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NEWS AND GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1842.
Our readers must excuse us this week, j
Otlier occupations have prevented us from
paying as much attention to our Editorial
duties as we could wish.
The Treasurer of the State of Georgia
lias issued a circular to all Tax collectors
and persons concerned requiring them to
make all payments into the Treasury in
Specie or Bills of the Central Bank.
The Legislature of Virginia have made
several efforts without success to elect a
Governor. It is supposed that no farther
attempt will he made this session.
The following resolutions were laid be
fore Congress, on the loth inst. by Mr.
Clay.
Resolved, That it is the duty of the Gen
eral Government, in conducting its admin
istration, to provide an adequate revenue
within the year to meet the current expen
ses of the year; and that any expedient ei
ther by loan or by Treasury notes, to sup
ply, in time of peace, a deficiency of reve
nue especially during successive years, is
unwise, and must lead to pernicious conse
quences.
2. Resolved, That such an adequate rev
enue cannot, be obtained by duties on for
eign imports, without adopting a higher
rat. than twenty per cir.t. as provided for
in the Compromise act, which, at the time
ofitK passage, was supposed and assumed t
as a rate that Would 5..,,> - finnent rev
enue for an economical administration of
the Government
3. Resolved, therefore That th* rate of
duties on so: in imports ought to be aug
mented beyond ; h • . -of twenty ppr cent,
so as to produce • it revenue of twenty
six millions of dolia*-.-- 1 >■ two for the
ordinary exp. e ‘5 . ‘.men! two lor
the payment of the -x:- n. ,■*.i.-i, and two
millions as a reset v> •. ‘it.id tor contingen
cies.
4. Resolved, That in the adjustment of
a tariff’ to raise an amount of twenty six
millions of revenue, the principles of the
Compromise act generally should be adher
ed to; and that, especially, a maximum
rate of ad valorem duties should be estab
lished, from which there ought to he as little
departure as possible.
5. Resolved, That the provision in the
act of the extra session, for the distribution
of the proceeds of the public lands, requir
ing the operation of that act to be suspend
ed, in tho contingency of a higher rate of
duty than 20 per cent, ought to be repeal
ed.
6. Resolved, That it is the duty of the
■Government at all times, hut more especial
ly in a season such as now exists ofgeneral
•embarrassment and pecuniary distress, to
abolish all useless institutions and offices,
to curtail all unnecessary expenses, and to
practice rigid economy.
7. Resolved, That the contingent expen
ses ot the two Houses of Congress ought to j
be greatly reduced; and the mileage of j
.members of Congress ought to be regulated |
and more clearly defined.
8. Resolved, That tho expenses of the
judicial department of Government have,
of late years, been greatly increased, and
ought to be diminished.
9. Resolved, That the diplomatic rela
tions of the United States with foreign pow
ers have been unnecessarily extended du
ring the last twelve years, and ought to be
reduced.
10. Resolved, That the franking privi
)oge ought to he further restricted, the abu
sive uses of it restrained and punished, the
postage on letters reduced, the mode of es
timating distances more clearly defined and
prescribed, and a small addition to postage
made on books, pamphlets, and packages,
transmitted bv the mail, to be graduated
and increased according to their respective
weights.
11. Resolved, That the Secretaries of
State, of the Treasury, of the War, and ot
the Navy Department, and the Postmaster
General, be severally directed as soon as
practicable, to report what ollices can he
abolished, and what retrenchment of public
expenditure can be made without public de
triment in the respective branches of the
public service under their charge.
MONROE RAIL ROAD BANK.
Midas L. Gray bill was elected Cashier
of this Institution on Monday last; Mr. J.
Leake, the former Cashier, having declined
a re-election, which was tendered him.—
The present direction of the Bank are using
every exertion in their power to restore the
credit of the Institution, and redeem its cir
culation, and we cannot doubt but that they
will, in due time, if they do no more, suc
ceed in relieving the community of the lat
ter.—Macon Messenger.
We are requested by a friend of General
Hamilton, to say that the charge of misap
propriation of any of the funds of the James
River Cos. is wholly unfounded. He was
entrusted by that Company with $550,000
of their bonds, with, as it is understood, full ‘
power to dispose of the same. He obtained
therefor $470,000. The company, dissat
isfied that a higher price was not obtained,
insist upon charging him with the balance
of SBO,OOO, and that is the origin of the
charge of misappropriating monies which
I ! i, n .- receive'!,— N y A?neri r 'au.
Temperance. —Mr. Edward C. Dele van,
the great advocate of Tempi ranee, says
that the saving by two years of abstinence j
from intoxicating drinks, would pay the
whole of the National and State Debt 1!
[We should like to know if Mr. E. C.
Delevan himself has saved enough by
Temperance to pay us the $8 ho owes for |
subscription ? The “ News” was sent to i
him, as ordered, to Ballston Spa, Saratoga j
county, N. Y., and he had it stopped with [
lout paying his subscription. We could
believe his assertion better, if he would for
ward us some of his own savings.]— Ed.
SLAVERY IN NEW JERSEY.
The inhabitants of this State are not, ma
ny of them aware that they live in a slave
state. But in point of fact, the principle is
as fully recognised in New Jersey as in
Georgia. The laws, as they now exist, al
low persons removing here to bring all their
slaves with them, and continue to hold them
in servitude.
They also make the children of slaves
born since 1804, servants for life, and se
cure to persons removing through the State
the right to take with them their slaves un
molested.
They further require negroes travelling
through or in the State to have certificates
of freedom from the Clerks of the county
Courts, and prohibit any person from ex
tending to such as have not such certificate
any acts of hospitality.
It is the repeal of these laws that the pc
titions which have been presented to our
legislature pray, so that slavery in every
form may cease to be recognised within our
borders.
The census of 1840 shows the number of
slaves in the State to be 658. —Jersey City
Gazette.
This statement is, we believe, correct in
I every particular, except that the children
) ofslaves born after 1804, are themselves
I slaves for life. Our impression is, that
they are mad? free when they become twen
ty-five years of age. Females are eman
cipated at an earlier period. — N. Y. Com.
LAW REFORM.
Attention lias been directed in New York
to the importance ofsmoothing and straigh
tening the path of justice through that lahy- j
rir.thine wilderness, the law. In relation j
to one of the proposed changes, the N. Y.
Commercial make the following explana
tion, which will enable any man of com
mon sense, or who has any idea of tin prin
ciples of justice, to see the propriety—in
deed, the necessity, of the proposed change:
“The third is likely to be enforced more
effectually by the disclosures which have
just taken place on Colt’s trial than by any
reasonings we cold give. A man is ac
cused of murder. It is perfectly immateri
al, either to the moral quality of the act, or
to the mode of conducting the trial. wh< th
the crime was committed with a hatchet or
a pistol. Yet the rules of law require tlie
instrument to be described in the indictment
and it is argued as a grave question wheth
er the prossecuting officer shall be allowed
to prove the death to have been caused by
a pistol, since indictment charges it to have
been committed with a hatchet. True, the
Judge decided in favor of admitting the
proof; but an exception lias been taken to
his opinion, and proceedings may be sus
pended a year or two, while a writ of error ;
is taken to the Supreme Court & the Court
of Errors. This state of the law is intole
rable, and should not he allowed to contin
ue a week.
This bill will do it all away. It provides
tiiat the present form shall be discontinued,
and a brief form substituted, charging the
crime with only such particularity as shall
prevent surprise or mistake, and enable the.
prisoner to prepare for his defence, and
without other technical language than is ne
cessary to define the crime. In Colt’s case
it would have run as follows :
‘ln the name of the people of the State of
New York, John C. Colt is accused, on the
presentment of the grand jury of the city
and county of New York, of the crime of
murder, committed by taking the life of
Samuel Adams, with a deadly weapon, at
the city and county of New York, on the
seventeenth day of September, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.’
Here is an incictment of half a dozen
lines, which states every material partio
ular contained in the present indictment of
more than twelve hundred words, and while
it does not disgust us with its tautology and
uncouth phrases, would have saved all the
difficulty experienced at the trial. Will
our legislators set themselves in earnest to
reform the law V’
The Usury Laws in New- York. —“ It has
long,” says the New-York Sun, “ been a
disputed question whether those who were
sufficiently dishonest to avoid their own
contract, by means of usury laws, could a
vail themselves of a plea of usury in cases
where the money received by them was be
low par ; in other words, whether a man
who went to his neighbor and borrowed a
thousand dollars in bank bills, which were
not current except at a discount, could
cheat him out of the whole debt by calling
the transaction usurious. The question
has been decided by the Superior Court of
this city, after full discussion before Judges
Oakley and Jones, in the case of Bird” &
Beardsley, against Richard Parker. The
plaintiff's loaned S2OO on a bank check for
a day or two, giving for it out of town mo
ney. The suit resulted in favor of plain
tiffs. A motion was made for anew trial.
The Court decided that no usury had been
exercised, as the out of town money was
\ payable in specie at the counter of the bank
issuing it. New trial denied.”
A duel was fought at Johnsonourg, Ky.
a few days since, between a Dr. Mottes and
Mr. B radwick, a lawyer. A woman was
the cause. They fought at twelve paces,
r*p r] yjnyr’ ft?* : 1
MISSISSIPPI REPUDIATION.
The following letter from Hope & Cos. to
Governor McNutt, in reply to the celebra
ted letter of thut distinguished functionary,
which was recently transmitted to the Rich
mond Enquirer, and copied into the Nation
al Intelligencer, is taken from one of tho
New-York papers:
“Amsterdam, Nov. 9, 1811.
Sir: We had the honor to receive, in
due course, the letter which your Excellen
cy addressed to us on tho 13th July, and in
reply we beg to return thanks for the full
explanation you are pleased to give us on
the subject of the non-payment of interest
on the Mississippi bonds, of which we are
bona fide holders.
Being foreigners, we are not sufficiently
acquainted with American law to discuss
the matter, but a general principle of inter
national law is, that a foreign bona Jide hol
der of public security, issued in due form,
and by which the State constitutes itself a
debtor without any reserve, ought not to be
a sufferer by disputes between corporations
or individuals, which occurred ere or after
became into possession of such security,
and you will, we trust, permit us to add,
that your opinion on this subject, being in
opposition to that of the great majority of
the last Legislature of the State, and to that
of the people of Mississippi, it would be a
great misfortune and injury, nay, even a
disgrace to the State, were your doctrines
to be followed up, and result in the non
payment of interest on the said bonds.
American credit in Europe being already ;
at so low an ebb, we look upon it as sound
policy to forget old disputes, and on all parts
to make every effort to restore confidence
by a constant and punctual discharge of the !
liabilities of the States ; by which means
alone the credit of the thriving American
nation might gradually regain the high sta
tion which it formerly occupied.
This, we trust, you will acknowledge to ;
be the true principle by which the conduct
of a Government should be guided, and we
shall bo truly happy to learn that you have
adopted it.
We are, your Excellency’s most obedi
ent humble servants,
HOPE & Cos.
To Elis Excellency Gov. A. G McNutt,
| Jackson, Mississippi.
I New way of Paying Old Debts. — Many
j people in Mississippi, like many people in
other parts of the world, dislike to pay their
debts—(we don’t allude to the “Bond Ques
tion ;”) —some because they can’t —others
because they won’t. One Mr. Dolittle, of
Mississippi, owed his neighbor Long, in the
way of business, the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars. Long was a shrewd, cautious
man, who disliked a scrape, but disliked
more to lose his money. He, heard one day
that Dolittle had received a large sum of
money, and called upon him.
‘ I hear, friend Dolittle,” said he, “that
vou have received a large amount of money
to dav. You must remember that little
sum of fifteen hundred dollars has been due
me a longtime. Could not you oblige me
by paying it now?”
Mr. Dolittle looked at Mr. Long in a
very hard way.
■This is the second time,” said he, “you
have bored me about this matter. Three
years ago I gave you the assurance of a
gentleman, that I would pay the debt when ■
I got ready. Not satisfied with that, you
come and dun me. Now I give you notice,
j if you ever presume to ask me for the mo
ney again, I’ll pull your nose. Your bet
ter way is to leave my office in about half
a second, or I’ll kick vou out.”
Long looked into the face of his neighbor,
but saw nothing there save calm resolution.
His discretion, therefore, obtained a victory
over his valor.
“ Verbum sat sap, Mr. Dolittle,” said he,
“a word to the wise is sufficient. Allow
me to say, that you speak exceedingly
well upon every subject introduced. I
travel, Mr. Dolittle ; I tote myself out of
here. Good morning , Mr. Dolittle,” and
awav went Long, not by any means satisfi
ed that this mode of paying debts was the
most acceptable.
The Paper Trade of the United Stales. —
According to estimates recently made at a
convention of paper-makers, the machinery
and paper mill property at the present time
in the United States are valued at $1(5,000,.
000; the paper manufactured amounts to
815,000.000 per annum; the raw stock
collected in the United States to about s(>,-
000,000 per annum, and the amount of
stock consumed is stated at about 175,000,-
000 pounds. From fifty to sixty thousand
persons are dependent upon the various op
erations connected with this trade for a live
lihood.
MISSISSIPPI.
The bond-pavers of this unfortunate
State are registering their names, that a cat
alogue of them may be printed and pub
lished. The reason is that, in travelling
out of the State, since the election, many of
them have found themselves most disagree
ably beset. They are henceforth resolved
to have it known that they did not vote for
the disgrace of the State.
Gov. Tucker, in his Inaugural, proposes
the question, whether the State would not
degrade herself by accepting @r.y proceeds
from the Distribution Act. We are not an
advocate either of the wisdom or justice of
that act; but still we must laugh at such
a query, from such a source. Mississippi
degrade herself! The idea is ridiculous,
and affords high grounds for suspecting the
sanity of its author. Have no fears, Gov
ernor ; a State which rivals the “Great
Forger” in her swindling transactions, need
not fear disgrace from accepting a present,
though accompanied with irrefragable evi
! deuce that the goods were stolen, and the
i donor the thief.— Baton Rouge (Lou.) Ga
; zette.
The Hon. Martin Van Buren, Ex-Pres -
I dent of the United States, it is intimated, in
j tends shortly to pay a visit to Genera 1 Jack-
Tho Democratic Anti-Bond-payers of
Mississippi held a Convention at Jackson
on the 28th inst.—Gen. Ilri.sc s’ of Carroll
in the Chair—and nominated Marl'll lan
Buren and Richard M. Johnson forre-e.ee- ■
tion as President and Vice President.— |
Judge A. G. Brown. Volney E. Howard
and Lewis Sanders, Jr. were the speakers.
Much ill feeling prevails in the Legisla
ture. The Anti-Bond majority complain
that the minority consider them scoundrels
and cannot help showing it; Whereupon
the said majority threaten a general fight
or fracas of some kind. They may be a
ble to flog or even kill the Bond-payers,
but they cannot make themselves honest
men and deserving of respect without re
nouncing Repudiation
The last Legislature passed an act giv
ingthe Public Pointing to the lowest bidder:
Whereupon Geo. R. Fall, Editor of the An
ti-Bond organ, (Mississippi.) puts in two
bids, one to do it for a fair price, the other |
to do it for two years for the gross sum of :
one cent, intending of course to petition for j
relief. In this way, the law passed by an
honest Legislature is nullified by the Anti- |
Bonders, and they give their favorite just
what they choose. — N. Y. Tribune.
[lon. Daniel Webster has recently been
made the subject of a most depraved and
filthy libel, charging him with a gross at
tempt at seduction or outrage upon the wife
of one of the Clerks in the State Depart
ment. We did not at first think proper to
refute or allude to this attroeious story, but,
observing that an allusion to it has crept
into our advertising columns, we deem it
proper to state that the foul fabrication has
been refuted, in all its length and breadth,
by the solemn oaths of Mr. Webster and
lof every Clerk in his Department. The
j attention of Mr. Webster was called to the
black charge by [lon. C. A. Wickliffe,
Postmaster General, at whose suggestion
it was thus formally and solemnly refuted;
and the affidavits will first appear in the
Louisville Journal, where the foul slander j
originated. We doubt not that Mr. Pren
tice will retract it utterly, and expose its
malignant author to universal abhorrence.
Late from Mexico — Arrival of Young
Coombs.
TlieN. O. Crescent City of the 15th inst.
says :—We had the pleasure of conversing
with Mr. Franklin Coombs, son of General
Leslie Coombs, of Lexington, Ky., who ar
rived here yesterday from the City of Mex
ico, who was one of the unfortunate prison
ers of the Santa Fc expedition.
He states that the Texian prisoners were
still in chains, and compelled to work in
the streets, and were suffering daily outra
ges. Lubbock and Mature (who had es
caped) were still at large. Kendall had
not arrived, but was expected on the Ist
of February He had been heard from,
and was in good health. The second di
vision had suffered very much in conse
quence of wet weather and miserable food.
The small pox had broken out amongst
them, several had already died of it, and
some fifty were left on the road in conse
quence of being unable to travel. The
first division, in which Mr. Coombs arrived,
had fared much better; as the weather
was dry and pleasant ; and the foreigners
and females on the road had supplied their
wants, as far as it was in their power. —
The British minister demanded that Mr.
Falconer, who is a British subject, should
be given up. Santa Anna immediately
gave orders for his instant liberation, upon
his arrival in the city, Young Coombs was
imprisoned in a dungeon, or in chains upon
his arrival, and in consequenceoftlie damp
ness of it, had lost his hearing—and was
kept for thirty days, although our minister
had applied for his liberation on the day ot
his arrival. So much for British and Amer
ican influence in Mexico!
Mr. Coombs states that he has frequent
ly seen Kendall’s passport, which was
written in Spanish. He also saw Kendall,
when he was taken out to he shot with some
others at San Miguel, show it to some Mex
ican officers, who refused to notice it. until
one of them snatched it from him, tore it in
pieces and trampled it underfoot.
Mr. C. left the city of Mexico on ‘.lie 28th
of last month. He met Mr. Mcßae, the!
bearer of despatches to our minister in
Mexico, and Mr. Lawrence at the castle of
Pc rote. From A era Cruz, he came pas
senger in the Solway. She left on the 7th
inst. and stopped her engine and lay too off
tin South West Pass, she fired 20 guns, hut
being so far from land and the weather be
inl1 ’ foggy, no boat was sent for the, mail.—
He was then put on board of a French ves
sel bound out, tho Solway leaving for Ha
vana. In a few hours he was accidentally
taken on board of a Tow Boat, and was thus
enabled to reach the Balize.
Whilst the Solway was lying at anchor
in the port of Vera Cruz, and visited by a
number of ladies and gentlemen, a man of
war was seen, under the American (lag.
bearing down upon the Mexican schooner
Preciora, which had just sailed with a val
uable cargo for Tampico. As soon as she
j was within gunshot, the Texian flag was
! run up, and three guns were fired at her.
j In a short time she was taken in tow by the
j gallant Texians, who disappeared with her.
[Quere. Was it not Commodore Moore.]
i As soon as the visiters on board the Solway
perceived the Texian vessel, they (led pre
cipitately to the shore, in the greatest con
sternation, crying “ the Texians.” Ihe
inhabitants at Vera Cruz are in the utmost
dread, lest Commodore Moore should bloc-
kade that port.
Mr. Coombs brought despatches from M r.
Packenham, the English Minister in Mex
ico, to the English Consulate in this city,
announcing to him that Mr. Falconer would
be liberated upon his arrival in that city.
THE SMALL POX.
This disease has ceased tomlarm our cit
izens. The patients at the Hospital, we
learn, are all getting well, and wc feel war
rented in saying, that but little or no dan- ;
ger need be apprehended by any one desi- ;
fr, ojjr city. Gcorriz r 7
Railroad Liabilities. —A young soil of
j Signor Ostinelli, leader at the ‘Fremont
Theatre, was severely injured by a collis-
I sion of two trains on the Worcester Rail
. road of June 17th, 1841. for which his fu
tile.’ brought a suit against the Company at
Boston ta" 1 week. It seems that the acci- j
dent occurred .between Grafton and West
boro’—sixteen niilea apart. Grafton was
the place at which the mis** obliged the
train to pass and each train was to wait tot
the other twenty minutes. On this oc
casion—there being a great Convention at
Worcester—Warren, the engineer of the
train which first reached Grafton, being in
great haste did not stop at all and a terrible
collision was the result by which young
Ostinelli was rendered a cripple for life.—
The trial occupied about a week. The
Judge’s charge was very full and explicit
concerning the liabilities of Railroad Corpo
rations. The Jury returned a verdict of
$12,000 for the son and SI,OOO for the fa- \
tiler.
Hon. Lyman Law, an eminent Counsel- j
lor, died at New London on Thursday mor- |
ning last, aged 71. He was a gentleman i
of the old school, and served in Congress |
with ability and honor during the Admin
istration of President Jefferson. Mr. Law
was not only a man of talents and learning
but a great humorist. It was he who made
the witty reply to Willis Allstori of N. C. |
respecting the drove of mules on their way |
to the South, which has been attributed to
the late Senator Tracy of Connecticut. —
The incideut was this: One day as Allston
and Law were conversing by a window, a
drove of mules came in sight. “ Here,
Law,” said Allston, “ are a drove of your
constituents —where are they going ?” ‘To
North Carolina, as schoolmasters,” was
the ready reply. The celebrated Mr. Giles
of Virginia and Mr. Law were associates!
upon one of the Committees of the House, j
“ Law,” said Giles one day, when chatting |
sociably together, “ your Connecticut poo- j
pic arc tile greatest democrats when at j
home, of any in the United States, but when
you get here you are the greatest aristo-j
crats.” “ The case is exactly the reverse ;
with you Virginians,” replied Law; “at
home you are the greatest aristocrats in the <
world, and it is here only that you play the j
democrat!” Mr. Law, in his manners, i
was kind and affable ; beloved by his fam
ily end friends ; and now that lie is no more i
mourned by all.— Commercial.
Amos Kendall has bought a farm of a-
I bout a hundred acres near Washington,
j built a cottage upon it, and ‘turned farmer.’
51 A K R I E 1) ,
Oil ilie evening of the 2“d inst, la* the Rev
Mr. I ’el rie. Doctor J. J. ROBERTS N to Miss
ELIZABETH F. (5. HAY, all of this place.
On the 10th inst. bv the Rev. William A. Cal
laway, Mr. HENRY j. PORE, of ties place, to
Miss'ELIZABETH A. I) • YIS,oi .McDonough,
Henry county, Georgia.
n ii: !> ,
In Stewart county, on the evening of th’ 3d
instant. FRANCES GABRIELLA. and CAR
OLINE VIRGINIA, daughters ot James B. j
and Caroline Simpson ; the former aged seven j
years and seven months, the latter three years i
and three months.
I Never has the writer of this wit no.- soil so mel
ancholy a dispensation of Providence as that by 1
which these interesting children were called
from time to eternity. About 7 o’clock in the
evening,a tornado passed over the plantation ot
Mr. Simpson, and before the family were aware
that a storm was approaching, every house on
the premises was razed to tho ground. These
j uvo children were killed—and so great was the ‘
destruction, that if. required some two hours’ la- 1
I bor to remove the fallen timbers from off their.
1 Mrs. Simpson was severely wounded, and sever- i
I al negroes seriously injured, together with the
almost total destruction of every thing on the ;
place. Mr. Simpson had left koine that morning !
for the Bay. A messenger, however, was des
patched, and overtook b in with the sad t dings i
ilis feelings, on returning to his desolate J home, |
mav he better imagined than described.
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THE DEVIL AM9NS THE TAILORS,
A N 1)
NO MONOPOLY!
: ran HE Subscriber begs leave to inform the
* public and his former customers, tiiat in
| consequence of the present 1 lard Times, he will
make up Work in a Super.or Style of Pashm ■.
at a reduced price lor Cash, Hog-meat, Lard,
Meal, Flour, or Irish Potatoes. Persons wish
ing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing to
comply w itli the Tillies can do so by applying to
the Subscriber.
WILLIAM F. SOIIAN.
February 21, 1842. 26
Tiailorisig Prices Pro
porflosiaL
vjlllF, Subscribers having associated llinut
“ selves together for the purpose ol carrying
on the above business in all its various Brandi
es, and believing from their experience in busi
-1 ness that they will be enabled to render general
satisfaction, would respectfully submit to their!
friends and the public the following prices for
Work, by which they expect to be governed 1
hereafter:
Fine Corded Coats, Dress 4* Brock, $9 50 :
Plain do. do. do. 8 50
Plain Coatees, 8 99
j Thin Coals of Bombazine and Corded, 7 50
j Plain do. do. 7 00
j White or Brown Linen Coats, 1 00 j
• Gaitor Pantaloons, 3 00 ‘
| Plain do. 250
j Double-breasted Vests, 3 00
j Plain do. or Rolling Collar, 250
! Over Cauls and Cloaks, each, 11 00
They will continue at the Shop formerly oc- J
cupied by J. T. Palmer, East side of tho Court- \
House Square.
o ir REPAIRING and CUTTING done j
promptly, and on reasonable terms.
JOHN T. PALMER.
HECTOR McMII.LAN.
February 21, 1842. 2H
Straffed or Stolen*
■— A Nolc given by me to Mark ;
Tgb-L A. Lane, for about Twenty-five or
Thirty Dollars. This is to give
Notice, that if it rows back to nv
(tvs'll any bigger than it went oil. I won’t j
I M n a y it—if] do, dang mv liver.
E. A. DOZIER
Tebnrrv “1. 1842. 1*
Presentments,
WILKES SUPERIOR COURT, t
February Term, 1842. S
We, the Grand Jurv, cmpanirelled and
sworn for the present Term, hog leave to
i make the following Presentments:
We have faithfully discharged all the
j duties obligatory upon us as Jurors to tho
host of our abilities.
The very few instances of crime com
quitted since the fast T ern, that have been
made known to this body, induce us to be
lieve that .Society is improving, and that
good ordei, virtue, and sobriety, are till ad
vancing in our community.
The Grand Jury have had under consid
eration the Law against Change Bills, giv
on us in charge by his Honor. It is a sub
ject of regret to us, that such a Law should
have passed tho Legislature —but we will
enter into no labored argument against it.
We cannot, however, forbear expressing
our opinions, that it is inexpedient and op
pressive, and that the Legislature has been
| guilty of a great inconsistency in making.
I tho issuing and paying out oi Change
; Bills, criminal in the people, while it has
authorized and sanctioned their issue by
the “Central Bank.” What is criminal
in the one is criminal in the otlier, and we
know of no valid reason why the Central
Bank should enjoy a monopoly in crime.
! This Law, we believe, is odious to the
whole community, and none such can be
effectually enforced. We would therefore
recommend its repeal by the next Legisla
ture. The universal agreement of all
classes of our citizens, not to receive or pay
out Change Bills, is the best and only way
in our opinion, of doing away tlit; evil.
Laws against them are of no avail, if the
means prescribed by those Laws, are not
seconded by the action of the people.
We are happy to have it in our power lo
! state that no offence against this Law, lias
j come to our notice, in the discharge of our
j present service.
We present the bad condition of the
1 Roads, generally, in our county, and urge
| upon the Commissioners a prompt compli
j anee with the Road Laws.
As Jurors, we deplore the existence of
! Grog-shops in our community. Surely a
! traffic which entails upon us nothing but
Heart-burnings and disorder, should be
j frowned upon by all good citizens.
We also present as a grievance, the
practice of permitting Slaves to hire their
j own time.
We have examined, through our Com
mittees. the Records of the Superior and
j Inferior Courts, and find them kept ill a
manner that reflects the highest credit up
on (heir respective functionaries.
We have examined the County Jail, and
find it unsafe, and urge the Justices ot the
Interior Court to have it speedily repaired.
Upon an examination of the County
Treasurer’s Books, we ascertain the fol
low jug results : Cash on hand, S(it>o ..1 cts.
Amount due from Williamson, former Tax
Collector, 8 108 9">. Amount due from
Irvin & Pope, for Rent, 850. Amount due
from R. H. Vickers, for Rent, 850. We
most respectfully recommend to the Justi
ces of the Inferior Cou rt to adopt such mea
sures as will insure the collection of ail
monies duo the County.
We recommend to the Inferior Court to
levy an extra tax, not to exceed 20 per
ci lit, upon the General Tax, for County
purposes.
We allow the Tax Collector on his Insol
vent List for 1539, Bt> 43 cents; we also
allow him on his Insolvent List for 1841.
8104 52 cents.
In taking leave ot his Honor Judge An
drews, we cannot forbear congratulating
the citizens of'.lie Northern Circuit in being
favored wit!) his administration of the Law
lor the period of his term of service.
We also tender to Alexander Pope, Jr.
Solicitor-General, our thanks for his cour
tesy to tiiis body.
We request that these Presentments be
| published in the “ News & Planters’Ga
’ zette.”
G. [,. RAKESTRAW, Foreman.
Gilbert H. Woollen,
F. G. Win!’field,
J. M. Jackson,
James 11. Dubose,
Stephen H. Willis,
Samuel T. Burns,
Gideon Cooper,
B. !\I. Fortson,
Woodson Callaway,
Luke Williams.
Henry F. Ellington,
John R. Srmmc.s.
Benjamin 1 Wallace,
\loses Arnold,
Jesse Callaway,
Peter Gullatt,
Benjamin Powell,
William Slaton.
On motion of Alexander Pope, Jr., Soli
citor-General, Ordered that the Present
ments of the Grand Jury be published as
requested by them.
True copy from the Minutes,
JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk.
■7l OUR months afterdate, application will be
i made to the Honorable the Inferior ( our’
i oi Oglethorpe county, while sitting as a f ourt ot
Ordinary, for leave to soil three t racts ot Law.
1 a Og.eniorpa county, and one House and Lot r.i
I ;ho Town ci Elbcrton, Elbert county, w.th thirty
i Acres of Land attached thereto, belonging to
j the estate ot /- Reid, deceased.
REBECCA REID, Adm’x.
LINDSAY 11. SMITH, Adm’r.
February 24,1842. mint 28
tVTOTICE —All persons having claims a
gainst the Estate ot /.. Reid, late of Ogle
thorpe county, deceased, will present them prop
orly attested"according to law, and all those in
debted to said Estate are requester! to make im
mediate pavment to the Administrator.
’ REBECCA REII), Adm’x.
LINDSAY H. SMITH, Adm’r.
February 24,1842 ®
COTTING & BI TLER,
vrrouMEs,
HAVE taken an OFFICE o\cr Cozart &
Woods Story.
1 January, LIT 2b
