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J. G. M WHORTER
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
March 21, 1828.
Dividing Line between Georgia and Florida.
Mr. F. P. Barbour, from the Commit
tee oil Judiciary, to which the subject had
been referred, made the following
REPORT:
The Comm'ttee on the Judiciary, to which was
referred the message of the President, of the
22d January, 182S, ti ansmitting copies of com*
munications from the Governor of Georgia, re-'
lating io the line dividing that State from the
Territory of Florida, Report:
The correspondence between the Pte-
sident and the Governor of Georgia, thus
referred to the committee presents the
question, What is the correct boundary
between that State and the Territory of
Florida ? To enable the House to de
cide this question, the committee beg
leave to present to their consideration, a
condensed view of the evidence in rela
tion to it.
The charter of Carolina to the lords
proprietors, in 1663, extended southward
ly t!i the river Matheo, now called St.
John’s, supposed in the charter to bo in
latitude 31°, and so west, in a direct line,
as far as the South Sea.
It appears, by an extract fit. m the char
ter of Georgia, in 1732, that the boun
daries were “all those land, countries, sit
uate, lying, and being, in that part of
South Carolina, in America, which lies
from the northern stream of a river, com
tnonly called the Savannah, all along the
sea coast to the southward, unto the most
southern stream of a certain other great
water or river, called the Alatamaha, and
westward from the heads of the said ri
vers, respectively, in a direct line, to the
South Seas.” Before the date of this
charier to Georgia, by a second charter
to Carolina, in 1667, its limits have been
extended south and westward, as fat as the
degree of twenty-nine inclusive, of nor
thern latitude. The Government of Ca
rolina, having been, in its origin, a propri
etary one, was, in 1729, surrendered by
seven out of eight, and then became a re
gal one; and the province was divided in
to the two Governments of North and
South Carolina. The order of Council
making this division, and fixing the boon
daries, is not accessible to the Commitee
nor is it deemed material.
The Trustees of Georgia, in 1752, sur
rendered the whole territorvto the King
and the government was afterwards en
tirely regal.
The Kings, by a proclamation of the
7th October, 1768, annexed to the Pro
vince of Georgia all the lands lying be
tween the risers Alatamaha and St. M.;
ry’s and, by his commission to Governor
Wrisrht, of the 20th January 1764, de
clares the boundaries to be on the north
by the most northern stream of a river
there commonly called Savannah, as far
as the head of said rivet;, and from thence
westward, as far as our terrilories extend
on the east of the sea coast; from said riv
er Savannah, to the most northern stream
a certain other river, called St, Mary, in
cluding all islands within twenty leagues
of the coast lying between the rivers Sa
vannah and St. Mary, as far as the head
thereof; and from thence westward, as
far as our territories extended, by the
north boundary line of our Provinces of
East and West Florida.
By the treaty ofpeace, in 1783, between
the Unued States and Great Britain, the
the southern boundary of the United
States is Unis described; “South by
line to be drawn due east from the deter
mination ofiiie line last mentioned, in the
latitude of thirty one degrees north of the
equator to ihe middie of the tiver Apala
chicola or Catahouchee ; thence along
the middle thereof, to its junction with the
Flint river ; thence straight to the head
St. Mary’s river ; and thence down along
the middle .of St. Mary’s river, to the At
lantic Ocean.”
By the proclamation of 1763, before
referred to, the King had declared that
part of the northern bound-try of East Flor
ida, tvhich is now the subject of enquiery
to be as follows viz; To the northward
by a line drawn from that part of said riv
er (Apalachicola) where the Catahouchee
and Flint rivers meet, to the source of St.
Mary’s and by the course of the said riv
er, to the Atlantic Ocean. Spain having
obtained from Great Britain a cession of
the Floridas, without, as is believed any
description of limits, but with a knowledge
of the provisional treaty of November,
1782, and under what were the boundaries
of those provinces in the hauds of Great
Britain, some difficulties arose between
the United Statas and Spain in relation to
boundary which led to the treaty of the
27th October, 1795, commonly called the
treaty of San Lorenzo el Real : by the
second article of which it was agreed that
the boundary line between the United
States and Florida shall be designated by
a line beginning, on the river Mississippi,
at the northernmost part of the 31st degree
of latitude north of the equator, -which
from thence shall be drawn due east to
the ^middle of the river Apalachicola or
Catahouchee ; thence, along the middle
thereof, to its junction with the Flint ;
thence straight to the head of St. Mary’s
fiver ; and thence down the middle there
of, to the Atlantic Ocean.
It was provied by the 3d article of that
treaty, that a commfssioner and surveyor,,
to be appointed by each of the contract-
ing parties, should run and mark the boun
dary, according to the stipulations of the
2d article, above recited. It was further
stipulated, that they should make plats,
and keep journals of their proceedings,
which should be considered as part of the
convention, and have the same force as
if they were inserted therein. In con
formity with ti.is stipulation, Andrew El-
licot was appointed commissioner, and
Thomas Freeman surveyor* on the part
of the United States, for the purpose of
running the line mentioned in the 2d ar
ticle. This appointment was made in M r; y
1796: it appears from a letter of the com
missioner, dated 22d March 1800, to the
thqn Secretary of Slate, that a report of
what had been done, would soon be com
pleted ; but that report, if made, is not
now, as far as the committee are inform
ed, to be found. It appears front the
same letter, that our commissioner expe
rienced great difficulty and embarrassment
in the execution of the duty assigned to
him, from the Indians, and he intimates at
the instigations of others. The journal
of Ellicott was published in 1803. It ap
pears that the commissioners did not run
and mark the line from the junction of Ca
tahouchee and Flint rivers, to the head of
St. Mary’s ; but they designated a point,
which should be taken as the one, to or
near which a line should be drawn from
Flint river, which, when drawn, was to
be final ; provided, it passed not less than
one mile north of a certain mound, erect
ed by them ; but if, on experiment, it
should be found to pass within less than a
mile north of said mound, it shall be cor
rected to carry it to that distance. This
mound is near the Okenfenokc Smamp.—
It appears from a report of John McBride
a surveyor, appointed by Georgia, in the
year 1827, that there is a stream, called
by him the South Branch of the St. Mu-
ry’s, much father south than the one con
sidered the head branch of that river, by
the American and Spanish Commission
ers ; and he says, that both its length, its
volume of water, and general direction,
coincide in favor of ihe South Branch.
It appears by a document referred to as
part of this report, marked A, that, under
a resolution of the Senate of Georgia, in
1818, the Governor of that State appoint
ed Commissioners to examine and report
whether Ellicot’s mound was the true
head of the Sf. Mary’s; and from the let
ter of the Governor, in 1819, to the Se
cretary of War, it appears that the Com
missioners have reported, that, after a
careful examination they found the head
of Sr. Mary’s to agree with the report
made by Mr. Ellicot. Two of the com
missioners, in a paper referred to as part
of this report, marked B., think if proba
ble that they may have been mislead bv
their guide—assigning as the reasons of
that impression : 1st, that they recollect
to have seen what appeared to them,
through thick brush wood, to be a lively
stream, emptying in through the opposite
or right bank of the southern or middle
fork of the St. Mary’s : which, being
pointed out to the pilot, he replied, that
the branch they were pursuing was the
right one ; and, 2d, by the representation
given by the survey of McBride. After
this review of the evidence, it will be seen
by the House, that the question is, What
is the head or source of the St. Mary’s?
for the other end of the line, to wit : the
junction of the Catahouchee and Flint ri
vers, being uncontested, so soon as the
head of the St. Mary’s is ascertained, ail
difficulty ceases to the boundary. The -
committee, are of opinion, upon the whole
view of the case, that the point designa
ted by the American and Spanish com
missioners, ought to be considered as the
head of St. Mary’s. They consider the
solution of the question to depend on this,
which stream is to be considered the true
St. Mary’s river, according to reputation,
and the understanding and acquiescence
of the parties concerned. As far back as
1800, the commissioners of the two Go
vernments considered, upon examination,
wh it is now tailed the North Branch, as
the St. Mary’s ; and the Georgia commis
sioners, in 1819, concur with Mr. E., as to
the head of that river, although another riv
er unites with this, which vents more water,
& is longer, yet, if it were not called, or
known by the name of St. Mary’s, these cir
cumstances would not alter the case. The
committee infer, that it was not so called, or
known, from these circumstances; 1st,
that the commissioners ofthe two Govern
ments were appointed to settle and decide
a contested question of boundary: to do
this, the head of the St. Mary’s being one
of the termini, it became their duty to
seek for information from every source,
accessible to them, as to which stream was
the St. Mary’s and what was its head.—
Having fixed upon a particular stream,
as being the true river, and designated a
point as its source, and this being matter
ofnoteritv, Georgia acquiesced, without
objection, as far as the committee are in
formed, till 1818 ; and then the report of
their own commissioners coincided with
Ellicot’s designation, and that, too, they
had as their pilot, as the committee be
lieve, the very person on whose suggestion
they had been appoiuted. In this report,
Georgia acquiesced, as far as the commit
tee is informed, until recently. As far as
the nature of ibis unsettled country will
admit of reputation as to the names of its
streams, these facts may be considered as
probably the best evidence which was the
St. Mary’s river, and the head of that ri
ver, as intended in the several State pa
pers above recited. There is an example
mentioned in one of the printed docu
ments, which will illustrate the idea ofthe
committee. It is oow believed to be a
geographical fact, that the Msssouri is a
longer stream than the Mississippi, and
we believe vents more water; and yet as
it never has been called by the name of
Mississippi, if we were now called upon
to decide what was the head of the Mis
sissippi, we should take, not the source of
the Missouri, though it unites with the o-
ther stream, but the source of what is, and
has been called the Mississippi. It is not
intended to say that the case in question
is as palpable ; but, after settling the prin
ciple, that, in ascertaining the head of a
stream of a given name, w; must inquire
where two streams unite, not which is the
longest, or vents the roost water, but which
has been called & known by the given name
we are then to decide, upon the best ev
idence ; and we think the evidence is in
favor of the stream designated by Ellicot.
Resolved, therefore, as the opinion of
the commute, that, in running the boun
dary line between Georgia and Florida,
the point designated by the Commissioners
under Uie 3d article ofthe treaty of 1795,
between the Unite I States and Spain,
ought to be the termination of the line
from the junction of the Catahouchee
and Flint rivers.
Mr. EVERETT, from the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, of the House of
Representatives, made the following re
port on the 25th ult.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to
which was referred ihe communication of
Condy Raguet, with the accompaying pa
pers, have had the same under considera
tion, and beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
The subject brought before the House
of Representatives by the memorialist,
Mr. Raguet, late Charged’ affaires of the
United States at the Court of Brazil, is
an attack upon his character, contained
in a newspaper, entitled the Gazeta dc
Brazil, pul lished at Rio Janeiro, and
represented by Mr. Raguet, as he is in
formed, to be under the sanction, patron
age and censorship of the Brazilian Gov
ernment. In the number of this paper,
published on the 1st day of August, 1827,
it is asserted, in substance, that Mr. Ra
guet had been ill received by the Presi
dent of the United States, on his return
from Brazil, that he had been bribed by
the Government of Buenos Ayres, to pur
sue measures designed to interrupt the
harmony between the Government of the
United States and Brazil, and that after
the rupture of Mr. Raguet’s diplomatic
connexions with Brazil, lie was compli
mented with a dinner and a present of two
thousand pounds sterling, by the agent
of Buenos Ayres. Mr. Raguet further
represents in his communication, that a
copy containing the foregoing libel was,
in the latter part of September, 1827,
transmitted by him to the President of
the United States ; and that in the month
of January last, another copy, together
with a translation of the libellous article,
was sent to several members ofthe Penn
sylvania delegation in Congress, accom
panied with a note, soliciting their advice
as to the most effectual modo of refuting it.
Since that period, Mr. Raguet states that
he understands that charges against his
character to the same effect, have been in
sinuated, by a functionary in the foreign
service of the United States, to a gentle
man in the service of the United States in
Brazil, and by the latter transmitted to
the Executive of the United States.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, do
foil justice to the feelings of indignaiton
excited in the mind of Mr. Raguet, by
such a libellous attack in the columns of
the Gazette, understood by him to be un
der the censorship of the Brazilian Gov
ernment ; but they apprehend that no
possible injury can be done to his char
acter be anonymous imputations, so g- oss
in their nature, and so obviously false.—
Were the charges avowedly made by a
foreign Government, it may be doubted
bow far it would consist with the dignity
of this government to take cognizance of
allegations against its public servants, in
juriously thrown out in the columns of a
newspaper; but wholly unauthentic and
unavowed as they are, the Committee con
ceive that they could not, with any pro
priety, become the subjects of the ani
madversion of the House.
The Committee conceive that the char
acter of Mr. Raguet rests upon a satisfac
tory basis, in having received the appro
bation of his own government. In his
message to both Houses of Congress, at
the opening ofthe present session, the
President thus expresses himself: “In
the diplomatic discussions at Rio Janeiro
of those wrongs sustained by citizens of
the United States, and of others which
seemed as if emanating immediately from
that government itself, the Charge d’ af
faires, under the impression that his rep
resentations in behalf of the rights and
interests of his countrymen were totally
disregarded and useless, deemed it his
duty, without waking for instructions,
to terminate his official functions, to
demand his passport, and to return to
the United States. This movement, dic
tated by an honest zeal for the honor and
interests of his country—motives which
operate exclusively on the mind of-he of
ficer who resorted to it—has not been
disapproved by me.”
This public and official expression nf
the opinion entertained by the Chief MaV
gistrafe w-ith regard to the motives which,
governed Mr. Raguet, is considered by
the Committee as a sufficient vindication
of his character against the libellous at
tack of a foreign journalist.
With respect to the intimation in Mr.
Raguet’s memorial, that insinuations a-
gainst his character have been made bv
a Brazilian functionary in a foreign ser
vice, to an officer in the United States in
Brazil, and by the latter transmitted to
the Department of State, the Commit
tee would observe, that any insinua
tion through such a channel, from whom
ever proceeding, must be considered alto
gether unofficial. As no communication
has been made to Congress by the execu
tive upon this subject, the Committee in
fer that it has not been deemed by the
Executive to present a case requiring the
interposition of the legislature.
The Committe therefore recommend
the following resolution : >
Resolved, That the Committee on For
eign Affairs be discharged from the fur
ther consideration of the subject.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer March 25.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
There is nothing more mortifying to
the feelings of an honorable man, than to
see the palladium of liberty, prostituting
itself to the vilest of purposes, upon the
subject of the Presidential Election ; and
this mortification is greatly increased by
the fact, that the leading paper in Vir
ginia, goes all lengths iu the miserable
tricks and misrepresentations of the day.
The Enquirer, of Friday last, contains an
estimate of the probable result of the ensu
ing election for President, purporting to
be written in Lancaster, but like the Ha
vana segars, made in Manchester. I pre
sume this Presidential estimate was made
in Richmond, not more than one mile
from the Enquirer Office. The form in
which this statement is given, is calculated
to confound the mind, and perplex the un
derstanding—and this was no doubt the
design ofthe author. The result which it
proclaims is, that General Jackson’s ma
jority is 59 votes over Mr. Adams, evident
ly meaning to deceive the reader, by in
ducing him to believe, that of the whole
number of votes to be given, Gen. Jack-
sou’s majority will be 59 votes ; whilst
the truth is, that from the false estimate
The nomination of Mr. Clay to the
office of Secretary of State by Mr Adams
is pronounced by the Opposition presses,
proof positive that there existed between
them a corrupt understanding. We would
ask these individuals who, with such un
sparing judgments, denounce the purest
patriots ofthe day, by what role they will
estimate the conduct of Mr. Jefferson, who
iu twelve months after his election, ap
pointed seven members of Congress to of
fice, all of whoui voted for him as presi
dent of the United States. Governor
Claiborne, one ot the persons alluded to,
was, at the time, sole Representative of
the State of Tennessee and his single vote
weighed as much as the vote of any other
State. This conduct in Mr Jefferson, is
no doubt considered by them excusable,
and so it is ; but Mr. Adams’s is equally
so. The fact is that this lest of the puri
ty of motive which influence Executive ap
pointments is too severe. If the Presi
dent appoints his friends to office, he is
corruption——if lie appoints his enemies, it
is corruption still. I n the first case, it is
charged with awarding services rendered
—in the last with buying up an individual
who might injure him. The application
of such judgments to our public men, will
makefile pettiest ruler to look
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, APRIL 7, i 828
VVe are indebted to the Hoi. R. jj
tbe report on the boundary line between G e ,
and Florida, which tve lav before our
0r fi»,
re *den
We are requested to say that \V m j .
Sen., whose name v>as placed on a ticket °
last No. is not a candidate for the City p 0 °* f
at the ensuing election.
He have had thiee severe frosts.
last mornings, which
1 ’1‘sthri
have destroyed 0Ur -
dens, and we fear blasted all hopes of f ruj ^’ jji
Yesterday was one of the most unpleasant J " I -
for wind and cold, that we have had s j„ iJ! '
beginning- of the past winter.
We give to-day two calculations
Presidential election—one from Vir
the
„>nia aady, j
other from Pennsylvania. Of their absolute * '
rrpfcps? up will ho ul,l A ♦
rcct. ess, we will be able to speak more defi,
at some future period ; but we are i
given by the author, there is a majority of! temptupon the President of this f tee & eiJ
59 votes iui favor of General Jackson, sv lightened naliun. One thing is certain
far as estimate is carried—which esii- let ambitious aspirants as they will imoute
mates, fall greatly below the whole nuin- j corrupt motives to upright conduct
* *■’ uum-j corrupt motives to upright conduct tbev
her of votes to he given, and leaves the will find that the peopld will U ot resound
uncalculated balance amply sufficient to t» their unjust suspicions. They are too
turn the scale either way. Now, these, jealous of their owii honour and'ihe rr»u-
"iclined to t,,
neve they are entitled to as much credit a s th
of the opposite side. At any rate such esd^
by either party show very conclusively. h 0lv T
sy it is, with slolc and ptnrij, to place either'”
our distinguished citizens iu the CIi
repu-
f their government, and too gener-
qaibbling tricks are bad enough, but what j taiitui
is to bo thought of this writer, when « e ous it. their nature, to cherish sucifinms-
look to the tact that he has given to Gen. j tice to their own institutions and their own
Jackson, not only some States, to which | Statesmen.—Raleigh Register.
-aeptes-
From the New Orleans Mercantile Advertiser.
Ihe Vice Presidency.—The nomina
te ot State.
We recommend to our frier ds the New To
Merchant’s Telegraph, a daily paper, puWis 2
by John I. Mumford, Esq. It contains the earb
est and most authentic commercial and f or
news, and gives its political intelligence withoj
any of the bitterness and misrepresentation,
’,»rty spirit.
m
lie can have no manner of claim, b :t in
giving to him the Slates that are justly his
due this candid writer has put down some
of these States at a greater number of
votes than they can constitutionally give.
The proof is to be found in the fact, that
in this estimate, the writer has put down
Alabama to General Jackson siz votes,
when he must have known that this State
has but three Representatives and two
Senators, making five votes only in place
of six—-Pennsylvania gives but 26 votes;
and this candid politician has put down to
General Jackson, twenty eight votes from
this State. If inour republican government
men are to be substituted for principles,
and that too by false statements,and trick 's
of every kind, the Republic itself cannot
iong hold out—and nothing but public
contempt for such miserable politicians,
can save tbe country. The following es
timate of the result of the ensuino- elec
tion for President, is as nearly right as
pinion can make it. The data on which
the estimate is made, merits as much con
fidence as any thing which has not actual
ly happened, and is given with great can
dor and sincerity:—
Adams. Jackson.
Six N. E. States - -- -51
Ohio - j*;
Indiana 5
Illinois - -- -- -- - . . -3 . ...... .
Kentucky ]4 .........
Missouri 3
Louisiana 6.
New-Jersey ...... -8.. .......
Delaware 3
New-York 24
Maryland ^
Pennsylvania —
Mrs. Knight, the celebrated vocalist, has arm.
ed to fulfil her
engagement in our Theatre
tion of Mi Rush, by the Senate of Penn-
Public expectation has been raised very hHi |,,
the notices of her extraordinary singiaj,
other places, and we hope her tones will find a ,
"sy I Vania, to tbe Vice Presidency of the i ,nan y ea,s •°j‘>dge of their angelic sweetness, j,
I T rv l t . 1 d .4.- I * I /■ . . I i 4. 1 111 4
12
Virginia
North-Carolina -
South-Carolina -
Georgia - - - - -
Alabama
Mississippi •
- 28
- 24
- 15
- 11
- 8
- 5
3
Tenuessee - -- -- -- — ... ...... |j
139
122
From the Pennsylvania Argas.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
By the latest accounts we are enabled
to lay before our readers the most flatter
ing, and, we may add, very certain, pros
pects of the re-election of the President,
and a continuation of the National pros
perity which we enjoy.
Maine
N, Hampshire
Massachusetts -
Rhode Island -
Adams.
15
Jackson.
0
- - - - 0
0
Vermont - - -
0
New-York - - -
26
- - - 10
New-Jersey - -
- - - - 8
- - - - 0
Pennsylvania -
Virginia - - - -
. - - _ 0
... 24
North-Carolina
- . - _ 0
- - - 15
South Carolina
0
... 11
Georgia - - - -
Tennessee - - -
Kentucky - - - -
Missouri - - - -
Mississippi - -
Alabama - - -
142
119
DOUBTFUL,
All of which, we have allowed to Gen
Jackson.
Pennsylvania -
28
...
Virginia, - - - -
24
. . .
North-Carolina -
15
_ _ _
New-York - - -
72
72
—
214
47
United States, having been followed by
Virginia, and more recently by the State
of Maine, dererminies the question as to
who will be the candidate on the ticket of
Mr Adams. No nomination could have been
made more satisfactory to our friends than
this. In selecting Mr. Rush the friends
of Mr. Adams give an example of their
devotion to rare virtues, talents and mod
eration of character: This single act
will repel the calumny against the pro
minent of our party, that the offices of high
trust are disposed of by caballing aud
secret understanding. He has been no
minated, and will be supported on prin
ciple, as the candidate of (he great ma- \
nufacturing, mercantile and internal im- !
provements interests ofthe country.
If the leading men of the preseut ad
ministration were really forming combina-
nations for the r own advancements or
to sustain the administration, an oppor
tunity presented itself in reference to the
Vice President which would have enabled
them to make a home thrust upon Gen ,
Jackson. It is well known that Mr Craw- j
ford’s friends were anxious for him to |
stand for the Vice Presidency, and that •
his own State ("Georgia) nominated him j
without nominating any one for the Presi- j
dency. Now had Mr. Adams’s friends taken i
up his nomination, regardless of his pecn- i
liar principles (being at varietice ‘ with I
those of the Administration,) no doubt i> i
entertained by those initiated in the mys
teries of politics, that they could have had
the co-operation of Mr. Crawford and his
influence iu Virginia and North-Carolina.
But the event has proven that they scorn
such means and that they have resolved
to combat nobly for their principles.
VVe venture to say if the administration
hud made it the interest of Mr Crawford
at an early period to support its acts, that
the opposition could never«have been
sufficiently' strong to excite apprehension.
VVe ask every reflecting man if he is not
alarmed when such unworthy motives are
likely to change the rulers, and unsettle
ihe policy ot a commercial nation of
the first magnitude? VVe well recollect,
too, that Mr. Calhoun, one of th.e pillars
of the Opposition, proffered to support
Aug usta, as shall do justice to the tucrits of
singer and the taste of our city.
tit ■
COMMUNICATED.
At the late stated sessions ofthe Presbytery t -
Hopewell, held in the city ot Augusta, the folio*,
ing appointments were made, siz :
For a three days meeting, to be held at E*
tonton, commencing r.n the Friday precerfc
the third Sabbath in April, and the brethren
Brown, Church, Chamberlain aud Bcman arc fir |
rectod to attend this meeting*.
1 or a three days meeting at Milledgeville, it
commence on the Friday before the second Sab
bath in June, to he attended by the brethren
Brown, Talmage, and Chamberlain.
For a thiee days meeting at Hopewell Church
Crawlord County, to comm men ce on tbe FriJat
before the fifth Sabbath in J une, and the brethren
\\ addle, Chamberlain, Stratton mid Pauersoti
are directed to attend.
For a three days meeting to be held at Bethel j
I Church, in Ju: per County, con mincing cn the
| Friday preceeding the fourth Sabbath in July,
J to he conducted by the brethren Cculning, Chord
j aud Chambeilain.
I 1 or a four days meeting to be held at Fay.
i c 'ttevii!e, I ayette County, to - ommence on Thurs.
| day before the third Sabbath in August, ,im\ the
brethren Moderwdl, Chamnerlain, Kiikpatricl;
aud Gamble were appointed to attend.
AUGUSTA FREE SCHOOL SOCIETY
REPORT.
The Managers of the Augusta Free School So
ciety, meeting at the close of their term, with.
,hose from whom their authority emanated, Ur
leave to represent:
! hat from the period of the commencement of
tbeir trust, they have endeavoured io pursue
such measures in regard to it, as seem’d .o ihem
best calculated to further Ihe benevolent views of
those who constitute this society. But they can
not permit this declaration to pass, u. accompa
nied with the confession on their part, of howlittl-
has been pet formed, and hmv much remains to
be accomplished. Aware however, of tlic res
ponsibility of their station, they have devoted to
the important duties devolved upon them, that
degree of attention requisite for their faithfulc:
ecution. Nor have they laboured, without nc
the administration of Mr. Adams, if lie j equivalent, to impart to the indigent Child, and
would dismiss from his cabinet one likely j the destitute orphan, the rudiments of learnin:,
“ Jack which is the way to Epping ?”
“ How do you know my name is Jack ?”
“ I guess it.” Then guess your way to
Epping.”
Of the above doubtful states, although
Mr. Adams can be elected by a respecta
ble majority without them, stil! he has
more tb^n an equal chance of receiving
their vote also. The fair probability is
on the most careful estimate of present
prospects, that Mr. Adams will have a
part of the doubtful states, and that his
vote will be between 170 and 200, aud
that of General Jackson from 60 to 90.
A spirited Address, supported by a long
list of names, said to be among the most
respectable in the State, has been pub
lished in New York, calling u convention
of the friends of Mr. Adams in that State,
to be held in the city of Albady, on tbe
10th of June next. The list of names at
tached to the address, is said to comprise
many of the most conspicuous of the old
Federal and Republican parties of the
State.—Charleston Courier.
to rival him. The prospect for our coun
try will be gloomy indeed if this club of
politicians ever succeeded to power.
The Circuit Court for this District,
commenced its sitting at this place, on
Monday last. There were two criminal
esses standing for trial on the Sessions
docket, both of misdemeanors: and five
“ true bills” were presented by the
Grand Jury, all for misdemeanors.-—
There was but one trial and conviction
by a Petit Jury during the Term, and
that was for assault and battery. At the
end of the Term there was only one sen
tence to be pronounced.
At the beginning of the Term there
were four cases only on the Issue Doc
ket in the Common Pleas standing for
tiial. These, and all others made ready
during the Term, were tried, or otheiwise
finally disposed of, except four, which re
main on the Issue Docket for the next
Term. It is a remarkable and extraordi
nary fact, that there have been but three
Jury trials ; one in a criminal, and one
in a civil cause—and one special verdict
by consent.
The court adjourned this day about one
o’clock, P. M. after a session of two days
and a half.
The foregoing facts are creditable to
the morals of this community, and af
ford a favorable view of their circum
stances in other respects. They afford
too a practical commentary on the divi
sion ofthe district. Facts may not speak
so loudly as clamorous tongues ; but they
speak not less the language of truth.
Pendleton (S. C.) Messenger.
French Bull.—A lady wrote to her
lover, begging him to send her some mo
ney. She added, by way of postscript
“I am so ashamed of the request I have
made in this letter, that I sent after the
postman to get it back ; but the servant
could not overtake him.”
(hereby giving to them a fair opportunity fur
gaincur an ameliorated condition in life; is:
taik which, however onerou;, must ever carry
along with it the most ample reward, no less in
deed than the gratification, of having raised a
portion of the human family above the iaidnifiii
gloom of ignorance, to a mental station, which
if not the highest, is at least sufficient to sho» the
light of knowledge glowing in the perspective
and illuminating at every step, with brighter rays
th path’leading onward towards the perfection oi
wisdom.
The Board of Managers have the pleasure oi
reporting the school as in a flourishing condition-
The number of scholars upon the register, ex
ceeds one hundred; and the average weekly at
tendance throughout the year, evidences the usu
al degree of punctuality. In the conduct of tl) f
Teacher, the Board has found nothing to de-
app.ove, but rather, in his devotc-dness to the
charge committed to his care, much to coinmeoJ
The proposition recommended at the last 8°"
niversary meeting of the society, odJ unani
mously approved, was subsequently carried jab
effect by tbe Board of Managers , and conse
quently, the let and buildings, hitherto owned in
conjunction with the F4 male Asylum, arc now
(he exclusive property of the Augusta Free
School. This purchase was made for tbe sum c ‘
two thousand dollars, and an annual payment ot
$200 for the term of five vears. §147-5 ofthe
purchase money, was borrowed at an interest o'.
8 per cent per Annum, and now constitutes the
only debt due by the Institution.
It is estimated that the receipts, from various
sources for the ensuing year, added to the bal
ance now remaining in the Treasury, will leave,
after paying all expenses accruing for the s sent
term, a surplus of $1510. au amount rather ex
ceeding the sum due by tbe Society.
However favourable may appear the presen
condition of tbe Augusta F ree School, those p* r
sons who are most intimately acquainted with 1-
accounts and its resources,look forward with an*
ions hope to the period when by the munificeuc-
©f the Public it may be enabled to seek supp 0 ^
from a permanent-and productive Capital exc-