pennsylvania, to declare
Mr, Winthrop Speaker of the House hr reso
-1 lution. But one of the reasons assigned for
! it was still more singular, viz: that Mr. Co!-
! lamer was now running the country to the ex- |
j pense of engaging the rail road csrs to the
North to carry the President’s Message by ex- '
press, and that every day’s delay in the or
ganization of the House was incurring an ad- ■ 1
ditional expense. And because Mr. Jacob I
Collamer chooses to make a bunglin* bargain ! ■
therefore the logic is, that Mr. Winthrop must I i
be precipitated upon the House as their Speak- >
er. But if Mr. J ..cob Collamer is to lV - j
lieved from his awkward and costly embarrass
ment, why not designate Cobb or Bovd, Rich
ardson or Potter, or any other democrat, a- : '
the occupant of the chair, as well as Mr. Win- I ‘
throp . But when the whigs are so impatient j
to obtain a Speaker as to leap at once over all I
the heads of all the other members, and place
him in the chair, why did they hurry an ad
lournment, and leave the plough standing in t
the midst of the furrow on the field I Was it -
because they saw some signs of a rising tem
pest, which threatened to sweep Mr. Win- 1
throp himself from the held ?
liius a whole week has passed in an uua
vailing attempt to elect a presiting officer. It
is thus the transactions of the public busmen
has been delayed, the President’s Message -
withheld from the public eye. and Mr. Jacob
Collamer is incurring a considerable expense ;
in employing an express, for which he has no
anner of use.
there has been ons advantage, however, in
this week’s protracted contest. T re h. fc
no ill-blood produced; no improper excit
meat; no outburst of passion; but th II
Representatives has exhibited au or d i 3
dignity of manner which would Lee. m th
palmiest days of the Tepubli . This ecu; ee
however, has been too long spun out. T -
public interest demands a sett lemon * oi * .
question; and we trust that the democrats
members, as they have the pow er, will ern e
their noble hall on Monday morning v. .tV ,
firm resolution to effect the election, ih“,
h ivethe majority, and they ought to exert '
We trust, too, that no factious leeliag, and
personal aspirations, will be permitted to brea
the power of the democratic party. Man)
admirable Speakers might be selected I'rcr
their ranks, and yet but one can be net ted I
should be the duty of every man to forget he
own elevation, and to go for h- c country—dis
abuse his raiud of all ambitir n, and show, ;
his magnanimous and disinterested cor due;
that if “he cannot win the ch.'ur, he will ?.{
least deserve it."
The following is the ipsult of the
ballot:
For Mr. Winthrop -... 1 f»I
Mr. Potter jg
Mr. Boyd u
Mr. Wilmot . 7
Mr. H. Cobb •;
Mr. Gentry g
Mr. Richardson . s
Mr. Miller ' *
Mr. Bayiy
Mr. McClernaad q
Mr. Booth 1
Mr. Meade j
Mr. Green t
Mr. Woodward *
Mr. Jacob Th0mp50n........ j
Mr. A. G. Brown i
224
lAlaetiug of the Democratic Caucuo sq
clinatiou ofWSr. Cobb
Washington, Dec. 7 —9 P. M
1 The Democratic caucus in the Hall
I the House of Representatives at ha.. pa«
o’clock this evening, and soon r.dcr organise j
by the appointment if a Cnaiixuan. Notwit.-,
standing the necessarily brief notice, there it
full attendance; every Democratic member
the House, from what I can le:.rn, being pre
sent.
The caucus, of course, is deliberating -*itt
closed doors, but it is understood on the oat
side, that Mr. Cobb, in a brief speech, had d?
dined being any longer a candidate L s
Speakership. It ig said that in the coars
his speech he alluded to the peculiar difficu.
ties under which his political friends were la
boring, and thanked them for their warm ana I
steadfast support He trusted that his de
clination might be the means of selecting
candidate upon whom the whole Demociiv
j body of the House might successfully cone?r,
I trate.
The Hon. L-aac E. Holmes, of Sou h Car;*
j Una, is spoken of as the compromise candidate
j for Speaker.
I The Dcmocraifc Free Seilers bold off, an t a
i> not probable that the caucus w ill come to a
i conclusion to-night.
Various propositions have 1 een submit!:-1
discussed, and voted down.
Among the prominent speakers a*,- Hon, L
i Lert M. McLane, of Maryland; Hon. John I
Miller, of Ohio; and Hon. Andrew Johnson,
I of Tennessee.
j lion. James B. Bowlin, of Missouri, is dial:
man of the Caucus; and Hon. John L. Robin
son, of Indiana, Secretary.
i 10A o’Clock, P. M.—The caucus adjourned
at a quarter past ten o’clock without nomina
ting a candidate for Speaker, Mr. Cobb hss
. been f.rmiLy withdrawn.— Tel. Co*, r’ V
a.„. j
( Fram the Charleston Mercury—By Tei-gu i
Coluebia, Dec. 10, 10 p. m
At the Legislative caucus, lo night, the E.
lowing gentlemen were elected to represent |
the State at large in the Southern Convention
to be held at Nashville in June next, vir
Franklin H. Elmore, James H. Hammond, and
Robert W. Barnwell. There wai no ch
for the fourth representative.
Stevmboat Accident.—The new stean t
; Robert Martin, Cant. Lubbock, imraeduitelj
after leaving Uuaqua Landing, Pee Dee rive;
about thirty-seven miles above Georgetown
on Thursday afternoon last, burst two of the
dues of her starboard boiler, by which one m
the deck hinds, a whits man. name unknown
was immediately killed, and a negro, belonging
to Dr. Cotdes, severely scalded. The ’• v
sustained no other injury. St? has a full cc
go of Cotton cn and the steamer Era
hngton, will leave this day for the purpe
towing the Robert Martin to this Citv. ‘ •. -
Mtrt . 11 th % st.
We understand arrangements hate le.
made by the Bank cf Charleston, S. C. V:V
their corros; ©dents in Liverpool, to di< -
bills there, drawn from the manfaeturing J
tricts in England, upon merchants in Char:- I
ton, oid ting goods from that side—satisfs:' ■
guarantees being pet son al y lodged wish
bank here for site purpose.
The arrangement, it is presumed, whl
much to facilitate the importation of fee
goods direct to this port.— Ch. Co .1.
Xhw York Money Market.—The V-
York Post oi Fiiday evening says :
I here is an improvement in the desnsn 11
money, wit houc any change in rate c ; the var
ply being fully adequate for all contmerus
and trading wants. The offers cf paper dr»» :
agains*- cotton and provision consignments v.-
increasing."
Mr fixed that Chat. A few days a- k 8 M
gentleman (?) came into our sanctum, took
his hat,picked up a hit of manuscript,and
menced reading, very closely. M e
over and took a letter out of his hst, unr
and commenced reading it. He wa= *
that he did not discover how we w ere p ;§
him off in his own coin, until we as),,. I t
what it was his correspondent was no I I
him about a woman 1 “Why, n* B»“" . |
Squire," says he. “you surely are no
ing ray private letters -’’ “Certainly, ■- j ; |
said we, “you are reading our private' '
script-.” He was plagued, begged us fe
mention his name, promised to do so no
and we quit even.— Prentice.
MARRIED,
In \\ atkinsville, on Sunday morninc. •
9th iast . by the Rev. N. Glenn, Mr. L- J llt
er.t.L, of Lexington, to Miss M. J, Ada**
\V atkinsville.
At ( enfreviUe, Wilke- counts . on the 4th ip
by the Rev. W. E. Evans, Mr. J. T. FaveMo ' l,
M. E. 1,1 uksf.r, both of \\ likes county.
At Greenville, So. Cfl. 011 Thursday f
the 2'hh ult.. hy Rev. Wm. A. GametreH
Jynks K Di Rusk, of Washington, Georgia 1
Mis? Elizabeth A. Vance, rtf the former pi* 1
PINEVILDE JOCKEY CLUB.
V q 'Phe Annual Racesorrr 1 ' e
Pinevitle Course win
iat nee ..n I I EBPD
January, 18.'i0. ...
Ist Jav—Two Mile. Heats, tor Silver ‘
S IOO - ' ,y.
2d day—Three Viile Heat-, tor Pui-e-'J).
3d Jay—Two Mde Heats,for Fnr-e i"
J S WHITE, Ser ry and Tre*»'
dec 12 ctd Pinevilic Jcckev 1 •'