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GEORGIA COURIER.
J. G. M’WHORTER
AND
HENRY MEALING,
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PROM THE MIDDLESEX GAZETTE.
THE DUTCHMAN’S TREASURE.
So long ago as (he period of time when
the whiskey insurrection raged in the in
terior of Pennsylvania ; when the honest
farmers were led to believe that their‘ves
ted rights’ were in danger, a rich old
Dutchman, living not a hundred miles
from Lancaster, received into his family,a
seim.-genteel looking stt anger, who pro
mised tom*ke himself of great service in
superintending the agricultural concerns
of his benefactor. He was one of those
Smoothed tongued, plausible fellows, who
possess the art of making themselves a-
greeable to every one they meet. The
manner in which he persuaded Hans Keel-
or that his temporal interests would be
bonefitted by bis agency, was rather sin
gular. Experience had taught the old
German, that all connexion with that re
spectable class of merchants yclept 'Yan
kee pedlarS,’ was any thing but profitable,
and from.the appearance of the stranger,
whom, for fault of abettor cognomen, we
shall style Jonathan, he was led to be
lieve that he was a member of that frater
nity. Jonathan overcame the Dutchman’s
scruples by praising his house, his horse
and his daughter ; and in a week, was ns
firmly seated in the good graces of the
tvhole family, and if he had lived with
^liem a half century. Matters went on
swimmingly for nearly a year, when one
morning, Jonathan met Hans with a most
imposing gravity of countenance, and ac
costed him with,
“ M". Keeler, I do not usually place
much confidence in dreams ; but for three
successive nights, my sleep, which has
been broken and irregular, has been
haunted with a vision of a most singular
Mature.”
“ Dor deufel take your dreams, I say,”
interrupted the impatient Dutchman,
they are all great ridicule.”
“ Your remark is just in its general ap
plication, Sir, said the other, ‘‘but I must
beg an exception for the one which I am
desirous of relating.”
“ Tell it den,” said H uts, “ and- don’t
be bodering me wid your palaver.”
“ You remember the largo bell pear
Tree, that stands in the corner lot, on the
foad leading to the river 1”
“ Why shoud’rtf I. when shon fell off
on’t and broke his collar bone.”
“ Well, Sir,” resumed Jonathan, ‘‘on
each of the nights which I have indicated
to you, it seemed to me that a venerable
looking figure appeared at my bed side,
and beckoned me to follow him. I. arosf,
not without trepidation, I allow, and mv
nocturnal visitor speedily conducted me
to this identical tree, and pointing to a
particular spot under it, which is still im
pressed onntv recollection, fixed his eyes
on mine, aud uttered the monosylable
• Dig.”
“ Well what of dat ?” said Hans.
“ Listen tome,Sir, and you shall hear.
Although, as I have before said, ray con
fidence in dreams is very limited, still this
repetition strikes me as so uncommon,
that f am anxious to obtain your permis
sion and assistance in excavating the
ground about the tree. It is possible that
treasure may be concealed there, and if
our search is successful, we will, if you
please, share the profits of our discovery
equally.”
“ You may dig a hole there as big as a
Coal pit, and Ctesarmay help you—and if
you find any money, by dunder and blix-
cm, Old Hans ’ll have a part on’t.”
Jonathan^juickiy availed himself of this
permission, and accompanied by the Af
rican, proceeded to the bell pear tree and
commenced operations.
After au absence of about three hours,
10 returned, bringing four iron kettles,
each containing something like a thousand
Spanish dollars! The eyes of the Dutch
man expanded to the size of one of his
own Duck's eggs ; he hugged his proto
gee abont the neck, and promised, in his
transport, that he should marry his daugh
ter Katreen, who blushed at this permis
sion, like a full blown peony.
An equitable division was made of the
specie, and Hans’portion was deposited in
the family chest. Jonathan, having busi
ness to transact at Philadelphia, proposed
that H ins should give him bills for his
part, they being more portable, and he
was compelled to carry his money with
him. Hans readilv consented to this, and
Jonathan departed—promising, on his re
turn, with the assistance of the minister to
change the name of Miss Catheeme Keel
er, to that of Mrs. Jonathan Doolittle.
Sorry are we ihataregard for our reputa
tion as veracious historians, compels us to
record the denouement of this affair. Jo
nathan, alas ! never returned to bless the
confiding Katreen with a husband ; and
H ins ultimately ascertained that his Spa
nish dollars were manufactured from his
service of pewter plate, which had been
spirited from his pamry in a most unac
countable manner, shortly after his family
had increased in number by the accession
of Jonathan.
THE MUMMY.
They have been into the chambers of
the dead; they have disinterested eu in
habitant of the grave: She is brought to
light; a lorelv woman of Egypt: She is
brought to light after reposing three thou
sand years in darkness, but not to life :
it is a resurrection before the appointed
time , her sleep is not out ; her slumbers
cte uwt yverj the hand of death
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heavy upon her. Still we feel it to be
strange company; she seems to speak,
though dumb. What are all those efforts
to preserve from decay this mortal frame!
Those bands of linen, those gums and spi
ces, those embalming preparations so art
fully devised ? They tell us of the dread
of annihilation; they speak the strong
! feelings of the soul; the powerful desire
for immortality ; and strengthen the be
lief of a future life, by showing how strong
ly the God of Nature has implanted the
desire in our breasts. What more do we
learn ! Beads / a Necklace ! Ay, it was a
female ; tlrese were her ornaments. Then
tire female character has not changed,—
Woman was vain three thousand years a-
go. She had finery, trinkets, beads !—
That is illiberal. She desired to please.—
She was lovely, and her friends delighted
to see her charms heightened by orna
ments. The desire to render one’s self
agreeable, is it not praise-worthy ? Ha 1
ha ! Is it laughter! or is it the sound of
the trumpet? Hark ! behold ! Bo'h ; the
sound of the trumpet, and the shouts of
joy; the gay laugh—the trampliug of steeds
—the rolling of wheels—give token that
from lier hundred gates Tlrebes is sending
forth her warriors to battle. See them
pass under the window of the fair maiden
—She is decorated to bid him farewell,
whose footsteps make her heart flutter
like a captive bird ; she stands ready to
wish him honour and victory and a safe
return : He bows his head to the neck of
his gallant steed—kisses his hand—dash
es the brine'.drop that steals in his eye:
—-a thousand tumultuous passions throng
his breast. She smiles through her tears,
and waves her white handkerchief from
the window !—Where are they now ?—
Where is Thebes, and where her count
less multitudes ? Nothing of all her pride
and power and greatness, but this poor
Mummy, left ! Behold this virgin now
exposed to the vulgar gaze. How would
she have shrunk at the thought ! How su
preme the folly of attempting to arrest the
course of nature ! The world and all its
jovs are false ; all hopes of mortal immor
tality are false. We are all vanity. “Dust
thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.”
upon children, to shat the door after
them. The same lesson should be given
to hired people about the house. And
this most important lesson should not only
be inculcated upon people and domestics,
but should be enforced jn such a manner as
it best may, even to chastisement of the
former, and when other means fail, to loss
of employment to the latter. Possibly the
method of Dean Swift might be practised
with great advantage. His hired girl, go
ing abroad one day, left the door open,
and after proceeding a couple of miles,
was sent for, by the Dean to come back
in great haste. She obeyed the summons
—and on returning, was coolly ordered to
shut the door. She did so, and never for
got the lesson afterwards.—To conclude,
we say,“ Shut, shut the doar, good John,”
Betty, Molly, Peggy—master and mis
tress, man and maid, son ^nd daughter—
get this lesson by heart—nay, have it at
your fingers' ends, and ever ready for ap
plication—SHUT THE DOOR!
I? yet
NANTUCKET, NOV. 10.
Newly Discovered Islands.—Captain
James J. Coffin, of this place, late of the
Br. ship Transit, has politely furnished us
with his private Journal from which we
gather the following facts :
On the 12 September, 1824, Captain
Coffin discovered a group of Islands not
laid down on his charts. He found the
group to consist of six islands, besides a
number of large rocks and reefs. In ho
nor of Messrs. Fisher, Kidd and Fisher,
of Bristol, Eng., in whose employ Captain
Coffin sailed, he gave the largest island,
which is four leagues in length, the name
of Fisher’s Island ; the second in size he j
named Kidd Island ; the third being the
most Southern of the group, he called
South Island ; and the fourth, from the
abundance of pigeons found on it, he nam-
Pigeon Island. About four miles E N E.
of South Island, lie two round high islands,
to which Capt. C. gavo no name. Fish
ers Island lies SSE, to NNE. and Kidd
Island, the most western of the group, lies
SE, from the north west part of Fishers’
Island. Between the two last mentioned
islands, is a beautiful clear bay, two miles
wide and five miles up to the head. Gap-
tain Coffin sailed up the bay about four
miles where he found, neat Fishers’ Island
a fine small bay, where he anchored his
ship in 15 fathoms of water. To this bay
Captain C. very properly gave the name
of Coffin’s Harbour. This harbour is
sheltered from all winds except from
WSW. and has no current or swell. In
three days Captain C. took on board of
his ship fifty tons of water, of the purest
quality and a sufficient supply of wood,
both these essential articles being very
abundant, and more easily procured than
at anv other place Captain C. was ever
at. Turtle and pigeons were so plentiful
that any quantity could be obtained ; and
Captain Cv as* under necessity of limit
ing the number to be daily taken, to pre
vent profusion and waste. The waters in
the bag* stored with a variety of excellent
fish and plenty of lobsters; and the cab
bage tree is among the producetions ef
the islands, so that any desirable quantity
was easily obtained. Capt. C. did not
discover any quadroped, reptile or insect
of anv kind or nature, no, even to an ant.
The islands are covered with large and
beautiful forest trees, but not a single mark
even of a knife could be traced upon one
of them ; nor did it aprrear that the foot
steps of man had ever before been im
pressed ttpim anwofthesrislands. For ships
employed in the whale fishery, or'bound
from Canton to Port Jackson, or the
North West coast of America, they will
f rnish a place of refreshment. They are
about south of Sandown point on the coast
of Japan, and the distance may be sailed
in four days. The bay where Capt. Cof
fin anchored, is in lat. 26,30 N. long. 141
E.—Enquirer.
FROM THE TOKEN.
A MOONLIGHT ADVENTURE.
‘How beautiful is night!’
A few years ago, in the course of a
pedestrian toua* long the banks ofthe Hud
son, I stopped for the night at a little ta
vern situated near the river. It was a
wild spot, and surrounded with a thick
copse of low oak trees. In the course of
the evening I was induced to take a stroll,
the air being pleasant, and the moon send
ing a flood of light over the landscape.
I left the travelled road, and entered
the forest. At length I fell into a little
foot-path, along which I walked without
marking the distance, or the direction of
my ramble. By and by I came to a cot
tage, but tho door was shut, and I con
tinued my walk. I now emerged from
the forest, and the foot-path led tne along
a high bank which overhung the river.—
Its broad surface was smooth and glassy,
and it flowed on so quietly, that the im
age of tho moon seemed as firmly set in
its waters, as did the planet itself in the
sky.
I still went on, filled with the beauty of
rhe night and the sweet serenity of nature
around me. A thousand delightful di earns
passed through my imagination, each
touching my heart with some correspond
ent emotion. Suddenly my ear was filled
with the sweetest music.—It was the
voice of a woman, and at a little dis r ance
I saw a female standing on the brink of
the river. She leaned toward the water,
and, apparently unconscious that a listen
er was near, she poured her melody over
its bosom. I fancied that its current flow
ed smoother, and that its ripples whisper
ed with a softer cadence, as if listening to
the sound. The breathing melody ofthe
voice I cannot give; the words were as
follows:
Oh ! swiftly floats the stream,
Its waters will uot stay,
Its waters will not stay,
They glide like pleasure's dream,
Away, away.
The laughing ripples flash, j
With many a silver ray,
But light as love they dash,
Away, away.
The eddies, clear as glass,
Like lingering lovers : lay,'
But soon like lovers pk*3,
Away, away.
But other waves as bright.
Along those waves will stray,
Then let them speed their flight.
Away, away.
My imagination was wrought to the
highest pitch. The outlines of the fair
one’s figure, as I traced it on the faca of
the moonlit water, seemed beautiful a9 the
matchless marble of the Venus de Medici.
Tho words of the poet were in my mind,
and they broke from my lips.
Oh ! ne’er did Grecian .chisel trace
A Nymph, a Naiad, ora Grace.
Of fairer form, or lovelier face.
My voice had broken the holy silence
that reigned over the scene. The fair
one started ; she turned her face suddenly
towards me. Good heavens ! it was black!
From the Berkshire American, Oct. 31.
Shut the Door.-— Among the greatest
ills weato doomed to suffer^ especially in
this northers clime, is that of being ex
posed to open doors—to the keen blasts
of a pitiless winter’s day, through the
carelessness of those who run in and out,
as if to render a well finished room and
good fire,“ null and void.” We know an
inn-keeper, who never closes a door after
him, whether in the bar-room, tho dining
room, or the parlor ; and who seems to
delight in keeping his guests shivering o-
ver a knife and fork. This is bad policy
in a tavern-lord, for at the same time that
lie is making his guests uncomfortable/hey
are resolving in their own minds never to
call again.
It is rather an idle project to thiuk of
warming “all our doors,” especialv when
the mercury is 10 degrees below Zero.—
And now that winter is apprnching, we
beg leave to enjoin it upon all to SHUT
TI1E DOOR!—It is a lesson that can
not be too early oof too often inculcated
Remedy for inflamed Eyes—The pulp
of decayed sweet apples, applied to the
eyes on going to bed, is an excellent reme
dy for this distressing disorder. Its effica
cy has been tested by several persons of
our acquaintance.
The original of Cooper’s Harvey Birch,
is now in New York, and attended the La
fayette Theatre on Saturday evening, to
witness Wallack’s performance of the
character of Harvey Bircb, in the drama
of the "Spy.”
We copy from an amusing work enti
tled” Westminster Hall,” the following
neat epigram.' It is said to hit off to the
life the particular merits of four gentlemen
of the long robe.
Mr. Leach
Made a speech.
Impressive, clear and strong;
Mr.'Hart,
On the other pait,
Was tedious, dull and long,
Mr. Parker
Made that darker
Which was dark enough without;
Mr. Bell
Spoke so well
That the Chancellor said “ I doubt!”
Middllsex Gas.
The French courts are about to havwa
case before them which presents difficul
ties which it would requite the wisdom of
Solomon to decide. The following are
the tacts: A midwife, herself with child,
while assisting a woman in labour, was
surprised herself with the pangs of child
birth. The maid servant of the house a
young woman“ofa certain age,"was sum
moned to the succour of the two suffering
mothers, and in a few minutes received in
her arms two male infants, which she pla
ced in a cradle, but without making a
place for either of them. Otto ofthe chil
dren died a few minutes after its birth, and
now both mothers claim the livine one.
Fvrct de Londres.
Dr. Ramsay has introduced the follow
ing Resolutions into the Senate of South
Carolina:
1. Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed to enquire into the origin and na
ture ofthe Federal Government, so as to
ascertain whether it emanates from the
people of the United States at lai£e, or
whether it be a compact between the peo
ple of the different states with each other,
as composing separate and independent
communities.
2. That they do also enquire, whether
in the event of any abuse of power or vi
olation in the letter or spirit of the said
compact, on the part of the congress ofthe
United States, it belongs to the people at
large as its constituents or to the State
Legislatures to remonstrate ; and if the
State Legislatures, what measure ought
to be adopted by South Carolina for the
preservation of the Sovereignty.
3. That they do also inquire whether
there be any clause in the constitution of
the United State which can authorize
Congress so to legislate, as to protect
the local interests of peculiar states, at the
expence of all the people ofthe U. States
and whether domestic manufactures be a
general or a local interest.
4. That they do also enquire whether
Congress can construct roads and canals;
within the limits of a state.
5. They do also enquire, whether Con
gress under a power to appropriate money
“ to promote the general welfare” can ap
propriate the same to any purposes, not
immediately referable to the enumerated
objects of the constitutitulion.
6. That they do also enquire whether
Congress can legislate directly or indi
rectly upon the subject of slavery, by pro
moting the object of any society which
contemplates a melioration of the condi
tion of any portion of the free colored or
slave population of the United States.
—
[From the Ohio State Journal.]
Twenty-eight years ago, William Hen
ry Harrison, now a Senator in Congress
from this State, presented his credentials
to the House of Representatives as a De
legate from the whole Northwestern Ter
ritory. What a change has taken place
under his eye ! The fierce natives of the
foiest, after many a struggle, have disap
peared before the face of white men.—
Their shrill war-whoop is no longer heard
to animate the heart of the warrior to bat
tle, or to sound the signal of death at
midnight to the white itrmates of the ca
bin—their canoe, is no longer seen to float
on (he bosom of Huron or Erie, or wend
its way among the sinuosities of the beau
tiful river. The council fire is broken up
—what few have survived the bloody
contest with their daring invaders, have
turned their face to the distant West, and
with a sigh, bid farewell to the rich valleys
and hunting grounds where the bones of
their fathers repose. A new race now
occupy their possessions, and the wilder
ness is made to blossom as the rose. The
forest is thinned by the blotys of the back
woodsman—villages and cultivated fields
arise on every side—the land teems with
population—the rivers, which felt no
weight before but the canoe of the warri
or hastening to battle, are now covered
with reights, conveying the rich products
of the West to marke !—canals and roads
are constructed for commercial and friend
ly intercourse—halls of legislation and
justice are erected for tho government of
this thriving people—and colleges, semi
naries, and common schools, are founded,
to dispense the treasure of ancient and
modern knowledge to. their sons.
Such is the wonderful change that has
passed under the eye of this sole Delegate
of the Northwestern Territory in 1799.—
The territory which he then represented
is now cut up in the States of Ohio, Indi
ana, and Illinois, and tire Territory of
Michigan—ami leaving a tract of country
to the Northwest sufficient to form several
more States. At that time this district
contained about fifty thousand inhabitants.
The population at present is over a mil
lion ; and it represented in Congress by
eighteen Representatives, six Senators,
and one Delegate. An advance similar
to this, in population and improvement,
will perhaps never be witnessed again.
State Eestaiature.
IN SENATE.
Wednesday Nov. 28.
Mr. M’Tyre presented the petition of a
number ofthe citizens of Richmond coun
ty, praying the establishment of an addi
tional Bank in the city of Augusta, which
was read and referred to a committee con
sisting of Messrs. M’Tyre, Gamble and
Wimberly’
The bill to lay out and form a now
county out of the counties of DeKalb,
Fayette, Coweta and Carrol, was taken
up &> negatived by the casting vote of the
acting President [Mr. Clayton of Clark.]
Thursday, Nov 29.
Allen B. Powell, Esq. was chosen by
the Senate, President pro tern- during the
temporary absence ofthe President.
On motion, so much of the journal of
yesterday, as relates to the rejection of
the bill to lay out and form a new county
out of the Counties of DeKalb, Fayette,
Coweta and Carrol, was re-considereii—
Yeas 34 Nays 25.
Bills reported and read first time.
By Mr. Hnxey—To tax dealers in mo
ney, or any other person by whatsoever
name called, who makes a business or pro
fession of buying notes of hand, or pro
missory notes, contracts, bonds or other
assurances, or who loan money at usuri
ous or other interst.
By Mr. M’Tyre—To incorporate a
Bank in tire city of Augusta, to be denom
inated the Merchants and Planters Bank
of the city of Augusta.
Mr. Hoxey laid on the table the follow
ing resolutions :
Whereas manifest injury has b’een done
to the State by the practice that has here
tofore obtained of the Solicitor General
aud State’s Attorneys collecting the debts
due the State, and being paid five per cent,
on the amount when so collected, which
said debts might have been collected at a
less per cent, and by attorneys equally
qualified—
Be it therefore resolved, That in al!
cases hereafter where there are debts due
the State, his Excellency the Governor is
authorised to employ’ a suitable attorney,
and pay such per cent.
A Fragment.—“ There are people,
continued the corporal, “ who can’t even
breathe without slandering a neighbour.
“ You judge too severely,” replied my
aunt Prudy ; “ no one is slandered who
does not deserve it.”
“ That may be,” retorted the corporal,
“ but I have heard very slight things said
of you."
The face, of my aunt kindled with an
ger. “ Me /” she exclaimed, “ Me !—
slight things of Me ! What can any body
say of Me /”
“ They say,” answered the corporal
gravely, and drawing bis words to keep
her in suspence, “ that—that you are no
better than you ought to be.”
Fury flashed from the eyes of my aunt.
“ Who are the wretches?”
“ I hope they slander no one who does
not deserve it,” remarked the corporal
jeeringly, as he left the room.
The feelings of my aunt may well be
conceived. She was sensibly injured.—
True, she had her foibles. She was pee
vish and fretful. But she was rigidly
moral and virtuous. The purest ice was
not more chaste. The Pop® himself
could not boast more piety. Conscious
of the correctness of her conduct, she was
wounded at the remark of the corporal.
Why should her neighbours slander her ?
She could not conjecture.
Let my aunt be consoled. She falls
upon the common lot of nature. A per
son who can live in this world, without
suffering slander, must be too stupid or in
significant to claim attention.
The Intendant of Georgetown has in
vited the citizens of the town and vicinity
to assemble at the Court House in that
place, ou the 4th December next, for the
purpose of forming an Asti-duelHqg soci
ety.—City Gat,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, Nov. 28.
The following Message was brought
from the Governor by Mr. Pierce, his Se
cretary ;
Executive Department, )
November 28, 1827. j
By an act of the Provincial Assembly
of the 25th March. 1765, all the lands an
nexed to the Province of Georgia, by the
King’s proclamation of the 7th of October
1763, and included in his commission to
Sir James Wright,bearing date the 20th of
January, 1764, was divided into parishes.'
The most Southern parish, that of St.
Marys, was declared to be bounded on the
Florida side by the most Southern branch
of the St. Marys river, and by a line run
ning due West from the head of said river.
The constitution of 1778 united the parish
of St. Marys to the adjoining parish of St.
Thomas, and formed of the two the coun
ty of Camden.
No change has since been made in the
Southern boundary of that county. Un
der these provisions, and the various acts
for opening the land office, and for the
better settling and strengthening the State
since the recent ascertainment of the fact,
that the source ofthe river St. Marvs is
to be found in the head spring or lake from
whence issues the most Southern branch
of that river, a question of some interest to
the State presents Itself.
Is not the laud lying between tho No-
thern and Southern branches of the St.
Marys subject to be surveyed as part of
Camden county, and granted to individu
als who have not heretofore obtained what
ire familiarly termed their rights? To
prevent those inconveniences which would
arise from any attempts to bring this ques
tion before our courts of justice, I recom
mend to the Gen. Assembly to prohibit
any surveys in tho section of cowntrv a- j
round the sources of the St. Mary until |
the boundary line between the State and
Florida, is distinctly marked, aud surveys
and grants authorised by a future Legis
lature.
It is known that a portion of the land
lying within the limits of Georgia on the
Florida frontier, has been surveyed
by the United States under a mistaken
belief that it -formed a part of the property
of the Union. Some of it may have been
sold and granted by the General Govern
ment. In the review of their act passed
on the subject of the Florida Boundary
line, Congress will be embarrassed by the
obligations constracted to the persons to
to whom grants have been made.
To remove all difficulties to the acknow
ledgment of the right of the State founded
on the obligation contracted to the pur
chasers of these lands, I rocommend the
passage of an act to make valid the grants
of the United States, on the condition that
the United States assume within a limit
ed time, the payment to Georgia of the
amount due by or received from the gran
tees—the act to be confined in its opera
tions to lands already sold. This step will
place it into the power of the United
States to do justice to the State without
the slightest injury to any individuals, and
without creating onerous claims upon the
public Treasury, and connot fail to be re
ceived as evidence of an anxiety, in asser-,
ting our rights of soil and sovereignty, to
consult as far as practicable the interest
and conveniences of the Union.
JOHN FORSYTH.
Thursday Nov. 29.
On motion of Mr. Habersham, the
House agreed to reconsider so much of
the Journal of yesterday as relates to the
rejection of the bill to prevent the sale of
tickets ofunauthorised lotteries in this State
Mr. Thomas, from the committee on
the judiciary to whom was referred the
resolutions directing them to enquire into
the expediency of preventing judges ofthe
Superior courts from presiding in cases in
which they may have been employed
when at the bar, Reported*
That they deem it inexpedient-t 6
such a law as is contemplated by th e ***’
olotion. res *
Which was read & agreed bvthe Ho
Friday, Nov. 3q
Mr. Bradford, from the committee
Banks, laid on the table the following
port, which was read- 0 re ‘
The joint committee on Banks to
were referred the reports of the s «v ^
Banks, have had the same under Cons -
deration and beg leave to report, that
on examining, the condition ofthe Ba-ji
of Augusta they fine nothing which ■» „
not fully warrant the assurance given
the President of the Bank, that the''
stitution continues sound and its cre( i '
unimpaired. They are of opinion \
the faithful and judicious administrai',-
of the affairs of this institution entile ,
to, the highest confidence of the Le^-V v
turn, and of the people of Georgia. '
They take pleasure in saving that A
statement made by the Bank "ol the $-'^ 9
of Georgia shews very satisfactorily
prosperous and wholesome conditioner
tliat institution.—That it possesses v i.- !
and specie funds to an amount fully ^
quatetoany exigences which it may l
required to meet, whilst it has in circular
hills to an amount, showing a disposition
on the part ef the directors of this ins:-
tion, to meet the wants of the conun an j tv
without putting at bazzard the interest
the institution or endangering its crp ( j ; -
They further report, that the Bunk o'
Darien still continues to redeem j{ ? if'
in circulation, and they are autltnitsed v>v.
the belief, that it will, in the course of,
reasonable time, redeem all its bills no.,
in the Treasury, and indulge the hcr, e
that it will also redeem the stock in which
the State is largely interested.
They hnve examined tire report ofthe
Planters Bank, and feel gratified to have
it in their power to state, that its affairs
appear to Le in a safe condition, audio
have been managed with prudence anc
ability, and therefore entitled to public
confidence.
The affairs ofthe Marine and Fire In
surance Bank appear to have been con
ducted with great prudence arid disere-
be
a fiour
tion, and the institution to
ishing condition.
They have examined also the report
and exhibit of the Macon Bank, and take
pleasure in stating that said exhibit pre
sents a very sound and prosperous state
of the affairs of said Bank, and fully com
plies with the charter and the requisitions
of the several laws and resolutions, go
verning the Banks of this State. Tim
sound and healthful condition exhibited
by this institution, the prudence, care,
aud caution, thus far manifested .in its
management, are such as to entitle it to
an equality with the other chartered Banks
in this State, and the confident of the
community. The committee therefore
recommended the following resolution.
Resolved, That'the bills of the Macon
Bank be received at the Treasury in the
payment of taxes and all other debts due
the State.
The engrossed bill to extend the ju
risdiction of this State over the Cherokee
territory in this State, was taken up and
made the order of the day fur Monday
next.
The House went into committee ofthe
whole, Mr. Jones in tho chair on tire bill
to reduce the fees of the county officers,
and the salaiie3 of other public officers of
this State——Tire committee reported
disagreement to the bill.
Mr. Daniel moved to disagree to the
report—yeas 33, nays 75.
Mr. Jordan of Jones, laid on the table,
a resolution to appoint a committee o:,
the part of the House, to join a like com
mittee from tho Senate, to repair to Mu-
con without delay, to make an examina*-
tion of the locality, eligibility, beauty
probable healthiness of the proposed site
to remove the seat of government—-
When Mr. Watson of Baldwin, laid on
the table a resolution that it was inexpedi
ent to remove the seat of government
j from the town of 31illedgeville.
Saturday, Dec. I.
On motion of Mr. Daniel, the Hous6
reconsidered the journal of yesterday, so
far as relates to tire rejection of the bill to
reduce the fees of the county offfirrs, aad
the salaries of other public officers.
Mr. Watson of Baldwin, from the com
mittee to whom was referred the subject
of procuring a plan for the enlargement of
the State House, &c. presented a report-
together with a plan prepared by Mr.
Fulton, State Engineer.
Mr. Watson also laid on the tabled
resolution reprobating any attempt to
bring forward a third candidate for ti a
Presidency, and recommending to the op
ponents of the present administration, cf
the General Government, to unite the;:-
efforts to promote the election of General
A. Jackson, as the only means of defeat
ing the re-election of the present iacum*.
bent to that office.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from Jos. Blackshear, in
relation to the conduct of the Judge ol
the Superior courts of the Southern Cir
cuit, which was read and referred to a
select committee consisting of Messr?.
Dougherty, Burnside, Haynes, Saffold,
Stites, Copp, and Davi3 of Elbert.
On motion of Mr. Dougherty, it was
ordered that a copy of the charges be
furnished to Judge Fort, aad that the com-,
mittee have power to send for persons
and papers, for the purpose of enabling
them to investigate the said charges.
The reconsidered resolution apprepr-
ating money to James Kiudrick and other
Surveyors, was taken up and finally re*
jected—Yeas 46, Nays 50.
On motion of Mr. Watson of Baldwin,
the bill to remove the seat of government
from Milledgeville to Macon, dec. was
read the 2d time, and made the order ot
the day for Wednesday next.
Mr. Howard of Baldwin, gave notice
for the appointment of a committee to r^
port a bill to prescribe the qualifications
of Bank Directors on the part cf
State.
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