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ciiROM- L skntinel. t G L hTA. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31. FOR CONGRESS, HINES HOLT, Jr. Os ICKOCU. 'Election on Fit it Monday in January. Adam» for scale. A power press of tfcje above improved patent can | be obtained at this offipc at a redaced price. It is ■ in perfect order —’-Mg * enough to wo,k a sheet 21 i by 35 inches, turns tiff ei~it hundred sfreis per j hear and does its work in superior style. This day being set apart as a day of thanks giving, and to-morrow being New Years day. no j paper will issue from this office before Monday j next. We therefore craarace this occasion to say a word to our friends or the subject of the election j of a member of Congress, which takes place on Monday next. —We do hope that none of you will 1 fad. to deposit© your voles in the ballot box on that day. Foiiow up your late triumphant victo ry with another decisive defeat, to the Loco Foco party, aad our word for it, they will not soon be ! able to rally. This is an important election; if ! we are successful, (and that we will be, there is i no doubt, provided wc do oar duty) we will place I another true Whig by the side of the faithful six ! who will dcposite his vote against that destructive j measure, the nib-treasury , and whicn may in a. 1 ! probability be the means of repealing it.—Let no j ordinary circumstances prevent you from coming to the poll", he on the alert, and the day is our». — “ A word to the wise is sufficient.” Augusta Directory. It will be seen, by reference to an advertisement in another column of our paper, that Messn. Woodward, Browki k. McCafffrty, propose publishing a City Directory. The necessity cf such a work mud be felt by all. We therefore recommend the work to the favorable consideration of the cilizt ns of Augnsta, as being not only valu able, but indispensably necessary. Besides a Di rectory, it will contain other important matter, which will be both useful and interesting. The Secretary of State has received from Mexi co a copy of a decree cf the Mexican Government respecting the importation of gunpowder and armii Into that Republic, of which the following is the substance: —Tha importation of Gunpowder into Mexico L prohibited, that article being among the number of those subject t » government monopoly. All gunpowder hereafter imported will be l.able to confiscation. Fire arms of the sort commonly used in war are subject to the same rules. A bill has been introduced in the Missouri Le gislature agiinst betlir gon elections. It provides for fining both the bet’:ei* and stake holder to the amount of money or property bet. it also pro vides for punishing by line any person who may publish a bet or assist any way in rnakaig it. Reasons lor Thanksgiving. The Boston Courier, of Thursday, the 26th alt., the day appointed for thanksgiving in Mas sachusetts, delivers a rich homily to the several classes of its readers,setting before each some pc- i culiar cause of thankfulness. The article is in 1 Mr. Buckingham’s happiest style ; and is so re plete with genuine humor and good natured sa tire. that we cannot relrain from treating our readers to some portions of it. It is divided in to several heads, from which we select the fol ■ lowing : Let us. in the first place, be thankful that our electioneering warfare is accomplished—that its turbulence and clamor have subsided—and tha* nothing remains of its senseless hurly-burly but an occasional groan from the defeated, or a shout from the victorious. Whether you be Whig or Democrat, reader, you will rejoice and be thank ful that the ballot-box, and not the sword nor the war-club was the weapon which gained the vic - tory—thankful that the age of extras and express es is parsing away, and that you have time to* attend to business and business to be attended tc —thankful that the expenses of the campaign have not quite devoured your substance, but have left enough to enable yor to dine upon lurxey ami pium-pudding to-day, and to send a chick en to your poorer neighbor. If you are a Whig you will, of course, be thankful for the success of your party, —that, though processions and banners, ami hard-cider, have made sorrowful abstractions from your purse, there is left a contingent remainder, wherewith to drink the health of “ Old Tip,” and, though prodigal has been the expend lures of gundowder, yet, thanks to the liberal »j>rth, there is still salt-petre enough in her “ harmless bowels,” if compound ed with proper ingredients, to fire a volley on the fourth of March, that shall cause “Old Tippe canoe and Tyler too,” to stop the portals of their ears with amazement and admiration. If you are a Democrat, you ought to he thankful, —as we know that you are, —that you have escaped from the conflict with a whole akin, —that you have not been cribbed in log-cabins, nor drowned in hard-cider—that though beaten, you are not dismayed, though cast down, you are not utterly expunged —that though you have l>een defeated in the Empire and the Key-stone States, you are safe in your granite fastnesses of New Hamp shire, and your tobacco breastworks of Virginia, whence you emerge, for another campaign, like, “ a giant, refreshed by the slumber of ages.” Rejoice that you arc, for a season, relieved from the unprofitable task of singing hallelujahs to the wicked in high places—that you have the glori ous privilege of finding fault with their succcs- I sors. and a disposition to exercise that privilege m all its length and breadth, its heighth and depth, and, moreover, have the notable example of your late opponents, which you will doubt less “ execute, ’ and we presume you have deter mined already that “ it. shall go hard, but will better the instruction.” Art thou an office holder 7 Be glad and re joice in all the riches thou hast gathered, and be thankful in the remembrance of what thou hast enjoyed. Consider how many thousands of thy friends and neighbor* have sighed for tby place, and perhaps have wrestled with the powers that be, in order to obtain it, and thank thy good stars that thou art the man of a thousand. Be thy pay and perquisites small, thank Heaven that they are no larger; else thou mightst have been tempted to follow Swartwout to Paris or Har rington to Tc .a*. If they be large, be no less grateful that thou hast bad virtue enough to re sist tempations have lea so many of thy fellow-servant* .a defraud the public, and by run ning away, cheat the scaffold of its glory, or swindle the penitentiary out of its proper claim to thy service. Art thou, reader, u President or mGovena or ? and didst thou court the “sweet voice” of lb* people to perpetuate thy dignity and honor 1 anti have they, emphatically, said, we will not have this man to reign over us; and set up thy rival in thy stead? Dost thou mourn over the loss o S popularity, and ia thy heart cun* the way- f wardness of fortune, the instability qf friends, the unfaithfulness of crawling dependants, the shortsightedness of counsellors, and the ingrati tude of the republic. Comfort thyself, that it is « the sober second, thought of the p<jople” that ba»h wrought out for thee this tribulation; that thou art not the first that has been called to tread the thorn path of disappointment— Priam from fortune’s lofty summit feel; Great Alexander, midst bis conquest?, mourned; Heroes and demi-gods have known the sorrows; ; Caesars have wept, and thou — i having received thy blow, art thou one of this ! noble army of martyrs. Rejoice that thou art ! soon to be released from the plagues and care* of | office. Thou knowest how “ uneasy lies the head that wears a crown; thank Heaven that thy bead is no longer to oe decorated with such a thorny covering, and say manfully to thy suc j cessor: let not him that girdeth on the harness j boast himself as he that putteth it off. Beside, even thine enemies can but say : thou hadst the crown, and that is glory enough for one of such moderate desires as thyself. Suppose thou art doomed to raise cabbages at Kinderhook.or to fish for alewives at Taunton; theie are more inglori ous employments than these, and well mayat thou j thank God that he has suffered thee to escape from the hell of politics with virtue enough to be employed in so harmless and honorable action. Non-Resistants, Grahamites, Alcolites, Fan ny Wrighiites, Teetotalers, Come-outers, Trans } cendentaiists, Dialists.&c. dec. &c. Be thankful < that you live in a country of so much freedom I that a man is not obliged to shut himself up in hi* own house when he is ambitious of playing the fool—that every one has perfect liberty to obey the precept, “ Let your light shine before ( men,” without danger of persecution. Think I how highly you are favored in not being obliged to fight in defence of non-resistance, to eat the • saw-dust you recommend, to five your own doc trines, to understand your own theories, or to fur nish understanding for others. If these are not to your own minds sufficient causes for thanks giving, Heaven help you to grateful hearts ? The special session of the Legislature of Illi nois closed on the sth inst., after two week* la bor, without maturing a single bill! The Close of the Year. EV CEOBOE D. PBEHTICE. Gore ! gone for ever ! — Like a rushing ware, Another year ha* burst upon the shore Os earthly being—and its low tone«, Wandering in broken accent* on the air. Are dyir g to an echo. The gay Fpring [leaves — With its young charms has gone—gone with its Its atmosphere of roses—its white clouds .Slumbering like «eraphs in the air—ill biids Telling their loves in music —and in streams Leaping and shooting from the up-piled rocks To make earth echo with the joy of waves. And Summer, with its dews and showers, has gone. It* rainbows glowing on the distant < loud, Like spirits of the storm —its peaceful lakes Smiling in their sweet s eep, as if tfacir dreams Were of the opening flowers, and budding trees, And'oveihanging sky —and its bright mist* Resting upon the mountain-tops, as crowns Upon the heads of giants. Autumn, too, Has gone with ah it? deeper glories —gone With it* green hills, like altars of the world Lifting their rich fruit offering* to their God — Its co d winds stra} ingmid the forest aisles To wake tneir thousand wi ;d-harps—its serene Anl holy sunsets hanging o’er the west, ! Like banners from ine battlements of heaven— And its still evenings, when the moonlight sea Was ever throbbing, like the living heart Os the great Universe. Ay —these are now But sounds and visions of the past —their deep, Wild beauty ha* departed from the earth, And they are gathered to tne embrace of Death, ; Their solemn herald to Eternity. ' Nor have they gone alone. High human heart* Os Passion have gone with them. The fresh dust Is chul on many a breast that burned erewhile With fires that seemed immortal. Joys, that leaped Like angel* from the heart, and wandering free, In life’s young morn, to look upon the flowers, Tne poetry of nature and to list The wov< n sounds of breeze, and biid, and stream Upon the night air have been stricken down In silence to the dust. Exultant Hope, That roved :oi ever on the buoyant winds, Like the bright, starry bird of Paradise, And chanted to the ever listening heart In the wild music of a thousand tongues, Or soared into the open sky. until Night’s buminggems seemed on her brow, Has shut her drooping wing, and made her home Within the voiceless sepulchre. And Love, 4 That knelt at pa*sion’s holiest shrine, and gazed On his heart’s idol as on some sweet star, Whose purity and distance make it dear, And dreamed of ecrtacies until bis soul Seemed but a lyre, that wakened in the glance Os the beloved one —he too has gone To his eternal reeling place. And where Is stern Ambition—he who madly grasped At Glory’s fleeting phantom—he who sought His fame upon the battle-field, and longed To make his throne a pyramid of bones, Amid a sea of blood ' He too has gone ! His stormy voice is mute—his mighty aim Is nerveless on its clod—his very name Is but a meteorof the night of years Whose gleams flashed out a moment o’er the Earth And faded into nothingness. The dream Os high devotion —beauty’s bright array— And life’s deep idc! memories—all have passed Like the cloud-shadows on a starlight stream, Ur a strain of soft music when the wind* Are slumbering on the billow. Yet why muse i Upon the past with sorrow f ’ Though the year Has gone 10 blend with the mysterious tide Os old Eternity, and borne along Upon its heaving breast a thousand wrecks Os glory and of beauty —yet, why mourn That such is destiny ? Another year Succeedest to the past, in their bright round The seasons come and go—the same blue arch That hath hung o’er u«, will hang o’er us yet — The same pure stars that we have loved to watch, Will blossom still at twilight’s gentle hour, Like lilies on the tomb of Day—and still Man will remain, to dream as he ha* dreamed. And mark the earth with passion. Love will spring j From the lone tomb of old Affections—Hope, And Joy, ana great Ambition, will rise up As they have risen—and their deeds will be Brighter than those engraven on the scroll jOf parted centuries. Even now the sea ; Os coming years, beneath whose mighty waves Life’s great events are heaving into biith, Is tossing to and fro, as if the winds Os heaven were ’pn-oned in it* soundlcs* depths, And struggling to be free. Weep nr t that Tima Is passing on—it will ere long icveal A brighter era to the nations —Hark ! Alont the vales and mountains of the earth Tnere is a deep, potentous murmuring. Like the swift rush of subterranean streams, Or like the mingled sounds of earth and air When the fierce tempests, with sonorous wing, Heaves his deep folds upon the lushing winds. And hurries onward with his night of clouds Against the eternal mountains. —Tis the voice Os infant Freedom —and her stirring call I* heard and answered in a thousand tones From every niil-top of her western home— And lo—it breaks across old Ocean’s flood— And ‘ Freedom I l 'Freedom is the answering shout Os nation? starting from the spell of years, [vens! The day-spring!—see—Mis brightening in the hea- The watchmen of the night have caught the sign— From tower to tower the signal-fires flash free— And the deep watch-word, like the rush of teas That herald’s the volcano’s bursting flame, Is sounding o’er the earth. Bright years of Hope . And life are on the wing !—Yon glorious bow, Os Freedom, bended by the band of God, Is spanning Time’s dark surges. Its high arch, A <vpc of Love and Mercy on the cloud, Tells iVnt the many storms of human life , Will pass in >-t*oce, and the sinking waVes, 1 Gathering the form* of and of peace. Reflect the undinuned brightness «f the heaved. Tn the race of Dadd E. Patoa vs. The Ki'-amunfi Turnpike Co., tried ia the buper C> urt, the jury awardee $2500 damages for tV plaintiff, a-* a compensation forihe injury receive on steamboat Samson on the 4ih < July, 1830, by the failing of the promenade deck upon him. We publish below the Tax Bill parsed by the Legislature of Georgia The Finance Commit tee which drew op the bill, stated that the amount of taxes raised under its provisions, would ex ceed $250,000. A Dill, To be entitled an act to impose a tax for the sup port of Government for the year eighteen hun dred and forty-one, from thence, afterwards. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the Stale of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act passed on the twelfth day of December, “in the year one thou sand eight hundred and four,” and all acts a mendatory thereof, so far as the same shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby enacted, and declar ed in force, for, and during the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one ; and from thence, afterwards, until the same shall be repealed. And be it further enacted. That during the time this act shall continue in force, the tax on bank stock, on capital employed in the business of brokerage, and capital employed by Insurance and Trust Companies in this State, shall te thir ty one and a quarter cents on every hundred dol lars so invested; on money employed by private individuals in lending at interest, and shaving and discounting notes, bonds, and executions, and on all other notes on solvent debtors, bearing interest, excepting such notes as shall be founded on sales of property, or merchandise, or on ser vices rendered, and shall not have been renewed, and upon which no interest shali have been paid, shall be eight cents on every hundred dollars so 1 lent and employed ; and that all bridges, ferries and turnpikes, shall pay a lax of ten cents on every hundred dollars worth of said bridges, fer ries and turnpikes, and factories, and a tax on every billiard table of SSO per annum. And be it further enacted. That so far a? any acts or parts of acts *hat may be construed or con sidered to be now in force, make taxes now im i posed, greater or less than i ; provided for in the aforementioned tax law of December, one thou sand eight hundred and four, and in the second section of this act, the same are hereby repealed. And be it further enacted, that .he Receivers of Tax Returns for the several counties in this State shall make a general Digest of all the returns < taxable, and of the proj*erty or defaulters, in th | manner heretofore prescribed and accustomed un- j der existing laws; and each and every Receiver, j shall make out three copies of the Digest of, and I for his particular county, and shall, on or befor; I the first day of July, in the year one thousand I eight hundred and forty one, and every year after wards, deliver one copy of said Digest of Tax Returns, to the Tax Collector of the oounty, and one to the Clerk of the Inferior Court, and shall on or he fore the first day of August thereafter, j deliver one copy of said Digest, to the Comptroller ! General of the State, under the penalty of one ! thousand dollars for each and every ommisslon to j deliver said copies, or either of them, in the man ner, and within the period* aboved specified. And the Tax Collectors of the several Counties, shall proceeded at once to collect the taxes oi: their re- i ; spective counties, according to the Digest, and j asses ment thereof, delivered to them respectively ! as aforesaid, by the Receiver of Tax Returns of \ .their counties respectively. And the said 'Tax ; Collectors shall pay the taxes so to be collected, | into the treasury, on or before the first day of De- ; cember, in each and every year, beginning with j the year one thousand eight hundrred and forty 1 one, subject to such deductions and allowances, i as existing laws authorize for compensation to ! the Receivers and Collectors, and olh« r causes. And be it further enacted, That an act passed j on the 21st day of December,! 839, entitled “An ; act to impose, levy and collect a lax for the poli j lical year 1840, on property both real and perso- j ! nal, and to inflict penalties for refusing or neg- ; j I ‘cting to comply with the provisions of the : same,” bo and the same is hereby repealed ; and the returns and assessments of taxes, made under i and in pursuance of the same, be and the same ‘ j are hereby annulled and superceded entirely by j | the provision of this act. And he it farther enacted, That Ihe tax re ceivers of the present year, 1840, shall receive ! compensation from the taxes to be collected in : 1841, in the same manner as if their hooks of returns and digest were not superseded by this act. List of Acts. Passed during the session of the General Assem* ; hly of the State of Georgia, in the year 1840. To legalize the adjournment of the Superior Court for the county of Thomas, and to change the lime of holding the Superior Courts, in the county of Bulloch. To pardon James Hunter, at Chattooga coun ty* To create and organize a new Judical Circuit, to be called the Southwestern C ircuit, and to ap point the times of holding the Superior and Inter ior Courts, in said circuit. To repeal an act to establish a General System of Education, by Common Schools, assented to, 29th Dec. 1838, &c. To amend an act incorporating the Bank of Milledgeville, &c. To authorise John J. Dodd, of the county of Floyd, to established a Ferry on his ewn land a croas Oostenawly River. To change the names of certain person therein | named. To repeal an act, entitled an act, to exempt | certain persons from jury and militia duty, in the county of Mclntosh, passed 21st Dec. 1839. To change the time of holding the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit, so far as relates to the counties of Union, Gilmer, Murray, Wal i ker Chattooga, Dade, and Floyd. To authorise the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the county of Pike, to apply the county funds of said county, for Hie support of the invalid poor of said county. To amend the charter of the city of Macon, so far as respects the time of holding Charter Elec tion of said city. To authorise Justices of the Inferior Court of the county of Macon, to levy an extra tax for the year 1841. To pjrdon Jackson Mahon, of the county of Baldwin. To alter and fix the lime of holding the Infer ior Courts in the county of Muscogee. To amend an act, entitled an act, to establish a tribunal for the trial of slaves within this State, passed 16th December, 1811, so far as relates to the county of Mclntosh. To legitimatize and change the name of Steph en Handley, to thatot Stephen Harrin. To repeal an act. assented to, 29ih Dec. 1838, to compensate grand and petit jurors in the county of Macon, and to compensate the petit Jurors, of Jones county, ao far as relates to the county of Macon. To add a pa.t of the 25»h district of Chattooga county, to the county of Floyd, and more fully to define and provide for the running of the divi ding line, between the counties of Chattooga and Floyd. To incorporate the Upaon Riflemen, and to give to the members thereof, certain privileges. To consolidate the cfficea of Receiver of Tax Returns, and Tax Collectors of this Slate ao far as relate* to the county of Appling. Authorising the Sheriffs of Lincoln county, to insert their advertisemec js in one of the newspa pers published in the city es Augusta, or in any ne^-upper published in the ."Northern Judicial Circuit. r** compel the several Banks of this State to 'edeem their respective liabilities in specie. and in provide for the forfeiture of the char»<:r or char ters of such as may refuse. To exempt James Hall, Sen., of Irwin county, from the several provisions of the acts of the Gen era! Assetnh ! y, concerning Pedlers, and to »u --iborifce hun to engage in that business without license. i o repeal so much r f an act, entitled an act, to compensate grand and petit juries,of certain coun ties therein mentioned, so far as respeota the coun ty of Emanuel, assented to, 23J uav of December 1837. 1 o amend an act. entitled an act, to regulate slaves and free persons of color, in the counties of Mclntosh and Liberty, assented to, 21st Dec. 1839. To form additional precinct? in the county of Houston. Amendatory to an act relative to the several Tax Laws of this State, which was approved on the Bth Dec. 1810. To authorise his Excellency the Governor to j cause to be paid over to the proper authorises of j the several counties in this State, ail money due | to the Academies and Poor School Fund under I the act of 1637 and 1838. To authorize the return of Sheriff, Consta bles, Coroners and Justices of the Peace, to be traversed, and to point out the manner in which i the same shall be made. To alter and amend the ninth Section of the i Judiciary Act of 1799, and the first Section ol an : Act relative to Executions, passed Dec. 14th. ! 1810. To repeal so much of an Act passed 20th Dec. 1837, as relates to the consolidating >f the offices of Fax Collector and Receiver of Tax re turns in the county of Floyd. To authorize the Clera of the Inferior Court of Clark to advertise Estrays in one of the Ga zettes published in Athens. Fo change lie place of holding Elections in the county of Talbot. Irora the house of R. A. Hall and Frederick Minford, to the house of Ro bert Carson, in said county, and to establish an election precinct in the county of Hall. 1 o authorize 1 homas H. Huson and Compa ny to erect a Bridge arms? the river Etowah, in j the county cf Cas?, and charge and collect lull at ; the same. To amend an act passed 23d Dec. 1839. to change ihe county site of Dooly county. Fo authorize the J. I C. of Oglethorpe coun :ty l pv y and collect an extra tax for the purpose i of building a new Jail in said county. 7 o amend an Act entitled an Act to incorpo | rate the Habersham Iron works and Manufactd*- ] ring Company, passed 25th Dec. 1837. For the relief of securities. To regulate the trial of Divorce cases. • 7’o amend an act granting to Thomas Bpal ding and his associates the right of constructing , a Rail Road of wood, or digging a Canal from the Ocraulgee to the Flint riser, &c. r passed in ; 1827. To appropriate money for the payment of Ar i thur Stotesburg. Fo make deaf and durnbs person idiots in ! law, so lar as to authorize the appointment of l i Guardians in certain cases. To alter and amend the forty-third section of j the fourth division of the Penal Code. 7'o amend an act incorporating the Augusta ] Waynesboro’ Railroad, assented to 31st Dec. j 1838. To regulate and appropriate the Common School I und, so tar a? respects the county of | Wilkinson. To appropriate money for the political year | 1841. 1 7 o amend the rent laws so far as relates to the city of Augusta, to confirm the purchase of j the Bridge, &c. 7 o repeal an act, altering and amending an | more effectually to secure the solvency of all the Banning Institutions in this Stale, 'passed ; 24th Dec, 1832, &c. j To repeal the act compensating the Grand and Petit Jurors of Bibb county. j To amend the act incorporating the Georgia Railroad and and Banking Company, i i o authorize Constables to serve processes, i and perform other acts pertaining to their duty, ; in any district in the county, &c. 1 \or the relief ol Executors. Administrators and Guardians, in certain cases, &. ! 7V. alter and amend the 30lh section of the Kith division of the Penal Code, passed Dec. 23. 1833. 1 o remove the election precinct from the house of John Lovejoy to the house ofWUonzo P. Mor ris, and the establish a precinct at Pittsburg, in ■ Henry county. Fo authorise the Governor to draw hi? warrant upon the 7 reasury in fav„r of the 7'ax Collector of such counties as have paid into the State 7'reasury the tax collected, under the act of 1839. To niter and fix the time of holding Ihe Supe rior Courts in the Eastern district. To regulate the times of holding the Superior Courts in the counties ol Laurens and Thomas. To establish addiiional election precincts in the counties of Irwin and Campbell, and to chage an election precinct in the county of Marion. To incorporate the “ Georgia Episcopal Insti tute and Christ College ” at Montpelier, in the county of Monroe. To incorporate Sandy Spring Academy in the county of Murray, and Mount Pleasant Acade my, in the county of Muscogee, and appoint Trustees for the same. To incorporate South River Academy, in the | county of Butts, &c. To alter and amend the act compelling Clerks I of the Inferior Courts of the differeat counties in ; this State to claim estrays, levied on by Execu tion, passed 2Gth Dec. 1831. To incorporate the Milledgeville Turnpike or Railroad Comj any. 7’o alter the Militia laws, so far as relates to the 27th and 23d Regiments in the county of i Franklin. To change the name of the Farmer’s Bank of Chattahoochee, and for other purposes. 7'o require tne Commissiontrs of the Western and Atlantic Railroad so to arrange, as that at least one of them shall be always on the road, personally supervising the Engineers ana Con tractors. To alter and amend an act, passed 30th Dec. 1836, appropriating money to improve the navi gation of the Big Sat.lla river. To incorporate the village cf Palmyra, in the county of Lee. &c. For the relief of Sarah Mansfield, of Decatur county. To incorporate the Female Academy in Fay etteville. Fayette county. &c.. and to repeal tne act incoiporating Fayette county Academy, pass ed 24th Dec., 1836. For the relief of Wm. W. Stanford. To revise, amend and consolidate the rules for the Government and police of the Penitentiary ol the State of Georgia. To consolidate the offices of Receiver and Tax Collector of Effingham county, and to authorize the Inferior Courts ol the counties of Richmond and Lee to levy an extra fax, &c. To compensate Grand and Petit Jurors of Dooly county. To alter and fix the time of holding the Infe rior Courts of Fayette county. To make it the duty of the Judge of the Cow eta Circuit to continue the Court in Troup coun ty two weeks. To change the place of bolding election* in Pulaski county. To alter ami fix th* line between the counties of Marion ana Muscogee. -To charge n.r,c of ft, ToAJ, »« that of Modern G. Bryan,of D*oly covin*}*. To extend the ccrpoia‘o of the town r, t T albotton. To change the pltc*? of c'rcoon precm -<> rn the sever counties therein r>a utd. To impose a tax for the support of Govern ment for the year 1841, and from thence after wards. To add the rc-idcnce of E'y Jones of C ary?, in the county of Walton, and residence of J -' n 18. Means of VV al'on, to the county of Newton. To authorize David D. Bostwi* k to keep np a ferrv on the Ocmulgre river, near the Lone; Shoals, on hi* own land. To admit Tax Collector’s deeds in evidence, in certain cases therein named. To amend an act to prevent persons from ob structing the free passage of fish up the Altama.a river, l*y the use of gill nets or seines over fifty feet in leng : h. assented to 23u Dec. 1830. For the relief of John H. Mount. To authorize the Inferior Court of Ja=p?r ! county to levy an extra tax to piy for the erec tion of a Court Hou*e in said county. To author.ze tne letting and discontinuing of Bridges in the county of HancocK. | To establish and fix the Ires of Sheriff*, Con . stables and other officers, in certain cases. Touching election precincts in the county *», I Dihh. j To amend an act to authorise the Sheriffs cl the counties of Decatur, Thomas, Lowndes. Ware and Wayne, to sell the fractions in said counties, and for other purposes, passed 23d Dec 1831*. To alter and amend the Judiciary Act, pa-sed IGth February, 1709, andtodefine more particu larly (he fees of Clerks. To incorporate the Irw in Manufactory Com pany in the county of Irwin, and also,the Luo*' - kin county Manufacturing Company in the ; county of Lumpkin. To alter and fix the times of holding the Supe rior Courts of the counties of Marion. Harris, and Stewart, of the Chattahoochee Circuit, -nd to regulate the mode ot drawing two panels and summoning Grand and Pent Jurors in and for the counties of Stewart and Talbot, in said Cir cuit. To incorporate several Churches therin men tioned. For the relief of Wiiiiam Conyers and James H. Martin, aecuriiies of H. Rainey. To extend the time lor fortunate drawers in all the land lotteries, and in the gold lottery, tu take out their grants, except the counties therein excepted. To incorporate the first Presbyterian Church of Savannah. To repeal an act passed 2 1st Dec. 1839, a mending the act incorporating the Central Bans; to provide for the protection of the circulation ol the hills of said Bank, dec. To enable persons owning lands to maintam the action of trespass without being in the actual and occupancy thereof, dec. To extend the corporate hrnita of ihe town of Athens, n the couniy of Clarke, and to change the place of holding the elections fur offi.ers ui the corporation in said tow n. Toinco porate the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Hope, in Lumpkin county —also. Pine Grove Baptist Church, in Richmond county. & j To incorporate the Presbyterian Lhurch, of Boswell, in Cobb county. To incorporate the Habersham and Union Turnpike Company, dec. To cause the line between the counties of Walner and Dade to lie run, and to provide for the payment of the same. To alter and change the names of certain per sons therein named, dec. To change the name of James Riley Bryant, of Pulaski coun'y, to that of Janus Riley Dykes, &c. To amend an act incorporating the Mossv Creek Methodist Camp-meenng Ground, in the county of Habersham, passed 24ih Dec. 1832. To incorporate the Shearer Springs, in Henry county, ar.d to constitute the resident Board of Trustees of the Mercer Umiversity, commission ers of the town of Pe,.fie!d, in Greene county. To change the names oi' cert ;in persons men tioned therein, &c. * To authorize Steth H. Ingram to establish a ferry across Lillie River on his own land, and to fix the rates of ferriage for the same. To amend the act to extend to all persons im prisoned for d* bl, the privilege of prison bounds, approved 22d Doc 1820, and ihe amendato-y act thereof approved 241 h Dec, 1821. To set apart a fund for the payment of the interest of the public debt of the State of Georgia and Me g adual reduction and ultimate payment of the principal. lo authorize Joseph Wilson of Cass coun'y to establish a toll bridge across the Oosianaula ri ver on Ilia own land, and to fix the rates of toll on the same. To incorporate a Volunteer Rifle Company in tho city of Augusta. To alter and change the name of John Tho mas Richardson of Stewart county, to that of John Thomas Smith. To point out and regulate the manner of taking testimony by commissioners in certain cases. Po provide payment for individuals who taught school in the county of Hall, under the provisions of the poor school law in 1838, who have not been paid. I o authorize the Mayor and Council of the City ol Columbus to define the limits of Bay Street to lay oil aed sell water lots, &,c. To define the liability of the several Railroad Companies in this State, for the loss of Sto.k killed or wounded bv ihc running of cars, &»•. To incorporate Post Oak Level Acad* my of Pike county, and appoint Trustees for the same and also for Amsden Academy in the county of Columbia. To make Win. H. Ellison the adopted son of James Edison of Bibb county, and make him capable of inheriting as heir at law to the said James Ellison. To attach the Volunteer Company of Macon county, called the Flint River blues, to the 2nd Brigade of the Bth Division, G. M. To incorporate Bainbridge Female Academy in the county of Decatur. To repeal an act to alter and fix the time ol holding the Inferior Courts in Twiggs county. To incorporate the village of Houston in the county of Heard, and to make permanent Xhjt election precinct at said place. To authorize the Inferior Court of Habersham county, to levy an extra fax for county purposes. To extend the corporate limits of the town ot Bainbridge, in Decatur c< unty. To appoint additional Tiu=tecs for Habersham county Academy. To repeal the act establishing o r Ad jutant General. To am nd the acts incorporating the city ol Darien. To authorize Wm. Dudley of Elbert county to establish a ferry across Bn ad river on bis own land, and to regulate be same, and of Henry E Nash’s ferry on said river. To compensate the Grand and Petit Jurors in the counties of Ware and Chattooga, and to au thorize tho Inferior Courts of said counties lo levy an extra tax to p.*y said Jurors. To extend the lime tor taking out granis for lands in the counties of originally Early, Irwin Appl r>g, Hal*ersham and Rabun, and to pro id** Fur the disposition of the same if not granted within the time extended. To point out a tribunal and mode for the Iris! of questions of ciiizenship in certain ca rs; ami to declare what shall be evidenc* in the same.* To authorize the Sheriffs and Clerks of tbe Superior and Inferior Courts of ihe county oi 2J!i nV. arri county, "' ~ c *** aio i'< precis 'I t CU*; 4 gi* 14 r; I, fr ,r . ~. U ‘ nuer<*o ( s to the V\ bite ’" M ° n,fr om , r a P rto too D-tof 23 J •n' &r.<scr. certain pe Jso^ l u change the line tatween i! ld Gwinnett and Dekalb, so as t. in i C ,° Umi <* of r.i consolidate il c offices of Co , Unt f (-oi lector .*{ the counties of Macon and f * 5 cry and Clark. nd Montg 3D) , To ai er and a «»nd the road | aif , nf „ gornery county. s 01 Mont. To chintre the names of certain per, ong( L tr> namex. &c. r Albert. I o au honze »!ie Inferior Courts 0 f W u and rio - d counties to levy an extra tax Lr" ty purposes. lor cottn. To w rporale the Oxford Female W &e.. m tic county of Newton, & p ' " adeai l- To cra'e anil establish a free system of e. ra.,on bj common schools i, the coa„, For the relief of Felix Arthur of Ca? s * ■J'o rr.-k ■ perrr.or.pnt the site of p u M i( . at Eijay, in Gilmer countv, and .ale the lame. - v > lo tncor po . To « end the corporate limits of , he , McDono>;|>.n Henry county, ant] ,o confer ce-* r«hs v d privileges upon the Comm,*”' ers of sad town. un ‘ To «ts korizethe Justices of the Peace with t lie corf.-rale limits of -he city of Mapon’io l u th'.ir Coins in the Court House of said'co U m!“ ami to tulhorize their Justices of the p eace ; require .osts to oe paid or secured,'before J°. are comnenced. To aid tne -residence of John Mulklev Hooslot to the county ot Macon. ; To incorporate an Academy in the city 0 f §• Mary‘s. in Camden county ; also to incorporate an Acccemy in the county of Cobb, ft-, 'J’u e t .hlish certain election precincts, and to change othe rs therein nanitd. Th ircorporate the several Academies therein named. <kc. &c. 'f° auhorizi orer=?erp of roads for Coafooa in } F dun countie? lu appoint warnerr, and u. define l.eir duties - i’° Dear!: Springs Academy in thecouityot Harris, 1 Abolshing election precincts in the county of Jasper. To establish election district*, and to alter some already ef.abl shed, in the several counties therein named, t-.d to regulate the s-ame. i o ajtn.irize Seat.orn N Jones, Leonard C. birpp>oi an.i ot’ieis to plead and practice law, i o a. j an additional section to theSlh divi sion • f the penal code, &c. i’o r.peal an act altering the act for the be ter selecting and drawing g r and anu petit Jurou, &c. To repeal the'pmviso of the 2J section of an act to consolidate the offices oi Receiver ant i ax Collector f Lumpkin county. I’o rep al the act authorizing the Inferio- Court of O.irokce coan y.to create and lav out any n»w disiiicls or change and alter the lines ot ih-i>e already laid out, passed 23J December. 1839. T«» incorporate the Cross Plains and Clay Branci R ilroad Company of Georgia. Amendatory to an act p.^ed,appointing Com missiuiers for the Washington county Academy, &r. For the relief of Mrs. Sarah H. Aifriend. Detlaralory of the force ami validity of tne ex ecutions or judgments issued or ente.ed up in belial of copartners or against copartners, when the style is used or set forth, &c. To “grant the rights and privileges of citizen ship o certain persons and their descendants, a the Cherokee and Creek tribe of Indians. Tt require the Sheriff and Coroner es thf couny of Muscogee, to hold their sales at tin MaiF t Hoi.se in U;c city of Columbus, &c. 'J\ repeal the act compensating the grand Ju rors )f I’dfair county. T» a!if-r and change tne name of Salem, in th couriv of Dade, to liial of Trenlon. T« autnu izo the Tieasurtr of the Coraraffl I Sclbol fund of the counties of Montgomery, Etfttouel ami Lowndes, to loan out said fundi ! &c.. and to ault onza the Treasurers of the Coni' i mun School Fu .i of Franklin and Jacksoc coun’ies to pay cert fin accounts. To compel pc. ns who leside without the j Minis o this Stale, tsho may own or hcrcaltet | Qwa a plantation and slaves in any of the coun- I tit s at this Stare, to pay taxes f>r the same, in the cousty where the same may be situated r io amend an act, togi e to .wasons and Car . pemers an incumbrance for debts due. on account -for voik done, and materials furnished. &c.. and j to r*pea. all liws on the subject, so tar as relates ' to tre counties of Richmond snd Mclntosh,and | in he cities of Savannah. Macon and Columbus, pa«ul 22<i December 1824, so a? to give to pain’ j ten in the citv of Columbus, the like sc-curityi j&f. To alter and amend an act, passed 21st Dec. | 1839, to aiter ami amend an act of 1938, in re: ' I ertnee to the aupropriation and Commissioner 5 j for the Canoochee and Ohoopee rivers, d:c. Amendatory ot the Act of tS39, to authorize I the Inferior Courts of the several counties of this | Side, to create new districts, and to change tliotf ai cady created. . To authorize the purchasers of city lots anJ *»f ,'ands in the reserves ot cities oi Macon aid Columbus, which have bt conic forteited. W gantthe same, upon paying the principal anil j iiirre.'l due on said purchases. To repeal the act of 1839, prohibiting t ' j Fianks of this State, from selling exchange s' nore t!"n 2 percent premium, &c. To „ honze Shuball 'Tenney to open anJ leep open th.* North O onee river, from Athens 10 Chandfcr’s bridge, and to ve&t in him, his heir* and assigns certain privileges in reference iheief ’ >r ten years, &c. , 'To compel the Commissioners of the roß ‘j irom Di'donega by Elijay.&c. to the Federal ioa in Murray county, to make settlement with -L “ L, Dtckerso#, George Brock, and Henry and to define the mode of making said settlemeo* All of the above have been approved by Governor. In Greenwood. Abieville Bistii t, S. C.,on t mirniiigot tlie 24th inst., t»y the nev Mr. Mr. i.ewis Potter, lor-ncrlyof St. Johns burg, •' to Mis-* h.MiLY E. Hart, formerly of iieriin, ton ‘" In Stewart county, Ga.. on '1 hur'day evco' ni | the 24th inst , bv the Hev. Jeremiah it. wain.* 1 " William Lewis to Miss KMi' Y Jane PesKi* 5 - 'i’licir loving heaiti have lonT been louad, By affection’s ties and piigliled vows; By wedlo' k’s bands he now rnt-vined, Cemented by Heaven’s appioving smiles. Replete with joy was the nuptial eve, So.may their da,) s on earth e’er be ; And when theii eailhly bli s shall end, May they to glouous Heaven ascend. j q House Painting, P.u.er Hanging* . „ a..a GiazmC- R. P. SPELMAN.Jr* 'hop near the Upper Market, Broad-st., Augu-^ 4 * (O* woNoaY, mntn, a»» vtU ’ dec it) u