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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY EXAMINER. TEXT Tn TH VC T . CIR CU LA TI OTV or" THE E3 XA M 1 1ST ES R, IL £3OOO COPIES! JOHN H. STEBLB, 1 CHAS. L. BARBOUR. J VOLUME 11. THE WEEKLY EXAMINER is Published every Friday Morning in the City of Atlanta, at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, To be paid strictly in advance. U" No subscription taken for less than six months. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements are inserted in the Weekly Examiner at the following rates: Seventy-five cents per square (of 10 lines brevier) for the first insertions, and 37 J cents per square for each sub sequent insertion. 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Citations for "letters of Administration, Guar dianship dec., must be published 30 days—for dis mission from Administration, monthly six months —for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months—for establish ing lost papers, for the full space of three months —for compelling titles from Executors or Admin istrators. where bond has been given by the de ceased, the foil space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered, at the following Rates: Citations on letters of Administration Ac. $2 75 do do dismissory from Adminis tration, , 4 Citation on dismisaory from Guardianship, 8 00 Leave to sell Land or Negroes, Notice to debtors and creditors. 8 00 Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 square 1 50 Sales of land or negroes by Executors, Ac. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks, ’ For a man advertising his wife, (in advance,) 6 00 Letters on business must be (post paid) to cn i tie them to attention. THURSDAY, DECEMBER SO, 1855. The Macon Telegraph Has changed bauds, both in its proprietorship, ’ and its editorial department. Mr. Tracy leaves the fraternity amid the universal regrets of the ' profession, not less sincere than their good wish- 1 «, which will attend him in any path he may tread, are hearty and soul-felt. To his success or we cordially extend the hand of fellowship, and welcome him to the Georgia press, with earnest wishes for his success in liis enter prise. We’ll let You Know. The designing leaders of the Know Nothings, the exploded Whig party, and the several ele ments of the old and new factions now organised into a heterogeneous mess of political fusion, thov been speculating for some time upon the prospects of the great Democratic party for an available candidate for the next Presidency.— lake the man who is horror-struck at beholding the moto in his brother’s eye and fails to dis cover the beam in bis own, the various frag ments of political heresies at present in antag onism to the true Democracy, have forgotten to look to the interests of their own households.— A proverb by Solomon, the wise, says “no good comes to meddlers." As this precept never belies itself, we think it would conduce much to their respective interests if the Aboli tionists, Know Nothings, anti-Southern men, and other fanatical political organizations, would look up a successful Presidential canc i date to oppose the Democracy in theapproach ing contest for 1856. But, as opposing factions have disputed the probability of success on the part of the Demo crats, we will give them, from late election sta tistics, an evidence of our availability that will strike deep into their affrighted ranks. In re viewing the State elections for the present year, we mid that the Democratic ticket has largely triumphed in the several respectable States of Virginia, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee. Alabama. Texas, Maine. Georgia. Indians. Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jcr . v, and Wisconsin. These States have a weight 1 U votes in the electoral college, while on/y 11 j are necessary to the choice of a President In addition to this statement—officially sub scribed to—South Carolina, Arkansas, and Florida, arc certainly ours. Thus, with these sovereignties alone, we have ten votes to spare to our opponents, without considering many “more of the same sort" that will be given us from the remaining States not enumerated in thii article. THE CHEAPEST POLITICAL AND NEWS PAPER IN THE SOUTH—A WEEKLY FIRESIDE COMPANION FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Kansas. “Wars and rumors of war” seem to be a pop ular programme with the citizens of Kansas.— It is painful to the order-loving mind to con template the baneful extent to which political rancor will sometimes lead an entire community or government; yet that such a deplorable state of things now exists among our own blood and kindred in that inviting, fertile spot of our Wes tern possessions, is a fact—one to be deeply la mented, and calls upon the Government of the United States for prompt and immediate re straint. At a convention recently held in Leavenworth the members of that body adopted several reso lutions highly acceptable in the eyes of South ern interests, among which we find one denun ciatory of the Fiee-Soilera—another declaring the “admission of Reeder to a seat in Congress “a violation of all law and precedent”—the third approving the Kansas Act—and the fourth ex pressing gratitude to such of the Northern Dem ocrats as helped to sustain that measure. The 12th resolution expresses full confidence in them ability to wrest the territory from the fetters being forged by the Free Boilers, and highly approves the present conduct of Gov Shannon and his determination to see the laws of the territory faithfully executed. While upon the subject of Kansas, we can not omit to publish the annexed paragraph from our last St. Louis exchange : “A man by the name of Coleman, a slave hol der, having been driven from his claim by a gang of free-soilers, who burnt his house—not, however, without the loss of one of their num ber—the civil authorities intervened and arres ted the ringleaders in the outrage, who were taken to LeCompton. The free-soilers then rallied their forces, marched in a body of 1000 men (!) from Lawrence, rescued the prisoners, burnt several houses and destroyed other proper ty. Thereupon the President is asked by Gov. Shannon, to order troops from Fort Leaven worth, to aid him in the execution of the law. Gen. Pierce replied promptly as became him, ordering the troops to the scene of trouble. It is to be hoped that the guilty parties have ere this been subdued, and will be rigorously dealt with. Further intelligence is, however, waited for with intense interest. Milledgeville Correspondence. [For the Daily Examiner.'] Good News I Mb. Editor : —**l am pleased to inform you that the Cherokee claims” have been decided to be admissible.” This information is from H. G. Fant, Banker of Washington, D. 0. The object of this publication is to spread wide the GOOD NEWS to those who served in the Cherokee Campaign, that they may be ware of unscrupulous purchases. Dont sell your chances— your warrants are coming. M. A. B. The)Wyandot Com. This truly singular production was first intro duced to the notice of the public in 1853, by Mr. J. R. Thomas, of Waverley, Illinois, who received nine grains Ifrom Wyandot Indians, through a California emigrant, which he plan ted in a sandy soil, and the product was fifty eight full-grown ears. In 1854, there were rais ed from twenty-five grains, planted on the 20th of May, one hundred and thirty-two ears; and from one-fourth of an acre, thirty-two bushels a?d three pecks of shelled corn. It only re ceived the common cultivation given to other kinds of corn. This com is represented to possess the follow ing peculiarities. We copy as follows from the eircular of Mr. Thomas.— “First, it requires but one grain to be plan ted in each hill; more than one is useless. Se cond, each grain yields from three to eight full grown stocks, equal in length and strength, be ing from nine to twelve feet high, and proceed directly from the grain. Third, each stalk bears from two to four ears, of a large and beautiful pearl white corn, the meal of which is equal in appearance to flour manufactured from wheat. Each hill will yield from eight to twenty ears. From an equal quantity of seed planted, it will produce double the quantity of ears that can be raised from any other kind of corn grown. The quantity of fodder which it bears is immense, and for stock-feeding it is superior to all other varieties. The kernel is shaped similar to the ‘yellow flint,’ the grain soft, twelve-rowed, and small cob. Ear from twelve to fifteen inches. “If planted five feet apart from each way, (and which is near enough,) it will require about 2,500 grains, or one quart of the seed per acre. Allowing each grain to produce but six ears, (and my yield for the present year 1855, will average ten ears to the hill.) and the produce of 2,500 hills is 15,000 ears; and al lowing 120 ears to the bushel of cern, and the result will be 125 bushels per acre. By actual measurement it has been conclusively proven that three of the average sized ears of the Wy andot corn will make one quart, or nine-six ears to the bushel—say one hundred ears—and the result is changed from 125 to 150 bushels per acre, the latter being nearest correct.” The Prizes to be Scrambled For—The following list comprises offices, with pay attached, for which the scramble has begun in Washington: The Speakership, sl6 a day; Public Print ing, about $75,000 worth of work (exclusive of paper) for the session; Clerk of the. House of Representatives, $3,000; Various Clerks in his office, combined salaries, §13,320 ; Seargent at arms. Doorkeeper and Postmaster of the House, $6,480; Messenger. $1,756,8(1; Libra rian of the House, $1,800; Reading Clerk, sl,- 800 ; Clerk to Seargent at Arms, SI,BOO : five messengers for the Poet Office of the House of Representatives, $7,200; Chaplain of the House, $750. Now for the contingent expen ses : for the binding documenta, 70,000: for furniture and repars, (a good job for a cabinet maker.) $3,000; for stationary for members, $12,000; twenty-one messengers, including superintendent of folding and document rooms, $28,413; for engraving and lithographing, $50,000; messenger in charge of the hall, $1,740; for two messengers in clerk's office, $3,600 ; laborers,s2,soo: pop’s, (boys) $5,935; for folding documents, including pay of folders, • etc., $20,000; draughtsman and clerks. $9,000; binding Congressional Globes, $6, 940. Be sides variou other contingencies,’ to be supplyed by friends of the dispensing parties. A Paris correspondent savs:—The ■ apartment destined for the future offspring of ’ the Empress is already prepared It is close to . the Emperor's cabinet.' Southern Commercial Convention.—A I public meeting was held in Richmond. Va, on > Wednesday, to make arrangements for the , Southern Commercial Convention, which as sembtes in that city ou the 38 th January next ’ A resolution was passed requesting the "Gover ’ nors of the South and Southwestern States tc i attend the convention personally, and to appoim • Option from their State:. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20. 1855. Coming Events Foreshadowed. The twenty-ninth parallel oflatitude is named as the next southern boundary of the Union.— General Gadsden is said to have been negotia ting with Santa Anna for a new cession of ter ritory, including all north of that line, when the progress of the revolution interrupted the pro ceedings. Os coarse no one knows how true this is; but Gen. Gadsden has away of writing home to his friends vague hints of important things going on, which sets conjecture all agog to ascertain the precise truth. The difficulty about the payment of the three millions of the last indemnity, and the demand for reparation for Callahan’s invasion and the burning of Piedras Negras, all conspire to assist this con clusion, and probably before President Pierce goes out of office he will communicate a new treaty with a fresh demand on our surplus millions. The twenty-ninth parallel would throw into the United States two-thirds of the Mexi can State of Sonora two-fifths of Chihuahua, with population enough to form one of our States, In such case the new territory would have to go under political pupilage as a Terri tory, or else New Mexico would have to be admitted as a State. A rumor is afloat in the newspapers to the effect that Gen. Gadsden has sent word to Washington that if the balance of the Mesilla indemnity be not paid to the present Government of Mexico not another foot of ter ritory will be ceded to the United States. Meantime we have various other projects for acquiring new colonies. Tims the report is revived that Russia is willing to sell her Amer ican possessions to us for a consideration in money—rather too Artic a matter for the folks at Washington, as neither, cotton, tobacco, hemp, rice, nor sugar can be grown up there.— Then there is a report coming from Europe that Russia has suggested to Denmark the propriety of settling the difficulty between the latter and the United States by selling to us the Danish West India Island of St. Thomas, the price of which, five millions of dollars, may be taken also as our consideration for freeing us of the Sound Dues, St. Thomas is a small island to the windward of Porto Rico, with a population of seven thousand souls. Right near to it is another small island called Santa Cruz, also owned by Denmark, with thirty-two thousand inhabitants. For five millions of dollars we ought to get both of these. But St. Thomas is of much importance from its geographical position, which is such as would render it a for midable position in the hands of a naval Power. It has a fine harbor, and is always first sought by vessels in distress coming from seaward.— Were it in our possession it would, in a great measure, nullify the purpose for which the British hold the West Indies, as a naval Power might from it command the whole eastern front of the West Indies and the coast of the United States.— Ph.ila. N. Amer. English Bacon. Americans visiting England are aften struck with the superiority of English bacon over our own, particularly of that from Wilts and York shire. It is behoved tliat the difference is ow ing solely to the mode of preparation. We publish the following from the Agricultural Bureau of the Patent Office. It is worthy of the attention of our agricultural readers : “As soon as the bacon comes from the butch er’s hands it should have a covering of salt, dried and rolled to a fine powder, well rubbed in with the hand to every part, using the finger to fill every bole and joint, as it is most impor tant that the meat should take the salt when quite fresh. In twelve hours all the brine and damp salt not absorbed should be scraped off the bacon and removed from the vessel, and dry salt added again, as much as needed to cover it, as before, and well rubbed in. This process should be repeated every twelve hours for three days, when saltpetre should be added, getting off previously all the damp salt and brine as before, and applying the saltpetre as the com mon salt, adding a handful of the latter. A quarter of a pound of saltpetre to a side of ba con weighing seventy pounds is sufficient; then mix one pound of coarse brown sugar and one pound of treacle or molasses, and pour over the saltpetre on the bacon, adding a little more salt daily for three days, which serves to make the pickle keep well, and the whole liquor should be laded with a teacup over the bacon as often as convenient, four times a day for the first two weeks after it was first put to the ba con, and then never less than twice a day for the remainder of the time needed for its pick ling, which is four weeks, or longer if large bacon; and then it should be sent to the dry ing house, and smoked over a wood fire.” Fork Packing in Chattanooga.—The Gazette of Saturday says : The large establish ment of Chandler &. Co. is now in full blast— the fires are all kindled, and a wholesale slaugh ter is in daily progress. The Sebastopol of porkdom is falling to;the tune of five handred fat throats per day. ’ A hundred men make sorties ofdirections, and there is no telling where it will end. This concern is complete in all the details; and the result is, that the meat, lard. &c, are prepared in the nicest'order. The salting house is detached from the other operations, and con sequently every thing is pure and cleanly. Those who arc unacqaainted with the minutiae of pork packing, will find much te interest tnem in a visit to this establishment. Some three or four million pounds of bacon and mess pork will be slaughtered at this one house. In our ramble yesterday, we fouud that the old stand of C. E. Grenville, near the river, is being prepared for a temporary slaughter house this fall. Esq. Mitchell, formely agent at Bridge port for the N. & C. R. R., will kill several thousand head for himselfand others as soon as the building can be made ready. Others will kill, and altogether the pork trade is becoming the great business of our city. Wc learn that two or three porkeries will be erected another year, which will be* concentrated and make Chattanooga a great hog market. Texas Cotton Crop.—The Galveston Civil lian, of the 30th ult., in its commercial article, says: In Texas the weather has continned favora ble for securing the cotton crop, and where the yield was short that task has been nearly com pleted. We hear, however, of plantations on which the whole crop will not be secured before the Christmas holidays. The present dry and cool weather is much more favorable to the su gar crop than the previous warm and moist at mosphere. Cotton continues to arrive pretty freely at this port, in the absence of river navigation— the chief supply being byway of Houston, where upwards of 16.000 bales have been re ceived, and 11.000 shipped since the Ist Sep tember. The receipts at this port during the week ending this morning sum up 1,319 bales. The exports, 2.713 bales. The Laraca Herald, of the 24th ult.. reports that the daily receipts of cotton continue nn diminished. ' Main street is"nndered almost im cassible by the blockade of wagons end s ales. 8®“ A Committee of the New York Cit] Council have reported in favor of the crectiot of a monument on the battery in that city, ti be six hundred feet high, with a statue.of Wash ington 23 feet in height upon its summit, tb I whole to’be constructed of iron and finishet within tea years. Milledgeville Correspondence. Friday, December 7,1855. The Senate met at the usual hour this morn | ing. Upon a motion of Mr. Dunagan, to re , consider the rejection by the Senate of the ' amendment offered on Saturday to the Bruns wick & Florida Rail Road Bill, referring the question of State Aid to the people, a» anima ted discussion took place, in which Messrs. Baxter, Spaulding and Dunagan, participated in favor of reconsideration, and Messrs. Mc- Millan, Peeples, and Hardeman, agr'nst it.— The Senators who advocated a reconsideratio i did so with great plausability and ab : 'ity, but failed to effect their object. The adv; ates o r the Bill, and of giving State Aid to this very important Road—one in which not only South Western Georgia, but our Mountain Country, is so much interested ; and indeed the noble State were on the alert, and ably defended the meas ure of State Aid to the content a ted link against which the motion to re consider the vote refer red to, was aimed. The vo. 3 upon the motion stood for reconsideration 42, against it 51. The Senate then, on motion, suspended the order of the day, which wrs the unfitvshed bus iness of Saturday (the bill above referred to) and proceeded to consider the Bill regulating the places of holding the Supreme Court of the State. Pending the consideration of an amend ment, the Senate adjourned. At 3P. M. the Senate again assembled and resumed the consideration of the Bill last re ferred to. After several amendments had been received the Bill passed. It locates the Courts now at five points in the State, to wit—Savan nah, Milledgeville, Macon, Athens, and At lanta. The regular order of the day, the Brunswick Bill, as it is now familiarly tenne l, was then taken up, and consumed the umainder of the afternoon. We have only time to say, that the Bill passed by a ma jority of two voles.— Every effort to defeat this great measu 3—a measure second in importance to none before the legislature, and of vital importance to the State and the South. Several of its friend-, however, were absent when the vote was taken, otherwise the bill would have passed the Senale by a large majority. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, Dec. 10. The subject matter considered by the House this morning, except in one particular, was of too little general interest to render a report of the proceedings at all interesting' to our read ers. Mr. Harris, of Meriwether, moved the recon sideration of the Bill, increasing the jurisdic tion of Justices Courts in Troup County and amended to extend to all the counties in the State which was agreed to, and, at his instance, the Bill was taken up. The Bill encountered considerable opposition, in various shapes, from different gentlemen, and its discussion has pre pared the minds of members for a proposition to restrict the jurisdiction of these magistrates to that of mere conservators of the peace.— There seems a strong disposition prevailing amongst certain members, to favor such a pro position, and, upon the other hand, an equally decided determination on the part of others to resist it, should it come before the House. Be the result what it may, the subject will at least be investigated, and whether the evils com plained of are substantial or groundless, they will be remedied, or the complaints effectually silenced by the action of the House. The debate occupied most of the time we were present, and upon a call of the ayes and nays resulted in the passage of the Bill, by 84 to 48, which if it is fair to call this bill a test question evidences the feeling of the House as decidedly in favor of the Court. The hasty glance at the Journal of this morn ing we were enabled to give, (having reached the Representative chamber at a late hour) dis covered little important action to-day, the bus iness of legislation being confined to local and personal interests, a class of matter, of which there is an unusually large amount this session and which is a convincing argument in favor of annual sessions. People complain of unneces sary waste of time and money by our Legisla tures generally, but when they come to examine the printed journals and see the amount of mat ter actually considered by the General Assem bly, and the innumerable and often conflicting interests which claim its attention, they are less disposed to complain, and those who come here with such views, no matter how honest their intention to work a reform in this particu lar, are little likely to return again with the game object. The business of Legislation, so far as our observation goes, is not a remarka bly pleasant one, even though there may be a fascination about it which brings many back who leave the Capitol with the settled determi nation never to be candidates again. But we have been ungallant enough to omit, until now, any allusion to the LEVEE, which came off last Thursday evening with greater success than many heretofore held. It would be impossible for us to give anything like a de scription, for, to tell the truth we entirely for got our readers in the absorbing interest of the occasion, and failed to take notes. For this dereliction wo can only offer in extenuation the inate gallantry of our nature which (we confess it without shame) drives from our thoughts all other consideration in the presence of such a congregation of the beauty and intelligence of our State as was in attendance upon the Levee One thing we did notice, however, and that par ticularly too —the tables. Wc were honored with the privilege of examining them before the work es destruction commenced, and we cer tainly appreciated the privilege, as we after wards substantially testified. We have never seen anything of the kind that equalled the en tire work of decoration, which seemed to us to have centered the whole range of taste in such matters, and thrown it with graceful profusion upon the refreshment table, until we were in formed that the unassisted hand of the Gover nor's estimable and accomplished lady had worked all the ornamentation which called forth the flattering laudations of every one present. Altogether the Levee,in theeclat of itajgeneral •‘going off,” the brilliancy of its attendance, and the unrivalled elegance and excellence of the supper will bang “A beautiful picture on our memory’s wall" long after our interest in participating in such afiairs. shall have passed away. But enough about thejLevee, and we turn to a subject to which puts to flight every recollection of its enjoyment. We allude to that editors nightmare—the type. Reader, have you ever, when deeply interested in the discussion of a certain delicate subject with a pretty girl, which you fondly hoped would terminate in a change of yoar mode of life, and just at the witching moment you expected a blissful affirmative to fall from ber lips had you castle of hopes ■•knocked into a cocked hat" by her abrupt de parture from the room and, immediately after -1 wards, an uncomfortable tete-a-tete with a papa indignant at your presumption ? Did you ever prepare vouraelf, in winter time, for a warm bath, and when expecting the grateful tepid shower, find on pulling the string that your careless servant forgot tu -take the cold off?” • Did you ever, in fact, calculate certainly upon , the success of any darling project, and then, , when you thought you had its fruition in youi grasp.'found an “airy nothing” in its stead ? , If you have frequently experienced these, you [ may be able to imagine the feelings of the luck lew editor who leaves his post, and, while rev Hing in his otium cum dignitale is suddenly confronted with a paragraph from under his own hand, which, by a single error in setting up, changes the entire sense of his intention. Lan guage is inadequate to the expression of his vexation, and he must get out of it with the best grace he can. Instead of recording the vote in favor of the reconsideration of the Georgia M ilitary Institute, on Friday last, as 58 to 62 against it, by wh : ch the motion to reconsider was of course lost, we were made to say that the affirmative vote was 88. leaving the impression that the bill was re considered, which was not true. Types are too often like the negro’s white man “n ’ghty on certain.” Tuesday, Dec. 11,1855. The whole time of the Senate, today, until a very late hour in the evening, when it pro ceeded to call upon Senators for new bnsiness, was taken up in discussing the question of State Aid to the “Brunswick Road.” The discussion opened on a motion of the Senator from Coweta, Mr. Buchanan, to reconsider the vote of yesterday on the passage of the Bill. In a very able argument this gentleman (Mr. B.) sustained his motion. Not a point did he fail to direct the attention of the Senate to, where Bill and its provisions could, with any hope, be successfully assailed. An advocate of the measure ourself, we must confess that we felt quite uneasy when this Senator, with oth ers who addressed the Senate in favor of a re consideration, proceeded with his remarks.— Had we time, we would pre ent to our reade ■s a synopsis, at least, of his argument. But as we have not, we must let this occasion pass with the remark that Mr. 8., in this debate, won honors as a Senator, even if he did, in our humble opinion, arrange himself on the wron o, side of the question. Mr. Buchanan, was followed on the same side by the Senators from Wilkes and Greene, Mes'-rs, Pope and Cone. Most earnestly and eloquently did these gentlemen urge the recon sideration of the vote upon the Senate. Like the gentleman first alluded to, their arguments covered all the ground upon which the oppo nents of State Aid to this Road, could possibly stand. We regretted much that gentlemen so esteemed for their ability and clear-sightedness in the Senate, should have felt it incumbent up on them, to oppose a measure fraught with so many advantages to the State. Opposed to a reconsideration, and staunch advocates of the Bill on the floor of the Senate were Messrs. Miller, Gibson, Long, Lawton, and Peeples. Each of these genJemen, advo cated the measure in eloquent terms,and turned the argument, most happily, against their ad versaries in the contest. Wc never saw great er interest manifested in the Senate than there was during the discussion, ar.d particularly while the two last named gentlemen were speak ing. The gallery and lobby of the Senate were crowded with spectators. Men stood on tip-foe to hear the speakers ; and when; as the Senator from Clark took his seat, the previous question was called for, seconded, and the vote on the main question was taken, one might have heard a pin drop upon the Senate floor so silent, and so interested, had the assemblage be come, as trfthe final result. It affords us how ever great pleasure te say to the readers of the Examiner that the result was what we hoped it would be. The Senate refused to reconsider the vote by a majority of nine—the vote being for reconsideration 45, against it 54. So the Bill as it passed the Senate will be sent to the House to-morrow for its action. There, we trust, it will be dealt with as wisely as it has been in the Senate. Justice to Southern and South-western Georgia, requires this, while the true interests of the State and of our Mountain Country demand it. Wednesday, Dec., 12,1855. We were prevented, by business which re quired our attention elsewhere, from being in the Senate to-day. We are advised, however, that this Body devoted its attention, mainly, to local matters—and that nothing of general or public interest was done. After a storm, as the old saying hath it, there comes a calm.— Having disposed of the “Brunswick Bill,” on ves.erday, after a struggle will long be remem bered by those who participated in, and wit nessed it, there was no disposition, we appre hend, on the part of Senators to take up any measure of great public importance. But this will not last long. As soon as local bills are disposed of, or have been read a second time the attention of the Senate will again be di rected to more important matter. We are advised that the standing Commit tees of the Senate are industriously engaged in preparing to report upon the business that has beeu referred to them, as well as to suggest legislation upon topics which have not yet been, by bill, or resolution, before the Senate. The Committee on the state of the Republic will not report before the recess. We are pleased at this, for the Legislature will be better pre pared to act after the organization of the House of Representatives at Washington, and when better advised as to the affairs of Kansas.— The Committee on Banks have not yet report ed as te their condition, although it has re ported on bills providing for new Charters. You are aware that to a special Committee was refered thc affairs of the Atlanta Bank. We are advised that this Committee will soen make its report. As it will be a report in which Atlanta has a deep interest, as soon as a copy of it can be procured, it will be forwarded to the “ Examiner ” for publication. We learn that a Resolution will be intro duced into the Senate suggesting the appro priation of 8160.000 to aid the pro-slavery party in Kansas. We hope that this, or some other measure of tbe kind will be adopted by the present Legislature. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, Dec. 12. The House session to-day was quite interest ing, having been occupied almost entirely in the consideration of Mr. Lewis’ common school Bill. Our notes of the debate, which was marked by much sound argument—were inter rupted by other business, and we cannot, as we would be glad to do, render to the gentlemen participating in it the justice .to their ef forts. Suffice it that they alntl deeply inter ested in the adoption of EOBR system which shall relieve our State from the only blot upon our State pride, and we think it beyond doubt, whether this passes or not, that this Legislature will take the initiative step towards such a sys tem as shall place Georgia foremost in the ranks of States which have prece<led her in thc great work of education. No system can be at once perfected which will meet all the wante of our people, bnt a ba sis may, and doubtless will, be established whicb in time may be adapted to our peculiar position- The sparcity of our population, and many other difficulties equally as difficult to provide for, forbid the hope of at once setting in successful motion a system adapted to our diversified wants, but as time developes the defects of any plan to accomplish the important work, they may be remedied until it does supply the desideratum. It should not, therefore, be expected that this Legislature will entirely meet the wants of the people, now so justly clamorous for speedy and effectual action. It can only give the outline of a plan, {thick subsequent Legislation may fill up aa tune, and observations of it* workings , j may direct. That such will be the action of , I the Legislature we do not question, since every member manifests a lively appreciation of the absolute necessity of setting tbe ball in motion at once. Difference of opinion may exist as to the merits of the plan proposed, but the feeling is universal in favor of some plan, and that Which promises most success will be the eie agreed upon. With the provisions of Mr. Lewis’ bill our readers are already familiar, and they require no comment from us to indicate its merits or defects. From the direction of feelirg to-day, wc infer the Bill will be amended in sev eral particulars, and perhaps eventually passed The action of the House was postponed until to-morrow, when the consideration of the bill will be resumed. Mr. Crook moved the suspension of the rule to allow him to introduce the Bill providing for the removal of all free persons of color in this State to Liberia, or some other point beyond the limits of the United States, which we© agreed to, and the Bill read a first time. A motion of the same gentleman, made ear lier, to reconsider so much of the Journal of yesterday as related to the action of the House upon his Bill to appropriate $2,000 for the purpose of grading a road over Taylor’s Ridge, was agreed to. The House adjourned at 1 1-2 o’clock, pur suant to rule. Much interest is felt here in the result of the election for Speaker of the Hcuse in Congre !>, and the noble stand taken by the Democracy is applauded by every unprejudiced mu in Mil ledgeville, and no considerations of party pride disguises their dissatifaction with those South ern members who have ignominiously sided with the Northern candidates. Those who hold back, and refuse to stand by the noble band of Democrats who have so early evinced their do termination to war upon everything that comes in the shape of anti-slavery intention, are up braided for their action, and freely suspicioned o I too little watchful interest in the cause of the South. Upon them rests the onus of disorgan ization, which freights them with the anathemas of an outraged people. This will be the Congress to unite the Sout as one man, and we cannot say we regret the effect, though we are pained to witness the ex istence of causes producing it. Had such an Un ion been perfected, and upon a proper basis, long since, we should not now listen with such painful interest for reports from the present Congress. Report of Committee on the Lunatic Asy lum. The Committee on the Lunatic Asylum hav ing discharged the duties of their appointment, report. That their investigations enable them to speak in terms of commendation of the general management of the Institution. The cleanli ness exhibited on several ossasions of the bed rooms and bedding of the inmates, together, with the great care exercised in providing for their wants reflects credit ou the Resident Phy sician and his sub-officers. The financial af fairs of the Institution are conducted ou a most' rigid system of economy, and were ascertained to be correct as stated in the report of the Trus tees (Bid Superintendent. The obligations to make proper provision for the cart of this peculiarly unfortunate class of our feilow creatures, is now fully recogni*~d in all civilized countries. And a most lauda ble emulation is every where manifested in ef forts to effect additional, more liberal and com plete provisions for the unhappy victims of this fearful diseas 3. In reference to whom we may well say, “As ye would that others should do for you, in like circumstances, so do ye for those helpless ones, cast through the providence of God on your sympathy and care.” Be the guardians and benefactors of those, who as a writer expressed himself in the 17th century, “are the particular rent charge on the great family of mankind; left by the Maker of us all, like younger children, who, though deprived of their estate, yet the Father expects the heir to take care of them.” It is a subject iu which we have all a com munity of interest; for while it is true, that those who grovel in sensuality and excess, and give loose rein to the vicious passions and ap petites of their nature, together with those who are left by the calculating charity of the world to the pinchings of cold and hunger, with all the bitterness thereof, are specialy predisposed ; it is not less true, that no human being can claim exemption from the visitations of this, the direst of all calamities in the dark cata logue of this world’s evils. It often happens that the most amiable, highly gifted and wealthy arc marked as its victims, and through the mys terious influence of some unexpected mental or corporeal agency, are transformed into beings in whom the form alone indicates humanity.— They become at once sources of distress, anxie ty, and alarm to their nearest and dearest friends, and nothing less than nuisances to the commu nity. Under such circumstances what a blessed work it is, how high and holy a duty, to furn ish all the means, through which, under Provi dence such an one may be reinstated to all their capacities for happiness and usefulness, and the hearts of the stricken and desolate gladdened. The necessity of making this report as brief as may be, at all consistent with our duties, pre cludes the possibility of presenting the vast amount of facts which might be furnished veri fying the foregoing opinions and statements.— While Georgia has made suitable (though not sufficiently extensive,) arrangements for the care of the indigent insane, idiotic and epileptic within her borders, no suitable provision has yet been secured for a different class of persons, whose claims have no right to disregard, and who pay that principal proportion of your taxes, from which you derive the means of support for your pauper patients, and the means of building up the institution. And to whom, moreover it is neither humane nor just to say, if unhappily your friends fall into such circum stances, you shall find no provision for them in your own State, but must seek it in those States whose enlarged benevolence has made appropri ate provision for all classes. This state of things was sought to be remedied at the last session of the Legislature, and the Joint Stand ing Committee on the Lunatic Asylum, intro duced a bill for the accomplishment of that ob ject. On a motion to fill a blank in the section of that bill, which specially related to the com pletion and perfection of the institution, with the amount deemed necessary, a substitute for that section was offered, received and Adopted. That substitute provided that his Excellency the Governor should appoint five competent, disin terested individuals, from different sections of the State as Commissioners, who were to make the necessary careful examination into the whole subject and determine what additional buildings were necessary, and upon what plans they should be erected to meet the wants and subserve the interests of the people of Georgia, in connection with tills institution. They were to select the plan for -ueh buildings, and report the plans so selected to his Excellency the Governor, with all necessary details and estimates, which report he should have published. To this section was added, “provided their estimate does not exceed fifty thousand dollars.” Under this act the Governor appointed, Dr. R. D. Arnold of Savannah, Dr. Minis of Whitfield, Dr. R. D. Moore of Athens, Col. Hines Holt of Columbus, and A. M. Nisbet, Esq., of Milledgeville, the board of Commis- Igiouera —five gentlemen of high character and unquestioned ability. Those Commissioners f met, and after thorough and deliberate investi r gation, determined upon the course, which in s justice to the people of Georgia it was tl dr 1 duty to pursue. They advertised for plans, i and in duo time re-rs. cmbled, selected tbe plans , and employed a competent Architect to super t intend their execution, who was instructed to > prepare an advertisement calling for proposals, . for such proportion of the material and work I as would comprehend the putting up all the i brick work, putting in all the door and window • frames, the entire inside framing, and the put ! ting on and covering the roof. At the expiration of the period specified in the adverti_ment, the Commissioners again and having received a large num ber of proposals for each portion of the work, and also for the supply of the different kinds of material demanded, let out the several contracts, as is shown, upon favorable terms, and the exe cution of those contracts was promptly entered upon. Satisfactory bonds having been given in every instance, the Commissioners were im pelled to adopt the course pursued from several considerations. They were authorized and re quired to determine what additional buildings were necessary. Necessary for what? Why of course, to meet the wants and subserve the interests of the people of Georgia in reference to the Institution.—This was truly the impor tant question. They were fully aware that additional room must be provided ; for, accord ing to the last census of the United States, there were more than eight hundred individuals in the State, who, under the law as it now stands, had a right to admission, and not one fourth of the number was found in* the Asy lum. That for some years, the present build ings had been full, and new cases could be received only as vacancies occurred, and that applications were constantly on hand for the admission of our own citizens, to the number of twenty to thirty, besides many from the neigh boring states, which could not be entertained at all. That while there existed suitab'e ac commodation (except in extent) for the pauper patients of the State, there was no satisfactory provisions for the educated and wealthy; and no possible chance for the most judicious clas sification, eve» of the pauper patients. That the class of our people who could afford to pay liberally for satisfactory accommodations, and the lest system of classification, wore driven to the necessity of seeking an asylum for their un fortunate friends in the institutions of other States, or keep them at home (and in most ca ses) under circumstances deeply afflicting to themselves, and destructive ofhopesxif restora tion*to the patient. They knew that in every other State Institution of the Union, feuitable provisions were made for all classes of society, ; and while, in their construction, all necessary . arrangements were made for the proper res- i traint and care of all the inmates, every effort was made to render those edifices as unlike i prison-houses as posible. The alternative was before them, either to proceed to make arrangements for expending 'he amount which had been appropriated, in patching on to those buildingspiow in use, others of a similar cliaracter, capable only of partially supplying the demand for additional roams for the pauper insane of our State, with yet no suit able provision for any other class, thereby fixing upon tbe institution more firmly and hopelessly, the character of an exclusively pau. per establishment; which they conceived could never have been contemplated by the Legislature, wou'd be a reproach upon onr people, and serve to fasten upon them an annually increas ing burden—or set on foot a plan of improve ments, which, when completed, would present an institution that would be a pride and honor to our State; provide suitably for all classes of her citizens, who may unhappily become the victims of this malady; compare favorably in its capability of promoting the comfort and restoration of the insane, with any in onr coun try ; and if allowed to receive patients from other States, as is done elsewhere, within a few years sustain itself, or at the very least we can expect, importantly diminish the annual tax for its support. Believing firmly, that such a course wa demanded by every consideration, and that with due regard to the ultimate i nter est and welfare of the people, no other could be pursued, the Commissioners adopted the lit ter of the alternatives ' presented, confidently relying up»n the wisdom, justice s benevolence of the representatives of the people, for supply ing the additional means Recessary for the sat isfactory completion of the plans which they have adopted. And your committee, after the necessary investigation, feel called upon to ex press our highest approbation of the course adopted by the Commissioners in this great work; and insist that such additional appropria tions shall lie made immediately, as are necessa ry for the most speedy and practical comple tion of the buildings now in process oferection. It would not only be bad policy for our State, but it would be acting in bad faith towards the conntractors, to abandon the work in its pres ent position, thereby affording no additional accommodation for any class of lunatics. Your committee further insist, that these appropria tions shall be made before the recess of the leg islature, for the purpose of settling the minds of contractors in regard to employment for the ensuing year, and securing the services of such servants as are necessary to carry ou the work. The Commerce between the Uni ted States and Liverpool. There is no seaport town in the world so inti mately connected, by commerce, with the Uni ted States, and whose prosperity is so depen dant upon this country as that of Liverpool.— The annual amount of products exported to Liverpool alone, may be roughly estimated at two millions of cotton, and fifty thousand hogs heads of sugar, the greater portion of which Jis from Louisiana, together with tobaco, corn, flour, and provisions, the amount of which wo have no means of determining, although we may obtain some idea of the imense trade car ried on between the two countries from the fact that twelve hundred vessels, whose aggregate burthen mav be set down at five millions of tons, annually enter the port of Liverpool from various parts of the United States. Tbe population of Liverpool is about three hundred thousand. Its magnificent docks, the finest, perhaps, in thc world, stretch for three miles along the shore of thc Mersey, and we have an extent of quay some teu or twelve miles in length. Liverpool owes its pre-eminence, as a sea port, partly to its favorable geograph ical position, but more especially to its being situated in Lancashire, by far thc most impor tant manufacturing Co. in England, the staple manufacture being cotton goods; but it also car ries on an extensiv trade in silk, woolen and lin en fabrics; in pottery ware, machinery, and in manufactures of iron and brass. These form no immaterial part of England's guarrantees for the preservation of peace with this country.— Baltimore Patriot. Thc entire receipts of thc Department from postage on letters, of newspapers, &c., from Ist July, 1853 to 30th June, 1854, sum up six million twenty-three thousand two hun dred and sixteen dollars and seven cents. The entire receipts of the Department from the same sources, from Ist July, 1854 to 30th June, 1855, amount to six million three hundred 1 seventy-three thousand and forty-four dollars and seventy-six cents. The increase of receipts up to thc fiscal year closing on 30th June last, amounted to about three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; but the expenses of transpor tation of the mails have proportionally increased. WM. KA? proprietor NUMBER 19. Later from Europe. ’ ARRIVAL OF TH E STEAMER. 8 ft r BALTIC. Columbia, Dec. 13. J The st«amer Baltic has arrived at New York. f Cotton has declined on> eighth to a quarter , but closing firm. Sales of the week 49,005 ’ bales. ! Flour has declined sixpence. Consoles quoted at 89 3-4. 1 Washington, Eec. 12. i The Senate has appointed the Committees. In the House tc day there were five ballots for Speaker without an election. The votesis changed but little. Latest from Congress, Washington, Dee. 11. The proceedings of the Senate to day were unimportant. In the House there were six ballots for Speak er, with the same result as yesterday. Banks 107 ; Richardson 76 ; Fuller 28. There is no prospect of an election at present. Fire in the Sing Sing Prison. New York, Dec. 7. A large fire was raging in the Sing Sing prison last night. At last accounts all the shops on the west side were iu flames, and the prisoners were yelling in the most demoniac manner, lhe main building was not supposed to be in immediate. .SingularDiscovery.—Found on Chowoca- Ice Creek, in Macon county, Alabama,’ in the quarries of Edwin Reese, Esq., where he hrs bten blasting marble to burn lime, some beau tiful and curious specimens of marl le, having trees and shrubbery, with their branches and leaves, plainly stamped upon the layers into which it is divided, It is certainly a most wonderful curiosity of nature, orc which pre se thc rcll ection an<| investigation of the skillful geologist. As geology is BO w exciting enquiry in the scientific world, it is worth the attention of thc curiout and specula five to examine these specimens, some of which have been left at our office by A. B. Crofi» Esq., of our town. Lime manufactiu ?d from this marble is said to be of a verv suoerior <^y—lKesf Point (Ga.) Beacon. ? Snoring.—Old Hick was an awful snorer. He could be heard farther than a blacksmith’s forge; but his wife became so accustomed to it, that it soothed her repose. They were a very domestic couple—never slept apart for many years. At length the old man was required to attend court some distance. The first night af ter his departure, his wife never slept a wink; she missed the snoring. The next night passed rway in the same manner, without sleep. She was getting into a very b„d wi-y, and probably would have d ! ed, had it not besn for the ingenu ity of a servant giil. She took the coffee-mill into her mistresses’ chamber, and ground her to sleep at once. W“Thc Washington correspondent of the Charleston Courier writes, under date Dee. 7th : “borne five or six Southern Senators have given in their adhesion to the Democratic party.— This was made known iu a formal and definite manner yesterday. Among the names of South ern Whigs, mentioned as having gone over to the Democratic organization, are those of Mr. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Mr. Geyer, ofMissouri, Mr. Pratt, of Maryland, and Mr. Toombs, of Georgia. Os the Southern Senators elected us Whigs, Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Bell, of Tennessee,- and Mr. Clayton, of Delaware, are supposed to be more or loss identified with Know Nothing ism. There are, therefore, but few Whigs left in the Senate; that is, what are called “straight Whigs.” Dickey and Scsey.—Dickey was poor— Susey had a rich mother—Dickey loved Bnsey, and vice versa —Dickey wanted to marry— Susey’s mother was “down” on the measure— Dickey was forbid thc premises—notes were exchanged through u knot-hole in the high board fence that enclosed the yard. One day the old lady wont out “calling," and Dickey was duly informed of thc fact—called ou Su tay—remained a little too long—old lady was close at band—no escape without detection— at the instance es Susey, Dickey popped into the closet—old lady saw that Susey looked confused—guessed that Dickey hud been about but-supposed that he had rendered good his escape—thought perhaps the young couple ha 1 agreed to elope together—determined to bo too smart for them,accordingly shut Susey up in the same closet where Dicky was concealed, and giving her a pair of quilts and pillow— didn't see Dickey uud—next morning went to the closet to let Susey out— “Oh, Lord 1” a scream—couldn’t get breath for a moment.. Finale— “ Ahem? Dickey is that you?” “ Yes ma'am.” “ Ahem 1 ahem—well, Dickey—Susey,. dear, go and the breakfast.” [Exit Susey. “ Well, Dickey.” “ Well, ma’am.” “ Dickey you must stay to breakfast.” “ Couldn't ma’ain.” Dickey consented to stay. Breakfast table—“ Dickey, 1 liavc lieen tbiuk ing about you a good deal lately.” “ So I suppose, ma’am —very lately.” “ You arc industrious and honest, 1 hear.” “ I never brag ma'am.” “ Well, now, upon the whole, Dickey, I think you and Susey had better get married.” Sensible ’omau that? Recruiting in the North of Ireland.— Thc numerous recruiting parties in Belfast are beginning to complain of the scaroiety of young men, of whom they are now unable to pick up in one month scarcely one-fourth of the number they obtained in the same period this time twelvo-mcnth. For some time past an active recruiting was "oing on in Belfast for thc I .and Transport Corps, but an order to cease recruiting was received here ob Satur day last, as enough men for thc present bad been obtained for that corps. The height for those joining that service was five feet two, and the bounty £5, with rations, Is. 3d. per day. Thc term of enlistment is ten years, with the privilege to well conducted men to receive their discharge at thc end of five years.—The entire, number of young men who enlisted for the Land Transport Corps and tbe line durifig the month of August last and passed by Col Adair, Inspecting Field Officer for the North ern District, which includes tbe whole of the Province of Ulster, was only ninety-m’ue, for September seventy-one, and for October one hundred and fifty-six,