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Number 5.
Statesman
TUESDAY FEBRUARY, 6, 1827.
THE NEXT LAND LOTTERY.
Having been often solicited, the Editors of
the Georgia Statesman have finally determined
to publish the official List ofFortunate Draw
ers in the approaching Land Lottery, provid
ed 150 Subscribers shall forward us their
names on or before the expiration of the first
Weeks Drawing, or the first day of March
now ensuing. We understand that many,
for the purpose of getting an official list of the
whole Drawingjhave associated themselves in
companies of from 4 to 8 or 10, and will thus
enjoy in it the right of perusal collectively.
The plan is a good one in general, and if the
owners are neighborly, it, may answer every
purpose of individual possession. The List
will be printed weekly, on an imperial octavo
form, and sent to subscribers with scrupulous
regularity, until the completion of the Draw
ing; and if any Numbers are lost by mail or
the way of conveyance, such N umbers to be
made good without an additional charge.
ICP' TERMS: —To Subscribers of the
Georgia Statesman, $2,00 in advance.
To Non Subscribers, $3,00 in advance.
In no case will the List be sent before the
money is paid.
Editors of Papers in this State who
will give the above two or three insertions,
Shall be intitled to a copy.
Maps of Lottery Lands.— From what we
have had an opportunity to learn on this sub
ject, we would take to ourselves the liberty of
observing, that to every individual concerned
in the New Treaty Territory, these Maps of
the Surveyor General will be as interesting as
any thiiM of this kind can be. We had an
opportunity to examine the drawings and de
sign of the original copy, before it was sent
to the Engraver’s, and we have no hesitation
in saying, that if it is faithfully ex cuted, it
will be the most accurate, as well as the most
popular thing which has ever been got up for
tlie geographical delineation of any portion of
the State.
If it answer expectation we need not wish it
what we could notj hinder, very general suc
cess.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
jFree Trade, and Merchants Rights.
From the publications of Mr. Shultz, which
t>ave, for some time past, occasionally appear
ed in the public prints, it has no doubt been
anticipated by many, that it is his intention
to carry the trade of Hamburg back to
Savannah, as a means of retaliation upon
the Legislature of South Carolina, for the in
gratitude which he seems to think has been
exercised towards him by that body. The
causes which have led to this apparent im
pression are already before the public, and
ut present we have not room for comments
upon them ; our present object being merely
to state seme information in accordance
with these expectations, derived from a
meeting held by the citizens of Hamburg, on
the 29th inst. as communicated to us by a
gentleman who was present.
The meeting was called at the instance of
Mr. Shultz, who rose to explain its object.—
And after discussing, at some length, the
claims of Charleston and Savannah upon the
trade of Hamburg, and its vicinity, it was
unanimously
“ Resolved, That the citizens of Hamburg,
S. C. have not given their indentures to the
.State of South Carolina, nor to the city of
Charleston, and that they conceive themselves
at perfect liberty to trade whithersoever it be
their interest; whether it be to Savannah
Charleston, New-York or elsewhere.”
Many of our readers will no doubt smile
at the singularity of the above resolution and
remarks but those who are acquainted with
Mr. Shultz’s originality of character, and
the leading incidents in the history of Ham
burg, will at once perceive that there is an
importance attached to their probable results
which may lead to consequences of the high
est interest to South Caronina and Georgia ;
but if we are not greatly mistaken, more
particularly to the inhabitants of Savannah.
Our time and limits do not permit us to con
tinue this subject at present, but we shall pro
bably notice it more fully at some future time.
List of the Highest Edifices now known
with their elevation. Feet.
Pyramid of Gizch in Egypt, 543
Steeples of the Cathedral at Cologne, 501
Steeple of the Minister at Ulin, 481
'Steeple of the Cathedral at Antwerp, 476
Steeple of the Minister at Strasburg, 486
Pyramids of Chronos in Egypt, 452
Steeple of St. Stephen’s at Vienna, 442
Cupola of St. Peters at Rome, 431
Pyramid of Cephrenes in Egypt, 426
Steeple of St. Martin’s at Landshut, 422
Steeple of the Cathedral at Cremona, 396
Steeple of the Minister at Friburg 395
Cupola of the Cathedral at Florence, 384
Steeple of St. Persina inSaxony, 382
Cupola of the Cathedral at Milan, 357
Steeple of the Cathedral at Utrecht, 356
Pyramid of Sacrarah in Egypt, 356
Steeples of the Notre Dame at Munich, 348
Cupola of St. Paul’s at London, 347
Steeple of St. Auseharius at Bremen, 345
Steeples of the Cathedral at Madgeburg, 335
Steeples of bt. Marks at Yenice, 328
Cupola of the Jesuits’ Church at Paris, 314
Assinella Tower at Bologna, 314
Steeple of St. Mary’s a* Berlin, 302
Cupola of the Invalids at Paris, 295
When Stella was extremely ill, her
physician said to her, “Madam, you
are near the bottom of the hill, bill
we will endeavour to get you up a
gain.” She answered, "Doctor, I
fear I shall be out of breath before I
get up to the top. ’ —[Casitcf.
From the Boston Galluxy.
THE PRESS.
The honorable Mr. Forsyth, of
Georgia, in a late debate in Congress
has seen fit to utter a terrible anath
ema against the Press, which he con
’euds, is a mere vehicle of slander,
libel and licentiousness V. e are
not aware that tiie honorable gentle
man has ever been thought of con
sequence enough to merit from the
i >7’s of Editor: more than a passing
notice ; though it is prohable, that
some one has, heretofore remarked
with freedom upon the honorable
gentleman’s conduct, as a statesman
or a public agent, and that he has
taken the present opportunity to
illustrate the gosp 1 truth of the
maxim of Hudibras—
No man e’er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law.
Or, it is possible, that the honorable
gentleman may have been about to
sell his vote tor President, and kind
ly wished to give warning to printers
and editors, that if they should not
keep quiet, they might expect a
prosecution at common law, where
truth is a libel, and good intention a
crime, and tine and imprisonment
the reward for publishing the one
and exercising- the other.
CANAL NAVIGATION.
The two following articles ex
hibit the actual progress, and the
prospective extent and importance
of Canal Navigation within the U.
States :
From the Albany Daily Advertiser.
Canal Commerce, Revenue &,-c. — The
early friends and steadfast advocates
of the system of Internal Improve
ment which was finally adopted in
this State, have the most abundant
cause of triumph : for their most
sanguine anticipations, anticipations,
wh'ch, at the time, by many were
pronounced to be the mere day
dreams of over-heated immagina
tion, have been more than realized.
The increase of transportation on
our canals, and the toll arising there
from, has been in a ratio, far out
stripping all calculations made there
on, and the result is such as to shut
out all cavil against the foresight
and wisdom of those who staked
their reputations upon the issue.
By an exhibit from the Comp
troller’s books of the returns made
to him by the different collectors of
toll, it appears that the amount re
ceived this year is $765, 780 10.
which is $15,780 10 greater in a
mount than was estimated by the
Canal Board, and is $1 15,436 16
more than the sum received in the
year 1825. The amount of toll re
ceived at each Collector’s office for
the current year is given Wis follows,
viz : On the
ERIE CANAL.*
Albany, - - - $120,354 12
West Troy - - - 45.354 88
Schenectady - - 35.806 85
Little Falls - - - 8.470 23
Utica - - - . 45.892 43
Rome - - - - 26.873 98
Syracuse - 58.422 61
I’ort Byron - 84.685 40
Lyons - - - - 26.398 39
Palmyra - - - - 76.944 79
Rochester - 96.923 20
Brockport - - - - 12 593 42
Albion - - - 14.299 93!
Lockport - - - - 7.012 02 I
Black Rock - • - 7.013 03 j
Buflalo - - - - 19.555 52
$686,700 30
CHAMPLAIN CANAL.
Waterford sloop lock, -- $11,486 37
Saratoga - - “ 3,284 98
Fort Miller . - - 4.439 <>B
Fort Anu - 2.227 96
Whitehall - - - 46.460 84
Fort Edward - - 8.164 62
$76,062 95
CAYUGA AND SENECA CANALS.
Seneca Falls ... $ 1.388 46
Waterloo ... 1.628 39
$3,016 85
Total amount ofTolls, $765,780 10
In addition to tile above, we have been
politely favored with the following interesting
document from the Collector at this port.
Canal Collector’s Office,
.Albany, Dec. 22d, 1826.
The whole number of boats tiiat arrived at,
and departed from, Albany, in the year 1826,
is 12,856, laden as follows; with
Down Freight.
24.747,007 feet of boards, plank, and
scantling,
5.230,067 staves and heading, up to 16th
August.*
30,791 solid feet of timber.
15,226 cords wood.
4,268 M shingles
86,81 1 tons of articles, upon which toll is
charged per ton.
120 ions of furs and peltry.
Up Freight
20,880 tons of merchandise and household
furniture.
The whole amount of toll received at this
office for the year 1826, is me hundred and
twenty thousand, four hundred and ten dollars
and forty cents.
JOHN B. STAATS, Collector.
* After the 16lh of August, the toll on
staves and heading was charged by tiie ton,
instead of per thousand.
We understand the amount of toll accruin'’'
to the Albany Pier Company, and which will
have to be deducted from the above total, is
about $2,400.
The Reservoir of the Ohio Canal, on the
Licking Summit, Contracted for by Mr. John
Sheatiier, of Rochester, N. Y. is completed.
It contains an area of about 500 acres, and
the embankment, necessary to its completion,
two miles and twenty-three chains in length .
and is intended to supply the main line of
Canal w ith water in di v seasons. The em
bankment. with a wall of hewn timber in the
centre of the bank, lias cost the state about
$50,000.
Louis XIV. was one day playing
at backgammon; a doubt arose con
cerning the throw , which he and In?
antagonist disputed. The court it rs,
though looking on remained silent.
The Count de Grammont coining in.
“You shall decide, ’ said the King
“Your Majesty ts in the wrong, in
stantly replied the Count “And
how so?” retorted the King: “Do
you pronounce me wrong without
hearing?” “Had there been the
least doubt,” said Grammont, “these
gentlemen would all undoubtedly
! have declared for your Majesty.”
GEORGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1827.
From a Washington Paper.
The charge of a participation in
the Mix contract, by Major Vande
venter, is not new; neither is it now
for the first time that an allcgatio;
has appeared in the papers, th« :
Mr. Calhoun was acquainted will
that circumstance. The fact <>.
participation is admitted in a letter
of Major Vandeventer, published in
the Washington Gazette, the prede
cessor of the Telegraph, on the 22d
lof April, 1822; and the fact that his
: participation was with the knowl
edge of Mr. Calhoun, and that the
contract with Mix was entered into
without the usual notice being giv
en by public advertisements, was
stated in the report of the commit
tee of the House of Representatives
upon that subject, made at the close
of the session, and published about
hit time. VV : shall take occasion
to republish the letter and report,
with some observations on the sub
ject, in our next. We cannot, how
ever, refrain from the expression of
our regret that the subject should
have been presented to Congress at
a time when so much and such im
portant business is a bout to come
before that body.
From the present, we will only
observe that we think there is some
thing in Mr. Calhoun’s communica
tion to the House of Representa
tives very objectionable; as it is ca
pable of being so construed, (how
ever intended,) us to assign a cause
and origin to this occurrence which
are entirely different from its true
cause and origin.
Labor.. We have often asserted
and shewn the reason why Great Bri
tain cannot exchange day’s labor with
the United States. The commerce
and navigation between Hie two
countries are precisely on the same
footing—they are reciprocal in every
respect ; and, though the former is
the greatest commercial nation in
the world, the trade between her
and us, in 1825, employed 181,033
tons of American shiping and onlv
37,852 British. The whole business
ol budding and navigating ships i
performed by manual labor and
such is the competition between th •
great rival navigating nations. 7 lie
official value of British goods im
ported in 1826. was/ 11,066,793.
Ables’ Register
J^TOTICE. —All persons having demand:
11 against the estate of B. Jordan,
late of Washington co. dee’d. are requested
to render in their accounts duly attested, and
in the time specified by law.
MARGARETT, JORDAN, Adm’x.
ISHAM H. SAFFOLD, Adm.
Feb. Ist. 1827. 57—Gt.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
be sold to the highest bidder nt
V v the late residence of \Vm. Rose, dee.
in Henry county, 6/h Dist. on the second
Tuesday in March next, al! the per-oirtl pro
perty of said deceased, consisting of hogs
household and kitchen furniture, plan! itinn
tools, a complete set of Sadler’s tools, a good
Currying knife, some corn, fodder and seed
potatoes, a cow and calf, and a small mare;
also, on the same day, the plantation will
he rented. Terms made known on the day
of sale. All persons having any demands
against the said estate, will present their ac
counts duly attested according to law, that
provision may be made for the payment
thereof.
ANN ROSE, Adm’x.
JOHN SMITH, R. 11. Adm.
Jan. 28, 1827.
A TEACHER WANTED.
[ENCOURAGEMENT will be offered a
A Classical Teacher who will come satis
factory recommended provided the application
be made before the first <1 v of March next.
?CZ? x> Enquire at this office. 56 —ts
PROPOSALS
|7IOR Publishing ENGRAVED MAPS,
h of the newly acquired Territory in
Georgia, according to the recent surveys.
The increasing demand for manuscript
Maps of this highly interesting portion of
Georgia, having already greatly exceeded the
means of supply, and the growing difficulty of
supplying copies of these numerous Surveys,
to even bat a small proportion of applicants,
have induced the Suiveyor General to pro
pose, for this purpose, a suitable Engraving
of the whole of the territory, embracing tin
• Counties of Carroll, Cowetah, Troup, Musco
gee, and Lee; each county to be subdivided
into their respective Districts, and numbered,
having tiie principle water-courses and rivers
properly delineated thereon, together with the
Reserves, Public Roads, Boundaries, &c.
The Engravings for the Map, (which will
be about 14 by 16 inches square, and contain
beside, much statistic information,) will bt
commenced so soon as 200 copies are bespoke.
Those who wish them, are desired to for
ward their- names, FYee of Postage.
CARLTON WELLBORN.
Surv. Gen.
JtXP It was first intended to afford these
Maps at fifty cents each, but since the wi . k
has been put into the hands of and Engraver,
and the whole cost more accurately known,
the publisher feels himself compelled from a
scnce of equity to enhance the price accord
ingly. —Tiie price of subscription therefore,
will be One Dollar each, uffirtAr first of
April.
Surveyor-General’s Office,
Milledgeville, Jan. 16, 1827.
*♦* Subscriptions for the above work, also,
received at this office.
~~STOLEN, LOST OR MISLAIIY
,4 RED MORROCCO POCKET-BOOK.
■ ITI containing a number of papers, am >.<g
I winch were two notes on Elias Gardner; one
j for fifty dollars, given 22d Dec. 1826, and
i due the 15th of the present month ; the
1 other, for twenty two dollars fifty ceu ,
1 given tiie same day, and due the 25th D<
■ next. Any person who will deliver said
Book and Notes, shall be reasonably reward
ed, by W ILEY B. POPE.
Fortville, Jones co. Jan. 31, 1827.
57—11 *
GEOR(iIA/WALTON
IVTOTICE.—To all whom this may con
-11 cern. that I have made the following
Survey, on the virtue of a head-wright warr.v
1 for Anderson Baker, 350 acres, on the w t r
I of Marberries’ Creek, bounded North, t y
’ Thompson, S. W. by Butler, S. E. by T>_.
; rill, and East by Camp ; a platt of which
j recorded in my Office. 1 hose concerned ;•
have a mon minute description by exam: .
the same, and enter their caveats in due n
DA'ID BI’RSG?.
Jas. lSZ7 om
NOTICE.
HERBAS, many of the creditors of
v v the undersigned have made a propo
sition to him, expressing their willingness
to take twenty cents in the dollar, for the
riginal claims they yet hold against him,
if paid in twelve months; or twenty-five cents
in the dollar, if paid in two years; or thirty
cents on the dollar, if paid in three years.
He feels impressed with the grateful belief,
that his creditors, in proposing a mode for
his release from embarrassments, have been
prompted by good feelings towards him.—
While with a feeling of gratitude, he accepts
of their humane proposition, he gives his
sacred assurance that he will give his talents,
experience and unremitting exertions for the
discharge of sll claims contracted anterior to
the 28th of March, 1826, upon the terms pro
posed. And as there are claims in the hands
of some persons whom he knows not, they
w ill please inform him.
HENRY SHULTZ.
Hamburg, S. C. Jan, 29. 1827. 57—4 t
INFORM A TIONT
s
Columbia s. c. December 14, 1826.
Capt. Henry W. Lubbock,
Dear Sir :— Your favor of the
7th instant, from Mathew’s Bluff, on
the Savannah river, I received. My
memorial was presented on the 12th |
instant, by 11. L. Pinckney, Esq. ofi
Charleston. S. C. in the House of|
Representatives, and was referred to j
a special committee. On the 13th I
inst. it was presented in the Senate
by the Hon. John L. Wilson, and it ’
was required to be read. The most j
important part of the memorial, in-:
voiving' the great interests of the ■
State and proving more than a full
compliance of my contract with the
State, was omitted to be read : and
then was considered a petition of a
private nature, and too lute to be
received.
Such a proceeding 1 have never
known a rc.’k'e Legislature to adopt.
In my humble conception, the zcliole
or none of the memorial ought to
have been read. The part ol the
memorial, which was omitted to be
read, was teat part of it, widen prov
ed the the State at large had
been bcnefittcd hv my talents and in
dustry, and the disinterested support
which I have received from my
friends, BenjaminF. Wmitner, .1 \mes
Cobb, Ebhraim Cook and John A.
Covington. Esquires. The reason
why that part of the memorial was
ommitted to be read, I cannot con
jecture, unless it bo, that the benefits
arising to the State out of the SSO,
000 loaned me by them and expended
by me, were, perhaps greater to the
State, than were the benefits arising
to the State out of the millions of
dollars appropriated by the Legisla
ture and expended in Internal Improve
ments ! ! perhaps an appropriation
may be made for Elliott’s cut on the
inland navigation between (,'harlest m
and Savannah. But none for tat
improvement of Savannah river.
With esteem 1 am,
Your Friend,
HEX RY SHULTZ.
MEMORIAL.
To the Honorable the President and
.Members of the In nate, and Sp aker
and .Members of the House of Re
presentatives of the State of Souilt-
Carolina.
The memorial of Henry Shultz,
respectfully sheweth, that in the
year 1321, he presented a memorial
to your honorable body, in which he
stated, ‘ that he wasengaged in erec
ting a TOWN in this State, fur thej
reception of commerce, called HAM-1
BURG : in which project he enlisted
some of his friends to support him
m his undertaking.” He prayed your
Honorable body, for tbc loan of $ 50
000, in order to execute his plans,
on the most favorable terms, consis
tent with the public good ; stating
at the same time, that an important
part of his design was to effect a di
rect communication between Ham
burg and Charleston, by opening a
direct steam-boat navigation, by
which means he would not only cm
ofi the trade from Augusta but also
from Savannah, and carry it to Char
leston.
Your Honorable body entered into
a contract with your memorialist, for
tlw purpose of carrying into efiect
his designs. The committee to whom I
his memorial was referred made the .
following report, viz : “ The joint
committee to whom was referred the
petition of Henry Shultz, beg leave
to Report, that upon so much of the
memorial as relates to the loan of
$ 60,000, prayed for in the same,
they unanimously adopted the fol
lowing resolution, which they re
spi’Ctfullv recommend to the House,
viz
Resolved, That the suia of 850,000 be lent
to Henry. Shultz, for the purposes expressed
in his memorial, on a credit of five years, Ke.
As ti;< time for which this loan was grant
, d will expire before the next session of the
Legislature ; and conceiving that your me
morialist has complied with his part of the
contract, and wishing to release his friends
from their responsibility, and return to them
.be amounts so iiberallyxind disinterestedly ad
vanced by them to him to promote his views, in ;
furthering the interests of the State, your ,
.’.memorialist now presents himsolf before your ■
Honorable body and prays for a settlement.
He will name only a few items of direct bene- ’
' ts that the State of South Carolina, by this I
control t, has received.
I
Cotton received in Hamburg, from
bales.
• t Oct. 1821, to Ist Oct. 1822, 17,396
" 1822, “ “ 1823, 27,857 t
" 1*23, “ " 1824, 28,262 j
: " 1824, “ “ 1825, 24,2'40 1
, “ 1825, “ " 1826, 31,925 |
I “ 1826, to 10th Dec. 192 G, 12,000 j
I * jta! L’uaibcr ?fb-les received. 142.180 !
Cotton shipped in Steam-Boats, from Ham
burg and Augusta, to Charleston,
From 22d Feb, 1822, to Ist Oct. 1822, 3,185 bales,* at $45 pr. bale, $143,325
Ist Oct. 1822, “ “ 1822,10,856 " 37 1 2 467,100
" " 1823, “ " 1524, 20,831 “ 45 937,395
" “ 1824, " " 1825, 41,095 <! 54 2.219.130
“ “ 1825, “ “ 1826,42,217 “ 27 1-2 1.583,137
" “ 1826, to 10th Dec. 1826, 8,000 " 30 240,000
* averaging 300 lbs.
Value of Cotton from Hamburg and Augusta, $5,530,087
Increase of Trade to Charleston
In 1821, the trade increased SIOO,OOO
1322, “ “ 500.000
1823, " ' " 1.000,000
1824, “ " 2.000,000
1825, “ " 1.800,000
Value of the increased t rade to Charleston, in goods or imports, $5,400,000
Add value of Cotten shipped from Hamb’g& Aug. to Charleston, 5.530,087
For the article of Cotton alone, and the ret’ rn cargo in goods, amount of
capital there was retained, and brought into the State, by this contract, $10,930,087
CITY OF CHARLESTON.
There Stock in Value of Taxes
was Trade Town lots paid
In 1821, $1,085,350 $3,010,647 $51,370
1822, 1.163,550 8.102,951 55,651
1823, 1.332,866 8.361,800 62,308
1824, 1.799,536 8.443,680 65,169
1825, 1.550,869 8 456,188 62,114
1826, 1.425,061 8.595,321 652,82
The direct and indirect advantages
that have been, and may be realized
by the State, arc beyond the pow
er of man to calculate, The
gain to the Slate by an increase of
her revenue—the gain to the Banks
—The gain to the Insurancd Com
paincs—The gain to the Mer-1
chants —The gain to the Ship and ■
Boat Builders —The gain to the Ship
and Boat Owners—The gain to ow
ners of Real Estate, and in Charles
ton particularly —The gain to La
borers of all professions—The gain
to planters in saving Bridge Toil, «S‘C.
cannot be foretold
Your memorialist deems it his du
ty to stat e that there is a great change
in the Savannah river from what it
has been for the last six or seven
years, it having been, and being now
very low : so much so, that the pre
sent Steam-boats cannot carry on the
business with that facility, which
the importance of the commerce for
the interests of this State requires :
in consequence of whic.it, there is a
great opening for enterprize on that
river—which might, by talent, ex
perience and industry, be carried on
much to the injury ofthis state. In
consequence ol this change, the pre
sent Steam-boats are obliged to car
ry on their operations with a vast
labour, and with a great hazard of
loss. The produce must be carried
to market ; and should the change
of nature be against our former trans
portation, man must change his ope
rations, to .follow the change of na
ture. On this principal Hamburg
was built. On this principle the trade
was ''al l ied from Augusta andSavan
... I
nah to Charleston. On this principal,
Hamburg will exist. Oathis principal, I
aided only by talent, experience and
industry, Charleston can retain the
trade, that has ben given her. Im
provement of the Savannah river is
important—but much more impor
tant is the improvement of the in
land navigation between Savannah
and Charleston. A Change of the
mode of carrying on the commerce
on the Savannah river, from the for
mer cue, is decreed by nature to
take place. That change may be
used extensively for the benefit of
one State, and to the injury of the
other- -and to be felt immediately.
Circumstances hare compelled your
memorialist to engage again in the
same business, which he was engag
m twenty years since, when he first
trod on the soil of this land of free
dom, which business is called Boat
inc, on tiie Savannah river.
It is not well thought of, fur a man
to sound his own trumpet—but who
has a better right to it than himself 1
Your memorialist has not only estab
lished profitable and permanent works
in Augusta, but also ornamental to
that city, lie has connected South-
Carolina and Georgia by a perma
nent Bridge across the Savannah
river. He has built a Town in this
State. He has produced a revolu
tion in trade between the two States.
South Carolina and Georgia ; and
has diverted much of the trade ol
Georgia to South Carolina. Much
has he done for the public —as yet,
nothing for himself in a pecuniary
point of view.
Circumstances imperiously require
that your memorialist should now
give his talents, experience and in
dustry, where they will, yield the
most so as to extricate himself, as
well as b.is friends; from pecuniary
embarrassments. Should your Hon
orable body deem it advisable to
place in his hands $65,000, for the
purpose of expending it, according
to this judgment, to retain and to
secure the trade front Hamburg, Au
gusta, and Savannah, to Charles
ton, for the benefit of this State; be
feels sanguine in saying, that in a
great degree he caa retain it—that
in a great degree he will secure it— |
mJ does not deny, at the same tune,;
icnefit himself.
At a former sessl-na eftho Lcgis-i
lature, your Honorable body appro
priated $5,000, out of the interest
due by him to the State, for the pur
pose of building a Bridge across
Stephens’ Creek. Ha could not pro
cure the priviledge to the landing, at
such place on that creek, where he
thought a bridge might be made
permanent, aud therefore no bridge
has been built: but a good ferry
boat and ferryman has been kept at
another place on that creek, on the
present road, for crossing free ol
charges.
As the time for which the townof
Hamburg was exempted from taxa
tion, will shortly expire, he prays
your honorable body, that that town
maybe exempted from all taxes for
three years more.
Should your Honorable body con
cur in opinion with your memorialist,
that the bonds of himself & his securi
ties have been paid off to the state,
he prifys that they may be delivered
up to him, and that the mortgage
which the Slate has on hnmburg be
satisfied.
For his five years services to the
State, he leaves it with your honora
ble body to reward him according to
his merit.
And, as in duly bound will ever
HENRY SHULTZ.
Columbia, S. C. Dec. 11, 1826.
The following Resolution was introduces!
in the House of Representatives, by B. F.
Dunkin, Esq. From the City of
S. C.
“Resolned, That the Comptroller Generrll
be instructed to obtain judgements against
Henry Shultz and his securities, on the bond
given by them to the State, for the sum of
twenty-five Thousand Dollars; and also to
procure a foreclosure ol the mortgage given
by Henry Shultz for his loan of Fifty Thou
sand Dollars; that after obtaining said judge
ments and foreclosure he suspend all fur
ther proceedings until the next Session of the
Legislature; and that at that session he re
port fully to the Legislature the situation of
the said debt, and the amount then due there
on, in order that such ulterior measures may
be adopted as shall be demanded by the inter
ests of the country.
1 do hereby certify that the above is a I rue
copy of the originia! resolution, agreed lo in
the House on the 19t instant, and ordered to
be sent to the Seneate for their concurrence.
December 2i)lh, 182 G.
R. ANDERSON, c. 11. it.
I certify that the Senate concurred in tht
same this day, December 20, 1826.
Columbia, S. C.
JOB JOHNSTON, c. s.
Al the requestof Henry Shultz, the fol
lowing resolution was introduced in the
House of Representatives by Col. A. P. But
ler, from Edgefield District, S. C.
Resolved, That Thomas Harrison, Treasu
rer of the uper Division, or his successors in
office, is authorized to assign the bonds given
by Henry Shultz and his securities, for the
loan of 50,000 Dollars; and also assign the
mortgage which the Treasurer has on Ham
burg, to such person or persons as Henry
Shultz shall name. On receiving the princi
pal and interest on lhe said bonds, taking
care to prevent the State from being in any
event liable for the same; also, on payment
. of the principal and interest aforesaid, tore
turn the bond of 25,000 dollars, given by
him and his personal securities, without pay
ment of either principal or interest, as ih<
Treasurer has bonds for 75,000 dollars, when
there was only 50,900 dollars loaned and to
become auc.
Resolved, That as soon as the Comptrolcr*
General shall be satisfied by the Treasurer,
that the above resolution is complied with, he
is authorized not to commence any proceed
ing on the mortgage and bond of Henry
Shultz and his securities.
I do hereby sertify that the above is a cor
rect copy of the original resolutions, agreed
to in the House of Representatives, on the
19th instant, and ordered to the Senate for
their concurrence.
It. ANDERSON,
December 20tb, 1826.
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
And I certify that the Senate concurred in
the same this day, December 20, 182 G.
Columbia, S. C.
JOB JOHNSON, c. s-
ICT* This resolution added by the House
of Representatives.
TO CHARLESTON, S. C.
Read the Memorial—Read the
Resolutions—Look at the Com
merce, and reilecj.
To order a prosecution, before a
crime, is a man before a
trial.
Solomon says, “There was a city
and few men within it; and there
came a great King against it, and be
sieged it, and built great bulwarks
against it.
Now thore was found in it a poor
Wise man, and he by his Wisdom
delivered the city : yet, no man re*
membered that same poor man.
Then said I, Wisdom is better than
strength ; nevertheless, the poor
man s wisdom is despised, and his
words are not heard.’’
No tidings yet of the two promised.
Steam-boats. The promise I receiv
ed ; but where are the two forty
thousand dollar Steam-boats ? The
Legislature could not receive mv Me
morial, because “it was received too
late !” But it was not too late to re
ceive the trade, notwithstandingj£/h/
years had elapsed. A public man
was I, when giving,— but a “private"
one was I, when to receive. Your
empty stores have been filled with
Cotton—Y T our wharves have groan
ed under the weight of Cotton—
ships have l/c/t your harbor ladened.
with Cotton!— ln short the State has
a Town—Charleston has the trade ;
but what have I? The depts to pay ! ! !
Cacsar
said, when he plunged into the Ru
bicon, “The die is cast!”
Proud Charleston! — where is your faint ?
Re member! in the path of justice, shall Irenunn>
HENRY SHULTZ,
j Hamburg, S. C Jan. Brb, 1827.
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