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GEORGIA COURIER.
J. U. M’WHORTER
AND
HENRY M EAUNG,
Pl!Ut.lSIIF.R3.
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Tiie U.il u> abolish Imprisonment for
Delit being taken up—
Mr. Richard M. Johnson, of Kentuc
ky, rose and said hat, if any member of
the Senate was opposed to the bill on
principle, lie would willingly give way, to
hear the objections to it, that lie might
have an opportunity of meeting them at
some other time, as he did not feel in
clined nor prepared to enter upon the
merits of the question fully as he could
Wish. It was not from levity that he per
sisted iu pressing this hill upon the Senate.
If was uo play-th'ng, which lie had gotten
a > for his amusement, or the amusement
-A o'hers. lie presented it under n so-
ilemn sense of duty, 4s one of the most
' important, one of the gravest and most
A lemn subjects which was ever brought
before a Legislative body, at any time, in
any country. His greatest object on the
present orcadon was, to call the attention
ofthe distinguished men whom he saw iu
.such numbers around ban, to this subject.
He would make bold to say, that, but fi>r
the prejudices, which were so powerful
over human reason, and which so otien
subdued the human mind into an acquies
cence to the worst evils, Imprisonment
for Debt would be considered as tyranni
cal, oppressive, and absurd, as the Span
ish Inquisition, lie had not risen to fa
tigue the Senate with reading authorities,
although lie had the books before him ;
nor to detain the Senate with the perusal
of the various letters which he had re
ceived upon this subject from every part
Of the United States. These letters, he
paid, were laden with the most painful de
tails of the cruel operation of the law of
imprisonment. He alluded to them be
cause some might tell him, as he had been
told on former occasions, on the thres
hold of his remarks, that there was no ac
tual suffering from'his source ; that im
prisonment for dpb', irt this free and hap-
pv country, was merely nominal. But I
know, Sir, that the evil »s a erving one.
It stalks imontj the People, from Maine
to Georgia, with heavy and gigantic steps,
Spreadbi < in its course de' la'ion and dis-.
‘tress. The cries of the sufferers reach
us from the South, and are still louder
from th- North and the East. Nothing
pr this moment bill public opinion, and the
^harity of South Carolina, saved the dis-
•tniguisiied ci'izen of that State, one of
the most gallant heroes of our Revolu
tion, (Gen. Sumpter) from the horrors
and mortification of a jail. The same
barbarous law could have torn from bis
home and bis family 'lie illustrious Author
of tlie Declaration of our Independence.
“ Those two cases only served to place
before the public tlie* infamy of the sys
tem in mote conspicuous colors. But he
Cared not whether ihe law affected the
high or the lew. He protested against it
before God, who made men free & equal..
.Hi- duty, as a Representative and as a
flian, was to protect ilie rights of the low
est, is well as the highest of the comniu-
Iiitv.
He did not pretend to say, that the ab
olition of imprisonment for debt would not
donietimes favor dishonest debtors . He
would admit that dishonest men would
Sr metimes be relieved bv i ? . Bur was
Chat an argu.nent against it I As well
might tiie advocates of torture oppose its
abolition, because confession of guilt had
Sorne’imes been extorted from the suffer
er on the rack. Ouo thing he knew, that
the malicious and vindictive would be
disarmed of this their legal weapon of per
secution. He also knew that honest and
unfortunate debtors would be protected
iSgiinst the cruel and selfish creditor. He
was not disposed how ever, to censure those
views of the subject which differed from
nis own. Out Creator had so constructed
the human mind, that the most highly gif
ted in intellect are not exempted from
prejudice. In that situation was Paul,
when be verily thought lie was doing God
Service bv peasecuting the followers of
on’ Saviour. It would hardly bethought
th -t the community, and the many enligh
tened men who denounced this sy stem as
Cruel and barbarous, were deluded on the
Subject. No. Ho was convinced in his
own mind, that tlm delusion was on the j
Other si !e of the question. But Sir, said
M . J. it is not suff icient for the establish-
mem of a principle, that it is denounced
hy me or others.
He was prepaied to prove it—First as
’to mesne process. The firs’ provision in
the bill is to pr- vide against tiie vexation ,i on ofthe debtor,s bond ; that the honest
Ot holding a defendant to bail upon mesne j debtor, too, must pay the pound of flesh •
process—that is, to abolish imprisonment j this is already answered ; for 1 hold that
called legal fictions, the defendant was
supposed to have no property, and he was
preparing to fly his country, in order to
take his body by the capitis,as tiie first step
in the action upon which bail was requir
ed, or the defendants put in prison. Here
is a complete summerset; tiie plaintiff re
leased from all obligations on his part, via.
pledge of prbsccution to secure the defend
ant against his malice, and tho defendant
deprived of his liberty wherein he had
been always free from molestation. This
practice of file ancient Britons, which se
cured to them freedom from arrest for
debt, was changd by legal fictions and ju
dicial usurpations. They did not deprive
the debtor of his personal liberty upon
mesne process. lie thanked God that the
foul stain was blotted from the escutcheon
of his native State, Kentucky. No free
man of Kentucky can be enclosed for
debt, nor cast into prison. You may de
prive him of his property, and that is cor
rect, where lie owes it. There was a time,
not long since, where it was otherwise.—
I have seen honest and valiant men, who
had fought gallantly for their country,
looking through the iron grates of a jail,
fur debt. Bat that time is past, never to
return in the State of Kentucky. It had
always been his opinion, and was yet his
opinion, that an honest debtor, but whose
misfortunes had prevented a punctual pay
ment ofhis debt, to be cast into prison hy
his creditor, would feel absolved from
till moral obligations to that man at whose
instance he had been deprived of liberty.
One day, one hour, of virtuous libeity, is
worth an eternity of bondage. Mr. Pre
sident, let me propose-one ques'iou to
you : Suppose I contract to pav a cer
tain sum, or to do a certain tiling, and it is
entered into my bond as a condition, tb •
if, upon failure on my part to pay the mo
neys, or to perform niv covenant, I should
be subject to loss of life, or finish, or lib
erty ; and, farther, suppose I did find,
would not the courts relieve me from the
penalty, as a violation of thr* constitution
and the laws pf tho conntrv ? And if 1
cannot, under the constitution and Laws,
make myself a voluntary slave, how can I,
tinder thesame constitution and laws, be
made an involuntary slave ? I have not
language, Sir, forcibly and eloquently e-
nougli, to picture to you, like Sterne, the
wretched victim of civil imprisonment, ly
ing in his dungeon, on his straw bed, coun-
tin? the dismal days and nights of his con
finement, and pining under that sickness
of the heart which arises from hope de
ferred. But let me as if such confinement
be not worse than the most abject slave
ry t It mav be said, that the insolvent
laws will afford releif. In addition to the
oihpr just principles and provisions of the
bill, thehest insolvent law which I have
ever seen is incorporated into this bill,
which was proposed bv rnv worthy friend
from Georgia fMr. Berrien.)
Dirt it is in vain to tell me of tho insol
vent laws as thev now exist without the
provisions of a Bill like this. I have now
before nip, a letter from Wtvi. Wood, of
New York, who informs me, that, within
less than two years, one thousand nine
hundred and seventv-two-persnns have
been received into the debtors’ jail in'hat
city. In some instances, men have been
imprisoned for a sum as small as two or
three dollars, with neither food nor bed
except what was furnished bv tlm Humane
S ic'ety, a quart of soup for 24 hours;
whereas the cr'minal, in Bridewell, re
ceives three meals per dav, a bed, and of
ten clothing. While we anpland the ex
ertions of these benevolent Socities, and
rank Wm. Wo >d and its other members
with the benevolent Howard, to be held
1 imi'a'ion, we
up to mankind as xvorthv of
sit here with our arms folded, wifho t see
ing tha' these just praises to these better
olent 5v cieties, and worthy individuals,
press more indelibly the stain of crnelf' &
barbarism upon our N pm! character. I
is not mv object to placetlie debtor upon
any better grounds than tho creditor. T
wish to place them upon a perfect equality;
;here is as much honesty and integrity in
the debtor part of the community, as in tiie
creditor part, and no mo.-p ; ajj men, tin
der the same circumstances, are nearly
alike , give the property of the debtor ti
the creditor, till thp debt is paid, if the
property can he had; but, under all cir-
cumstances, give the debtor his liberty—
he never sold that. It is beyond value or
nrire—*!ie law does not authorize him to
d'spose ofit. He can only forfeit it bv
ci ime by villan v. Imprisonment for deb:
hy some, is supposed to be used as coer-
cived means. Be if so and what then?
It is very Evident that the hardships of
coercion can only full on the honest debt
or.
If the debtor be a villiati, and refuse to
pay that which he owes, and is able jo pav
his money and the friends whom his mo
ney will gain him, will relieve him from
all the hardships of vottr coercion—others
have naturally made Historians, Philoso
phers and Statesmen, indulge in the re
mark, that States, like individuals, must
pass through infancy, manhood, old age,
and deaths. The causes which have pro
duced, and now are produding the same
results, are to be found,not in the order of
nature but in some bad principle, inher
ent in their institutions.
When the population of Rome, on a
certain critical occasion in the existence
of that renowned Commonwealth, rose in
rebellion, and retired to the Mons Soccer,
or the Sacred mount, it was owing entire
ly to the power of the creditor over his
debtor, because the creditors exercised
the power given them by the laws with
cruel persecution and severity towards
their debtors—citizen soldiers, who were
revered for their public virtue, their gal
lantry, their public services, and could ex
hibit the deep scars which they received
iu battle with the enemies of their country;
could shew to the populace the scars aud
and stripes, fresh bleeding, inflicted upon
them by their merciless creditors, by
whom, with their wives and children, in
some instances, they have been doomed
to bondage. I have observed, that I do
not believe that States and kingdoms are
doomed, bv the decree of Heaven, to die
as man diefh. I do not see how that con
sequence should follow. The materials
of States and Kingdoms are always com
posed ofthe same matoiials at every stage
of their exisence, of rational & intelligent
beings, moral agents, and always endowed
with the same senses and suite capacities
by nature, and at all times capable of sus
taining fiee institutions. The inquiry be
comes more important to us—why these
changes? I have no doubt that they arise
from causes perfectly w:thin our control,,
if we will it. Whatever Ins a tendency
io degrade the human mind, or to infringe
the unalienable rights property, of con
science, of speech, of the [tress, and of
personal libei ty, in tho smallest degree,
has n tendency in destroy the best Go
vernment on earth. 1 will not pretend to
say that imprisonment for debt will produce
tins result ; but it is making great inroads
upon fee Government in the United
States, and if, after tiie lapse of tnanv years
tho occasion should arrive—-and Heaven
grant that ages and ages may pass over
before it does arrive—when some medita
tive Volney shall wander among the ruins,
not of Palmyra and Persepoiis, but of
'his proud Capitol, now the seat of free
& enlightened deliberation ; mark me, sir,
if he does not trace our downfall, in part,
to the fierce contentions arising between
debtors and creditors. This is the time to
apply tho remedy to the evil, which is
growing with our rapid growth, and in
creasing with the unparalleled increase of
population. This is the time, in the vi
gor of our institutions, to free our legis
lation from this foul stain, which the law of
civil improvement has stamped upon it ;
and to place on a secure and permanent
basis the rights and happiness of our citi
zens. If, Mr. President, all the Empires,
Kingdoms, States, and Republics, of the
earth, were here met with us this day in
Council, in what would we be willin'? to
compare with them? v ot in extent of Ter
ritory, for Russia exceeds us in that; not in
wealth and grandeur ; not in commerce
■ old manufactures, for many nations equal
and some surpass us in them; nor in sci
ence and arts; nor in salubrity of dim ee;
nor fertility of soil, for in these bins- n.’s
other nations m iy compete with us; But;
s in our free institutions that we migh
nourilv compare with non) ; in civil and
religious liber’v;in the ffeedom >f sneed<
nd f tho press; in the tghtofeadi
dozcm freely to pursue his own huppir.es .
hese principles are sealed wi h t!i
blood of our fathers. Let its not [novo
rearherous to them in of their most es«en-
i'd particulars J for imprisonment f.'r det-t
s a viola a>n of those sacred rights, and
pe-Imps ihe or.lv exception to the freedom
of tho citizen.
In conclusion, Mr J. said, he was un
willing, at this time, to tresspass furthe;
upon the indulgence of the Senate. Hr
h • ’ spoken without notes and without in
ending to li.ive said as much at presort ;
upon some other occasion, in tho progress
of th, bdl, no might attempt mure fully t -
exilain the history of imprisonment fn
debt, and to show tha< it originated in ju
dicial usurpation and legal fictions, and
hadv beeu supported by tyrant) He en
treated the senators t > turn their attention
to the subject, and to open their ears to
the cries, which were loud to those who
would listen, of the unfortunate and dis
tressed debtors, and to decide on the bill
without delay’.
——
Settlement of West America.
That part ofthe territory of the United
States which borders on the Pacific ocean,
and extends from laf. 42 deg. N..is repre
sented by all, who have visited it, to be
employed, more profitable Aari those to
the N. W. Coast,” This trade secured and
fostered by the establisment of a colony
flourisning under the auspices of govern
ment would yield a hundred told. If it is
*|jot protected in this manner, it will inevit
ably fall into the hands of Great Britain.
Perhaps, there is no time more favorable
for Congress to act upon this subject than
the present. To have taken an exclusive
possesion of the Territory in question be
fore A. D. 1828, would have been prema
ture, and a controvention of a treaty made
in 1818, between Great Britain and this
country, in which it is stipulated, ‘‘that a-
ny country that may be claimed bv either
party on the North West Coast of Amer
ica, westward of the Stony Mountains,
shall, together with its harbors, bays and
creeks, and the navigation of all the rivers j
within the same, be free and open for the)
term of ten years from the date ofthe sig- j
natures of the convention, to the vessels, |
citizens and subjects of the two powers.” j
The time has nearly arrived when both
governments will be free to discuss this
subject in their respective legislative as
semblies, ifc when ourswill be free, & just
in the full exercise of the right of posses
sion.
The immediate occupancy of this coun
try, may wrest it forever from the iron
grasp of England, who at this time claimi
a small trading settlement there, and who
thinks the country so desirable that she
has used every dtplomic art, and has even
violated her good faith to acquire it Let
therefore this country be settled, and that
too, by adventurers carrying with them
the holy and (inextinguishable fire of pa
triotism. If emigrating from a free Re
public, they will be likely to possess a su-
perorityin virtue, and energetic character.
It is riot impossible, it is even probable,
that in less than two centuries, this delight
<’ul district of creation, will by the con
sent of ;.ll nations, become a separate and
independent people ; hence it is desirable
that the colonists should be bone of ou r
bone, and flesh of our flesh, and that they
should bo educated in our language, ac
customed to our laws, and supporters of
thesame scientific and religious institu
tions; thus carrying with them the ele
ments <»f this republic, with which to con
struct their own ; their children will
breathe with their first breath a love for
their country, and will be taught lessons
of patriotism and heroic virtue. The
God of nature has so beautifully diversi
fied this extensive country, and watered
it with one of the largest rivers in Amer
ica, and blessed it with a thousand natural
conveniences for civilized man, to remain
forever an uncultivated ract, and a haunt
for savages and wild beasts. Shall the
thrifty oak that has withstood the storms
of a century unheeded, fall? Shall i,.e
noble horse waste his strength in idle
prance? Shall the earth lose its fatness?
and an exhuberant vegetation, drop its
fruit only for the riot and banquet of
worms? Surely this country, the mos'
distinguished in the plentitude of nature,
is for enlightened and social man to int-
orove. AI ready has he viewed it fiom
Pisgah’s top and h^s r t«ted the cluster of
grapes, and e r e long he will’ enter into
possessions. A a period not for remote it
will teem with a population free and hap
py in government, great and glorious in
Hiaracter. What beneficial results may
arise to die world from die settlement of
that country is known only to him wh
holds the destinies of man ; tlipy may be
the final work of the r nsummation o f '
universal pence and knowledge. Oregon.
[Statesman.
AUGUSTA.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, i 82 8.
Philadelphia, dbc.
But one Liverpool paper, of the 20th
of November, was received by the Arab,
arrived at this port, from Liverpool,
whence she sailed on the 22d ultimo. Its
contents are unimportant.
It is supposed that Sir Edward Cod-
rington and his brother admirals, antici- |
pated some days, if not weeks, before the I
battle of Navarino, the necessity of pro-!
ceeding to extremities, as the Genoa and
the Albion, took in fresh stores at Malta
on the 12th of October, and sailed for the
Morea the same day. These ships had
lately quitted the Tagus well provided l
with ammunition. Tho arrangements ! " election for Speaker in tho Lc-
made by Admiral de Rigny, at Smyrna, j Stature of Maryland on the 1st. j nsf
are also said to have contemplated the John G. Chapman was elected h a /’
possibility of an action. ’
The following County Officers, were elected
Monday last.
PETER F ROISCLAIR. Sheriff;
JAMMES M’LAWS, Clerk of the Superior
and Inferior Courts ;
M F. B01SCL AIR, Receiver of Tas Return,.
OLIVER REED, Tax Collector;
B. ROWL »IVD. Coroner;
R. RAIFORD, Sur veyor t
The allied admirals have intimated to
Lord Cochrane that he must discontinue
his warlike operati ms ; this is essential to
enforcing a cessation of the war. They
have also taken measures to put down the
system of piracy carried on by the Greeks.
The national subscription for a mo
nument to Mr. Canning, now amounts to
the «um of 5438 pounds.
The Reverend C. C. Colton, author of
Caeon, whose misteiious disappearance
has been repeatedly referred to, has re
turned to tlie vicrage of Kew and Peter
sham. The living would have lapsed on
the verv day he appeared and took repos
session. He had been residing at Paris
for some time.
It is mentioned in an article from Con
stantinople, which appears in the Gazttt
de France of Thursday, that the “Aus
trian Internuucio had that day, caused a
note to be delivered to the Porte, sup-
portingthe proposals ofthe Three Pow
ers, parties to the Treaty of London.—
This step is said to have made much im
pression of the Turks, who have been us
ed to consider Austria as adverse to the
mediation. It is true that the Austrian
Internunrio has been in instructed to urge
the Turkish government to accede to the
the intervention proposed bv the Three
Allied Powers ; but with what tempei this
advice was received mav be guessed bv
the reply of the Divan—-namely, that if
Austria were indeed the friend of Turkey-
site would better evince that frlenship by
advising 'he Allies to desist from ’heir de
mands, than bv advising the Sultan to
comply with them. Such was the answer.
What may be »he conjoint effect of the
persuasions of Austria, and the battle of
Navarino, remains to be ascertained. It
is possible that tho latter may impart un
expected power to the former.— Courier.
[t is said th. Duchess de Berri is about
to bestow her hand on an English subject
a very elegant representative of an Irish
Peerage.—Caledonian Mercury.
41 votes, and his opponent Francis Tho"
mas, the Jackson candidate, 35.
Gen. Marriot is elected President c;
the Senate.
In Lancaster County, Penn. GeoTT a
Hoffman, a friend of the Administration
is elected to Congress in the place of i
deceased Jacksonite; and Adams countv
same State, has elected James McSherrv
to the Legislature by 300 votes over hi>
Jacksou opponent.
We had torgotton to state, that our in
formation concerning the extension of ex
ecutions issuing from the City Court, was'
incorrect. The proposition to that effect
was not carried through the Legislature.
The Macon Bridge was rented on tho
1st inst. for 1802 dollars & fifty cents for
the ensuing 3 months; at the expiration
of which period, it is to be sold according
to a recent law of the State.
A Committee has been appointed in
Charleston to petition the Legislature for
amendments to the Chatter incorporating
companies for the construction of Rail
Roads between Charleston and the inland
T owns.
In his juvenile days, .Mr. Burke was ex
tremely fund of private acting. Once
studying the part of Richard the third, and
walking down a lane by his Cither’s house
in'ent upon his book, he had just uttered
with heroic dignity ; ‘ Thus far we have
got into the bowels ofthe land,’ when
he suddenly found himself up to the mid--
die in the mire of a ditch.
up i'i mesne process. IF
an authority to prove, tha
had in his hand
holding the de
fendant to bail previous to the trial of the
a man cannot subject himself, without
crime, to the loss of liberty. Mr Presi
dent, I am impressed with the belief that
caa-e, bad its ofjgin in judicial usurpation, j unless the relation of debtor and creditor
The ju lges n England tad, hy legal fie- | in this wide, populous, and increasing Re-
populous, and
public is essentially changed, evils will
sooner or later arise from if, which,combi-
iion, change 1 the remedy which tho com
mon law had given to tha plaintiff. The
Jeiendnrit cotild aot be arrested and huld ned with other causes,wiil prove disastrous
Jo hail by the capias, or ony other writ; ’
he was liable only to a summons. The
plain'iff was obliged to give, upon the
Commencement of his suit, pledges of pros
ecution, that it was not vexatious, but tha:
he if id i" honest substantial cause of ac
tion. II was obliged to give, not John
Dm t:rd Richard Roe, but areal and suf
ficient seen itv.
to our n itional liberty, happiness, and in
dependence. I am not one of those who
entertain the opinion, that nations, like in
dividuals, necessarily pass through the
stages of youth, maturity, and decline.—
I is true, this has been the case with ma
ny nations. We now read in »he pages
oi ancian; history, of the splendid cxis-
. , ) , ,, , , • . V ,e J“ d ? es » b > T a L cruel ,ence of Greece and Rome. But in real
s'. . nOsuid fiction, founded upon the pre
sence that ihe plaintiff was as pure as the
angt’h, and (lie defendant as dark as Ere
bus, substituted John Doe and Richard
hoe for the pledges—supposed again, that
the summons had been served upon the
d fondant, and that he had refused tc an-
!' ,e suit . 'nd going on soil furth-”
wun their malicious, maligaaot falsehoods
say this imprisonment for debt in satisfac-I superior in climate and soil, to any other
country on the Globe ; and to be full of
advantages to any free and civilized peo
ple, that may settle it. The occupancy of
it has engaged the deliberations of Con
gress for many years. There can be no
reason why they should not be as -^eady
to pass, as the people are to approve, of
any law, which shall authorise its immedi
ate possession and colonization, It must
be pleasing to every American, who is a
friend to his country to know, that a com
pany of enterprising young men, are about
to memoralize the general government for
permission and aid to effect this object.
r he fisheries and fur trade and other ad
vantages of commerce, on that cna.-t,
worth to this country,a million of dollars
per annum, ought not to be lo>t f r the
want of the appropriation by government I
of half a million for their security and ad- >
vanccment. A naval station, a port of
entry, and a safe and convenient harbor in
which vessels may recruit, obtain stores,
&make repairs, are nothing more than the
protection and facilities which this inval-
utble tradedemands. That it is in valua
ble the concurrent testimony of our mer
chants gops to prove;—they say “there
are made uo voyages on the same capital
A left >r to the editors of the New York
Statesman, dated the 11th tilt, on board
the U. S. shin, Ontario, in Gihralter bay.
contains he following;—“The wind is
coming out from the Eastward, and we
are preprt: in? to get under weigh. We
arrived h ere one wpek since, after a plea
sant passage by way of Algiers, to which
j place we were ordered to transport our
| 1 -tins'll General.—You have heard of
j tiie : ngb >rinus conduct of the French
| blockading squadron, in the skirmish
| which took place on the 5th ult. The
Algerine flodlla had the audacity to put
to sea ami attack the French, and after
throwing 900 shot, returned in triumph
without the loss of a gun boat. The
Bashaw was so much pleased at tlie con
duct of his marine, that he loaded th
captains with presents, and gave each pri
vate a reward of seven dollars in hand.
Awkward Habit.—Lady Gordon, say
the Dutchess of Orleans, in her memoirs
tlie’grand aunt of Lord Auntrv, was my
dame’d atour for a long period. She was
a singular person, and always plunged in
to reveries. When she was speaking t
a man, she was in tho habit, of playing
with the buttons of his waistcoat; having
one day io talk, to the Chevalier Buvern,
a Captain in the late Monsieur’s Guard,
and he being a very toll man, she could
only reach his waistband, which she be
gan to unbutton. The poor gentleman
was quite horror stricken, and started back
crying, for heaven’s sake madam 1 what
are you going to do ?
The Editor ofthe Fayetteville Obser
ver, iu whose paper the charge of corrup
tion and intrigue against Mr. Clay, first
appeared, backed by a responsible accn-
ser, declares after the greatest delibera
tion, that in his opinion the charge is not
sustained by proof. Such candor is high
ly honorable and in entire keeping with
Mr. Hales’ whole character. He has set
m example worthy of imitation, to those
associated w'eh him in the support of Gen.
Jackson. Will they follow it?
Raleigh Register.
AN ACT,
To provide a more easy and convenient
mode of proving open Accounts so as to
m ike them evidence in Justices’ Courts.
Wheareas the practice n vv pursued py
he different Justices’ Courts in this s.ale
of requiring open accounts to be proven
it) open court in order to make them evi
dence, is found iu many instonces to be
highly inconvenient ; foi remedy where-
Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of‘he state j
of Georgia in general assembly met and it i
is hereby enacted by the authority of the j
same. That from and immedia'ely afte-1 necessity to one spot, namely, to a ch
The Ear judges of distance.-^ The in
tensity of sound is to the ear a measure of
distance. In a windy night the sound of
a distant bell, may be brought so quickly,
that it has not yet had time to spread and
be weakened ; and a person is often rous-
■ed from a reverie by its unusual loudness,
and apparent nearness. Whenastotmy
wind blows directly upon the coast, and
rolls tiie great waves in upon he beach o?
among the rocks, the countryman living
far inland hears the uproar, as if tlsc ocean
had burst boundaries,& was pouring in upon
the la ,d. The scene contrivers at our thea
tres heighten the illusion of an approach
ing procession by letting the accompany
ing music be first heard front a close
chamber, or in a feeble tune, and after
wards m.aki ig it louder and louder. To
the imagination already excited perhaps
to the highest pitch, bv the drama of
some divine mind ; the advancing host is
thus more vividly portrayed than by any
other possible expedient ; and when at
last, with the thunder of drums and trum
pets from the font ofthe stage, the troop
also appears, the effect is complet. I' i*
the varying loudness ofthe musico oi tho
rEolion harp which produces the feeling
that the heavenly choir is sometimes ap
proaching and sometimes receding.
—*9*—
An Irish Bull.—I was pinned by cire-
ity. ,be . v nu longer exist with many other
tenon ned nations, thev have all sunk be
neath the all-levouring hand of tnne, and
some latent principles of bad government.
Tn very truth, we may say, that this is the
freest government on earth, and we might
go farther and sav it is only the free Go-
vernmen on the Glob. These revolu-
tiou? is St£tcs r Empires, anti Kingdoms
The effects of the decision of the last
Legislature as to the seat of government,
are already perceptible, in this town.—
Property has advanced considerably in
[trice. Several persons contemplate ma
king improvements on their lots, and we
have beard of arrangements to erect ex
tensive buildings on lots which are vacant.
We hope, to see M lledgeville, in a few
years, wear a very different aspect from
tha; which it now has. Much will depend
of course on the corporate authorities of
the town.— Georgia Journal.
A ploughman was asked on his cross-ex
amination, whether he read Greek ; this
appeared to be a problem he had never
taken the trouble to solve ; therefore,
with as much naivette as truth, he replied
thai he did not kno'Mwcause hetad ve-
ver tried* ,
the passage of this act, in any su t which
may bo instituted in a Justice’s Cour
within this State, upon an open account
against anv party who may have removed
without the jurisdictional limits of the
county in which such account was con-
iracted, or who may reside without the
County in which the account was con
tracted, the? said Account may be proven
bv a written affidavit before any Officer
a ithorized to administer an oath; and
a hen so proven, shall be received inevi-
lence upon tbe trial ofsaid suit, as though
•he same had been proven in open Court.
Provided, however, that if the defendant
will make an affidavit in writing denying
the justice and fairness of the whole or
any part of the said accoun*, the said court
shall not give judgement for so much
j between Mrs. Pry and her youngest
1 daughter ; and having no ‘ delight to pa.‘s
away the hours,’ I sought amusement in
in playing the caves-droj per, and picking
up such pass lges of polite conversation as
the following ; “Will you fiance the next
^at/with me. Miss !”“No,Sir, thankyeno
more haits for me, I am too hot as it :s, r
replied a fat and frowsy spinster, as sliD
soused with her whole weight into the cen
tre of an arm-chair. ‘ Oh don’t sav so,
Miss,’ rejoins the perserving swain,’ but
let me mix you a tnmbler of lemonade,
which will make you as cool as a coiccum-
merf 1 O dear,’ screamed out the deli
cate creature, * take awee that lemonced
it allways gives me the belly-eek.’ ‘ Pray^
Str,’ asked a gentleman.in a blue coat ot
a gentleman in a green coat, ‘ who might
hero of as may be so traversed or con- Vender young leedy be that’s spakin to-
troverted, unless supported by other proof, j ^ r * Bnraberry V ‘ ’Pon my honer, Sir.
Sec. 2. And be it furthir enacted by j responded he,‘I don’t know, & not to giv&
the authority aforesaid, That laws and | y° u ill answer, neither do I care. But
parts of la ws militating against this Act,
be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Assorted to Dec. 26 1827-
Our Yanked will have their Notions !
—A gentlemen residing in the villhge of
Gt Barrington, a warm friend of the ad
ministration, and who for same years past
lias been a subscriber for the Connecticut
Herald, finding that the Editor X»f that pa
per ( Wood-ward) had lately become ra
ther too much Hickory-ward to suit our
New England climate, addressed him a
letter on the subject a few weeks since,
protesting against Jacksonism, and reques
ting Mr. W. to send during the remainder
of the year, for w hich he was paid in ad
vance, a blank instead of a printed paper,
as the latter, according to his notion, was
not worth the patronage. This request
has been complied with, the gentleman
receives his blank ragularly every week,
and declares it to be the best Jackson pa
per that he has had the pleasure of seeing.
So it is—our ?ill have their do-
tioopf
I never seen such a face of confrunthcry
in my life.* * Waithur !’ growled a greeD
grocer from Grange Gornna-lane, who
had lodgings near the Spa fur the bene
fit ofhis health, * Waithur” says he, as he
took his seat at tbe supper table in front
of a leash of partridges, ‘what do you main
by setting a butterboat full of stirabouf
alongside of these little pullets. 1 * Stir
about, Sir 1* cried the waiter, ‘that is a
sauce for the patridges, Sir. ’* Pattheridge 1*
quoth the vender ofvegetables, 4 1 thougbU
they were chickens: Mrs. Rooney, I ha v0r
the buzzom of A paitheride smothered iik
bread-sauce, at your sarvice, Ma’am.’ ‘No
much obleetched to you, Mr. Parsley,
said the agreeable and accomplished Wi
dow Rooney, pointing to a bowl of whip*
cream that stood in the middle ofthe table*
‘I think I’ll just try a bit of that thing ib 3 ^
looks so like suds 1
Newspapers.—The School Committed
of Amherst, Ms. have voted to introduce?
the Amherst Inquirer, into the diflprent.
schools in that.town, to be used bv tbw
higher passes in th®ir reading lessoa*