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New York, December 19-
Yesterday the packet ship Charlemagne,
Captain Robinson, arrived at this port
from Havre, bringing aur files of Paris p
papers (• the 20th of November, and Ha- e
vre to the 21st, both inclusive. Captain 0
Robinson sailed on the 21st. ,
We have L mdon dates by the way of
Hsvre as late as the 17lh. ,
The Fiench Ministry has undergone a (
new and material change, which is regard
ed as a triumph by the liberal party. (
Ptinca Polignac was elevated to the Presi
dency of the Council of Ministers. The |
Momteur, in announcing it, speaks of him .
cautiously as the leader of the moderate (
party. M. de la Bourdopbaye, who was (
regarded as his rival, resigned his place as ,
minister «1 the interior, on this promotion, .
and was placed in llse privy cnnncil.— ,
“Thus,” tetnarks the Paris paper of the
l6ib, “we have a signal of the dissolution
of the ministry, and an explanation of the
distress which has appeared to agitate the
cabinet for several days past.”
M. de la Dourdoonnye was considered
tha gieat enemy of the liberals, in the min
istry. The Ihapcau Rlanc speaks of
him as “The frank, immoveable, and de
cided representative of royalist opinions.”
This change seems plainly to intimate,
a conciliating ar.d even a conceding spir
it in the government. Baron Mnnthel,
minister of ecclesiastical ufTaiis and public
instruction, is the successor of M. de la
Bumdonnaye; and, even if his principles
should be, such as the Urape.au Blanc pre
tends, his influence can hardly be supposed
to become at once equal to that of his
predec is >r. Baron Monthel is succeeded |
by M. Reinviilc in ecclesiastical affairs. j
The German papers contain accounts, |
on ihe BUlhoiity of letters from Constun- (
tinople, of g eat dissatisfaction nt that cap- |
ital, and of the detection of a new conspi- (
racy against the life of the Sultan.
LNGLAND.
London, Novomber 16.
The only news of the counpy publish*
ed in our newspapers, is that the Duke
ol Wellington has offered the Government
of Ireland to Lord Gray, to which no an
swer has yet been returned.
The Cui.iKr publishes a letter from
Paiis, which speaks of a l out to be made
for the account ol Turkey, under Hie guar
anty of Uussia.
TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. iG.
Since my last, mote than 200 vessels of
different nations have entered our port—
among others J 8 Russian vessels froiu the
Me-liternineun, most of which have sailed
again for the Black Sea. They had passed
the Dardanelles tinder the Dutch flag.—
The Pot le, however, informed them, (hut,
although the ratifications hud not been
exchanged, they might hoist the Russian
fl ig, and rest assured of the prompt exe
cution o I the finnans relating to the remain
der of tin it voyage.
October 25.
It was thought that the Russians wools
occupy the principalities and Trebisond,
to guaranty die payment of lire Turkish
debt. The fate of Gteece, which is now
deciding in the conferences of London, is
also debated nt Petersburg!!, and there is
reason to believe, that that nation will
speedily celebrate their regeneration, and
that the new state will have frontiers pro
per to secure its independence and prospe
rin': for the Emperor and all his family
earnestly interest themselves in their f.ivmii.
In obedience to orders from Count Die
bitscli, part of the troops on the other side
of Urn Danube will pass it, to take winlei
qoai ers m the principalities.
t'.bVl’T—The last news from Alex
andria affords nothing important. fin
cotton, of wnicli the Pacha has the mono
poly, is held ut a high price, and no buyers
offer.
John Clayton Cowell, a lieutenant la
the army, and Miss Frances Aim Horton
Brkkenden, n young lady of great fortune,
hud eloped from London f.n Gretna Green
A duel was fought in .he county of Kill
kenny, Ireland, an the 7th of November,
betw"-n L-wd tJeoige Beresford, and Mr.
Wnul-t:) barren. Two shots were ex
changed without effect, when tbe paries
left the giound, the second pt t ; e forme;
refusing to allow anoiht r shot, us both had
shown their courage.
er*='. •
(F-um Iht Suulhtni lireO’d-r )
The Legislature adjourned t,ni die <n-
Monday evening lasi, aftei pissiig 170
Acts, liie g.eater pa 1 of which %.»,
usual, of a private or local nature. \V-■
give below the titles of die principal ~£!«,
and the sinking features of as many of
them us we had lime to examine, i'hn
incorporation into another act Just hefoie
the final adjournment, ut a clause reviving
and enforcing die act of 1817, ptohihiting
the inlr duclion of Slaves into the Slate*, I
except In pat ticuLir cases, is not die least I
important measure of lh" late session. Out t
renders will recollect that the act o. r 1817 (
allows the introduction of Slaves by per 1
sons residing in, or removing to, the Slate, *
on complying with ceitain requisitions,
but imposes a heavy fine and makes it a t
Venitenti try offence where slaves are 1
brought into die State for sale.—For tin- 1
numerous provisions of the act, we teler i
the reader to Prince’s Digest, p. 373- t
AM ACT.
To add the territory lying within the I
chartered tiuu's of Georgia, and now in
the occupancy of die Cherokee Indians, i
to the counties of Carroll, Dekalb, Gwin- I
oett, Halt and Habersham, and to extend f
the laws ot litis Stale over the same; and d
to annul all law* and ordinances made by
the Cherokee Nation of Indians, and to C
provide for the compensation of officers b
serving legal process in said territory, and a
to reguhte the testimony of Indians, Sc.. ti
[The first part ol the act d- fines the pop r.
lion of the unlocated territory which i* t<
attached i-» each of the above named roun it
ries. All the laws both civil and ci iannal h
of the State are extended over setd portions c
of territory respectively, and aid persons n
whatever residing within the same, after,
;he Ist day of June next, to be subject and d
liable to the operatien of said laws, in the (
'ante manner as other citizens of this [
State; and writs and processes issue by j a
the courts, or officers of the counties to
extend over and operate on the portions t
of territory added to the same respective- a
ly. After the Ist of June all laws, ordi I
nances, Arc. pasted by the Cherokee Indi- c
ans, are declared null and Void. It shall I
not be lawful for any person by arbitrary r
power, or by virtue of any pretended rule, t
ordinance, law or custom of the Cherokee t
Nation, to prevent, or by threats, menaces c
or other means, to endeavor to prevent, <
any Indian of said Nation residing within s
the chartered limits of this S.ale, from I
enrolling as an emigrant, or from emigra- <
ting from the Nation—n >r to molest the 1
person or property, or abridge the rights
or privileges of any Indian for enrolling 1
his uame as an emigrant or for emigrating.
Persons offending in this way guilty of a
high misdemeanor and subject to indict
ment, and on conviction to be punished
hy imprisonment in the common jail of
any county, or hy confinement at hard
labor in the Penitentiaiy fur « term not
exceeding four years. It is declaied un.
lawful for any person to endeavor to pre
vent or deter any Indian or headman of
the Nation residing within the chartered
limits of the State from selling or ceding
to the United States for the use of Georgia
the whole or part of »nid territory, or to
prevent or offer to prevent any Indian or
headman residing as afosesaid, from mee
ting in Council or Treaty, any Commis
sioner of the Uuited States for any purpose
whatever—The persons so offending shall
be guilty of a high misdemeanor, may be
indicted, and on conviction, confined at
hind labor in the Penitentiary for not less
than four nor more than six years, li the
life of an Indian, residing within the char
tered limits of the Stale, be taken, for en
listing as an emigrant, attempting to emi
grate. ceding or attempting 10 cede terri
tory, or lor meeting Commissioners of die
United Stales in Council, it is declared
murder and punishable wifli death. Should
any of the foregoing off--iice» be committed
under color of any pretended rules, ordi
nances, custom nr law of said Nation, all
persons acting therein, either as individu
als or as preiended executive, ministerial,
or judicial officers, deemed principals and
subject to the punishment before presc-ibej.
For demands -within the jurisdiction of a
Magistrate's Court, suit may l»e biought
in (he nearest district of (he cstiniy to
which the t-rritory i» annexed. In m.se
of an officer's being resisted m the extern
tion of legal process, he is uulliutized to
cull out a sufficient number of the militia
to aid and protect him in the execution ol
bis duty. No Indian or d-sceatfenl of an
Indian, residing within the Credit or
Cherokee Nation, to lie deemed a compe
tent witness in any Court 01 this state to
which u while person may be a party, ex
cept such white person resides within the
said Nation ]
To amend the several laws now in force
in this Stale, regulating Quarcndne in the
several sea ports of this State, and to pre
vent the circulation of written or printed
papers within this State, calculated to ex.
cite disaffection among the colored jreople
of this Stale; and to prevent said people
from being taught to read or write—and
to repeal the nci assumed to 9th December,
1824. entitled “An act to repeal the law of
181? prohibiting the introduction of slaves
into tliis State.—[ The lust section of this
act levives the law of 1817, for prohibiting
the introduction of slaves into this Stale,
only on certain conditions.]
In addition to the acts concerning the
guardianship of Minors.—("Guardians mav
exercise, under an order of the Inferior
court, sitting lor ordinary purposes, a sound
discretion in hiring slaves under their con
tuilier publicly or privately, as may
be most conducive to the safety and com
(on ot the slaves and the permanent inter
est of the owners—may keep slaves to
gether and have them employed in agricul
oral or other operations—when it is man
ifestly e*pedient, guardians may cause
plantations belonging to minors to be
managed and cultivated for their benefit
or may buy or rent lands for the purppose’
under an order of court.]
To define the duties ..( Grand Jurors in
• his State, so far as respects the time they
■ne considered bound to notice offences
omuiitted In their respective counties.
[Bound only to notice or make present
ment of such offences as may come to their
knowledge after they have been sworn,
I u nothing in this a£t be considered as
impairing tlmir right ns jurors to make
presentments of any violation of the laws
which thi-y uiay know to have been com
mitted at any previous lime.]
1 o amend the Penal Code, passed in
1817- [Any person who shall felonious
ly abdoct or kidnap any while person
hum out ol any local j nisdiclion or conn
ly, or Iroai out ot the limits of the Slate,
punishable by imprisonment in the Pen - ,
lentiaiy f>oi leu than five nor riioretli.m .
seven years ]
To extend me time for fortunate draw 1
ers in the Land Lottery of 1827, to take 1
out their Grants—[There are two acts with ,
tins title, but in substance the same, allow ,
ing drawers in the Lottery authorised by 1
the acts of Jure, 1825,0 f December, 1825,
and of December, 1826, until the 25 h '
December, 1830, to take out theii Grants j ‘
To limit the time of fraudulent returns
in the late acquired territory. [Time )
limited to Ist July next, after which no '
lot of land can be returned us tVaouulenllv '
drawn.] * ‘
For changing the mode of punishing <
Convicts in me Penitentiary, and for the 1
belter regulation of the same, & c [This '
act authorizes the election in the IVniten- *
liory Building of 150 cells, suited for the 1
reception of one convict each; die convict? I
to be punished with solitary confinement,
in the cells at all times, except when at s
labor and inking their meals. The act 3
contains other provisions which we have 'j
lot time to notice, j |
eijronfclt anfl SlUhcrlßitr.
To authorize the Bank of Darien to re*;
deem the amount of its bills now in the
Central Rank, upon certain conditions.— j
[Required to redeem 75,000 dollars semi
annually.]
To impose, levy and collect a tax for
the political year 1830, <Src—[The (ax
act of 1825 continued in force for 1330
Brokers, Private Bankers, Exchange Mer
chants and Note Shavers to make returns
before the Ist of August next, of the maxi
mum amount of capital employed since
the first day of January, 1830, or which
they intend to employ in said business
during the year, on which aux of 31$
cents on every hundred dollars of capital
si returned, is to be paid. On all change
bills, issued without a charter, and in cir
culation on the Ist of August in each year,
the issuer to pay a lax of 50 per cent.—
Brokers, private Bankers, Sir.. failing to
m ike returns as required by the act, to be
taxed SSOOO. One half the tax to be paid
into the Treasury, and the other half to the
Inferior courts of the respective counties
for county purposes. Justices of the
Peace, and not Captains of Districts, to
make return to the Receiver of persons
liable to pay taxes.]
To authorize the appointment of Conn
missioners out of this State to take the
acknowledgement of Deeds and other in
struments of writing under seal, and to
admit the same to record in this Slate, and
also to lake alfilavils.— [The Governor
authorized to appoint and commission on's
or mure Commissioners in each or such
of the other Slates, or the Territories, oi
District of Columbia, as he may deem ex
pedient. Every Commissioner before he
proceeds to perform any duty under the
act, to lake and subscribe an oath or affir
mation before a Judge of one of tlie Supe
rior courts of the Siale in which he shall
reside, faithfully to execute the duties of
Commissioner under the laws of Georgia,
and such oath or affirmation to be filed in
the office of Secretary of State of this
State.]
To alter and amend the Sth and 9ih
sections'of the 9lh division of the Penal
Code, p issed 1~• h December, 1817. —[ll
any person shall by himself or servant or
other again, fur his gain or living, keen
have or exercise, use, or maintain a ga.
ming house or room,ui shall in any house,
place, or room, occupied by ,ii iimnii
persons with his knoivleJae t 6 come to
gether and play for uii.iev, or any other
valuable thing, at any game of Faro, Loo,
Brag, Bluff, or any other game played with
cards, tie shall on conviction be punished
by confinement in the Penitentiary at hard
labor for a lerm not less than one, not
longer than five years.
Sec. 2. If any person shall by himself or
servant, or any other agent, keep or em
ploy any Faro Table, E. O. or A. B. C.
table, or other table of like character, and
shall, either by himself, or agent, preside
ordeal at any such table, for the purpose
of playing and helling, lie shall together,
with his agent or agents, on conviction be
punish*! by imprisonment, in (he Peniten
tiary nut less than one nor moie man five
yeais.
Sec. 3. ll any person shall play and bet
at any of the aforesaid games, he shall, on
conviction, pay a fine not less than 20 n u
m >re than 100 dollars.
Sec. 4. On trial of persons for the often*
res herein defined, any other person who
may hav.- played mid betted at the same
time, shall be a competent witness, and
compelled to give evidence, and nothing
then said by such witness shall be given
in evidence against him,in any prosecution,
except on indictment for peijury: in anv
matter which he may have testified.
Sec. 5. The Judges of the Superior
Court, to give this act in charge to the grand
juries.]
To point out and regulate the mode of
taking the testimony of Females in certain
cases—[Where the testimony of a Female
may be requited in the Superior or Infeii
or courts, except in criminal cases, it may
be lawful for either parly on giving ten
days notice to the adverse paity, accom
panied with a copy of the interrogatories
intended to be exhibited, to obtain u com
mission for taking her testimony before
commissioners.]
To amend an act ; emitted un act, to
amend the Judiciary act of 1799, so far as
relates to Mortgages on real estate.—
[ Where a person shall petition the
Court for a foreclosure Os a mortgage on
real estate, the court shall grant a rule di
recting the principal, inteiesi and cost to
be paid into court within «»x months there
after—tin* role to be published in a public
gazette once a month for four months, or
served on the mortgagor or his agent or
attorney tlnee months previous to the lime
the money is directed to he paid—not
to affect any mortgage which may exist at
the time of tin* pass- ge of the act.]
(to UK CONTINUED.)
I'liOM THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
‘Who iu (he Irailr ol w.ir, 1 hum .lain y,. t ,!« I
holUil vUe very stuff u die conscience, lo Uo no comrivvd
murder.''
Mil Klmtur: Tim posibon I un-glue will
mu ho > ('paginal, that eve.y citizen „ r i„i,
hi a rerpucUul mauti'.r, to iff,'! hi. opimous°l.
tho I'uhhi up«i» any .abject iu wide i :1m; pun.
lie arc iu to rut nd, and that no medium i.- uior*-
appropiiutc, than in iho columns of ths pul lie
d 7. t-cs. 1
In tnc Condftalio;l\l.sl of the 4lh iusl I per
. five an article inserted, which whs published
on 'ho 27th iihimo, by the D rictus o( lilt
Merchants’ and Planters' Bank often city, u; •
on t te sul jjjcl ol a life Resolution of the* Bank
nf Augusta, in which ,hc 1 nmer fn-lituti >u u*a?
implicated —pm cJed by a rutiuk rdilon-l
“That of the merits of ihe controversy, yo ?
did not pretend to know any th.oe” (K nt w. hh
acknowledge*! n:. t. is supposed that as du
controversy rf -o/i w intensts the cominuniit/ a
there it certainly out. . lame-wo-|hines» in he
matter, lo attach some where; and as it.o hide
pen lout editor of a public journ you would
desire io know not only something of the coit
l oversy but trey thing appertain ng to it, in
order, lb n, r.Uei doe enquiry and (ellection
■n tho to jorf, Hut you may bo enabled to
U'lo it that a'li nlioo, which your public char
acter, and ob igrtions to the community, de
mand at yoor hands—l consider uo •0010-'V
due for the remarks which follow, ci her “o
you or your reader?.
| The Julies of your prof mien almost neces
i sarily precluie you from the possession of the
' means, which are at the will of others, to
know the causes—“and the truth, the whole
truth, and nothin - but the truth" ol the re
cent revolutions, resolutions, and manifestoes
of our monied institutions—and the open an I
undisguised war, both of felling and interest,
b(tween the citizens residing above- and below
a certain boundary line.
My arc alien ou the contrary is one, which
affords the greatest facilities, for penetrating
even thronch ostensible and meditate, to the
reel and immediate causes of all these revo
lutions, and especially the origin, progress and
present stale of the lattses ot the recent exr.it
mrnt in the community, proxioialety proluced
by a resolution ol the Board of Directors of Ihe
Bank of Augusta.
At the threshold of the remarks which I de
•gn lo make, on the present occasion, I must
h<; permitted to say, that from the very im
lure of things many of my positions, (for
they arc conti lenity offered only as such ) arc
p incapable of demonstration—ami therefore
, musi pass fer their value—all I ask from you
a,id your readers, is a liberal aud candid spirit
I that will impute detected et rots or mi appro
• hensirfns, to defects iu the judgement— the rea
: »on or Ihe intellect—rather than to the per
, verse and setl.ed principles of the heart.
The pablic and have long been apprig.
’ ed of the rivalship between the citizens of Au •
9 giista, engaged iu commercial pursuits—holders
ot real estate —stock-holders in the Bulking
, institutions, in.—residing above und below a
U tolerably well ascertained boundary, (to wit:)
Campbell street; th:s rivalship had its origin
with Iho first seUlemer.t of that part of the city,
> abort Campbell's (rally as a pi ice of trade—
I tbo cati es which mainly led lo i s Gist setllo
r meat, many respectable individuals now living,
s fittingly rtmember, origiuala.l iu Hie exorbitant
ton's which the holders of r< a! properly below,
™ esae nd of them; lo Let to such an excess was the
i oppression carri.-d, that at length mmy indo
;• pendent and spirited merchants resolved to bear
e il no longer— it had been borne from nrcrssi y
e alone, for many years; the idea of cotonisuig
e Springfield, was present (o Hi sir industry amt
' cnLsrpii/.e, and like unto our noble British au
- ce-tsis, th•-y preferred liho't/ nnd indepeu
|| dam • in a collage, to servitude and chains in a
,j- pnla<c.
They continued ‘hair avoevtins in peace,
II in the newly established co-ouy—taxation wtth
-11 out actual r q'rescila.iim was submitted to for
j years—th-y cheat fully coiuributcd lo the city
revenues, by paying from time In time their full
I, ‘Plata of tixes and rxiso—iutpbciily obeyed
. he ordinance! nod ponce regulations of the
city—indulging in ihe truly deceptive hope,
• that after pa* in -a cot‘a it ordeal—and iut
r piovi .g the s rsets, Uc. kc , 'key would be
p token y he baud by h* mother country —(u>
( w*l: *h- citizen-be-ow dm Uuby) and acknond
edged o* friend* an ! hr piers of ihe sams cily
’ —I) >* where ore now those illusory dreams of
I f- i ii, eiijoym n ? They ox.at not oven in
i- tnc chimeras of a levered ba n Iho slron
t pr nat*ies of oninvi aws alone, prolocu them
( from ffm alidetto of bo miJaigbt assn in.
.’ Ad tic duties ol gvoi citizens as lias hero
II ebs-.yr-d, were pcrlormcd b/ the Colonists
d with the greatest promptilude id i x ictness—
J lu' to is -.y*.s not enough (or a oneui-iil; they
l ba '. nlfandcJ ocyon 1 endurance the proud Lord?
"I Iho soil below ihe Gully, and their continued
vengeance and persecution b .s followed them.
r A field nimosl nncxpl.-rod before, was open
i- od to the capital a:d onterpriz. o' ;hc pl. b-im
'. citizen ; (ea enviable appellation in th s conn
; try) it W»» -ngcrly embraced; spacious dwul
„ I'ugs, st.-i is, and wate lioitirt were creeled on
■ lie spot, ivt.ere but a short period anterior,
|J corn fields h>d gilded the oavirons of old Au>
, Rasta. The various |-p nlucts of '.he country
na'ural y ll i wed in- cither t» lemaia or pass
. by to the lower part of (he city. —1 thy, natural
, fv, so every one that has eyes must see that n -
lure Ins indir; lei ihq west end of U ns I street
\s the of Augusta, and fina'ly, th«
1 I, nth nf this assertion will be t > ilia sc, plicisro
i -n p.i i -malic (smperamnnti of the. land no
-o,lit; below, or their descendants most signa' v
evinced - alino’ al lh,s Ime ,hey may enjoy
’i'- o butUrllies, an hours sunshine, ‘-and iar
the (Uttering nncti n o their sou s” that the
t colony is not fully gdependent.
> A prosperous .• ale of rewarded thn
I labours an I privations of tie colonists, until
r whenauincreaseoltiieircapit.il f r conduct
> mg ihoir bitotios bec*me uece«eary— Hiey
i found ,It it in proportion as She upper secti n
, of theci y prospered, thev offence iu lha eyes ol
, the ansirocrary below was magnified in ua o_
qua! ratio ihe coascqsenco vv. s, aud is,
liiey were and are |d:iccd uut.cr the ban—they
were treated as rebel subjects—as expatriated
1 —as deserving eternal proscription Irom ail
the sunshine of aristocratic ‘avor —all com
j mcroial facilities Were Irom time to time de-
I nied them by iho Banks—when it cu!d be
d mo “without blurring the grace and blush of
e modesty,” in short they were almost hated for
• actions, which a nobler enemy would Lave
/ acknowledged praiseworthy and magnanimous.
, Nolwilh.tiud ng .he multiplication of tho
nuts of disobedience— which Ihe colonists had
to endure—fortune ever ready lo reward the
II enlrrpibi.ig and industrious, smiled upon their
- ifforls— and all was prosperity and peace, un
; til just al the Dtoouut. when in the fatal com
me.ci il year of 1825 their triumph was about
, 11 bf gloriously consummated —alas ! the golden
cup da;bcd to the ground—theif prospects
> blasted; and all appeared lost— but again their
- never tiring industry and perseverance oime
.to their relict—and in despite of all the op
-1 opprtssiun and neglect of (he rie l and
powerful landholde-s, the Banking Institutions,
fcc. I shy npnroSiion, for deny it who can ? ac
• commoda'ious have from time lo time, for a
. scries ol year* been refused, to individuals of
. good credit, known responsibility, high char
r uc,c [i residing abive ihe demarkation line
—when others rcsi bng below, and bending tin
' 'O' v ll,llP aristocracy l*ui “carelessly designed
’ found upon them, ’have been able to ohs i„
; f Cbl.es tor comim.-cg ext nnve commercial
I "s i. li -.m, rt, w.,.i v-( re, under every aspect
■ .a • lift comparison.. !csS entitled to creditor
j con-idv i*:oa • i Hi tli not atiompt lo prove a
I V ! -: ,v ' notorious b> any other evidence—every
• oy knows il lo bt true.
r.ur systematic proscripl on, and oppression,
has been most malign.otly and axsiduoos'.y
pursued, ttiroiigli all tic mu'asions iu com
mcicial all „rs (or Hi- past 14 or lourleen years;
aalilal lenglb. wear.od end perplexed wi'h
'T: rT."' Cr ' fl cl wi ' h ,h " la “J nobility, the
an ,i A- gusts, 4,’c. &,c. the colonists slated
heir ni .uiio ilgri. va-,ecs to the Legislature,
Jn ; for a clnr'er for a Batik to be lo
cated noov o Campbell', Golly, to be s'yled the
• “.Merchants aiK | Pi , n i er .. Bank, which prayer
nD p e rß »l p ‘l by Hie Legislature,
• jJiO-h lo lbo ch,grin and di.appoinltno.it of the
I ilnciau orders anil Bank nobility below, and
'he more so, a* ene ol the B.ukil.ail in its re
p° t 'o l.he, L-g.*la ure, «1 the same session
uvai c l itsoll of the occasion, to slate, dial a).
th ,, i g . th r y wore a , etfvc! liber yi o increa-e
t feu *..piißl Bt p!c .«iire yet Ikey had not found
<1 necessary to do so as they could n»l d i as
Jiiuci I.U'.nrsa safe.y as their present capital
would author se ~ihereby plainly intiiciliug.
and m loctnuating die Legid .t ire. Hut t
cnar.tr another Bank <• ( )0 located in Augusta,
was Dot cal.e 1 for by any sound rcasou ol pub
lie policy, or commercial convenience. VVhnl
a hue libnj it is, Mr Kdilor, eh ; (lint (be Le
" S'* ll ‘ e are not n markable for dap pent Ira
lion infi-eot ma ters; .begraluitous information,
and virtual opposition to the chartering ol the
lerclian'.s’and I I .nters’ Bank, contained in
this report, was unheeded by the Led* a'ure
The charter bill p iß3 ed bo h house, by ton'
siderable majorities.
TCONCLCDED IN Of* MSXT.j
AqumrattA*
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1829.
Tub River, which had ri«cn during Iho
lute rains, about six feet above the level of
good Steam boat navigation, has since fallen,
about four feet. The weather continues very
gleomy, with occasional rain, and every pros
pect of there being much 1 efore it becomes
clear; so that in all probability the river will
continue high, or suliicieutly so for Steamboats,
for sometime.
Merchants' Si Planters' Bant:.- -The decided
promptness wiih which this youthful institu
tion has uniformly paid all demands on it, and
(he fearlesa anl uncompromising spirit in which
. il has met the determined attacks of a power
i ful rival institution and influential individuals,
1 entitle it to the regard nnd confidence of the
public; and wo believe have obtained them.
There are of course, some wlsose interest is op
posed to it; and it is not to be expected (bat
' they are convinced ol its stnbiiily, or, at least,
g that they should acknowledge it if they are
> i'liose, however, who are eulirely disiuteriMled,
' except os (he occasional ho'dors ot its bill*,
) are, so tar as we know, or have been emtlde-J
a
to learn, fully satisfied oa the subject; and
- some few wealthy merchants, whose extuusive
' dealings with the public and otherwise entire
[ disinterestedness, justified and induced parti
, cular inquiries into the internal affairs of the
i> institution, receive its bills with tue utmost
confidence. It shoul 1 bo recollected, too, al
r
y the same time, that merchants generally, are
g not interested in promoting or sustaining tho
J credit of a Ba,k which they believe lo bo sol
vent, or whose bills they can obtain payment
j for when presented; as the doubt or discredit
of such bills greatly euh aucas their facilities of
< selling goods, and also, of making collections
' from their country customer*, who tire edteu
f induced to make them rciniltancss in doubtful
I currency which they would de'ay if il were
1 unquestioned. Similar, and oven greater fa
cilities, are thus alfirded to country merchants,
. as well in the sn!c of their giods as in specVt
? lating on a disc uuli for such is the alarm al
’ ways excited in the country, by even the slight
, est suspicion sgiinst a Bank, that they who
f have its bills will instantly di.-pose of them, by
1 barter or ta'e, ou the best terms they dm, liovv
| ever unfavorable : and while the merchant’s
means of in urination are generally more speedy
* and satisfactory than lh-.se of his ue'ghbors, il
is not to l a supposed that ho will be vrt-y
j prompt Iu correcting a deception, or an un
s funded suspicion, wh ch operates so material
-1 'y le his uwn ndvao.tago. The «Jik>p.-ighteu
j and wdy speculator, to.-, while be m y him
i self have created such suspicion, will pot b.
backward in profi.ing by it.
These pa.siog bin's should convince the plan
'ers and others, ol the pr. pilely of exercising
every degree of caution, before su 1 inittb.g to the
loss of a diMsouut on mero’y suspected currency ;
and while, at tbs same time, they shew Hi* pe
culiar dangers and injuries of unccrlauity, and
iho *V-fli u!ty of avoidine it, wc are not una
ware of the rcsport'diili! y we assume, under h
sense of duty, iu endeavoring to r. in >ve it our
selves. IVe have but such iufonnatio.u on the
übject as is open to every enq bring and ob
serving individual in Hie community ; yet at
die simclimait is probably Hie bast tnat can
be obtained ,- and Hie opinions limn led on it
are expressed with Hie moie coi.fi 1. ncc from 1
Ihe conviction that they arc unlinked by the
s'ighlcsl (hide oi tcifuiloccst.
T h e commumcaliou sigiid “A I'laoler,’’
which we ; >py fi jm the Cmyjlilulionalist, it
luctautly on account of its length—aud the
correctness of the general statein uts of which
we h ivc uo hesitation ii alii though we
disapprove of much of the languige in which
ihey arecouv.yed - will ahui'wuolly prove that
! Ihe existing opposition to lie Birk is not a
matter ol remit origin Aud though il hasuol,
dll lately, burst forth into op.cn nul unsparing
ilustility, those interested in Ihe t tViitsof Ihe
1 Bank, had every rea=ou, fiom the outset, to
expect that it would do so, sooner or later.
They must hive been aware, too, (hat the
lowering slotui would not bn lors furious and
powerful because Hie longer delayed ; and (lie
1 fearless anl successful manner in which they
, have resisted il, proves that they have foicsoeu
its occurrence an I are fol.y prepared against
all its effects. Wa have no doub: that the op
position in its milder state, tended materially
to benefit rather than injure the Bmk ; mid
even now, though il may have slightly affected
its credit for the mom. nt, there is i vory reason
'o believe that its solitary is wholly nnimpair,
ed. And ns it will lend to show that il i? based
ou a sound bottom, mill that its funds are sn
oi .iiaged ns lo be available at the shortest no
to o for the redemption of its bills, it mud
aroaso tho attention xis the public lo a pm
sense of its merits and stability, and in lha end,
tu'dy and firmly establish its character and
greatly iacrcaie its popularity.
Entertaining tho opiqjons views we hare ex
pressed, an 1 he'icvi g that those of H»r public
generally, are as favorable as our own, we had
conceived it who ly to say any.,
thing fur.her on the sul j -cl—at lead while the
written hostility was confined to merely anony
mous publication?. We therefore did not no
tice in our last, the communication of‘-.'delft*
tosh "Last of the Banks," in Hie Courier of
the 24*h instant, k which we perceive was re
published in the Coostfutionali-t of yesterdn'.
But as several respectable disuiterejlcd irdi.
viJnals have since expressed their surprise,
tint, bs wo had before lakeu up the cause, we
d d not notice an attack so persomlly bitter
a.,d rancorous, and so unntlursl, unfeeling
•nd u joilifi ihle la its bearing towards the pr,-
late affairs ofseveral of Hie individunl: con
nected with the B ink, we have concluded to 1
i efer to some of its tu >st important details: and
in doing so we shall place tlie article itself be
lore our readers, that they may ju !go of il, nud
of the j istice of our comments, for ihnnielvcj.
The length t« which we have a’.rsidy nncaa- I
iciously ex'end d our remarks, makes il tic* j
cessary that we should bo brief. J
[War 1 of room oblige* u (o defer <he fe ‘
maindcr of our remark*, together with tbe ar
tide of “Mclaroßu, “East of the Banks ” til‘l
Saturday.]
The following gentlemen were, on the 23d
instant, admitted by (he Court of Appeals in
Columbia S. C. to practise in the Courts of
law in that Sia'e, via: John A. Calhoun, Alex
ander L. El wards, and Samuel A. Townes.
And the following, to practise in 'he Courts of
Equity in that Stale, vi*; J R. Bonham, John
A. Calhoun, Alexander L. Edwards, and Sam.
I uel A. Townee.
Accounts of the Liverpool Market by tba
William Thompson from Liverpool, and Char
temagoo from Havre, at New York, are to the
16'h November—same dale as ibose in our
last, by the Jessie at Charleston.
The President's Message reached New Or*,
leans in 6 days from Washington, ft is puh'
lubed, iu the French and English
in the Courier of (bn lath instant.
Communicated.
Wc the undersigi od, togeluer with u rasper*
taHe niunber ot L.u. ice ana Osatleuca, attend
ed the first public examination of the pupils
belougirg to Ur. Biovva’s .fijuritihiog Femile
Academy, at beuUstiorougb, on tbe Bib and 9th
instant.
Ou the fi.st day, Ibe motnbers of the Senior
Cluss were examined iu AnthineUc, Derivation
and t.'umhinaliou oi Words, Parting and other
poi lions of Grammar They also exhibited
several specimens of Drawing and Painting,
aod el their profit iency in Reading and Music -
' lit Junior Class veto examined in Geogra
phy and ilistoiice.l Geography—Tbe Senior
-bits particularly i. Ancient ami Modern His
tory, and Ancient and Modern Geography.—
7uveral pieces ol original compos ti .n, the pro
duction ul the young ladies of ifae Senior Class
were read, which were distinguished by a cor
rect taste, a pure siylc, and an intellectual su
periority, rarely to bo met with on »m h occa
sions.
Ou the second day. tho Junior Class were
examined in Matin al PbilofO|diy and in Pars
ing. The Senior Class were examined in As*
irouomy, also in Pursing and iu Practical Che
mistry.
During tho cxai tination in the above vari
ous brain In s of education, uu opportunity was
i (Rrdcd Hutu preset', ol admiring the system
of instruction pursued ut lb s highly respectable
seminary, autiol Witnessing tbe advancedslag«
of intellectual improvement al which (be young
ladies bed arrived, furnishing to otir minds a
bundanl evidence, not only ol the ability and
laitblulnesi of (he uitlructor, but ulso of the
capacity and a|Witude el (he pupils. It was
I leasing to us, and must have been particularly
gratifying to those parent* who were present
to witness the rase aod promptness with whieb
(he members of 111-: Various Clas.es acquitted
llieuisslvos in (hu several brant lies of cduca
lion, parliculaily Ihosc of the Junior Clais,
being tcarccly 12 years of age, yet evincing no
impruvcinai t i..r beyond their years, and mini
b it ng, that ivbat they ha I learned, hud made
■i Jeep iioprcssinu ou their youthful minds
' hin»-inuatiou übo cibioitcd, that the young
u lib pi-ssessed Bin tvlo ge ul the subjects up-m
which they were examned, and that they were
out reciting a wtli co.mod lesson, iu which
scarcely any other luculty of the nnud Urt quii.
ctl Ilian memory This was parl.c ilarly exem
pldled by the answers given to q lea ions pttt
»y the company, and Ihu case with whicn '.bey
were illustrated.
Ty.VI, S. RUTHERFORD,
I AlUdil CARTER,
C. J. P.vlvK,
I.UwIUTG C. LAdA.T,
h CABO KM JONES,
•V. ROCKWELL.
Sc G RAN TLAND.
& If At HAST,
/•'»re i/. Mud son — I'he Aibcnian of lb* C2uJ
itislaul, says : *■ W a have the iuslam.li - y duty
to recoid ibe lots by fire of ibe acute oi Ehai -
U-r Campbell, F.iq in Matii.un, with an tua in
ic-rnu diaip sloras Irani thence to Inc end of tba
iqu re Wc have irA learnt partied us ’’
Tbe 'Trustees of itii bmund A si. my bavo
e appuinldiJ Mr. J isks P. Jluttr,
anti Mr. .lAsiita MooiiE, Priuctj a‘. oi Ihc En
glish D*par mein Mr. James AV. Davies,
wa? ciiuaen to fi 1 a va aucy in the li ard of
1 Millets.
Gun. 'Titl.on doclines the seal olfrred him
by Hie Ltnueun delegation, to fill Air. Mon
roe’s vacanty in lbs Virginia CouvcTdiou. J.
Osborn, F- q lakes the seat.
Melanin a.— Tho pnee tragedy bearing this
■ille was represented in New York ou lhe U.li
lust, tor tba first time, to a very numerous
audience, and Wns received with lou.i ami
general itppl-me. The pled is fo;.tided on the
wars and adventures of King Philip, who,
iimUY the name ol Melamura, (made use
of by the author instead of Metacnu, as bsirg
more euphoniou ) is the principal character.
The bouse was crowded to such excess iKah
it was dilicult for those who bad not luk:a
seats, to übiain even a standing place.
A i important cass, which has occupied thirty
days in the N. Y. (Jhancory At Superior Court,
was lately decided. It involved the title to
32J0 acres ol lan 1 in Perriuton N. Y. sold lev
oue D vvenport, of Con. in l'7y3; furl claimed
by J.dm Cumitork and others uuder a deed
daieel 1792. The latter was decided by the
jury to be s nriout. Tho verdict wns there,
tore iu favor of Cn irlcs W. Aplhorp and others
who hold i n ler the deed ot ’9B
MAHRIKD,
On Bmvl«y‘n»'»ri»iM£27lh Inst hv the lle% Mr. Tnli»n»r,
Mr. >\ ILUAtt AI.iCON, to MU* LLIZA U. OISTINUc*
until of ilm c*ir.
Ou bumlNf •■v#r»ln , y i.7ih {list. by A. O ll*inmi. Esq IVfi..
CItAULES MUUKAH., ot Columbia Uu to All's. LL IZA
KUS6, of lids oily.
IJIfJO.
In EjlgefirM District. S. O. on 22kl inst. uf(er n long nnv
severe illnns. Mu. I'litiGV, Wife of Oie lute UupUiia
Hubert V\ are, iu the 791 h your of lier ngt*.
HAVRE MARKET—Nov. 19.
COTTONS.—We have had a langa‘E,-sctivo
kcl, since our last, for Louisiana Cadtc oificcn
(Her sorts ol which are tally S contiui m— and
u r; the other descriptions of United county
•liort staple baioly mni vluin their prices.
The sales of 10c In it ten days compiise 3744
bales as follows. 1498 Louisiana at fi?i to JUtf,
1293 Uplands, Mouile, Alabama, nr Tennessee
at HO to 924; 101 Sea Island al SODj aud -*‘22
Pernambuco at 101 to 411 : all these' pr*“ - c» -Ju
ly paid.
The arrivals widen the same ,'fried, have
'•een 788 bales IJ Stales sorts ddo bales Per
nmlny- i, ami II /rales Beu'6 al . together 1704
oales. •
To Teachers.
4 SCHf v ’*' nolr prosperous and
A. len-* 1 ' ,n 'he centre of tbe r*J’ J r ‘ „
a first rale set of j’ mme ‘
~jtil«in. d on advautagevus 'e r P' rll . ) « n i
.vale application (r the | rese^'
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