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SENATE,. „ . Ml
Friday Dec. 13.
EVENING SITTING. ~ ^
^’pjt^rbands (there being also one before
the Representatives tor the same object)
passed. It'directs them to bo sold on sixty
days notice at Gainesville, Madison, Savan
nah, aui epch .otheir places named in the bill,
as are supposed to bo most convenient to the
jvlaccs where they may beat work.^ Oac
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fifth to be paid in hand, and notes to be put
in the Central Bank, Sbr the residue in lour
or five animal payments. The proceeds set
apart as a fund for internal improvement.
The rest of the evening and all the night
sitting ivus devoted to the penal code.
«• Saturday, Dec. 14.
Nothing of importance was done before
going into tiic elections.
hFonday, Dec. 16.
Tho Senaie resumed the considera ion oi
the net to amend the Penal Code, and went
through and passed it with several amend,
inents. a
The bill to incorporate a company for t
Rail Road or Canal from Savannah to Macon,
&C. occupied the atfention of the Satiate the
rest of the forenoon.' The bill was gone
through with. Several amendments were ad
opted after considerable discussion.
EVENING SITTING.
The bill to regulate the sales of land by
’Sheriffs and the duties of Clerks in'the Cher,
ckeo counties was taken up and passed.
'flic bill to repeal the act extending the
time several years for fortunate drawers in
the older land lotteries to take out their grants
and fixing the la-est period for so doing to
the 1st of October next, was laid on the table
for the balance of the session, yeas 43
nays 20.
A ’Bill was passed amending the militia
law of the State.
A bill for the rcliof of the citizens of ori
ginally Cherukeo county, so as to authorize
the pnvment of taxes to the collectors o£thc
several counties, into which it is now divided.
To improve the navigation of the Great
Ogeechce river.
^ar- 1 to invest the Inferior courts of the
State with power to incorporate county Acad
emies. •«) •
■ Tuesday, Dec. 17.
> After the transaction of some business of
a private or local nature*, the Senate took up
the bill frhm'thc house to incorporate the Un
ion Rail Ruud company (from Augusta into
the interior,) and continued on it till ac^oum-
incnt.
e present policy of the department is to j
. launch no more vessels of the same size
s **. with those in ordinary, till the latter ore worn
Secretary of j out. But it is proposed to build, from time
to time, and protect on the stocks till wanted,
d of some of their improvements which had
been made, and on such routes as would be
least- injurious to the public’, and least preju
dicial to tne revenues of the department.
Reductions have been made, to take effect
Condensed from the Rcjiort oj
War.
The Secretary statesrthat the general af- such new vessels as Congress tnay authorize on the lstof January next,tothe annual amouut
fairs of the army, under the present system, I to be constructed ; because, in that condition, I of two hundred and seventy-four thousand two
are in a condition 1 equally creditable to the their timber will improve rather thim' decay, hundred and sixty three dollars,
army and satisfactory to tl»e government.— aud the expense of taking care of them will After the reductions shall take effect, the
Tho beneficial effects of the operation of the be trifling compared with that of -vessels in j annual transportation of the moil will betweu-
det passed at the lust session ofiCongress for ordinary. ' j tv-five million five hundred-and twenty-seven
improving the condition of the am\y, ara al- The cost of repairs of all public vessels j tnousand nine hundred and filly-seven miles
ready l’olt, and still greater advantages are I the past year has been $580,000. During
anticipated. The net (or the better defence the past ten years the repairs hav« lieen on
of the frontiers by raising a regiment of dra- an average, about $500,000 annually,
goons, is in process ofcxecution. About six . The whole estimates made the past year,
hundred men have been enlisted and organ- j for the general wants of whut is technicMU
ized; five companies of whom will be sta-
tinned at Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas, du
ring the winter. Tho remainder of the regi-
meet will be concentrated at Jefferson bar-
racks during the winter: and it is intended
in the spring to order the whole to proceed
through the extensive Indian regions between
the western boundaries of the Missouri . and
Arkansas, and the Rocky Mountains. The
Secretary remarks that the composition of this
The following is the address of the Vice President
upon taking the Chair as President of the Senate of
the United States:
Senatoes : In. entering upon the duties of
considered the navy, were only $.3,176,766. Uho station to which I have been called by the
Those for the year previous were $3,227,383. j people,, deference to yon, and justice to my-
Those for the present year are $3,262,224.
But it is to be remembered that, under the
head of naval expenditures, besides what is ]
paid from the amouut voted on the annual n
val- estimates, it is customary to class whut
is paid from half a million appropriated fur ]
a term of years to gradual improvement; al
most $200,000 for the marine corps; the
self require, that I should forestnl expecta
tions which might otherwise be disappointed.
Although for many years heretofore a mem-
her of the Seuate, I reget that I should not
,ive acquired that knowledge of the purlieu-
i -.r order of its proceedings, which might na
turally be expected. Unfortunately for me,
ui respect to my present condition, I ever
regiment is good, and 'he anticipates that it j payments from tho navy pension, hospttal,and found those at hand, who had more correctly
will render much service to the country.
Tho interposition of Congress for the im-
provemenfof the medical corps is asked.
The act organizing the Subsistence De
partment expires by its own limitation on'the
2d of March neit. This department was es
tablished in 1818 as an experiment. It has
fully answered its design, and the Secretary
recommends that the- present arrangement
should be rendered permanent.'
Favorable mention is made, upon the au
thority of the Roard of Visiters, of th'c present
condition'of the Military Academy at West
Point.
The project for the establishment of a fund
lor the support of invalid officers, by taking a
moderate and stated sum from the pay* of
privateer pension funds, and several miscel-!
lancous sums voted by Congress on motions,
j resolutions, and petitions ; aud part of which
sums, though charged under this head, have
little or no concern with our navul estabiisli-
appreciated this important branch of their du-
ties, and on whose opinions as to points of or
der I could at all times safely rely. This
reinissness will doubtless, for a season, cause
me no small degree of embarrassment. So
inent. On the contrary, some of tho expen- far, however, as unremitted exertions on my
ses connected with the administration of this part, and a proper respect for the advice of
department, at this place, are .included in the thoss who are better informed than mySelf
general appropriation bills for the support ofI can avail, this deficiency will be remedied us
gove.-jment, and are not usually classed un- ] speedily as possible, and I feel persuaded,
der the head of naval expenditures.
In disbursing between three and four mill
ions the past year, it is not known that a sin-
;le instance of any loss bus occurred.
The balances on haud, unexpended. qre
about $1,400,006 ;• but most of them will
probably be wanted to close the different ac-
.each officer, has occupied the attention of tho counts, on all the different subjects when ii-
nrmy. Legislative provision is deemed ne- j naily adjusted.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, Dec. 16.
The prominent business of the forenoon
silting was the passage of a bill by a consti
tutional majority for so altering the constitu
tion as to authorize provision to be made by
law for changing the venae in the trial of
criminal causes,, whenever justice may re
quire it.
The rest of the forenoon was principally
taken up in divorce and other private bills,
und ip discussing the. resolution for electing
the Judge aud Solicitor for the new Circuit.
The House passed .the bill to compel Jud.
gc3 of the Superior Courts, and Solicitors
General, to reside within their respective Cir
cuits, or to remove thither within three months
from their election, or their offices to he dc-
clarcd vacant... ,•
^ EVENING SITTING.
The House at its evening sitting was prin
cipally engaged on tlic bill to appropriate
JjdoMOQ to! assist in the foundation of the
Medical Institute of Georgia. The vote on
filling the blank with that -amount was yeas
$3, nays 64. On the passage of the biH,
yeas 85, nays 65. A question was made,
whether it was not a donation, and therefore
required by the constitution, a majority of
two-thirds tor the passage ; but tho Speaker
(Bates being then in tho chair,) decided that
it was not so within the meaning of the con
stitution. The bill as it passed the house al
so provides for the appropriation (with the
concurrence of the Augusta City authorities)
of certain lots there, to the same purpose
The House also, passed a bill to form a
new county from Marion and Houston, to be
called “ Starke.” • • ’ i
Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Mr. Hardeman moved to reconsider the
vote of yesterday, extending the' charier of
ihc Darien Bank. Objected by Mr.Burns, that
thi3 hill had been once already reconsidered.
Mr. Hardeman, answered that the former re
consideration was of thc / vote to lay the bill
on the table find not the passage of the bill
The speaker decided the motion to bo in or-
dor. The motion was then argued by Mes
srs. Hardeman, Clayton, Alford, Williamson,
and Cooper, for, and Messrs. Dunham, and
King of McIntosh, against it, and carried for
reconsidering. .
Mr. iBiirits, moved to reconsider the bill
passed yesterday, granting funds to the Geor
gia Medical Institute, lost, yeas 49, nays 96.
A resolution was laid on the table in sub.
stitutioii of the former resolution for that pur-
pose, since withdrawn, for an investigation of
the affairs of the Darien Bank.
The House took up the bill to pay the del-
egates and defray the,expenses of the rrtduc
tion convention of last May. Mr. Alford, moved
to lay it* on' the table for the rest of the ses
sion. On this motion which was lost, and"
on the subsequent stages of tho bill, an ani
mated discussion arose between Messrs.
Stark, Glascock, Davis qf Glynn, Sayre, Cur-
ry, Cooper, Harris of Walton, T Juil, Alford,
Stanford and Meriwether, and curried, yeas
102,'ipvs 34.
The House passed the bill, yeas 79, nays
62, to loan for three voexs to the Brunswick
rail road company, $23,000.
The bill to repeal the annual appropriation
of $6,009 to the University, was passed, yeas
70,V#! to* A ■
In the evening tho election „of Judge and
Solicitor of the ne-.v circuit took place.
I Ub f ‘' ; ■'
cessary to give effect to the measure, and is
recommended in tins report. A similar re
commendation is made with reference to the
rank and file of the army. Besides - the d
duction of a small sum from the pay of each
soldier for this purpose, the following auxiii
ary sources of revenue for this sum are de
signated, viz : 1. fines assessed by courts
martial; 2. the pay due to soldiers dying
without heirs; 3. a proportion of the port
fund, which is principally derived from a tax
on suttlcrs.
The experience of every year, the Secre.
tary states, adds to the conviction that the
sooner the Indians now east of the Mississippi
migrate to the region west of that river, the
sooner they will be placed in a condition
where they may physically and morally im-
prove. In accordance with this, the settled
policy of the government, measures aro in
successful operation for the removal of the
Seminolcs from Florida, the Chickusaws, the
Choctaws from Alabama. Negotiations for
POS T OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Condensed from the Report of the Post Master
General.
When, in 1S29, the (unctions of this d.w
pariment devolved on the present incumbent,
the annual transportation of the mail anioun-
ted to 13,000,000 miles. There was a nom
inal surplus of upwards of $230,000, hut a
real surplus of only $166,600 31.
The annual transportation of the nidi was,
on the 1st July, 1833, twenty-six millions
eight hundred and fifty-i’our thousand four
hundred and eighty-five miles.
The annual amount of the transportation
th.itthe Senate, in the meantime, will extend
to me a considerable indulgence.
But however wanting I may be for the
time, in a thorough knowledge of the techni
eal duties of the Chair, I entertain, I humbly
hope, a deep and solemn cdnvictiou of its high
uiorul obligations. I am well aware, that he
who occupies it, is bouad to cherish towards
the members of the body over which he pre
sides, no other feelings than those of justice
and courtesy—to regard them all as standing
upon an honorable equality—to apply the
rules established by themselves for their
own government, with that impartiality, and
to use whatever authority he possesses, in the
manner best calculated to protect the rights,
to respect die feelings, and to guard the repu
tatious of all who may be affected by its excr
cisc.
It is no disparagement to any other branch
of the Govoru inent to say, that there is uone
in which the Constitution devolves such ex
tensive powers o$ it does upou the Senate.—
There is scarcely an exercise of Constitution
any very charitable judgement pronounced
upon their motives!
Under these circumstances, gentlemen,
sincerely distrustful of my abilities, both in
their character and extent, I come again at
your bidding, to this high office. All that I
dare hope or promise, will be, to proceed in
the path marked out, and in the spirit of the
principles which I laid down for.my govern,
ment when I first came to this Chair. It shall
be ray constant and ardent desire, to discharge,
my duty, with all the ability and address in
my power; with the temper and moderation,
due to the station and. the House, and at least
with a zeal and fidelity, of intention, which
shall bear me up under-every embarrassment
and difficulty, and entitle me to the' approba
tion of the just and liberal portion of uijf coun
try. But all my efforts must prove unavail
ing, withoutthat liberal and cordial co-opera-
tion which the House havq heretofore so
kindly extended to the Chair. How much
will depend upon yourselves, Gentlemeir, in-
dividually, and collectively,.in preserving the
permanent laws and rules of the House, and
giving dignity and character to its proceed
lugs, it is uot necessary that I should attempt
to impress oh you; nor is it needful, I km sure,
that I should admonish you of the magnitude
of your trust, or the manner in which it ought
to be discharged! ‘ But this l will take occa
sion to say, that if it be true that this House
is justly to be regarded as the great bulwark
ol liberty and order; if here, in this ex.
alted refuge, the people are to look for the se
curity and safety of their free institutions, and
to repose with unlimited confidence and affec.
tion, how important, how deeply important is
it, that we prove ourselves worthy of the trust
aud act as becomes the Representatives of a
free and enlightened nation.
Yes, gentlemen, animated by a virtuous and
patriotic zeal, let all our proceedings, I pray
■you, be marked with forbearance, moderation
and dignity
of the mail in sages and sle«mbo.Us, on the i al aotho(jtJr in which dtre3 not meaiately or
»“ ? 18 -?' was “ r ? V a immediately parlici|iale: il forms unimportant
dred and seven thousaud eight hundred and 1 r
eighteen miles.
The annual amount of the transportation of I
the mail in stages and steam boats, on the
1st of July, 1833, was eighteea million three
thousand five
hundred and tweaty-two thousand five huu<
the emigration of the Creeks from Alabama’ I dred and seventy-six miles,
stili continue. The Sacs and Foxes aud Win-1 The expense of transporting the mail for
and, in some respects, un indispensable part
of each of the three great departments, Exe.
cutive, Legislative, aud Judicial; and
moreover, the body in which is mpde effectu
ui that share of power in the Federal organ
izutiou so wisely allowed to the respective
State Sovereignties.
nebaioes have quietly removed to the regions I th« year ending 30th June, 1829, was oue I T**!! au => ust P° wcr3 > so
ss :cd them. Will, the caption ofa few million one Im..dred m,d fiftyrthreo thousand ' JLfl .“ / , “
it,...., comprising tettljn Sw thousand in- j m* lm“drcd andibrty-six dollars tweuly-onc I ScJalois re^-S'hj tho'pcopic
and east of'ffiT^UsSpiuncluffing the The expense of transporting the mail for > °* tho Luited States ’ 518 one ot ’ the *** fea *
states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and a part | the year ending 30th June, 1833, was, one
of Michigan
embarrassments
(tons. The Cherokecs occupying portions of I cents.
land in Georgia, .Alabama, North Carolina The gross amount of postages, constituting
and Tennessee, and probably uot exceeding I foe revenues ot the department, was, for the
eleven thousand persons, are the only Indi- J year ending 30th June, 1329, one million sc
ans south of the Ohio and cast of the Missis-1 veu hundred and seven thousand four hundred
sippi, with whom an arrangement has' not I and eighteen dollars forty-twd cents,
been made cither for emigration or a change I The gross amount of postages for the j r ear
of their political relations. J ending 30th June, 1833, was two million six
[ tures, in what they at least consider to be.
'^rrvTLIS'cr.Lrld'Tf
lte OO aito-M of Iodion rcla. si* tamdred aod eigtay-eijM dollars eight T ‘" 7 J" fe " C “‘ 7, 7'
■u uu 1UUHUI a J a a n may long continue to be so regarded, aud ui
gardod
a conviction of the importance of order, pro
priety, and regularity ia ite proceedings, we
inilst all concur, it shall be an object of my
highest ambition, Senators, to joia with you.
as far as in me hes, in effecting those desira
ble objects, and in endeavoring to realize tho
expectation formed of this body, at the adop
- . . a . . ... . . i l , ,1 j • . .l ac. u. , I tion of the Constitution, and ever since con-
The commissioncrs watt of Iho Mis.ss.pp. hoadrod aad mMm thousaud live hundred fiden|| chcrisbe(| 1|)al * wou | d av . reise th<!
■e engaged in tho eiccutioo ofthc d„t„« 1 and duny-e.ght dollars twenty.seven coats. . j- , „
let us diligently and steadfastly
pursue those measures, and those only, which
arc best calculated to advance the happiness I lowing resolution, which was
and glory of our beloved country, and ren- adopted:
and to appoint Committees to co-operate \rja
the Central Committee, in accomplishing ^
objects contemplated in foe foregoing p° Ca ^
ble and resolutions.
Whereas* the names of several distingu^
ed'citizens of tho United States have bea,
canvassed before the public'as sidtable cj^
dates for the Presideacy, and, whereas,
conflicting pretensions should be reconcjj
in order to provent this important elec^T
from devolving on the House of Represent
tivc3 of the United States, an event gre^
to be deprecated by foe Republican Party v
the Union Therefore, resolved, That wel
recommend the Democratic Republican
tv of the several States to send delegates t,
a general convention, to be held at a suit^
time and plaCc, to put in nomiuation a cant
date.
Resolved further, That while we shot*
be proud to see a distinguished citizen
Georgia selected for this important station
our State pride shall interpose no ifcpedim^
to a choice which shall be made by a na.
jority oi the republican party throughout d*
United States.
The following gentlemen were appoints
by the Chair to compose the Central Co*
mittee: • -
William A. Tennille, Thomas Hayn^
William W. Carnes, Dr. Tomiinson For,
John A. Cuthbert, Augustus H. Kenan, Gear;-
W. Murray, Rhadom A. Greene, Benjai^
Jourdan, Benjamin F. Harris of Hancock,
John L.‘ Swincey, Thomas Moughon, D,.
David A. Reese, Charles J. M’Donali
Samuel A. Beall, Robt. Bledsoe and Mor^*
Brown.
The following gentlemen were then noa
nated by the meeting as Candidates for t!»
-next Congress, to wit:
James M. Wayne, William Schley, Alfred
Cuthbert, George W. Owens, James C. Ter.
rel, Charles E. Haynes, John Coffee, Geor*
W. B. Towns, and John W. A. Sanford. *
Augustus II. Kenan, Esq. offered the lb!.
unanimm!)
der that Union, which our fathers establish-
ed for the protection of our liberties, imper-
ishable and immortal. '
4i$(Uuai;
connected with our Indian. relations in that
quarter.
There have bden presented for allowance
under the pension act of June 7th, 1832, thir
ty thousand six hundred claims. The whole
of these have been examined, and either ad-
The incidental expenses of the department
for toe year ending 30th June 1829, amounted
to sixty-nine thousand two hundred and forty-
i nine dollars eight cents.
The incidental expenses of the department
for the year ending 30th June, 1833, amoun-, I
most efficient influence in upholding the Fed-
oral system, and in perpetuating what is at
once tiie foundation and the safeguard of our
country’s welfare—the union of the States.
Mr. Stevenson, on assuming tho Speaker’s Choir
of the House of Representatives, addressed that body
as follows:
Gentlemen :—This is the fourth time that
tnitted, rejected, or returned to the parties for I fed to eighty-seven thousand seven hundred
supplementary action. Twenty-three thou- land one dollars sixty, one cents.
sand four hundred and tilirtycight certificates The number of post offices in the United ,. ,
have been issoeil, eleven hundred and eleven Stale, on the 1st of -July, 1829, was eight 3““ hove been pleased to cull me to tins high
claims have been rejected, three hundred re. thousand and feur. «® c «- F » r * b “ nevv J* Jtsti^nmhod mark
turned cases arc in the office awaiting or un- On the 1st of July, 1833, the-number of - our conddence and i,u ° r » * P ra y y° u to
dergoing’ re-examination, thirteen hundred post offices in thq United States was ten thou-1 ucce P l my warm an groteful acknowledge-
aad fifty-one, which are incomplete in their sand one hundred and twenty-seven. I ments; and whilst it will be deeply valued
proofs, are suspended till these arc furnished, ' The increase of the annual transportation
and four thousand four hundred and tweutv- of the mail within the four years ending the
five aro in tho hands of the 'parties for uddi- 30th June, 1833, is thirteen million one hun-
tional evidence or authentication, or m transitu dred and fifty-four thousand four hundred and
between them aiid the office. I eighty-five miles, nearly equal to foe whole
p vrm I amount of transportation, in 1829.
NAVY DEPARTMENT. | The increase of the annual amount of pos
Condensed from the Report rfthe Secretary of the tages within the sane period, is nine hundred
Navy. and uinn thousand one hundred and nineteen
By the report it appears that th6 whole ex- dollars pnd eighty.five cents, and the whole
penses the past year, tor all persons situated amount is more than double of what it was in
at tho Beat of Government, connected with 1826.
the naval department, has been about $48,000. The average expense of transporting the
There are connected with the naval establish- mail ia 1829, was eight cents and four-temhs
meat about one thousand officers, including j of a cent , per mile,
those under warrants as well as commissions.
Tho whole annual expenses for tljeir main
tenance is estimated at $95,000, or an aver
age of $859 00 for each officer. Tho num
ber of seamen in the navy, including all the
different grades, docs not Vary much from
five thousand; atTd tlic anuualexpenses of
their pay, rations and enlistment, are not far
from $1,130,000, or an average of about $226
for each seaman. The whole expenses of
the marine corps, independent of the erection
ot barracks and officers’ quarters, arc yearly
about 8180,000. , **
Respecting the employment and condition
of our public vessels', the Secretary states :
there arc in commission dine ship ofthe line,
four frigates, eleven sloops, and seven schoon
ers, distributed on four foreign stations. All
these squadrons have.been actively employed,
and obr commerce in all quarters of the globe
was probably never known to be more free
from menaces, danger or actual violence.
and cherished by me as the best, reward tor
any past service that I may have rendered,
it shall inspire mo, with a zeal so to conduct
myself, as to justify in some measure the
choice of my friends, and merit the contin.
ued approbation of my country. Would to
Gqd, tout I was better qualified, to fulfil the
arduous duties of this chair, in a manner suit-
able to its dignity and importance, ray own
wishes end honor, and the just expectations,
of the House. There are few stations, gen
tlemen, under our Government, either in re
lation to their elevation, or the nature, and ex
tent of their duties, more laborious ox respon
sible, than that of Speaker of this House:
Tlio average eipeeso of transporting ,l,o l>w'*" b| yh™-f P™ 11 *
» . 4 ° I n .».» .u<»Amr nf /hip rnnnlnv wnAti tiin ilntinc
mail in 1833, is seven cents and fifty.seven
hundredths of a cent per mile; making a dif.
ferencc in the rate per mile, of eighty-three-
hundredths of a cent, equal, for the whole ser-
vice, to two hundred and twenty-two thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars
and twenty-two cents per year less, in pro
portion to the service performed, than tho ex
pense of transportation in 1829, besides a
great increase in expedition between the prin
cipal'commercial cities, and a much greater
proportion of the whole performed in stages.
The department was indebted on the first
of July, 1833, beyond the amount of availa
ble balances due to it, in tho sum of one hun
dred and ninety-five thousand two hundred
and eight .dollars forty cents.
The discovery of the excess of expendi
tures beyond its revenues at once showed the
necessity of retrenchment. The only prac
ticable means of doing this was the withdraw-
past history of our country, when toe duties
of toe Chuir were more important, ox calcu
lated to impose higher responsibilities, than
at the present moment; enhanced as they ne
cessarily must be, by the enlarged number of
the House, by the increased mass of its ordi
nary business ; and by those interesting and
important subjects, which will, no doubt, be
presented for consideration, and, probably
rive rise to deep political excitement 1
For the last six yeare, my experience in
this Chair, has taught me, not only to know
and feel its responsibilities and trials, but to
know likewise how difficult and indeed # im
possible it is, in an oflicc like this, whose du
ties must often bo discharged amidst the
warmth of party feeling; for auy man who
ever he may be, to free himself from cen
sure or give unqualified satisfaction ; and cs
pccially^ in times like these, when tho acts of
public men, arc pot passed lightly over, nor
From the Federal Union.
GREAT UNION MEETING.
Agreeably to previous notibe, a large r.um.
ber of gentlemen, from various parts of the
Stute, attached to the Union Democratic Re.
publican party, convened in Milledgcviile, on
Monday, the 16th inst. On motion of Gen.
Glascock; Major Jacob Wood, of the coun
ty of M’lutosh, was called to the chair, and
Wilkins Hunt, Esq. of Monroe county, ap.
pointed Secretary. After the meeting was
called to order, Gen. Thomas Glascock, from
the committee at a preliminary' meeting, re-
ported the following preamble and resolutions.
Whereas, from recent developments, it b
manifest, that a determined and organized ef
fort is making, in this State, to establish po
litical doctrines which, if successful, must re
sult in the destruction of those republican in
stitutions which have so far effectually guar
ded us against‘foreign aggression, whilst they
’have, at the same time, protected each citizen
in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pur.
suit of happiness. The government of the
United States has been in successful opera
tion for more than forty-five years, and has
commanded the respect and admiration oT
the world, while its own citizens have enjoy
ed blessings, both religious and political, un
paralleled in the history of^nutLons. These
considerations, it would seem, should rivet the
affections of every patriot upon it, and urge
him,.at every sacrifice of personal .ambition
and individual interest, to direct all his ef
forts to its perpetuation. This; however, is
not the case. A spirit of discontent, wheth :
er originating in good or evil intention is not
pretended, is exhibiting itself, in various parts
of the country, calculated to place in jeopardy
our political institutions, and consequently
the peubc and prosperity of the people. As
suming to be the exclusive champions of
State Rights, afraid of the open avowal of
their principles and opinions and of appropri
ating to themselves their true names; the ad
vocates of nullification are making a syste.
matic effort to fix that odious doctrine upon
our people. While they have been cautious
enough 1o apply to foe opponents of their he
resy the title of the federal party, they are
acting upon foe principles and doctrines of
the Hartford Convention federalists, whose
machinations in the hour of their country’s
greatest peril,'had well nigh produced a dis.
membcrmeiit of this Union. To giife cur.
rcncy to their doctrihcs,-they have organized
societies throughout the State, necessarily
tending to the excitement of all those angry
feelings which have so long annoyed the
peace of fob community. Similar societies
have, been the cause ot great and irremedi
able troubles in a sister State, and..have pro
duced there that dreadful condition of things
which is driving the population of that State
from their.ancient homes, to seek for quiet in
the West. ' No alternative is left blit either
to yield a ready acquiescence to these mea.
sures, arid to submit to their certain and dis
ostrons consequences, or to meet them with
the firmness necessary to their effectual re
sistonce.
.'Therefore, resolved, That a Committee of
seventeen persons he appointed by the Chair-
man-of this meeting, to be styled the Cen
tral Committee of the Union Democratic Rc
publican Party of Georgia* to receive such
communications as may bo made to them by
the meetings ofthe citizens .of (he various
counties of this State, in primary assemblies;
or from such associations us may be form
Resolved, That we unanimously recce M
mend to the people of Georgia, our discm *
guished fellow citizen, WILLIAM CCU.§;
MING, for the next Executive of the Slate.
On motion,
Resolved, That the thanks of the mee:.
ing be presented to the chairman and Secre
tary, and that the proceedings of the same be
signed by them and published.
JACOB WOOD, Chairman.
Wilkins, Hunt, Sec'ry.
From the American Rail Road Journal.
A Comparison of the Expense of Transpc.
trig 5000 Tons of Coal, 100 miles lyk M
comotive Engines, and by Canal Bodi, i
deduced from actual work performed a
the Little Schuylkill Railroad, and on Ik |
Lehigh and Delaware Canals.
It is proper to premise that' a loeomo. j
live engine has for a considerable time dura: !■
the past summer made three trips a day, with
forty four tons of coal at each load ; thus
transporting one hundred and thirty-two tow
per day, from Tamaq.ua to Port Clintw.
The usual business is however ninety-sis
tons for one engine ; this is done with ease
in short days, and could very conveniently b<
increased, if the daily distance to be pas$e<! ,
was greater.
It is proposed in the following estimate to
allow for the work of the engine, one hundred
tons a day for twenty miles, or twenty tons
day transported one hundred miles, for two
hundred and fifty days.
capital emploved.
Cost of engine and tender, - $5,000 00
One-fifth additional is estimated, 1,000 00
Sixteen coal wagons at $100 each, 1,000 OO
One-fifth extra, ... 320 (K)
cd or organized in saidcountics ; and that said
Committee cause to be published, aud circula
ted the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
and Mr.Madison’s late exposition of the same
Resolved, That the friends of the Union, of
the several counties of this State, be earnest
hr recommended to hold county meetings
u
annual expense.
Interest at 6 per cent.,
Repairs at 10 per cent.,
Depreciation 5 per cent.,
One engineer at $2, -
One fireman at $1,
Two Brcakmen,
Oil, 375 gallons at 81,121-2,
$7,9201
$475 Oft
792 0i)
396 00
500 00
250 00
450 00
422 0)
Two cords pine wood per day at $2, 1,000 00
20 mult, by 250=5'000) $4,285 20
, * '$87 0?
Or 87 7-10 cts. nearly per ton, for'100 miles*
The following estimate of the expense oj
transporting 5000 tons on the Lehigh and
Delaware Canals is deduced from state
ments furnished by boatmen, of the work ac
tually done bv (hem. This it may be obser* .
ved, can be increased but little without run
ning in the night. The boatmen say that
they could gain nothing by a relieve of ho.-
ses, the locks are so frequent tfiat the horse
rests and feeds sufficiently. •
It is further to be remarked, that the r»,
road wagons are loaded in or at the mouth*
the mine from whence foe coal is carried to
the depot, and that as the boat cannot t>:
brought to the mine, the expense of transpor
ting- the coal from the mine to the boat an
-unloading it into the boat is an additional cx* ,
pense incidental to the canal, and the waste
of coal by this operation is also in a ‘ ,on ’ *
for these items not being precise data, 8 pc
ton are allowed. The labor of unloading the
coal from the boat at the wharl is aiso grea
or than that of onlo^'W
and a part thus handled must bo shovelled *
.ho screen, which » not reared when tho
coni is unloaded from tvajons, lor this labor.
$10 per ton are estimated. .
Estimate.—-Jt is ascertained from expert*
once that two good horses, withA men and-
bovs, will haul 100 tons of coal ip two boa*
100 miles on the Lehigh and Delaware Ca
nals, and return in 12 days ; henca24 hoi^s
with 48 men and.24 boys take 100 tonsui
boats 100 miles in 1 day and return.
To transport the same Quantity '-0 mr-« «