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whichfHch defaulting commissioner nniy reside, shall nevertheless bear and pay their pro 'portional share of the expense in etn red on account of opening anil laying off and kee|>ii)g open said main channel as aforesaid. Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted , That James G. Stallings, of the coun ty of Columbia, JutnesJennings,Esq. of the county of Lincoln, Powhatan B. Tbunnan, Esq. of the county of Wilkes, Allred Hammond, Esq. of the county of Elbert, and Bebjamin H. Warren, of the county of Rich mond, he, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners of the Sa vannah liver, with full power and authority to carry into’eilect the pro visions ofthis act, any law to tbe_£ftc trary notwithstanding. And should it so happen tJjac either of the per sons herein named as commisson 6rs should fail or refuse to serve, it shall he the duty of the Inferior cfkirt of the county, where such vu-j cancy may happen, to appoint some fit anil proper person to fill such va cancy; and that all laws or parts of laws militating against this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. WARREN joURDAN Speaker of the Hotat? of Representative*. THOMAS STOCKS, I'resident of the Senate. Assented to, Dec. 22, 1829. GEORGE R GILVIKR Gov^o.or. From the Neio Ytttk Courier Sf Enquirer. , SUNDAY MAILS. A plan is organized and matured for an unholy Union ofChurch aqci State. The attempt to stop the mails is merely the first breaking of ground YowntJd* the accomplishment of n scheme, which WoulU fill this happy country with discords am’ ri valries, and virulence and strifes, that would end fri disunion to the States, and destruction to the Constitution. The Editor of the Daily Advertiser effects to discredit the fact, that a “Christian par ity in politics” is-fortiling, or even thought of.— TVlieu the Jesuits commenced a career, that even tually filled Christendom wtih feuds, blood and civil wars, they were equally modest—equally ti mid—equally cautious in their first movements. We beg the editor of the Daily Advertiser to read the following extracts from a sermon preached on the 4th of July, 1827, in the Seventh Presbyte. ftan Church in Philadelphia. •‘1 propose, fellow citizens, anew sort of union, nr, if you please, a Christian parly iu politics , which 1 am exceedingly desirous ail good men hi Our country should join; not by subscribing a Constitution and the formation of anew society, but by adopting, avowing, and determining to act Upon truly religious principles in all civil matters. . f aua awartfthat the true Christians of our coun * try are divided into many difierentdenominations; it-ho have alus ! too many points of jealousy and ’ collision; still a union to a very great extent and tbi the most valuable purposes is not impractica ble. ‘‘The Presbyterians alone could bring half a • i million of electors into the field, in opposition to a , tky known advocate t>f DeUin 4 8oeiuiauism, or any t species of avowed hostility to the truth of Chris* .Sanity., * It will be objected that my plan of a truly Christian party in politics will make hypocrites. not answerable Air their hypocrisy if it does. There is no natural tendency in the scheme to make men deceivers. “Let us elect men w ho dare to acknowledge the Cord Jesus Christ for their Lord in their public documents. Which of our Presidents has ever done this? It would pick no infidel’s pocket, and £reak. no Jew’s neck, if our President should be so •* singular as to let it be known that lie is a Chris tian by hi?* Message, and an advocate for the De ity of Christ by his personal preference of a Chris tian to a Socinian conventicle. It would be no flotation of our national constitution, if our mem bers of Congress should quit reading of newspa pers and writing letters on the Lord’s day at feast during public worship, in the Hall of Repre sentatives.” If it were necessary, we have abundant other evidence, shewing the extent of the “scheme,” the means relied upon for its accomplish ment. That themovcm .Mit in relation to the Sun day mails is a braiudt of the same plan, there is every reason to believe. The same spit it from w hich it originated can march onward without fal tering to the ultimate goal, if no impediments are; found in the way. But the free souls and honest licat !s, of the great mass of the people are the Iparricrs that no clerical ambition cud ever over-’ leap In mi age of darkness it might succeed— tint in the present. Entertaining however the utmost charity for the editor of the Daily Advertiser, and feeiingex fretnely desirable that he should oat dumber any ’ longer in ignorance, we ask trim knows aßny ikingafthe Rev. M. Witner a •and influential , if not discreet Presbyterian Cler >yiaau of Ithaca in this state? afid whether he lias ever heard that this gentleman in his capicitv i m travelling agent of the General Sunday School Society at a public meeting at Utica, did not ‘ftd vhat ir was time for the Church (meaning of dourso his own) toussert her rights, to make her toice heard at the polls —and that ‘ was the dntv of Christians thus to advocate the rigUsi of the Church e*ew unto blood/ A a account whs given +f his speech in a pamphlet ascribed to a highly jfeSpectahie Presbyterian gentleman at Utica— ind very great excitement was the consequence *jDf the sentiments avow ed by Mr. YVi*ner. Further, we ask the Secretary whether he does pot know that the measures relative to Sundav mails, k.c. &,c. Irene patronized by if they did not originate in Presbyterian synods, presbyteries & Sessions? And then wc ask him whether if this is ■not* Christian party in politics, it is not something Jike n Presbyterian ? We know however that ju dicious Presbvteaiaos are as much opposed to this policy as we are. Piety requires it not—mo rality requires H not — religion re quires it not, The free people of this country, ItlAve too sidccre a regard for the purity and pri fwey of religion ever to submit to the dictation of tJjur new species of moderra Jesuists. TO THE PUBLIC. The Committee for protecting the fights of conscience, and who pre sented the address which was adop ted by the general meeting of citi zens at Tammany Hall on the 28th of December last, have noticed in the Journal of Commerce, dated the Jl.th January, inst. a communica tion signed by Richard Varick, Esq. and others. This communication •States that the address -represents, that of the 6236 names attached to the memorial to Congress from this city, toprevent the transportation of the Mail, Ac. only 3013 can be found on the City Diiectory; &, that these Gentlemen, acting us a Com mittee, have caused an examination to be made, the result of which is, that “upwards of 1200 names on the memorial have .been found in the directory, in addition to those ad mitted to he there in the address.” In reply to this, the committee have only to state, from any evidence which has yet been produced, they have no reason to doubt blit the state ment in the address is substanejany correct. For, in the Journal of Com merce_pf ;4m 1 2iit instant, where an account ofthis examination first ap pears, it is stated, that the 1200 names were found, notin the Direc tory for the year when the Memorial was signed, but in the two Directo ries, - one of which was published nearly a year after, hvni what these gentlemen state correct, that 1200 more of these names can be found in the Directory, yet after all two thousand, or one third of the petitioners, from the city of New York, cannot be found in the City Directory by their own public acknowledgement. We would fur ther add, in reply to these gentlemeu, that the list of names is passing a re examination, and ifany error has occured in our stnteim nt, we shall he able to detect it, and will embrace the earliest opportunity to make known the result, as we have no de sire to adopt any measures in perse cuting this good work; but such as are honest, fair, and honorable. The Committee have noticed the .foilwing remarks madebv the editor of the Journal of Commerce, in his paper of the 1 lth inst. “The allegation in respect to the children of Sunday Schools is of the same character with the other—only wider from the truth. We venture to say it is totally unfounded. If the gentlemen have ascertained facts on the subject, why not bring them for ward ? Is it because they will not bear the light ?” In compliance with the wish ofthe gentleman, we will at this time, give him one “ascertained fact,” which will show him and the public, whe ther “the allegation in respect to children of {Sunday Schools is un founded,” or not. It is then an “as eertained fact” that the Manorial teas carried into the Sunday School at the Rev. Mr. Mason's Church in Ce dar street , and a number o/Cikuhikn did actually sig,\ it. . The committee would give the name of the person who carried the Memorial into the Sunday School on Sunday, and also of several of the Children who signed it, but we pre fer not doing it, lest any of them should be exposed to the same mud ierant spirit, which has been mani fested towards another individual who refused to sign this Memoiiul, & of which the subjoined certificate exhibits a striking example: COPY. Ni.w York, Dec. IT, 1829. Two gentlemen called at my store 1 and requested that I would sign a pe tition for the purpose of stopping the Sunday Mails uud closing the Post offices on that da v :—I told them I was not assured of the propriety of such a measure, and did not wih to interfere in the question, but to leave | it to those who were more competent to judge of the matter. I was re peatedly asked if I was a religious man. After replying once, I tleclin ed giving any further answer on that subject, by saying such questions were inquisitorial reminded me of the Spanish Inquisition, I therefore should not answer them. Upon in, repeatedly asserting that 1 wished to remain neuter upon the question, I was answered—“ Those that are , not for us are against us, and if you do not sign the petition I shall report you to my brother* and his connec tions, and you shall have no more of our custom.” This they again re peated, adding that from this circum stance they could not conscientious ly deal with me. Thomas Holden, Merchant Tailor, corner of Willian st. and Exchange Place. Witness William Mounts. *N. B.—During the conversation he said lie was the Brother of Mr. Arthur Tappaij. By order of the Committee, Preserved Fish, Chairman. Andrew Garr, Secretary. N. B.—The publishers of news papers throughout the United St aUs are requested fa give the above an insertion, particularly those who have published the article from the Jour nal of commerce of the 11th inst. and th/Mdvertisemcnt of Richard Varick, Esq. and others above lefered to. iV. T. Courier & Enquirer. From the (iturgia Journal. You oftentimes ask, and it is as frequently rpjiqated, what shall we do to guard against the evils of hard times? The Answer is a plain one, and no loj s practical than plain: keep a!f your surplus money within the limits of your state, apply nonfei to purposes, in the execution of which the money will be forced to leave the State, and never make a contribution when you knots that the object of that contribution, is to pro mote an end in another State with the money iiere collected. \ r ou, no doubt, are ready to charge me with hostility to all benevolent institutions, and more particularly, to charge me with unprincipled selfishness in not sharing with, my neighbors, what Providence has liberally bestowed upon me. But, to such who would thu9 charge me, I make but one re ply; that “charity should always be gin at home.’’ Now, who can both act charitably, and preserve all our surplus money in circulation in our own State. It is (lie immense n mount of money annually drained from our State, and which never re turns, that occasions the embarras sing cry of hard times. Let me ask every citizen of Georgia, what pro portion oftin; number of his visitors, do the agents of Bible, Tract, Mis sionary, Literary, and many other kinds of societies, constitute? Tra vel where you may, andyou are sure to find someone of these agents stuck down in ‘ some village, draw ing the money from its citizens, like leeches sucking blood from the bo ,ly;, ‘l’lie amount drawn from each in dividual, is in most cases inconside rable; hut when placed in the g ---incite amounts to something con siderable. If you are disposed to net liberally, (and be who |K>ssesses the menus and does not do so, should he stript of what he has) when the agent of any Northern manufactur- ed society, applies again for a con tribution to some of his works of be- * nevolence, ‘consider what amount you cay eoiaWnieiiily subscribe, fore go the suiijPgralitication of having your nniiieqjuhJished in the report of the society, as a subscriber for so much, decline subscribing, and lay the money which you might have spared this agent iu your pocket Iwok, and then search out some object of charity in your own neighhoi hood, upon whom bestow your gift: You then will have done a charitable act j indeed. The object of your favours will perhaps pass this very money to some person in the some settlement around youtor the necessaries of life, and this pesran who receives it, may lie your debtor ; sb that out of your charity at first, you have been ena bled to rilieyie an individual in part ■ from emfciiiisnient, and to possess the same money, with which you first parted. Had this been given to the agent, you woo'd never have heat and of the money again. If you can find no individual objects of charity, give the money to tour county Academy:— these institutions are always sufii cientily embarrassed to need every dollar you can spare. My ad vice then is, that yon educate your sons at the University of your own State: keep vour daughters at home, that ; they may not* be runaway with the silly notions of Northern ladies ; do not subsetibc to building, or endow-; ingof any more colleges out of your State, or to the erection of any more churches, in wlueh you do not wor ship yourself; subscribe to no more Bible Societies, Tiact Missionary, or Sunday school societies, give n way not one cent which, is to go to Northern institutions, be they what they may: antj alove all, buy no move Yaugce notions. On the oth er hand, give what you can to the support of'the poor in yourown State; support your acadimies and college liberality; provide means for the sup- port of the diseased poor ; Establish Bible, Tract, Missionary, and Sun day School societies, in your own State, and supply them from your own presses. Pursue this course for ten years to come, and Georgia will he inferior to no State of the Union. —You will hear nothing more then, about hard times.—Thousand of poor wandering people, without a home, or a hougfe Li eb&Uqr tiic-tu bar? been i supported at the North by tho uiouey which has gone from our State. Men have been made rich, as super intendents oflnstitutionareared and supported by Southern Capital, while the |oor of our own country are turn ed away empty from our doors:—they endure a while upon a scanty sup port and lie down iu death ignorant of the first principles of learning, by which they might examine the sound truths of the Holy Bible. Our cha rity, thus far has been more the pride of the purse, than the generous feelings of the heart. In return for these acts of liberality towards the North, what have we received? A good deal of what we richly deserve —abuse. Scarce have the tracts of Bible, Tract, Missionary, and Sun day School society agents from New York been obliterated from our soils, before wc were anathematized in that same city as worse than savages unprincipled und unchristiunizcd — The monstrous excesses of an un civilized Turk, and the cruel in dulgences of their barbarous na tions, are comparisons not too good to insinuate between us and them. Already have our Christian brethern. grown so, no doubt, in part by the money drawn from our State, met and, in solemn meeting, declar ed to petition Congress to arrest the barbarous State of Georgia, from extending their laws over the In dians within her bounds, declaring that the Greeks suffered nothing un der the Turks, in comparison to the Indians under us. Nodoubt the men most active in getting up this meet ing, have grown fat upon pap from our Slate. Think fellow citizens upon all this. A GEORGIAN. ft?” Think also fellow-citizens of the lute obnoxious pamphlet, sent from Boston, and which lias been de tected in Savannah, Richmond, &c. exciting our black population to in surrection, and exorting our colored people to wash their hands in tire blood >f the whites. Compare this conduct with the late hypocritical cunt about sympathy for Indians,! und then say what portion of human ity you believe their tender hearts contain.- Editor News. Water and Fire Proof Cement. Messrs. Editors — i believe the! following recipe from a water proof cement may lie relied on. Indeed, sifted ashes and tar therrtselves make a hard, durable, incombustible cem ent, that water will not penetrate. It lias been used for floors ; putting a coat on common brick floors; and then when t lie tar and ashes are dry',; painting the floor. A northern paper contains the fol j lowing recipe to defend the roof of a house from the weather & from fire : j Take one measure of fine sand and two measuras of wood ashes well sifted, three of slackened lime ground up with oil; laid on with a painter’s! brush, first coat thin, the 2nd thick.” i I painted on a board with this j mixture, and it adheres so strongly ; to the board, that it resists the oper- j ation of fire. 1 used only part of the | mixture—what remains is in un iron pot; water has laid on the mixture j for some time without penetrating! the substance, which is ns hard as a atone.— Georgia Courier. \ease of considerable cotnnier ciulnmportanee was decided in Phil adelphia, i flic Circuit Court of the I United States, on Monday last, in which Ogden, Ferguson, &,Co. were plaintiffs, and Gillingham, Mitchel &c.defendants. This wnsan action upon an tillcdged acceptance, by the defendants, of a bill of exchange, drawn upon them, in favor of the plaintiffs, by O. 1). Ward, as attor ney for Thomas Newbould, who car ried on busincs in the name of Tho mas Newbould, &, Co..—On the trial of this cause at the previous session of the Circuit Court, tho jury found a virdict for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the court on the valid ity of the acceptiori aad on the au thority of the attorney to draw the bill under the circumstances in evi dence.* From the state flight of tins case it appears thut in July, 182§jr‘ Thomas Newbould, of rliis city, about to depart for England, appointed O liver D. Ward and G. IT. Newbould jointly bis attornies, for him and in his name, or in the name T. Newbould; authorising them, or either oft hem, among other things, to draw such hills of exchange, cheeks notes, ami to ac cept, endorse, &c., ns they should consider necessary in the mnnage i meat f kU k a'iuum. Iu JUqrcb, 1828, the'defendants, having previ ously had trasnactions with O. Ward as attorney for T. Newbould, and knowing him to have authority to opcathe letters and transact tho business of the latter, addressed-a letter to T. Newbould &. Cos. ack nowledging the sale of a quantity of tin, to the nett amount of 82509 72, and giving authority to draw on them for that sum. At the tibie Mi 5 . Ward received this letter, T. New bould was indebted to the and continued to-be so after this suit was brought. Mr. showed the* letter to the plaintiffs, dflcriug togivp them a draft on thtrfthe agreed to cash in part payment of their claim, and the draft was ac cordingly drawn on the socotid day after the date of the defendants’ let ter. At this time, as it afterwards appeared, Thos. Newbould become a bankrupt in England, and there was a rumor to that effect before tho draft was drawn, but Mr. Ward was not officially informed of the fact till two daws after. “When- the hill wus presented to the which was on the second day af(er it was drawn, they replied tint it cfiuld not be paid for the want of authority; and it was protested. The points reserved for the decision of the Court were, Ist Whether there was an ac ccptanee of the bill; and 2d. Whe ther the bankruptcy of T. Newbould took away the authority of his agent to draw the bill.—On the first point, the Court decided, in tlie language ol the Supreme Court, in thecas*, of Cooledgc vs. Payson, [2 Whev ron —66] “that the letter within a tetr sonabie time before or after the <u : |p of a Bill of Exchange, describiog it in terms not to be mistaken & preum ising to accept it, is if to shew to rest person who afterwards takes i ‘ .-‘p on the credit of the letter, a virtuij’ acceptance binding the person who makes the promise.” On the se cond point it was decided that tii* bankruptcy has no effect upon the , acts of the agent, w hatever its gener* |al o|fcration on the agency may be. The fund in the hands of the defen dants, to the amont of their accep tance, was appropriated to the’ use of the plaintiffs, and they are enriticdJ to recover that amount in this ujM Uion.”— E. Post. Cotton Trade. —A \vriter Liverpool Courier, mukestfl lowing statement. _ “For several years p*r the cop sumption, botli in and on the Continent, has-been overta king the supply, and,in consequent'© i the general stock is considerably les* j than it has been for a great length of time, particularly of American ‘growth, on which the manufacturer mainly depends. Three months a go, the prices were depressedlu.lv I ten per cent lower than they had ey fcr been known; since then, there | has been some improvement, but they are still less than they weie at ; this time last year, whilst the con ; sumption ingoing forward on a iricisb larger scale, the largest I beiievp experienced, and that working on j the reduced stocks, which ut this moment, will be found both here and on the Continent, not e. qual to our four months’ supplyj though usually at this seasou they have been sufficient for six or more. Tho season for commencing picking in the United States, were fuiiy three weeks later than usual; fortu nately the weather proved favorable, and it is understood a full average crop has been gathered. Fortunate ly for us it is go, depending, as ive do, on that country for the supply of a raw material which ‘employs the great mass of a working population. From the Brazils we are likely tq have the usual supply, but “‘not s© from India to Egypt; in the former, •China ailords them a very superior market, anil the crop in the latter is understood to be greatly injured by the unusually high overflowing of the Nile. 1 bus, with an increasing con sumption, (for cotton goods are eve ry wherfc, by their extreme cheap ness, daily more &, mote dieplacin* •woollen and linen amongst all lich and poor, here.and all over tha world,) our stocks are likely to be considerably further reduced beforij another year passes away. The 1 1 enio low prices aflord no mem for increased eultivatio'jß where. Whatever do, let tlie Government lotdfl and earnestly at these lactujH deavor to provide a renJjfl tun, bdbro r. ro ioc
