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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Milledgevillb, Nov. 21st, 1812.
In the House of Representatives. r l he
House refused to reconsider the journal of
Saturday so far as relates to the rejection of
the bill regulating 1 the general elections of
this state, and appointing the time of the
meet in*’ of the general assembly, by a voteol
83 vens to 8-1 nays. This bill was intro
duced by Mr. Campbell, of Marion, and not
Mr. Echols, of Oglethorpe, as 1 informed
yon, who so nblv advocated it.
Bills introduced. By Mr. McGahagan:
To amend the act of December, 1841, giv
ing all persons employed on steamboats and
other water crafts on the Chattahoochee,
Ahamaha and Oemulgee rivers, a lien on
smd steam boats or other water crafts for
bis, her or their wages, and for wood and
provisions furnished, &c. so as to include
Savannah river in its provisions.
By Mr. llurdage : To appropriate money
for the political year 1843.
By Mr. Buffington : To alter and change
the judiciary act of 1799, in relation to the
stay of executions, and for other purposes,
By Mr. Bulloch: To repeal an act, as
sented to, I3ilt December, 1941, to direct
the Central Bank of Georgia to pay the in
terest on the public debt.
By Mr. Guerry: to amend an act passed
22d December, 1834, giving masons and
carpenters an incmnbiance for debts due on
account of work and materials furnished in
building or repairing houses,on such houses
mid the premises to which they may be at
tached.
By Mr. Wellborn : To niter and amend
the laws of tfiis slate relative to granting li
censes to, and assessing taxes upon pedlers
aud other itinerant traders in this state.
By Mr. Cohen : To amend an act to reg
ulate the granting of ceriioraris and injunc
tions iu this state, passed lGth December,
1S11.
By Mr. Lcsueur: To regulate the justi
ces’ courts in relation to setts oil.
lit Seriate, 21st Nov. Bills passed : To
change and fix the times of holding the su
perior courts of the south w stern circuit,
and to authorize the judge io draw two
putinels of grand and petit jurors for Ran
dolph county.
To alter and amend an act incorporating
the .bank of Brunswick, with banking privi
leges, to be located at Brunswick, and also
to authorize the removal of said bank.
The Governor sent in his message to the
senate, pursuant to a resolution of that body,
requesting Him to communicate as early ns
practicable, the liabilities of the state present
and future, on state bonds, scrip or other
wise, the rate of interest payable on said li
abilities, and when to be paid.
The senate was engaged much of its
time to-day in matters of local or unimpor
tant business, such as reports on hills and
the application ol the various state house
officers for additional clerks.
Milledgeville, Nov. 23d, 1S42.
The legislature have been busily engaged
in introducing new matter, anti passing
bills. .Mr. Jonrdan, of Jasper, has intro
duced a bill tilts morning to alter the 3d
T* 1 '*'*" 1 . 1 , ' i.urfjihs Jm .urtirto.of the
constitution, winch is ordered to be pflnueu;*
and will gtye von its features.-
1 send-you Gov. McDonald*^ message to
the Senate.
To-morrow I shall give y.nn the proceed
ings tip to the hour of twelve.
and duties of such receivers, and to provide
for the punishment of the officers of such
banks or hanking institutions, aud others
who may be guilty of a violation of the pro
visions of this act, aud to vacate their char
ters.
Air. Reynolds reported a bill to compel
parties iu cases of usury iu any of the courts
of justice in this stale, to make discovery in
a summary way on oath, without the ex
pense for filing a bill for discovery.
On motion ol Mr. Briers, the President
appointed the following committee, Messrs.
Briers, McAfee, Story, Arnold, arid Reid, to
exnmiue minutely into the actings and do
mgs of the Commissioners of the Western
and Atlantic Rail Road, and report imme
diately to the legislature.
Mr. Stapleton, from the committee having
ihe petition of sundry citizens of Franklin
county, praying to be added to Madison
county, reported unfavorably.
The special order of the day was taken
up, to wit: the bill from the House of Rep
resentatives enlarging the powers of the
judges of the superior courts of this state:
and passed it, yens 72, nays 10.
The other special order, the bill more ef
fectually to secure the solvency of banks
and other incorporated companies, and to
prevent the same from slicing in the name
of any other person, was recommitted to a
committee of the whole.
The bill to alter and amend the 1st sec
tion of the 3d article of the constitution of
this state was passed, yeas-56, nays 27.
The bill to alter and amend the act rela
tive to usurious contracts, passed December,
1822, was rejected, yeas 12, nays 71.
The bill to perfect titles to lands sold at
sheriff’s sale in certain cases, and to define
how the proceeds of such sales shall be ap
plied.
The hill to amend aud explain the 1st
section of an act, passed in 1826, to amend
an act to enable feme coverts to convey their
estates.
The bill to provide for the appointment
ol masters in equity iu certain counties
therein named, was passed —yeas 64, nays 13.
Iu Senate, Nov. 26. The hilt to increase
the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, &c.
was reconsidered. ,
Mr. Miller laid on the table a resolution
proposing the following amendment to the
constitution of the United States:
u Congress sliali regulate the currency so
as to ensure a circulating medium, ns near
ly as possible of equal and uniform value
throughout the United States, and always
exchangeable on demand for gold or silver.”
The bill to wind up and settle the affairs
of such banking institutions os fail, neglect
or refuse to redeem their liabilities in specie,
(excepting the Central Bank) &c. is made
the special order for Tuesday next
The reconsidered bill further to prevent
assignments or transfers of property to the
injury of creditors, after several amendments
being made thereto, was rejected by yeas
29, nays 44.
In the House of Representatives, Novcm
her 24. Mr. Green, from the Committee o
Enrolment, reported us duly enrolled, an
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1842.
Comity Temperance Meeting.
The citizens of Clark county are respectfully' in
formed that a Temperance Meeting will be held
in the Methodist Church iu Athens, on Saturday
the lOih inst. at It o’clock A. M. on which occa
sion several addresses may be expected. A gener
al attcndence of both ladies ’and gentlemen is earn
estly desired.
Free discussion is invited, and any person will
be listened to who desires to address the meeting
on either side.
Executive Department, )
Milledgeville, Nov. 21, 1842, ^
I have the honor to state to the Senate in
reply to their resolution requesting me to
communicate to that Branch of the General
Assembly as early as practicable, the liat.il
ities of the State, present and future, on
State Bonds, Scrip or otherwise, the rate of
interest payable on said liabilities, and
where to be paid—-that the means at my
command do uot enable me to furnish in
formation known to be accurate. 1 have
uot been able to ascertain from the records
of this Department, the number and amount
of bonds tiiat were issued prior to my com
ing into office. From the Report of the
President of the Board of Commissioners
made to the Legislature in November last,
it will be seen that State sterling bonds to
•he amount of one hundred and eighty-five
thousand five hundred pounds sterling have
been disposed of by sale and hypothecation.
Of these, one hundred and twenty-five bonds
of five hundred pounds each, amounting, in
the aggregate, to sixty-two thousand five
hundred pounds sterling, were sold, for
which three hundred and four thousand
eight hundred and fifty two dollars were ob
tained ; two hundred and six bonds of the
same denomination, amounting to one hun
dred and three thousand pounds sterling,
have been hypothecated to Reid, Irving &.
Company, on which the sum of four Inin
dred and forty thousand dollars has been
advanced ; aud sterling bonds to the amount
of twenty thousand pounds were pledged to
the Georgia Rail Road &, Banking Company
for advances. These last Imve been re-
"■"■gfcj**; 1 f. slit*
act to enlarge the powers of the Judges of
the Superior Courts of this State, and for
other purposes, which was duly signed;—
'Phis bill gives the Judges • lie power of ap
pointing Sheriffs and Clerks of the Superior
Courts where there are vacancies. The
Sheriffs to hold their offices during the ses
sion, and the Clerks four davs thereafter.
BILLS PASSED.
To provide the method of collecting re
wards which may be offered for the appre
hension of runaway slaves, who may here
after he lodged in any of the jails of this
State,
To exempt free white male persons, of
sixty yeais of age and upwards, from poll
tax.
The election of a United States Senator is
fixed for Wednesday next at 11 A. M.—
The House then adjourned to meet at 3
P. M.
The evening session was. devoted ,tO*,the
reading of their own bills a second.-lime,
and b;” of Senate the first time.
November 25. The morning session
was taken tip in the reconsideration of sun
dry resolutions, the introduction of bills of
a local character, and ihe election of a Slate
Priuler, which resulted as follows :
1st. 2nd.
New tVorld Extras.
Sin r e our last acknowledgment, we have re
ceived from the publisher of the New World, “ Pau
line, a Tale of Normandy, by Alexandre Dumas
and “Franklin Evans, or the Inebriate,” an Amer
ican Temperance Tple, by Walter Whitman.
The same office will issue, about the 20th iust.
a “ Magnificent Christinas and New Year's Gift,"
containing the choice ,t articles from the London
Keepsake and other English Annuals, with origi
nal tales and poetry by American authors, and nu
merous splendid engravings. Price only 23 cents.
Another Bank Gone.
The Oemulgee Bank at Macon lias stopped pay
ment, under circumstances which leave little hope
of its ever resuming. The Bank, it scents, is prin-
pa’dy owned by the South Western Rail Road
Bank at Charleston, which, finding it an unprofita
ble speculation, has concluded to let it drop. Ru
mors arc prevalent that some fraudulent transac
tions are connected with the institution, of the truth
of which the public may possibly be advised here
after. But to the bill-holders tho most important
information is that they have probably lost their
money.
hended from an Executive veto. The next ques-
ton is;Itovr shall it be done! We hope with fair
ness and equality. Reference to party influence
ought to be left out of the account, as much, as pos
sible—It is tint only an improper consideration to j
be introduced, but nine times in ten fails to accom
plish its object. As far as practicable counties
which have most association with each other—most
interests in common—should bo thrown together.
The districts should be compact, and as nearly
equal as possible in population. In the latter res
pect. the bill of Mr. Smith is defective. While his
smallest district includes a representative popula
tion of only 61,728, his largest contains, 03.604—a
difference of nearly 32,000. This in itself is a suf
ficient reason why it should not be adopted.
Feeling deeply solicitous that this work should
be accomplished at the present session, ami iu the
most satisfactory manner, we have ventured to pre -
pare a plan, with the assistance of a friend, which
e respectfully submit to the consideration of the
legislature and the people. It was laid oft with
out any reference to the political character of the
districts; but as this will always be looked into,
and may be expected to have some influence, we
There are so many details to be attended i
sn nmnv men *.o he watched, so
r
Mn.i.r.DGr.viLLE, 24th Nov. 1S42.'
House of Representatives. The follow
ing hills were introduced to-day.
By Mr. Barclay, of Habersham: To au
thorize and direct the inferior and justice's
courts of this state to appoint assessors to
value Ihe property of defendants in cxecu
tion, and to provide for the sale of the same
in lots or parcels to the highest bidder, sub
ject to the claims of older executions, to the
extent of two-thirds the value of said prop
erty, or to the extent of their bids : and to
encourage the sale of- properly under ex
cution, by giving premiums to executions
bidding most for the same. ■
By Mr. Buffington : To lay out and form
n new county out of the counties of Jack
sou, Gwinnett and Hall.
By Mr, Jourdati: To niter and change
the 3d and 7th sections of the 1st article of
the constitution of this state. [210 copies
ordered to be printed.]
By Mr. Lefils: To extend the provisions
of an act establishing the rates of dockage,
wharfage and storage in the city of Savan
nah to Darien.
By Mr. A. Reeves : To repeal the act rel
ative to the returns of executors, adminis
trators, and guardians, assented to 9th De
cember, 1811.
By Mr. Lamar, of Richmond : To permit
nil the specie.paying solvent banks of tin's
state, to issue bills of a denomination less
than five dollars.
By Mr. Shaw, of Putnam: To amend
the several acts establishing a general sys
tem of education by common schools, and
to repeal the 5th section of an act, assented
tolOth December, 1840, on the same subject.
By Mr. Bell : To form a new county out
of the counties of Stewart and Sumter,
Mr. Hibherts laid on the tabled resolution
referring the investigation of the affairs .of
the slate treasury to the committee on fi
nance, with instructions to report os soon as
practicable. Agreed to.
BILLS PASSED.
The bill to amend an net entitled an act
to impose a specified tax on the persons and
property of the citizens of Columbus resi
ding aud being in the same, annually, here
after, and to provide for the collection there
of; and to punish those who may attempt
to defeat the provisions thereof, asseuted to
December 10, 1841.
The bill to incorporate the Thomas'on
Manufacturing Company in the county of
Upson.
Messrs. Hihberts and Hammond were ad
ded to the committee on finance.
The special committee on the Central
Bank were excused from all other legisla
tive business, until they are enabled to make
their report.
In Senate, Nov. 23. Mr. Stocks intro
duced a bill to wind up the affairs of such
. banks or banking institutions in this state,
as fail, neglect or refuse to redeem their
notes or other! iahi lilies in specie, Vhe Cen
tral Bonlr excepted—.to provide for Ihe np
point men t of receivers of such banks or
banking instimtious-^to-define the powers
Massachusetts Election.
The news improves—wo map have the State
yet. The Democratic candidate for Governor,
(Morton) received 56,284 votes; Davis, (Whig)
54,545; scattering, 6,600. In the Legislature, 16
Democratic, and 10 \\ big Senators are elected—
4 vacancies—of Representatives,- the Democrats
have 130, Whigs 126, Abolitionists, 1. Some 60
members failed of an election, in consequence of
scattering votes. New elections took place last
Monday.
The House of Representatives tills the vacancies
io tho Senate, and the Senate elect the Governor,
from two names presented by the House. Of
course should the Democrats have carried a ma
jority last Monday, they will make the Senate
Democratic, who will elect’.Iorton Governor. W
shall know the result in another week.
Wm. S. Rodgers,
B. 11. Robinson,
Win. Cline,
Scattering,
115 125
62 93
39 withdrawn.
41 31 .
of the Company. 'The Commissioners gave
checks on the Central Bank for the amount
of advances, absolute on their face, and
without reference to thefiypothccated bonds,
which were paid. I have corresponded
with the Company on the subject. It prom
ises to return them. The sterling bonds
bear an interest of five per cent, payable
semi-annually in London. These negotia
tions were all made in the year eight<*>u
hundred and thirty-eight and thirty-nine,
and the bonds are payable on their fare
thirty years after their date. Messrs. Reid,
Irving &. Co. have sold part of the bonds
pledged to them, for eighty-five per cent.,
and credited the Stale of Georgia with the
proceeds of sale after deducting expenses.
A copy of the contract made with that
House by Major Joel Crawford, as the agent
of this Shite, is herewith communicated,
from which the nature of tire engagement
of the Slate with that firm, will Iteseeti.
Since the first of November, eighteen hun
dred and thirty nine, Stale six per cent.
Bonds payable thirty years after date, inter*
est payable at the Treasury semi-annually,
have been issued and placed m the hands
of the Commissioners aud Disbursing Agent
of the Western & Atlantic Rail Road to
the amount of seven hundred and eleven
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
1 hare no means of ascertaining the amount
of scrip in circulation, except from the Re
port of Gov. Lumpkin,,which is before the
Senate. It appears from that, that the scrip
issued by the Commissioners, redeemable iu
State bonds, and in circulation at the time
he entered upon the duties of his office,
amounted to one hundred and thirteen
thousand five hundred and thirty dollars,
and that of this, lie has redeemed the sum
of ninety-five thousand seven hundred uud
fifty dollars, which leaves a balance of sev
enteen thousand seven hundred and eighty
dollars unredeemed. In addition to this,
there was outstanding on the 4th instant,
scrip, to the amount of twenty-four thous
and five hundred and forty dollars, issued
by the Disbursing Agent. There was. at
that time, a balance of eight thousand one
hundred and seVenty-two dollars and sixty-
two cents in the hands of the Disbursing
Agent, as appears from his report. These
several items constitute the liabilities of the
State,as far ns they are known tome,ortho
records of this Depar merit afford the evi
dence, except the Stnteeight per cent. Bonds,
issued for the redemption of Central Bank
notes; the amount of which will be seen by
referring to the report of the Directors of
tint Institution.
cuarles j. McDonald.
Tennessee.
The Nashville Whig of the 15th instant,
gives the annexed account of a portion of
the proceedings in the Legislature of that
Stale, on the 11th instant.
The Senate refused to go into the election
of Senators in Cuugress, by a party vgte.—
The Senate, also, rejected the bill to appoint
'COrtrttnssionera tt>- ntrcsTtgate Tiir. s nr
the bank of the State—this bill was, also
rejected by a strict party vote.
In the House, the bill in relation to the
appropriation of $200,000, for the improve
ment of the rivers in East Tennessee aud
ihe Western district, was read the third time
and passed.
The House bill to apportion the Congres
sioual districts was rejected on its first read
ing in the Senate, uud the result corrmuiiii
eated by the Clerk to the House of Repre
seiiiaiives. Subsequently, however, a mes
sage was sent to the House requesting a re
turn of the bill, which message was coin
plied with; and yesterday the vote ofrejec
tion was reconsidered, and the bill put up
on its passage. An amendment in lieu of
tho original bill was then moved by Mr
Turney, and adopted as a compromise
measure, and the bill, as arnuuded, passed to
a second reading.
Additional. — Wo learn from the Nash
ville Whig of the 17th that the Legislature
adjourned sine die on the Kith, afler pass
mg into a law the bill moved iu thq Senat
on Monday by Mr. Turney, to apportion
the State into Congressional distri ts. The
bill was passed iu both Houses without
amendment: in the Senate by a vote of 14
to 10, iu the House 40 to 23.
The bill to extend the stay of executions
upon all judgments before justices of tho
peace to eight months, became a law on the
16th.
An attempt was made to ‘appoint’ John
C. McLemore, Esq, a Senator in Congress,
and a resolution lo this effect passed the
Senate, but the House, on two successive
trials, refused to consider the resolution
In six of the eleven Congressional dis
Irit is into which the Sfote is now divided
the Whigs, in the last Governor’s election,
bad majorities amounting iu ihe aggregate
to 10.558 ; and, iu the other five, tiie Loco
locos had majorities amounting in all to 7
313—Balt. Amer.
Mu.LEDGEvn.LE, Nov. 26th, 1842.
In Senate, Nov. 24. The committee to
whom was referred the memorial of Mr.
Hotchkiss of Scriven county, proposing to
compile, collect and digest the laws of gen
eral interest of the state of Georgia, made a
very favorable report of the project, and
have submitted it to the serious considera
tion of the- legislature.
BILLS PASSED.
The bill to amend the laws of this state,
regulating Jhe circulation of chnnge bills,
and to repeal so mnch thereof ns makes its
penal or criminal for innocent holders there
of to pass or circulate the same.
At a quarter before 4, when the sheriff went
to his cell to prepare him for execution, he
was found dead! having driven a knife .to
his heart! A coroner’s jury returned, that
he came to his death liy a wound inflicted
by himself with « knife on the left breast,
but the jury arennahte to say in what man
uer he became possessed of the said knife.
About'the same time the ciipola of the
prison iu which Colt was confined was in
flames and utterly destroyed. ' Of course,
ihis added to the excitement and a tho.usauc!
rnmnrs of “ rescue,” &c., were wafted from
mouth to mouth.—Hich. Enquirer.
Georgia Legislature.
If'out little has been accomplished as yet by
this body, it will readily be perceived by those who
examine its proceedings, that a multitude of bust
ness is in preparation. Especially does the Leg
islaturs seein determined to investigate our finan
ciul comli.ion ; and this we are happy to see, for
without fall knowledge of our means and liabilities
no act can be passed understanding!)’. The Gov
ernor’s response to an inquiry of the Legislature,
shows our indebtedness for Stats Bonds. For
these the annual interest is upwards of $82,000 —
to this add the current expenses of carrying on the
ffovemment. and any other _
have been or tnmn w uiaae
appropriations whicl
e, and we have tit
so many men *.o be watched, so much « a | ;i'
ity and fidelity of Character” required, that i
is impossible for the State to manage t| len
well. Men of “capacity and honorable ten
illation” ill the other walks of life, are p*
often seen in places of “high trust W | lPn
the public interest and their; dnty, are n;osi
shamefully-neglected.” The Governor
hind mnch experience and observation o.
this matter, and his testimony may be read!
ily believed. In fact, this is a trim, in
every man’s month. It has passed i lJlo
proverb. Thousands will client the o n y.
eminent, who will not defraud or deceive
their neighbors. Men will neglect ihtit
ties when there is no one to oversee or pn,J
ish them. This being true of every t| miJ
managed by the State, it is peculiarly tn )P
ol Rail 'Roads. How soon may an cugic e
be ruined by carelessness, neglect or igimr.
mice; bow much harm may be done by nit
incompetent Engineman, before the Suite
will find out his deficiency; how will tli 9
engines be repaired or renewed, whet: the
parts become broken or worn out, so for
It will be seen tliattliree districts are decidedly Dem
ocratic, two Whig, and three may be classed as
doubtful, though in two of tiietn the Democrats at
this election had small majorities. But the muta
tions of party are such, that it would be impossi
ble to tell who would have ’the advantage two
years hence. They will be found, too, as nearly
equal in size as could be made, without dividing
tho counties. The first column in the table con
tains the representative population of each county.
For tliis we are indebted to the editor of the Con
stitutionalist. It shows an aggregate population ol
578,463, which divided by eight, leaves tho average
size of the districts, 72.30S. The smallest district
is but 2.002 less, and the largest but 2,040 over the
average. We present it as. preferable to any we
have yet seen, and if not the best which can be
adopted, it may aid in the making out of another
whicb shall be more approved.
PLA.y OF COSQRESSIOXAL DISTRICTS.
amount of money which is indispensable for a year
business. Some of the pul lie debt, however, is
already due, a portion of w hich ought, at least, lo
be paid annually. To pay these demands, let tin
receipts front grants and other sources be estiiaa
ted, and the remainder must bo provided by a tax
The credit of the Stale muy. be maintained—the
government most be carried'on—and the necessary
means to du this v id l-e readily furnished by t
people. But-they must be satisfied tiiat whatever
tax they are requited to pay is necessary : and tlii
being shown, we need not lear the clamors of
partisan press, which for political effect is just now
inveighing against taxation. No one need fear to
do right, at ary time; and the members of the Leg
islature will have greater cause to dread popular
wrath, if they become frightened by the croaking
of their opponents, and shriek from just responsi
bility, than if they stand tip and boldly discharge
their duty.
Congressional Districts.
Our readers, iu common with those of other pa
pers in this State, are familiar with the discussions
which hr*vo been carried on during the past sum
mer, relative to the propriety of carrying out the
law of Congress, requiting that thb States shall be
laid off into single Congressional districts. We
then endeavored to show the advantages of that
system over the general ticket plan ; that it was
more in consonance w ith the spiirii of our govern
ment; tho importance of uniformity in the mode ol
election throughout the Union; and the _tter impol
icy of attempting to nullify the law of Congress,
since that body had unquestioned power and per
fect ability to decide upon the validity of the elec
tion of its own members. Now that the election
is passed, and our party is triumphant, we feel no
less disposition to see a [dan adopted, which, not-
witlistnndiug jt will give our oppouents a represen
tation in the national councils, seems to us to be
required by every principle of justice and sound
policy.
The subject has been already brought to ihe
consideration of our Legislature now in session,
and w-e last week published the plan introduced in
to that body by Mr. Smith. Wo are clearly of
opinion that it ought to be acted upon now. It has
been suggested that if a district bill were to pass,
it would be vetoed by the Governor. We cannot
for a moment entertain such an idea; for however
ho may be opposed to the interference of Congress
in prescribing a mode of election, he cannot ques
tion the right of the Legislature to lay off districts
at its pleasure. Even were it unconsiituiional in
Congress to make the requisition, It could not be
unconstitutional for the Legislature to pass a law,
which it clearly has a right to pass, because it
should happen tp comply with this requi.- ition. It
is better that this should be done now than next
year, because it may turn out,-ihat without such
FIRST
DIST.
u .
s:
II
i!
.o
If
*E I
Bulloch,
2,712
340
4
C Linden,
4,4-iB
228
H4 I
Wayne,
1,105
tii
18
Glynn,
3.537
33
127
MiTlitnsb,
3,75,4
123
92 1
Brvan,
2,20 8
72
63
Liberty,
Filin enam,
4.992
1(H)
166
2,697
83
133
Chatham,
t4.001
691
563
Appling,
Teliair,
1,932
142
106
2,457
207
177
Tonal!,
2,455
38
262
Ware,'
2.269' 192
U2
Scriven,
3,740
266
138
Emanuel,
2,87?
102
117
Montgom'v,
1,480
12
2u3
Laurens,
4.781
14
512
Washington
8,722
498
509
Pulaski,
4.311
29*
167
19 counties,
74,270
3532
3588
SECOND DISTRICT.
Burke,
9.74c
1 3941 432
Jefferson,
N.502
71
365
Utchmond,
9,408: 624
719
Warren.
7,915
318
459
Hancock,
7,27.?
277
440
Columbia,
8,381
145
294
Wilkes,
7.:39| 370
447
L incolu,
*L-->4Gj 126
206
m
m-
10 counties, J 7
Lott
4494
FIFTH
DUST.
Carroll.
Campbell,
Hear.!,
Coweta,
Fayette,
Heurv,
Walton,
Newton,
Butt;-,
Morgan,
10 countie.;,
C -2
I 5 E.
5X40
s.oro
4,097
9.1*5
5,543
10,4-2
8,738
10,33!
m
4,497' 395
8,8571 341
5771 285
506 155
35Cj £08
7081 578
542 272
638 664.
659
' 731
224
407
376
70,29S'5144
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Troup,
rl rn ;
112,912,
1 1,352*
Meriwether 11,9o8 I v?
have placed in the table annexed, the votes re-: from foundries and work shops; how soon
coived at the late election, by the highest candidates ] w j ||. engine lie laid aside; or if repaired
o.i the two tickets-—Messrs. Cooper and Habersham. how. often will its repairs, like the ships of
the United States, cost more than the orioj.
na! outlay t And as to the repairing and
renewing of ihe road, how will they get
proper competition in bids for rebuilding a
culver!, a drain, a bridge, or an abutment,
in a thinly settled country, where there nre
few architects and masons—to snv nothing
of political jolts, of favoritism, of partiality,
of unequal tolls, of dishonesty in agents, of
speculation and insolvency in collectors, is
it possible for the State lo manage in a prop,
er manner, so complex and delicate a Infi.
ness!
All who. examine this matter carefully
will have but one opinion. And if so, why
postpone the sale or the gift. The object of
the sale is no! to get the money we have ex
pended; or even part of it. That is imprac
ticable. If we would spend three millions
more, and finish the work, it would not sell
at last, for more than the worth of the iron
on lho Toad. The object is to get the road
finished aud managed properly,. Take in a
partner at once. Give him an interest in
the Road. Let him have half the proceeds,
for attending to. its concerns. Let us sell
this interest*for what it will bring. If arty
one will give ns a large bid for half the
Road, let ns take it. If not let us take a
small one. What we will get for it is n
matter of but little importance. It is the se
curing the intensi and attention of private
individuals, which is all important. With
out this the whole Road is not now, and
never will lot, worth a farthing to the Slate.
YVIml other course is lelt ns. The Treas
ury is empty. The credit of the Slate is
gone. Taxes are too slow an cxptdu nt to
resort to, even if ihe people would submit
io them, for so unwise aud unprofitable ail
investment. What can be done. Will a
suspension of operations better the nuttier.
The superstructure of a Rail Rond usually
rots in 5 or 6 years. The iron if unused
will rust very rapidly. The rains and
floods will make sad havoc with the em-
b—•- 1-—.»..4* r - J ll4BhaiO, AM I »rn*to — ••"l •»»
Vnd after a delay of one, two, three, four or
five years, will the finances ol the Slate he
improved so as to extend lire road 7 or will
its ability to manage such a work be bet
tered.
Now is the time to stop. For we have
•to money to goon. The contracts now un
finished are few and unimportant. Enough
hits been spent to make it worth while fora
company to complete the road.
And now is the. time to seil. For though
we will get little or nothing for the half we
sell, if we postpone the mailer till the road
is injured by time, we will spend more in
keeping it up, and in watching the interests
of the State, than all it will ever bring.
Let then a company be incorporated in
vliicli the State shall subscribe 30,000 hull-
Ired dollar shares to equal the 3 millions it
lias already expended, and let 2500 shares
he sold to the highest bidder every month
•uiiil 30,000 shares he sold ; let the proceeds
of the sale be applied to pul the road in
working order—then the State and private
individuals having an equal number of
shares, will each draw half the profits, and
the Slate will have a partner who will
closely watch her interests, because he will
he at the same tune attending in his own.
The capital of the Central Bank is ex
hausted; the taxes do not pay the ordinary
expenses of the Slate, aud every cent here
after expended on the Road brings more
near and renders more certni l a disgraceful
violation of the PUBLIC FAITH.
Taiij.t,
I’ike,
Upson.
Crawford,
j 12.920
, 8.143
7.971
6,564
5931 516
312* 635
430 25.8
7 counties,171,7:t0i3til(j| 4380
THHtD DISTRICT.
Elbert,
Oglethorpe,
Clark,
jneksem,
Madison,
Franklin,
H-iber.hani.
Rabun,
Hull,
Lumpkin,
Union,
II counties,
I 9,to:
8,32i
8,555
7,509
:t.9‘6
9,032
7,’90
1.8791 3001
7.4331 477 1
5,47?! 842 j
3,116' 1771
1661 762
9SJ 487
2791 485
565 469 i
329 28?
712 367
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
336j 411
308
Putnam. I 7,647
Bid twin, 5,580 320
tes&c, Aimt
n:bk o .a to con 1 eo*
Bibb,
Jnr.es,
Houston,
Twigjrs,
Wilkin sen.
9 counties, 70,521
8.022
7,804
7.771
6,737
6,083
564 41 ■.
439| 38’
404 29.
71,964| 4304*3943
FOURTH DISTRICT.
109
°G0
254
117
422
317
107
49»
479
731
Gilmer,
2.4931 423
Murray,
4.37?
337
Wa'ker,
6,174
556
Dade.
1,333
£08
Flovd,
3.930
3-76
Chattooga,
3,113
C.IS*.
8,534
873
Cherokee,
5,695
593
Forav tb,
5,396
581
Paulding,
245
CobD.
7,170
cat
DeKalh.
9,762
673
Gwinnett,
9,992
631
13 counties,
70,216'6399
FOR
THE
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Decatur,
Thomas.
Lowndes,
lrwirt.
Early,
Baker,
Randolph,
Lee,
Dooly,
Sumter,
Stewart,
Marion,
Muscogee,
Macon,
14 countie:
4.9021 2321 352
5,583 173 388
5,0721 3?6*1 287
1,931! 2S7
4,515
3,512
7,300
3,699
3.97!
5,102
11.030
4,383
"°" 1 169
6701 449
1651 24?
390 j 20:
3221 439
614 733
309 32?
9,795' 915| 7?;
4.44?| 2311 29.
T5,243i 51C3l487.‘-
Tragical end of John C. Coif.
In spite of the unprecedented mid censti
ruble movement of some 40 om of the 1100
Lawyers of the city of New York to arrest
the course ofjuslice, and their deputation to
the Governor—iu spite of numerous appli
cations to the Chancellor and the Supreme
Conn for a writ of Error—this wretched
man was to have been hung last Friday ,
but he robbed justice of her proper sacrifice
by a horrible suicide. At ] l o’clock the
R*v. Dr. Anthon visited his cell, and united
him to his former mistress, Miss Henshaw
thus making legitimate their son. At
o’clock his brother and wife took leave of
him, forever, and, nt his earnest solicitation x
he was allowed lo pass his Inst hour alone. law ’ Ge *>rgto will-lost! her representation in the
* * 1 * * ■ •— next Congress. Other States, too, are yielding to
the requisition. New York, now strongly Demo
cratic, has laid off single districts, and held the
election. Connecticut and New-Jcrsey, lately
electing by general ticket, have followed her ex
ample ; so has Tennessee, and indeed all the States
where they have bad. time to act, except New-
Hampshire—and Ohio, where the attempt was made’
by the Democrats, and failed by the secession of
the Whigs. New-Hampshire will yield also, we
do not doubt. Will Georgia be left alone, to fight
a battle against all her sisters, merely for the love
-of opposition ? We hopo not.
If no law had been passed by Congress, we
No. V.
Many thanks are due to Gov. Lumpkin,
for the full and able report, be has given ol
the disbursements on-the Western and At
lantic Rail Road. The facts and opinions
set forth iu this report confirm, iu the strong
est manner, the policy recommended in my
former communications. The Road ought
to be given away or sold, or at least a part
ner ought to be taken in by the State, so ns
to secure its proper management. The
Governor does not indeed decide, that now
is “the proper time,” for the State to “dis
pose. ol the Road,” but when that lime, does
come, he “ hopes to see the State relieved
from alt connection with Rail Roads.” Yet
itt the report there is much evidence, that
wil! go to prove that now is the best time;
that if the transfer must be made at Inst, no
lime is as suitable as the present.
YVe learn that $2,728,405 have been spent
on the Road, exclusive of the amounts paid
during4he present year for engines, iron,
.&c., through the chief engineer. The in
terest already pnid on the State debt, thus
Created, will stretch this expenditure beyond
three millions of dollars: After all tliis out
lay, the Governor tells hs, “the 52 miles of
the Shite Rond being put in operation, will
he able lo sustain itself, under proper man
agement, ns soon ns it is intersected by a
road from the Atlantic.” Yes; the people
who pay already heavy taxes, who have
consented to see three millions paid out of
their Treasury, to build tliis road, nre now
gravely told, that, if they will only furnish
funds to complete 52 miles; if they will on
ly pay into the State Treasury.2 or 300,000
dollars, to buy iron under the new Tariff,
and to lay down the superstructure ns far
ns the Etowah river; if they will beside
this, persuade or enable the Monroe Kail
Road Company, or the Georgia Rail Road
Company to effect Uteir junction with the
State Road ; and if they succeed ufter all
this in getting the road under proper tnan
agement, (a thing which no state ever hns
North Carolina.—The legislature, of that stato
met at Ualeighon the 21st instant. In the Senate,
L. D. Wilson, democrat, was elected Speaker.
Wilson 28 voles, and Andrew Joyner, whig. 18.
In the H>*use of Commons, Cab in Graves, dem
ocrat, was elected Speaker. Graves 64 votes, and
D. M. Barringer 48.
We are informed that Sheppard Riley, a very
worthy citizen, living in the eastern part of this
county, was killed in his own house on the night
of the 7ih instant, by a man named Weaver, from
Marion county. Weaver fled immediately on tiic
uerpetration of the act, and has not since been
heard of—several of the neighbors have started in
pursuit. We are not sufficiently acquainted wi>h
the particulars to lay them before our readers •—Co
lumbus Enquirer.
Melancholy Accident.—Mr. Homer Webb, an
old and respectable citizen of Crawford county,
says the Macon Telegraph, was accidentally thrown
-from his gig, while returning home from Knoxvillo
on the 5th inst. and instantly killed.
Alabama Coal.—From the Montgomery Adver
tiser we learn that some coal baa been brought to
that city, procured in St. Clair Co., on the Coosa
river. Those who profess to be judges say it is
very good—much superior to that procured above
Tuscaloosa.
Mexico and Texas.—It is stated with confi
dence in the Courier ties Etas Unis, upon the faith
of recent private letters from Paris, that the French
and English Governments have determined to unite
in offering their medial fen between xco and
Texas, to the end of inducing recognition by Mexi
co of the independence of Texas, and of c msolida-
ting a peace between them.
A Just Decision.—Judge Leavitt of Ohio, deci
ded in a late case, that an order under the statute
against the father of an illegitimate child for its
maintenance, could not be discharged by a decree
in Bankruptcy. No decree in bankruptcy can dis
charge a man from an obligation iaqr.sed by na-
effected or ever can effect,) then nt last the ture *
splendid result will follow, that the Road
WILL PAY ITS OWN EXPENSES.
l-do not believe even this. The painful
experience of other States has shown, that
Departed this life, on the Cih of October, Mrs.
EVELINE EVANS, eldest daughter of B. B. De-
graffenreid. Mrs. Evans left this world with a
. . . good hope of going to a better. She has left a bind
roads far belter situated than Otirs, will not 4 , bustard and an itifant a few hours old.