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THURSDAY, J aNUaR' 3, IHS«-
Southern Commercial College.
We call the attention of our readers to the
■' advertisement of this College, which appears in
our paper to-day. Parents desirous of giving
their children a mercantile education, cannot
do better than to patronize this Institution.
The Firemen and Citizen’s Ball
Came off last Monday night, at ConWYt
Hall, in fine style. At an early hour In the
night a large and fashionable audience aweni
bled, a majority of whim for louis nftei
Chanticleer had heralded the approach of Christ
mas, were still to be seen enjoying the festivi
ties of the occasion.
The Hall was most beautifully and ap
propriately decorated. The walls in every di
rectian displayed the p triottan and taste ot
those, of whom Atlanta should proudly boas';
for we venture the assertion that no city in tin
State can claim precedence of our own, when
Its. Firemen are referred to, ; in all thai
partakes of gallon ry, public spirit, and daring
in the hour of danger May they live to eqjoj
the festivities of Christmas Eve for a century
at fasti ;..i ~ ‘ i‘
To Subscribers— “Change my Paper.”
We frequently receive letters containing the
request to “change my paper” from one office
to another, from subscribers, who are about tv
remove their residences.
Some of these come to us without contain
ing the name of the Post office to which their
paper was theretofore sent, and it not nnfre
qnently happens that with all the ingenuity and
industry onr book-keeper can exercise, aided
by ow selves, it is impossible for us to ascer
tain frouuJßtence the pajmr shall be changed--
For John Smiths may be on ou>
booksSßßpikea his paper at “Frog Pond,’
and the other at -‘Busan! Roost," Nowwhicl
of threw John Smith's paper shall we send to
“Pig Pen"! AU this confusion and troubh
can be easily avoided if the subscriber will onh
say, I receive my paper at “Buzzard Roost,'
change it to "Pig Pen "
But the truth is no man should write a letter
oa business, without heading, or footing it witl
be name of the place at which it is written
1 dating it also. Thia should be taught t<
addrea even, at school; and every 'Domini-
Sampson" in the State should be sound!}
thrashed, whoee youngest pupil that can wriu,
does not thoroughlv oompreliend the value o:
his acquaintance with so important a piece ot
knowledge. It should be as familiar to boy?
and girls as household words, or as A. B. C. is
to a six year old urchin, who has been at
►•beej for a twiivemontb or more.
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The Legislature.
The Brunswick & Florida Rail
Road.
During the recess of the Legislature it is our
intention to review the actings and doings of
that body, as well as to present to our readers
a “bird's eye view,” a sketch, of the principal
actors in the drama of legis'ation. as they ap
peared in the Senate and in the House of Repre
sentatives. Thus, we shall place men and mea
sures before our readers, observing, with regard
to the former, the rule to set down : aught in
malice, but to deal justly with all; a r d with
regard to the latter, to pre#nt them fairly, so
that the reader may determine for himself their
merit and importance,. . •
But for the Christmas holidays which are
now and have been, upon ns since onr return
from the Capital, we would have prepared some
notice of the legislative proceedings, which
might have interested onr readers. We are
aware, however, that, at such a time as this,
there must be something peculiarly interesting
m any measure upon which legislative action
has been had, to attract the serious attention
of the people; and we shall, therefore, refer to
one only, which we feel certain will at once in
terest our readers from the mountains to the
sea-board.
The passage by the Senate of the Brunswick
4 Florida Rail-Road Bill, was an event of
which every Georgian should be proud. To
the wheat and ccm-producers of our mountain
country, and to stock-raisers, it is a measure of
infinite importance. It opens to them a market
for their produce, and a sea-port which, in lees
than ten years, will rank second to but few on
the Atlantic const, and through which the mar
tie, mineral, and coal, of Cherokee Georgia,
will find its way to d’stant places, not dreamed
of now ia the philosophy of those who oppose
the progress, onward, of the Empire State of
the South And when to'ttiii we add what
this great enterprise will do for soufhern and
south-western Georgia—how the resource*
which now lie dormant there will be developed
—how t’-e lands there, that now lay waste, will
be brought into culture—how every department
of agricultural labor will be opened—and how
population will flow fr m every quarter into
that section of our State, carrying with it
wealth and enterprise—we epunot but look to
this measure as one invoking the patriotism of
every Georgian, and as commending itself to
the approval and support of all who feel an in
terest in the prosperity of our State, and her
march onward to her glorious destiny.
Heartily, therefore, do we congratulate our
readers on the passage of the Brunswick &
Florida Rail Road Bill by the Senate. And
sincerely do we trust that, .ere the final ad
journment of the Legislature, we may be per
mitted to record the fact that the Bill, now be
fore the House, has passed that body, and been
approved by the Governor. While southern
and south-western Georgia feels a deep interest
in the measure, Cherokee Georgia, and, in fact,
all upper Georgia, should auiuke to it. In the
State Road our mountain country haa the bead;
let it now add to the head the remaining por
tions of the body. In the absence of which, the
head can, at the beat, be of only partial use.
Fuller’s Telegraphic CoitPuTOß.—One of
these astonishing machines ha* been handed u R
by Mr. Fuller, and is certainly better adapted
to office business than anything of the kind we
have ever before seen. The following extract
from the Washington (D. C ) Telegraph ex
presses our views so perfectly we give it< place
in our columns.
Th* Culoulating Machine— -We need to
think it was a jest—the idea of a calculating
machine; but we have seen it and its ingenious
propiietor, Mr. Fuller. The rapidity and ac
curacy with which all business problems are solv
ed is trnly surprising. It needs only to be seen
to be admired. Although an American inven
tion, it lias sold in England.
France,Germany and Hoftend. Upwards oi
thirty of the priuciphl London bankers have ’it
in use. It computes interest. at every possible
ra'c per cent., upon any num of money, for any
kugtb of time, both at three hundred and sixty
and three hundred and aixty-flve day* to the
year, and has a meet perfect time-telegraph to
compute the i.umber of day* any note has to run
to work equation* of payments, or average ot
accounts, is one of it* conveniences. tfopies
have been purchased in Washington by all the
department*, for use in the public office*, a* well
a* by .the principal bankers, merchants and me -
■ hunics. Lees tune i* requires to obtain an an
swer to any btuine«aqaestion than to prepare
the stattanent. Full printed direction* accom
pany the work. It is learned by one or two
uour*' study and practice. It occupied a prom
inent place in .the Crystal Palace.
Iu responee toaome question* yesterday, be
stated in less time than the question* could be
prepared or the answer* recorded, that the Ro
tunda of the Capitol, being 90 feet in diameter,
would contain 2,830 persons, and allow each 2
1-4 square feet, or 18 by 18 iucbe*. The Crys
tal Palace, he said, being 1.831 feet long, and
400 wide, with an additional acre to the tran
sept or centre, measure* 18 acrt*. and would
contain at the same rate 347,000 persons upon
the ground- The population of the globe, be
ing estimated at 900,000.000, could stand up >n
torty square milts, or aa area of six and 33-100
miles square.
I If 900 millions of persons pass away every
hirty years, and the world ahould be six thou
sand years, old, this would be equal to 200
times 900,000,000. Thus the entire numlar
• of persons would have standing room oa 200
times 40 square miles, or 8000 square miles oi
land, or a trifle Issa than ninety miles square.
11 900 millions die every thirty years, in one
year thirty milllioM die. If 30 millions die in
• 365 days, in one day 82,000 die. If in 24
tours 82,000 die, how many per hour ?—An*
( 3.420. If in 60 minutes this number die, how
■ many per minute ?—Ana 57-
Tne expense of the Uui'ed States House ot
Representatives at 88 per day, amount* to 81.-
, 944. The salary of the President is 868 1-2
I per day. The pension of the late Qusen Ade
uide, was £1(10,000 per annum, equal to
' per day.
i The revenue of the United State* for 1851
• it 52 million*, » equal to 81.65 cents per eec
, oad.
*arHon. Thomas Green Davidson, member
r lect from Louisiana, who has been necewsarih
„ .bsent ou important bwipes, took his seat it
the House on Tursday. and i* enrolled in the
, Democratic ookuM ii favor of Richardson for
Speaker.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1856.
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“ Charley White’s new Ethiopian Joke
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Gov. Howells Cobb’s Speech.
We in our last, the remarks of this
gentleman made in the House of Rep-“tenta
tive*, in Congress, on Friday last. The Wash
ington Union, of the 22d iiist., thus refers to
them:
The feature of yesterday’s proceedings in the
House of Repreoratativre was the speech ol
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, a full report
of which will be found in onr paper of this
morning. The object of this trjieech was to put ,
the efforts of those opposition members of th« ,
Huusi who charge tliat the organization ot
that body is delayed by the Democratic part i
in the proper light before the country; and in
this we think Governor Cobb was signallv sue- -
oessful. Mr. Cox. of Kentucky, a member ot
the American party, had occupied the floor
for some hours on Thnr-duy and Friday, aud
had made many attempts to show that the at
titudeof tl • Democracy m the platform of their
c,.iicus was an obstacle to he election ol
Speaker, and yesterday he calh-d upon certain
freesoil members of the House to assist him t<
prove that the national D'moeracy of th.
North were not in favor of the true construc
tion of the principles of the Nebraska bill—
a process standing in strange and painful con
trast with the declarations of the same geiith -
man in- favor of national men and nations,
principles. It was to show that the Demo
cracy of the House could not compromise on
principle at any price, and to trace the career
1 of that great secret party which had swept
; down the true men of the North as with tin
wing of the pestilence, and to refute the chan?
, es of those Southern Know Nothings who, not
content with affiliating with men of fresh an
doubtful nationality, now attempt to weaken
and to destroy those who have always beei
r steadfast in the hour of trial, that Gov. Cobl
i addressi d the House in reply to the Bepresen
I tativea from Kentucky. Those who lieard tha'
reply, Will not soon forget its manner or ifr
matter, er its effect upon the House and upon
the crowded galleries. The solid and nnswerv
ing columns of the Democracy gathered aroum
, the Speaker, and gave assent to his manly sen
timents by that breathfas attention whirl
proved how truly he sp -ke to their hearts
1 while the “opposition trenches” paid respect
ful attention to a man who met great issues an<
1 spoke great truths with all the dignity an<
force of a well-p“i«ed statesman. It was a
effort worthy of the fame of Howell Uobb, an<
worthy of that Democracy whose honor am
■ whose principles he so ably vindicated. Th.
Democracy of the nation will read the speed
with as much pleasure as those who enjoyed
the privilege of hearing it.
6®* The publishers of Philadelphia, and
other*, gave a public dinner, on Thursday even
ing la»t. to Louis A. Godey, Esq., the proprieto.
ol Godey's body's Book. About one hundred
persons sat down to the table. Messrs. W. A
Blanchard, Morton M'Michael. J. B. Lippiti
cott, James Crissy, Moses Thomas, Charle
Magargee, A. Cowperthwaite, H. O. Lea, C.
Desilver, and K. H. Butler, were the committee
of arrangements. Mr. John Grigg presided on
the occasion, assisted by Messrs. EL C. Carey,
and Abram Hart,as Vice Presidents.
Mayor Conrad, Wm. B. Reed and Profemot
K oppen spoke on the occasion. Mr. Godey, it.
reply to a complimentary toast to himself, said
among other thing*:
-From the start he had made it a role to ex
elude from his msgaxine everything of a politi
cal, sectarian or immoral tendency. and he could
now say with pride that, in the whole fifty-om
volumes he bad published, there was not con
'ained a single profane oath, uor anything tba,
could offend the taste or judgment of his read
er*. In the course of his experience in the con
ducting of the Lady’s Book, he had paid out
large sums of money to various distinguislied
writers for original contributions. One uumbei
for instance, he expended ou it, in this way.
81200 for the contributions of such writers at
Longfellow, Willis. &c. And, iu the msttei
of engravings, he bad frequently paid out 8250
for the plates for a single number.”
Tux Great Central Sba is Tbopicai.
Africa—lu the Calwer M iaJonablatt. (*ay
the New York Tribune) we find with some let
ter* from Dr. Rebman. dated the 18th and 30th
of April, a map which is communicated by the
learned missionary. On this map. between the
Equator and 10 deg. of South latitude, and
between the 23d and 30th meridian, lies au im
>nen*e sea. without outlet, twice as large sb the
Black Sea, including the Sea of A toss It i>
.lesignsted Ukerewe, or Inner Sea, and the wel
known Njama Sea appears a* a small bay on
’ the southeast. Dr. Rebman refers to a map ir
, detail which his companion. Dr. Erbardt. L
bringing to Europe. This great discovery, th<
-ousequences of wh'chcan hardly be estimated,
has rested hitherto on the testimony of the na
tire* of b.th shore* of the Inner Sen with
whom the missionaries came in contact. Dr
A. Petermann remarks, in a letter in the
Athenaeum, that the African geographer. Mr
Cooley, argued long ago for th* existence of n
dngle'great sea iu the centre of Equatorial As
rica, and this opinion was prevented from be
: coming general only by the obstinate oppos>-
r tion of th* missioaar «of Eastara Africa, who
oowooafw tbmr error.
Congressional Proceedings.
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
Friday. Dec. 21,1855.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cobh—Mr. Clerk, we are at the close of
the third week of the session without an organ
ization. and the charge has been made from ev
ery quarter of the House that the Democratic
party is responsible for it. As a member of
that party, acting with it, and giving to its ac
tion here since the commencement of this ses
sion, my hearty and cordial approval, I rise tp
say a word or two in reference to the position
which it occupies before the country, and to
justify and defend that position. Wlien th
charge is made by those who profess to have a
m ijority in this House, those whose sentiments
have been reflected by th? senior member, the
gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Giddings.) themes'
of whom are casting their votes for the honora
ble gentleman from Massachusetts for Speaker,
the only reply that I feel callei upon to make
in behalf of the Democratic party is, that we
are in the minority. It is a source of high
gratification to them, and they have congratu
lated the country upon it. The minority, there
fore, is not responsible for this want of organi
zation.
The charge is made by another polities! or
ganization in this House, and a more extended
rep ; y is perhaps demanded. It has been said
repeatedly, and it has gone to the country. t'«i
the failure of the national men of this House
to unite in the election of a Speaker is attribu
table to the resolution passed by the Democrat
ic caucus which nominated the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Richardson) for Speake: ; tha'
that resolution has erected a barrier lietween the
Democratic party and those who ho d national
sentiments on some subjects in c Ml -n with
that party, and that the barrier caun<>: ue passed
by them ; and, therefore that we are responsi
ble for the failure to organize. It requirra a
brief return to the history of the past two years
to respond to this cliarge.
At the time, sir, wl«n the contest was wag
ing and waxing warm in all the Southern St ite.«
wbeu all the political organizations in the no th
era States out of the Democratic party were
warring upon it oh account of it» nationality :
when for years it had stood firm against these
assaults from every quarter and from every sac
tiottf there suddenly sprin anp a secret politi
cal organization, shown by subsequent hbtorj
to be either the offspring or the natural ally ol
thia Freesoil organization which had for years
warred upon the national principles of the De
mocratic party. Elections transpired; thi
friends of this national principle, whieh had
been illustrated in the passage of the Nebra-ku
and Nansas bill, and whieh had beeu maintain
ed for years by the national Democracy of th
North were stricken down. I need only ask
yon to cast your eyes over this House and no
lice those who now occupy the seats once filleo
by the friends of the Constitution, aud deair.
me to tell you through whose instrumentaliti
those men were driven from this hall, and then
places supplied by those who now respond ti
the sentim -nts of the gentleman from Ohio, an.
who cast their votes for the g mtleman from
Massachusetts. This was not the work of olu
organizations existing at the North. Thet
were incapable of effecting it. It was whei
those sympathizing with them in their Freraoi
•sentiments struck down, if you please, the l»u
ners can-ied in broad day light, and resorted L
'heir midnight assemblages, hid ont from th.
ight of day, and their conspiring against tb<
best interests of this country and the eonstitu
' ional rights of that section of it which I hav
the honor in part to represent, combining theii
j ecret power and influence with the open ene
miesofthe Constitution and the rights of thi
States, were enabled to destroy and break dowi
he power of the national Democratic party ii
'he Northern States, and to fill their seats witl
he advocates of those principles to which J
nave alluded. Sir, when the tidings of thes
•esnlte were heard by the people of my sectior
>f th«* country, there was one general expressioi.
of regret and mortification from all who coul
orget their enmity to the Democratic party.—
If there were any whose feelings and views wer
■epresented by that portion of the public pres
which heralded in, not the triumph of Freesoi
ism. but the defeat of the national Democrat'
<uch, I trust, were few in numbers. It created
lowever, these results: a universal feelin
through all the Southern States that the tim
"id arrived when of us there should be bu
me voice, one people, one party, in defence o
ights dear to us as the Constitution of th
country, which were now being warred upon b'
i sectional organization at the North, whici
*as—as was indicated by tbt return of mem
H-ra to this House—carrying before it triump l
uid success throughout the Northern and West
■' n States. We felt, all of our people felt, thu•
he time had come when we should stand firm
uid true by those men aud that party of th<
North who, by their votes and conduct, had
proven themselves t-ue to the Cousli’ution.—
There was no man in that hour who would
have risen before a Southern constituency an.’
called to the stand Northern freesoilers to prov<
rhe want of soundness and nationality, and true
princ’ples, iu the men who had been sacrificed
m tbeir defence of their constitutional rights.—
Why was the South not« unit? Whv did w>t
she speak but one voice in common with them
uati mal Democrats who, m time* pas', s'oo:
oy her, and have stood here, in defence of th<
Constitution, a firm and unbroken phalanx, fron.
the commencement of the session down to the
present moment ? Bir, Ido not feel authorized
ro speak of what occurred in other States, but
I will speak in reference to what transpired iu
my own. In the hour in which this universal
sentiment prevailed, there was unknown to us
inknown to the Democratic party as it non
-Lauda organized, a secret political organization
-pringing up in our own midst, and, before we
were aware of it, a large portion “of our peo
ple wgre bound oy solemn oaths and obligationi
to subject their fellow citizens to a new test, on
known to the past political history of our conn
'ry. and. a* we honestly believe, th“n and now
violative of the constitutional rights of man>
<ood, worthy, and patriotic citizens of thi
land. Sir, the Democratic party of my own
State stor'd prepared to unite with every man.
North aud South, who could stand by the Con
citation, and eeing that this question to whieh
I have alluded had overw'ne'medall other ques
lions, had indeed b-come the paramonnt qn-e
lion of the day as illustrated here, we wanted
'o be united, we wanted to speak as one man
with on" voice, and one heart, as there was a
universal spirit and feeling of sympathy through
out onr region. But this secret party brok.-
upon us—if I may b- permitted to use the
homely illustration—like a clap of thunder from
a cl.-ar sky, proving that th -re existed in our
midst a secret political organization having foi
its principle the proscription of Cathoi.cs and
foreign b rn citizens, and tarae new tests were
to be applied to judge of the c rthodoxy of eve
ry man in our State before we were to be pr
mitted to co-operate with them. Gentlemei
say tuere were no such tests submitted no such
■esta to be found in their Philadelphia platrorm
and none such to be found in their published
•kclara'ion of principles. I reply that I know
not how it may be in their own S.ates, but iu
nine I 10-.ked’uot merely to yuur Philadelphia
platform. 1 d'd not content myself with inqui
ring as to their published declarations, but be
-1 ing enabled to see a little further into thia mat-
CMkpqTteed into their oaths and obligations
' amrtaiA what tests ttey totnded to af>p*y
to myself and to those acting with me. In or
der that 1 may bo distinctly understood, and
that gentlemen may comprehend my reasons for
the course I have marked out for myself, I beg
leave to read two or three lines only of these
oaths taken by a portion, if not by all. of the
Know Nothing or Amoricaa party of my own
State as follow*:
‘That you will not vote, or give your influ
ence for any man for any office in the gift ol
the people unless the oe an American-born citi
zen, iu favor of Americans ruling America,
nor if he be a Roman Catholic.’
Sir, I leave it to those whose tastes lead
them to inquire to discover whether this was
openly set forth in the Philadelphia platform.
1 find it in the oath. And further:
‘That you will, when elected or appointed to
any officia station conferring on you the pow
er to do so. remove ali foreigners, aliens, or Ro
man Catholics from office or place, and that
you will In no case appoint such to office or
place in your gift’
Sir, those principles were openly defended
and justified by the representative" of this parti
in the canvara in the State of Georgia, and
they applied to me and io my friends this new
test—we rejected it-
Who is responsinle for the division in my
State! Who is responsible for the fact thai
Geonria. upon this floor, does not speak on.-
united voice? I put no teat to my friends of
the American party. I raise no barriers between
them and myself. They erected, they put them
there, and they are responsible for it. If gen
tlemen, when they say that their party is not
in favor of proscription, mean tlist they have
not taken, and do not justify, toese oatlis, then
I will go with such gentlemen to inquire where
and what their principles are; but if they are
the defenders, t lie advocates, and the apologists
•f these oaths, then I say the barrier between
us is deep wide, and impassable until, by their
ewn act. they have removed it, (Applause.)
In my own State the contest wai carried on
npon the issue formed upon those principles.—
Georgia, in common with her sister Bta es in
ill portions of this Union, pronounced against
'hose principles, and upon thi#issue her repre
■mntatives of the Demrcratic party met here at
'he commencement of this session. What did
tliey do ? They placed in nomination for the
■ ffic of Speaker the gentleman from Illinois.—
We have the testimony of more than one ol
"Ur friends voting aeainst him on this floor,
'hat there is no personal objection to bis elec
tion.
A voice—Or political either.
Mr. Cobb—There may be political with some
—I say there is no personal objection to him
Why can they not support him. and vote for
iim. agreeing as they do with him upon this
.Teat issue involved in the Kansas and Nebras
kaaet? Why. «r, because of the resolution
.dopted by our caucus. That resolution ex
tends toour countrymen all over the land our
>ieart felt congratnlations upon the triumph ol
(heprinciple imbodied in that Kansae-Nebras
ka act in many of the States. Bnt our friends
Iraire us to withdraw those congratulations
What for? Is there any objection to that ex
presston of the leeline of the Democratic party
in caucus? Does that constitute an imped -
•nent to the support a national man may desire
to givato the nominee of the Dem.-cratic party?
1 apprehend not. Certainly, it cannot to thos. ■
vho profete to occupy a national position.—
Ha* we extended our congratulations to our
■•-onntrymen upon the triumph of civil and re
igions freedom, as antagoniatical to the doc
'rinee and the principles of those oaths which
1 have read in yonr hearing. If they do no'
defend, justify, and approve the principles
mbodied in those oaths, the resolution does
tot touch them. If they do justly those doc
rines, then let me ask of them wiiat they de
nand at our hands ? They themselves have er
■eted the barrier. We have triumphed over if
.nd because we express our congratulations to
he country at the triumph we have gained
r iver it, they demand us to retract and with
Jraw those words of congratulation.
Mr. Reade—Mr. Clerk, I thought the gen
leman said that this party were iu the minor-
bad not triumphed.
Cobb—Either the gentleman has not lis
ened attentively, or I have spoken to ven
title purpose. lam speaking now of the tri
irnphs which the Democratic party has gain
■d since the Congreesoinal elections and the voio
if the people declared in their favor by the de
eat, in the various States of the Union, ol
hose who went before them holding the ban
ier of these proscriptive oaths and obligations
Mr. Reade— If tlie gentlemen will permi'
me, I undersaiKl him to mean, in speaking o
■he triumph of this party, their triumph in the
•rrnntry. I would.then, a“k him this: How
an his party have triumphed in the countn
inless the eli'ctiona-show it; and how can thos
■lections show it except by the return of a ma
;ority of Democratic members to this House?
If you have not a majority in the House, then
where’s your triumph ?
Mr. Cobb—How mnch trouble will it give
the gentleman from North Corolina to work
out this problem ; that the Democratic party
has triumphed in the northern States since the
elections for members of the present Congress
and that many members now holding seats are
doing so in defiance of public sentiment at home
is shown by the result of these r< c-nt elections"
1 hope the gentleman will take his leisure, and
let us kaow the result when he has ascertain
ed it . .
I was alluding, sir. to the position which we
occupy, and the demands made by our friends.
If, Mr. Clerk, the principles imbodied in
those oaths aud obligations do not find any
representatives upon the floor connected with
die national American organization, then the
resolution passed by the Democratic caucus
constitutes no impediment in their giving their
support to the nominee of that party. If. how
ever, they do not defend and approve them
principles, then I ask with what justice, with
what propriety, do tliey call npon us to with
draw our congratulations to the country when
they refuse to withdraw the obnoxious princi
ples to which I have alluded ? As desirable as
the organization of the House may be to the
Democratic partv, as desirable as it may be to
the large majority of the people of this country
for the organization to fall into our hands, 1
frankly and candidly to my friends of the
national American organization, that the Dem-
■ icratic organization of this House, will nTi-r
be purchased by my aid and my vote, by the
sairifiee of the principles involved in the reso
lution pasted by the Democratic concns on the
Ist of December. Sir, three great principles
are il ustrated and foreshadowed by that resolu
tiou : the rights of the States, freedom of con
ieieuce. and the rights of the foreign born cil-
Zens. When the war has ceased by the repub
lican party, as they term themselves, upon the
first principle, and when the war ceases by
the American party npon the two others, it
will be time then to consider the necess ty ol
urging these issues longer before the country
When that time arrives, we shall not only be
in Georgia and the South, but throughout this
b-oad land, in every State, one p*ople express
ing one voice and one sentiment.
Another objection is made because the gen
tleman from Illinois is the regular nominee of
the Democratic pirty for Speaker, as well as
because be represents’th'- principles of the party;
and we are a.-ked to withdraw him and select
another candidate, or to unite in the election
of another man—in other words, they have no
' personal objection to the candidate of the par
'l ty, the from Illinois, aod Uiere being
no political objection to him winch diss not
equally apply to every other member of the De
mocratic party; yet they ask us to nominate
another candidate, or to give our votes to an
other person. For what purpgFe? There can
be but two purposes; One is to altanJon the
principle upoc which we have stood I have
disposed of that. The other is to waive the or
ganization of the Democratic party. Sir. 1 ask
my friends, is thi* a time for us to entertain the
proposition of waiving the Democratic organi
zation? Today, thongh reduced in numbera
upon this flo >r, it occupies before the country
perhaps a prouder position than it ev r did be
fore.
My southern friends, so you ask mo to waive
or to abondon the Democratic organization in
the hour in which, purged of the last Freesoil
sentiment, &acting in harmony, it has enlarged
its sphere of usefulness, and is entering upon 11
new career of triumph of national principles ?
If you do, 1 cannot respond to the demand.—
Believing, as I do, iu my honest judgement, that
the liest interest of this country, if not its very
existence. d< pend upon the jireservation of the
national Dußocratic party and its principles, J
witl never abandon that organization so long as
the banner which fliia s over it has inscribed
upon its folds the principles to which in heart
in spirit, body and mind, I am thoroughly and
unfal'ering devo'ed. now atd forever.
Bnt. sir, some other representatives of this
national American party have expressed feel
ings and sentiments by no manner ofTil ans in
accordance with the feelings and views ptesent
od by my friend from Alabama. (Mr. Walker.)
who opened the debate npon this question.—
My friend from Kenthckvover the way, (Mr.
H. Marshall,) repudiated the idea that we
should unite and co-ojierate together tin the or
ganization of this House. He has nailed his
banner to the mast, and if it is his will and
pleasure to stand by it, belt so. But it is un
generous to charge me with undue devotion to
my banner when tliey themselves are prepared
to fall and die. or triumph by theirs. This
gentleman from Kentucky, his colleague. (Mr
Cox.) does not ask us merely to . bandon our
organization and our principles, bu' join
with him in the election of the cand date for
whom he has cast his vote.
Mr. Cox—l did not mention the name of
any gentleman.
Mr. Cobb—A-gentleman,then. of this party.
Mr. Cox—Ce tditily, of my party- I said
that if the Democratic party united with the
Southern American, they could elect an Amer
can: bnt I could not speak lot my party, and
say that if I come over to the Democratic party
my frieods would follow the exnmple.
Mr. Cobb—l had understood the gentlemsn
as invititing me to cast, my vote for the gcml .
man from Pennsylvania. (Mr. Fuller) but le
says for some member of his party. 1 will say
frankly and cand'dly to the gentl man from
Kentucky, that, if this Houre is never organ
ized, my vote will never be given for the repre
sentative of any party, or for any moulins’- ol
•hat party, who has inscribed upon his party
or his personal banner, those oaths and obliga
tions ; and I should regret extremely, apart
from that consideration, to ca«t my vote for
the gentleman from Penesytvania, (Mr. Fuller)
because, iu the act of doing it, there would
come up before me the gh<«t of the murdered.
Wright,* who by that gentleman's constituen
cy, and by his aid and co-operation, was strick
en down because he gave his vote for the Ne
braska bill, which my friend 'rom Pennsylva
nia, (Mr. Fidler.) nays if he had been a mem
ber he would have voted against.
Mr. Cox—ls the gentleman will permit me
to make a remark, it is this: He declares that
on account of the prospective character of the
American party, he can never vote for a can
didate of that party. I leave'it to the coun
try to judge whether he has proscribed tha:
party himself, or whether or not the ■American
party wete the proscriber*. I ask for a good
man, and do not care to what party he belong o .
Mr. Cobb—A man does not represent the
fundamental princ'ples of the Constitvtfon ol
'he country, as I understand them, who is tie
defender and the advocate of tliese osths and
obligations ; and for such a man I never will
vote. The salvation of thi country is not to
he secured by the union and co-operation ol
men who are separated upon fundamental cou
stitntional principles.
I have not risen. Mr. Clerk, to go into a
dis'-nssion of those pr nciples which have been
brought before the House, but I did feel thai
silence longer would be unjustifiable, wlien.
from every quarter. I heard this assault made
upon the Democratic party, ard it held respon
sible for the want of organization.
I am not, sir, disposed to go into the discus
sion of any principles outside of those (‘Hiking
to the question of the resposibility for the or
ganization of the House ; hut at the proper
time I desire to be heard upon the principle ol
this Nebraska and Kansas act, and upon t e
difference of opinion which exists in the Demie
cratie party ; and I think that I shall be able
to show, though there do exist differences ol
opinion upon points immaterial, that, npon the
great leading, practical idea contained in the
bill, there is but one voice aud one sentiment
in the Democratic party.
Adopt what theory you please of this Ne
braska act; and, though there may lie a vari
ance upon abstract questions connected witl,
these theories, yet it will be found that each
theory leads, in the end. to the same practical
result—that is, that the p- ople shall determ ne
for themselves the nature and charactr of their
domestic institutions. This I shall attempt to
elucid te before this House ut the proper lime.
My object, in the remarks I have submitted, i
to speak of the orgrn’Zation and the difficul
ties attending It. I have given my own view*,
justified my own conduct in referenc to the past,
and that will constitute my justification for the
future. lam upon the line which duty and my
principles have marked out for me, aud I shall
continue upon that line to the closing scene of
this drama.
Mr. Wheeler—l would ask the gentleman
whether be has not changed his views since he
co-operated with Whigs in Georgia ?
Mr. Cobb—Not in the least; and the ques
tion propounded by th" gentleman from New
Yoik shows that he does not understand the
history of that matter, aud I would advise him.
before he attempts to make a point on it, to
have the produce to study it. (Great laugh
ter.)
Mr. Wheeler—The gentleman being called
upon. I think it is due to himself as well as to
others to explain.
Mr. Cobb—lt nee’s do explanation to tho«-
who understand : t, and those who do not have
no right to expect an explanation. (Renewed
laughter.)
Mr. Foster obtained the floor.
Mr. Campbell, < f Ohio, put several questions
to Mr. Cobb, regarding bis vote ou the resolu
tions admitting Texas.
Mr. Cobb said that he would answer the;
questions on another occasion, and would iml,
occupy the time of his coll ague aud ot tlx ,
House at present.
Mr. Foster proceeded at length to reply to i
his colleague.
Mr. Bennett, of Mississippi, obtained the
floor, but gave way to
Mr. English, on whose motion
The Hcuse adjourned. ,
(* Thi* Bl'uiCon t* to th* Hon. nsnitrfek B Wright,
• member of the a*t Congre**, who voted fur thu
hiMka bill, and was defeated by Mr. £uUer, Uke Amer
iMa MadfoMß lor tipotoßr.
tiupuilunt Decisiou.
It will be seen from the subjoined letter that
the Secretary of the Interior hue decided that
the volunteers engaged in the removal of the
Cherokees are entitled to bounty land under
the provisions of the first section of the act of
March 3, 1855 :
Department of the Intertor. 1
Washington. Dec, 18, 1H55. (
Gentlemen : In compliance with the request
contained in your cotnmiinieation of the 3d
hist., a re-examiii>ition of the question, whetla r
those engaged in the removal of the Chero
ki es are entirted to bounty land, under the pro
visions of the lnt section of tin act of March
3, 1855. was mad ' by this department, I have
••included to refer the matter to the Attorney
Gen ral of the United States for his < fficial
opinion. Thi* opinion is received, and is to
the eff et that the language of said act—to
wit: " Each of the curvivurs of the militia, or
volunteers, or State troopeof any State or Ter
ritory, called hto m'litnry service, and regular
ly mustered tlairein. and whose services have
been, paid by the United States"—intends not
ouly militia or volunteers whose military servi
ce "was |>erforniid under the general command
of the United States, and in time of war, but
algo such a* rendered military service, whether
in war or not, and whether under the immedi
ate authority of the U'jite-i States or of a
Sta'e or Territory, but who shall have been
p iid for such service by tiie United States.
Upon a review of the whole subject, aided
by the opinion of tlie Attorney General, and
the views expressed by y u, 1 am satisfied tha'
the construction above given to the act is cor,
rect. and have so instructed the Commissioner
of Pensions.
I am, respectfully.
Your oh t serr't,
r. McClelland.
The Hon*. George S. Hotts on, George>'W
Jonie, Howell Cobb, and John H. L'lmpkiiL
House of Representatives, WashiugtotrCity
The election of a (u rinanent Speaker has
not always Iwen regarded as a nccessttryi pre
liminary to the organization of CongresJ. A
ea*e in point occurred tn 1839. when Mr. Gar
In nd,‘the •Clerk, refused to- accept the cteden
t:al*ofthe memliera froui New Jersey when
they were presented with the broad seal of thy
State attached. Wrangling tind confusion
reigm d for a number of days, mid the Elousi
was finally organized on a motion that Mr. Ad
ams of Massachusetts be puisidered Speaker
until a regular election could, lie had, 'th
Heston Courier g ves the following accoun( ol
the matter:
‘•Joliti Quincy Adams was then a member ol
the House of Ilepresenlatives. He- remained
quietly at his seat and listened to the turmoil
with what patience he could, nnd said nothing.
At hmt, however, the patience of the old aim.
was exhausteil. and rising liastily from his chair,
lie poured forth a strain of burning, withering
eloquence, which reached every man’s heart—
He appealed to the representative* present to
say if they were prepared to submL to such a
state cf things—ls they wdro willing to submit
to the dictation and control of a mere Clerk—n
daily stipendiary of Congress!
“The old man had scarcely 'aken his scat be
fore Itoliert Barnwell Rhett of Smith Cinoliiin
Carolina arrtsii. and moved that ‘Jo, n Quincy
Adam* of Massaeliuset'a, be elected Speaker
till a regular Speaker iii elected.’ The motion
was nearly unanimously adopted, aud the Lluuw
of that day was organized."
A Wild Woman.— Capt. Little, during his
late excursion to tlte plains with two compa
nies of the 7tb infantry, found a wild woiuiui
at so..ie point on the prairies. She was a piti
able object, being almnst starvtd to death,
emaciated, and disfigured by the barbarous
custom of some of the tribis of cutting of!
uores aud ears. She is apparently al>out 3(i
years did. At the time onr informant left Fort
Gibson, where she now is. she hud given n"
■ ■videnses of changing her wild, brutish dispo
sition and manner, but continued to eat her
fund (beef) raw. and conducted herself accord
ing to the habits of wild boasts.
She n»n a kind cf gibberish which none of
the li.dians I bout the Fort understand. Siu
is thought, however, to be a K ioway, and
ineusuns will be taken to ascertain the tru h
of the conjecture. If she should prove to be a
Kioway she will be returned to that tribe, fin
it would be impossible ever to make her of ary
lieuefit to King or country' in these parts.
Truth Stranger than Fiction.— Last win
'er a gentleman'ln New York connnectcd with
'lie Mission Sunday School of Dr. Alexander
Church, found a ragged little girl Helling apple
and candy iu the Park ■ n Sunday morning. On
questioning her, lie found that she came over
from England, that her father aud mother died
on the passage, and she was then living with
an old woman who forced her to fell on the
Park Sundays. The kind hearted gentlemai
at first made a compromise with the old womao
by giving lier 50 cents every Sunday to perrnii
the child to attend Sabbath School, and after
wards put the law in force aud took the little
girl from the old woman s control.
She was then sent to an Asylum, and thence
to a farm house The lady to whom she ' was
bound was so strict with the little girl that slit
questioned her closely as to her history. The
facts elided ii.duixd her to write to England,
and she soon received the joyfull intelligence
that the child’s grand-parents were both living
iu Sellinge, Keutcouuly, England. The family
were substantial farmers, and forthwith sent
i'umls to bring the lost one home. She wen'
accordingly in the next steamer, is now living
once more in comfort aud affluence at the old
homestend. A narrative, giving the whole sto
ry. has just bren issued by tlie American Sun
day School Union, under the title of the“ Candy
Girl.”
The Jackson (West Ten.) Whig of the
14th inst., thus treats upon a piece <u rascality
recently enacted in the neighborhood of Boli
var:
We learn from the telegraph operator at thi
place tliat the wires five miles on the road t<
Bolivar have been ent iu two places, nnd a
considerable n'Ttion nf the wire wound up in
to a liall, making it difficult to mend. Os al
crimes that an- committed among men, a sneak
ing, stealing, roguish act of this sort, is thi
work of the lowmt and most hoggish ereutnre:
in human form. Such beings ure craven cow
ar de and do the most of their going about a
ter night, and nine times .mt ot ten get drunk
up mi s -me honest niuu’s livnnjj. and then ye
home and abuse their fpuocetit wire’s and chil
druti.
■■ I .to ——
Georgia and Florida Railroad, —We an
gratified to state tha' the Board of Di ectorr
••f the Georgia and Florida Rai road, have let
th • grading of 12 miles of tlieguad from Amer
Sens, to Messrs. Ashford. Bacon, Harris A
George, to be completed by the first duos Oe
tober next. The contract price was 12 1-1
C-n' o per cubic vs rd. one-third stock aud two
third* oa*h<—Pat.
WM. KA/ FROFRIFTCB
NUMBER 21.
The Pardon of M m. Kissane.
It appears by the following, that William
Kissane has been pardoned by Gov. (Jhnk, of
New York, on the < flic al application of the
Governor*of Ohio and Indiana, and tlie solicit
ation of two ex-Governors of Ohio, the Dis
tret Attorneys of several countie of that
State, and about one hundred and fifty other
promiment men in the Wist. Gov. Clark's
letter of panion to Kisaaue gives the reason*
for this act of clemency :
State of New York. Executive Drp’t. 1
Albany. Dec. 7, 1855. (
Sir: You were convicted of an ingeiiioo*
and complicated crime. Not only was the ev
id nee against you aurpriring in its *trength,
but your own confession at the time of sent
ence established its truth beyond e doubt.—
Before entering the ahisie of your punishment
ymr delivered a *i eech to tlie Court not more
remarkable for indications of your' menta' ca
pacity, than for a test of your conscience and
manly feeling. The history of yonr life which
has been given me is a vivid instance of how
unhappily noble ImpnhiHi and a strong intellect
may be perverted. Yon have engaged in crime,
ami you have tasted of i's bitter frui'*. Upon
men of your ability and reflection such lesson*
ought not to be disregarded, but accept<d us
tiie incentives to a new and honorable caner.
It has been rvproMtited t« mu by person*
high in administrations, in executive and n ju
dicial authority, thut certain ends of public
jiiHttcedemand yorr pardon; that these ends
will be better sulweiV'd throngli your liberty
thau by your continued confim meut. Editors
of gaz- ttes possessing high character and stand
ing have also inti rpoacd in your lieliulf. The
application came to me u der such authority
and with such weight that they elicit in your
behalf my executive mandate for your restora
tion to family and to society.
Iu granting yonr pardon, it Is my earnest
hope thut the confidence of those who have
applied for it will not be misplaced or abiusd,
am] thut henceforward society may claim you
us u valuable citizen.
MYRON H. CLARK.
Mr. Wm. Kissane.
Senator Iverson—His Resolutions.
We were gratifbiHo see the cheerful coun"
tenance of Senator Iverfwn In our sanctnm on
Oh list mas day, and tn exchange with him the
merry greetings of tlie season. He is entire
ly recovered frem his late attack of illness.—
Alter the holiday* are over, he will rhtiirn to
hi* post at Washington City, when we antici-
and pndiet he will ach eve a reputation
• quel to thut won by any Senator who hu*
•■ver represented Georgia in t'otign l **.
We are gratified to leurn that tlie committee
to which was referred his celebrated rreohit ions,
have agreed upon a platform embracing in sub.
stance the proposition enunciated in the late
Convention of the Democracy of Georgia,
which will be reported to the next Senatorial
caucus, and will be adopted by that body.
This will remove the on'y obstacle in the wny
of a complete and perfect union of the Demo
cratic party North and South, and gnaran'ee
its final and complete triumph over “ faction
and fusion” in every quarter, and thus secure
the rights of the South, aud the perpetuity of
the Onion. ■ .ti -
For his hold and decided course on this deli
cate occasion, Senator Iverson draerves the
thanks of the whole country.— Columbus Times
d- Sentinel.
fl®* A dispatch from New York dated the
24th inst.. says:
“Shortly after 2 o'clock, P. M. to-day, a dis
patch was received from Washington by the
U. S. Marsha', ordering the seizure aud deten
tion of the steamer Norlin rn Light.
“Theofficer* were sent on boanl of her. The
Transit Company declared that the vessel should
sail at the usual hour. Subsequently, however,
the U. S. Marshal, and Capt- Minor went to
the U. S. District attorney's office to see what
nrrangem nt could be made.
“The result of tire interview is yet unknown.
About 4 o'clock the N- Light got under way
and was proceeding down tlie bay. She had
not gone for b'fote she was intercepted by a
Revenue Cutter, which fireil two shots across
'he steamer’s bows, a d brought her to. Two
other Gutters came up to assist the first if ne
cessary.
“Between two and three hundred young men
were found on board the Northern Light.
The appearances of all indicated that they were
Nicaraguan adventurers, bound on tho great
•secret expeditions.' One of them ackuowl
edged that they were such, and had been en
gaged by Mr. French aud others for this pur
pose."
Pat. La co run, the Kansas Hero (I).——
This redoubtable character who has achieved
considerable notoriety a* a traitor and spy in
Kansas Territory, and who has heen the chief
instrument iu fomenting the present quarrel
iu Kansas, is thus described aud “ takm off’’
by tlie Louisville Courier :
Lat ghlin is quite a young man, not. perhaps,
more than twenty-thn e y ears of age, and former
ly resided in Scott county in this State. Hi kept
a small gr.a-ery Rtore on the Georgetown and
Frankfort Turnpike, ai d having, alaiut a year
since, accumulated, borrowed and colltctid all
the cash possible, departed fur unknown re
gions. He left bis family and friends a largo
itidcbtedti' ns to pay, and by other remembnin
■•es of this sort, caused hi* memory to be not
pMticn'arly blessed by the people among whom
ue formerly lived.
Thus it is the world over. Humlme rule*
for the moment, and Laughlin'* experience
jitstly merits th fume lie u receiving, as u Helf
-ucrifleing friend of the Missourians. If lie
•els well paid for liis tieachery In Kai san. rer
ia|« he will re uru home aud satisfy hm Ken
tucky friends.
The Cape De Verb Island*. —While we
are in the enj >yiuenl of all the bletMiugs accru
ug from an abundant harvest, the inhabitants
>1 the Cape de Veid 1-laiala are in a condition
.4 absolute starvation Thirty thousand peo
ple on the Islai.d of Han Antonin alone ure
compelled lo subsist mainly U|x>n banai.a stalks
ns I the flesh ot cattle which have died of fum
ue. They have made no appeal to the char
icteristic bctievoletioe of tl.e American |>eo
ple, and jet our active *ym|»thy with their
listresses is not the les* called lor on the ground
•>t'common 1 unianity. Os «•! the nations of
■he world; we are, at this time, in the best cou
■ I■tion to extend a liberal hand to the sufferer*-
I’heir i olated position rend-'in tlwm defH nu ,, ‘
iiswt supplies from other countries, and
f our superabundance, we were to * . .
quin them, for charitj’s sake, that ,*' w
nd they so much need, it Wuuld ,^ d
>ur honor us a nation aud our vrsdit »
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