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Uong may icr people continue to unite
iinuu.rliy as info great congregation, to
return fhetr thunks to the Supreme Being
lor tl>e e len eii blessings iiuil prov
v.nirli i 1 >ey rij fy rhrnugli, liis.
Jsdttfiiy. Mr. Baker stated the interest' !
mg fact that 27, States had npp<>inted
JTslerdjy a? a day of Thanksgiving.
The Gcrmin Itevoluliyuary Loan.
The movement in favor of this Loan!
itt progressing snrressf.illy in the Nerlu'l
ern cities. 1 lie Financial Cmnmiilee of
Pliilatlelphi i, appointed some time since j
by the German population of that city to 1
have the management of die Fund, and
to take the necesiry steps to omiii-!
ey, lias been (says a writer in the New
York ltnics) in session once or m ne,
limes every week since the departure of
Prol. Kmkel, receiving the reports
its mem Iters, who ueie entrusted with
tile sale ol shares, anti pushing Inrth some
ne.v resolutions for the promotion of die
Loan, I Iley established, for instance,
difleient i 1 ri’S, and succeeded in ongag- I
ing all the musical associations of pliila-!
delphia for a great concert, the proceeds
of which are to destined to the Loan.
This is but one of the various means!
adopted in aid of the general object.— I
The riter say s.’
“ But the importance of dm resolutions
of last nit lit l>y fur exceeded that of all
previous proceedings. You are perhaps
aware of die differences which exist
amongst the most disdiigushed persons
ol'tlie German emigration at London.—
Ihe Germans ol tins place, convinced
that united strength only w ill carry the
victory, made the union ol the different
sections at Loudon a condition fir their
support of die Loan. But at present,
seeing that all their efTurts to restore tin*
ion are in vain, and apprehending that
t lie con tin ucd ill.putts would he of great
disadvantage to their sacred object, they
took at once the matter into their ow n
I ands, anil passed si mr resolutions wide li,
if earned out, will prove of excellent in
fluence, both upon the national loan, and
the European revolution. Tin v resole
ed, Ist. To appoint the 15th of J muurv
next as the day w hen a Coven/ion of De
legate* shoal,l vice fin the city of Phila
delphia ; the delegates to be chosen by
that part ol lilt? /lmcriean people which
is in favor of supporting a European re
volution, both by word and act; 2d
I liis resolution to lie communicated to
the association of revolutionists at litis
ton, the Democratic ‘association at New
York, and Mr. Kinkle to second the
movement and he in attendance.”
This movement assumes a great ini
portance when it is considered that the
German population ol the United Sta'es
is ip die neighborhood of five million
souls.
The Mormons.
Various accounts from Utali represent
that lerri oiy as in a stale of revolution. |
The United Slates officeis, judges. In-1
dian agents, See., have been forced to
like to their heels. A rorre-jnindent of
the St. Louis Republican states that die
$20,000, appropriated by Congress for
public buildings, ims been taken to pay
off die debts of the .Mormon Chimb;
anti only a short time Indore the U. S.
officers left, the Mmmon Governor,
Young, called the Legislature together,
secretly, nnd pasted resolutions, and
issued orders for die s inure of twenty
five thousand doll it s more from the
hands of I lands, the Secretary. Harris
persisted in retaining it, and it was only
by die aid <d’ an injunction from the
Snrpreme Court that lie was able to do
so, anil get away with die money. A
correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune.
stales that Harris w as pursued, overtaken
and searched by the Mormons, hut dial
they ditl not succeed in securing the
rash. The same writer says that the
Mormon Governor declared at a meeting
of nearly 3000 Mormons, that he ac
knowledged no allegiance indie United
Slates Government, and that lie would
resist to the death, any attempt to exer
cise power over him. He also stated
that the he had lately come from Heaven,
that Gen. Taylor was in Hell, that the
United Stales Government was going
there, anil he didn't care lioyv soon.
This Miirmniiism is the vile-t and
most extraordinary imposition of modern
times. It originated iti Western New
York, sitt In* bed of ahnliiinniain, and
of all other turns. Joe Smith the discov
erer of the Mormim Bible, was.a nolo
r.ious blackgor.id—coarse, sensual ami
cuNuiug. ||e first established a Mnr
iiian colony in Ohio ; trorii there, in con
sequence of their vicious pr.u ti’ ies, they
were forced to remove to Missouri ;
there, their crimes soon made the rminiry
too hot to li dd them, and they pitched
their tents in /lliuois.. Their conduct in
Illinois was ahu mi liable beyond descrip
tion, and t’aev were rooted out by the civ
il until irities at I lie point of the baronet,
and Joe Smith, their leader, was slain
Up to tile day of his overt’ r nv, Joe Stni It
Jived in the most shameless immorality.
Hebad at least a dozen wiv * and upon the
kV/hlesl provocation, would torse like n
pirate. Snell was, unquestionably, the
true character of Joe Smith, and liis
• Apostles were worthy followers of their
ci lii.-f. rite Mormons have at last set
i tied in tlit- great Western wilderness,
i with no one to molest them, or to make
q them at mill, and yet they rained keep
quiet, Inn turn upon the United States
Government, and like vipers, strive to
siring the imsum which has sheltered
i them Irnin ilestiuetioii.
‘I lie gre.it pmiciple of Mormon prac
tice is > jilnialiiy of wives, liis that
w hnli gets them so many converts. — ;
Asa in >tier of course, they deny this, 1
but all decent men who have been so i
unfortunate ns to visit their settlements,’
j say there is no doubt whatever about
: the fact. Mulder and robbei v ol die
t '* gentiles,” as they call nil who are not
j Mormons, are considered vjrtues. M
j limnetauism nas a far supperior religion
to that nl ilie Mormons. The practice
ol polygamy in the East is ol an ancient
origin, and is in accordance with the
creeti ol those who practice it, and with j
the custom of the country. Wiili the <
Mormons, it lias been introduced in i>| \
: position to the commands ol'tlie G'hris
j tiin Bifile, which they profess to believe,
in opposition iti the custom of civilised
j nations, atul in accordance otilv with
| their own brutal appetites.— Richmond
j Dispatch.
.Tlillcdgcxitlc Ci>ri'cs|ioiidi'iicC Sji
vaiitiali Heptibliciiii.
MILLEDGEVILLE Nov. 25, 1851.
The Democratic party, that is, those
who were fire-eaters during the two last
campaigns in Georgia—but who now
mortified by defeat, wi,h tocliange tlit-ir
name to that of Democrat—met to-night
in die House of Representatives, the
until her of fire-eaters who attended was
small, ns -ill who hail been Whigs, held
aloof from the tlemtmsiation.
‘I he meeting was organized by the
eal ing ol Mr. Joseph Day of Junes to
the i hair. The Hon F. V. Jonsnn,
, Chairman of the Committee previously
appointed to draft a pteamhle anil Reso
lutions, came forward and read the report,
I witch he prepared. Its purport was to
bint out the sail accidents of the past, to
recognize the Georgia Platform of 1850,
lor the future, anil to have a pure Dcino
• eralie Convention to assemble at Mil
ledgevil'e next y ear, in order to appoint
i Delegates in the Baltimore Convention !
After the presentation of the Preamble
and Resolutions, the lion. Hugh A. Har
i alson addressed the meeting. His re
. matks were ptiui ipa’ly relative to his
mural position ill tiie recent struggle,
• which he Slid “ was very like that of (lie
ox, between two stacks, he did not know
which to choose.” J lie Southern Rights
Secession Party went 100 far one way, so
lie could not agree wjth them, and die
Union Paily went too far the other, way,
so he would not join them. He never
approved of the Compromise, but ex
pressed an ardent desire to burv those un
pleasant reminiscence of by gone days,
to forget the past dissensions and striig-
I gles, and gel the di moeiattc Party once
j mere in play. lie was <• quite willing”
be said in receive the wanderers buck into
the fold tjWtmoiraey, a lading to Cobb,
Arnold, (diat lion, Warien, Ward, An
drews and Anderson and such other men !
And lor the Whigs, as they would be
welcomed 100. They would not even at
the eleventh Imnr, shut heaven’s doors
upon Toombs, Stephens, Jenkins and
Bartow.
‘ Foi while the lamp holds out to bum
The vilest sinner may return.”
Tiie ridiculous character of the invi
tation, was so apparent, that it rivaled a
perfect storm of laughter throughout the
audience. Even the fire-eaters latiglir-d,
a- if lie hail said something wrong and
they w ere ashamed of it.
When Mr. Haralson concluded, the
Hon. W. T. Colquitt, rose and made a
speech, tlie character of which would he
most difficult to describe, as it was a com
bination of fire, fury , and coffins, Idas*
plienunis language and vulgar stones. 7t
was however to do him justice, a S'to liter
fire-eating speech than was expected,
with the exception, that he heaped more
abuse on the old Whig party, than was
generally done in the last campaign.—
‘Fite question now is. where will the poor
rejected Southern Rights Whigs go?
“this was the oiikinrleis cut of all.” But
.Mr. ColqucU fought with a double-edged
sword, striking at bulb Whigs and Dem-
I ociuis. lie made a most unpleasant nl-
I lusiim to the Southern Address and its
. signers, hitting hard upon Judge Jolm
. 8"n silling near him. In short, he dis-
I inteired many old tinpleasonl scrapes of
. both friend nod foe, which his fire, eating
. friends ditl not at all relish. Mr. Col
. quilt siys that he has retired into private
. lift, though line w ould judge from the
egotistical strain in which he indulged,
I toil ill” hints which drnped, wilfiot much
, notice, that lie would nut object to pub*
lie lilt*, if lie had half a chance. Like all
. his * (forts, the one on die present occa
was iulcrspers-d with offensive vul
. gutriv, hideous grimaces, and droll
, i low tißli action, more suitable In a cir
.idis nr a theater, than a deiberalive as
e 1 sembly. Like Mr. Haralson though
i, more squeaoii-h, he would not object to
| receive liis old associates back into the so
s j lulled Demon atje fold ugnin, if thy come,
which is an important qualification.—
He would also ctwdesced to take the
Whigs by the hand, provided h< wevtr,
they will fall down ami worship him !
Thus ended this farstcal show. The
question is will the Union Democrats ac
cept the invitation so patronizingly ex
tended and return to the arms of’ their
neglectgd love ! They'll do o of course.
Yours, Sin., W,
C. B.YOl'MiliLOOfi, war
OGLETHORPE Dk. 5 ih 1851.
Agents for the South-West Georgian,
Spencer Caldwell, Fort Gaines, Ga
Jeter A. Hogue, near Amerints , do.
Col. Wit, T. Pkrains, Cuthbe.rt, do.
G. Cakitiieks, Esq. Cvthbert, do.
Gilbert JVI. Stokes, Slade, Lr.c co. do.
Dr. Wm. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do.
M. L. Holman, Brooksnille, Str.w'rt do. •
A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do.
John W r . Griffin, Griffin, do.
J. TANARUS, Mav, Fraoeisvillc, do.
W. J. Parker, Cheutiba. Lee Cos., do.
A. J. Williams, Agent for Svmter co.
Cullen Webb, Traveler's Rest do.
French Haggard, Athens do.
Ucdtictioii in the ii'ims ot Hie
South-West Georgian.
After the first day oj October the Geor
gian will be furnished so subscribers
at the following rates :
SI,OO lor G mouths, if paid in advance,
125 “ “ if not paid in advance.
2,00 for 12 months if paid in advance,
2,50 “ “ if not paid in advance,
Inducements to Cfitbs.
Five Copies 6 months for $4,00 in advance,
Ten Copies “ “ 7,00 “
Five Copies 12 months “ 8,00 “
Ten Copies “ “ “ 15,00 **
Fifteen Copies 12 mo. “ 20,00 “
We have been induced to oiler the above
terms in order lo increase the circulation of
our paper, and for that purpose we earnslly
solicit the co-operation of our iiiends. If
we meet with sufficient enruragement-, wv
intend getting new material in u few mouths
and enlarging our paper.
Union Nomination For County Officers
At a meeting on Tuesday lasi, of the
delegates of this comity, selected for the
purpose of nominating suitable can
didates for Comity Officers, the (ills
lowing gentlemen were nominated:
For Slietiff—Davis Gamniape.
For Clerk (Superior Court—W. W. Corbitt.
For Clerk Inferior Court—W J. Collins.
For Tax Collector Wm; Sliealy:
Foi County surveyor Elijah Williams.
For Coroner John Cox.
Dtculedly Unkind, Unbecoming Un
genlleinanly and Uncalled for. —In the
Georgian of week before last, we gave
our m iglibor over the way a good humored
hit, politically, in relation lo his hoisting
the name of Carles J. McDonald for
\ ice President. In answer to our arti
cle, lie has seen fit to tumble out confu
sedly, from the rubbish of liis brain, an
article without arl, invention, judgement,
wit or learning, harsh, rude, insolent, in
discreet and ill-composed, pouncing npo n
a private individual, that had no connec
tion with the mailer either directly or
indirectly, and using him as a hubby to
ride over us 11 rough shod.” Not satisfied
wnil making a burlesque of poor Me. lie
must seize upon some opportunity ho tv*
ever uncalled for, to attempt at best,
sarcastically as he thought, lo make a’
burlesque of one of his ow n advertising
customers; Reason—we suppose, be
cause this same customer pairnnzed the
Georgian also, and directed liis card
placed before the public precisely as it
now appears. This is the second lime
that the Editor of the Democrat has look
occasion to interfere with the private af
fairs of our paper, — first, in reference to
our Prices Current, w hich interferem e
was as equally untimed and uncalled for
as bis nonsensical article in rekiiion I o
Dr. H’s Advertisement. Now we should
have thought that a tnan who possessed
such an inexhaustible store of egotistical
bombast and *• big words” as does the
Editor of the Democrat, could have com
manded suffictient material j to w liave
“ used os up” completely, without re
sorting lo the low and ungentlemanly act
of handling the name of an unsuspecting
private individual, in a retort on us fur
an article which no construction could
have been plaeed upon to justify.
We hope our neighbor of the Demo
crat will in future, so djrecl liis bombas
tic sarcasms as not to interfere w ith mat
ters which are entirly foreign to liis sub
ject and do not in the least concern him.
A Change in the Magnolia House.
We are happy to acquaint (he public
wiili the fact that Mr. Blow, formerly',
of Macon, who is an old an experienced
hand, at Tavern keeping, has associated
himself with Dr. A. M. Thomason ol the
.Magnolia House, where he will ever he
found ready In receive and accomodate
all who favor him with a call.
Eating Saloon.
We would call the attention of our
country liiends to the fact that Jackson
&, Powell, immediately under our office,
have fitted up a neat establishment w here
fresh Oysiers, Haiti and Eggs and other
eaiahles are set ved tip in the very best
si vie whenever called for. When yon
visit our city, if you are fond ofreal lux
uiies, he sure ami give them a call, and
whep yu have enjoyed the rich ireai
which never fails to produce kin.l feelings
and good humor, just call up and see how
the “ Georgian” is getting on—we shall
be happy to see you,
Texas Corrcspondmce of the SoulhAVesl
Georgian.
State of Texas in Wako County.
Deer Mister Editor,
I'm in a fix, anti as you uslo no old
Jack Smith, I tliot Pde rite to you about
it, and no how logit out of it.
Well you no oltl Cornel Brown ; if
yon ilont, 7le tel you who lie was. Why
lie is Cornel Brown, and evry body sez
lie’s a mighty clever feller, speshnlly the
young lokes, cause he’s got three gals,
all tip Kip gals, but Molly, and she’s the
puniest, snialies and finest gal in all Wa
ko County. Her rite name is Mary,
but for short they all call her Molly ;
she’s got blue ize and aw burn hare, as
oltl Mager Stokes sez, and ile tel you ive
a mighty stroug notion ol gwiue to that
place in Georgy or Alabiimcnld nwbun,
to see if llieelimale wont change mine for
mi hare is so blink, you can hardly tel
w hether you see it or w hether you are
look in at nothin. Well ive bin courlin
•Molly then, six weeks, and last Sunday
I goes over to old Curnel Browns, and
as is allway the care, the old Curnel
■viildent give me morn half a chance to
talk with Molly. He’s allways tilkin
bout miisterin and solgers and wars, nnd
as the Bible sez rumors of wars, and Mex
ico and Californy a Yootough and Stales
and constitnsinns and Unions and fireea
ters and politicks and all sicli fnolishenes
as that, and alter all, sez he,jon Smith,
ime gwine to ron.-ign my offis of Curnel,
and bein as your as nice a man as any,
howd you like t o be Cornel of ibis
Comity. Party wel sez I, but I thought
ide much rulher he a capten niong the
gals. 1 only sed so lo please the old
man, f>>r you no you ought to git on the
rite side of cm spesally when tliey’v got
so many gals. Well sez he ime gwiue
to consign mw flit tninorn at noisier, and
ile teT all the b-kes that you are the most
sotnblcst mail in the county, for Cornel,
and dial you are willin to sarve the pub
lic, and have yon leeled, nnd then ii will
he Curnel Stnlli; I lei you wha! Molly
looked mighty strait ai me, when the
old feller sed Cornel Smith. VVell sure
enoflf on inonday, the old Cornel con
signed, and sez—feller citizens Mr. jon
Smith is gw ioe to offer for a candy dale,
and I want all the Union men to vote for
him, and so Major Jones, he puts op pa
pers that there was a lection to he for
Curnel, nnd jon Smith was a randy date,
hut Mager Snipes’ lie rote to New York
and had a hole lot of papers printed that
Bil Jinkins was a Sii'.hern rites candid
ate, and he sed that he was willin to whip
the north, nnd all sicli stuff. Well yis.-
terily was the lectiotl day and 1 tel you 1
fell sorter fainty when I went to town and
* sees Bil Jiukin in his full tinybirni w ith his
fine feather cap, and silver applits and
sword, rhargin about on his old gray
boss, and the fellers hollerin look at old
Gdiral Tailor, look at old vvhity and Bil
he was hollerin and trealin and saying
lied whip the north, and make niggers as
plenty as blackberries. Well old Mistur
Stokes sez treat Smith, and sez |, Jim
Davis, sei ooi likpr for Jon Smith. Well
sez old Cornel Brown, ihats the way
with these fire eaters, they charge about
the north and send off rite strait, and
have their fine fixins and printin and all
sicli done in Boston and N"w York, and
the fellers begin to drink and holler
lionraw lor Curnel Smith.—Give us a
speech Curnel Smiili, and sez I, no ile
go and ride op so they cai) all see, and
hear fust. So I goes and gits on old
Beck Mule, and rides up, and sez J, you
see the way dial feller Bil Jinkids, lie sez
all he can about the north, and then sends
rite tliar for his miliierry fixins. Well
ime gwine to git mine in Texas and be
a honest man. Just about then they
called for me, and Bil Jinkins, to, if we
war willin to count the votes, sez lie ves,
. •
any time sez I.—Well ilia begin, and
ihey called out Jinkins, Jinkins, and
none for Smith; so l begin to think 1
was a gone sucker ; and 1 w alked out ol
the Court house, down to Jim Davises
Grocery and sc? I, Jim, lets settle—wel
s>ez lie, here’s y our count; thiriene dollers
and three qurlers. Well 7 declaie 7
tliot it would be bout three q iarters of a
dollar, and 7 had only twelve dollars and
a hall, 7 got for splittin rails; (ben jim
Davis begin to talk about put (in the
Comity Cornel in jale for a dollar and a
quarter. So i slipl out as easy as a cat
after a mouse, and cut straps on old beck
for home.
Now Mistur Ediiur, il you can tel me
how to git out ol this scrape, ile never be
another candidate*
Yours in hast,
JON SMITH,
State ov texes vrakuw county
Mistur Ediiur—dere ser —1 lake tiiv
pen in hand tu inform you that as i went
tu town the tidier day tu likerize a little
aftur our leckshuu spre dial cum of too or
tlire days ago i hupens to stagur in tu tile
post of is an while i wos tliar i j'n-t tliot ide
git that nasty good fur nothin aberlishun
paper stompi aw ay over tliar in the state
ov georgy tvliar dad use to liv afor he turn
tu these digins,— that makes sicli a lar
nui fits about south kerlyner an seisesbuti
an jist tare it mtu dolrags afar the old
chap layd liis -peepeis on it. dad an i
split poly licks jist alore the leckshuu cans
old sqire hickiimbotuin sed i should be
lectcd county Iturntl ifidejine the suth
em riles parly, an ole sqire liickombotum
is jist got wun ov the nicest gals in llic.-e
parts, an lie stz how now body but gin
ralor a knrnel knn trot round liis dorter,
an (lints entif tu make eny rommiiu b Her
turn bis polyticks, so iji.-t cum over tu
die stitliein rites parly, an run for kernel
agin jon smith an got beet, an ihen i frit
jist like i could lick a hole cow pen I■■ I ov
tlie fellers that was rijoicin an holerin
linraw fur the yoiiuiu, an Imravv for kur
11eI smith, —so i jist tliot i<le trot round
awhile, an il i cold lay my peepers on
jon smith ide giv him won nv ilie
est lickins ever you lisern tell ov—so i
rid down lojiin dnvi. grocery an fie worm
tliar fur jim ilav is (old me be dt mril it• in
cleanout ov low u cause he c.mblot qiie
sqare lip liis lifer i jist nairaly
covoried when i hem that; an i komened
tillin all the fellers in town ov it, an ole
kuruel browfi liern tiv ii, an goi ratliy an
sed if i dint sing smal, lied have me put
ill jale far slandt rio smith, so i tliot i<le
beler leve them parts, an i tor tit I ole grays
lied lords dads, in It Uetl out a title ov
the qickest.—but i lilt to furgot to tel
you, when i went into die post oils.(oilier
day lino sholil i sea but jon smith liuu
din a letter tu ibe post ofis fearer, an i
node in a minil it wur sumtliiog tmui oni
leckshuu scrape, so i tliot iile jist b*>hi
on an find out al i could, an nrtcr lie left
sez i mistur post ofis Iteaper, ide life tu
no vv liar that feller |ou smith is tiiin in,
if youv got no idijerk'Tuis,—sez he bill
ginkins its non ov your bisnes, an es ii
wos its ginst the law to spose a mans
leiers tu the pnhlick, wel sez i mistur
post ofis kenper, as shore as your hornd
lies rit sumiliing ginst the soiliern rits
parly in that leier, an es void let me sea
it ile find out al boot ii, i node lie war a
suiliern riles man,an win ii lie hern thai,
he jist ban Id it tile out, an sez lie, bill
ginkins efyoul keap it a seaerei ii e ml
you vvlmr its gwiue tu good 7 , i_ il e
never tel a sole ov it, wel sez hi p, drec'd
to the edilurjov the southwestern georgyn
slompl in sum new pluse way over iliar,
they cal ogeltiiorp ; so i jist went i ile
back home an rit this liter lo you to no
what he sed bout me an the suiliern rites
prty, an es lie sed enytliing misrespeclbdv
ile have him rid on a rale die very next
mu ste rin day, es tliar is southern rites fil
ers entif in llie county to doo it, an that
ole humpbacked knrnel brow n beter Ink
sharp or ile nuke him (oat wun end ov
the rale, nothin more at present, yourn
in hast til deth.
VV7LUM GINKINS. i
House of Representatives.
On the call of the Counties the follow
ing Bills were introduced and read the
first time:
By Mr. Tift, a Bill to authorize the
Savannah and Albany Railroad Com
pany, to make and use Plank or RJc-
Adainized Roads in connection with or
in lieu of their road and branches, and
to authorise the State to assist in the
construction ol said road, on certain con
ditions therein named.
By Mr. Smith, a Bill to compensate
owners ol Slaves executed for capital
offences
Mr. Thurmond presented the peti
tion of John J. Flournoy of Jacltson
County, praying the repeal of the law
which declares the deaf and dumb idiots
so far as to appoint guardians for them ;
also to establish the right ol Polygamy.
This latter crotchet must have taken a
very tenacious Imid of the hrain of Mr.
Flournoy, for I remember he was before
the Legislature, four years ago, with a i
similar petition. 1 wonder he don’t re
move to Turkey, where he might enjoy i
the ptivileges lie is asking for, without I
.
] requiring the united wisdom of.tlie State
to frame a law to enable him to enjoy a
wile or two more. 7
By Mr. Thurmond, a Bill >o authorize
husbands to collect, st.e for, and recov
er all the property, real and personal, of
their deceased wives without administer
ing on their estates, and also to prescribe
their liabilities for the debts and con,
tracts of their deceased wives in certain
cases.
By Mr. Stephens, a Bill to provide
for the repairs of the State Road, and
to incorporate the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company, The oltjed of the
Bill is lo sell so many shares of stock in
that road as will leave the Slate lioldThg
a majority of ihe sto. k, and lo have the
road managed by a company. Mr,
Stephens stated that the Bill had been
sent lo him for presentation to the House
by Professor McCoy, of the University
of Georgia, and that he did not offer ir as
containing his own views. The Bill
was referred lo I lie committee on intern
al /mprovenieuts.
On motion of Mr. Thurmond, the
Judiciary Committee were I'pquired o
examine whether our laws forbid the rotn
intt inio this .Slate o( ft-lions for political
o(Tellers in foreign Slates ; and il so, to
report a Bill lo repeal the same.
The House then took up the Bill lo
ratify the eontract lor Jr on entered into
by Gov. low ns and the Chit ! Engineer
“I the Slate Hoad, Oil motion of judge
Merriwether, the Bill was amended so
as lo require all pin meats of bonds to
be made in the United States; with
which amendment the Bill passed with
out opposition.
Ari solution passed both the Senate
ami FI onse lo allow Rt-v. Mr. White,
ol Savannah, to lake Irtim the basenit rjt
ol the Capitol a quantity ol old news
papers, to aid him in w riting a history
ol Georgia, in w-hn It be is now engaged,
.Sit['.ltit’ FS. — A I.ili has bc< ij fotriv-
I duct'd in the Legislature to make de(miv
j Sin riffs im ligible to the offtt e nl’ Sheriff
| till two years ttln r the ex-pi rat ion ol his
let tit ol office. ‘1 Ids w e think is decided
ly wrong— instead ~| raisin a hat tier of
this sort, the LfgUlnture ought loit tnove
ihe one, that tltt.ki s the slictill ineligible,
it can be o! no h.utii to the pul.lc, to
lone this offita r eligible for all time ant)
eternally il tbe people will elect biin,
the sale-g n tin I- which ate thenw n around
l>\ law are snftii i> titlt sluing it* prolet t
die public Irtim any damage. If tin ‘hill
proposed im.etiiiif* a law, we shall alw a\ s
lone Hi w and inexj t tit need nlliieis,
” l'l< bin the hint: run, w til lie about as
illjiitintis to piibljf ; init rests,,a^,ry.iy’
siiguoiion that tin \ i intlil hit upon.—
We hope and believe that the bill will he
killed. . , .
i• i’ .•j i.
Coun. il ( huiubcr D, c 27, 1851.
RbGUI.AU MEETING.
Present the President.
Gotti is let i son, Williams, Greer.
Absent—C'oin’r A ‘lib ft rn.
Minutes of ihe las! meeting ieatl
and confound. ■
A. Al. ‘I In ttiason’s prater, alter in
i vestigaiion, was nj. cled.
(. oiii’i’ Jet rsun presentetl his report
i 0,1 ‘be Cle'ks and Marshals honks, but it
was laid u\er till next met ling lor action.
The licens grnnti and to W. 11. H. Big
: liiini for the use of ilt ten pin Alley, was
J declnrt and forfeited, and lietcb} retuked.
i Six policemen were apj ointed to at t
: lor ihe remainder of this tear; who were
P. R. Slat!lieli!, Ross Jtitti s, John B.
| Gibson, Jam s O. Hodges, William
I Boswofll: itttd A. Wen*.
I he lolluwiiig Ordinances were passed
; ordered to Ire published and spread
uppll the By.laws.
Slaves J or Sale.
Any person or persons, w ho shall bring
jor cause jo be brought, to the (own of
j Oglethorpe, any slave or slates, for the
j purpose ol’ selling or trading thereon,
| shall pay to the Clerk the stint of iweniy
jfite Dollars, which may allow them the
privilege of selling, trading and traffick
ing on slates, lor the term of twelve
inonthti front the date thereof.
Ptovit'ed, that persons living perma
nently in the town, wlto keep slaves,conx
siaiuly on hand, lor sale shall not be Si!:- .
jeet to said tax, but shall pay the stun of
one dollar, on each slave so kept.’ ’
Horses and Mules. „ _
All Drovers of Mules or Horses, on
entering town shall pay to the Clerk, the
sunt ol five dollars, as a licenes for the
term of twelve months. ‘
B. ALSTON HUDSON;
President Board of Com’rs
Tes;—E. W. Allen c. c.
Plank Roads to Columbus.
The citizens of Columbus, in a public
meeting, have passed restitutions calling
upon the authorities to subsetibe, in city
Bonds, the suit, ol $40,000 towards the
construction of a Plank Road Irom Co
lumbus to Lannahassee, Lumpkin, or
some other point in Stewart county; also,
the further sum of $40,000 towards the
construction of another Plank Road
fiom Columbus to Ellerslie, with braclice