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From Uic Unlid SlateH Telegraph, Dec, -t)
CONGRESS.
Tin? President pro tein, in the Sen
Oli. presented the following letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury, winch,
with the neeontpanyingdocuiiieiils were.
on motion of Mr. Kino, ordered to be
printed.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
17//< December , ISCJO.
Sib: The Senate having by n resolu
tion oft he ‘2<sth of May, 1860, directed the )
-Secretary of the Treasury “to report to i
the Senate within the first week of the j
next session of Congress, a statement i
shewing the amount that wftnild he re
turnable to the merchants of the United
States, should tlie hill reported to the I
Senate, from the Committee on Finance. I
during tlie present session, to exeilipl (
merchandize imported under certain rir
cumstanccs, front the operation of the
net of the li>Mi of JJay, IS.N, entitled
“An act in alteration of tlie several nets
imposing duties on imports,” become a |
law;” and the J.)eparlment having no (
means of furnishing the information from i
its own records, or those t)l‘ the custom j
houses, an invitation was given, through
the public papers, and by tlie aid of the j
collectors, to those merchants who had
imported goods under the rimna&tancrs !
mentioned in the bill, to communicate the j
fact.
The annexed paper, marked A, v.i l
phew snore particularly, the means adopt
ed and the nature of the information re
quested.
In consequence of thdso measures.
Communications have been recelv-d
from various porta; tlie result of which
is given in the accompanying state
ment., marked IJ; by which it appears |
that tlie amount returnable, in the
event referred to, would ho #l6O. lid
(<«•
It is to he observed, however, that this
information is derived altogether from
the ex-parte representations of the indi
viduals interested. The Department,
having no means of ascertaining their
correctness, has not deemed it necessary
to do more than extract the sums stated j
to he returnable.
It is deemed proper to add, that, from I
this proportion which the amounts up- I
pearing to be returnable, at diii’crent i
ports, bear to each other and the aggre
gate amount, there is reason to suppose
tlmt tlie stalemetit is ineoniplele. Ami j
this belief is strengthened by the cirrum (
stance, that, although tlie Ist of October
Inst was the time fixed by the Depart
ment, for liie transmission of the stale-
TTiimls from the different ports, they have
continued to be sent, qs well by collec
tors, as individuals, almost to the present
lime; several having been re* eived With
in the present week.
1 have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
V our obedient servant,
W.D. INGHAM,
Secretary of the Treasury.
To the lion, the President oi'the Senate.
December S"th
in the Senate. yesU i «a,, y „ |,:
the Secretary ofliie'lVciism y w-.»a roceiv- ,
ed. in aceordanee with a resolution of the
,Senate of the iiffth of Afny last. The
bills authorizing the payment of 15 pel
cent, to the State of Illinois of the pub
i'ic lands sold in that .State; for au
thorizing the State of Illinois to relin
quish a township of land, granted for pur
poses of education, and to locate others
;js Hen thereof; for the relief of John Reid
and John Hrahnn; for the relief of John j
.McCartney; and for the relief of Samuel J
Noel; were, respectively, read a second j
time, and ordered to a tuird reading. On I
motion of.Air. Foot, and by unanmi-u- |
consent of the Senate, the following bills ’
Were retul a third lime. and passed lie- i
fore 13 o’clock: The hill tor the relief ol :
.Ransom 31 ix and Edmund Smith; for j
the- relief of Judith Uoberis; for tlie relief
x>f Aaron Fitzgerald; and forth*; relief of
£?;:r.ionC. Whittier. After spending some
time in the consideration of executive
business, at twelve o'clock the Senate
having organized itself into a High ('oar:
rg Jatucachincnt, for the trial cf Judge
peek, of Missouri and Judge Peek with 1
bis C'ouitSu 1. Messrs. Wirt and Mereriitn,
and the Mntidgnrs on tlie part of lire
Jiouac of lieprOsi'iitirtives. Messrs. Ru
-uhaaan, Spencer, WickNlc, iMcDiiilio,
mill,Stores, (rfJJwv Vork, being present,
%ic trial ‘proceeded itlr. Mellnllie for
the United States, opened the ease a
gainst the respondent, and continued his
argument until after tiir c: o'clock, u hen
liie Court adjourned. .Air. McDuffie will,
ill-; supposed, conclude 10-inunow. As
tv a intend to givens full and correct a re
port of this trial as possible, the argu
ments of the Managers, audoftlie Conn
oel for the respondent will he prepared j
and submitted to liieir revision be fore j
being put to tho press.
J’lie House of Representatives, nlier
some preliminary arrangements, on mo
tion of Mr. llullinnn, proceeded in a body
tithe Senate Ehnmber for the purpose
of prosecuting the impeachmeiit of J udge
Peck. Mr. MeDuiiie opened the case,
and iiddiessi'dlhe High I’ain'tuntil three
o’clock; when, having taken a revi.-w ol 1
eight ol’thi* eighteen (specifications eon- I
taiued in the article, written by Mr. haw-1
Jess, an adjournment of the Court took I
place. Air. McDuilio will resume this I
day. Tlie House then adjourned till 11 ;
o’clock.
Appointments by the President.
awl with the adclceand consenloj'l.he Senate.
James W. ita-LEV, to be collector of
theT'ustoms for the District of Passama
qvmddy, in the State of Maine, vice Leon
ard Jarvis, resigned.
William Ci.aogett, to be Naval Offi
cer for the District of Portsmouth, In
Mie .State of New Hampshire, vice Elijah
Hall, deceased.
X.Kf»KAfl.ii M. Parker, to be Naval Offi
cer for the District of Boston & t'liarles
town, in the State of Massachusetts, vice
John P. Uoyd, deceased.
W’ilu.oi G. Ham.mo.nd, to lie Surveyor
for the District and inspector of the lie
venue for the Port of Newport, in the
Slate of Rhode Island, vice John Slocum,
deceased.
Arthur Taylor, junior to bn-Survey
or for the District of Norfolk and Ports
mouth and Inspector of the Revenue for
she Port of Norfolk, in tlie State of Vir
ginia. vice Copeland Parker deceased.
V. 8. Telegraph.
Richmond, Va. Dee. 16.
In tho Federal Circuit Court in this
District, on Friday last, Authority Evans,
jr. late of Bedford county, having been
* by a jury, on a preceding day ofthe term,
louud guilty of felony, in [counterfeit
ing eertifui papers, purporting to be de
clarations, of persons who had boon
Soldiers in the Annoy of the Revolution,
with a view fraudulently to obtain from
the U. S. (lie sums of motley which the
j law allowed as pensions, to such persons
las were therein described, and in pub-
I lisitiug as genuine, such counterfeited
| papers, was that day led to tlie bar, and
| by that court sentenced to imprisonment
I ami hard labor for the term of four years.
I And Thomas Underwood, late ofthe
j county of Henrico who had been, in like
j manner, found guilty of a similar offence,
j and of perjury upon two indictments, in
making oath that the persons whose
declarations lie had counterfeited, were
reputed to have been Soldiers in the ar-
I my of the Revolution, wiiea he knew
} they were not Stildiers-in that army, was
! shat day also brought to the bar, and
! sentenced by the court, to be imprisoned
1 and kept at hard labor, on the indictment
i lor felony, for the term of three years and
j on on eh of the indictments, lor perjury,
lor the term of six months successively—
I making u term of four years.
Enquirer.
Huntsville, Dec. 4.
University of .Alabama. —Oar townsman,
Jas. (». Hiknf.y, Es j. one oi’the Trustees
ofthe University es Alabama, has re
eontiy returned from Tuscaloosa, having
been there to attend a meeting of the
Hoard of Trustees. From him we learn
; tlmt the Rev. A. Wool s,,it present Pres
ident of Transylvania • niversity. receiv
ed tlie appointment of President of Pres
ident ofthe Unit ersity of Alabama, ami
that I lux by Tutwilleh,lately of the Uni
versity of Virginia, was elected. Profes
sor of A neienl Languages. 'J’lie salary
ofthe President was fixed at and
the salaries of the Professors at #301)0.
each The President and Professors
j hit', e also, in addition, houses for their
residence. —J deviate.
j Ogteher iV* A'taniiihii Canal.—
* We are gratified to learn that the navi
gation of thl- work from Savannah to
i < IgceltVe is at last opened. A boat ol
j abo.il odious burthen arrived fit the Lock
j at Rice Field yesterday', with
wood and bricks from tlie Ogchee. Se
vend mile of timber, we are informed,
are on their way, and may bo expected
to day. • The embarknient is in good or
der, and business upon the (..’anal may be
considered us commenced. As this is
the first experiment in eanalling in the
.•State of Georgia, we consider u an era,
worthy cf particular eontimMiiproljun,
Oeorgiait,
Yesterday was the coldest day the
present season thus far. Tho Ther.non
('ter fell several degrees lie low the free
zing' point, (we have heard in various
situations from five to fifteen,) and ice ol
(wo inches in thickness was formed da
ring the preceding night. About these
i • <'<'•.<(•*. mill a blazing lire as a
I coiUpHJIJOJJ licauu -.»**. .......W««
? iuii.—/v.
o'sri «4««
Montgomery, Dec. 17-
In the forenoon ofthe kith instant, this
limiiit v icinity were visited with a se
vere gah' of wind. One house in the town
was unroofed, and considerable damage
done to enclosures, 'l'he chimney of the
steamboat Tom, wliicii was lying at the
i wharf, was blown off and sunk. The
I damage sustained in tlie country, on
! mini*' neighbouring farms, was severe,
by the destruction of dwellings and Ghi
j houses; but wc hfivc heard of but one m
j stance ofthe loss ofiife ; tin's was a n -
j gro woman belonging to IMnJ. Martha
j PiiJeu—one of her children received Se
j vert* contusions. We are infiimiod that
then' was great destruction of property
at ('apt. Edward Mills’, and that one of
the family was much injured.— Journal.
FATE <>r THi'l MOttNET.
| It is now fifteen montlis since the gale
1 in which the U.S. ship ilurnet, with her
gallant crew is supposed to leave been
lost I*t the ~nlnU oi' Mexico, and up to
tiiis time not a syllable of direct informa
tion hie, been given to the public tvott
cei niug her fnte. \\ r i' have now a sin
gio item to communicate which we be
lieve can ho relied on. I’apt. Williams
of liie schooner Texas, informs us that
lie saw nt Hrassos one of tho Hornet’s
boats, which was driven ashoreto the N.
of Ttmipici! several montlis since, ami in
which were found a number of caps
marked "Hornet.” b'he was recognized
by r. Euptniu >v-yji kfV'wn to ('apt. Wil
l linnif, as a gig in whicli one of liie Lieut's
(if the Hornet frequently mine ashore,
i ('apt. W iiiiains describes her us from
i I,i z-5 feet long. |>aiuted black, with a
(\ lute streak round l.er waist, and
coppered fastened. >8 ,e is singlc
bnnked, having two oars on the on*
side, and tlirec on tlie other, tsinee
she came into tho hands of his present
owner, (a pilot nt Hrassos) -she has been
coppered u* preserve her from decay.—
( t’npb \V. oifered him to exchange
j her tiir his own boat, in order that he
i might living her home, hut -was refused,
i Fin tiier iiifiuriuation may he obtained by
; applying to ('apt. Williams, on board tin
1 scitv. Texas, lying nt pier No. I North
River.
There are persons at the Navy Yard,
we presume, who will he able, from the
above description, to decide whether or
not she belonged to the Hornet. Tons
thore seems little reason to doubt on the
subject. No other appendages of the
ship or pieces of tho wreck had come j
ashore, from which it is probable that !
she foundered.— Jour, if Com.
HM
'J’lie maiiiifaelurc of Navnriao Hals,
or paper Leghorns* has become a consi
derable business in Huston.—One man
nfacturer informs ns he made t ( fe;tl!K) the
past year. 'l'iie impressions arc made
on-the paper by copj>er|iJ«tes, and | ass
ed through the presses without ink. The
hat is an eleirairtand convenient article,
and ought not to he neglected, .because it
costs little. —xi el on Palladium.
Walker's Appeal. —The Boston Gazette
says, that the author of this incendiary
pamphlet, died in Heston some months
si not..
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1920,
“ Be just, and fear not.”
3»g= ‘ ■ - - •■■:•■- ‘t' —a . =
Wo are requested to say that the Savannah
Mail will hereafter close on Fridays at 9 P. M.
instead of Saturdays, and arrive on Sundays by
8 A. M. instead of Mondays.
The Sheriff of Chatham county offers a re
ward of SSO for the apprehension of John H.
Jessup, who made his escape from the Jail in
Savannah on the night of the 21st inst. He is
described as being about six feet high, well pro
portioned, dark hair and eyes, about 20 years of
ago, with a hair mole on the right side of his
mouth.
The following, from our correspondent at
Mlllcdgevillo, was sent for last paper, but was
100 late, in consequence of our publishing on
Friday instead of Saturday, the usual day.
MILLEDOEVILLE, THURSDAY, \
December 23, 1830. >
The Legislature adjourned sine die, this mor
ning. A communication was received by the
Governor,yesterday,by mail,from ludnnorfd Va.
which created considerable excitement in the
Legislature, and with the public generally, as
early as it became known. Much anxiety was
felt to sco the message on tire subject, which
it was said would bo sent to the Legislature, and
about sunset it was communicated to the House,
ami at the night session taken up ami acted on
by b th Houses. The following is the message,
together with the Report of the joint Commit
tee, Ac.
‘•Executive Department, \
December 22, 1830. y
I submit to the Legislature, for its considera
tion, the copy of a communication received this
•lay, purporting to he signed by the Chief Jus
tice of the United States, and to boa citation
to the State of Georgia, to appear before the
Supreme Court, on the .second .Monday in Janu
ary next, to answer to that tribanal, for having,
caused a person who had committed murder,
within the limits of the State, to be tried and
convicted therefor.
The object of this mandate it to control the
State in the exorcise of its ordinary jurisdiction,
which, in criminal cases, has been vested by the
constitution, exclusively in its Superior Court.
So fur as concerns the exercise of the power
which belongs tx> the Executive Department,
orders received fiotn the Supreme Court, for
the purpose of staying, or in any manner inter
fering with the decisions of the Courts of the
State, in the exorcise of their constitutional ju
risdiction, will he disregarded; and any attempt
to enforce such orders, will be resisted with
whatever force tiro laws have placed at my
command.
If the judicial power thus attempted to bo cx
orcised by the Courts of tho United States, is
submitted to, or sustained, it must eventuate in
the utter annihilation of the State Governments,
or in oilier coiiscqirvm-ui, ~ui ics* intai iu mu
peace and prosperity of our present highly fa
vored country.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
To the Honorable, tire President and mem
bers of tbs Senate.
United States of America, ss.
To the State of Georgia, Greeting :
You arc hereby cited and admonished to be
and appear at the Supreme Court of tho United
States, to be holden at Washington on the se
cond Monday in January next, pursuant to a
writ of error, filed in tho Clerks office of the
Superior Court of the State of Georgia, for Hall
County, in the County of Hull, wherein George
TaStle, alias Gcoi gc Tussles, alias George Tas
sel, alias George Tarsle, alius George Tasslle,
is Plaintiff in error, and the said Staffc of Geor
gia is Defendant in error, to show cause, if any
dime be, why judgment rendered against the '
said George, as in the said writ of error men
tioned, should not bo corrected, and why spee
dy justice should not bo done to the parties in
that behalf.
Witness tho honorable John Marshall, Chief
Justice of the said Supreme Court of the United
States, this 12th day of December, iu the year
of our Lord, 1330.
(Signed,) J. MARSHAL!,,
Chief Justice of ike U. S'.
The message and document were referred to
a joint committee of both Houses, which report
ed to the House of Representatives, where the
Report was discussed ami agreed to, and sent
to the Senate, as follows, viz: “Whereasit
appears by a Communication made by his Excel
lency the Governor, to the General Assembly,
that the Cliiet Justice of the Supremo Court of
tho U. States, has sanctioned a writ of error, and
cited the State of Georgia through her Chief
M agistrutc, to appear before the Supremo Comt
of tho United Stales, to defend said Stale against
said writ of error, at the instance of one George
Tassels, recently com icted in Hall Superior
Court, of the crime of murder. And whereas,
tho right to punish crimes against the peace and
good order of this State, in accordance with the
existing laws of this State, is an original and
a necessary part of sovereignty, which the State
of Georgia lias never parted with.
Be it therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and
j House of Representatives of the Stale of Gcor-
I gia, in (funeral Assembly met, that they view
with feelings of deep regret, the interference,
by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of lire
United Stales, in the administration of the crimi
j nal laws of this State, and that such an inter
ference is a flagrant violation of her
Resolved, further, that his Excellency the Go
vernor be, ami he, and every otlrer officer of ibis
Stale, is hereby requested and enjoined, to dis
regard any and every mandate and process that
has been, or shall be, served upon him or them,
purporting to proceed from the Chief Justice,
or any associate Justice, of the Supremo Court
of the U. States, for the purpose of arresting the
execution of any of tiro criminal Laws of this
State.
And bo it further Resolved, that his Excellen
cy *he Governor, he, and hois hereby authorized
and required, with all the force and means placed
at his command, by the constitution and laws
Afthis tfutc, to resist and repel any and every
T
i vasion, from whatever quarter, upon the cri
minal laws of this State. • .
Resolved, that the State of Georgia will never
so fir comproimt her sovereignty, as an inde
pendent Slate, as to become a party to the case
sought to bo made before the Supreme Court
of the U. S. by the writ in question.
Resolved, that his Excellency the Governor be
and he is hereby authorized, to communicate to
tho Sheriff of Hull County, by Express, so much
of the foregoing Resolutions, and such orders as
arc necessary to ensure the full execution of the
Laws, in the case of George Tassels, convicted
of murder in Hall County.”
The Report was taken up in the Senate, and
agreed to—yeas 85, nays 7.
The Report was adopted at about 10 o’clock
last evening, and the Governor sent off an Ex
press to the Sheriff of Hall County, as early there
after as tho necessary arrangements could he
completed. Tassels was to to hung to-mor
row, Friday, the 2'llh. The distance from here
to the Court House of Hall County « 111 miles.
George Tassels is an’ Indian, convicted at the
last session of the Superior Court of Hall comity,
of the murder of a white man, in that partoflhu
Cherokee Territory attached by the law 0f1829,
to Hall county.
Tuesday, December 21.
In tho Senate, this morning, the Report and
Resolution, from the House, for the relief of Je
remiah Griffin and Pierson Petit, was u
greeil to.
The following Resolutions, introduced by Mr.
Damfll, of Chatham, were taken up, viz:—
“ Whereas tho policy heretofore pursued by the
Federal Government, iu getting up and sustain
ing a system of Internal Improvement, is highly
prejudicial to the rights and interests of this
State.— lie it therefore Resolved, by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia, in General Assembly met, that our
Senators in Congress he, and they arc hereby
instructed, and our Representatives requested,
to vote against all measures calculated to aid or
foster a system of Internal Improvement.— And
be it further Resolved, That his Excellency thu
Governor be and he is hereby requested, to com
municate copies of these resolutions, to each
branch of the Federal Legislature, and to each of
our Senators and Representatives in Congress:”
And, on motion of Mr. Reese, they were laid
on tho lablo for the present.
The* bills from the House, to provide, by
lease, Ac. for lire temporary disposal of the im
provements and possessions purchased from the
Cherokee Indians, after being amended—to pro
scribe the mode of proceeding under writs of
Ne exeat, and amend the laws regulating the
granting of writs of Injunction, by the Judges of
the Superior Courts—to amend an act to lay off,
define, and keep open the main channel of Sa
vannah River, from Augusta to tho mouth of
Lightwood-log crock, in Elbert county, Ac.—
were severally read the third time and passed.
The hills, from the House, to further define
tho duties of Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables,
selling lands drawn in the several Land Lotte
ries, since the year 1818, inclusive—to make
permanent tho °f the Public buildimrs in
Lee county —and to amend tlic Penal Code—
wore severally read, and committed to commit
tees in June next.
Thu bill from the House, to amend tho acts
imposing a tax on Pcdlcrs and oilier itinerant
trailers, Ac. was rejected—yeas 23, nays 28.
The amendments of the House, to the bills to
repeal the act of 1821, to lay offF.inunuol comi
ty into Election Districts; and to the bill to alter
tho time of hold.ng the Superior and Inferior
Courts of the Flint Circuit; were severally con
sidered and concurred in.
In the House, this morning, on motion, it was
agreed to reconsider the journal of yesterday, so
far as relates to the rejection of the bill to lay off
n new county from the county of Randolph.
The bills, from tho Senate, to provide for the
taking of the Census of the State—to repeal the
bills creating Election Districts in the Counties
of Emanuel and Twiggs—-to alter tlic lime of
holding the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuit;
to amend tire several acts respecting Pilotage,
Ac.—to make unifo'rm throughout the State, the
mode of conducting elections at Election Dis
tricts —to atltlrerize the issuing of writs of A r c
Exrat, at the instance of persons claiming per
sonal property in remainder and reversion, and
to preserve the rights of such persons—and to
incorporate tho Insurance Company of Macon—
wore severalty road the lliiid time and passed.
Tho amendments of the Senate, to the bill of [
the House, to provide by lease, Ac. fufr tho tem
porary disposal of the improvements purchased
from the Cherokee Indians, were read and 00a
curred in.
lathe afternoon, agreeably to previous ap
pointment, both Houses met in tlic Representa
tives Chamber for lire purpose of voting for five
Commissioners of tire next Laud Lottery, aitd
twelve Sectional Surveyors, in accordance with
the provisions of the Land hill of tho present
session. Tire election continued during the af
ternoon and night sittings, till about 1 o’clock,.
when tire mcrnbeis adjourned till 9 o’clock next
morning, after having elected the five commis
sioners of tire Laud Lottery, and five of the Sur
veyors. Tho Commissioners elect, uro N. U.
Juhan, of Millcdgdvillc; John I/atciier, of
Wilkinson; Shadrach Booan, of Gwinnett;
Robert A. Ream., of Warren; and Francis T.
Tennilee, of Washington. And tho Sectional
Surveyors then elected, are Thomas M. Berri
en, of Burke; Alexander T. McGn.i,, of Bald
win; Thomas Sanford, of Upson; Lemuel
Gresham, of Harris; and Ira E. Dupree, of
Twiggs. v .
Wednesday, December 22.
In the Senate, this morning, on motion of
Mr. Singloton, the Governor was instructed to
have printed, iu pamphlet form, for lire members
of lire Legislature, (one copy to be transmitted
to each) all the Laws of tho present session, in
relation to the Cherokee Indians, and their
lands, and to have such oilier laws as he may
deem of immediate public utility, published in
tho public-Gazettes of the State.
The resolution of Mr. Daniell, of Chatham,
instructing our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, to vote against all appropriations by
Congress, for tho purposes ofinternal Improve
ment, was taken up mid agreed to.
The bills, from the House, to exempt the
Richmond Hussars of Augusta, frofft Jury duty,
and tlicir horses from iovy—to authorize the
Sheriff of Early county, to soil at public outery,
all the unsold Fractions in the Gth District of that
county—to punish persons concealing the exist
ence of the Small Pox and other contagious dis
eases in the city of Savannah—and to impose,
levy, and collect a tax for the year 1831—-were
severally read the third lime and passed.
A resolution offered by Mr. Rhodes, instruct
ing the Governor to pay to the Superintendents
of the Public roads, lbs amount of their travel
ling expenses for the past year, provided it docs
not exceed the sum of §4OO, each—was reject
ed—yeas 20, nays 25.
The Senate receded from its objections to the
amendments of the House, to the biil to alter
and fix the time of holding the Superior Courts
of the Flint Circuit.
la the afternoon, the bill, from the House, to
settle the measure of damages, in an action of
covenant, for breach of warranty, in a deed con
veying real estate, &c. was laid on the table till
June next.
The bills from the House, to provide two ad
ditional places for holding elections in Rich
mond county : and to appropriate monies for the
political year 1831; were severally road the
third time and passed.
The Senate concurred in the amendments of
the House, to the hills to amend an act to es
tablish and regulate Election districts in the
counties of Walton, Fayette, Pike, Coweta, and
Hall—and to regulate slaves in the county of
Twiggs, and punish their owners and managers
iu certain cases, iYc,
A message (the one given in my last) was re
ceived from the Governor, respecting an injunc
tion granted by the Supreme Court, in tbocase
of the Stale against George Tassels; which was
referred to a joint committee, consisting on the
part of the Senate, of Messrs. Daniell, ofCliat
ham. lll.atu of Habersham, Branham, Sayue,
and Conn; and on the pari of the House, of
Messrs Schley, McDonald, Haynes, Beall,
of Twiggs, and Howard, of Baker.
Tlie Committee made a Report (given in my
last) on the message and accompiutying docu
merit, which after being adopted in the House,
was received from thence and agreed to —veas
35, nays 7—as follows:
\eas— Messrs. Allen, Black, Blair, of Haber
sham, Blair, of Lowndes, Branham, Bryan, of
Monlgomer-, Bryan, oi Scriven, Cobb, Daniel!,
of Chatham, Everett, Kz.zard, Fin is, Ferguson,
Green, Hall, Harlow, Hines, MeDougald, Me
Knight, Mitchell, Muncrief, Noel, Prior, Reeves,
Robinson, Sayre, Singleton, Sledge, Stapleton,
Temples, Thomas, of Appling, Wulthour, War
' ren, W atson, Young—3s.
Nays. —Messrs. Echols, Ector, Parrish, Port
er, Reese, Tonnillc, Woolen—7.
The Senate then adjourned to 7 o’clock next
morning.
In the House, this morning, both Houses mot
and proceeded to ballot for the remaining seven
Sectional Surveyors. Those elected, are U
ly sees Lewis, ofMuscogco, Edward L. Thom
as, of Clark, Besj. 11. Stup.ces, of Wilkinson,
Wm. C. Powell, of Baldwin, Hardeman Ow
ens, of Muscogee, Thomas McLendon, ofCow
*»ff» n"* l Dvi»w.«,, -I* /' , l--il.uim
The amendments of the Senate, to the Road
hjll——to the lux bill, and to tin Appropriation
bill, wore severally road and concurred in.
The bills, from the Senate, to authorize the
Justices of tlui Inferior Court of Oglethorpe
county, to purchase negroes for the improve
ment of the roads and bridges, and to loan out
the county funds at interest—to lay out a new
county from the county of Randolph—to invali
date all contracts with the Cherokee Indians, so
far as the Indians are concerned—to regulate
slaves in the county of Twiggs, .lc.—to appoint
a Master in Equity for each of the counties of
I Richmond, Chatham, and Bibb—to regulate the
internal police of the Penitentiary, &c.—and to
require the Commissioners of Pilotage in Savan
nah, to restore John Low, a suspended Pilot, to
all the rights and privileges of a Pilot—were se
verally read the third time mid passed.
The Reports and Resolutions of the Senate,
icqucsting the Governor to direct the Attorney
General to institute legal proceedings against
the Ogeecheo Navigation Company, for alleged
violations of its charter—requiring the Gover
nor >o have published, in the Federal Union,
Augusta Chronicle, and Macon Telegraph, the
haw published by him in the Journal and Athe
nian, prohibiting trespassing on the Gold mines,
&c.—directing the Governor to forward to all
the Clerks ol the Infetior Courts, a sufficient
number of copies of the Infantry Tactics of the
United States army, to supply the Colonels,
Lieut. Colonels, Majors, Uiigade Inspectors,
and Captains of their respective counties with
one copy each—directing the Governor to use
the most efficient means iff effecting a full settle
ment with the Commissioners of the Oconee
River, below and those of the
Oennilgco River below Macon—tiirceting a dis
tribution of the acts of the Ist session of the 21st
Congress, among the several Clerks of the Su
perior and Inferior Courts—favorable to the An.
• gusta Insurance Banking Company, the Au
gusta Bank, the Bank of the State of Georgia,
the Merchant’s & Planters Bunk, the Bank of
Macon, and the Bank of C olumbus—authorizmg
the Governor to appoint a Board, of three officers
best qualified, to flume Militia laws for the State,
and report the same to llrfe next General Assem
bly-directing tiie Governor to have published,
in pamphlet form, all the laws in relation to the
Indians and their lands, Ac. for the use of the
members of both Houses, one copy lobe trans
mitted to each, &e.—instructing our Senators
and requesting our Representatives in Congress,
to vote against all measures in Congress, fending
to foster a system ol Internal Improvement—
and giving to Franklin College, till the State
may again need them, the use of the Mathemati
cal and other instruments purchased for the late
Board of Public Works—were severally read
and agreed to.
A Resolution was adopted, highly complimen
tary to the Speaker, Air- Hull, testily ibe
great respect and regard of the House, and its
high approbation of the peculiar ability, dignity,
and courtesy, with which he had presided” over
it during the session.
Mr. Haxnes, from the joint committee on the
Governor’s Message, and citation of the Chief
Justice of the U. States, made a Report, which
was read ; and a substitute was then offered by
Air; lejiNMt vl Putnam, dwiining tjje ad^ptrua
of any measure on the part of the Legislature
and leaving the subject to the discretion of t|,o
Governor; which was advocated by Messrs
Turner and Schley, and opposed by Messrs
Haynes and Hudson of Putnam, and afterwards
negatived by a largo majority—the rejection of
the substitute deciding the adoption of the lt e
port of the committee, which was then sent to
the Senate.
The House adjourned to 7 o’clock next mor
ning.
Thursday, December 23.
In the Senate, this morning, a resolution fionj
the House, requiring tli^Sectional Surveyors to
draw, by lot, for choice of sections, was amend
ed, so as to give them choice according to the
order in which they were elected; but the House
afterward refusing to concur in the amendment
the Senate receded front it, and adopted the
• original resolution.
Mr. Blair, ofilabershara, offered a resolution,
which was adopted, requesting the Governor to
suspend the sectional survey of the Cherokco
Territory, until a change of season shall have
rendered the dulios.of the surveyors loss mdu
ous.
A resolution, introduced by Mr. Ector, in
stru ting the Governor to forward to the Presi- «
■ dent of the United Stales, to each of our Sene,
tors and Representatives in Congress, and each
oftho Judges of the Supreme Comt, a e u py of
the Resolutions adopted yesterday, in rotation to
• the interference of the authorities of the General
Government, with our jurisdiction over the
Indians Within the limits of tho State, &c. was
laid on the table for tin: balance of the session—
yeas 23, nays 19.
1 lie Senate then adjourned sine die,
,1“ House, the Resolution from the Senate
requesting the Governor to suspend the section
al survey, unlit a change of- season, dec. Waß -
rejected.
Nothing more of moment was done, except
what is alluded to in the proceedings of the
Senate. And the House adjourned sine die, at
about half past 8 o'clock A. JI,
1 am requested hy Mr. Black, of Richmond,
to correct an error in my letter of the Ith
instant, respecting his speech on tins Land hill,
by staling, that iftstead of "he would calmly si’l
down and calculate the value of the Union, and
- consider it a rope of sand, rather than give up
one inch oftho land,” it should have been, in
the latter part of the quotation, "rather than
give up the right to one, inch oftho land,”
rem the chronicle and advertiser.
Till! VISION OF I. A FAYETTE,
IX THE DUXGEOXS 02' M.UrDEDVRO „
(From ihe lasi Coupler of the Apoca’yp e of Liberty.)
It was at the close of a stormy day in the year
1791, that a soldier, on whose brow sat the graco
of manhood and the dignity of command, was
conducted by an armed band of soldiers to tl.f
dungeons of Magdeburg. He seemed thought-
W »i'd anxious, but above all fear. As lie look
cd around bis cell, and was examining the gudg
eons and hooks of iron in the massy wall, a grim
aftcmlnnt whispered in his MI, in U low mill
pillion voice,- ‘This was the ten years residence
ol the Baron lurmck.’ For a moment his own
misfortunes were lost in contemplating the pro
tracted sufferings of that noble and high-minded
victim of royal jealousy—and as tho horrois us
such a confinement entered his soul, he murmur
ed an imprecation against despotic power, united
with a mental prayer for (lie long lust Uhcrias
of man. The light tho’dim, was sufficient to
show him tho strength of his prison, and force
upon him the hopelessness of escaipo. Exhaust,
cd hy the fatigues of a hurried journc , ho
■ stretched his weary limits on a pallet of straw
thrown on the floor of the dungeon. The thoughts
of his wife and children occupied his mind for a
short time, and alternately hurried and chilled
hii^ pulse; but after committing himself end
them to that good being who is the friend of il.c
captive and the consolation of the wretched, ho
stink into slumbers, sweeter and calmer than ibe
hard hearted oppressor, the miser or traitor can
ever know—such as have sometimes blessed the
conch of patriot martyrs on Ilia eve of llair
translation to a bettor world—such ns Hampden
and Sydney and Russel slept, just before they
bled for freedom. In this repose a vision came,
upon him—aspiiit pure and radiant in glory stood
before him, and announced herself as the God
dess or Liberty, as a messenger permitted by
tho Arbiter ok Destinies, to give the prisoners
a fbretasto of the, great things which were lo be
brought about. The Goddess and lict follower
seemed transported in an instant to a space in
air which overlooked his dear native France.
There the richest blood of the land was flowing
like water, and the corses of the noble ami bravo
were mouldering mihonored and unregarded —3
savage shout of vengeance, mingled with the
shrieks of despair and horror, rent the air. Sluic
ing palaces and fines were smouldering around,
and in the infernal smoke a colossal image arose,
whoso elemctßs were iron, and brass, and day;
and as the fierce and ambitious spirit which
had made it bis abode threw his “voice upon the
• viewless winds,” the dead and awful silcnc*
of despotism reigned through the land. On u
sudden the Temple of Janus, the signal offorcign
discord, was opened—Bellona yoked her fiery
dragons and moved her iron car. The war cry
was raised hy millions, ns they issued out for the
fight—these dashed against Nations, and crowns
and sceptres were trodden into the dust. The
imago seemed increasing in height at.d magni
tude, and an Imperial Diadem, not seen before,
was borne on ins brow. The distant moans ol
expiring Principalities and Powers won
heard on every breeze. A\v hirlwind followed
—the scene was changed—tho collosus was
gone, and in its place the faint and sickly pm ‘
blows of former days wore seen to hold a sha
dowy sw.-y. Here, said the Goddess, ends*!' 1
first act oftho drama—no further is it permit'* •
mo to unfold futurity here ; hut as ’lie curtain
fell, tho eye of the Goddess seemed lighted up
with hope,—a good augury for some distant day,
Ttle place was changed—oceans were passed,
and othor worlds were in view—nature was
here exhibited on her broadest scale and" 111
her freshest 100k —man seemed in the morning
■ of his existence, putting on all the energies ol
character —immense tbresls were receding he*
foro tho busy inhabitants of the country; a* ll
villages and diets were springing np, as it wens