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BT Ai A . A . gaulding & CO. “ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT TO COMBAT IT.”—JEFFERSON. PROPRIETOR. KEW SERIES, VOL. 2. ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2,1858. NO. 6. TH Jntflligtiffr. 'tSU^DAY, DECEMBER 2, 1868. r j \\\ Wurri, of Chattanooga, Tenn., n d dead near Clarendon, Ark., last It is supposed that he committed sui- T * *, Work to Me We [earn that Mr. B. C. Morse, the Chief • e+T of the Georgia Air-line Railroad hav* Advertised 11 miles of work from Gaines- ^ direction, has let out 7 1-4 at fair to be paid all in stock of the Company, lV 6 that he can let out a large amount of ^ pay one half stock and one half cash ftis clearly shows well for the county Stock- , n uf this enterprise, and ought to inspire Aoufidcnce of the city and citizens of Atlan ta f r iend should now be prompt in his installments, and thereby Lying up en and encourage the work. Let the once fairly underway, and in our opin- ‘there is no danger of failure. Lk be The Judiciary Committee. | \ custom prevails in the legislature of "nria, which we deem highly reprehensible. nji u d e to the practice of referring so long number of the Bills of each house, when •ought up for tiinal action on their third jjr to the Judiciary Committee. When a riias been pending in either House for even Liisidcrable length of time, it is the prevail- . cug t()m, for some member to move to re nt to the Judiciary Committee, instead of jjpg a vote upon its merits and making a fi- ] disposition of it, cither by its passage or ■ction Tire effect of this kind of proceed- |: i< to create delays in the passage of bills, [j to protract the session of the Legislature. lwlwt good can possibly result from this Idiscriuiate reference to this particular Com- Tliere is an amount of business Udeil upon the Judiciary Committee which [dew it imjiossible for that body to exam- t »ud report upon each Bill in a manner I to afford any aid to the progress of slatioii. There are often grave and im. nt questions connected with measures Lught before the Legislature involving great lor constitutional principles which de ad the scrutiny of the wisest and most ex- I legal minds of the country. Such isures as these should claim the attention Ithe Judiciary' Committee to the exclusion of I. rot amount of other matters of minor im- Irtance, with which the prevailing custom is [, crowding that body. We hope the atten- i of the members of the present Legislature, 1 be dire cted to this subject, and that the Utiplicity of motions to refer unimportant lotions to this Committee will be promptly Ittd down. Foreigners holding Real Rotate. [ bill is now pending before the Legislature* Induced, if we remember right, by Mr. |r»yberry of Catoosa County. Without a •ledge of the details of the bill, we take c liberty of expressing our approbation of the ■ral principle involved in it. An act of s sort guarded by proper restrictions, would r opinion, not only be harmless in itself, t might be productive of essential benefits ds country. When we take into view the Imcnse public domain which lies out between valley of the Mississippi and the far off Fa it, now lying waste and unoccupied, the Irit of patriotism would say, let all the earth | invited to come and buy and occupy. For liturics these vast fertile regions must lay t aud worthless, if left alone to the natural |reue of our population. We speak in this ivct of the effects of the general adoption kis policy. Some one has said that if this liipassed, the Rothchilds might come over 1 buy up enough of our land to control the (vcmmental affairs of our country. This in r hum I de judgment, is all visionary specu- Ifany great capitalists should attempt i to use their means, they would soon find nselves very much mistaken in the exten- moneyed powers. They might pos- |ly raise means enough to buy up a county rwo, but when it comes to purchasing a con tiling influence in tire soil of a great State le Georgia, the idea is preposterous. We say In let tiie Bill pass. A large quantity of lands |Georgia are now on the market for sale. i proprietors are desirous of moving to the lest, where they can procure cheaper and Ire fertile lands. Increase the competition j the purchase of our Georgia soil, and you treat* the price; let the foreigners come and |y and become farmers among us; we have I fear of the consequences. Millkdobvilli, Nov. 20th, 1858. tar brother Gaskill :—1 received yours to- and was glad to hear from you. Should to hear oftener and especially in regard urttiona of interest. 1 am glad that I am allied at home in my opposition to the osal of the State Road. My object and itest ambition is to represent the wishes my constituents and advance their best rest. This I shall do to the utmost Of strength and ability while I have the w of a seat in the Senate of my native State, diversity of interest of the interior most shall be respected in common with other ■ions of our beloved State. Short of rality we must never submit, but equal its and privilegesjwe will have. There are iy questions of importance and of great crest liefore both branches of the General :mbly of an exciting aud interesting char r, which demand and claim the wisdom of Legislature and will until the day of ad- miucnt. In the meantime I am prepared it tend promptly to the local interest of At L and iny county, and hope that no one U be back ward in making their wants and ’dies known to their Senator and Represente- A bright day is just ahead for Atlanta— e advantages of her locality and of her rapid owth and prosperity, will soon place her at e Lead of her sister, cities in Georgia and she 11 v «ry soon bo the city of the South. The above letter/ is so good and so charac- rirt > c of our excellent Senator, that we must 'c ii to our readers, although the writer 6 Do ' ( lea of se eing it in print. The county * u ' ton Las re ason to be proud of her present presentation i n the Legislature. The people L niton will observe that if they have any enable de mands upon their Bepreeenta- are ready and willing to serve the best of their ability. Our.Sena* ' Atlanta that “she will very soon be the South,” and we will add provided us are true to themselves. tpaMlng Superior Coart. On Tuesday last Tilman G. Bridges, was convicted of the crime of ‘‘Assault with in tent to murder,” committed upon Wiley G. Heoderson. When we left the court, the Judge had not passed sentence upon him BloodwortA’a Plow. In our notices of this celebrated plow, which received several premiums at the Georgia and the Alabama State Furs, we located Mr. E. H. Bloodworth in Pike County, where he had long resided. We were mistaken in this particular, and take this occasion to state that Mr. Bloodworth now resides in Upson county. His addess is “The Rock, Upson county Ga.” • . A Native Cmitoelty. Our city was honored yesterday with the presence of something of a curiosity, in the shape of Mr. Hodgman Rabun, of Carroll County, who u40 years of age, and has never, until this time, seen a town, a railroad, or a steam en gine. Was never 20 miles from home before in his life, and has never seen Chattahoochee River, until he crossed it on his way to this place. Was 37 years old before he was mar ried, when he was united to a charming young lady of fifteen summers. Has been a Baptist preacher, a school teacher and a country mer chant. He is still a resident of “sweet Carroll,’’ that land of chivalry and song, whose stones are of iron, and out of whose bowels we dig copper, &c., &c. He was in ecstatic raptures on first beholding the mighty iron horse. they ThanlugtvlRg Day. With due respect to the proclamation of his Excellency, the Governor, Thursday, 25th inst. was observed as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, by the people of Atlanta. A number of the business houses were closed; no papers were issued from the presses; the Banks were shut up, and religious services had, we believe in all the churches. Fairbanks Letter Scales. We are indebted to Mr. J. T. Lewis, of the firm of Clarke & Lewis, Hardware merchants of this city, for one of Fairbanks’ Letter Scales. Fairbanks. & Co. have a large and extensive es tablishment in the city of New York, where they manufacture every kind of scales in use n this country, from the largest to the small est.. Messrs. Clarke & Lewis are prepared to furnish customers with every variety of this kind of article, as well as all goods usually kept in a Hardware Store. Give them a call. Remarkable Relic. During our visit to Spalding Superior Court, a few days since, we had the pleasure of spend, ing an evening at the hospitable fire-side of our much esteemed friend, Judge{Gilben J. Green, of the city of Griffin. We were shown a table in his bouse, which was brought over from England in the ship which bore Gen. Ogle thorpe to Savannah, one hundred and twenty- six years ago. It is in a fine state of preserva tion, and has been in the family of Mrs. Judge Green ever since its arrival in this country. -n in Petersburg, Va. t lost his pockefc- ••toning $6,000. It was found by a 1 and returned to its owner, who gen- rewarded the finder with 121-2 cents ■f candy. A Feeler. Our cotemporary of the National American i n his issue of the 23d inst., has dignified an in nocent little notice, which we published a few days ago, in reference to the City Council of Atlanta, with an importance which we never designed for it. We had no intention of stir ring up the gall of our cotemporary, in this lit tle notice of our city fathers ; because from the tone of that print during the whole term of the present officers, we had concluded that our co temporary was very kindly affectioned to our present city officers. But it seems that the “National American” has come to the conclu sion, that it is doing “God service,” to oppose every thing that the “Intelligencer” is inclin ed to favor. Examine the files of the “Amer ican,” for the present year, and you will find scarcely a word against the present City Coun cil. Now that the time approaches when the people of the city are to be called upon to en dorse or condemn our present city officers, our neighbor has become captious, and appears very much disposed to find fault. We cannot deny that our article, though not designed as a “feeler,” was partly intended to direct pub lic attention to the election of city officers, to come off in the course of a few weeks. Our personal acquaintance with some of the pres ent board of Alderman is not very intimate, but we have been credibly informed that two or three of them are practical mechanics. They are none the better for this, nor none the worse. We hold every man, who makes a living by an honest livelihood, to be equally entitled to the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens ; but when we find one who is intimately iden tified with the “working classes,” we feel a strong sympathy in his beliaf; for to that class we belong. We must confess our surprise at the tone and temper of our neighbor’s article, on the subject under consideration, judging from his funner course towards the present ad ministration of the city government. The time is not far ahead, when we expect to show what the present Council have done for our city, and we have no fear of the result, when all the facts are presented to the honest, patri otic citizens of Atlanta. But, so far as the Ed itor of the “American” is concerned, we de spair of securing his approval of anything the present Council may do. Whenever lie ap proves of any act, performed by a Democratic administration, then shall we begin to suspect there is something wrong. The National A merlcan. We have read with some interest an editori al article which made its appearance in the National American of the 23d inst., headed, The Art Preservative of Arts.” The writer, who we presume is the senior Editor of that pa per, presents in his article a very plausible ex terior, and his piece will no doubt meet a hear ty response in the bosom of all those who sym pathise with the editorial fraternity. But there lurks within the article a spirit (we will not say of envy) of rivalry in reference to ou r establishment, which a sense of duty compel^ us to notice. To a superficial observer, thi g feeling is not apparent, but certain words in quotations, os well as other remarks, point the innuendo at us, so directly that we cannot mistake his aim. When we embarked in the enterprise in which we are now engaged, vie thought there was need in this growing city, of a larger newspaper and printing establish ment, than had ever been in existence here. We believed that it could be made a paying concern. Consequently, the writer, and those associated with him, determined to take the chances, and invest the means which we had accumulated by honest industry, in this entei- prise. If it was a misfortune to us that our own efforts, by the blessing of providence had giv en us this opportunity of aiding in the dcvel- opement of the rising energies of our city, then we are not to blame. Our investment may prove unprofitable, yea, ruinous; but if we fail, we expect at least to have the sympathiit of the true friends of Atlanta. We know that we can, by our superior “facilities,” do work cheaper than our co temporary, or any other es tablishment in the up country, but we have never to our knowledge, “worked for less than it cost to do it." Others may have done so, bat we have never knowingly charged less “than a remunerative price.” Nor are we aware of having done work at a less price than our neighbor. If we can do work at his prices, and make more clear money, that’s our busi ness, not his. We join issue with our cotemporary, when he speaks of doing work “better than it can be done in our own locality.” We will not pros ecute this controversy any further with our cotemporary at this time. We are desirous of living in “peace and harmony” with our co temporary, believing there is a necessity for two papers in Atlanta, and entertaining a sincere de sire for his pecuniary success. We might say something in reference to the sign of the “Star Spangled Banner,” which we'conctive, that our neighbor has so inappropriately run up over h in But we are not inclined to call up the ghost of poor “Samuel,” deceased, audience we forbear. We, however, will venj tore to repeat the Ndtn Bene of our neighbor as applicable to ourself, “we have but one price fat each class of work, and never vary from our rates.” Stick to this neighbor and we will a taad square up to the mark. Sir Charles Bright, who has recently been knighted for his Share in laying down the At lantic Telegraph, is the youngest individual on whom that honor has been conferred for many yean. He is only twenty-sip years of age, having been born in 1882. For the Atlanta Intelligencer. State Aid—The Contest In the House of Representatives. Messrs. Editors.—Some twenty or twenty- five years ago, and immediately after Internal Improvement by the general Government had been broken down, the people of Georgia, while the State was poor and without credit, adopt ed the policy of State aid to Railroads, and from which policy the most sanguine hopes and predictions of its friends, have been more than realized. The magnificent results which have flown from the construction of the West ern & Atlantic Railroad are before our eyes, and cannot be denied. About this time other Rail roads were projected, and to aid and encour age them, the State undertook the construc tion of a Road from the North-Eastern bank of the Chattahoochee River to the State of Ten nessee. The intention and design was expres sed in the Act authorizing this Road, and was intended to overcome the rough and difficult grounds, in reaching the Western country by means of this great modern improvement, and thereby secure to these other projects a supply of business that would warrant an investment in them, and secure the capital for their con struction. Well and truly has this design been carried out, and well and truly has the bene fits been realized by the other Railroad compa nies. Previous to this Act, the Legislature of the State had conferred liberal Banking privi leges on the Central and Georgia Railroad com panies, which in addition to the benefits con ferred by the construction of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, have proved to he worth more than one millioh of Dollars to each of them. In the days when this policy was un der consideration, such men as Gov. Lumpkin, Governors Gilmer and Schley, William Dear- ing, John P. King, W. W. Gordon, Robert Toombs, and Alex. H. Stephens, were its ear nest advocates and friends, while Savannah, Augusta and all the counties along the lines of the then jn-oposed Central and Georgia Rail roads, afforded hosts of supporters and friends. It had supporters also in all other parts of the State. The results of this policy and this liljcrality, it may be repeated, on the part of the State, have been truly wonderful. But it is equally true and undeniable, that while this policy and liberality in the use and expenditure of $6,- 000,000 belonging to the people of all parts of the State, and the whole State, has enriched Savannah, Augusta and Middle Georgia to the extent of $200,000,000, and is still enriching them, it has had the effect to cripple and im poverish other large portions of the State. While this $0,000,000 of money belonging to the people of the whole State, has been used on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, which has enuied mainly and almost exclusively to the benefit of these sections and cities, North-Eas tern Georgia containing territory enough for a respectable State, and a large portion of Southern Georgia, containing territory enough for another respectable State including the best sea-port on the Southern coast, are all left to sink into poverty and comparative insignifi cance for w'ant of similar aid from the State. Under these circumstances, measures have been brought forward.for the relief of these destitute sections. It consists in asking the State to endorse or become the security for Rail road undertakings, with a three and four fold security in return, to the amount of $3,000,- 000 all included, or about one-half the cost of i the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and intend, ed to secure the construction of 400 miles of Railroad into these destitute regions. It is with this state of things in view, that a vote is taken in the House of Representatives of the State, and from Augusta, Savannah, and from all the counties through which the Geor gia and the Central Railroads run, anil inclu ding that very portion of the State in which State aid to Railroads took its rise and found its main supporters, and which are reopening the golden harvest of the State’s liberality, in all these towns and sections, their Representa tives in the Legislature vote in solid phalanx, with two or three exceptions, against these measures of justice. Let us cast our eyes back again over the his torv of State aid to Railroads jn Georgia, and then cast our eyes over the history of the whole world, and sec if we can summon up to view, such an instance, such a spectacle of leg islative ingratitude and injustice in the histo ry of the world, as is here exhibited by these Central Railroad and Georgia Railroad Repre sentatives ? Let us see if we can find such an instance, such a spectacle of contempt and re pudiation of principles of the fathers on the part of the sons ? What does all this say, and what does it mean ? It says, “be ye fed and be ye clothed, by which we wish you to understand, we are rich and independent ; we have got the lion’s part; and it is neecssary and proper for you to remain poor for our benefit.” The ingrati tude and disregard with which these two great corporations of the State look upon the wants and necessities of the destitute sections of the State—the total disregard of precedent and the history of the State touching this policy— the sudden repudiation on their part, of the principles which brought these corporations in to existence, aud now enriches them, shows most clearly that a new power has arisen in the State, which threatens to rale with a rod of iron. LOOKER ON. ter An Indian giant, seven feet high, and weighing400 pounds, fa the last attraction at the New York Museum. BHLLKDGEVILLK CORRE < PONDECK Milledgeville, Nov. 22,1368. SENATE, , Monday, 9J o’clock. Messrs. Editors :—The Senate met accord ing to adjournment, Hon. John E. Ward in the Chair. On motion of Mr. Hart, the rules were sus pended for the purpose of introducing a reso lution for the appointing a committee of three to confer with a committee of the same num- bettrom the House for the purpose of select ing some distinguished divine to deliver a sermon in the Hall of the House of Represen tatives on Thursday next—Thanksgiving day. Messrs. Hart, Wilcoxon, and Mathews, were appointed that committee. On motion of Mr. Strickland the rules were suspended to enable him to introduce a sub stitute to a bill requirin g the State to extend aid to Railroad corporations on certain con ditions. The substitute was offered, and on motion 200 copies of it and of the original bill were ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Granted leave of absence to several Sena tors. On motion the rules were suspended to al low Mr. Roberts of Cobb to introduce a bill to change the manner of the election of the Marshal of the city of Marietta. The special order of the day was then taken up, which was a bill in relation to the place or places for the holding of the Supreme Court. As another bill on the same subject had been made the order of the day for De cember next, it was moved to postpone the consideration of this until that time. Selling Liquors to Minors. The hill to prevent the selling of liquor to minors under 21 years of age was taken up as the next bill in order. Mr. Burk moved to postpone its consideration indefinitely. Mr. Shropshire advocated the bill. He contended that the law to prevent the sale of liquor was inoperative in a great measure from the fact that minors were allowed to buy liquor, and could so easily supply negroes with it. Mr. Paine had-ottered the bill in the Com mittee, and felt it to be his duty to express the reasons why he was opposed to the measure. He was opposed to it for two reasous: The first was because it would be putting young men on the some footing with negroes, and the second was because it would be a legislative enactment on the subject of temperance. He contended for moral suasion, as being suffi ciently pswerful for keeping down the influ ence of dissipation without invoking the ques tionable aid of law. Mr. Thomas of Gwinnette, objected to the arguments of the preceeding Senator. The young men and negroes were not put on t he same footing. The violation of the laws would be more severely pnnished when it had reference to young men than when applied to negroes. He had heard privately the objec tion that the law could not be executed.— That was true, it might not be executed in every case, neither was the law,.in regard to selling to negroes, executed in every case; but who was there that would say that law was not a good one- or would be willing to see it blotted from the Statute books of Georgia ?— He contended that the law was uot intended as legislation for temperance, but legislation to enable the parent to maintain proper dis cipline over the child, and to rescue him from those who gained a large portion of their rev enue from the ruin which they inflicted on young men. He would not object to an al teration of the age in which the law should operate. Mr. Bloodworth of Pike moved to insert after minors the words “under 17 years of age.” Mr Ward of putts thonght the very age in which there was greatest need of the law was that proposed to be excluded by the amend ment. The parent could easily control the child to the age of 17 could apply the rod when necessary, but at the age of 17 to 21 he needed the restraint of law to enable him to enforce his parent aldisuiplino. The Senator from Telfair, (Mr Paine) if he had children would know that to be a fact. Mr West of Lowndes, went against the bill ;vith might and main. He Was opposed to requiring his son, a youth which no one on that fliKir could induce to drink liquor, to get an order with which to buy liquor. How could his son control his negroes,- when he was placed by the bill on a level with them. Besides men often marry from 15 to 21 years of agef and the family might need spirits, but the young man must get an order from his father before he could buy the liquor. He thought it showed on the part of parents a want of confidence in the government which they had exercised over their sons to be in fa vor of such a bill. (The Senate was highly entertained with the simple remarks of the modest Senator ; and by the way it is my de liberate opinion if the unpretending farmer would oftener give us his views, even in his imperfect style, the country would be benefit- ted thereby.) Mr. Spalding was opposed to the amendment on the ground that it did not fix any distinct and definite era in the age. The hill as it stood fixed the time at 21. That was a period generally known. It was the time when the young man set up for himself and the time when he exercised the privilege of voting. Mr Bloodworth of Pike, was willing to ac cept the amendment to exclude married men from the operation of the law. He had lived long enough in the world to know that men are more easily led than driven. He thought that as the}' had done 1858 years with out any such law, they might do without any such law a while longer. He laid a respecta ble number of children 9 in number, and there had not been used in their bringing up a gollon of spirits. If all would follow his example, the evils of intemperance would he greatly mitigated- Mr Reynolds said that he believed that a law which worked so well as he knew this did as a local law would work as a local law. In the city of Covington, if he might so call it, the law had been tried for a long period of time with the happiest results. Grocery keep ers were required before they could get a li cence, to take an oath that they would not sell to minors ; and there had been a marked difference in the character of young men for sobriety. The measure had been rendered necessary by the proximity of the place to the< College at Oxford. He had never been con nected with any temperance organization, and thought thaf such organizations had been pioductive of more harm than good ; hut this proposes no such legislation. The amendment of Mr Bloodworth was lost. Mr. Smith of Hancock proposed an amend ment to exclude married men from the opera tion of the law, which was accepted: Mr. Bloodwcrth proposed to exclude the county of Pike from the operation of the law. Lost. The counties of Calhoun, Miller and Hall were! by the Senators from those counties proposed to he excluded, hut the Senate de termined to have a general law onjthc subject, if a law at all, aud voted down the exclusion of counties. Mr Atkinson was opposed to excluding counties because the adjoining counties would get all the grocery business. (Laughter) Mr West of Lowndes plead in vain that his county might be excluded. He was cer tain that he represented the will of his con stituents in making the request. Might he not claim it as a right that his county should be excluded 1 Mr Reynolds 6aid that all in his county were opposed to the new county which the Senator had just obtained from the Senate. Many measures were passed to which his coun ty were opposed, but to which nevertheless they submitted since they were general laws. Mr Burke spoke at considerable length, but the Senate was restless, and did not keep altogether the order it generally maintains. This together with the distance of the Speaker, the low tone of voice, and the noise prevented me from understanding the princi pal point of the Honorable Senator from filter county. Senators will please speak loudly and distinctly for the sake of the Reporters. Mr Billups said: I merely wish to make one remark, upon principle and upon my idea of the effects which it would have; lamas much opposed to legislating upon the subject of temperance, as any man upon this floor. I did not regard this bill in that light. For reasons that were urged by the Hon. Senator from Chattooga this morning, it seems tome that it is our imperative duty to pass a law like this, and I prefer it as it stands. I pre fer the use of the term minor, and the age of 21 as the limit, I should be opposed to the bill if it contained the word boys, for thesimple reason that, that species is now a lusus naturae, there are no such animals. We all know that there formerly an intermediate stage between children and men. And as to the idea of placing them upon the footing of negroes, we are only laboring to prevent them from putting themselves on a level with the brutes that wallow in the mire. I do not know indeed that I would accept married men who are minors from the operation of this law ; for I have observed in the many cases in which relief has been sought by di vorce, that the parties had contracted mar riage at an age, soearly that they were not .qualified to judge correctly of the qualities which would have rendered them happy in that relation. The bill protects th e parents and preserves for them the respect of the _ child, by rescuing him from habits of dissipation into which he will often assuredly be drawn, if such a bill is not passed. I can say with the Senator of Newton that the town of Madison has adopted the same regulation towards Grocery Keepers, and the good effects of the regulation are most manifest: Mr War then proposed an amendment to make penal the purchases of the liquor. He could not see why it should be wrong to sell and not wrong to purchase. The amendment was lost. On motion of Mr Slatighter the part was stricken out which permitted the half of the fine to go to the intormer. Mr Bryan was opposed to the bill. They called upon the pouth of the country to de fend the country as scon as they arrive at the age of 18 and should* they lie prevented even in case they are in service from buying liquor without an order, even though necessary as a medicine. Mr. Briscoe argued against the bill, because corporations, which were never refused already as had been shown possessed adequte power for their own protection against the evils of selling to minors. Those were the groceries that did the most damage. Groceries in the country could not be productive of so much evil, because in the .country the youth labored. Mr Dawson replied that he was of a differ ent opinion. Groceries in the country could be started on so little that they might be put up almost everywhere. Minors would respect- it. They are prevented not from contracting debts in stores except for necessaries, and it could not be pretended that^liquor is a neces sary. Mr Riley of Lumpkin said he would speak from experience. He knew the hot-bloods would not stand side an infringement on their right as the bill in question proposed. They would demand the liquor and if it -did not come, there would be a row. The son would kill the grocery keeper, or the grocery keeger kill him—either of which would be lamen table. They would also get the services of others to buy the liquor for them, and thus the evils of intemperance would lie increased rather than diinislied by the operation of the law (Mr Riley is a humorous speaker and rarely fails to entertain the Senate with his truly original remarks.) . Mr Ward of Butts, said that the bill made provision against furnishing of liquor as well as the selling. Hence is it not the wants of the Senator from Lumpkin, in that resi>ect, he hoped to have’liis vote on the passage of the bill. On the passage of the hill, the yeas and nays were ordered and were Yeas 47 Nays, 52, so the bill was lost. Next bill in order was on for the relief of James M Wilheite. Laid on the table for the piesent. A bill to appoint a State Geologist. Lost. Mr Cone, said Mr President, we have receiv ed the painful intelligence that Ex-Goverhor William Schley, is no more. I therefore move that the usual course of the Senate be adopted, of appointing, a committee to draft suitable resolutions in relation to the deceased, and also that the Semite adjourn. Messrs Coe, Briscoe and Billups, were ap pointed the committee. During the retire ment of the committee, several bills were dis posed of. A bill to require Sheriffs to make returns of all writs offieri facias. Lost. A bill to amend the act to incorporating the Dalton Turnpike and Plank Road Company.— Passed. A bill to give Attorneys control of Ex ecutors’ in certain cases. Passed. Mr Coe, the Chairman of the Committee to draft suitable resolutions in relation to the death of Ex-Governor Schley, returned and presented the following pre-amble and resolu tion : Whereas the General Assembly has received the painful intelligence of the death of Ex- Governor William Schley; Be it therefore re solved that in the death of this individual the State has lost an honest, efficient and distin guished public officer. Whether we regard his acts as Governor, or as a member of Con gress, or in the retirement of private life, the people have said in reference to him “well done, good and faithful servant.” Resolved, that as a token of our respect we will adjourn until to-morrow morning at 9} o’clock. On motion the Secretary was order ed to transmit a copy of the resolutions to the Family of the deceased. The Senate then adjourned until to-morrow morning GJ o’clock. S. Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1858. Messrs Editors Punctually at the hour of 9J o’clock A. M., the Senate meets, ad journs at IP. M., meets again at 3 P. M., and finishes the busini ss for the day at 5 o’clock. There remains but little of time unoccupied. This is as it should be ; and will have a great tendency to remove the reproaches of idleness and corruption which in the minds of many are inseparable from the Capitals of our coun- try. Mr Spalding, moved to rc-consider so much of the action of the Senate as related to the bill to prevent the selling of intoxicating li quors to minors. There were two objections to the bill, which if removed he could see no objection to it. The first was that the penal ty was too high. Persons need not inform against a violator of the law, for fear of ruin ing him. Again there should be provison made for cases of emergency. On this motion the Yeas and Nays were call ed and were Yeas 43, Nays 46. So tlm motion did not prevail. The Senators were then called alphabetical ly for the introduction of new matter, when the following new bills were introduced : Mr Byrd, a bill to organize a new county out of the counties of Gordon, Cass Cherokee, Gilmer and Pickens. Mr Bullerd, a bill to amend the act in re lation to the tee bills of the Clerks of Superior and Inferior Courts. Mr Castleberry, a hill to incorporate the town of Fort Gaines. Mr Colquit, a bill to incorporate The Young America Fire Company, in the City of Colum bus. Mr Darden of Polk, a bill to require the re turn of persons liable to road duty. Mr Gholston of Madison, a bill to remove the Penitentiary. Ordered 150 copies of said bill to be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr Gordon of Walker, a bill to charge the time of holding, the Inferior Court of Walk er. Mr Hill of Harris, a hill for the pardon of Burton A Brooks, now under sentence of death for the crime of Murder. Mr Holcombe, a bill to establish an office of Tobacco Inspection in Canton Cherokee county. Mr Jamison, a bill to make void the origin al survey of 1st district of originally Rabun county. Mr Neal of Columbia, a bill to incorporate he Lodge of A. J. Miller, No. 204, of Free & accepted Masons. Mr Mathews, resolution ; While we whol ly deny that slavery is a moral, social or po litical evil, believing also that it is sanctioned by the word of God, we nevertheless consider that the opening of the Slave Trade would be both immoral and impolitic. Mr Paine, a bill to give persons furnishing any kind of timber to Saw mills, a lien on the mills for the payment of the same: also, a res olution asking of the General Government to appoint commissioners to determine the ex tent of the tract of territory known as the pine belt, and how long in their opinion it would continue to last. Mr Quilham, a bill to incorporate the Strin ger Mountain Gold and Copper Mine Compa ny. Also a bill to incorporate the Ellijay Gold and Copper Mine Company. Mr Roberts of Cobb, a bill to incorporate the the Marietta Paper Mill Company. Mr Treadwell of Whitfield, a bill to afford relief to Thomas Turner. Mr Spalding, a bill to render certain com pensation of teachers of poor school children, so far as relates to the county of Chatham 1 Also, a bill to prevent the interference of free persons of color with slaves. Mr Whitaker, a bill to allow Absalom J. Beddington, to practice Medicine and charge for the same. Also, a bill to add an additional article to the penal code declaring it a misdemeanor to enter a Garden or Orchard and Pluck Fruit or Flowers, &c., also a bill to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of At lanta, known as Saint Phillips Church. Also a memorial for the Jews of Atlanta, protests against one of the By-laws of Southern Mu tual Insurance Company. This memorial was referred to the Commit tee on Banks. Mr Williams of Whitfield, a bill to facilitate Mining operations. On motion of Mr Spalding, the rules were suspended, to be taken up a bill for the relief of John H. Howard. On the passage of the bill the Yeas and Nays were ordered and were Yeas 54, Nays 43. Sotthe bill was passed. Mr Field, introduced a resolution that the Governor of the State be .authorized to allow the Etowah and Canton Company, the use of old iron rails for the use of said B. R. The special order of the day was taken np, which was the alteration of the Constitution by striking out that portion which forbids the the importation of slaves after 1798. Jlic question was ably argued until a late hour. We can not on that account give you description : but on to-morrow we will send you some account of it. The vote on the sub ject was taken by Yeas and Nays and were Yeas 46, Nays 47. So the amendment was lost. The Honorable Henry R. Jackson, delivers his address this evening. S. Milledgeville, Ga.,Nov. 24, 1858. | Wednesday 9J o’clock, A. M. j SENATE. Messrs. Editors :—The Legislature, pretty much in a body, together with a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen, filled the Representative Hall for the purpose of listen ing to the Hon. Henry R. Jackson ot Savan nah. Mr Jackson entertained the audience for an hour and a half with a most eloquent address. Being the first time I had ever seen or heard the eloquent orator, I was agreeably surprised to find that there was in Georgia I had al most said the very embodiment of Roman eloquence. How the si>eech will be received by the Democratic party of which the Hon. Mr Jack- son is a member, I do not know, but the people will have an opportunity of judging, for the speech will be published. The speech contained some stricture on the recent extra ordinary speech of Senator Hammond of S. C. It also denounced in no measured terms the course of Senator Douglas. Buchanan’s course since his elevation to the Presidential chair, was endorsed. But we do no propose to re view the speech, or to risk the chance of mis representing the Hon. gentleman, who is now engaged in revising the speech which is to appear, I believe in the Federal Union of Satur day. On to-day the Senate met according to ad journment. It was moved that the reconsideration of the action of the Senate to reimburse John H. Howard for expense incurred by him in de fence of the State line. Lost, Yeas 23, Nays The Committee to select a suitable clergy man to deliver a discourse in the Representa tive Hall, reported that they had secured the services of Rev. J. L. Warren—the Baptist clergyman of this city. Mr. Young of Union moved to reconsider so much of the Senate on yesterday as related to the action on the alteration of the Constitu tion, in relation to the importation of African slaves. On this question Mr Young of Union, Mr Atkinson and Mr Whitaker spoke in favor of the reconsideration. Mr. Spalding and Mr Thomas of Gwinnett spoke against it. These were the principal speakers. Other gentle men participated in the debate. The same ground was gone over as on preceding days, and the motion to reconsider exhibited, to all appearance, a most market! change in the views of members. Sixty-two members voted in fa vor of reconsideration, and only 38 against it It is true this is not a test vote, for had it been, it would indicate, perhaps aconstitutional ma jority in favor of the alteration ; but several members expressly declared their op[>osition to the measure if it were to come up on the passage ; and several again were undeci ded as to how they would vote. Last of all, some expressed a charge in their opinion since the preceding day. The bill is now on the table where it will be suffered^to remain the balance of the session. A bill to encourage Rail Roads {coming up in order was laid on the table for the present. The same was done with. A bill to give encouragement to the Georgia Air Line R. R. A bill to provide for the taking of the Cen sus by the State of Georgia. Passed. On the hill to permit the Milledgeville Manufactoring Company to work their minors in thier employ beyond the time now allowed by law. As the principal stockholders in this Company are Jews, the debate took a broad latitude with reference to the Jews in particu lar. Several of the Senators thought it was enough that they should have put to death the Savior, without now seeking the blood, bones and brains of our children. Mr Whita ker defended his city from the charge of any such prejudice. It was represented in reply, that these Jews were, perhaps, the only persons that rendered obedience to the law as it now stands. There was a decided majority against the consideration of the hill. It was laid on the table the balance of the session. Several bills of a local nature were disposed of, and inasmuch as the Governor gave his levee to-night and to-morrow was Thanks giving day, the Senate took no Afternoon ses sion, but adjourned until Friday morning 9J o’clock, A. M. S. From Mexico and the Plains. Private letters received at Washington from Tueson, Arizona, by the overland mail, dated October 27th, say that a new revolution has broken out in Sonora, against Governor Peschiero, and in favor of the Zuloaga gov ernment. General Gandara’s sons had es caped from jail, and taken refuge with other political exiles near Tubac. In Arizona, it was believed that this revolution would be more virulent than any heretofore, and suc cessful against Peschiera. Lieutenant Maury had returned from Guay- mes and Tueson, and gone on a visit to the gold diggings on Gila river, which are said to be very rich. One hundred men were making large wages there, and considerable excitement existed in Southern California on the subject. The Apaches were again becoming trouble some, having driven off considerable stock.— They were also giving much annoyance to the Overland Mail Co., and had killed one m«n and wounded another, almost on the high road from Tueson to Tubac. Military pro tection was much needed. A considerable number of emigrants had come in during the the season, and many new settlements had been made. Tueson was full of Americans.— The same letter, in speaking of the late re bellion in Guaymas, says it terminated by the surrender adn flight of the authorities.—N. Y. Sun. The Past and Futumof tbm Democratic Party.—Many political writers and talkers affect to believe that the present differences which exist among lwallng democratic patisans will work a disruption of the party, and throw the goverment into the hands of the opposi tion. These differences will he reconciled up on a bioader and more comprehensive plat form of public sentiment. The democratic has thus for proved itself the national party, and the party of progress. So It most ever be. It has, is, and will continue to be, the ruling party of the country. Sectional issues will be made, local questions will always disturb It, but, tn£ as the needle to the pole, it will ever find its guiding point, and continue to shape the course of the ship of State. We have no sympathy with that class of this or that difference of opinion between prominent politicians, upon unimportant ques tions, that the democratic party is dead—that it has killed it No : rather do we chose to believe that the democratic party can never die until some dire calamity has destroyed the constitution—that its destiny is to Amer icanize the continent, and plant its standard of republicanism throughout the remotest bor ders. It is no new saying with some politi cians that the democratic party has lost its power—is dead,&c.: and we shall never forget the answer made by one of Conncticut’s no blest statsman, a few years since, while in the United States Senate; to a remark of that kind from a quasi democratic friend: “Sir," said he “I am surprised to hear such a remark from you; th* democratic party nrvbr dies.” The Democratic party will live until the destiny of America is fulfilled. It is indelibly written upon the past, and plainly disceruable in the future. No other party but this could have wrought out for America such glorious results as have marked its course, and to suppose for one moment that the party is to be lost be cause of mere abstractions is the blindent fol- iy. Nor is there anything in the recent elections which should alarm the democratic party. It has met with reverse and misfortunes many times before aud very soon thereafter triumph ed. It was within itcelf that inherent power which no other party has, or ever had, to rise above calamities, and with magic influence dispel the dark shadows which for the moment seemed to gather around it. Its principles are as enduring as itself.—New London (Conn.) Star. Cruelty killed by Kindness. A young woman in Vermont married a poor but worthy man, against her father’s wish.— He drove them from his house and closed his door and heart against them. They came in to the vicinity of Boston, went to work, and prospered. After many years the father had occasion to go to Boston. He concluded to go and see his daughter, expecting a cold re ception. His daughter and her husband re ceived him most kindly and lovingly. After staying with them a while he went back to Vermont. One of his neighbors, hearing where he had been, asked him how his daughter and husband had treated him. “I never was so treated before in my life,” said the weeping and broken-hearted father, “they have broken my heart—they have kil led me—I don’t feel as though I could live under it.” “What did they do to you?” asked the neighbor. “Did they abuse you?” “ They loved me to death, and killed me mth kind ness,” saidhe. “lean never forgive myself for treating so cruelly my own darling daugh ter, who loved me so affectionately. I feel as if I should die when I think how I grieved my precious child, when I spurned her from my door. Heaven bless them, and forgive my cruelty and injustice to them.” Who docs not see in this an infallible cure for difficulties between man and man I There is not a child or man on earth who would not feel and say that the daughter, though so deeply wronged and outraged by her angry father, did right in treating him as she did.— That father was her enemy, but she was not big. He hated her, but she loved him. Douglas Triumph at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 18th—The friends of Senator Douglas held a grand celebration in this city last evening, in honor of the resalt of the re cent State elections. Besides our own citizens, there were present large numbers of visitors from diflemt parts of the State, the whole number in attendance being estimated at from eight to ten thousand. There was a grand torchlight procession, a mile and a half long. Many buildings along the line of march were splendidly illuminated. At the Tremont House, which was handsomely decorated, Mr. Douglas was called out by his friends, and re sponded in a short speech, congratulating the Democracy on their victory. The official plurality for Miller, the Repub lican candidate for State treasurer, is 3,573 votes. The total vote of Doughority, the Administration candidate for the same office, is only 5,021.—N. Y. Sun. From Kansas—Douglas Triumph at Leavenworth. St. Louis Nov. 18.—We have advices from Leavenworth, via Booneville, to the 15th inst. The Douglasites had a huge meeting at Leavenworth, on Saturday evening, at which there was much rejoicing over the tri umph of their leader in Illinois. Among other resolutions offered, was one by Judge H irdemann, pleging the influence of the Dem ocracy of Kansas to make Douglas the nomi nee of the Charleston Presidential Conven tion. Speeches were also made by Maj. Den man, Col. Isaacus, Gen. Easton, and others, all in favor of the resolution. The detachment of First Infantry, now in garrison at Leavenworth, has been ordered to Fort Smith.—N. Y. Sun. From South America. We have Rio de Jeneiro dates to October, 10th. The frigate St. Lawrence was at Rio, and the sloop Plymouth at Montevideo. The Paraguayans were placing obstructions in the lower j»rt of their river, to prevent the ingress of the American squadron. The shores of Paraguay were well fortified, and it is ad ded that the Americans would meet a very warm reception.—N. Y. Sun. A Blur Pill.—The election of a Democrat ic member of Congress in Wisconsin, and an other in Michigan, has taken the Republi can’s by surprise. In their victorious march through the country, the thonght of defeatin a single State had not once occurred to them, and especially in such Republican' strongholds as the above. Hence the election of these Democrats is peculiarly aggravating to them. Though compelled to concede the feet,' they are unwilling to admit that it was a fair fight. Convinced that they ought to have triumph ed, they are now putting their wits together to account for their defeat. Various and log ical are their deductions. The Tribune says that a rain storm prevented a full Republican vote; also, that the Democratic candidates were the ablest men; while the Albany Jour nal attributes the success of the Democrats to their having repudiated the Kansas policy of the Administration. We trust that the Re publicans will settle the question to their satisfaction. fST*The Marietta “Patriot” announces the death, at the Georgia Military Institute, on Sunday last, of Cadet Morris, of Louisianna. He was a promising young man, and consid ered the best Mathematician in the Institute. The same paper states that a young man, son of James M. Bell, had liis scull fractured and was otherwise severely injured by three negro men at a com shucking at the planta tion of Maj/O’Neill, on Thursday night last. IIP Many people drop a tear at the sight of distress who would do better to drop a dime. fiT 1 Wanted, a good “habit!’ to clothe a “bare” possibility. Powbr of Kirdness.—Many years since there lived a poor mechanic, eminent for his pious zeal and consistency. He was very much tried by the conduct of a neighbor, who was in the habit of cutting his wood for the week on the Lord’s day, anl 1 ® ound of whose axe continually disurbed the old Christian’s meditations. Father H , as he was called, remonstrated earnestly and kindlv with his neighbor, without any effort. At lengthHie adopted a different course. On Sat urday afternqpn his neighbor found the man very busy at his wood pile, and inquired, in astonishmet, what he was doing— “Why replied Father H , “you will persist in cutting your wood on God’s holy day, and it grieves me of much that I mean to do it to morrow.” The man was at once overcome and ex claimed— “No, you shall not; I will do it myself. Nor will you ever after this have reason to complain of my chopping wood on the Lord’s day.” And he was true to his word. ■■■rtalphem flu Angel of Prayer. *t i. w. Losoimow. Have yon read the Talmud of old, In the legends the Rabbins have told Of the limitless realms of the air? Have you read it—the marvelous story Of Handalphon, the Angel of Glory, Sandalphon, the Angel of Prayer ? How erect, at the outermost gates Of the (Tty Celestial he waits, With his feet on the ladder of light, That, crowded with angels unnumbered. By Jacob was seen, as he slumbered Alone in the desert at night ? The Angels of Wind and of Fire, Chant only one hymn and expire With the songs irresistible stress— Expire in their rapture and wonder, As harp strings are broken asunder, By the music they throb to express. But serene in the rapturous throng, Unmoved by the rush of the song, With eyes unimpassioned and slow, Among the dead angels, the deathless Sandalphon stands listening, breathless, To sounds that ascend from below. From the spirits an earth that adore, From the souls that entreat and implore, In the frenzy and passion of prayer— From the hearts that are broken with losses, And weary with dragging the crosses Too heavy for mortals to bear. And he gathers the prayers as he stands, And they change Into flowers in his hands, Into garland of purple and red ; And beneath the great arch of the portal, Through the streets of the City Immortal, Is wafted the fragrance they shed. It is but a legend, I know— A fable, a phantom, a show, Of the ancient Rabbinical lore : Yet the old medieval, strange superstition, The beautiful strange superstition, But haunts me and holds me the more. When I look from.my window at night, And the welkin above is all white, All throbbing and panting with stars, Among them majestic is standing Sandalphon the angel, expanding His pinions in nebulous bars. And the legend, I feel, is a part Of the hunger and thirst of the heart, The frenzy and fire of the brain. That grasp at the fruitage forbidden, The golden pomegranates of Eden, To quiet its ferver and pain. Getting; Home. The poets tell us that “Home is the Sphere of harmouy and Peace The spot where angels ftnd a resting place, When, beariug blessings, they descend to earth that “Home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where Supporting, and supported, polished friends, And dearest relatives mingle into bliss.” Another says, “Home, the spot of earth supremely blest A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest __ and yet another tells us, truly, that “The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is the rest of heart, and pleasure found at home. ’ And not only Montgomery, Thomson am Young, but Goldsmith, the pure poet of th domestic affections, apostrophizing his dis tent home, when roaming in foreign lands says, “Where’er I stray, whatever realms I see, My heart, untravelcd, fondly turns to thee »” truly and adds, “Such is the patriot’s boast, whore’or we roam i His first, best country ever is at homo.” Tha wanderer in other lands and clime draws liis richest enjoyment of his travel from his recollections of home and his antici pations of a return to it, while home seem all the dearer to him when, getting back t it, he compares it with the places in which h has been sojourning. The warmest welcome he has met, while alwent, cannot compare, ii his estimation, with those that gladden bin on his return. It is as a stranger he has re ceived the former, while the latter are th< heart-tributes ol those by whom lie is known and whom he knows and loves. Those in tim he may wear out, but these are the testimo nials of tried friendships and affections. Pleasures enjoyed and sufferings endured during the absence of one who leaves friend behind him, serve to increase and strengths the bonds which connect him with home, am so render his return to it delightful. Forthes are but so many links that bind him stil more closely to those whose feelings and in terests he shares. They are themes of kind! discourse, keynotes of sympathetic sentiment and seeds of more assured and enduring re gards. To know how delightful home is, it i well occasionally to go abroad. The warn grasp and the kind word of welcome back, s< dearly grateful when given by the heart am the hand of affection, arc worth the exil which semres them. It is a pleasant sight to witness the almos hourly greetings of absent friends returninj to their home, which are now taking placi around us. No longer restrained from eominj back by the continuance of causes that havi so considerably protracted their stay, they ar now pouring in upon us with every arrival and the voice ot congratulation is’ heard oi every hand. In the course of- a few days, our city wil present the appearance it usually wears at th opening of our gay season. Already the he tel registers are daily increasing the numbe of their entries. Our streets, places of busi ness and pleasure, our churches, theatres, am hotels are growing more aud more populous and everything is beginning to put on it holiday look. There is every prospect of busy and bustling winter. (IF” A fellow who was drank on election day, said it was owing to his efforts to put down “party spirit.” |ff“ We clip the following, from the ( umbus Daily Times: We are premitted to make the following tract from a letter written by our old frie Maj. Ragan, to a connexion in this State. Fort Vaxcovvkr, W, 1 The war is closed, and all apprehension danger from Indians are now removed, on ; route my duty calls me to travel; the Indi have had the most awful scare ot any j wretches I ever saw in my life ; this thin; the Bostons having [Siiarp’s Carbines Rii that kill men at four to six hundred yards, something to them they cannot imdersta and they now pray to them only to spare th besides, killing all their horses and destroy their houses and provisions, was a blow t never dreamed of. Extensive preparations making to furnish quarters hero this win for the large additional forces, and many < cere will be compelled to go into camp and arsenal for quarters. The scenery in the ( rison, is picturesque, beautiful, baffling c cription. Since the rains and sun have brou vegitation, and clothed in verdue the earn] the plain and mountain-side, the scenery perspective;changes, and presents newlig shades, figures and beauties every hour in day ; the effect is wonderful, sublime, bea ful, and if this place was only in Georgia * some other white settlements, what a para it would be; the tall grass was mown d< for hay and now the clover covers the wl parade, is in full bloom, but there are no gathering honey. Who ever saw a cl< field and no bees in it, before? it is like hai money and no chance to spend it, or a g dinner without a desert, who'dcare for su< thing? The remains of Capt. Taylor and Lieut < ton, have been recovered, and will be brou in for interment, and probably sent horn their friends, also those of Capt. White, husband of your friend and traveling com; ion to and from San Francisco. ** [Signed] A. B. RAG A] How it Felt.—A lady friend ofoure the first time she was kissed, she felt li big tub or roses swimming in honey, colo; nutmegs and cramberries. She aiso felt something was running through heme on feet of diamonds drawn by sei little cupids in chariots, drawn by an shaded by honey suckles, and the' w spread with melted rainbows. ' Jenisali what power there is in a full-breasted kii Ex.