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NEWS AND GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1842.
Q3” We are indebted to the members of
the Georgia Delegation in Congress, for
many valuable public documents.
03” Thirty thousand dollars of the Bank
of St. Mary’s were presented for payment
on the 26th u 11., which was refused, and
the Bills protested for non-payment. John
G. Winter, the President, publishes a state
ment, that there is a secret combination to
destroy the bank, that the Bank is amply
provided with cash means, and “nothing
short of an earthquake can shake it,” which,
we cannot suppose, would much affect its
solvency. He also gives notice, that he
will check on New-York, for St. Mary’s
notes, at 1J per ct. premium, or on Charles
ton at j) per cent, premium. These notes
are still bankable in Savannah. The bills
of the Ruckersville Bank are received at
par, in payment or on deposit, at the Agen
cy of the Bank of Brunswick in Augusta.
Congress.
Nothing of much interest appears in the
proceedings of Congress. In the House,
’ Mr. Gidding’s of Ohio, presented another
petition for the dissolution of the Union, but
its reception was refused by a vote of 116
against reception, 24 for it. Mr. Kennedy
offered a resolution that any person propo
sing such a petition shall be subject to the
censure of the House, and be deemed guil
ty of a disrespect. Two oilier resolutions
to the same effect were offered, but not act
ed on.
Mr. Clay’s resolutions to amend the Con
stitution, came up, as the order of the day
in the Senate, on the 26th ult. Mr. Cal
houn made an eloquent speech against the
resolutions, and Mr. Clay for them. There
is no prospect that the resolutions will be
adopted. Our latest news is comprised in
the following from the Charleston Courier :
Correspondence of the Char. Courier.
Washington, March 3.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Smith, of Indi
ana, made a capital speech in support of
Mr. Clay’s resolutions. He occupied much
time in the vindication of the policy and
constitutionality of the distribution bill.
It is not believed, as 1 learn, that Mr.
Clay’s scheme will be adopted by the pres
ent Congress ; nor that Mr. Wright’s coun
ter-scheme will be adopted. The prevail
ing opinion is that the present Congress, in
consequence of its dissentions, will do noth
ing ; that they will terminate the present
session without making the necessary ap
propriations for the support of the Govern
ment. But suppose they make the appro
priations—what are they without the
means. No movement has, as yet been
made from any quarter to supply adequate
means, except Mr. Clay’s.
The House spent the morning in the con
tinued discussion of the report of the Re
trenchment Committee. The messengers
were reduced ; the heads of the little pages
were cut off; the draughtsman was abol
ished ; but when the members came to a
proposition to cut off the Post-Office depart
ment, which, at the expense of eight thou
sand dollars a year, is kept up for the per
sonal convenience of members of the House,
they refused by a large vote to abolish that.
They cut off a little, here and there, from
the public service, on the pretence of a
principle of economy, but when a subject i
touching no interest but their own conve
nience is named, their principle does not I
apply to it. Much was said, in the debate |
to-day, about the impropriety of holding up j
this small business to the people as a real
and substantial reform. It was said that
the people might possibly get their eyes o
pen so far as to see that they were hum
bugged ; and that the retrenchment, begin
ning with an expenditure of forty thousand
dollars in debate, and ending in cutting off
two or three salaries, amounting in the ag
gregate to five thousand dollais a year, is
not such a one as the times call for.
The remainder of the day, in the House,
was taken up with the discussion of the gen
eral appropriation bill. The printing ques
tion was again debated, but no decision was
arrived at.
Mr. Black, of Georgia, has taken his seat
at last, being introduced by his brother
“ Siamese,” Mr. M. A. Cooper. Lookout
for earthquakes about this time, as the Al
manack’s have it.
From the Savannah Republican of Mar. Ist.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD AND BK’G.
COMPANY.
This Institution suspended paying specie
for notes yesterday. We understand that
the depositors are paid in the notes of other
Banks of the city, and that the circulation
is only about one hundred thousand dollars
for the redemption of which the Bank offers
Savannah city stock, bearing an interest of
j seven per cent, per annum. With the aid
of this and other securities in possession of
the Bank, the ultimate redeption of the
notes is rendered entirely certain. We
have no advice, thus far, that an official
statement is in preparation to satisfy the
public mind on this subject, but presume 1
such is the fact. By reference to our ad
vertising columns, it will be seen that sev
eral of our merchants continue to take the
notes at par. This suspension hus created
no alarm in the community, and our other
other Banking Institutions are prepared to
I redeem their liabilities promptly.
RESIGNATION OF MR. CLAY.
The following is the letter of resignation
of Mr. Clay, resigning his seat in the Uni
ted States Senate. It was received by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives of
Kentucky on the 23d ult., and laid before
the Legislature on that day :
To the Honorable , the. Central Assembly
of Kentucky:
Washington, Senate Chamber, l
February 16,1842. $
When I lasthad the honor ofappointment
as one of the United States Senators from
Kentucky, I intimated in my letter of ac
ceptance, the probability of my not serving
out the whole term of six years. In conse
quence of their having been two extra ses
sions of Congress, 1 have already attended,
since that appointment, as many sessions of
Congress, as ordinarily happen during a
Senatorial term, without estimating my
service at the present session.
I have for several years desired to retire
into private life, but have been hitherto pre
vented from executing my wish by consid
erations of public duty. I should have re
signed my scat in the Senate at the com
mencement of the present session, but for
several reasons, one of which was that the
General Assembly did not meet until near
a month alter Congress, during which time
the State would not have been fully repre
sented, or my successor would have had on
Iv t he uncertain title of an Executive ap
pointment.
The time has now arrived when, I think
that without any just reproach, I may quit
the public service, and bestow some atten
tion on my private affairs, which have suf
fered much by the occupation of the largest
part of my life in the public councils. If
the Roman veteran had title to discharge af
ter thirty years service, I, who have served
a much longer period, may justly claim
mine.
I beg leave, therefore, to tend to the Gen
eral Assembly, and do now hereby tender,
my resignation of the office which I hold of
Senator, in the Senate of the United States,
| from the State of Kentucky, to take effect
I on the 31st day of March, 1842 ; and I re
quest that the General Assembly will ap
point my successor to take his seat on that
day. I have fixed that day to allow mean
opportunity of assisting in the completion
of some measures which have been origina
ted by me.
I embrace this occasion to offer to the
General Assembly my most profound and
grateful acknowledgement for the numer
ous and distinguished proofs, by which I
have been honored, of its warm attachments
and generous confidence during a lon<r se
ries of years.
I have the honor to be, &e.,
11. CLAY.
From the. National Intelligencer.
THE TWELFTH WEEK OF THE
SESSION
Has passed away without leaving be
hind it any trace upon the statute-book, al
though a good deal of business has been
done in both Houses, and much more would
undoubtedly have been done but for that dis
pensation of Providence by which another
member of Congress has been cut off in the
prime of his valuable life and in the midst
of his public usefulness. The time given
to decent morning for this sad event cur
tailed the week of one half of its term, much
of the residue of it having been occupied in
business ol a preparatory or initiatory char
acter. The number and variety of the res
olutions presented in the House” of Repre
sentatives on the single day of this week
allotted to that purpose afford remarkable
I proof of how much business there is for
| Congress to do, and how much more for it
j to inquire into, if there was time enough for
jit. But, were Congress to sit every day,
| (Sunday excepted,) from ihisday to the 4th
day of March, 1843, there would he little
hope of their acting upon the halfof the sub
jeets already submitted to their considera
tion, which every day may, however, be
expected to multiply, either in the form of
bills, resolutions or reports.
As yet, the reader will have observed, or
at least ought to be aware, that in the House
oi Representatives, (in which body, under
the Constitution, all bills for rasing revenue
must originate,) no further advance has
been made towards the indispensable meas
ure of the session—the providing a perma
nent revenue, adequate to the wants of the
Government—than the reference of the
question to two of its committees. This
apparent tardiness is not a matter tor much
surprise, when the complexity and minute
ness of the details connected with a proper
investigation of this subject are considered.
We mention it here only to show, that al
though nearly three months of the Session j
have elapsed, the really important business i
of the Nation has hardly yet been ap- ]
preached. A long and arduous discussion
may be looked for, of course, upon the Tar
iff bill, whenever it does come before the
House of Representatives, and in the Sen
ate, after it shall have passed the House ;
every State, and every district in every
State, having its particular interests, which
it will become the duty of its Representa
tive to guard and protect. We apprehend
therefore, that we are still, in point of time
as well as in point of fact, no further ad
vanced than the threshold of the session.
The Bill for the appointment of the Re
presentatives in Congress under the new
Census has received the go-by for the pres
ent-, and perhaps for months to come. The
State Legislature have either all risen, or
are on the eve of rising, and, so much time
having been suffered to elapse without ac
ting on it, there is no longer any object in
precipitating a decision upon the measure.
We shall in all probability not hear of it
again before midsummer.
In the Senate, the more remarkable in
cident of the last week is the report of the
Currency Committee, upon which we have
already had occasion to speak to our rea
ders, and upon the merits of which wo shall
not here say any thing. Some of our Whig
friends do not approve the view which we |
have taken of the subject. We are sorry j
for it. But even those who are least satis
fied with the project of that committee, a
gree, we believe, with us, that immediate j
action on the part ofCongress, in favor ot ;
a discriminating Tariff for Revenue and a
Bank or some other Fiscal Agent, is do- i
manded, “above all things,” at, the hands }
ofCongress by the public voice. To that
effect is the language of Mr. J. P. Kennedy !
in his report made within the last week, in
which he expresses this sentiment in the
emphatic terms which we have borrowed
from him.
Within the present week, it is probable,
this whole subject will be opened up in the
discussion of Mr. Clay’s Resolutions, now
lying on the table. In that discussion,
should it take place, the leading Speech of
Mr.Clay will be heard and read with inter
est, all the deeper from the prevalence of a
rumor, which seeines to be generally be
lieved, that that eminent statesman will,
within a few weeks, retire from his station
in the Senate, of which be has so long been
one ofthe most distinguished and honored
members.
—
BANKRUPT LAW.
The following important deeission res.
pecting the Bankrupt Law is contained in
the Pittsburg Chronicle:
IMPORTANT DECISSION.
The United States, upon j
relation of Jonathan | United States j
Ramaley, [■ District Court.
vs. | Habeas Corpus.
J. W. Dobbins constable J
On motion of T Mellon, Esq., and pre
sentation ofthe proper petition in the Court
his Honor, Judge Irwin, granted a writ of
Habeas Corpus, returnable at 3 o’clock, P.
M. on Sunday last.
By the return of the Habeas Corpus, it
appearr Tth at the Relator, Jonathan Ram
aley, was arrested on an execution issued
by an Alderman ofthe City of Pittsburg ;
that previously to said arrest, the relator
had filed his petition in due form in the said
Court for the benefit ofthe Bankrupt Law ;
that the Schedule annexed to said Petition
contained the name and amount ofthe debt
&c. ofthe arresting creditor ; that the said
Court had made an order, appointing the
12th day of March, for the hearing of Re
lator and his creditors, and that notice of
this order was published according io law.
The Court decided that the Relator, liv
ing thus according to law. brought within
the jurisdiction of the Court, —and being
bound at all times to abide its orders aud de
crees in the matter of his Petition, he was
entitled to its protection, by being privileged
from arrest in the case before them pending
the proceedings in his application for relief
under the Bankrupt Law, and it therefore
ordered that the said relator be discharged
from his said arrest, and that the arresting
creditor pay the cost of the proceedings on
the writ of Habeas Corpus.
NE VV. 11A MPSH IRE.
j We are. concerned to state that our Loco
j Foco friends iri the Granite State are invol
i ving themselves in a family quarrel which
j though they are too strong to fear iimnedi
j ate ham, is calculated to bother them in the
j long run, and it is against this that we
would affectionately warn them. The root
ofthe matter appears to he, Ist, that Henry
Hubbard, the regular candidate for Govern
or, is personally unpopular, having been
originally a bitter Hartford Conventionist,
and being now an ultra Jacobin ; 2d, that a
good portion of‘the party’ were in favor of
John H. White for Governor, and think they
were juggled in the nomination ; 3d, that
Isaac Hill has returned to private life with
rather larger and more liberal ideas than
lie carried away with him from Ncvv-Hamp
sitire ; 4th, that there arc rather more pigs
than teats in the State, to say nothing of
some full-grown hogs.
The immediate cause of contention ap
pears to be the progressing Railroad from
Nashua toConcord. Railroads are the na
tural enemies of Loeo-Foeoisrn of die gen
uine stamp ; a law has been passed which
virtually forbids the construction of any
more in the State; and this one, being a! rea
dy in progress, has been attacked by a Lo
co-Foco mob. On these various grounds,
‘the party’ has split in the middle in Con
cord, and the Hill party are running White
for Governor. We think they will hardly
prevent Hubbard’s election by the People.
N. Y. Tribune.
THE LOUISVILLE CALUMNY.
The Louisville Journal received this j
morning contains the affidavits in regard to j
the calumny on Mr. Webster. The Jour- j
nal admits the sufficiency of the contradic- j
| tion, regrets the publication ofthe charge, j
I and adds:
“ We much regret that we did him wrong,
| and we hope that this retraction ot the un- i
j just charge will repair any injury that the
publication of it may have done the Secre
tary. We hardly need to say to those who
know us, and the character of our paper,
that, when we made the statement, we had
the very strongest reasons for supposing it
to be true. We had it from the lips of one
ofthe most respectable gentlemen of Wash
ington City, (Mr. George May, a son of Dr.
Frederick May,) who related it to us in all
its minutest particulars. We asked Mr.
M. if there could be no possible doubt as to
the matter, and he assured us most earn
estly that there could not. On the day our
remarks appeared, a member of Congress,
who happened to be here, stated that we
had not exaggerated the fact at all, but that,
on the contrary, it was really worse than
we had presented it. Baltimore Pat.
CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN
INDIA.
A correspondent ofthe Alabama Journal
thus expresses his conviction of the com
plete success ofthe experiment of planting
cotton in the East Indies.
“Intelligent gentlemen of England, who
J have every facility for forming a correct j
| opinion, estimate the crop in India of 1841,
\ at 800,000 bales, which is more than the en
j tire crop ofthe United States in 1827, and j
J more than our total exports in any year
j prior to 1832—showing an increase more j
J rapid than at any time in the United States j
i since its introduction into the country. —
j These facts ought to convince our planters
that, within five years, they must prepare
I to grow cotton at four to six cents a pound
I or turn their attention to something else.—
Should any one doubt the ability of India
to increase her production in a ratio propor
tioned to the one above noticed, until it rea
ches a point sufficient not only to supply
the entire wants of Great Britain, but ofthe
whole world, let him examine the subject
fully and impartially for himself. With
double the extent of territory adapted to cot
ton, a soil ofthe richest character, a pop
ulation of 120 millions of British subjects,
the laboring portion of w hich receive but 4
to 6 cents a day, if a fresher impulse isgiv- |
en, it is hardly possible to form an estimate
ofthe extent to which the culture of cotton j
may be carried, within the next ten years, I
in British India. The moment England can I
! obtain her supplies from her own dominions j
that moment she will place a duty on our ,
cotton. On this question, a party both nu- I
rnerous and powerful, under the irdluence j
jofa morbid, fanatical philanthropy, will
| urge her forward, even at great sacrifices,
j if necessary, with the hope of destroying the j
| peculiar institutions ofourJSoulhern Slates
I by rendering the products of slave labor as 1
j near valueless as possible. Is it not time,
then, for our planters to take warning, and j
j prepare themselves for the worst? The
| market at home, they may rely upon it, in ;
j ten years will be the only market of value j
jto them. Let them plant but half their usu- i
jal quantity of cotton, and apply the other j
! half of their force to the production ofsorne- j
I tiling else. Bv so doing, they will get quite
j as much money for what they do make, and
save in addition the proceeds of the other
half.”
Salutary effects of the Bankrupt Law. —
The New York Express, says there have
been recently a few failures, but not for any
considerable amount. The results have
shown the salutary benefits of the Bank
rupt Law. In the expositions that have
been made, confidential and business debts
J are put on a par. The consequence ha-s
been that two houses have failed, and set
tled all within a week, giving in one in
stance seventy-five, and the other sixty-two
and a halfcents on the dollar. Prior to
the passage of the Bankrupt law it was
customary to make over, and to secure, the
confidential, leaving the business paper
unprovided for. This system can no long
er be continued. The breaking up of a sys
tem that has been so ruinous (that of making
preferred creditors) is a measure that
speaks volumes in favor of the new law.
Repeal of the Mississippi Gallon La w. —
As but as little is generally known in re
gard to the provisions of the bill recently
passed by the Legislature to repeal the ;
Gallon Law, we submit the following sy
nopsis of it furnished by one of our mem- j
hers. It repeals the old law and establish- i
j es a license system in lieu thereof-—the li- j
1 cense in the State not to be less than SSO i
I nor more than SIOOO, one half to the use ;
j ofthe State, the other half to the county in
■ which collected. In the cities of Natchez
and Vicksburg, the license to be under the
control ofthe municipal authorities, and to
ho not less than $250, to he applied to the
use of the hospital in those two cities. Sel
ling liquors without first obtaining license,
punishable by imprisonment not less than
thirty days. The names of informers not j
required to be known, and no indictment to
be quashed for want of form. No one to
lie granted a license until he produces the
Treasurer’s receipt lor the amount of li
cense.—Free Trader.
Wild Geese. —A most singular advan
tage lias been taken of these wild fowls on
the prairies in this country. We under- 1
stand during the late rain and sleet storm, j
large flocks of wild geese were so com-!
pletely frozen over that their wings became
useless appendages, and they were com
pelled to “ take to their heels” tor their
only chance of escape from the eager pur
suer, and during this helpless and forlorn
condition, large flocks of them were captur
ed. The old saying is, “ when the sky
falls we can catch larks,” but anew and
more probable one now, when the sleet falls
we can catch geese. — Laporte Whig.
Capers of an Elephant. —An Elephant J
I belonging to Waring’s Menagerie, at Mo
! bile, about a week ago, getting tired of bis
! quarters in the jail yard, attacked the gate,
j demolished the wall and escaped. On his
j way, lie met a baker’s cart, loaded wilh
i fresh bread, lie upset the cart, and pro
j cceded to devour its contents, despite the
! cries of the baker’s wife, who witnessed the
j transaction, nor ceased until he had eaten
the whole. He was about to make an at
tack on a second one, when lie was secured.
Church Flooded. —A cry of fire was last
evening raised on the North River side
when the ever ready firemen proceeded
with their engines in all possible haste.—
Some mischievous bystanders directed
them to a church where were assembled a
large congregation of our colored popula
tion in the act of divine worship. The
church being well illuminated tended to
confirm the statement, and without stopping
to make further inquiry the unconscious
Firemen directed the hose pipe to the win
dows, and before the mistake was discov
ered the worshipers were drowned out and
the church half filled with water—-V. I
Commercial.
The expenses of Colt’s trial, amounted to I
about S2OOO ; of which $22 50 were for ;
sugars! and $42 for beer ! furnished to the
jury. The Board of Supervision have re
solved that hereafter, they will not be res
ponsible for beer and segars furnished ju
rors.
Spirit of the Day. —lt appears by the re j
| port of a trial in the New-York City Courts, !
that in 1841, a Joint Stock Company was j
| formed, called “ The Colored Anti Masonic j
Grocery Association,” the objects of which j
j were to put down Free Masonry, and mo-
J nopoly in grocery, although what connec
tion existed between the two subjects did
not very clearly appear. A constitution
was formed, and the capital stock ofthe As
sociation was to be divided into 450 shares,
at $5 per share. The grocery concern
appears to have failed.
A woman, in a town not far from Ports,
mouth, N 11., who had been ill-used by
her husband, on finding him enjoying the
comforts of a sound sleep, quietly sewed
him p in the bed clothes, and. while he was
in that defenceless situation, gate him a
sound thrashing.
Female Farmer. —Mrs. Content W. Gains
I who entered with a number of other compe
titors for the premiums olibred by the Ken
-1 nebec (Me.) Agricultural Society, beat all
J the men, and carried off the prize. The
j yield of corn was 132 bushels to the acre,
I and of wheat 59 bushels.
SINGULAR CASE OF MADNESS.
During my travels in the north of Europe
I visited, frequently, those receptacles of
\ derangement which man has erected for
I his less fortunate nrcthren. Actuated bv
curiosity, 1 entered one day the Hospital of
Berlin, where I beheld an object, the impres
sion of which on my mind, six years have
j not been able to obliterate ; often does this
1 scene recur to my imagination, and 1 dwell
j on it when I would be sad.
j It was a man w hose exterior was very
striking ; his figure tall and commanding,
j was inclined partly Bv age, but still more
j by sorrow; the few scattered hairs which rc
| mained on his temples, rivalled in white
i ness the driven snow ; ami the lines of his
strongly marked countenance, the deepest
melancholy was visibly depicted. He im
| mediately arrested my attention, and I en
quired with eager curiosity who lie was and
what brought hint there ? Startled at the
j sound of my voice, the object which had e.x
----: cited my interest seemed to a wake us from
j a reverie ; he looked around him without
I much seeming speculation and then began
with slow and measured steps to stride the j
I hall where themore.peaceable inmates of |
bis gloomy mansion were permitted to take
tire air repeating in a low but audible voice
“onco one is two ; once one is two.” Now
and then lie would stop and remain with his j
arms contemplatively folded on his breast
for some minutes, then again resuming his
walk, he continued to repeat, “once one is j
two ; once one is two.”
His story, as I received it from the supe- j
rior of the Hospital, is as follows; Conrad
Lange, collector ofthe revenue of the citv
of Berlin had long been known as a man
whom nothing could divert from the paths j
of honesty ; scrupulously exact in all his:
dealings, and assiduous in the discharge of
his official duties, he had acquired the good
will and esteem of all who knew him, and
tlieconfidence of the Minister of finance, \
whose duty it waste inspect the accounts of ■
all officers connected with the revenue.—
Os casting up his accounts at the close of a .
particular year, he found a deficit of 10,(109
ducats. Alarmed at this discover’/, he went
to the Minister, presented his accounts, and ;
informed him that he did not know how it
hail arisen, and that he had been robbi and bv
some person bent on his ruin.—The Minis
ter received iiis accounts, but.thinking it
his duty to secure a person who probably :
might be a defaulter, be caused him to be
arrested, and put his accounts into tiie
hands of one his secretaries for inspection,
who returned them the day alter, with the ;
information that the deficiency arose from
a miscalculation ; that in multiplying, Mr. ;
Lange had said, one one is two, instead of :
once one is one. The poor man was in |
stantly released from his confinement, his
accounts returned, and the mistake pointed
out. During his imprisonment which las
ted but two days he had neither eaten drank
nor taken any repose—and when he ap
peared, his countenance was as pale as
death. On receiving his accounts, ho was
a long time silent, then suddenly awaken
ing as if from a trance, he repeated, “once |
one is two!’
Ho appeared to be entirely insensible to
his situation ; would neither eat nor drink,
unless solicited ; —and took notice of noth
ing that passed around him. Whilst repea-
I ting his accustomed phrase, if any one cor
j reeted him by saying ‘once one is one,’ he I
! recollccetd for a moment,& said, ‘All, right! !
once one is one ;’ then again resuming his
walk he continued to repeat, ‘once one is
two.” He died shortly after my leaving
Berlin.
GUARDIAN’S SALK.
\\f 188 be sold on the first Tuesday in June
v T next, before the Court-House door in
Wilkes county, within the legal hours of sale,
A Tract of I .and lying in said county, on the
j w aters of Cedar Creek, adjoining Kendrick.
| Bowdre, and others, containing two hundred A
cres, more or less, belonging to the Minors of
Jonathan Gresham, deceased. Terms made
known on the day of sale.
JAMES R. GUNN, Guardian.
March 10.1842. Ot 28
AI IMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
’ 117188 be sold on the first Tuesday in May
* * next, before the Court-House door in
Wilkes county, within the legal hours of sale,
A Negro man named Aaron, belonging to the
Estate of Benedictine Crews, deceased. Sold
I for the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
ELIZA MANKIN, Adm’x. with
the will annexed.
March 10,1842 88
Tail me Can tiles,
Ol a superior quality, for sale low, al whole
sale or retail, bv
ROBERT 11. VICKERS.
March It). 28
tCank oMltr State of iirorgia.
Savannah, February 25, 1842.
V% ‘ I IKK HAS a paper has been published in
I TV the Savannah Republican of the 21st in
j slant, railing a meeting of tiic Stockholders in
t tns Institution on the 2?tli day ot April next.—
i The Hoard ol Directors deem it due to the vast
; majority of the Stockholders not connected with
tins movement, to express publicly its views in
relation to it.
In the opinion ot tins Board, it is a do'y incum
bent outlie Directors of every Bank, (derivable
not only from its charter, but from considerations
of good faith paramount thereto,) to Bold its at
tains at alt times open to the inspection and ex
, animation of those whoso interests are committed
Ito their custody. In this view of the duty which
devolves upon it, tins Board reiterates the call
winch lias been made, and expresses the hope
that since it lias been mane, it will bo responded
to by a meeting sufficiently large to gnu a fail
representation to the interest -. and a lair expres
sion to the wishes ot tlic Stockholders.
It therefore earnestly requests all who can at
tend, to be personally present, aud those who can
by no possibility be in attendance, to send their
proxies. The only evil that can be the rosuil ol
the contemplated meeting (other than that which
tlie agitation of the question ala time of general
depression and universal panic must necessarily
produce,) is the non-attendance of the Stock
holders, thus leaving the interests of the Institu
tion in the handset a few who cannot tullv rep
, resent the interests of the whole..
To arrest as far as it cau, the injurious conse
quences of which the call for a meeting of stock
holders at tins time is productive, this Board
j deems it proper to allude more particularly to it.
At a period when the public mind is excited a
gutiisi ail J tanks, by reason ol the gross misman
agement of many of them in our country, any
movement ol the kind contemplated, is calcula
ted to operate injuriously on this, or any other
institution : add to this consideration, which ap
plies generally to all moneyed institutions, the
lac i, that heavy losses have recently accrued at
our branch at Macon, which in a time ol unpre
cedented difficulty have been promptly met by
the Bank, and it will be perceived, that the move
ment that lias been made, is eminently calculated
to injure this Institution, aud when the circum
stances attending on tins call are duty consider
ed, it will be difficult to escape the conclusion,
that evil to a greater or less extent, may be its
consequence.
No one ol llio Subscribers to that document
lias ever intimated to the presiding officer of this
institution, or to any member of this Board, a de
sire to have a meeting of Stockholders; the cal!
itsell has never been communicated directly to,
or been laid before this Board, and the iirst noti
fication given was the insertion of it in the col
umns ot one of the gazettes of this city. Such
course not only indicates a want of courtesy, but,
exhibits a distrust of the members of this Board,
which cannot fail, within tiie sphere of its influ
ence, to affect injuriously, the interests of the In
stitution over which they preside, which distrust
i was not necessary in effecting the call, and was
I tiiereiore entirely gratuitous.
V hat motives have influenced to such course,
ti e Board leaves to tiie decision of the public.
Resolved, That the foregoing be published in
t e gazettes of Savannah, the Constitutionalist,
Augusta, the Recorder, Milledgeville, the Wliisr.
is, and the News, Washington, Wilke
j county, Georgia.
True extract from the Minutes,
A. PORTER, Cashier.
March 10. 7t 28
Georgia, Wilkes county.
In the Superior Court of said County.
February Term, 1842.
j John l’crteet, Administrator of )
Rowland K. Jackson, deceased,
vs.
Matthew IJackson, Bill in Equitv
Aaron A. Cleveland, for
Mark A. Lane, Injunction,&e.
Luke Turner, [ Wilkes Supe-
Muscs S. (iuice, | rior Court, Ju-
Mose- Wright, | ly Term, 1842.
tSamuel Glenn,
George W. Palmer, and |
Henry Puss, J
S I'appearing to the Court, upo; affidavit, that
a nl.uthevv L. Jackson, Moses S. (mice, Moses
Vi right, Samuel Glenn, and Henry Poss, defen
dants to the above named Bill of Injunction, do
not not reside within said County, and therefore
j cannot be personally served. Be it therefore
Ordered, by this Court, that said named parties
ri siding out of said county, do appear at the July
Term, 1842, of said Superior Court, and answer
to said li il tor Injunction, &e. and that the said
i persons be served by a publication of this order
m the Gazette of tiie Town of Washington, once
a month for four months.
True copy from the Record, .'id March, 1842.
JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk.
March 10. mini 28
Georgia, \\ ilkes county.
In the Superior Court, of said County,
February Term, 1842.
Ann Arnett, Administratrix of j
Mildred Carlton, deceased, jnEquitv
John McNeil, and his wife J-’r Distribu
a, , ti tion,&c.
Matilda, , Wilkes Supc
w'u' r i’- e , . • nor Court,
William Catching!*, , , ~r
Seymour (latchings, u j?™ 1 ’
Joseph Cat dungs,
Jonathan Hatchings, J
| I’ appearing to the Court, upon affidavit, that,
*- John McNeil, and Ins wife Matilda, Seymour
| Cun Rings, Joseph Catchings, and Jonathan
I Catchings, defendants to the above named Bill
for Distribution, reside out. of the county of
Wilkes, a ud therefore cannot be personally sen -
■ ed. Be it therefore Ordered y the Court, that
j said named parties residing out of said county,
I do appear at the July Term of 1842, of said Su
perior Court, and answer said Jill!, and that the
i said persons be served by a publication of this
! Order in the Gazette of the Town of Washing
ton, once a month for four months. It is further
Ordered, at least three numbers of said paper la
sent to the post-office nearest the residence oi
the parties above stated, residing out of this State,
directed to them, if such offices can he ascer
tained.
True copy from the Minutes, March 3, 1842.
JOHN 11. DYSON, Clerk.
March in. m4n.i 28 _
ELBERT SHERRIFF?S SALE,
lit [LI. be sold on the tirs.t Tuesday in April
* * next, before tiie Cou.rt- House door in El
; bert county, between the lawful hours of sale,
: the following property, t.vwit:
: ! One Negro woman named Fanny, about fifty
* five years ol age, levied on as the property ol
. . William P. Christian, to satisfy a fi. fa. front a
1 I Justice’s Court in favor of Ifuncan & Christian
| vs. William P. Christian. Property levied on
j by a Constable, this Ist March, 1842.
HOWELL SMITH, Dep. Sheriff
March 10. 28 .
