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during vrbidi nruofc* must hate con-
I ^‘“‘f.aktlTtotbe letter mid spirit of this Con*
I eo; *■* DQ taetn * , «r "• «*f«D«J
i ii^JuSrS# officer* of this society itiftll be a
I two Vice President*' and a Secretary'
fl***cwnmi'tee of Vigilance, consisting of five
h"®* coustituting a board of managers, to be
*!»" J[p BU iiily by the Society, who shall meet
r for lb* transaction of business, and to
l* ,l the application io writing must bo made
Is^jiijOon. and who shall he empowered to
U'/a majority of this board shall form a
It shall be the* duty of each member of
I l nrictr, but especially of the Cftninitteo of
Ir ilance, to report to the Board every violation
I fihU Constitution- ^
I*™" 3. Any member of this society may re-
I. I,,. giving the Board three months previous
of hi* iutention.
I Art 9.—This society shall moet at tbo call of
L, Board, and annually on the first Tuosday in
Inrcli °f Which annual meeting the Secretary
Ujl Jive public notice; at which meeting the
laird »ba“ report their proceedings during the
t tvear. so far a« they may deem it proper to
Ek* the same public: mid any member coucciv-
r hirnsC !f oggreived by the Boned. may apply to
itesociety f«»*' redress. At this meeting-a inajori-
P f jjdt less than two-thirds of tpe whgle num-
t r of members may make such alterations in tile
destitution is trptrienct may prove desirable.
IL jo.—The Board of Managers shall have
L Wer to fill all vacancies in their own body.
r^ r| {],—The Constitution shall he published
Liiniilly, i“ t!,c neivspaner* of this place, immo-
after die general meeting, with a correct
H,t of tho uiJuihcrs attached, to ho furnished by
E. Secretary, ukase duty it shall he to suporiu-
Ud the publication.
’ Ihoinas M. Kilis. Jacob Shotwell, E. Holt, A.
H-Dun.dd, J.Waslthurn. Isaae Harvey, Washing-
sa Poe. Nathaniel Kells. \V. T. Sage, John Ii.
tllis, Wot. E. Boren, II. II. Cone. IVm. S. Ellis,
F. Bridgman, Samuel Stanton, Francis A. Jle-
linl, F- V. M-Koe. O. II. Prince, li. Blair, R.
K. Evans, T. D. Rico, Isaac II. Smith, George
t Smith, Hubert \V. Fort, \Vm. II. Ball, Win.
EParker, II.Martin, J. D. .Mann, Joseph Smith,
liiois U. Oidcrshaiv, Win. Holmes, Charles P.
lick, F. Iluhbcll. Charles Ingrain, Joseph Gain-
Ir, JohnL- Junes, Lewis Fitch,Thomas G. Bates,
lihn Barr, .lain is R. Bennett. Thus. U. Fliut,
fclhrrt Crew, Dr. J. Ellis, John Lamar, John
limiter. James Goddard, Richard Clintoii, I5en-
huiiii Russel. I*. M. Curry, Reuben Burroughs,
[JivarJ \V, Wiight, G. Capers, David II. Butler.
Baltimore, May 23. '
J The Jackson Convention was organized yes-
Iriay by the election of the following officers:
I Prisii.nl—General Robert Lucas of Ohio.
1 Vi:e Presidents—lot. Peter V. Daniel of Va.;
ijamesj Fennel of II. I.; lid, John M. Barclay
¥Pa.; 4th, A. S. Clayton of Gn.
[Sitr.’toriw-rJolio A! Dix of N. Y.j Stacey G.
Jolts of X. J,; Robert J. Ward of Ky.
I The Convention nominated, as was expected,
liRTiN Van Burks, of .New York, as Vice I*re-
Jdent.
I We learn that Philip P. Barbour got forty-five
Ltes. Richard M. Johnson twenty-six, and the
lanaintlcr went for Mr. Van P.uren.
v , FOUND,
1 ’ Sntunlny !«»!, I»y one of my childran, near
P; Patrick A Co’s corner, a POCKET
I ;'K. winch (lie owner can have by describing aud
Icjlbli advertisement.
lil? Id H5 It DAVID PHICKETT.
Town Lots tor Sale.
IM. be sold at Americas, the public site In
.... >«e comity of Sointer, on the IU1I1 day of
, *"b No. I AH, in the 27lh district of o-
X late mnv Huinivr county, the I'renl and a
r "I back lots, to the highest bidder.—Terms
2r*'"iwn on (be day.
'••ibisIloH is equalled Imt by few in the State,
.v 1 ff."* r 'cn, baallliy country, well water-
i., 11 h " w * furtli large iiiduccuicnU to the enter.
"* c«mmiiiity.
*>• SMITH.
8>M!3T UNGBLOOD> „ '• •
I JAC K so.C.mm.moaers.
, W. U MIMS.
? 1 ' '* 'fr
^51®^’°"’ order of Iba Honorable Info-
°f H miioii rouut\‘ when sitting
ti, i„ y I'I'fpos... will be sold in i be first Tucs-
Pwrv f' 1 .*' nB1 ** "* 'h" court house In the town
• Mtjreeii the usiuil hours of sate,
*aa4* No. 15, J
a,117“ "f Houston county, well improved,
|| i,„, ’ , °f fresh elunred land, a Romi
a of n* • ? _ r •"* benefit of the h*lrs *nd ere-
I by. Cftsrfir. Sou. duceajod. Terms on
bth,| M , ox Ihe day followmg,
s "f OI«rk, in the fifth dls-
•Coii'L p ° n *;>»nly. will he sold n good forty
.*'■h-.H.ia?I’limslterand Running Georto
ksf man h «befit ef the heirs end credi.
|by. Clerk, Sen. deceased Terms on
l SM&H CLkHK. Kx'rt
Jhi^j,,, J'ldHUA PA CITS HALL, Ex'or
County^
" |„,,:' 8 ,I* a >t" n II. White nppllrstome for
S3»- on the citatu of J«*
to oUt and admonish all tnidtia-
' ’-*1 na’nJ. ‘J’*' 1 "'dAhirs 0/ inidikreiuedperson,
A c,m y ojjiet, vn'Min Me fine frnrnhei
amf Ihty hem. v*3 leadhUtrt
IfJJ QjvJ*'
JifJliv t»JI "ad seal at oCioe, this29th
*M3K. JOHN JI COKU.c. c.o.
Soat Slews.
AI1RIVKD,
| Boat Macon, with groceries, Day & Butts, ore-
In.
I Boat Carrol, with groceries, Lamar owner.
[Boat Polauder, with groceries, I. B. Rowland
Isoer.
IBnt Telfair, of Darien, P. R. Yonge & Sons
■run,
IBoat Augusta, Lamar owner.
DEPARTED.
iBoitTelfair, P. R. Yonge & Sons owners.
n . Sttarriei,
On tho ovoning of the 4th alt., by Gregory J.
fcawr, Esq., Major George R. Hunter, of Bowel
|(ii. C.,) to Mis* t/.i'v ,ihtl,-r, of Vausvillc,
pnorJ county: all of this State.
_ ~»icdi = “
Prematurely, in Macon, at nightfall on Sunday
ft. Mr. Hci/mnn M. Marks, a native of Jellcrson
Holy, Ga. in his twenty-second year. He was
I profession a priulcr. in which he’ was uuequall-
I hy any person ever raised in the State. In
M. ho was nhovu mediocrity; in nltucliuiciits,
Heat and sincere; aitrf in disposition, light, cheer*
l aml joyoiu—while his countenance hid n 1
Jt-ioj uni witchery thit was wont to seizo tho
jtrtao l hold it’in bondage. A venerable moth-
I wter a lid several lirotlicrs survive him.
v , . Saicctiou.
1 A election will bo hold nt tho Court house in
l the town of Macon, on the first Saturday in
p)'next, for a Justice of tho luferior Court for
k eoiiuty of Bibb, to serve in place of C. Wil-
resigued. By order of the court.
L*Ml. HO M. SIMMONS, u. 1. c.
SlieriiFSales.
IVfc !£ ld n n llle , fir,t T“«d*y in j ULY neit,
— 7.°'*. fh® Conrt bouse in Mscon, Bibb coun-
Uie usual hours of sule,
. n /'. Re ®J ,a, > khown by the name of Naviga*
iofiTfl on? P?5* I ,he of TAoma. Ftrkherio
FI F» ifcucd Iroin Telfair Superior Court
-. f ‘ llfof Nottou fir Full.r vs t'letchrr& Fitziis,.
mons—properly |x,luted out by K. D. Tracey, Esq.
Sixty acre* of Laud, more nr less, and im*
provements whofen Lavini. Hawkio. formerly liv-
ed, Sdj,lining the Inrid of I homns M. Ellis and the
JrTuhJrii*'* £ n / d .** Mcvied 0,1 •* ,1| ’ ! l* ru l*erty of
t h u .rZ»lT ,, ,! e b'd-toeatisfy n Fi FalMucd from
pT'iT i 1,1 f nv or of Bakor, W.llmou .V
by C J Mffld7.iab f L'r.7oZr y J “'
OttB lot of Alills and the Land attached
thereunto, Containing 300 nercs more or Inn, known
as Groce s Sniv Mills—levied mi ns-the property of
£0/01/1 on DrorrtosalWV sundry Fi Fas issued from I lie
superior and Inferior Courts oi Bibb county in favor
of Lewis Justice, S. M. Ingersoll and others vs said
Orocc. •
Jone 1,1838. H. H. HOWARD, Sheri?.
Suits Sheriff Sales.
W ILL lie sold on the first Tuesday in JULY
nest, before the court house in the tow n of
•tackiori; Bull* county, within tliu usual hours of sale,
* njcuon 26, in die fourth district of o-
ugiHHlIy Moirroo now B.itu county, well improved
lor • tHvern. d:c.—levied on r* the pron.-rtv of Joel
ISulti/to satisfy sundry Fi Faa issued Iroin 6utt» Su
perior Court in favor, ol the officers ot said court vs
Joh| Biiley—property pointed out by Aleli^ liobin-
soil. ' *
Tite cast half uf Lot No. 16, in tho fourth
district formerly .Monroe now Butts comity—levied
011 ns the property of Joel Haley to satisfy sundry Fi
Fas issued from n Justice's Court in said county, in
I'uvurof Francis Douglass vs Joel Daley—levied 011
and returned to me by a constable.
101 1-4 acies uf Land, more or less, it be
ing the south half of Lot No. 51, in the Cist district
originally llcnry now Butts comity—levied on ns Hie
property of George II'. Lottery, to sstisfy three Fi
Fas issued from a Justice's Court in said county, two
in favor of Lawrence Gabagan, und one in favor of
Ermine Case vs said Lowery—levied on and returned
to me by n c.instable —Tills property is improved for
farming with a dwelling bouse, &e.
The west In,If of Lot No. 1(5, in the fourth
district originally Monroe now Butts coiiulv—levied
on as the property of Joel Raley to satisfy a’Fi Fa is
sued from Butts Superior court, in favor of Jonathan
Jewell vs Joel Ualey, 11. HATELY.
May 80, Jd8H 22 SherJT.
POSTPONED SALE.
Also, will be sold ns above,
One negiii woman named M 11 v, about 23
years old, Sary a woman about IH years old. Ste
phen a h>,yah,mt 4 years nlil, mid Leroy a hoy about
IH months old—all levied nil at ihe properly of A. Li
llobinsnu In satisfy three Fi Fat issued from Butts Su
perior Court in favor of II. \\ . Sc,,veil and Oliver II.
Hall and ntliers vs John Robinson and A. L, Robin
son—properly pointed out by defen tent
May 31), 1832 II. HATEI.Y, Sheri?.
I£ouroo Sheriff Sales.
W ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in IL’I.Y
nest, before the court bouse in Forsyth,
Monroe county, between the usual hours ufsnle,
101 1-4 acres nf l.nml, lieini! ihe sou Invest
half nf l.ol No. 151, in the sitlh district of Monroe
county—levied on as the preperty of James II. Smith
In satisfy sundry small Fi Fas issued from a Justice's
Court in favor of Wilt C. Jones, Henry IJ. Lumpkin,
Van Wagenen, nod others vs said Smiill—levy jnude
and returned by n constable.
180 arms of Land, belli? parts of Lots Nos.
IM and 131 in the siitb district of Monroe county,
whereon Adam Tapley now lives—levied on n« the
property of Jared Tapley to satisfy sundry small Fi
Fas in favor of George Whilton vs said Tapley—levy
made by a constable.
Two Neemes, to wit; Tonev a hoy Ptfbt
years old and Clsrinda a girl ten vears old. li'so the
lease of Robert Allen on one Lot of I and in the fourth
district of Monroe county, whereon Robert Allen now
lives—all levied on as the property of said Alien to
satisfy sundry small Fi Fas in fnvnrnf Wilkins limit
vs siid Allen—levy made and returned by a constable.
One Hdusk mid Lot in the town of Cull„-
dcnwille. whereon Junerson A. Bairn now lives—te.
vied on as his property to satisfy sundry smnll Fi Fas
in favor ol F. J Brown vs said Bayn—levy made and
returned in me by a constable.
Oiip Rond tyueson, ntm Cmt, one Yoke of
risen, nncf'nwand C"lf. and one Grind Stone—nil
levied on nstheproperty of Jared Tuple.yto satisfy a
Fi Fa in favor of l„ Atkinson'vs said Tapley..
100 or mi ,,f La ml, bi'ine purl ill Lm, No.
not known, whereon Misses Buckner now live, ad
joining Shelby and others, in tho eleventh district nf
Monroe county—levied on a* the property ol ll’ilty
J Harris to satisfy a Ft Fa ill favor of Ishain S. Rai-
nev vs said Harris.
June 1, 1832 A. COCHRAN, Sheri?.
Also, will be sold as above,
One no?r« woman by ilm lump* of Mary,
25 vears of ace—levied on as the property nf William
Merit to satisfy sundry Fi Fas Issued from a Justice's
Court in favor of L 1* Gilffin, properly sold for Ihe
use of Alfred Brooks—lew made hvn constable.
June 1, 1832 • JOHN REDDING, Pep. Sheri?.
XXcnry Sheriff Sales.
W ILL he sold on llte first Tuesday in JULY nest,
before the court house in Mncdnnough, Hen.
ry county between Ihe usual hours ol sale,
Lm nf Land, No. 79, in the second district
of Henry comity, and 150 acres being a part of Lot
Ml. 60, in said district, also the following negroes:
Isaac a man, Jehu n boy, Romo a boy, Polly, Eliza
and Marimba women. Maria a girl, and two smnll
children whose names me not known, also about for
ty head of lings, and lliirly five head of Cattle, and
two Horses—all levied on as the properly of James
II. mid David .fo/mion, to satisly a Fi Fu issued from
the Superior Court of Henry enmity ill favor of Kim-
herlv St Chisholm—property psduted out by the plain
tiffs'' attorney. ,
One half nf Lot of Land, No. 21, in the
third district of Henrv county, whereon James Rice
now lives—levied on as his property, to satisfy sun-
dry Fi Fas issued from a Justice’s court iu favor of
Johnson & Nall and otbe/s.
Oik* House »i:tl Lot in ihe town of Mnrdon*
nugli, whereon Abner F. Upchurch now lives—ievj-
Pil on nn il»e |iropcrty of Atigut GilIU to MtiMy i Fi.
Fn Issued from n Justice’s Court io favor of Ihoinas
Evans—the two last levies made aud returned to me
by a constable. ..... »
Loi o' - Land N«. 54, in tho sixth district <>r
said county (nr if thera should lie a mistake in the
number) the lot whereon Aaron Pate now lives—lev
ied on as his properly to satisfy an execution issued
from a Justice’s Court in favor of Francis A. lluson
—levy niadr and returned to b) - *
May as. 183*2. TH03. J. JOHNSON, Sheriff.
Also, will be sold as akcre,
Tho west half of Lot No. 209, in 'Ho second
district of Henry county, one yoke of Oxen 5 or 6
years old. one seventy gallon StlllAvlth Cnprind
Worm—levied on as <he property of Daniil hi Jack-
son to satisfy a Fi Fa issued from Hull* 8uperior
Court in favor of Abel L. Robinson vs tqjd Jackson,
for the use of Pleasant Clay—property potuted out
l,y Lot 256. in the eleventh di'lrici of Mid
connty—levied on os Ihe property »( William B Par
ker la satisfy a Fi Fa i*suad frrttn Henry Superior
Court in favor of Welbrnmn Weldon for the uj« olJe-
remlah Sailers vs said Parker. JAMES LOV E.
May 28, 1832. Dtp. She iff
CAUTION. ^ r
t FOREWARN nil persons imm trading fom eer-
tnin NOTE OF HAND given by ;ne to Stephen
D. Crane nr bearer, some time in Aprilor May, cis t
teen hundred and thirty-one. for Threo Hundred Dob
lars. due on or about the 25lh December last,»»the
consideration for which said note was glven hsx hub
Sr! ‘ ■■ '•“"■“'ISafiBs.'Sami?
HD » _
OCKET MAPS OP GEORGIA fefiale
nt this oflke. 108
P
W Campbell aitoriff iioloA,
I LL ha sold on the first Tuesday in July next,
before tbe court bouse In the town of . Camp-
Uwllton, Campbell county between tbe usual hotirs of
Two fractions, Nos. 113 nnd 133, in the
fourteenth district nf originally Fayette now Camp,
hell county—levied on ns tbe pruiierty of William
Blokes to satisfy n Fi Fa iu favor of Ransom Tbuuip*
son-property pointed out by tbe plainlitf.
Two Negraes, to tvit; a negro woman panted
Caroline, about 35 years old, aud a negro boy named
Dan about 7 years old—levied on as tbe property of
John Hirer to satisfy a Fi Fa In favor of Charles Col*
'.'."’vs said Kiser—property pointed out by James P.
1. Campbell plaintiff's attorney.
Ouo Lot of Land, No. not kmwn, in tlie
first district of originally Carroll now Campbell coun-
•y. Whereon the mills and dwelling house of John
Boyle now stand—levied on to satisly a Fi Fa iu fa
vor of William A. Hicks vs John Boyle.
Ad the. interest tint Isaac Uarmon has in
Lot, No. not known in Ihe fourteehth district of ori
ginally Fayette now Campbell county, in the posset
aion of M. Unwell and adjoining John It. Tucker—
properly pointed out by Jessee M. Brill, plaintiff's at*
torn.-y JAMEd GKJdHAM,
May 24,1832. Sheriff
Also, will be sold as above,
One Lot nf Land, No. 96, in tho fourteenth
district ol originally Fayette now Campbell county
—levied on as the properly of Jessee Ha-ris to satidy
a Fi Fa in favor nt John G. Roberts, administrator lif
J. D Nelson deceased, vs said llu-iis—property
pointed out by Daniel Stone,
OiinrLnt uf Laud, No. thirty*)wo, in those*
cond district of originally Carroll now Campbell
county—levied on to satisfy one execution in favor
of Garland Atasey vs Edward Weeks and Joel Raley,
merchants. Ac. B. KASI.Y,
_May 24, 1832. Drp Sheri?.
Slouston Sheriff Sales.
IvW * ,e 8old on l * ,u ,irsl 'Fnesdny in JULY nei(*
V V before ihe court bou^ednor in Perry, Hulls*
ton county, between the usulI hours of sale,
Ellirls, a negro mail supposed to bo 45 years
old—levied on ns the property of Anan Snell, to snlis-
fy * Fi Fa in favor of Amos Drown and sundry oilier
Fi Fas issuing from u justice’s court vs. said Aiiuu
Snell.
202 1-2 acres pint) Lind, No. 27, in tho o*
leventh district nf Houston county—levied on as flic
property of A’rii Culberlh, to satisfy a Fi Fa in favor
of S J. Bryan If Brothers—property pointed uul by
II. Cniiyits.
202 i-2 acres of Land known ns No. 19. in
in tbe fourteenth district of Houston countv—leiied
on a» the property of William Drier to satisfy * Fi
Fa in favor of George Tateu—levy made by a con
stable.
3 1-2 acres nf pine Land with n small im
provement thereon, it being part of l,ol No. 80. in the
fifth district of Houston comity, in the north west cor-
ner of the crsI half of said lot, adjoining Benjamin
Bowers—levied on as the property of William Clines
to satisfy a Fi Fa in favorof Butts. Gartreli A Co.—
levy made and returned by a constable.
All Daniel IV. Mann's interest in one half
line l.nt improved, in the town af Perry, whereon Da
vid W. Mhiio now lives—levied on as his properly to
satisfy two Fi Fas in lavor nf Ellis, Shotwell & Go.
va said Mann and Edward W. Welch—levied on and
returned by a constable. ISAIAH CHAIN,
Mnv 30. I83», Sheriff.
To tlie Citizens of Sibb County a
F ELLOW CITIZENS—We have to beg
your indulgence, for appearing before you
in the public gazettes, in defence ol our official
conduct, but us we have been brought before you
in a character we do not like to sustain, (being
charged by the Grand Jury iu their presentments,
at the Inst term of Bibb Superior Court, with cor
ruption or ignorance,) we feel that you will hear
with its while wo eudeavor to show you from
what motive we have becu governed, and under
whose instructions ivo have acted. And first, we
have always beeu governed in nil of our public
acts, with an eye single to the good of the coun
ty, believing that it was for that object aluue we
wero placed in office. The Grnud Jury say iu
addition to other mutters of a public nature, they
feel bound to notice the conduct of the luferior
Court, iu the disposition of the jail property, that
they (die inferior Court,) have made a contract
with one Jerry Cowles, iu which they have given
the said Cow les, an opportunity of making one
thousand dofiars on the bargain—now w'e-nro ui
issue with the Grand Jury with all their boasted
wisdom nnd knowledge in public matters. We
ran prove to them from matters of fact, thnt tve
have notswiudled the comity out of one cent, or
if not to them, to those who arc of as good under
standing. M e are backed iu this assertion, hy n
Grand Jury of as much intelligence as the one
who presented us as a common nuisance. First,
the court was of the opiuiou, that tho lot on which
the jail then stood, from the value of other lots in
that part of towu, would not sell for c uougb toeover
the expense of removing and rebuilding; we hud tbe
opinion of Mr it. K. Evans, the workman who built
the jail, (which youenu see below) what the proha-
hie cost would be nnd from his upiniou and the price
which Ellis & Shotwell were offering the comer
lot on which the U. S. llnnk stands, nnd for what
they even sold it after tho jail was removed,
($1090) warrants us in the belief that wo could
not have made any other arrangement without
ruuniug the county to an additional expeuso.—
And tlie court always refused to have any thing
to do with it; knowiug the county was he.
hind already with her contracts. From tho re
commendation of the Graud Jury, February term
1831, and through tho petition of tho most re
spectable part of the citizens of tbe town of Mn-
cou, as woll as some from the coun,ry, the court
was induced to adopt the course it did finally pur
sue. \Vo now publish both the recommenda
tion, tbe ono instructing ns, and the otliei con
demning us for purauiug this instruction, and the
petition with tbo names of the men who com
posed the Jury, believing that they are men t\ho
are entitled to as much respect us thosothets—to
show you that this Grand Jury believed fes the
court olid with regnrd to (tie price of the lot'cm
which the jail then stood, we give you their own
language iu which they say: "but if, ns has beeu
suggested to us. the expenses of tho remov.il and
rebuilding of the jail cau be paid from the sale
of tbe lot on which the jail now stands, together
with the subscriptions of individuals, forthat pur
pose, we most decidedly recommend the court to
adopt that course." Now if you will look over
the unmes of these men, you will agree w ith us
that they are men who ought to know the value
of town property, aud that they were of the opin
ion nt we have before stated, that the lot was uot
worth the expense of moving and rebuilding tho
jail; this we iufor from their mentioning iu their
recommendation in connection with tbe sale of
the lot, the subscriptions of private individuals.
When you look over tbe names of tho subscri
bers to the petition below, you will bo astonished
to Cud the names of some of the most intelligent
individuals who composed the Graud Jury wbo
have presented the court subscribed-lo both pre
sentments. Now wbat aro we to understand
from tfiis. we have no aceouut.tbat they dissent
ed from tho body—were they determined to lead
us into a difficulty and then turn around nud ex
pose ui? or have they somo other object to nc
romplish? We leave you fellow citizeus to put
your own construction upon such on inconsistent
We are likewise called upon in a very com
manding tone, to take notice of tho Imd repair of
tbe jail: they say. “wo have also examined the
county jail, and find it in a very uasafo condition,
and would therefore reoommeud and particularly
enjoin it op the Inferior court, that they take tbo
samo under their specIoZcaro, and have it so ro-
pair^i4ada»eu<ioij^*M)0'j^ »ay beeae*
ldoJ to1tt:ep all ilmse committed to his ctire."— J
Wo have no comment to make oh this part of tho
presentments, mid will ouly refer you to the cer-
tifif ato of tho jailor below, and leave you to draw
your own conclusion—the jail stands for the in
spection of all who wish to examine for them
selves.
Wo are truly sorry thnt wo are thus driven to
the necessity of appearing before you, iu vindica
tion of tho purity of our official characters; we
have served tho county iu good-faith, for uouglit
hut abuse; and w e do believe that if wc have been
able to sot before you the facts iu such a mnnuer
ns you can understand them, you auwt ho con
vinced that wo acted as we should nave done—
notwithstanding, wo stand thus charged hy so re
spectable a body as the Graud Jury of the county
should he.
SAMUEL D. HUNTER,
CHARLES WILLIAMSON,
ANDERSON 1IICE,
Macon, May 17, 1832.
Gentlemen—-Some time previous to tho re
moval of tho jail, I was called upon hy Air. J.
Shotwell, aud probably by some other geutlemnn,
to know for what amount 1 would agree to re
move the building and erect it on somo other lot
in good order—knowing it to he a difficult job,
nnd in all probability n largo proportion of the
timbers decayed, 1 think I stated to them that I
would aot agree to take the contract for loss than
$1,000.
Your’s respectfully,
R. K. EVANS,
To the Justices of the Inferior Court
county.*
"Tho removal of tho jail is a subject that has
beoti brought before us; bat ns wo have found it
uccessary to recomineud the luferior court, to le
vy an extra tax to tho extent of tho law, to relieve
the county from its present engagements, wc can
not recommend tho court to appropriate any
thing for that purpose; but if as has been suggest
ed to us, the expenses of the removal and re
building of tho jail can be paid from tho sale of
the lots, on which the jail now stands, together
with the snbscriptious of individuals forthat pur
pose, wo should most decidedly recomineud the
court to adopt that course."
Bible Superior Court, February term, 1831.
WM. B. ROGERS. Foreman.
Asa Earnest,
Joshua Jordan,
Etcnzer M-Cnll,
Henry S. Glitter,
Arnold Johnson,
JI. O. Howard,
John Coriiitt,
|Robert S. Patton,
riolotnou Groce,
George Dyas.
stead— thereby /•n-.'VTnig ftevnlo •rert’a'ttftaHsr-
tial building, which (in accordance with a parted
tho Preseuimeuii on which they have comment
ed) would enable tbo jailor to keep safe all those
committed to bis care? But they did this not.
On the coutrary. iu tiio language of the Present
ment, limy made a contract, (iu the highways ami
live ways Of the county.) which was actually com
pleted iu tho couutiug room of ono of tho Mer
chants of tho towu of Alacon, aud occupied hy him
tv ho whs to receive tho heuefit of tho contract and
hy which lie has realised ono thousaud dollars,
linn these said intelligent Justices plead that they
were ignorant of the common proceedings in mat
ters of this kind? Do they not know that their
actings and doings in this behalf were illegal? Do
they not kuow that to make tho contract valid,
there should have been a majority of the couit
present who coincided with them, and that it
should have been done in Chambers (if not at a re
gular term of the court) when the clerk of their
said Court should have been present to enter on
the minutes all .heir proceedings? But this was
not the case. The clerk was uot with them.
Therefore I leave you to judge of its legality.
In pursuance of the object which has induced
mo to anpoar before you, I will firstnotice the re
marks they have made ou the rccoinmeudationbf
a former Graud Jury at February term 1831; by
which they undertake to palliate the offence com
mitted against your rights by stntiug that tho re
commendation of this Grnud Jury was tbocauso
of their makiug the contract they did. Do you
aupposo that this Grand Jury iiiteuded,*b'y'thcrr
p*-—-*■- ' county.
r '"eeumrttcudatioii, that tbe property of tho
of Bin lie bartered away iu tho manner in
John Baity.
Thos. G. Rates,
Audcrson Rice,
Robert Birdsong,
George 15. Wardlaw,.
.A. P. Patrick,
Francis H. Godfrey,
Joseph Willett,
Robert Collins,
John s?. Childers,
Elisha Davis.
To the Honorable- the Justices of the Inferior
Court far Bibb County.
Your petitioners would suggest io you the loca
lity of tbe common Jail of the county as a nut-
sauce, nud respectfully request of you, to exercise
the power given you by the laws, nnd cause its
removal. While this would he agreeable to the
wishes of a large portion of our citizeus, uo injury,
hut rather a heuefit would result from your grout
ing our request. Tjio jail should be situated in
tbe viciuity of the court house, nnd remote from
the scenes of social life, not iu the heart of n po
pulous town, where the health, comfort and con
venience of your citizen* are destroyed by its
neighborhood, and the most dcsirablo object of
imprisonment, seclusirn, is ln*t.
The common jail of the county is now in apart
of the town of Alacon which u- daily improving
and which lias been selected by ourotizeus prin
cipally as the site of their private residences. It
would he unnecessary to state the miseries arising
from tlie neighborhood of a jail situated in the
midst of a large tow n, nud a part of the town so
susceptible of improvement ns that iu which tho
jail is now situated. Duly iuduencid by such
considerations, the Grand Jury of the comity nt
tho Inst March term, recommended the removal
of the jail, provided it would be done frec'of ex
pense to the comity. It is proposed to remove the
budding at u convenient dittnuce from the court
house apart from any private resilience, without pul
ling the county to aiiy expense. The undersigned
constitute a large portion of the citizens of Macou.
whoso interest in the prosperity of the town, ami
the health and comfort of themselves audxfarnily,
have inllucuced them iu petitioning your llouors
upon this subject.
J. A. Blanton
Scott Cray
E. C. Rcddington
James A. Stoddard
John llolzendorf
A. P. Pntriek
W. B. Cone
1.15. Rowland
Henry G. Lamar
S. Rose
Melrose & Kidd
George Jewett
M. Chisolm
George Wood
Charles Day
William Scott
James R. Butts
Charles J. M'Douald
James S. Weeks
Jehu 8. Childers
Wiley, Baxter & Fort James Rea
Cotton & Harrison
T. L. & J. P. Smith
Wm. Williams
Wm. K. Rogers
Ellis, Shotwell & Co.
Hailey Goddard
I. ovi Ecklcy
II. Blair
Isaac G. Seymour
Nathaniel Bells
Carleton B. Cole
E. D. Tracy
D. B. Butler
R. L. Mott
Nathan C. Monroe
Cyrus W. Cottou, Jr.
Cyrus Cottou
II. U. Howard
li. Turner
Robt. Collins
M. R. Wallis
M. D. J. Slade
John D. Pitts
li. H. Reed
Tarpley Holt
Macon, May IB, 1832.
I do certify, In my place, that the Jail in Bibti
county is in good repair for the safe keeping of
priioners, nud that fswns tho keeper of tho Jail
previous to its removal, nud th.*t it is now iu as
good repair as it was previous to it* remoVnl—
with tho addition of another room for tho separa
tion of moles end female’s.
BEVERLY REW, Jailor.
To tho Citizens of Sibb County.
I N the last Georgia Messenger nnd Gtorgia Ad-
txrtistr, I have noticed that threo of the Jus
tices of tho Inferior court (who would be judges)
have addressed youiDviudieatiouoftheircoiiduct,
in relation to the disposition they have made of
the Jail property of your county—tho samo beiug
intended as n replication to that part of the Pre
sentments of the lust Grand Jury by whom their
conduct was censured.
Thoy suite, iu the first, "we have always been
goverued, iu all of our public acts, with an eye
single to tbe good of tho county." I will not pro-
teud to deny that they may have nctod from the
host of motives. But cau yon believe othe^gise
thou that they, for a want of foresight and a pro
per discretion, (which thoy ns inldiigent Justices
should possess,) have bartered away your proper
ty for almost a song? Cau you believe, for a uo-
meut, that the Jail is properly located? Have
you any reason to tliiuk that tbe removal has
been any advautucc, so far os to relievo you from
future uwntion? But tbe reverse. Will you not,
from the knowledge you bavo of its present con
dition, be compelled, in a few years, to pnv an
extra,! ix to build a ucw Jail? Why did not these
three intelligent luztku, (being knowing ones,)
if the were determined ou tbe removal, purchaso
a lot iu a healthy panel tbo Town, on which to
Iraild a new Jail, and let the contract out (esii
thq custom) to they lowest bidder and tell the old
Mil wgother with the Ms os which it origjsolly
^■^■■Imnnueriir’tshifiSi'l
it has Been? Would yon iiot rather believe that*
they intended only’to recommend to tbo Inferior
I Court the propriefv of a removal, provided tho
county would uot lie loser thereby, and that the
court, whom they conceived to ho always compo
sed of men of intelligence, would exercise a pro
per discretion as to tho expediency of removing
the old Jail, (hy contract to the lowest bidder,) or
to build a ueiv one by a similar.process?—which
would be iu a healthy part of the town nnd remote
Irom business (for tve have many such) or the pri
vate residences of any of the citizeus. That they
wished the county swindled out of n thousand,
dollars I do not believe, and am conscious you
will uot. Aud these three ini lligent Justices have
also dwelt considerably on the petitiqn of sundry
citizens of the county, residents both ol the towu
and county, in tlhich they state, that when you
took over the names of subscribers to this petition,
th it yon wilt be astonished to find the names of
some of the most intelligent individuals wbo com
posed the Grand Jury who presented tho court,
subscribed to both presentments. Thus far they
may have stated the truth, but (enpetssan) I would
state, tint I have heard several of tho siguers of
the petition, for tho removal of the Jail state, that
they were deceived at the time they gave their-
signatures—that their impression was, that the
comity would lie fairly dealt by—that, relying on
the judgment of die court, (whom they conceived
to he men of prudence aud discretion) th jy did
give their assent, calculating that tho said court
would purchaso a lot. and let out the removal or
building ofa uew Jail agreeable to common usage,
—all of which you know wns not done.
In tho next place, thoy present to you the cer
tificate of R. K. Evans, who states, that, knowing
it to lie a difficult juli, and in all probability a
large portion of tho timbers were decayed, that
he would not take the coutract for less than $ 1600.
But 1 would ask who mndo this applieutiou to
him?—was it those very,intelligent Justices? No:
it was uot. And who is Air. R. K. Evans? You
know that ho is a mechanic, and loves mouey as
well as the most of us, and would ns soon make a
thousand dollars out of tlie couuty as from a pri
vate individual, and you also aro aware that ho
first built tho jail and received fur tho samo near
Loulile its worth.
■ And, again: the) appear to bo considerably cut
at that part nf the l'rcseutincnts whore they are
required to take the Jail under their special core,
anil see that it is kept in good repair; nnd hy way
of proving to you that it is in that condition, they
present you witlrUie certificate of the Jailor, w ho,
Ins'hcrsnys, certifies, m-his. place, that the Jail of
Iiihb county is in good repair fur tho safe keeping
of prisoners. - As far ns my information goes, ilia
same Jailor wns the chubo Of a committee of tho
Graud. Jury being appointed to examine, tho Jail,
ns he stated to several of tbo body aud to many
others citizens of tho county that it wns wholly
unsafe, nml,'from what he knew to bo tho under
standing, it wns not completed ngreeablo to con
tract. Ami why, after muking them statements,
he should give such n certificate is more than I
can comprehend. For the truth of the’ foregoing
I refer you to the persons above mentioned.
I have gono through with the testhnouy produ
ced by those three intelligent Justices, nud in con
clusion would remark, that, ns tar ns I nm capa
ble of judging, they bavo committed an error; they
have wronged you; nnd, like a drowning man,
they aro catching at straws. They very well
knoiv, that agreeable tu all the established usa
ges of uinking either Ftnto or county contmets,
they have committed themselves,' and, fearful of
the just indignation of the peoplo of the couuty,
they have como forward with their flimsy testi
mony by way ofjustification.aud have undertaken
to villify and abuse the last Grand Jury of your
county. Aud for what? Morely bccauso they,
in their official capacity, ns the guRrdiaus of your
rights, have thought proper to present nhother
branch, to whom you had delegated power, for
having abused the trust reposed in them. I do
not pretcud to say, thnt these three Justices are
not very intelligent, neither would I contend that
the Grand Jury w as overbnrthened or had more
sense than the whole rouuty should possess, but I
am comjietlcd to believe thnt there was ns much
lalout on that Jury ns those Justices should be iu
possession of, although they bavo thought prop;r
to stute that the Presentment* have crime from a
body which wns r.ot what it should have been.
Those honorable Justices tre entitled to my
thanks for tbo compliment paid the Grand Jury
of their county, w ith my earnest desire tlmt here
after, when they undertake to make a ccutraci fi r
tboae who hnve giveu thorn powor, that they w ill
look before they leap.
ONE OF THE JURY.
& Card. *
T HE underslguod, members of tho last Grand
Jury for the lounty of l!ihb, having receiv
ed tbe special notice of the three Ju m cs of ths
luferior Court, iu thatpnrt of their lata address
to tho public, referring to those individuals whoso
unmes aro subscribed noth to the petition ol tho
citizens for the removal of tbo Jail, nud the Pre
sentments against thnt measure, beg leave to state
hy way of explanation, that each of the under
signed (having subscribed to the petition referred
to at different times aud in bi.Tuvm pieces) under
stood, end it was so stated to tbuhi, that the ex-
K nto of removal of the Jail was to he defrayed
| private contributions of individuals immediate
ly utercsted in the removnl of tbo same, nor did
eitherof tbe undersigned at (ho tiara of subscribing
said potition understand that the lots where tho
Jail stood was to be given for that object.
It will onlv he necessary to refer tho render to
tho petition itself, appended to tho publication of
tho justices, by which it will be seen in tho svoids
cf :!:.* pctiiinurrs, "it is propos'd to remora ths
building, ffC., without putting the county to any
«feiue," tiot one word being said about tho h/te
being givens* acompepiaiion for the reotovaL
■ 8C0TT CRAY.
NATHAN C. MUNZxOE.
Macon, Job* ], 100i-