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Simtf)=£aroUiu HfQlclatuct. 1
Th>* I'dmwing is the Hepoti of the Sen- *
ate upon ill* subject of the Tariff, a* adopt
ed by that Body, by a vote of S 6 to 6.
REPORT I
Os the Special Comm Hire to draft a decla- |
ration on the subject of ilia Tariff,
grounded on the resolution of ihe Senaie t
on that subject, on the I?lh Dec- 1828. t
The special committee of nine, being one
member from each Congressional district in
this State, charged with the duty of drafting ,
a declaration, in relation to the subject of ,
the resolution adopted by the Senate in re- t
lation to the Tariff Acta of Congress, for |
Ihe protection of domestic manufactures; (
which declaration shall clearly elucidate ,
and set forth the principles of South Caro- (
liua upon this interesting subject, respect- (
fully report: (
That the Slate of South Carolina, having
uniformly eihibited in all her public senti
ments and actions, an anxious devotion to
ihe interests of the American Union, and (
to the Constitution of this United Confede .
racy of Sovereign States, which forms the
creed of our public opinion, and the laud ,
mark of our public conduct, does not deem
it necessary, on the present occasion, t"
establish by detailed and particular instan ,
cea, a character which the world hna never (
yet denied to her. The State, therefore,
takes it for granted, that her claims to pub j
7, lie consideration are inferior to those of no ,
’ , atlier in the American Confederacy. I
But the Government of the United Stales ,
is a Government of Delegated Powers, ,
marked, limited ;.nd distinct. Poweis, de ,
rived from the consent of the several Stales j
that constitute the Union ; not inherent in, ,
or necessarily springing from the Govern- (
inent itself. ,
To use and exercise powers not delega- ,
ted by the Constitution, or to extend the j
verbal meaning of the expressions of that ,
instrument, so as to include, by ingenious ,
implication, powers not meant to be conce
ded by the States who met in Confederation, |
is on the part of the General Government ,
muipalion; to act upon powers thus nssum- ,
ed, and to compel obedience to them, is ,
tyranny; to permit such usurpations with ,
out remonstrance, and if need he, resist-
mice, is to betray the rights of the people; ,
to change a confederated into a consolidn ,
ted government; to sanction tyranny hoili ,
in principle and in practice ; and to deliver ,
our citi/.ens and their posteiity, bound hand
and liiut, to a despotism whose existence
and character was never contemplated, or
inspected by our revolutionary ancestors.
The Government of the United States
possesses political .rights, which it is our
duly to defend and In obey. The Slate of
Smith Carolina is us nnxinus to perform
this duty, as any State in tb* Union can be, ,
But the several Stales, South Carolina a ,
ni ng ihe rest, have also their own distinct, |
reserved, nndeleguted rights, which it is ,
equally (heir hounden duty to watch over ,
and pint.cl from all encroachment; and (
this duly the Slate of South Carolina will ,
not neglect; hut on all occasions, if need ,
be. will faithfully, to the utmost and at all ,
has uds, perform it In so doing, she seeks j
not in infringe upon, hut to maintain pure ,
mid inviolate the Constitution of the Union
to which her allegiance is due. To obey ,
the Constitution in its purity, to preserve ii (
from unhallowed contamination, from open i
violation and fraudulent misinterpretation, j
is a dnlv involved in her allegiance. That r
duly, by the blessing of God, she will per (
form. »
The system of late years introduced a ,
mong us, termed the American System, in |
eluding llie right of protecting domestic ,
manufactures by taxes imposed upon the (
consumer, not for the public necessities or ,
the public guru), but to foster and protect f
one favored class of citi/.ens at the expense ;
of all the rest —including also the whole f
plao of internal improvements by menus of
roads and canals, bv which certain States ,
ore benefited at the expense of the common g
Treasury, is a system, not only partial, „
unjust and oppressive, hut is entirely as n „
•cvh de, und in all its parts, «■ gross and |
inexcusable usurpation on the part of the ti
Gen'-ral Goven raent. This American
Svetem has been gradually imposed upon b
the Union by means und measures unjust „
nnd unanibori/.i'd. It admits of no defence c
on Constitutional principles- The powers p
claimed und connected with it, me no where ,
clem ly l» be found in that Constitution.— ~
ll erects the manufacturing States into a „
favored aristocracy It degrades and de f
pte.se* the character, the'industry, and the f
prosperity of every agricoltuml State It „
imposes burthen* fur which the South re-
C-ives no equivalent, fi renders us, in fact, (,
tributaries and laborer* for the benefit of ,
the manufacturing S ales. ,
Vjrdnsl this state of things. South Caro- (
iioa has repeatedly remonstrated in vain (
She has been condemned in her sovereign t
capacity ; bet rights have !>een trampled ,
I o remonstrance. lie neglected on (
•he table of Congress; he s oppressions have ,
been el most yeariy increased ; and no sys s
tem of redefss has been held out to hei .
hr p**S or her I
Ii is ’ impus»itile t hatthis state of things |
sin old be long end' red, without decisive |
***■■ - eft' >lsa: redress Dot the State of South i
Cat 'die i, still willing tooling to the good j
the jour, sense, and the Constitn
ti nid p mriples which they rrusl still will |
anoai the people of these United States, i
nod induce 'lvm to reconsider the grounds ,
end reasons on « h’u h the offensive act* have
Been passed, and the American System i
adopted—h»« determined to pres* open ,
th m a revision of the liws complained of; ,
laws wli-we character is 100 psrlinl to he j
defended, -md whose i nera'ion on this State ,
is too opnressive i i( |,,« heme In earnest |
holies, therefore, of success in this fi’ial en
de ;v.-r to procure a return of mutual pood
feeliegs, and an honest adherence to the
plain and salutary principles of our r»m
m ui Constitution, the Legitlatine cf South
Caroline do iherefore
R esolre. That the ads of Congress for
the proienion of domestic manufactures are
and should be resisted, a< d
otlier Siai'Ti ore invited to eo-operetc
with South Carolina in the measure of re
sistance to the same.
Rrnolnnl, That a copy of this resolution
be transmitted by the Governor of this State
to the Governors of the several States, with
a request that it be laid before the several
Legislatures. -
The following is the Protest, adopted hy
the Legislature of South Carolina against
the Tariff:
PROTEST.
The Senate and Mouse of Representa
tives of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, through the Hon.
William Smith and the lion. Robkrt Y.
Hayne, their Representatives in the Sen
ate of the United States, do, in the name
and on behalf of the good people of the said
Commonwealth, solemnly protest against
the system of protecting duties lately adopt
ed bv the Federal Government, for the
following reasons:—
1. Because the good people of this Com
monwealth believe that the powers of Con
gress were delegated to it in trust for the
accomplishment of certain specified objects
which limit and control them, and that
every exercise of them for any other pur
poses is a violation of the Constitution as
unwarrantable as the undisguised assump
lion of snbslanli d independent powers, not
granted or expressly withheld.
2. Because the power to lay duties on
imports is, and in its very nature can be,
only a means of effecting the objects sped
fied by the Constitution ; since no free go
vernmenl, and least of all a government of
enumerated powers, can of right impose
any tax (any more than a penally) which
is not at once justified by public necessity,
and clearly within the scope and purview
of the social compact, and since the right of
confining appropriations of public money
to such legitimate ami constitutional objects,
is as essential to the liberties of the people,
a r their unquestionable privilege to be taxed
only by their own consent.
3 Because they believe that the Tariff
Low passed by Congress at the hist session,
and all other acts of which the principal
object is the protection of manufactures, or
any other branch of domestic industry—if
they be considered as the exercise of sup
posed power in Congress, to tax the p- ople
at its own good will and pleasure, and to
apply the money rai-ied to objects not spe
cified in the Constitution—is n violation ol
these fundamental principles, a breach of a
w»II defined trust, and a perversion of the
high powers vested in the federal govern
ment for federal pnrp ses only.
4. Because such acts considered in the
light ol a regulation of commerce are equal
ly liable to objection—since although the
power to regulate commerce may, like other
powers, bo exercised so ns to pr 4ect do
mestic manufactures, yet it is clearly distin
guished from n power to do so co nominn ,
both in the nature of the thing and in the
common acceptation of the terms; and be
cause the confounding of them would lead
to the most extravagant results, since the
encouragement of domestic industry implies
an absolute control over nil the interests,
resources, mid pursuits of n people, and is
inconsistent with the idea of any other than
n simple, consolidated government.
3. Because from the contemporaneous
exposition of the Constitution, in the nnm
bers of the Federalist, (which is cited only
because ih ‘ supreme court lias recognised
its authority,) it is clear that the powJMto
regulate commerce was considered by , te
convention as only incidentally connected
with the encouragement of agriculture and
manufacture*; and because the power as
layinir imposts and duties on imports, was
not understood to justify in any case a pro
hibition of foreign commodities, except ns a
means of extending commerce by coercing
foreign nations ton fair reciprocity in their
intercourse with os far some other bona
fi b c mmercial purpose.
6 Because that whilst tlje power to pro
tect manufactures is no where expressly
granted to Congress, nor can be considered
as necessary and proper to carry into effect
any specified power, it seems to be express
ly reserved to the Slates, by the tenth sec
tion of the first article of the Constitution.
7. Because even admitting Congress to
have a constitutional right to protect ma
nufactures by the imposition of the duties
or by regulations of commerce, designed
principally for that purpose, yet a Tariff
•>f which the operation is grossly unequal
and oppressive, is such on abuse of power,
as is incompatible with the principles of a
free government, and the great ends o(
civil society, justice, and equality of rights
anil protection.
8 Finally, because South Carolina, from
her climate, station, and peculiar institu
tions, is, and must ever continue to be,
wholly dependent upon agriculture ami
commerce, not only for her prosperity, but
for her very existence as a Slate—because
the abundant and valuable products of Iter
soil—the blessings by which Divine Frovi
deuce set-ms to have designed to compen
sate for the great disadvantages under which
site suffers in other respects —are among the
very few that can be cultivated with any
profit by slave labor—and if by the loss of
her foreign commerce, these produc s should
be confined to an inadequate market, the
fate of this fertile Stale would be poverty
and otter desolation—her citizens, in des
pair, would emigrate to more fortunate re
gions, and the whole frame and constitution
of her civil polity be impaired and deran
ged, if not dissolved entirely.
Deeply imprevsed w ith hese considers.
• ions, the Representatives cf the good peo
ple of this Commonwealth, anxiously desi
ring to live in peace with their fellow cili
xens, and to do nil that in them lies to pre
serve and perpetuate the union of the states,
mid the liberties of which it is the surest
pledge—but feeling it to he their bounden
duty to expose and to resist ail encroach
ments upon the true spirit of the Constitu
tion, lest ab apparent acquiescence in the
system of protecting duties should he drawn
into precedent, do, in the name of the Com
monwealth of South Carolina, claim to en
ter upon the journals of the Senate, their
protest against it as unconstitutional, op
pressive, and unjust.
eHronfrl? iWfrtttcr,
From lb* MilledCtTillr Recorder, Dec. 27. p
The Legislature adjourned on Satmday 0
evening last, after passing about an hun- ti
dred and sixty Acts, most of which are of n
a private or local nature. The Captions
of the Acts of niost general interest, with 0 .
the principal features of some of them, are
given below. J-
An art for the relief of certain drain (_
e.rs in the Land Lottery of 1827, in o/l
cases. —[Wherever it shall satisfactorily r
appear that a mistake has been committed I
in spelling the name of any person who h
has drawn land in the lottery of 1821, the r
Governor is authorised to order such alter- b
ation as will secuie to the bona fide drawer P
his right, according to the justice of the
case—grants which may have issued in t
consequence of mistakes declared null and a
void, and the holders of such, on returning o
them, to have the office fees refunded. (
To alter and fix the time of *'tiding the t
Superior and Inferior courts in the Flint p
Circuit —[The Superior Courts in Hons ti
, ton to he held on the 3d Monday in April
i and October—ln Crawford, 3d Monday in e
. February and August—ln Upson, on tiie c
Mondays thereafter in February and Au- g
i gust—ln Pike, on the first Monday in b
March and September—ln Fayette, on the
t 2d Monday in March and September —In *
Henry, on the 3d Monday in March and
i September—ln Newton, on the 4th Mon
( day in March and September—ln Butts,' *
on the Ist Monday in April and October — <
In Monroe, on the 2d Monday in pril
f and October—ln Bibb, on the 3d Monday "
i in January and July. The Inferior Courts „
i to be held as follows—Houston, 4th Mon
day in January and July—Crawford, 3d
i Monday in May and November—Upson, '
f 14th Monday in May and November—Pike, 1
■ Ist Monday in June and December—Fay f
t ette, on the 2d Monday in June and f)e- |
cernber—Henry, 3d Monday in June and j
I December—Newton, 4'h Monday in Jnne
and December—Butts 3d Monday in June <
I and January—Bibb, 3d Monday in April I
] and October. ' *
To alter limes of holding the Superior
■ courts in the Middle Circuit —[Spnivo ,
f Circuit—Columbia, 2d Monday ; n M;ire^
. —Washington, 4ib Monday in March
> Montgomery, 2d Monday In Arril—in
, Tattnall, on the Thursday thereafter—E- t
. manuel,3d Monday in April—Scriven. 4ih
t Monday in April—Burke, first Monday in ;
i May—Jefferson, 3d Monday in Mav—
, Richmond, 4th Monday in May. Fali r
. Turn —Columbia, 2d Monday in Septem- (
her—Washington, 4th Monday in Septem- ,
. her—Montgomery, on the Thursday after
the Ist Monday in October—Tattnall, 2d «
. Monday in October—in F.manuel, on the
Thursday thereafter—Scriven, 3d Monday f
in October—Burke, 4lb Monday in Octo- 1
her. I
Tn odd the Irrriloni lit g within the limits of s
' dns Slrte. and occupied hi/ he Cherokee Indians In $
Ihe amulet of Carroll IhKalh. Gwinnett, Mall j
and Habersham, and Is extend the laics <f tins
S'n'e nrrr the same, nnd for other purposes s
[White persons residing among the Cher
okee Indians within the limits of this State h
made subject to the operation of its laws r
immediately after the passage of the act—
and after the first of June 1830, the Indians f
then residing there to be subject to sucli f
laws ns the Legislature may hereafter pre- o
scribe—the laws, usages nnd customs <>s- /,
fablished by the Cherokee* within the lim- [
its of this State declared null and void after h
Ist June, 1830 —No Indian or descendant n
r.f an Indian residing within the Creek or i
Cherokee Nations to he a competent nit- tl
ness or party to a suit in any court of the ii
State to which a white man may be a par- n
ty. - p
To sell and dispose of the Stale's interest in (|
lots of land which hart bte« nr mail hereafter
be randemne.d as fravdalevtly drawn in the
counties n/ Lee, Muscogee Marian, Harris, Tal- ‘
hot Troup. Merrtwclker, Cmreta and Carroll. — 0
[The Sheriffs of the counties above named b
to sell the land condemned as fraudulently f
drawn, after advertising 30 days in two cl
public gazettes, and also at the Court-house 1
of the county —one fifth of the purchase h
money to he paid down, nnd the balance in ff
four annual instillments. ll
To provide for giving pussission In the pur- C
chasers of the Slate's interest in lands sold in pur - ~i
suance of an art passed the ‘Zid of Dec 1827. j
To alter the third, seventh and tw'l r th actions
of the first article, and the first and third sections c '
if the id article of the Constitution of this Stole — si
[Provides for the biennial election of mem
bers of the General Assembly and for their a
meeting once in two years after the year o,
1831—And after the same dale for the
election of Judges of the Superior courts, /
Attorney General and Solicitors General tl
for the term of four years. The first elec- ll
lion to take place in 1831. To effect the
proposed changes in the Constitution, this G
act must be at the next session of
the Legislature.
For the sale of the Bridge across the }j
Qrmulgcr river at Macon [ The State’s ,|
Commissioners authorized to sell nnd trans- i,
fertile the C» rpor ttion of Ma in
con for JL j, nos $25 f'oo—one tenth t(
part *vvo\ t«-* Vdown, and the balance in 11
nine ato, instalments. j
To ehalige the manner of appointing „
officers and agents for the F. ni tent i ary. — ii
[The appointment of all the officers to be b
made annually by the Governor, to whom 01
quarterly returns are to be made by the In- i(
spectors of the state and condition of the
institution., •
To regulate the trial of claims to land f
ahd negroes re Am levied on by attachments s
tn Justices’ Cow ts in this State. "
To impose , levy and collect a tax for *
the political year 1320, on property real J,
and personal, and to inflict penalties for i*
neglect or failing to romplu with the pro 1
visions thereof, and also for appropriating
one half thereof to each county of its own ?
tax . for improvement of public roads, *
bridges . &c e
To alter and amend the fist, fourth and *’
seventh sections of an act assented to 22 d J*
Dee. 1827, entitled an act to dispose of the
residue of lanils heretofore reserved for t(
the use of the State. —[This act allows the «
j Commissioners to continue the sales until 4
| o’clock in the afternoon—to require any
purchaser to pay immediately after any /
fraction is bid i ff, five per rent, on the pur
| chase, and the balance of the one fifth as p
provided by the aci—Commissioners may
on the same day put op for sale aoy frac-;
lion which has been bid off and the terms
not complied with.
To compel the Attorney and Solicitors General
as Oils Stole to gire bond and tecur ly for the
faithful d scharge of the dat es if their respective
offices, and to further define the duties of the
Comptroller General, Ike A Homey a d Solic tors
General
To alter the time of holding the Supe
rior and Inferior Courts of the County of
Baldwin. —[The Superior Courts to bej
hereafter held on the 3d Mondays of Feb-i
rnary and August. The Inferior Courts to
be held on the 3d Mondays in May and
November.
To protect the frontier settlements of
this State from the intrusion of the In
dians of the Creek Nation. —[No Indian
of the Creek Nation allowed 10 cross the
Chalahnochie into this State without a writ
ten permit from the Agent, specifying his
particular business, under pain ol imprison
ment.
To extend the time for fortunate draw
ers in the Land Lottery of 1327 to take
out their grants, and to reduce the fe.es on
grants. —[Time extended to 25th Decem
ber, 1829, and fees reduced to $l2.
Mock ffectually to define Ibr mode of perfect
ing service un pi-*tuns i chose lands may hereof la
be returned at having been fraudulently drawn
withm the count.es nf Let Harris .Muscogee, Sec
To authorise and r quire ad imstralo’i de bo
n s non on estates of deceased administrators In
he brought in b j wir- funas and made defendants
also to prescr be the mode of effecting se rice of
orders nf court liken ngomst executors adminis
trators or guardians who are. alidged to be m s
managing the estates they respectively represent
To authorise and vrnvide for the build ng nf an
Arsenal in the City of Suvunnuk for the preser
nal.on and security of the arms and muml ons oj
war
To change the time of holding the Infe
rinr Courts of Jones County. —[To be
held on the 4ih Monday in January and
July.
To alter the Mil-tin Laws so ns to permit the
Company Offi-c , of the. .Militia to uniform in
homespun anil to nltr.r the. present mode nf notify
ing default ng nfii ers in Courts f Enquiry.
T alter and fix lot lime of holding the Superi
or C'nu Is ’it Gw nnelt, Rabun and Frankl n
[ln Gwinnett, to beheld on the 2d Mon
day in March and September—in Rabun,
on tin* Thursday after the 2d Monday in
April nod Ociob r—in Franklin, on the
4th Monday in April and October.
to ahoi sh th right of survivorship in Joint
Tenants in th s Stale
To slablisn a Rank at jMillcdgerille In be cull
id and known by the name and ih.lr nf the Cm
t‘dl li-nknf Geu-gia to appropriate monies, Bank
Slrck and other securities In form the Capital
Stock of sa d Hank, and to incorporate, the same
To amend the llth section f the 9lh diviton
nf tin P'na.l Cod- nf tins Stale.
To nuthorizr his Excellency the Govern
or to subscribe to the Stock of the Savan
nah, Ogcchee, and ■'Ufamnha Canal Com
pany—[The Governor authorized to sub
scribe a sum not exceeding $44,000 to the
siock of said Company, and to appoint one
Director in its Board of direction to repre
sent the interest of the State.
To authorise the Jus: eesof the Inferior Courts
of Hancock, Elbert Richm nd and Burke Co n
ties to provide and establish Asylums so the \n
rahd poor of said Counties,
Fur the relief of the put chasers of F-nc
fions. Lots and Islands, in the late sales of
Find ions, and fur the relief of purchasers
of the Slate’s interest in lands which hare
been condemned as fraudulently drawn. —
[Purchasers or holders of certificates who
h ive paid one half of the original purchase
money, are indulged until the Ist of Dec.
1829, on paying up the in'erest due before
the 15th of February next —and the like
indulgence given to all other purchasers
who shall, by the 15th of February next,
pay one half of the principal now due, and
the interest which has accrued.
For the belter distribution and npplica
l ion nf the Poor School Fund, and to paint
ms the mode of accounting for the dis
bursement of the Academy and Poor School
Funds —[The Clerks of the Courts of Or
iinary in the several counties appointed
Trustees of the Poor School Fund—to give
jond and security to the Justices of the In
erior courts in $lOO0 —to take an oath for
he faithful discharge rs the duties—if the
rderk r< fuses to act, the Inferior court to
ippoint some other person Trustee. The
ict contains many other provisions which
tannot be conveniently embraced in this
iketch.
To repeal an act , entitled an act, to in
orporate a company for the improvement
if the navigation of Broad river.
To alter and change the time of holding
Land Courts in the s- ve-al counties in
‘his State —[Land Courts may be held on
he first Tuesday in each month.
To appropriate monies for th* support of the
'lorernmcnt for the pntil'ea ynr 11128.
Ti change {he limes of holding the Superior
Join ts in thr Chitlahouchie Circuit &c.~ [3u
■>o ior courts to ba held in Muscogee, on the
irs' Mocday in January and A gust—in Han
lolph, on the Ist Monday in March and S>p
ember—in I.on, on the Thursday thereafter—
» Marion, on th- 2d Mandiy in March and Sep
;cml.f c—in Taibol, oa the Thursday thorenf
ter—in Harri*, on the 3d Monday in March
ind September—in Meriwether, on Iho Tlm-s
lay thereafter—.m Troup, on the 4th Monday
ri Mari h amt September—in Coweta, on thr
iral Monday in Apr and on the iVednesJ >y
tec the Ist Wood,, in Occdur—in Dekalb,
>n lie 2d Monday in April and October—-n
"ampbell, on the 31 Monday n April and Oc
icl.er—in Carrot' on the Thursday thereafter.
To incorporate the Bank of Columbus —[Cnpi
al J '(.'0,0 JO, to he divided into 3'JUO shares Oi
£ 100 each—dOO shares to be re-erred for dr
State until the Ist January, 18 'o—Capital in .y
or increased to $1 000,006 The property o
the stockholders for the time being* bound i>
proportion to the amount of shares each may
hold for the ultimate redemption of the note*
settl'd. The corporation to continue un it th*
Ist January, 1860.
To alter and amend the nddH onal oath rcqu<r
’d by law to be taken by nil officers, nr / and mi
litary, to prevent the offrnrefvf Duelling— [ All
•llicei-s civil and military who shall be appoint
sd alter the Ist of J nuary, 1829, required Ic.
iwear, ihat they have not s ntc (hat date been
imgagcd in a duel, either directly, or indirect
ly, as principal or second, nor given, accepted
ar carried a ctr llenge. either verbal or wri'-
tvn, to fight withm the State or elsewhere,
with any d adly weapon.
Toeslnbl sh and incorporate the Medical Aca
demy nf Georgia
Farther to amend the act incorporating the
Planters Bank of Savannah.
For the payment of such persons at may be cm
ployed by the superiutendanls of the elections r s
FAelors of Prttxdr.nl and Vet Pres dent of the
United Stales, of Governor of this State, and mem
bers ■f Congress, to take the tame to the seal of
Government
To survey and dispose of all the unsold Islands
in the Ocmulgee river adjoining the counties of
Monroe and Jones
To extend the lime for Fortunate Draxoers in
the Land Lotteries of 1818 and 1819, and 1821,
;In take out the r grants, and to authorise any
\ person to lake, out gran's in their own names of
j ter the limes therein spec jitd, --[Drawers io the
Lotteries of 1818 and 1819, allowed until
j the 10th of November neit to lake out their
'grants, and those who drew in the Lottery
of 1821 allowed until the 25th of Decem
ber following. After the 10th of Novem
ber, 1829, any citizen'of the State may take
out in his own name a grant for land not
granted in the Lotteries of 1818 and 1819,
on paying $lOO, including the usual fees—
after lOlh of February, 1830, by paying
$5O, and after the 10th of May, 1830, by
paying $25. The rights of orphans pro
tected until three years after the youngest
comes of age.
To amend and enlarge an act granting certain
powers to the Commissioners of Pilotage, and for
further preventing the obstruction of Savannah
river.
Washington, Dec. 23.
In the Senate, yesterday, the bill amen
ding the Act, of March 2d, 1821, entitled
an act to reduce and fix the Military Peace
Establishment of the United States, was
read a third time, and passed. The prin
cipal object of this bill is to fill the vacan
cy in the colonelcy of the second Regiment
of Artillery by arranging thereto Col. Dan
iel Bissel. The bill compensating Susan
Decatur and others, for the capture of the
Frigate Philadelphia, in the harbour of
, Tripoli, which bill passed the Senate last
year, but failed in the House of Represen
tatives for want of time, was taken up, and,
on motion of Mr. Prince, postponed till
to-morrow.
In the House of Representatives, after
the petitions had been called for, the House
took up the resolution offered by Mr. J. C.
Wright, on Friday, on the suhj-ct of the
prices of printing —Mr. Wicklifpb, who
had desired the subject to be at rest until
it co- Id be brought before the House by
the Committee of Retrenchment appointed
at the last session, moved to lay the resolu
tion on the table, on which the ayes and
noes were taken at the call of Mr. Wright,
and the motion was negatived by a vote of
121 to 55. The ayes and noes were then
called on the passage of the resolution,
which was carried in the affirmative—Ayes
lfis, Noes 8.
December 24.—1 n the Senate, yester
day, Air. Eaton submitted a resolution for
changing the mode of electing the stand
ing Committees of the Senate, by author
izing appointment by the President
pro tem. of the Senate, when there is a
President pro tem. The present mode of
appointment is by ballot. The resolution
contemplates no change of the rule when
the Vice President is in the chair, us the
presiding i fficer of the Senate.
In the House of Representatives, the
joint resolution to adjourn both Houses
from this day to Monday next, was read
three times, and finally passed, by a vote
' of 94 -o 79.
December 25. In the Senate, yester
•lay, the resolution offered by Mr. Ea
ton for changing the mode of appointing
the Standing Committees of the Senate,
was agreed to, new dis By the rule, as
it is now altered, the Standing Committees
will be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate ; bm when the Vice
President is present and presiding, the ■
Committees will be elected by ballot.
Messrs. Iredell and Ellis were chosen i
members of the Committee ou enrolled
bills, on the part nf the Senate.
The House of Representatives consider- ,
ed, for a short lime, in Committee of the ,
whole, the bill authorizing the occupation ,
of the mouth of the Columbia River.— .
Some modifications were made, and after t
a very brief discussion, the Committee rose (
and reported progress —National Journal. |
Aggregate amount of the sales of the
Fractional parts of Surveys in the coun
ties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup and Cow- 1
eta, exclusive of the Fractional parts '
of Surveys in the first district of Muscogee, ;
$205,389 18 3 4 —Also the entire amount '
of the sales, up Uk the 27th day of Dec. 1
1828, inclusive, 43 3-4.—Geor- 1
gia Journal , Dec. 29- 1
Little Rock, (A. T.) Nov. 11.
By a gentleman who arrived here last
week, we learn that Col. Drearley arrived
at St. Flands river a week ago yesterday,
with his party of emigrating Creeks, and
was engaged in ferrying them across. The
party, we understand, consisted of about
three hundred souls, besides about thirty
loaded wagons, and about one hundred louse
horses. We look for Col. Brearley at this
place immediately after crossing White
river, but his party of Creeks will pass up
through the Prairies
JA.CKSO V ACADEMY.
[HUS institution will be opened again en the
first Wednesday in January next. The
na'e department is under - he pen -nal supein
tendance of Mr. WALTER T. KNIGHT, in
whose literary and scientific acquirements Hit
trustees have the utmost confidence. He ha?
taught several years in the state of New York
with great success, an 1 has brought with him
the most satisfactory testimonials of his txem
olnry moral character.
The Female Department will continue under
the direction of Mis? Susan Uh-a, the present
instructress. Miss Rhea has, during the ccnr*t
of her experience, given ample evidence of h. r
skill and ahi'ilies m the business of teaching,
and very general satisfaction to her patrons.
The Academy is situated on a delightful emi
nence in the village, four miles uorth oi the In
dian Mineral Springs, in as healthy a section of
country as any in the State. The moral and
religious state of society in Jackson is of such
character as to render it a desirable residence
for youth. Board can be bad in respectable f i
milies for $G per month. The Trustees toile t
the patronage of the people of ihelow country,
who make the Mineral Spring a place o f retreat
from disease during the Summer months, and
recommend the institution with confidence to
Ihn patronr.ge of an enlightened public gener
ally. By order of the Board of Trustees.
WM. V BURNEY, Stc'ry.
dec !• wtlm2m 21
AtBWSWAS I
SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1829 ~ M
Hi* Excellency Governor Forsyth has issned I
a proclamation, announcing 'h;.t the Hon, I
Gcorgk R. Gii.meu has failed to declare his 1 >
aecep'ance of the office of a Representative of ij
the Slate in the Twentieth Congress, conferred m
upon him at the election in October last, ac> ft
cording to the requisitions and within the time ft
prescribed by law, and that the office is thereby I
vacated ; and, consequently, ordering an elec* ft
tioa to be held on the first Monday in October B
next, for a Representative to supply the vacan* I
cy. This failure lo announce his acceptance, ■
was doubtless an error of otcission, altogether ft
unintentional on (he part of Mr. Gilmer; and ft
some have censured the Governor for what (hey ft
consider a too stern compliance with his duty in B
this respect For ourselves, we cannot but I
think him perfectly right, nor hesitate a nlhpKnt 1
to express our admiration of tha' praiseworthy V
decision and Independence of feeing, which I
have led him thus strictly to comply with his I
official duty, even in opposition to one who is f 1
a decided political, and, we believe, petsond J
friend. Such acts of manly exaltation and in*
flexible virtue should not pass unnoticed nor ,
unrewarded.
We learn that Dr Howard, Mr. Swift, and ||
Mr. Harrison, of the U. S. Engineer Dep rt- ! 1
ment, accompanied by Mr Miller and Mr. Fa" j |
bie, of Charleston, arrived a. the City Hotrl in
thispla e yes.erday, on a journey of exploration
of the country between Augusta rnd Charleston, I
preparatory to the commencement of the con
templated Rail Road- /
Rumor is busy In nominating individuals to
fill the several offices in the next Cabinet.—*
Among those mentioned as likely to be select- I
ed, are Mr. Van Bucen or Mr. Livingston for (he j i
State Department—Col Drayton, Gov. Cass, j
or Col. B nton, for the War Department—Mr. I
Tazewell. M ;- Ghees, or Gen Bernard for the
Treasnry—Gen Hayne or Mr, Woodbury for L
the Navy—and Mr. Berrien. Mr.Tazewell, Mr. |
P P Barbour, or Mr. Baldwin, for Attorney E,
General It will not be doubted, that from
these individuals a Cabinet might be formed, as |
able and enlightened as over presid'd over the I
destinies of the country; and it is not improba- I
ble that some part, or even all, of the number I
required, may be selected from them But (his I
is all mere conjecture. There are many others I
in the nation equal’y well qualified ; and it will 1
not be believed that Gen. Jackson has either I
hinted bis choice, or will be guided by news- 1
paper nominations. ]
The Theatre. —Mr Cooper look his farewell j
Benefit on Monday evening, io the character of j
Beverley, in Moore’s Tragedy of (ha Qamnler, I
and Petruek.o , in Shakspoero’e Comedy of Ta
nt'.UK the Shew - and a Benefit it wi s, in good j
itruth— such a one its was rb.h’.y due to the dis- 1
ling'iished actor hints If, and worthy of tha
good taste uid liberality of the Augusta public.
The audience was much tha larges' and most
fashionable ever witness'd in tha present Thea- I
tre, or probably in the form* r one. It was
crowded in every part., and cr nspirUuus for it«
respectability ; and many of our oldest and most
reputable ebieens were present, whom we never ll
met there before. Bo'h tiers of Boxes shone
throughout, with the most brilliant display of I
boou’y, elegance, and fashion, that our city and
its vic’ni'y could afford ; and the repeated bursts I
of enthusiastic applause which rung long and I
loudly through, ul the bouse, evinced, in the
strongest terms, that the bright anticipations
which had called it together were fully reali
zed, and that the individual b'mself bad even
enhanced, if possible, those feelings of personal ll
regard and professional admiration which were 1
always so warmly extended to h.m in this city* m
To criticise upon the particulars of his perform- 3
ance would tie almost an endless task were wa I
to do it justice ; and, where its exceeding excel. (jj
lence is so generally known and acknowledged, 1
is unnecessary. It was, throughout, a beauti
ful, impressive, ami deeply affecting represm
tation of the high minded, generous, ass ction
ate, and credulous Beverley —beltyyed by the
Irresistible ar's of a pe> Gdious friend ainUesign- ■
ing villain, first into those fascinating, ftjl iooa- 1
ble, and gentlemanly vices, which obtain the I
applause rather than (he censure of the world, t
and then, step by step, into (hose consequent j
paths of ruin, in which it were horrible shatno
and self-abasement to turn or to pause, and
certain but welcome destruction to proceed— ■
and its effect upon the spectators was exceed- «
iugly powerful. Many a soul-beaming andjoy-*
sparkling eye resigned its brilliant fascination!*
to pour forth the generous balm of the heart
over the sorrows of (he afflicted and unfortu
nate ; and even those of more rugged interior
could not withstand the heart-rending effect of I
the dying scene, and, 4
11 Altidl unused lo the met tin*monel,
Dropped tear* as fast as the Bahinu trees
Their medicinal gum.”— /
And many, we trust, drew ftom the whole It
less n more valuable than thef ‘toard of the Mi
ser, or the treasures of the OcBR ; and which,
however conscientiously the b®)( may rail, or
the fastidious moralist condemai must serve to
convince them that.
“ 'Tis still the Drama's part
To raise the genius and to mend the heart.”
Mr. Adams' Slukely was an able and very na
tural personation of that accomplished villain,
and contained many very beautiful points, par
ticularly in the scenes where be acknowledges
his lov? for Mrs Beverley , and declares his de
termination lo be revenged for her disdain—
where he is accused by Lewson of perfidy lo
Btterlei/ —anil where be nrg"s Beverley to obtain
the jewels, and then lo dispose of the reversion
of his UncVs estate Indeed, the whole repre
sen'aii'.n woiked very strongly upon the fed
ings oi 'h- audience, and, notwithstanding the
general disinchnat on to applaud the merits of
the n tur when indignant at-thn villainy of the
character, called forth frequent and rapturous
bursts of admiration. The Mrs. Beverley of Mrs.
Kill was admirably sustained throughout, and
received the in >st marked testimonials of ap- 4
probation ; aud Mr. Giecn’s Jarvis was exceed
ingly good.
The (wo f r.ncipal characters In the Comedy i