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as Waters (and 20 others, naming them.)
Whom we have cause to believe has Acted
ia Conjunction with and has Aided, Abet
ted, and assissted the British Troops and
the Avowed Enemies of the United States
of AMERICA.
We therefore Recommend to the Ilon’ble
the Attorney General To Order prossess to
ho issued against said Offenders and cause
them to be Brought before A Court of Gen
oral Sessions &c to be Dealt with accord
ing to Law. Signed
STEPHEN HEARD
foreman.”
The same Grand Jury bears honorable,
and we wish it were more ample testimony,
to the patriotism of two of the most ardent,
brave and active leaders of the revolution,
whose names, almost unrecorded in our an
nals, and fast fading from the memory of
tradition, yet deserve, and we hope will ob
tain a conspicuous place in the History of
Georgia, if that desideratum is ever to be
had:
“ We the Grand Jury from the Evidence
of John Crutchfield respecting the Conduct
of Colo’s Dooly & F’ickens in sending said
Crutchfield into the British Camp as a Spy
after the most Strictest Scrutiny are of O
pinion that the said Dooly & Pickens did it
with an intent of serving their Country and
therefore their conduct is highly approved
of by us.”
The battle of Kettle Creek, remarkably
bloody in proportion to the numbers engag
ed, was fought about six months before this
Court was holden, between a party of Brit
ish and Tories from North-Carolinay who
were on their march to Augusta, tpid the
Whigs under Colonels Pickens andDooly.
The British were defeated with gfeat loss.
How it happened that the proceedings of the
American leaders before the fcattle, came
within the province of the Grind Jury, we
are unable to discover.
The spot where the batfle was fought is
about 10 miles from Washington, and we
are informed that many relics of the battle
are still to be found there.
There is a gap of some two or three years
in pur record, according to it the next
Court was held October 29, 1782 ; at which
there were present five Assistant Judges,
the Court being constituted of these and a
Chief Justice. This latter was at that time
the Hon. George Walton, member of the
revolutionary Congress and a signer of the
Declaration of Independence. He appears
at this time to have had some quarrel with
the Executive of the State, for we find the
following between the Assistant Justices
and himself, on the Minutes—they
“Ordered that the Sheriff wait on his
honor the Chief Justice to know whether he
intends to take hi:, s ;• Chief Justice of
this Court.
The Honor;;!.;. f ,=ij,..> answered
as follows :
“Tothchonora *. .• .nr Justices of
the County of W.:k-. ...
“ Tiir mid ■ ... ■■ •; : , appoint,
ed Chi ts Jii- h. -ttorab he Le
gislature -if tie 0'.'....
the Circuit, but : v i ■■r.. ■■.. J
the Honorable t’ . -
suspend linn lining -h ■ -
lie does not think ’ i* t* ibi -i to a- • ,
present. GEO. W \ ETON. ’*
This article has a ■ ad-. to too
great a length, but w e canti.a ■ irbeai givmg
in conclusion, the charge of ifo Lid--e ..
the November Term, 1781. a- .... us
an idea of the stale of this put t oi •; court
try at that time. We hope our design of
making farther extracts from these old rec
ords, will not be unacceptable to our read
ers.
“The Honourable Chief Justice delivered
the following charge to the Grand Jury :
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,
Fourteen or fifteen years ago I several
times roue over this country, when it was
Wilderness and nothing to be seen but the
savage and his Game of the Woods, the In
dian line being soon after mooved further
out, it began to settled, and altho’ it has
been Interupted bv a seven or Eight years
war in which the first settlers greatly d.s
tinguished themselves, it has increaced in
number, strength and cultivation to an as
tonishing degree, this rapidity of settlement
is an Inoontrovertable proof of the Good
ness of the climate, the soil and Naviga
tion, as it has been made in the face, of al
most insuperable dificulties; satisfied there
fore with the excellency of your country,
your Grand Object should be to Govern it
well, and much depends upon a proper be
ginning. The constitution of our country,
contains the principles of Liberty which by
attention may be improved into the Basses
on which the hapiness of the community
may Rest with security, the time However
for any kind of alteration is not yet arrived,
we have Repelled the arms of our enemies
but we have not yet expelled the anger of
their acts, turn then your attention intirely
to the management of the Interest of your
Country, let the wisest and most prudent be
appointed to the Legislature, and all unite
in preserving puhlick order, and Giving
dignity and authority to the Courts of Jus
tice, by those means publiek and private
wrongs be punished and rights of society
and Individuals kept sacred, every man, let
him be charged with what crimes he may,
is intitled by the Constitution to a fair, open
and publiek trial before A Jury of the
county, and to be heard either by himself
or Council at his own Election, all appear
ance ot Mallaee in the Prosecution is to be
discountenanced and no Interuption thereat
or violence Permited, in the cottrce of it.
The Laborious rides I take, are to Obtain
those ends, and to establish the Great prin
ciples of the Revolution, I cannot doubt
therefore ofjneating the utmost support in
the discharge of my duty, in the County of
Wilkes.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,
It Gives me uncommon satisfaction to see
the forward Improvement of this Town,
which Promises to boos considerable im
portance, and it Gratifies beyond expecta
tion, to Learn that an academy, is erecting.
Nothing so desirable, so Necesisarv to a
virtuous free people, as education, this plea- !
sant healthy situation will Invite scholars
Go on with the business with order, and, j
the patrons of it will diserve well of their
follow citizens, of mankind and posterity.
GEORGE WALTON.
Washington, the 2d November 1784.”
Augusta Chronicle of March 10</f.
FATAL AFFRAY.
The wonted quiet of our city was dis- I
turbed on Monday night, by an affray, the |
result ofwhich was as melaneholly as its
consequences were fatal. The substance
of the facts, as developed on the investiga
tion by a jury of inquest are—that a quar
rel had taken place some short time previ
ous between Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, and
a Mr. McMillan, an engineer on the Geor
gia Rail Road, which created so much ill
feeling, that imprudent remarks ami threats
were made, the result of which was that
both went armed for a meeting, which took
place in Broad street about 11 o'clock on
Monday night, when McMillan accosted
rd assaulted Hutchinson, a short fight en
ed, in which Hutchinson stabbed McMil
lan, of which he died in a few minutes.—
We forbear farther comment, as we under
stand that Hutchinson will deliver himself
up, and the matter will undergo a judicial
investigation. The following verdict was
returned the jury of inquest:
“That the deceased came to his death by
a wound inflicted in the left side with a
knife, in an affray with Thomas Hutchin
son.”
From the Savannah Republican.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD BANK.
We publish this morning a statement of
the affairs of this Institution from which it
fully appears that it is justly intitled to the
entire confidence of the public.
There are very few banks that can make
.so good ashowing as this, in the State or
out of it. Its suspension is owing not to a
large circulation, which only amounted on
the Ist inst. to a little more than SIOO,OOO
an amount already much reduced, but to
the temporary inability to meet some pres
ent payments.
We are informed that the circulation
will all bet absorbed in six or seven months
by the payment and reduction of her dis
counted notes, and by receipts for freight,
&c. upon the Rail Road. Under these
circumstances it seems to us very unfortu
nate thatthese notes should suffer the slight
est depreciation for any purpose whatever.
If we remember right the notes of the
Georgia Rail Road Bank, were received on
deposit by the Augusta Banks, when the
mother institution at Athens had suspen
ded with a circulation of $900,000. Her
circulation was so rapidly reduced by pay
ments made to the Road that no inconven
ience was felt to the note holders, and it re
quired but a few months to place the Bank
on the best possible footing. So rapidly is
this process of a reduction going or. with
he Central Rail Road Bank, that a single
firm in this city has often paid for freights
$2009 per week. It would be a happy
i hing if the other banks of the state had as
, nun and effectual means of withdraw
in.'; their circulation as the Central Rail
Ri id Bank. But it is sufficient for bill
holders to know that the Bank exhibits re
sources amounting to $513,100 against li
abilities of only $! 91.000 in order to be
■evinced that rii- • \ ought not to sacrifice
th-- fraction of a farthing in parting with
‘.heir notes. The only thing against the
Bank or Rail Road isthat the word Central
is applied to either. The infamy of the
Central Bank has communicated such a
bad odour to every thing pretending to cen
trality, that it is an unfortunate appendage.
Many persons besides, might mistake and
do mistake one for the other. We do not
like the name Central Rail Road, Georgia
Rail Road, &c. Such names seem to claim
a universality of character, which the pub
lic do not accord to these corporations.
With the public at large, the Central
Rail Road is the the Savannah and Macon
Rail Road, and the Georgia Railroad the
Augusta and Athens Road, &e.
THE CURRENCY.
While waiting at the Post Office
the other day, we heard one of our Mer
chants ask a friend from the interior, who
it appears had bought several hundred bales
of cotton in Macon and brought them here
for sale, how he expected to come out with
his speculation ?
“I hope,” said our friend from the coun
try, “that I shall be able to turn the Dem
ocratic into Whig currency, which is all I
expected to do.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Why, I bought the cotton with Central
Bank notes, and if I can sell it for the same
amount in Savannah funds I shall be satis
fied.”
“But how did you got the Central Bank
notes?”
“I bought them in Augusta at from 10 to
15 per cent discount.”
“O, I see! You bought money at a large
discount and paid it out to the .planters at
par for their cotton, and now you sell the
cotton for specie currency, and thus you
make 15 per cent by the operation. Well
that is what I call doing a pretty lair busi
ness ! But, my friend, how do the planters
like this?”
“I have no trouble about that part of the
business, as Governor McDonald and the
rest of the Loco Foco leaders in this State
have made the people believe that this is a
relief measure .”
“Well I think it is a “relief measure”
with a vengeance. That is, it relieves the
planterof 10 to 15 per cent of his honest
earnings! But how long do you think it
will be before the planters discover how
much they are cheated by this operation? ’
“(J! God bless your simple heart,” said
our country friend, it is no matter how soon
they see into this trick, as the Governor and
his co-leaders will have another humbug
ready by the time they begin to see through
this. Don’t you see that there is a move
ment already on this subject? The Gov- ]
ernor has found that the people are begin
ning to be dissatisfied with my mode of re
lieving them, and has put the party machi
nery in motion to get an extra call of the
Legislature, being afraid that unless he does I
something while he has a majority, that the f
Fall elections will turn the tables again?
What the next humbug will be I am una
ble to guess, but when it comes I shall try
to make the best of it, as 1 am doing now.
We left, ruminating with a heavy heart
on what we had heard; and as we went, !
asked ourselves when will the reign of
Demagogueism be over? — Savannah lie- \
publican.
The enemies of banking institutions and
a paper currency, are industriously draw
ing arguments in favor of their favorite
theories, from the monetary derangements I
and troubles of the country. They reason ;
and with great show of plausibility, that a
system must be radically defective, under j
which so much of mischief and of ruin can i
be engendered. The appeal is one that
comes directly home to every man, for the
facts upon w hich it is grounded are obvious :
to all, if not from actual and woful expert
ence, at least from sight and observation.
Upon many minds the mode of reasoning 1
has proved very effective, and in conse- f
quenee not a few are now violent in crying
down the Banks who were once in a way of j
thinking diametically the opposite. They
judge of the system by its operation, w ith
out stopping to enquire whether the present
effects are legitimate or the result of causes
other than the natural working of the sys
I tern itself. There is no species of ratioci
| nation, more specious and defective than
that which argues against the use of a thing
bv the abuse of it. The truth is, that the
i best of things are liable to be abused.—
j How many excesses have been committed
! in the name of liberty ?
How many barbarities in the name of re- j
ligion ! Yet because Jacobinism steeped
France in bloody horrors and superstitions i
kindled the firesofSmithfield, will it there- 1
fore be concluded that there can he no gen
uine freedom or enlightened piety on earth? j
In the same way do they argue, who would
reject a paper currency altogether, on ac
count of the mischiefs which late abuses
have introduced. The system when proper
ly regulated is acknowledged to yield inva
luable facilities to any country in which it
may have been established. Its efficiency
: was fully proved during the incorporation
of the Government Bank, both for the first
and second term. But like all good things
banking institutions when abused and pre
verted from their legitimate line ofopera-
S tion, turn to be very mischievous engines,
| and commit as. much of evil as they did be-
I fore of good. Thus has it been ever since
! the destruction of the United States Bank
j removed the control and regulation power
j that was necessary to restrain the State in-
I stitutions, and keep them within their pro
| per sphere of action. All the misfortunes
now suffered were predicted at the time of
| this false movement as its inevitableconse
| quence. Under such circumstances, the
! reasoning is questionable if not fallacious,
| that draws front the monetary derangements
j and convulsions of the day, conclusions ad
verse to the utility and beneficial tendency
ofa paper currency.
“THE DICTATOR.”
Mr. Clay lias communicated to the Le
gislature of K nturkv, now in session, his
intention to resign his seat in the 11. S. Sen i
ate, on the first of April next. In refer- j
cnee to the public interests alone, we should |
i regret this determination of Mr. Clay ; but
so far as lie is concerned, we deem it an act
of the highest wisdom. It has been for ;
some time manifest that every act of Con- ;
gress in opposition to the executive, or at;
all open to attack, has been attributed to
him whether he had any agency in it or not. j
He has been represented as a Dictator :
moulding the Legislation of that body, and
even, by bis invincible personal influence,
inducing members to vote against their own
convictions of propriety ! This charge, to
be sure, is a tribute to his ability and integ
-1 rity, which any man might well covet, since
it is impossible that any man. without these
qualities, could exert such an influence, j
Heretofore the decisions of Congress have
been supposed to be too much influenced
by Executive dictation —because the Pres
ident is invested, with the power of “rewar
ding his friends and punishing his enemies.
But Mr. Clay has been charged with dicta
ting to, and controling the action of that
body, while himself only one of the mem
bers of Congress, the question will natural
ly suggest itself, by what means has he ac
quired it ? What art, what magic, what
conjuration has he employed by which he
has been enabled to usurp such control o
j ver the judgement and action of the repre
j sentative of the people? He has no office
—no honors—no salaries—at his disposal.
T/te President has ! IJow happens it that
the President with all his patronage, has no
influence in Congress—while Mr. Clay,
without any of these “means and applian
ces,” controls its action! If the allegation
be true, it must be not onl y because the re
presentatives of the people have no respect
for the opinions, and no confidence in the
integrity of John Tyler, while they deter to
the opinions, and repose the most implicit
; j reliance on the views of Mr. Clay ; —but
because they are too honest to be bought
and sold! The friends of Mr. Tyler pay
hut a poor compliment to that gentleman,
and a very high compliment to the members
of Congress, when they depict Mr. Clay a
j mere Senator, with no patronage at his be
stowal, as the Dictator to a majority ot Con
gress, while he, the President, upon whose
: j nod an army of officeholders and office
; ‘ hunters are dependent, can scarcely com
■ mend in that body, a-“corporal’s squad !
And after all, if Mr. Clay be a dictator, ho j
is the only one sinci dn days of Ciiieinna
tus, who has ever voluntarily resigned lie:
Dictatorship. Nevertheless, we arc glad
that he lias resigned, because while longer 1
continuance in the public councils could
add nothing to Mr. Clay’s reputation, even
his presence in Washington enabled bison
omies constantly to misrepresent his actions
and to place the falsest construction upon
his position. When he shall leave Wasli-j
ington, who then w ill be the Dictator? We
should like to know.— Lynchburg Virgin- j
tan.
From the Savannah Republican.
THE CONSTITU TION OF THE U- ‘
NITEI) STATES.
His immaculate Majesty, General An-|
duew Jackson, the greatest of the great,
the stern Roman, with as many other ti- j
ties as his warmest admirers chose to affix j
to his name, construed the Constitution of |
the United States “as lie understood it.” !
These are times w lien
“Men rush in where angels fear to tread;”
when the supremacy of the law and the sa
cred character of safe precedents arc set at
naught ; when written Constitutions are
treated as if they were inscribed upon brass
and were able to maintain their integrity
against the ruthless attacks of every self
■ constituted Judge. That General Jack-
I son himself should be excused in all things
by his devout and loyal admirers, is not a
! matter of surprise. His apotheosis has
been officially recorded in all the Demo-
I cratic papers of the country, and his pos
! thumous fame may be said fairly to have
preceded his departure to the other world.
“ Uetat e'est moi,” said Louis XVI ; 1
take the responsibility. “ I construe the |
Constitution as I understand it,” says Gen- j
eral Jackson. “ The King can do no wrong,”
say the adherents of royalty. “ General
Jackson can do no wrong,” say his adher
ents, if not by their language, yet as plain
ly by their acts as can be. Mr. Lumpkin,
it seems, is of the Jackson school, although
we do not know whether he was one of his j
supporters or not. He has imitated the j
“old Hero” to a nicety, although he does !
not condescend to explain how it is that a
Constitution which declares that Congress,
shall enact a uniform law of Bankruptcy
j has been violated. We have made these
1 remarks in order to introduce the following
j interesting correspondence :
Savannah, 16th Feb. 1842.
Sir;—You have been appointed by the
] District Court a Commissioner under the
! “Act to establish a uniform system ofßank
j ruptcy throughout the United States, and
I am instructed, by the Judge, to request
i vour acceptance of the Office, and co-ope
| ration in carrying the Act into effect.
Should you accept the appointment, you
I will swear, before a Judge of the Superior
or Inferior Court, to the affidavit on the Ist
j page, and return it duly to me.
Your ob’t servant,
GEO. GLEN.
Col. Joseph 11. Lumpkin, Lexington.
(answer.)
Lexington, March Ist 1842.
Sir :—Having, as an Attorney, taken an
oath to support and defend the Constitution
of the United States, I feel constrained to
decline the appointment tendered me thro’
you by the District Court, believing .is 1
Jo, that the Act to establish a uniform sys
tem of Bankruptcy throughout the Uni
ted States violates the spirit although not
perhaps the letter of our national compact.
Verv respectfully,
Your oh’t servant,
JOSEPH H. LUMPKIN.
Mr. Geo Glen, Savannah.
The Gentleman at Church may be 1
known bv the following marks :
1. Comes in good season, so as neither to
interrupt the pastor or congregation by a ;
late arrival.
2. Does not stop upon the steps or in the
portico, either to gape at the ladies, sa
lute friends, or display his colloquial pow- I
ers.
3. Opens and shuts the door gently, and I
walks deliberately up the aisle, and gets to j
his seat as quietly, and by making as few j
people remove as possible.
4. Takes his seat either in the back j
part of the seat or steps out into the aisle
when any one wishes to pass in, and never j
thinks of such a thing as making people j
crowd past him while keeping his place in
the seat.
5. Is always attentive to strangers, and I
gives up his seat to such ; seeking another
for himself.
6. Never thinks of defiling the house of
God with tobacco spittle, or annoying those
who sit near him by chewing that nauseous
weed in church.
7. Never, unless in case of illness, gets
up and goes out in time of service. But it
necessity compels him to do so, goes so qui
etly that his very manner is an apology for
the act. Does not engage in conversation
before commencement of service.
9. Does not whisper, or laugh, or eat
fruit in the house of God, or lounge.
10. Does not rush out of church like a
tramping horse the moment the benediction
is pronounced, but retires slowly in a noise
less quiet manner.
11. Does all he can by precept and ex
ample to promote decorum in others.
A Boston Notion. — A distinguished Pro-
I fessor, lecturing at the Lowell Institute, on
1 the laws of matter, recent!*’ observed, that
j air, when seen in small quantities, was in
visible. These lecturers often say queer
things, if they.did but know it; but we stlp
. pose their motto is “ excuse haste.”
The Naval Force of England. —The na
val force of Great Britain, the largest in th>
world, consists of 790 ships of w ar, carry
ing from 1 to 120 guns each ofdifli rentea- j
libres, which ureeither inordinary or com
mission. Os this immense flotilla, 105 are j
armed steam vessels, constructed on the i
most scientific and approved principles lor .
active sea service. To mail this extensive
fleet in time of peace, there are I 1.000 roy
al marines. ‘This number will however i
be greatly augmented, as the vessels order
ed to be put into commission for China,
Ac., are to have their full compliment ol j
able seamen.
Good. — \ poor fellow who had spent
hundreds of dollars at the bar of a certain
groggery, being one d.iv fault and feeble
and out ofehaiige, asked the landlord to
trust him w ith a glass of liquor. ” No,
was the surly reply: “1 never make a
practice of doing such tilings.” The poor
fellow turned to a gentleman who was sit
ting by, and whom he had known in better
days, saying, “ Sir will you lend me six
pence ?” “ Certainly,” was the reply.—
The landlord w ith alacrity placed the de
canter and glass before him. He took a
pretty good horn, and having swallowed it
and replaced the glass with evident satis
faction, he turned to the man who had lent
him the sixpence and said—“ Here sir is
! the sixpence 1 owe you : 1 make it a point
degraded as I am, always to pay borrowed
j money, before J pay my grog bill. ”
\
From the Selma Free Press, bill inst.
HORRIBLE STEAM BOAT DISAS
TER !
We have to record one of the most ap- i
palling steam boat accidents in our own j
State, that has recently occurred. The !
steamer North Star, on Saturday last, when
about 12 miles from Tuscaloosa, on her
downward passage, burst her boiler, with a
terrible explosion, utterly demolishing the
! cabins in front and precipitating into eterni
ty eight or ten of her passengers and crew 1
Horrible as w’as the scene, the worst was
yet to come. The boat was soon enve! -p
ed in flames, and, rendered unmanageable
by the accident, rushed on her way in full
speed. In this fearful extremity, two of the
passengers (Tlios. Maxwell, Esq. and Col.
I McPherson, of Tuscaloosa,) on her striking
| the bunk at a bend of the l iver, succeeded
j in lashing the boat to the shore, hut not un
til several others had perished in the flames!
Many too, were frightfully mangled by the
j explosion, some of whom are not expected
to recover. The captain, pilot, and other
officers of the boat, were blown up by the
bursting of the boilers ; and the names ot
j the individuals who perished are unknown.
At least 15 lost their livis, eitli r by the
explosion, by the flames, or by drowning ;
I and of the 8 or 10 severely injured, several
! are not likely to recover. The ladies and
j children were saved, their cabin being but
j slightly affected, comparatively, by the ex
-1 plosion. Capt. Parham, Col. C. D. Con
ner, and Mr. Fuller, a clock pedlar, are
| all whose names arc yet known, of those
j who perished.
An Express. —A Wisconsin editor ack
nowledges the receipt of Congressional doe- ;
uments “in consequence ofa flock of wolves
chasing the post-rider across the prairies.
Trees in St. Domingo. —The mahogany
tree in St. Domingo is tall straight, and
beautiful, with red flowers, an oval, lemon- ;
sized fruit. When the tree grows on a bar
ren soil, the grain of this wood is beautiful- j
ly variegated ; upon rich ground it is pale, i
j open, and oflittle value
The machincal tree also grows on tins
j island, and as wood furnishes slabs for lur
niture, interspersed with beautiful green ;
and vellow veins, like marble ; but the j
dust of this wood is oi so acid and poisonous
a nature that the carpenters are forced to
work with gauze masks, to protect them ;
from its injurious effects.
From the Chronicle ip Sentinel.
AUGUSTA EXCHANGE TABLE.
SPECIE BASIS.
Augusta Notes.
! Mechanics’ Bank pee.
Agency Brunswick Bunk, ....
I Bunk of Augusta
Augusta Ins <p Banking Company.
Branch Georgia Railroad, ....
Branch State oj Georgia, ....
Savannah Notes.
\ State. Bank ?<’ dk’rai.
! Murine cp Fire. Insurance Bank, k a
Central Railroad Bank, . . .10 a
’ Planters’ Bank, ?a
Country Notes.
State Bank Branch Macon, . . a l i drill. \
Other Branches Slate Bank, . ■ a 1
Brunswick Bunk, par a
St. Mary's Bank a I
Branch (tentral R.R.Bank,Macon, 10 a
Branch Marin, ip Fire Ins Bank, a k
Insur. Bank of Columbus, Macon, 2a ;> “
I Commercial Bank, Macon, . . a - “
| Milledgeville Bank, a -k
Georgia Railroad Bank, Athens, a k “
| City Council of Augusta, ... a k “
; Ocmulgee Bank, at,
Phanix Bunk, late Farmers’ Bank
of Chattahoochee, . ... 5a 6 “ :
Ruckerscille Bank, a k “ j
j Central Bank, 11 a 12
| Bank of Columbus, •> a 0 “
] Planters’ if Mec’s.B’k. Columbus, 3o a lit “
i Bank of llawkinsnlk, ■ ■ ■ 30 alO “
’ City Council of Columbus. Macon
and MilU dgerilte, . . . 12 J a 15 “
j Monroe Railroad Bank, broke.
i Bunk of Darien amt Branches,
Chattahoochee R R ip B'king Cos. “
Western Bank of Georgia,
Geo. 0 per cf. Bonds for Specie, aSO per dot.
J Geo. 8 “ “ “ 15 a2O dis.
South Carolina Notes.
I Charleston Bunks, par.
1 Bunic of Hamburg,
i Country Banks,
| Alabama Notes, . . . 121 all dis’iit.
Checks.
jOn Neic-York, sight, ... ml premium.
On Charleston, .... par a
lOn Savannah, .... par a dis’nt.
iOn Richmond, lu. ... 4a 0 “
j Philadelphia, 3a .> “
Baltimore, . ■ ... 2a 3
pxmglon, 5a 6
Constitutionality of the Bankrupt Law
Judge Betts has decided in New-York, in
the ease of Augustus Zareza, a petitioning
bankrupt, that the bankrupt law is consti
tutional, and also in favor of the authority
of commissioners to attest the necessary pa
pers. The opinion ot the Cou-t is an elab
orate one and is to he puolislied.
Outside Row.
“Sain,’ said a planter toone of his slaves
“if vou w ill contrive uny way to prevent
the destruction of the outside row sos corn
bv the squirrels, 1 will release you from
work fora month.” Sam mused a while
and then replied, “suppose massa, you leave
the outside rows, and no plant em at all:
den squirrels no’trouhle em.
XU)'A fJsUJL
VIJ. Teachers lining demands against the
. I*ool* School Fund ot \\ ilkes county, will
I please render them in to the Secretary, bcioiv
j tlie first of May next,at which lime the same will
lie distributed to the several Te.u'hcrs hating
claims, ill proportion to their demand.
ROY LAND BEASLEY, Sec’y.
March 17, 1842. Com. Poor School.
NEW CIiSAF
Drtf Store.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
1 las taken a Store, in the new building, op
posite the Court-1 louse, belonging to Mr.
Thompson, where he is prepftfed to show
to the citizens of Wilkes county an as
j sortment of
DRY GOODS,
| At prices much lower than have ever been
offered in this place.
The Stock consists in part of
Blenched and brown Homespuns at 6.) to 1*;;
cents a yard.
I Bed Ticking, - - 124 to 22 do. do.
I. iiciiSlicetimr.2!> ydr.w ide, 81 to 81 25. do.
! s iperriue French Merinos, 81 to 81 25. do.
Do. Englii h do. 50 to 75 cts. do.
’ Red and white Flannels, 25 cts. do.
Wliiic Cotton llose, 16 to 50 cents a pair.
Black S.lk Hose, 75 to 81 25 do. do.
Ladies’ Kid Gloves, best quality, 50 do. do.
Georgia Aaiikeens,
I Silks, Cloths, Ctilicoos, &<•. &e.
fra* 1 Manv other New* Goods are duilt
! expi eted, aild notice will be given ill this
. I paper of their arrival.
< ‘ ’Fhe public are invited to call and ex
. i amine the Goods and prices.
I I The Cask system exclusively is adopted.
’ 11. S. BELCHER.
, j Washington, March 17,1842. 29
EL BISK TON
j F€iUUi€ c
The Trustees of this In
i’ stitutiou are gratified to
Tjgip jpl announce to the Public,
..W'-v fjig. i hat they have procured
he services of M -- MA-
C-! JjjfoyS ID E HODGE, as In
] ’ i; v- nail ■; metre - tor the present
b. V irllß year.
„ ’’ ‘'irffi"-- rJ * From the high recom
-"...ais-'-i.- s niendations of Miss 1 lodge
.•'id her success as a Teacher, the Trustees flat
ter themselves that persons wishing instruction,
would do well to embrace the opportunity new
offered.
All the Branches, both solid and ornamental,
usi'idlv : •!ught in the Villages of our State, will
he attended to. and at customary rates.
Hoard can be had in private families in the
Village, on moderate terms.
Elbert on is pleasantly situated, remarkably
healthy, and strictly moral; with a flourishing
Alalc School, under the direction ot Mr. John T.
B ;ker.
THOMAS J. HEARD,'i
V. L. G. HARRIS. |
ROBERT HESTER, \ Trustees.
A. HAMMOND,
SHELTON OLIVER, J
Elberlon, March 5, 1842. 3t 29
EXIT U TOR'S SALE.
Will he sold on Thursday the 21st day of April
next, at the late residence ol Moses Hunt, de
ceased, in Elbert, county,
All the Perishable Property of said deceased,
consisting of Horses. Hogs. Cattle, &<’ . Planta
tion Tools. Household and Kitchen Furniture,
and mauv other articles too tedious to mention.
Sale to continue from day today, until all is sold.
JAMES ADAMS, ‘ ) F ,
LAWRENCE M. ADAMS, s ”
March 17, 1842. It 29
EXECUTOR’S SALES.
Will he sold at the Court-House door in Elbert
county, on the first Tuesday in June next, be
tween the usual sale hours, agreeably to the
last will and testament ol Stephen Carlton, late
of said county, deceased,
A part of the* Real Estate of said deceased, as
y. ,il<m s; One parcel of Laud containing fourteen
Acres, more or less, adjoining landsot James L.
i Brown and others. Also,
i )ne parcel ot Land containing twenty-four A
cres, more or less, adjoining Ipnds of William
Aloss and others. Also,
C l x* parcel oi Land, containing ton and a hall
Ac re;.', more or less, joining John McGarity one
; others.
i The above mentioned parcels ot Land being
a part of the Tract of Land whereon the said
.Stephen Carlton formerly lived. Sold lor tin■
i benefit of the heirs and creditors ot said deceas-
I ed. Terms cash.
JOHN M. CARLTON, Ex’r.
March 17, 1812- m2m 29
h AOUI-t months afterdate, application will be
I* made to the Honorable the Inferior Couri
. ot Elbert county, while sitting as a Court. •>;
Ordinary, for leave to seil the widow’s dower in
the Estate of Thomas Tate, deceased, late ot
said county. . ,
A. D. STATHAM, Adm’r. de boms non.
March 17,184*. :•■>
SNOUK months alter date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior i ourt.
of Wilkes’ court, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sol! a lot of Laud, No. 23.1,
in the 10th District, Carroll county, Ga., belong
ing to the Estate of Rebecca Allison, deceased.
G. U RAREST RAW. Ex’r.
March 17, 1842. mini 29
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