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ClinOMfLK.
F HIDd F, JANUARY *6, i*l6.
CONGRESS The Senate did not
.. sit on Saturday.
In the House of Representatives,
after further debate, in which Messrs.
Forsyth* Jackson, Randolph, Huger,
Shelly and Wright took part, the
question was at length taken on the
bill for regulating Commerce accor
ding to the Commercial Treaty.—
For the bill 80—Against it 71. The
bill is passed, and sent to the Senate.
*Viit. Ini . ibth invt,
*
Savannah. Jan. IS.
STEAM BO \T LAUNCH.
Yesterday morning was launched,
the Steam boat K\ TERBRISE, nine
ty feet in length, and twenty in
breadth. The launch was beautiful
—ubout 11 o’clock (he impediments
to her course were overcome ; and j
she moved niujestmaPy into her pro- j
per element, amid the acclamations \
and good wishes of hundreds of spec
tators. Much credit is due to (he buil
der, Mr. John Watt, for bis exer
tions in expediting the completion of
licr bull; which we are informed
has exceeded the most saitguine ex
pecta'inn of (be proprietors, who are
likewise perfectly satisfied with the
workmanship in every respect.
It may not be improper hereto re
peat the object for which this vessel
bus been constructed, and advanta
ges that the comm vee of this place j
is likely to derive f om her operati
on. siic is' intended to tow vessels j
thence to Tyhce, from thence ihi- (
tber, or to facilitate the passage of ri- t
„vcr craft between this harbor and
Augusta. Besides being useful in
winter, during the prevalence of
Oortbwestern and northeastern winds,
in bringing vessels into port and tow- (
ing those outward hound into silua i- j
ons where they can make use of their }
canvas, she will be parti* nla»ly
* .filial in summer ami antumu when (
putrefaction of vegitabie substances (
Led he exhalations of .nii* river-fens (
with pcirnS<*loUs particles, which
proves so often fatal to the crews of
shipping lying witid-houad ia (he ri
ver; ami will often save ihe mer-1
7 C 1
chains from huaw losses occasioned
by pcrisliahie merchandize remain- .
ing *oo long on board of vessels in
those seasons. In short the aid of c
steam-boat* will place our city upon |
au equality with ports the most fpvor-1
edby their natural positions. Should' '
the Messrs. Howards not meet witji
encouragement i«i their aUe*iur<us
and laudable undertaking, ti e igou- *
ranee, or disregard *d’«ur citizens to - (
their own interests will alone he the *
obstacles—obstacles, which we hope c
and believe there are no reasons to cj- t
peel ol ever being realized. [ lley, «■
. i
The frigate Macedonian* it is said *
„ Is to carry to France, Mr. Gallatin - »
our ambassador to Louis XViil, aud . ‘
an envoy to Spam ' ‘
L’EPrKVIER.
it is asceH ained t bat the United States 1
sloop El/pervier, from the Mediter- j
ranean had approached as near home «
as !at i>9 long. 69 S7.—within A or 1
S days sail of port. On (hat day be ,
was spoken, and appeared to be very i
crank. The next day (be severe gale
V of wind occurred, in which many .of a J
large Jamaica licet laundered, or o
thorways damaged. The L’Kpervier .
was undoubtedly lost in that gale.— ■
Boston Palladium.
for the National Intelligencer.
gram the CommSrcul U,iry of Havanru o
Ut-ccn.ber 12'h, 181 J.
sTct«l Defeat of the Army of the •Mex
ican luourgeats* headed by their
Jlrtt ringleader, Ma-elh.
This monster L at last la the hands
•f the Uoyal troops. His career of
blood and devastation is at an end.,.
H»» crimes *vill soon be expiated on ;
the scaffold, an awful lesson to his.,
followers, ahum the same fato at
tends if they continue tearing the
heart of their country, misled by the
ambition of a gang of sedilioners who
have the impudence to call them
selves Patriots, The following letter
announces the event;
g| jt I just received the flattering
account hy Col, J)oh Manuel de la
Concha, that Morello’s army has
been lately defeated Mgr this place ;
himself and another of the first ring
leaders called Mortffe#, taken prison
er, together with all his artillery,
arms, Hinmumtfon ahd a rich booty.
The number 6Fkilled ahd prisoners,
is very considerable fttmoDg the first
are reckoned the ringleaders Sesma,
Lobats, and many others. ,
This glorious and important victo
ry obtained hy the measures I had
previously concerted, and by the bra
very of the troops 1 have the honor
to command, their steadiness during
(he action, and the fortitude with
which they have braved every danger
and fatigue, will not fail, I hope, to
be rewarded hy his Majesty with (he
generosity that deserves (heir zeal
and patriotism. 1 recommend very
particularly to your Excellency the
[distinguished merit of • Lieut. Don
I Mali as Carrasco, .who bad the glory
to pursue, overtake, and bring safe
to his oommaudeiv the monster Mo
rello, v
God preserve'your Excellency’s
life many years. % a
Antago del Rio, November 6th,
1815. : .V
Signed hy Eugenio de Vlllasana,
and addressed to his Excellency the
Vice Roy of New Spain,. Don Felix
Maria de Callcja.
DIED, on the 19th inst. after a
Jong and severe illness, Mrs. miclwl
Danforth, leaving a disconsolate hus
band and infant child of nine days i
old, to lament so a dispen- '
sal ion of Divine Providence.:
—*—, on the itftli Mrs. Rich
urd Dyne, ul the cotmty of Burke,
daughter of JoUih. Gresham, of the ‘
county of Og 1 « tUpi’4»e, afier seven- 1
teep days illness"; sbo departed this
life, alter requesting her companion
and children to resign to the will of
God; that slip saw nothing to induce
her to crave life, that she was per
iectly reconciled'to trust herself in
the arms of her and expir
ed, after requesting hes Saviour to >
receive her soul. She has left four
small children to with her
companion, the loss of a fond mother.
PRICES CURRAN P. 1
Cotton, I jr.i< e•--- jy j ; u I
ain
To incorporate a hank do be called
the Dank of the State. of Georgia,
Sec 1R n muCied Ip the senate and Bouse
U / B,prtteiiFia^M : t <f the State of
Georgia , - Genera Aateiitbiy met, and it is
~e>eby enacted by the'authority of the same,
i t,a. s. Ba,,k. of the stale of Georgia snail be
estubhiuicd n the chy pf SvfpQdi, the capi
tai stock thereof, sliali ]o’ exceed one milli
on fi.ehun-red thousand Dinars, divided in
to fifteen thousand shares, each share being
o ie Hundred dodars. * 0. ;
Sec 2. . iml be further enacted by the autho
rity aforesaid, dm six thousand shares of said
capnal sock shall be rescryed until the first
day of January eighteen hundred and seven
teen, on «he original terms f then, or at any
prior time to be taken and- subscribed for by
’ ne stale, according to the pleasure of the G t .
nerai Assembly, whereby the state at any sab
si qu. iu election shall be entitled to the ap.
pointment ofVix Directors j' and if the said
shares so reserved be not taken by the state, to
be disport'd of in munn< There.n .ft er prescribed.
Sec. 3. And be i further enacted by thS autho
rity aforesaid, that subscriptions faf Constitut
ing and c heeling tli'e' of s.i.d
Bank ahull be opened in heemyof Savam ab,
on the first day of Febntery oust, under the
direction and super intemla*ie**f .Charles Har
is, William B Bullock, Richard
.Richardson, Oliver Sturgis, -Thomas Bourke,
J »lm Eppmger, Abraham Richards, Barna
M'K.une, John P. Williamson, Willem Tay
lor, W 'ham Mein, John Carnechas, A. S. Util
loch, Edward Hardin and Thomas U. P. Charl
ton, a mjo t) of wbom-sUall be competent u
.>e disci* .rgc of h du les hereby d vo’ved up
-0,1 luirnr-Als and for the sank- purpose in
'he c. y of Augus a, undefthe dir ctiun an i
vqv rinicndance of Andrew Krwin, John M‘-
5v . n John Howard, Fer,lit> ml Phinizy, Tho
•>.s B ve-1, Waiter Leigh, -‘'reeman Walker
ana teoge H»: graves—A iso, and for the sumo
purpose, in the town of Milledgt viU*, unde,
the direction and superin tendance of Zachariah
Lamar, John Howard, John W. Devereux and
Joel Crawford—Also,an.* for the same purpose,
in the town of Greensborough, tndcr the di
rection and sup;rlntei d..nce of J'hn West,
John Bathoon and Dumt-l Sanford—Also, and
for the same purpose, in the town of Washing
ton, Under the direction aiidSliperiulrndaiiceo,
Nicholas Lorn*-, William G, Gilbert, Augustus-
H G liber, William Sansom and John 11. Pop?
—Also, and for the same purpose, in the town
of Louisville, under the direction and super
intendence of Will.am N. Harmon, James Me
riwether, D..vid CVk and Roger L. Gamble
—Also, and for the same purpose, in the town
of Athens, under the direction and super in
tendance of Stephen Thomas, 'I homas P.
Carnes and Augustin S. Clayton—Also, and
for the same purpose, in *he town of Sparta,
under the superintendance and direction of
J'hnLuc-s, Hugh Taylor and Henry Mitchell
—A»so, and for the same purpose, in the town
of Lexington, uni lor the seperintondafice and
direction of Dudley Dunn, John Moore and
Bunveil Pope— \ Iso, and for the st me purpose,
m the town of Waynesborough, under the di
rec* ion of John Davis, John Whitehead and
William Whit, head, a majority of which com
missioners in each of said mentioned places,
shall lie comp Sent to the discharge of their du
ties; and in each of said mention'd places, the
books of subscription shall be kept open for
the space of six months, if that time shall he
required for filling up said subscriptions for
said capital stock; during which time it shall
and may be lawful for any person or co part
nership, being citizens of the United Stales,
corporation or body politic established in the
Unlaid Slates, to subscribe f r any number of
shares not exceeding one hundred, except, as
herein before provided, relative to the state—
Provided, that if the whole number of shares
be not taken up within the said space of six
months, then, and in that case, it shall be law
ful for any person or co-partnership, being citi
zens of the United States, corporaiion.or body
politic established in the United States, to sub
scribe for any number of the shares unsub
set 1 bed for as aforesaid, and the sums respec
tively subscribed for, shall be payable in man
ner following, that is to say ; seventeen per
centum at .he .fine of subscribing, twenty per
centum at the expiration of six months there
alter, and ihe balance of the sums so subscrib
ed, at such other time or times as the di eel
ors of said Bank may require and oirect, pro
vided, that sixty days notice ot the time at
which payment is required to be made, be giv
en in one of the Gazet.es of Savannah, Angus
ta, Mihedgcville and Washington, Wilkes
county.
Sec 4. And be it further enacted by tne antho
rity aforesaid, that if there snail be a failure
in the payment of any sum subscribed by any
person, co-partnership or body politic, when
the same is required o be paid by this ;.c., or
when it shall D's required to be paid by ihe
directors, the share or shares on which such
failure snail happen or accrue,shad be tor such
failure forfeited, and may be again sold and
opposed of as the direc 01s snail order and
provide, and the sums which may havebt.cn
paid thereon, shall enure to the benefit of said
corporation.
Sec 5. And be it further enacted by the autho
rity aforesaid, !ha »U ’.hose who shall become
sobv.Ci .oers vo sakl bank, their successors and
assigns shall be, and they are hereby creat 'd
.(tul nude a corporation and body politic, by
tne name and siyie of The Bank of the State of
Georgia, and by that name snail be, and are
hereby made able aifcl capable in law to have,
purcuasc, rec. ive, possess, enjoy and re lain to
them anil their successors, lands, rents, tene
ments, hereditaments, goods, chattels and ef
fects, of what kind, name or quality soever,
to Ar amount nut excee mg in the whole, one
‘million five hundred thousand dollars, or the
amount of its capital if the same shall hereaf
ter fie increased, mciuuing the amount of the
capital stuck aforesaid; and he same to sell,
gram, demise, alien or dispose of, to sue and
be sued, p.ead and be impleaded, answer and
be a.iswert-d, defend and be defended in c«m ts
of reCordforany place whatsoever, and also o
make, have and use a common seal, and the
same to break, alter and renew at their plea
sure, and also to o dain, establish, and put in
execution such bye-laws, ordinances and regu
lations as shall seem necessary and convenient
for the government of said corporation; pro
vided that such bye-laws, rules
and regulations be not contrary .0 the laws
and constitution of this state, or of the United
States; and generally to do and execute all
and singular such ac s, matters and things as
to them may or shall appertain to do, subject
nevertheless to the rules, regulations, restric
tions, limitations and provisions hereinafter
presenb d
Sec 6. And be it f urther enacted by the autho
rity aforesaid, that for the well ordering of the
affairs of said corporation, there shall be fif
teen directors, nine of whom thall be elected
by the stock holders, and six by the state;
and the nine directors ot the stockholders shall
be elected so soon as two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in gold and silver coin shall
have been received on account of the subserp
tions of said stock, of whom there shall be an
election on the first Monday in May next, and
on the day in each year by the stockhold
ers or proprietors of the capital stock, and by
the plurality of votes actually given in, and
those who shall be duly chosen at any election,
shall be capable of sewing as directors by vir
tue of such choice, until the end or expiration
O’ the first Mo .day in May next, ensuing the
time of such ruction and no longer; and ih t
six directors to be appointed by the state, shall
be- chosen by the Legislature immediately on
the passage of this act —Provided always, that
a.- soon as the sum of two hund.fid and fifty
thousand dollars in gold and silver shall have
b«en actually received on account of the sub
srriptions to Said stock, notice thereof s’.ail
be given by the commissioners in Savannah
herein before named, in one at leas, of the pub
lic Gazettes of Savannah, Augusta, Milledge
vilh ,-Washington and Athens; and the said
comm’ssi ni.rs shall at the same time in like
manner notify a time and place wi bin the said
city of -Savannah, at the distance of ninety
da >s a' leas'- f» m the date of sin;li not fication
fur proceeding to the election of Directors; and
it shall be lawful for such to be then and there
made, and the persons who shall be then and
chosen, shall be the first directors* and
receive from the said commissioners, the monre
which shall be received by them tand the saq B
directors at their first meeting after such\lec. H
lion, shall choose one ot their number as Pre.
niuCi<t| Suit ii« CSSf Os itn UFttlll, FCSlgliatlOn Op
reatoval from the state, or from the Board of
Directors, tie said directors shall proceed to'MB
fill the vacancy by a new election for the re. W
maioder of the t ear, provided, that in case it ■
should at any time huft «n that an election of■;
directors should not he made at any day when I
pursuant' to this act it ought to have been I
made, the said corpoia ion shall - not fo;-that ■
cause be deemed to lx dissolved, but it shall I
be lawful on any other- il.*y to hold an election »
of dii ec'ors in such manner as shall have been ■
regulated by the laws and ordinances of said *
I corporation,- $ ft
Sec. 7- . bid he it further enacted-by the uutho • ' L
ritu aforesaid , that the directors for the time f
he ng, shall have power to appoint vuch offi
cers, clerks and servants under requiring
| from sahl officers, deiks ana servants such se- j
curiiy, and administering Diem such oaths
as the said directors shad deem necessary, and
to allow them siiclvconr ensation for their ser
vices respectively, .-ssh.-h be reasonable, and
shall be capable of i xereismgauoh pothers and
authorities for Die Well ordering and govern
ing the affairs of the said corporation, as shall
be described, fixed and determined by the laws,
regulations and ordinances of the same.
See.. 8 And Le it further enacted by the authf
rity (f renaid, tha 'he fo.lowing rules, restric
tions, dmi.aliens and provisions shall form and
be fundamental articles of the corporation of
said institution. Ist The number of votes to /
which each stock-holder shall be entitled, shall
be according to the number of shares he shall
hold, in the following proportion j that is to
say, for one share, one vole; for two shares,
and not exceeding five, two votes; and for ev
ery five shares above five, one vote— provided,
no person, corporation or body politic shall be
entitled in his, her or their own right to more
than thirty votes ; and as er the first election,
no share or shares shall .confer a right of suff
rage which shall not have been lioldewthree
calender months previous to the day of election;
2- Stockholders usually resident within 1
thu United States, ami n ine others may vot"
in election by proxy; none but a stockhoh
er entitled in his own right to fifteen shares,
and being a citizen of the state , and not being
a director ofWy othei b'ink, shall be eligible as
ajdirector; and if any one of the directors after
b-.-ing elected, sha’l at any time during the
term for which he shall have been civ sen, cease
to be a stock holder, his scat s’all thereupon
bee me vacated, and the reman ing directors
ora majority of th m shall at the next meet
ing pass an order declaring him to be no long
er a director.
3 The Stockholders shall make such com*
pens., fin to he President as may appear to
them re asonable. . .
4 Not Iss dim nine D.r-ctors shall consti
tute a board for the t ran .action of business,
ot wliom the President siiall always he one, ex
cept in cases ot sickness or necessary absence,
in which case h,s place may be supplied by any
Director, or be elected president pro tern by a
majority of the Jboard. present.
I 5 A nnmber of stockh biers not less than
thirty, who together shalVfie proprietors of two
■ u d.edand fifty shares oh upwards, shall liave
power at any lime to call a meeting of the
stockholders for purposes relative to the in
stitution, giving at K-ast sixty days police in a
public gazette in the cuy of -Savanna >, in the
chy of Augusta, in Milledgeville, and at Wa
shington and Athens, specifying in such notice
i he ob ject or objects of such meeting.
6 The Cashier, of the bank for the Vine
being, before he enters upon the duties o. his
office, shall be required to give bond wi'htwo
or moiv.a. curilies, to ilu sat-ffaction of top. d
rectors, in a sum not less than fifty thousan
dollars-
7. The lands, tenements and hereditament
which it shall be lawful for the said corpora
tion to f old, shall be only such as shall be re.
quisite for its immediate accommodation in re
lation to the convenient transaction of its busi
ness ; and such as have been bone fide mortga
ged to it byway of security, or conveyed to it
in satisfaction of d*>bts previously contracted in
.he cou sejof its dealings, or parchased at sales
upon judgments whicashail have been obtained
for such debts.
8- The total amount of the debts which the
said corporaiion shall at anytime owe, whe
ther by bond, bill note or other contract, shall
not exceed three times the amount of their ca
pital sv ck over and above the amount of specie
actually deposited in their vaults for safe keep
ing. In casf of an excess, ti e directors under
whose adminislralbn it shall happen, shall lie
liable for the in their individual, natural
and pi ivate capacities, and an acion of debt
may in such cases be brought against them, or
any of them, their or any of their heirs, i xecu*
tors or administrators, in any court of record
in the United States having competent juris
diction, or either of them by any creditor or
creditors of said institution, and may ty? pro
secuted to judgement and execution, any c
venam or agreement to the contrary notwiti
standing But this shall not be construed vo
exempt the said corporation or ’he lands, te
nements, goods and chattels of the same from
being also'liable for, and chargeable with the
said excess ; and uah of -the director*
who may have been absent when the Said ex
cess w-as cont> acted or created o. rm y have dis
sented from the resolution or ac>, whereby the
same was so ctmtn-c ed or Crca’ed, may
•selectively exonerate themselves from being so
liable, by having ’Heir cTfesem t*'present, en:er
<‘d on the minutes ot Saul corporation.
9. The directors shall have the power to
issue to the subscribers their certificates of
stock which shall he transferable on .he hooka
of the cashier only by personal entry of the
stockholder, his legal representative or attor
ney duly authorised by special power for that
purpose.
It) The corporation sh .11 in no case direct
ly or indirectly be concerned in cemmerc or
insurance, or in lire imports-ion or exportation;
purchase or sale of any goods,. wares or mer
chandise whatever, (bills of cx< hange, notes and
bullion only exempted,) ixctpt such goods,
wares or merchandise a# shall be truly transfer’