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THE LAST Bonn ; BY RABRY CORNWELL.
Must it be? Then farewell.
Thou whom my woman’s heart cherish’d
so long 1 !
Farewell! and be this song
The lasi wherein Isay, “I lov’d thee wclll”
Many a weary strain,
Mover yet heard by thee, hath this poor
breath
Utter'd, of lx>ve and Death,
And imiden grief, hidden and chid in vain.
Oh! if in after years
The Ule, that 1 am dead, shall touch thy
heart,
Did not the pain depart,
but shed over my grave a few sad tears.
Think oftne, still so young,
Si.ent, though fond, who cast my life away,
..Oaring to disobey
The passionate Spirit that around me
clang.
Farewell again ! and yet
Must it indeed be so—and on this shore
Shull you and I no more
Together fico the sun of the summer set ?
For me, my days are gone!
No more shall I in vintage times prepare
Thaplets to bind my hair,
As i was wont. Oh ! ’twas for you alone!
Rut on my bier I’ll lay
lie down in froaen beauty, pale and wan,
Martyr of love to man j
And like a broken flower, gently decay.
PROM TBS PORTUGUESE OP CAMOEN6.
!Wiikn day lias smil’d a soft farewell,
Ami nighs-drops bathe each shutting bell,
And shadows sail along the green,
And birds arc still and winds serene,
1 wander silently.
And while my lone step prints die dew.
Dear are the dreams that bless my view,
To Memory’s «ye the Maid appears.
For whom have sprung my sweetest tears,
So oft, so tenderly. *
I see her, ns with graceful care
She binds her braids of sunny hair ;
I feel her harps’ melodious thrill
Strike to my heart—and thence be still
Re-echo’d faithfully.
T meet her mild and quiet eye.
Drink the warm spirit of her sigh,
See young Lore beatingiu her breast.
And wish to mine its pulses prest,
God knows how fervently !
Such are my hours of dear delight;
And morn but makes me wish for night,
And think how swiftlhe minutes flew
When last among the dripping dew
J wander’d silently
Hi/ Lord Strangford
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The Hare and Carious
J'rom the New York Daily Advertiser.
TYvfc WeaUiwc.
Mr Editor,
! have copied from the Ploughboy the
following observations on the weather. I
would thank you to give them a place in
yunr paper. (They may serve the purpose,
at least, of assisting those who would wish
to .be considered weather-wise-, and (enable
them to make their calculations with grcal
«r confidence.
Observations on the Weather, by the Rev.
W, Jones.
Clouds —Against much min, the clouds
grow bigger, and increase very fust, es
pecially befbre thunder. When the
clouds are formed like fleeces, but dense
in the middle, and bright towards (he
edges with the sky bright, they are signs
of a. frost, with bail, snow or rain. If clouds
breed high in air, in thin wliite trains, like
locks of Wool, they portend wind and pro
bably rain. When a general cloudiness
covers the sky, -ami-small black fragments
of clouds fly underneath, they-are a sure
sign of rain, and probably it will be last
ing Two currents of clouds always
portend rain, and, in summer, thunder.
Dew—ls the dew lies plentifully on the
grass after a fair day, it is a sign of ano
• ther* If not, and there is no wind, rain
must follow. A re 'l evening portends
fine weather, but if it spreads too far
upwards from the horizon, in the even
ing, and especially morning, it forctels
•wind or tain, or both. When the
sky, in rainy weather, 4s tinged with sea
green, the rain will increase; if with deep
idue it will be showety.
Heavenly Rodies— Haziness In the air
which fades the sun’s light; and makes
the orb appear whitish, or stars growjJitn,-
and a ring incircles the former, rain will
follow- If the sun’s ray’s appear like
Moses* horns, if white at setting, or
shorn at its rays, or goes down into a,
bank of clouds in the horrizon, bad wea
ther is to be expected it the i*oou
looks pale and dim, we expect rain; if
red,, wind; and if, of her natural
with a clear sky, fair weather. If the
moon is rainy throughout; it will clear at
the change, and perhaps the rain return
a few days after. If fair throughout,
and Tain at the change, the fair weather
will probably return qq the fourth, or
H('b day.
.fii/wali—- Before rain, swallows fly
dogs grow aleepy, and eat garus; water
lot. i <ve much; fish will not bite; flies
are more troublesome toads crawl about,
moles, ants, [rats,] bees, and many in
sects, are very , busy ; swine sleep and
ea< le are the; human body.
[ln addition to the above, enumeration
of signs, the-following might have been
addifd Cock» ciow on -the ground, tame
gee*e gabiie, pigs run wi th bush es in I heir
mouths, *&* 'hyrn blue, corns become 1
troublesome, and brokenVonesache.J
English Proverbs on the Weather.
Ts red the suflFbeginshis race,
that rain will fall a p»c*.
* -W- Tv
evening red, the morning gray,
Are sure signs of a fair day. *
If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way,
No rain be sure, disturbs the summer’s
”> day.
In the waning of the moon,
A cloudy morn —lairnUernoon.
When clouds appear like rocks and tow
ers,
The earth-is refreshed by- frequent show
ers.
WlT.—The learned Dr. Mitchell, a
few days since, at a large dinner party,
was asked vrliat he would be helped to
After a considerable pause, he replied with
great gravity—“ Why is Dr. M. like the
Emperor Alexander ?’’ This btngularre
ply lor a moment put the whole board in a
state of suspense, when the Doctor procee
ded —“Because be wants a slice of Ten
key,"and the same time putting his fork'
in a large une before him, and taking a
wing. Statesman.
From the Charleston Courier of Feb. 7.
Biblical Learning.
Dr. Mitchell, of New York, is ever
and anon amusing the American world
with the simpleness of his sagacity,.and
the sagacity of his simpleness. To deny
him art would be as unjust as to deny him
arllessnesß. He appears to have been de
signed to make laughing popular with the
learned, and Isarning in favor with the
hvd>. He stands exactly between
science and satire, and satire shoots Lt
science over his shoulder, and then
smiles in his face, amlaskshis pardon.
He will answer you any question, on
any subject,being reitiarkaoly fond of notes
of interrogation. Herein he may be re
garded as the oracle of New-Vork, and
the expounder ot difficulties which em
barrass other less enlightened parts of the
Union.
The following case, dated from Harvard
University, furnished him u fair opportu
nity of shewing his knowledge of bibical
criticism, ns well as Jris acquaintance with
scientific discoveries; and we find him ac
cordingly jumping head-long into the
snare of the cunning New-Englander.—
Ilow credulous is learning —it draws a
man out of the open palpable light of day,
' until be is seen holding forth his burning
tape, at noon, fur the benefit of the -sun
beams
Navigation of the Ancknts
See Lang & Turner's Gazette of January
2, 1822.
1 Case— Staled from (Harvard University,
1814.—1 n the interesting account of the
voyage of Saint I’aul from Palestine to
Italy, recorded in the Acts of the Apos
ties, chapter STThsnd 28th, these words
occur in the 12lh and 13th verses of the
latter of those chapters: “ And landing at
Syracuse, we tarried ther- three days;
and from thence we fetched a compass,
and came to Rhegium. ’ It has been ques
tioned whether this sentence does not
contain an anachronism, inasmuch as the
the mariner's compass was not discovered
until after the apostolic age- An opini
on is requested as to the kind of compass,
used by the ancients; and to which the
historian of the Acs of the Apostles re
ferred, as being brought from Syracuse
to guide him through the Scylla and Cha
rybdis, which intervened in his way to the
then metropolis of the world.
OPINION.
It does not appear from history that
the ancients, who navigated the Mediter
ranean sea, possessed any such thing, as
the Mariner's compass: and; if they had
that admirable invention, it is as plain
as writing can make it, tljat the compass
fetched/i om Syracuse was of a totally dis
■ J'erent kind.
' After the shipwreck at Malta, and a
1 consequent detention of three months, a
• new embarkation occurred, probably un
-1 der a charter-party, or some other con
tract, in a vessel of Alexandria, called
' the Castor & Pollux. This vessel enter
ed the iiarbours of Syracuse and llhegi
um, as she proceeded toward the strait of
Messina, on her voyage to Puteoli, the
1 port of her ultimate destination for that
trip
The origins' text contains not the most
distant idea of a mariner’s. compass, nor
of any similar instrument- It merely
means, that after leaving Syracuse, ceost
ing along, and probably beating to wind
ward, she arrived at Rhegium. In the
French translation, published ai Berlin in
1“41, it is amply and correctly rendered
“ thence coasting," &fc, The Latin ver
sion of, Bcza, though cot very just in this
particular, nevertheless signifies, coasting
by or along the shores, at least, as far as I
can comprehend it. The English reading
which you qume, is ambiguous and faul
ty- .
It is an allowable conjecture, that there
was an air a head; or, in other words, a nor
therly breeze, during the run from Syra
cuse to Rhegium, obliging her to tack, or
stretch olf and on, for the purpose of aid
ing her progress. For it is stated, imme
diately after, that the south wind blew, so
fair and so strong, it may be inferred,
that, the succeeding day, she reached
PutCfiU
SAMUEL L MITCHELL
ft is stated in a Nashville paper, as a
proof of the rising credit of their slate bank
notes, that those which lately sold at a dis
count of from 20 io 25 per cent, are now
atlS This is ascribed to the determination
of the banks to suspend dividends, ard to
the act ofthe legislature fixing a time for
specie payment.
Geo. Journal.
FROM THE LONDON EXAMINER.
NEWSPAPER CHAT.
Prince Eugene Bcauhantois. —A letter
from Paris gives the following account of
a recent short visit bf this personage to
the French metropolis;—“ I observe that
not one of the Paris Journals lias noticed
the short stay recently made by the Duke
He 'Leuchtenberg (Prince Eugene) jathis
.capital. Only one French paper, Le
Courier de Lyon efde Midi, has inform
ed its readers of it, by designating the
Prince, without naming him. The Prince,
in fact, came to Paris for three days, by
consent of the- King, to confer with Ge- .
neral Bertrand upon the testamentary be
quests of Bonaparte. He maintained the
most strict incognito. With respect to
the will of Napoleon, it is said, that he
ar
«>
sides the legacy of 18 pniiUons in favour 1 i
of M. de Montholon, which has been no- :
ticed in the English papers, it bequeaths
three millions to his valet de chainbre.
Marclumd ; 32 millions to Bertrand and
the Prince Eugene; and, finally, 44 mil
lions to his son. It is further affirmed,
that he recommends to his adopted son
never to sell the residence of Mulmaison,
in which he passed with his mother Jo
sephine the only happy period of Ins tile.”
Singular. Naval Costume —The officers
of the Swedish navy are considered as
military officers, and in full dress ar£ ob
liged to wear spurs ! It used Vo excite
the surprise of our officers, on walking
aft, to see the cap'ain of the ship strutting
about the quarter-deck with spurs on-
As to the Jaclt Tars, it put them in Bitch
a rage, they would have advised a war
with Sweden to oblige the King to lay by
the offensive costume, which irritated and
off ended them in a great degree.
A lady of this town has lately been left
a good fortune by a former admirer,
whose addresses she refused forty years
ago.— Southampton Paper;
In the course of the late summer there
have l*een erected in Paris upwards of
1000 new buildings, including the Opera
House and two minor Theatres.
Cubital Punishment in Spain —The
following is an extract of a letter, recent
ly written from Vittoria :—“ The species
of capital punishment it (the proposed
penal code) recognizes, is the garrote ;
I was curious to see death inflicted, and I
confess I had no notion that it could be
caused with so much humanity. A man
should witness such a spectacle, as his o
pinion as to the best mode of its infliction
may one day or other have an influence
.The extinction of life seemed the affair of
an instant. The victim occupies a seat
which is attached to an upright post; an
iTou collar is placed round his neck, and
strangulation is produced by turning half
round amullipiying screw, which brings
the collar close to the post. I observed
no convulsion—no movement of agony.
—The garrote is as expeditious as the
guillotine, and it sheds no blood. The
power of society over human life has.al
ways appeared to me a very doubtful ques
tion—if life is to be taken, I can conceive
no means more lit for. adoption.”
Gibbon —An anecdote in our last re
specting a passage written by Mr. Vox in
in Gibbon’s Decline and Pall of the Ro
man Empire, reminds us of the following
jend'esprit relating to the same parties.—
It was reported that Gibbon bad signified
his intention of recording the “decline
and fall" of the British empire in Ameri
ca, when the King or Ministers, desirous
that the disasters of the government
should not be thus “damned to everlast
ing fame," gave the historian the place
which has been referred to. On this oc
casion the following lines were produced
— they also were, at the lime attributed to
the pen of Charles James Fox.
Kino George, in a fright,
Lest Gibbon should write
The story of Britain's disgrace,.
Thought no means so sure
His pen to secure
As to give the Historian—a place '
But, ah! ’tisin vain '
?Tis the curse of bis reign, ■ ,
That his projects should nev#r suc
ceed! t
Though he write not a line "•
Great Britain’s “ decline"
In the author’s example we read.
His book well describes
How corruption and bribes
O’erlhrew ihejgreat empire of Rowe,
And his writings declare
A degeneracy there,— { .
i Which his conduct exhibits at home!
The much-talked-of “Regent’s Punch’ 1
is composed of ebampaigne, mixed with
various liqueurs; and instead of water, a
portion of green tea! What a happiness,
to possess a Sovereign who employs his
valuable time and splendid talents in the
invention of such “ good things ”
Mr. Rymcr, surgeon, Reaconsfleld,
Rucks, advices, in cases of hydrophobia,
the immediate immersion ofthe patient
in the cold or tepid bath, as being the
. most efficacious mode of cure, and ac
cording to the plan of the ancients.
A Bust Week. —A young woman, with
in twenty miles of Aylesbury, was this
month christened, married, delivered of a
child, the child christened, dead, and buri
ed, all within seven days—u busy w«ek
for the family and parson.—Buckingham
shire Chronicle. .
Sir Isaac Newton, when engaged in any
mathematical meditation, would some
times sit a good whde on his bed half dress
ed. His dinner frequently waited for him
several hours. His friend Dr. Stukely once
ate up.bis chicken, after wailing in vain
for his appearance, and putting the bones
in the dish Replaced the cover. Newton
at length arrived ; and telling the Dr. that
he was both hungry and weary; sale down
o table On perceiving the relics only of
the fowl, be said with a smile, “ I;thought
1 had not dined, but 1 find I was mistaken."
Judge Holt being once on the bench at
the Old Bailey, he convicted a man of a
robbery, whom he remembered to have
been one of his old companions Moved
by curiosity, bp inquired what had become
of certain individuals who belonged to
the party. Upon which the fellow repli
ed with a sigh and low bow, Ah! my
Lord, they are all hanged except your
Lordship and 1.”
Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, was-an ene
my to pluralities. Upon his first visitation
to Salisbury, he urged the authority of St.
Bernard, who being consulted by one of
his followers, whether he might not accept
of two bcnificts, replied, “ And how will
you be able to serve them both If —« 1
intend," answered the Divine, “to offici
ate in one by deputy,"—“ Wfikyour depu
ty be damned for you too?" asked the Saint:
“ Believe me, you may serve your cure by
proxy, but you mtlst be .dathhei'tn p e j..
son " —Noble relates of this Bishop, that
“ he was extravagantly fond of tobacco and
writing : to eojoy both at a uiae, .petfor
ated the broad brim of his large-hat, and
putting hi* long pipe through it, puffed
and wrote, and wrote and puffed tgain.”
The following definition of a Reviewer
is extracted from a pamphlet recently
published by Longman and Go. on the
question of population—•* being a detec
tionjof the gross plunders and absurdities of
the article on Mr. Godwin's Enquiry con
cerning Population, which appeared in
the TOth number of the Edinburgh Re
view,” attack that we shall speedily no
tice ” The perfect character for a suc
cessful reviewer, is he who has just talent
epough to detect small flaws and over
lookjgeneral excellence .-—just Uterature
*
I •
enough to get tip taking j’ UEt 1
ambition enough to be gratified *i«i three
months’ fame and just conscience e
uough to utter slander anonymously tha
he dares not put his name to.'*
Cumberland in ills Memoirs relates a very
droll accident that occurred to the ce *®, *
ted courtier. Lord Melcombe When
he paid his court at St. James s to ie
Uueen (Queen Charlotte) on her nuptials,
he approached to kiss her hand, decke
in an embroidered suit of silk, with lilac
waistcoat and breeches : the latter ot
which, in the act of kneeling down, forgot
their duty, and broke loo§e from their
moorings in a very indecorous and uncourt
ly manner.”—The fact is, braces not being
used at that time, and Doddington being
in person more like Falstaff than Slender,
the duty of kneeling became a very peril
ous adventure. The Margravine ot Ba
reuth tells more fearful affair that
occurred to a lady on prcsentj'.ion-day.
As she was going up to the throne, her
foot slipped, and being singularly short
and plump* she rolled over and over like
a pumpkin, before she was recovered and
set upon her legs by the Grand Champer
lain —an exhibition that put the gravity
even of a German Court to a Ivard trial.
foreign.
Yqry Important News to Cot
ton Growers*
COMMEUCIAL TREATY WITH
FRANCE.
Capt. Croker, of the ship Manhattan, is
bearerof despatches from the French go
vernmont for the French Minister, and lor
the .different French consuls throughout
the United Slates.
Our consul Mr. Maury at Liverpool,
stated to capt < Croker that the Commer
cial Treaty between the United States and
France was, concluded and signed, and that
vari’ous Jitters received at Liverpool men
tion tire same tact,
JV. Y. Daily Advertiser,
From the Charleston Courier of the, \\th ivst.
..... LATEST.FROM EUROPE.
By the ship Manila, Capt. Lcxt, arri
ved here yesterday in 3d days from Dub
! lin, we have the papers of that city totlie
4lli of January, furnishing Lon-oni dates to
I the Ist of that month.
, The most striking article of-news by
’ this arrival, is the reported insanity of the
, King of France;-t*the correspond ent of the
t London Courier does not appear to credit
It; but ills not likely so much-would be
. said about if, unless there was some foun
* dation for the report
j Russia and Turkey appear, by these ac
, counts, as they have by those of several
weeks .back,, to be on the eve of war.
Disturbances stiil existed in Ireland, but
the papers state, that many of the accounts
are exaggerated, and others utterly false.
The commission for the City of Dublin
tyas in Session, and there is a long list of
criminals to he brought up for trial. Cer
tain of the Dublin papers bad for some
time- past held up the idea that an attack
was about to be made upon that city;
. while the others treated it with great ridi
cule—the fears of all for suah.an event, ap
pear to have subsided.
The Maiquia of Wcllesly, the newly ,ap
pointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, landed
at ilowth, on Friday evening the 28th De
cember. The next day at 2 o’clock, he
entered the city of Dublin, in company
> with the Ex-Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Tai
bot, Lord Donoughmore, the Lord-Mayor
of the city, and a great concourse of citi
! zenson horseback “Every where as he
» passed along, (says a Dublin paper) the
j noble Marquis was met with the enthusi
t astic cheers of the multitude, eager to tes
tify their joy at the sight of an Irishman ,
’ coming to govern them.” After his Ex
. cellency had been sworn to office, he con
ferred the order of Knighthood on the
Lord-Mayor. The Mayor issued a procla
mation for a general illumination, which
’ does not appear to have met the withes of
a large portion of the inhabitants, who
. were apprehensive it might bi thought a
mark of disrespect to Lord Talbot; and if
we may judge from the complexion of the
, papers, the present Lord-Mayor is by no
means popular.
Liverpool Prices Current, Dec. 29.—The
demand for Cotton has revived, the sales
■ . this week amounting to nearly 8000 bags.
Sea-Island 14d a 20|d; Pernambuco 12 a
l2Jd; Bahia 10 3-8 d a Hid; Maranham
11 l-8d a Hid : Orleans 8 i-8d a 12$d. &
lod; Bowed 8d a9J& 10d; Bengal 6d a
6|d. Orleans are about $d per lb. higher
and scarce. In other descriptions there is
not any particular change, but the general
market is firm and looking up. About
llOUßoweds have been taken on specu
lation.
Domestic.
Internal improvement.
( Tj “ We have been requested by the
Commissioners, to publish the following:
We will publish an interesting article on
. this subject, (from the Washington Xejss,)
in our next.-
AN ACT
To incorporate tits Washington Turnpike
Company.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House i
of Representatives of the Slate of Geor- 1
gia in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the 1
same, That a Turnpike Road shall be es i
tab 11 shed from the city of Augusta to the i
village of Athens, the proprietorsof which (
may dispose of a capital stock of three hun- i
dred thousand dollars, divided into.shares <
of one-hundred dollars each. \
See. 2. And be it; further enacted by the J
authority aforesaid, That the subscription s
for constituting and collecting the capital \
stock of said corporation shall be opened s
„pn the Ist day of March next, in the city of s
Augusta, under the direction and super v
intendance of Sam’l Hale, Wm. Gumming, b
and Augustin Slaughter, or a majority of t
them Also,-and for the same purpose & o
at the same time, at the town of Appling- c
ton, under the direction & superintentlance a
of J uriah Harris, Edmond Bowdry, & Tho- h
mas N. Hamilton,-or a .majority of them, ii
Also, and for the same purpose, and at the t<
same time, irtf the town of Washington, tl
under the direction, and supermtendance ! it
of Bavid F. HUlhouse, Gilbert Ha/, Wil- 1 b
liatn A. Grant, Thompson ShepUerd and
Samuel Barnett, or a majority «t tfcem
Also and for the same purpose, and at
amsame lime, in the town of Lexington,
under the direction and superintendence
of John Moore. Klisha Strong, and
jleatl, or a majority of them Also, an
for the same purpose, and at the same
lime, in the village of Athens. unde
direction and supenntendancc ot|t C phens
Thomas, Samuel Brown and Hffhry . ack_
son, or a majority of them. Ihe books of
subscription shall ne kept open for the
space of thirty days, during which time
it shall and may be lawful tor any person
or copartnership, being citizens ot <e
State of Georgia, to subscribe fnrany num
ber of shares not exceeding hUy t Provi
ded, That if the whole number ot shares
be not taken up wVdtinThe space of thirty
days aforesaid* it shall and may be lawful
for any person or copartnership, being c:
izens of this stale, corporation or'body po
litic, established within the same, to sub
scribe tor any number of shares unsubscri
bed for; and the shares which may he so
taken up, shall be paid tor, in mahnei
herein prescribed and provided fur. T'-ie
stock to be subscribed for, shall be appor
tioned in the manner following, 'iz: at
Augusta, seven hundred shares. At Ap
plington, five hundred shares. At Wash
ington, eight hundred shares At Lex
ington, six hundred shares, and at Athens,
four hundred shares.
See. 3. And be it farther enacted, That
when said subscription shall be filled, the
stockholders may proceed to the election
of five commissioners to manage lire affairs
and concerns of said company j said elcc
, tion shall be held at .Washington, under
\ the direction and superintendanre of the
persons herein appointed to open books
, at that place, after they shall have been
notified that thestook has been taken up,
and after they shall have given thirty days
* notice of the time of such election in the
\ Athens Gazette, Washington News, and
, one ofthe public Gazelles of Augusta.
The number of votes that each stockhold
er shall be ehtltled to shall be regulated
by the number of shares which he may
hold. One share shall entitle the holder
to one vole —two shares and not exceeding
five, two votes. For every five shares a
bove live, one vote; Provided , That no
person corporation or body politic, shall be
entitled to move than ten votes.
I.ec. 4. And be iffurther enacted. That
all those who shall become subscribers in
said company, their successors and assigns,
shall be, and they are hereby created and
made a corporation and body politic by the I
name and style of the “Washington Turn
pike Company” and are hereby made able
and capable in law, to sue and be sued,
plead and he impleaded, answer and be
answered unto, defend and be defended
in any court whatsoever: and also to make,
have, and use a common seal, and the
same to alter at pleasure; and also to or
dain, establish, and put in execution, such
.bye-h'ws, ordinances, and regulations, as
shall seem necessary and convenient for
the government of said corporation. Pro
vided, The same be, not repugnant to the
constitution and laws of this state, V” of the
United States
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the commissioners aforesaid shall be elect
ed by the votes of stockholders; given in,
in their own proper persons duly authori
sed in writing; and the five persons having
the highest number of votes shall ’bede
clare d duly elected. And said commission'
era when so elected, shall as soon as con
veniently may .be, proceed to organize b y
die appointment of such officers as they
may consider necessary for the safe, an.d
effectual .management of their concerns,
and with such compensation as said Jconr-d
of commissioners may think proper to ai
low.
Said commissioners shall continue in of
fice for the term of one year, from the day
of their election, with power to fill such
vacancies as may occur, in their hoard, by
death, resignation or otherwise ; and shall,
at the end of the first year, from the date
of their election, and at the end .of every
year thereafter, hold an election for com
missioners, at such place and under such
regulations as their bye-laws may pre
scribe.
Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That
when said board of commissioners s/hall be
elected and organized in manner afo rcsaj,d,
they are hereby empowered to call in
twenty per cent on the amount of sub
scription, which shall be paid by the
stockholders in current money of the
country, said board first giving twenty
days notice of the time such payment is
required to be made. And said board are
further empowered to make such further
calls upon the stockholders ns they may
think proper, provided the same be not
oftener than once in six months; and pro
vided the sum called in do not exceed
twenty per cent on said subscriptions.
And if there shall be a failure to pay the
first sum so called for by said boain, the
person, corpoiation or body politic no fail
ing, shall forfeit the shares for which they
may have subscribed, and the board may
dispose of the same; and the subscriber
so failing shall further forfeit ani l pay to,
said board, for tho use of the company the
further sum of ten dollars upon each
share he, she or they may hold, to be re
covered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof: Provided, thirty days notice of
such call be invariably given , and for any
future failure there shall be a forfeiture of
the shares and the amount paid xa. None
but a stockholder entitled in hisown right
to ten shares, shall be a commissioner;
and if any commissioner after his election
shall cease to be a stockholder, his seat
shall be vacated, and the board shall pro
ceed to fill such vacancy by ballot from
the balance of the stockholders.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, Thai said board, <
upon the payment of the ifirst instalment'««
upon stock, shall deliver to each stockhol- I
der a printed certificate, setting forth the i
number of shares that stich stockholder is 1
entitled to, and the amount paid thereon; (
wfiich certificate shall bet signed by the f
president and treasurer of the board,-and f
shall be transferable bj assignment, and s
when produced to th es, board by an as- c
sic nee, may be taken in anil a new one is- o
sued in its steadHo the proper holder, s
who shall thereupon fie entered -as a rcem- ti
her of said corporation, upon the books of ji
the board shall-meet from time to time up. s
on their own adjournment, or at the call a
ot the president, .pr upon the demand of o
any twenty of the stockholders; and shall ■ Ii
keep a regular record oftbeh* proceed- p
mgs; and a majority shall be competent si
to the transaction of business. And fer ii
the better ordering and success;pf.the as ti
iairs of saidcorporation, said board shall p
s>e further vested with power and autbori- d
\r
tv to enter Into all needful ccntrvn s , *T-.
artists, labourers, and others, eiu, e ktfSm
the purchase of materials, or the pc rut &
ance of service, or tor or concerning Br T
other matter or thing necessary in tlit'W,- tl
charge of their duty, and the comph M b
of the object of said incorporation. ‘ "“w d
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,>l 6
said turnpike road shall commence a d
corporate boundary of the city of
and run in the nearest most convenient® **
reclion to Applington, in the countyK
Columbia; thence, the nearest most c . T v
venient direction to Washington; ti. er . s
the nearest most convenient direction ( *
Lexington ; —thence, tire nearest , f
convenient direction to Athens. AnJ 1
enable said board to determine the jiv l '
tion of mud road, it shall and inayli e j » *
till for them, and the artists and-other/*.
them employed, to enter upon the B
and inclosures through and over 1
said roadmay be expected topnssi^.^S
• examine quarries, gravel and other
rials necessary to the cor.strtrcVion
i road; to survey and mark the .
• the same, having reference to
: and distance between the points
. Provided, that if the said road be
t and opened to the injury of any pe;s,«B J.
persons whatsoever, by passage thur^B
- their lands, such peisun or person*stu'B
- remunerated by a sum to be agieedoisH,
, the parties ; and in case of disagite^B
. then the same shall be decided by
t sons (with power" of umpirage) ore H
s whom shall be selected by each party ; A
i the damage so ascertained shall he ;■
s forthwith to the party injured. AwM
. the building and construction of.-ssidroH
r it shall be further lawful Tor said bo;.H
B and the artists and labourers, tilthll®
s implements, tods, teams, waggons,■
it other vehccles or machines to enter ufK
i, and pass over the lands tyul indosiiß,-
s which may be contiguous tor said road jB ,
e to cut down, dig ami remove any tiriibß- -
i earth or stone which they may reqoiiK.
i. Provided always, that notice of such err®.
be first given to the pel son or persons ot» -
ing such premises/ and the amount K ■
damages agreed on between the panitß ■
or ascertain*4 in manner aforesaid! k.B.
case of refusal by said person or'persoiJß,,
to settle said damages, either by
ment or reference, then it shall be k-BF
for the said board or their lo
the nearast disinterested justice
peace, who shall appoint three
ed freeholders to examine and detenßp-'
the. controversy, and upon tender
sum or.sums which such persona nuß
ward, said board and those in their etnßb
may enter,, and pass and procurem&Uiß
as aforesaid, in ail instances taking caiß
do the least possible injury lo the udvt ft
party.
•§ec. 9, And be it further enacted p
the; authority aforesaid, That said bo
Shull have power to erect bridges wk
the. same may be necessary ; and thei •
Which they may build and construct! .
be fifty feet in width, and twenty five! i
thereof shah bean artificial road, bed
where necessary, with, wood, stone or
ex- material, so as to be -solid in its (
• lation, and faced with gravel or other
material so as to furnish a surface as
and even as practicable, rising tow
the middle by a gradual.arch, apdbroi
as nearly to a level as the face ot
country will conveniently admit; w
said road, when so comUructed, shai
kept in perfect order and repaid, andi
not in its course obstruct any road laidp- /
or recognized by the road laws of t
state: Provided however, that if said til
pike shall, be* built qpon any of the I '
mentioned roads, the said board, at til .
own expence, shall clear out another -
qual to the one so occupied.
Sec.lo. And beltftirther enacted,Tb
when any portion of saitj road (not k
than five miles progressively) shall y
completed, the same shall he reported.
- the Inferior Court of the County in whv
said road may be, and it shall be thedi '
of said court to examine the same, anc
it is constructed according to the true
tent and meanings gs this act, theysli
return a cert ificate thereof to said box
who shall be thereupon authorised to -
xect the necessary gates and to deni*
such tolls as herein after specified. .w
as fartlier portions of said road are couif®
ted and approved as aforesaid, the I®;
gates may be erected and the like w
demanded ; and for the easy and cerlß
collection of such tolls as the coi-pors<B
may be entitled tp, said board shall kß&j
povjjprto appoint agents or gate kei-MjjP?
ami to prescribe such regula’ions
force such rules as will inosl cfiedui*-
insure collectipnsand prevent frauds; f'fe
vided, such rules and regulations be prii%;
ed, and posted up at each gate. Then#"
ot toll shall be as follows; toi tfvtry hoisk-’
rode or led, not exceeding one cent pfr
mite; for every pleasure curtisge, of tip
wheels, drawn Jjy one horse, not cxccelt
ing two cento per mite ; for every pit*
ure carriage,stage or light waggon,
by two horses, not exceeding,- three
per mile, and if drawn by four hoi**
not exceeding three and a half c«uts f#
mile: for every cart or wragfgwt of b<l
den, not exceeding one ceat per row
on each horse drawing the but R
they be drawn by oxen vr sanies, ffi
oxen shall-bo estimated a® one taff
and muhs as horses And saMtaasdibW
have the authority of lesseuiing- tfbc laleW
toll in favour of carriages pi, bmiiidfijn inprH
portion to the width of theii,-
nine inches, and in proporlJiM) te<Ac« i i(
fi.ee which they may roll un i>Bgj
[ dies -, ait?, shall also have UihtinwWiilJ
settling tire rate of loll; to be; bj stjß
animal led, rode or drove, ai-ri <®n any V B
hicle, not herein before m,r.uo»ed. 11
Sec. If. And be it fiumhei*- enacted kB
the authority aCorpsaid, T bat iff any par'll
said road shall be out of good and perfwl
snare of twen.l
days together, it s/lall ar j. may be
for any person aggrieved, thereby to fB
information to the.- near justice of ?|8
peace, whosg duty it; jpaH p e to issue P|
precept, directed to ftl)y constable, op f
mandxng him to «jr nmo ; n three judictf ■
freeholders to me . t on a certain day |
said precept tn.be mentioned, at theph |
complained of on Baid roat j. The keef «
of the nearest p a t e s j, a u have notice |
Wild meeting, a aa jj freeholders be ;
first sworn, sh j n connexion with s
justice, exanu nc an( \ determine win-' 1 S
such road is in QOll and perfect rep- |
according t< f the true intent and ir.est?l
ot this act. hi case the decision b*™
(avour of • ■ h(J pe](son complaining, the %
shall pay to the justice and cj
• )le ,. t ie sum of two dollars each, and |
such finding shall be given M f
*■ ate keepers on each si Ie ot
icomplained of, who shall ceas*
enr toll ofalfy passenger betrveeoM
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