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ru , — thurt who have r««l :
. _ frfl . )# ,, Jo |, ce between Mr. Me A! litter, and Mr.
U Uutn~ m v»MI m tha artielM of (ho Republican
"* (j^f-ia*, wSt trite at, probably, thooama couclu.
HaTatwodo-tbal Mr. MoAllioter'u pooition io an
aol ooo, to oay the Icaat of it —that lw is bound
11 aako evory possible exertion to produco the letter
'Pressed lo Judge Johnson—and, wImo that is prodne-
still be unable to prove, that he made any
*»nd.tionawilh the Federal Administration touohiii|> the
jjaebarge of his official dollos. Wo forbear saying
oiors, >• the facts present*! speak for themselves I
all FOR PARTY-NOTHING FOR TIIE TAX
A PAVERS.
It is strange, in this "enlightened era," that there
art to be found individual* simple enough to think
that th* people of Georgia have “ no thought for th»
Borrow"—that porly spirit has clamped its iron hands
rtfaat upon them, there is no wresting them away,
whatever may be the iteuo—that, in ahort, it is only
asceeiary to appeal to party associations, and, forsaking
ill else, that men will rally to the support of a nominee
regardless of the public weal. It is strange we say,
that there are individvals simple enough lo believe this,
‘[■heir faith, reals upon the past. Their experience,
tlBy will tell you, teaches them that humbuggery is the
teit woapon in party warlare—and that appeals.to vo
ters, 11 1« be true lo their party," bo it right, or be it
wrong, will seldom bo in vain. Thus they argue, and
thus they act, seemingly forgetful of that “ sober second
thought," which sometimes controls men’s actions, and
which, if it ever did influence the pooplo of Georgia i
exercises more of it at this day, than it has exercised,
for years and years. Turn which way they will, and
they can see this. It is in every man’s mouth ns it
wtie, when he is questioned upon his political course
uid lie must be blind that does not sec it in the general
expression of public opinion.
The time has indeed arrived in Georgia, when the
people should awaken to their true interests. It is
not the political promotion of Mr, McAllister, nor the
continuance in office of Governor Crawford, that should
time, be taken into the account. The welfare of the
Slate is to be heeded. Her debt, her resources, are to
be looked to. Her system of taxation is to be regula-
ted--l>er faith, her honor, is to remain unimpeachcd—
her institutions, of whatever character, are to be ad-
nnced.and her general Interests guarded, and protect
ed. These are subjects beyond party. Neither the
Tariff, nor Distribution, nor Texas, nor Oregon, nor
Mr. Polk, can regulate Chose affairs. They are subjects
for home consideration, and the lax payers of our State,
■even out of every ten of them, party or no party, will
tell the politicians so.
And how could this be otherwise I Is It not known
to the people, that, a few years ago, there was in our
State Treasury and Central Dank, an abundance, tmi to
■pare! What lias become of it! Who had the con
trol of ill Where is it all gone! Talk not to Iho poo.
pleabouttho Tariff, when these questions, in a cen
tals for State Officers, are before them! Talk not to
the people of Texas nor Oregon, when they are asking
you what has become of iho money of the State! Ta k
not lo the people of "Federal Embraces.” when they ask
you whylheir.Trcasury has been impoverished ! Talk
cot lo the people of Mr. Polk, and the administration of
the Federal Government, when they are enquiring how
the debts of the State are to be paid, and what system
ofTaxalion will be adopted to pay them ! They know
to which party they are indebted for all their Slate dif
ficulties, and they fed that if any administrator of tho
Government can get them “ out of the suck" without op-
pressing them, George W. Crawford can! They
hive had a little foretaste of this already, in his two
year's administration, ami you must convince them, that
Mr. McAllister is just such a man, ere lie will meet
with their embraces.
Mr. McAllister’s party, therefore, his subalterns, wire
workers, and so on, must abandon Federal politics, and
meat the only issues that should be presented lo the
people, or that tlioy desire presented. They must
abandon the contest, or they must let the people know
how they are going to manage the Stale Government ;
They must quit talking of party, and talk about the
(axes! They mii9t clear their skirts of serious charges
of misrule, in legislating for the people, and in admin-
iiter ng the Government! They must tell what has
bocome of the capital of the Central Bank ; and why it
is. that the lusts in winding up its affairs, will equal
half a million of dollars I It is all folly for them lo
•oppose, that the people do nat see into their hands,
when they play off’upon Federal Politics. Why the
sound, hard working, democrats of the State—men who
ire honest in their course—are disgusted witli tins
timpering.and many of them demand already, why it is
they bear nothing of Mr. McAllister’s State policy !
The tux payers have some interest in this matter, as
well is in federal politics, and they will abandon any
came, or tnan, that wantonly neglects the affairs of
Georgia! Too long have they suffered by the wretched
extravagance and misrule of the leaders of the Demo,
eaatic Party, and they will submit to it no longer.—
Mark the prediction, you who imagine, that at tho
aouad of the parly.bugle, your forces will muster as in
days of yore ! Tile people are content with the present
'ncumhent, and a change they neither desire nor seek!
•PINKY WOODS.”
Our reply to this writer's array of "Expenses and
Appropriations of the Legislatures” of 1812 and 1843,
must be brief. It is a waste of words to present other
than the plainest/acts.
He puts down tho expenses and appropriationsoflhe
Democratic Legislature, that of 1842, at $1/5,847 07,
and leaves out the two last items, amounting lo $52,000,
boauie they were chargeable to the United Stales, and
*ill he, if they have no', been, re turned to the State’s
Treasury,
Now, we will just inform our readers, for wc care
Rot whether lie knows it or not, that the $50,000hate
not been returned lo the Treasury; and that Governor
McDonald was informed, when he ordered out the troops,
Ijia, their expenses would not be paid by the United States,
blit if ordered out, that the Slate should bear them !
So much for this part of t.is figuring !
Again! lulus list of the expenditures of the Whig
legislature of 1843, lie charges these sums—
CtmintmtaittotiK.
not apomk like a human being?” Bom, wow, mom,
again respumted prisoner. '•Mr.' I*
1st. Arrearages, . ” . . $20,000 00
2d. Beautifying tho Slate Iluuse with
soot, lime and water, . . 7,000 00
3d. Penitentiary 41,(KH) 00
„ Making . . . $08,000 00
Here are $08,000 charged, $52,000 of which are to
pay arrearages due by Governor McDonald’s Adiniiiis-
tration ; (and where ho got the item of $7,000 fur beau.
tyt/Uig the Stale Iluuse, &lc„ he can best lei I, fur no
ww will find it on the record ;) to wit, #'-20,000 to pay
arrearages, and $32,000 to pay debts due by the Peni
tentiary, when Governor Crawford was elected.
Deduct then, tbe amount, in all, $.39,000, and to the
Wh g administration is to be charged $182,2.31 09.
llieij add the $.32,000 left out of the appropriations
j" *842, by this writer, ond according to his own showing,
•‘’expenses of Governor McDonald’s year, wore
*24j.«47 07.
Making a difference in favor of Governor Craw.
fORD’s year of 848,592 98-nnd tins too. mark it. >s
“cording to the figuring of this enemy nf old Dilworth.
But if we add to this latter amount $20,000 of debts
•kll dun by the Penilontiary, contracted during Goveii-
McDonald's administration, wo will show a diffbr-
"7 ".favor of OovKRNott CuAtvtoRD of SG3.592 98.
And, then, if wo were to go a litilo further, and lake
"Re the account, our estimate of last week, with tit"
**tmus sums appropriated for Governor Crawford’t
'ministration, which ho lias not spent, hut which will
V'turn, ar ,d h.n returned, to the Treasury, the eeonn-
M ycf Ilia one adntiuistrai!un, when rouiparcd with the
'stra,agance of the other, would ho so striking, as to
'xcito t|,, indignat Inn of the people against the mis-
'.presentation, going tho rounds or tho press. But we
"ve said enough fur the present, and will close, with
'f remark, that we have heretofore deemed it necessa-
7 10 notice this writer'* misstatements, and having
°ae so, will for the future leave him, and the presses
encourage him. to the just condemnation of a pec-
Wnontlie ha* labored ao hard to deceive.
ATUINfc, fit It Aug. 1845.
VV> the Editor of the Georgia Journal:
You doubtleea would like to hear something of
tho ‘‘doing*”of tliia prosperous pluce juit about now.
I'Oinnieuceinent is over, mid such u crowd as was
here that day Athens navor saw before. The lit
nrury exhibition was creditable, but seemed in at-
heel but iitilu noiioo. The greni object of attinn.
lion was tho politicul scheming mid uiTRoging
which the war for office presented. I fell mortified
at what 1 saw, and still irmro disgusted tit the ends
to which such an occasion had beitti prostituted.—
1 Itore wus a very largo collection of the leaders
of the Democratic party present. Commencement
week was the lime selected and appropriated hy
that party for the format meeting of their Execu.
tive Committee, nl which the plan of the campaign
was to he arranged, and other business of the party
transacted. Hence, u grent number of their lend,
ers were here. It is to lie much regretted, that the
occasion which brings so many people together for
such different purposes, should lie made that of pur-
li/.au dispiuy. Our children nro prone enough lo
wunder from their studies at all times, without hav.
ing the tulditiunal inducement added, of the attrac
tions of political warfare. The example Ims been
an evil one, and will produce u deleterious influence
upon the institution and the scholars. However,
tlte deed lias been done, and we con recognize in
it, the mischievous effects wli.cll a high state of par.
ty fueling will produce,
A meeting of this commiileo.or of the party, or
both, wns held on Wednesday night. It was more
properly n cuucus of a few chosen spirits who met
and consulted together about tho prospects of tlte
canvass, and 1 am informed that the meeting result
ed very unsatisfactorily to those present. Tlte pre
vailing opinion wns, however, tliat Gov. Crawford’s
re-election was almost certain—that tho people
were satisfied with it—and that no hope remain
ed of defeating it, unless the people could be
thrown into u great excitement, and under that ex
cilement be led to vote differently from what their
convictions told them was right. Vurious plans
were suggested a3 to the best mode, to get up an
excitement. At lust it was determined, that as
Texas had served as a good humbug last year they
would try it uguin—and so they resolved, tliut mass
meetings should be got tip iu each Senatorial dis
trict, sometime in September, under tlte pretence of
rejoicing over the annexation of Texas ! So it,
due time, I doubt tint hut you will have a darning
notice to that effect. A very worthy end intelli
gent domocrat with whnm I conversed, opposed this
scheme very much. Hu suid, that tlte people hud
been led bv humbug long enougli—that litis rejoic
ing was hypocritical and designed for party ends
alone—that lie would not participate in them, him
self, nor encournge others to do so—that famine in
some places was upon the people, and he felt more
like humbling himself lor the mighty scourge with
which Providence ImJ afflicted us, titan of exciting
the people in public meetings. Ho further stuted,
that lie wns not certain that lie wns doing right, to
attempt tlte defeat of Gov. Crawford—that hisnd.
ministration was able, faithful, and valuable—that
the people were satisfied, and that office-seekers
alone, wished him displaced—and that if tlte people
were satisfied, hu did not know who should cum-
pluin.
These views, I believe are those of every man
in Georgia, who is not seeking office for himself nr
friends; and I conversed with several gentlemen
yesterday and to-day, who supported Mr. Poik last
year, who say, they slm|l vote for Gov. Cruwford—
that they are dernocruts in National politics, he.
cause they believe tho democratic policy to be riclit;
and wltigs iu Stale politics, because, they believe
the Whig policy to be right. And this it seems to
me, is tlte true course for every nt»n to pursue,
who loves Itia country above bis party—vote for
those whom you think do right.nndservu their coun
try the best. From the prospects of the crops ev
ery where I have been, the great question, will be
tite next year, where shall l get money from to puy
my taxes /
I Intve been informed, that while debating tlte
proper mode of getting up an excitement or a bunt,
bug, a loan from the Central Bank, and a reduction
of the taxes were proposed. They were built im
mediately abandoned ; for said a gentleman, we
promised both these tilings to the pooplo before, and
nil we gave litem, was an increase u( taxes 25 per
cent!
A plan of organization for each county was
likewise proposed. Tito fundamental principles of
which wus,that tlte people should be watched, and
made to vote with the parly, willing, or unwilling.—
Before longyou will get that too. Tlte settled pur
pose seems tu bo, lo make every man go as tlte
leaders direct, or reud him out of tho party. Sev.
eral of ibis clas9 are here now; promises and
threats have been fully used, lo compel them to
wear the yoke—but as independent men, they will
not be forced. From all I can see there is a dispo
sition lo let, “ well enough alone."
The recent discussions in the newspapers about
Guv. Crawford’s financial administration, has
awakened a great deal of enquiry. The palpable
misrepresentations of “Pinoy Woods,” tire opera,
ling against the party—and I should not besurpris.
ed, if uit attempt should bo made to disavow them,
and throw them upon some obscure and worthless
individuals, to save the party from further Itnrm ;
hut this cannot be done. They have been endors
ed by every paper as true, and it is no excuse for
the falsehoods to say. that a vugabond told tho false
hoods. I will leave you here, promising ere long,
to give you my next at the Madison Springs, whith
er I shortly go. GEORGIA.
| FOR THF. GEORGIA JOURNAL.]
To a dispassionate observer, it is amusing to no
lice tho awlcwaril shifts, twistings, and writhing*,
of the organs of Mr. McAllister, to elude the force
of the plain, simple, and intelligible issues between
tliut gentleman and Governor Crawford ; and to
substitute others just as relevant, and about as much
interesting to tlte people of Georgia, as ure John
Quincy Adum’s "light houses in tho skies.” Their
whole labors tire directed, us well to distract the
public attention, as to the ignoble purpose of do.
trading from the prosperous condition of public nent, ‘he lias as good as decline! the nomination'
affairs, in order to lessen the merit duo the Gover- I fit have a committee apjwint df remarked a ft
nor for his agency in promoting it
expedients resorted lo. tn order to escape from the | ^ sfale ^ j ic j nleJU t e j ^ y art 0 j h( s speech for temperance
.ily of the elective frenciiiee ought mildly and quietly,
VffOt firmly, to put them by--nothing is easier, no one
tdiing more imperiously called for* It requires no vast
{Assembling of the people—r.o thundering resolutions
but a simple determination by each one that tho soil
shall abate ’—that once formvd and scrupulously adhered
I ’* and the Loafer give* it as his mature conviction
that Barbecues will por.sli. But bIirII the noble, tho
independent, ilie righteous stand which the worthy
'nomineehas taken work him harm ? Shall it prejudice
>»•) the least Jjjs other merits lor the office of Repre
sentative I The virtuous sense of this community will
\iiot allow it. lie acted wisely, firmly, undisguisedly —
|juat to himself, and still more just to Ins felloiv-ciii-
# zena and to the personal interests of the whole country,
itch is practical reformation ; and the Loafer tiailsIiiH
• 1 tul) to the mast head and despairs not of success.
If no other objection can lie urged to his claims,
jtlien is he sure indeed. But will he remain iirm
‘and true lo Ins purpose! Will he withstand the
j clamors and importunities of the ‘few* who may be
idisposod to throw him off or who may distrust the
£ expediency or policy of hie course I 'There's the rub,'
Attorney G«m tali
this case cannot proceed—enter a not proe, a.nd
turn the unfortunate lunatic over to hi* friend*. ”
No *oon*r said titan dona, and the priioncr left tbt ■
Court room, speedily followed by hi* cunning Law
yer, who slapping him on the shoulder, congratu
lated him on the success of tiieir stratagem, and
ventured tu tlemund payment of tho largo fee pre
viously agreed on. Bow, wow, wow! shouted tlm
client, thrusting his trumpet close lo the ear of tires
astonished disciple of Blackstone. ‘’Howl what!”
exclaimed the lutter ill dismay—' you dont think
tn palm tliut off’on me, in puyment fur the escape
I have procured you, do you ? such jukes may suc
ceed with the Court, but they wont pass current
with me, so quit that fouling, and fork over the
cash.” Bow, wow, wow ! still returned tlte obdu
rate cliunt. In short, after employing all his elo
quence to soften the culprits’ flinty heart, tho coun
sellor fur once failed in Itis suit, nlwnys receiving ,
the same answer—and hnngiug down bis head w ith dnovv s.mo ttire-oHloncy ^J-re-.p <■
shame and rage for having boon so trumped, out-
wilted, and beaten, in Itis favorite field, on his nwu
principles, and by a device of his own contritranco,— -
returned lo Itis brief, in Court. Now for the ap
plication.
Before tho tribunal of the people, the promoter s
of opposition to Governur Cruwford, seem by in -
stinct to rest their hopes of electing Mr. Me A Hi* •
ter, upon very much t lie same sort of .trick as tlte t
above described. Knowing tlte testimony to be
strong ngninst him, they cunningly endeavor 'to
evade its force hy answering every question .in
which tlte people are directly interested, with un •
meaning jargon, general declamation, reckless do
itiai, or false assertion. Ask litem how it hap
petted, that under the preceding years of demo-
cralic sway, the Central Bank became a curse an d
a scourge to tlte country—and they reply, "demo - slw it,I bengooi! ssasim front
cratic principles/" Why were tlte people loaded no* bs ntucli. I liuve passed
1 . , look Ilka a hii.iie] tu Hit! acre
wiih excessive taxes, and still no rebel given .to
Hji I MlliaMM————
, inspired s*d u.’O'P'H'r b»« followed. Oar (nances require
I hut prudent nt»ne*e.3« B « •• l«n contlniinncn.
| By nn set uf the lant i-"* 1 * 1 * 11 '™' tkn Trnnnjwr wns re-
, nuired Iu keep ■ rexiatrv of ell ii! B bonds Issued by the Stale,
I onelituting the public debt, rhowiilg tbeil number,■imuinr,
| date, holders See. So far ns it has been pripBcsbl® lo do so,
I. • . a ... . . the uct has been confonfied to, and a very correct rilK* detailed
debl, actually existing. A ml if to ibis bn addl’d the bonds in ; statement mndt*. Another precautionary measure hssbfcn
hands of Engineer unpledged, lo wit: $91,928, and we have j taken lo prevent fraud; the Treasurer registers the number
the amount of registered ond appnrent debt. j of coupon* endorsed upon each bond, end notes each coupon
which li- "** ‘ ‘ ■' 0
Uondft paid fur work,end money obtained
on li) potheenlioit,
Making
Deduct payment to lleid, Irving At Co.
43172 00
$1,033,210 73
the amount of registered ond appnrent
The oct of llit* Inst LegiRlniuiu authorizing the inceresl oit
Stole bonds to he paid in Sitvanniih, or Augusta, Hub hern
os tried out so tnr us has hern desired l»y ths holders ol the
hoods,and upou such terms as rxempted* the .Statu from any
expense whatever, in liansferring funds lo meet such puy-
ment.
The fund set apart h\ the act of IR41, nnd under the imme
diate conliol ol ilie F.xce.tuiic, has linen examined. The
liutaiicft onhund7ili Nov.,IB 13, was $30-113 I'D
Whirl? has increased since 20,031 AH
It has her
Making
i diminished hy pnymorits
The impulse comes fro
A moment to represi
public credit ? They answer by shouting, “sound
principles!” Why wus tlte Penitentiary suflero I
to "xisl a vampire, sucking from the Slate its po
litical life blood—its treasure? They bawl oi l
‘■Texas!" Why were Banks chartered witltoi it
capital, and suffered to speculate on the bard pare •
ings of honest industry—and then to become bank -
rupt, leaving thousands to mourn over the posses •
sio'.t of tlteir worthless paper ? tlte reply is “Or
gon, Oregon!"
dollars once in the treasury of tlte Slate, and hut*
have they been applied 7 '‘Baltimore Convention!’ ’
If relieflrom a mass of evils so enormous, und con •
bluntly accumulating, could not be devised ami up •
plied by the democratic administrations, that for u
long series of years ruled tlte State, with every of ’•
porluniiy of successful experiment, oil wbutgroun d
do the opponents of Governor Crawford seek lo re -
gain power, or expect us to vote against him, nil d
for Mr. McAllister ? And then conte the detaclic d
answers, brought together with marvellous colter •
etice and irresislnlrle point; "democratic principles !
sound principles! Texas! Texas! Oregon! Oregon !
Baltimore Convention /” und—a Itosi of simila r
“Bow, wow, wowing, that puts till gravity to flight— -
to say noting of contempt for the public understand •
ing. If I judge correctly of my countrymen, llv *
imitators will nut succeed in the attempted imp'o si-
tiun on tite public mind, so well us llteir nrchely po
did on that of the British Court. They will t o-
jt'Gt with overwhelming scorn, Ihe attempt to debt de
them like children—and with the intellectual vig or
that distinguishes them us men ami Georgia! is.
they will perceive their true interests, andstetdi ly
discharge the high duty they owe to themselvc s,
their country, and posterity.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
luuiv'n; unit is
il/ubi'J n
Thn (iori within hin iniml ?"
Jr* tho mean tune the aoniinoi will not slumber.
LOAFER.
Ex. tract from a letter dated
Warm Sphinos, Mp.riwethkh On, )
August II, 1 UT>.’ )
S opposing tliut soma account* of the crops ini»y he interest
ing lo tht* rentiers of ihe Journal, I tnkn this occ.iswn to k.i v
tliut.. I huvo never known them i?$ hud nsthixyenr. From
Mij le.dgoville to iliis place, the drought has operated most in-
jtiri oiisivhoih upon corn and t-nllou, and indeed etei v thing
el hi i. Not more than u half crop of corn will he made, and
froi ii whot I cun gather in the counties of Mnnioo, Butts,
l*iJ< r Meriwether, and indeed in nr! this Fectioii of (ieorgin,
:ioi one-third ol a cotton crop will h< made. Many w ill not make
one--fourlli ofa crop—some not more than one-sixth, w hile
non ecalculate upon making more than a half crop of cotton,
lip* to the middle of June, the flops of cotton were m vei het
t«*i, but since then the drought lifts caused the squares, und in
IU9.I iy instances even the leaves, to drop, and e\cn ii there
from this time out,ihe increase would
. sued ninny fields of et
look like a Iniuhel tu the acre could ho gmlie
very best did not promise more than 20 or 25 to thencre. An
inte lligent gentlemnit fiotii the Cherokee section of Georgia
info rmsmo that (ho Into corn Is now suffering inuoh for ram,
nnd thn prospect of an ordinary crop diminishing daily. 1
have seen gentlemen from the new settled part ot Alabama,
mid their accounts oftliccrops are very little, il unv, h-tter
than the above. About u half crop of corn is made—and far
mer s who have heretofore averaged 1,000 to 1.200 pounds ol
colt on to the acre, do not calculate upon getting this year
moi e than 300,400, and on the best lauds more than 500 Ihs.
tot lie acre. Our cannot but feel gloomv, while v ievviug such
n si me of things, and that gloomim ss is only relie
Leaving balance oil hand of £20,512 3G at
the close of the political vein.
The In5xi Legislature.ipprnpiiatcd the viitn of $32,000 for the
payment of the debts oflhe Penitentiary. The whole amount
ims been npiiliedto that object, and yet n very large debt is
left outstanding and unpaid, and whieh w ns due at ihe time of
i the appropriation—besides the entire interest due oil the debts
strives I paid. The sum of nine thousand dollais were likewise ap-
‘ propriated for the purchase of materials, in rebuild llieslu p*
destroyed hy fire, and for tlm support nfthe Institution for the
political year 11541. This amount has been drawn and ex
ueiided in conformity w ith the objects of the appropriation.—
In pursuing those objects, the Committee h ive been com
pelled to investigate ton great extent the pecuniary condi
tion of tim Penitentiary. Tim operations of the entire year
how a loss to the State, beyond the nniiiia! appropriation, of
.$ 1,(179 35. Tho foM* arose rjicluitirefy in the first qunrtvv of
the year, from the report of den. AW sou for that time it ap
pears that the expenses, Sfc. executed the income £ 11.421 37.—
It is proper lostute tliut during tlicgieuter pm tiou ol tliif quar
ter, tlm convicts were unemployed, in consequence ol the
woiksliops of the Penitentiary being burnt. Tne Hire 1 'last
quarters of the year present, how ever, a (luT' iem condition of
ihe Institution. Tlm report of Mr. Keddiug, the Prioeipal
Keeper, shows a profit upon its hilar for that lime «/'$!»,711
thus demonstrating, Imv ond doubt, tliut under ii nioper system
of management tlm Penitentiary may he made a source of
revenue, rather than expense, as it lui * for veurs been to the
ii thntMjd
d—while
ugh I
d upon the
iiijv( , b #i< /vi . iiiv t tB . linn that theeffec»««of the drought upon cotton may l*e
*«;*| W r y Z Vm. * , , the same thro..glioiit ihe I niti’d States,so that the price i
wiiat became ot tlte millions o. ( , | )C pnhanE .,|, ,„,H tlte litrnvr mi.v I,It enabled to set rnmi-
m akc up fm the quantity thus lost.
I have been slaving Imre for the last week, having spent
tl ie previous week at the Indian Springs, where were tisseui-
hied a large nnd fa-liiuunhle compar.v. A ii hough Mr. Me-
A.llister had just left, his mime or politics were scarcely ever
i nentioued. In allinv preregriuaiiniisthrough the country for
several years past, I have never witnessed so little political
<’ xciteinent. Although I have enquired diligently. I have not
{heard of tho first Whig who will not vote for Governor
' ( Jrawfokd, while, c.-n the other hand, I have heard of several
1 f tihbtantial, prominent Democrats, who will vote against Mr.
: McAllister. When 1 say prominent Democrats, I do not
| n*puii thof-e who ure aspiring to office, or who care for parly
j luvors; hut lmenu those who nro prominent in their neigh-
• Gorhood, their count v, nnd wherever they are known, ns good
j citizens, prudent.calculating,nnd looked upon ns being most
I worthy of trust. Preferring their country, to parly, and
knowing too that itis they who support the government, thry
I have calmlv looked mi. and have Imcmue satisfied, that so far
t ro»n there being any objection to Gov. Cim wvonv, lie has
ft’ eu got along w ith less, nnd done better than any Govt-mar
of Georgia has ever done, and they have detetmiued, fnrthis
year ut least, to rebuke the spirit of party, and to stand hy
it heir country. The election in October will show ninny of
these—and many, too, of those, who, not wishing to become
conspicuous, as opposing their party, Imt who sen the neces
sity ofretaining such a Governor iu oilier ns Mr draw ford
lias been, will silently deposit their votes iu t .• ballot
box* with the proud satisfaction of know in g that while they
liavft not gone for ’!mir party,they have qouej-n t ic best in
f crests of their c<: utru ; that they hate gone Jor tlu ir own in
terests and fur the inti rests ol their children.
The company at this place is large ami respectable—tho*
t lie number is not as large as I have before seen. There air
u pwurds of 100 hoarders, be.-idcs those who lent. The com
pany is daily increasing, however,and from this till about the
lOtli ofsjeptemher, a very large company is exp a ted. The
/Messrs. Bonners are as attentive and accommodating as cv
f r. They keep an excellent table, and 1 have met with none
t hat were not well pleased.
At the White JSulpher, too,six miles distant, I found a verv
agreeable company numbering some GO or 70. At all the
watering places 1 have visited this Summer, the ladies out
number tfie gentlemen- At the Indian Spring, the proper
Hionoftlie voting Indies was nt If*list two lor every gentleman
•.that visited Indies ; and at this place it is the same ; nnd what
i* still inure singular, they arc all so nearly equal iu personal
tcppearuuce, mental qualifications, &c. &<. that one would
find it difficult to choose between them—nil are so lovely and
interesting. To young men, who ilesiie a little recreation,
atifl who are fond of the* soviet v of the ladies, we would sii v
“hie to the Spting* forthwith,*' for they will never have a
better chance to “husk awhile in brnnty *s smile,’’ and at the
same time toreinvigorutn and resuscitate their health.
pay*. The checks now existing, seem to forbid Ihs
idea tiint any further frauds can he practised upon the Stats,
iu refeiriicc to this branch of its service.
The fund upprupriufed for the support of the Indigent Deaf
: and Dumb has been ox a mined, ami a small balance is found
1 to l>e on hand at the end of the political year, of $416 08.
< The expenditures for this most charitable and just purpose
were $713 34.
i All uf which is respectfully submitted,
i GEO. D. PHILLIPS,
JAS. A. MERIWETHER.
A. II. KENAN,
| The committee request your Excellency to have this re-
i port, witli the statement, published iu the newspapers, and
j in pamphlet form, and tliut s copy be sent lo each member of
1 the lust Legislature. o. D. r.
i J • A. If.
| A. M.E.
| * Iu relation to the 101) bonds of $250 each, mentioned in
this report , “there being no evidence o( what bus become of
them/’ ii iflfound, upon a second examination, that they ere
' saiifdactorily accounted for,hy reference to the Treasurer’s
, Hook* and Minute* of tlm Executive Department. A clerical
‘ cri .ir, it in presumed, wus made by one of Governor IVIcDon*
aid’s Secretaries is entering the ordcrof 17th April, 1843,by
inserting (hut Bonds from “No. 201 lo 300 be burned”—it
, should have been firotn No. 101 to 300—which fact is support
ed by the Books iu the TreMirer's Office.
tThe contingent fund embiaces the sum of $1400 for ms-
tennis for repair* to the Slute Houss.
WHIG NOMINATIONS FOR THE SEN ATT.
(Bh
7t'i
Hill
The appropriation appears to have been judiciously ex
pended. I he workshops are admirably arranged lor hu-ine**.
From ii central position every operative m :y at mice be seen
by the Keeper. Their construct ion Lot bills the prospect* til
tiieir being burnt again. They are capacious, nn'v and sub-
Htuutiiil. An extensive (anuei v li*" been erected vv ithin the
walls. A commodious and coiotorlahle ,hospital has ulau
been Imilt, and in tho same building are erected eight sub
stantial cells for IV-males, upon a new and valuable plan.—
Tl:e wallsof the prison,couf-eqnent Upon the incieasc of our-
suits, have been considerably extended. The beneficial ef
fects arising from these improvements, are lobe found in the
improved condition oflhe finauce* of tlm Institution, as well
ah the general health ol the convicts. The discipline is mild
and determined, and its police efficient,ui demousiiatcd hy the
fuel of bill onee-rape during the ye-ir. The convict* appeal
cheerful, industrious and emulous of success in the diii'cieul
manufni litre*. The Coiumiitt-e elieeifully accuid tin ir up-
provnl iff the entire iinungcmciit uf the Institution, its police
and pecuniary affairs.
The rmharriissmi'Uts of the limes must iiercHsarily extend
their influence to Iho operation* ol'thi* I ii-iitiiiion. and the dif
ficulty olsale for its m.iniifactiires must nipple its opera
tions. A prudent foresight dictates (lint iis labors should he
diicell’d to such mniiufnctuio* as will couimiuui the mod
ready sale. This ims boon looked to hy the Keeper. During
(lie next year, the Institution will he able to manufacture i-u
thousand pair ol'slioe* lor negro wear, from its own Icntlicr,
besides furnishing a large quantity of lift rue** leather. Tlm
shoe* nre of ii veiy superior quality, nnd bv far « heuper than
those ol .Northern make. The leather will compare with any
manufactured llmre. Besides this, thn IiiHlitmioii is piopnr-
ed to furnish nearly’ evory article of immvhii lure in imti, tin
and wood, and it need* hut the eueourngment ol the people to
render to them valuable services, while a prosperous tiuilc
will make it a peiiimuent source nl revenue to tlm Stuie.—
These cause* will gieatly f.ieiliiute tlm moral rHiiimntion of
the convict*, the great end in I e attained by punishment.
The Committee have given the Treasury n strict examina
tion. 'i'lmv findthe fomk. t’.i reetfy m.t,’ neatly kept, ami the
receipts and disbursement* correctly stated.
There was on hand in tlm Treasury on 25th
November/ IU4*3, when the present Tieasurcr
took posse? Mon uf tho oflie
21 District—Brvan «fc Libertv—CHARLTON HINEH.
3d “ McIntosh & Glvnn H. GtGNII.LIATT.
5th “ Wore & Lowndes LEVI J. KNIGHT.
Montgomery &, Appling—JACOB MOODY,
Bulloch it TnttriaII BENJ BREWTON.
^ciiven & Effingham—\V. McUAHAGAN.
Buike& Emanuel—IAS. M. REYNOLDS.
10th “ Wilkinson & Lauren* WESLEY KING.
Hu. •• Randolph fc Stew rut W. BOYNTON.
15th “ Lee Jt Sumter \VM. H. CRAWFORD.
Ifiiii “ Mu*e...gee & Harris J. S- CALHOUN.
17th •« Houston & Macon JOHN BRYAN.
IHth Talbot A- Marion DR. H- P. SMRAI).
21 at ’ Washington &, Jeffetson—DAVID CURRY.
22.1 —
23d
20th
27ih
2«th
20th
33d
3lih
35 ill
3(lth
3Mih
39th
lit
17 tli
hinoml fc Columbia A. J. MILLER*
Taliaferro 4c Wairen JOHN HARRIS.
Momoe i-ike o. McDowell,
Crawford & Upson WM. M. BROWN.
Coweta iV. Meriwether—J. E. ROBINSON.
Troup & Heard—Dr. R. A. T. RIDLEY.
Newton & Walton P. G. MORROW.
Morgan ^ Greene THOMAS ftTOCKS.
Lincoln At Wilkes—Dr. W. Q. ANDERSON.
Klin .t iSt Franklin— 8. W. ALLEN.
i Ink & Jackson-.—MIDDLF.TON WITT.
D-Kiilb Gwinnett—\\ ILL(AM NESB1T.
Cohh& Cherokee JAMES BRANON.
1*1 .v d & Clmttuog’i—WILLIAM SMITH
THE HOt K SPRING CAMP MEETING will
commence mi Thursday night before tlm 5th Sabbath in this
August l'.Mil. 1H15
[FOR TIIK GEORGIA JOURNAL.J
No. 9. Saturday, 9th Aug., 184.3.
Be just in nil thy actions, and-if join’d
With those tiint are not, never clmnge thy mind ;
If aught obstruct thy course, vet stand not still,
But wind about till lltou hum (upp'd the hill.
Denham.
These lines furnish a very interesting theme for an
almost never ending commentary. They refer to every
condition and to every a go. They embrace tire public j
u* well as private man—the divine — the doetor—thi j
lawyer—the artist and common laborer; inline, ever /
body that pretends ever to make moral principle th c
guide ex 1- iiia conduct. They inculcate the sacred trut) t
that virtue is power and that it needs only perseveranc e
to insure success. They inculcate farther, and what i s
greatly wanting in very many insiances, moral courage ?
or tliat firmness of mind which enables a mail, convinc*
ed of the propriety of any action, to go forward heed,
lessot opposition and bent upon tho fulfilment of tho
virtuous purpose. But it is not intended in this paper
to occupy the wide range thus laid out for profitable
reflections, or to remark generally upon the different
aspects that every one assumes or should assume, in the
discharge of those duties he owes himself iu common
with his fellow-man. Let it suffice that the Loafer’s
attention is singly directed this week, to one and but
one, highly important topic.
The Loafer, good reader, you must know goes every
where and as a matter in course, sees and hears some
thing of and about every thing. Blit a little lime back,
therefore, there occurred at. a Whig-nominating-mect-
ing in Mihedgeville, a rare incident—a tiling not at al!
usual in these times of deplorable degeneracy, but
which struck him with peculiar delight; and, he has no
doul>\ will equally please the good and well disposed
of all parties and places. It so chanced (was it not
chance?) that, the nomination of the Representative for
Mdd Baldwin’ fell upon one who, in responding to the
distinguished honor, availed lumself of the occasion to
declare his repugnance and hostility to Barbecues —
so customary and popular heretofore, as a means for
electio coring ! This branch of‘the canvass' he blunt- t
ly condemned and abjured —not so much perhaps per sc
(for who does not relish good eating, seasoned upon the-
plan of the barbecued dish, and the company of his
friends there collected?) as for those other and more
numerous ills and annoyances which always grow out
of them. However, ho ihe reasons of his objection
what they may—and ’lie Loafer presumes they are of
the right kind—he arrayed himself implacably against
the deteriorating practice So far very good ; but ns
the devil himself has his friends, so had and so has bar- )
beetles. ‘There is sic li* asour old 'owns man, Fat used to i
say, and iu behalf ol the ‘time honored custom’ (!) ad- j
vocatcs flew up thick as mushrooms. *I d see him in ;
— before he gets my vote,' exclaimed a few a* they depart* |
ed home snapping and tossing their heads at each other, \
and iu defiance of the presumptuous claims of tho nom- i
iuee. *// wont do—it is by far the most unfortunate de- ^
n unci a lion he could possibly hare tnadef observed more
politic and wily politicians. ‘ Yes,’ said a political opno*
' * ’ ’ ’* * ’ * ‘and \
facotoijs
Th« i nondescript, 'to take charge (f his sentiments, until the t
election is over; and the first bulletin issued shall expres.s-
tDbUuari’.
Chaiua* Ai.kxaniiku. the youngest and infant won of
\\ iliitun D. nml Kli/.u l.tickic,ilfud Hultienly of chcltru infan
tum, in Cm ingti'ii,on the bill iustun:, aged nine month**and
tliim cn dn\p. Thi** demise has mucin one more hotisn of
mnnrrit’i'; and well it iitay.cveii if tlm victim wns hilt an in•
fnnt. TnoFP who have never reul d u bereavement of ibis
kind, mac (Ftcemil strange ilml parents, brothers, und nis*
lei's hIioiiM deeply hoiiow for an infant child—but it i* no
inyf.t"iy u> ili<‘ ne nisi kindred. To mourn for the dead is a
holy. irreHHiiMe emission of the soul—unt one tear should ho
rcHirniiud. li i< tlie exldbitioti of our better nature, urn!
ii Id be encounter'd. God’s word furnisliea tin illustrious
nod man, who so affectionately
ed between dial time and the LJtli of
December, lb 14,
$159,519 56
402,819 93
exatnpl
ino’iMied ami wept for the supposed death of u child, dial lie,
tvrn he. icfused lo be comforted. Sorrowing for the dead
should be mnntxed witli murmurin'; ai d complaint. Notwitli.
stand;'.: the dentil ol this Mule son Iiiih ercaied on "aching
wad," yet not one word bus lorn utiered or thought conceiv-
tin* piirenIf (as w e believe) tiTiding to inijMign the jus
id w
There wap paid out during that time tho sum of *357 499 13
Leaving a balance $204,940 3G
Which is subject to ii (ledii'-linn of unnnnts
paid by tho former rretisuierdiiriiig bis term of
offline, in tlm political year lull, and received
us cash by pieeeut Treasurer,
I G. d. Notw h.islanding Cl
i habit*, and bis wavs past finding
55 I
This balance is enrnposed as follows—
Gash iu current bills, $31,839 12
I’iicureni liinds and . < tftto Stock, 20.011 25
Gold nnd silver coin, 1 745 00
Deposit in Genual Bank of Ga. 43,761 96
** ’ •*• ' .utSav. lO.RfiO 31
$188,989 81 j,
parents believe ilml “the I
and holy in all I
we all should lemrmher
‘•Life in a >pnn, n fleeting liour,
How si.on tlm vapor fl.» h !
Man is n tender, trunniont flower
That o’eu in hlooiuing dies.”
ih, 11:15.
judgements
. \et these
ieliteotis in ail his ways,
tin dear hoy is gone—nnd
Friend.
“ Marin*
Ghcek on I!
Coupons pi
Advances t.
dor
Bank of Aug
■d Insnrniii
Bk.:*
. of Alilleilgt-ville,
I in present qiiaite
goveininent otlic
The Roport on tin* Stiilo Bnm.icos ol'MensrH. I’iiii.i.ifs, JMnuiwi.
ex,and Kenan, lamle in December Iuhi, we jepuldikli by request.
It w ill be found below.
To His Excellency, George TV, Crawford .
Mili.kdgkvili.i', 14th Dec , 1311.
The Committee appointed by your Excelicney to iuvesti-
gate toe condition of the Treasury, and especially to iuqtiite
into tliut oflhe public debt, respectfully submit the follow jug
R F* I’D RT:
The first consideration bus been tu ascertain the amount of
* the jiuldic debt. So much irregularity lias hitherto existed
io the conduct of this hrnucli of tlm public service., that Ihe
j correct amount has not been satisfactoiily obtained. Tlm
I Gommitlee have examined tlm registry of bonds in tlm Ticum-
ury, as well as in tin* Executive Department, and find some
] iliscrepaney lo exist as to the amount ot bonds in circulation,
I By it report made to ilm last Legislatuie, tin* public debt was
stated ut $l,6lli,l{35 72. In this esfinwiio, tlm debt of Reid,
Irving, & Go., was stated at $147,169 52—it* true amount
was $ 1-19,888 73. The debt due Bank of Augusta was re
ported ut $308,926 25—when it was only $302,500; making
ihe necessary correct inns, tlm debt then due would appear
from the report to bo $1,61 1,133 93 Of tlm debt to lit id,
Irving, & C’o., ili«* Committee are uiiicli gratified to nee tliat
$50,000 Ims been paid during llie last political year. Bond*
have likewise been issued in pursuance, of a former law, fur
the Western and Atlantic Itailroad, amonntii.g in $135,000,
which are in part hypothec*»ed upon a loan • I’money for sain
road ns well us for purchase of iron, upon highly beneficial
terms. The total amoiini of debt as now exisiing would
I I therefore, appear to be, deducting piiviueni.$l,725,B'8 73.hr-
! ing aii increase since lust y cm apparently of 110.999 75. This
. discrepancy aiises frnm on erior iu tlm report made, to tlm
j lust Legislature. Tlm amount of Federal bonds was taken
f | from a registry in the Executive Department, of Bonds do-
-A livered to, and receipted for, hy agents. Iu that iiumuiit, an
issue oftlnee luiudied mid forty-five Imuds for two handled
nnd filu dollars each, signed by A. A. Park, A. M. Horton,
and Charles E. Ilm lie* amounting to $%,250, is nut in*.huh d. I '
Two hundred and foity-fivo of these bonds weie l»u»ut hy Gov. j
McDonald, but there is no evidence wiiat li is become of the i
! remaining one hundred. They were issued—were not re- |
I cpipled /or by nny ag ‘»f of tin Slate—there is no evidence of I [\
I their liming been destroyed, and are, ilmraloie, to be eon-
I sidered as outstanding, tliougli they seem never to have been
presetiled at the Treasury lor endorsement,nr for piiyuu ut m
interest. # There is a liirtlmr diserepaney in tlm n poit i f
last year,tlm reg is'ry show iug bunds in tlm ainoiint of $9!»9 43
morn issued than nccoiinti d for. The debt slnojld have, been
reported lust vciir greater than it wus, hy $25,999 43.
The payments on ueeouut of tlm public debt (or the past
year are us follows:
. To Reid, Irving & Co., principal, $50,000 00
I Interest, 25,326 77
Alurcli installment of interest to Bk. \ugtislii, 7. »‘ lilt
$213,502 17
i the linmls of the Tremn
Comptroll
er the sum of
.d other State
Making
Tli-rn is likew
II9/13 paid iu I
j IImido officers m dor nil 1C
$5(i 32 eommission* ch
and Augusta.
Tlm following stntament will show tlm operations of tlm
Treasury lor the political year inii.nommem.ing 1st Novem-
1613,und ending 20Ui October 1844. ilm lalterpr
older, and Ilm
houdti payable in .Savunnah
Th.
ol the last legislniiin
reported halu
Z’SXu
fixed by
cf its teriuiiintioii.
iNovemhcr 1813 wa;
I bis balance wm
Stock, Bunk Stall
t kntnterfeit
Darien, A
bills, 14,159 !
Tax for 1343 paid iu hclore 30th
November 1813, $ 12,42b i
(*asli hula nee on blind, 9,815
General lax of l::-13,
“ •• 181L
“ “ 1311,
Tc.x on bnnk stork 1343,
Tax on bank stock 1811,
Taxon I’rdlars 1344,
Taxon Vendue Master’s Licence,
I’ri'iiii’.nn on sales of Vendue Musters.
(.'.iltin.bus loan,
Dividends mi bank stork,
Uuexpemied balance of appropriation Syui’.t
Western frontier (leiurneil)
lioiiH sold, &c.,
i Lots 10 und IDf»
j l.iitn in A|>|ilms i
1 Macon lots nnd n
| Coliiiiihu* lots ai
I Cot v grants,
j Head righm,
War
i the pm ioi!
80ih
217,180 22
204 00
9,016 76
17,143 82
“2,Vi I 83
2,550 00
(i 00
13 00
9 00
90 00
207 no
701 50
212 50
A LARI).
I T is dernu-d by the Trustees ui.d Resident IMnsirinn to
the Instill lion, pimnnlive oflhe best interests'of the in-
meten tliat no v isilms be ndiiiiiled before B o’clock. A. 51.,be
tween 12 and 2, and nfiei 5 B M.; ml within those liotirson-
Iv in company with tlm Fliifirian 1 hy Ins written peimit to
1I.0 Stew aid and Main n, exeeri uiiiIpi- pec uliur circumstuu-
i:es. D.GGUl'ER, lies. I’liys. fSuperinf.
Aim 19,1845, 47 If
A pnlnclilcoln, Fla. f July, 1845.
rnHK nndi iKii’iird will coniinui in liam-aci a GENERAL
J COMMISSION BUSINESS nt APALACHICOLA,
under the firm nf
tMAVAKii & itt riiKitiarn.
H'.- I Imv have aim detnniiiied in establish a COMMIS
SION HO! <E nf NEW ORLEANS, the ensuing season,
wlime one i l ihe firm w ill iiIwiiv h he found. Their personal
attention w ill Im given tun 11 business with which they mav
he entrusted. Tlm usual ndiunees will he made upougooiis
iu f-Une in t-’otton consigned lo them.
THACKER B. HOWARD.
47 tf A DOLED I S S. RG I’HICRI’ORD.
"T LV D AN D MILLS FOR SALE.
XEI I TORV SAME-;—WILL he sold iu Talbot
’oiiniv at tlm t!omt House in 'i’albotiou, on thn first
I’lu sdav in Ot’I'OBER next, ngneuhly to provisions iu the
will of Reicr Dennis, deeeiipeii, the following parcels of land,
-iiin.ti-d in the 23d. District of originally Muscugee, nowTnl-
imt Countv. v iz: 101 i aerr r.pnrt of lot No. 22. Lots No.23. No.
21, No. 43, N'i 45. and No. 09,each containing 202| acres; 143
iicies. part of lot So. 46 ; ilm above hind lying on I nxey
Greek, four ih.d a Imlf mi ch from Talbotton, and No.45 has a
fti si late grist mid saw mill, a gin house, hlncksmiih shop,
and n wood shop. The privilege ol the water will 1m reserv
ed forth.* mills. A l*o, 177 lie its of land, parts of lota No.
53 nnd 35, mm and a half miles fn tu Talbotton, with a com
fortable dwelling, ii good pin house and screw. 10|j acres,
pmi of I t No. 169. iii the 14th District of'I’slhot county; one
•tr.lf of Tow ii lot No. I iu square Bin tlm town of Talbotton.
T« rins—oim limit paid when possession is given, and tlm
r< tuaiuiiig iwo-lhiids payable cum mid two years tlmreuller.
Notrswith uppioved security will he icijnired.
The iihnvi' laud will he sold fur tlm purpose of effecting ft
division with tin I.egnlres ol *nid I’eler Dennis.
Possession given on the twrot vfiftli Decemlmr imxt.
. .. .... vx-.o , Ex . rh
En
JACOB DENNIS
PETER E. DENNIS
August 15. 1845. 47 ids
75,4IOO Dollars !
(-id-
.ditures from the Treasuiy
ml Speaker’.- wurniuis,
» hand !843 ordered t
Inter
Arrearage.
Part of balniiL'
burnt,
An enrages eon ting rut fund. 1818
“ Miliiiuv fund 1843,
•* Printing fund 1813,
” Debt* of Peidtentiarv
“ Ii.ieivHof pnhlii
11.t• ri -I of public debt, 1811.
tContingent liiml. 1344,
Military fund, 18hi,
Piiiitiug tnml 1841.
Poor School Intel 1841,
Academic fund, 1:138.
Miliiniy fund, 1813,
Piintiug fund, 1813,
Civil cslubii'dunLMit 1819;
1843,
bt
pitiable distress to which they are reduced by the ^ gentlemen, and them only,' v\*c„ cjfc., c^*c.
stubborn fuels disclosed to the people by the dis
cussions in progress, cannot be belter illustrated
thun by Ihe following case, suid to Imvo happened
some years ngo, in tlio “old country.”
A man was about to be tried for some offends
and as the proof wus clear, it became apparent
that lie could not escape conviction, without some
successful scheme of deception. f I he inventive
faculties of his Counsel, were placed in requisition,
und stimulated by the promise of a largo reward.
It wns settled between them, that to every question
uskod the prisoner io Court, be should reply in im
itution of the barbing of a dog,—“bow, wow wow!
When the cose wns called for triui, the prisoners’
counsel arose, nnd said to effect ns follows. “My |
Lord, it is u rule of Law, that oo person can be
brought to trial, or receive judgement, for any of
fence however high, ii it nppeurs that be bus be
come insane, nnd bereft ol reason. This is Iho
sud condition of my client ut the bar. llis intel
lect is disordered—nml bis mind so derunged, that
be has taken up the whim*icul and humiliating con
ceit, «»f having changed bis human nature, to tint
of a brute,—a dog; iu proof of which, your Lord,
ship will find tho only response bo is able to muki
to any question proposed lo him, will bn tliat of
barking like a dog. 'Fry him und you will nt once
perceive the truth of my statement, und the
propriety of the motion l now make to tho Court,
that he be discharged, and turned over to the guar
dianship of bis friends.’* “ This is odd indeed,*
refilled the Judge; “prisoner, whui is your name?”
Kow, rcow, wow, answered prisoner. M Can you
Now,all such hasty and excite.I etmllitions of wit or
passion, it is well known, go for very little—the best of
friends frequently indulge in them, and they often serve
the purpose of a laugh—such no doubt as our omnibus*
like Iriend produced when lie thought of his ‘commit*
tee.* But apart from these innocent ‘hits* it will not
be denied that there are some, perhaps many, who take
a ‘deep interest’ in theexistei.ee of barbecues and; wist
deprecate most seriously any act designed to do them
away. The momentous questions (lieuarc, should they
be discountenanced ? By whom? When?
The Loafer would like to see the man having Oliver
so little inlarosl m the welfare of society (and his as-
-crtstlnt no one will be found so utterly destitute as to
be without souie) who wiil calmly and deliberately
contend lor their coNitinuiiucc. It would be absurd and
pointedly at variance with tho morals, peace and in
tegrity of all, that not one could be found who putt ing
aside momentary so iLlmess or tho hope of undue .ad*
vantages, would say, let thorn alone, they do got d!
Their evil, corrupting, degrading and debasing tendt ti
des forbid it. Did they seek to alleviate the cares 8.'*
vexations of life by enjoyments untainted with sinis- *i
views, deceptive practices or grot-s immoralities, it
m»gbt be a plausible pretext; but every one must ’*
knowledge that they furnish no such honorable or
virtuous excuses. Yet they have their advocates **
unconscientious interested advocates, who use llieni f tr
gain or as a means to obtain patchwork distinction ui
the‘rotten boroughs* of politics! To multiply won »i
therefore why they should be abandoned would only b t
reiterating the most common truths—self-evident, nn\*
glaring. Who then shall bo foremost in the onset I
The Loafer answers that it should not bo confined to
any single individual or be attempted by any species ot
strategy; but all who value ihe moral bealtbftilncss of
society—the independence of moral action andthepur-
Mliking, $142,316 07
' A tubular stutfiinsnt oflhe public debt is herewith append
ed, showing the number of bonds isbue l date, hy whom signed,
i amount, rate per cent interest—number not presented ut
! Treasury I'or endorsement, uniouut of interest, mid where , “
i pnbahle, nnd when payable, by it, it appears tliut tin* uniouut -^peeial nppioprn
j of interest annually accruiim on Feilerul bunds, will lie, when
; the hypothecated bunds shall ho sold, $79,515 *'
j Interest due Reid, Irving Ao Co., 25,326
whieh v\ ill he reduced the interest on the payment of $59,999. ^
The, Committee notice with plen^me tout your Excellency ! '
lins negotiated an exchange with the Bank of Augusta, of tho “
State’s bond* held hy it, and payable ill London, for bond*
payable at the Treasury. Tlm pay of agencies, tho interest j
upon payments, the fluctuation* in exchange, and the risk !
rendered the exchange very itesirnblc. A pa it Iroin the in- .
• sonveuienee of interest payable iu London, under a favorable '
flute of exchange, the State has been benefited inn pecuniary
; point of vie w , the urrniiueiiient now made, will boa saving
I >f a fraction short of $15^999,to the Stole, during the time the Balance o
5ondg have now to run.
The Committee concur in the suggestion mnilo by your
ucllency, and recommend its adoption, ol pay'iig nt unso From ll
the interest dun for the next year on our bunds. The Trims- j t
lias tin* nioney, its circulation would help tlm country, I
nnd above all.il would show to the world vyImt every G«ior- j
Penteiitinrv,
Special apprepiialiutis 1811, lor l.u
1814,
on !3b9 lor i
1822 lor ui
183.3, ’ 225 99
1839, 1.495 (ill
18 10, I I |9
1813, l ■!*? 00
1313, 1,161)00
J812, protertionSoiillieit. fiontiei',1,992 99
1844, support and rebuilding
9,900 09
latic
$354,31
• receipt into the Tichbiiiv during the year 1817
giun feels, that the Stale is able to pay Imr debts, ami i
ling and re. dy. Our credit bus been tuitiisi.ed iu bygone
days, by shameful mismanagement of our finances—order nml
system are icstorcd, and us Georgians we wish tho world to
learn it, by the inudineM, und ability with which, as a State,
we meet our engagements.
The Committer will be permitted to express to your Excel
lency their coriliul approbation oflhe zealous und efficient
manner iu which you Imvo conducted so much of our finances,
as relate to the public debt. After a scrutinizing investiga
tion into your entire management of the matter, vve can hear
lull testimony os K) the fidelity, und skill with which it has
been controlled, as well us to liar ben< fit which Im* resulted
to our Slate. Confidence D once more restored, und lire ef
fects niitft prove beneficial lo the whole people. A persnve-
mice iu the system adopted, will relieve the Slate cn holy
from debt in a few years. The Goninntteo have uounted the
coupons, and Ibid the amount of interest paid to ho conuct.
B« loro closing this branch of tiieir report, ilm Committee
doom it proper to ho more explicit in reference to the appa
rent increase of debt for the present year. Tin* amount of
bonds issued ami charged in this year i» $135,099. Oflhis
amount, $22,8?&have been paid out for work on tlui Railroad
—the balance of said issue, to wit: $112,173 are in the
liandsofihe Engineer, of which a portion has been hypothe
cated Ibra loan of $28,259. The actual increase of debt is,
therefore,only $43,072.
Actual public debt, 1st Jan. 1311, $1,610,138 73
.990 may
•'(•'.t. 3 he Uriel
hi ful ,ii.d zealous
f the TicHMiiy have be. ii
rive gradually tended lo the
•Jilioii. Tbe rccuipts at the
ic anticipate'', in some
oinmittec indulge the In lie I tint,
applied in furthet reduction of the pt
nmmy which h.ishccti adopted, nnd i
I- 1 inanuei in which the operation* « "
conducted during the past year li
improvement of mil pi cuninry cm
Treasury have been Icn* than vve..
specls, by the last I egi.-lalurs. The military claim upon the
Federal Government was ►apposed, would yield $30,990; of
tliut shim, however, only $12,91)9 98 have been icceived. and
vet with the ifn-ipl oi ibe lii>t unmu.it, a deficiency ol from
$19,( 00 to $29,990 wns anticipated at the end ol tin* Inst po-
limn! vein. Foiianub’ly, however, by tbe must iij,id ei.oiio-
thi’i deiicisucy Ims been avoided,
und a ha la uee h it in tin* Treasury*
During the paui year, all the liuhilitios of ihe State have
been piomptly met. when presented, und discharged with
specie,or ii- .quivalent.
The net of me fast Legislature required the Treasury lo
resume speck* pay oiriiix oil 1st Fehmary, 1814— the act has
been rurried into eUeel.by u resumption coleiuporouemis with
iis passage. I be amount of money authorized to he hormw-
edtovvit: $1511,990, uu a teoipoiury loan, in aid ol the re
sumption, 1ms not burn borrowed, nor any part of ii. Tin*
act Inis produced a most hnppy effect upon the fin awes and
credit ofthe State. The value of Central Bank bills has been
increased lo par—lliey have been retired from circulation—
the country relieved from a depreciated currency—the Treas
ury become wliut it should always continue, specie paying.
The State 8 ner cent, bonds are now at u premium, and its 6
per ccut Lou da advuucing to par value. Confidence has becu
#25,000! #J5,000 1!
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
Far lot' m il Improvement in the Hist, of Columbia,
Glass A, for 1345,
I’o h-’ diuw it in Aiexniidiia D.G., on Saturday, the. 27th of
Sepli oilier, 1815.
J. < . GREGORY A CO. % AlunnRCrs.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 Unu.irnriiulriin ul$7.'S,Ofle I. «rs,M«
1 tfnlamliil Fri»« uf V..« O'-, - it.I.UUW
I iliuu ).>,OUO - 15,000
1 ilillu 111.0(1(1 - I0.U0U
I Prize 01 I),0(10 9,000
I •• H.0II0 B,UUU
I •' 7.1101) 7.000
I I (.100 • 0,0011
I " 0,1.00 - 0,110
I " 4,000 - 4.0110
I " a,847 • - .847
0 I'iix<*, i,.. 9,0( 0 q(o K’.OOO
I ITT-io •• v.oni) . so.olio
!| , ^0 “ 1,700 • S.1,0(i0
“ 1,000 - I.u.OOO
, 1L- Oil “ 1,000 . 00,100
170 ' 000 . 80,000
I no " 400 - 86,0(10
I 1.5 •• 250 - 16.250
; 65 •* 150 • 9,750
J f5 “ 199 . O.bOU
J 65 - 30 - 5.2C0
C. r t " 70 - 4 550
65 68 * 3*900
130 “ 59 ^ 6,500
L1b5 •• 49 - 179v4UO
27,0 Bl “ 20 • 540J10O
I 32,396 Prir.es—Arnonnting to $1,198,197
7s M’MIIEU LOTTERY—13 Ihaun Ballots.
Whole Tickets $20—Halves $ 18—Ituaiierr. $5— F-ighta $2).
Certificatesul Packages of 26 Wholes, $260 0U
Do do *6 llalvea. 139 00
Do do 26 Quarter?, 65 (9
Do do 26 Eighth** 32 59
ITj’Grdurs for Tickets and shares and Certificates of Pack-
ages ill the above MagnikicICKT SHKMK, will receivo prompt
attention.nnd an account t.f the Drawing will be sent imme
diately after it hover to all who may order from ua. Additas,
J. G.GUEGQKY 4c to.,
■WBSSTl*.