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JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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Thirty-First Congress—First Session
Washixotox, Dec. 13, 1849.
The Senate met as usual, and without du- |
ing any business adjourned till to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at 12 o’clock. The pro- I
ceedings of yesterday having been read,
Mr. Brown of Miss., submitted a resolution
that the Hon. Howell C«bb of (ia., be chosen
Speaker of the House for the Thirty-first Con
gress. i
Mr. B. in offering the resolution said he had }
consulted with a few friends upon the matter,
but with the gentleman from Georgia he hai
not ; he had no doubt that if the proposition
had been submitted to him. his assent to it
could not have been obtained. He wished to 1
put a stop to the scenes which had continued
for nine days—scenes most unprotifitable in
deed.
The political party to which he belonged had
a majority and certainly were entitled to the
Speaker. He showed that that majority, how
ever, in consequence of the impracticable
course of membeis belonging to both political
parlies, could not be made available by the
system of action pursued. He believed that
unless this course was taken there could be
no Speaker. The gentleman whose name was
in the resolution was eminently qualified in
every respect —a fact which was admitted by
his political opponents. If the whig party
were in power, he would say that they were
entitled to the Speaker, but as they are not, he
thought the political party to which he be
longed were entitled.
Mr. Root here made some correction of his
remarks of yesterday, which appeared in the
Union.
Mr. Butler, of l*a., suggested that the reso
lution should be adopted in blank, and let it
be filled afterweids with the name of the gen
tleman who should receive the highest plu
rality.
Mr. Thompson, of Pa., introduced a pro
position as an amendment, providing that the
vote be, during this day, taken by ballot for
Speaker, unless that officer was sooner elected.
Mr. T. said he was satisfied that by the
present system they could not obtain an elec
tion of Speaker. He, when a similar propo
sition was introduced a few days ago, voted
against it; but since that time, he had thought
much upon tne subject. He propo-ed the ballot i
proposition for this day only. He knew that
the democratic principle, was that the repre- !
sentatives of the p.ople should vote viva voce, j
that their acts might be known ; but he did not I
think that the election of Speaker was one of
these cases upon which it was intended or
was important that that principle should be
applied. He spoke at some length in favor
of the proposition, as a means of producing no
election.
Mr. Carter proposed to amend the resolu
tion by divesting the Speaker, when elected,
of the power of appointing the District, Ju
diciary. and Territorial Committees ; and that
those committees be afterwards elected by the
House. Mr. C. then advocated his proposi
tion as a means of producing an election. He
deprecated the policy of mixing up in a mere
ceremonii), grea’ principles, or deciding great
constitutional questions by the election of an
officer to preside over the House.
Mr. Meade appealed to all those gentlemen j
in the House who were determined to give
permanency to our institutions, to rally and
crush the spirit of faction which was raising
up its head here. He trusted that he should
never see again in the Chair such a presiding
officer as was there last year, who could, by
his vote, give strength to the spirit of fanat
icism. The time had passed when Southern
men could sit there m silence to listen to abuse
such as hud been heaped upon them, 'ihe
time had come when they would rally as one
man, to resist all attacks upon their rights.—
If the House would, by resolution, determine
to crush all efforts tending to destroy' the har
mony of the Union by attacks on Southern
institutions, he would be willing to vote for
any man as speaker —willing to concede to the
opposition a speaker.
Mr. Root made seme humorous remarks, in
which be said that the remarks of the gentle
man from Virginia (Mr. Meade) were well cal
culated to allay excitement. But if a disso
lution of the Union was to come, as threaten
ed, it had better take place before the House
was organized, because in such a case it would
not be binding. If gentlemen expected the
northern men to come here with the olive
branch they were mistaken. In the face of
#Huch remarks as fell from the lips of the gen
tleman, no northern man could offer an olive
branch unless he was willing to Seek his poli
tical grave. Could it be expected that north
ern men were willing by their acts to stultify
themselve J .
Mr. Ducr, of New York, said the resolution
proposing the election of Mr. Cobb was asking
too much of his political opponents. In the
course of his remarks he made some allusion
to the position of gentlemen by their action
and remarks as disunionists.
Mr. D. was here asked to point out such a
man, and he pointed to Mr. Meade, of Vir
ginia, which latter gentleman made some re
mark of an offensive character in response;
when
Air. Duer railed him a liar.
ill* re a scene occuired never before witness
ed in the hall. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House repaired to the floor with the mace, and
could w ith difficulty restrain the gentlemen
on the floor. Indeed it was apprehended that
there would boa general affray. The scene
defied description.] i
Mr. Duer hero rose for explanation. Hc
begged pardon of the House for what was ul- |
tcred by him; but he could not do otherwise |
than respond as he had done, to what was ut* i
£ered by the gentleman from Virginia. W hat
he had said to that gentlemen he believed to
be the truth —a truth which he derived from
that gentleman’s printed speech, in which he
said he ioathwd and detested the Union.
Mr. AlcLane m-uds some remarks in favor of
laying all tht'se propositions on the table. —
He expressed the hope that tho House would
come to a sense o( its own integrity and fluty
by proceeding at oitec Vo pffeet an organization,
with an utter indifferent* to the matters
which had been introduced Into deW?, either
of a personal or sectional character. He ffwffft
at c nsiderable length on the causes ol the dis
organization, attributing it in a graat measure
to the action of the party in favor of the ad
ministration, and n fraction of both the great
political parties, He, however, fotfrod uu
protest against any resolution v i ich look- f
ed to a conference between the two or three
parties. He maintained that it could lead to j
no good result. He was opposed to its lead- j
ing to any such result as would deprive the ;
political party to which he belonged of the 1
power in the organization of the House, to
which it was entitled.
Mr. Toombs said the difficult!-, in the - ,y
of the organization of this House are apparent |
and well understood hero, and shu be ui- ;
derstood by the country. A great sectional
question lies at the foundation o. all these
troubles The disgraceful events of yesterday,
and the explanations consequent upon their
exposure, prove conclusively that the demo
cratic party and the free-soilers were both act
ing in referenbe to it. The southern demo
crats were satisfied, from the puMic course
and private assurances both of the member
whom they supported and his friends, that he
was worthy of trust upon these important sec
tional issues. The disclosures which were
made, proved that they were mistaken, they
instantly withdrew their support, and left the
discredit to fall where it properly belonged. —
The free Boilers, who were engaged in the dis
| creditable conspiracy, secretly and J ishoDora-
I biy sought to acquire advantages in the organi
! zation of the House by private pledges, con
j cealed and intended to be conceal*, 1 from the
I great majority of those whose votes were ne
; cessary to elect the person for whom they
1 voted. They sought, by a discreditable-trick,
to secure the advantages in the organization
which they had not the courage or the bold
j ness openly to demand. They affected ta re
, ly on a written pledge, which they knew was
1 given in fraud and treachery. I leave the
1 morality and honesty of this party id be tes
: ted by the simple fact of this transaction, with
the single remark that these are the men
whose consciences have no rest, on account of
what they call the sin of slavery The whig
party presented their nominee, > ho has re
ceived the support of the great 'ority of
that party. No pledges were ask', by the
northern members ol that party, for :• very
sufficient reason that, being in a rna t , ity of
nearly three to one, they were very ib i-nt
ly able to take care of themselves. I did not
| act with them, because the events of the past,
of the present, and the prospect of the future,
force the conviction on my mind that the in
teiestofmy section of the Union are in dan
i per; and I am therefore unwilling to surren
der the great power of the Speaker’s chair
without obtaining security for the future. —
; We have just listened to strong appeals upon
1 the necessity of organizing the House. I
confess Ido feel the necessity. From the best
lights before me, I cannot see that my con
stituents have anything to hope from your le
gislation, but every thing to fear. We ate not
impatient to have the doors of yr treasury
thrown open, and forty millions c. the com
mon taxes of the whole nation thrown into the
lap of one half of it. We ask for none of it;
we expect none of it; therefore genthmen
must pardon my want of sympathy for their
impatience. By giving you thecoi 'tol of the
treasury, we increase your ability to oppress.
I want grievances redressed, and security
j against their further perpetration, before I a a
willing to give you power over the supplies.
Sir, I do uot regret this state of things in the
House. It is time we understood one another;
that we should speak out, and carry our prin
ciples in our foreheads.
i It seems, from the remarks of the gentlman
I from New York, that we are to be intimidated
! by eulogies upon the Union, and denunciation
I of those who are uot ready to sacrifice national
j honor, essential interests, and institutional
! rights upon its altar. Sir, 1 have s much at
i tachment to the union of these St., os, under
i the constitution of our fathers, as any freeman
1 ought to have. lam ready to concede u sacri
fice for it w hatever a just and honorabl man
ought to sacrifice—l will do no more. 1 have
not heeded the aspersions of those who did
not understand or desired to misrepresent, my
conduct or opinions in relation to these ques
tions, which, in my judgment, so vit I ly af
fect it. The time has come when Isk i not
only utter them, but make them the basis of
my political action here. Ido not, th n, hesi
tate to avow before this House and rv coun
i try, and in the presence of the livl ; God,
that if by your legislation you seek r- -‘rive
us from the territories of California i < ‘ \v
• Mexico, purchased by the common Wo. . and
treasure of the whole people, and t- abolish
i slavery in this District, thereby attempting to
j flx a national degradation upon half tl States
' of this confederacy, lam for disunion; and if
my physical courage be equal to the mmn
, tenance of my convictions of right and duty,
I will devote all I am and all I have on earth
i to its consummation. From 1737 to this hour
the people of the South have as. ed nothing
j but justice —nothing but the maintenance f i
the principles and the spirit whict. tio.k
j our fathers in the form tionof the cOi f itution.
. Unless we are unworthy of our ance=.--.s, we
1 will never accept less as a condition of union.
A great constitutonal right, which wa? declar
ed by a distinguished northern justice of the
Supreme Court (Judge Baldwin) to be the
corner-stone of the Union, and with which he
avers, in a judicial decision, it would never
have been formed, has already practically been
abrogated in all of the non-slavehoh’ing States.
I mean the tight to reclaim fugitives from la
: bor. I ask any and every northern man on
j this floor to answer me, now, if this is not true
i —if this great right, indispensable to the for
| mation of the Union, is any longer, for any
| practicable purpose, a living principle? There
■ aie none to deny it. You admit you have nut
I performed your constitutional duty; that you
withhold from us a right which v.vs one of
I our main inducements to the Union; yet you
j wonder that we look upon your eu.ogics of n
j Union whose most sacred principles you have
I thus trampled under foot as nothing better
1 than mercenary hypocritical cant. This Dis
i trict was ceded immediately after the consti
tution was formed. It was the gift of Mary
i hnd to her sister States for the location of their
I common government. Its municipal law
1 maintained and protected domestic slavery.
1 You accepted it. Your honor was pledged lor
[ its maintenance ap a national Capital. Vor
faith was pledged to the maintenance of tne
rights of the people who were thus placed
j under your care. Your fathers accepted the
j tru-t, protected the slaveholder and .il other
I citizens in their rights, and in all «-e-ipects
1 faithfully and honestly executed the ti ust; but
they have been gathered to their fathers, and
it was left to their degenerate sons to i *eak
their faith with us, and insolently to attempt
j to play the master where they were adi/ii.ed
ias brethren. I trust, sir, if the representatives
qf the North prov# themselves unworthy of
i their ancestors'; we shall not prove ourselves
i unworthy of ours; that we have the courage to
i defend what they had the valor to win. The
, territories are the common property of the
people of the U, States, purchased by their
: common blood and treasury. You are their
common agents; it is your duty, while they
j are in a territorial state, tq remove all impedi
ments to tlieij free enjoyment by all sections
j and people cf the Union, the slaveholder and
the non-slaveholder. You have given the
strongest indications that you willnot perform
: if rr* -r ust —J ou appropriate to your
: selves aii of sh;* territory, perpetrate ad 'hese
wrongs which I have eru*u»e,„te4j yet ilh
these declarations on your lips, when suu'h
i era tk«t refused to act in party caucuses with
you, in which yoi£ have a controlling majori
ty —when we ask the simplest guaranty fur
the iuture —are denounced out ot doors t& *o
, cusants »n$ and iijdoors we are met
vvi... the cry of “Union, Union.” Sir, we have I
.-'-d that point. It is too late. I have used
all * y energies from the beginning of this
quw ion to save the country from this convul- i
sior.. I have resisted what I deemed unneces
-1 sary and hurtful agitation. I hoped against
! ho; that a scense of justice and patrio- j
j tism would induce the North to settle these
qa upon principles honorable and safe
ilO both sections of the Union. I have planted
| nr .if upon a national platform, resisting ex
tremes at home and abroad, willingly subjec
ting mypelf to the aspersions of enemies, and
far worse than that, the misconstruction of
friends, determined to struggle for and accept
any fair and honorable adj ustment of these
questions. I have almost despaired of any
I such, at lest from this House. We must arouse
1 and appeal to the nation. We must tell them
boldly and frankly that we prefer any calami
; ties to submission to such degradation and in
jury as they would entail upon u=; that we hold
that to be the consummation of all evil. I have
stated my positions. 1 have not argued them.
I reserve that for a future occasion. These
are principles upon which I act here. Give
me securities that the power of the organiza
tion which you seek will not be used to the
injury of my constituents, then you can have
nay co-operation, but not till then. Grant
I them, and you prevent the recurrence of the
| disgraceful scenes of the last twenty-tour
; hours, and restore tranquillity to the country.
Refuse them, and, as tar as I am concerned,
“let discord reign forever.”
Mr. Baker of 111., made a very patriotic and
eloquent speech, in which he declared himself
to be a Wilmot proviso man. He expressed
sorrow at hearing the remarks that fed from
j the gentleman from Georgia. 4le did not be
| lieve that that gentleman was in earnest when
| he said he was ready for a dissolution of the
Union. He did not believe that any portion
of the South was ready for such an act, if all
should happen which that gentleman appre
hended. The Union, he said, could not be
disolved. That it would not be. That the
patriotic masses, north and south, would raise
■ up to prevent it.
[The gentleman from Ga., Mr. Toombs, said
they were in earnest, and wmuld teach the
I North that they w'ere.]
Mr. [hiker was frequently cheered by Illegal
ities, and the members upon tke floor, during
the delivery of his remarks.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, did not wish to be
called on to discuss the question ot the Union
iof these States. He cherished more than
aught else the compact formed by our fathers
after the revolutionary struggle. But I tell
this House, that when the Wilmot Proviso is
consummated, in my section of the country,
from that day the Union is dissolved; and
whether the North believes it or not, it will
I be tound to be true. This Union was formed
! for the common benefit. We of the South
came into it for mutual benefits as well as the
people of the North. It was not to have our
rights or feelings trampled on; and 1 tell gen
tlemen, from whatever section they may
, come, not to be deceived on this subject. Wo
I i V ill not submit to aggressions on our rights.
; ’.very word said on this subject by my col
i league (Mr. Toombs) meets a response in my
hcr- t. if gentlemen suppose that by singing
hymns to the Union, it can be preserved, they
. iaistuke. This Union was founded on immu
’ tab!? justice and right—not to render the
wc-ak subject to the oppressions of the strong,
i 1 think that this debate may as well come
1 i now as at any other time, and that the Amer
l | iear heart may be awakened; it has been
slumbering. We of the South feel that we
I!ar j weaker than the North. But when gen
■ tiemen talk of organizing parties upon the
■ j principle of attachment to the Union, it may
: as .veil begin on the principle of justice.
i Would you have us to be a mere appendage
• j to >ur Union ?—to submit to aggression after
1 ; aggression? I do not intend to debate this
: | question here to-day ; but I tell you, before
1 that God that rules the Universe, that I would
’ rather the southern country, with all her
statesmen and all her great spirits, was of
fered up an honorable sacrifice, than that we
> should submit for one instant to degradation,
t i [Great applause.]
■ ! 1 v ould «iy, in the language of Kossuth, to
that one who would not stand up by his sec
> tion, may the curses of the eternal God rest
! upon his head !
’ Mr. McClernand followed in a sensible
1 . spe hin favor of the organization, and coa
-1 j clu dby making a motion to go into a vote
• ! for a .Speaker.
\ I M Cleveland made an able and patriotic
t j spec i, in which he expressed the good feeling
oi the North towards the South, yet hedepre
> erted the exciting remarks and threats of dis
-1 hu’vlng the Union. He maintained that no
portion of the Union desired or would permit
I such - result.
v r. Colcock, of South-C rolina, made some
.er> rks endorsing the sentiments of the two
• rej - -jentatives of Georgia; and maintained
; i that if slavery was abolished in the District of
• Columbia, or the Wilmot proviso adopted, the
■ ! Union would be dissolved. The South wmu'd
• show how it would be done, it either of the
5 measures indicated were adopted, he would
‘ introduce a resolution for the dissolution of
r I the Union. [II; re he was cheered by the
1 ! Southern members, or some of them.]
• I Mr. Baker said it could not be done by re
! solution. Resolutions adopted lure could not
1 ! dissolve this glorious Union
! Mr. Colcock. It would commence the act
■ ! of dissolution, at least.
Mr. Baker. South Carolina commenced
! that act eighteen years ago, and she has not
: yet done it. She cannot do it.
1 Mr. Colcock. I congratulate the gentleman
fr«ra Illinois that there are other States than
1 j South Carolina which are prepared for the
1 ! act. Georgia and Virginia—all the South
‘ would make common cause to consummate the
j ac , if the injustice which was contemplated
was executed.
Mr. Hilliard made an eloquent speech in
‘ I favor of the continuance of the Union ; but
maintained that it could not continue further
; if acts of aggression were made upon the
South. The Union, he said, was a thing of
, ! consent and not of force. It was formed by
compromise, by bargain, and when the terms
of t ie bargain were departed from, the Union
j eiuis. When the soul of the Union was gone,
' the Union must expire with It. The soul of
the U iion must be found in the profound love
o[ the Union ; and that love, he maintained,
could not exist if these profanities were car
ried into effect.
Mr. Hubbard here read a letter, which was
addressed to Mr, Wm. J. Brown, a few days
age, putting interrogatories to him whether
he was in favpr of the Wilmot Proviso ?
Whether Congress could abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia r or would he be
willing to pa=s an act for that object? Mr.
H. said that Mr* B. did not gnswer him in
i writing, but brought him a speech which he
delivered some time ago, expressing his views
j upon tl’.ose questions. Those views did not
throw his vote for him until solicited to do so
by Southern gentlemen who differed with him
as to those views.
Mr. Conrad, of La., took tke floor an 1 made
some remarks, in which he expressed the
! opinion, that it was the wish of a decided ma
joritv of the House that the House should
not be organized on territorial grounds. If it
had i*ecn the wish of the House to thus or
i it, it could have been done on the Urst
lay of the session. He showed that there was
a prevailing disposition to keep up the great
national parties. He was willing to take up
the resolution of the gentleman from New
f York, to adjourn with the view of a confer- f i
ence to effect an organization. j
Mr. Marshal expressed his astonishment at
j the appeals which had been made by a gentle- j
man from the two territorial extremes of the | 1
Union. He declaimed against both of the ex- j l
j tremes who sought to organize the House j \
I with regard to sectional interests. It was ex
peered by the country that we should organ- |
j ize. He was prepared to stay here until the
j House was organized, Lut was opposed to ,
auch organization as would give sectional bias
| to the organization.
I The House then proceeded to vote —being
j the forty-first time—lor Speaker. The result
: we have already given.
THE tONSTITITIO.NU.Isr.
©eorgia.
TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 18
CF"When we went to press last evening,
j 11 o'clock, the Northern mail had not arrived.
Congress.
We publish in this day’s paper a synopsis of
I the doings in the House of Representatives on
! Friday last. It will give to our readers an
idea of the present state of parties. A portion
j of it must be gratifying to every Georgian—
j every Southern man—be he w hig or be he dem
! oerat. What we allude to is the shoit but
i pointed speeches delivered by Messrs, ioombs
| and Stephens. These gentlemen, it appears,
| have now their eyes wide open. They can now
j see danger ahead. Had their vision not been
j hermetically sealed, by their devotion to
i whiggery, two years ago, the present crisis
1 would never have occurred. But better late
I than never; you are now right in your posi
j ticn—keep it gentlemen —the South expects it
1 —Georgians —all Southerners will bo proud
of you, and may forgive past offences.
f Correspondence of the. Constitutionalist.]
MILLEDGEYILLE, Dec. 15, P. M.
In the House, on yesterday morning, the
bill came up, introduced by Mr. aiker, ex
empting from levy and sale, “one negro.
Mr. Walker entered into the discussion of
the bill, and presented to the House what he
conceived to be the merits of the bill. He
avowed that it was the policy to affiliate the
whole people of Georgia with the present ex
citing question ot slavery, and that this sci I
would have a tendency to effect this object.
He also placed it upon a principle of humane
legislation, that could not injure the State,
j and would hold out inducements to industry
J and energy among the people; and, many
persons would be active to secure an interest
in this species of property when they had an
I assurance ot its permanent protection from all
vicissitudes. Mr. Walker very sensibly and
distinctly presented the merits of the bill be
fore the House.
Mr. Jones got the floor, and opposed the
bill with great vehemence; he had no idea of
purchasing the people to defend their institu
tions; they would do it witnout that. The ;
I wool-hat boys and the barefooted boys about the
! mountains would do it for the love of country
and patriotism; and further, if we pass thus j
bill, that it would indicate to our Northern
people that we had suspected the loyalty of
our people, and had to legislate them into the j
j support of the country.
Mr. McDougald followed Mr. Jones, in op
-1 position to the bill, admitting that his first
j impression was in tavor ot the bill, but his
subsequent investigations had led him to the
j adverse conclusion, and he went into a long ,
I discussion of the merits of the measure, with
1 his accustomed zeal, and with an occasional
thrust of sarcasm, with the gentleman from
i
Richmond.
Mr. Lane, of Hancock, moved a substitute
to the bill, which was intended to supply |
every man with a negro who did not have one.
This was an indirect way to detent the bill, by
burlesqueing the whole question, and then
moved to lay the whole matter upon the table
: for the balance of the session.
1 J Mr. Wiggins introduced p.n amendment to
• | the original bill of Mr. Walker, so as to apply ;
its operation to the heads of resident families, \
rmU and female, which otherwise applied to
any adventurer. Mr. W. opposed the in
definite postponement of the bill; bethought
the opposition to it was taking a very illiberal j
course ; that foreign matter to the bill was at
tempted to be ingrafted upon it for the pur
i pose of making it odious abroad, and a matter
of ridicule in this House. It there be any
merits in the bill, let it have an ingenuous and j
impartial investigation. He believed it did ,
contain intrinsic worth; that it embraced a ;
legislative benevolence, a political philau- j
thropy, that our institutions ought to culti- j
▼ate. Mrr W. said that if a Bank charter had
been presented, or a Rail-Road incorporation
bill, it wmuld have been considered a grave, i
momentous question, and one hundred ami
fifty copies ordered to be printed for the bene- {
fit of the House. In conclusion, he was not
the defender of the bill, nor interested particu
, larly for its passage, but ho did protest to see
the “go-by" given with such indifference to
these questions, involving the more dependent
interests of our State, and of that class of its
population that needed the greatest protection
of the law.
The bill, on the vote being taken, was lost
on the motion of indefinite postponement.
This morning the Judiciary Committee re
ported the bill (called the Jew bill) back to
the favorable consideration of the House.
Mr. Jenkins reported a disagreement to the
report of a majority. The report of Mr.
Jenkins was long, and involving a legal point,
as to the right of the Legislature to pass any
act to control the funds contemplated by the
bill. The argument w r as conducted by Mr.
Trippe in favor of the minority report. Mr.
Gartrell argued for the majority report. Both j
these gentlemen made a zealous defence of
their positions, and with- their usual ability.
Mr. Jones was in favor of the bill, and urged
its passage with much spirit and interest. Mr.
Harrison, of Savannah, gave a very sensible
and clear review of the whole matter. The
bill was passed.
The Senate sent in the resolution passed by
the House authorising a recess. The Senate |
had concurred in it ; yvitb a «Ught amendmen I
in the preamble, which was concurred in by 1 (
jhe House. This adjournment was predicated -
upon the great accumulation of business, and
the anticipated developments of Congress upon t
the slavery question. No party action upon
the subject. F.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
REPORTED FOR I*HK CONSTITUTIONALIST. *
IN SENATE, Dec. 14. 1849.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Chisolm : A bill to lay out and or
ganize a new county from the counties ot
Floyd, Cass and Murray, and to attach the
same to the 47th Senatorial District.
By Mr. Purse: A bill to amend the Act, ap
proved, 27th Dec., 1845, entitled “an Act to
exempt journeymen mechanics and laborers ot
this State, from the garnishment of their wa
ges, so far as to permit said wages to be gar
nisheed, except for bills or debts contracted for
liquors or other intoxicating drinks, drank in
any store, shop, tavern, bar-room, or any such
like place, or at any other place or places
whatever.
Also, a bill to prevent Officers of Banks from
voting for Directors by Proxy.
The Senate refused to disagree to the amend
ment of the House to the bill of Senate, au
thorizing the increase of the capital stock of
the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
to be taxed. Yeas 18, Nays 24.
The Senate concurred in the resolution ot
the House for a recess from the 20th inst. to
the 14th January next —adopting the pream
ble to the resolutions of Senate, in lieu of those
of the House.
Senate adjourned to 3 o’clock, P. M.
3 o’clock, P. M.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
The Senate passed a number of bills during
the evening session. The following are among
those passed :
A bill to establish and regulate the inspec
tion of Flour and Corn-Meal at Dalton.
A bill to incorporate the Dalton City Com
pany.
A bill to declare and limit the liability of
husbands for debts and liabilities of their wives,
incurred before marriage.
A bill to incorporate the Georgia Exporting .
Company.
A bill to incorporate the Dalton Female
College.
A bill to incorporate the Southern Centr'd
University of Georgia.
A bill to amend au Act to Incorporate an j
Insurance Company to be called the Savannah (
Mutual Insurance Company, passed the 30ch
December, 1847.
A bill to incorporate the LaG range Colle
giate Seminary for young ladies.
A bill to incorporate the Southern Educa- ;
tion Society. i
Senate adjourned till 10 o’clock to-morrow |
morning.
IN SENATE, Dee. 15, 1849.
The Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Purse moved to reconsider the journal
of yesterday, so far as relates to the concur
rence of Senate to the resolution of the House,
that the General Assembly take a recess from
I the 20th inst. to the 14th January ensuing.
The Senate refused to reconsider by the fol
i lowing vote : <
Yeas—Messrs. Byrd, Joseph E, Brown, Bry
an, Chisolm, Clark, Dunham, Edmondson, I
Ferrell, Andrew J. Miller, Murphy, Napier,
Purse, Quarterman, Rawls, Sanford, John W.
: G. Smith, Ira E. Smith, Spullock, Stell and
' Woods—2o.
| Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Augustus Beall,
1 Elias Beall, Bluckshear, James E. Brown, Clay- ;
! ton, Cochran, Eberhart, Gender, Hines, '<
| Micajah Johnson, Thomas Johnson, William
: Jones, John Jones, Leonard, Long, Love. Me
i Bee, Mcßae, James A. Miller, Moseley, James ,
! R. Smith, Tomlinson and Turner—24.
Mr. Byrd reported a bill to amend an Act,
' entitled an Act to incorporate the town ot
! Gumming in the county of Forsyth, approved
I 27th day of Dec. 1845, so far as to repeal the .
1 4th section thereof, and all other parts of said !
Act authorizing the assessment of a general
tax on the citizens of said town.
Mr. Love reported a bill to pardon Jona
than Studstill, convicted of the crime of mur
der in the county of Lowndes.
FULLS VARSED.
A bill to secure to Rok Island Factoi y Com- i
pany, of Muscogee County, certain privileges, i
and legalize the building of a dam or dams,
across the Chattahoochee river on their own
lands.
A bill in relation to public offices, and to
punish certain offenders in relation thereto.
| This bill leaves it to the Superior Court, in
i case of two claimants to the same office, to I
| settle the dispute, and forces the party against
whom a decision is had to give up books and
papers, or be held guilty of a misdemeanor—
th* successful party to give bond and surety,
& c.
A bill to extend the time for the completion ■
of the Ocmulgee and Flint Railroad and Ca
nal Company.
Also, the bill of the House tc. relieve Wil
liam W. Barton, and Ephraim O. Ponder, and
their sureties, from all liability under their le
spective recogniaanees for their appearance at
the May Term, 1549, of Chatham Superior
Court.
The Senate adjourned till 10 o'clock Mon
day Morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 14.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Nelson, of Cobb : A bill in relation
to the taxation and collection of costs in cer- ■
tain cases.
By Mr. Calder, of Cubb: A bill to incorpo
rate the Marietta Manufacturing Company.
By Mr. Neal, of Lincoln: A bill to incor
porate New Hope -Baptist Church and the New
Hope Academy in Lincoln County.
By Mr. Riley, of Lumpkin ; A bill to add
a part of Union County to the Countv o I
Lumpkin.
By Mr. MeDougald : A bill to prevent per- |
juries, and the institution of actions on deb s j
barred by the statute of limitations.
The bill to amend that part of the Constitu- j
tion relative to the apportionin' nt of
of the General Assembly, wa* lo c t —V, . *
Nays 48.
The bill to exempt certain propt-iu ;
specified from execution and snip, was lo«a-
Yeas 20, Nays 94.
The bill to regulate the admission of .In--,
as evidence in certain cases.
Also, the bill to perfect service of v>i. j u .
on absent defendants, were passed.
The House adjourned till 3 o'clock, P. M
The evening session was engaged in lech,
hills the second time.
The House adjourned till 9 o’clock to-mor
row morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I>-
On motion of Mr. Wofford, the Hou c e r .
considered so much of the journal of yes
day as relates to the rejection of a 1 ill to altet
and amend the first paragraph of the sever.t’
section of the first article of the Constitution
which was recommitted and referred to *i,
Judiciary Committee.
The Governor sent in his approval of a num
ber of Acts, and two Resolutions.
The House took up the amen Jment 3 oi sp.
Senate to the bill repealing all laws prohibit
ing the importation of slave- into this l>tate
and agreed thereto.
HILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Phillips of Habersham ; A bdj s
extend to five years the charter of the Central
Bank of Georgia.
By Mr. McDongakl of Muscogoe ; A bill i
incorporate “ the Columbus and GreenviJL
Plank Road Company,” and “ the Columbia
and Lumpkin Plank Road Company.”
The following bills of Senate were pas-, i
A bill to incorporate the Trustees of r
“Permanent Fund” of the Hehrev Societyri
Savannah.
A bill to enable the Savannah and «tgeri, ..
Canal Company to extend their Canal n ih,-
Altamaha River.
The House adjourned till 3 o’clock, P. M.
The afternoon session was taken up inn :
ing bills the second time.
The House adjourned till 9 o’clock, M
morning.
Resignation of Hon. T. Butl i Kin.*
The resignation of the Hon. Thomas iJutif.
Kinar, has beenreceived atthe Executive c3i>
and Gov. Towns has issued his Pr;>elaraatLaj
the Hon. Justices of the Infeiior Courts if the
first congressional District, to hold an elect j-;.,
on Monday, the 4th day of Febmarv, 1850 ;
i fill the vacancy.
i ■
The 3 ridge.
It was rumored in this city, yesterday,
the Legislature of South Carolina hr, i ocam». ;
to Henry Shultz, the right of colletung to!
on the other side of the Bridge leading 'ror<i
this City to Hamburg. We can hardly be
i lieve the report. In the first place, we car n ■
j see what right the South Carolina Legislator
i has to legislate on a question wl.ltui- ;
I into litigation in the United Strut- C urt bv
Mr. Shultz, and is as yet undecided ; and in th •
1 second place, we do not think the Laglsialwiv
of that State would commit so suicidal an sc:
against the interest, of the South, * ‘arolina
Railroad. If they have passed such m r. r
all our city authorities have to do, to proven!
a serious difficulty is, to collect double mII
all produce passing through.
The Concert To-Jffig-fit
Madame Biscaccianti and Mr. Snux
| give their first Concert at the Masonic Hal.
this evening. All who wish to listen to go 1
music, should attend.
Another Concert
We received a despatch last, evening
Savannah, which requested us to anronn
! that Madamoiselle Niecieskn, Vvolinist. w
give u Concert in this city on Wednesday
evening. We have seen favorable mentis;,
made of her performances ir t our exchange pa
! per*.
Good Land kbr Sale
! We would call the attention t > the admin
meat of JR. Hubersharn & Son offering fr
•ale some 15 to 20,000. acres of Land on?.
I vannah River.
( Georgia Railroad—Prompt Work.—
j are pleased to, learn from the Agent of *>
| roac L who bias just returned from the ... ?u'-"
' accident near Covington, that the
gine 1 ad been, raised on the road nr.,Saturd
and was found to be very slightly injur
■ and that four-fifths of the mer •handir? cm
■ tained in the cars that fell from the bi . . c-'v;.
be saved uninjured. The bridge has
; paired and will be in leadin' ss tor the pas^g"
, of the passenger and freight trains this day
! Chronicbt Dec. 17.
| Filesh Shad.—The first Shad caught -n i&
1 Savannah River, this season, was pn
i in our market yesterday by Mr. (’. A Eil»* f
j Macon, and forwarded this morning by U
Central Rail Road, Mr. Elh deserves muc
j praise for his untiring energy in adrninisteriik
i to the wants of the good people of our si*'"
■ city. —Savumtak Georgia*, loth vxsf. ,
; Extract of a letter from San Franc*-"'
gentleman of Savannah :
“Col. Fremont will certainly be one ot 1
United States Senators. Tom Butler Kin.
candidate for the other. ILs success is '
doubtful. The country is democratic, ■
lajge majority. The Whigs are trying ton
down party lines and the Democrats to :i ‘ : '
them.”
T 32 W ONDBR OF THE WO A^
Bretoers Series of Grand Moving ; 1
COMMKJICIJUi WEDNESDAV EVF.MKw, DE-- 1*
r JHIERE will be an Exhibition, cerium’
i WKI >NESDAY F. VEMn-a *, f f
! an< * continuing Thursday Friday lh<l
Evening—commencing at 7 o’clock. There
, three iVlorniug Exhibitions,comineDC l!
i 104 o’clock.
j file Exhibition comprises the following ' ,c *
>. vi« The .Mammoth C.veot Kentucky, with |ls 1
(Uouss Halls aud Grottoes, extemiirflf • 1 * :l “
teciions. between six and seven buuuied n,l,f
la addition 10 the Mammoth Gave, i» th p "j j
River and Fal s, in summer and winter- a
I journey through the Western Prairies, M ’ ll ' ll c .
' non, .be .Natural Bridge of Virginia, the ’« ' i '
( of Hon. Henry Clay, and other views,
j Admission 50 cents —children h»h prior.
dec. 18 I
FOR SALE
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I 1 Cf\ny»h ‘ .
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