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GEORGIA STATESMAN. BY BURRITT & MEACHAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN I? published weekly at the Seat of-Govern ment, opposite the State-House Square, at Three Dollars per ann. in advance. Advertisements insert) and at the usual rates. N. B. Sales of land and negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, arc required by law, to be held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon, ut the court house of the county in which the property is situate. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette SIXTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property tnu<t be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate, must be published Cor FORTY' days. Notice that application will lie made to the Court of Ordinary fer leave to sell land, must be published for NINE MONTHS. From the Baltimore Patriot. AARON BURR. The following portrait of this once distin guish) and personage, is c.opied from a work recently published. He now lives in ob scurity in the interior of Ncw-Y'ork : “ The Caesar of America—the most astonishing and dangerous man of his age ; a man that infus ed spirit into every thing, material or immaterial, with which he came in contact; a man who went about working treason, tampering with the bravest and stoutest hearts of all our country —in the light of heaven, w ith an audacity unlike any thing ever seen before in the history of disaffection ; setting our laws at defiance—mocking at our strength—doing that which, now he has failed in it, has been called madness ; yet, for which, all the talent, and learning, and power of the country were unable to punish him ! A man that poured his spirit of revolt, like a flood of fire, into every heart that he came near— disturbing the oldest and most cau tious of our veterans; one that seemed to put himself, life and name, into the power of every hu man creature that he approached ; yet with all this seeming, was he never in the power of mortal man, as Wilkinson and Eaton can show 7 ; a man that suffered the legal wis dom of the whole country to array itself against him—without trem bling, and then, just put out enough of his own strength, and no more (w asting no jot or tittle of his pow er) to defeat and shame them. O, it was miraculous ; and since the time of the Roman, there has ne ver been a man upon this earth so like Julius Caesar as was Aaron Burr. Why did he not succeed ? is the question with me ; not as it is with deeper politicians of the age f why did he attempt it ? The plan is deeper than is known—his resources greater. Aaron Burr was never the man to hazard all for nothing ; a step more and Mexico had been his ; and then who would have stayed the conqueror? Where could you have entrenched your selves?—ln no other place and by no other means, than by encom passing yourselves around by a w r all of fire. You must have had swords passing for ever about you, and artillery roaring night and day. Aye! one blow-, and w e who now laugh the threat to scorn, would have seen the Trpsidcnt of these United States, the Congress, and oil others in authority, driven into the Potomac. But enough. Let 11s thank God, that a soldier am. 5 , a despot was blasted when he was ; and not believe, as we are apt to, that we are inaccessible.” Paul Jones. —From a life of this remarkable person lately puhlished in the United States, we extract the following account of his de scent on the British cost near Whitehaven :—“ About the time, that Jones visited Whitehaven, he w ent round to the Frith of Forth, and made his appearance off the harbour of kirkaldy, a noted small town on the borders of Fifeshire (called by the Scotch ‘Lang toun o’ Kirkaldy,’ owing to the length.) No other enemy, however formid able, could have created in the tniuds of the inhabitants, such con sternation and alarm as that which then approached. Paul Jones w as the dread of all, old and young, (and nhaiuple‘s of his depredations tvne as common in every house almanacks.) lie was looked upon us o sea-monster, that swal lowed op all tint came in his pow- The people all flocked to the rhor< to watch his mown nits, I'Jtpept'mg the worst consequences, I here was uti old Pn shyterian minister iu tlm place, u \ery pious ■*B'f good old luun, hut of a most * ' c' 1 * V !| l ceecfitrie turn, espe cially in addressing the Deity, to whom he would speak with as much familiarity as he would to an old farmer, and seemingly with out respect, as will appear from the follow ing. He was soon seen making his way through the peo ple with an old black oak arm chair, which he lugged down to low-w ater mark (the tide flow ing,) and sat down in it. Almost out of breath, and rather in a passion, he then began to acjdress the Dei ty, in the following singular way : —“ Now deed Lord, dinna ye think its a shame for ye to send this vile pireet to rub our folk o’ kirkaldy ? for ye ken they’re a’ puir enough already, and hue 1 naethmg »to spaire. They area’ gaily guid, and it wad be a peety to serve them in sic in aw a. The wa the wun blows, he’ll be here in a jiflie, and wha kens what he may do ? He’s none to guid for any thing. Nleikle’s the mischief he has dune already. Ony peck et gear they hae gathered thegith er he w ill gang wi’ the heal o’t; may burn their hooses, tak their vary claes, and tirl them to the sark ; and waes me ! wha kens but the bluidy villian might tak their lives. The puir weemen are maist frightened out o’ their vvuts, and the bairns skirling after them. I canna’ tho’lt ! 1 canna tho’lt! I hae been lang a faithfu’ servant to ye, Laird, but gin ye dinna turn the wun about, and blaw the scound rel out ofourgate, I’ll na stur a fit, but will juist sit here, untii the tide comes and drouns me. Sae tak yerc vvull o’t.” It may be well to add, that the wind changed a bout the time of the honest par son’s supplication.— ( bar. i our. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDSXi 1 Accompanying the “ Report of the Com mittee on Public Education and Frec Schools,” tin Hon. D. G. Campbell, offered among seve ral others, the following BILL: To be entitled an act to establish a public seat of learning in this state for the education of Females. It is the distinguishing happiness of the present generation to live in an age of improvement, and to enjoy the means of ameliorating the condi tion of all classes of society. In a review of the progress of literature throughout the country in which we live, we are furnished with the fact, that in no part of this vast confeder ation, has the education of females been the object of public munifi cence. To this class of society is entrusted the early instruction of both sexes, and our feelings and our principles are of maternal origin.— llow necessary then, that a depart ment so high, and charged with du ties so delicate ami important should early be placed under the regenera ting hand of science and religion.— These are the strongc.*-? safeguards, under Providence, of political secu rity, and of individual excellence.— To direct them in their appropriate destinies, is the grateful duty of those who wish well to the national prosperity. For the acquirement of olid and useful female education, our sister states will afford but in competent reliance. And if we were satisfied ol their sufficiency, the re sort would be too humiliating for the generous ambition of Georgia, and her means of indulging it Fo" the purpose, therefore, of rescuing from comparative obscurity, the fairest portion of our community, anti of en abling them to contribute to the val uable stores of literature, philoso phy and religion.— Pc it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State cf Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacteddey the au thority of the seme, That the general superintendence and regulation tit Female Education throughout thi -tate, ami particularly oi the public scat of learning hereby established for that purpose, shall be committed and intrusted to one Board to be de nominated "The Boat il of Trustees of the Female Seminary of Georgia.” Said Board shall consist of fifteen males omi fifteen females, and that the seminary may be carried into ef fect as speedily as possible, the fol lowing persons are hereby appointed trustees. Mary Smelt Jowqih Stilus Mary Wayw \Vra T. Bnntly Cali till r l.unpkin Itrv. Mr. How Eliza Longstrwt Fwhi.j Wnlliit Ann U %('o»k Alonzo Church NirdiHt Boudkin l.cvirk Fierce Martha Fort Jos ph bn n Elizabeth ► mith B. H llopkins | hoi in (’i.thbi rt E. 11. Morrill Mrv «J. C-impMl l»s*if! A. li>c* MmiMl Telfair Vwn. Turner ••illUin TerrHl Joseph H. I.umplun sirih M. tndriw* l*< nr Griticr ( ihur.n Mrl>*«ski J*4m s.-Mn * bartr* J. M* t»ff*dii MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1825. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That said Board, be considered a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Trustees ot the Fe male Seminary of Georgia,” by which they shall have perpetual suc cession, and shall be a person in law to all legal intents —capal le ol hav ing, receiving, acquiring and purcha sing lands and tenements, and other estates; and the same to use, man age and improve for the good ot said Seminary. And all property which mav hereafter be givon or' granted by "the government ot this state, or by individuals, shall he vested in said Trustees, intrust, as herein de scribed. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Trustees shall have the power of filling all vacancies in their own board, and of appointing all offi cers of instruction, and other officers necessary in the management of the affairs of said Institution,'and the same to discontinue at pleasure.— They shall have the power of de scribing the plan of education —of appointing the salaries of officers— of adjusting and determining the ex penses—of adopting rules for the government of the officers and pu pils—of forming and using a com mon seal, and of prescribing all oth er regulations not otherwise provi ded for, which th» good of the Insti tution may render necessary. 4. As the good of said Institution and Its exigencies may render fre quent meetings of the Board neces sary ‘he President or the senior offi cer of the Seminary, and three of the members are empowered to ap point a meeting of the Board, ten days notice of such meeting to be given to all other members. Seven of said Board shall be considered a quorum capable of transacting busi ness, and shall appoint a President from their own body. h. There shall be an annual meet ing of said Board at the seat of said Seminary, at which time there shall ,be a public'examination of the pu pils, and such distinctions conferred as the Board shall prescribe and a ward. 6. it shall be the duty of said Trustees to meet at a time and place of their own appointment, pre vious to the next session of the Le gislature—To consult and advise concerning shid Seminary—To pre scribe the course of education, as well domestic as literary, to be in troduced therein—To determine the number of officers necessary, and the probable amount of salary which may be required—To determine the number and plan of buildings, and estimate their cost. And said board shall make full report upon these and all other matters connected with said Seminary, which they may deem expedient, and communicate the “ante through the St ratus Aca dcmicus to the next Legislature. 7. Any property which inav vest in said Corporation by grant from, the state, from individuals, or by purchase, shall never he sold, ex cept by consent of the Legislature ; but the management of such proper ty aid the application of the profit thereof, shall he the business of said board! And said Board sh-Jl at each annual nm ‘ting appoint a com mittee from their own body, not ex ceeding three, who in virtue of said appointment, and of this act, shall join in the annual meetings of the Senates Academicus, and be consid ered members thereof, for the pur pose of representing the conditii t and interest of said Seminary. 8. The Trustees of said Seminary -hall have the power to fix on a site fir the location thereof, but in the selection of said site, a majority of the whole number of votes belong ing to the Board shall he necessary, such vot. £ to be given in poison or by proxy authorised in writing. The very limited aib antages which our country, ml particularly our own state, af fonl to females, through it.- unorg'nixed and vario,; codes of education, and the great n.- cessity of legislative interposition, as in the rase of males, for a more uniform, liberal, and pi mi irn-nt system, ari considerations dr um ing th find attention of a free govern ment, and tv.nnpt be more ably or eloquently enforced, than in the folio -ing extract from “Mrs. Willard's Plan of Female Education:’’ “ Civilized nations have long since been convinced, that education, as i( respects males, will not, like trade, regulate itsedf; and hence, tht y have made it a prime ohjort, to pro vide that sex with every thing re quisite to facilitate tlieir progreq- in learning : hut female education ha bo'*!) li ft to the mercy of private ad venturers ; and the consequence has been to our m;*, the same as il would hate bent to the other, bad legislatures left their areommod.!- t'lms, and me..uz ot instruction, to chance alo. Education cannot pro?per in an> ry motives which actuate the hu man nund, the best and most cultiva ted talents of that community, can be brought into exercise in that way. Male education flourishes, because, from the guardian care of legislatures, the presidencies and professorships of our colleges, are some of the highest objects to which the eye of ambition is directed. Not so with female institutions. Preceptresses of these, are depend ent on their pupils for support, and are consequently liable to becotfle the victims of their caprice. In such a situation, it is not more de sirable to be a preceptress; than it would be, to be a parent, invested with the care of children, and re -ponsihle for their behaviour, hut yet, depending on them for subsis tence, and destitute of power to en force their obedience. Feminine delicacy requires, that girls should be educated chiefly by their own sex. This is apparent from considerations, that regard their health and conveniences, the propriety of their dress and manners, and their domestic accomplishments Boarding schools, therefore, what ever may he their defects, furnish the best mode of education provided for females. Concerning these Schools it may be observed : 1. They are temporary institu tions, formed by individuals, whose object is present emolument. But they cannot be expected to be great ly lucrative; therefore, the individ uals who establish them, cannot af ford to provide suitable accommoda tions, as to room. At night, the pupils are frequently crowded in their lodging rooms ; and during the day, they are generally placed together in one apartment, where there is a heterogeneous mixture of different kinds of business, accompa nied with so much noise and confu sion, as greatly to impede their pro gress in study. 2. As individuals cannot affbrd to provide suitable accommodations as to room, so neither can they afford libraries, and other apparatus, ne cessary to teach properly the various branches in which they pretend to instruct. s.. 3. Neither can the individuals who establish these schools afford to provide suitable instruction. It not (infrequently happens, that one instructess teaches, at the same time, and in the same room, ten or twelve distinct branches. If assist ants are provided, such are usually taken as can be procured for a small compensation. True, in our large cities, preceptresses provide their pupils with masters, though at an expense, which few can afford Yet none of these masters, are responsi ble for the general proficiency, or de meanour of the pupils. M’heir onh responsibility, is in the particular branrh which they teach ; and to a preceptress, who probably docs not understand it herself, and who is, therefore incapable of judging, whether or not it is well taught. 4. It is impossible, that in the*, chools such systems should h adopted and enforced, as are requis ite for properly classing the pupils. Institutions for young gentlemen are founded by public authority, and are permanent; they are endow and w ith funds, and their instructors and overseers, are invested with author ity to make such laws, as they shall deem most salutary. From their permanency, their laws and rules an well known. With their funds they procure libraries, philosophical ap paratus, and other advantages, supe rior to what can elsewhere be found ; and to enjoy these, individuals are placed under tlieir discipline, who would not else be subjected to it. H nee the directors of these institu tions can enforce, among other re gulations, those which enable them to make a perfect classification of their students. They regulate their uidifirations for entrance, thr kind and order of their studies, and the period of their remaining at the sem inary Female schools present the reverse of this. Wanting perma nency, and dependent on individual patronage, had thev the wisdom to make salutary regulations,they could neither enforce n>»r purchase compli ance. The pupils are irregular in their times of entering and leaving school ; and they arc of various and dissimilar acquirements. Each scho lar, of mature age, thinks she has a r.g'ht to judge for herself respecting what she is to be taught ; and the parents of those, who are not, con sider, that they have the same right to judge for them Under such di«advantages, « school cannot b* hissed, except in a very imperfect manner. 6 It is for the inter* «t of in-lrtic trftKMis of buHfdii'C schools to Uach useful. Their object in teaching is present profit. In order to realize this, they must contrive to give immediate celebrity to their schools. If they attend ‘chiefly to the cultivation of the mind, their work may not be manifest at the first glance ; hut let the pupil re turn home, laden with fashionable toys, and her young companions, fill ed with envy and astonishn: nt, are m ver satisfied till they are permit ted to share the precious instruction. If it is true, with the turn of the fashion, the toys, which they arc taught to make, will liecome obso lete ; and no benefit.remain to them, of perhaps the only money that wiJi ever be expended on their educa tion ; but the object of the instruc tress mav he accomplished notwith standing, if that is directed to her own, rather than her pupil’s advan tage. 6. As these schools are private establishments, their preceptresses are not accountable to any particu lar person. \ny woman has a right to open a school in any place ; and no one, either from law or custom, can prevent her. Hence the pub lic are liable to be imposed upon, both with respect to the character and acquirements of preceptresses. I am far, however, from asserting that this is always the case r Tt has been before observed, that in the present state of things, the ordinary motives which actuate the human mind, would not induce ladies of thr best and most cultivated talents, to engage in the business of instructing, from choice. But some have done it from necessity, and occasionally, an extraordinary female has occupi ed herself in instructing, because she felt that impulse to be active and useful, which is the characteris tic of a vigorous and noble mind; and because she found few avenues to extensive usefulness open to her sex. But if such has been the fact, it has not been the consequence of any system, from which a similar result can he expected to recur with regularity ; and it remains true, that the publick are liable to imposition, both with regard to the character and acquirements of preceptresses. Instances have lately occurred, in which women of bad reputation, at a distance from scenes of their for mer life, have bepn entrusted by our unsuspecting citizens with the in struction of their daughters. But the moral reputation of indi viduals, is more a matter of publick notoriety than their literary attain ments ; hence society are more lia ble to he deceived with regard to' the acquirements of instructresses, than with respect to their charac-i tors. Those women, howe\ r er, who de ceive society as to the advantages w hich they give their pupils, arc not charged with any ill intention. They teach as they wpre taught, and be lieve that the public are benefited by their labours. Acquiring, in their youth, a high value for their owr nperficial accomplishments, the) regard all others as supernumerary, if not unbecoming. Although then considerations exculpate individuals, yet they do not diminish the inf r w hich society receives ; for th< -how, that the worst which is to hi expected from such instruction, i not that the pupils will remain ic iterant ; but that, by adopting the views of their teachers, they will have their minds barred against fu ture improvement, by acquiring disrelish, if not a contempt for use ful knowledge. 7. Although, from a want of pul - lie support, preceptresses of hoard ing schools have not the means • j enforcing such a system as would lead to a perfect classification ol tlieir pupils ; and although they . re confined in other respects within nar row limits, yet, because these estab lishments are not dependant on any i'll! lie body, within those limits, they ii.ive a power far more arbitrary and uncontrolled, than is allowed tin learned and judicious instructor- ol our male seminaries. They can, at their option, omit their own duties, and excuse their pupils from theirs. They can m; ke absurd and ridii o lou* regulations. They can make improper and even wicked exactions of their pu pils. Thu* the" writer has endeavoured to point out the defects of the. pre ent mode of female education ; «hicily in order to sho' t that the gn it c.iu-e of the-e and« torts rom-ixt in a st te of things, in which .legisla tin'-., undervaluing the important! if v rm n in society, neglect to pro ildr fir their r due it ion and suiter! [NO. I—VOL. I. A BILL, To he entitled an act to create a Board of Public Work s, and to provide lor the commencement of a system of Internal Improve ment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State oj Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the author ity of the same. That for the purpose of commencing a system of Interna! Improvement, the following provis ions he adopted, to wit: I. There shall be elected by joint ballot of both houses, during the pre sent session of the General Assem bly, four persons, who, together with the Governor for the time being, shall constitute “ The Board oi Pubuc Works of the State of Georgia. ” 11. The Governor for the time be ing shall be ex officio, President of the Board. 111. Vacancies occurring in the. hoard, shall be filled by executive ap pointment, to continue until appoint ments are made by the Legislature. IV. The Board shall Ire a body corporate, with power to use » com mon seal, to sue and be ‘aw-d, and in acquire, hold and dispose of rights and property, for the purposes of this act. V. They shall be authorised to establish bye-laws or regulations, not repugnant to law or constitution, for their government. VI. They shall appoint and pay a fit and proper person as Secretary and Treasurer, who shall give bond and sufficient security for the dis charge of his duties. VII. The ordinary members of the Board shall he removable by the Governor, on the address of two thirds of each branch of the General Assembly. In such case the Gener al Assembly shall appoint successors. VIII. The Board shall, as soon as may be, cause the necessary surveys, estimates and reports, to be made and presented to the Legislature, with reference to the opening, im provement, and construction, of roads, bridges, navigable waters arid canals, in this state. IX. For this purpose, they shall he authorised to appoint, employ, and remove, the necessary artists, a gents and labourers. X. To save unnecessary expendi ture, they may appoint an execu tive committee, consisting of two members of the Board, to whom may be confided the discharge of the less important duties. XI. For the compensation of the ordinary members of the Board, they shall receive four dollar- per day. and all necessary contingent expen ses, to be approved of by his Excel lency the Governor, while in actual service. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That'the -um of fifty thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this act. The passage of this bill may be considered the first rational step in the comm- mvmmt of in operative system of Internal Improve. m< nt. It is a step which must be t .?»• n soon* or or later, bi fore any thing will be profita bly done on this subject. It is the gr.tc thro’ which all have entered, thi t have entered ee ssfullv, upon the grand exportin' nts of ■rtifieial navigation in ourcountry. It is the dictate of experience. It was the first coun sel of D. Mitt Clinton to the Legislature of NeY-York, ns may be seen in the following paragraph : “ A board tor the promotion of In ternal Improvements, composed of will informed citizens, ought to be •onstituted, with authority to consid er and report on all subjects relative to the establishment of communica tions by land and water, by roads, rail-wavs, canals, bridges ami water courses, and with a general stij erin -1 ending power over their con trac tion. All application- and pri po-als on subjects, would, of course, receive the full consideration of tlit* board helorethey were accepted by the Legislature, and would he carnal into execution in accordant) with the exigency of the cate, the in.) r tau:c oft he object, and the ability ot the state. The field of oj ration is o mouse, and, the harvest of 1 nor and profit is unbounded. And ’four re-ources are wisely applied n;i tor ■ inly directed, all proper fi t’ ids |i«r important avenues ofcoutm 'itica tion, may be answered in due turn ir and m ample extent. W e possess a territory of gr extent; a soil of inexhaustible ft rtile tv; subterranean wealth utmost boundless; incalculable extent of umnufacturtef pe*<*r; p»«•!»«.«• «f prosperous commerce Un-Ur passed *i poii the globe : and a system ol laws under which the rights of persons ,yt property are secured, and s»IH I nuts eptd’lc of pr at improvement f Enjojil* us «• 'o, Ha . transcend I Tu
