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itiifw** now necessary for him to say a
• I,, »or<l. Whenheliiid henitl ihe send-
n.prnaaed by the eentleinnn from Oliio
?(• Viiilnn] lie could not rrprrs* ilie invnl.
iiKiry exchunation lie made. In siriclneg"
j'l ia* perhaps disonterly—lliou^li f».rl> hud
^ pf>n permitted in other similar assemblies.—
ji ivas deemed not to he in order, he owed
0M npolopy t° th® House for liis involuntary
f jpri , ss , 'in.
Mr. Watmonch moved Ihe Committee rise,
winch ivas m calived—nyes 6ft, ones 72.
y|r. Walinotigh then proceeded to address
,|,eCommittee in opposition to Hits hill Af-
(( , r he had spoken nearly an lioor he cavo ivaV
,o Mr. 1>< rriiiv, who moved ihe -Committee
fj.p, which was neaalived—nves 60, Hops 71.
Mr. Miihlentierg then addressed the eoin-
mittee astatiist the loll neerly an hour, and w as
followed by Mr. Arnold, who, after speaking
shout half an hour, at !) o’clock gave way for
„ million llint the Comifiittce'riso, which wus
lurried, ami the lintise adjourned.
4IIron Chase alifl A. itt. iUnmc(<
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1833.
“ The- noble Brutus is ascended i Silence /••—It i« with
unfeigned pleasure We lay be lore oiii 1 readers i ho letter
of llwl rtbi**, devoted ami consistent friend of Stale
Rights, George M. Troup. It.rvill |»c found in another
part of to-day*# paper.
For not falling in wjtli the excitement gotten up in
this Slate lust Summer, for fhc benefit of South Caroli
na and John C. Calhoun, our “acquaintance bus been
cut” by a few of our old friends, and we have been
branded by others .us deserters from the Troup ranks ;
although in the facto of tlua. charge, We have bad w ith
us, in opposition, to the South Carolina heresy, a ina
bility of that party and a host of wort bice of tho Jeffer-
son School throiighotr*. the'Southern States. One
great name was at ill wanting, how ever, to complete the
irresistible phalanx; and we now marshal alongside
♦lie names of Crawford, Macon, Smith, Mudfeofr, Bur-
hour and others, that of, George M. Troup. It ia true,
we have for fometjmO buck, been pcffi ciy satisfied
willing rd 1o the sentiments of this “hist of the Hr
in ins,” on the siibjvct of r.uili&aiun, but wc have a!-,
wins felt too much reaped for him to appropriate to
newspaper user, opinions given ny him in private, and
unauthorised toy himself for publication.’ But at length
4 Tho nobfe.Brutus is ascended,” and wc rospectfutiy
request “silence" of our friends whilst he speaks.
lie comments forcibly antl-justlj on the abuse# and
u*snti»|*iionsof the General Government—ar k now ledg
os the right of scccssiofrby a-single state if she can do
so without interfering with the “Sovereign rights of
tho others,*’ miiiJ deprecates the exercise'of flits right
by the Stales unless driven to it hv “grifcvou* nppros-
si »n oud intoloralde tytnnqv.” U* Hum sums up tho
iv!u-l»i of his opinions as’follow* i
“Thornis n«» power given by the Constitution to re-
srit the laws of tiro United States.’ }
Tin* only constimlinnul remedy for uuconstitutionnl
laws, is the luillnt-hot. '•
Aiuotidmi M**nf the Constitution, petition, remqn-
suam-o, conventions, rmrespimdcnc*’, ami consult a
tinns of the Slates—these, (if yotrpjcase to coll them
remedies,) an* not ’.unconstitutional: •
Under a-govVriiincnt founded on consent and opin
ion. evils aroto he*borne ns-lubga* possfl lo.
Thu Stale* hi. virtue of tlnjr sovereignty, w*hen evi's
arc n** I mger supportable, must judge the evil and the
remedy. •* •
The Sovereign knows hut two modes nfsettling con
troversies, Nequiisrion and W-orV
Neg-ttiaiiou admits of arbitration, and cqofmv^tft' #
may he referred In other States, J»ut this is by consent
and not bv the ConstHulfon I* i# «»fcoursemd per'':.is*
sible tu mio-of tho particK, to refer it to its own Couita
and Junes. * •* ”**
When States cease in-have nn Interest fn the Union,
or suffer extreme oppression, it is better that flu ywitli-
drsw peaceably, than that-blood should he shed in con
tests, which seldom decide' nnv thing, ahd which are
apt to separate the parties forever. '
As states may do very itn) indently end unwiftly,
what thcv.hnvea fight to do, »• b**comt»» ihein to act
very deliberately and <anti uislv. because it I* lawful fi r
othei States to unite against them, to compel a fulfilment of
their obligations under the public law. v .
And concludes bv, reeomuienihng, that, in the .event
the abases and usurpations of which wo complain are
continued, and bee' m’r-lhe frilled policy of the Govern*
niont, 4l Tho States having identical interests ought to
withdraw"—that' an union of the oagr'wvcd States
ahould he organixed by 44 by correspondence and con
sultation,** and that this union should b« the result of
a settled ihnyiction, and not. n“temporary Union pro
duced by artificial excitement.** These ore about tlie
sum and substance of hi# conclusions, and wc are proud
to say, they are the very doctrines for which w e hnm*
been cootomlfi.g. Andaf’erthe “ mninontan excite
ment** of tho day shatHigiv* passed away, let the von-
•cqiicnres id th. m Do what they may* those doctrines
wjl continue to be respected an/1 aetpd tfpbn by all
those w ho arc determined, on tlie one bund, t» defend
the reserved right# of States, end to respect on tho
other, those delegated to the Federal Government.
- —-
Mr. Verplanck's BUl^-Wc arc sorry to stile that the
late intelligence from Washington City doca not fully
sustain our former hopes with regard to the passage of
this Bill. This change in. tho complexion of alfairs
may be mainly attributed to the introduction of the ex
citing subject of the movements in South Carolina into
thoSebate, through llieinslrumenmlity of John C. Cal
houn' Miscall on the President fir the document? in.
relation to this subject, at a time when the temper and
Droceedings in. Congress promised a fair reduction of
the Tariff and a happy jd:tb»meht of the controversy,
mav be ascribed, when .viewed iif tho most charitable
light, as the hist draperate attempt of this man to con~
anmmste that which he has been laboring so long to
living about, vi*: the dbrnemborment of this glorious
confederacy.* ..
And there are others in the present Cnojreseof the
United States, who seem determined to lend a helping
hand towards the accomplishment of such a nefarious
project.
To the high Tariffites of tho present Congress, who
asaa to be somewhat jealous of 44 Burr" distme-
tions, we would say a word,* Von dtluJc yiuriclvci,
gsntfemen, perhaps, with the hope that because the Ad-
ministration and the Southern States denounce the
doct rine of nullification, your unrighteous system will
continue to bo cherished and upheld by the Govern
ment, and yon H IWcd to l,..ld on with impunity to
your OJ Cotton gains. We would say to you, you may
now “ hug** tho former as a “ Battering unction to your
souls,“ and roll the Utter as “a sweet morsel under
your tongues,” but rest assured the day <»f reckoning
is at hand—soon will you bo constrained to relinquish
yoiir hold of the one, ami (lie other will di^solv
your longues into gall and bitterness ! It ia true the
States are opposed to the high handed measures «f
South Carolina. Some of them believe they proceed
from corrupt and unholy motive#-.they all believe
them to be precipitate and rash—but mark this, there
I object on which no contrariety of opinion pre
vails, nt th« South, and that subj-et ii tlm Tariff] And
believe na, when nn tell you, that the verdict of the
South is made up on this subject ; and it is thi&—the
Tariff System for protection, must ba abandoned !
Mutdi as W’« arc devoti d to the Unjpn—imicli a« tyc
deprecate the proceedings in South Carolina, yet we
love right more than the one, and abhor legalized tyr
anny as far more*obnoxious than theothcr. And if the
“Union must be preserved,” something more must be
done by the Administration, besides successful enforce
ment of Ihe revenue laws in South Carolina—l horc
llws ovnHm amended so ns to reduce Ihe revenue
domi to ihe actual wants of thr .-n ment Tins
alone wuH preserve the Union: uml in saying so we
believe we speak the sentiments of nine tenths of those
wlm are n-w engaged with ns ot the South, in battling
against the heresy of Sooth Carolina, and in striking
for tho Union. •
—*
Dr. Collins's Defence.—In our paper of to-day w ill be
found several extracts from this Gentleman's defence
The Ileport of the rommiltec of ihe T.CGi<dature on
their latu investigation into the nffairabT the Bank of
Macon, we have not pmiseil.
The following, homr.er, i# froni the Editornfllie Mil-
Icrlgeville 44 TimeS;“ who says l.« bus carefully investi
gate the whole matter; ar.d it wrH he seen he has nrri-
vud nt conclusions tlm i^ost favorable touching the
Doctor's connexion wiTh that institution, *
**Judt aUerltm Pterbm.—Tctlups in no cage is this
latin axiom more certainly applicable thun in the case
ot l)r. K. Collius. A i frlcapoiutihte couuiiittce is op.
pointed liy tho GogialatuVr, i«, iuveslil*nt.e tlm causes
of the failure of the Uank of Vfaeon-e-Tliat committee,
the humble imitators of the Urtitcd States Bank com
niittcc—repair lo Mu con ami commence their investi
gations with an apparent desire to arrive at the truth ;
toil it soon became manifest, that they had lost sight of
that holy principle ofj’ustice, which should have influ-
enced their invosligations—and lent Mn mselvtfl, to the
designing ar.d niah;naii>. We have carefully peiused
their report and the evidence, and cannot foibour tlie
expression ot our unfeigned astonishment, at The gross
perversion of Tacts, and imstuhle and unsound com In
sums, attempted to be drawn front the evidence. We
have come to the conclusion, at which wc believe every
unprejudiced reader of the rt-poit must likewise come—
that tins,committee, have endeavored, to feed the prej
udices of the Public, against theg.-ntlcman whose name
heads ibis urliclr, wihouiany juatiliablir cause,”
-^QOO—
f Irgfnia on Federal Relations.—On Friday, January
2aih, the Senate went into co*-.rnittcc of the whole on
nr tion of Mr. Cocke, who advlresy-nl the committee
support of his sutostitute; it was rejected. Ayes 9.
ThccommiTtis then reported an amendment to -the
preamble and resolutions of’tun House of Delegates,
varyingdhc phraseology, hut’ the substance remaimng
tlie same. On the final voIihdh ttic amendment of the
whole, Dr. Cocke moved the following sentence : thni
tlm preamble and resolutions should bo transmitted by
u special messenger the Governor of South Carolina
and *.o tho Pro anient, &c. by the usual channel
the final vole, the preamble and resolutions as amend
ed, pnsoed by a vole of 28 to 4. The Enquirer be
lieves that the amendments of the Senate will pass the
House of Delegates w ithout difficulty.
—009 “*
Attention! Revolutionary Claimants. Blank MHdavil#
and corttficnic# for Jruwing money under the bite Pen
sion Law-, .can he obtained at this ofie e, or of the fol
lowing persons:—Win, AlcronCy, E#q. Daftiefevdle,
Towan, Esq. Jefferson, George JIavvpc, Esq.
CwnesviUe and Mai. J. Wiilintna Esq. Eawrencoville.
The forms were sent on fr-»ni Washington City b>
Judge Ci&ytoii, and may be-relied upon as correct.
BSy Last ICroiing’H Hlailm.
K\tracts llrom
Dr. Collins's Defence.
The following is oi»'»xirnct from Dr. It. CoHim » imtit-
comine defence against the Report of the Vlactui
Hank Committee. In the. latter part of the extract,
there are some references to that portion of the defence
not yet published.
I now proceed to give a statement of the actual
condition of the 8a ik of Macon, ahewin«r T jh»* |.rei ise
amount due to and from it on the !6:hday id F*brunt
1832, nn»l ia tii r ncd over to f. Atkinson, Cavhier, hv
me. There was in the Bank on that day and belonging
In specie, bank- check*, and current
hills,
Due hv Pi tnfe*#* Rank, S , iva"nn!i t
“ 44 Mam c and Fire Ins. lisnk,
,f 44 Hr. Bank ofState; £alo:iPm 9
“ M ** *' 44 Angustu,
“ 44 44 “ * Mitlcdgr-vlllc,
44 44 44 44 U. S. Bank, ChaTh stno,
44 14 Bank ofColuiiduis,
Bills of Exchange running to rimlurity.
Notes, (btitine** papers)
Bdla ned notes’in suit, in hands of C. B.
Cole, * • •
Bills and notes in suit, in hands of Tracy
and Butler, - .
Bills and not.es in suit, in hand* of N.
Blanchard,
Bills and notes in suit, in hands of T-. Bahzell, 823 00
Due hy Rawls and JVIkr, agents at Hawkins-
ville, - - 600 1C
Bank house and lot, and rral’cstato rn
v *ac< »>, 7,350,00
4 Negroes, 1 lot of books, and protest
accounts, 1,281 CO
is tbm only itefn not embraced m the list of asset#, and
i tier* is si’i'l a deficiency of |) 1,039 63, which is entire
ly unaceoiinfcd for by any answer or in any manner
whatever; now add to that the sum r*f $7,661 13,
which ia in acksc-.m eugkd navineNi v. and which
a»oiif's • Inrg- d c: ihe b *oks #u»*ti, (on the |#ltIt Ju-
Ii) anl it makes the sum of 818,699 81, which seems
to hov. escaped from the Bank, without the knowledge
or consent of any person, for there is no account show-
ingin what way it occurred or to whom the money %vent;
•hi* amount lliurcf ire, is another dear loss to the Bank.
In making alt these stattfnent#, it U not my inten
tion'to impute honorable acts to the officers ; but as
♦ hear* plain fart# leave been either pot discovered, or
concealed by the CQtnmittee, I deem it but justice thev
^ . should he known, that tho public may seo things os
o-i-n. they are.
fj * ^ * Another pfiint to which T n«lc ntlenfion i# the far t,
t -mi! n!vl rthhnegb they had collected from the o#«f Is h ft hr
*’ Jr i J ^ ,e l *'" Da -k by me, (for the speriul purpose of reilee-
ifM no 1 n, ' M ® l l*« hiUs,) at»out six Hundred 'fhousynd Dollars.,
•I... ! * i vet it appears from th*’ ’testimony of Mr. \tkin«nn him-
ndf* that thev h:nl only paid and taken up fW7t),452 of,
he hills of ih • Bi'*k at the time of ihe r.iilure.
By whom all the fbreg«*iiry proceedings wgre per
milted and sanctioned in the Bank, ran h«» seen hv
tho answer nf Mr. Atkinson to the 9|st question fn
W’hich life says that F.lhs nod Fort were the m»lv acting
Dirretors, ami after tlie resiguaitMii of Mr. Fort, 'Mr.
Elfis acted alone ; and ilt uusw< r to the Sill question,
lie tftvs that weekly stateou^n'a uere made amHaid jic-
fme Mr. Fort nod Mr. Ellis.
In answer to lire 4th question, lie save that Mr, Ellis
would frequently discouul large ainbuoisof* paper when
Mr. Fort whs absent, or after hr wonhrirave the Hank,
and he thinks u Jjtge pan of such discoimte will prove
3^*2 i t
113 00
305,8'i I 50
15S.610 10
33,787 32
3,438 00
1.314 00
In cash and due to tho Banks,
8696,705 68
Lotteries. — It is expected that the rirrtwino
of *tlio l.nnd f#»Mtery..ivill he contpleletl »m
Mmuhiy or Tuesday.- the 11th *-r I2ih* of this
month. The fSolcl I’qiMery will eonlimiO for
some weeks t«» come. — Fetlerul Union.
Texas Independent —Tha Mobile Times
announces the recent nrrtvnl of the Schooner
Snhitrh, from Bratt'^in, hringing oflf'Mnr! intelli-
g(»nee of rite movementa now in progress, for
the organization of an itidependenf Govern
ment. A f’entral Committed huving nsrur-
mined tho general wish of. the people on that
pr,int t linyo issued iheir Circular, requesiing
the auh-cnminiiteoi to hold elections on Ihe
first day of March nexti of five delegates in
each precinct, lo rtieel in Convention at
Snn Felipe do’Austin,on tho fir*l day of April,
V*to form a Constitution for the Slate of Texas.
Mediation of' Virginia—The Charleston
Courier of Inst Saturday contain# tho informa
tions 1 >at Benjamin VVtttkins'Leigh, K-q. has
been appointed tty t’-o Log.slaturc of Virginia,
to ho the bearer, of ihe resolutions adopted, by
ijifil stale, on tho subject of federal relations,
and that he was lo have left-llicuinond o n (ho
28lji idti >V *
♦ ‘From the ChaFfcaton Gmiiier, Feh. 5. * \
vYF.BY LATK FROM. KUBtfPB...
Fall of the Citadel of Jututfirp--^Tlie «brig
Tcxel, Capt. Liuc*tlt»( urriTed hi this porl yes
terday morning, frotn Rotterdam, having fefl
llelvoet Slays pti the 28»U Dec*. Ctq>r. ii.
brings no newspaper-*, lint inform# os verbally
thal t he Citadel of Antwerp fell info ihe hartds
of th” French »roojig, tnider marshal Gerard,
on tlie 27ih, lifter a homhanltnent of eighteen
days and nights. Tho loss of the French is sla
ted to have amounted to 6000 men, while lhaf
of the Dutch was only 250, according to ,lh°
Dutch ofiicitil account.
- Colton Market.
jhi&tisla, February 7, 1833.
The range of prices is* 9 lo I0J cenfa.—
Principal sales 9$, to 9j, for mixed Idts,—
Prime will bring. 1 Of. Arrivals are limited
and mostly stored.
Pur bt tor Bank on the same Pat,
To Merchants’ and IMaatera’.Batik of • —
Augiiftta, * 4 600 63
To vnrioiui individual#,- 192 178 05
To bills in circulutiun, 589,921 00
5696,705 68
Tha fi^roeoing statements ora extracted from the
hooks «»f the Bank, and are correct, and by which it
ill bu seen that, at the time I resigned the otfiee of
Cashier and left the Bank, Ihe accounts were fitirly hul-
anred. and that there was left in the Bank hy me, a
^efficient nmuiiot of money and other assetv, to pay
every dollar ihe bank owed and every bill that was in
circulation. Tlie amount of the above mentioned paper
which was not paid nt maturity, and had-to be renew
rd, is stated by Mr. Atktn«ii<Jin hi# a on woe tivtHc27lh
question, lobo about fifty ♦boiisa' d ddbm; ad-rut this
to he the case, anti own admit ba o«*t one dollar had
hern col lectr-d from the papers iosnit, and veldt will
be seen that ovet Six*Hundred Thousand Dollars in
cash had been collected and r« ahz»-d ftom the papers
and assets which were left in the Bank at the.timo ot
my TeMgnation ; and by the written contract and agree
ment entered into between Thomas M. Ellis and'mjr*
#elf at that lime, a copy of which is herennto annex* d,
it will be also xcei that nil the numey u tilized from
th-* nh.tvc eff-eta and assets was to be applied to the
uayrnent of the bills of the Bank of Macon vvhifdi wore
then in eircn'ation ; and if.it had been so applied, ran
any rcasonnble man snv there would have been any
lass to the ^Aok or tho community 7 And under tlie
reasonable supposition, that o considerable amount ofi
ihe hills of tho Bank had been Inst and destroyed in the
course of l heir circulation, and would not ret urn upon
the Bank, itis certainly no extravagant calculation Jo
to suppose, that if the business of flie Bank had b rt en'
left to stand t»p*m'its own foundation,' uninterrupted bv
President, Cashier, or Directors, it« means would at all
times have been urn (Vie and sufficient to have met any
demands 4 liot would or could hive come agnieft it.
But here take another,'and this most .unfavorable'
view of tho matter that can possibly be made out*—
Mr. Atkinson, in his answer totho2Sih question, states
that about 843.000 of the papers received by him from
me, would be considered bad am).doubtful: admit then
to give it its full force that this forty three thousand dol
lars of b-id and doubtful paper hnd been thrown in the
fi e, and not one dollar received therefor—and admit
also, hul which is unrcns.mnblo, that every bill the
Bank had in circulation had been presented for pnv-
mtont. and there is then, agreeaklv to their own slate
ment, $653,705 68, to pay 8696.705 68, which would
he a loss nfabout 6 per cent.; and the Bank then under
this most unfavorable calculation, would have paid 94
cvnts on ihe dollar fi»f every bill it had oat. Cut that
• be money realized from fh$ above assets was not ap-
rfied to the payment ofth> hill# of the Bank then in
circulation, according to agrernient, or that after they
wore redeemed, they were again reissued and pul in
circulation is abundantly proved bv Mr. Atkinson, the
Cashier, in answer tolhft 27'h que#-ti/fe, in which ho
savs that the amount oftocat paper diicountqd after he
went into office, wma $810,437 43, and in aus-Aur to
the 8thqucsli*»n, he says, that the amount of drafts
discounted durii-g Die same lime, was 5283.916 52.—
Here, th*-n, we.have in these two intents thrvrnormons
sum of $530,354 25,-dtseoiuitcd, paid eut, and thrown
into circulation, fur money actually lo^netl, besides the
other btisincas, in about live mouths aftrr I had left the
Bank, and that too at the ruoft unfavorabls season of
th< ve'ar, and whi c every prudont and well niatiaged
Hank whs curtailing their operations. - ,
By reference to Mr Atkinson’s 9th answer, it will >v
se.-n that I mentioned the subject to hiuisrll and Mr.
Ellis, am! cautioned them against liberal discounts on
local pap»*r a? that critical season of the vear, for ns I
had been in the Bank as an officer, and my name i\i*
to mos.l of the bilUf I i» f as extremely desirous tli.it it#
affairs should go on well. But disregarding llikadvice,
and going contrary to every principle of hanking husi*
ic.^s, their own course wa-« putmumI, nntl the result t»>
mw seen in the failure i.fMoi Dank, and a rnnseqnep.l
loss it* »'«e romomnhy *, Tor it i« pMved hv Mr, Atkin *
wot, in answer to the 2Mt.b q'lesti- n, that- th^ amount
ifhnd nntf doubtful jh-Ms e^’nt^-d and made in these 5
•tonlhs, was oCnrlv One-Hundred Thoiiannd Dollars.
To whom these discounts and loans w*'re riiarle.
I have only been ab'e to ascertain from tho table silb-
ml»te.l Hy’Mr. Atkinson to the eoo.mittee, a cony of
which i« hereunto annexed, (F.) and hv wi-.ich i* will
be seen that the notes and draft a of Elbe, Shitwcil tt
C-„ were rh-r ountid from the 2.1 May to 2d July for
812,600; botes of Tljomi# M. FJlia wrere di counted
during thoanme ti'oe for 818.090—that onlh** 2Slh lu-
lv,fhe very day oil whi#li it was d«*termidc*l to cln-e ihe
Bank, the onteaof fcllif,Shotwefl t'o. without anV
KNDORSRI\OHSr.CURfTT,l »d having rromTWKI.VC TO Tltlll
tt isos Til# to iuw,f«»r 811,805 48. were discounted; nod
oq ihe same day the individual note of- T M. Ellis was
discounted for #14,229 U, having two years to run,
and A filiotwelFa note fee 51.250,having one year lr*run,
Att. MADK FATXBLR UI*»H TBRIR FaCR IN MaCON BaVK
BtuLS, and the pfoeeeds paid out hv l. Mkinson,rub
ier, in available asaeta, without ant Boaro or Dtn»c-
TOM pprsknt, those different emuuuts uiaktog the
•mu of 695,«j44 69, rJi«countcd and -rcnewr»iP f.»r otic
concern in fe*# thaiV 90 days, and tliot at a viwt id
filar year whd'Hhere iff very business doing; —
—edto the 3*1
nation. But I repeat again, thmr hope to triot) • detec#
tion of the calumny thev bare propagated shall be die-
appointed. I have applied foti and ao soon te it can
be ohtoiord, am determined that Ihe Register shell be
pnM'ished, by which nn impartial public may determine
the truth or falsehood of this accusation.
fCy*When Mr. Atkinsor. was asked by tha Macon
Bank Committee whether any notes or hillsofthe Bank
of Meson had been rnneetled and burned, or otherwise
withdrawn from circulation, white lie w-ascashier; and
if any, what amount; lie answered, 44 There have been
none.** This last word “non**,” was misread and
printed ‘‘some,** from which it is difficult even now to
distinguish it in the nianu<*cript. As the word has ob
viously tin important hearingm the t#*n«r sod effect of
Mr. A*s. cvidenct* r it is hoped tliaf the .Messenger and
anv other pa per that may contain Mr. Tatton’s address,
« iil notice tl-oerratum.
bn *1
Mr. John T„ Jones, also states, in an#\rer to flu? 4th
question addressed him, that Mr. Ellis would ffrqne it-
ly (ii>cotiut paper that had been objected to by Mi. Fort.
By whose authority the proceeds of such discount* were
paid out, we are not informed • yet 4hr committee, <4.
liter from igo- ranee or design, hive thought proper to
Mtamp Ihcuta* “ fair i»wd eorreef.**'
^ It ia ih evidence by ali tho w itnesses who were rxnn in-
VH lo tlmi point, nod which the committee hav • admit,
led on Ihe 8th pagtiof their report, that at the time I
went into the Bank as Cashier, the had and doubtful
paper ani'iiintod to $40,000 or over, and that at the
time | resigned, the same rlnss of debts was supposed
to be about $10,090 ; arid at the tune of the failure, the
bad and doubtful deb*# were from $130,090 lo $135,
Ul)(), shnu ing'itn increase qf $93,000, in about 5 mon-h*
after my resignation, of bad papt-r. *
By the nb-tve statement it -will be seen thM the hnd
and duuhtful debts created during the time I was fit
office, is e-fimated-by the committee at 519.900 • nnd
allhough I know this ii# grns-ly < xnegcrs’ed cab td«-
♦ion, nnrl*that nufreore than one half that amount will
V found to »*xist, upon a sfrirt examination, still f an*
willing t at the guess nf the Committee who 11 be token
aa Ihe. true amount; IVhat then dorsitprort'l In no event
could the bank have lint more than $10,000 daring my
administration—(but lake from that *nm*Mie profits
which nil must admit was made upon the grind papor
that was discounted, and there will be found no loss
actually in exist)—so the public %vill discover that I
have been censured and abused hy the Committ6h for a
supposed loss of $10,090 during my ndiniHtatvation,
whilst inv successors, who were in the Bank a much
shorter time, have been entirely acquitted of hl.itnc; Ibr
nn actual loss of $95,000 aucntditig tu their mvnndmis-
But to brine this mnltcrtolhe teal—and as there have
been various attempts by the committee, and from oth
er sources, ioinditre the belief that the condition nf the
Bank was injured during my administration of it ^affairs,
I now make and proclaim the following distinct ami
unqualified proposition#, viz; Myself find friends will
giiQr-intce and make good the pnyiuenl of every
piper ind every dollar discounted ana Ipancd hy us
while I was in the office of Cashier,for a COjntnisstf.n of
ono percent, upon the armutAt ofour tiansactinns: or if
the parties since K left the bank will makegood the losses
accruing, from ibt-ir administration, and thereby place
the Bank in a# good a *binfirm as I left it, mysclr and
mv friends will allow them that commission, and see will
then take tlie assets and pay within a reasonable time, every
bill the Bank has in circulation. If the foregoing prtqiotfi
turns mU;»uI«1 be r.-jected bv those, to whom they are
more immediately addressed, the Ucgisloturs w ill then
have an opportunity, (with little or no risk of loss, if
thejl believe the report of their committee and that the
transaction# of the last administration w-cie “fair and
cornet, 99 ) to do a great benefit to tbe^ community, by
accepting the terms here ptepsnted, for the faithful per
formance of which, on our part, 1 pledge myself . * give
the moat ample security. Can more Ik*, required of
mu 7 and will not an tnqinrtiul. public whether my pto.
position# nro accepted or rejectH, #wartl to me the ver
dict of having done or offered todo all that was nrcesyo-
-ry for the the vimlicatiorTof my Conduct from tnc impu
tation# of the committee, and for tlm pr«»t«tClioii of th#:
interest of the community l am exposed to have ii:j«i-
rwl? j .
In closing this public««nn, I bnve hut q few remarks
*o make; they are such as Jiavp liAerf Hiig.qest**d hy a
review of hat has already been.writlqu. In defcoditig
the ndiuinistration w ith which I wasiissocis. -d.il will he
perceived, I have not sought a dividon of the r^spottsi
bilily, bm taken the whole burthenof.responsiljjlily on
m V self—and in comuierrlingnn the trqji*•efiona of the
Bank after mv resignation as Camfer, I certainly have
not designed lo cast Imputation# #•*• in.y person; Uni4
if the diselusorcH I have made, should he t|iiploiil*ifll1 l«t
lhir fe- lirtL'# «»fother.iodi.vr'f^lIs, it wi'l be rc cmhered
that 1 mil miff aged in self defence, and could not over
look anv fair and houoiatde incags-iii 'the ae<:« .Niplii.li-
incut ol tbul object, lo rel Itnm to the motives .'intkeon*
diet of the Committee, | have endeiecred to lie expli
cit ; | have shewn that a majority nt them, at least,
before entering upon the tlie rhttfo* f*»r wltn h lliey
»CiO appointed, huilcmieciyed juojtidiees ayuioNi me,
hat di-qua'ififcd them to do me tin* uu st comriiun jus
tice; that through the who|»* course of the investtga.
nn, their conduct manifested a glnring pnr'iiiiity ; nnd
malice that nmrkid mo fur its ticiimt and'wero we
>w in a iudici.il tribunal, tor trial, limy »<« commpn
provrcutois and I ns the accused, no impartial jury,
with such evidence ns J have furnished, could refuse
to render a verdict for a m i!»ci*»»a proseciitbm. I never
ran aiilmut to such iojoslice,and I now make my ajipcaf • Cottuty.
from the Report.of a Committee actuated by such de»*
iiii-aWe motive#; from ftiCirprejudice T appeal to the rett-
sail - from their malice and partiality I appeal to ihe jus
tice of Ihe public. ROBERT €01.1.1 NS.
d Card.
i»HS« kOXETWELl,
R ETURNS her sincere thank# to the citizen# of
Ath* or for th^ir liberal patronage of her Unitinfft
nnd Ncejl© Wotks, executed, ta they have boon, uu-
to£ very peculiar circumstances of tint quailed depriva-
thin— the want i.‘ Her arms. She ha# the honor to in
form those I.adie* and Gentlemen who hsve not yet
witnessed her skill in the arduous task of rutting the
most delicate k difficult subjects,out of paper and oth
er materials, with scissors ptsced inker mouth, that she
will remain here until Tncsday, the 18th instant, (Feb-
ruarv ) ...
Admittance, wi1h a correct Profile, taken by Mian
Honeywell, .10 cents. Gallery upon from 9 o’clock A.
M. to 9 P. M.
ICPPmfilea neatly framed.
Feb D.
and in Mr,
by my rrq
$S,4D> 2J
I for whi'
dr. A.:ki
rqu^li
kinsoti*# a ns we
ISAAC R. XVAI.KKR,
jtirronxRY jit t.nr,
H AS opened an office in the town of .Aurarfif
Lumpkin county, flu will practice in all the
Courts of the several counties of the tfb,. r -ken Circuit,
and in th# cnttntfcsof Hall, Habersham and Gwinnett,
of the Western Circuit.
All communication# for liim, directed to Anraria
Lumpkin county, w ill be duly rcceivtd and promptly
altendvd to.
Feb. 9 47—bt
CHEROKEE HOTEL,
liUinpkin Court Rouse,)
l.UMPKt.Y COVMTY, Gtcrgia. f
ffl'tllE Stihasriber lias established himself
■ I ■K~Jr- « nt the a hov- place, the prt-sent situation
lot li-ouiriff the Court for l.umpkin county, 5 miles from
Leather’a ford, and one milo ho n the Upper .Station**
where he ia juepared to jiecommmlato travellers in
ennifortahle style; hiving oU the advantages and con-
venience h**l mgmg ton new nettled conatsy, both fnl
the coinfo’rl of man 2nd beast. The traveller in pur
suit of information can have ready acccsatoall map#,
diagrams, &c. containing a correct and accurate knowl
edge, not only of tho Go/d Region in particular, but of
the Cherokee Country, generally. Lettprs directed to
Lumpkin Court House, are received weekly at tfiia
f dactr. Tho putronngo of the public is respectfully so-
ieitqd, and every effort will hn made tu give entire sat
isfaction to such as may favor him with a calf,
v - - . ' * ; WILLIAM ROGERS.
Feb. "9—47r;l*t|
GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY.
VK7lir-RRA$ Barbara Wynn, William Richardson
♦ ▼ and Matthew J. William# apply for Letters of
Administration on tho F.sintoof Matthew Wynn, lato
of said county, deceased.
These ate therefore to cite and admonish all and tin-
gtiltir the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear nt uiy office within tho time prescribed by
law, to styiw cause, if any they have, why said letters
#ho ihl nol bqgra irrd.
Given under my hand this 1st day of February, 1833.
WM. MALTBIE, c. e. o.
Feb. 9—47 —30d.
GEORGIA, H ABERSH AM COUNTY."
W HEREAS Elizabeth ftranom and James Max
well apply to me for letters of Administrr-
•ion ou the Estate of Minor Brannro, late of laid coun
ty, deceased •
These arc therefore to cite nnd admonish all, and aio-
gulnr ihe # 4i4mltcd and creditors of Said dcr.rasetl to be
ind t,>p^ar at my * fiirp within the tirqe prescribed by
law, to shew rryi4e if any they have, why said lettera
should not he granted.
(jjveii under my hntid this 4fh day of February, 1833.
JOHN H. JONES, Dep.c.c. o.
Feb. -9—47-mittui. -
GEORGIA, FIAU/COUNTY.
W HEREAS J ihn Ga*mnn Applies for letters of
Administration on the Estate of William Whee
ler, sen. late of tlall county, deceased:
These ore therefore to rite and admonish all and ■!#-
gular the kindred and creditor of Haiti tluccaaed, to be
mil appear ut my office, within the time prescribed by •
law, to sh»Av e.t u-511 if any they have, why aaid latter#
should nut he grnutrirl.
Given under my Innd this 6»h day of February, 1833.
GEORGE HAWPE. c. c. o.
Feb. 9-47—30d.
question asknl
_ ie at ale* 5 bat Mr.WltltiMik irnniiln Bank
lyjiich wascharaed lo'the 'discount uerqunt,
ch he p»it in nothing ; njid in an$u ( »r t». th»*
18th question,* he says that Mr. Elli#*'i«ed $1,769 91
with which he stands charged on On-schedule-, atid.for
which ho pot in nothing; and in answer to the 23<l
qiiestion. and 1stjwopoiinded by me,-hes»atr# rliat Mr.
r.llia paid out »>f)* butda of the Bank $25,090 for stock
for whiih he pul in nothing; and in answer to thn 4'h-
question aaktd|> niy/equ#st,b«^bosa that Air,Ellis »»w-
ed a premium nccouqt of $25,000 to-the Bark,for v liich
ho put in nothing; Taking therefore all tbits# different h
sums, it makes tho mudrratb amount of |I57,'«■
I' is ijlh ged 44 that tlie register of the bills issued
it! kept by in*- is.not < orrect, anil onght not •'» h*: re-
h**d . n.’* If nny thing 4-oming from the m tj irity of
thav t’onisnttec enuld have surprised me,* it would hr
lliis »hatuelin>s nud unfounded aaveithm. The suppos
'd diffieuliy of dcitoctjng the falsehood of the Mlutriiient,
indoubt gave them cuifidenee to venture it; but in
his hope, they shall be drianpointed. So far a# fhi-
chatge g-^*s, and i* intended to convey tne • .*•••» that
therein ivbtH* ou tho. Bank of Macon in cijVtilsfion,
signed l»cttw» oft C^sbiei, which have net be* n fuirly
regis’eret^ itis false —and the author, $i9tfi afi otberis
who*ascented to this *h-imeR«s in«ini>ation, I do not
1ie*ntat# lo pro *oimc*t l*s#e and wilful i-sIimiiuniIims —
‘ The o‘ubl|e will b«» sirp'ist-d lo learn tfial the commit
tee, # • far from having a partiilu of. ter tiipoiiv t*» sup
port t*--i* ebsrg*», hnv<- made it in Ihe face of the
str*ingesl rvidenee which enuld ho adduced to prove n
netfuliv<», shoVinff if* fiUl-limd.- It was kuowil lo
Hi* in, that on a former occasion, and in answer tt» thip
same charge, wh*ch then existed only in riunor^ I hr*f
distimily stated, in the public gazettes, iflticre wns a
* ingle hilt nt rireidation, signed nnd issued bv me, tbnt
did e.ol ap|HUif fairly >et..forth on the b*>oksoflhe Bank,
that (.was ready at any moment to redeem 9 imsperie.
At rite same time I requested.that, ibv Rfgistqr might
he ;iildi«tie<l, # rdf-ring to pay l 1 o e»p*»D#e myself, that
very N Mntlder might linvo.au opportunity **f oxainin
234 12, which is hall’enough to pay the bills in rirculs-ling for ihema*4vs*s.. Her# then wra# « ioimIm pointed
lion, but for which it iy not known or bclfeved jjist any (out *»v myself, hy which it could be oetiirately ns ear-
thing wfU !h\obtained. In the nnswerof Mr. Atklnmm I lainerl wfietber there was “nnv hills in etreitfatir.n
to ttic 12th question, he say# that the nmouot of bili# | w-bieb hnd n«»f been registered.** But it was rejf*ct««l
nowlncirculntri»tKnccordinfftoiheb«M>ka,is$325.899 60; (then, by the Managers of the Bank ; and tho Commit,
andmamwertothe 34thq*iest«oii,hft s^itea that the linat tee who have so n c* ntly lu*l that Reffi^ter in their pos-
a mount ofassets, of-every description now in ihe Bank,} | session, with Ihe jv»w-er to eontrd •*, have still r* fused
is 8289,859 82. leaving a deficiency of $36/138 68; to afford »n »h*» pnhlic the opportunity of examining if
lake from this the sum of $25,000 which h* says in it# land iudpirfg for •ham#etv«»’«. '• hey knew well that it
83d answer that Mr. Elba paid out for slock, and which | would pro t e the falsehood of this pnitiil and Iwseinfin
Sj(iw JYotice.
rjnilOMAH G. BARREN k DAVID IRWIN have
Ja entered into CoparinerHhip, and will attend to
any businu^sin their profession within the Cherokro
Circuit, which may beentrlistud tp them. Allcommi *
iu-nti*»ns bill Ik» addressed to Snndfordville, Can#
They will practice under the firm of
BARRON k IRWIN.
Jon. 26 45-21.
RICHARD M. IIOLT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
H AVING located himself in Cherokee County, of
fer# bis professional services in all the Counties
ol’ the Cher k«.C Circuit.
Airy letters of business directed to him at Cherokee
Court House, will meet with prompt attention.
Jsn. 19, 1833—44—.31.
DRAWING POSTPONED.
Union Hotel Property Lottery.
flllir. drawing has been postponed till the first SAT-
B CKDAV in March next, when it will pofitively b«
drawn. • J* B- BATEMAN.
T hoinaston, Jan. 5—12-91. ____
For Sale,
A FIRST RATE CARRIAOF, in p.rfr*t order. Ft
furlhrr information apply .11 hi, office.
Alhen*. Jan, 5- A a—if.
Hook and Job Printing neatly and acenrol’
ly executed at this office.