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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
. SENATtC
Nov. 28th—To4»\, the consideration of the
Central Railroad bill was resumed. The ques
tion was taken on atriking out the first section
of the bift, which provides for an increase of
the capital, in amount four millions, beyond
the MtMent authorized capital of the company 1
of three millions, and this increase of capital
to be employed in the business of banking.
On this question the yeas were 53, nays 27.
The motion to strike out being carried, the
next was to consider the amendments offered
by Mr. Dougherty, of Clark, and Mr. Alexan
der, of Meriwether; hut a motion to lay the
bill on the table for the remainder of the ses
sion, bcinj made, and superseding nil others,
the question was put to lay the bill on the
table for the remainder of the session, and
carried, yeas 42, nays 38.
29th—This morning, on the motion to re
consider the journal of yesterday in regard to
the vote to lay the Central Railroad Lull on
the tabic for the remainder of the session, il.c
yeas wpre 49, nays 32, so the bill is again be
fore the Senate for consideration.
The chairman of the committee on internal
improvements, made a report on various sub
jects which had been referred to that commit
tee. In regard to the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, tho committee observe: ”On the re
port of the commissioners of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, and of the Ciiief Engineer,
the committee takes pleasure in expressing
their opinion, that the work lias, during the |
past season, been conducted with judgment, ■
economy, a rigid regard to the interests of the
State and of its citizens, and with every pros
pect of as speedy completion as the magnitude
of the work will admit. And the committee
most earnestly recommend to the General As- j
•embly to make, at the present session, a suit-1
able and full provision for its prosecution and
completion. The committee does not dwell
on this important subject, because it is already j
entirely identified with the feelings, pride, in
terest, and patriotism of every Georgian.”
29th—Mr. Cone laid on the table a resolu
tion requiring his excellency the governor to j
furnish the general assembly with the amount j
of money paid, and which will be due on the J
completion of the several contracts now taken !
up on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and (
for work done thereon.
Mr. Calhoun reported a bill to incorporate j
the Chattahoochee Company, for the purpose i
of improving the Chattahoochee River, nnd j
affording communication for transportation
between Columbus and West Point—read Ist
time.
30th —Mr. King laid on the table the fol
lowing resolutions and preamble:
Whereas, it has been carefully shown in the
reports of our commercial conventions, that
the southern states pay a tax of at least twen
ty-five per cent on their commercial exchan
ges, or more than twenty millions of dollars
per annum, in consequence of their being
conducted through circuitous channels, and
that a direct export and import trade with for
eign nations is of the most vital importance,
not only to the prosperity of these states, but
to the safety and stability of their institutions.
And whereas, it has also been shown that
the»operations of the two banks of the United
States, which have existed forty years, since
1791, .in connexion with-the fiscal action of
the general government, have aided in effect
ing the commercial degradation of the south
ern states; and that if they would relieve
themselves from this oppressive dependence,
they must bring into action a manly [lower, of
sufficient magnitude to resist and counteract
the extensive financial arrangements of tho
large banking institutions of New Vork and
Philadelphia. And whereas, the works of in
ternal improvement now in progress in these
states will, when completed, produce the most
active intercourse, and establish a system of
interchange with the west and southwest, giv
ing to those extensive and fertile regions, a
rapid and cheap communication with the south
ern Atlantic states east, and consequently,
cause the vast amount of their imports to pass
through the same channels, thereby rendering
necessary a uniform currency and financial iu
rangements commensurate with our sterling
and domestic exchange, and the exercise of
banking capital of sufficient amount to attain
these ends, and furnish to our merchants the
necessary accommodations and facilities to en
able them to reclaim and conduct successfully
our extensive commerce. And whereas, con
cert of action on the part of the state, imme
diately interested in these great objects, will
be most likely to produce the desired result, —
Ist Be it therefore resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia, in general assembly met, and it is
hereby resolved by the authority of the same,
That it is necessary to the commercial inde
pendence and prosperity of the southern and
southwestern states, that a bank be established
by them with a capital large enough to meet
the wants of their extensive commerce, and
regulate their sterling and domestic exchanges.
2d. Resolved, That the capital of said bank
ought to be equjJ in amount to the exports of
states concerned in its establishment, that at
least one half of the capital allotted to each
state be subscribed for and owned by said
state, and the other half by the citizens thereof,
that the stocks subscribed by the States be
paid in certificates of state stock or state debt,
and not to bear interest until deposited by said
bank.
3d. Resolved, That the amount of stock
subscribed in each state ought to be exercised
in said state, in one or more branches of said
bank, unless otherwise directed by said state.
4th. Resolved, That the charter of.said bank
ought to be so framed as to permit any state
to withdraw its capital therefrom, and tliut anv
slate, not having first taken an interest there
in, be permitted to do so on the same terms as
the original subscribers.
sth. Resolved, That five commissioners be
appointed by his excellency the governor, to
meet in the city of Augusta, on the first Mon
day in April next, and act with such commis
sioners as may be appointed oil the part of
other states to form a charter for said bank,
and report on the expediency and objects of
such an institution, which charter and report
shall be laid before the legislature of the state
represented for their consideration and action.
6th. Resolved, That a commissioner be ap
pointed by the governor to take this preamble
end resolutions to each of the following state
legislatures that are now in session, viz. Ala
bama, South Carolina, and the territory of
Florida.
7th. Resolved, That copies of lies pream
ble Hid these resolutions be forwarded by his
excellency the governor, to each of the south
and southwestern states.
Dec l*t—M r , Branham reported a bill to
amend an act for the location arm co*#tni«tk*n
of the Western and Atlantic Kailtcai -»>ad
first time.
The report us the committee of the whole
on the bill to change the mode of electing
judges, attorneys, and solicitors general, and
general* of the miiiti* of this state, was taken
up, and on motion, the report and bill was
■ laid on the table for the balance ot the session.
4lh—The Senate was vosterday exclusively
engaged in discussing resotnTions introduced
by Mr. King ot Glynn, mimring the commis
sioners of the Western and k:)»ntiv Railroad,
'to inquire into and ascertain the ino«t eligible
point on the Tennessee K ver for » tormina
lion of the road, and to mqnine also whether
any of the engineers, employed in the con
struetton of the road, have been engaged in
the purchase of land, tn speculations, ic.
The Senate a (boomed yesterday without elos
m.r the debate on those resolutions. This
morning the consideration of the subject was
resumed, and. after much debate, the second
n * '.ill<in was adopted, the first having been
adopted yesterday. j
f>th—To-day there has not been much bust- j
ness done. The bill to prevent frauds at elec- j
lions w as taken up ; and atler discussing it for I
sometime, it was laid upon the table, with j
the amendments proposed, and made the order j
for Saturday next.
(jfh—The resolutions of Mr. Echoes res- j
pecting a National Bank and an Independent
Treasury, were taken up. After some discus-j
sion a resolution prevailed by yeas 40, nays'
38, to lay the resolutions on the table for the ,
present, and by ayes Cl, nays 19, they were !
made the order for Tuesday next.
house.
Nov. 27th—Mr. Dart introduced a bill more ,
effectually to prevent the evils of private
banking, and to stop the issuing and circula
tion of bills and notes of unchartered banks,
private bankers, and the bills and notes usual- i
iy called change bills, passed 19th December,
1818.
Mr. Ilopkins introduced a bill to appropriate
SIO,OOO to improve the navigation of the Al
tamaha river, &c.
Nov 28th—The whole of this morning lias
been occupied in discussing the motion to re
consider the journal of the day before, so far
as regarded the bill, which passed that body,
yeas 117, nays 34, to call a Convention to re
duce the number of members of the lcgisla- ■
tore. The motion to reconsider was lost, yeas i
54, nays 101.
29th—This morning the bill to organize n
Supreme Court was taken up. After much
debate, a motion was made to lay the bill,
with the amendments offered to it, on the ta
ble for the remainder of the session, which
was decided in the affirmative, yeas 78, nays
73. (So the bill was lost.
Mr. Howard introduced a bill to authorize
! and require the Treasurer of the State, in tiie
name and behalf of the State, to subscribe for
j one third of the capital stock of the Bruns
-1 wick Florida Railroad.
30th.—After the reading of the journal, the
resolutions heretofore introduced by Mr. Kelly
of Houston, embracing the subject of an inde
pendent treasury, were, on his motion, made
the order ofthe day for Wednesday, (sth inst.)
The same subject has been made the order for
Thursday in the Senate.
The bill to alter the constitution so as to j
require ail elections by the general assembly i
to be decided viva voce, and not by ballot, was i
rejected for want of a constitutional majority—
yeas 83, nays 50.
A bill appropriating money ($50,000) for
the payment of the militia ofthe counties o!
Camden, Ware, &e. called out to repel the
invasion of the Indians, was passed.
After passing a few other bills, generally of
a local character, the House adjourned to meet
at three o’clock.
The House, during tho afternoon session,
was engaged with bills on their second reading.
A resolution was also adopted to meet in
fu'tiro at half past nine, A. M. and at three
o’clock, I*. >J.
Dec. Ist—To day, the bill to pardon Jno.
Gray, convicted in Richmond county of the
! crime of murder, came up as the special or
der. After the evidence and sundry dneu-:
uients, favorable to the defendant, were read,,
j the bill was passed without a division.
Bill introduced and read first time.
To incorporate a banking company in the j
city of Savannah, to be styled and known as
I the Interior and Western Bank of Savannah,!
j capital stock to be $0,000,000, w ith the prml- '
ege to the directors thereof to increase the
same to a sum not exceeding $5,000,000.
Several other bills were passed.
3d—None of the important bills introduced
in both branches of the legislature, were ta
ken up this morning.
4tli—This morning business of local, not of
j general importance, was despatched. Howe- j
ver, the General Banking Bill was taken up,
I and the discussion upon it was continued un
| til 1 o’clock, when the House adjourned to
j meet again at 3 o’clock, when the debate may
| be.resumed. It is the prevailing belief that
j the bill will pass the House.
! sth—This morning the General Banking
| bill was again taken up, and the debate upon
I it resumed, until one o’clock, when an ad
journment took place.
Yesterday afternoon, the debate on the Gen
i oral Banking Bill vvas resumed. In the course
of the proceedings, a motion was made to lay
| the bill and amendments proposed on the ta
ble fur the remainder of the session. On this
motion the vote stood yeas 46, nays if.*!! This
is a strong indication of the adoption of the
bill by the House: and if the vote is ns decis
ive on its final passage, it is more than prob
able that the Senate will respond in a similar
'manner to the vote of the House,
i This morning the discussion of the General
| Banking Bill was again resumed. The de
bate continued until one o’clock, when the
House adjourned. It is probable that a final
vote will betaken this afternoon.
' Sunt Mart’s City. —The Alexandria
Gazette savs, that the city bearing this
name, which lias now existence in name
only, vvas situated near the mouth of
the Saint Mary’s River, in Saint Mary’s
‘county, in Maryland, and was not only
the spot where the first settlers landed,
’ but was also tiie first place on flu routi
ne at where freedom or religion wax tol
erated-. Where the Protestant and the
Roman Catholic enjoyed their own mode
of worship, and lived in harmony together. ■
A few old gravestones are now the re- 1
mains ol this ancient city, which at one j
j time sent delegates to the General As-!
setnhly of Maryland.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
(From the Augusta Mirror.]
Jove Wngh* aHarers' vows, and »hain*,
And wtea Wad better do the nine. *
A fl-tend of mine has recently returned
from an excursion into the circuit
of ihis state He tells me that while in
the county of he strayed inte the
court house, and was present at the ar
raignment ol a nun by the name of Hen
re Day, who was charged with attempting
to kill his wife. Day was a pale little man,
and the wife, who was present, was a per
fect Behemoth. "The indictment being
read, the prisoner was asked to say, wheth
er he Was “guilty or not guilty.”
He answered “there’s a migkty chance
of lawyer’s lies in the papers, but some
part is true. I did strike the old lady,
but she fit me powerfully first. She can
swear equal to a little of any thing, and I
her kicks are awful. I reckon what you j
j say about the devil moving me, is tolerable j
correct, seeing asjiow she moved me. I j
have told you all I know ’bout the circum- 1
stance Mister. I gin Squire Jones there,!
a five dollar hill, and I allow he’ll talk it
out for me.”
Squire Jones thereupon rose, and said he I
had a law point to raise in this case, which
lie thought conclusive. It was ail establish
ed ruk: of law, that man and wife are
hut one; and he should like to know how
a man could be punished for whipping
himself, he should he glad to hear what the
solicitor general could say to that. The
solicitor general answered, that he thought
his brother Jones has carried the maxim
a trifle too far: men had often been punish
ed for healing their wives. If a tnan
should kill his wife, it would not be sui
cide.
Here Squire Jones interposed, and defi
ed the solicitor general to produce an au
thority to that effect. The solicitor gen
eral looked over Green’s and Lumpkin’s
Georgia justice for some minutes, and
then observed, that he could not find an
authority just then, but he was sure he
had seen the principle somewhere, and he
called on the judge to sustain him. In
the enthusiasm of the council on this
point, they forgot to offer any evidence as
to the guilt or innocence of D.iy in the
premises. The judge being likewise ob
vious of this fact, proceeded to charge
j the jury. He told them, that man and
1 wife were one, and were two. If a wife
ran in debt or abused a neighbor; or knock
! ed down or dragged out a fellow citizen,
\ then man and wife were one. If the hus
dand did any of these things, then, man
and wife were two. He remarked, that
in either event, the man was legally bound
to suffer, and therefore come it ns they
would, Day was undoubtedly guilty. He
said, he would not decide the question,
whether if a man kill his wife, it was mur
der or suicide. lie was not prepared to
express an opinion upon that point. It was
a very delicate one, and lie had no idea of
i committing himself. (Someone in the
room here observed, that he was mighty
| fond of committing others.)
lie then called up the bailiff, a tremend
' oils looking cracker, wearing a broad
brim white hat with crape, (I never saw
a man south of latitude 33, that did not
I wear a white hat with crape,) and proceed
ed to admonish him, that the jury were
very much in the habit of coming in drunk,
! witli their verdicts, nnd that if it happened
j in tliis case, he would discharge the pris-
oner, and put his punishment upon him,
(the bailitf.) The bailiff giving a signifi
cant glance at the judge, replied, that oth
er people besides the jury came into court
drunk, —that some people thought other
people drunk, when some people were
drunk themselves.’ The jury then retired,
and so did my friend. The next day he
returned and found matters in statu quo,
except that Day and his wife had made up,
and were discussing together the merits
of a cold fowl, and a quart of beer, and
now and then interchanging kisses, des
pite of the frowns and becks of the officers.
The judge, clerk, and sheritf, had been
up all night and looked wolfish, and the
bailiff vvas setting on his white hat at the
door of the jury room, and his counten
ance expressed that he had swallowed the
concentrated venom of a thousand wild
cats. The most awful curses, oaths and
sounds proceeded from the jury room—
some were roaring like lions—some cry
ing like children—mewing like cats —
neighing like horses, &.c. At last, a short
consultation was held at the door of the
jury room between the forman and the bail
iff, whereupon, the latter putting his white
I <,ll urn: sided on his head, ca/rte into the
court room and addressed the judge thus:
•‘.Mister, Tom Jakes says the jury can’t
agree about this here man, and if you
keep hint< i. e. Tom Jakes) without grog
any more, lie'll lick you “on sight.”
The judge appealed to the bar, ifthis was
not a contempt of court, and ‘ Green and
Lumpkin’s Georgia justice” having been
consulted, it was finally decided, that as it
was a threat addressed to the judge as a
private individual, and vvas, to whip him
"on sight,” and not on the bench, it was
not, (under the free, enlightened and de
mocratic principles ofGeorgiu legislation,)
a contempt of court. This being settled,
the judge directed the bailiff to say to Tom
Jakes, the foreman, that the jury should
agree, if they stayed there through eterni
ty. The bailiff returned, and so did my
friend, but he gives it as his opinion, from
the frame of mind in which he left nil
parties, that the jurors and baiiilf are still
there. R. M. C.
If you often charge serv ants with lying,
they will soon become liars if they are
not so already.
St. Augustine, Not. 94.
More Indian Murders.— On Monday
last, a family of twelve persons of the name
Zipper, were murdered twenty-one miles
from Black Creek, in a northwest direc
tion.
Fout New Smyrna, Nov. 19.
Sir—Capt. D. Dummett discovered, on
Sunday last, the skeletons of two individ
uals who had evidently been murdered by
the Indians. They were lying about a
mile from this bar, at a mound known by
the name of Pilots Retreat. He found
also several papers. Yesterday I went
with him to see them, wlien we found
three others, (making five in number); all
evidently murdered, as every skull was
broken. One of them had been put on
the fire and was partly burnt. We found
numerous papers strewed about near them.
They had evidently not been long mur
dered, as the skin and some hair, and the
tendens, were still there, and one foot was
entire. From the papers, it appears that
the principal individual was a Chas. Sage,
of New York, but recently in the Texian
service; and one ofthe others was a bov
aged sixteen named James Daniels, born
in Danville, Vermont. Uhere was nothing
by which the other three could he iden
tified; they were probably sailors.
St. Augustine, Nov. 25.
“Last Sunday night the Indians stole
two horses from the stable at Fort Han
son. Since that, they have killed four or
five families in the neighborhood of Ala
chua, and one near Black Creek, consist
ing of twelve persons.
Protesting of Inland Bills. —The
New Orleans Bulletin says that in a suit
before Judge Morgan, of the City Court,
a principle of mer&ntile law has recently
been decided, a knowledge of which may
prove useful to merchants and men of bu
siness generally.
Some how or other a notion has gener
ally prevailed, that a demand and a pro
test by a Notary Public, are necessary in
all cases to bind the endorser of a note,
the drawer, or acceptor of a draft. The
rule is true as regards foreign bills. But
it has become the settled law, as respects
the demand upon the acceptor and notice
to the drawer of an inland bill, that they j
may he made without the intervention of |
a Notary Public—in other words, without!
a public protest, in case of uon-acceptance ■
or qon-paymerit. Formerly, in England,!
several statutes made a protest of inland !
bills necessary in special cases. Yet the
rule as now settled in that country is the
same as the one above described. In the
United States, the term inland hills, has
become confined to clerk’s drafts or hills
on parties within a particular State. When
drawn by a resident of one State upon a
resident of another State, they are viewed
as foreign. Promissory notes, when en
dorsed, are of course governed by the
same rule, and a note which never has
travelled beyond the limits of a State,
needs no protest —the only requisite be
ing due proof of a formal demand and !
prompt notice to endorsers and drawers j
in case of non-payment or non-acceptance.'
!In all cases, however, where large sums i
Jof money are involved, the safest course I
j is to resort to a regular protest by reason i
jof the (Ticilily and certainty of the proof.
! But many notes and drafts are drawn for
very small sums. Frequently the cost of
the protest would be equal to one year’s
interest on the instrument. To the hold
ers of such paper, the saving of the cost of
a protest is quite a consideration, and it is
for their benefit that publicity is given lo
the principles laid down in Judge Mor
gan’s decision.
A few hales of “Bituminated Peat,” —
the composition recently invented in New
York, formed of refuse anthracite coal
screenings, tar, &c.—were put on hoard
the Great Western on her last trip from
New York, in order to test the merits as
cribed to this species of fuel. The engi
neer, who is said-to be a man of scientific
attainments,addressed a letter to the inven
tors on the return of the ship, in which
he states that the result of the trial has
satisfied hi in that one hundred pounds of
peat is equal to three hundred ofcoal, and
that in cases where there is a itt
generating or keeping up a good head of
steam, tiiis fuel is indispensable. The
Directors of the Great Western ordered
the purchase of two hundred barrels for
the use of that ship, which were put on
j board previous to her sailing a few’ days
I aijp.
Beat rms who can. —We will “brag” j
I all we can raise in a month, and if that
oversizes the pile of any body disposed to!
take up the bet, we will wager a bat, or
coat, or any thing else, that no Parish in
ithis or any other cotton growing State in
the country, can produce three hands;
that will pick eighteen hundred and forty
• one pounds of Cotton between day light
and sundown, in one day. Extraordinary
j as it appears, that quantity of cotton, clean
: and without bolls, was picked on the 6th
of this month, on the plantations of Win.
11. Cureton, on Bayou Bauif. One of
the hands belonging to tins gentleman
picked 576 pounds—another 593, and a
third 575 —a day’s work each. It may
fie necessary to add that Dr. Hawkins of
1 Cheneyville, examined the cotton and
found it ali to bo clean and good,
i We heard Mr. Cureton offer a bet of two
thousand dollars, that hr: ins four servants
that will go into any plantation (on the
first picking) and pick two thousand;
pounds of cotton in a day. There were!
jno takers—it could be done.— Alexandria'
(La.) (razettc.
Central Rail Road. —lt gives us
pleasure to inform our readers that this
work is iu most active progress. Nearly
1000 men are now employed, and the
force is daily increasing. We are in
formed that the planters are showing a
disposition to engage in the work; by di
verting for a time their force from agri
culture, they will give their lands rest,
while they inay be as profitably employ
ed in carrying on the great work of im
provement, which will eventually, in its
advantages, return to them like bread cast
upon the waters, fourfold.
The business on the road for the last
month, we are told, has far exceeded the
expectations of its most sanguine friends
and gives good earnest of what may he
expected when the whole work shall be
completed. We think the friends of this
enterprise have every reason for confidence
in its final success.—[Savannah Geor
gian.
An Act of True Courage. —The
“Buffalo Commercial” relates a thrilling
incident which lately happened on board
the steamer Constitution whilst that vessel
was out in the late terrible gale, which
caused such devastation among the numer
ous craft which navigate Lake Erie. When
the storm was at his height, the captain
observed that the vessel was rapidly drift
ing towards a reef of rocks from which es
cape seemed impossible. The captain
ordered on more steam—the engineer re
plied, that the boilers were already at the
very high presure point, and that more
might cause an instant explosion.
In this dilemma there appeared no choice
nnd it was decided that the strength of
the machinery should be put to the test by
forcing the steam beyond the usual force
and thus claw off the threatened danger.
The engineer immediately directed the
heads of two barrels of oil to be broken
in, and the furnaces wee rapidly fed with
wood dipped in the highly inflammable
liquid, while two men with ladies dashed
oil into the flames. The intense heat
which these combustibles created, gener
ated steam with the rapidity of lightning,
and soon the resistless vapor forced up the
safety valve,and issued forth with tremend
ous violence, its sharp hissing heard above
the wild uproar of the waters and the storm.
With a desperate and determined courage,
which equalled the most daring heroism
that the page of history has ever recorded,
the Engineer sat clown upon the lever of
the safety valve, to confine and raise the
steam to the necessary power required to
propel the boat against the drifting waves!
In this awful situation he calmly remained,
until the prodigious efforts of the engine
had forced the Constitution sufficiently
off shore to be beyond the threatened dan
ger.
A Villain Exposed. The Akron (O
hio) Balance gives a detailed account of a
young villain of the most infamous descrip
tion, calling himself Doctor John W. Her
set, and who, in the space of one year, con
trived to seduce into marriage three res
pectable young ladies, who are now all
living, and whom lie has successively a
bandoned. It appears that he is from Ver
mont, where he abandoned his wife in a
few months; then came to Lockport, in
this State, began to practice, and shortly
married another. Soon after, he settled
at Utica, in the family of Judge Dygert, a
respectable citizen, and again commenced
practice, having his wife, a girl about 16,
boarding with him in the Judge’s family,
and at school, under the assumed charac
ter of his cousin. In a short time he elop
ed with a niece of the Judge, to Middle
bury, Ohio, leaving his second wife at the
Judge’s. Finding he was now suspected,
he abandoned the third wife and took to
Buffalo, where lie was captured, handcuff
ed and placed in the Oneida jail.—[New
York Star.
Central America. Letters of the
27th ult. from Belize, Honduras, state that
the Guatamala was again in a
complete state of revolution, the rebel
chief Carrera having taken up arms against
the Government for the second time, and
with the aid of about 1000 men had cap
tured the old city of Guatamala, nearly
every house and church of which he had
robbed. He was subsequently driven out
by Gen. Lalagar, from near Guatamala af
ter a severe action, in which 200 of his
followers were killed. President Mara
zon, at the head of 3000 men from St.
Salvador, was in pursuit of the rebels, and
hopes were entertained that the revolution
would be soon suppressed. Iu conse
quence of the disturbed condition of the
country, the crops of Cochineal and Indi
go were expected to be very short.—[N.
Y. Gazette.
NAVAL GENERAL ORDER.
Navy Department, Nov. 28, 1838.
The practice of bringing home, in the
public vessels of the United States, vari
ous animals, such as horses, asses, mules
and other quadrupeds, formerly authoriz
ed by this department, having been found
by recent experience productive of great
inconvenience, and liable to abuse, is here
by prohibited in future.
J. K. PAULDING.
Error pointed out. —A correspond
ent of the National Intelligencer notices
an error common among justices of the
peace, of recording oaths as having been
made on the “Holy Evangelist,” instead
of the “Holy Evangel y.” The oaths should
be made on the living, not on the dead.
The Evangelists are dead, whilst their
record, the Evangel/, lives and is imper
ishable.
GLYNN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
December Term, 183a
We, the Grand Jurors, chosen and sworn
for the County of Glynn, December term 1838,
do present the bad condition of the public
roads of this County generally, and especially
the road leading from this town to the public
ferry called Grant’s Ferry. And we respect
fully recommend and urge, that the said road
be immediately repaired; and that a suitable
wharf be erected, where the said road meets
the Alatamaha River, for the convenience of
travellers, and the better transportation of the
U. S. Mail.
We further present to the notice of the
Honorable Court, William Green and Martin
Palmer, as common nuisances, and recommend
that the solicitor take proper notice of the same.
\V e regret deeply that we cannot congratu
late the citizens of this County with being blest
with harmony and quietude ; but, on the con
trary, we have been burthened with an exam
ination into many serious offences against the
peace and good order of the community.
We deplore the unfortunate occurrence
which resulted in the untimely death of our
esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. John A. Wiley ;
and join in condolence with the mother and
relations, and surviving friends of the de
ceased.—To his Honor the Presiding Judge,
we tender our best wishes and respects, as
well as to the Solicitor General and members
of the Bar, for their patience and perseverance
in the discharge of the business of the Court.
We request this our presentments to be pub
lished in the Brunswick Advocate.
J. C. MANGHAM, Foreman,
H. GIGNILLIAT,
J. MOORE,
T. WOOLLEY,
GEE DUPREE,
W. M. GIGNILLIAT,
J. MYERS,
J. F. GOULD,
S. M. BURNETT,
P. P. GIGNILLIAT,
JOHN PILES,
W. D. JENKINS,
W. LAWRIE,
W. MOORE,
A. G. BURNETT,
C. DUBIGNON,
J. GIGNILLIAT, Jr.
J. L. LOCKE.
Proposals
For publishing in the city of Darien, Ga., anew
weekly Newspaper, to be entitled the
McINTOSH COUNTY HERALD,
AND DARIEN COMMERCIAL REGISTER.
rpHAT Newspapers are of great publie utili-
X ly, will not, by any well informed indi
vidual, be denied. Every citizen who desires
to be acquainted with passing events—every
one whose heart dilates at the prosperity of his
country—who takes an interest in her welfare,
should be a subscriber to at least one newspa
per; and small indeed must be its value, if the
instruction and amusement it affords, are not
more than equivalent to the subscription.
The columns of the Herald will be devoted
to literature, politics, commerce, agriculture
and news; knd the proprietor indulges the hope
that while conducting a journal of such varie
gated character, he may not only please, but
instruct his readers. He is aware of the ex
tensive and powerful influence of that great
intellectual lever, the Press, and of the high
responsibility devolving upon those who un
dertake its control. He hopes, by prudent
management, and with a competent support,
to render his publication, as a medium of in
telligence, interesting and useful.
The latest and most important news of the
day, foreign and domestic, will be carefully
collected; and with miscellaneous articles, lit
erary essays, and interesting moral tales, cal
culated to improve the heart, and enlighten the
understanding, conspicuously inserted. A
proper attention will be paid to the department
consecrated to the Muses.
A full and connected sketch of the proceed
ings of the Legislature and Congress, will be
furnished in their proper seasons.
In politics, the Herald shall be an indepen
dent paper: advocating those measures which
arc best calculated to perpetuate, the rich in
heritance left by our fathers— a constitution
sealed with their blood—and a union indisso
luble and eternal. He will strenuously oppose
any measure having the remotest tendency to
violate the constitution, to infringe upon the
rights of conscience, or lessen the rights ofthe
independent States. He will, however, at all
times, be pleased to publish well written com
munications, upon all political subjects.
Terms. The Herald will be printsd on a
large imperial sheet, with new type,atf3 per
year, in advance, or $4 at the expiration of the
year. No subscriptions received for a less
term than one year, and no paper discontinued
until all arrearages are paid, except at the op
tion of the publisher.
Advertisements published at the usual rates.
The first number ofthe Herald will appear on
the second Tuesday in January next.
H STYLES BELL.
(CrGentlemen to whom this prospectus will
be sent, are requested to obtain as many sub
scribers as practicable, by the first of January
next, and return them to the publisher.
Dec 13
Church Wardens’ Sale.
ON the first day of January next, will be
sold to the best and highest bidder, at the.
town of Frederica, St. Simons, between the
usual hours of sale, all that tract of LAND be
longing to Christ Church, St. Simons, lying
adjoining to said town, and * containing two
hundred and ninety acres more or less, to wit,
DO acres of cleared land, and 190 acres savannah
and uncleared land. Sold under an act of the
Legislature, passed Dec. 25, 1837.
TERMS. Extensive credit, secured by bond
and mortgage upon the premises. Collateral
security to be given whenever it may be deem
ed necessary by the Vestry.
ROBERT GRANT, 1 r . , _ . ,
JAMES GOULD, J Church* wdens
W. W. HAZZARD, > v ,
JOHN COUPER, ] Vestrymen.
Frederica, Sept. 28, 1838. oct. 4—ts.
Fresli Malaga Fruit.
pC WHOLE, half and qr. boxes Bunch
4 if) and Muscatel RAISINS,
Casks blue and black mark Raisins,
Do. GRAPES,
Just received per schr Jane Bourne, and for
«al« by RICE, PARKER 4. CO.