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•.vf iTy between L ixetnluirg a;l th3 (i?in)jn
Customs’ Union was officially communicated
to the Prussian ministry at this court. This
event Ins caused a great sensation in the di
plomatic corps.”
Russia. —The emperor has issued several
recent decrees intended to obliterate still more
the nationality ol’ Poland. Russian coins are
to be substituted for those heretofore used by
the mint at Warsaw, and all accounts are to
be kept in Russian currency alter the Ist of
Jan. 1842.
Letters from Trebisonde of the 16:h Sept,
say that an insurrection has broken out in
Georgia against the Russian authorities. The
insurgents, it is said, by way of a sequel, burnt
the quarantine establishment, Akheslika (pro
bably Achalziek.)
The sultan has refused to grant, at the re
quest of the English government, permission
to erect a protestant church in Jerusalem.
The military organization ot l urkey was
going on rapidly and satisfactorily.
From die New Yoik Herald.
B7i aTIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
THE UNITED STATES —THE RIGHT
OF SEARCH.
We have received some authentic and
highly important intelligence in relation to
the negotiations that have recently been going
on between our government and that of Great
Britain, on the subject of the right of search,
the most vital question that has ever been
discussed between the two countries. From
the character of the information, we are led to
believe that this is destined to become the
most troublesome ‘ point of difference with
Great Britain, and very likely lead to distur
bances, and possibly an open rupture hereaf
ter.
It will be recollected that on the arrival of
the last steamer, we published the correspon
dence between our late minister, Mr. Steven
son, and Lord Palmerston, on the subject of
the alleged seizure of American vessels on
the coast of Africa. That was merely the
commencement. Wc learn, through our pri
vate correspondence from London, that the
discussion was continued up to the moment
of Mr. Stevenson’s departure, and that to
wards the close, a. great deal of spirit and an
i(nation was displayed on both sides. The
correspondence was conducted with good
temper and moderation, but the tone was firm
and decided throughout. It has covered a
space of six or seven letters, some of which
were full and elaborate, going at length into
several branches of the question. The whole
was brought over by Mr. Stevenson, and is
now in the State department at Washington.
The point of departure in the discussion
was the seizure of American vessels on the
African coast, but it opened up the w hole con
troversy growing out of the asserted right ot
search of Great Britain.
There is no point of difference between the
two countries so fruitful of difficulty. One
of the main causes of ti e war of 1812 was
the assertion of this right, and its vexatious
exercise by Great Britain. The protrated
contest on the continent of Europe, and the
constant employment of the immense navy of
Great Britain for so long a period, created
such a demand for seamen, that under the
pretext of seizing her own subjects, she im
pressed the citizens of every other country
upon whom she could lay her hands. The
severe discipline and scanty pay of the Brit
ish navy, had driven many of her best seamen
to seek employment in the merchant service
of the United States. Even the right to de
mand these deserters, under any circumstan
ces, is not recognised by the laws of nations,
but there is usually a disposition among
friendly governments to assist each other in
securing them'* when it can be done without
any deep injury. But for nearly a quarter of
a century anterior to the war 1812, Great
Britain had not only asnerterl tnis rigid, but
site had exercised it under circumstances of
the most aggravated insult and injury. Amer
ican citizens, and even natives, with ample
proof of their citizenship and nativity, were
forcibly impressed from our merchant, vessels,
and compelled to do duty under the English
Hag. Our commerce was interrupted, aud
voyages frequently were broken up by these
high-handed proceedings. All remonstrance
on the part of our government was disregarded !
and the practice was persisted in, without
itation or compensation. Our flag was insul
ted, and the rights of individuals violated
without any color of right, and on the naked
demand for their service.
At the period when these outrages bad be
come the most frequent and oppressive* party
spirit had taken a form in this country the
most dangerous and ttie most discreditable.—
livery wise patriot saw that war was the only
preservative of nation! honor, but the country
was split into two factions, whose contests
were conducted with such violence that the
credit of the nation was a secondary consider
ation.
At length, however, the attack on the frig
ate Chesapeake, in our waters, and the forci
ble removal of three American citizens, on the
pretext that, they were deserters, aroused the
whole country, and after four years of feeble
attempts at preparation, the war of 1812 fol
lowed.
In the negotiations at Ghent, which term!-1
nated in a treaty of peace, the right of search j
formed a prominent topic of discussion. The I
debale vas long and acrimonious. The Brit
ish commissioners, under the peremptory or
ders of their government, refused to yield the
right. It was strenuously urged by Mr. Ad
ams and his associates, but without effect.— :
The American commissioners finally waived
the question, and the treaty of peace was con
cluded. The war on the continent was ter
minated the following year, and peace pre
vailed ovef the whole civilized world. That
peace has hardly been interrupted up to the I
present tune, and Great Britain has found no 1
active use for any very large portion of her j
tremendous navy. She has always found
abundance of men for her peace establishment!
and consequently there lias been no occasion j
for impressing her seamen employed in the
service of other countries. But while there
has been no necessity for the exercise of the
right of search, the British government has
never yielded it, and the seizure of our vessels
on the coast of Africa lias revived the old con
troversy afresh.
\\ e are now to begin anew chapter in our
negotiations with that imperious and arrogant
power. All other questions now in discussion
between 1 lie two governments sink into insig
nificance in comparison with the right ol
search, it involves the honor and rights of
the nation. It involves the great principle of
independence on the ocean. It is a question of
sovereignty. Great Britain, in her lust for
universal empire, has long grasped at the su
premacy of the seas. The only nation on
earth to contest this dominion with her is the
United States. In this matter we must not
concede an iota—we must not yield a single
inch of ground. We must treat with her as a
nation that knows its strength as well as its
i gilts. There must be perteet reciprocity—
absolute equality between us. If there is
any one question in the long catalogue of na
tional ditterences on which the people would
by to arms as one man. it is the right of search.
l,e. us settle it peaceably if we can-*—if not,
give ns a clear field and no favor, and GuJ de
fend the ‘.••ght.
We ha\e e\ery reason to believe that this
subject \\ ill occupy a prominent place in Bres
i lent Tyler’s message at the opening of the
next congress. And we have no dffubt that
he will treat it in such a manly, pair, otic and
energetic.form, as lo command the Sympathy
and concurrence of the whole nation.
The Bench vs.the Ban. — At M\ Vernon,
Kv, sometime since, a judge seized a bench
five feet long, and floored a contumacious law
yer. The latter boasted that it took the whole
bench to put him and mu.
LEGISLATURE OP (JEOIIOIA.
IN SENATE.
Saturday, Nov. 20.
Dr. H million of Cas--, from the joint stand
ing committee on ititei nal improvement, made
a report relative to the Western and Atlantic
Ru ilroad.
Saturday, Nov. 20.
BIEL READ FIRST TIME.
T<> regulate the manner ol selling art.cles
manufactured in the penitentiary.
BANK STOCKS.
Oil motion of .Mr. Dunagun, the order of
the day, being the bill to authorise the sale of
stocks in the Bank of Augusta and the Bank
of the Sine of Georgia, was taken up.
Mr. Me Dm. gald moved to amend the re-
J port of lHe committee, bv striking from the
1 first section the concluding clause viz,: “At
a discount not greater than ten per cent,
low par,” and insert in lieu thereof, the
ing, t> tv it: ‘Ami that said sale of
shall be mane and effected upon such
and at such rates as shall he deemed most ad
vantageous to the public interest by the Pres
ident and Directors of the Bank, with the
concurrence and approbation of his Excel
lency the Governor.”
Mr. Stocks called lor a division of the ques
tion, and the question being on striking out,
anil the yeas and nays uquired, were, yeas
45, nays 36.
Mr. Miller moved to amend the amendment,
of Mr. McDougaid, by adding thereto, at a
discount not greater than ten p r cent —and
t >e yeas and nays being reqtmed were, ve&s
39, nays 42.
Mr. Miller again moved to amend the
amendment of Mr. McDougaid, by adding,
at a discount not greater than 1-2 1-2 per
cent —and the yeas and nays being required
were, veas 35, nays 46.
Mr. G raves moved to amend by adding,
“provided the sa’ can he effected without
too great sacrifice,” which was agreed to.
The report as am-ruled was then agreed to,
and trie question being on the final pa-sage
of the bill, the veas and nays were required,
and are, yeas 45, nays 34.
Tresevanl Claim. —On motion of Mr. Mil
ler, the report of the select committee on the
elaim of Peter Trazevant was agreed to.
Mail R ouir. —Mr. Graves proposed the fol 1
lowing resolution which was agreed to:
Resolved by the Senate-and House of Rep- |
resentative; of the State of Georgia, in Gen- !
eral Assembly met, and it is hereby resolved
by the authority ot the same, That our Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress be re
quested to use their exertions to establish a
mail route from Starksville, Lee county, Ga.
by Cuthbert, Randolph coun'y, to Irwinton,
Ala.
And be it further resolved, That the Gov
ernor be requested to forward a copy of this
resolution to each of our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress.
•Monday, 22,
Bills read first lime —Mr. Mays : To amend
an act to make (leaf and dumb persons idiots |
in law, so far as to authorise the appointment
of guardians in certain cases.
Air. Anderson : To prescribe the mode of
serving defendants in actions of ejectment in
certain cases therein mentioned.
Mr. Beall: To compel officers commanding
regiments,and where there is but one battalion
in a county,the officers comma ading battalions,
to have an annual drill for tlie instruction of
the officers of said regiments and batalions.
Mr. Harris of Warren : To prohibit all and
every person or persons win re suit or suits
are pending against them or either of them,
from dividing their note cr notes, to give an
advantage to one creditor over another.
Bills passed. —To alter and amend the sev
eral acts in relation to attachments, summons,
of garnishment and bail process.
To alter and amend the several acts in re,
lation to insolvent debtors, arid u*so the act
for the relief of honest debtors.
To alter and amend the 6ili section, of the
Judiciary act of 1799, so far as relates to no
tices provided for in said section, and to regu
late the mode of issuing scire facias m cases
therein mentioned.
Petition. —Mr. Mahone presented the pe
tition of sundry citizens of the county of Tal
hot, requesting the present General Assembly
to repeal an act passed at the last session, en
larging the limits of the town of Talbotton,
which was referred to a select committee con
sisting of Messrs. Mahone, Coffee and Col
lins ot Columbia.
The annual report of the principal keeper
of the Penitentiary was received, and referred
to the committee on the penitentiary.
Veto. —On motion of Mr. Miller the com
munication of his Excellency the Governor,
containing his veto of the bill to alter the
time of holding the superior courts in the
countif sos the Chattahoochee c rcuit, was
read and ordered to lie on the table for the
present.
Adjournment— Mr. Miller laid on the tabic
the following preamble and resolution, which
was agreed to, to wit:
Whereas, both branches of the General
Assembly have resolved to adjourn sine die on
the 30th inst :
Resolved, That a committee of three be
appointed on the part of the Senate, to join
such committee as may be appointed on the
part of the House, for the purpose of ascer
taining the amount of business yet to be trans
acted, and recommending some plan for the
accomplishment ot the same before the time
fixed for the adjournment. Messrs. Miller,
Black and Anderson, were appointed that com
mittee.
Tuesday, Nov. 23.
Bills read first time. —Mr. McDougald : To
regulate the mode of prosecuting actions
against joint and several contractors in certain
cases. Also, more effectually to secure the
solvency of banks and other incorporated com
panies, and lo prevent the same from suing
in the name of any other pe.son.
Mr. Hamilton : In relation to the Central
! Bank of ihe Slate of Ge rgia.
Resolutions. The following resolutions
, were read and agreed to:
Mr. Spalding; Whereas, the people of
\ Georgia have seriously suffered m conse
iquenceof the abduction of their slaves to the
! Northern ports: and whereas, the existing
| laws provide no adequate remedy tor this evil,
I Be it therefore resolved, That (he President
i appoint a committee of five to examine into
; the propriety of altering op amending the jaws
I now in force, so as better lo protect our peo
{ pie i-n the enjoyment of their constitutionally
j sacred rights.
And be it further resolved, That such com
! mittee report to this body at as early a date as
, practicable, the result of their deliberation?.
Whereupon, Messrs. Spalding, Williamson,
| Waitbour, Smith of Camden, a,.d McDougald,
; were appointed that committee.
Mr. Briers: Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives, That his excellen
cy the Governor he, and be is heiebv authori
sed and requested to pay out of the contingent
fund, all expenses attending the interment of
the Hon. Nathaniel Bradford, Senator from
tlie county of Crawford.
And be it further resolved, That in testi
mony of the respect due to the memory of our
associate, his excellency the Governor he,
and he is hereby authorised and requested to
have the grave enclosed with, a monumental
tomb, and that lie pay lor the same out of the
contingent funds, &c.
Mr. Cos le : Resolved, That Win. 11. Stiles,
Esq., who was appointed by his Excellency
the Governor to examine into the application
of the funds appropriated to the improvement
of the navigation of tl-e Ogfteehee river and lo
report thereon, be allowed further time to
make said rep rt.
Disabilities relative to Testimony. —Mr. Pos
ter. from the select committee, male the fol
lowing report, 1o w it:
The select committee to whom has been
referred “A bi’l to be entitled an act to re
move all disabilities whatsoever from persons
in this stato from testifying in any of the’
courts thereof, or having their oath touching
any matter or thing where an oath cr affidavit 1
is necessary to secure any right or interest
by reason of any religious opinion they may
| entertain cr express,” have had the same un
der consideration, and beg leave to report said
j bill, together with a substitute for the same,
to wit:
A bill, to be entitled an act to remove all
disabilities whatever from persons in this state,
, from testifying in any of the courts thereot,
!or having their oath or affirmation, when the
same is necessary to seeme any right or in-
Iterest whatever by reason of any religious
| opinion, he, she, or they may entertain or ex
! press.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
of lira State of Georgia, in
. -Hfcral Assembly met, and it is hereby en-
by the authority of the same, That from
and immediately after the passage of this act
no person shall be excluded from testifying
as a witness in any of the courts ot law or
equity in this state, or deprived of his, her or
their oath or affidavit touching any matter or
tiling where an oath or affirmation is neces
sary to secure any right or interest whatsoever,
by reason of anv religions opinion such.person
or persons may entertain or express: Provi
;ded, nothing in this act shall prohibit such
disabilities going in evidence to the jury to
| affect the credit of such witness or witnesses.
Bill passed— To regulate the sale of the
articles manufactured in the penitentiary, &c.
I Evils of Banking. —The Senate look up the
report of the committee of the whole, on the
| bill to repeal an act m >re effectually to pre
j vent the evils of banking, &.e. when Air. An
jdersoii offered the following as a proviso to
j the second section: Provided, Persons who
| have issued change bills contrary to the pro
j visions of the aforesaid act, shall return the
amount tliat they bad in circulation on the Ist
I day of July last, and pay as a tax 31 1-4 cents
• for every hundred dollars so in circulation.
On motion of Mr. McDougaid,. the report
j was laid on the table for tiie present.
Supreme Court. —The Senate took up the
report of the committee of the whole, on the
j bill to carry into effect that part of the first
j section of the third article of the constitution
j which requires the establishment of a supreme
[court, &e.
! Mr. Cone moved to lay the report on the
; table the balance of the session, on which
| motion the yeas and nays being required, were
• yeas 39, nays 39. There being a tie, the
president voted in the affirmative, and the
bid was laid on the table for the balance of
the session.
Bills passed. —To prohibit from sale or gift
ail printedor written books, papers, pamphlets,
writing paper, ink, and all other articles of
stationery whatsoever, to any slave or free
I person of color in this state; and to punish
| those who may violate the provisions of the
same.
To remove all disabilities whatsoever from
persons testifying in any of the courts thereof,
or having their'oaths touching any matter or
ihing where an oath or affirmation is necessa
ry to secure any right or interest by reason
I of any religious opinion such person or persons
j may entertain or express.
W eukesdat, .Nov. 24
Bills read first time. —Mr. McDougaid ;
To more effectually protect the rights of en
dorsers, upon promissory notes which shall be
given for the purpose of negotiation or intend
ed to be negotiated at any chartered bank* or
which shall be made on the face thereof, pay
able at any chartered bank, or which may be
deposited at any chartered bank lor collection,
and to point out the duties of notaries public
in protes ing the same.
Mr. Harris of Warren: To require all en
dorsers to sue tha pi incipal in his, her, or their
district.
Bills passqd*- To alter and amend the 3d,
7th and 12th sections of the first article, and
the 3d section of the 3d article, and the 15 h
section of the 4th article of the constitution ol
this state.
r lo give to aWpersons employed, in steamboats
and other water crafts on the Chattahoochee riv
er a lien on said steamboats and water crafts, for
his or her tenges, and for wood and provision
furnished,
To authorise William T. Cowart and his
associates to construct a turnpike road across
the Pine Mountain in Harris county, &.c.
Reports of Chartered Banks. —Mr. Stocks,
from the joint standing committee on banks,
to whom have been referred the annual re
ports of the different chartered banks in this
state, have had the same under consideration,
and beg leave to submit the following report:
From a careful examination of the reports
of the following hanks, we find them redeem
ing promptly ail their liabilities in gold and
silver, and entitled in the opinion ofyourconv
| mittee, to the confidence of the com ..unity, to
wff ;
The Bank of the State of Georgia and
branches, Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of
the Stale of Georgia, Planters’ Bank o r Sa
vannah, Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany. Bank of Augusta, Bank of Ruckersville,
M echanies 1 Bank of Augusta, Commercial
Bank of Macon, Ocmulgee Bank, Insurance
Bank of Columbus, Bank of St. Mary’s, Bank
of Brunswick, and the Augusta Insurance and
Banking Company.
In addition to the foregoing your committee
would remark, that the branch of the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company in Augusta
has since the first day of February last con
tinued to redeem her fells promptly ; and from
information recently received upon authority
entitled to the most implicit confidence, your
committee are happy to be able to state, that
the mother Bank at Athens has, within a few
days past, met all their cash liabilities, and is
now paying her bills in specie.
Or the Central Bank of Georgia, your com
mittee are not prepared to make so minute a
report as would be satisfactory to the Legis
lature. from want of sufficient time to exam
me thoroughly into her condition, and would
therefore ask leave to refer the Legislature to
the report of the-select committee appointed
at. tlie recent session to examine into the ad
ministration and affairs of that bank, and which
report your committee learn i* ill in a few days
ne laid before both branches of the Legisla
ture.
Your committee regret to be constrained to
say from tiie evidence exhibited in the reports
ot the following banks, and from other credi
ble sources, that they are not redeeming their
issues in terms of their charters, to wit:
Bank of Hawkinsville, Planters’ and Me
chanic’s Bank of Columbus, and Bank of Co
lumbus. Your committee, however, would
remark, that from the exhibition of means in
the possession of those banks, thev will be
enabled eventually to redeem all their liabili
ties.
Your committee cannot express so favora
ble an opinion of the Western Bank of Geor
gia as of the other non-specie paying banks,
whose reports have been before them; but
on the contrary, have tears that the bill hold
ers ot that institution must sustain a consid
erable loss.
The report was ordered to be laid on the
table for the present.
Resolutions. —Mr. Cone laid on the table
the following:
\\ hereas, it is the duty of the representa
tives ot the people lo conform to their wishes :
and w hereas, various efforts iiave been made
to create and organize a supreme court .for
the correction of errors.
Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives, That the managers of the
next general election be, and they'are hereby
reqi feed to make out and transmit with the
election returns, the vote for and against the
organization of a supreme court, and the peo
ple are requested to endorse on the back of
their tickets, Court, or .Wo Court.
Bill pus an d authorise an 1 prescribe
the mode of serving defendants in actions of
ejectment, in certain cases therein named.
Bill read firs’ time. — Mr. Spalding : To
secure and protect the citizens of Georgia in
the possession ol their slaves.
Thursday Nov. 25.
Bills read first time. — Mr. Redding of Har
ris : To repeal part of Ist section of an act
touching the distribution of intestate estates,
obc.
Mr. Morris, from the committee on finance:
To direct the Central Bank to pay interest
upon the public debt.
Bills passed —To more effectually secure
the solvency of banks and other incorporated
companies, and to prevent the same from su
ing in the name of any other person.
To regulate the mode of prosecuting actions
against joint-and several contractors in cer
tain cases.
Relative to the Central Bank of Georgia.
Central Bank. Mr. Kenan, from the spe
cial committee appointed, to examine into the
affairs of the Central Bank, made the follow
ing report, which was read aud agreed to. to
wit:
The special committee to whom was as
signed the duty of inquiring into the causes
of the embarrassed and exhausted condition
of the Central Bank, with power to investi
gate its administration, bog lease briefly to
report the following facts :
That their investigaMon discloses the em
barrassed, and exhausted condition of the bank
to have resul ed from the following causes :
From, the embarrassed condition of ihe
bank in 1837, arising from the excessive dis
tributions to the peopie during that year* the
Legislature,, which immediately succeeded,
was compelled for its relief, to author.iso the
directors to borrow of the Phoenix Bank of
New York ‘<s2oo,ooo. In 1841, we find the
directors issued a dis ribution to the people of
8 750,000. By a reference to additional
amounts discounted to individuals, during die
mean time, upon bills or drafts drawn upon
New York and Savannah varying from, live
hundred to fifteen thousand dollars and which
returned protested, we find the sum of $338-
000. These amounts added to the surplus
revenue of $>151,422* the entire amount of
which was distributed to the people, together
with the sum of <5221,000 advanced to the
treasury during the year 184S, with the sum
advanced to the Western and Atlantic Rail
road, an amount comparatively small to the
amount loaned by distribution to the people,
are believed to be the causes of the embar
rassed and exhausted condition of the Centra!
B<nk.
Upon the subject of its policy or rulminis
tration, a subject of deep and intrinsic impor
tance to the people, we directed our attention
to the following inquiries:
Firs', as to the manner of the payment of
the New York debt. In tbe investigation we
find that at the time the New York debt of
200,000 was reported to have been paid, the
Central Bank had an outstanding liability up
on that debt of 870,009, showing that alt ho*
the debt was extinguished to the Phoenix
Bank, the liability of the 8 200,000 was not
extinguished by 870,000.
We find that the directors discounted in
1840 and 1841, <598,000 in the Darien Bank
lulls. In the investigation of the discount to
St. Clair and Holmes of <570,000, we find
their bills to the amount of about $35,000
have returned upon the bank protested. But
those bills, as well as many others although
protested are considered generally good.
Among the protested drafts drawn upon Sa
vannah, we find one discounted to John R.
Anderson for $2,000, without any endorser.
The directors inform your committee that they
took $3,000 in Darien bills as collateral secu
rity- . . .
In takmg leave of tins investigation, your
committee would respectfully recommend the
passage of a resolution, requiring the Direc
tors ot he Centra] Bank to proceed forthwith
and without further delay, to the collection of
ail protested bills or notes, and prohibiting the
further discount upon bills, until tho bank
shall bo in a condition to make a distribution
to the whole people.
Hill-last. —To prohibit all and every person
or persons where suits are pending against
them cr either of them, from dividing their
note or notes to give an advantage to one
creditor over that of another.
Bills passed. —To consolidate the offices of
receiver of tax returns, and tax collector, so
fa- as relates to the county of Sumter.
To incorporate the town of Albany* in Ba
ker countv, &.C..
To make copartners who are plaintiffs in
the courts of law and equity in this state, to
maintain and prosecute their suits in said
courts in certain cases, without being com
pelled to adduce proof of their copartnership.
Central Bank. —Mr. Stocks laid on the ta
ble tiie following resolution, to wit:
Resolved, That the directors of the Cen
tral Bank be required to inform this branch
of the General Assembly what amount of run
ning or active paper is in the Central Batik—
what amount of notes is lying over—what
amount of hills discounted or running, and
what amount is lying over—-and what amount
of nates and hills are in suit.
And be it further resolved, That said direc
tors report what amount of each denomina
tion or description of debts they consider good,
and what amount they consider bad, and lost
to the bank.
Bill lust. —To increase the jurisdiction of
the justices of the peace, &e.
Fkiday, Nov. 2®.
Executive Assent. —A message was receiv
ed from the Governor transmitting his assent
to the following acts :
To repeal an act to regulate the intercourse
between the banks of this state and other in
stitutions and brokers—also, to alter and
amend the act authorising the recovery of
damages against banks : and the act of the
last General Assembly requiring the banks of
this stale to redeem their liabilities in specie.
To alter and amend the several acts in re
lation to the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company.
To authorise Win. Moore to erect a dam
across part of the Clfattahoocli.ee river, in
Harris county.
Bills puss:;!. —To suspend operations on a
part of ttie Western and Atlantic Railroad,
and to provide for the execution of contracts
on a part of the same, and for other purposes
therein specified
To withdraw the appropriation of
to the University of Georgia.
Central Bin!;. —The resolution relative to
the Central Bank, introduce! yesterday by
Mr. Slocks, was taken up and agreed to.*
lIOUSB OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Wa i uiidaV. Nov.
Banks. —The House agreed to reconsider
so much of the journals of yesterday ns relates
to the Resolution calling upon hi>. Excellence
the Governor for all tlie information at lus
command relative to the judicial proceedings
that have been ordered against the several
Banks of this State, &c.
Bills read first time. — Mr. Jordan : To sus
pend the operations on part of the Western
and Atlantic Rail Road, and to provide for the
execution of contracts on a part of the same,
&c.
Mr. llardage : To Lay out and organise a
new county out ot the counties of Franklin,
Habersham, Hall and Jackson, and to attach
the same to the Western Circuit, &c.
Mr. Watson, ot Muscogee: To releive Jas.
Kivlin, late military store-keeper ai the city
of Columbus ; also, to add the residence and
possession of I’lt anas WcGinly of the coun'v
of Muscogee, to the county of Talbot, and
also, to impose a special tax on the persons and
properly of the city of Columbus, OCc.
Mr. Powers : To release the State of Geor
gia from her interest in the Monroe Rail Road
and Banking Company and to provide for the
connection of the same with the eastern ter
minus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.
Mr. Mitchell, of Stewart: To limit the
number of peremptory challenges to jurors on !
the part ot the State and prisoners, in ail trials j
on any indictment for murder in this State, ’
and for preventing challenge an ihe part of j
the Slate to the whole array.
Bills Passed. —To alter and amend the 2d ,
section of an act for the better selection and
drawing of grand juries for the several coun
ties m this State.
Reports from Judiciary Committee. Mr.
Colquitt reported the following Bills:
To legalise and make valid certain acts of
the clerks of the Inferior Courts of the State
of Georgia, so far as attesting deeds, &c.
Recommended to the favorable consideration
of the House.
To repeal and amend the words “petition”
in the latter part of the Ist section of the 3d.
article of the Constitution of this Slate. Re
commended to the unfavorable consideration
of the House ; as also, the bill
To facilitate the collection of debts against
incorporations and. the stockholders thereof.
To alter aud amend the 13. h and 21st sec
tions ol the judiciary acts of this State, so far
as relates to Justices Courts, and to abolish
the practice of requiring an endorsement on
justices executions of no personal property to
be found sufficient to satisfy execution or exe
cuiions, before the same can be levied on land
and negroes—declared it inexpedient to pass
the same.
To amend the judiciary of the State of
Georgia. Passage recommended; as also the
bill
To declare and make valid, binding and.
legal, all bonds given or that, mav hereafter be
given in tins State by administrators aiul
guardians, payable to the Court of Ordinary,
Judgosof the Inferior Court sitting for ordina
ry purposes, Judges of the Court of Ordinary
and Justices of the Inferior Court sit ing for
ordinary purdoses, in any county of this State.
Bills Rejected. — To repeal restrictions upon
private Banking, and to provide for the pun
lsliment of frauds therein.
To repeal an act to add an additional section
to the sixth division of the Penal Code.
i'o make accounts entitled to draw their
equal portion with notes on insolvent estates.
i'o alter and amend so much of the 14th
division and 48th section of the Penal Code,
as disqualifies petit jurors for trying capital
offences.
Bills Read First Tims. —To extend the
time for the completion of the Central Kail
Road between the cities of Savannah and Ma
con, and to reduce the number of D.rectors of.
the Central Rail Road and Banking Company
of Georgia.
To extend the provisions of an act to facili
tate the recovery of money out of the hands
of Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of the Peace,
Constables, Clerks of the. Superior and Infe
rior Courts, and Attorneys at Law.
To amend the Ist section of an act ta- ex
empt from sale for debts contracted after a
given time, certain articles chiefly necessary
lor the subsistence of the debtor’s family.
To require Judges to grant rules absolute
against Sheriffs in certain cases.
To cause a straight line to be run between
the counties of Sumter and Lee, and to provide
for the payment of the same.
To extend the time to fortunate drawers
in the late Land and Gold Lottery to lake out
their grants.
To incorporate the Georgia Conference,
and to vest therein the title to certain property,
with authority to dispose of the same.
Mon da v. Nov 22.
Bills Read First Tims. —Mr. Armstrong :
To authorize the Commissioners of the Wes
tern and Atlantic Rail Road to issue change
bills redeemable in script.
Mr. Simmons: To explain and amend an
act to exempt from sale for debts contracted
after a given time, certain articles chiefly no
cessary for the subsistence of the debtor’s
family.
Mr. Crane : To amend the charter of the
Central Bank of Georgia, and to repeal cer
tain acts amendatory thereto, and to require
said Bank to make a loan, and to confer upon
said Bank further banking powers and privi
leges.
Mr. Pitts : To authorise the Justices of the
Inferior Courts of the'several counties in this
State, to alter and change names and legalise |
the same.
Mr. Howard: To relieve the City Council
of Columbus, and to exempt the Bridge across
Ihe Chattahoochee river, in said city, from tax
ation.
Bill Lost. —To repeal an act to alter and
amend an act for reducing the interest of mo
ney in this province, passed March 27th, 1759,
so far as relates to usurious contrats, &.c.
Bill Passed. —To establish an additional
election precinct, in the county of Troup.
Bili Read First Time. —.Mr. Dyer: To
authorise and require the Governor to have
suits commenced on all bonds, given for the
forthcoming of public arms, &c.
Bills Lost. —-To authorise appeals from
Justices to Superior Courts in this Etate, in
certain cases, &c.
To extend the stay on judgments in the
Justices Courts of this State.
To exempt Millers from road, jury and
military duties.
i'o exempt the Justices of the Inferior
Courts from performing certain duties therein
specified.
Resolution.--The House agreed to a Reso
lulion authorising the Governor to pay the
funeral expenses of the late Nathaniel Brad
ford, deceased, from the county of Crawford,
and that his Excellency be requested to pay
for, and cause to he erected, a usual monu
mental tomb over the grave of the deceased,
&c.
Tuesday. Nov. 23,
The following message was received from
his Excellency ihe Governor, by Mr. Harris,
his Secretary, to wit:
His Excellency the Governor has approved
a resolution of the House of Representatives,
authorising lorn to draw his warrant on the
Treasury for <51,23 27, and pny it over to the
Senator from tiie county of Troup, which
amount was appropriated by the Legislature
of 1833 to L Ly Alien, of said county.
The H >nse took up tho amendments of
Senate to the bill of the House “To regulate
ihe sale of the articles manufactured in the
Penitentiary of the Stale of Georgia,” &c.,
and concurred therein.
The House went into comm ttee of the
whole, Mr. Brown, of Wilkes, in ihe chair, on
the bill *• To appropriate money for the politi
cal year 1842,” and having spent some time
therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and
Mr. Brown, from the committee, reported the
biil without amendment.
The report was then taken up by sections,
and several amendments being made thereto,
on motion, the same was laid on the table tor
the present.
Wedne-da v. Nov.
Resumption of Bank Liabilities. —— Ihe
House took up the Report on the b.ii “ To re
peal an act to compel the several Banks of
this State to redeem their liabilities in specie,
and to provide for tbe forfeiture of the chartor
or charters of such as may refuse, and to im
pose and pass a tax upon such banks as refuse
to redeem their liabilities m specie, and to
provide for tiie collection and the appropriation
thereof to tiie use of the Poor School System,
and the same* being read, considered and
amended,
Mr. Howard offered as a substitute ior the
same,
“ A bill, to repeal an act to compel the sev
eral Banks of this State to redeem their liabil
ities in specie, and to provide t >r the forfeiture
of the charter or charters of such as may re
fuse, and to enlarge the jurisdiction of the
Justices of the PeacG in all cases ot Bank
notes, or other paper, circulated or intended
to he circulated as money or currency, and to
provide lor tlie speed}’ circulation ot aii sucu
notes or other paper, and to appoint a receiver
m cor: i-in eases, and to prevent Banks irom
issuing paper by their agents at any other pla
ces than those designated by theif charter.”
Tne question being on receiving the sub
stitute ot Mr. Howard, in lieu of tiie o; i final
bill,
Mr. Eppinger offered a bill “concerning the
Banks in tins Slate,” as a substitute lor tbe
original biil and substitute, which was rejected
! by ihe House.
Tiie substitute for the original bill as oiier
■edby Mr. Howaid, was then taken up by sec
! lions, and the part of the first section being
read, which is in the following words, to wit:
“Tne jurisdiction of the Justices of the Peace
l in and of this State,shall be, and the same is
! hereby extended, and admitted to any sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars, besides inter
est, in ail cases or suits where bank bills,notes*
or other instruments issued, circulated, or used
as money or currency,” &c.
‘The substitute being furt her considered and
amended, a motion was made for adjournment
which prevailed,
Belore the adjournment a communication
in writing from his Excellency the Governor
was delivered by Mr. Harris, ins Secretary, as
also tiie following message :
His Excellency the Governor has assented
: to the following act;
An act toautimnse constables to serve sum
j mows nine days before the sitting of the
Court to which they are made returnable.
The committee on Enrollment was directed
i to carry the same forthwith to the office of the
Secretary of S ate, and see the great seal of
j the Suite affixed thereto.
Thursday. Nov. 25.
Bills Read First Time- —Mr. U atson, of
■ Heard : i'o grant all clerks and sheriffs ihe
| privilege of advertising their proceedings in
any public gazette within the Coweta Circuit.
SPEECH OK MR. HUGHES*
OF RANDOLPH,
On a bill to repeal the secouJ sveuun of an act to pro
vide an ad atonal fund for the support ol die uni
v< rsily ol Georgia: Devin-red ii the House of
Kepre-entalives, November, 1841.
Mr. Hughes said, that he did not rise as the
oppoiit ut oi E location, but as the advocate
ol that retrenchment winch tiie country so
much needed. He admitted tne importance
o! an institution of this high literary, character
--Inn, really, could not see the necessity of
continuing an annual appropriation, which
j seemed to him already to have bordered upon
a lavish expenditure of money..
Sir, said Mr. 11., it is a fact admitted by ihe
j honorable gentlemen irom Ciaik. (Mr. Hull,)
| 1 1 1 ot at the commencement of this instiiuiion,
, the s:a e gave it lands which were afterwards
Isold fir one him lied and thirty odd thousand
dollais, for bonds due in three annual instal
lucnts—that the trustees of the college pro
posed to the ssaie to take the bonds aud
give it §j,l<X),ooo in slock in the slate and Au
gusla banks, which the stale, in order to aid
the wishes of the trustees, agreed to do, and
j also pledged, herself annually to pay the inler
|csi thereon. With these means, and the an.
j nuaj income of §3,000, the interest arising
! from the bank stock, together with ihe income
j resulting from the tuiiion of students, the
j fund of the institution had been amply suffi
|cm nt to answer every neciasary purpose up
|to the year IS2&—at which t mu a portion
j of the college, edifice was consumed by fire.
The legislature of 1830 authorised a loan
|of 10,000 to tbe institution, and at ihe same
■ lime gave it an annual donation of §6,000,
which sum-ii Iras received since that period. —
Now, sir, to say nothing of the inducement
and ihe appropriations pa and to the year L 320,
we find that, including §B,OOO interest, the
§IO,OOO loaned aiul the §6,000 annual v for
ten years, they will make the aggregate sum
of §150,000, given by the state to that iusti
tution—equal to an annual donation of fifteen
thousand dollars. This, sir, is a munificent
! liberality.
j Bn:,sir, permit me to direct your attention
to another section ol the act of I*3o. The
one to which I allude, makes i! the duty ol
the trustees of tiie college to educate graiui
tously at least one youth from each county,
to be selectd by (he inferior court thereof—
How do gentlemen explain their failure to
perform this duty ? Why, forsooth, they tell
you that the number was so great that ii was
impossible for the trustees to provide for so
i many—and, as they had no power to sell ct
j Irom among them, they determined to reject
: die WHOLE of them !. This* sir, is the ac
knowledgement of gentlemen who arc advo
ca ingthc interest ol ihe institution.
Now, can you sir, imagine a greater fraud?
At the time when ihe donation is given them,
with tiie express understanding that they were
j to educate ninety two students gratuitously,
! as soon as they received the money, they fell
| you that the number of youth is 100 great—
j that, as they cannot select ale.-s i timber.
i therefore, they would net take any!— J3u i. did
| they propose to refund to the Slate ihe money
j they had thus obtained ? No, sir. But, now,
that the stale is no longer disposed to grant
: an appropriation which she is unable Ui pay.
; we are told that it argues ignorance and nnr
■ rowness of soul, which are incompatible with
j the character of a man of “ an hones] heart!’’
|t has been contended lor by gentlemen ou
t this fi ior, th.il they were in favor of reduc
tion —ihat ihe salaries of the pubhc officers
Ought to lie reduced ; and as an argument in
j support ot'th s position, we are told that
I vn,one-v is worth 20 per centum les- now, than
four years ago. Is ii not strange that gentle
men, in speaking of money, seem to have
; forgotten that the professors of Franklin col
; lege would 1)’ subjected to up greater incon
! veiiieiice than ihe judges ol our super or
; courts !—licit, say gentlemen, retrenchment
j ought not to he'carried into our college!
Anil, whv? is ihe education of a few youth
: of more inteiest to the slate than the pro
tection of itie properly, reputation, limbs. I ff,
laud liberty of t tie whole of her citizens? If
’ not, 1 ask, whv is it that gentlemen contend
I fiat the professors ol Frankhn college are
!entitled to two thousand dollars each, while
the judges ol* our superior courts, who are
• conservators of the rights of every cidz-'n,
! areoi.lv allowed the inferior sum of §1,630?
I Again, sir, the app opriation to that msiitmion
|is partial and unequal From what 1 can
learn, there are not more than forty gradn
-1 ales, annually. If this he (rue, which i.onr
pretend to deny, then, ( very young man who
receives a diploma from Franklin college, costs-
I the state of Georgia not less than §350! Is
it just? Is it equal? Aud, sir, who are ihe
youth who are reviving ibis amoout'of money
from die slate, to aid them in Iheirednral on r
Thev are tha sons <>■( ihe wealthy ! Yes, die
sons of'those who are able to erlnca'* their chil
dren, independent of die stale! Vet, we are
told all this is right. Now. sir. suppose | wen
to introduce a hill asking an appropriation to
die education ol forty poor youth that would
average §350 each, do you imagine that it
would lie entertained by li e opposition for
a moment? No, sir—they would ridicule die
idea. Yet, will they contend that die poor
and common people ol tiie stale shoo'd he
taxed f >r — uhat? Why, to raise money for
the rich aud opulent.!
Gendemen may talk about democracy and
equal rights, and make for themselves a bril
liant Utopia—r-hut, so lon as they draw a
distinction of this character, I can asm re them
that I for one can never be found in its sup
port, I believe that the honest people of
Randolph are entitled to as many privileges
as anv—and if they are not to receive the be
nefits held out to them by the college, it is no
reason that they should he taxed to enable
others to receive it, and I, as their represen
tative, can never vote for it.
Good Dividend. —We know of no stock
that has paid so well in this part of the State
for a long while, as that of the ‘ Savannah In
surance and Trust Company.” A dividend
of five per cent for the last six months, has
just been dcdqred.->-Savannah Republican.
From the National Intelligencer.
GOST OF STEAMSHIPS?
The construction of the noble steam frigate’
Kamscbatka, at New York, by contract, for
the liuss,an Government, has been made the
occasion iu a Nov York paper of some com
parisons between her cost and that of die two
steam frigates (the Missouri and Mississippi)
building at the New York and Philadelphia
navy yards by our Government, unfavorable
n> the latter ; ii being alleged that these cost
§930,000 each, while die Kamscbatka, of
din e hundred ions burden more than either
of them, cost hut §450,000. ‘This allegation
has been met by the North American of Phil
adelphia, with sundry refuiory statements
wiuoii. in just.ee to the Navy Commissioners,
we think it proper to transfer to our columns
—divesting them of every thing beyond the
naked tacts presented.
‘ The public have been amused, ever since
the 1 a .inching of the Kam-chatka frigate, with
!>•'listings ol her qualities, performances, and
; clieaphess ot construction. Ami in extolling
tins vessel, pains lih -e been taken to hold her
m contrast with our Government steam fri
| stales now being constructed, and to prejudice
ihe public mind against these vessels nail tha.-
Administration under which they are build
ing.
“ We are not conversant with the acts of
the N.ivv Board in tin men years, but whatev
er mav have been die errors in times past,
the noble specimens of naval architectures
which have been constructed under their stu
pervisiou and o.ders, and presented to die-
American public iu the Uvo steam frigates
Missouri and Mississippi, ought to entitle therm
to entire confidence. Ol die machinery and
performance of these vessels we will not speak,
heeau.se it lias not yet been brought to thev
test ol trial, and we do not feel disposed to
lake a hand at “ die game of brag.” When
completed, these ship's will tell their own storv,,
but as specimens of naval architecture they
| are before Ihe world, and stand, l>v the ver
dict of public opinion, unsurpassed, even hv
j die vaunted Kamscbatka, whose beautiful
proportions have been so justly admiied. But
o die article m question :
‘ It is charged that li e ‘ navy ships will*
cost upwards of §OOO,OOO each.’ That ‘the
Kamscbatka- is three hin d ed tons larger,’
iv! lii ‘ two decks instead of one,’ arid is • su
p rior iu wot kmansliip and engines,’, and
‘will be del vered in Cronstadt for §450.000
|or csy ‘including Schuyler's profit of §30,-
000,’ all which we will show to he the reverse
ol the irulii, so far as regards the American
vessels, irom information derived from the
most authentic sources. We have also in
formation on wh eh we place firm reliance,
dial the cost of die Russian is enormously-'’
underrated, aml-that she will riot be delivered
ai Gronstiadl short of §600,000.
“ All three of these vessels are two deckers,
(ami as .such we have rated the tonnage,)
except in die engine rooms, where thev all
leave single decks.
Tiie Missouri and Mississippi measure on llio’
upper rll-ck, hum Use font of ihe stem to aft sletn post,,
ruin'd! ; tip ... 224 rtY. long..
Breadth ofbeem - - -40 ft.
Depth of hold, - - - - 23 6
Tonnage measured as two deck
ers, - R6S4 20-I9G lons*
The Kamsclialka measures, as
above, - 219 ft.
Rrcfedth of beam at the paddle
wheel shaft ... 35 ft. 10 in...
Depth of hold - - - - £4 6
Tonnage By tha same rule, 1.355 89-95 lons.
The Kamsehtilka is sponsou built. ‘Thai
is to say, she widens above ilie water line fore
and aft the water wheels, in order to give- her
a more roomy deck. The breadth !&re given’
is die body ot the vessel as she sits upon the
water. But the act ol Congress, which was 1
1,Q.0l intended for a craft of this build, nquiies
die measurement of breadth to he at tW
widest point above die wales, and const quenu-
Iv the register gives a fallacious tonnage of*
1,137 46 96; tiie breadth across the sponsons’
be.iiig 41 leet 10 inches; the real bieadth at*
ih’e water line being 3 leet 2 inch* s narrower,
j than die navy slops. ‘The cos! of the Mis*--
| sissippi has been ascertained with as much
I accurrcy as their staie of forwardness wi f
j admit, within asi ort pi rit and. Including their
! armament, the expense of these vessels, fitted
j complete, will not vary five per cent, from
| one million of dollar?, or five hundred thou
j -.and ilokais each. But vie have some de-
I elections to make. The frame of the Km
schaika is die fra me of a 1,400 ton slop, while
, the dames of the American vessels are ot*
1700 tons. ‘I he dune ol the Russian is
j while oak, worth ffriy cents a fool, and will)
: rot in ten-years. The frames of die Amen-•
jeans are Florida live oak, of largest dimen--
i siirt'S, cost ii g one dollar and seventy-five cents
Ia cubic foot and vyill last for ages. The
1 Kams-chaika is lastcned w, t h wooden or nails.
I i he Amt r cans are fastened throughout with
I copper, without a trenail in them. Let us
j pot tins to figures :
j 21 CCO cutis feet of live oak timber in the
I American fiame*. nt £1 “5 - 36 750
! 16 COO < übic feet of while oak in the
Russian, at 40 cents, • - - 6 4CO
It tfVrence, - 30,350
ICO COO ibs. copper fastening in Ameri
<•!■!>£. at 25 cciils, - - - 25 (00
20 OCO lbs. copper in Russian, - SCtO
DlU'u elite - 20 0(0
These tvifs items of materials give - £50,350,
iu excess for ihe American riit| s, exprne'eet ion ake
the ships more I.sting ami stable, arid to save iuluie
r< paiis.
We have given tbe cost of the Americans,
each, ------ §500.000
‘1 c bring them on as equality wi h the Rus
sian in point of ijutiiiy, we must deduct 50,350
Showing the ros! to lie - - - §449 650
or about the same as the pretended cost of that
\e-scl.
“ These are but two items of excess, for it
timsi be ho:ne m muul that evety dimension
a In in i lie Rossi in it as less than the American,
;u the pn)| oiiion ol fourteen to seventeen.
“But we have another test of comparative
cost, withh cannot be controverted.
•‘ We will assume, for die moment, that
ihe minerals n! die two vessels were ofsigfi
,ai cosi. ‘The displace ment of a ship in tons,
and the comparative cost of two ships should
he nearly as their weight*. ‘The Russian’s
displacement, with ail machinery on board,
was, or ought to have In en, 2,100 tons. The
J splucement of the American’s, will) all on
Ii .inf, will he 2 700 ions—consequently the
cosis, re-j ectivelv, shmtld he as 21 is to 27.
“Now, ihe American costs §500,000.—.
Therefore, die Russian, by i Iris proportion,
oogfil to have cost §390,000; arid it we take
ihe prnport unite tonnage, she ought to have
cost ab<hii §400,000; winch brings: the tWQ
modes of estimating very close.
“We t fink we have clearly shown that
the much abused Navy Board have htrrlt two
ships, superior in every respect to the Rus
sian frigate, at a saving of sixqy thousand
dollars over die cost of the Kamscbatka.”
Beginning in Season. —We understand
that ‘ne city corporation have already issued
four hundred more licenses for selling ruin
linn were granted last year* and that the.
committee of the Common Couuc. l, are daily
in session for issuing more. What is the ob
ject ] Is it not to conciliate the favor of the
small dealers in grog, preparatory to the
Spring election ? Ii so, we trust the men
who are endeavoring to win support in this
manner, will find that they have forged a
weapon to be weilded against themselves,
N. Y. Herald.
The revenue of the port of Boston for the
third quarter of 1841, in comparison with the
corresponding quarters ol the two previous
years, as is follows ;
For the quarter ending Sept. 30,2811 $1,266 875
“ ~ 1840 ’911.624
‘ , “ “ ‘* 1839 1 281.748
1 h;s shows an immense increase last year,
and nearly equal to that year of large imports,
Tnl9. Ihis increase has no doubt been fa
cilitated by the Liverpool steamers that now