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Pw th Ccjiurabuß Thnes. Uo Wirrarto ftgainst the Bank of Columbus—do. do. Planters’ and Mechanics’—do. do. Chattahoo chee Rail Road—Receivers appointed bv Judge King to take charge of their a sets—What is to be done ?—Wuat ought to be done—History of the ease. Mr. Editor : It is matter of histcry that the last memorable reform Legislature passed s law compelling the suspended Banks in our i>tate to resume specie payments, and to stay resumed on pain of loosing their charters, on or before the first day of February* 1641. In compliance with this requisition, it is known that the Banks did resume on that day. It is matter of history that on the Bth day of May last the above named Institutions, in utter violation of the law, suspended, and have not yet resumed. It is also matter of history that immediately after this event Exchange rose from 3to IS per cent, premium. Historv further savs, that after the 8 h day of May our Banks had no Exchange to -sell, but certain individuals, not unknown to this community, Could and did supply every demand, verifying the old song “ Scissors cut as well as knives, When uecessar y to be done ; Aril Brokers are to Banks u3 wives, And meicy how to none.” I hat the resumption at so early a day as the first of February was both fatal to the Banks and people, is now felt and ought to acknowledged. Tin* legislation was had. We now see it. The resumption day should been further oil! and ilie redemption should have been gradual. Jlut the opportu nity lias passed, and we must now do the best we can. Although I was a decided opponent ol t/ie party in power in on- last Legislature, yet candor compels me to say that if ever there was a case in which Representatives J were specially instructed to vote for a certain i measure, it was for the immediate resumption of specie payments by the Banka. I cannot mid shall not biarne tire majority of the Legis iature. I considered them morally and politi cally bound to execute the expressed will of their constituents. The blame should be j placed ujmn the shoulders of those who willed it, and not upon those who carried that will into execution. The doctrine of prompt, pay ments by Banks and individuals is sound both in morals and religion ; it is not only just but beautiful; yet there are exceptions to every rule, and we all know that within the last few years men have generally been unable to live up to it, tins fact should have had great weight in making regulations about the banks. Ido verily believe that our Banks would now have been in good standing if the plan had been adopted as J have already suggested. But I am digressing. The Banks violated tiie law, and our Merchants consequently were placed in a dose place. Two alternatives were be fore them—either pay Id per cent, premium for Exchange and sustain your credit, or re fuse and break. They determined (at least a few,) to do neither. A meeting of Merchants were called, and recalled ; hut as it was soon found that self-interest was at the bottom, and that they were only going in for themselves, tin; community withdrew its support and the whole affair fell through. Their proposition was, let us have Exchange at a reasonable rate, and you may stay suspended as Ning as you please, in violation of Jaw and their own ■oleum pledges. But they soon found out that the Banks asked them no odds in that fight, so they went to work with the Governor. A demand was made upon the Governor to order suit to be instituted against the Bank of Columbus, for refusing to pay specie, and in quick succession followed others against tiie Planters’ and Mechanics’, and Chattahoochee Railroad. The Bank men began now to laugh on the other side of the mouth. The Govern or ordered suit to he commenced, and em ployed able counsel to conduct them. The oherilTserved the writs upon each of the banks, and the cases are docketed for trial. In this state of things a very important question arose, which was tins : Is it not proper and legal to have Receivers appointed by tiie Court, who, after giving bond and security, shall take charge and keep safe, until the termination of the suits, all tJie assets of these suspended Banks, as Trustee for the bill holders; and , should the charters be found to be forfeited, and so declared, that the Receivers should collect the assets and apply them to the re demption of the bills in tiie hands of the peo ple - Judge King decided, and 1 think very’ properly, that it was both proper and legal, and he lias made the appointment of Receivers for each one of tiie Banks under consideration. What is the duty of the Banks? Will they set at defiance (for such is the common re port,) the highest judicial power of the folate* or will they act wisely* aiuiobey its mandate! These are grave questions, and d'jserve to be pondered well. My opinion is, that Banks, its well as all others, should yield ready obe dience to the process of established Courts. I hold that this is right, and that every good Citizen should abide by and stand to the in junctions of our courts ol law. If Banks or individuals can set lire authority of the courts | at defiance, how’ long will there remain any security for our lives, our liberty, or our pro perty 1 If Banks and Bank men are al lowed to trample under foot with impunity the manda'es of tiie court, why am not 1 and all others entitled to do the same ! Can any one answer this question saltc!actotally ! if the order of the court is to be null when against them, why should it not be null when in their favor, but against me'! Why should the | Banks object to turning over their assets to I Receivers ! If I understand the matter, they | have no power until after the termination oh the suits. Should they be determined against ■ the Bmks, then, and not till then, their powers ! commence. Why, 1 ask, should the Banks! complain of tins ! W hose fault is it 1 Let them answer that question. Ask yourselves the question, how came about this state of things ! and if ever conscience did her duty it will tell you that yourselves are the authors of all your trouble. 1 have said it was my opinion that Judge King decided properly and legallv to have Receivers appointed for each Bank. My reasons for t hat opinion: All laws made to govern a people must be universal upon the governed—must be general and not partial. A law is made that the Banks (then in a state of suspension,) should resume oiv t!ie first day ol’ February, 1641, and should! continue specie payments tor their bibs inj good faith, and upon refusal to do so, should torieit their charters* The Banks resume on; i the Ist of February but suspend again on the i | fci.h of Mu, and refuse to redeem tb?;r bills j t with specie, in violation of the provisions of the j ’ statute. This is pnma faaio evidence that j they are in a desparate condition. Now teii j roe"what guarantee have the bili holders that the Bank will not turn out a total failure, and the assets scattered to the four winds ? It! will not do tv) say that the Directors in such a Bank will not squander the assets or app.y • tlieiu to their own use. The law knows no; one it must operate equally, not partially—; it must treat all ai.ke—it must be general,! universal. If certain men have got themselves ; under the pains and penalties ol the law, the\ . must take the consequences. The-fault is theirs, and not the law. Are not the suspen ded Banks in our citv in this predicament] And are wo to be told that they are above the i inw—that they dare to disobey the highest judicial tribunal in the State, and that too in a ■ case where they were previously the open and t sha.nele-s violators of the law ! NV nat an example is this! Should this be allowed, ? the laws become a dead letter our i courts a mockery—tnd officers a curse. I o h >oe that ior the security of life, for the value of iinert v, for tire preservation ol the right or ~r ,pcrtv. lor the sacredncss of the judicial L- ni ie,” and for the honor and permananceof ir belove lin citations,that the laws will be udtefe and duly adm.nistered “to the terror of deers but a praise to them that do v . Wjf. Tell. |THB new revenue or tariff bill., W E find in the Savannah Georgian the 101-, i towing synopsis of the debate in the House of ’ Representatives on the above bill. We asl: for it the special attention of our readers. — I A glance only will be required to show whetb |er necessaries are not taxed as .well as luxu ries. The Savannah Republican says, it will J now be seen that a tax ou articles will not j increase their price to the consumer. That paper is willing to t ike any article on which j this 20 per cent duty is laid, (cotfee it instan ; ces) and test the truth of its assertion that j ihe price w ill not be raised in consequence’ of | the imposition of additional duties. This | view of the matter will soon be determined, : and we can then see how much of a prophet I the Savannah Republican will prove to be.— I In our next paper, we shall endeavor to show i the objectionable character of the present Revenue Bill: Congress,—The Tariff’ Bill passed the House last Saturday. Yeas lit) —nays 101. When we have an opportunity of reading it entire, we will be better able to judge of its effects upon the laboring ar.J Agricultural in i terests. A Washington correspondent of the | Charleston Mercury. July 30, writes : The new Tariff Bill, laying 20 percent, on I all articles now free of duty, saving a free list !in favor of all manufacturers. It will, un -1 doubts.iiy, pass the House to-morrow. This is ihe bill by which the tax on luxuries was to no laid, to Supply the vacuum in the Treas ury, occasioned by the Distribution Bill- Amongst these luxuries are Tea and Coffee, from which, at least, half of the duties will be raised. The equal ad valorem principle on w hich the Bill is placed is right enough—and its advocates professed to keep strictly within the Compromise Act. The “ economical ad ministration” stipulated for in that act, is shewn in the Distribution Bill, and the other projects of profuse expenditure—and the drain on the Treasury being just as that act requires to raise the duties to supply it, is of course, also as it ought to be. The 2(J per cent, which the Bill lays on jewelry, silks and fine linens, i- all a humbug. Such a duty cannot be collected ; but then they had talked so much about taxes on luxuries, it must be put on paper at least. This Bill will share the fate oi the Distribution Bill in the Senate. If the countfy stands such legislation as this, and its other kindred measures, it is ready for a Caesar. Mr. Proffit (Whig) animadverted in strong terms on the hot and indecent haste with which this bill was pressed, not even allowing the yeas and nays to be taken on the most important amendments. lie instanced the ar ticle of raw hides, of which three millions of dollars worth are annually imported free of duty, to the great detriment of raisers of stock in the western country ; and yet when he had proposed an amendment to remedy this evil, the previous question was sprung upon him, and he was not permitted to have the yeas and nays on the question. Mr. Wise, upon the reading of the title, rose to amend it, by striking out and inser ting “A bill to violate the compromise act of the 3d of March, 1833.” He said the bill should fit the caption. lie said the House had unminded itself, and put itself under the dominion ofShrewsburyclock. He said tiie hill taxed the coiton bagging of Kentucky twenty per cent ami if cotton could stand this yellow corn could. The rule was a rule to cover up the irresponsibility of the Administration. He said the hill would injure the commercial interest, and would be re pealed in less than twelve months. Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Barnard called Mr. Wise to order for debating tiie subject and not the title of the bill. Mr. Wise said he knew what he was about. He was showing how the bill violated the compromise act, and why it should have a proper title. lie said it was time this hum bug of titles was exploded. A deposite bill distributed the amount of twenty-eight mil lions among the people in 1837. He said this bill, if passed, would bring a protective farttF upon the country. lie said there were some men in the House that he would not lead, fur they would drag so heavy that they would keep a giant back. He compared Mr. Stanley to a Pope at the Vatican, fulminating his paper bulls of excommunication, and was glad that he had found some charity for him. Ile now withdrew his amendment. Mr. Bidlack (Dem.) of Penn., moved to amend the title of the bill, “and to lay a tax on the producing classes to make up the contem plated deficiency in the Treasury, arising from the anticipated distribution of the proceeds of the public domain for the benefit of stock-job bers, loan holders, and speculators.” Mr. Bidlack aid lie was one of those who think things should be called by their right names ; and lie believed the title which he had proposed for the bill was the best description that could be given to it. For himself, lie most lirmiv believed, whatever gentlemen might think, the operations of the lull would be to tax tea and coffee, and other necessaries of life, consumed alike by all classes, while it exempted from tax, railroad iron, and other articles for the benefit of corporations. lie went on to show that the tax upon tea ami coffee of more than two and a half millions of dollars, was intended to supply that aipount j subtracted annually by the contemplated dis i tribution of the proceeds of the sales of the punlie lands. Air. B. was desirous for an ear . ly and final adjournment, and, had, therefore. ! forborne from consuming time in t he previous ; discussion; but he was anxious that this most ! unjust proposition should be brought upon its ; lace in connection with the bill which had ; rendered it necessary, and that it should go 1 forth to the World with its proper name upon I its front, lie knew the majority would he opposed to it, and would vote it down; and j having briefly expressed his opinion of the ; bill, lie would withdraw the amendment, ra j ther than consume Lime in the vote or discus- I sion upon it. But the Chair not hearing him, Air. Burnell | of Alnssachusetts made a speech to show that f lie voted lor the bill to save the great whig party from splitting to pieces. lie hated to ’ vote against tea and coffee, but he could not • embrace molasses, sugar and salt that had been hitched on to the end of tea and coflee by i a majority of the House. Air. Bidlack rose to explain, but Mr. Burnell refused him the opportunity. Alter some remarks from Air. Dawson, of G-.’orgia, Air. Stanley caiied the previous ques ! tion. Air. Bidlack requested him to withdraw, to ’ give him the chance of reply. Mr. S. refused : when Air. Bidlack stud he should like to reply to I the remarks oi the gentleman who had honor-! ed him and the minority with their notice, i But if the previous question was insisted on,! which would cut off the amendment, lie would j withdraw it again to save time, although he should like to see who would vote against de signating the bill by its appropriate title. The bill was passed by its appropriate title, and the House adjournrd till Monday. The Charles’ Patriot,s correspondent re marks : **Alr. Proffit surprised nis whig friends by opposing the passage of so important a mea sure with such hot indecent haste. Here, said lie is a bill taxing tiie people to the amount of eight millions a year, and yec we have been prevented by the gag-law from opening our mouths on the subject. Mr. Stanley lectured Mr. I’. for his “indis cretion” in attacking his own friends. The latter not liking the idea of being lectured by his junior, made a rather angry rejoinder. Mr. Stanley, alluding to the alleged want of union among the whig party, asserted that the ; whige were nerveT foore ontted than they were a‘ this moment. This caused a laugh from the opposition. Mr. S. said they might laugh, but it’ they would wait awhile, they would have occasion to laugh on the other side of their mouths. The laughter here was rejou rned.” From the Independent Monitor, July 28. Brumby vs Smith. Error to the circuit court of Montgomery county. Ormond, J. de liveredthe opinion of the court, deciding 1. Where a workman agrees to complete the carpenters work on a house, and to receive a certain sum on the completion of the work, his employer furnishing the materials, and the house and materials were destroyed by lire without the fault of the workman, the iiouse being in possession of the employer—held that the workman could not recover a pro rata compensation for the work actually done. Judgment of the court below reversed, and cause remanded. Hit vs Lacy. Error to the ccurtof . Ormond, J. delivered the opinion of the court, reversing the judgment for the costs below, and rendering judgment in this court for tiie plaintiff in error ; up to tiie time of the plea pleaded. William Wyatt vs William Magee. Appeal from the court of chancery for the first dis trict .Southern Division. Goldthwaite, J. delivered the opinion of the court, deciding. W herever the law accords any other ade quate remedy by which a party can enforce his rights, tiie proceeding by attachment for a contempt, is always within the discretion of the court; and a refusal to exercise it cannot properly be reviewed by appea ! , or by writ of error. Appeal dismissed. J. S. B. Foster, Thomas .Allison &. John T. Henly vs William S. Harrison. Error to the circuit court of Greene, Goldthwaite, J. delivered the opinion of the court, deeid ing 1. Where a writ of error is sued to remove a case from the county to the circuit court, and tiie record is not tiled, but the writ of error is dismissed and the judgment of the county court affirmed on certificate, the judgment en try must shew affirmatively, every fact ne cessary to authorise the judgment or certifi cate. 2. Where the judgment entry recites that it appeared from the certificate of the clerk of the county court that one of the two defend ants to a judgment, in that court, prayed for and obtained a writ of error, and executed bond &c. &c., the legal presumption is, that the writ of error was sued out by one in the name of both defendants. Judgment affirm ed. Pierce, et al vs Prude & Russell. Error to the court of chancery lor the south district of the northern division. Goldthwaite, J. delivered the opinion of the court, affirming the decree below. John V. Meador &. Reuben Meador vs S. S. Sorsby. Error to the court of chancery for tiie third district of the southern division. Goldthwaite, J. delivered the opinion of the court, affirming the decree of the chancel lor. Pleasant Macon and Solomon Stephens vs Robert Owen. Error to the circuit court of Macon county. Goldthwale, J. deliver ed the opinion of the court, deciding 1. In proceeding by a writ of ad quod dam num, to establish a mill, its location should be ascertained with sufficient certainty cfdeserip tion, to enable a surveyor to find the place de signated. Nothing can be claimed to build a mill in No. 7, of T. 19, R. 25, as the location is not sufficiently definite. 2. W here a writ of ad quod damnum was sued ou tire 7th September, 1830, returnable to the next Term of the Orphans court (which holds its sessions monthly) and no proceedings are had on it until tiie next February, it will be considered as abandoned, and a grant to buiXl a mill, aftewards made on this writ, will not overreach a grant made to another who sued out his writ in December 1830, and prosecuted it wit hout delay, so as io obtain a judgment in January 1837.. Judgment reversed* and case remanded. Richard ’■>. Shackleford vs Thomas B. W ard. 1. Where money is wagered and deposited in the hands of a stakeholder, it may be ar rested by either party, before it is paid over, by a notice not to pay it. In such a case, however, a special demand would be necessa ry to enable him who gave the notice, to main tain an action for the sum deposited by him. 2. But if the stakeholder, alter being so notified by one of the parties, pays the money to the oilier, hetheteby waives the special de mand, and may be sued as soon as the plaintiff elects to consider the wager as void, or as soon as it is ascertained, that, in point of fact, the wager was neither lost nor won. Writ of Error to the county court of Sumter. Assumpsit on the common money counts. Verdict lor the defendant • >n the general issue, and judgment thereon. The writ was issued on the 31 February, 18 :10. At the trial, the plaintiff proved that some time in the year 1839, and previous to the election held in said county, he betted the sum of live hundred and fifty dollars with one Tankersley, upon the result of the Senatorial election. The money was deposited in the hands of the defendant. On the day follow ing the election, and before tiie defendant had paid over the money to Tankersley, the plain tiff gave notice to the defendant not to pay it over, as the election would be contested. ‘The defendant replied that he would not. The plaintiff, some weeks alter this, was notified by the defendant that he had paid the money to Tankersley, who v.ould indemnify him for all losses, ‘idie election was subsequently, on the 26th January, 1640, declared insuffi cient to entitle the returned member to his scat in the Senate, and anew election directed i to be had. On this evidence, the plaint iff requested the court to charge the jury, if they believed the defendant, as stakeholder, had received five hundred and fifty hollars from the plaintiff, to abide tiie result of the said election for Sena tor, and the defendant had been notified by him not to pay over the money to the suppos ed winner, then he was entitled to recover of the defendant. The court refused to give this charge, but instructed tiie jury that it was necessary for the plaintiff to prove an actual demand of the money before he could recover. The plaintiff then requested the court to charge the jury, that if the defendant had re ceived notice from the plaintiff not to pay over : the money, previous to paying it over, this was equivalent to a demand. This charge was re-, t used. The plaintiff further requested the court to charge the jury, that if the plaintiff,’ when he notified the defendant not to pay over the mon ey. had given him leave to keep it, subject to the final decision of the election ; and the de fendant, before such decision, had paid it over to the supposed winner, and had notified the ! plaintiff of this fact before the commencement I of this suit, then these circumstances consti j tuted a case in which no demand was neces i This also was refused, and the jury was in structed that if the defendant was authorised to retain the money for.a given time, and be fore the expiration of that time, he had paid it over to the supposed w inner, it was a cir cumstance which they might consider in de termining the question, whether a demand was, or was not, made. To all these charges as given, and refused to be given, the plaintiff excepted, and now assigns that the county court erred in the sev eral matters excepted to. Resumption. —“We copy the following in formation from the N. V. Journal ol Commerce of July 31. A gentleman from Alabama informs us that there tiie people are coming very generally to repudiate all bank notes which are not payable in specie onjdemand. They have suffered by the depreciation of bank notes and by the failure at ore bonk afftrr another; and have { been wronged in so many ways by the banks, that they are becoming determined in their resistance to the farther continuance of the fraudulent system. Gold and silver are coming again into circulation, for the people will part with their property for nothing else. A few private banks paying specie are getting into operation, which furnish a sound paper currency; but they are not vet much known. From Georgia, and from Michigan, we have published the proceedings of public meetings repudiating tiie paper of suspended banks. From three States, therefore, we have learned that tiie principles of liberty, not regulation, are purifying the currency. Another year of the uninterrupted operation of these prin ciplcs would or >bably restore soundness to the currency in most cf the States ; and when so restored, the currency would remain sound. The laws of nature cure evils, but legislative quackerv plaster them over, so that the first time the patient takes cold, they break out again. If the people could see the operations of nature for another year, the doctors would be compelled to throw away their pills, and allow the patient to get well.” OU R P A RENTS. BY H.ISKV R. JACKSON. When they are gone —those aged faces And forms that bowed beneatn their cares, And we behold the etppiv places - Where they had stNtbrough many years, And think how they wouli strive to please, And make our joys and griefs their own— Though hoary hairs and dark disease Seem’d warning them they must begone ; Atni an they gazed upon us burning With ardent hopes arid warm desire, Would seem to feel the days returning When they could glow with youthful fire ; Their voices on our memories falling Which we at times impatient heard, When pleasure to the world was callings And passion in our bosoms stirred— Those accents, trembling as they told Os disappoint inent and of wo— We thought them chitlings of the old, But oh ! we must believe them bow— As in the solitude of feeling We see their darkling shadows near, While consciousness is o’er us stealing That they alone have loved us here, And thinking of them as departed Forever from this world of woe, We feel as almost broken hearted That we should grieve them here below ; And every word in harshness spoken Is like a dagger to the heart, And every promise made and broken Si.iks blackening like a poisoned dart | We cannot think of them above As spirits young, and bright, and fair, Oh ! we would meet the forms we love— The wrinkled cheek—the hoary hair— And sweeter than the choirs ofheaveo To us would sound the broken lone, That trembled on our eais at even In prayer to God—ere they had gone I Athens, Ga. A Poet’s Wipe. —Mrs. Fairfield, the wife of Summer Lincoln Fairfield, the unfortunate poet, called upon an editor in New York a lew days since with a copy of his works just pub lished, and which site is delivering to subscri bers. That editor says: “Mrs. F. is a true woman. Though surrounded with misfor tunes, a sick husband, six children—no house —no home —no worldly gear—her face was covered with smiles, and joyousness beamed through her grief. Think of that, ye rascally bachelors ! If it were only for the cheerful, industrious, constant wife and her six children, the rich and powerful ought to take six copies each of the book. The’ angel that warned Lot From Sodom vpuld have done aa ffiuch to an interesting Will.to. 4 ’ Oh! Oh l—Savan nah Republican. The Central Bawl Lrbt. —The follow ing intelligence, from the Standard of Union of yesterday, confirms the statements we pub fished in our last paper from the New York Journal of Commerce, and Express. “We have the pleasure to announce, that the debt contracted by the Central Bank, un der Governor Gilmer’s administration, with the Phoenix Bank of New York, has been fully paid off’ and discharged, and that the bonds given for that debt, and the coupons for interest upon State Bonds which were sold to raise funds for the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, have been taken up by the President of the Central Bank, who returned a day or two since from New York, and are safely deposit ed in the bank.” From the Aihcus (Ga.) Banner, Aug. 6. THE COMMENCEMENT. This annual literary festival has been at tended the present season by a much larger assemblage than for years graced the Com mencement exercises of our State University; and, so far as we can learn, furnished equally as interesting a repast to the numerous visi tors. The sermon preceding the literary exhibi tions of the week, was preached :ri the Col lege Chapel on Sabbath morning, by the Rev. Duct. Howe, of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. 0., and seldom have we listened to a more chaste, beautiful, appropriate or im pressive discourse. On ‘Tuesday, the address in commemora tion of the tale Doctor Moses Waddel, was delivered before a large collection of his form er pupils and the public, by Rev. A. B. Long street, President oi Emory College. It is ■ sufficient of this production to say that the friends oi the distinguished orator were not disappointed in their expectations—they came to listen to the treatings of true eloquence, arid the went away feeling that they had heard that for which they came. The Juninr exhibition took place on Tues day night. We attended in order to hear ; and if necessary, to criticise ; but the crowd was so nense, and the juveniles in the neigh borhood of our locality, so much more in terested in exhibitions of eloquence ot their own, that we were deprived the pleasure ot hearing a single Sentence from tiie stage.— We understand, however, that the young gen tlemen acquitted themselves very handsome ly. A large, and we think more attentive audi tory than usual, witnessed the exercises of Commencement day. The various addresses were generally well written and well deliver ed, and calculated, as we think, to create a favorable impression of the industry and tal ent of the graduating class, and to increase public confidence in their alma mater The address of President Church was plain, prac tical and impressive, and we trust that his in junctions to the graduates to avoid envy, un due rivalry, and inordinate ambition, may have their due inlluence upon their iuture career. Tiie degree of A. B. was conferred upon the following members of the graduating class : A. Anderson, J. Anderson, S. Barnard, J. P. Bulbersoii, T. R. R. Cobb, L. J. Glenn, J. G.- bert, 8. Hal!, C. Jones, 17. B. King. W. Knox, L. LeConte, J. LeConte, J. Mallard, G. R. M'c- Caila, G. A. Alailette, Z. L. Nabers, H. New ton, J. Newton, VY. Newton, W. Norman, T. S. Winn, J. W. Williams. The degree of A. M. was conferred upon the following gentlemen: Benjamin T. Mosely, PA S. Bartow, L. An derson, E. Anderson, W. P. Harrison, J. 11. Jones, S. P. Sanford, J. LeConte, E. P. Clay ton, W. H. Hull, E. Phinizy, P Winn, W. B. Stevens. Tiie Trustees also conferred upon the Rev. Nathan Hoyt of this place, and upon the Rev. Stephen Elliot, Bishop of the Diocese of Geor gia, the degree of Doctor of Divinity. The board of Trustees convened on Mon day, and closed their business on Wednesday evening. The following members were pres ent : Ills Excellency, Charles J. McDonald, Bou George fk Oilmen; Hon, Wilson Lurop kin, Hon. William Schley, Hon. Thomas \\. Harris, Hon. Charles Dougherty, Charles J. Jenkins, Esq. Gen. Jeptha V. Harris, Gen. E. Harden, Col. Wm. 11. Jackson, Col. Thomas N. Hamilton, Doct. D. A. Reese, Gen. R. M. Echols, and James Carnak, Esq. Cel. John Bdlups of this })lace, was elected a member of the board, in place of Edward Paine, Esq. resigned, who we understand has for about thirty years faithfully discharged his duty as one of the guardians of the Uni versity. Os the other proceedings of the Board, we have learned nothing of public interest. We are permitted, however, to make the following extract fr<v } i -.lie annual commcmcation of President *° that body, which will no doubt'ft; o*v * -.ne friends of the Institution: “In reviewing the past year, so far as this institution is concerned, it gives me pleasure to state that its general condition has been prosperous. Under all the peculiar embar rassments of the country, and the multiplici ty of collegiate institutions in the country, the number of the students here has been undi minished. More than one huudred have usu ally been in attendance, and a very large por tion of them have been young men of high promise as to talents, and of most exemplary moral conduct and studious habits. lam con fident that for the last twenty years, so much good order and such uniform general attention to study have not been found in the institution during the same length of time. The intercourse between officers and stu dents has been pleasant, and nothing has oc curred, of any importance, to disturb the good feelings and kind intercourse among the stu dents themselves, or between the students and the citizens generally.” The Oration before the two Societies on Tuesday, closed the public exercises of the week. This was delivered by Francis S. Bartow, Esq. of Savannah. Mr. Bartow gra duated but a few years since at this College, and is probably the youngest gentleman upon whom this appointment was ever conferred. His oration, however, we presume, did not dis appoint his friends. It was well written, and advanced many just views and practical ideas, expressed in an appropriate and sometimes elo quent style. We learn that fourteen new students have been examined and admitted, and others are candidates for admission, a number quite equal to the usual accession at this season of the year. . The wat to cook gkeen Peas. —We copy the following from the New Era, to which paper it was communicated by a lady “Place in the bottom of your sauce pan or boiler, several of the outside leaves of head salad—put your peas in the dish with two ounces of butter in proportion to half a peck of peas—cover the pan or boiler close, and place it over the fire—in thirty minutes they are ready for the table. They can either be seasoned in the pan or after taking out. Wa ter extracts nearly all the delicious quality of the greeu pea, and is as fatal to their flavor as it is destructive to a mad dog.” John Randolph’s Will Again. —The late John Randolph, by one of his wills, (the one which was established, as between the vari ous legatees, and claiming under ail his wills found) emancipated all his slaves, some three or four hundred, whose labor is said to be worth SIO,OOO. It is now said that the exe cution of this will is suspended, because Mr. Beverly Tucker, who was not a party to that contest, now comes forward as heir at law, to overset all wills : and he is now engaged in endeavoring to effect tins object, by a suit in chancery. Central Rail Road. —We learn from the Engineer who arrived in the city last eve ning, that the work on this road is going on very satisfactorily. That the trains will run regularly to the 122 mile station in the course of the nexUweek: and that the repairs of the road will be completed to lue 135ih mile sta tion in about four weeks. The contractors beyond the Oconee are progressing rapidly with the grading and masonry—every section having been com menced. The distance already graded be yond the Oconee, amounts to about fifteen miles. The depot at Macon has been located and the ground purchased by the company. It is also gratifying to learn, that the reports we have had of sickness among the laborers are unfounded. Os Mr. Oliver’s gang of 125 men, who are engaged in repairs between the 11th and 12th stations, there was not one on the sick list on Friday last, a circumstance which has not occurred before within the last 18 months. There was, sometime since, considerable sickness among the white laborers, though it was of a mild character, and has almost entirely abated. Save me from Mr friends —The Boston Courier, a staunch whig paper, thus discour sed concerning Mr. Post Master Granger; lie was never made for any thing but a po litical demagogue, and owes Jiia present posi tion to his everlasting clamor for office—-like some others wiio have succeeded in obtaining important places, to which they had no earth ly claim nor qualification, except their skill in the accomplished science of mendicity.” There appears to be a good deal of strain ing,ot late, in the ship “ Tippecanoe and Ty ler too”—she has already run upon a Clay Bank, and knockedoffher stanchions which are defective, her standing rigging is shattered,her masts are groaning, and every thump threat ens to break her to pieces. Should she ca reer any more to the Southard , she will be a total loss.—Sav. Georgian, Rise of Teas.—The English news by the Caledonia, has induced holders of Teas in Philadelphia to ask rive cents per lb. higher. Great Britain (without Ireland,) with a population of about 20,000,000—is said to contain nearly 2,000,000 of paupers. The Ocmulgee and Flint Raid Road. — We had the pleasure of conversing with an intelligent gentleman a day or two since, who has recently passed over the whole line of the Ocmulgee and Fimt Rail Read. lie speaks in the most flattering terms, not only of its early completion, gbut also of its advantages to that section of our State. Twenty miles of the road is nearly completed and ten more continuously so. There are now upwards of a hundred hands employed upon the work.— This augurs well for the enterprize, when it is stated that it is only about four months s.uce it was commenced, ft is intended in the coming winter to place between four and five hundred hands upon the road, and the Engineer Gen. Brisbane,’ is sanguine of hav ing it completed and in readiness for the crop |of IS 12. The ent ire length of the road is about seventy miles. Gen. Brisbane de serves great credit for his energy in carrying on this work, and we look forward"to its com plection with a good deal of interest, assured as we are, that its advantages and benefits : not only to that section of our State in which | it is located, but to our own city, will be incal culable.—Savannah Republican. Battle in the Indian Country.—The St. Ljuis Argus of the 25ih ult. learned by a gentleman from Fort Leavenworth, that a battle occurred between the U. S. Dragoons, at Fort Gibson, and a large body of Indians, j negroes, and mongrels from Florida, who ! have been for some time past gathering in the ! fastnesses of Arkansas. About COOnegroesifrom Florida, and runaways from the Choctaws ! and Cherokees, united with a few Indians : and white men, recently marched up the Red ! River for the purpose of hunting buffalo. — i They built, for the purpose of protecting i themselves a tort of logs. Not being suc cessful in game they invaded the Choctaws and carried off the property of the latter The Choctaws sent to Fbrt Gibsen lor tie Dragoons, who, assisted by a company of In fantry, with two pieces of artillery from Fort Tow’son, attacked the marauders fort, drove them out of their entrenchments, and put a number of them to the sword. Ihe carnage is represented to have been terrific, a at? whole body was captured, and it is supposed the blow will give security to that exposed portion of the frontier.—Phil’ Ledger. From tne savannah Ri p. August 7. GLOROIOUS NEWS FROM FLORIDA. Co-a-coo-ciiee’s whole band in.— Close of the Florida war.— By the IT. S. steamer Gen. Taylor, Capt. Peck, arrived tic re yester day. we have the gratifying intelligence from Florida, that the war for the ninety-ninth time may now be considered as at an end.— Wild Cat’s whole band, men women, children and negroes, lot) in ali, have come in at Tam pa, and 40 more Indians of another band were on their way, and expected at Tampa in two days. A gentleman who came on in the Gen. Taylor, says that he. does not think another rifle will be fired by the enemy. When Co-a-coo-chee’s family came in, Col. Worth told him tint he night go on shore from the echdoner where lie is confined and see them, lie refused to go, saying that though he was anxious to see -Ins family, he would not permit them to see him in irons.— The Colonel finally consented to lot h n go on shore without iiis shackles, and after a warm greeting with his family, he dined with the Colonel, and then returned on board the schooner. -Vs soon as his irons wero replaced he told Col. Worth that he had but one re quest more to make, and that was, to a:!oic him and his people to go West as soon as possi ble! We understand that Col. Worth on taking command in Florida, sot the first div of Jan uary, 1342, as the time of closing this war.— From lus admirable management and indo mitable perseverance, seconded by the gallant officers and troops now in the fluthere is every prospect that ho will redeem his pledge. Should he succeed, iie will ha.e the ho . - or accomplishing what older and more experi enced commanders have failed to perform. During the war many of ilie otfieers of our gallant little army have distinguished j themselves, and more of them would have done so, had opportunities been presented.— It has been a field in which there has been plenty of hard service and but little glory to be obtained. Every tiling however, could be done, has been done, and we are glad once more to see a prospect of speedily subduing the enemy. The first Regiment of Infantry now in Fioridi, have been ordered to Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Upper Mississippi. They were to leave immediately. The steamer Chas. Downing, Capt. Dent, arrived on Thursday from St. Augustine. W e are indebted to our correspondent of the News office, for the following intelligence : Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. OFFICE OF NEWS. St; Augustine, August 3,1811. The steamer Wm. Gaston, Capt. Soiners, arrived this afternoon from Southern Post— The large scout started from Key Biscayne and Fort Dallas, for the Everglades, on the evening of Friday, the 30th ult., consisting of six Companies Artillery, under the com mand of Capt. Burke, and a number of Sail ors and Marines under the command of Capt. Rogers aud Lt Sloan, of the Navy—amount ing m all to about 400 men and 50 Canoes, with which they anticipate accomplishing much towards the close of this protracted war. We heartily wish them success, and iook for ward with no ordinary anxiety for the accom plishment of much good. VVe are sorry to learn, that that gallant offi cer, Major Childs, who was to have comman ded tiie expedition was left sick at Fort Dal las. The Posts South, are generally very healthy, with the exception of a few cases of slight fever owing to tne exposure of the men to the sue. Major Childs has issued an order for the removal of all stores and store houses, from Key Biscayne to Fort Dallas, aud will break up that post (the Key) entirely. The accounts from Key West, are of the most deplorable nature. ‘1 he yellow fever is said to be raging at that place, and very lalal; a large number have already fallen victims to it. One of the unfortunate victims is Mr. Landon C. Henry. The fever is still worse at Havanna, and we learn that there are nine American ships now lying in that port without a soul on hoard all having died of the prevailing fever. We have no further news from Tampa Bay to communicate, since the last intelli gence of the Indians coining in very rapidly. M A R R LED, In this city, on the 28th uit. by the Reverend Dr. Goulditig, Mr. Israel W. Roberts, ot Montgome ry, Ala., to Miss Hester A. Willers. In Meriwether county, on Thursday evening the Ist Inst., by John W. Shepherd, Esq. Mr. George W. Mitcham to Miss Henrietta McClendon, all of said cotimy. NOTICE. A NOTE against U. B. Terry in fuvor of Thos. Higgins foi thirty dollars, bea.i.ig date s >me time in June last has been paid; the same i either lost or mislaid. THUS. RKIuINS, (Test) T. HO WAR >. August 12 7 It FOR sTIE,~ A LIKELY mulatto man 25- years old, well ac quainted with the Tanning and Shoe Malting business. Terms high. G. B. TERRY. August 12 27 11 MUSCOGEE SPRINGS. THE subscriber, formerly proprietor of the Colum bus Hotel, will open on the 25h June nest, a house of entertainment io those pers**.is visiting the . Muscogee, better known as the Pine Knot Springs, in ‘ tnis county. The excellent, properties of the e waters, inferior to none in the Hinted Suites, the healthy state of the neighborhood and tiie iinesdei- ty which may al ways be found at these springs, will render them a place of uopnl.ir and fashionable resort. Prof. Dotting the State Geologist, visited those springs, analyzed the waters, and pronounced them in point of healthy medicinal properties, inferior to none in the State- He hopes that by proper attention to the wants of his friends he will be favored with a large share of public patronage, Dancing w-iil he allowed to those who de light in the amusement, and every effort made to please, lie invites his friends to give him a call and as.aure them they shall not go awttv disappoint•- 1. JESS hi B. REEVES. June 24 20 ts DISSOLUTION. THE partnership heretofore existing in the mine of Whitesides it Wilder for running a Stage- Line between Columbus, Ga, and Chatt.dioothee, Fla. wasdisSolved by mutual con<eri‘. on the first instant. — All tin; unfinished business of the concern will be closed by John Whitesides, or h's and. >ri.-ed ’ WHITESIDES ii WILDER. June It) IS 3t MTLLS AND LAN D , FOR SALE. THE subscriber offers f,? sale, on very accom modating terms, tire settiernent of"land o > which he resides, situated in the north eeslern part of Mus cogee county, on the Upafoic Creek, 17 miies from Columbus and 14 from Talbolton. ‘I lie tract em braces One thousand and twelve acres, seven hundred acre-• of which are first rate Osk and Hickory Land, and the remainder good pine land.— Two hund-ed acres are clear-d, well fenced, an’ good state of cultivation. On the pr< rinses are t.v , good frame dwelling houses,of small dimensions, and a good log house, besides negro cabins u and a I sects sarv out-buildiugs. There is also on the place an excel ent Saw and Grist Mill, just completed and in perfect order. The Miii is four stories high, and is on the Upatoie Creek, a stream which rarely fails to afford sufficient watei to keep the Mid in operation. The engagements of the subscriber alone induce him to offer the place for sale. It is situated in an i excellent neighborhood, near to a Church, School j house and Post Office. The place will be sold low. and the terms cannot fail to satisfy any one d> sirous of purchasing. HENRY KENDALL. Ju v 3 22 4t JOHN R. McFAitLA.Nh ATTORN E V AT LAAV, Clayton. Birbour County, Alabama, WILL practice ni the counties of Henrv, Bar bour, Pike, Russell anu Macon. April 2* lid DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET Randolph County. Senate, George W. Harrison. Represent at i ves. Jacob B. Bki ; i -.uke, Zadoc Saw vers, Esq. Clerk Superior Court, O. 11. Griffith, i EXCHANGE & I> AN K NOPE I’ABEK CORRECTED nv N! KI'ON R LAKODON. i:xca axue. Bills on New Yoi i, at sight; I “> per cent prom: Bdis on Baltimore, 13 ** Bills on Richmond, 13 ,l Brils ou Mobile, 3 “ Bills on Savannah, lb B.fs on Chariest.in, 1- Bills on Philadelphia, lb •* 3„ ec io, 10 CURRENT NOfE-a. Batik of Columbus, Blantons and Mechanic's Lank. Central Hank <*! G- .ir ;i:i, Ruckers wile Lankin;: Cos. 5 pre. Georgia K. U. nut banking Company. 5 prun SPECIE r.WINti BANKS. Insurance Bank of Columbus ai Macon. Commercial Bank a’ Macon. Bank of Shale of Georgia aud Branches. Bank of Augusta, Wester i i> nr-, oi Georgia, at Rome, aud Brancho* at Ootumaus. B ink of -T Mary's Bank . f ALltedcß.M iile. An ; ;ii-tu Insurance and Barlau.® Company. Haul; of lip: i- v. ick u.i Branch in Augusta. Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta. Marine am’ Fin- Insurance Bank of Savannah and 1 Bran, h at Macon. Branch ill I.::. Gooi't'ia Rail Road at Augusta. Pi Hours’ Bank in S.ivanouh. Farmers’ Haifa of the. Chattahoochee. Oeumlgee Hank at Mauon, Alabama La iks, 3 pr tSmiih Carolina Bai-k Notes, 10 a li pmm. , ■ per cent j.vviniuni. UNCUERK.Vi’ BANK NO TES. Bank ol Darien and Branches, uncertain Chattahoochee K, R. ci Banking Company, CO to 70 per cent. iiis. Monroe R. R. & B’g Cos. at Macon, 70 do. Bank of Hawkinsville, 10 do. Life Ins. ami Trust Cos. GO do. Union Bank of Florida, 60 do. Bank of Pensacola, uncertain. COLUMBUS PRICES CURRENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY 111’ HIRAM YOUNG g CO. Dagsi.'O—Kentucky, yd 00 a 28’ Indian, : : : “ 30 u 35 Inverness, : : “ 00 a 25 American Tow, : : “ 00 a 0U Bale Rope, : : : lb 121 a 14 Bacon—ila i.s, : : *‘ 7 o 09 Sides, : : i “ 07 a 8 Shoulders, : : “ 00 a 10 Beef—Moss, : : LM 00 a 00 Prime, : : : “ 00 a 00 Butter—Goshen, : lb 25 a S7i Western, : : : “ 15 a 20 Candles—Sperm, s “ 60 a 00 Taliow, ! : : “ 00 a 18 Castings, : : : “ 6 a 7 Cheese—Northern, : “ 12 a Ini Cotton, . : : “ 8J a 10 Coffee —Havana green, “ 00 a 15$ Rio, : : : : “ 00 a 16 Fish—Mackerel No. 1, bbl 00 a 00 “ “ 2, : “ 00 a 00 “ “3, : OO a 00 Herrings, ! ii box 00 a2 00 Flour—Northern, : bbl 00 a 8 Western, : : : “ 7 00 a 7 50 Country, s : t “ 6 00 a 7 00 Grain—Corn, : t bu 00 a 60 Wheat, : : : “ 00 a 7a Gunpowder, : : keg 7 00 a 800 Hides, : : s lb 7 a 8 Iron, t : : : 07 u 8 Lard, s : s : “ 00 a 13 Peas, • * : j bu 00 a 75 Raisins, : : •’ box 300 a4 00 Lime, : : : cask 00 a 5 00 Molasses—N. O. : gal 35 a 37 Nails, : s : : lb 8 a 9 Pork, —Mess, : s : bbl 00 a <0 Prime, : : : lb 00 a 00 Rice, t : ; : “ 00 a 06 Pipper, : : s “ 12 a 16 Spirits—Brandy, Cog. gal 175 a2 60 Peach, : t ‘* 1 00 a 1 25 Apple, : : 5 “ 00 a 70 Gin —Holland, : : “ 1 50 a 1 75 Domestic, : : : “ 45 a 50 Rum—Jamaica, t : “ 1 75 a 200 Domestic, : : : “ 00 a 45 Whiskey—lrish, : “ Oi) a 4 00 Monongahela, : : “ 87 o 1 00 ! New Orleans, : : “ 85 a 40 Sugar—New Orleans, lb 08 a 10 St. Croix, : : t “ 12 a 13 Loaf, : : ; “ 18 a 25 Salt, : : i : sack 00 a 2 50 Soap, : : : : to 8 a 10 Shot, t : : : “ 00 a 12 RANDOLPH COUNTY. POSTPONED SALES. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in September ■ next, at the court house door, in the town of Cuif.bert, Randolph county, Lot of land No. 269 in the 7th Dit„ levied on as the property of J. C. Weaver, to satisfy sundry ti fas is sue i from a justice court of Newton county, in favor of Win. M Oockran vs said Weaver. Levy tnado and returned by a constable. Lot of land No. 181- in tlx* Cth District said county,’ levied on as the property of Gabriel Jones, to sausfy sundry ti fas issued from he superior court of said count v, in favor of Win, Tuvlor vs James Ennis and Gabriel Jones. S. VV. BROOKS, e sh’tf. FOR SALE, A FEW very likely YOUNG NEGROES, con -ZSL sistingoffeilows, plough boys and girls, low for ca.iliT Ai man exce.lent s ;.in.stress, a moDutto wo niiii, who can out out, fit and make pantaloons, arid 1 ‘hills, neat enough for any one. Apply at this office/ August 5 26 ts W. G . A. DAVIS, A I rcRNF / AT L A iV, Apalachicola, Florid 3, FR AOTICES in the Courts of the Middle and W. stern Districts, and to? Court of Appeals, Refer* to Hon. J. S. C.t,nu-j, John Fon taine. Esq. and S. R. iJoN’Xf R, Esq . Columbus, Georgia. 40-521. BROUGHT TO JAIL ON the 7th June, a no to boy JAC KSON, .about 12or Id years old, yellow complexion, uiigfig a!out do lbs. and says he belongs lo John Bennett of Richmond county, Virginia, a tobacco trader. ‘1 he iioys-ivs trial he lost his master between this place and Montgomery M*. James Dennett a brother to Mr. J. Bennett, re-id s in Talbotton, Ga. The owner is request,-*! to come forwaid, prove property, pay expenses and lake him away. .VVM. BROWN, Jailor. Columbus Ga. June 17 J 9 ts Chattahoochee R. E. -A Banking Go.of Ga. Columbus, July 17,1841. IN pursuance of a recommendation of the Stock holders present at the Banking House on the 10th July, instant, the Directors, on the 15 h in -tant, ap pointed Van Leonard. John Bethune and Wm. P. Yonge, Trustees, f,r the b< in-fit of the creditors and Stockholders of said Institution ; and have tins day delivered into the hands of .--aid Trustees the assets and labilities of s lid institution. Bv order: July -21 24 2i L. GAMBRILL. Cashier. TRUST - SALE. - TL3 y virtue of a1 >e and of Trust, bearing date, 17. h -U-8 July, ir.st. wo will sell ai p iva!e -.ale, the Bank ! .ng Hou.e and Lot, wi.ii ml improvements thereon, t itiit t- on the corner cl j i. - . ~ou anti Ogietnorp-e I streets, i tie lot t ... ~;u.s 60 i cl on Randolph and lit t ;t 10 inches on Og, .Oiorpe str j -et, and v.j!l re ceive m panic n> f ■■ • t . .. atm . the Bi is of the Chat t.aliooc.hia Rtol Road an B . eg Company of Geor gia. i iitj tiiies aie iiiaisputnbii*. JOHN BETHTJNE. WM. P. VONCE. Columbus, Jul v 22 21 4* - FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. SToL’ N last in"ht from my room, fiuwj one hun dred and fifteen to one hundred am! thirty-five ‘ioilare in m ajiri box. (sardine box) partly rfiiifc.j iirnautdr, whoic anci haifdoiiars : o ber Ceuoim uatiofus in smali P.iatch Boxes. milked wth ; the amount of the consuls. The übuve reward 1 wiH pay i ,rt.,e recovery of the money and conviciiou of the thief, or in proportion for iiart thereof. _ J" 11 * 1 < 19 U’ G. A. BECICRO. WM. RABUN ’ ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW COLI'MBCS, r.A. * Wili practice iri all the courts ofthe Chattahoochee i erremt, and tu the adjacent counties in Alabama. | _AI-* r ch 4 4 3m rHYHE subscribers having connected themselves : n J 6. the practice of LA W, will attend all the County Courts of tWChattahoochec Circuit, and the adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh Row immediately over Allen & Young’s Store. Alfred Iverson, June 14. 19tf J. M. GUERRY. -M cDUCGA L D & ~\V A TiIUN, ATTOAMES AT *J.W, vciumbur, Georg