Newspaper Page Text
E . 1 lit tlio CouveeLuo, one directs that
I Grenada stali bp prrfMtually main-'
l|i<f‘ le ‘7t!ieKoman Pontiff—The Convention
t&ri 0 'rocei'd immediately to the election oi
*d m <L*kbfgovernment, to continue in office
'lections can be had by tbo people, ugreea-
» c " r ^consUtuuonal provisions. ^
ill
telkgraph.
MtACOWi OBOaOIA,
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1832.
^^oci'omzii ELECTION.
Wo are authorized to announce the following
detneit as candidates to represent this county
TIMOTHY MATTHEWS.
For Representatives.
LUKE ROSS.
ROBERT COLEMAN. •
We arc authorized to announce Colonel John
iltos. °f Columbus, ns a candidate for Con-
& at tbo next October election.
The spring adjourned term of Bibb Superior
. r t began on tbo 30tlt ultimo aud closed on the
:l jniiaut. Great industry was used in trans-
jIj. civil business. Tho crimiaul cases was
it off until Augu»t next.
On Tuesday morning last, the Monroe Muske-
Ittrs catered our town, and, at noon, tho Geor-
1 Guards of Milledgevillo arrived, on their
urch to the military encampment, consisting of
ttuty-fivo tnarkees pitched about three quar-
iH 0 f n mile bolotv Macon. Both companies
re re met on the way, and escorted to the ground,
jibe Macon Volunteers; and allthrco havo since
imped aud practised together. Tho object is
i acquire a kuowledgo of camp-duty and Celd-
Tolulions; and to tho credit of officers and pri
mes, their time, by day and night, has been di-
v e ntly turned to tho best advantage. They
tire a fine military appearance; and the iuter-
nirse between tho different corps has been cha
racterised not ouiy by politeness, but cordiality
id friendship. The Guards and Musketeers
itirted homewards yesterday, taking with them
ie esteem and good wishes of our towu folks.
Public Roads.—The following extract of a lct-
irfrom Dr. .V. 11. Powell, is a satisfactory cxpla-
itioa of the circumstances which iuduced him
•remove the public hands fronwMouroo county:
“Byaccident, Isaw a nuraberof the Mcsscu-
ter tho other day, iu which my conduct, ns agent.
iu severely censured. In relation to the course
hich I adopted in removing the hands from
Unroe couuty, I am well assured the measure
iras a judicious one; for wo 1tad so many obsta-
les thrown in our way and not being sustained
j the authorities of the county, it was utterly
mponible to effect any good by our labors; aud
Miultaiieoudy with those difficulties, I was pre
futed with a number of petitions signed by nnu-
IreJs of tho most substantial citizens of lipsoti
id Talbot, praying that the public hands might
i placed on the road leading from Marshall's
land, via. Thouiaston to Macon. Regarding
tit as a very important road to Macon, and oue
f very great utility to the citizens of Talbot,
Isuweth jr, Upson aud a portion of Mouroo, 1
lisUid to these pressing solicitations, under a
vaj conviction that tho best interest of the
lamry would bo profited by it." '
Baftiil Theological Seminary.—From a drew
rletter written by the Rev. Jesse Mercer, at
Wiiugfon, Wilkes county, on the 2/th ult. and
ubliihed in the IVashington Neios, it appears that
ke stun of fifteen hundred dollars for tha cstab-
ishment of a Baptist Theological School, has
sen subscribed for, more than half the subscrip
ts has been paid, and a contract has been
aide for a farm, on which to locate tbo iustitu-
ion, about eight miles north of Grocncshorough,
Srecnc couuty. The letter gives an outline of the
;overnincut and discipline, nnd solicits fur tho
alert liking the nid of overy Baptist Chut ch iu
lute. We shall endeavor to iusort it in our next
Convention.—The members from twenty-four
flintlies viz: Baldwin, Bibb, Uurko, Clatii, Co-
Mbia, Elbert, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock,
*rns, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Mou-
*• Morgan, Oglethropc, Putnam, Taliaferro,
rDU P> Twiggs, Walton, Washington, and Wilkes
■tiscntbled in tho Senate Chamber ut Millcdgc-
on die 7tlt instant; and organized them-
i J; “7 electinjg Gen. D. B. Mitchell Chairman
Mr. Philip C, Guieu Secretary, A resolu-
was adopted appointing a conimittcc, con
ing of Major Crawford of Hancock, Judge
wmar of Baldwin. Judge Dougherty of Clnrk,
.Nal.itof Morgan, Colonel W. C. Lyman
nT*' ^ r ‘ ®* Harlow of Burko, General E.
“'Monroo, Irby Hudson of Putuam, and
•I. S. Rockwell of Baldwin, to report to the
ieetln 5 what pans of tho Constitution relating
'•pportionmcnt need nmendment.
M ll »y. the 8th, tho members again aSscra-
*■>! »ud were reinforced by a Delegate froln
~f ulu *ad another from Rtcnmoitd, making tbo
i? total twenty-six. An address and six reso-
J® wor « adopted, urging the expediency of
Jwcuoa, that memben to a.Convention for ef-
«ung that purpose bo elected on the first Mon-
f to November next, [why.not October/] that
>» MitledgeviUe on the first Monday of
n,j U!lr ? nn “ their proceedings bo alter-
Mtsubmitted to the people for adoption. The
oovcuiton adjourned.
raltr'i S i? la ' Ranh—Tho report of tho mnjo-
,,*! tna > Committee appointed by Congress to
tho books of this institution, is now bo-
public. It makos twelve closo columns
'Jie • e< *. States’ Telegraph—which, taken iu
M , L ' x ! ( ! n with tho circumstance that on volumi-
n«ti • ^optnii* the evidence of many of
•fSm sV 10 ^* a 8 ! t' D, t tlio Bank,- leads to tho bc-
iti«Tt ‘ ~' n ytoo and tho majority of the Com-
yf*'Intend that not ouo fiftieth of tho people
hn.»j r roai ^ h* Indeed, the most serious
s» mfcis two loans, ono of 820,000 and
iflhs v °^ l J' ; >>0d0, to Noah and Webb, editors
tbiliiii **, , r ^‘ Courier and Enquirer, on the
divs, , .P 01 *tions of persons iu their cm-
an,,, •hcirsolvoncy and ability tS refund tho
it, k-,'?™' requested, without the usual socuri-
i»ul».. . ctt Udtou; yot tho motives of the
i. *! °‘ *u° Bapk (though furnished by him)
•tart, , 6,l“ 8 loans aud being satisfied with tho
*iyor!u o rei ** Hri5 Carefully excluded from thfc
j:a„„"** ""port, and inserted in the addenda;
i rj(iV V*y low pontons will Nt aide to
vats. 1. Uw Purity or corruptness of the t.'aus-
■Uijr ni, t0 b tvo been tjiu design of the
•tier, bu! „i * t0 . fxhaust tho patieuco of the
‘'baud I,uw >lder him iu niazos of ex-
j m ' J • 4ctur y calculations. Few met 1
^ E " las aui , 1 'V 1 '
to-.BiJt would bo a eerum remedy iu
choh.
Vuhu of tl»o
spume, had promised; and he would now bo sac
I 1 ™''- ,f *' mc were allowed him in which to re-
10th instant) represent tiie survey as progressing
treat from the subject, as appears by the conclu-
lov’s P ara ^ ra P l Report—which is as fol-
obv ‘O n «, Rom Utc statements submitted,
that he correspondence with tho treasury concern
ing the public debt, and tlio fluctuations of the
revenue of Government, that these have hitherto
essentially effected the general circulation and
operations of the Bank of the United .States. It
would, therefore, seem to your committee to be
most jometous not to act u|>on the question of re-
chartermg that institution, or of chartering any o-
ther national bank, until the public debtsball have
noen paid on, and the public revenue shall have
boon adjusted to tho measure of oui federal ex
penditures."
’Nullification.—K correspondent suggests, that,
B3 war and pestilence go often hand iu hand,
tlioy are produced by the same cause; and that
as our country has already been visited by pleu-
risy, pneumonia and cholerine, the precursors
of spasmodic cholera, nullification is tho twin
sister of tho Asiatic scourge; and, haring hor arm
the momeut cholera appears, sho will join in tho
slaughter. He refers both to the conilttiou of the
atmosphere—to some subtile vapor combining the
qualities ofcnrbutetted hydrogen and nitrous oxide
ga t s r s—producing death when it affects the gun-
ghotiic system, and rampant madness when the
eucephalouic nerves. Should tbo conjecture be
right, it might, ill our Legislature, he humanity
to build bedlams as well us hopitals!
The remnants of Indian tribes in Massachusetts
■are said, by the Taunton Sun, te intend applying
to the Supremo Court for exemption from tho o-
peration of the laws of that State. Should such
application be made, that tribunal, bound by its
precedent iu the case of Georgia, must decide in
favor of the Massachusetts Indians, and a similar
award ho rendered for every other tribe in the U-
nited States on demanding judicial intervention:
for, if the Federal Judiciary have the right to dis
member Georgia,_ its power to divide any and e-
very other State is beyond dispute. It would be
novel to see, from ttyetity to thirty independent
savage nations (some not more numerous or re-
pectablo than a gang of gypsies, aud in alt not
exceeding some hfty or sixty thousand souls) oc-
cupying tracts surrounded by the territories of a
civilized power with a population of twelve mil
lions, and this anomaly perpetuated for the pur-
poso of preserving tho "noble remains” of feroci
ty, ignorance, sloth and treachery.
INDIA*.
By the latest advices from India, it appears
that that country, from Thibet to Comorin, fs in
a state of insurrection against the English autho
rity—whether occasioned by the actual distress
of tho natives, or iustigated by the Chiucse gov
ernment through tho Hindoo princes anil its own
subjects numerous in every part of tho East, (iu
order to avert the invasion of the celestial empire
threatened by the British) remains to be deter
mined.
In tho United States, we are so apt to associate
the idea of liberty with that of independence, that
we are almost involuntarily led to wish success to
every people in their efforts to throw off a foreigu
yoke. Yet, on reflection it may appear, that the
expulsion of tlio English from Hiudoostau at the
present time would ultimately ho a heavy calami
ty to uiucteen-twcntieths of the natives. They
are, as a people, incompetent to tho task of soll-
f jovernmeut. When left to themselves, their po-
ity is uo more than a succession of robbers as
cending tho throne and iu turn thrust from it by
violence. Indeed, nothing bettercan be expected
iu a community, wedded to the doctrine of fatali
ty, that think theinsolves allied to tho brutes in
spirit and consider life a curse,—that worship
deities of tho most profligate attributes, and arc
themselves addicted, even in thoir devotions, to
tlio most polluted practices,—that arc, from edu
cation, destitute of truth aud humanity, and su
perciliously haughty or abjectly servile as they
happen to bo iu contact with a superior or infe
rior—a people that believe themselves to be spe
cially created slaves for their priests, and tho-most
acceptable offering they can render heaven to
consist of the donations, tho honors and the ser
vices they coufcr on a body of men the vilest on
earth. A government instituted by such a race,
(if capable of forming ono), would partake of the
vices of its members;—blit it is fortunate for them
selves and perhaps for the credit of maukiud, that
they have neither the inclination nor capacity to
attempt such a labor. That business, when uot
iu the chains of a conqueror, they leave to thoir
liniidit who cau gather arouud him the largest
host of robbers; nnd the government, both in jts
legislation and administration, is marked, in all its
■ramifications, by tho fitfulness, rapine and cruelty
of tbo sovereign, with the additional disadvantage
that they aro excluded from forcigD knowledge by
which they might reform their morals aud improve
iu the arts of life.
Heavy nnd harsh ns is the grasp in which they
are held by Britain, it neither shuts them out from
tbo light ofseieueo, nor donies them access to the
pages of ronson; nud though it protects then, in
the oxerciso of their superstitious, (which aro tho
vory foundation of thoir slavery mid baseness,)
yot it presents for their acceptance a religion holy
in its origin, pure in iu principle*, aud uniformly
tho harbinger of science and civil liberty. On the
continuance of tho English power iu Hindoostau
for years to come, depends the extension of Chris
tianity iu thnt couutry. Tho overthrow of tho
former would there be the extinction of the latter,
We are therefore compelled to anticipate with re
gret, so far os tho regeneration of the natjvcs is
mvolved. utc present commotions iu that quarter,
and desire their speedy suppression. Such is the
progress of knowledge aud the power of Chris
tianity, that, uudcf the auspices of England, thoy
must, in nn ago or two, predominate, olid tho le
gends of Brumba aud tho fetters of caste ho treat
ed with ridicule. Then may tlio Hiudoo, rege
nerate.!, iir , ,
•• With sits and nrms that triumphed once before,
and, with safety to his future condition as n man,
oxpel the English from the land of Gunga.
To such as hope for tho speedy annihilation of
English authority in Iudin, under the belief that
it would reduce her to the condition of a second
ary power, and givo to tho United States supre
macy at sea. we answer that Britain's bccomiug a
Hrninilarv nation does not - *s • consequence
follow her loss of her Indian possessions; that
while our StBtcs remain united, they ure fully
adequate to protect our co.mmorco, whether Eng
land ho n first or secondary power, and that
should the Union ho dismembered, the humilia
tion of England wonld ho to us a matter of no
advantage; for split up into little uidcpcudeuUo-
vereignties, tho maintenance 8f a navy would bo
far above our menus,—as much ns a frigato on the
ocean we would be unable to keep, and it vyould
matter but littlo whether wo were plundered and
insulted by the Briton or Spaniard.
Milltigeville Street Lotfcry.—ThoTmketNo.
<3,681,drawn on thootli iuitaut.u apriztf.ofone
thousand dollars. . . . _ .
Ru.sk of the state of G«fr*fa.—On tlio 7th
iustuut, John Stoveits, William Taylor, Joseph
*/. Jackson, James Kppiager, UreJorzck Deo*.
!er and Wil'iam King, were, on the part of tho
toekhoMcrs, elected directors ol the parent bunk
for tint cn/uiu? tweiva months. -
Tkt 'jltAjk* adyice* ^ fom 1,16
without interruption. - No doubt, .tvo think.
bo entertained of tho completion, of .this work in
n reasonable time. *'■■■,-■* ,
During a severe storm of hail nnd rain on Son-
day evening last, (says tho MiHetlgvillo Record-
c bf the 10th instant.) tho Methodist Church, in
this place, was struck with lightning, just after
the congregation had dispersed. VJo are happy
to learn, that uo very material injury was |us-
toiued. •
. In Talbot couuty, a new post office named Da-
vision, has been established, under Mr. Samuel
H. Davis as postmaster.
The contractor for building a bridge across the
Chattahoochee, at Columbus, was, together with
his hands, hi that town on thefftb instant, and rea
dy to commence operations. - '
The Marshal of the Southern District of Alaba
ma directs all intruders on Creek tends, remova
ble by the late treaty, to loavo the territory by tbo
ISth of July next.
Moseley Baker, recently editor qf tho Mont
gomery Journal, Alabama, who on tlio 20th ult.
was iu tho prison of New Orleans-on the chargo
of having, by forgery, or rather using fictitious
signatures, defrauded the State Bank of Alabama
to the amount of about thirty thousand dollars,
declares by a letter, published in the Mobile Pa
triot of tbo 1st iustuut, Ills innocence; that ho was
eutirciy ignorant of tbo existence of the fraud; that
not a dollar of tho money over remained in his
bauds; that he was not fleeing the country when
apprehended; is as anxious as any ouo to havo tho
matter investigated, auil until that be effected
asks the suspension of public opiuioti.' •*
The nomination of William P. Duval, as gov
ernor of Florida, has beeu confirmed by the Ecu
ate of tho United States.
Subscriptions for the stock of the Union Bank,
at NowOrleaus, amounted, in two dayi', the 26tli
and "7 th ult., to five aud a half millions of dollars
—upwards of two millions to be secured by pro
perty in the country, and three and a lialf mil
lions by property in tlio city. The whole capital
is seven millions, all of which, says the Argus,
will be taken.
Counterfeit five dollar notes on the Baltimore
Brauch Bauk of the Uuitcd States, have been do
tected at Norfolk. ,
On the 27th ult. tbe project of the Secretary of
the Treasury for reducing the duties on imports
was laid before the House of Representatives. It
is said lie proposes to fix the duty on tbo finer
woollens about 23 or 30 per cent, on the actual
cost—to bo paid in cash, by the importing mer
chant, whenever the goods are drawn from the
public warehouses, where thoy are deposited.—
All woollens under 33J cents the square yard, are to
come in dutyfree—Tbo credits on cotton are to be
from four to six months.
The Apportionment Bill, ns it passed to g, third
reading in tho Senate, settles t|ie.whole number
of Representatives at,251, in tlio following propor
tion—Maine 8, New H'niiipshireB, Massachusetts
13, Rhode Islaml 2, Connecticut 6, Ver;uont C,
New York 40, New Jersey. 7, Fcnusylvaiiia 23,
Delaware 2, Maryland 9, Virginia 21, North Ca
rolina 13, South Caroliua. 10, Georgia, 9, Ken
tucky 13, Tennessee 13, Ohio 20,-Louisiana 4,
Indiana 7, Alabama 6, Missouri 3, Mississippi 2,
Illinois 3.
By official documents, it appears that, since the
year 1815, tho coinage, at the Mint of tbo United
States, amounts to 323,873,709-90—on which
Use wastage was $357,50-75: that pn gold was
3303,600—011 silver 831,835-13. The gain ou
copper, $91,199-47. The new mint will cost a-
bout 8109,000. , ^
The Legislature of New York closed its session
on the 26th ult. having passed more than three
hundred acts and resolutions, among other mat
ters, incorporating six. bunks,eighteen rail road
companies, and two cities.
The Baptist General Convention was organized
in Now York,on the morning of the 25th ult., by
the election of tho Rev. S. H. Co’ho of Noiv York,
President, and the Rev. Howard Malcolm, Se
cretary. Delegates from fifteen States aud the
district of Columbia were present. All their de
liberations were iu public.
New Mode of Punishment.—Thomas J. Peppor,
recently coavictod’of Bigamy, iu Rhode Island,
was sentenced to stand, on tno 27th of April, ho-
twceti the hours of 10 ami 1 o’clock, on the gal
lows, with a rope round his neck—to lie-imprison
ed threo mouths, and pay a fmo of five dollars.
Law of Copyright.—It may not bo giucratlv
known, either to publishers or authors, that ac
cording to the provision of the act liass'ed in Fcb-
rnary, 1831, oxtoudiag the term of copyrights, a
copy of tho work for which a copyright Jius been
been taken, must be deposited in the office of tho
clerk of tho proper district, within three months
after tbo publication thereof, to be forwarded to
Washington.
Mina, who first seduced and- afterwards mar
ried Mrs. Chapman, was, atl'oyloston, Poun. ou
the 27th ult. convicted of th* murder of hor hus
band. For participation iu the crime, ,she was
tried last fall but acquttcd, sufficient ovidence uot
appearing a gainst her. * «
A letter to the editor of tho Philadelphia Inquir
er contnius the following inlbnuntion:
‘•The cvidonco has clearly established jlto fact
of an adulterous intercourse between Miua nnd
Mrs. Chapman; that Mink purchased two ounces
of arsenic in Philadelphia-on tho 16th June; that
Sir. Chapman became unwell next dny; but had
nearly recovered on tho 21st, wheu Mrs. Chap-
umd carried up to him some soup,-prepared un
der her inspection, and first brought into n par
lor where Mina was, thon carried to the sick
tuan, who partook of it, and itutliodlately became
worse; hisilluess Increased to bis death, ‘ which
took place about 5 o'clock on the morning of the
23d. Ho was buried on tbo 21th June, arid on
the 5th July Mina aud Mrs. Chapman were mar
ried iu New York. A ,
"It was shown tHat the remains of tho soup,
of which Mr. Chapman partook, was thrown in
to the yard; and sovcral ducks and chickens,
which drank near tho stream on thst day,-were
observed to drop doad in tho rpnd immediately
after they had left the yard.' Immediately after
death, tito body possessed an UO usual rigidity;
when it was opened three months afterwards, it
firmly resisted the knife; tho stomach nud gullet
were violently iuflamed, wltilo the intestiues were
free from inflammation; and tho chotnic.il tests,
although unsatisfactory, gavo good reason to be
lieve that arsenic had been in that part of the sto
mach to which thoy were applied. Tho symptoms
boforo death v oro coldness-of the extremities,
burning pain in the stomach,. ondoavprs to vo
mit, nud weakness of tho. pulses tho large vein
which supplies tho liver, was cmpt/if hts tho bo
dy was opuued.”
Scandalous Outrage—On Tuesday night (saya
tho N. Orleans Argus of the 23tb ultimo,) some
scoundrel or scouudreJs, broke open tlio tomb of
tho late Col. Thomas, in,!b<? Catholic burying
ground, whore it had. beqt) deposited about eight
d ays ago, and having opened l]>0 coffin, e'nt open
the body on the Jeff side., and extracted tho heart
nud other vital parts'arOjtml, and tarried them-off,
leaving the- corps. pxpCtcd'pn the ground, inhere ■
it was found ycster’ liiy'tlioKirirrg-.-.•'
’< Wo have also been informed, ijrst thb grac of
a lady btt.'ud o few- days ego.was ahj fwlau-i
the.uigbt previous. ■;' ■
la the proposed plan for National Educa
tion in Irolaud, the British Ministry hiv* ex-
prussly excluded the Bible, upon the grouud
that the Catholics and Protestants could never
agree .upon its various texts. .. ' . , •
Married,
In Mascqgco county, on tlio 18th ult., Mr. Da
vid Lojicz to Miss Catharine D. Hinton, both of
that county.—In Troun ebunty, oti the 19th ult.
Mr. George Dean, to- Miss Fidelia, daughter of
.Robert. Hall," both of said county. -
: In.Newnan.VCoweta'. county,* on tho 26th ult v
by the Rov. Josoph V.. Alexander,' James Tlompl
son juQioy.'Esq., Attorney. af.LaW.' tO'Mvs. ©t/t-
fWit/fyo/L-nll of Newhan. •
SoatXffews.
'AltlltVED, -
Boat Victory tfith groceries, Campbell &i>uuw
wners. '
Boat Old .Hickory, with do!'Swain o wner.
Boat Vico President, P. R.'Yopge* Sons
owners. : •
Boat Superior, P. R. Yonge &■ Sons owners.
'Boat Velocity, of Macon, Griffin owner.
Boat Augusta, with ice, Lamar owner.
jtfotico
I S hereby given to the cltteensof Bibb couuty. Hint
have pul paid .their TAXES for the year 1831,"
would do well to call nttlin subsetiber'f office in: Ma
con, oh Cherry street, by the first ilay ot June nest,
ami pay,If they wish to avoid the expense of an ete>
rotten, (sezecntioni will he issued immediately after
the first dav of June, ngsinst all defaulters nt that
time. * JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH, .
May 11.1839. 19 2w TaxACoUtHor.
ICH!
F OR sale every day from 9 to 12 o’clock A.
M. aud from 5 to 6 o'clock, P. M. by
May 8 139 REA & COTTON.
L OST between the Baptist Church and Ellis,
Shotwell Si Co. a fine GOLD BREAST
PIN, with a yellow set in it, the finder will confer
a favor by leaving it at this-office.
May 11 19
To Zlont,
T HE upper Room in tlio eastern tenement of
M'Douald’s buildings—possession 'given im
mediately. Inquire of R. E. CHURCH..
Mity 1 137 3t
Sutter, CJheese, Potatoes and
PLANTAINS.
J UST -received by the subscriber, kegs primo
Goshen Butter, cask prime Cheese, hands
Irish Potatoes in excellent order, kegs pickled
Salmon, boxos smoked Herring, drums of Figs,
and one barrel of Plantains—all of whichjto ho
sold wholesale and retail tew for cash.
L. B. SIIWABE,
April 20 129-3t head of Cotton'Avenue.
Ciiampaignc. .
k..BASKETS superior Champmgnc, 12
'bottlos each, for sate by
May 8 139 C. A. HIGGINS.
Monroo gheriii Sales.
W ILL he sold on the first Tucsdny in JUNEncxt,
before the court house In Forsyth. Monroe
ruuuty,-between the usunl hours of sate;
One uegro man named Tut, about 27 year* of
ngc—levied ou as'lie property of Lei,is firoteu, 8r.,
to satisfy n mortgage i’i Fn in favor of Ehjr.li M.
Troutman, Amos Troutman, nnd Hiram B. Trout
man—property pointed out In said Pi Fa.
March 99 JOHN REDDING. Pep, Sheriff.
ministralor of-the
_ _ lateof Bibb county,
deceescd, hpplits to mo’for letters of dismission as ad
ministrator Of said rstatu
Vicic me, therefore, to cite nnd admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he
ana appear at my office, within the time prescribed bp
law, to shew cause, if any they have, why said lelteis
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 7lh dny iff May, 1839.
19 *■ MARTIN SIMMONS. C.C.Q.
NOTICE. ■ 1
A LL persons are cuiitioued against trading for se
ven notes of hand made by -tiie undersigned
pnynhle to John l. Burge of East Maeon, enrh for
five (loiters, and the first due on June 31). lS3'J; the
second. July 31,183.’; third, August 31. J83‘>; Jonrlli,
September 30,1839; filth, October 31, 1839; sixth,
November 30, 1832, aud the seventh; DouertiWr 31,
1832—tlio ennsideruiton for which they were given
having failed. RICUAIU) S. HICKMAN.
Mny 11 19 21
W ILL ho sold on Tuesday, the SfiUt of JUNE
next, at the Into residence of Halerl lloffe,
deccnsrd, ill Uilih'county, between tlio nmol hours.
All the Perishable Property
of said deceased, consisting ol Household mid K-k It
en Furniture nnd three head of cattle—sold tor the
benefit of the heirs and creditors.
Mny 13 19 JOHN D. SINGLETARY.
■ >. ' /I dns’or.
TUIOUK .MONTHS hflcr dale application will he
H' made to the honorable the Inferior Court of
Houston county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
for IcaVe to sell’llie land and negroes of the cstnlo of
Relief Scolds, deceased. . HUGH L. IRWIN,
M.y7, 1832 19 Minor.
Georgia, Fayette County.
J OHN O. DICKSON of captain Giitcn’s district,
tolls before Jesse Ward, U Justice.of tbo Peace,
one bright bay itorse, tbftt came about Ills, plantation
about threeorfourweeks since; lias h white .spot on
bis back, is thought to lidte.the swinney, and whool
live years old—-nppralJcd by Tandy D King to thirty*
Gve dollars., .* ■ / •
A true extract, April 7, 1832.-) W. M'DIUDE,
19 - . , • . Clerk
Cteorgia, Coweta Odtmty.
graSoNAUl appear'd be loro uic, \\ PlU»
XL Nlmmons, n Justice of tlm l’e-ieo in sold coun
ty, Attarti Sledhnm, who being duly sworn, dcpnsclb
Slid saith. Hint he was in the possession of a certain
promissory note made and executed by William J,
Williamson, and Charles Wheelnn security, to this
deponent or bcaror, for thirty-four (tellers and seven-
ty.fivc dents, of which the aaBex.il is n snhstnolinl
dsp'y, as near as this depniicht can recollect nod that
said note Is lost or destroy cl.
(signed) ADAM STEDHAM.
Sworn to and subscribed befoka me. l-'eoru.ry 23.
1832. WM. MMMONS.J. F.
a corn or tux sot*.
By the twenty -fifth day ot December, I promise to
pay Ad»m Steilbam or bearer, thirty-four dollars tiul
seventy-five cents, value received, Oct. S, 1631.
(signed) WM. J. WILLIAMSON,
. CHARLES U IlEELAN.
Security.
With a credit on said note ot fivo dollars, Cih Oct.
1832. ^
Coweta Superior Court. April Tone, 1833.
Itappenitig to the Uouit, that Adam Stedlicm was
in possession of tiie original note, of .which the above
is n Copy ill substance, and thatxsid note is lost or de
stroyed,- Uislhtrcloro ordered, that, nllho next term
iff-this Court, the. above dopy lobe estnldishrd Iu lieu
of said last original, unless cause he show n to Ihe con
trary, and llmt this rule be published once a tnonih,
for three months previous to the ncst terns ot this
Court, in aomo public gazelle.
A certified copy from the minutes, 26th April 1832
19 - 3m OEOROEPENTICOKT. CM.
1 Isaac Wueaton ) /h Campbell Superior
: VI • - i- V S'enrl
Mxbthj M: Wbeatoz. S DIVORCE.
I T appearing to tin- Court, fiat tha defendant re-
sides out of this Htsfe, It is ordered she appeal
and answer.al the next term of said poort. and that a
copy if this rtile.be'publlsjihd in one' of the public gn-.
;;, j,:. iBluin' oiicc a month fcrflP(te months he-
' ‘- -trexUacIffein the minulrs, Aqril CO. 1832.
jg . • •• U-ULKRV W-ATIU. CUrt.
k*rcB0iibtiai6aiSj ....
•; , '.‘.Georgia, Bihbcounlyl,
- fil HE GRAND JURY for the county of lfibtil
nt February Term, 1632, make the follow,
log Presontnitn; ;:
- Iu addition to other matters of a public nature;
we feel bound'to notice tlio conduct of the Justices
of tho luferior Court of this county, in the dispo
sition of tlio Jail property. For that tho said Jus-
lices. to the pt’ejudico of tbo. good citizens of this
county, by n. private coutrnct made and conclu
ded (iu the highways and lyways, and nqtaits
clmntbgrs,'which was contrary.to all legal or'ju-
tlKiai proceedings) a contra'ct with one Jerry ■
Cowles.of this county, whereby they transferred
to the faid CoWtfis, the two- lots .containing one '
iii-i-o, (which acre 6f ground -was situated in tho
most dcsii-gblo part of tLo'town,).for.-mil in con-
aiiteration Uint the said Chivies should remove
the eld Jail (w!iir|Twe believe was no advantage)
to a half aero of grdtliiif opposite the-grave-yard-.
AO t»f which we coiiccivo to-ho a conipromit of
the right, of the citiici|j, and a flu grant violation
of the trust reposed hi thorn as the guardians of
tlio. public property; inasmuch us the property
transferred to tho said’ Cowles Was worth more
than the Jail and lot ou which it now stands, and
was by far (lie niord'desirable situation : thereby'
ra the said Cowles an opportunity of making
agreement it profit bf ono thousand dollars;
and ai such we enter our solemn protest to their
actings and doings in this behalf.
Wo have also examined the County Jail and
fiud it in a very uusafo condition; and would there
fore recommend, nnd particularly enjoin it on tho
Inferior Court, that they take tlio same under
their especial care, nnd nave it so repaired and
amended that the Jailor r.iay bo enabled to keep
11 tbo3o who may lib committed to his care-
I’creeiviug the great evil which exists through/
out tho County in tlio neglect of Justices of tho
different districts iu tiot appointing- sufficient p;i-
tro!s, tborchy suffering the slave population to
rove too mticli at largo nnd uncoutroled, particu
larly ou Mabbath days, wo request and enjoin
it ou the Justices' tliat they have the law rigidly
enforced agreeable to law and tho obligation they
havo taken.
We recommend that tho Comptroller General
allow and refund-to Samuel Stanford, late Tax
Collector of this county, the sum of eighty-six doL
tary and ninety cents, being rtaimed hy the said
Samuel Stanford for his Insolvent list. Printer',
bill and fees, which lie represent, to this body us
not having been nllowcd him in his former settle-'
incut with tiie State.; nnd also recommend that
tho luferior Court of. this County allow said Sa
muel Stanford sixty-nine dollars aud fifty-two
cent, for a similar purpose:
Feeling it o:*r duly as Woli ns privilcgo to ex
press freely our opinions on mntters connected
with the moral welfare of society nnd the crin-.’S
Dial jurisprudence of tho country, tvo have delibe
rately considered tho late change of the penal
code of this State, with a desire to invito tlic nf-
tention of tho couiniuiiily thereto. That there
may have been fuults iu the Penitentiary system,
wo will not deny, hut wc arc led to believe that
innuy of tlio evils which havo been complained of 1
by the opponents of that system grew out bf tbo
want of proper regulations in'the Institution, ra
ther than belonging to the system itself, and whit It
timo nnd experience might ultimately remedy .
But with all its faults we believe .that it is ibbro
consistent with the enlightened and liberal policy
of a republican government to execute its laws in
mercy, thus by giving the offeuder the opportuni
ty of'reflecting on his crimes and returning to so
ciety, after having expiated hy a scries of years of
labor nnd solitary- confinement the commission of
tin offence, than by introducing tho sanguinary
practice of capital punishments for mister offences,
nnd the barbarous and odious spectacle of tho
whipping post, and maiming tho human body.
Tho moral law, that pcrisblcss monument of a
more tlmu human wisdom, denies tlm right i.>
take life hut for life. In acouulry like this, which
.oweaau ahcxarnplc-dpro-.pirity to the immediate
protection of Heaven, Whore more properly ban
oa expunged frdrit its moral code the barbarous
punishment which mark the career of tyrannical
aud despotic governments, where the vnluo cf
human life is estimated by the dross of worldly
wealth. We therefore j-ccommcud to ohr Sena
tor and Representatives iu the next general'ns-
sembly, to endeavour to I'ovive the late penal code,
with such modification* and hotter regulations for
the government of the Penitentiary as the wisdom
of the Legislature tnay suggest.
Wo also view the rnpid'jnlfodrction of slaves
into our State ns nn evil of no ordinary magni
tude, calling for legislative interference. ..Wo
are fully aware that’tnany legislative enactment,
havo heretofore been made with this view to little*
a lose, either from tho fact of their dot bring
riently penal, or from the want of theifproper
enforcement. Dot recent cireumstnnccs must have
awakened the ptblic mind to nn ovil, the baneful
extent of which all must reflect upon with horror,
and its future consequences none ran forewo;
wo thoreTtro earnestly recommend tho next Le
gislature to frame such enactments ns will effec
tually suppress ibis bine to tho happiness and (u-
tur.- I ity of the Slum.
Wc havo examined the offices of tlio Clcrks'of
the Superior and Inferior Courts mid find that tlio
Records, Books and Accounts of these officcts m a
neatly kept, nud fully entitle them to public ebu-
fidence.
Wo have also had before ns nn able report from
tbo County Treasurer on tho subject of the Couhty
funds, end arc happy to congratulate our fellow
citizens ou tho fact that there seems to be no ne
cessity' for imposing nn additional tax to meet tha
current expenses of the County, which ha. hi
therto been so burthciisomo to this community.
Iu taking leave of his Honor Judge StrCng,-nt
the close of the arduous nnd tedious duties of the
present term, we lake pleasure in benriug testi-
mony to tho zeal and promptitude with which'tin
has discharged his official duty, and tender our
thanks for the courtesy uud attention which ho
has uniformly extended to this body.
We cannot take leave of tho Solicitor Gcueral
without tendering our acknowledgments for tho
prutapt attention extended to us in the exercise of
tho painful duties which havo devolved upon us a.
Grand Jurors; and wo with heartfelt pleasure con
gratulate our fellow citizuis of this circuit, ou tho
selection of to able and vigilant a public officer to
support tho dignity nnd supremacy of tho laws.
Wc request tlmt such of our I’resentuicnts rs
are of a pnblic nature, be published in the public
Gazettes of this place.
JAMES MYRICK, Fcre-r.&n.
Adam Robertson. Scott Cray.
Qitinton Hoy. iSilliam Srelgrort.
Simon Parker. Thomas Howard.
Charles .If. Cardill. Elbert Calhevn.
Nathan C. Monroe. John M. Shclm.an.
• Drury M- Lesitur. Georg/ Vi gal.
Peter Stubbs. Luke Ross.
Henry Clem. ti'illiam IVimbith.
Alten R. Stephens.
On morion of Washington Fee, Solicitor Gen
eral, it Is ordered that these Presentments be pub
lished in nil the Gazettes iu Macon. ’
A true copy from tlio Minutes, Mny 7, 1832.
HENRY O. ROSS, Clerk.
SZ.AWIE3
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
f ring nud Summer Olothinjr.
HE subhoriber has just 'commenced recar
ing Ins stock of Spring, and Summit fit’
thing, llu assures the public that his stock';**)
be inferior to nono, is determined to sell aVic-s,
j prices, and invites purchaser: to call.
t march. 13 r WM. U. BURDSALL-