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State Convention.
REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee of Twenty-five, to whom
waa referred the consideration of the objects
for which the Convention was called, with in
stmeflbefrae report thereon, have devoted to
the performance of the duty assigned them all
the attention practicable under the circum
stances by which they have been surrounded,
and witluß the vary limited period accorded
for theirinveatifwtiona. An era has at length
da wood ape* os, characterised by ardent aspi
ration* on the part of our people for the com
mercial grandeur and independence of Geor
gia. TOs sentiment, which has been so re
cently aroused, and which has already become
so sttonf and pervading, is far front being the
forced and sickly offspring of mere State
pride end sectional ambition. On the contrn
«y.l owes its birth and rapid developcincnt
to causes the most natural and hcultliftil,
which iVora the certainty, power and perma
nency with which they may he made to oper
ate in her favor, must infallibly advance Geor
gia to a towering height of commercial great
ness and prosperity, if she falter not in the
pursuit of her own solid interests and high
destinies. These causes are the vast nnd va
rious physical resources of the State ; its ad
mirable geographical position and capabilities,
and the enlightened perception and strenuous
improvement of all these noble ndvantagc%to
which the public mind and energies have now
become so thoroughly awakened. A glunce
ut the map of our country, demonstrates ut
once how commanding is the local position
occupied by Georgia amoiig her sister Stales,
for all purooseß of internal and foreign trade!
She is the last Slate lying to the South, whose
territory is both indented by fine Atlantic.
harbors, and penetrated deep into the interior,
up to the very mountains, by navigable At- 1
lantic rivers. Then on her western borders 1
we behold the first navigable waters which j
find their way from the same mountain region j
to the Mexican Gulf, after winding through !
her whole length from north to south. Thus j
placed, she is constituted by her position the !
key-stone of the long arch of the maritime;
States of onr Union, which from her opposite ;
tides, stretch out respectively along the shores i
of the Ocean, and of the Gulf. This pecu-'
liarity of position, is a circumstance of great
moment in estimating the superiority of her
natural advantages ; for it necessarily renders
her territory the path-way, nnd her seaports
the outlet of all thut portion of the commerce
aud travel of the South-western States, which
may be tempted to prefer .in Atlantic |>ort to
encountering the danger, circuity and expense ,
of the navigation through the Gulf, and around ,
the peninsula of Florida.
But it is not until we turn our view in an
other direction—towards the northern frontier
of Georgia—and there survey the natural ties
and facilities which invite her to connexion
with the numerous and thriving States which
cover the great valley of the Mississippi, that
the commercial capabilities and prospects of
our State o|>en upon the mind in ull their
grandeur and infinity. That vast and won
derfully productive region, is the theatre to
which every maritime State of our confedera
cy, which is animated by aught of the spirit of
commercial enterprise, is now directing an
eager competition. Georgia has been the last
to enter the lists; but, though the last, she
was nevertheless guilty of no delay, for she,
was prompt to enter them the very first mo
ment after the way was opened to her through |
her own territory, by the removal of the sav- j
ago occupants who had so long encumbered I
her soil and embarrassed her policy. The j
promptitude, the confidenc? and energy, with !
which she thus embarked in the great work of
uniting by a comprehensive and judiciously 1
conceived scheme of internal improvements,
her commercial cities on the sea-coast and in
the interior, with the navigable waters which
pour into the Mississippi, were amply war
ranted by the signal advantages for such a
connexion, which nature lias bestowed on
her. For in her favor the great Tennessee
River, after winding its course far down to
the South, and wooing her embraces by its
near approach, turns away to the west and
north-west, beckoning us to commerce on its
flood with the Ohio and Mississippi.—And in
Her favor, moreover, the mountain ciiain which
stretches across the western pathway of ull
the other Atlantic States, from New York to
omr own territory, is broken and dispersed
within our confines, freeing our route to the
west at once from circuity and any considera
ble obstacle. Is it not then manifest that
when our Haet of lUil-roads now_jn rapid
process of execution, shall be completed and
thrown open to use through their whole length,
Georgia will be able to enter upon the com
petition for western trade under circumstances
of decided advantage as to distance, accessi
bility and expense, over every other Atlantic
State!
To these highly auspicious circumstances,
other considerations of powerful influence are
to be added, which cannot fail to make the
scale preponderate in her favor at least ns
against her great northern rivals. Their chan
nels of trade throughout a large portion of
the year must forever be exposed to the for
midable obstruction of ice and snow. Ours
will be perenially open'and free from all im
pediments. And still more : the transrnontane
States of the West and the Atlantic States of
the North have kindred soils and climates,
and are also destined to have ultimately kin
dred manufactures and industry of every de
scription— and it clearly follows that they
cannot furnish a market of consumption, for
each other’s fabrics and productions ; for it is
manifestly absurd that countries producing
like commodities of commerce, should carri
on a trade with each other in those commodi
ties, for the purpose of domestic consumption.
Hence the only inducement that can perma
nently direct the westward trade to the north
ern States and Seaports, will bn the advantage
of using their Seaports ns mediums of com
mercial interchange with other sections of
the Union, and with foreign countries. This
advantage, the seaports of Georgia will be
able to burnish equally with those of the
North : cn&in addition to it, the difference of
climate, soil, and production which character
ize the south and west, must forever render
the south a great market of consumption for
w estern commodities; and the west, on the
other hand, as soon as sjie shall ehgage large
ly in manufactures, a like market for our great
southern staple. Assuredly then, if the facili
ties of reaching our southern markets, and of
trading through them with the rest of the
world, be not equal to those of getting to the
northern Atlantic cities, the west cannot hesi- j
ta.e to which to award the preference. Her!
citizens and traders coming hither as the bet-,
for ir.inset to which to soft, will remain here
’ to buy, not only our home productions, but all
i foreign merchandize, if we shall but prepare
ourselves to sell to them on as favorable terms
as are offered by the North,
j Thus, by tlie completion of our works of
■ internal improvements, we may reasonably
calculate to reuder Georgia the medium
through which a vast amount of the foreign
; trade of the Western Slates will permanently
! pass—which coming in aid of the support de
rived from our own people, nnd the adjoining
States of the South, cannot fail to build up a
commercial emporium on our seaboard, which
shall rival, if not outvie the great seaports ot
the North.
The committee have dwelt thus fully on the
tendency of opening channels ot trade with
the West and Southwest, to attract a direct (
; foreign trade to our shores, because it is the
| deliberate conclusion at w hich they have ar
! rived, that no other means or policy which we .
lean employ, will suffice to produce such a re
i suit to any valuable extent. As long as the
1 commerce of Georgia is hemmed in by the.
i Alleganies and the Chattahoochee, it is mad
j ness to hope that she can compete even for
! the supply of her own people with foreign
; commodities with New York and other north
ern cities, to whom the whole Union is open
us a region of supply nnd consumption lor,
their imports. For in affairs of commerce the ,
principle of centralization is pre-eminently |
strong. A place which has already become
a great market to which immense and widely!
diversified regions resort, will be able to un-j
dersell greatly, other things being equal, those I
at which a Jess extensive and intense demand
Jis concentrated; and this, for the obvious,
j reason, that the merchant in the former may j
J certainly sell many times over in the course
{ of the year the value of the whole stock which J
he may have on hand at anyone time; and
: can, consequently, afford to take a much small- ;
Jer profit on each isolated sale, than the mer
chant in the latter can put up with who cannot
J make half the same number of operations in a
| given time with his capital. Thus it happens
I lli.it although goods can be landed at Savan
i nan and Charleston from Europe, as cheaply j
|ns at New York, yet the merchant at Savan-
I nali and Charleston has found himself com-:
polled to sell them dearer —so much dearer I
tint the people of the South have found it to'
their advantage to pass by through their ow n
seaports, and to encounter all expense of trans
porting their foreign merchandize fro.ua re
mote northern city. The only mode of con
quering this great existing disadvantage, will
be to enlarge by the completion of our works!
of internal improvement, the circumference ofj
country, the field of consumption into which I
our seaports may throw their foreign iinjtbrts.
Then, and not till then, will the greatness, I
constancy and intensity of demand, concen
trated in our cities, enable our merchants to!
sell as much in value on a given capital, in n
given time, and consequently to soli at ns low !
a profit on each transaction as has been found
practicable by the N. York importer.—lnllu-:
enced by the foregoing views, the committee
foe! that as a, modus to the effectuation of
the objects for which the Convention Iras been
called, the vigorous prosecution of our works
of Internal Improvement now in progress,
cannot be too zealously urged upon the atten
tion of the people and of the Legislature.
The importance of securing to the people of,
Georgia the direct importation of the articles j
necessary to their own consumption, is believ
ed to be universally admitted among us, and j
those who have doubted its- practicability, (ifj
there be any such) will, in the opinion of this !
committee, have had those doubts removed by ;
the able expositions which have heretofore em
anated from the several Commercial Conven
tions at Augusta. The committee will not
therefore occupy the time of this Convention,
in discussing these questions. They will as
sume, as propositions already satisfactorily de
-1 uionstrated, that the direct importation of the
! articles necessary to onr own consumption,
and that of the South-western States who are
; contiguous to ns. is both desirable and practi
cable, nnd will proceed to enquire what are the
i means best calculated to accomplish this ob
. ject ? But before doing so, as the mind nl
i ways reposes with more confidence upon fact
rthan theory, it may be useful to bring to the
view of the Convention, the following facts in
relation to one of our seaports:
The foreign exports of Savannah, according to
the Custom House returns, are $11,729,551
The exports coastwise, 4,060,000
i The aggregate of her exports is
therefore $15,789,551
Her direct foreign imports are 1,010,200
; Her circuitous importation offor
eign goods is 6,000,000
! And her importation of nianufao-
| tu res U. S. is 3,.500,000
It is thus seen that independently of the
I foreign goods which are circuitously imported
| into the State of Georgia through her other
j ports, and through the port of Charleston,
: the circuitous importation of those goods,
f through the port of Savannah alone, is $(>,000,-
jOOO. Now, the difference of expense between
i a direct and circuitous importation!, is estimat
i ed, by practical men, to amount to *2O per cent.
| It includes freight from the North to Savannah,
| insurance, exchange, the profits of the northern
| merchant, commissions, &o. The truth of this
| statement may be tested by any merchant.—
Assuming it to he correct, what follows ?
We pay '2O per cent, on $0,000,000, or $1,200,-
000 to our northern brethren, for that which .
ought to be done by ourown merchants. We
pay this yearly, and every year, and we have
been paying it for a series of years. Does
any man wonder at the wealth which they have
amassed ? at the splendor of their cities ? at the
magnificence of their public works? Ixmk at
, New York—
She exports $ I 0,8 1 1 >,520
She imports $ 1 18,25i,l Hi
The profits on this vast excess of her impor
tation over her exportation, beyond what is
necessary to her own consumption, would le
gitimately belong to those who consume the
articles so imported, and, it true to themselves,
they were their own importers.
These facts, in the view of the committee,
speak a language which can neither be misun
derstood, nor disregarded. They tell us that
we are faithless to our own best interests, if.
w ith muted effort, we de not endeavor to reme
dy them.
\\ hen we turn our attention to the means by
which w e can secure to ourselves our undoubt
ed right to supply our own wants, by the agen
cy of our own merchants, we must not disguise
the fact, that the difficulties which obstruct its
accomplishment, are neither few nor small. *
For a series of years, we have been accustom
ed to look for the fir greater portion of our
foreign supplies to the market of New York.
This is the established channel of the foreign
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
trade of the South, and the difficulty ofolivert
ing commerce from its established channels,
has passed into an axiom. New \ ork has,
moreover, one of the finest harbors in the world,
and a magnificent scheme of internal improve
ments carried into successful operation by the
liberal use of the credit of the State, has open
ed to her an interior trade which no other city
in the Union enjoys. With these she com-j
bines pn amount of capital adequate to her ex
tended commerce. It consists not merely of
the twenty millions possessed by her banks,
but of the vast amount in the hands of indivi- .
duals, which is actively engaged in commerce.
The facility of communication which she en
joys with Philadelphia, renders the large bank- \
ing capital of that city, also tributary to her
merchants, and these combined advantages en
ables her to furnish a market, the extent
and variety of which exceeds that of every
other in the United States. With these advan
tages, she has been enabled to beat down the
rivalry of Philadelphia, qf Boston, and of Balti
more, and in a commercial view, she is the
queen, not only of the North, but of the U nion.
If the question were, whether we could com
pete with New York, in the supply of any for
eign market, it would be speedily answered.
Such an experiment would be hopeless. But
that is notour purpose. The bounty of Provi
dence has made us producers of certain great
staple articles of commerce, the value of which
is more than adequate to supply our wants as
consumers. To a great extent we are our own
exporters of these articles to foreign markets,
and to those of the other States. Why should
we not bring home the returns which arc ne
cessary to our own consumption and that of our
sisters of the South-west. Having carried
our cotton, rice, &.c. to Liverpool, or elsewhere,
why should we employ a Nothern merchant to
import into New York, and to send us from
thence the goods which we want in return ?
The answer to these enquiries would include
many considerations which it is 'not necessary
to examine hoi e. It is unquestionably true,
how ever, that one of the cases which has large
ly contributed to produce, and which still oper
ate to continue this state of things, is the want
of the capital necessary to these importations.
The great staple article of our produce will
in some sort export themselves, or will fur
nish to a great extent the means of their own
exportations. The purchaser in the interior
can raise funds bydiscoutiliuga bill on his agent
in the port of shipment, and the latter cau re
imburse himself by draw ing on the foreign
consignee.—But for the purchase of goods in a
foreign market, the importer must have funds
hero, or a credit upon which he can value, and 1
making his sales on long credits, must have the
means of converting the paper he receives in
to cash. The merchant of New York, in the
course of a long continued traffic, has that
credit established to the extent of his wants —
or if not, the amount of capital at homo will
readily furnish it. The merchant of the South
enjoys no such advantage. To a limited ex
tent one of the Banks of Charleston has en
deavoured to supply this want by establishing
a credit in England, upon which it can grant
letters of credit to the importing merchant of
i thut city, and a laudable cll’ort has been made,
: though on a still smaller scale, by the Bank
of the State of Georgia, to obtain the means of
furuis'hing similar advantages to the importer
of Savannah. Looking to our actual condi
tion, it is obvious that these credits, and the
discount of six, nine and twelve months pa
per received by the importer, can be furnished
and made only by our banks, ami it is equally
certain that their present capitals will enable
them to do this to a very inconsiderable ex
! tent. It has been seen that tlie imports of
; Savannah alone amount to $10,510,200. Its
j banking capital, all told, $1,890,151. It will
| be obvious that this is utterly inadequate to
I the purpose of sum'll supply. If we turn atten
! tion from New York to our sister city of
! Charleston, who is entering into competition
! with us, with a spirit which becomes her, we
| cannot fail to he struck ivfth the superior ad
i vantages which her merchants will possess
over ours.—She has already a banking cap
! ital of $9,000,600, to which is to he added
a large portion of that of the great bank of
$12,000,000, recently established under the
: charter of three States, and therefore enjoy
ing a protected circulation • throughout all
their borders—with a banking capital of less
than two millions, can Savannah successfully
I compete with Charleston, with her sixteen or
; seventeen millions? And are we prepared for
1 the want of this, to sacrifice tlie natural ndvan
; tages,which our own seaport possesses? Not
only Savannah, but our other more Southern
ports, can justly claim superiority over Charles
ton, as inlets from the Ocean. Savannah does
! not yield to her in the amount of her exports,
! and very far exceeds her in the amount of her
tonnage.
In determining the question, whether tlie
banking capital of this one of our seaports be
adequate to her wants, it may he useful to
! look at facts. The amount of the imports
and exports of Savannah have been stat
ed.
i The amount of tonnage to foreign ports,
; engaged in freighting the productions of the
last year, is 85.000 tons.
That employed coastwise, is 50,000 “
Os square rigged vessels, owned in w hole
or in part in Savannah, of which eighteen are
ships of the largest class, averaging more than
i five hundred tons, there are 37.
Os which the value is $750,000
besides a number of sloops and schrs.
There are throe incorporated companies in
that city, employed in freighting goods and
produce exclusively on Savannah lover, own
ing of steamboats (three of which aft of iron,)
11 —and having approved boats. 44.
The stocks of these companies a
mount to t $4* i O.OOO
There are two others running to
Macon, whose stock amounts to $200,000
There are five other steamers running', and
one now on the stocks, owned entirely in Sa
vannah, valued at $70,000, and two other iron
steamboats now building to mu between Sa
vannah and Macon. In that city are also three
steam rice mills, four steam saw mills, and a
fifth in the eonrse of erection.
These facts may serve to give some idea
of tlie amount of bank capital necessary for
domestic purposes in Savannah, and will man
-1 ifest hou entirely inadequate to the foreign
i wants of her merchants, is that which she en
joys. Indeed, the buyers and shippers of pro
duce in Savannah would be frequently de
ficient in the funds necessary to make their
purchases, but for the aid which they derive
from the Banks and Trust Company of Auirus
ta, and some of the still more interior Banks
who employ their Savannah funds in the pur
chase of foreign and domestic exchanges.
If these, considerations, and others equally
-obvii--!;, of w !:ic!t time dnot permit the and
tail, are sufficient to manifest the necessity of
increasing the banking capital of our seaports,'
the only remaining inquiry is, in what mode
that may be effected. The. actual capital of
the country is believed, for the most part
to be already in profitable investment, from
which it cannot be abstracted to the extent
required, without injury to some of the great
interests of' the community.—ls this opinion be
true, and practical men concur in its correct
ness, that which is required for our present
purpose must be in a great degree obtained
from abroad. To do this upon the cheapest
terms, the most undoubted security for its re
imbursement must be afforded. That it is
thus interesting to us all is sufficiently obvi
ous. The merchant is but the agent in ex
changing our products for the articles which
we consume. Whatever facilities we afford
, to the agent, tending to diminish the expense
of this operation of exchange, is beneficial to
the consumer, in diminishing the price of the
articles of his consumption. The expenses at
tendant on the shipment of a cargo of Sugar,
coffee, and molasses, from the West Indies to
N. Y, or of dry goods, hardware, Ac., from Liv
erpool to the same port, to be thence tranship
ped to Savannah or Charleston, the landing,
drayage, freight, interest, commissions, insu
rance, profits, &c., so far diminish the value of
the cotton, rice, or lumber, which may be giv
en for them. South Carolina has already act
ed upon this principle.—lndependently of the
large amount of banking capital which she has
granted to her principal seaport, she has with
prudent foresight and a just regard to the in
terest of her people, provided a further in
crease of it from foreign sources, to the
amount of upwards of six milliuns more. Un
less we follow the example, we shall soon see
j our own produce purchased in our interior
| markets, and transported to Charleston for ex
; port to foreign countries; while she will also
! furnish the supplies for our consumption. It I
j has already occurred in many instances, that!
I the merchants of Savannah have exported the |
| produce of the South, exchanged it in foreign i
j markets for articles of constant and general i
i consumption at the South, and have been I
I compelled, for want of such facilities as are i
afforded elsewhere, to send them to New York \
j for a market. There are even instances in 1
j which the very merchant of Savannah who j
j had sent the returns of his produce from for- j
1 eign ports to New York for sale, has received j
on consignment some of his own imports, to
he sold in part in Savannah, and in part to be !
forwarded to the interior of the State. It is
too obvious to enquire, in this case, who paid '
the increased expenses on these goods here?
These considerations, in the view of the com
mittee, authorize an earnest appeal to the con
stituted authorities of Georgia to interpose for j
the protection of our merchants and our peo- j
pie, by such an increase of the banking capi- j
tal of our principal seaport, as may be ade- j
quate to the purposes of a direct foreign trade.!
The amount of banking capital which will be j
required for the contemplated»purpose will be i
large, since the credits which are necessary j
to the import trade, are much greater than what:
is requisite in the exportation of our produce, j
It cannot be stated at less than ten millions, to ]
protect us from the evils under which we at;
present labor. In illustration of these facts, j
it may be stated, that even foreigners are driv- j
en from our ports, by the impossibility of real-1
izing in cash the sales of their cargoes. Ves- j
sols loaded by foreigners, and entering into our i
ports, with instructions to obtain a return car- :
go, have been necessarily ordered to other j
ports, from the incapacity of our banks to af- j
lord the facilities necessary to realize their;
sales, so as to put them in funds for the pur- !
chase of a return cargo of our produce.
Ist. Resolved, That it be recommended to i
the Legislature to afford the necessary addition 1
of banking capita! to the city of Savannah,
both by the creation of anew bank, with a ;
large capital, and the increase of the capital |
and resources of any bank already located
there w by the introduction of foreign capital, to
' be added to it, cm such terms, and in such a !
: manner as the Legislature may deem advisable
1 and proper.
2d. Resolved, That this Convention do recom- j
mend to the banking institutions located at the j
commercial points in the State, the necessity j
of a direct credit with foreign capitalists with j
a view to tiie extension of the requisite pecu
niary facilities to our merchants, in a direct!
trade with foreign countries.
.‘ld. Resolved, That this Convention do re- ]
commend to the Legislature the repeal of all j
| such provisions, in the charters of any in- j
: corporated companies, as prohibit foreigners I
! from being stockholders in such companies. ;
Ith. Resolved, That this Convention regard
I as of high importance the successful complc- j
tion of our great system of internal improve- j
ments, and recommend to the Legislature the ,
I vigorous prosecution of the Western and At- j
: lantic Rail Road, and the extension of efficient!
aid to companies engaged in works of internal
: improvement, which may be deemed by the
: Legislature of general importance.
France, Mexico and Cuba.— The N.
j Orleans Bee of the 3d inst. denies en
; tireiy the story that the assembling of a
; large naval anil military French force in
the Gulf of Mexico ivas for the purpose of
taking possession of the Island of Cuba.
The editor says, it is certain that the good
people of Havana have not the smallest
i suspicion of this wonderful discovery,
since tlie Prince de Joinville has just been
received in that city with the liveliest de
monstrations of respect and attention.—
The Havana papers announce that the
Prince was greeted on his arrival with
salvos of artillery, the theatres were thrown
open to him, public rejoicings were made,
and the city became one vastsence of fes
tivity. This is assuredly a singular man
ner of welcoming an insidious foe.
llvnuopuoniA.—One of the most awful
instances of this disease occurred at Can
ton, HI., a short time since. The unfor
tunate victim was Wui. Moffett, aged 19
years, lie was bitten by a dog on the 1 Oth
of June last, and according to the opin
ion of physicians had recovered from the
bile. The poor fellow fell into the hands!
of quacks, and induced to believe that!
he was recovering, when he ivas dying.—
The spasms came on ten days after the fi- j
nal attack, and produced an appearance too
horrible for description. The agonies of
the disease were too strong for his frame, 1
and he left the world, another martyr to
that incurable distemper which dogs inflict'
upon men.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. J
SENATE
Nov. 16.—-The bill introduced by Mr. Mil
ler, respecting the Georgia Insurance and
Trust Company, provides to increase the 1
capital stock one million; to authorize the
company to issue bank notes, to an amount
not exceeding one half of the stock actually ;
paid in, to authorise the company to issue ’
letters of credit addressed to its agents in any
part of Europe; and to authorise also the com
pany to make advances on cotton and other
produce, in store and for export.
This morning a resolution was adopted, re
quiring the committee on internal improve
ments to inquire into the expediency of direct
ing the superintendent of the Western and
Atlantic Rail Road, to discontinue the work
now in progress for two tracks on the road,
and to continue it only for one track.
The Treasurer and Comptroller made their
reports this morning, of the fiscal operations of
the last political year.
Mr. Alexander laid on the table a preamble
and resolutions in relation to the separation of
the fiscal affairs of the general government
from banks—in relation to the constitutionali
ty of a U nited States Bank, and the issuing of
Treasury notes.
Mr. Harralson called up a resolution in re
lation to the building a double track in the
construction of the Western and Atlantic
Rail Road, which was agreed to.
17th—Very little business of importance
was done in either branch of the legislature
this morning. Next week some important
matters will be taken up, or reported by the
committees; until then, the Legislature will
be mostly occupied with local bills.
Mr. Sagur laid on the table a preamble and
resolutions, relative to works of internal im
provement in the State, directing the cominis
! sioners on internal improvements to make cer
! tain inquiries, &c.
| Iftth—Mr King presented a bill to amend and
i consolidate the acts granting chartered rights
| and privileges to Win. B. Davis and Urbanus
i Dart, and their associates to establish a com
| pany to construct a canal or rail-way or both
| from the Alatamaha to Turtle River, in Glynn
! county, or to Brunswick, passed 20th Dec.
j 1826, and 14th Dec. 1830, and 20th Dec.
j 1834. Read first time.
Mr. Spencer presented a bill to incorporate
Retreat Academy in the county of Liberty.
Read first time.
20th—This morning a bill was introduced
to incorporate the Brunswick Insurance and
Trust Company.
The committee on Internal Improvements,
to whom had been referred a resolution of the
Senate, instructing that committee to enquire
into the expediency of constructing the Wes
tern and Atlantic Rail Road with but one
track, reported against changing the plan
adopted in the construction of the road, &c.
A bill was passed to compute time hereaf
ter, in all cases whatever, according to the ca
lendar month, instead of the lunar month, as
practised in some cases.
21st—This morning, the bill to pardon John
Gray, now in the jail of Augusta, under sen
tence of death for murder, was passed, yeas
60, nays 14.
A joint committee has been appointed, with
power to send for persons and papers, on the
memorial of a number of citizens of Cass coun
ty, in which charges are alleged against Col.
Long, the State Chief Engineer, of malprac
tice in office, and corrupt speculations. I
have been informed, however, by persons ac
quainted with the nature of the charges al
ledged against Col. Long, that his reputation
will not suffer by the investigation ordered by
the Legislature.
22d—Both branches of the Legislature have
been mostly occupied with local bills, some
of which have been passed, and others read a
second time. But the time approaches when
the most important matter of the session will
be taken up for consideration and discussion.
HOUSE.
Nov. 16.—A proposition is pending, for the
appointment of a committee to enquire into
the expediency of rcchartering the Central
Bank, with such modifications and amend
ments to the charter which may bo deemed
proper, especially with regard to "the propriety
of establishing branches of the institution.
The charter of, this bank expires on the Ist of
January, 1840.
A .resolution ivas adopted yesterday, w hich
is of great importance to the financial opera
tions of the State, and to a more perfect un
derstanding of the financial resources of {lie
State. By this resolution the committee on
Finance is required to report as soon as prac
ticable, tlie condition of tlie public treasury ;
the assets and liabilities in the treasury, spe
cifying the debts due the State, the amount of
available funds, the losses sustained on bonds
and notes, &c.; in short, to report the present
condition of the public treasury.
Mr. Howard has introduced a bill, setting
apart for internal improvements, all the avail
able funds in the Central Bank.
In the absence of the Speaker, Mr. Day, the
House proceeded this morning to the election
of a Speaker pro. tem. Mr. Brown of Wilkes,
was chosen on the third ballot On the first
ballot Mr. Brown had 81 votes, Mr. Meriwether
80, and scattering 1. On the 2d, Mr. Brown
had 81, Mr. Meriwether 79, scattering 2. On
the 3d, Mr. Brown had 83, Mr. Meriwether
80, scattering 2.
17th To-day, bills were introduced to
charter -a bank to be located at Bainbridsre,
Decatur county, with a capital of $300,000, to
be increased if necessary to $(>00,000, to be
styled the Southern Rank.
To amend an act, passed Dec. 24, 1832, to
establish an infirmary for the relief and protec
tion of aged and afflicted negroes in the State
of Georgia.
18th—A communication was received from
his excellency the governor, advising the gen
eral assembly that the British government had
refused the privilege to the Rev. Clias. W.
Howard, the agent to London, to procure cop
ies of certain colonial records, and that Mr.
Howard requested to he instructed if he should !
remain longer in England under the circum
stances. Mr. Howard states that it will not
cost less than $9,500 to employ scribes to copy
the documents relating to the early history of
the fetate. The governor suggests the pro- j
priety of an additional appropriation for his
compensation.
Bills introduced the first time—To extend
the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace to fif
ty dollars. For the encouragement of volun
teer corps of cavalry in the eastern district.—
Further to amend the militia laws of the State,
in relation to the 4st regiment, and to grant;
to certain officers of said regiment exemption
from jury duty.
Bills passed—To incorporate a volunteer
company of cavalry m the county of Wayne.
To amend the road laws, so far as relate to the
county of Camden.
20th—Mr. Hopkins, member elect from the
county of Mclntosh, rice W. Mabry, resigned,
appeared, was qualified, and'took his'-seat. ‘
Several bills came up for a third reading,
but the House not being full, (several mem
bers having obtained leave of absence,) the
same were, on motion, passed over for the
present.
A communication from, hiTexcellency the
governor, transmitting the report of the com
missioners of the Western and Atlantic Rail
Road, was read,;aud Jthe same was referred to
the committee on internal improvement, and
200 copies of the report ordered to be printed
for the use of the members.
22d—Yesterday, a bill was introduced to aid
m the construction of rail roads in this State,
and for other purposes connected therewith,
j This bill is the one which was anxiously look
led for, by friends and foes. Upon it will pub
i lie opinion; divide*, The bitt is carefully
! drafted, and will require very few amend
| ments; and almost as it is, the Legislature will
have to decide upon it I have not examined
the bill so as to form an opinion; it will be
printed to-morrow, and I shall hasten to send
you a copy; it is more concise than I expected.
FROM MEXICO.
The U. S. sloop of war Vandalia, arriv
ed at the Balize on the 18th inst. from
Tampico, which port she,left on the 4th
inst., having on board ninety-five thou
sand dollars in specie, for merchants in
New Orleans. She brings but little news.
The recent arrival of two French frigates
at Sacrificios is mentioned. It is stated
that despatches had been recently sent by
the new commander of the French squad
ron, to the government of Mexico, deman
ding, it was presumed, for the last time,
an immediate payment of the indemnity,
and should the courier return with an un
favorable answer, an immediate attack on
Vera Cruz by the French was confidently
expected by the inhabitants, who appeared
determined to sacrifice their lives on the
altar pf patriotism.
At Tampico the Revolutionists were
busy in making preparations to repel the
government troops, who were reported to
he within seven leagues, and rapidly
marching upon that city.—[Aug. Con.
Rah. Roads. General Gaines has
kindly furnished us with a diagram of a
system ol railroads, planned by himself, to
extend over the United States. An inspec
tion of the diagram shows Kentucky and
Tennessee, to be the centre from which
railroads branch out to all points of the
Union, connecting for instance, Neiv-Or
leans with Portland in Maine; Buffalo and
Plattsburg, New-York; Detroit, in Michi
gan; Chicago, in Illinois; Charleston, in S.
Carolina; Fort Gibson, in Arkansas; St.
Louis, in Missouri, and several other
points still farther to the Far West. The
work, says Gen. Gaines, is designed, in
time of war, to enable us to wield our
fighting men, with their arms and ammu
nition, from central and middle States to
the most vulnerable points of attack on
our sea-board and inland . border—in one
tenth part of the time and at one tenth
part of tfie expense, that movements would
cost on ordinary roads. It is a work,
moreover, rendered indissoluble by its
great and imperishable utility to the states
and people in general—giving safety to
our national independence —encourage
ment to literature and science—profitable
extension to agriculture, and protection to
the manufacturing and mechanic arts—
thereby tending to make our beloved coun
try prosperous and happy in peace, aud
impregnable in war. This scheme, taken
altogether, is grand and sublime, and if
carried into effect would make the United
States the greatest nation on earth. Suc
cess, we say, to the martial patriot and his
august plans for the protection and agran
dizement of his country. —[New Orleans
Bulletin,
Blair Forest—Extraordinary Deer
Chase. On
Lord Edward Thynne wounded a deer,
about seven o’clock p. m., slipping two
dogs at him. After a capital chase of
three miles down to the Tilt, the deer
i came to bay in the river, very near tho
i kennel, from which two of the dogs got
' out, when the deer broke hay, and ran up
| Benty Glo, one of the highest hills of the
j forest, followed by the four dogs. Lord
E. Thynne and his party were now oblig
j ed to give up the chase, it being near nine
; o’clock and quite dark- Next morning a
! keeper was sent out in search of the dogs,
when he found the deer standing at the
very top of Benty Glo, and the dogs still
with him holding him at bay. On the ap-.
proach of the keeper, he again broke away
and took struight dawn Benty Glo, to
the Tilt, a distance of six miles, where
having been once more brought to bay,
!he was shot by Mr. Butler of Faskally,
who was coming up from his residence at
tlie time, all the dogs being still with the
deer. The two first dogs that were slip-,
ped at him having thus never left him for
seventeen hours. They were taken home
in a very tired and exhausted condition.
[Glasgow Courier,
Judge Foster. —A short time before
this great Lawyer’s death, he went to Ox
ford Circuit, in one of the hottest sum
mers that had been remembered; his
charge to the grand jury was as follows:
“Gentlemen, the weather is extremely hot,
I am very old, and you are very well ac
quainted with your duty—practise it.”
An old bachelor, searching for the ad
vantages of single life, is like an owl, de
ciphering hierogl vphios.