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County in which the property is situated.
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rRIIIAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1855.
U. f. Senator Fitzpatrick.
By telegraphic dispatch to the Columbus
Daily Sun, dated “Montgomery, Nov. 20,” we
are informed that ex-Governor Fitzpatrick, of
Alabama, is reelected to the U. S. Senate by
the close vote of four majority.
“Laugh and Grow Fat."
See a long pictorial advertisement in our
daily and weekly, and ask no questions-- S .one’s
Circus is coming. Tyler’s Indian Exhibition
is coming. Mabie’s Menagerie is coming—and
if this last feature be complete, we may say,
“The camels are coming.”
Ohl ye lovers of funl curtail your cigars,
cut short your libations, and hoard up fifty
cents to give to the support of that wonderful
“three in one.”
Statistical.
From a statistical table, published by author
tty, we get the following items in reference to
population uud free suffrage in the western ter
ritorial : At a recent general election in Min
nesota, 9000 votes were polled out of a popula.
tion of 55,000. as given in a late census report
of that territory. Oregon, in her last election
contest, gave 10,000. Taking this in compari
son with the vote and population of Minnesota.
Oregon lias a respectable fraction of 00,000 in
habitants. at the “last election
■for a delegate to t'engresg, gqve 137720- Can
. MUljAbsdy Wl ns the numerical strength of Kan
Perhaps she Kan-sas and talk as big as
any of Uncle Sum's stray children.
“Some Cobn.—Mr. J. A. Daniel, of Cobb
county, gathered from one acre of land, one
hundred and twenty-five bushels of ccrn. This
looks a little like Georgia can produce some
thing else besides cotton.”
The above may be a fact; but we must get
the intelligence from something better than an
anonymous source before we can acknowledge
the rem.
Somkthiso or a Tax.—The shippers of gold
rom California to New York have paid be
tween three and four millions of dollars to the
New York insurance companies in the last five
years; while the aggregatelosses of the insurers
nave not exceeded two hundred thousand dol
lars.
Scarcity of Salt.—The bsrk Venus arriv
ed at New York on Friday from Curacoa. re
ports that there is no salt at. that place, and at
Bonaires there were only 3.000 bushels, which
was at 70 cts. The brig C. C. Billings ar
rived the same day, with 8,000 buaWs from
tnagua, and reports the brig Henry Brown, oi
Boston, loading with the last cargo that would
be shipped from there this season. The cholera
wm tos WMt of Vwwwla.
THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
The Supreme Court, and the Election of
Gov. McDonald.
We arc gratified at the result of the late elec
tion by the Legislature of Governor McDonald
as Judge of the Supreme Court of this State.
This was a result not anticipated by us at the
time the election took place. At Milledgeville,
it was generally under; tood that Gov. McDon
ald was not a candidate. Hence he was not
announced as such when, on Monday last, the
ballotting by the General Assembly took place.
Other gentlemen, members of the Democratic
party, were nominated as candidates for the
office; and contrary, as we are advised to the
wishes of Mr. Jenkins, he was also nominated
for the office.
Although some of the gentlemen nominated
on the democratic side, were warmly supported,
and whose qualifications to fill the station to
which they aspired, their friends had unlimited
confidence in; as well as the public in the vi
cinity in which they reside; yet, owing to causes
which wc are not able to explain, there was, on
the second ballot, no concentration upon either
of them, and, to the surprise of many, Governor
McDonald's name was used to an extent, which
placed him in the position of a candidate though
he was not one. The race, it was evident,
with or without their consent, would be be
tween Mr. Jenkins and Governor McDonald.
And as the former had already received a num
ber of Democratic votes, it was more that prob
able that the result would have been the elec
tion of Mr. Jenkins, with Gov. McDonald ap
pearing his main opponent At this stage of
the proceedings, the Senator from Habersham,
a devoted friend of Gov. McDonald, nominated
him as a candidate for the office. The nomi
nation was received with cheers from various
parts of the hall, and at the end of the fourth
ballot the election was made.
For this result—one so gratifying to the
Democratic party—and we may say to at least
three fourths of the Legislature; great credit is
due to the Senator from Habersham. A doubt
was hanging over the minds of many in refer
ence to the position of Gov. McDonald —wheth-
er he would, or would not, accept; in fact,
whether his name was not unadvisedly used.—
All this was dispelled by the course which the
Senator from Habersham took; and which is
so gratifying to the friends of the Governor;
who, we doubt not, will accept the high trust
so unexpectedly bestowed upon him.
That Mr. Jenkins, high as his qualifications
are, and eminent as he is in his profession, oc
cupying the position that he did in the late con
test, should have defeated Gov. McDonald, is
what the majority in the Legislature where not
disposed to suffer. And yet, it was evident
that this would have been the result, but for
Mr. McMillan's course.
Milledgeville Correspondence.
Milledgeville, Nov. 21.
After the reading of the Jourual of the Sen
ate this morning, the Secretary proceeded to
cull the names of the Senators, whereupon
Mr. Cone, of Bulloch, introduced a Bill to
add an additional section to the Peual Code,
making peual a white woman living in a state
of adultery witli a man of color.
Mr. Cone, of Greene, introduced a Bill to
compensate Superintend nts of E tions in
J auuary and October. The compensation fixed
iu the bill is 85 per day.
By Mr. Ijjwton, a Bill was introduced to
grant aid to the Savannah, Albany, and Gulf
Rail Rt ad.
This Bill provides that after the construction
■Df Fifty miles of said Road, State Bonds to the
amount of (6,000) Six Thousand Dollars per
mite, bearing Six per cent interest, and paya
ble iu NeW York, shall be issued for the bene
fit of the Road. A certificate of the President
and Chief Engineer, is to be given to the Gov
ernor, in wh ch the tength of the Road in ope
ratrn shall be certified ; also that there are no
mortgages on it. For the prompt payment of
interest, the State shall have a lien on the road,
which shall take precedence of every other
debt due by said Road.
A Resolujiou requiring the Senate to meet
at 9 1-2 o'clock, A. M., and at 3 P. M-, after
much discussion was lost. Ou a motion to lay
it on the table, the yeas aud nays were called
for, and stood Yens 64, Nays 27.
Mr. Scriven introduced a Bill to exempt the
City of Savannah from taxation on the "Spring
field Plantation.”
Also a Petition of the Trustees of the Sa
vannah Medical College asking for Ten Thou
sand Dollars to purchase an Anatomical Mu
seum, aud other apparatus.
Mr. Ware introduced a Bill to repeal the
Fifth Section of the Act of 27th January 1852,
in relation to Election Tickets, aud the disposi
tion that is required to be made of them.
Mr. Whitaker introduced a Bill to require
the State Printing to be executed at the Scat
of Government.
Mr. Cone's Bill to reduce the number of Rep
resentatives in the General Assembly, &e., was
made special order of the day for this day two
weeks. •
Mr. Jeter called up his Resolution that the
Senate will entertain no Bills to effect objects
over which the Superior and Inferior Courts oi
this State, have legislative control.
Mr. Cone, of Greene, offered the following
amendment—" That in all eases where tho rigid
to create corporations are invested to the Courts
of this State, this body will entertain no Bills
having reference to such objects.'
After some discussion the amendment and
resolution were laid on the table.
Mr. Brown's Resolution referring that part
of tlie Governor's Message relative to the Seat
of Government to a Select Commttee, was ta
ken up and adopted.
The Bill to pardon Jacob Mercer, convicted
of murder, was made the special order of the
day for Friday next
The Bill to add a part of Ware to Charlton
i County was passed.
The Bill to proscribe how the debts of de
ceased persons should be paid, was taken up
for a third reading.
Mr. Baxter moved to strike out that portion
I of it which referred to Overseers. The Senate
• after some discussion, refused to do so.
Two amendments were offered by Mr. Gib
’ son, of Pike, which were discussed until the
• adjournment lor dinner.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the discussion
was again resumed, but the Bill as originally
introduced was passed. A copy of it will be
‘ transmitted to you at an early day, for publi
' cation.
1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Milledgeville. Nov. 21.
House met pursuant to adjournment; Mr.
i Irvin, of Wilkes; occupying the chair.
The Bill for restrictuig the pardoning power
of the MgUatm ra Mn up. Gar mden
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30. 1855.
are aware that this bill contemplates the trans
fer of the pardoning power, "exespt in cases ot
treason and impeachment,” to the Executive—
a provision which, while it places an onerous
responsibility upon the Governor, is neverthe
less demanded, both as a matter of expediency
in the carrying out of the law, and from con
siderations o pecuniary interest to the State;
for, under the present system, (which, is, by the
way, common to but two States of the Union—
Vermont and Georgia) the course of justice is
too frequently obstructed by undue and improp
er influences, and the time and treasury of the
State are taxed, to a fearful extent, by these
repeated and sometimes groundless applications
for the exercise of the Legislative prerogative
of interference with the course of the Law.—
Since the bill has taken the direction it has, and
as our time is limited, we w'll defer the expres
sion of our opinion upon its provisions until we
can do so more fully, and shall just now only
report the facts of ite history as they transpired
to-day.
Mr. Lewis, of Greene, offered an amendment
to the Bill providing that, so far as regarded
cases of murder, the Governor's pardoning pow
er should be restricted to the commutation of
punishment to imprisonment for life, in cases
where evidence is discovered after the sentence.
It will be remembered that many, cases occur
in which the severity of the Law would operate
with hardship upon the prisoner, by refusing
the benefit of extenuating circumstances, which,
from their peculiarity, are uot provided for, un
less by a discriminating exercise of the pardon
ing power interposed between him aud the un
yielding demand of the Law for expiation. To
tie the hands of that powe- by restricting it to
a certain class of cases, in which new testimony
is required to be developed, would be to defeat
the objects of the change, and leave the subject
in an even worse position than it uow occu
pies.
Messrs. Lewis and Dawson, of Greene; sus
tained the amendment, and Mr. Lawton, of
Chatham; and Air. Thornton, of Muscogee,
opposed it. The debate between these gentle
men was highly interesting, though, the merit,
of the original bill were not, of course, discusses
—the question being upon the amendment.—
Before the question was put, a motion was made
to re-commit the Bill, with the amendment, and
refer it to the Judiciary Committee.
A Bill was introduced for an appropriation
for the Botanic Medical College, at Macon.
Also, a memorial from the Savannah Medical
College asking for ten thousand dollars.
Dr. Hoyle, of DeKalb—a Bill to exempt all
persons over forty-five years of age from patrol
duty, and to reduce the time of service of pat
rol companies from six to three months.
Mr. Harris, of Fulton—a Bill to extend the
jurisdiction of Justices Courts in Fulton Comity,
to fifty dollars.
Dr. Phillips, of Habersham—a memorial
from the parties in interest in the famous Lime
Kiln case, of Howard’s reflecting upon the act
of the Superintendent upon the W. & A. R. R.
in the removal of the turn out to that Kiln.—
The people of Georgia have already decided
upon this case, and it only remains for the Leg
islature to investigate the subject and officially
sustiau an act demanded by the interest and
convenience of the State Road. A proper in
vestigation of the subject must result in the en
tire vindication of the Superinteudent.
A Bill was introduced to change the bound
ary line of Merriwether and Coweta Counties.
A Bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars
to the Georgia Medical College, at Augusta,
was read the first t me.
Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Spaulding—a Bill to
incorporate the Exchange Bank of the State of
Georgia.
Mr. Smith, of Union—a Bill to incorporate
the Iliawasse B. R. Co.
Mr. Haney, of Floyd—a resolution appoint
ing a Committee to examine the books in the
Executive Department, and provide the trans
cribing of such as are found to require it.
The rules were suspended, and the Bill for the
pardon of Boyd was read the second time.
The Bill giving the election of Attornies aud
Solicitors General to the people, and ta
king from the Legislature the power to incor
porate, “except, in cases of Bunks, Rail Roads
aud Telegraph Companies,” and the power to
••change names, legitimate children, changes,
precincts and create roads, ferries and bridges;”
aud to bestow all these powers, but the ones
excepted, upon the Superior and Inferior Courts
of the State, was read the third time, and
amended by striking out ull thut part referring
to the incorporating power, and passed by a vote
of yeas 114, nays 6.
The following message was recevied from the
Governor, which ufter beihg read, was ordered
printed, with the report of the Board of Visitors,
not read.
Executive Department. Nov, 21,1855.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:—
I herewith transmit the repoit of the Board
of Visitors to the Georgia Military Institute.
As germain to the subject, 1 avail myself o.
the occasion to recommend the Legislature to
dispense with the Arsenal at the Capitol and
at Savannah, and to place the State Arms and
ammunition in the custody of the Institute. It
is believed that the proceeds of the Arsenal lot,
at Savannah, will be sufficient to erect a suita
ble building for the purpose. The Institute is
situated near the Western <fc Atlantic Rail
Road, so that tho arms may be distributed, as
they may be required, with great facility and
dispatch. The aggregate salary now allowed to
the keepers of the two Arseuals will amply
compensate the head officer of the Institute for
lus services in keeping the arms in order. Such
disposition of the State Arms will give to the
Cadets useful employment in learning thorough
ly the art of cleansing and burnishing the weap
ons of war. And last, though not least, the
fact of so important a public trust being confi
ded to them, will enhance the pride aud spirit,
so iudispensible to the successful pursuit of Mil
itary education. Viewing the subject in the
light of these suggestions, it is believed that the
adoption of this recommendation, while it will
secure the better keeping of the State Arms,
without any increase of expense in this branch
of the public service, will also give encourage
ment to an institution, which I cordially com
mend to the fostering care of the Legislature, at
its present session. H. V. JOHNSON.
After dinner the House was occupied with
the reading of Bills the second lime.
Mr. Joues, of Muscogee; introduced a reso
lution for the appointment of a Committee of
one from each Judicial Circuit, to co-operate
with a like Committee from the Senate, to in
vestigate the propriety of increasing the num
ber of Judicial Circuits.
A resolution was then introduced for the
appointment of a Committee of three from the
House and two from the Senate, to visit and
inspect the Western <fc Atlantic Rail Road, and
examine into its management, its finances, and
’ its affairs generally; to investigate, its rates of
freight and report whether they are equal or
unequal; to investigate the charges brought
\ against the management of the Ruud, with pow
er to employ assistance and procure evidence.
On motion of Air. Lewis, of Hancock, it was
so amended as to require, in the event of any
thing being found wrong in the Books of tne
Road, to bring them back with them, aud lay
uie same before the Legislature.
The resolution as amended, was agreed to.
It also has the effect to suspend all proposed
taction upon the subject of the Road, until the
'/Committee shall make its report, wiwu the ex
>l toe
mittee is considered, it will be seen that there
is little hope of au early report, and the time
necessarily required to discharge its numerous
and responsibleduties must embarrass the action
of the Legislature upon this important subject.
We regret that some more expeditious plan was
not hit upon, as the prolonged agitation of the
subject cannot possibly result in any good to
the State. Still, the report of the Committee,
when it is made, will put a quietus to the mur
murs which for a> long a time have disturbed
the good people of the State, and will place
this greatest of the Slates interest in a position
beyend the reach of these mortifying party at
tacks originating from sources not over careful
of the interests or good name of our great State.
We have no objection to make, however, to the
appointment of the Committee, except the ex
tensive field of its operations, some of the duties
embraced in which, we cannot but regard as
unnecessarily onerous, and as promising but
little valuable return for the time and labor re
quired for their discharge,
The House then adjourned until to-morrow
morning.
MiLt.EDOKvn.LE, Nov. 22, 1855.
You will find enclosed two Reports of public
interest.
The first is the Report of the "Board of Vis
itors,” appointed by the Governor, to the Geor
gia Military Institute at Marietta; accompa
nied by the Governor's Message to the General
Assembly in relation thereto. This Report and
Message, you can publish at your earliest con
venience, for the benefit of our readers.
The other is the very able Report of the
Trustees, Superintendent, and Resident Physi
cians, ofthe Lunatic Asylum of the State, for
the years 1854 and 1855. The length of this
Report, I regret to say will preclude at this
time, its publication. I transmit it, however,
in order that it may be published when the
pressure upon our columns will uot be so great
as it is at present. Through the politeness of
Dr. Green, the able Physician of this Institute,
I am indebted for a pamphlet copy of this Re
port. In the humane service in which this gen
tleman has spent so many years of his life, there
has been exhibited a devotion and energy that
few men are capable of displaying. Under his
care, surrounded by circumstances that would
have driven many a man whose feelings were
enlisted in the noble cause of restoring the lu-
Innatic to reason. Almost to despair, this In
stitution gradually acquired public confidence, .
and uow ranks among the first in the Southern
States of this Union. What is asked for it rt
the hands ofthe present Legislature, it is hoped,
will be freely bestowed. Seed thus sown will
produce an abundant harvest. The restoration
of the patient is not all that compensates for
the public expenditure upon this Institution.—
We must look to the home provided; to the
care taken; to the comfort* enjoyed by the un
fortunate inmates there. No reasonable expen
diture should be withheld, though a direct tax
should be levied for the purpose of making it
second to no Institution of the kind North or
South.
At the honr of ten this morning the Senate
convened.
Upon the call of the Secretary the following
Bills and Resolutions were introduced.
By Mr. Cone, of Greene. A Resolution re
questing the Governor to communicate full in
formation to the Senate-in regard to the suits
that have been brought against the Western &
Atlantic Rail Road in Tennessee.
Also, a Resolution to appoint a Committee
to examine into and report measures to sup
press the sale of Lottery Tickets, by citizens of
this, or any other State.
By Mr. Dabney: A Bill to change the
North-Western terminus of the Western A At
lantic Riil Road, to the boundary line of this
State, and for other purposes.
By Air. Gibson: A Bill to add a section to
the Penal Code to make punishable the speak
ing of opprobrius words to any person.
By Mr. Guerry : A Bill to lay off a new
County from the Counties of Randolph and
Stewart,
By Mr. Jeter: A Bill to compensate own
ers (/slaves in this State for their execution un
der the Penal Code.
Mr. Moore, of Cobb, presented a memorial
of sundry citizens which was referred to . the
Committee on Petitions.
By Mr. Moore, of Lincoln : A Bill tn com
pensate Witnesses who attend the Superior
Courts of this State, in Counties where they do
not reside. This bill proposes to give 82 per
day, for attendance, aud $2 for every twenty
miles of travel.
By Mr. Morris: A Dill to repeal that sec
tion of an act heretofore passed which adds a
part of Murray to Fannin county.
Also, a Bill'to prescribe the duties of Judge
of the Superior Courts in this State relative to
the order of business, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Nichols: A Bill to prohibit the sale
of spirituous liquors on Election days. Penal
ty for so doing Five Hundred Dollars.
By Mr. Peeples: A Resolution instructing
the Committee on Internal Improvements to
bring in a bill providing for tho sale of the
Western & Atlantic Rail Road.
By Mr. Scrivefi: A Bill to amend the Act
chartering the Greene and Pulaski Monument
Lottery.
By Mr. Wales: A Resolution instructing the
Judiciary Committee to enquire into the expe
dienev of providing by law for the appointment
of a Public Administrator in each of the coun
ties of this State, and that said Committee re
port by bill or otherwise.
Also, a Resolution requiring of Senators in
troducing Bills for new Counties, to furnish the
Committee with a Map of the proposed county.
A Resolution was adopted requesting the
Governor to furnish a copy of the Report of
Mr. Dobbin, the Secretary of the Navy, rela
tive to Brunswick as a Naval depot
The Bill to authorize the State Treasurer to
make advances tojnembera of the General As
sembly, was read the second time, and ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading.
The Bill to change the time of holding the
Inferior Court of De Kalb County was read a
second time and ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.
The Senate then adjourned till 3 o’clock, this
afternoon, at which tune it met and proceeded
to read bills the second time. It then adjourn
ed till ten o'clock to-morrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, Nov. 22.
Messrs. Hill, of Troupe, Phillips, of Haber
sham. and Lawton, of Chatham, were announced 1
as the committee, on the part of the House, for
the investigation of the affairs of the W. 4 A.
R. It, under the resolution of yesterday.
The committee to whom was referred that
part of the Governor's message relating to the
gaming laws, reported a bill repealing the sec
tion of the penal code alluded to in the message
in relation to Faro dealers. Bill read the first
time.
The morning was chiefly occupied with the
consideration of the Mercer pardon Bill The
testimony was read by the Clerk, and Mr.
Crook of Chattooga, advocated its passage in
a speech of considerable interest.
After dinner, and without further discussion,
the yeas and nays were taken, and the bill was
lost by a vote of 83 to 47.
The Bill to appropriate 8800 to certain
counties therein mentioned, (Fulton amongst
the rest,) for academical purposes, was read the
toMtewato to»«rtH totonma warn-
gained in its debate, by Messrs. Miiledge. of
Richmond. Crook of Chattooga. Harris of Ful
ton, and Dawson, of Groone, for the Bill, and
Messrs. Lewis, of Hancock, and Jones of Mus
cogee, against it The bill was lost
senateYhamber.
Friday, Nov. 23.
The Senate was occupied the greater part of
to-day with the Mercer Pardon Bill. It is ol
little interest to the general reader, and we will
not consume our space by its report. We re
sard the time consumed by the consideration of
the two pardons supplicated, as the v«ry best
possible argument for the passage of the bill
restricting the jurisdiction of the Legislature
over-such cases, and it is sincerely to be hoped
that when it again comes up for consideration
it will receive that careful attention of both
branches which the importance of its provisions
demand of the General Assembly. The Senate
adjourned without a vote.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, Nov. 23.
So much of the journal of yesterday as rela
ted to the Bill for the pardon of Mercer was re
considere 1 by a vote of 84 to 32.
Mr. Crook, of Chattooga—a Bill to simplify
appeals to the Supreme Court.
Mr. ,of Harris—a Bill to create a
‘■Public Administrator” for each county, whose
duty it shall be to take charge of intestate and
escheated estates.
Mr. Milledge, of Richmond—a Bill authori
zing the payment of mileage to delegates to the
Nashville Convention of 1850. It will be re
membered by our readers that these delegates
were required, by the Legislature, to be elected
in the same manner as members to the General
Assembly. They were sent to Nashville by the
official requirement of tho Legislature, aud it
seems to us, whether tho action of that Conven
tion met the approbation of the people of the
State, or not, that there is an implied contract
on the part of the State, to at least defray the
expenses of those sent there by its beheet. It
is no argnment against the passage of the bill
that the people of Georgia repudiated the ac
tion of the Convention—the State is as equally
bound for the mileage of her delegates as she
was for that of the delegates of her own Con
vention, which she did endorse.
Mr. Harris, of Dougherty, moved to take up
the Bill authorizing the county of Dougherty
to give aid to the construction of Railroad or
Railroads running into or through said county,
which was agreed to, and an animated debate
ensued, between Messrs. Miiledge, of Richmond,
Jones and Thornton, of Muscogee, for the bill,
and Dawson, of Greene, and Johnson, of Mus
cogee, against it The bill passed by-a vote of
83 to 46.
A message from the Governor was received,
recommending the attention of the Legislature
to claims of Mordecai Sheftal for military ser
vices daring the Revolutionary war, and for a
certain tract of I .anil.
The Bill to allow parties in interest to testi
fy, was read the third time and discuss d by
Messrs. Thornton, of Muscogee, Mr. Crook, of
Chattooga, Irwin, of Wilkes, Lawton. of Chat
ham, and Johnson, of Cass. On motion of the
latter gentleman, the bill was recommitted to
the Judiciary Committee.
The House then adjourned until 9 1-2 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
Peel's Act. —The money crisis in England
is creating a party clamorous for the repeal of
the Bank Restriction Act of Sir
Robert Peel passed in 1844. The merchants
of Liverpool have in circulation a petition to
the Queen or Council, asking for a suspension
of the provisions of that act so far as to allow
the issue of one pound notes, subject to the ap
proval of Parliament. This involves an aban
donment of the wuole policy of the Peel Act
of 1844, and is intended to be followed by a
refusal to renew that act, which expires by’ its
own limitation during the present year. The
principle of the act of 1844 was to compel the
Bank to maintain a particular proportion be
tween the specie in its vaults and its notes in
circulation, and to make publication weekly of
the state of the circulation, and liabilities.—
The opponenfs of that biil charge that its re
strictive measures are the causes of the present
monetary crisis, and that there will be no re
lief until the act is repealed, and 20.000.000 of
sovereigns liberated in order to give place to
20,000,000 of small notes. This view is sup
ported by the London Sun with a great deal of
earnestness, as the only escape from National
bankruptcy, and on the other hand the London
Globe maintains the position that the act in its
stringent effect upon speculation, and its con
trol over the bank management has been the
bulwark of national credit, and “the only safe
guard which l.a.yecured the comfort now enjoy
ed at a period of monetary trial!” The ensu
ing meeting as Parliament will doubtless be
signalized by a struggle to remove the restric
tions of the act, or to prevent its renewal, aud
to go back to the old times of unrestricted is
sue of small notes.
Protest of a Member of Parliament
aginst an American War.—To the Editor of
the London Daily News, Nov. 2.
Nothing save an attack on the honor of
England will justify war with the American
people—a people of the same Wood, language
and religion as ourselves. Parliament should
promply be called together, and if not, public
meetings should be held to protest upon so fatal
a proceeding.
Lord Palmerston, as his wont, is carrying the
country to the brink of a precipice, which
must either involve us in a war, or force us to
withdraw ignominiously. The American people
will not tamely submit to a fleet of liners being
sent to their coast, without good reason, nor
should they.
Have we not already enough upon our hands
that we should seek to irritate a proud aud
powerful people? What would be the result
of a conflict with the United States, even were
we to come out of it victoriously ? Our com
merce and manufactures would be crippled—
our monetary afiairs in inextricable confusion—
—the coast swarming with privateers- a mil
lion of our industrial population out of employ
—the coast of all the necessaries of life greatly
enhanced.
Truly it would be "the beginning of the end,”
and most likely result in civil war aud social
revolution. Better that the United States
should possew Cuba, and eur West India Islands
into the bai gain, than we should risk such ca
lamitic*. Better that the present, or a score of
other administrations be driven from power,
than they should be suffered to use their secret
diplomacy for such fearful results. An M.P.
Temperance Made Easy.—A bar keeper in
Rutland, Vt., complains that the authorities |
have put back the Temperance cause for years i
jby prosecuting him. He says that the people
I were becoming so well trained that they took ’
; liquors from him which were two-thirds water, j
and if he had been let alone he would have got
' them so that they would have drank clear wa
j ter within six months.
I Arrival or California Gold.—The En>
pire city arrived at New York the 13th, with
I the California mail and 81,653,000 in gold.
A Western Editor says that many of
i his natrons would make good whssf borees-'they
i koM back *b wak.
[communicated. j
An Address Delivered by J. D. Lee,
Stone Mountain, Ga.
Respected Friends,
Schoolmates and Teacher:
It is with the most solemn and heartfelt feel
ings that 1 arise before you at this hour.to clow
the solemn scene of our meeting together a'
this place. For some ten months that are past,
a few of ns have assembled at this place for the
purpose of improving our minds. Here we all
have met each other day after day. Here our
youthful sports have often been passed. Here
we have spent many happy hours with our lit
tle l and of comrades, and each little joy and
sorrow have been passed with our kind school
mates who have all seemed as kind to each oth
er as brothers and sisters. Bnt the time has at
last come when we mu tbe separated. Kind
friends, we feel very much indebted to you for
honoring ns with your presence through our
feeble examination, and it affords ns much
pleasure this evening to sec so many of yon out.
for we know that yon feel concerned in the im
provements we may have made during our stay
in this old Academy, the present year at least.
It truly gladdens our hearts, when we see
the deep interest you manifest by your presence,
in our success. We feel assured that you will
not judge our imperfect performances by any
very elevated standard, since anything very in
teresting cannot reasonably be expected from
any so young as we are.
It is not to what we are now, but to what
we are striving to become, that we wish to call
your attention. We greet yon, then, not as
critics but as friends. Friends who will over
look any and every deficiency that may attend
our young and inexperienced efforts.
I presume you are all aware that we have
given our attention for a short time pist to
speaking and recitations. And we hope that
we have shown you by this evening's exercises,
that all our efforts have not been entirely in
vain. Perfect specimens are not expected from
any so young as ourselves. Yet you know not
but that some among us may rise, by means of
a persevering diligence to that degree of intel
lectual greatness and power tha' will enable
them to hold listening multitudes in rapture,
aud sway the mandates of wisdom, by their elo
quence. '
Who can tell but that the spirit of a Demos
thenes may be slumbering in the breast of more
than one of Stone Mountain’s sons, that shall
one day come forth in such strains as shall
cause yon solid granite to quail before its power.
Yea. methinks the day is not far distant when
it shall cleave the veil of ignorance in twain as
by a two edged sword, and let the light of sci
ence shine to the perfect day, evenabout Stone
Mountain. At any rate we have determined
to try aud continue to try, recollecting that it
is a maxim of our age, that in all the catalogue
of youth, there is no such word as fail. And
we have not forgotten, that youth is the time
to prepare for age, and that the more and the
greater the attainments in leftning an 1 virtue
in youth, the better we will be prepared to act
well our parts on the great stage of responsi
ble life.
And we earnestly hope that this evening's
exercises, honored by the presence of our kind
friends and relatives, will not be the last time
we will meet at this old academy of learning
But. that they may serve as inducements for us
to labor the harder to climb the hill of Science.
And it has fallen to my lot, in behalf of my
schoolmates, to tender to you onr sincere thanks
for your kind and polite attention through our
exercises, and to bid you, in their name, an af
fectionate farewell. e
TO THE TEACHER.
But whatever may be the measure of our
merit, we feel to one belongs the full meed of
praise. To you. the much beloved Principal
of this school, allow me, in behalf of my school
mates, to offer you the unanimous tee imony of
affection and regard. Kind Teacher, our
thanks to you let me express. For all your
care and unwearieduess. for well do we know
the trials and discouragements which have at
tended you. You have bad prejudices to en
counter, .opinions to overcome, impressions to
remove, and individuals to combat. Your la
bors have so abundantly bless d this band of
happy youths. Yonr watchful supervision, and
constant concern for our welfare, have ever at
tested the purity of your motives.
To you, in behalf of my fellow students,
would ! render exp-essiors of sincere and heart
felt gratitude. And we should do yon injus
tice not to confess onr utter inability so reward
your zeal. Your reward is higher, and more
noble than we or the world can give. Time
may hurry us on until the veil of the past shall
interpose obscurity between memory and the
scenes of youth, but God forbid! that we should
ever forget you. or cease to bind to our hearts
your cherished name.
Your pure example and wise instructions—
the untiring zeal with which yon have labored
to guide and aid us, in our feeble, toilsome
march np the rugged hill of Science, has received
and more than merited our heartfelt thanks.—
May the blessings of Heaven ever rest upon
you, and may your skilful hand continue to
produce sweet melody, aud your voice lend the
soul-stirring enchantment of song until you
shall be called to jbin the angelic choir, whose
fingers sweep the golden wires of celestial harps
in the mansions of Paradise. It will ever be
the earnest wish of all your pupils, that all your
labors may be crowned with abundant success,
and that in the end yon may receive the faithful
teacher’s reward in heaven. Accept these ex
pressions of regard as the sincere and grateful
tribute of many overflowing hearts. Adieu.
And now, schoolmates, before I close, I have
a word for you. The veil of the past will soon
be drawn over the records of the present term.
Its joys, its sorrows, ite moments well spent,
aud its moments wasted, and all that it has
granted to ua of intellectual wealth, or moral
growth, are soon to become subjects of positive
history. They are soon to be numbered with
the things that were. Schoolmates, we are now
to part never to meet under the same circum
stances. I can speak for myself, aud probably
for others, that it is reduced nearly to a certain
ty that this is the.last time I shall partake of
the many joys that spring alone in this sacred
place of learning. It is the spot where 1 re
ceived my first instructions. It is the home of
my childhood. This beautiful spot around
which my memory will hover when all else is
forgotten.
We are about to bid adieu to our kind teach
er, to each other, and mauv of us, doubtless,
a final farewell. Farewell! ffow does the
sound of that, alas I too oft repeated word, thrill
every soul with poignant regret. There is a
volume of meaning in that word farewell. It
has power to melt the heart of stone, and to
moisten the eye with a tear, when ail else will
I fail.. To unbind the tendrils entwined around
the heart by intimate companionship, and to
take the hand of cherished friends perhaps for
| the last time this side the grave, is indeed sad,
' and would tear loose the very vital chords from
, the heart, were not true friendship eternal.—
Some of, us leave this place to-night, as stu
dents, for the last time, while others wili return
and resume their onward march in the flowery
paths of Literature. But a few years at most
will be sufficient to work for us great changes;
bnt with all of ns, it is entirely optional as to
what station we will occupy in life. Would
you have the wreath of honor, and virtue to
soaMc pv bmr jvar vtrM toiv>
:uun>u wnii i lie world, be so guided and gov
erned, as ever to display in your character and
ife an honest, virtuous and persevering integ
rity.
Kind schoolmates, what can I say to you
that will benefit you and lie for your futun
welfare? Our past intercourse speaks volume,
to my heart. Age may silver my youthful
locks, but ne'er can 1 forget this aff'ctiouati
rroup. and their happy union for the iiob'e pur
pose of mutual improvement. As brothers and
sisters would I speak to you. W>l| do you
know now your responsibilities. I need <uL
your attention to nothing as regards the vnri
ous duties which the world wili expect you to
perform, as yon go forth to mingle with its
busy scenes. Your actions hure already showed
the spirit of a noble determination. Go on
thin, and carry out your noble resolutions, and
erowus of hono. await you ; and the laurels ol
victory shall soon be yours.
And now, the licnr of separation Ims come.
What anxious ihonghts rush in quick succes
sion upon our minds 1 We think of the term
iliat has past away—of the enjoyments it bus
brought us—of the social festivals it has yielded
and ull the scenes connected with it are delight
ful to dwell upon. But, alas! the pang oi
separation dissolves the enchanting sped, when
we look into the bosom of the dark and uacer
tain future. We go forth to our scattered
homes, many of us never to visit again this love
ly spot. Some of us may, perba]>s, slumber in
the silence of the grave before the return of an
other session. And now, permit me, in behall
of friends, Teacher and-schoolmates, to speak
to each for each, the parting word, farewell!
Gay, happy band! our feelings who can tell ?
As now we part, aud parting say farewell!
In after years when lile s gay scenes have fled,
Aud wc perhaps to distant lands have sped,
How will remembrance these bright hours
recall,
The lessons of wisdom we've Icain'd in this
old hall.
[communicated.]
An Address delivered.by William A. Stan
sell, Stone Mountain, Ga.
Respected Auditory :
Allow me in connection with what has al
ready been said to tender to you my sincere,
aud heart-felt thanks for your presence, and lor
that patience which you have exercised with
us during these protracted exercises. Allow
me also to commend you all for that marked,
good behavior that bus so characterized you
since we have been assembled. Aud uow to
you who are the Trustees, aud patrons of the
aehoul 1 would say a lew words. Our exerci
ses are uow closed, aud my labors with you as
a Teacher, are new ended ; aud (as I said to
you on a former occasion) my stay with you
has been a truly pieasuutuue to me, and 1 hiqie
1 have made mysell, at least, agreeable with
you. Aud i must coulees that my very soul is
grieved at the idea ol leaving you, lor in so
doing I am convinced that 1 part with muuy ol
uiy wannest friends. The people of stone
Mountain, are a (siople thut are near to my
heart. Aud 1 can truly suy that the Mountain
people are us Hue, higUmmiied, uud generous ><
people us auy with whom 1 have ever had uny
lulercouree. Although ui> labors have uot been
void of difficulties, yet I must say that I have
louud great pleasure iu the discharge ol my du
ly. Aud 1 think I cun truly say, mat 1 have
pe> formed my lubors to the besi ol my abilities.
Y our chii'lreu which you have so freely placed
under uiy care for msti action have leit us near
to me, us if they hud been my own! Aud w hile
we have used our best endeavors to cause them
to make rapid ativuuctiueul iu their text books,
we have uot been uumiudtul of their better in
terest, (the soul ) W e have labored to inform
them ol their obligations to God, us well as
their duty to man. -Ind il I have misled them
tn anything, attribute it to my igueirutice, aud
uot to my motives. Aud uow, as my labors
with jou are cl sed.lel me beg )ou to pardon
ull my shorucouimgs, I huv.-deueursuid
auylhiug praiseworthy, profit by it. And sui
ter me to sav that you uil hold u very pronu
ueut pluce iu uiy recollections, uud wheuevei ,
lluougU future uie jou muy chame to meet nit
be assured iu so doing, you shall meet one m
your warmest, uud best friends. (Adieu.) And
uow to you who have beeli with me, and an
purticipuuis of the little benefits my labors unit
nave been, I desire to speak a word. We liav<
been associated together within these walls,
some ol us, for ten utouilis that are past, lor no
other purpose, 1 trust, than that high, aud no
ble oue oi trying to improve our inluds. Ano
how could we have engaged iu a more impor
tant work Y ih ail the catalogues of earth there
is noue greater, save that of preparing the soul
for its future state. Mind, is the principle that
never dies. Mind, is the lever by which we
overture principalities and powers. It is this
unyielding, aud undying principle that enable
short arms to grasp and confine ull the powers
ot earth! Or, who cau measure the length,
the depth, the breadth, and heighth, ofthe mi
mortal mind! It springs from the bowels of the
earth, aud pluugee into the vault of Heaven.—
It begins with our existence, and measures out
with eternity. How important then that we
try to improve and strengthen the faculties ol
this great principle of our nature. I have as
your instructor striven to discharge my duty
tailhfully, iu not only giving you the necessary
instructions in your books, but have also used
my best endeavors to correct, so far as I might
be able, whatever I might see that was amiss
in your conduct liefe, and elsewhere. But at
the same time, I have always done it in as mild
a manner as the case would admit; and I think
I ca»«ay that you all have acted your parts
well, aud the larger class of you especially, have
taken great interest in the school and seem to
appreciate highly, my motives for trying to in
struct you. My time here has been very agree
ably spent to me, and I hope it lias been equal
ly so with you. We have been here as one lam
ily, and 1 am proud to say that peace aud
harmony have characterized us all the time.—
But there is a time in every man's existence
when he is called to part with his nearest, aud
dearest and with ua that painful hour
has come. Aud, Oh! the sting of this hour
would be robbed of its poison could we associ
ate with it the idea of meeting again. But this
we cannot know. It is hid behind the sable
curtain of the dark future, and when that cur
tain is drawn aside by time, some of our grav<s
may be revealed. We part and the probabili
ties are that we will never all meet again this
aide of eternity. I leave you, and I may fall a
victim to the enemy of mortality, and may re
pose iu the narrow and lonely home of hutnani
ty, ere you may hear from me again. We part
here to-night with health, and vigor, blooming
on all our cheeks, and should it survive when 1
hear from you all again, some of you may be
slumbering in the icy arms of death. These
things may be so, we cannot tell. The decree
has tong since been written by him who holds
the destinies of nations in his own hands, “that
we must die 1” Death! Oh I what soul is then
that dons not shrink back at the very thought
of dying ? Is there no boon that can save hu
man nature? Is there no way to escape it?—
Ask the Heavens, and it is re-echoed in thuder’s
voise, “uou must die." Ask the Ocean, and
her waves reply with a murmuring voice, "we
e/ver tie remains of mortals." Enquire of Earth,
and she groans as she answers, I am burthoned
with dead men’s banes. The voices in Heaven, to
Ocean, and every where that man ’• ntiad
WM. KAY PROFRIETOM
NUMBER 16.
can conceive of—cry in umnistatoable terms,
man ditlh, he goeth to his long heme. But there
is one light, (to which 1 would call yonr atten
tion.) that shines into the dark uud glo< my
valley of death, and that is the one contained in
the Bible. Yes this light shines acrees the
valley and illuminates vast e'emify itself. There
is one rock to which we can fly mid feel secure
from all thei-toims of life, diacasc ata) diulh,
and that is the rerk Jesus. Fly to him.
and let the waves of misfortune arise, and the
winds of adversity blow with all their comliinwl
forces, but you are safe, sheltered under tberorA
of eternal ages. Allow me to suy Io yon. tbut
among all lie variul hx*im« through which 1
could have la-en called to pass. I never have
witnessed such an h-w as lids. There are
stronger ties that bind my heart hire, than you
perhaps ure aware of. Some of you muy at
some future day. experience seme ofthe Inlings
that are necessarily, excitwl in the boast es
< very teacher, (w h< se In art is in the right place,)
when he is called to part with a little lamd,
with whom be has labored so long as 1 have
with you. It calls up to my mind the records
ofthe past. and presents to vi< w tl e days when
I enjoyed the privileges you now enjoy. • Me
thinks I now sec many of the frknito of my
youth, who have long since fl.d, the rtmre- of
time, while lam still permitted to live. But
all these reflections are lest in itwignificance
when compared with the present hthcs. 'Here
are those who, jierbups. have n ceivtd llajir lust
instructions, nt schrsil, ai.d are now aboutentcr
ing the great theatre of life, and ill have given
them wrohg instructions it may serve as a stum
bling block to them through file. IJ ere are others,
fandhow dreadful the thought) that 1 have en
deavored to instruct, with whom I ucv r shall
meet till I meet them ut the bar of Heaven. Oh,
how rending the thought! but liarlul, us it is,
it is nevertheless true. 1 have you,and I think
I do it with a clear conscience, 1 leave
you with tho pleasing reflections that I
have discharged my du y faithfully so far
as I was able. And whenever 1 hear from
you, let me hear that you are acting your
parts well, this will afford me much pleasure.
And let me entreat yon to enter upon the duties
of life with spirit, and energy. And whatever
callings you may undertake, take hold of them
with the undying grasp. I will, and success wil
be yours. Let this be your motto, and nmu -
tains of difficu'tiea will fall before your efforts,
and become as sand-hills. Remember that to
the youth, who enters life, with tho determina
tion to do, or die, there is no such word as fad.
And above all I would charge you, that in all
your intercourses witli men, until in prosperity
and adversity, never wander from the puth of
rectitude. This, and this alone is theeule path.
Would you be useful, study to be so.' W ould
you know your duty, n ad the Bible, the oracle
ol God. 'l ake it tor the man of your counsel,
and live by its directions, and you will be use
ful through life, happy in death, and range the
fields of felicity beyond the grave. And now
permit me to bid you, great aud small, one and
all, a warm, a sincere, an affectiuuato farewell!
A Candid Witness—A person who was
recently called in Court, for the purpose of
proving the correctuess of a Doctor's bill, was
asked by the lawyer whether -the doctor did
uot make several visits after the patient was
out of danger?” “No,” replied the witness, “I
considered the patient in danger as long as the
doctor continued his visits.”
B®. A dispatch from Concord, N. Hamp
shire. dated the 14th list., says:
"The DeinocratU! Stale Convention mot to
day, when J nines 8. Wells was iioininafi d for
Governor. Resohiliotis were pnssid repudia
ting Know Nothingisinand the Maine Law, fa
voring the principles of popular sovereignty,
and approving the policy of tlie Nalional Ad
ministration iu nil ils details. A rreohitinii,
recommending President Pierce as a candidate
for re-election, was adopted with great una
nimity. Nearly every town was n piiaeuted.’’
Melancholy Occurrence.—We regret to
chronicle the death of one of the oldest and be.-t
citizens of otir couiily. David Geek, wl.o e< in
mitted suicide, by bunging hiin.-elf in his own
house, on Monday, the 22d ol this month.
Thed c< used, all hough a man ol'cxtin< rdliiiirily
strong mind, had, for the lust few inoiitl s. Is'eu
subject to fils (file dei pi st glm in and despon
dency. He wasa dcucon ofthe Bi.plisl Ci.uich,
<m intelligei.t aud useful citizen, a l.igl minded,
hviioiubte, magnanimous gentli inun. wlAri.iai t
ily despised a mean thing; an huinble, consci
entious, actively pious, and devoted Christian;
a man wiio led a consistent, upright lile. who
l.ved without cuemie«, aid bus eheel, luineliteel
by a large ciicle ol mourning liii nds.
“None knew him but l<> love—
None named him 1 ut to piaisc.”
Tempeimice Ronner.
From tlie East.
The correspondent of the Boston Journal
writing from Constantinople, Sept. 8, gives John
Bull the following fiard bit:
According to the late st accounts tl e English
were piscutoiiully engaged in t ailing up the
Twelve Apostles, bobbing for the sun Iler fry
ofthe quaudam Russian Nuvy, iiml seining the
harbor for submerged (Uiinon. Reluming
elnptyhauded from the bombastic bunbuidnmit
of bweaborg, with no laurels from the spirited
attack on evacuated Fetropauloski, they feel
bound to carry home some trophies to re assure
that querulous old gentleman, John Bull, that
Britannia still rules the waves. The English
uppeur to be peculiarly happy iu capturing de
tenceless places. One of tneir own < llicers—an
unwilling participant in the ridiculous fane
assured me ten hours alter the Redan was
known to have been evacuated, the absurd or
der was given to stonu the pluce. Bugles
sounded the assault; drums beat tiie ci urge;
Generals gallantly ted their divisions; aids de
camp hurried to and fro; officers could with
difficulty restrain the iccklcsa impetuosity of
their troops. “ Witli a about of defiance,” as
au English paper hath it, they rushed upon the
works and captured them in the most bloodless
assault on record. Fortunately u bombshell
bad divided the wiresofa battery which was to
explode concealed mines, else few tad esca|ied
to tell the tale.
The Russians have shown much ingehuity in
their defences, and some of their operations have
puzzled John Bull. The same letter Buys :
The capture of this place hits solved a hitherto
perplexing mystery to the Allied engineers,
injured cannon were found converted into mor
tars, by befog embedded in the ground up to
the muzzle. Thus protected from bursting,
they received a double charge, were fired off by
trains, and hurled balls to au men d;ble distance.
Ambutences far removed from the theatre of
action, hud mysteriously suffered. General
Beutick'a kitchen, equally distant, tumbled
about the manciple's ears. In short, while Gen.
Markham was visiting bis stables to udimre a
charger belonging to bits uid-de cump, a bull
struck the favorite, killing it before his eyes.
Where do these balls come from ? wus the dai
ly cry. They fell from the skies like wrohtes,
appal cut ly inetoric. Now auother lesson iu
gunnery has been taught by tiie dispised lee.
wft. If a man would register all bis opin
-ions upon love, politics, rehgior, ieurmng, Ac,
belonging to bis youth, aud so go on to “V*’
-bat a bundle of iucousisteuctes <wd cwfow
dictwns weu.d app*r at