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VOLUME 11. ‘ffina (botibiiibib PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING LOTT WARREIT—Editor. J J. M. OIBBS-Pttbllli-r. TERMS I TWO DOLLARS per anuum, if paid in ad vance. THREE DOLLARS will, in all instances, be demanded when payment is delayed. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Dollar per square for the insertion,and Fifty Cents for each afterward. A Square is twelve lines, nr less. Kvertv *dv£Siisa!WUk'Jiß.ndejrjln being tnarkeawith the number will be published until forbid, and charged accord ingly. Liberal contracts made with those who advertise _ *y the quarter or year. Far announcing candidates for office Three Dol lars, in advance. Legal advertisements inserted at the usual rates PROFESSIONAL CARDS, DOUGLASS & DOUGLASS, Attorneys at Lav. Cuthbert. Ga. VAT"ILL practice in the South-Western Cir- cuit, and in Siewart county KUGEKIUS L. DOUGLASS. | MARCELLUS DOUGLASS. Dec. 17. 1863—1 y ’ VARRES A WARREN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ALBANY, GEORGIA. WILL practice in the following Counties:— Sumter, Baker, Early, Thomas, Lee, Ran dolph, Decatur and Lownds. LOTT WARREN, L. P. D. WARREN. Jane 17, 1853—1 y K. J. IVARREjV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Starkville, Georgia. July 1,1853—1 y C. J. WALKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW LUMPKIN, GEORGIA. November 12. 1852. ly HENRI MORGAN, ATTORNEY AT LA W, ALBANY, GEORGIA. TUU’ILL practice in the Courts of the South- We,ievn ami Sonlhettr Circuit*. Office up stairs in the old Franklin Hall, next door to the‘Georgia Courier. June 17, 1853—ts THOMAS C. SPICER, Attorney -A-t Law, ALBANY, GEORGIA. Jaly 23, 1853—1 y R. K. IIINES ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, CA. July 16,1853—if WILLIAM E. SMITH, Attorney at Law, ALRANY, GEORGIA. WILL attend to professional business in the Superior Courts of Sumpte', Lee, Randolph, Baker, Early, Decatur and Lowndes; and in the Inferior Courts of Baker and Lee counties. ALSO, in the several Courts of Ordinary of Baker county. Office, upstairs, on door West of J. C. Davis’ Store, Oct 8,1853 —ts W. B. BENNETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LUMPKIN, Siewart County, Georgia, will give prompt attemion to business entrus*ed ta his care. January, 14, 1853. lv DR. PRESTON, TENDERS his services to the citizen of Al bany and vicinity. For his Prefessional and private character, he begs leave to refer to the following gentlemen: LAURENS COUNTY. G. M. Troup, | Dr. Guyton, | Dr. Ard. THOMASVJLLE. Dr. Adams, | Brandon <fc Winn, Hon. James L. Seward. BAKER-COUNTY. A. Y. Hampton, Esq. | John F. Spicer, Esq. Hardy Griffin, Esq. AMERICUS. Dr.Vogt, | Dr. Fish, | Dr. Winn, | Col.Suilivan, Major Moore. CT Office, Welch, Sherman &. Cos. November 5,1853 —ts Dr. WM. P. JENNINGS OFFERS his professional services, to the cifi“ zens of Albany, and the surrounding coun try, and hopes by strict attention to his profes sional duties, with an experience of Sixteen years practice, to merit a share of public patron • ge. He may be found at his office a few doors West of the Post Office, or at his residence, ops pposit the Presbyterian Church. July 23,1853—1 y FLOYD HOUSE, MACON GEORGIA. CL W. A J. C. ASHBURY, PROPRIETORS. ■ CrOMNIBUS Line for the HOUSE, by COOPER & CO. & WHITEHEAD, Merchants Street, <TI)c ©corgm Courier A BILL T o be entitled an Act to lay off and organize anew County from the county of Baker, and to attach the same to a judicial, Congressional and Military district. IN SENATE. Read Ist time, Nov. 10th. 1853. “ 2d time, Nov. 23d, 1853. “ 3rd time Dec. 2d, 1853. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Read Ist time, Dec. 9th, 1853. ‘• 2nd time, Dec 10th. 1853. “ 3rd time, Doc 13,1853and passed Be it enacted by the Senate and Housejof Representatives of the State ~of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same , That there shall be anew county laid out and formed from the county of Baker, to be bounded as fol lows: Beginning at the extreme N. E- corner of said county, and thence west, on the present county line and Lee county, until it intersects with the most westerly main run of the Chickesawbatchee creek, embracing in said new county all of Grimmett’s Causeway and certain islands known as Pine Islands; thence down said westerly run to the point where it in tersects with the land district line, run ning from east to west, and dividing the First, Second and Third Districts of B ker county from the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Districts of the same thence,east on sad District line to the point where it intersects with the county-line between Irwin and Baker counties— thence north on said line to the point where it intersects with said most norih eastern extreme point of said Baker county, and that the terri torv tlius included shall form anew county to be called the county of Doucherty, and that the same shall be attached to the Judicial and foil gressional District, and Military Brig ade to which said county now belongs. And be it further enacted, That the qualified voters within the said new County, shall, on the first Monday in January next, at the several election precincts already established by law. which are included in said new coun ty, proceed pursuant to the election law now of elect all count} officers, necessary ot Mild m£w liv. Mi! Ibp ■''la;’ Com t i li*■ r < 01. so i c e all election and advertise lor the eleciion of the re quisite number of Justices of the Peace, and the Governor, on being duly certified of ihe election afore said, shall commission the persons elected according to law. Sec. 3 And be it farther enacted , Tlatthe Inferior Court of said county shall select and locate a site for the public buildiligs within the limits of the city of Albany, and provide the erection of the same, and make such temporary arrangements for the transaction of the public business of said new county, that in the mean time may be necessary and proper. Sec. 4. And all officers now in com mission whoshall he idcluded within the limits of said new county, shall hold their commissions and exercise the duties of the several officers with in said county until their successors shall have been elected and qualified except Justices of the Peace and Constables, who shall hold their offi ces until the expiration of their terms. Sec. 5. Thai all mesne, process, ex ecutions and all other final process in hands of the Sheriff, Coroners and Constables of the counties of which the new county may be formed and which properly belong to said new county and which may have been levied and in part executed, and such proceedings therein shall not be final ly disposed of’ at the time of passing this act. shall be delivered over to the corresponding officers of said new county; and such officers are hereby authorized and required to proceed with the same and in the same man ner as if the process had been origi nally in their hands, Provided, that in all cases, publication of the time and places of sale and proceedingsoflike character in the new county, shall be made for the time now prescribed by law 7 ; and all such process which prop erly belong to the county out of whicn said new county may be formed,which may be in the hands of the officers of said new county shall in like manner be delivered over to the officers of said county to be executed by them in the manner herein prescribed. Sec. G. And be it further enacted, That actions now pending i t the coun ty from which said new county is tak en, wherein the defendant or defend ants may be included in said new coun ty shall be transferred with all papers relating thereto, and trial had in said new county where the defendant re sides—provided, that in every case no cause shall proceed without the cer tificate of the Clerk of the Court from whence said causes came, that the pa pers in the cause are the original pa ALBAYY, DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GIBORGIA, DECEMBER 34, 1853. pers from the file of his office, and upon making such certificate the Clerk shall be entitled to have from the plaintiff or plaintiffs all cost which may have accrued in the cause, and the amount of said accrued cost shall be set forth in the Clerk’s said original certificate, which shall make a part of the cost to abide the final result. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the Inferior Court, Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts, Sheriffs of said new county shall, as soon as convenient after their qualificatitUL from the best in ior he eiiabred_w>-firocure, make S||jßf||| fion of ihe Grand and Petit ■BBSS and proceed to the drawing as pointed cut by law, tor the Superior and Inferior courts, shall be held at such times as mH||||||] fixed by law. and incase no times are fixed, the shall be held on the Ist June and December, and the InfiHH Courts on the Ist Mondays in MjHH and September, and the Ofdtfrary™|| the 2d monday in each month. Sec. 8. And be it further That the Inferior Court of said new county shall have power to levy and collect ail extra Tax for county pur poses, of such per cent, on the Stale Tax as to the said Court may seem necessary and proper—and further, that the persons in the territory com prising the new county, shall be liable pro rata, according to the tax returns of the several districts for the year preceding, for what the debt of the county of Baker may be at the time of the passage of this bill, and that the inferior court of said county, to be elected, shall have power to levy a sufficient Tax for this purpose. Sec*. 9. And be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws mili tating against the foregoing, be, and the same are hereby repealed. The concert given by the Georgia Acatkemy for the Blind, in the llep re > sentative Hall last night, was well attended ; and as on the previous eve ning, the performances were very creditable. Master Francis Hodges fGrfcarroll. and Miss X Vjntif.r'l’ n* seem to h<* 4j — i-wneifmi ia- IT : ii. nrst for his astonishing ■fT on the violin, and the latter, for ner beauty of person, and surpassing sweetness of voice. There are others among the pupils also worthy of a particular notice—indeed there is not one who is not—but 1 was so unfortu nate as not to have caught any other names. The institulion for the last two years, has been receiving annually $5,- 000 from the State. Their numbers have greatly increased within the last year, and their buildings are now lull. To receive more pupils, which they hope to do—as there are 50 or 75 more in the State ol the right age to receive instructions —they will have to in crease the size of their building; and it is suggested that the State should make appropriations for the erection of suitable buildings for the Institution. 1 think ihe suggestion a good one, and hope the Legislature will act upon it. Incident of the Methodist Church —Property Question. —One of the most interesting circumstances con nected with the proceedings of the Missionary Anniversary at Chapel last night, was the addJfWr Rev. E. W. Sehqn, Corresponding Sec retary to the Missionary Society of the Church Soulh wfio announced the receipt of intelligence from the Com promise Adjustment Committee in New York, presided over by Honora ble Judge McLean, that when the final decision was announced, the Honora ble Chairman Overcome with emotion while tears came to every eye, called all to solemn prayer, which was unit ed in by every heart. Every eye there glistened with joy, hands clenched hands, and pledges and protestations were then given that friendship and union of hearts in the same divine mis sion for the salvation of man and the glory of God should ever characterise both North and Soffth. This recon - ciliation gives univeial gratification. — Cin. Gaz., 6lh. To Cure the Tooth^Be. —Take a paper of Tobacco, pour iqßn it a wine glass of warm water, sque out part of the moisture, and the pulp upon a slice of it as a plaster to the face. like it for the toothache—the ouly remedy for it in its the ague in the face. A sharp talking lady was rtfproved by her husband, who requested her to keep her tongue in her mouth. “My dear,” responded the wife, ! “it is against the law to carry concealed weapons.” ‘ Industry must prosper,’ as the man said when holding the baby, while his wife chopped wood. ” POLITICAL. President Pierce’s Administration Condcnned. Letter from the Honorable Ecmund Burke, of New Hampshire. The following letter was written by the Hon. Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire, in reply to an invitation to attend the great meeting in New YorDi u honor of the, triumph of the N^B on als over the Freesol or Pierce Mr. Burke is a democrat gßWid more to nominate Mr. Pierce man m the Union- Bead says: N. 11. Nov 21,1853. —Your letter of the 17th. nn- to attend a congrat ee 1 ’ ng of the Nation the city of N. York. , *"■ . Bthe Metmpoliten Hall, SSHHSHBB|jBst., has this moment 1 regret that circum- HHHKIt it is unnessary to it impossible for tne ■BBour invitation. ' er ’ embrace the occasion to you my most sincere and congratulations on the re- of the noble and intre pid Bernocracy of New Y r ork, over the free soil faction of your State, and their allies, the Cabinet at Washing ton. It will mark an era in the po litical tiiktory of this country, from which Will date the renovation of the democratic party in its pristine puri ty, vigjor and energy. It is an event from much good must result, if the President shall truly intepret its teachings, and conform his future po licy toipieir dictates. Frtfnmlhe very commencement of the e)\ tßpnce of the present administra lion, tamigs seem to have gone wrong. The \Vry structure of the Cabinet was an mror, and 1 say it not in censure of administration, hut in sorrow. It not made up of the right ma- The selection ol the princi- of timber in it ihe premier was a mistak. Although an and one who hajykm^l^ i . J > r < i(i Hill thertrore that he should bring any thing but weakness to the Adminis tration. Gen. Cushing’s appointment was not more fortunate.DVithin ten years he has Bled conspicious positions in as many as four different parties; viz: the whig proper, the Tyler whig, the Massachusetts coalition, and the de mocrat!’! parties. A mail with such antecedents, so fresh and fragrant in history,could not have the confidence of any party. And I think I assert the truth, when 1 say. that there is not an rid, original, true Democrat in all Ne*r England, who at heart ap proves af his appointment. He c<>uld not. thrfefore, have brought any po litical strength to the administration. I camenigh omitting to say, that, dur ing thesix years lie was in Congress with ms, he voted for eyery abolition propostion offered and advocated by Joshuaß. Giddings and John Quincy Adams Jefleson Davis is a high-toned man and a ihivalious gentleman. Hut he belong'd to the, opposite extreme. — Aluyg. death, he became the Aud it is re markable to see. in the history of Gen. Davis and his faction, and the free soil faction, how extremes will meet". In Congress they were both against the settlement of the slave question— against the compromise—lor contin ued agitation. It is not strange there fore, that he should sympathize with the freesoil (action of the North. It is strange that the Charleston (S. C.) Murcury, and papers of the like stamp in the Bouth should, as they do, sym pathize with and support the same faction. They would he untrue to their instincts, false to their past sin ister pnrposes. if they took any other course. But my design was simply to say, that General Davis, with his well known sentiments and past his lory, was not a proper man to form part of a Cabinet charged by the peo ple witti the great mission of carry ingout the Union principle which form ed the transcendent issue of the last Prasidential election. And What shall 1 say of Mr. Guth rie, now so illustrious, notorious?— Nothing. We never heard of him east of the Alleghanies until he turned up Secretary of the Treasuary. And he is destined to recede to the same ob scurity in the accident from which he emerged. composed of such mate rial not but he ignommotis.— And its al>Jion has corresponded with its composSion. In the very commenc ment of its iareer, it started out on a wrong i>r ilftude. Instead of recog nizing thet l\ion principle, or devo tion to the comromise measures ot 1850, ns the polaXstar which should guide its hark in the pathway of the uncertain future, it adopted the spoils principiple as its true chafrt and com pass. And this principle has been ad ministered upon two different systems, or rather two different objects; first, to buy up and silence the leaders of factions hosiile to the true, unwaver ing, and honest democracy, and, se cond, to subsidize the press. Hence we have seen the highest honors of our Government showered upon the leaders of a faction not only hostile to the democratic party, hut u> the Constitution and the Union, And we have seen more editors appointed to office within the last six months than under all former administrations put together. Wherever an editor was found located near a post office worth having, he has been snapped up and forthwith put into it. And some hon est and high-minded editors, who have gone to Washingiou, to get offices lor their friends, hive been seized by .the shoulders Htid thrust, nolens rob ns. into the very offices which they hum bly petitioned for their friends. 1 can not conjecture why so many gentle men of the press have been impress ed into the pail service ot the Cabi net, unless they were to he used as a mercenary Swiss corps, in shooting down the veteran ‘Old Guard” ot the democratic party, if they should ven ture to protest against such a use be ing made of the great victory, achiev ed through their valor and devotion to the cause, in Nov. of 1852. This was all a mistake, and could result only in disappointment and mor tification. The Scverign Amei uan People cannot he bought up by offices, nor intimidated by a subsidized press. At tlie present time public opinion,in this country cannot he suppressed, if every press in it were muzzled, or corrupted. The timeAius not eume heie lor the - oi he himi 11\ e to < ■ BP • ’ counter. The ~t teaches a return to thetrue upon which the administration was elevated to power— Union principle— the true interpretation and adminis tration of wnich was confided by the American people to the President by the election of 1852. That the President will so interpret the portents of your late elections. I have no doubt. We believe him to he ssund in principle, and honest in pur- j pose. He has undoubtedly yielded the | convictions his own good judgment j to the advice of men in his Cabinet, who had purposes of their own to 4ae compiish;& hence have led his adm n islration into error. But lain rejoiced to say that is not a fatal error 3: may be retrieved. It can he retrieved by a re'Organi?ation of the Cabinet upon prnciples which truly accord with ilu- Baltimore platform,regarded as a pi it- j form of principles, and not a bargain between a coalition of bandit lac ions for the spoils. The President cannot fail now to see that the National Democracy of the | North form a potent element in the great democratic party of the Union. The South must unite with us. 1J it • ■ ‘oes not unite with us, ii will j have no reliable all es in the. North, when the time of trial comes Tiffs fact the South must see and appreciate. And hence 1 inter that the South will unite with the Nation al Democracy of the North forming with them a perfect and indissoluble union. Thus united, the National de mocracy of the North and South will compose the great de nocratic party of Union, which, in all future elec tions, will he compact, impregnable and triumphant. The Presi l- n will see that such must be the solution of the present embarrasments of the de mocratic party. And 1 doubt not that his future action will conform to the honest convictions of his mind. He has only to place himself iti ac cord with the great National Demo cratic party of the North and South, in order to ensure a glorious and bril liant termination of his administra tion. And he can do that, by a com plete, perhaps partial, re organiza tion of his Cabinet. But, if he shall retain his present Cabinet and con tinue to permit them to proscribe and persecute the true men of his party, as they have done, he can only look to the National Democracy for a cold support of his politioal measures which they will give them from prin ciple, without that cordialitx and en thusiasm which result from warm per sonal esteem and attachment. The j National Democracy desire the suc cess und glory of the President’s Ad | ministration, and they are ready to : Contribute more lhan their share to j such a t-onsumation, if they can do it j without a compromise of their prin ciples arid a sacrifice of their dignity and self-respect as gentlemen. 1 am very respectfully, Your obedient servant, EDMUND BUR&E. Erasttis W. Glover, Esq. and others, | Committee, etc. J r. in the Savannah Republican. ! Presidential IMcdgc* vs. Presiden tial Performances. The first annual Message of Presi : dent Pierce has been read and digest ed ere this, and the public is now pre- I pared to draw a contrast between his ; pledges and his performances. We | have heretofore intimated that the President is one of those rulers whose | sailings are more commendable than his arts. The mope closely we scan his public papers, the more thoroughly are we satisfied of the truth of this criticism. We propose to recall a few j of the facts which have led us to this I conclusion. In his letter of acceptance, Mr. | Pieioe. said he gave in his adhesion to ’ the Baltimore platform, not because it | was expected of him. but because it received the sanction of his judgment.- A resolution endorsing the Compro mise measures constituted an impor tant portion of that platform. In his Inaugural Address he renew ed his pledges of fidelity to the Com ; promise, and employed language so I strong in announcing his determina | tion io abide by and uphold it as a set*- i tlenient of the questions it embraced, ! as greatly to encourage the friends of I he measure who had been instrumen j tal in iis adoption. His language was equally emphatic when he came to speak of the enemies of the Union, and the disturbers of the national quiet— those men in both sections of the coun try who iiad cast their influence, the one against the passage of the Com promise. and the other against its pas sage and a \ i h. rd exe- Ii ;s somewhat delph ic, yet he seems desirous to be under stood as renewing his former pledges. Such are the promises of the Presi dent. His acts are fresh in the minds of the people. The pledge contained in his Inaugural had hardly passed from h;s lips, before he announced to tite country a Cabinet composed chief ly of the opponents of the Compromise. No member of the Cabinet was distin guished asa friend of the Adjustment; whereas, at least one of them was a Frecsoiler and another a Secessionist. Having arranged his Cabinet, the President proceeded to the distribution of the offices within his gift, a large majority of which he gave to the op ponents of the very sentiments enun-- siated in his Inaugural. It mattered not how hot a disunionist, or rank a ireesoiler, or belligerent a fillibuster, a man had been, it constituted, if not a recommendation, at least no objec tion io his appointment. But tiffs is not all: His Cabinet, if not himself, committed the great wrong of interfering in State elections in oppositions to the original friends ol the Compromise. The power aud patronage of the Federal Government were arrayed against the freedom of local elections—never in favor of Un ion men, but always against them.— Jn litis the President struck a blow at the rights of the States, which, if fol lowed up. cannot but prove dangerous to the integrity ol the Confederacy and the liberties of the people. The wrong was, not so much that he interfered to the prejudice of Union men, but that interfered at all. file performances of the President have been in direct opposition to his pledges. He has given his words to- Unionists and Ins confidence to their op ponents. Os what possible value then, are his last pledges contained in his Message ? lie but adds insult to in jury. The people can repose no con fidence in a Chief Magistrate who promises one thing and does another^ The most decided case ofnativeism we have recently known, is that of a person in this city, who was asked to attend the Pilgrim Bah at Plymouth, on the 22d inst. He replied that “he was not going forty miles to attend a celebration in honor of the arrival of a parcel of foreigners. Boston Tran. Gen. Twiggs reached N. Orleans a few days since on his return from the Cherokee Nation. He reports the Indians generally very quiet, no dis turbance having occurred for some time. There were one hundred and thirty deaths at New Orleans from Cholera, during the week ending on the 27th I ult. Why are good resolutions like I fainting ladies? They want carry | ing out. JYO. 3