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—i arrii.f- ■■ —, tmasHv GEORGIA COURIER. J. G. M’WHORTER. HENRY MEALING, A general stiTteuic.t of Macordon °{elft o'ldT” \tvF Bar ‘^\ b ‘°? ra .P ber « f or liie fcets on which it wis I Washington; among whose distinguished cocr ' °' J7 - founded.—You both knew, personally,! attributes was his respect, in every diffi- enough to justify you in deciding without I culty and at the glomiest periods, of the hesitation on the unfitness of Gen. Jack- j revolution, for the civil authority. It was son for the Presidency.—VVithout advert-; that sublime virtue, so rare in a successful ing othis utter disqualification from temper 1 revolutionary General on which the Con- and education, or his profound ignorance j gress that accepted his resignation so em- of the first rudiments of the duties of the ! phatically dwelt in the answer perhaps office, you Mr. Madison, must still remem- i penned by you, Mr. Madison—which thev her the surprise and indignation with [ tendered to him ou this wonderful occa- which you were filled on being informed j s i°n- Nor can it be doubted that this fea- of his excesses at New-Orleans. Still ture in his character above all others pro- niore vivid must be your recollection of j cured to him the high privilege of stand-, the horror with which you read the! in? at the head of human kind. It was bloody record of the doom of the militia this which turned every eye in America men. To your exclamation when giving t upon him as most worthy of the first office vent to ycur feelings on that occasion will ;'“ her gift. But of what worth will be be readily ascribed his ferocious exception j this virtue now or hereafter! and how to ycur fitness for the Presidency— ; meritorous must be that applause which that you were too mild to look On blood shall call to the same high office a man and carnage with composure. j whose proper heraldrrc bearing would be, You, Mr. Monroe, cannot have forgot- ! be Eonstitutron of his country pierced by ten the insolent contempt he threw upon 1JS own svvor d ! How worthless, how civil authority, when by a general or-1 p on temptible, must be that incense, which 209,783 7 -jrhe Legislature, I now Enclose?statement I de ! he directed his subalterns to obey no j JS offered ij y the same people to the me- *1^80 901 55 *>f the situation of the Bank of Darien I ° rder f ™, m >' ou l,nIess Actioned by him- i ™^. o! a successful General for his rev- v ’ ' ’ 1 which I am Iianov to sav has imnrnJ ! f? 1If * The remembrance must be indeli-1 e, ® nt ) a! , deferenc ? to ,be C > V >1 authority, ble of the dismav and confusion of your- ! and , at tn ? same time another for the stu- To Capital pni<1 in. „ Motes in circulation, „ Amount Hue other Banks. „ Amount of deposits, "V, Undivided profits, DR. 50.000 85.741 5.567 95 3.328 67 1,861 90 PUBLISHERS. Terms.—This Paper i« publidicd every Monday am! j Thursday afternoon, it S3 00 per nnuttm. payable in_ad- j vane*, or $6 00 at the expiration of the year. T? Advertisements not exceeding a square, inserted the j first time or 62 1-2 cents, and 43 3-1 cents for each con- j inuanc'9 §146,499 52 CR. BANK REPORTS. Statement of the Funds of the Plmdtrs Bank,of the State of Georgia. DR. itfotes of the Bank in circulation, viz: Of the old emission, 34,696 Of the new emission, 490,843 Amount of Capital, l>ue to other Banks, Dae to individual depositors, and on dividends unclaimed, Reserved fund, By notes discounted, running to turity, considered eood 42,716 09 ,, Bills oi Exchange discounted, run- nine t 0 maturity considered good, 22,617 20 „ Banking House, 710 ,, Bills of Chartered Banks of the State of Georgia, at par 24.366 ., Bills ofthe Bank of the U. States, 1.525 ,, Specie belonging to Bank in Vault, 54,565 23 State Heafjsteture* §146.499 52 j 625.539 649,010 13,296 81 | Rank op Daman, Darien, October 20, 1827. ; To His Excellency, George M. Troup, . . . _ f 183.267 02 j sir—In conformity to the requisition of: £' vt ]. aut hority, when by a general or- } CR. Specie/and specie funds at the North,) 277,776 06 Bank notes of other banks 102,491 380,267 06 Real Estate, 21,285 20 City and other Stock, 29,647 26 j self and your Cabinet, when first informed 1 di j d insolence with whieh he has tramp ing. in the face of ovnmo.- ^ ... i lediiii under feet ! What food n/m.U tt Notes k. hills of Exchange di&’ted 1,144,948 12 Current expenses, 4,144 41 Protest account, 609 50 Savannah, Oct. 2, 1827. §1,580,901 55 Statement of Marine and Fire Insurance Bank. Bills of this Bank in circulation, 93.009 00 Deposits, 57,946 60 appv to say has improved • since my report of last year, as much as j In my report of last year I made an ! * US , vitda ting, in ,be ^ ace °f exoress or- i !. ed * i . t , ur l der feet ! What food would it not 1 allawan'ce of fifty thousand dollars for lost d ® r , 8 ’ ‘ he T s T °^reignt y of a country at peace , llirnis1 ' f . or the animadversions of the en- ! bills—This proves incorrect, as^the^ loss I ™ th t ^ States,-thus assuming to j e-es of representative government ! I will be trifling, if tmv- My statement j i,imsel1 the power granted alone to Con-: 1 call upon you, then, as the political 'was much wefr’se than k appetred.-I ^ Equally fresh must be your recol-! ?*™ Cbs .? f ,he ^ Jo interpose and Specie in Viiult, Notes of {J. S. Bank paya ble at Savannah, 51,410 00 Notes of other Banks of this State, 33,019 00 Balances (Gash) due by o- ther banks of this State, 27,179 19 Balances due in New-York and Ch rleston, S. C. 3,065 34 Discounted Notes, 56,628 41 §150,955 60 33,510 08 §204 992 82 Savannah, 20th Oct. 1827. Bank of the Statf of Georgia, > 327. 5 Savannah, 19th Oct. 18: Sir—I have the honor ter transmit here with agreeable to Legiskfcive requisition the annual report of the condition, of the Bank ofthe State of Georgia and its Bran ches on the 1st day of October inst. On transmitting this document, it may be proper to remark, that the losses sus tained by the failure of Messrs. Andrew Low and Co. about two years since, hav ing been at length ascertained, or nearly s,o, after a settlement and sundry payments made by them, that amounted, with sums arising from other losses on debts con tracted sotr..e years ago, and depreciation an real estate, have been deducted from the surplus fund, leaving a balance of that fund then unappropriated of twenty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and thir'V cents. The nett profits of the Bank and its Branches for the last six months have been •sixty-four thousand two hundred and sev enty-nine dollars and three cents, upwards of four per cent, on the capital stock for that period. The board of Directors, how ever, considering, it expedient, determin ed to-day to declare a dividend of three and a half per cent, or three dollars and 1*% cents, on each share, leaving the bal ance after paying this dividend, to be add- fed to the surplus 1 fund. The State being the owner of six hun dred thousand dollars of the capital stock of the Bank (including the one hundred thousand dollars on account of Franklin j College at Athens) I have supposed it I would be acceptable to the Legislature to ! know, that since the establishment of the t Institution in 1816, the State has receiv- j ed from dividends, three hundred and six- J ty-four thousand one hundred and twenty- I two dollars, and from the lax on the cap- | ital stock about forty-four thousand Hoi- ! 1-Trs, making together, four hundred and eighty thousand one hundred and t wed tv- two doll a rs, equal to the annual average recept of thirty-seven thousand one hun dred and Mvo dollars by the State from this Institution ; and during a portion of that time it will he recollected, that great and Hncommon mercantile embarrasment and other disasters in business, had been experienced. I close this communication in expres sing tlie gratification which is a fiord ad the Directors, in testifying to the sound and prosperous condition of tho Institution. I have the honor to b*, very respectful ly, your obedlpnt servant. (Signed) W. B. BULLOCK, Presvlcnl- A general Statement and Exhibit of the situation ofthe Bank of the State of Georgia and Branch es, on the 1st day of October, DR. fTo Capit-J Stock, 1,500,000 ,, Notes i-i circulation, 1,032,750 ,, Individual deposits. 213,063 ,, Sundry State Banks, balflnce of accounts, icc. k.c, ,, Sixth Circuit Court U. States. ,. Dividends unclaimed, j, Surplus fund, „ Disc't or nett profits last 6 months. Worse This however, lias been made up by the profits of the Bank, and by debts to a very considerable amount then considered doubtful, which have since been secured, lhat the loss now is only thirty-four thou sand dollars, after putting out of view in the Mother Bardc and Branches an a- mount of one hundred and ninety thou sand dollars of doubtful and bad debts. A considerable amount of bad debts have been charged to profit and loss, which reduces the amouut now exhibited of debts of this description ; and also the amount of nett profits exhibited in the statement j ofthe Cashier, which will be found in- j closed. The Bank will now be in a situation to lection of the anxiety you felt to save your save tbe f lia racter of Washington from rnnnfri/ 4*• /•»m iha mt!nn. .11 • .1 ^ * ’ 0 r **'^***■ ^ * * country from the humiliating disgrace with which it was threateued, when Jackson was traversing the streets of the Meirop- olis, with his military family, denouncing vengeance against the Representatives of the people for presuming to inquire into his conduct. It is known to you also, and must be a continued source of satis faction, that by your prompt and zealous exertions, aided by the firmness and pru dence of Decatur, our history was exempt ed from so foul a blot. I do not advert to these things now to i awaken afresh the indignation and horror | you both felt at the time of their occur- j en ce, but to justify me in the declaration I .again commence ’ T ut ' DI a Sfludliun IO L , tr _ j | business after the first of , [ hat /°° want no other ***- January next, provided the state will ex tend its fostering hand, so far as to grant a reasonable indulgence on the amount ofits notes now in the Treasury, this be ing the only claim of any amount that can be brought against the institution. I arh with sentiments of respect, your very obedient servent. (Signed ANSON KIMBERLY, President. State of the Bank of Darien, October \st, 1827. DR. To Bank ncftes in circulation, 543,919 3S ,, Capital Stock paid in, 651,175 ,, Dividends unpaid 2,083 9o ,, Money depositd in part of notes under protest, 59.000 „ Money on deposit, 20,072 80 I deuce than that already in your own know ledge, to decide on Jackson’s unfitness for the Presidency, and the danger, direct and indirect which would result from his election. §1,276 251 13 To balance brought down, $33,411 81 Tomectthis balance, there is an amount of one hundred and ninety three thousand dollars of doubtful and bad debts, some pak of which will no doubt be received. CR. By Specie and Specie funds, 14,157 14 „ Amouut due from Offi ces, 531,888 32 ,, Deduct amount consi dered doubtful and bad, 50,000 481,828 33 Notes running- and in suit that are good, „ Interest on debts that are good, fc are in judgments, ,, Doubtful debts, 34,975 „ Bad, 108,584 626,84S 86 30,000 143,559 , Real estate estimated at its pse- sent value, . 1777 Shares of stock taken in pny- ment of doubt fcl debts, at §65 the amount paid in, Amount of loss carried to new ac count. 74.000 115,503 33.411 81 §1,276,251 13 FROVI THE CONSTITUTfMtAE WHIG. To Tamps Madison and Jam s Monroe. Illustrious Virginians ! With this conviction on my mind, I ad dress to you this solemn question.—Will you fold your arms together and contin ue silent and passive spectators of such a scene as your country now presents ? In the best age of ancient manners whenever the safety ofthe Republic was threatened, tiie aid of -.he political patriarch was invo ked, and never in vain. Neither age, nor circumstance, nor former honors were pleaded in excuse. Has our age degen erated, or have the obligations of patrio tism been changed ? In modern times, vour illustrious predecessors present to you an example worthy of your imitation. Washington came from retirement to head again the atmies of his country when me naced with war. The elder Adams lent the aRthority of his venerable name as au Elector for his native State, when your election, Mr Madison, was opposed by some ofthe choice-spirits now engaged in attempting to pull down his son. Jefiei- son filled an interesting employment to the day cfhis death. And I may justly refer to your own cases. Both of you are adding to your well founded claims on the gratitude of your country by treading in his footsteps. Why, then, forbear to ex- j , ercise the rights of citizens in the present! i fearful crisis? Why withhold your opin- ! ions and advice ? Standing as you do on the narrow isthmus that separates advan ced age from the grave, and exempted by vonr situation from the temptations that lead to human infirmities, your opinions would he received as oracles of wisdom. There is no mansion, however great, or a liut, however humble, which they would not reach. There is not aman who would not listen to them with respect.—I mean neither to flatter you, for I am no man worshipper, nor to de- g;ade my fellow-citizens, for vvh-om I this pollution. I invoke yoa by the manes ot Jefferson, whoseforbodings on the fear ful result of Jackson’s election you have heard, and in which you cannot but sin cerely coincide. I appeal to you in the name and behalf of Virginia, our common mother.—I conjure you by the fate of un numbered millions yet to be horn in Ame- r ' ca I suplicate you in the name of the human race, whose last hope is at stake—to lift your voices in the de fence of civil liberty and the Constitu tion. It was a custom among the ancients, when their Religion was in danger, to bring the God-head itself from within the shrine. When our Constitution is threat ened, can it be deemed irreverent to call upon its father to appear? This call is now respectifully submitted to your judg ment, ami tn your decision. Tt in ma king it, either in your opinion or in that of my country, I have entrenched upon your revered characters, it will he among the most afflicting incidents of my life. J would still however ask forgiveness bv re ferring to the alarm with which my mind ts fiHed at thethreatning ills to the safety ofthe Republic. Under the most solemn sanction of religion, I«p]] my God to wit ness that no lesser consideration would have prompted this app@al. J t j s now. however, made and cannot he recalled.-— It will form a part of the history of the times. My profound regard for you both forbids a reference to any other motive than patriotism and sense of doty. Yet as an honorable fame is the first object of the most exalted human beings, you can not be insensible to the opinion ofthe pre sent or future generations. They will in evitably sit in judgment and pronounce their award on your response to this ap peal. The vast space you occupy in the estimation of your countrymen—the so lemn impoitance of the subject—the in tense interest it will excite—and I may add, your obligations as good citizens'— will scarcely permit you to be silent; and every eye will be tnrned towards you till your answer is given. If you fill on this occasion, the measure which your eleva ted rank. assigns you— and I will not doubt it-—your future biographers will place this act at the head of the long list of your illustrious deeds. It will be the wreath in the chaplet of our fame which will be the last to decay. And although ; you may reject the call, and refuse to aid your country with your advice, in the per ils through which she — —- IN SENATE. Wednesday Nov. 21. Mr. Davies, from the committee to whmo was referred the Governor’s com munication on the subject of a proposition made by the Bank of Darien, through their agent Dr. Jas. Troup reported— That the legislature accede to said pro position, to-wit: That said bank, accor ding to its solemn pledge, will pay into the State Treasury annually, commencing from the first of January next, One hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, in the bills of banks receivable at the Treasury, one half of said amount to bo paid semi-annu ally, until the whole amount of Darien money now in the Treasury be redeemed. Which report being amended by the addition of the following proviso, was read aud agreed to, viz : Provided, That this resolution shall not bar or prevent anv fu ture legislature from making such disposi tion of the bills of the Darien Bank now in the Treasury of the State, as they may deem proper. Mr. Gamble presented a proposition of the Ogechee Canal Company relative to the surrender of the charter, upon certain conditions Which was read and referred to a committee, consisting of Messrs Gamble, Lawson, Burton, Davies and Denmark. Notice for leave to report a bill. By Mr. Moore, To compel the clerks of the inferior courts in the several coun ties in this State, to advertise all estravs bv them to be advertised, in three or four particular newspapers, and for other pur poses. r Thursday, Nov. 22. .The Senate resolved itself into a com mittee of the whole, on the bill to lay off and divide the counties of the newly ac quired territory into counties of a ptooer shape and size—Mr. Powell in the chair —The President having resumed the chair, Mr. Powell reported the bill with amendments * the report being agreed to the bill was then taken up by sections.— The senate having gone through the same after several amendments had beeu pro- posed and negatived, the bill was read the third time and passed—Yeas 44, Nays 20. [This bill provides for forming, out of the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup & Carroll four new counties, named Harris Merriwether, Talbot and Marion.] Notices, for leave to report bills, viz : By Mr Blair of Habersham—To au thorize certain commissioners to establish a Lottery for the purpose of raising the sum' f $15,000, to be appropriated to the building of a Masonic Hall in the town of Macon-*-AIso, By Mr. Baber—To authorsethe sale of * n reserved lands at Fort-Hawkins. Mr. Porter presented the petition of some of the citizens of Lee countv, pray ing to be annexed to the county of Baker ; and had leave there-upon to report in- stanter, a bill to add a part of the county of Lee to the county of Baker, which was read the first time. On motion of Mr. Gamble, Resolved, that the Judiciary committee be instruct ed to enquire into the expediency of re organizing the Judicial circuits ofthis state and nearly as may be, equalize the same, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. On motion of Mr. Clayton of Clark Resolved, That the Judiciary committe be instructed to enquire into the expedi ency of Preventing Judges, of Superior Courts from presiding in cases in which they may have been employed when at the bar, and providing for the trial of the same. *ith a list of all persons who did their taxes for 1826, and again^h” editions issued, and which remained *** at the last general election. °P ; o On motion to agree, the yeas nays 74. w ere H The original report being befo Allowing word VJZ the house in the following fi] e T’: • 5 WOr as. vl, The committee on tions, to whom was referred a report said committee on the contested ( I • from Upson county, together withli?' 1 ' 0 * idence taken by both parties, sinr " e e > report was made, REPORT- Sa * That in the evidence submitted h v sitting number, J. S. thev find nJ: tfie facts therein proven, except tax * * t, , Friday, Nov. 23. By Mr. Hicks—To lay off a new coun ty, out ol the counties of De Kalb, Fayette Coweta and Carrol. ^ ’ However widely separated we may be j enteitaiu the prefoundest respect. I wish only to be understood as uiging, that were by the political distinctions with which you have been so deservedly honored, I claim the privilege of addressing you in Ihe spirit of our institutions, with the equal’t v and frankness of a freeman. I tender you in advance, the homage of my high consideration, and acknowledge with unfeigned pleasure, the pride I feel in the recollection that my name, however bumble, is compatriot with your own. \our lives, full of usefulness to your country and of honor to yourselves, faithfully committed to the page of history, will be held up as examples of imitation toyour posterity, who will exultingly com pare them with the best ancient models.— ; you to speak distinctly and unequivocally y° ur sentiments, every honest man in this nation would feel himself compelled, in stead of pursuing with blind devotion the dictation of party papers, to reflect, and review his opinions—to hear both sides. This reflection, and this friendship for you, and my solicitude for ty ot PuIaski - By Mr. Clayton, of Clark—To add a part of the county of Houston to the coun- your future renown, would still prompt me to pray, however unavailing the prayer might be, that the unfriendly characters bearing record of your refusal might be bloted ont, and remembered no more. A FARMER, —•a#**.- Mr. Scarlett from the committee ap pointed, reported a bill in addition to, and amendatory of an act to incorporate the Brunswick Canal Company— Which was read the 1st time. Mr. Clayton, of Clark from the judi ciary committee, reported the following bills, viz: To amend an act entitled an act to compel the Judges of the Superior courts ofthis State convene at the seat of Gov ernment in this State once in each year for the purpose of establishing uniform The following Resolutions have been introduced into the South Carolina Legis lature, now in session. Resolved, That it is expedient that the , iu» review, are all | Constitution ofthis State be so amended I"*. e--— - u S uuuorm that is wanting lo secure the triumph of! ! J ,at the Jjd g e ^ °f the Superior Court J sed 2lth P De C c i e S91 ,0Ug i 0 ‘! t ^ P ^* sound principles. For nations like indi- j sha11 hold ‘^r offices during good beha- I said Judges to^edd^rf ^u aUtl ’°1' Ze viduals have their seasons of intoxication; I V10ur ’ or ,,n£l1 the y shall respectively at- I reserved^ bv th^ w f”/ * W both may be saved by timelyand friendly ! tain the age of sixty-five years. * ! ZtlfirS • ^ ° f *, hem ° n advice, and return again to sobriety.— Resolved, That it is expedient that the ! decisions blndTiw^rd l ° ma ^ e su !r b Should we escape from the present mili- j Constitution be farther amended, so that j spvpra , Tll £ d obll g ato, 7 a P°n the taryphrensy, it is not probable, at least ! the sai d Judges shall be subject to remo- j T ■ fora long time to come, that we shall a- [ va * at an J time ’ b - v a vote of two thirds of * n un mese sentiments, winch 1 most j gain have to encounter this formidable fue ! bran ches of the L€gis!ature, for any i ' , sincerely feel for your exalted characters, j to human liberty. May it not have been : cause wbich shalt in tbe ofthe' • 1 °. auer amend the first section o you will dome the justice to believe, that , within the scheme of Divine Providence 1 L e g' s l atu ro render such proceedings ne- If! tbp nn?lll9rV ni nnrroce nf lmmon nlPn'iMn ! tlm4 «.<«.. 1 *. « * I Resolved, That it is expedient to alter To carry into effect the 8th Sec. ofthe j in the ordinary piogress of human affairs, ; that you have been permitted tn surviv I I would be among tbe last of mankind to j your cotemporaties to become the Nest- 74 | intrude on y^nr retirement or to disturb ; ors of the age—that bv your voice ever" 109.714 3S your repose. But a crisis full of danger every 66,686 36 | to our count rv»lias arrived. I do not 5,848 50 i fear from you the imputation of indulging 23,76-1 SO | in idle declamation or unfounded alarm. 64.2,9 03 : Though standing yourselves aloof, modern Thersites might be rebuked !-— §3,016.103 31 By di scounted notes, including those CR. i cst that howls through tbe land, and of which Jaclcson is the fiery spirit, you can not be insensible of its existence, nor in -uit. Bills of Exchange, State Bank Stock, Banking House and Lots, Real estite, Augusta Bridge, Steam-boat Stock, Corporal on Stock, Savannah, Cash on hand in sundry local Bank notes, 43.690 Cash in U. S Bank notes and drafts, 94.735* Cash in Specie, 272,770 61 2,000.063 77 i without apprehension of the desolation it 156,572 84 j threatens. L is impossible that either U’3 «9<> 0 ! yOUr ieebn £ s or your judgements can be 95,814 19 neutra l> in a contest waged between tbe 7o!oOO i friends of civil liberty on the one hand, & You have only to raise that voice, and the Gileses and the Van BureDs, the Krenters and the Eatons, will hide their heads. I feol humbled, in encumbering a grave m 7 I -J WMV, your peaceful retirements, irom the temp- address to you with such is no the firs section of the third article of the Constitution of this State, so far as to limit the term during which the Judges shall hold their commissions, to ten years. 6,500 16.100 fault of mine, but of the times, which are so out ofjoint as to have given importance even to them. Merciful God! to what a condition have we come and what a moc- kety of the representative principle does | it present,when such men have succeeded I to the Franklins, the Hamiltons and the Jeffersons, of a former age ! And An- A sprig of fashion finding himself seated as a public festival between two tradesmen, ; die partizans of a military chieftain ou , drew Jackson, their chief, tbe proposed the other—in a contest between the Con- successor of George Washington ! the When you contest, the : stitution and the Sword. i reflect on the origin of this i means employed to maintain it, the cha- 411,195 67 j racter of many of its supporters, and its possible, appalling end—it would be a * §56,805 ot this sura has been, since the first ofthis month, converted into specie, which, added ,,J V 7 7’2I° 61 ln specie then on hand, makes a -otai of $§29,575 6J now.’a possession $3,016,103 31 j jffiel on w ] w ] e tenor of your lives to doubt for a moment -the side you have embraced. Informing this decision, yeu were not compelled to resort to the Nash- ! ville Committee, nor to Jatksoo’shvnfefe admirer of blood and carnage, claiming to renant the mansion heretofore the abode ofthe lovers of philosophy and humanity ? With what indignation would the father of his country frown from the canvass that adorns the Vestibules at the entrance of this his Antipode ! For, it cannot have escaped your observation, that in eleva ting Jackson to the Presidency, we insult tbe meraoiy and degrade the character of (who happened to be knights ofthe thim ble) remarked to his friend opposite, 4 what a pretty figure I .cut between two tailors,* ‘You should bear in mind,” re plied his friend, * that they may be young beginners, and perhaps cannot afford to keep more than one goose. between tbem. the 3d art. ofthe constitution ofthe State of Georgia. The Senate concurred with the House in the resolution making en appropriation of $700 for the purpose of cutting a road from Clarkes Bluff on the Altamaha, to the residence Benjamin Groom®?, in the county of McIntosh. Not so bad.—A traveller being at a coffee house with some gentlemen was largely drawing on the credulity of the company. ‘‘Where did you say all these wonders happened, sir?” asked a gentle man present. “I can’t exactly say,” re plied the traveller,‘‘but some where in Europe—Russia, I think.” ‘‘I should rather think It-a-ly” returned hjg ponent. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, Nov. 12. The house took up the report of the committee on privileges and elections ou the contested election in Upson county. After some discussion, Mr. Lyman offered the following resolutions; Resolved, That tbe sitting member, Jos. Sturges, be allowed further time for the purpose of obtaining a list of persons who have not paid their taxes, and who have voted for Robert Collier, the same privi iege having been taken by the said Collier, without the knowledge of the sitting mem ber, Jos. Sturges, and it being a question, that of the payment of taxes, which, it is believed, has never been brought before this house. Resolved further, That the committee on privileges and elections be instructed op- to issue process, requiring the said tax col- ; lectpr^o furojsb tbe sifting number J.S. j affidavits, which go to establish th« J^ctness of the poll kept at Thomas-a?' i hese are however of a negative i j aodm the opinion of your committee not sufficient to support fully the f ac .’ ^ In the further support of his rra| lt seat in this house—the sitting'niem’L' 1 submitted evidence to your committe ** prove that the petitioner, Robert CoC himself received several illegal r The additional evidence sub®inert the pettioner R. C. shetfcflj member, J. S. received two illegal !’ l ,‘ n » as will appear from the affidavit of?’ Robertson and D. Wilson T r f /' appears from their own affidavits, that Z foliowing persons v „ t ed f or Sturges '!,! V. Mitchell, C Rogers, S. R. StillweVl* S. Johnson, and W. King. Jt a | so ’ pears from the affidavit of Josiah Roget the tax collector of Upson county, that t£ above named five persons have not paid their tax for the year 1826, as required by the law and the constitution; if theta five votes should be considered illegal it then foilotvs that all the evidence submit ted hy R. C. shews that J. S. received at said election, twelve illegal votes ; but if they are excluded, then he received onlv seven. It appears from the evidence sub mitted by J. S.tbat said Collier rceived five illegal votes. From which facts it o ow s that if the house is of opinion, thoL the poll at Thomaston was correctly kept and that the five votes of persons in d c « fault in payment of tax was legal, then there is a tie between the parties ; batf if the poll was not correctly kept, and thesa hve votes illegal, then the petitioner Ro bert Collier, is entitled to his seat as a. Representative of Upson county, bavin* ma jority of six votes, Your committee further report, that there are sundry affidavits submitted bv- both parties which are not of a positive character and in the opinion ofyourcom- mittee, cannot be relied on as evidence* all of which are herewith submitted. The following resolution was offered! by Mr. Lamar. Whereas it appears from the rpport the committee on privileges and election?, tiiat at the last general election held in, and for the county of Upson, for Repres entative for said county, Robert Collier received a majority of the legal votes giv en in said election. Therefore Resolved, That the seat of tlio sitting member Jos. Sturges be vam- ted, and that the said Robert Collier bt» allowed to take his seat as the Represent' tatiVe of the said county of Upson. And the same having been read, and the evidence accompanying the samo; Thomas offered the following as a substitute. Resolved, That in tbe case of the con tested election which has occurred be tween Jos. Sturges and Robert Collier of the county of Upson, at the election for a Representative, His Excellency the Go vernor be requsted to issue forthwith a writ ol election, authorising the choice o* a Representative for said county. On motion to agree', the yeas were 55, nays 63. On motion to agree to the report ami the resolution founded thereon, to vacate the seat of the sitting member, th a yeas were 63, nays 60. So the report and resolution was agreed to by the house. Thursday' Nov. 22. On motion of Mr. Miils, lo reconsider so much ofthe journal of* yesterday as relates to the agreement of the House to the report of the committee on privileges and elections, to vacate the seat of Joseph Sturges The yeas were 51, nays 70. Robert Collier, Esq. in pursuance of the agreemeut of the House to the report of the committee on privileges and elec tions attended, and having taken the oatii prescribed by the constitution of this State, and to support the constitution of the United States before the speaker, took hi? seat. CHECKS, At Sight, and at Short Sight, 911 BOSTON, PROVIDENCE NEW-YORK, PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE, RICHMOND, PETERSBURG, FAYETTEVILLE, CHARLESTON, S. V SAVANNAH, MOBILE, and NE fl’- O RLE A NS. AL30, United States Bank ^Votes. Constantly for sale by BEERS, BOOTH &. ST. JOHN, Corner Broad and M’Intosh-st. Gold and Silver Coin, and Uncurrent Bank Notes of every description, bought’ and sold at the most favorable rates. Nov. 5 52 wtfis Mansion House, MACON, GEO. T HIS Establishment (owned and formerly occupied by Messrs Bullock is. Wells) is now in the hands of the undersigned, who has made ample provision, through his friends, to keep it in as good style perhaps as any House in the back country ; and from his former experi ence in the line of Tavern keeping, flatters him self that all who may be pleased to favor bim with a call, will depart satisfied both as respects accommodations and charges. Families can entirely retired. S. C. Brame. Macon,. Jf6v. 22 57 tt , . they find nothin authorise a change in said report nn t ’ ,c> thtng to impeach the correctnes’' n °‘ 0nr three HU