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An Act to add parts of the counties of Habersham and
j j ,|| ( 0 the county of Cherokee and to divide the
county of Cherokee into ten counties, and to pro
vide for the organization of the same.
« e . I—.R e 4f enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Slate of Ge( > r^J n l .^”; i r .;‘ il^o f
the same; That so ° at the mouth
and Hall ashes wes o a <?f lJall and
ot Leathers spring-bn • crosseS the road lead-,
running up said branch u»tH Uabergh iin byway as
ing from Leno,er ®. „, ICP u it h said road to the fork of j
<i«orge Garmons then gtf|d Tesst , tltee roa d t o I
I’esssntee road, them.. wit!) gaid p |nc to n Hue j
the Habersham I,n ‘ ' . ®j in the first district of said I
dividing lots no- 24 a ~ norl(1 (0 line dividing |
Habersham county, . thence we=t to a line be-1
■•I" «»' dislnei,lbeiicc
tween lots nos. >»; the line of the county ot
Cl‘>" fora ” f Cherote °
’“S' 3 . «■« -ii-
cond, third and tout ' k | all f oria and become
of said county of Chciokee, si
one county to be c r ho e^ac ted, That so much of j
Sec. 3. the fourth,!
the said county of Che . th an d such parts of
fifth, twelfth. thirteenth
the sixth and eleven . t be more particularly?
lies south of the moon tarns, o be i includ 4
designated, by a Hnd Habersham,
such parts ot the “ > outl(y o f Cherokee, shall .
hereinbefore at ,|el ’ ' |lltv t o be called Lumpkin. '
form and become one county, n'hai the seventh
See 4 And be it further euacteu, 1 hat tlie sev euti.,
• , ’ • . ,t, sixteenth,seventeenth, eighteenth
eighth, ninth, tent ,- ■ . n f f| ic sixth and eleventh
and nineteenth an ■ lies north of the moiin-
districts tit the first sect.on a to g|)al , ,
tains, and of the befote mention ,
form and become one coun y , , That the first
m„ p r, And be it further enacted, mat lie hist,
occ. o. AM ./ .ipentli. nineteenth ano ;
mxteenth, seventeen th, g clioIt) and s 0 much I
twentieth districts of he sec as |ay cas) ot a .
of the first, second at ( t . en trc of the north ;
hue to be. run, commencn g• t - sect i on and run- i
ime ol the t urd district in t< d thn of .,
become one county, to be ,
third, (mirth thirteenth. twenty second and |
such parts of the y , d e<’ion as lav east of
twenty-first districts of the second n . P o f the
n line to be run. c™'™ncing
north line of the twenty-.hird and » hH ( |
the south line of the twenty-hrst “ ? < herokec--
andbecomc one county, to beca et , - filth, !
bfec 7. And be it fuflhcr cua e 'Ltemh twelfth
sixth, seventh eighth, ninth, tut> twenty-fifth
and such parts ot the twenty-toui. ■ (()f; ( . (I||tei , •
districts as Jay east of a line d rllllill g due
of the south line ol the twenty • . much 1
r.n .t! to the north line of the tn enty -h h h and U>
of ih - twenty-sixth atid tweti y-sc , (){lll ountains .
said second section as lay east or a < b shall
Tuning north and south through sa “ , d 1 ‘’ .f I
iorm and become one county, to
Sec. 8. And be it farrlhr enacted, 'ibat sm p.; •
r>f the twenty-seventh, twenty-sixth, |. )V ;
twenty-fourth districts of the second sec ■ * ' ;
west of the lines herein before designa e ' ’ ‘ ( .
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, Iwc> • ‘ •
teeuth,fourteenth, tweiity-fiflh, twenty-six . “ |
seventh and twenty-eighth districts of the ‘ , |
lion and the sixth, seventh, eighth, nm n .
eleventh twelfth, thirteenth, eighteenth iUI - \
teenth districts of the fourth section, slvdl oi
become one county, to be called Murray.
Sec. 9. And b/it further enacted. That such pa its
of th-, twenty-first, twenty-second and tweu y- i
districts of the second section as lay west o ,lb . ,
herein before designated and the fouith, m l ' l , •
fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth districts ot io
third section, shall form and become one coun y o
be called Cass, ,
Sec. 10 And be it further enacted, Thn. the
twenty second, twenty-third and twenty-tourth dis
tricts ofthc third section and the thud, fourth, tilth,
fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth districts ot the
fourth to itioa, shall form and become one county, to
be called Floyd. , .
Sec 11. And be it farther enacted, That so mtn b ,
of the first, second and third districts ot the third sec
tion as lay west of the line herein betorc designa e<
and the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty
first districts oi the third section and the first, second
mid seventeenth districts of the fourth section, shall
form and become one county, to be called i an i ~’ £-
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That on the first
Ma.id .y in March next, the persons who may be re
si ieni in said counties, entitled to vote for members
ol he legislature, may meet together at thy sexeial
pl -s herein after designated in their respective coun
•o and aider the superintendence of three suitable
H,ni .ip?lde persons, elect five Justices of the Inteiioi
Vo.nl. a Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts, a
Bm-rilf. a Tax Collector, a Tax Receiver and a county
Sm vevor and Coroner, tor each county- —-who shall
h 1 their respective offices tor and during the-time
hi-; i in after prescribed, in the seventeenth section ot
this act.
S.-c. 13. And be it further enacted. That the places
ot h ilding elections lor said counties shall be as tol
lows :
10 the county of Forsyth —at the place where \\ m.
U> mmons now lives.
in the c-muty of Lumpkin—at the place where \v m.
’ Dean now lives.
11 the county ot Union—at the place where Isaac
'ft. '■ reel- now lives.
In tin- county of Cobb—at the place where John
Pnc<- now lives.
t.i the county of Cherokeeat the place where John
La, now lives.
In the county of Gilmer—at the place where Ned
Tucker recently lived.
In the county of Cass—at the place where Chester
Hawks now lives.
In the county of Murray —at New Echota.
In the countv ot Floyd—at the place where Jami s
• Cunningham now lives.
In the county of Paulding-at the place where John
Witcher nowlives.
s. ...- rr mm w n-.r*’-- • ill- iuuu
suitable and capable personspresnung nt said elections
respectively. «L;itl ceruty under their hands, to his
excellency'the governor, the persots elected, who
shad bv him be , oinmissioned undei the rules ana re
.f tintio'ns pointed out by law tor commissioning ot
such otlic.ersthroughout the state, except as provided
fo> in iiie thirteenth section of this act.
8- lb. And be dfurther enacted, That the Justices
oftu Inferior Court in theii respective counties or a
maj.. ,v ot them, shall designate the site tor the ne
c -s.i v county buildings as they may think most con
ducive to the public good, and they shall have |>vwer
oi erecting ail necessary county buildings
See. 16 And be it further enacted, That the said
Jus ices shad, as soon as practicable lay otl their re
spective comities into captains di-tricts. and when said
dUrict-iu ty be defined, they shall adv eruse, and one
or tno-e said Justices shall superintend the election
f 0 <v . Jn-ticesol the Peace in each captains district
c me fut en davs notice ol said election at tw o or
,n , 7 iblic places in said district. w hich satd Just ee.
o ,1, p ~ e when elected, shall be commissioned by
''"s e'lU And be.it furthur enacted. That the county
otli -,-rs elected under and by virtue ot tins act. shal
b commissioned for. and held their offices until the
fiis- dav ot January then next, and until their s,K£os
sors are elected and qualified and no longer, lha
«ii election sliall be held on the first Monday in Janu
ary eighteen hundred and thirty-tour, at the various
nlaces'for holding elections in the said counties tor all
countv officers in said counties in term- ot the law
now in b cem this state, and the persons elected are
to be commissioned, andbold their several offices so as
Ito end at the same time that the commissions of the
county officers of the old counties of this state will
end, according to the laws now in force, so that all the
county officers in this state may be hereafter elected
, at the same time.
I Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
i | the duty of the said Justices of the Peace, after they
; shall tie commissioned by the Governor as aforesaid,
i to advertise in their respective districtsan election for
| Captains and subaltern officers as required by the mi
' litia laws now of force, and said captains shall as early
i as practicable make out a complete roll ot all such
i persons in the respective districts as are liable to do
’[ militia duty, and return the same to the inferior
Courts.
L Sec. 19. And be it further enacted That so soon as
i the militia officers oi the said several districts in their
! respective counties shall be elected and commissioned
J it shall be the duty of the Justices of the interior
I Courts to advertise the election ot field officers for
’ each county, giving fifteen days notice thereof in one
< or more public place in each captains district—and it
! shall be ’the duty of two or more Justices ot' the
I Peace to superintend said elections and certify the
1 same as required by the militia laws now in force.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, 'Ffiat the Justices
of the Interior Courts of the respective counties shall,
as soon as practicable proceed to the selection of
grand and petit jurors in the manner pointed out by
the laws now in force.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That it sliall be
the duty of the county surveyors, jointly, of the coun
i ties between which, according to the provisions of
' this act, lines are to be run and marked, underthe or
! der and direction of the respective Inferior Courts
! with such aid as they may grant, to rim and mark said
! lines, and to return to their respective courts, plats
; thereof plainly designating the said boundary lines,
which [>lat shall be by the clerks of the inferior Courts
i placed upon the county record.
Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That the seve
ral counties herein before organized, shall form and
become a judicial circuit to be called Cherokee—
and that so soon as may be convenient after the pas-
Isage of this act, there shall be elected for said circuit
a Judge ofthc Superior Courts, and a Solicitor-Gene
ral.
See 23. And be it further enacted, That the times
I of holding the Superior Courts in the Cherokee cir
cuit shall be as follows :
In the county of Cherokee, on the second Monday
/ in February and August, in each and every year
] In the county of Forsyth, on the third Monday in
i February and August in each and every year
! In the county oi Lumpkin, on the Thursday after
; the third Monday in February and August, in each
ana every year.
In the county of Union, on the fourth Monday in
i February and August, in each and every year.
In the county of Gilmer, on Thursday after the
fourth Monday in February and August in each and
‘ every year.
j In the county of Murray, on the first Monday in
! .March and September, in each and every year.
I In tile county of Floyd, outlie Thursday after the
! first .Monday in .March and September, in each and
every year.
j In the comity of Cass, on the second Monday in
.March and September in each and every year.
In the county of Paulding, on the Thursday after
the second Monday in March and September in each
; and every year
In the county of Cobb, on the third .Monday in
i Marcii and September in each and every year.
I That the times oi holding the Interior Courts in the
j Cherokee circuit shall be as follows :
In the county of Cherokee, on the second Monday
I in April and October, in each and every year.
! In the county ot Forsyth, on the third Monday in
I April and October, in each and every year.
In the county oi Lumpkin, on the lourth Monday in
April and October, in each and every year.
In tue county ot Union, on the first Monday in May
aud November, in each and every year.
In (he county of Gilmer, on the second Monday in
May and November, in each and every year.
in the county ol Murray, on the third Monday in
.May and November, in each and every year.
in (lie county ot Floyd, on the fourth Monday in
.May and November, in each and every year.
In the county of Cass, on the first iMonday in June
and December, in each and every year.
In the county ot Paulding, on the second Monday
in June and December, in each and every year.
In the county ot Cobb, on the third Monday in June
and December, in each and every yeai\
Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That the places
ot holding the Superior mid Interior Courts in the se
veral counties ot Cherokee circuit, shall be the places
designated in this act, for the election ot county offi
cers until the Inferior Courts of the respective coun
ties shail otherwise order and direct.
Sec 25. And be it further enacted, That nothing
herein contained slmilim so construed as to prevent
the commencement of suits in the several courts ot
said county of Cherokee as heretofore organized, until
tile officers of the several counties shall be elected
aud commissioned in conformity to the provisions oi
liiis act. Provided. That so soon as said counties are
organized, ail suits shall be transferred by order ot the
several courts to the courts of the counties to w hich
they respectively belong, and in winch the defendant
resides at the time ot the institution of the same.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That ail officers
civil and military, who have been heretofore elected
and commissioned tor the county ot Cherokee, sliall
continue in office, in the counties and districts into
which they may be throw n until the expiration ot the
term for winch they may have been commissioned,
and that no election shall be held in the county or dis
trict w here said officers shall reside, unless the same
become vacant, until the regular time ol elections
throughout this state.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Reprcsentatites.
THOMAS STOCKS,
Preside nt of the Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 3, 1832.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor
An Act to protect liie Cherokee Indians in the
peaceable and quiet possession ot the lands secured
to them by the existing laws of tile state, and also
to secure tneir property and persons from illegal vio
lations. and to provide tor bringing to trial of the
liespassers upon the lots or fractions ot land belong,
ing to tne state in the Cherokee country, and p re .
scribing the punishment to wliicd they shall be sub
jected upon conviction, Ac.
thiTZ^r^m p^™t onhe r * s,ing la ":
quiet possession oi their lands, has been secured to the
Cherokee Indians, who still remain in this state, so
long as they continue to occupy the same ; and w here
as the unoccupied lands, which surround their present
abodes, are about to be granted to and settled bj the
i inhabitants of this state ; and w hereas that country in
) a short time w ill be regularly organized into counties
'and districts, to further the administration of public
justice; ami whereas, doubts exist that the remnant
; oi Indians remaining in said Territory, may be liable
'to the depredations oi lawless and dissolute white
I ! men. I
i Be it enacted by the Senate aal House of Represen-
I iatives of the S'ate of Georgia in General Assembly met
■ and it is hereby enacted vy the authority of the same. !
i ; That ten men underthe command of a fit and qualified
i I officer,shall be continued in the Cherokee country.
• who shall have full and complete power to protect
i each and every Indian in his and their persons, and
al«o in the enjoyment of all their personal property ;
that may be in their possession; and it shall )<■ the
duty of said commanding officer and his guard tn
I prevent the intrusion, no matter by whom on a-iy lot
-of land already or hereafter to be drawn, o- fraction j
• undisposed of. on which any Indian or India 45 may
i and do actually reside and occupy, under tl-e provi- <
• sions of the land act. for the survey and disposition'
i of the siid Cherokee territory, passed the twenty- i
I second day o f December, eighteen hundred and .
■ thirty. , , j
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority ,
> aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said com- J
'tfianding officer with the said guardin a body or in i
detail, to continue to examine and visit, and inspect
alt the aforesaid Indian’s habitations and settlements,
Hnd to see that in the occupation- of their lands they
ar s not interrupted or disturbed, and also carefully to
protect their persons from assault and abuse, as well
aslheirpersonal property; and it shall also be the
duty oi said officer and those under his command,
W'ien any trespass, or ottence has been committed
ag'inst the legal rights of said Indians, and contrary
toihe spirit and meaning of this act, without delay to
reiistate the said Indians in the possession of their
lands and personal property, ano in these two latter
cases aj-well as in cases of the abuse or injury of their
persons, to bind ovei the person orpersons so offend
ing, in a reanonable sum, with bond and security to
answer for such illegal conduct, at the next Superior
Court that may be actually held in the county where
the offence was committed; and that it shall be the
duty of the Solicitor-General of said Judicial Circuit
j to prosecute to conviction, all persons so offending.
I Sec. 3.' And be it further enacted by the authority
j aforesaid, That, the said commanding- officer and
; guard aforesaid,shall be appointed by his excellency
| the governor, with the same pay and emoluments, as
■ the late Georgia guard for the prelection ot the golu
! region, and shall be under the special direction and
i orders ofthe executive, to be discharged upon the or
’ ganization ofthe said counties.
I Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authoiily ;
aforesaid, That from and after the time the Justices!
ofthe Inferior Courts of the several counties which I
! are laid off in the Cherokee territory, have been duly
; qualified, it shall be their special duty, immediately I
thereafter to convene and appoint some tit and proper!
person, to act as agent or guardians, to protect the j
j right of person and property of said Indians, say one
for each county ; and the said agent or guardian shall'
take the tollowing oath, before one of the said justices '
to-wit; *• 1, A B. do solemnly swear that I will justly i
and impartially superintend, examine into, protect i
and defend, alt the l ights of the Cherokee Indians re- 1
siding in the county of both as respects the
occupation of their lands and personal property,
agreeable to the laws of this state, and against the un
just and illegal proceedings of all persons whatsoever;
and that I will to the best of my ability, protect and
defend the fractions belonging to the stale in said
county, from trespass or intrusion, so help me Ciod ;”
which agents shall receive a reasonable compensation
out of the treasury of this state.
I And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That it shall be the bounden duty of such agents who
may find the said Indians dispossessed ot the occu
pation of their lands or that their persona! property
has been illegally taken Hom them, immediately 6’
restore the same to the Indian occupant or owner.
Provided nevertheless, That the person s«*wmg up any
claim to the aforesaid property, sha" have a right to
appeal from said agents’ decisions and acl nigs, w Inch
shall be proceeded on a^ c fa* !,is sherills levies, but
the onus probandi rest on said appelant, and the
said appeal or claim, shall be tried at the next ensuing
Superior Court, where the offence was committed,
but until such decision is made, the Indian owner of
personal property or Indian occupant of land shall be
continued in possession ; and it is hereby made the
duty of said agent to guard diligently the fractions ly
ing in the county in which he resides belonging to the
state and prosecute to conviction or acquital any per
son or persons trespassing on said fractions, by diging
gold or otherwise, according to the laws of torce in
this state. As it is oi importance to the humane and
just character of the state and the citizens thereof, that
in this particular case of the Cherokees, that no van
ton, illegal or oppressive proceedings, acts or doings
should be exercised towards them, during their resi
dence in the aforesaid territory.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the Justices of the Inferior Court, Justices or the
Peace, Sheriffs, Constables and all Military officers,
in each of the several counties aforesaid, »re hereby
enjoined to see impartial justice done to said Indians,
and to aid in sustaining theirjust rigfes-
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That to secure the personal property ot said Indians
any person or persons, who shall actually dispossess,
them of it or attempt to do so ; shall be considered as
having been guilty of a miscemeanour, and shall be
subject to be prosecuted criminally, and the fact be
ing established, he will be subject to a fine ot fourfold
the value of the property so taken or attempted to be
taken, besides such other fine not exceeding two hun
dred Joiinrs, ns the said court may deem fit.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
! That all persons who shall by any act, cither forcibly
deprive or in an illegal manner endeavor to deprive
any Indian or Indians ofthe possession or occupation
of any lot of land on which, or any part thereof, the
said Indian has resided as a home, shall bt subject to
be indicted in the name of the state, as a misdemean-1
j our, and in violation of the laws which are in a letter !
and spirit extended to the protection ol said Indians;
and on conviction, shall forfeit all right and title to
said lot or any part thereof, and be fined in a sum not !
less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one I
i thousand dollars. • :
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, !
That though the oaths ofthe Indians ate not admitted
in our courts of law, for the purpose of protecting!
their persons, property and lands, their rights shall be
, recognized for these special purposes, and be consid
i ered as standing on the same footing with free white
citizens ofthe state, though all prosecutions and sen
tences be and shall be cairied on in the name of the
state, and on the criminal side of the Superior Court ;
and the laws shall be so construed us to carry the.
■ spirit and intent ot this law into effect.
And be it further enaeted by the authority aforesaid,
That all persons who shall attempt or actually dig
gold on any f raction belonging to the state, or on any
: lot or lots ot land belonging to the persons who have
drawn or actually own the same, and who have not,
: actually taken possession ofthe same, in the territory
lately organized in the Cherokee country, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanour, and subject the offender to
a confinement in the penitentiary for a term of years
I not fess than four years nor more than eight years
! And be it further enacted, That any person who
shall be guilty of any trespass upon the premises of
the Indians resident aforesaid, shall be guilty of a high
misdemeanour, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than five hundred dollars, and confiie
ment in the county jail for a terra not less than Dree
or more than six months.
And be it further enacted, That it shail not be law
ful from and after this time, 6r any inferior -murt in
this state, whilst sitting as n Court oi Ordinary to
grant fetters of administration to any person or per-
I sons or. the estate either ‘‘cal or personal- »f any de
• -eased Cherokee Indian or the decenda»t of a ( hero-
K£t“ AtaOttitf.
ASBURY 111 LI •
S»ea£e’o/tAe House ofhepresentaGves.
THOMA- STOCKS.
p re >identof the Senate. I
Assented to. Dec. 24. 1832.
WII SON SJPKIN
Sm' i'l clorsi». for °' 11 " P U 'T°“ !
! mentioned. , , in. r
S-c 1 Be it by the Senate and House of
r-. V , >late of Georgia in General-Ai-
Pe J r^en,^t^ ii is hereby enacted by the authority of
That on <he first Monday in Apnl. eighteen
' I'nndt hirtv-three. be and the same is hereby
h ;'" drC td and ‘rtapart as the day on which the ein
des§"f Georgia qualified to vote for members of the
An ore shall at the several places prescribed by
Mor holffine such elections vote for Delegates to
resent them in Convention, in number equal to
[hl-ir representation in both branches of the General-
■ ■ such elections to be conducted, menaced
! and certified under the same laws as. are of tm ee in re-
■ spect to elections of members ot the Generai-Assem-
I’
the duty ofsuch managers to transmit to hisexcelfen
j cv the governor the result of said elections under the
! laws now of force for convicting, managing and cer
! titying elections of members ofthe general-assembly
as aforesaid, Withm thirty days after such election
whereupon it is made the duty oi bis i xcelfem v the '
governor to issue his proclamation declaring ihe 'i-esnh
oi said elections by naming the sc veraliv
elected to represent the good people oi Geureia in
convention as contemplated by this act. ° •
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, Tliat every citi
zen ot the United Stales shall be eligible to a seat in
said convention who has attained to the age of twenty
five years, and been an inhabitant ol this state seven f
years immediately proceeding the day of his election, !
and who shall have resided one year in the county for !
which he shall be elected. )
Sec 4. And be it further enacted. That each mem- i
her returned as duly elected, shall previous to taking
his seat in said convention, take the following oath or
affirmation, viz : “ I, A. 11. do solemnly swear, that I
• will not attempt to add or to take from the constitu
tion or attempt to change or alter any other section,
clause or article ot the Constitution ot the State ot
Georgia, other than those touching the Representa
tion in the General-Assembly thereof; and that I
have been a citizeu of this state tor the last seven
years, so help me God.’-’ And any person elected to
a seat in said Convention, who shall retuse to take
the oath aforesaid, shall not be allowed to take bis
seat in said Convention.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the mem
bers of said Convention shall assemble on the first
■ Monday in May after their election, at Milledgeville,
I in the Representative Chamber of the State-House,
for the purpose of entering upon and consummating
the great objects of their convention, to wit: a reduc
j tion and equalization of the General-Assembly; shall
! have power to prescribe their own rules and torms ol
business, and to determine on the qualifications ot
I their own members; elect necessary officers and
make all orders which they may deem conducive to
the furtherance of the objeut tor which such convvn
! tiou shall assemble.
I Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
> the duty ot his excellency the governor. g* ve publi
city to the alterations and amendm c,, ts made in Lie
Constitution in reference to the direction (reduction)
oi the number of members composing the General-
Assembly, and the first Monday in October next, after
the rising of said Convention, he shall fix on for the
ratification, by the people, of such amendments, al
terations or new articles, as they may make for the
objects of reduction and equalization of the General-
Assembly only ; und if ratified by a majority of the
voters who vole on the question of “ Reduction’’ or
“No KeducMon,’ then and in that event, the altera
tions so by them made and ratified, shall be binding on
the people of this state and not otherwise.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That it shall be a
lundamental article in the formation or amendment
ot the Constitution, that each county of the state now
organized or laid out or which may hereafter be creat-
> ed by law, shall be entitled to at least one representa
tive in the representative branch of the General-As
sembly.
; Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so soon as
! this act shall have become a law, his excellency the
! Governor be, and he is hereby required to cause it to
be published in the gazette of this state, once a week
until the day fixed on by this act tor the election of de
legates to said convention ; and that all laws and
, parts ot laws militating sgainst this act be, and the
I same are hereby repealed.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS,
President oflhe Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 24.1832.
: VV ILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
' PROSVECVVS
OF THE
GE OR GIA M EDICA L R E POR TER.
BV JOHN G. SLAPPY, M. D.
'• Uhat we should seek m the Sciences is truth, and truth
is in the farts.” —Broussais.
IT is now more than six years since I first con
ceived the idea of publishing periodically the
1 above work, for the following reasons, which are ob
vious.and striking: There being no publication of the
kind in the State ; and, for ought I know, throughout
the whole Southern States; we are compelled, con
sequently, to look to the North, and through her to
Europe, for every thiyg new, rare, and interesting in
the science. It would seem peculiary appropriate
just at the present time, when the most awful visita
tion is hovering over the land—the Asiatic Cholera.
It has already swept across a great exo nt < f North
America ; from Montreal and Quebec to New Or
leans ; visiting almost every city and town of any nn
! portance in the Northern Middle and W estern States.
I There is left no reasonable ground to justify the con-
clusion, that our highly favoured section of country,
canmuch longer escape the itnpendingf' il Besi les,
’ have we no disease or modification of disease, inci
dent and peculiar to our climate, remedies native
j ofour country ?
Medicine had ifs origin, in nec Css **y : *. n motives of
! benevolence and philanthrope —* fi a disposition to
mitigate the evils—to ameliorate the condition o sut
j sering human nature to Iratnc felt disease the greatest
curse inflicted on fallen «ian—-and bestow on him
Health, the chiefest blessing, saving the atoning blood
of our Saviour. Our mu-'h lamented Rushsaid. “while
the world, from the progress of intellectual, moral,
and political truth, is becotnitiga more safe and agree
able abode for mai>, the votaries of Medicine should
not be idle.” Tlu American Linnaeus, the late ven
erable Benj. S. Barton said, “he who discovers one (
valuable new pfedicine, is a more important benefac- i
tor of his species than Alexander, Cesar, Bonaparte, .
or an handed other conquerors. Even his glory,
in the estimation of a truly civilized age, will begreat
' er and were lasting, than that of these admired ravag
, ers of iba world.” „ , . r .
Whrt >s the condition of our department of science { ,
5 in Georgia ? Indeed and in truth, our Medical lore is
inrk.'ngtar (comparatively speaking) he act.v e
> irwu-ovements of ~ie tjie °‘ tb . e . lim , es a< '
r ibonlshing n s 1° l° ok forward, with an unrivited gaze
: upon the advance of man and the “march of tnmd
1 There if medical talent in Georgia, and yet she is al
most without professional character; because.she has
! not enterprise, industry and energy. There is mani
festly but little written on medicine in our State; rned-
I ical readingtoo, is not pursued with avidity, less stud
ied, properly understood and regarded.
Let us turn our attention to the constant and inde
fatigable efforts of many American teachers ; but es
pecially to the late works of our own countryman,
professor Jackson of Philadelphia. He inculcates
principles upon the unerring guide ot genuine and in
ductive philosophy , he declaims against authority ,
and boldly asserts the non-existence of a specific gas
tric juice, and advocates other certainties, as impor
tant to physiology and truth.
The recent splendid discoveries of Abercrombie of
Scotland, of Abernethy, Lawrence, Clutterbuck,
Ceale.&c. Ac. of England, are their everlasting mon-
Germany is likewise moving on But above
a ■ stand the sons of France, and of true medical phi-
Andral Broussais, Baron Larry, Pinel I.aen
nec a,j these moderns of the moderns, have
wholly nroote( j ( he old and ancient systems of rou
tine met ‘ i a e :—they have sought, however, riot so
much to '-, r throw former systems founded in error, i
as they discover truth. nnU the real etiology of I
disease. Iht . ve not on] y succeeded m removing ■
the rubbish. >t. a establishing medicine on a surer l
and firmer foiirn and IVI gto it (hf . Hne ■
match onwardto p fe( . (icn>
!t wopld be ancm, pnd it (o b(j ()cnipd
concealed. trines of le french school,
and part.cularly those , hc de^ ved | rcnownpd
and unmoral reformer L hp|fJ
maintained in this Gazpffe. \v P .
they are universallv admitted)... c“f illinKth( m
and most substantml of „re >t f Marneri(al ’
ot physmlogmal medn u
the dissecting knife has been rnndf , and dp _ •
velope from pathological <»-«tom v innctpfes of a
fixed character ’ ’ ;
*[ hey will be as enuni ing as v ein[ i as solid as'
adamant. Principles mvo ved e „ rjd effect , ■
that were heretofore considered inexplhx-
Lie, are now known and established facts. Th the
mind of Broussais, positive philosophy has sought and
found confessedly a regenerating and redeeming
spirit.
We come not without diffidence, presenting our
bumble offering, feeble and retired as it is, to contrib
ute our mite at the altar ot professional science : if we
can but give a zest to the young mind, an inclination
I and i.irection to medical inquiry, it is all we hope and
) expect; it is the “tic plus ultra” of our wishes
Home ofthe best talent of the State is engaged to
i iu'i! Hl, d ,0 . co J ltr 'bute in the work, and we confi
!Sil el » e ’ x l ,cct ,o l ,c able to concentrate and combine
.such a fund of foreign and domestic intelligence in
mg 1 cnodicals; and all new works as they come out •
. . AMERICAN.
American Journal ofthe Medical Science
1 ~ e w y ‘ )lk Medical and Physical Journal '
vv 1 Medical and Surgical Journal
c „VI 0(l „ c Mc(lical r J»™> gc ._
AVI I- E£. GLI ? n WORKS.
1 he Medico-Chirurgical Review
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical’ Journal
London Medical and Physical Journal ’
London Medical and Surgical Journal..
London Medical Gazette.
french.
I I Archives Generales de Medicine.
’! Amales de la Medicine Physioloquique.
Transactions Medicales
I Revue Medicale Francois et Etrangcre.
, Bulletin des Sciences Medicales.
Journal General de Medicine de Chirurgie et da
Pharmacie Fiancais et F.trangires, &c.
The co-operation of professional gentlemen every
where is earnestly desired. Original communication*
i j and essays well written, and cases reported accurately
i ' and scientifically, in the practice of medicine, surgery
. and obstetrics, are solicited. The work will be issued
• from the press in Macon, in an octavo pamphlet form,
. comprising some 150 pages, oncein two months, to
. commence on the first of January, or ns soon as asuffi.
cient number of subscribers are obtained to authorize
. the undertaking, at four dallars per annum.
. | The following medical gentlemen, with several oth
- | ersof high standing in the profession, will be contribr
. i utors to Hie w ork Dr. Anthony of Augusta, Dr. Gor
, ■ man of Milledgeville, Drs Baber and Persons of Ma-
I con, Drs. Boykin, Fort and White of Milledgeville,
Dr. Philips oi Powelton. Dr. Gorman Qf Forsyth, Dr.
Reese <>f Monticello, Dr. Garvin of Waynesbarough,
Dr. Haynes of Sparta, Dr. Iloxey of Eatonton, Dr.
Jones of Augusta, Dr, Jones of Randolph.
. | He who undertakes the publication of a Journal,
for the promotion of useful knowledge, I am perfectly
aware, at once assumesa high prerogative and heavy
i responsibility I anticipate and already feel the
weight of selfish opposition and the shafts of rigid cril
• icism; these however are not to be dreaded ifregar
: ed, when conducted in a spirit of high minded and
honorable inquiry ; with a pure intention ; with an eye
I fixed singly upon simple truth and virtuous candour
: i is to subserve the cause of humanity and benevo
i fence, is at least the ulterior if not the primary motive
of this enterpiise
With this declararion. being fully convinced and
thoroughly persuaded of the propriety, usefulness and
absolute necessity ofsuch a work as the present con*
templatedone, I no longer hesitate, I vacillate no more
nor waver again ; let the consequences fall with deso
lation on my head lei my fate be what it may, and
discomfiture come when it will, I resolve to step for
ward to the fulfilment of my object, to the perform
ance ol my work, and the arduous duties of which it
necessarily imposes. Itrust however, with a due sense
of modesty, yea with “fear and trembling.” and yet
with the spirit of a man—respectingall men’s opinions
as I respect my own—extending to others the sama
rights and privileges that I claim and reserve to my
solf; J. G. S.
Gentlemen, who may feel disposed to patronise
this enterprise, novel as it is, are desired to address
us at Tarversville, Twiggs county, Georgia, our place
of residence. November 29,1832.
■, —■—
ECHOTA HALL,
MURRAY COUNTY,
Georgia.
The subscriberhas opened a
HOUSE OF
J? A’ THR TA INiVHS T,
’ i wf At f ! ie e il . lage New-Echota in Murray county,
• i sere he flatters himself from the unremitted attention
ol uimscii dnd brother, to be ab/c to give general
: I faction to all his friends who may favor him with their
I patronage. His Table will be furnished with the best
the country can afford. His Stables will be well sun
plied with Provender and underthe care of an atten
five Ostler. No pains will bo snared or exnen«.
avoided that will conduce to the convenience offehose
that may visit his House ; and h : s charges will be ao.
commodated to the times. A few constant Rn.-. Ur.
wiU be Wk™ Thb
ant. Die subscriber will, also, be able to give LAND
examiners, in the Cherokee territory, information in
pans ot tne tcmtoiy , as well as directions to them
from thesnuahon of Echota, being immediately “n
1 VVfert Tenn’s ' 10 w ,‘ ;s,er, l 1 P a "sof Georgia to Eart and
River and juneffen of Coosa watt™ B ' l ? f 0<Mtonoll »
Rivers at which place there is the ordy ferryTn "said
to Uie westwani be 7° Ssi ng place for alUraveller.
Fm ry HOUSe ” lhe the
: Archibald Slone.
feb IG J
' ENTERTAINMENT.
The subscriber respectfully informs all who may
di aw LA A D in the Gold or Laud
LOTTERIES. ,
That he has made arrangements for the
accommodation
Os such as may favor him with a CALL
He Will give any information in his power, to persow
exploring the country, especially the
SiXES, GOLD .MINES ;
As his Stand is within a few miles of said Alines and
on th- Road rom Warsaw to Cherokee court-house.
He would, also observe, that he expects in a short /
.time, to be furnished with a 1 a SUor *
Genera/ MAP of tins COUNTRY.
There is a Post-Ofl«e kept at his I/ (JUaa
VV her Hie MAIL
Arrives every by ] j o - c Jock
B. .„ e ,„ 6 JliUcWto .-.per,
He has novon band, an d intends keeping a
good SUPPLY of 1 6
articles
Generally HS ed in
Gold Mines,
' »«. parson. . c „„. „ ,. mrs
' v,( h an assortment oi
DRY GOODS
AND
„ c GROCERIES,
hot wind. a „ o , r „ redo „ Ule , nO3lhb<ir!iiitrai! •
Eli M’Connel].
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