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SI)AY,JAN^7.
■rally prevails, we believe,
n Macon to be ottered for
ircli, will bring very hij-b
Y deter many persons from
;a tnay have arisen in part,
rices at tin- lormer sale, but
turned, from the geogrphi
je well known commercial
ice.
wcver, a contrary belief:
le that the lots nt the ensu
at prices quite mode rate, in
>seof last year—and for the
only were permitted to be
and forty are otfered now.
*, not only double the num
but the demand must be
ist year’s sales, it is fair
re w ill be fewer purchasers
sen already supplied,
sule, some of the most ad
iiruble situations were se
mugli a part of the lots of
y desirable, a considerable
e number of lots sold, must
less commanding chalacter
ney then was, several caus
iuctions, the fraction sales,
oncurred to render it still
led as a fourth cause,that the
staple market lias probably
adventure, and inculcated
psa salutary degree of cau
jple in respect to their fu
s, and perhaps others, we
iscd if the average price of
much exceed half that of
i the numb er now in mar
presume that all descrip
> may be accommodated,
lot be another sale soon,
any event, be a handsome
<\\ n. Situated at the head
•, on the main line of com
uns through the capitals of
o those on the Missisippi,
nd fertile back country,be
f the influence of the trad
ta or any other large town,
le are considerable and se
s perhaps no other place
m be immediately erected
and cheapness. Training
brick are on the spot. —
-most of them within five
road, must make lumber
; lime in inexliaustable
ade and is now making on
ami we are informed that
arries of tree-stone within
!.
• County Officers for this
m Monday last; when the
ere chosen to till the rc-
Hutlson, Sheriff'.
Lis, Clerk Sup. Court ,
ram, Cl'k Inf. Court ,
is, County Surveyor,
Holmes, Coroner,
11, Tax Collector,
:1, Rec. Tax Returns.
s the opinion of the Editor
Inquirer, respecting the no
lent by Congressional Cau
lIICII ?
t the election of 7’resi
by the House of lteyre
’ were not less than of!
et at that time the
iresetitatives had to
two individuals only !
Aaron Burr, whom no
[tally designated in any
■nt of the U. States—
! people did not once
hat office—the other,
son, whom a decided
electors and of the peo
vocally marked out as
t. In fact, the contest
pie had not been at till
two persons: —but be
i Jefferson and ,/ohn
n spite of these imlis
o strong was the hosti*
eral members of Con
is Jefferson ; so violent
ity of party spirit ami
ings on such occasion*,
n was spun out through
:—the representatives
and the people them
iruwn into violent ex
e protracted controver
yard is to be believed,
ederal Representatives
they would risk a dis
ic Union, tmontr than
us •/etferson. A propo
a thrown oat, toelect a
*vr thus usurpitg upon
the piiiicipfes of the constitution
lie scenes of that day ; the intrigues,
toe agitations, the dangers,which hung
o\ei the country, are memorable warn
ings against the repetition of such
scenes. 1 o such a pitch may the feel
ings of men be wrought up when all
their favorite objects of party or ambi
tion, are made to depend upon a sinsrle
event. 6
In 1821, another scene of this sort
occurred in the H. of Representatives,
but on a much smaller scale. The
House had to electa Speaker—an offi
cer of some dignity and importance
to himself, but iufinitely inferior to
Hie Chief Magistrate of the Union.—
\ et even this election occupied a dav
and a halt: and was protracted thro’
12 ballottings.—After all, the contro
versy was only terminated by select
ing one entirely new person—who
was not even in the view of the House
when the first ballot was given.— But
in the case ot electing a President, this
sort of compromising expedient is out
ol the question. You cannot drop all
the first candidates, and take up an
entirely new person. You have be
fore you the three highest men on the
polls of the electors. To these only
you are bound by the. constitution to
narrow the range of your selection.
And how- stands the case at the
Presidential Election of 1 824 ? Much
stronger than that of 1821, because
the office is infinitely more important;
—the means ol compromise infinitely
less.
Much stronger than the case of
1800 ; because instead of two candid
ates only, you will have to select from
three—because instead of having one!
of these marked out and characterized j
by the unequivocal voice of the people, I
neither of the three candidates will;
carry with him the majority of the!
electors. The people have not deci- j
sively spoken: and each may inter-j
pret their wishes in his own favor.
In tact, let us not shut our eyes to
our situation. Five individuals have ‘
been named for this important office—
who can pretend to sav, that a Gth or !
a 7th may not be hurried on by his I
ow n wishes or those of his friends to j
seek the glittering prize? Each of!
these candidates, aspirants, call them ;
what you please, has some Estate or
states to support hi in—some presses
to fight his battles, some friends warm-;
lv attached to his interest, and zeal-’
ous in his success. 11l blood enough ,
has been called up alresdy.—Attacks
have been made—recrimination has
ensued—innocent individuals have al
ready become the objects of the rank
est calumny. The zealous partisans ‘
of three of the candidates have fallen
pell-mell upon the character of Wm.
If Crawford : and symptoms begin to
manifest themselves of division and
hostility between the partizans of Ad
ams and Calhoun. Rumor too speaks
freely of the expedients that have al
ready been put in requisition. The
\\ ashington City Gazette dares to
speak of letters that have been writ
ten and speeches that have been made, j
by Mr. C aihoun to promote his own
election Rumor hints of the finesse
that is employed of entertainments
that are to be given, at Washington,
for the benefit of the parties concern
ed.
These exertious will be multiplied ;i
these alienations will become more I
and more bitter, as the election ap
proaches. W ithout some concert a
mong the people, no election will be
made bv the oolleges. It is transfer
red to the House of Representatives-!
The election comes on ; the friends
of the three highest candidates, em
bittered against each other—both their
attachments to their friends and their
antipathies to their adversaries in
creased by mutual recrimination.—
The partisans of each flock to the city.
W bat is to be the result? Can any
man calmly anticipate it? Who is to
abandoc his candidate. We know
that one most respectable Repre>eata
tive has declared, that he w ill nail his
flag to the mast, rather than give up
the ship, llow long is this struggle to
be protracted? What means are to be
used? what tried? what finesse?
what intrigues ? We will not calcu
late the consequences which these in
trigues or this excitement may pro
duce. If no one is elected, then the
Vice President mounts the chair,which
the voice of the nation had never as
signed him.
If the 11. of R. should elect a Presi
dent, he w ill he elected by the majori
ty of the states, not of the people.—
New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
are reduced to the same level with De
laware and Rhode Island. Is this
right? To electa Chief Magistrate by
less perhaps than one-third of our pop
ulation ? How will be sit in the chair
with the incensed majority of the
nation, arrayed from the very first
against his administration ? Is this
the time for such an experiment, when
(lie whole force of the nation may be
wanting to resist the designs of the al
lied powers?
How can these consequenees be
avoided ? By a concert of operations
among the Republican party; bv the
nomination of one candidate : and as
no other scheme of concentration can
now be organized, by the old mode of
nomination among the republican rep
resentatives of the people—the mode,
which has elected Jefferson, Madison,
and Monroe—the nomination, which
Madison and Monroe cheerfully ac
cepted at the hands of the Republican
party—the mode, to which Mesrs Cal
houn and Adams once lent their coun
tenance and vote, but which their
friends are now the most active in
denouncing, “choose ye then.”
Choose between a nomination by the
republicans of.both Houses of Congress
and an election (or rather chance of
election bv the 11. of R. acting as
states. Jn energy and union, there is
safety—in temporizing and in division
there is danger. Choose ye between
them.
A communication in the Augusta
Chronicle of the 3d January, says,
A Comet was dicovered yester
day morning at five o'clock, bearing
east 15 deg. north ; his train elevated
about Go dog. and appearing about l
deg. in length. It may tie readily
found at an angle of about 90 degs.
with the Northern Crown and V enus,
being about the same altitude with
Venus. It is believed to be in the back
part of the head of Hercules. Wheth
er approaching to perihelium or return
ing from it, the observation of an
hour with the naked eye has not af
forded an opportunity of ascertaining.
AN ACT.
For the Relief of Honest Debtors
Fussed at the late session of the
Legislature.
Sec. 1 .lie itenacted&c. —That
from and immediately after the pas
sage ot this act, when anv debtor
or debtors, shall be taken upon any
capias ad satisfaciendum, and shall
be desirous of taking the benefit of
the oath prescribed for the relief
ot insolvent debtors, or of rendering
a full and fair schedule of his pro
perty, it shall and may be lawful
for such debtor or debtors, to ren
der to the sheriff of the county, his
lawful deputy, or any- constable
by whom he, she, or they may
have been taken a bond or bonds
payable to the party at whose in
stance the arrest was made, with
good and sufficient securities in!
twice the amount of the debt con
ditioned tor his appearance at the
next term of the superior or Infe
rior court in which said capias ad
satisfaciendum was obtained (and
it rhe same issued from a Justices’
court then to the Inferior c®urt
next to be held in and for the said
county,) then and there to stand to
and abide by such proceedings as
may be hat’, by the court in relation,
to his, her, or their taking the ben
efit of this act, and in case of fail
ure to appear, judgement shall be
entered up instanter upon said
bond, against the pi incipal and his
.securities, to be discharged upon
the payment of the debt and cost.
—And when an execution issues
thereon, the defendant in the capi
as ad satisfaciendum shall not be
entitled to the benefit of this act.
Provided. That if either of the
parties to the said bond shall be
desirous to have an issue made up!
and submitted to a jury ; a jury
shall be immediately impannelled
to try such issue, and the plea of
non est tactum shall only be recei
ved, upon the party making oath‘of
its verrity And provided further. —
t hat it it shall be made to appear
satisfactorily to said court, that
said debtors are prevented from at
tending court by sickness or other
sufficient cause to be judged ot by
the court, the case shall be contin- 1
ued over to the next court at which
time the same proceedings shall ‘
be had as if he had appeared at the
first term : And provided further. —
T hat if *mch debtor or debtors i
shall die in the mean time, it shall |
be an absolute discharge of such i
bond or bonds : Provided nci'crthe - •,
Jess. That when ‘any debtor or t
debtors shall be taken as aforesaid, t
within twenty days before the sit- <
ting of said court, said bond shall
be conditioned for his, her or their |
appearance at the succeeding term ,
of the court aforesaid. I \
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. ,
T hat upon such debtor or debtors |
tendering such bond or bonds, it
shall be the duty of such sheriff,
deputy or constable, as the case |
may be, to release him, her, or them 1
from confinement or custody, any,
law usage or custom to the contra
ry notwithstanding. 1
See. 3. And be it further enac- 1
ted. T hat to enable the honest i
debtor more fully to obtain the sc- <
curity required in the first section
of this act, it shall be lawful for the
said security, at the court to which
the principal is bound to appear to
surrender in open court, said prin
cipal on discharge of the security ;
and for the purpose of making the
surrender, the security is hereby
authorised to exercise all the power
which by law special bail have over
their principal.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted
That upon the appearance of such
debtor or debtors at the cout t to
which he is bound to appear, it
shall be lawful for him her or them,
either iu person or by attorney, to
move the court to he admitted to
take the oath prescribed for the
r elicl of insolvent debtors or to
swear to the schedule previ
ously filed with the clerk of said
court agreeably to the provissions
of this act hereinafter contained.—
And it shall be the duty of said
court upon such debtor or debtors
making it appear to them at least
ten days notice has been given in
writing to his, her, or their credit
ors of the intention to avail him,
her or themselves of the benefit of
this oath to administer the oath
prescribed for the benefit of insol
vent debtors, or to swear him, her,
or them to the schedule as afore
said, as the case may be ; and to
direct the clerk to make an entry of
the same upon his minutes, which
shall exempt the body or bodies
of such debtor or debtors from
imprisonment for debt in all the
cases vv here notice ntav have been
given to the creditors which noti
ces shall he filed with the clerk of
said court. Provided neverthe
less that if any creditor or creditors
shall suggest any fraud or conceal
ment of any property, money or
effects, it shall be the duty of the
court to direct an issue to be made
up and tried by a jury at the first
term before such debtor or debtors
are sworn. Provided further, that
either of the parties shall be
unprepared for the trial of such is
sue the court may continue the
same under the same rules and reg
ulations by which suits at law an;
continued, and if the said jury
shall find that there is any fraud
or concealment or if said debtor or
debtors shall fail or refuse to an
swer upon the oath ; or if said
debtor or debtors shall fail to make
it appear to the court that he, she,
or they, have given the necessary
notice to the creditor or creditors,
at whose instance he she, or they,
may have been arrested, then and
in that case the said debtor or
debtors shall be deemed in the
custody of the sheriff, and the court
shall adjudge that he she or they
be imprisoned until a full and fair
disclosure of all the property, mon
ey or effects, be made by said
debtor or debtors and until he she
or they have given the necessary
notice as aforesaid, to be judged of
by said court.
Sec. 5. And be it further enac
ted by the authority foresaid.—
That when any debtor or debtors
taken upon any capias ad satisfa-
Iciendum as aforesaid shall be de
sirous to render a full and fair
schedule of his or their property
and effect, he she or they shall file
the same with the clerk of the court
at which he is bound to appear
at least ten days before the setting
of the court at the settingof which
he proposes to avail himself of the
benefit of this act and that upon
his being admitted to answer to
the said schedule the same pro
ceedings shall be had the case, as
may he now had on schedules fil
led under the law now in force.
Sec.jG. And be it further enacted.
That no person or persons shall be
imprisoned for debt upon any ca
pias ad satisfaciendum, who will
comply with the requisites of this
act except in cases of fraud or con
cealment herein before mentioned
any law usage or custom to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid. T'hat
all laws and clauses of laws coming
within the meaning and purview ot
this act, be, and the same are here
by repealed.
MARRIED—On the3oth ult Mr IIANNON
B POUND, of Putnam county, to Miss MIL
LY GAY, of Jones county.
Rufus Putnam, brigadier general
by brevet at the close of the revolu
tionary war, and one of the first if
not the first settler in Ohio, lately
died at Marietta, aged 90 years.
DOCTOR EVANS,
Member of the Royal College of Sur
geons, London ;
Licentiate of tne College of PUyi-irians,"Balti
more, kc. kc.
RESPF.CTFi r.LV in
§ forms the citizen* of
Twiggs county and vi
cinity, that he has loca
ted at the farm lately
occupied by the Kev. K.
iUuimick, 7 miles from
Marion, on the Dublin
road, and about ‘J miles
from Dr. Fitjc Gerald's:
the farm is known as
the old Mothodisttlump
“SSwa.h-w
thirty years experience as a Physician,
Surgeon and Jlccoucher , nml has recei
ved his medical education under some
of the first teachers in Europe.
N. H. T lose afflicted with recent
Cancers, Fistulas, Piles, Rheumatism,
Dropsey, Dvssentery or Flux, Fever
and Ague, Eruptions of the Skin,Scald
Head, a certain disease arising from
impurity of the blood, White Swel
lings, obstinate old Ulcers, W onus.
Billions and other diseases, Epilepsy
or Fits, &c. may have them cured up
on the most reasonable terms by ap
plying as above.
JCT* Persons living at a distance may
be accommodated at the Doctor’s
house by bringing their bedding and
paving part of the fee in advance.
Dr. Evans has lately received from
New-York a choice assortment of
Medicines, which he offers for cash at
reduced prices.
IttT* A good opportnnity now offers
for two or three respectable young
men, of good education to Studv Mcdi
cine. Apply as abeve.
Jan. 7, 1824. 3m42
711 HE copartnership of Jewett &
A Pease, has been dissolved by
mutual consent.
georgeTewett,
Will continue the business in Knox
ville, (Crawford county,) where he of
fers for sale an assortment of DRY
GOOD?!, GROCERIES, &e. and will
thankfully receive the patronage of
the public.
Dec. 25, 1823. 3w42
i\dmm\str*Atov’s Safe.
WILL be sold on Monday, the
16th day of February next, at
the late residence of col. Li tt I cherry
Bostick deed, in Jefferson county,
The Personal Property of
Don F. Bostick uec’d consisting of
Tu o Horses, one Gig and harness, and
a number of articlesof Household Fur
niture, &c. Terms made known on
the day of Sale.
JESSE ROBINSON, Jdm'r.
January 7, 1824. tds42
List of Letters,
Remaining in the Post Office, Fort
Hawkins, Jan. 1,1824.
William Brown, Henry Bailey,
John Burnett, James Bryan, Dru
ry Bass, Rowell Baas.
Robert L. Church 4, James
Curley, David Culbertson or Eli
jah Haralson, Elisha Colton.
Drewry Duke, sen. J. W. L.
Daniel, Wm. Dunn, John Daniel.
Henry R- Foy
Samuel Cranberry.
Francis Hamil, James H. Har
daway, Cob Wade Hampton, Wil
liam H. Hughs 2, Jas. Herring,
Jamse Holmes, Thomas Haws.
Lieut. Joel J. Johnston, William
Joyce, John Jepson, Elijah Jones.
Allen Lawhorn, Esq.
Thomas King, Thomas Kent,
Daniel Kimberly.
Wm. L. McKee2, John McMur
rin, Dr. Robert Mathews, John
Miller, Josiah Moody.
Harris Nicholson.
Mr. Posey, Robert Pearmon,
James Puckett, sen. esq.
John Rowe, Blake Robinson,
James Rowell.
Jeffery E. Thompson, John Ty
ler.
Capt. Perry Wimberly, Thomas
Williams, T. W. Watley.
William Young.
Charles Bullock, p. m.
January 1, 1824. 42
Sheriffs Safe.
WILL be sold, on the first Tues
day in February next, at the
Court-house in the town of Macon,
Bibb county, between the usual hours
of Sale, the following property, to wit:
Two hundred two and a half acre*
of land, known by No. 220, in the 3d
dist. (formerly Houston but now) Bibb
county, adjoining Nos. 219 and 221
Levied on as the property of Abraham
Golucn, to satisfy two fi fas in favor of
Harris Allen, vs. said Golden.
Levied on and returned to me by a
constable.
Terms of Sale— Cash.
EDMUND C. BEARD, Shtf.
December 319 t, 1823. tds—4l