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SENATE.
Fl-iday, D:-x km be n 16, 1836.
Mr.Recsx, Chairman of th- Committee on I
Public Education ai <1 Free Schools, made a ;
i< port on the R< v. E. Si- char's report as Com- j
missioncr of the appropriation for the iuaigent |
]h*al‘tr(l Dtrtnb, stu wing, thwl former appro
piialioi -® had rot beer ex; ct dec orr. account of .
the nluclatce of pare; is t.-.si-t d theiruufortu- j
Date oE-pii gt<> so great a distance as Hart- -
ford—< lt |\ .’out of the 16 aserrtained to be |
ft subj- cis, hr.vi; g cobsOirtt dto go. The tin- ]
< xpei.ded balm c< of' fornwr. appropriations is I
stated to be $ 5.671 17 nraki> g any furtherap- ,
piopri: tioi. at this time nntx cess-ary.
The Senate took up the u -finished business, ;
beit g the bill tor a Rail Road from the Tea- ‘
nessee line, &c.
Air, Rec so offered a substitute for the bill j
pnividiig for a survey of the route by compe
tent Ergi ’('< is, who shall repoit on the best
route, si,dthe niohable cost of the construction,
to flu G< ver. <-r. be bv him laid before the
i ext Legiskm r> : the State to t-keone halt
the stock ol tin tn.'.iu trunk. a;.d one fourth of
tb<esiock of ui.y ofthe branches, upon a joint
stock Con-psmy subscribing the remainder,
&c.—Sltbst.tuic rti' e't d— yeas 22. HO VS 61.
Mitchell, ot Baldwin, 'tilled a subti
lute, providing for theempko meat of an Engi
neer to make turn y ofthe most eligible route,
and appropriate g 8 69,000 tor thesame—said
Li gineer to report to th' -Governor the pro
gress of the survey, and when completed, the
expenses of the Rail Road?—the Governor to |
ce-mmm.icate with the Governor ofTvnnesscy-*
on the subject— ''ejected —j-enf- 38,naysaHT7 ;
Mr. Laimiroffered a proviso, tbnUno expen- I
diture be made prior is the l«t of December, i
1837, except for a survey— Fgfixded, yeas 33, .
Lays 46. '
Mr. Cone nuxy-r! an amendment providing
that nothing fchiiii pn vent a subsequent Legis- ’
In tore from alt< ring all er any part of this act —
Dejected, yeas 16, i r.vs-60.
Mr. Gibson moved to strike out the 10th sec
tion—yeas 26, nnj s 53.
The bill was then put upon its passage,and
passed—yeas 46, tints 34.
I'EAS.—Messrs. B k- r, Beall, of Carroll,
Bond, Butt, Cochran, Cooper. Dea”, Echols,
of Coweta, Fnriss, Floyd.ol Morgan, Floyd, of
New’tov, Gibson, Goode, Gresham, Guess,
Hardeman, Harns, Hopkins, Hudson, Hutch
ings, Janes, Johnson, King, of Crawford. King,
of Fayette, Lawhorn Lawsbe. Liddell, McAl
lister, McConnell, McLeod, Mitchell, of Bald
win, Mitchell, of Ctark. Morgan Powell, of Mc-
Intosh. Powell, of Talbot. Rutherford, Shot
well, Smith, of Floyd, Smith,of I’wiggs, Stock
ton. Walthall, Walker, M barton, White, Willis,
and Wilson—46.
NAYS.—Messrs. Beall,ofWilkinson.Black
man, Bracewell. Burks, Bush, Cone, Conyers,
Curry, Dunagan, Freeman, Fidwood. Hines,
of Liberty. Heard, Holmes, of Baker, Holmes,
of Early, lugr in. Lamar. Leggett, Mosely,
Pike, Paulk,of I t win, Polk, of Madison, Reese.
Reynolds, Robison, Robson, Rogers, Smith, of
Habersham, Stapleton, Surrency, Swain, Wai
tliour, Williams, and Wood—34.
The Senate adjourned to Saturday morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Oil motion of Mr. Gordon, of Chatham, the
House took up ihe re-considered bill for the
organization of die Court for the Correction of
Errors.
v The bill was amended by cliangi ig tho aa-
Mr. Sanford moved to alter the places fixed
for the sessions of the Court, so as to make
Greenesboro’ the place of session for the North
ern and Ocmuigee circuits— Rejected.
Mr. Coue niDv.iJ to strike out Savannah—
yeas 62, nays 83.
iUr. rior moved to strike out Columbus—
yeas 62, nays 93.
JZr. Branham moved to insert, in the sth
section, after the words « determine each and
every cause,” the words without argument of
counsel either ora! or written— veas 59, navs 97.
The House adjourned to 3 o’clock, P. M.
when the House again met, and resumed the
consideration of the Court bill.
Mr. Pitman moved an additional section,
providing for ths appointment of a Solicitor
General with a salary of $ 2,500 to represent
the respondent in all cases, and be prohibited
from practicing in any other Courts of this
State, or reccivi. g n.>y other fee than his sa
lary—yeas 49, pays 92.
Mr. Wilkinson moved to strike out $ 1,500
as th', salary of the R. porter—veas 56, nays
94.
1 be hit’ was then passed— yeas 82, nays 76.
1 hey adjourned to Saturday morning.
senate.
SateßDay, December 17, 1836.
Mr.R ; se c died up his Report ou the sub.
ject of the deaf a: <! dumb appropriation, which
was amended and agreed to.
BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate the “ Bank of St. Mary’s”
—y eas 42, nays 24.
To incorporate the Flint ami Chattahoochee
Rail Road Ciurmtmv.
Io divide the county of Walker, and to form
a new comity west of the Lookout Mountain
to bn called “ Coffee” —yeas 38, nays 36.
To organize a new county out of parts of
Houston and Marton, to be called “ Epps?’
yeas 40, nays 31.
Ihe benate adjourned to Monday morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
1 he Hotis" n fused to re-consider the pas
1!1 Court bill by of 82 nays, to
Hi. Gordo:', of Chatham, by leave introduc
es instanter. a bill to change the name of the
armors Ba koi Chattahoochee ia Columbus,
" id to regulate the syir.
I hr lloijs* took up the. appropriatiixi bill for
the political year, 1837
1- rom th- secJiou appropriating $ 5 T , Pr d lv
to the members of the Legislature,
stricken opt. (yeas 76, navs 53) a-d $ 4 ppr
day inserted. From the section aHowimr f | v ,
Secretary of State and Surveyor General
$ 1,009 for Cl-rk’s hire, 8 l.OOOwas stricken'
out, and $ 7-50 inserted.
An addif<o-aT sectio t wns added, appropria
ting $ 9,548 87 to the Inferior Court of Musco
gee, and $ 1.059 75 to tho Inf rior Court of
Talbot, for expenses in arresting the spread of
the smell pox—yens 68, nr.ys 67.
After so.m: further amendments the-bill was
passed.
Adjourned to M'wvl’V morning.
SENATE.
Monday, Deccmb r 19, 1833.
ntt.T.-’ I* \'S n.
T<> provide forth" p-yur-nf -T Vrdm’.f-.-rr
in c-rte.i i r.:-i for eerviees, losves am' ex
p—during-th? lute ..Semi idle and Crook
campaigns.
To add an additional section to the sixth di
vision of the Penal Cede.
To extend to certain descendants of Che
rokee Indians tile rights, privileges and fran
chises of citizens of this State— veas 54, nays
21.
To establish a company tinder the name of
the Savannah and Charleston steam packet
C’omp-my.
To i corporate the President and Directors
ofthe “ People’s Lino” of Stages.
To time;xf th« act of 1811, establishing th<
Senatus A cadcnicusr
To add a part of Jackson to the county ol
Madison.
i To atilh rize the Sheriffs of the Cherokv*
> circuit to sell oqp halfof all lots condem-icd'as
■ fraudulently drawn in the late lottery, and to
‘ iti-ake valid certain sales of the Stale’s interest
I in such lots, &-c.
' BILLS LOST.
To 'irovioe for the call of a Convention to
reduce the number of the General Assembly
of Georgia, and for other purposes —-yeas 32,
nays 35.
The Somte, learning that Major General
Gaines, ofthe U. S. Army, was at. this time
at the. Capitol, invited him, by resolution, to a
seat within their chamber, during his stay in
this place.
They adjourned-to-Tm-sday morning.
house of representative.
On motion of Mr. Solow*’, the House
agreed to reconsider ofthe appro
priation bill.
Mr. GordynEof Chatham, from the Com
mi(tejp»?tTmte?tml I inprovement, submitted a
and resolutions favorable to an appro
priation for the Altamaho. and its branches.
The House took up, and concurred in, the
amendments of Senate to the bill for the con
struction of a railroad from the Tennessee
hue, &C.
BILLS PASSED.
The reconsidered bill to appropriate money
($10,000) for Ihe removal of obstructions to
navigation in tho Ocmulgce river—yeas 90,
nays 47.
To repeal a portion of the laws relative to
the introduction of slaves into this State —yeas
73, r ays 65.
'i’o compensate the Grand Jurors ofDe Kalb
county.
To regulate the selection of Jurors in trial
of persons for offence's subjecting the person to
tine and imprisonment, or both.
To exempt Justices of the Inferior Court
from jury duty..
BILLS LOST.
To appropriate money to build a bridge
across the Chattahoochee, at or near Dobbins’
ferry.
To lay off the State into Congressional Dis
tricts. Laid on the table the balance of the
session, by yens 113 to nays 30.
To amend tho act establishing a turnpike
road from the Tennessee line to the High
tower.
During the afternoon session, the House, by
resolution-, invited Gen. E. P. Gaines to a seat
within the Hall during his stay in this place.
The House adjourned to Tuesday morning.
From ike Charleston Mercury.
Wasiiinctox, Dec. 17, 1836.
The investigators of the Post Office confla
' gratiou, have discovered that tho fire origina
ted in the cellar, under the City’ Post Office,
I stowed with pine wood, cinders and ashes :
I and that the Messengers of the building, who
i had the avails of the ashes and cinders, us a
diAfe. ” AU sCp.rmmmJunt'of
the police ofthe’buiWtngds Mt. KeuOalPs fa
tner-in-law. So the building and contents
were sacrificed to the authorized cupidity of
some of the subordinates attached to it. If it
had been insured, the policy’ would have been
forfeited, by the fact that ashes were deposited
iu its cellars. Ot course it is no longer neces
sary to refer the conflagration to Mr. Wise’s
Resolution; but it is hinted that the ‘"search- '
ing operation” therein proposed, may yet m
volve in conflagration the Lai d arid Indian
Bureaus and the Office of “Mister Whitney”
The friends of the Administration, as it ap
pears from this day’s Globe, have determined
to abide the issue which they say Mr. Wise
has made, but which, in fact, was 'made by the
writers of the Message, who claim for the se
veral officers of the Departments, no such
credit for “ ability and integrity,” The Reso
lution will, no doubt, be ultimately passed, in !
the shape proposed by Mr. Dutec' J. Pierce. j
1 here will then b : uu enquiry’ into each spe- ,
citic allegation, which may be made against
any Department or Bureau. There is no man !
who knows any thing of the administration of;
the Government, for the lust eight years, who I
is not convinced that the most shameful outra- i
gesand abuses have prevailed in th- branches],
of service which Mr. V, ise proposes to enquire
into, and which the President so warmly eulo- ’
gizes.
But did this eulogy come from the President?
Mr. Wise says it did uot. Mi\ Peyton says ii.
did not. Nobody believes that it did. It came
from those who were more immediately inter
estedin the frauds and abuses which it intend
cd to conceal. To show that the President
felt no special interest in tho Message, Air.
Peyton mentioned iu a speech on the Resolution
above referred to, that one of the Committee
who waited upon him to inform him ol the or
ganization of the two Houses of Congress, (M>.
Grundy.,. I presume,) was requested bv the
President to remain with him Ibra while. The
President said he was lonesome, and feeble,
and wished the society of those with whom he
could converse as f iends. In a long conver
sation which follow ed, the President made uot
the most distant allusion to politico or the sub
ject of the Mcsstrge. He spoke of death, of
eternity, of his home,of the“ Hei mitnge,’’and
his desire to return to it, and in its shades, to
repose his wearied frame. His thoughts were
beat upon other and holier meditations than a
eulogy on the officers ol the Executive Depart
ments.
I may mention, in this connexion, that though
some of the palace-hunters represent th Pres
identes improving ami better in health, the fact
is not s.-.. He is very fa ble,and fast sicking.
Tim slightest excitement would carry him offi
You will s -o I hut a Select Committee I: is
been ordered ii> the House of Representatives
upon Steam Bout disasters, on motion of Mr.
H’lecgau, l,h< colleagpe at d friend of the lat<
'dr. Kmnuril, who was among tlm victims of
.it recent Steam Boat expk»suo>;. J'iie Sverefii
ry ol lb,' 'Trcusury calls tho ji.’eiifioa of Con.
gress to this subject, ia his recoct Report.—
b-mie years ago it was brtiught before the sumo
bodv by the President, in his annual Mx.ss'ge,'
■md by many memorials i’r.im private citiZ'. ns.
1-. ’ •msoquencc w hereoi', a Special Committoo.
a <is raised, at the hc:nl m w hich' was Mr.
W icliiitrvofKdntueky. Tint getilcmtu; nude
a volumiaom', docum. -i.tiirv, and learned
>ort, acecmpmde.d with a Bid providing for the
.■'.•gi.-ry of Steam Vess-. Is, mid rcqiiirmg each
I ! v-.' f :.-;;;| t >'.-m;v mi upnaintus lore:..
hi g flo-s, u/ , ic i c ... ; ~. ... ;- )
AWk-'i.: V
m'd •. corrie.
!) r yu ... v . z> . ‘ I- ;
■' ’* ' ' i C -p, <. .■; . ( j
fogn rJujii.bt t!. ■ ‘.n. .
Engineer cmpl 'Ved should be duly licensed,!
and the boilers duly tested at c-.i'tiim times. Il I
is to be hoped i'mt n Bill, with similar provis- i
io:ih, will be cnaci-.af. i
Monday i: si was a day assigned for the pre- i
seutation of pet il ions. Not a single Abolition i
petition was presented. lam toid that the j
Anti-Siavery Soiuety has directed that tho at- i
tack on pongress should b > suspended till the j
next session, this being a short.and perhaps a }
business session. Should any be presented on |
Zifonday next, I shall apprize you ofthe fact, |
together with the proceedings in relation to it. j
i
r.oss-OFk's’ti?.i.Csi.s3T sxuLii’smf
---AO JL-OSSOf JLIVKS.
Savannah. Dec. 21.—W0 deeply regret
to learn '..v Uupf. Brooks, of the Steamer &rn
tee, arrived ycst- iday morning from Volusia,
that on Saturday last, 19th instant, about 4
o’clock in ill.; afternoon, the Steam Py.utet
Dolphin, Capt. Rudolph, oil St. Bar,
stopt to take a Pilot on board, and in the act
of starting the engine, *nie boiler burst, and
unfortunately killed pTteeii persons. The San
tee w;iß lyt-ic at anchor inside ofthe Bar, and.
saw the cxplosi'm t-.ke place, wherein-,on she
raised steam and proceeded so? the wreck —
when within about h ilf a mile of the wreck
meta pdol. boat <•(*John’s Bar, having on
| board CqL Yn-own, ladv, three children and
I serve- (jpohs u;-(i son, and Capt. Ru-
Tlolph : a- Ilin saint: lime picKeUnp one oTlTie
Dolphin’s boats with three men belongi: g to
her and one of the St. John’s P lots. On the
arrival of the Santee at the wreck she took off
Dr. Martin, U. S. A. and Messrs. Waklrum
and Donaldson. The small boat of the S.
was then sent to a man who had drifted about,
a mile on a pi ce of limb r from the wreck,
and while getting him on board the boat,
another person was discovered about 15)yards
from them, with his head just above water,
who proved to be Col. Dell of Jacksonville
slightly wounded and much exhausted, and
succeeded in saving him. It getting dark, the
Santee returned inside ofthe Bar with the fol
lowing persons saved from the wrecks
Col. Brow . lady and two children; Mrs.
Gibbs ami son ; Dr. JZartin, U. S. A. ; Messrs.
Waldron, and Col. Dili slightly wounded, and
one other person w hose name we c uld not
•ascertain; Capt. Rudolph, the stewardess, (a
colored woman) and tour hands, one of whom
is badiv scalded.
The following are tho names of the killed: —
Col. Brooks, Lieut. Alexander Mackey. U. S.
A. ; Miss Brown, daughter of Col. Brown ;
BaruabuS Luce, mate, Beaury and Eldree, en
gineers; Ketnory. pilot; two deckhands, three
stewards, and three blacks.
We learn that Barnabas Luce, the mate, was
a native of Rochester, Mass.
About 30 p rsons were supposed to have
been on board the Dolphin at the time of the
disaster. The survivors were conveyed to S\.
Augustine, by the Steamboat John Stoney,
with the exception ofCok. Dell, who was taken
to Jack- oi>vilie.
We uiidersta.M that the Dolphin sunk in four
fathoms water,
11 is Worthy of remark, that Dr. Martin, of
the Army, after the explosion took place, gave
up his place m the Scow to a lady, and clung
to a log, until the steamboat Santee came up
No news from the Army since they depart
ed from Volusia for the Wahoo Swamp.—
Georgian.
THE NEW DOLLAR.
It gives us pleasure to announce that the
dollar of our own mint is soon to make its
appearance. The face of the coin represents
a full length figure of Liberty, seated on a rock,
with the classic emblem of the pileus or liberty
-- o v<* me aincriv.™ shield.
' with its tjtirfdhh stripes, crossed by a scroll, 0..
which is the word Liberty.
The reverse represents the American eagle,
on the wing, drawn accurately from nature;
all the heraldie appendages ofthe old coin be
ing discarded. Over the field are placed
irregularly twenty-six stars ; the entrance of
Michigan into the Union, having been, it seems,
anticipated.
1 he design ofthe face of the coin was drawn
by Mr. Sully, and that ofthe reverse by Mr.
Titian Peale. beth under instructions from the
Director ofthe Jlfint. The dies were execu
ted by Mr. Gobrccht, oue ofthe engravers of
the mmt.
This emission of dollars is the first coined
at the mint since the year 1895. ’lt is intend
ed to adopt the same design in the other coins,
as soon as it is practicable to do so.— Globe.
JACKSONVILLE, DEC. 15.—The army
| under command of Gen. Jesup left Volusia on
the 12th inst. with ten days provisions. The
I march is upon Wahoo Swamp where it is sup
posed the hostile Indians, or. a part, at least,
' ot them, are determined to make a last and
• desperate stand. If the information obtained
from the Indian prisoner, taken by Gen. Jesup
can be relied on, the Wahoo Swamp is Osecla’s
fortress—his lust strong hold—which he. with
his men, 180 in number, are determined to de
fend or die in the attempt. His fortress is
impenetrable, says the Indian pris mer, except
in two places—one of which will require rafts,
the other can be forded—and both of them are
very difficult and dangerous passes. These
Oseola intends to defend and he has erected
fortifications for their defence. Gen. Jesup
proceeds to these two points, where there will
probably’ b- hard light! ig before the passes are
) forced. But. how long can such a handful of
men hold out against an army of two thousand?
Let their anvimtage of position be ever so o- reat
—the passes ever so difficult—the rude forti
ficotidns such an enemy can erect, must be
swept away and they, either slain or forced
to seek refuge in the everglades.
I lie amount of information derived from the
Indian prisoner, seenis to be this, us near as
we cun learn—that Oseola and 180 of bis war
riots are alone i.i the Wahoo Swamp—that
t’nidp, Jumper and Micanopy and their men,
were there at. the battle of the 21st ult. but
h-<ve retired south. That Oseola has two kegs
ponder, I’hiup has one, Micanopy oi:e and
a half, and Jumper but half a keg That it
was Jumper s warriors who hung so long up
on our settlements in (his vicinity and that his
num lire nearly ail kdled. Twenty-five were
V? hottie of Sa:i Felasco. In the
■ >.•111:101 llje Wahoo Swamp, he says there
« re 50 kn led and sick (sick, me miug wound
'■■!) lh.it uumpt-r sent to Philip, at bis town,
powd.-r and more me:), but got neither.
_ i'ow ;m ilus may 1> - so, and as it is derived
from a captive enemy, it is at least liable to
suspicion.
s ' Vs ‘C P' 1 ' ’W. StrnVAtllß ttOTIT,!?.
, * ' dor.matjou derived (rpm the negroes,
S/ who w<'rc.
•.Mr-- oy (.a. .‘dssl’p. the fate of Mr. Edward
viOCf.D hrs b.-mi uscertui'icd. It will be re
cod..clod th’at. h ■ was one of ihe ip’roic few'
w!i.> w ere. o::■■■ ■..■ f | j t the laittlo of Dunhiwion
on .he ISth i.Hfami.iry last, and that he swam
o a.i inland oiler the. Ij'.i.bE- w-us over. 'l'he
: Cf .■ l .e.mst..' e that im was tiken offthe island
’ f’> 'i ms e .'1 c.irii. ■! to their camp.
ii ■ y. as .yrom-tde-.i i i the . higliund they bound
up bis von :a d otherwise treated him kindly.
•9. so - 4 they ■ 1 rip]>od him <>f his clothing,
wild to! I him to y >, that he w-as too young to
A.; 6 It WI? It W ® *
, , , r- ! 1
kill and tney won:d not 1 J ni. * '■ i
I from the camp and had procoerier’ nb >u ! .v i
| yards, when at a prec.i.r;.a- ; t g.ial, h ‘ Bdl
; before their treaclmron ; rslles ; twelve balls
I were lodged ia his b >uv and : o died wiitiotit
I a groan 1 Poor fellow ! his i’.i ■; va.s a h.u’-.l
i one; he deserved a bsfer. He nad-ju o,,t -’r : 'd
i the 22d year o's his ng.-. \
li is parents and ft mi! v rnm r t afysh o^'-c''i
’ the melancholy fate of their n di.rimmte s-n •
I and brother, and the h -nut -.fibis iier -uved mo- |
i ther bleeds anew fur her <;llkp<irig. — •SV.'f. Fc-
I publican.
or THE METHOD!*,- r Er is<:ot>AL CHVSCH FOR. THE
GEORGIA CONFER EXCE,
Convened in this ('dycn \vennesday
' tile 14th inst. and closed on ijiui's'-lay
last. The following is a list of the ap
pointments of Preachers for the ensuing
: year:
Savanah District— John W. Talley, P.E.
i Savanah; James E. F/hvanN.
Libertv; C. Raiford. V; . T. Bussey.
. Springfield; George H. Wright,E. White,
Camecha Mission; A. Gordan.
5 Black River; James E. Godfrey, L B.
I Davis,
Cherokee Hill; Wiliiam Quintock.
Ogeechee; (to be supplied.). P. I*. Brooks, !
Skidiway and Wihn-iigton; 1,. C'. Peak, i -
Augusta District— G. E. Pieim.e, P. E. ■
Augusta; IK Smith,
Columbia; J. C. Carter.
Lyncolnton; Daniel Bird,
Washington; W. P. Arnold.
Warrenton; J. P. Duncan,
Sparta; G. W. Carter
Sandersville; Jas. 11. Smith, G. Fairer. >
Louisville; R. S. V, iisou.
Waynesborough; T. Douglas.
Burke mission; T. J. Williamson.
Athens District. — W. J - Pabks, P. E. j
Athens; J. Norman.
Lexington; George Vv. Persons. ;
Elberton; S. Harwell, I to be supplied.
Watkinsville; J. AV. Glenn, W . R. Bran-:
ham.
.Wadison; J. W. Starr.
Covington; P. P. Smith. IF. W. Robinson '
Carnesville; 11. P. Pitchford.
Greenesborough; J. L. Oliver.
Cherokee District.— lsaac Boring, P. E.
Clarkesville; To be supplied.
Gainesville; Joseph Lewis,
Jefferson; A. McAlpin,
Lawrenceville; W. Graham.
Decatur; W. R- Smgleton. |
McDonough; Jas. Dunwoody,A. T. Mann.
Carrolton; T. L. Thomas.
Cumming; A. Pennington.
Cassville mission: S. Crandall
Canton do—To be supplied.
Macon District.— l Tm. Arnold, P. E.
Jlacon; A. Spear.
Milledgeville; C. H . Key.
Eatonton; E. IF. Reynolds.
Monticello; E. Bennett.
Clinton; J. P. Dickinson.
Forsyth; S. Anthony, M. Bellah.
Perry; J. Paine. C. 1,. Hays.
Thomaston; J. F. Steagall
Zebulon; A. Dorman.
Columbus District.—G. A. Chappell,
Columbus; Lovick Pierce.
Hamilton; N. Smith.
LaGrange; T. Samford,
tfreenville; W. I). Alathews.
Talbotton; C. A. Brown.
Lumpkin and Muscogee; To be supplied.
Americus; To be supplied,
St. Joseph Mission; James T. Turner.
Mission to coloured people in Columbus
and vicinity; Jesse Boring.
Tallahassee District.—J. L. Jerky P. E.
Tallahassee; J. C. Simmons.
Quincy; James Hutto.
Gadsden; J. IF. Y'arborough.
Leon; R. Stripling. - 4
Lowndes J. J. Taylor.
Alachaway, Miss; F. M.
St. Augustine, do; To be I
Fort Gaines; R. IF. Johnson.
Blakely; J. M. Vestal.
St. Mark's District— lF. Choice. P. E.
St. Marys and St. Illa— M. H. IFhite, B.
F. i Fells.
Jacksonville; John Jones.
Irwinton; To be supplied.
Marion, (Twiggs)—F. IF. Lowry.
Z/awkiMsville; J Edwards.
Altamahaw Mission: To be supplied.
Irwin Mission; C. R. Franklin.
A ?loveit»ent ou Hie Slav* Questisn.
, The Legislature of Vermont adjourned a
} few days since, after passing one hundred and
sixty acts. Among them is one requiring the
. State Treasurer to receive its share of the
. surplus revenue, whenever paid by the United
Slates, and deliver it over to trustees to be
appointed by the several towns for that pur.
pose, in proportion to the population of the
several towns in 1830, to be loaned to the
citizens at six per cent; the principal to re
main the property of the several towns, unless
called for by the United States; the interest
to be appropriated to the support of common
• schools; distribution to be ‘equalized after
1840, according to the than population of the
towns.
The following resolutions were also adopt
ed:—
Resolved, by the General Assembly- ol the
State of Vermont, hat neither Congress, nor
the State gov< rnments; have any constitutional
right to abridge the free expression of opinion
or tho transmission of them through the me
dium of the public mails.
Resolved, That Congress do possess the
power to abolish slavery ia the District of
Columbia.
Benevolence.— Conversation tiir;ed upon a
well known author, who, though he received
large sums for his productions, was always in
embarrassments: one attributed it to exlrava- i
gance; another to gaming; R ——, the drama
tist, who really knew the m tn, peuiiriously
said, “No sir, he is neither a gambler, nor a
spendthrift; and he would be r ch, hit that Im
al wavs lets his heart keep the kev of his eash
box.”
Mr. Edward Pierce, of Lima Rock, Canaan,
Conn., has raised a mammoth tur-ip, weighing
16 lbs. 20z., and nieasuring 39 1-2 inches iu
circumference,—A. 1. Evening Star.
Mrs. Ann Mitchell, of Boshnm, who died
lately at the great age of 10!) years, walked to
church on the Esther Sunday preceding i.i her
weddiiig.gown, whirl, was "made for her 8i)
years before Uuf/i itazcttc.
Ihe Wesleyan . l.'ilmdists at Norwich late- i
ly had a tea party of 1 100 persons. i (
A cabbage of the “Hat Pole” species at ' '
Plymouth, tne'isun-d 15 feet circumll■ivmco I
and weighed 60 1 ‘1 lbs. I !
SGiUtirvn Orfrfg.
Alness’-, Nntr.<-.;ay, Uc«T-ml>er 31, IH3G.
G'«s3« 4’. Afford, of Troup
I U.<l:;ty. is announced r.s the Ciiniliilate ofthe
White Pnrtv in G' or'iiu, to fill the vaeaoev in
i • ■ ' ■
i the pres.-’i-t session of Congress, produced by
, ih;.- resignation of George W. B. Towns.
I 'l'h..: Electio.) is on Monday next.
It, becomes our duit - to solicit again the p ;v-
I moot of all amounts duo us. This is imperi
: ouslv demanded by our neec.-sities; and we
I trust that this call will not be- disregarded;
particuinrlv by those who have had our paper
: for two or three years, without giving any thing
( in return.
la-’jistatv.s-Ck
'l'his body closed its .Session on the night. Os
the 24’h hist.,-after a session of 4S days; dur.
j i-io- which f. w acts have been incorporated
into our la\vs that, merit our approbation, while
; many have b.'on either passed or suffered to
| lie o i the Table, for which they deserve the
just iv.nl honest condemnation of every. Gepr
j gian. Vfe v. ill however content, bnrsulvcs
i with enutin rating all we no .v recollect that
dt servo commendation ; and hut a tew ol those
: for the passage or neglect of which, they de
serve censure—the Rail Rond Bill is among
the most important bills which has engrossed
j the attention of this b idy for many years. It
: is the coinmencemcat of a truly niagiiificent
i enterpriz”; which if fostered and carried out
j with (h it liberal spirit which its importance
j demands, is calculated to make Georgia in
- point of commercial advantages One of the
’ first-f'h.ates in the Union. Another act Which
! the situation of the country imperiously de
{ inanded, is the orgic-iz ition of the Malilia of
| (he Stale —This has been done, and they have
! elected th u devoted patriot and distinguished
■ officer Daniel Newnan, Adjutant.
; But we must now close this part of tlu' pic
j turn and holo up to the gaze of an indignant
i people their misdeeds—They have refused to
! organize a Court for (he Correction of Errors,
I notwithstanding such a feature has been intro
duced into the constitution of the State and
I each member toon an oath to support that in
strument —thereby leaving the people exposed
to all the grievances which the present system
imposes. They have increased Banking cap
ital in the State to a most enormous extent—
at least four millions—perhaps more. They
have rejected a bill authorizing limited part
nerships—They have neglected to abolish that
feature of barbarism in our laws, imprison
meat for debt—-They have refused the call of a
Convention to reduce the number ofthe Legis
lature—They have increased their pay to 5
dollars tier lay—And while the majority in that
bodv, have boasted of their devotion to the
principle, that it is the duty ofihe Representa
tive to obey the constituent; they have openly
disregarded these instructions, as expressed
by the people, in their late election for
ing resolutions instructing our Representatives
in Congress to vote in direct opposition to the
will of the constituents.
These Georgians arc a few of the acts of
that body which deserve your unqualified cen
sure and we humbly trust it will not be with,
held. M e shall as soon as it is received, pub
lish a list of all the acts passed by the Legis
laturc, when we may again recltt to this sub,
ject.
Kozues fu!l out, &e.”
been so forcibly impressed
BMMjPWTthis maxim, as on reading in
a late the “Federal Union,” a vin
dication of Charles C. Mills, late Cashier of
the Central Bank, fr< m certain charges made
against him by Gov. Schley, Dr. Fort, and
Rhodam A. Green the present Cashier of that
Bank. It seems that during the Casl.iership
of the said Charles C.: ha was unable (as he
says) to account for an overplus of-$2,700, CO
cash W'hich was discovered ou counting the
funds of the Rank. And on retiring from his
office, in the absence of a more safe place of
deposite, he transferred it to his purse, without
ever disclosing the fact to his successor; and
no doubt invested ihe amount, thus honestly ob
tained “m a fair business transaction,” in a
certain negro speculation, in which he forth
with engaged—He admits that he was satisfied
this amount had grown out of some error
w’hicb he would sooner or later discover—but
as he failed to detect the error, the money was I
of course his; which he establishes by a most
cogent and conclusive argument, viz: that if
by tiny error life Bank had sustained a loss,
he was liable—ergo as there was cash unac
counted for it was his. His immediate suc
cessor, John W. Porter, finding the cash ac
count balanced by Mr. .Mills’short process of
pocketing the overplus, did not detect the er
ror; consequently it was left for the “saga,
cious” Rhodain to ferret out—>ti doing which
he forthwith as ia duty bound communicated
his discovery Io the directors, and the Gover
nor notified Mr. Mil's’ Securities of his “def.il
cation"’ and threatened suit—Whereupon Mr.
Mills ptiid up the money, and would ”
in his article that he merits much I- -
esty:—quite as much we
should be awarded to a thief fIL
up stolen goods which had been
Among the disclosures however lH
has made,: is one which deserves a notice—He
complains of a want of courtesy and a dispo- '
sition not to extend him any indulgence; while j
he charges upo i Dr. i-’ort as doctor culpable '
neglect, in a certain matter connected w iih one I
Z. B. Hargrove, who has attained some little '
notoriety, from the fact of his h.ivmg for some j
years past been sever. |y efibeted "by a most I
obstinate judicial itching..
He charges that i i the spring of 1833.
The Directors of said Bank placed i„ ( | H . '
hands ot Z. B. Hargrove .as an attorney, notes.
Ac. to the amount of O t) D .liars''
nest of which were under a justices jurisdic
101—And up tn the lime of ] R .s ! c;n ni ... t!| ,
im; i( me spring ot 18./i, a o riod of the. i
■cars, m.t a d filar had Im., received-but I
m ■ wm sth; Doctor by saying that the D..c- !
tor and Har«rovc were engaged in certain
land speculations in the Cherokee country,
which made it very opportune to ase the funds
thus obtained.
This is all Vcty honest Mr. Mills, but we
think we hazal’d ii<itiim<g in saying, the public
would have given you qiidc as nltich credit,
if you had advised them of this misrule at an
earlier dav. But this is the established mode
of vindication now a days in all controversies,
to criminate and recriminate; and in this case
with all our heart we say
“Lay on McDuff,
And d n the man,
That says hold or enough.”
FOR THE SOUTHERN WHIG.
Mu. Jones—Allow me to present a summa
ry of (he argument used by me in your last
paper to shew that the public lands North-west
of the Ohio river constitute a Fund for the
use and benefit of the .States in their individual
and not in their federal character.
Ist. I shewed by the articles of confedera
tion that the Stales severally supported the con
federated States, that the States in their fed
eral character had no resources and could
raise no taxes but in the manner, specially
desimiati'd in the articles of confederation,
they could acquire no property because, as
they existed solely by a written instrument,
they cowld do nolhing but what that instrument
authorised, and that it did not authorise the
acquisition of property, especially as a source
of revenue, since that -voiild be the obtaining
a power by indirection; directly prohibited in
the instrument of their authority.
2d. I shewed that the mode of supporting
the confederated States was but in one single
way, and that was by a tax upon landed pro
perty m each State to be assessed by Congress
in a certain proportion; but to be raised mid
paid by the State Legislatures, this was to dC
fray the charges of war and other wpcnsCs.
It would be well to recollect, in passing, that
this dubious and imcertain method of support
ing the old liiainly contributed to the forma
tion of the new gover.imeut.
3d. IsheM’d that the State of Virginia con
veyed to the United States in the year ’B4
while under the articles of confederation all
her lands North-west of the Ohio rivet, (now
composing the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
the Michigan and Wisconsin territories) under
the following condition, to wit, “that the said
lands shall be considered as a common fund for
the use and benefit of such of the United States
as have become, or shall become members of
the confederation or Federal alliance of said
States, ViUGiNiA inclusive, according to their
usual respective proportions of the general
charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully
mid bona fide disposed of for that
f->r no oilier use nr purpose
this wa> i-iiend- d. not .is a
but a-; a substitute for,
1 • •' 1 v 1 '
h.-id to pny whot>
of course the supplies went into their own
Treasury, if it did not amotttif to the requisition
then the States had to make tip the deficiency
from the land tax—That it was no good ob-
. . .
lection to say the respective States would have
to pay it hack to the confederated government
in discharge ®f their quota Os taxes, that might
or might not be, especially, as some of the
States hid large claims against the federal
government, but that if such objection were
good, it ceased the moment the new constitu
tion was adopted; fbf then also ceased the i
mode of supplying the federal government bv i
the individual States, and consequently the I
fund generously set apart by Virginia to aid ,
her sister States, herself included, to meet the j
requisitions of the federal government, being
no longer wanted, fell back into their own
State Treasuries.
4th. If, (to use the very words ofVirgi.ua)
this land was to be disposed of and divided
i among the States, according to their usual res
i pcctive proportions of the general charge and ;
1 expenditure and to go to their credit against 1
■ whatever might be required for that purpose, ;
'it follows beyond all cavil, that when that
“charge and expenditure” ceased the fund spe- i
cially provided for that object, could not be ap- '
plied to any other use and must of course re- 1
vert cither to Virgi .ia, or to the respective ob- '
jects of her liberality. It could not possibly]
be transferred to the new government under
I the deed of cession, for there is nothing in it 1
to th.it effect, either express or implicit—Vir- I
ginia could hot foresee that anew government i
would he framed. Indeed there could be no!
reason for it, for as the constitution had abro- 1
gated the plan of furnishing the federal govern
ment by requisitions from the States, indirid
ually. and fully clothed itself with authority to
raise its oWn means iu its own way, and to
any extent, it does not seem possible to con.
■ ccive that the .States, having so clear and di
i recta 1 : interest m these lands, would give them
j up also, :1s a resource for supplying the wants
'of the new government. And the provisions;
'n the constitution declaring that “all enga<re- '
guilts catered into before its adoption should 1
rstvaiid against the United States” and, (while '
. - . ,2' disposition of territory) “un-
*" ''STL!. should prejudice the
are conclusive j
this
If' nnl ’
im nediatcqfe jßiuse there I
is not auoili t ". • knifercnce !
to territory which
*hev were y 45re any ne.
ttessity for in which
tho individual “pre
judiced.”
5:1). If Virginia had ccd.d th : land for her j
use and bcncjil, according to her own pro.'
portion of the “general charge and expend!- (
tare,- disposed of for no other use or :
every one wi’l perceive that if the'
lands sojj for more than her said proportion 1
she 'Vou’fi have h ■eii entitled to the sutplus, i
b.CfiUse, j[ they had sold fjt Zi .ys the govern- I I
ment Waul ih rm required h-r to make it up- <
I'arthvr, h" t ( lr C ud cf six years, w hen the ’ I
Federal Const it nt ion was framed and the iievY
government agreed to take other modes of tax
ation in lieu of that winch was provided iu
the articles of confederation, and the land
which was intended as a substitute for the
same, is it not equally obvious jhat Virginia
would have a right to take back her lands, or
in othen words would not the federal govern
ment, while carrying into effect the other ob
jects of the cession, become a Trustee of the
fund for her use, and liable to account to her
for all their proceeds lietween the dates of the
cession and the adoption of the Federal Con
stitution? If so, what is to hinder her from
calling on this same government to account to
her for all the proceeds since the adaption of
the Constitution, for no one can contend.unless
the constitution itself reserves these lands for
the use and benefit ofthe Federal Government,-
that they Have acquired the right in any other
instrument. Then; it follows, that if to \ ir
gmia, these rights would accrue, they would
also belong to the other States; because the
; deed of cession unites them with
Gih. Finallv. To illustrate the argument,
1 ’ .
if, when the present Federal Constitution went
l into efiecßJheni had bce.i in the hands of the-
; old government, under the artich s of confed
eration, 30 millions of dollars arising from the
sales of lands North-west ofthe Ohio river, it
would have been bound, after settling with the
States and deducting the amount of requisi
tions due by each, to have paid over to them
whntevar balance was left, according to their
respective proportion*- of the “general charge
; and expenditure.” I f this be sound reasoning.
! of which there cun be no manner of doubt,
I then the land itself and whatever has since
; come into its hands by reason of subsequent
' sales, equally belong to them. Their acquies
cing, from ignorance of their right, or any
: other cause, in the Io ig and undisturbed use
of tlb-si* funds by the federal government, does
: not in the h ast degree forbid a reclamation of
them at this time. What would be just and
j right then must be just & right now. W henever
the Federal Government pleads the statute of
limitations it will be time enough to meet them
jon that ground. It will be recollected how.
I ever, that such a plea admits a former right in
I the deniandaht.
I A. S. CLAYTON.
I
New Sci>;a.£ ofn.
r I Judge Strange, of N. Candina, has beent
I elected to (ill the vacancy of the Hoti. W. Pr
Mangdm.
r , c
I
' 'Die lion. Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp- (
* i shire, has been elected from that State—
I
r I Judge Parker, of Va. h;s beenc.hoseiv to tilt
1 the vacancy of B. W. Leigh- *
Mr. lus re-elects
vjiEagg’ M P -ie sihania—
Sf r ,._
illi ti;.- Irnpi: that
L-j. A IX
! of Delaware have certainty resigned flu jr seals
in the Senate ofthe I nited States: the fi.hiier
from fhmily affliction: the latter in cues, quencii '
of ill health.
i Ihe fo'Jowmjr chances have hm made in
the terms of the Superior ('.uirls of several of
the enmities in this State.
I Bald’i'in—lst Monday in Mav and Novcrk
her.
Paulding— Wednesday before the 2 1 Mon.
day in Febnarv and Aucust.
( ass— 2d Monday in February and August.
I Cherokee—3 1 Mo ulay in February
' \ugiisf.
I Forsyth— 4:h Monday i;i February and Au-
gust.
Tnnnpkln— Ist JZoudav i i March anx! Serf.,
i tember.
: Union— 2 I Monday i.i March and S ptein.
i h r.
] (irikner— Thnr«<l:n“ther»«art.er.
> Murray- -3.1 Mmday iu .March and S.-ptenu
b :r.
IPalkcr— 4 ti Monday i.i March and Sen-
Limber. ’ . *
I Floyd— Ist Monday m \ (M il and Tbvsrlnv-
i after the Ist Monday i > Oetob -r.
| Ihe terms ol t.ie Inferior (‘ourt of ilm
] lv of Baldwin, are changed to Ist Monday in
I ebiu.irx and August.— (teorgia Journal.
DIBD
Departed this life in Savannah on lhes:h
mst.. alter a severe illness ofseven da vs .which
she bore with that fortitude and rcsr'imtior
which mirks the truly pious ; Mis. Carolim-
Lloyd, consort of I Um. H. Lloyd late of this
place, aged 17 years and 8 mouths.
J PRE S E T.ta E VI'S-
Habersham Superior Court, October Term,
183 G.
FIR HE Graml Jurors, sworn, chosen and sc.
lected for the county ot Habersham, af
ter tendering their thanks to Judge Harris fur
; his attention and courtesy to this body and ma.
! king their acknowledgements to the Solicitor
General tor his energy' ami promptitude as a
prosecuting officer—Congratulate thcir”coun.
trymcn on the reduced number of applications
■ before this body for bills of indictment, although
; there have been quite too many. During the
present Te m the Jury have had before them
I then-port ofthe committee who were appoint.
1 ed by the honorable Court at its last Session
in pursuance of a recommendation tc that cf.
feet from the grand Jury to examine the Books
of the Clerk of the Inferior Court since the
i year eighteen hundred and twenty -eight and
also the dili’crent ©stray books, which report
| states th.it the former Clerk, present and for.
; mer Magistrates stand indebted to the county
eleven hundred und seventy dollars and eighty .
nine cents. We earnestly solicit the Inferior
f ourt to take the most efficient measures to
bring those defaulters to a speedy adjustment
of their accounts. We are pleased to state
that the Committee report that the Rooks of
the present Clerk of the Inferior Court to bo
properly and earctully kept, we have examin.
ed l he insolvent list presented to us by the lax
Collector ot this count) and have allowed
thereon the sum of three hundred and tbrty.
five, dollars and 10-101) cents. From iufonna
tio i we are iadue.-d to b.-li-, ve that the
ofthe Academy at Clarksville have not here,
future been ol any essential benefit to the com.