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POETRY*
~ THE NEW~YEAR.
Silent anil dark is the oiienn of yeas
liutk through R uiaaea wliera memories
flout ; , .
Trackless ami cold Hs broad surface appears
AVhere the billow* close after the canvass
borne boat :
Years that have passed ! ye have now and
then left
A ripple, to show where some Inflow was
cleft ,
Tn the strife of a moment, what
on,
When the jirow that awakened Us hubbies
is gone.
Wo to the bark tha fihvs foundered unseen,
•Lost and unknown tin Ibe ocean of j eurs ;
Laurels grow not,— but the sentflant is
green ; , . .
Sorrow dries there, save the sad siren s
teri
JVot to the *U/>re shallow a hil'ow of tamo
Toss up to sight the lost wamic.er’s name ;
>'ot on an island of life shall be driven
The wreck that the winfls of oblivion have
riven.
f/.liow on billow, and tide after tide,
\Vatt the proud bark of life's convoy abroad;
Oceans around them utlnumbttrad and wide
As Klcrnity—wlio shall direiit tliem hut
God ?
Freighted with gold, some gode swiftly a..
way, . . .
Safe for ft white ; hot beware of the day
When the tempest of death from the night
cloud comes down
The hark may be saved, but the treasure
must drown.
Another cotnrs on ; it is laden with fame,
Lihter than air on the surface it floats ;
Vet shall its cuerished freight be but the
game
Os the wand ring billo .vs, and seatniostrcl s
notes.
Tossing, and mingling and wasting, and
scattered.
Like the rags tis the sail by the hurricane
tattered,
■Who can trace out the fond venturer's lot.
Till found by the wrecker, who values it
not!
Next comes the gilded bark, freighted with
Love,
Laughs'at tempest* and sighing at calms ;
Wrapped in the sunshine that flatters above,
Music defies even the tempe‘l s alarms.
Backward and forward, the sport of the
tide,
No compass to steer, and no pilot to guide.
Tioon wouW the dear store to ruin be driven,
Did pity not stoop.and transfer it to heaven.
Thus speeds our voyage on the ocean ot
years.
Fain would we anchor, hot fat* hears asVny
Through coertist and caitu —and the spin!
that steers
The, vessel of Lite, is * foe to deiny.
Here, in n season like this, while we greet.
•Let joy be d' e signal, however wc meet.
To Friendship, who bails, be tge soie an
swer given—
TVe are laden with hope—ur voyage is to
Heaven !
And Friefehip will hail—when abroad on
the deep
The horizon is sail-studded round, to the
eye ;
enrae all dismasted and torn by the sweep
Ot the tempest —and souie o cr whoso pas
sage tne sky
Was ever in smiles—and Friendship will
g'eet
In a season like this, where the lulled bil
lows meet,
Like the green sen of Snnda, where the
tempests braathe not —
And all the ruJe strength of the wave is
forgot.
Flail, need bark ‘ thou aft shaping so cmir*”
• nkuown to M*e gay ones that hover u
ronnd thee ;
Thine is a voyage where the billowy force
Os the ocean of years hath repassed tliee,
and found Hike
Changeless end fiiin as the rock it hath
washed
incessant and loud, where its first foam was
dashed.
i\ow ye have spurned at the hurricane's
sport,
A .’here are ye bound ? and how near is your
port ?
\ e who have spread the broad banner, and
bore
Freedom and strength on your’glorious
deck,
V- hen the red thunder cloud mingled its roar
Y, itii the rush of the waves, and the crush
of the wreck I
V i have weathered the storm, and your
tmnrei is borne
L dlant and gayly, unsharoed and untorn /
Ve are gaining your haven, and there umy
ye rest,
Where storms never reach, in the isles of
the blest.
Welcome stannch hark.’ thou has manhood
on board,
Tffnrine aivay in the pride of your glory !
Nn’crimw thy buid waving banner be low
ered,
And sunshine, and plenty be ever before
tliee.
Hail gallant vessel thy rotivoy is ynw’ti,
•*.. v• -• y and ardent, and panting for truth
{sunshine around thge—and 0 may the
Giver
Os happiness grant you that sunshine lor’
ever.
* • a • • •
Now, to arouse ouv dull lines to new
million,
We will leap on the land, and a truce
to life's ocean ;
It’ fable suffices to rert, while we cheer
(Hr patrons and friends with “ a happy
new year 1”
First to the past, we bid our farewell:
Chequered ii was, like its fellows of
yore,
With the da>k litres that vanity casts in
her spell,
And the bright Mies that happiness
sprinkles lltrail o’er.
Peace have we seen with hvfol'rve-liound
wand
Cheering the droppings of Plenty's full
hand;
A id rising, like odours of Arahy sweet,
Gratitude's offering,the blessing to meet.
E. n'r—:r fields were the pinions of
health
F tread like an eagle, the w ing of a dnvc;
licep has Contentment, the truest of
wealth,
Mingled its breath with the p,votings of
Love.
Maidens, who erewhile in slngleues*
sighed,
Dive taken tbe happier title df bride.
Y t has the dark wing of sorrow o'er
sh.vlfd
F. that were smiling when the season
began;
JFbwers of the loveliest promise have
faded, —
A ad earth has no flowrr so soon wither
ed as man.
When the blighter comes o'er him, and
takes to Ins brr vst.
Os oh that we chc i sited, the loudest and
!
Death ! thou hast claimed him, but not
for thine, ow n
Thy touch broke tire chain, and thy vio
tiin hath flown.
Far o’er the, ocean, wh#e science w‘as
born,
Redemption has sprung for the famish
ing brave ;
The offspring of heroes,the Mussulman’s
scorn,
The daughter of Greece is no longer a
slate!
Pence to their classic fields; pea op to
their shore;
Peace te their temples and homes—for
no more,
Shall the cimetar waste, or the infidel
bear
liy'chains of dishonor the young and
the fair.
So on, liberators ! accomplish the work,
The harvest is plenteous and freedom
the fruit.
Soon shall the diadem lull from the
Turk,
And Liberty franchise the slaves of the
brute!
From the thraldom of Ali shall Tempe
n waken,
A Pheenix from ashes long spurned and
forsaken,
Aud the ruins of cities, though scattcreu
shall flourish
Rebuilt o’er the iUustiious ashes the;,
nourish !
Years that have passed us like arrows !
adieu!
True ye were transient as youth; but
farewell!
Hope ever smiles on the w ings of the
new,
And mortals are happy to bow to her
sped.
THE DANGERS OF SAILING IN
HIGH LATITUDES.
Awful Incident —One serene evening
in the middle of August, 177(1, Caption
Warrens, the master of a Greenland
whaieship, found himself becalmed a
mong a vast number of icebergs in about
77 degrees north latitude. On one side
and within a mite of his vessel, were
icebergs of immense height and closely
wedged toeelher, and a succession of
snow covered pea us appeared behind
each other as far astheeye could reach
showing that the ocean was completely
blocked up in that quarter, and that it
had probably been so for a long period
of time. Captain Warrens did not feel
altogether satisfied with his situatio'n, but
there bentg no wind, he could not move’
either otr<; way or another, and lie there
fore kept a strict watch, knowing that
he would be safe as for*...: as the surroun
ding ice’aergs continued in their respec
tive places.
About midnight the w ind rose to a
gale, accompanied by thick showers of
sin.w, while a succession of tremendous
thundering, grinding, and crushing noi
ses gave fearful evidence that the ire
was in motion. The vessel received vi
olent shocks every moment, for the ha
ziness of the atmosphere prevented those
on board from discovering in what di no
tion the open water lay, or if there was
actually any at all mi either side of them
The night was spent in tacking as often
as any cause of danger happened to pre
sent itself, and in the morning the storm
abated, and Oapt. Warrens found to Lis
gieut joy that hi*snip had m,t sustained
any serious injury. lie remarked With
surprise that the accumulated icebergs
which had on the proceeding evening
formed an impenetrable barrier, had beer,
seperuted and disarranged by the wind,
and that in one place a caiial of open
sea wound its course among them as far
as the eve could discern.
It was two miles beyond the entrance
of this canal that a ship made its appear
ance about noon. Tin sun shone
brightly at t!ie time, and a gentle breeze
blew from the nortln At. tir-t, some in
terveiling icebergs prevented Captain
Warrens from distinctly seeing anythin';
except her masts but he w is struck with
the strange manner in which iter sails
were disposed, and the dismantled as
pect of her yards and rigging. She con
tinued to go before the wind for a few
furlongs, and then grounding upon the
low icehergv-remamcd motionless.
Captain Warren’s curiosity was so
much excited, that he immediately leap
ed into the boat with several setrmen, and
rowed towards her. On apj roadnnw.
lie observed that her hull was inisorabiy
we itherbeateu, and not a soul appeared
upon the deck, which was covered w ith
snow to a considerable depth. Tie hail
ed her crew several times, hut no answer
was returned. Previous to stepping on
board, an oper port hole near the main
chain caught his eye, and on looking in
to*it, ho perceived a man reclining back
in a chair, with writing materials on a
small table before him..but the feebleness
of the light made every iking very indis
tinct. I’he party, therefore, went upon
deck, and having removed tire hatchway
which they found closed, they distend
ed to the cabin. They first came to the
apartment which Captain W arrens had
viewed through the port hole. A tre
motir seized him as ho entered it. Its
inmate retained his former position, and
seemed to lie insensible ol strangers.—
lie was found to be a corpse.and a green,
damp Cold mould had covered hisrlieeks
and forehead, and veiled his eye hulls.—
lie held a pen in his hand, and a log
book before him, the last sentence
w hose unfinished page ran thus, “11th
November, 1782 ; \Ve have now been
enclosed in the ice seventy days. The
lire went out yesterday, and our master
has been trying ever since to kindle it a
gain but without success. His wife died
this morning. There is no relief—”
J laptain Warrens and his seamen httr
iied from tne spot without uttering a
word. On entering the principal cabin,
tlie first object that attracted their atten
tion was the dea l body of a female re
clining on a bed in an attitude of deep
interest and attention. I her couute
tennnee retained the freshness of life,
md a stiff contraction of the limbs a
lono showed (bather form wras inanimate
“•featr ii on the floor in one corner of the
room, was the corpse of at) apparently
young man holding a steed in cue hand
ind a flint in the oilier, as if in the act
■>l striking Are upon some tinder which
lay beside him.
In the fore part oftlie vessel several
sailors were found hying dead in their
births, anil tin; body of a dog was
crouched at the bottom of the gang-w ay
stairs. Neither pro v isions norfuel could
be discovered any where, hut Captain
\V Wctis fas prevented, by the su^or
stitioils predjudiecs oßts seairtfn, from
examining the vcssejfo minutely as he
vvished to iiavdoSW 11*’ therefore cat
tied away the log Ifok alte-.tdy meution
Cd, and letumed /i his own ship, and
immediately steet/d to the southward,
deeply nnprcsseikwitift awful example
w hich lie had jn/ witi'iessed, ofThcdan
gcr of navigattti the polar seas, in high
northern latitules. On returning to
England, lie mide res
pecting vessels'that had so
aa unknown way,
ffttt resiil!j of tj. „
which v.as Monied by the written docu
nieuts in his possession, he ascertained
the name and history of the imprisoned
ship and of her unfortunate master, and
found that she h>d been frozen up sc\ en-
Jeen years previous to the time of his
discovering Iter among the ice.
Ot!of —A writer in the New-TTaven
Chronicle says the words out of, arc the
worst in the language t when one is out oj
patience and out of money. He says
his wife tells him she is out of sugar one
day; out of coffee the next; out of ten
the next; out of flour tire next; and ii
nally out af spirits. The fards, we
think, ai'e very good words, and decid
edl; he best in the language, when one
•s out of debt; out of trouble and out of
jail. If a man has a smoky house -uid a
scoi:!lug wile, out of doors is no bad
! I''". Hunker Hi'! Aurora.
I'OSSSGiJ,^
Iho packet ship Alexander, brings
jmirn ds from London and Liverpool to
the -Hrir November, inclusive.
Letters from St Petersburg!) state the
new levy for tbe Russian army will raise
it to upwards of 900,000 men, including
those of the military colonies. Os this
large force it is said it will he in the pow
| ot the Emperor to march 700,000 against
j the Turks in the approaching camoaign
without weakening the armies which it
would be necessary to leave as a check
upon Austria and Sweden.
A iettcr from Oporto received this
morning, dated tlieg.'d tilt, states, that
all the Northern Provinces of Portugal
co itfeine in the most convulsive state.—
A detachment of 2000 Guerrillas was
within three leagues of Oporto.
An article from Lisbon, dated the 10th
October, anticipates the passing of a
decree lor the organization *>f n body of
Royalist Volunteers. The Mmyttiv de
Uhaves is said to be appointed Injector
General. But the most interesting re
port from that ipiaiter is the intelligence
supposed to have reached the Govern
ment ot Don Miguel from the Brazils.
According to this account the Emperor
Don Pedro has appointed a Regency,
consisting of seven members, who are
charged vv ith the maintenance of his
daugliior's rights as Queen of Portugal
until slit, becomes of age.
Nkiv-York, l!cc. 15.
1./ftcst from I m. cr —].y the packet
hip Bay ard, ( a t. Bulnian from Havre
we have veceiverl Paris dates to the 2d,
and Havre papers to die ad of Novem
ber, inclusive.—They do not furnish anv
later intelligence of consequence from
tlie scat of war, but they felly confirm
our pievrrivj- advio -of the.fall oi Varna,
•.lie Parrs Jiuirnal and i C'ommeicc (,ftire
Ist, me deuarture of the etn-
-
- that the Russian kr
my was making preparations to go into
winter ifeirfers. The reduction of Var
na had crealed a good deal of sensation
at f rankfort on the Main, more especial
ly as the campaign had been previously
considered as nearly at in end. Unofii
cial accounts add that the Russian troops
have occupied Burgos.
• The private correspondent of tire
Journal du Havre, under date of Paris,
Nov. 2 says, “depatciu s from the Morea
received yesterday by ihri Minister of
Marine, bring the most satisfactory in
telligence.—'l Ire Greek Territory is de
livered without our soldiers tiring a
gun; ail the fortresses are in our power ;
the ports oi t ‘oron are opened by capitu
lation ; the other ports, Motion, Nava
nil and Patras, h-ve not capitulated, but
their garrisons have declared that thrv
will crfler no resistance, but remain pas
sive.
Anrnnn, Dec. 1 2. —The Porte is very
much irritated at tiie invasion of the Mo
rea, by the French, and the minister of
-Austria nil the Netherlands have had
great and fficult v in preventing a formal dc
declaration ot war. The Divan, at last
yeildcd, and has sent to Corfu, in tlie
place of a declaration of war, a reply to
Stratford Gunning and Guilleininot, in
which he renews his inviation to the nm
b ssadors, in very polite terms, tort-turn
to (Jousiantinople.
It appears from the same correspond
ent that ‘he Putish government, lo ex
act from Russia formal and positive ex
planations of t liemotives which induced
her to take arnfr., and the pur[>ose slm
expei ts to ui coinplish. The French
minister it is added, has refused to enter
in such an agreement.
Patis Sor. 3—The evacuation of the
Morea by I Ire Turkish and Egyptian
troops fount] in the fortresses is probably
effected by this time. A vessel which
has lately arrived at Marseilles brings
word, that having put into Enron on the
10th ol October, it saw five ships, with
Ottoman troops on board, leave that
From. Colomlna. —Tbe packet brig
Medina, Gaptain Beckman, arrived at
New A ork on \\ erinesdav, from Onrtha
gena, bringing advices to the With tilt.
General .Santander had been sentenc
ed to suffer death by a Omift Martial.
The sentence had been passed by Bolivar
to a Council-of Ministers, for approval.
A private letter says—“ I fear Santan
der wifi escaja-—in iidi a ease the tran
quility of the co„|itrv is in danger.”
A treaty ol peace had been concluded
between Pent and Bolivia. |lt was pro
bably this circtmtstance that gave rise to
the ninwtir by way <rt’ Jamaica, that
peace had taken place between Colom
bia and Peru.]
It was reptuted that art attempt was
making in the province of P<yy an, to
excite an Insurrection against tlie gov
ernment of Bolivar.
Mkxico.—The editor of the Philadel
phia National Gazette has received m
formation from Vera Cruz so the 19th
tilt. General Santa Anna was in the
State ct Oajaca, with four or five thou
sand men. Hut as Guerrero himself,
who wdm still in Aixxico took no jiart ui
th# rebellion, and the ftetifra! Gov
ernment showed much energy,the speedy
overthrow of Santa Anna was confident
ly expected by the most iuteiigent obser
vers. Many artosts iiadtoken place, and
a general feeling of uneasiness seemed
to prevail.
J>o2tt£ST2C.
’ From the Richmond Hntjiiirer.
HoKHfwu: •CE.xz.—Rob’t Menduw,
ett lie sub/thrt of Ora lollowing Gonmnitfi
cation. was convicted at the Superior
Goartof Ghesterfield, for the murder of
Elbert Mushy of Powhatan county. It
appeared from the evidence, (near 90
witnesses were ex.uumed on the trial)
that he had previously had an inter
course with Mostly’s wile—-that, to allow
lus passions fuller scope, he had com
bined with M’s slave, to make way with
him—had decoyed him to a seem spot
—where the slave and himself had (ali
en upon and murdered Moshy—not with
out a struggle; for the slave received
several wounds in the recontre. These
wounds excited suspicion, and led ro a
confession on the part of the slave.—
The last was sentenced lo death in Pow
hatan—but B-iinurn appealed to tlie
last General Court for a Wrii of Error
and anew trial. The Court refused the
application, and thg senjerree of death
was to he carried into effect oti Friday !
next. The following gives tlie catas
trophe of Menduin : (
On Monday, the fifteenth instant, arj
most and horrid affair happened in the i
jail of Ghesterfield : two prise iters, Jo
seph Whiteford and Robert Mendum,
who Were confined to jail under a sen
tence ol death for murder, which sen
tence was to have been carried into ex
ecution on Friday next, determined to
put an end£7 q 0 existence by commit
ting suicide. The jailor as is the usual
custom, gave them in razors tti shave, i
and after shaving themselves, the said ’
\V hirefold remarked to the guard and
his follow prisoners, that hs never w ould
be carried to the gallows to tie made a I
spectacle oi for thousands of people, and !
then deliberately drew the razor across
his throat several times, and gave to him- j
*elf a severe wound, but of which wound j
>'e still survives, and the same is not ron- j
sidered fatal by the physician, who was j
speedily called to his assistance, and he !
may yet live to pay the penalty of the i
violated lawsso! his coonev, for which
he is sentenced to die. ‘ i
The case of Mendum was far mo c
unfortunate, or rat bet fortunate; he ac-1
coniplisticd his designs with coolness!
and firmness—even with that sort of
firmness that would in ancient times]
have done honor to a Roman patriot:— ’
he w ith the utmost deliberation, took a j
kriile that had been clandestinely con- f
veyed into the jail to anothei prisoner,
am), placing the handle thereof against
the wall, forced himself with violence a- j
gainst the point, and gave to himself a 1
wound in the low er part of the breast, I
about four inches deep; but believing]
this nr*t to he sufficient to end his miser- ;
able life, he took the razor he had to j
shave w ith, and presenting his face to i
the glass, to see with more certainty
where to give the fatal -.iroke, he drew it !
deliberately and carefully in the same }
place several times, and, with the left
band, drew the !i< sit down to give great- j
cr offecMraUKh • Hoke, and in a ,‘i vy -
■•'ns i’ erf w itlmat a groan.
Allfftis hatqwiert in the space of a few
seconds, and before the keys of tlie in- !
ner apartments of the jail could he pro- !
cured ; but in the view of the guard and |
•Several other peV ons, w.ho had collected ;
at the jail; there wen; two other pris-j
oners in the apartment with Whiteford |
and Mendum, hut neither of them could ;
be prevailed on to prevent them from
carrying their designs in execution :
o:ie oftfiem, however, at the earnest re
quest ol some of the by standers, at one
tune advancedtowa'ds Meudiun for tlie ■
purpose of getting the razor, be!!>re Ire j
commenced rtsing it on his throat: lutt i
Whiteford, notwithstanding Id* own si
(nation, (fo 1 ” tie had then cut his own]
throat) took up a small stick and gave j
him a blow, and told him to stand off
and not to go near Mendum also order
ed them not to come near him. Men
dum has invariably denied being gttilry
ot the murder of which he wasconvicted
notwitnstanding the numerous, clear,
and itidulfftabk’ cift'iinrstances given iii|
evidence against him—such circumstan
ces as could not havo left a shadow of i
doubt upon the mind of anyone who has *
heard them t he has confessed though
that a pocket pistol found on the grrttmd
w hero the murder was committed, and
a dirk found near the same place, were
his, but re-fuse to tell how the same
went out ol his possession. Whiteford
still insists that he billed Amfersotr in
self defence.
Intelligence having been received by
the high constable Hays, that a body ot
counterfeiters bad assembled at a well
known rendezvous, arid this morning
accompanied by Messr* B. Hays, Ho
man, Dewey, Thomas and Raymond,
he proceeded to the house in question.
Ha ving station the constabulary force in !
different parts of tlie building, the high
constable went himself and arrested the
principle objects oi fm e*rch. Ray
mond as some of the others succeeded in
grasping a well known fellow, and as
they were searching him he drew forth
a dirknnd plunged it into the left lircast
of Raymond. The officers w ere unarm
ed, totally uiTprepnred'for suchtlcsperate
resistance, ami before they bad recover
ed from the consternation into which
their iinitient danger had thrown them,
the villaiins made another plunge at the
same officer, hurst ijom the grasp of
Raymond, brandished hi. weapon, and
threatened death to whoever approach
ed, ami succeeded in effecting Isis es
cape. The dirk was fatally direct <1; hut
we are glad to state,that by a singular in
terventikin, neither of the bluffs had the
effect which the n.xsassie intended. In
tlie breast pocket of hissurtout,Raymond
liad a silk pocket kandkercltief whose
thick folds received an inch of the mur
derous instntmnat; in the second at
tempt, its point came in contacts* ith the
buckfo. of his ofq7#nderc—and thus, rn
both itrsfanees, the attempt was frustrat
ed,and the life of a valuable officer most
prov idrrrtially saved. Two felkivvs were
finally subdued and brought to the pol
ice, their nanms we fbvbear at prevent
to give, until the affair shall be more
fully investigated. On their persons
weie found several counterfeit hills and
mi*ic Qitcks, among the rest werq
three caeTypon tl.c
Merchant’s Hawk, witlvtlfo aiguature ol
Mills and Millurrt.
i\. i . Journal of Commerce*
•Culticotion of the Grape The fol
low ing extract from a letter of a recent
date, written by a gentleman who is
well qualified to speak upon the subject,
shews what may l# done in this interest
ing pursuit, which is now occupying the
public attention. : Vbe writer resides on
the Georgia sifle of tbe “Savannah river,
a few miles above August^
“ Send me a quarter cask of Madeira
Win*'—l hope soon to make some of
this article for sale. The vines 1 got
from AuiiltM, of Georgetown, in 1925,
will hear sonfl? fruit this yew; hut a
small proportion of tliem-took root. 1
have, however, now got near 8000 v ines
grow ing, and 1 am im reusing the vine
yard—in three years from what is al
ready planted, l expect to nuke at le* s t
49 pipes, and increase yearly. I have
1 for four years pusi made a little A Vine
from 11 old vine? in the garden, equal
to most Madeira imported, none who
have tasted it believed that such wine
could be made in America.”
Naval ‘Execution. —Letters from Lima
on the 18th September, received in this
city and New York, state that a seaman
; had been tried, onboard the U. H. ship
Vincennes, for the murder of an other
seaman,found guilty, anti hung from tlie
foreyard of the U. S. ship Brandywine,
on 29th Aug. This is tho fii si instance of
the kind, that has occurred in our naval
service. A man was sentenced to lie
hung on board one of our vessels in the
Mediterranean, some years since, but
committed suicide previously.
——
Election of President. —The follow ing
! table shows the popular votes for l’tesi
. deni and Vice President in twenty
States. Tennessee, Alabama and Mis-
J sissippi have not been heard from offi
ciallv ; South Carolina elects through
j tbe Legislature.
F.kcturul / ole for President. —The
j following are tlie Official Returns from
j twenty Stales:
Adams, Jackson, Total.
, Maine, 20,773 13,927 34,700
i N.Hampshire, 24,127 £0,922 45,040
] Vermont, 24,3154 3,36 7 32,717
j Massachusetts, 29,C.47 0,019 25,850
Rhode Island, 2,754 921 3,575
Connecticut, 13,838 4,448 18,238
New York. 135,413 140,763 2/0,176
j New Jersey, 23,701 21,951 45,712
, Pennsylvania, 50,843 103,652 152,495
Delaware, 4,769 4,34# 9,118
i Maryland, 35,527 21,505 59,030
| Virginia, 12,101 £0,752 38,853
! Ohio, 03,396 07,599 130,935
i Kentucky, 31,172 39,584 70,250
;N- Carolina, 15,918 37,807 51,775
Georgia, 042 19,362 20,001
| Indiana, 17.052 22,237 39,289
Illinois, 4.059 9,500 14,219
l.iKiisiana, 3,995 4,521 8,516
j Missouri, 5, 700 8,272 11.072
505,0.35 582,885 1,088,520
Jackson m ijority, 77,250.
C0r&8.E33.
IN SENATE. ~
I)ee. 18.—J'he President presented a
j .memorial, signed bv about 2,000 merch
ants, traders and oilier citizens of Hal
! (Unore, remon trating against the evils
i attending upon the auction system, as
| at present pursued, and praying for the
| imposition ol a duty of ten per cent, on
j all sales by auction, kr.
?lr. lianwrd presented a similar tne
j modal, signed bv several hundreds of
the citizens of Philadelphia.
1 ue bill to provide for printing and
distributing 60,000 copies of Infantry
Tactics, including Light Infantry anil
j Udle Tactics, was considered in Com
mittee of the Whole.
; The bill for tlie sale of the Salt Mines
j ‘ n State of Missouri, belonging to
i ’* le United States, was consideied in
; Committee of the Whole.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
7>c 18.—Mr. Phelps jiresmited me- 1
mounts from the citizens oi Hartford I
and \\ etlieisfield, in Connecticut, a- i
gainst lire Sunday mails.
[Memorials ot this description have
been forwarded from New-York to rlif- !
ferent parts of the country for signatures. ]
one ot which has recently made its ap- i
poaianee in Macon. An effort of this !
kind was made.) few years since with- i
out success, and we anticipate a similar 1
result for the present.]
The resolution moved by Mr. Ve~- !
plank, by order of the Committee of j
Ways and Means, catting for infornia-!
tion relative to frauds on the revenue on
tlie Niagara Frontier, and the employ
ment oft 1 oops to prevent the same came
up for consideration, and was adopted
by the House.
Mr. Chilton moved the following:
Resolved, I hat the Committee on
Roads ami Canals he instructed to in
quire into the expediency of adopting,
some system by which appropriations of
public money for Internal Improve
ments may, as nearly as practicable, be
apportioned among tbe several States,
&c.
On motion of Mr. ft'l He, it was
li solved, ’1 hat the Committee on Tll
- Affairs be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of making an appropria
tion to pay the expenses of a Deputation
of Florida Indians to the West of the
Mississippi, for the purpose of < xamin
ing the country, w ith a view to their fu
ture removal.
On motion of Mr. Duncan, it was
Resolved, That the Committee on
Roads and Canals he instructed to in
quiie into the expediency of extending
tho canal authorised by an act of Con
gress, approved 2d March, 1827, to con
nect the navigation of the river W abash
will) that of Lake Erie, through the
State ol Illinois river, so as to connect
the navigable wains of the Mississippi
river directly with Lake Erie, and of ex
tending the provision ol sard act to the
State of Illinois.
I he following is vhe substance of a
resolution before the House, for an a
mendment to the constitution—“ That
the Election of President and Vice Pre
sident be held by the Electors one year
previous to the usual time; and if thev
fail to majee choice by a majority, that
tlie People then vote for tlie two indivi
duals that have received the highest
number of vote? by the Electors.'*
W eWTifa*. ,
Ant. kynopxmiui tiie Acnpassed ol So
cumber and Dec. 1821. —in / met.
to alter and amend tiie iiist, fourth
aird seventh sections of an act assented to
■December 22, 1827, entitled an art to
dispose of the residue of lands heretofore
reserved for the u,<e of this slate.
[By this act, the commissioners are
authorised to continue U.e sales until 4
o’clock in tlie afternoon, instead of 2
o’clock, as heretofore provided ; tore
quire, immediately 5 per cent, oiv flic
purchase, mid tire balance, to make one
fifth part, as is now provided. Persons
failing to comply with the provisions of
tlie 4th section of the act aforesaid, their
bids shall not he received by the com
missioners, who may pm up for sale, on
the seine day, and lots or fractions, for
which tlm conditions have not been com
plied with.]
To abolish the right of survivorship in
joint tenancy in this Stale.
[The title or interest of any person
departing this lifo, in property held in
joint tenancy, shall not become the pro
perty of tire surviving, joint lenient or
tenants, as under the English law, but
shall be distributed as all other estates,
and under theexistiug laws of tiiisState.]
To authorise his Excellency the Gov
ernor, to subscribe to tlie Stock of the
Savannah, Ggoeciicc, and Alta mah a
Canal Company.
[The Governor is authorised to sub
scribe for the State f J7,0#0 and to ap
point, normally,- one Director of the
board of direction.]
To add the Territory lying within the
limits of tliis State, ami occupied by the
Cherokee Indians, to tbe counties oi l
Carrull, DcKaib, Gwimiet, Hall, and j
Habersham, and to extend the laws of
this State over the same, and for other j
purposes.
[The Territory lying between the:
Alabama line and Old Path leading
from the Buzzard’s Roost, on theCh.il
tahoochie River, to Sally Hughes,
where tlie said path strikes the Alabama
River,thence with said road to the boun
dary ol Georgia is added to Carroll.
All that part lying north of tlie last
mentioned line, -and south of the road
running front Charles Tate's ferry, on
the Chattahoochie R iver, to Dick Roe’s,
to where it intersects with tire path afore
said, is added to DeKalb.
All tint part lying north of the last
mentioned line, and south of the old fed
eral road, is added to Gw innot.
All that part lying north of the last
mentioned line, and south of a line to
begin cm tlie Chest a tee River, at the
mouth ofYohdo creek, thence up said
creek, to tha top of tlie Blue Ridge,
thence to the head waters ofNotly Riv
er, thence down said river, to tlie boun
dary lino of Georgia, is added tollall.
All tliat part lying north of the last
mentioned line, within the limits of
Georgia, is added To Habersham.
All white persons to be subject audit
able to the laws of the State.
Aftcr the 4st of.Time. 1830, all Indi
ans residing in sani Territory, and with
in anyone of the above counties, to lie
liable to sftch laws as the Legislation
may herea(tr prescribe. All law s, usa
ge-., fse. made and enforced in the said
Territory, by the Indians, to be null and
void after the Ist of June, 1830. No
Indian, or descendant of Indian, resi
ding within the Creek or Cherokee Na
tions of Indians, to be a competent wit
ness, or a party to any suit to which a
w hite man is a partv.]
To provide for giving possession to
(he purchasers of the State’s interest in
lands sold in pursuance of an act passed
December 22, 1 ti“ 7.
[The Sheriff, on applies turn, to eject
th.e persons refusing to remove, and give
possession to the purchaser. The She
riff, on neglect of duty, to be liable to be
sued on his bowl lor the damages that
may be sustained by the persons apply
ing]
To alter the 3d. 7th,and 12tb sections
ofthe Ist article, and the Ist and Sd sec
tions ot the 3d article of the Constitution
of tiiis State.
[The Senators and Representatives
to be elected bieiinally, after 1831, and
the meeting of the Legislature to be bi
ennally also. The Judges, Solicitors,
and Attorney General, to be elected for
four years, thefirst election to take place
in 1831. This act hasto pass the Legis
lature ot 13i!!i, to become pait of the
Constitution.]
For the sale of the Bridge arrow the
OcmtilgcC-River at Macon, and to repeal
the act passed nt*he last Session, so far
as relates to that subject.
[The Bridge sold for f:5.000. One
tenth to he paid cash, and the balance
in nine annual rnstalmenrs. The corpo
ration of Macon not to collect on tollany
w aggon or carriage loaded with cotton
or com. May collect toll in other cases
as are allowed in the act passed Decem
ber 22, 1827.1
To establish a Bank at Miliedgeville,
to he called ami know n bv the name and
style oftlie Central Bank of Georgia, to
appropriate money, bank stock, and oth
er securities, to form the capital stock
ot said Bank, ami to incorporate the
same.
[The capital stock to consist of the !
money in the Treasury not otherwise np- j
propriated, tire shares owned bv the
Mate in the State, Augusta, Planters,
and Darien Batiks, the bonds,notes, spe
cialties,- &,<•. due the State, and all the
moneys arising from the sales of the
fractions. A>c.
The Bank to collect the debts due the
State, and debtors to he allowed to re- !
new their notes, bonds, or.judgments, as 1
person borrow ing money on accommo
dation paper.
All taxes lobe deposited in the Rank.
Nothing to interfere with the appro- :
priations of the proceeds oftlie Bank
Stock heretofore set apart for the pur
poses ol internal improvement and edu
cation.
( The directors to be appointed by the
Govern. r,.amiu*liy, on the Ist Monday
in January; and the directors authori
zed to choose a President from among
their own bod , ami to * lent a cashier,
fterks. Ar-o. Ihe directors, to give bond
and security in SIOO,OOO each ; the cash
ier iu the same sum, and ihe clerk in
,b0,()on. All the officer* to take an oath
r I he salary ol the President SI,OOO, of
the other two directors S7OOO, each, the.
cashier ? 1,300, and the clerk gl.Oou.
The Bank authorized todiscouut bills
of exchange, notes. Ac.
The debts that the Bank may owe at
anv time, not to exceed the amounts of
Is capital.
• r.te i, ,uk•„ irtei 1 toff, it
!,, 10 ■’ S,M * ‘mN witicli N.:i
J Ite Hank not to reqnlfc Town ei ij or
sets when the country indorsers arm!,cm,
ed amply responsible ffsecure paYi.e, lt
All accorfimoiletiou note* t o h,, r,Nnv?j
om>e in i\ months. Tl.edire, tur.s
at am time, r,|| fur additional seettri
iMot to require more than 20 per cent
per anum on the principal of scrimim..
daUoD notes, rtniesstl.c exigences ofti.
iirfUvi sIihII rccuirt) ii,
1 lie Bank to distribute its loans rmtal
y aspracticible among o
instate; having due regard to pn;.„
laltun. Loan made u> ;iliv
j? 4n orpoWiS ’ &C ’ “ ut t 0 **<*•'>>
The directors not thpm ineireulati,,,,
the lulls oi the Hank toa gresterimimi ■
than the aggregam of specie and lilh, -
the other cluu tered Banks of tfrlir ,
aiul llte I imed States in it, vault.
Tlie Preiiilem, direefors am) other <,*■
fieers of the hank, not to be entitled m
borrow money from tlie bank nor rctL
ed as indorsers,]’
To be entitled an act for the |*fi,,
distrihutioi) and application of the pm -
M'lioul fund, audio point out the mede
j ot accounting for the disbursement of tlio
I academy and poor sclkhil funds.
[ 1 he Clerks of tbe conns of ordinary
in the several counties are npnbinicrf
sole trustees of the tutor school mml.—
f'uch a tiustee shall he capable ol sun,.,
am! being sued under the name and stvle.
ol the Trustee ol the J'oor Fchool Fund.
I iie tiustee to give bond and secttrifv m,
tlie justices ul the inferior court in
and take an oath, lie is allowed ’s p r
cent, upon all sums disbursed by hi,
II tbe clerk of the. court of ordinary w ji[
not accept the appointment of trust* e‘
the justices of the inferior court nny a,
point some fit and proper peison, tvu
tbe same powers av vested in life rlerk
ol the court of ordinary. It the trustee
neglects to fumisli the .Senator elect niih
a correct .statement of tin* r>*ccir)ts ami
expenditures of the poor school fund, lu
shall forfeit Iris compensation, and be
sued on his bond.
The tttistee to call on all those, who
have or heretofore had charge of tic
poor school fund, and require them t<
pay over to him all unexpended tiafan
ces. In case of neglect, witßin Stiffs,
after thecal], the trustee shall coinrjier,
ail action in the riiqieriur rnurinrii';
sums above gtio, and in a jitslice/coiirt
for all sums of and under g.io.
It is made the duty of all jus cdt,,
the peare in their respective, cist ids,: >
make out a list all cbildrer tliei*
names, ages, nnd Ws, whose in ,„ e
entitles them to a participation ~f ,t lf .
poor school loud, and report then to tlie
trustee, wlm shall register them in [Ol k
kept for that purpose,
s It is the duty of the tiustee to U„< e
all poor children to be sent to s| 1() , 1
wherever one can be had near euoutii lo
then place of residence.
The teachers are to present their r .
count; to the justice of the. peace, 4 a
I approves or rejects the same ; if
! prov ed, they shall present them to t|,o.
trustee who after expnbnatimi sha I psy
them. It he has nor funds enough, l)i>
shall make a proportionate ‘distribution
ot the funds in Ins hands.
The Governor is authorferrf , 0 ,; n , (
a warrant tn favour of the trustee for t|,,
distributive share of the poor school
fund. The justices of the inferior eJurt
b> certify that thy trustee is qualified,
I he trustees of the academies -aithe
trustees ol the poor school fund, J ln jj
annually, on or before the fid Mmfday
i October, transmit t 0 t |,e ften|ito r
j elect, two accounts each of their*rental t
j ana expenditures of that year, with ih
i njuies, ages, and sexes, of the poor
children respectively educated. 0
lailure the trustees shall not be entitled
to draw any dividend for their rr-pn
tive academics or poor schools, until the
| amount previously received by the trie-
I tees be i .mounted for. Trustees or jm
, tices of the inferior courts, who shall
hereafter make correct returns to the
Governor, to lie entitled to receive all
arrearages, Ac.
No w arrant Mo la-drawn bv the Gov
ernor, but on the application of one or
more of toe trustees oi hiiv academy, or
on a written order signed by a imuoriiv
of tlie trustees.
U lien two academies tire establish’ and
in one county, the academy fining to
make tcturtis, not to receive doi'y.'b.
and Me academy complying with the
law, to receive the whole dividend.
J he justices oftlie inferior mum arc
empowered to appropriate a pait of Hie
sur|..,;s county iunds for the benefit ot’
county academics or the education id
poor children.]
I o establish and incorporate lbs mod
ical academy of Georgia.
O’ • A. Waring, John Tarter, JiOUis
>. Ford, Ignatius ]*. Gamin, B- A
” bite, Samuel Boykin. W. I’. Mr('nf>
nel, \\ alter 11. Weems. V/. \\ Graham
I. I*. Gorman, Alexander Jones, Mil- j
ton Anthony, J. J, Boswell, Thom, -*
lioxey, J. I’. kicriven, IV. (k Dwtiff.
Bichat and Banks, Henry Hull, Joins i
Dent, Thomas Hamilton, Tomlinson
Fort, Nartivn G raw font, <). C. Fort*
and John \\ alker, are constitutvl a body
corporate, by the name of the trustees
ol the Medical Academy of ficarg a.--.
Authorized to make byejaws Ac. ml
establish a medical academy in Aujit. •
ta. The graduates of the a. ddemy 1,1
lowed to practice medicine and surgery
in this Btte, fec.J
r l o alter amt amend a part ofthe lh •
and 21st sections of tlje militia I ■;*’
this Hi. Ho, passed December Bk ‘ * l ’
so far as to permit the company officer A
ofthe militia to uniform in liew-pm•
and to alter the present mode ol unify
Dig defaulting officers to uwro 1)1 ,!l
ipury.
[The uniform to becompn-rd ” h°n ”
spun, deep tine cotton and wool* ‘•
plated buttons Ten days iterif* to 1
given to delinquent officers, Jr >• P l ' j I
O'M to the sitting of a touit ul ■ (1
To amend the llffi section 1,1 p II
division of the penal cone m tiff’ ‘* II
[No grist or saw null or other * jfl
machinery to be destroyed. l 1 ‘ fl
upon the affidavit of two or ni" I 'j|j
bidders, Iwibre one or tporc ill
| tices oftlie Inferior court, ti-tih] 11 * H
the health of the neigh! onrbcvu t - H
jutted by such a mill dam. & c - *,” H
inferior court wili cause aia f ‘ , H
nicti to [*<! drawn. ‘f B