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Thursday Kvanlus’, Oct. 5,1837.
ELECTION RETURNS!
1837 1835
C 3 C» O CC
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Counties. 2 *3 =■ '<
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Baldwin, 327 305 291 313
Bil>b, 650 G2D 370 495
Burke, 595 206 581 313
I Columbia, 418 275 405 285
‘lj Chatham, 411 573 388 580
Emanuel, 125 224- 91 190
Creen, 787 57 728 29
** Houston, 693 732 477 657
I Jefferson, 432 116 453 158
a Laurens, 469 10 430 0
1 Lincoln, 295 220 298 234
1 Muscogee, 897 726 747 097
I Richmond, 826 443 473 505
j Striven, 230 184 258 218
Troup, 1092 347 918 249
Washington, 580 544 533 583
Warren, 591 514 540 415
trim aggregate vote in the above seventeen
counties is as follows:
Gilaier, 9423
'7 Schley, 61 Ip
Gilmer’s Majority 3307
In the same counties at the election in 1835,
the vote stood as follows .-
Dougherty, 7970
» Schley, 5937
Dougherty’s majority, 1983
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The fust named is the Senator—those in italics
are Slate Rights men.
Burke— Lawson. Grubbs, Patterson, Hurst,
Baldwin — Harris. Hammond and Keenan.
Bibb—McDonald. //. G. Lamar, J. B. Lamar.
Chatham —VlcAllister. Myers, Shaffer, Good
win.
< Houston —Lawson. Jones, Kelly, Smith.
* done*— Hutchins. Day,Gray, and Renfro.
| Musct^jec — Colquitt. . Campbell and Watson.
, Richmond —.1 tiller. Jenkins, Crawford,
Ilhitles
Scfiv^n — lilack. Prescott, and Conner.
Troup— Haralson. Dougherty, Hull.
Warren — Lockhart. Rogers, Harden, Frank,
lin.
“Men of all description were allowed to vote,
whether qualified or mil; ihe sick, the lame, the
blind, were h ought in ihe polls, and others were
brought in carriages, the inside of such vehicles
many of them no doubt cut. rod for the fust lime
in (heir lives.”
The above is an extract from the Constitution
alist of this morning, in reference to the election
in this county on Monday last, in reply to which
wo lay, that we have never been at an election
where the polls were so thoroughly and stiiclly
scrutinized. Every man whose face was not fa
miliar to those wlio stood about the ballot box,was
promptly challenged, and ihe oath as promptly
administered, or the vole rejected. The declara
-4 lien that “moo of all descriptions, whether quali
fied or not, were allowed to vole,” is an obloquy .
cast upon the magistrates who presided,-ami is as
unjust and ungenerous as it is unmerited. We
can make some allowance lor the disappointment
and mortification of our adversaries, under a de
feat so severe, hut those who presided at the elec
tion have at least a right to expect justice at the
hapds if public journalists, and we doubt not that
the editors of that paper will themselves, upon re
flection, be sensible of the injustice done to hon
' orable men.
We frankly admit that men of all classes voted
our ticket; the merchant, mechanic and farmer,
ail lent a helping hand to achieve the victor,;
.and, notwithstanding the sneering remark of the
Constitutionalist, that many ot them had never
semi the inside of carriages before, we trust that
on all future occasions of the same kind, their
faces will he seen at the polls, whether they walk
! or ride, prepared to vole down a corrupt and
imbecile administration. Wo fear somewhat that
our neighbors are only mortified because the
“democracy of numbers” arc on our side this
tfme!
CHEROKEE SCENERY.
Extract of a letter from the Rev. S. K. Tuimage.
:\ f Gumming, Foiisvth Co., Hep. 4, 1837.
The scenery about Dahlohnega is exceedingly
beautiful and romantic. The town is surround
ed on all sides with mountains. The road from
Athens and Gainesville winds for miles through
ravines, as it approaches the town—enabling the
traveller to move forward with unchecked speed
on almost a dead level, whilst lofty lulls arise on
every hand around him. There is a splendid
view of mountain scenely from a point about a
mile south ot Dahlohnega. It is considered by
many as the finest view in the country. Bull
am persuaded that all would admit, after exami
nation, that it bears no comparison, in sublimity,
with a view I have just enjoyed from Sawney’s
Mountain, three miles north west of Gumming,
Forsyth county. This mountain rises up from
the plane, a solitary eminence, distant from any
other range. To the east and south, the eye is
lost in the boundless stretch of even surface, ex
cepting only the distant view of the Slone Moun
tain in Dekalb county, which is most distinctly
seen on the southern horizon. But to the north
and west the scene is grand and sublime beyond
description. You see various ranges of moun
tains towering aloft to llic heavens,and stretching
around you in an irregular but most beautiful
semi-circle of some eighty or a hundred miles in
length, at a distance apparently of some thirty
miles from the central position you occupy. A
portion of these mountains appears to be a regu
lar range of the Blue Ridge, winding from ninth
cast to south west in its general bearing—giving
T you a side view,of the mountain. Other portions,
| and by far the largc-t, are hut the terminating
■l} points of different spurs which are on a range
Y with the eye, and which approach you as lire ra
•4 di of a circle towards its centre. They present
every variety of tonn and elevation —the conical
iform however predominating. Covered at this
season from the base to the summit with verdent
foliage, they have something of tho soft appear-
i anee ol lolly piles ot new mown grass. I doubt
whether another veiw of equal sublimity is to be
i seen in the United Slates. You stand on a lone
' ly eminence and gaze upon the bold terminating
| points of the various mountain ranges that tra
| verse our country from north to south. The silo
i you occupy seems to be, if you please, a barrier to
stop them in their progress, or a central post at a
distance to guard th m—and you may imagine
the voice of the Eternal saying to these towering
summets, “Hitherto shall thou come and no far
ther.”
II our low country people wish to enjoy scene
ry, or premole health, or find delicious water, they
ought to travel westward in summer, instead of
going to the impure atmosphere of the northern
cities, and to tho crowded haunts of their water
ing places. Let them climb the beautiful hills,
and breathe the elastic air, and witness tire mag
nificent scenery of this Cherokee country for one
summer, and they will come again.
I found much to interest and delight me in a
tour,somewhat extensive,through this new coun
try. Its immense importance is by no means
adequately appreciated by onr cil zens below.—
It contains largo bodies of rich land, especially in
Cass, Floyd, Walker and Murray counties, and
there is much good land in the other counties.
There is a splendid tract of bottom land along
the whole course of the Hightower river, (an
English corruption of the pure Indian word
E-low-a.) The climate combines the salubrity
of the north, with tiro mildness of the south.—
If any of tire rich bottom lands should prove ex
ceptions to this rule in point of health, they are
approached by hills in their vicinity of Unques
tionable heallhfulness, of sufficient nearness for
all the purposes of the farmer’s residence. This
can never lecoirio a great cotton country, and so
much the bettor for its permanency, as well as its
utility to lire cotton growing counties below.—
But it is admirably adapted for the growth of ail
kinds of grain, of articles of consumption, and as
a grazing country for stock.
Exhauslless quantities of minerals are to ho
found, particularly iron ore of th ■ richest quality,
coal and gold. I also saw Some admirable speci
mens ot marble, Tho water is of a superior
quality, both lime-stone and free. I saw a natu
ral limestone spring at Col. Montgomery’s in
Walker county, seven feet deep. I saw another
at Judge Henry's, a few miles above,ton feet deep,
from which issues a stream that almost deserves
tho name of a rivet.
The country abounds with natural curiosities
A large cave has been found near Cassville. An
other of an almost interminable series of cham
bers, and as yet but partially explored, has been
discovered near Walker O. 11. Besides these,
there is lire curious Neckujack Cave, previously
known, in Walker county, having a creek flow
ing from its mouth, with a waterfall in its ca
verns. There is a waterfall in Lumpkin county,
said to be ot 400 feet perpendicular descent,
I his country is fast settling by a plain, hardy
industrious population. Their wisdow and fore
sight arc pleasantly exhibited in tiro fact that an
excellent academy ini ldi"g is, to lie found at
nearly every court bouse—some of them elegant
brick buildings. They are about to erect female
academies in addition. They are already talking
of establishing a college for this region, in connec
tion with the neighboring counties of Alabama
and Tennessee, waich contain much land of sur
prising ler ilily and beauty of location. Thus
while engaged in felling the trees and preparing
■ their settlements, they arc also laying the founda
tion for the education of their children.
Their court houses are, in'general, the finest
buildings of the kind in the Stale—of brick ma
tin ial, and tastefully constructed.
This section of the Slate must, in lire course of
time, contain an immense population, anti give
laws to Georgia. It becomes, therefore, the Chris
tian and tire patriot, to look with deep inter
est, and to aid them in laying the foundations of
knowledge, morals and religion, deep and broad.
They are very destitute of religious privileges.—
The county of Murray, for instance, lias hut one
solitary minister of the gospel, of any religious
denomination, within its bounds.
They are lire warm friends of internal improvo-
Anent, and well they may lie, for they only need
an avenue to market, such as the rail road will
afford them, to remove every obstacle and to com
plete every instrumentality to their rising great
ness.
The Cherokee country added to old Georgia,
in their exhauslless resources of clima e, soil and
production, unquestionably give the Stale every
desirable facility for becoming all that one of our
talented and enterprising fellow citizens aims to
see it, “If not the veiy first state in the Union
certainly second only to New York.”
[from our correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1837.
The hill to postpone the October instalment of
the IX-posites to the States, as announced
by Mr. Pickens, to limit the period of post,
poncment to the Ist of Jan. 1839, was sent
back to tire Senate; and that body concurred in
lire amendment—so that the bill has passed both
bodies, received the signatures of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and the presiding
officer of the Senate ; and has been sent to the
President of the United Sta.es for his approval
The administration parly in both branches of the
National Legislature having supported it, the
measure will of course receive ihe sanction of
President Van Buren, and may now bo regarded
as a law of tho land.
The subject of a National Bank was again
brought up in the House to day ; under the form
of the resolution reported some time ago by the
Committee of ways and means, declaring such an
institution expedient. Mr. Seigeanl of Pa. pro
ceeded in his remarks against the adoption of the
resolution ; and on the general financial policy of
the country. Without finishing, lie was obli
ged to give way for the orders of ihe day. The
House then took up the Joint Resolution which
had passed the Senate, fixing the 9ih ol October
for the period oi tire termination of the session, Mr]
Cost Johnson ol Md, moved to lay it on the ta
ble. This was lost. Mr. Haynes of Georgia pro
posed as an amendment that the word “Ninth’
should he struck out, and its place filled l>y the
“16ih.” This gave rise to a long and animated
debate running into the consideration of the vari
ous measures that have been presented to Con.
gross, and involving numberless points of order.
. Mr. Cambieliug expressed iris concurrence in
, Ric amendment. Mr. Pickens was also in favour
of it. Mr. Adams rose to make ids protest a
t gainst any adjournment until tho business
s ol tho country should ho attended In: and lie
'- moved therefore that the words --9. h of October”
g ire struck out; and that "the Ist of April 1838”
- Im inserted. Air. Adams demanded whether
o Congress intended to adjourn as soon as they had
o finished tho -kings business” that is, pass their
a money hills'! If so, he saw no reason why they
0 should not adjourn, ami go home at once. Tho
’ two measures intended for Ihe Governments con
. vcnience had passed. And he contended, that if
it was intended to pass lire rest, iliey must ho car
. ried without any debate or examination at all
j, or tire session must be prolonged far beyond tho
j- time disignated in the resolution. Mr. Patton of
1 Va. also spoke at some length on the condition
. of the business of Congress, as rendering it alien
j lutcly necessary to take more time to consider
■ (ho subjects before the House than was prescribed
e in tile resolution, and advocated the prolonging of
the session to October 16th.
Mr. Thompson of S. C. was against any pro
. longing of the time of the session. He wish
s cd to have lime to meet with, and consul this
coretilucnts on tire great measure proposed—tho
(i Sub-Treasury System. He advocate tho origi
, nal resolution.
J . , ■
Mr. Wise asked Cambreiing, whether it was
r the intention of government, bona fide,to bring
„ forward tho measure, called the Sub-Treasury
j scheme, and said his vote would depend on the
answer. Cambreiing replied that it was certain
ly the intention of government that the measure
should lie presented, and carried if possible. Ho
B added that there would bo no flinching on iris
part —and that tile house would then see, whelh
r cr Mr. Adams would toe the mark ho had taken
s in his tumour loiter.
Mr. Wise then said, ho had heard the answer
of Mr. Cambreiing and he only had to say it
completely satisfied him that tho measure would
I not bo brought forward. He declared tiro Gov.
eminent neither intended to carry out their Fan
-5 ny Wright system of divorce of the Government
from the banks; nor their schemes for an exclu
sively mrtaiic currency. After some remarks
from Mr. Glascock of Ga. and Mr. Hamer of Ohio
the question was taken on Mr. Patton’s motion
lo postpone the whole subject lilt Monday, and
was rejected. The question was then put on the
motion to substitute tho woids “October lOtlr’i
for “October 9” and was carried by a majority of
12. Satire house resolved to close the session
on that day. The Senate will most probably
concur in the amendment.
The Mississippi Election case was then taken
up : and is now under discussion.
In the Senate the suh-Treasury scheme was a
gaiu taken up ; and Mr. Bayard of Del., made a
long speech in opposition to it ; and on tho gener
al financial policy of the Administration. Ho
was followed by Mr. Wright, in reply ; and he
is now addressing the Senate on the subject.
Mr. Grundy lias reported a hill from tiro Com
mittee on tho Judiciary, fixing the fees for tho re
newal of Merchants Revenue Bonds, at fiio del
jars for each renewal.
From the Chnrh’stnn Marcui y Oct, 2
FROM FLORIDA.
Tho schooner Oscar, Oapl. Buckingham, ar
rived here yesterday morning from Si. Augustine,
The following is the only intelligence we have
received from the scat of War:—
Extract from a letter dated! —•
Sr. Augustine, Sept. 27.
Gen. Hernandez, with about 240 men, have
just returned from Tom ika, they brought in Phil
ip's son, Wild Oat. and three other Micknsukie
(thief’s, under ji ling of truce, to confer with
Philip as to their future proceedings. It is thought
Philip will command Iris son to bring in as many
of his people us he can get. While Gen H. was
out they look 9 negroes the porperty of Col. De
payslcr, and brought them in.
Herald Office, /
St. Auoussine, Oct, 1. S
LATEST FROM FORT KING.
An Express anived in this city last evening
from Fort King, by which we learn that all the
Indians who had assembled in that neighborhood
some time since, had suddenly disappeared. They
were in number about 300. We have heard no
. corise assigeed for this movement on then- part.
We also learn that two Expresses were due at
Fort King from Tampa Bay, and fears were cu
teriained that they had been cut off.
Remark. —Tire above disappearance is per
haps supernatural-—3OO Indians have disappear
ed! —Thank Ged! Hope they will never appear
again.
We trust thatthc expresses are not cut off—
andwill arrive after some delay.
REMARKS
OF
MR. CALHOUN,
In Ihe Senate of the Vailed Stales, on the
Dill authorising an issue of Treasury
Notes, on Ihe It )lh September, 1837.
Mr. President: An extraordinary course
of events, w til which all are too fa
miliar to need recital, lias separated in fact,
the Government and the banks. What rela
tion shall they bear hereafter.’ Shall the
banks again be used as fiscal agents of the
f Government? Be the depositories of lire pub- i
lie money? And, above all, shall their notes
1 be considered and treated, as money, in the i
- receipts and expenditures of tlie Government? i
, This is the great and leading question; one
, of the first magnitude, and full of consequen
ces. I have given it my most anxious and ,
] deliberate attention; and have come to the
conclusion that we have reached the period
when the interest bot h of the Government and
, the banks lorbid a reunion. 1 now propose
to offer my reasons for this conclusion. 1 shall
' do It with that perfect frankness due lo the
subject, to the country, and the position I oc
! copy. All I ask is, that I may be heard with
a candor and fairness corresponding to the
I sincerity with which I shall deliver my sen
timents.
Those who support a reunion of the banks
1 and tho Government, hive lo overcome a
1 preliminary difficulty. They are now sepa
s rated, by operation of law, and cannot be uni
i ted while the present state of tilings continue.
. without repealing the law winch has disjoined
them. 1 ask, who is willing to propose its
repeal? Is there any one who, during the
suspension of specie payments, would mlvo
■ cate their employment as the fiscal agents of
the Government, who would make them the
, depositories of tire public revenue, or who
would receive and pay away their notes in the
> public dues? there be none, then it results
• that the separation must continue for the pre
• sent, and that Ihe reunion must tie the work
i- of lime, and depending on t tie contingency of
’’ the resumption of specie payments.
But suppose tins difficulty to be removed,
, and that the banks were regularly redeeming
riieir n -les, from vh it par y m this body can
' the proposition come, or by which can it be
. supported, fi-r a reunion between them and
(lie Government? Who, after vvhat lias hap
ri peiied, can advocate the reunion of tho Gov
ernment with the league of Sia’o banks? Can
I the opposition, who for years have been de
nouncing it as the most dangerous instrument
u j <il' p ivvor, mul cfiicit'iit moaiH ofcirrupiiii
0 ; mid coni rolling tho Government and country
>, ('an they, after the oxapt fulfilment of nil the
, ; predictions of disislrous consequences Croi
I the cniiiieclioii, now turn round and snppur
r I that winch they luvesp and loudly con
1 denmed! Wo have heard much from the op
r | posilesile of untried experiments on the cur
, 1 rency. I concur in the justice oFt he c^nspre
Nothing can require to he in ire delicate)*
1 I handled. It ougotHever to he tampered with
■j nor touched, until it becomes absolutely no
f cess ary. Hut if untried experiments justly
- deserve censure, what condemnation woult
I a repetition of an experiment Unit has fallen
j deserve? An experiment that basso signally
failed belli in the opinion of supporters and
1 opponents, as to call down the bitter denim
-1 elation'of those who tried it. Iflornake the
. experiment was folly, the repetition would he
madness. But if the opposition cannot sup-
I port the measure, how can it he expected to
, receive support from the friends of the admin
istration, m whose bauds the experiment has
so signally failed, as to call down from them
execrations deep and loud!
If, Mr. President, there he any one point
fully established by experience and reason, I
hold it to he the utter incompotency of the
Slate biinks to furnish, of themselves, a sound
and s'able currency. Tuey may succeed in
prosperous times, but 'ho lost adverse current
necessarily throws them into utter confusion.
Nor has any device been found to give them
the requisite strength and stability, but a
great central and controling hank, instituted
under the authority of this Govern mem. i
go further. If wo must continue our connex
ion with the banks—it we must receive
and pay away their notes as money, we not
only have the right to regulate and give uni
formity and stability to them, hut we are
hound to do so, and to use the most efficient
means fur that purpose. The constitution
makes it our duty lo lay and collect the taxes &
duties uniformly 'throughout the Union,to fitllil
which-we are hound lo.give tliehighest possible
equality of value throughout every pa, I of the
country, to whatever medium it miiy bo col
lected in; and if that he bank notes, to adopt
the most effective moans of accomplishing it,
which experience has shown to he a Haul; of
the United Stales. This has been long my
opinion. I entertained it in 1810, ami repea
led it in my place hero on the doposilu ques
tion in 1634. The only alternative, then, is,
disguise it as you may, between u d scouneg
ion and a Bank oft he United States. This is
the real issue to which all must conic, aid
ought now to he openly and fai ly mot.
But there are difficulties, in the way of a
National Bank, no less formidable Ilian a re
connection with the Stale hanks. It is utterly
impra, elide at present to establish one. There
is reason to behove that a majority of the
people of the United Slates are deliberately
and unalterably opposed to it. At all events
there is a numerous, respectable, and power
ful party, 1 refer to the old States rights party,’
who are, and over have boon, from the begin
ning of the Government, opposed to the bank,
and whose opinions thus long and firmly en
tertained. ought at least to be so much respec
ted aslofinid the creation of one without
in amendment of the constitution. To this
must ho added the insuperable dilficiiliy, that
the Executive branch of the Government is
opeifly opposed to it, and pledged to interpose
Ins veto, on constitutional grounds, should u
hill pass to incorporate one. For four years
at least, thou, it. will ho impracticable to char
ter a hank. Whul must be done :n ihu mean
time? Shall the Treasury bo organized to
perform the functions, which have been recent
ly discharged by l lie barks, or shall the Stale
institutions he again employed until a bank
can be created ? In the one case, we shall
li *ve the so much villifiod and deni unco I sub
treasury, us it is called ; in the other, tiiilicul
tiesjnsiirmoumahle would grow up ag i list the
establishment of a bank. Let the tSiaie insti
tutions he once reinstate I and reunited to the
Government as their fiscal agents, and tney
will, ho found the first and most strenuous op
ponents of a national hank, by which they
would ho overshadowed and curtailed in their
profits. 1 hold it. certain, that‘in prosperous
limes, when the State hanks arc in full ope
ration, it is impossible to establish a national
bank. lie creation, then, should the reunion
with the otate banks take place, will be post
poned,until some disaster, similar lothe jno
sent; shall again befall the country, hut it re
quires little of the spirit of prophecy to sue,
that such another disaster would ho Hie death
of the whole system. Already it has hail two
paralytic strokes—the third would prove fatal.
But suppose these difficulties were over
come, I would still he opposed to the incorpo
ration of a hank. So far from affording the
relief, which many anticipate, it would be the
most disastrous measure that could ho adopted
As great as is r lie calamity under which the
country is suffering, it is nothing to what
would lollovv the creation of such an iiislilu
tion, under existing circumstances. In order
to compel the State institutions to pay specie,
the bank must have a capital as great, or ,
nearly as great, in proportion to the existing
institutions, as the late bank had win n estab
lishod, to those of that day. This would
give it an immense capital, not much less ,
titan one hundred millions ot dollars, of
which a largo proportion, say twenty millions,
must be specie. From what source is it to
be derived? From the Slate Banks! It ,
would empty their vaults, and leave them in {
the most helpless condition. From abroad, |
and England in particular; it would reproduce {
that revulsive current, which lias lately cov- |
ered the country with desolation. The tide ,
is still running to Europe, and if forced back
by any artificial cause, before the foreign
debt is paid, cannot but he followed by the
most disastrous consequences.
But suppose this difficulty overcome, and
the bank re-established, I ask what would he
the effects under sucli circumstances I ,
Where would it find room for business, com- j (
tnedsurale with Us extended capital, without I
crushing the Slate institutions, enfeebled by j .
the withdrawal of their means in order to ere- j
ate the instrument of their oppression? A|,
few of the more vigorous might survive; but j
the far greater portion, with iheir debtors, ere- j |
ditors, and stockholders, wou <1 he involved in j ,
common ruin. The bank would, indeed,give '
a spec e currency, not by enabling die exi
ing institutions to resume, but by destroying
them and taking their place.
Those who lake a different view, and so
fondly anticipate relieftrorn a National Bank, .
are deceived, by a supposed analogy between
the present situation of the country, and that ,
of ISlfi, when the late hank was chartered,
after the war with Gteat Britain. I was an
actor in that scone, and may he permitted to
speak in relation toil wfith some little author
ity. Between the two periods, there is little
or no analogy. They stand almost in con
trast. In 1818, the Government was a debtor
to the hanks, now it is a creditor; a difference
of the greatest importance, as far as the pre
sen'question is concerned. The banks had
over issued, it is true, but their over issues
were to the Government, a solvent and able
debtor, whose credit held by the hanks in the
shape ot stock, was at pur. If. was their ex
cessive issues to the Government on its stock
which mainly caused the suspension ; in
proof of which, it is a remarkable tact, that the
depreciation of bank paper under gild and
silver was about equal lo the proportion which
eg | the Government stock held by llit* hanks ho
Ito their .ssues. It was this excess that bun
dr (on the market nod depressed the value i
mi their notes. Tho Solution is easy. Tl
r: hanks loo.; the Government stock payable i
n- twelve years, and issued their notes (or to
P- same, payable on demand, in violation of til
r- plainesi principles ot banking, it fuliowe
0 ot course, that when wore pn
•>’ settled for payment, they had nothing hut Goi
b, stock to meet them. But its stock was at par,«l
R ‘ all the banks had to do was to go min maria
[>’ with the slock they held, and lake up llmi
d notes, and thus the excess which hung upoi
d the market and depressed their value, woult
v have been withdrawn from circulation, am
d thg residue would have risen to par, or nearly
i- par with gold and silver, when specie pay.
<-■ merits might he easily resumed. This they
e were unwilling to do. They were profiling
everyway; try drawing interest on the stuck!
n by iliscouining on it ns capital, and by itt
■ continued nsc in the market. It became ne'
9 eessary to compel them to surrender thesr
• advantages.-—Two methods presented them
selves; one a bankrupt law, and the other a
t National Bank. I was opposed to the former,
1 then, us 1 now am—l regarded it pis a harsn
: unconstitutional measure—opposed to ihe
1 rights ul the Stales. If they have not sur
i rendered ihe rights to incorporate bunks, as is
t conceded, Us exercise cannot he controlled by
. l ie Government, which has no power, hut
i what is expressly grunted, and n authority
i to control the slates in the exercise of their
1 reserved powers. It remained lo resort to a
I National Bank, us the means of compulsion,
it proved effectual. Specie payments were
■ restored, hut even with (Ins striking advan
i tage, it was followed by great pressure in
1818, Tl) mid ’2O, us all who are old enough
to remember that period must recollect. Such
in fact, most ever ho the consequence of re
sumption, when forced under the most fuvora
■ hie circumstances; and such accordingly it
proved even in England with all hor resour
ces, and with all Ihu caution she used m res
toring a specie circulation, after the I jog sus
pension of J 707. VVT;ai then, would ho its
effects in the present condition of the coun
try, when the Government is a creditor, in
stead ot a debtor, where there uio so many
newly created hunks without established cie
dit; when tho over issues are to great; mid
when so large u portion of the debtors are
not in u condition to bo coerced ! As great
as is the tide ofihsister which is passing over
the laud, it would bq us nothing to lollow were
a National Bulk to he established uo tin.-
means of coercing specie payments.
1 am hound to speak without reserve on tins
inipoitupl point. My opinion then is that, il
it should h ■ determined to compel the re-.ora
tion of specie payments by .i.e . _j.n;y ol
hanks, there is hut one way, Lai io . li. •.
insuperable objections; i mean the ~d v l:> -
of lue Pennsylvania bunk of the U .s an ,~e
fiscal agent of the government, it is .oivutly
in operation, and sustained by great resources
and powerful connexions, hoili at home and
abroad. Through Us agency specie pay
ments might uii.luuhtedly he restored, u,nl
that with far less disaster than through u
newly created hank : hut not without suvero
pressure. I cannot, however, vote fur sueli u
measure; I cannot agree to give a preference,
and such advantages to a hank ot one ol tne
members of tins confederacy, ov- r that ot
others—a haul; dependent upon the will ui a
slate, and subject lo Its iiillue.tiee and control,
1 cannot consent to* confer such favors on
the stockholders, many of w hom, if rumor is
to ha trusted, are fireigu c ipitiilnts and with
out claim on the bounty of the govornme'iii.
Bulpt all those, and many other objections
wore overcome, there is sell one 1 cannot sur
mount.
There has been, as we ulljtnoiv, a conflict
between one of the departments of the gov
ernment and that institution, in which, in my
op-moii, the ilcparlmohl was ihe assailant;
hut 1 cannot consent, alter what has occurred, 1
to give to the hank a triumph over tho gov
ernment, lor such its adoption as the fiscal '
agent of Hie government would necessarily
te considered. It won.d degrade the govern- '
moiit in ilie eyes ot our o-l.zoiis uuu of the
world, ami go far to make Hint bunk the gov
ernment itself.
But if ull I hose difficulties wore overcome,
there are others, to mu, wholly iusurtnountu- |
hie. 1 belong tu the Idlulo Bights Turly,
which at all times, from the boginning of tho
government to tins day, has boon opposed to ■
such an institution, as unconstitutional, mux- 1
pediont, and dangerous. Thev have ever j
dreaded the union of tho political and monied t
power; and the central uciiou of the govern
ment to which it so strongly toads; ami at all j
times have strenuously resisted their junction. |
Time and experience have confirmed the truth ,
of their principles; and this above all other <
periods is the nun at which it would be most 1
dangerous tu denari from them. Aether on
lit “ |
them, 1 h ive never given my countenance or
support to u National Bank, hut under a com
pulsion which 1 felt to he imperious, and nev- t
or without an open declaration of my opinion 1
as unfavorable lo a bunk.
In supporting the bank oITBIO,I openly de
clared that us a question do novo, I would be c
decidedly against I lie bank, and would bo the
last to give it my support. 1 also stated that
in supporting the bank then, 1 yielded to the
necessi'y of the ease, growing out of the then I
existing and long established connexion be
tween the Government and ihe bulking sys- t
tom. 1 look the ground oven at that early po- c
nod, that so long us the connexion existed; so
long as tbe government received and paid
away bank notes, as money, they wore bound
lo regulate tbeir value, ami had no alternative
hut the establishment of a National Bank, J u
found Ihe connexion inexistence ami estab
lished before my time, and over which I could (
have no control. I yielded to tho noeessily
in order lo correct the disordered stale of the 'J
currency, which had fallen exclusively under
the control of the Slates. 1 yielded to what h
I could not reverse, just as any member of the
Senate now would, who might believe that J
Louisiana was unconstitutionally admitted in
to tho Union, but who would, nevertheless, 2
feel compelled to vote to extend the laws to
that Stale, us one of its members, on the
ground that iis admission was an act, whether
constitutional or unconstitutional, which he (
could hot reverse. a
In 1834 I acted in conformity to tho same J’
principle, in proposing the renewal of the y
for a short period. My object, k
as expressly avowed, was louse the bam: tu
break the connexion between the Government
and tho hanking system gradually in order
lo avert the catastrophe which has now ho
fallen us, and which 1 then cleariy percciv- '
ed. But the connexion, winch I believed to
he irreversible in 18Ti, has now been broken
by operation ot law. It is now an open ques
lion. Ifoeln yeelf free for tho first to , „
choose my course on this important sii'm-, r
and, in opposing a bank, I act in , m ft»rm ’ 1
to principles which I have enp named e . -
since I have fully investigated tho subject. j
But tny opposition to a reunion with the
banks is not confined to objections limited to
a National or State hanks. It goes bevond '
and comprehends ethers of u more general i
nature relating to the currency wlnch to me 1
are decisive. lam of impre-sion nut the con- 1
nexlon has a most pernicious influence over 1
bank currency; iliai it tends to disturb ihatsia
blity & uniformity of value which is essential r
—-ti?" 1 *"■ »«■
l)ri! J f () « sound currency, and <is among tho li
"n. I '"(? causes nfih.it tendency to expansion
j com iMi-tion, which experience has showi
hu , incident tubmk miles,aaa currency. 'J'
j ur '- mmy opinion, at best, without tiie re
I**- i site qualities to constitute u currehcv* e
IH j j when on.'onnected with tho Government,
l!( j »ro doubly disqualified by reason of : hut c
j Hwtuin, which subjects them to sudden exp
• I sions mi l run ructions, and exposes them
1 fatal eat.-istrophi s, such ns Ihe present.
L L [Vo he Continued in our next.]
* 1 r *Hncir
to STATE OP THE BANK OP AIJUuST
Id On Monday, 2d October, 1837.
id Amount of properly owned
]y by this Bunk, viz :
1 Promissory notes, Hills of
’* Exchange, Heal Estate,
y n , 1,534,330
ig Balance duo by other Banka "
;; and agents, 125,734
ts Specie belonging lo this Bank
, to Ha Posit, 200,085 02
do do do in oilier Ranks, 17,530
ie 1
l- Total amount of specie, 217,075 02
a Notes of other Banks, 184,214 55—107,889
[j Total am’t owned by this Bank 2,111,980
e Amount duo by Mils Bank, viz :
•- To persons holdingils notes,
s lining I li»ain’t in circulnl’n, 552,003 33
Balances duo to Olher Banks, 124,1-14 30
r Amount duo lo flepusitors, 179,260 88
f Total amount due by this Bank, 850 003
r .Surplus owned by fins Bank
n paying all its debts,
viz:
• Undivided profits, 55,912 35
3 Uupilal A’look, 1,200,000
i Total,ain't of Surplus, 1255 912
i
, 2,111,9801
ROBERT P. TOE Cashier.
Stale of the Augusta Branch oflho D ink of tl:
Stale of Georgia, On -her 2d, 1837,
Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange &c. 487,289 (i
The Augusta Bridge, " 50 duo
Banking Lot, 12,000
llulancus due other Banks w 4
AoP-i of oilier Banks on hand 49,711
Gold and Silver coin, 200,9.i5 93-255,111 9
827.220 3
Capital stock 850,000
Amount nl Deposits 72,(in C
Balances duo la other Banks, 6'/,'Jit ill
Notes ol'this Branch in eirenlaiion, 225,673
Murplns— ulior deducting expenses, being
amount ot nett p ofils since Ist April, Hi,0337;
827.220 3!
1. //ENRV,' Cashier.
-
M.ut null).
On tho 27th of Wept, by the Rev. il. If, Wal
ker, Mr. licuuci; W. llAititioxi,lo MissPm.iva
Mnliitia, daughter of Kov. J. Mauius, boll; o
Edgefield District, 8. U.
On Tuesday evening, after 11 short hut severe
illness, Auiuista O.nitUA (laiiiiik, daughter ol
the lute Joseph (Janie of this city, in the !slh
year el her ego.
****** in MM or*-Mil .«». iMUtrfSM*
GENE!:\L AND COLLBC.
TION ACSKNCY.
All. I'h.MUKUTON will nitond ih« Supr
■* riur Court ot Hancock, on sMunday next —
ul bocKKiEhi), N(\ i.n ilit* bd Monday ul ilnu
murith, UUh—of Jukpkii«6n, on iliu Uu .Vouch'y,
W‘.M—and of Hurßo, on ll»« 3rd Monday of Novcm
l»or, t>()ih—«nd will rrurivo for collodion uccoimiH
or other clnims in cither of ihowo ountiev, which
miiy be handed lo him ut hia m Mr« ]•’a
iJJJii’H, iVu. —fcuulh bide l/ruud ntfeut, midway hil
- d/cliilouh and NVushiiigtun hlrtefs— url'lluL
Urn < 'hroniclc and iSonlinel OiHce.
Qct a m
Ml*. & jTlrs. Egertim,
Wild, on ihe Kill, of October open their
81,11001. in the corner ol Reynold and Me
liilosh strcols, in Augusta, lirr tho instruction ot
young Dailies. There will he bniono lerm,extend
ing to the Ist of July.
I ho school will be divided mlo two departments,
One, elementary, will in- hide Ihe follow ing studies,
viz: Reading, Orthography, Dir -ta'ion; J'onman
ship, Arillinintic, English tlrummur, (elements,) first
I rinciples of 1 mnposition, (loogrupliy, (cloniciils.)
first lessons in //Istery, and in Auiural fimory,
(Peter Parley's Animals,) first Principles ul to
tally.
for which tlio tuition -vill ho SSO
The olher or higher department, will include the
follow ing hranchss:
I Thu Mathematics— Emhraring Ariihmolio and
Book Keeping, Algebra, (Venmslry, Trigonomatry,
Navigation, A'urvoying, Mensuration, Asirono
my, Ac.
2 NulitmlScioneeit —Cliennslry, Hot my, Geolo
gy, Mineralogy, Jr'uluml Pinlosopliy, iVuturul Jin
hit y.
3 Higher Kngliih liranchen an t llrlle i J.clln ts—
/ulolleciu d and MOIIII Philosophy, Poticul Class
Book, English Grammar, Bin lone, Crim-i.-mi, Eng
lish < toniiiositiun, Evi'lencus of ClirtsUuihty, Natu
ral Theology, B.lert-d llistoiy anil Geography, /n
--cic nlund Modern History, and Hislory oi MlO (tid
ied A'lales, I.nrgur Geography, Map-drawing Am.
■1 Latin Language and Greek, if desired. Pen
manship continued-
Tuition sBll,
In Music, french, and Drawing, ihe best ad van
tages the city affords will hr given ut the usual
charges.
Otc Board in Private Families may ho obtained'
in 1 lie city.
Apply lolho Principal ot Mrs. Dustin’s directly
opposite Ibo .School Rooms.
itr One half payment required m advance.
Oct 8 ; 3iw 332 .
DlhSOiUliOlt.
r PIIE firm nfCnowi.Kv At Ross was dissolved
■IL on ihe first October inat, by its own limiln
lion. Aaron Roll' n'lino is authorized to soltle Mie
claims of tho late firmr
MARTIN CROWLEV,
AARON ROff.
Augusta, 0ct.5,1837.
IKTAabon Rorv will contiuua tliebnsmess at the
old stand on his own account.
OOt 'i 233 ew4w
GEORGIA, Columbia county .
WHEREAS Alexander VV. McDonald applies
for letters of administration on Ihn estate of
Thomas Lokey, laic of said county, loc’d;
I hose aro therefore lo cite and admonish all anil
singular the kindred and creditors of said dec’d to
he and appear ul my office within the time prescri
bed by law, lo shew causa, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, ul ollico in Appling, this
28th day of.-'eptember, 1837.
outs—w3od GABRIEL JONES, chrk.
ON Friday the 17th day of November next, at
tho lain residence of Thomas Lokey, dec'd in
Columbia county, will bo sold Hie w hole ul the per
ishable properly belonging to said estate, consisting
oi llm crip of corn, (odder, Ac., horses, cattm and
bogs, plantation tools and tanning -utensils, house
bold and Kitchen furniture, Ate. Terms made
known at the sale.
i alex. w. McDonald, Adi.-.v,
0c15,1837 283 wid
A. IverNcn’u iUn*ic fMorc.
247 H«oad-Bt. a low doors bfd»»w th« Auguslfl Hank.
JVunn’n Grand Action Piano Fortes .
r ■
I j .» • ;
. ‘i
Mi i|i|
> ) have ojmnrii this day (> Piano Fortes, ir.annfac.
a Inrod by Nunn's, Clark A: co. New Vork.
Those inslrurnents arc all first ralea-id far superior
in every respect to such, as I have seen offered to
the punlic since ray slay here. On account ui their
peculiar imp.ovcd co-wlr ichon they will also keep
in time loilgur, than nay O'h ts oifored, for which 1
pledge my p -(i-ssional experience
-Ladles and gentlemen are respeelfnllv invited to
call and judge for themselves. A IvER.SEN,
Oct 1 332
I mil |l„ nil
w* oa. i** 7 .
, . [J * N ranlorrauy l<> a rmiilution of the City Council
’II IS ■‘f passed tins <|iiy, J, J o h n Himizy, Muyor’ui tlm
J licy <;'y ol Augusta, do hereby request the citizens
until- *J» 'unvenc nt the City //all on Friday next
even at * 1 <* dock, <<» r llio purpose of appointing Inip
■ml f f". ? • lllM . * °". ve " lion Merchants aifd others to
i "lid Iro held 1:1 tj.is city on llio third .Monday of lire D n-
C<>n- «< m month. JO//., 17/INI2Y, Mayor
pun- ?32 City of A inputs.
11 to (*coi’gia Kai 3 itoacl.
(f t;n ( |a ilcrt 'n, J til h instant'ili-. cars conveying
„ T . ;, lle ;* cstcni Passengers wt'l leave the Georgia
10 81 h"n liond Depot, every tiny at SoTlock, A. M. and
nrnvo nt Kirkpatrick's at 91 A M; and returning will
11 51 leave KirKputriek’a ut 1 P .1/ and arrive nt Iho Depot
. * ~A n evening train will also leave th* Ue
pot a(J. o clock, I* M. every .Saturday lor Vcrdcry’s
uiul leave V erdery’a at 5 P M.
° rl 4 c B MARTIN, Agent.
y 57 Kcmorak
- ft 'DE s.ibaenlrera have removed their stock of
p ■ , in?y ’ M®dicines, Paints, Oils, <fec, to thn
Brick building opposite iho tenement occupied by
tn<*rn «inco the fire, being one d- or above the burnt
square, and one below /ulna. Kowo’h old s/nnd, nt
wli eb place they are now receiving large additions
to thuir pnaent stock.
THOMAS BARRETT A TO.
topt]9 t s m
6 “ 1 UFFJC/A L DRAW INU
OF Tilt
Wrorgaa Lottery.
I' or the benefii olThe Anemia Indtp’i Fire CompV
class No 37, rou 1837.
| I 2 I! 1 5 0 7 8 if 10 11 13
!3a f j :) 3i 222 jr^irmr«i §»
y„ 3 HEREBY CERTIFY that the above number*
* 1 09 iney siaiid are correct, as taken from the Mun
ogcr« certificate of the dramug of the Virginia
•'Stole lottery, lor .Norfolk, Class No 7. f,.r 1837,
ho , " nal Alexandria,Virginia, September 30|h. And
which determines the lute of all Tickets in lb© a
bovo lottery.
01 A. READ, Agent.
~o Ticket 38--34-C4
Is a Prize of SIU,UO m tlicabovo lottery, left in nay
93 omtomi.uld. A HEAD.
- Oot4 _ 333
3 ' J GEO IIGIA STATE “
' LOTTERY.
o FOR THE BK.VKFfT OF THE
w AusruMta Imtoiiondcm Fir© Comuanr*.
Ginns No IH, tor j 837.
y., To be determined, in pursuance of tlm net passed
2. J'eb. 23, by iho drawing of (be Virginia Lot
,,, lory lor th© benc/i I «1 the town of Wheel
ing, C*ln*a No 6, for 1837.
lobe drawn ui ALEXANDRIA, V r «. Saturday*
October?, 1837.
l> S.(niiEOOR v A*. Co. (successors to Vatos& Me
, Iniyra,) Manogvrs,
** HIGHEST PRIZE
: 25,000 DOLLARS
till A N n m:u t-'.n i;.
„ 1 Prize of $35,1100 is $26,000
I H.ltoo H, 00
•c I f'.POO 5,000
,i 1 3.500 3,500
j ' 2,322 2,322
10 2,000 20,000
!>• 1.500 151)00
111 1,000 10,000
1. 10 500 5,000
20 -100 8000
20 200 4,000
*, 100 5,250
611 100 r,,C00
, «'• 4,180
V' 1 ; r, ° 3,300
is ,?S “ 2,800
!; ?IBj 20 13,'sSo
lu,uo 10 151,000
11 Prizes,nmmiiiriiig to 72 wy™
D>“ Tickets slo—Share* in proportion. ’ ■
Pickets in tlm above Lottery can he obtained
u nil limes hv country dealers and those who are
dispose. I to adventure, |,y sending their orders to the
r undersigned, who will given prompt attention ifaj
- r WH.;d hr A. HEAD,
I Contractor and Stale Agepl, Augusts, Cco.
t»CI 0
, ’ r l> tififATliiL
’ FfMIHER lessee respectfully informs
- i-YB the I, ado’s ik (•etiljtiiieii of Angusla, that rim
I Thou iro will ho opened in tiio course of the eiimi
) ing weak 'J'ho interior of the building has been
, repainted and etnbeltshed in llio most splendid stylo
• hv /jttvitv J Skwem,, an artist of acknowledged
talent front Iho principal N York and Foslem 'ilie
alros. The scuts in llio boxes have bran cushioned
i and backed, and neither expense cor pains have
boon spared ro udd to Ike comfort and convenience
I of thu audience.
, Mr F feels confident that the company engaged
- is such as will meet the most sanguine expectations
of I lie patrons of the drama.
A number id stakh have been engaged.
Mr. F. takes great pleasure in introducing for the
hr.i time to the Augusta audience, Mrs McjCtoat,
n lady whoso performances in varfou. .Northern
Theatres have gamed lior u reputation that classes
her with the best actresses of llio day.
Engagements have been made with Mr. I.atiiau
from llio Drury Lane and N York Theatres—Miss
Mei.ton Iromlhc I/mrioa Theatres—Mr J R Scott
the celebrated American Tragedian—Master St
Poke the musical prodigy Irom the London Thea
tres—.Mr At Miss Cooper—Mr, Mrs At Miss Barnes.
ocpi.3o 23i
Vt'anli*;! to filin'. '
A DOOD Douse Servant, Ironcr and washer.
, *■ Also a Boy Ir.-tn 14 to 18 years ut'nge,towait
imho House, and lor which liberal wages will bo
given.
Apply at corner ol Broad and Jackson streets, to
sept 22 ts 224 DR. BEAT) DOUGLASS.
POST Notes of the Union Bank of J.Vew
York, Chocks on New York and Charleston.
Tor sale by JOHN G. WINTER,
sept 8 207
. . - - .... . - . ' ,
RC. BALDWIN.—Fancy and Staple Dry
• Goods, at Wholesale, 234 Bread street, Au
gusta, Geo. [Jan 3 Ily
f|llN PLATE, constantly on hand ana tor sale b.
1 Jan 3 1 ill It C BALDWIN.?*
Cliickcring’g Plano Fortes.
IT is this day opening two P/aNO
■ FORTES, made by J. Cliickering& (jO
- Boston. ’’
These instruments are something sup ef i ori even
from this Factory, and are worth the attention of
amateurs.
Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to
call and look at them,
aug 88 JU2 t <
Augusta Seed SloreT
Wholesale and Retail, Jtroad Street, near the
tower Market.
r lPHE Augusta Seed Store will be re-opeled on
■- the Ist November, when a new and comntore
ussortmuct ol Garden Seeds, mo,t of which WoS**
mined from the -Shakers, will ba for sale,also aorao
ol tltpir articles of manufacture. All orders from
country will have the same discount al
lowed as uitual.
J lie subscriber has taken special care that all
his N&dfli shall fresh and genuine and thev are
warranted as such. J. H. J. SERVICE,
sept. 25 226
N. An elegant assortment of Double Dahlias*
and a choice collection of Flower Seeds, Bulbous
and '1 überous Roots, Green House Plants, Ac.
€oiniiiissioi!i lliiwiness.
riNHE subscriber will continue to transact a
JR GEiVERA L COMMISSION BUSINESS
in the city of Savannah, and will be prepared to
make reasonable advances either in cash or by ac
ceptances on consignments of cotton, if accompan
ied by the ««uul documents, and instruction* for in
surance and sale.
, G.B. LAMAR.
sept 21 ts 823