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THE HERALD:
AuHKb shall appear in our next.
For the Darien Herald.
NECROLOGY.
Among the numerous science* that have
been brought into existence by the learning of
our scicntiAc men of the age, is thai of “Ladies
Necxotoov.” This science, though simple in
appearances, is an independent science, com
prehending within itself the true principles of
# tbr mind, through the developments of ibis
beautiful structure of the human form—the
graceful neck f—swelling with the passions of
the soul, or softly sleepingon tho placid bosom,
or animated only with the softer, gayer, or
wittier passions, us they may predominate in
reft'evc of each other, making it one of the
happiest systems to study the mind of the La
dies, (hat the age has patronized.
In comparison with the sciences of Lnvator,
of flail, orHpurxhctnc, this new science stands
paramount—claiming the right from the sim
plicity of its practice, the merits of its name,
over the intricate and exploded theories that
lvave preceeded in the world. The public will
receive it with raptures, and acknowledge it
as the fundamental theory and study of the
Ladies mind. It spreads before the public the
principles of a science founded on the philoso
phy of the neck, which portrays so lieautifully
the portrait of the mind ; spreading before the
philosophic mind for contemplation, the di
vine excellence of a gracefully turned neck!—
exhibiting the swelling and sinking of the va
ried feelings of the heart, as they rise through
ihcrauscels and auxilimries of that compen
dious index of the human passions. Neienres
founded on ns correct principles as these, car
ries with them the impress of truth, when they
are made easy to the mind of the careless ob
server ; hut not like the many theories that
have been before the public, wrapped in the
intricate depths of abstruse reasoning that a
lisorba llic beauty of its system before the re
searcher can appreciate the mystery. Ncck
oiogy, however, from the simplicity of its
theory, is of the former class, and s'Vtceptnblc
of the most volutile study. A few lectures on
the principles would be suflirieiil to acquire
nn interest in its beauties, that would lead the
persevering to the attainment of its profouu
dest mysteries. BLANK.
CONURKBH.
Monday, January 21, IHffit.
IN HKNATK.
The Nennte passed the Cumberland Itoad
bill to day by a vole of 24 to 22.
The rest of the day was consumed in the dis
cussion of, business of no fAvftc importance—
several Private Bills taken up and
considered.
Mr. Talmngc introduced the follow ing Joint
resolution:
Hrtohed, Ac. Two thirds of both Houses
of Congress deeming it necessary, that the fol
lowing articles lie proposed to the Legislatures
of the several -States os amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, all or any
of which articles, when ratiAcd by three fourths
of the said Legislatures, to be considered to all
intents ami purposes part of said Constitution.
Ist. The Pr sident of the United Stats shall
hold his office liut for one term of four years
and shall lie ineligible thereafter.
2*l. That tlte Secretary tis the Treasury
shall is: doe ted by Congress, and in u manlier
to be prescribed by law.
Ski. That the Treasurer shall be approved by
Congress ill a manner to be prescribed by
law.
4th, That the Post Master General shall be
appointed by Congress for a time and in a man
ner to be defined by law.
That an amendment shall Is- inserted pre
venting a member of Congress from receiving
an appointment of the General Government
until two years shall have expired after lie
ceases to be a member.
After an Executive Session the Senate ud
Jourocd,
HOUSE OF RKPKKHKNTATIVKM.
Mr. Graham, ofN. C. then offered a reso
lution calling upon the Secretary of War for
information.—The resolution was adopted.
The information sought for is to ask of the Se
cretary why it is that six hundred Cherokee
Indians are now in North Carolina at the point
of starvation 1 This is a fact, I believe, and
the cause of it is presumed to be a misapplica
tion of Ute Public Money.
PETITIONS
Were then received from the several States,
beginning w lilt Maine. Petitions were presen
ted from all the New England .Stales asking
for the abolition of Slavery in the District of
Columbia—for the abolition of the Slave trade
• -against the admission of any new Save State
into the Untoltwfor tlm Bepeul of the resolu
tions of December laying Attolilion memorials
upon I he table—against the Annexation of Tex
asffothe United States ; and for various other
object* connected with the Abolition move
ment*.
When Mr. Adams rose, he said he had upon
the door a large number of petitions, relating
to the Abolition of Slavery. -Suite of them
would lie laid upon the table, under the rules
ofthe House, and others might bo referred. Be
fore presenting these petitions, Mr. Adam*
said that it would be gratifying to him, if the
House would allow lum to slate, his position.
He wished to be. understood by the House and
the Country, for he was not now understood.
** lie had before him he said, a multitude of
letters, all of them from the Southern section
es tlte country, and all of them threatening
him with assassination. Whether these tetters
were intended to threaten or intimidate him,
or to put tlte threats into execution, or were
iu(emivd to quiz him, w as a matter of no impor
tance, Until was right that he should be un
derstood, and he therefore asked leave to make
a statement.
Objections being made. Mr. Grennel moved
to suspend the rules. Theayesand noeswere
ordered, and the motion to suspend was sus
tained. Ayes 117, noes SB.
Mr,. Adams ex pressed himself grateful to the
■Hfemlti!genre granted. In refer
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HL*.,“*'&* direct assaanma
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the name of one
, ,* ” . • B furthar said that
a right to
“i- * ■to this subject. But
he Chose not to do no, because such a course
would have consumed a great deal of the time
of the House. Mr. Adams then said that it
was Well known, or should be well known that
he was not lor granting the prayer of the peti
tions. I am, said he, against tne prayer, and
if the (location should come before the House
at this day, I should vote against the Abolition
of -Slavery in the District of Columbia. I have
made this declaration repeatedly.
If it could be done, continued .Mr. Adams, I
would to-morrow vote to recede the District of
Columbia to the .States of Afaryland and Ver
grnia. I would have the Capital of the Coun
try in some section where -Wlmery does not
exist. I <lu not think the Constitution of the
United .States would allow this, and therefore
I shall not propose it, or vote for it when pro
posed by others.
I wish, said Mr. Adams, that my views
should be understood on this point. I wish the
Abolitionists to understand that after reading
their paper* and documents, and all that has
been publicly said in favor of the Abolition of
-Slavery here, I am not prepared to vote for it.
However I am open to conviction on all sub
jects, nnd not so fixed in any opinion as not to
lie willing to idler that opinion.
.Speaking of another subject, Mr. Adams,
said I think it much eaaier to threaten to mur
der a man titan to murder him. But history
is full of examples where such threats have
lieen put into execution. Men excited often
do stirlt things, and no subject is more likely
to cause excitement, than the one to which the
subject of Abolition refers.
Speaking of the authors of the letter* sent
him, Mr. Adaina remarked that, to say (list I
ran face a bully is saying no more than to place
me on a level with s’T the members of this
House. But to say that lamto he intimidated
for the cou.se I have persued here is saying a
girnt deal more than is true.
In excuse for presenting Abolition petitions,
Afr. Adam* said, I have on my table, 17ft pe
titions, all of which I have received *ince last
petition day. They are all aent and entrusted
to my especial care. They arc most of them
accompanied with letters earnestly soliciting
me to present them and to take charge of them.
Most of these petitions said Mr. A. are from
persons who never can do me a favor, who
have not a vote to give me, if I should ever a
giin be a candidate. What can Ido ill answer
to that trust 7 I have frit it a duty, and a sa
cred duty, to meet this trust by presenting the
pet,lions mid leaving them to the action of tin*
lloute. This is all I have done. I say this
in jutliee to myself and injustice to tbit: House.
I do rot wish to incur iue odium of unnecessa
rily esnsuntinj; Ute time of this House. I have
not dote so. I shall not do so. I think Ido
but jus ice to those, who tutve confided to me
in presenting singly the petition* sent to me
from man who have thus voluntarily confided
to me as important trust.
Mr. Adam* then stated what were his mo
tive* in presenting the resolutions connected
with Andrew .Stevenson. He vindicated his
own motives, and said that he had no other ab
ject in view than thr honor of hia Country.
After concluding his remarks, he preaented
Ills petitions.
HILK CULTURE
[From the Silk Grover)
Upon the settlement ofGeorgia, in 1732,
the culture of lk was also contemplated
as a principal object of attention, and lands
were granted to settlers upon a condition
that they planted one hundred white mul
berry tree* on every ten acres, when clear
ed, and ten years were allowed for their
cultivation. Trees, seed, and the eggs of
silk-worms, were sent over by the trustees
to whom the insnageinent of the colony
was committed. An Episcopal clergyman,
ami a native of I'iedmont, were engaged to
instruct the people in the art of rearing
the worms and winding the silk. In order
to keep alive the idea of the silk culture,
mid of the views of the Government respec
ting it, on one side of the public seal was a
representation of silk worms, in their vari
ous stages, with thr appropriate motto, ‘non
sihi sod alii*.” By a manuscript volumr|nf
proceedings and accounts of the trustees,
to which the writer he had access, it appears
that the first parcel of silk which was re
ceived by the trustees, was in the year 17-
3\ when eight pounds of raw silk were ex
ported from Savannah to England. It was
inode into a piece, and presented to the
Queen.
From this time until the year 1750, there
are entries of large parcels of raw silk re
ceived from Georgia, the produce of co
coons raised by the inhabitants, and bought
from them, at established prices, by the a
gents of the trustees, who had it reeled off
under their direction, In the year 17M, a
public filature was erected, by in dor of the
trustees. “The exports of silk, from the
year 1750 to 1754, inclusive, amounted to
ikN,NBO. In the year 1757, one thousand
and fifty pound* of raw silk were received
at the filature. In the year 1768, this buil
ding wa* consumed by lire, with a quantity
of silk, and 7,810 pounds rorooila ; but a
nothcr building was erected. In the year
1750, the colony supported upward of 10,-
000 weight of raw silk, w hich sold two or
three shillings higher per pound, than that
of any other country.” According to an
official statement of William Brown, Comp
troller of the Customs of Bavannah, 8,820
pound* of raw silk were exported between
the year 1755 and 1772, inclusive. The
last pared brought for sale to Havannah,
wa* in the year 1700, when upwards of two
hundred weight w ere purchased for expor
tation, at 18*, and 20s, per pound.
Some attention was also paid, in early
times to the culture of silk in .South Caro
lina ; ami the writer has been informed,
that, during a certain period, it was a fash
ionable occupation. The ladies *ent the
raw silk produced bv them to England, and
had it manufactured. “In the year 1756,
Mrs. Pinckney, the same day who about
ten years before, had introduced the iudigo
lilant in Booth Carolina, took with her to
tagland a quantity of excellent silk, which
she had raised and spun in the vieinety of
Charleston, suffirent to make three com- 1
plele dresses ; one of them was presented
to the princess Dowager of Whales, and a
nothcr to Lord Cheatertield.—They were
allowed to be equal to any silk erer im
ported. The third dress, now (1800) in
Charleston, in the possession of her daugh
ter, Mr*. Horry, is remarkable for its beau
ty, firmness, ami strength.” The quantity
of raw silk exported as merchandise was
small ; for during six years, only 251 lbs.
were entered at the custom house. The
quality of it was excellent ; according to
the certificate of Sir Thomas Loiube, the
eminent silk manufacturer, it had a* much
strengh and beauty as the silk of Italy. At
New Bordeaux, a jFroach settlement, 70
miles above Ati|H. the people supplied
much of the high country with sewing silk,
during the war of the Revolution.
TOSB PHVTTTY; IDR A^Ps,
FOREIGN.
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM LIVER
POOL.
The packet ship England, at New York,
brings London papers to the Kith and Li
verpool to the ‘4oth December, both inrlu
j sive. From the New York journals before
I us wc make the following nummary of in
telligence :
The cotton market was again very ac
tir*, and 10,000 bales, of which 6,000 were
American had been sold on thelUthult,
at an advance of l-Bd. Wheat, a shade
lower. Flour Od to Is. higher.
Lord Durham ha* refused to receive the
address of the Westminister Reform As
sociation comprising the extreme radicals.
The Morning Chronicle, a ministerial pa
| per; attributes this to a disapproval of bin
views, and an unwillingness to act with
; them against the administration.
We find in the London Times of Decem
ber IVlth the following letter from the Pre
sident to Lord Durham.
Washington, Oct. 26.
My Lord—Having been informed that it
ia your intention to pass through a por
tion of the United Htates, on your return
’ to England, I embrace the occasion to ex-
I press to your Lordship the great satisfac
tion 1 should experience if your arrange
ments allowed of your visit being extend
ed to this city. Ylie friendly sentiments
entertained by my fellow rilizeiis towards
; yourself and towards the people of your
1 country, will, I doubt not, prompt a sincere
desire on their part to render your sojurn
among them agreeable to yourself, as I am
sure it will be gratifying to them. For my
own part, 1 will esteem tnyself happy if by
your presence here 1 shall be afforded the
opportunity of manifesting to your Lord
ship personally the sincerity witli which
1 share in those sentiments.
I am, with very distinguished consider
ation, Your Lordship’s
most obt. servant,
M. VAN HU KEN.
llis Excellency the Earl of Durham.
The Times announces that Mr. Steven
son, the American Minister, and his lady,
returned to town on Saturday, the 15th,
from a visit of some days to Her Majesty,
at Windsor.
The news from Spain is not important.
The steam ship Liverpool bad not ar
rived out on the ‘4oth ult-
The London paper* are even more se
vere on Mr. Cooper’s ‘Home as Found,’
than those of hia own country.
Arrival of the Thirty Five Prisoner *
from Canada. —Livkhmuol, Monday.—
This morning, in consequence of informa
tion having hern received that the Captain
Ross had arrived with prisoners from
Quebec, a great number of persons were
congregated on the St. Georg's Pier. The
Captain Koss anchored in Bottle Bay, and
a steamer was aent out to bring hark the
convicts who arrived about 4 o’clock, and
were immediately conveyed to the Liver
pool Borough Jail. A desperate attempt
was made to mutiny during the passage
home, but it was happily frustrated by the
determination of Captain Morton, who
placed the whole of the prisoners in heuvy
irons.
FRENCH II I R /.V MEXICO.
The letter of Lieutenant Karragut, of the
United States Navy, gives additional accounts
of the late sharp conflict at Vera Cruz between
Admiral Baudiu and General Santa Ana. The
letter heart on its face the impress of fairness.
The spirit in which the warfare I* renewed,
indicate* a protracted and bloody struggle.
It may endure until it la-come* complicated
with an European war, which is threatened in
the movement of troop* by Holland towards
the frontier* of Belgium, of which intelligence
is brought by the last advices from Paris of the
17th December. Belgium ha* bceu for cen
turies the battle ground of all Europe; and it
would seem that the dragon’s teeth sown at
Waterloo are about to spring up in another
crop of armed men. If so, all the nations
whose blood enrich that *|a>t, will las found to
claimed a share in the next harvest of the
sword in that field, where never satiated am
bition lias always carved its spoil.—Globe.
LATEST FROM TIIE PACIFIC.
By way of Panama we have received the
annexed letter from Lima, which is a good
later than the previous advices.
Liu a. Hept. ‘4Bth.
I have only time to say that is conse
quence of a defection in the army that gar
risoned thia place, Gen. Orhegoso (Presi
dent of the state) being at the head of the
revolutionary party, the Chilian army, 5000
strong, disembarked in this neighborhood
on the Bth ult. and on the ‘4l *t entered this
city, after defeating Gen. Orhegoso near
one of it* gates, with a loss of 500 killed
and wounded. The Chilians have placed
Gemarra at the head of the government,
and still occupy this capital, but Geu. San
ta Crux is daily expected from the interior
with 9000 men.— Journal of Commerce.
NEW-YORK, Jan. ‘4oth.
Lower Canada. —The Montreal Herald
of the 16th says, sentence of death was last
evening officially communicated to eight of
the Htate prisoners at present incarcerated
in the gaol of this city. The five following,
ix :—Pierre Thcophile Kcceigitt, (Notary)
Atnbroise Sanguinet, Charles Sanguine!,
(brothers,); Francis Xatticr Ilamelin, oth
erwise, called Petit Haim-lln, and Joseph
Roberts, (Captain,) will be executed on
Friday next the four last named were con
victed of the murder of the late Mr. Wclk
r—Captain Morin is one of the three oth
ers to whom a knowledg of their awaiting
fate was imparted.
Sir John Coibornc was to be installed in
the government of British North America
on Wednesday last.
Rents in New York.— One of the front
rooms in the new building of the Bank of the
United States, in Wall street, ha* been rented
for a term of years, at {54,000 per annum,
and there is another tenant ready to take it at
the same price, ifthe first should be inclined to
withdraw. The Journal of/Commerce says :
“ There Is a great rush for’stores and offices
in the most central positions, and advances of
twenty-five to a hundred per cent, are paid on
the prices of last year. In some instance*
more has been obtained than in any previous
year. Rents in Wall street around the Ex
change are much higher than ever before, if we
except the momentary rush eattsed by the
great fire.” - 1
Extract of a letter dated Lima, Bth Oct 1838
received via Norfolk;
“ The Chilian army still occupy this city.
Since their loading all business has been sus
pended, and no saha, effected, either for our
city consumption or the interior, all communi
cation being entirely cut off with the latter.
This state of affairs cannot last through the
present month, a* the Protector’s armies are
now marching on Lima, and are expected here
in ten days, when the Chilians must rc-embarlc
or fight, either of which will produce a result
favourable to business.
LOWER CANADA.
Nv.w York, Jan. *VI.
The five prisoner*, whose sentence we
mentioned a few day* since, were executed
at Montreal on Friday the 18th inst. Four
of them were convicted on the charge of
murdering Mr. Walker. The Montreal
Herald describes the execution, but in such
a vein heartless levity, tiiat we will not co
py its remarks.
On Thursday, the 17th, Sir John Col
borne took the oaths, and was installed
Govenor of British North America, after
which a salute was fired, and the whole reg
ular and volunteer force of the city was
reviewed.
The usual proclamation was issued after
the conclusion of the ceremony.
The Herald annouces the re-capture of
Franceis Nicholas, one of the men tried for
the murder of Chartrand, and acquitted,
lie is said to have been since engaged, as
captain, in the Napierville affair, and had
been secreted, since the 23d of December,
in a small house between Ht. John’s, and
the Isle an Noix. The Herald say* “there
is little doubt he will grace the gallows be
fore long.”
The same Herald, alluding to the recent
importation of I t Edenhurg paupers to this
city, politely give* its opinion that “the U
nited Htates are the common sewer of Eu
rope.” It will grieve, wc presume, when
informed that the paupers are sent back a
gain.
The Quebec Mercury say* that three
more regiments are coming to Canada,
from the West Indies.
From the St. Augustine Herald,‘Hth ult.
LATE FROM FLORIDA.
Sixteen Indians Captured. —We learn
by the arrival of an officer of the Army
from Fort Butler, last evening, that a de
tachment of three companies of Dragoons,
under Capt. Floyd J. Beall, left Fort But
ler on a scout of seven days, and returned
on the *4lsl. having capturrd 16 Indians.
When near the A-hn-pop-ka Lake, he dis
covered an Indian trail which he followed
up until he lost it, and halted. In a short
time he heard a rifle, and on looking up he
saw a turkey fall from a tree about 150
yards distant. Hia men were instantly ex
tended and urged rapidly forward, when he
sueceeded in capturing the 16 Indians—‘4
men, 2 boys, ami the rest women and chil
dren.
Capt Beall’s Company has left for the
Okefinokee Swamp.
From the same source we learn that on
the liOlh a party of 5 Indiana, near Fort
Brooks, fired on a wagoner while with his
team, and severely wounded him in Ihr
breast, hut not so badly as to prevent his
escape. In the wagon were a few hags of
oats and corn ; the latter they endeavored
to carry off, and, probably from fright, they
were obliged to leave, after conveying it a
bout one hundred yards. The oxen in the
wugon were left unharmed. On the ‘4lst,
Capt Tompkins came up with their camp
and captured their ramp equipage; the In
dian* effected their escape.
Civilised Amusements. —The following
account is given of the late fatal duel at
Vicksburg :
A duel was fought on the 30th December
say* the Memphis Enquirer, opposite
Vicksburg, by a Mr. M'Clung, a “notori
ous dullist,” and Mr. Menifee, a merchant
of Vicksburg, aud brother of the member
of Congress of that name, from Kentucky.
The duel had been agreed upon for some
months, the parties taking time to settle
up their affairs in this world and “ prepare
to die.” They fought with rifles at forty
paces! On the first fire, Mr. Menifee fell,
the hall from his antagonist’s rifle having
hit the lock of hi* own, and glancing from
thence to hit forehead just above the eve,
wound round between the skin and the skull
to the back part of the head, from whence
it was extracted by the surgeon. When
M’Clung saw Menifee fall, he is said to have
kissed his rifle ; but on being told that his
antagonist was not dead, he exclaimed that
he was glad of it, for it would enable him
to have another shot. Menifee’s second
promptly assured him he should be grali
iied either by hi* principal or himself.
Maternal Love. —The Rising Sun, In
diana, Journal of the sth ult. states, that
late on the evening of December ‘4sth. Mrs
Bradford, a resident of Patriot, Switzer
land county, in the absence of her family,
except her infant, was seized with a tit,
and during the paroxysm, her cloth* caught
fire; and from thence communicated to the
floor; partially recovering by the influence
of the heat, and perceiving her condition,
and remembering the situation of her in
fant, her maternal affection triumphing,
urged her at all hazard to attempt it* rescue.
The babe lay in a bed, which was envelop
ed in flames, communicting from the moth
er’s burning apparel. Bhe seized the in
fant and made her escape to the street.—
The child was saved, but we are sorry to
state that the mother fell a victim to"the
devouring clement.
FIRE.—It is our painful duty to reenrV the
destruction by fire of the dwelling, m*f out
building in its vicinity, on the planHtion of
K. W. Flournoy. Esq. on the Skida*ay road,
five miles front the city. Mr FU>te*°y “ its in
his house reading,when the fire discovered,
about two o'clock in the aftete°° u °f Sunday,
issuing from the roof near chimney, owiug
to some defect in the latte'? and although ev
ery exertion was matte “>’ himself and his
negroes to rescue his/ropefty, he was com
pelled to witness thfdestnictjon, of his com
fortable w 'th it his furniture and
all his valuables “'•‘hiding hi* stock of wines.
The fire, too, munieated to his kitchen and
storehouse -hich were also consumed. He
has thus/*' en deprived of not only a com
fortable jdine a * a inclement season, but has
sustain'” a pecuniary loss of more than .i,-
OOa/V ,his unexpected calamity.
Z_ _ tieorgiam. ‘ \
BY AUTHORITY.
EDUCATION
AN ACT to establish a general system of Educa
tion by common &c bools.
Hec, I, Be it enacted by the Senate nnd House f ‘
Reptwmtllive* of the State of Georgia in General ,
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That from and after the first duy of
January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the funds
of this State heretofore known as the Academic and
Poor School Funds, be, and the seme are hereby con
solidated, and together with the interest on one third
part of the surplus revenne, derived to “this State
from the United States, and heretofore set apart for
that purpose, shall rompose and constitute a general
fund for common Schools, for the Slate of Georgia.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That within un days afur the reception
of such notice, the School C4vmmitonrs shall as
semble together, and elect from their number t Presi
dent of the Board, and a Secretary, and shall also
. appoint a who shall give bond and secu
! rity to the Commissioners for the tone being, and
their successors in office, in such sums as they may
fix upfjn, conditioned faithfully to discharge his duty
as Treasurev, nnd should any vacancies happen in
such board of Commissioners, by death, reaig not ion
or otherwise, the some shall be filled by the board
itself.
Sec. f. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That it shall l>e the duty of the School
Commissioners in each division, or a majority of
them, to lay off their respective counties into school
districts, conforming, as nearly as practicable, to the
present Militia districts; in the same, in a manner
most suitable and convenient for thv purpose contem
plated in this act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled by the authority
aforesaid. That they shall apjdy for. and receive
from the state, their proportionable share of the gen
eral fund for Common Education, and shall appor
tion and divide the same among the several School
districts in their divisions, in proportion to tlie num
ber of children in each, between the ages of five and
fifteen years, and shull make nn annual report to the
Governor, of the munler of School districts in their
respective divisions, the districts from which reports
have been made to them, nnd the defaulting districts,
the length of time n sehoo! ha* been kept in each, and
also the amount of funds received by themselves or
treasurer from the State, and from taxes raised, and
in what manner the same has been expended, and
the mtmlier of children taught in each district, w hich
report the md Commissioners shall cause to be re
unit'd by the Secretary, in a !xxk kept for that pur
pose.
See. 7. And 1* it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners of each School
division, shall, by this act be, and they are hereby
constituted n body corporate, under tlie name and
style of the CoimniHMoiurn of the Common School,
and are rnnde capable of suing and being sued, ami
the Trustees of the several school districts of each di
vision shall also be a body corporate, under the name
and style of the Trustees of the district schools, with
like powers as above, both of w hich said Corpora
tions, shall be allowed and entitled to own real es
tate and other property, upon which to erect School
houses, and for other purposes connected with the
scluioift
Six. 9 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Trustees shall within 15 daya
after their appointment, proceed to ascertain tne
number of free white parses* in their respective dis
tricts, between the ages of five and fifteen years, and
return the same to the Commissioner* of the School
division to which they belong. They shall also re
ceive from tlie school Commissioners, or their Trea
surer the funds to which they are entitled tinder the
law, and on the first Monday of November in each
year, make a report to tlie said Coimmioaer, slew
ing the amoiml received, the manner of it* expendi
ture, the number of children taught in their district,
the length of time which a school has been taught,
nnd the conijwiisaiion paid to teacher* and their
names. They shall locate ami superintend the erec
tion of suitable School houses in their respective dis
trict*, at (he most convenient and suitable places for
the inhabitants and acliolnrs residing in Uic same,
shall employ and pay teachers arid visit the schools,
at least twice in the year.
St*4*. 10 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the Commissioners and Trustees
under this art. shall hold their office for twelve
months, or until their successors are elected, ami re
ceive no comfiensatioti for their services.
Sec 11 And be it further enacted by the Authority
m forts a and. That it shall be tlie duty of the Governor,
annually to distribute to tlie Commissioners of each
School division in the State, their proportion able
part of the Common School fuud, which apportion
ment shall be made (by the last census, until the next
census be taken, and then by that) according to the
number of free white persona, between the ages of <
five and fifteeu years, of which he shall give to said
commissioners, in each division, immediate notice.
Sec. I*2. And be it further eiMH*t*d by the authori
ty aforesaid, That no moneys received (rum tlie State
by tho Commissioners for School purposes, shall be
expended for any other purposes, than for paying
te acher* and purchasing books and stationary for
children whose pur**ui are unable to furnish the
same.
Sec 13 And la* it further enacted by the authori
ty aforesaid, That after lln*se schools aliall have gone
into operation, no Trustees for districts shaU be al
lowed to receive any funds from the Commissioners,
unless they shall have made a return signed by a
majority of their number, show ing the amount re
ceived by them, ami how the same has been expend
ed, and that a school has been kept in their districts,
at least three months in the year preceding, or then
ending.
Boc 11 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That all moneys mu drawn by any such
defaulting district shall lie added to the amount to lit
distributed the next year, him! apportioned among all
the districts in such division*.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted by tlie authority
aforesaid, Thai should the Commissioners, in any
division, fail to apply for, nnd distribute the fund re
ceived as directed by this law, that shall be subject
to a suit for damages, at the instance of the trustees
of any district in such division, in any court of law
in this State having jurisdiction, and the amount of
damages so recovered, shall be collected out of the
private property of such commissioners, and not
from the funds of the School.
Sec 17. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That all white persons between the ages
of five and fifteen years, shall lie allowed to be taught
as scholars in the respective districts in which they |
reside, or in case their location may make it inconve
nient in the adjoining district, by making applica
tion to the Trustees thereof, who may prescribe,
ihough no one over the age of fifteen years and under
twenty-one, shall be excluded from said Schools.
Sec 18. And be it further enacted by tlie authority
aforesaid, That in those counties where the inh&bt
tanuare thinly settled, the commissioners may, if
they think it best refuse to lay off the same into
school districts, but they shall employ a suitable
number of Teachers who shall under tlieir directions,
teach school not longer than three months in any one
district or neighborhood, so that every section of such
county shall receive, as nearly as can be. equal ad
vantages from said fund; and it duill lie the duty of
the Commissioners of any such cottatyin w hich the
itinerating system may bethought best, to mention
the same in their annual report, and so far as relates
to the county of Baker, the Commissioners shall con
fine themselves to the three Military districts of said
county.
Sec. 19 And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the Commissioners and Trusters
elected as aforesaid, in the foregoing act, before they
enter upon the duties of tlieir offices, shall take the
following oath liefore any Judge of the Superior
Court. Justice of the Inferior Court, a Justice of the
I’eace, in the county wherethoy reside. Vl7-: I. A. 8.,
do solemnly swear, that 1 will faithfully perform all
tin- duties required of me by law. as Commissioner
of Common Sr hook, orTrustee of Common Schools,
as the case mav lie.
JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT M ECHOLS.
President of the Senate.
Assented to. 26th December. 1837
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
AN ACT,
To amend an act, to establish a general system of
education by common schools —assented’ to 26th
December. 1837.
Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the autho
rity of the same, That the second and third sections
ot the above recited act. be, and the same are hereby
repealed: and in lieu thereof, that each county in this
state, shall be considered and known as a common
school division: and that on the first Monday in
March, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine
and on the first Monday in January, of every year i
tVreafVr. nr so soon afterthe above mentionedrfay*
| as tlie same can lie conveniently done, tlie justices v‘
! the inferior court of each county in this state, shall
i lay order, entered upon the minutes of the court, ap
! point five fit and proper persons as commissioners ot*
| common schools, in the division wherein such justi
-1 ces may reside, and shall w ithin ten days, thereafter,
cause a certified ropy of such appointment, to be de
livered to them, w Inch shull be sufficient notice ofthe
same. And such cmnmissioners shall continue i&
office one year, or until their successors shall be ap
-1 pointed.
I Sec. *2. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That if the said commissioners, or any of
them, shall be unable at any time to procure the ser
■ vices of a treasurer, as contemplated in the fourth
section of the above recitrd act, it shall, and may be
lawful, for the president of such board of commis
sioners, to act as treasurer, who shall give lx>nd and
s*rurity to his excellency the governor, and his suc
cessor for the faithful discharge of his duly, as trea
surer. And tlie said commissioners, within ten days
n taw their appointment, shall by order entered in the
minutes of their board appoint for each school dis
trict to be laid out agreeably to the fifth section of tlie
above recited act, three trustees, all of whom shall re
side in tin district for which they shall be appointed,
; and shall be notified of tlieir appointment w ithin leu
days after it shall lie made.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the jus
j tices of the iiilVriov court of any county, shall not
! within one month after the time herein before fixed
for that purpose, select and appoint five commission
er*, as aforesaid, who -hall accept their appoint
ments, the said justices of the inferior court shall
themselves discharge the duties of commissioners in
their division; and unless said commissioners shall,
within one month after their appointment, select and
appoint three trustee* in each district or division,
who shall accept su<*h appointment*, the justices of
the peace, and such other person as the justices of
the peace may appoint, shall discharge the duties of
trustees, in any district in which such appointrne> t
shall have been omitted; and the commissioners’ ap
pointment by the court, inay fill bv election any va
cancy w hich may occur in their board, during tlie
year, nnd a majority of commissioners, and of tlie
trustees, shall be competent to perform the duties re
quired of them respectively.
See. 4 And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the trustees of the. school district, to col
lect by subscription, such sums as the citizens of the
district may lx* willing to subscribe, which shall be
applied to supply an amount of money, in addition
to what may lx* allowed by the stale, sous to enable
them to employ a suitable number of teachers in the
district, provicb-d there shall be no liability on the
trustees for said subscription money, further than to
transfer the said list of subscription to the teachers
where such school may be taught.
See 5. And be it further enacted, That the justi
ces of the inferior court, in the several counties, in
this state, be, and they are hereby authorized, at
<hcir discretion, to levy an extra tax in their respec
tive counties, not exceeding fifty perceiff. on the gen
eral tax, which shall lie added to the common school
fund of sate county, and paid over to the romniis
sioners aforesaid, by the tax collector, who shall give
liond and security for the same, as in case of oilier
bonds, for extra taxes.
Sec. 6. And lie it further enacted, That the trus
tees of any county academy, be, and they are hereby
authorized, to pay over to the commissioners of com
mon schools, any funds in their hands.
Sec. 7 And be it further enacted, That hiexcel
lency the governor, within the month of January
next, be required to cause so much of the above re
cited art, as this act docs not repeal, together with
this act to be published in the newspaper* of this
state, and also, to cause the same to lie piibh-dted •
with the acts of the present session.
Sec. 8. Ami b it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, That the eighth, twentieth, twenty-ftrst,
and twenty-second sect ions, nnd so much of the ninth
section as refers to the notice to be given by a justice*
of the peace and free holder to the trustees of their
election, and so much of the sixteenth section, as re
fers to the balances in the hands of trustees of acade
mies and their treasurers be, and the same is hereby
repealed.
JOSEPH DAY.
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY.
President of the Senate.
Assented to ‘29th December, 1838.
GEORGE U. GILMER, Governor.
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(Trnnslntrd from thr German.]
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„ , July 20, 1838.
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